THE OKKGON DAli-Y JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30. 1820.
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HOOVER'S SUGGESTION
HERBERT HOOVER'S suggestion,
recently made, that it is the duty
of America to Jettison Article X of
the League of Nations covenant and
then ratify the treaty and the. cove
nant at the earliest opportunity has
injected a new angle into that con
troversy, and a great deal of wonder
ment as to what it all means.
. No one outside the Johnson-Borah
group of "irreconcilables" has come
forward with any suggestion of such
' drastic senatorial surgery. President
Wilson has insisted, at different times
since the submission of the treaty to
the senate for its ratiffcationfthat Sen
ator Lodge and his fellow playmates
were trying "to cut the heart out of
the league" by their reservations, par
ticularly those suggested for Article
X. ij'et even Lodge in the heights
"o? his fervor never suggested the f n
tire elimination of that section from
the body, of the covenant. Johnson
demanded, it is true, that the whole
covenant be killed. He wants no
league at all, but his chief objection
to it is centered In the provisions of
Article y X, which, he, contends
"makes American soldiers the police
men of the world."
What makes tfr Hoover statement
of more than ordinary political inter
est to local followers of the political
chess gaml is the fact that It fol-I
lowed so soon after Hoover and Hard
ing had met and talked things over.
This circumstance is causing people
to wonder how close Hoover and
-Harding are together in their views
upon the best course to be pursued
in regard to the league covenant and:
what is finally to be done with and
. to it by the United States govern
ment. ,
Senator Johnson is still "a man of
mystery so far as whither he . In
tends to chart his, political course fbr
the next few months is concerned.
Since, for the second time, he fought
and bled on the field of Armageddon
at Chicago,, he has been conducting
a "front porch campaign of rest" by
sitting under the- shadow of the Gol
den Gate, gazing : at 7 the sun kissed
wavelets of , San Yrancisco bay, and
saying nothing. He has muttered cer
tain disquieting sentences once or
twice but has not been in active and
violent eruption. - r r u
There are few: who expect Johnson
to Vbolt," for it would not be good
personal, politics for him to do that
But there' are many who have grave
fears, concerning the' warmth of the
enthusiasm and; the spontaneous per
sonal effort he may see fit to hurl
intOrthe comipg campaign. Then, too,
..there are those who contend that
'Hiram is. merely waiting for the spot
'light of national publicity to be set
tled on San Francisco, the, contention
and the platform. When' that condi
tion prevails they expect the Califor
nian to step right out Into the cen
ter of the beam, grasp the Democrat
ic plank dealing with the League of
Nations firmly ; by the four -corners,
tear it in'.-, small bits and scatter
them upon the bosom of the ebb. tide
with loud whoops of rhetorical scorn
and derision. In that way Hiram"
would be able to make a. grand re
entrance upon the , front page-of! the
' nation's notice,- where i he longs to
be and from whence he was banished
by the ballots of ' the Chlcagd con
vention.' r
Be that as'it may, however,, the
Hoover ; statement . limns new colors
on the league canvas, f Various Re
publican leaders, it is known, want
to sweep the league aside and turn
to The Hague convention . and the
Jong cherished dream of a" supreme
court ' of International justice. They
would be willing; to ditch the entire
league covenant If. they were- not
afraid of ;- public sentiment through
out the country.: Article X, which
President Wilson conftnds Is the
"heart" of the league and which all
admit .was the storm center about
which- the senatorial- battle ; raged,
must ; remain in the . covenant: unless
the league is to 'function merely as
an international debating society. To
carve out that section of the cove
nant would, to all practical intents
and purposes, be to do what Johnson
has been contending should he done
to kill the league. How that, pro
gram would suit all the various" seg
ments of the anti-Johnson group it
is' difficult to. see. They : contend, at
least, that they do iot want to "cut
the heart out of 'The league," but
merely to make the attitude of Jhe
United State? and its obligations un
der it definite and certain.
Did Hoover speak, at the suggestion J
of Harding, for 4he placatlon of John
son, something so : earnestly sought
by the nominee? i It Isan Interesting
speculation.
The Russell Sage foundation has
just paid a libel judgment of $3500
to a boy whof picture it published
under the caption, "The Toughest
Boy on the StreetC" The evidence
showed that the lad was at the time
an altar boy in a well known church.
The judge in the action delivered
the verdict: with a suggestion that
reformers might save both money
and prestige by keener selection of
their subjects for ; reformation and
kindlier reference to them.
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NO MORE MARQUAM GUIX:H
IN SEVERAL Instances the Portland
City council " has : refused to pur
chase for park sites land held at high
figures. The ; commissioners have
declined to buy excessively priced
tracts in the open market, and they
have' refused to accept the verdicts
of condemnation juries.; They have
as well established. a sound policy In
declining, to buy Into a tract without
purchase of the whole. ' :
The action of the council to date
indicates that Portland is to be
spared another Marquam Gulch ex
perience. It indicates that, from a
price standpoint,! park sites will be
wisely obtained. It Indicates that
there ; ;. will be no ' buys at
seven times the assessed valu
ation as at Marquam Gulch, and
no acceptance of Jury verdicts that
establish prices above those at which
the owners had ; previously offered
to sell. It indicates "that the city will
not buy a few lots in a many-acred
tract and then be compelled to either
purchase the remainder a exorbitant
figures or let the property already
bought lie idle. 5 It promises that the
trail of the city i council in park site
purchases shall not , be a path of
abandoned gold. J J ; s 7'
Purchases of idle" property for park
sites at three times the assessed valu
ation are bad buys. Purchase at twice
the assessed value is improper ex
penditure of public moneys. Idle land
is not selling. (Material and labor
costs are above normal and sales of
idle property are below. Furthermore
entry in" the market of municipalities"
13 signal for inflated prices.
The council has no right to-purchase
land at excessive figures. Nor.
should influential men or others with
friends in or near the council be per
mitted to foist offon the taxpayers
property that Is not suitable either in
topography, location or price.
. Buying parks with public money
is a cold business -proposition. There
should be no side Issues or flapdoodle-.
The most-suitable site in the proper
location Is the tract ; to purchase if
the price be right. '
Portland wants and needs parks. She
voted foOO,000 in bonds for them. But
she wants them, at a just price, not
at Marquam Gulch figures. . ',. . '
The enlarged ; allowance of gaso
line has acted i upon motor travel
like 7 the lengthening of a pendu
lum's cord. Cars that on a. 20 ten
cent allowance i had been content
with the circuit of the parks.' carried
their festive owners and guests with
a 60 per cent: rationing back to the
Columbia river highway again, over
the Columbia Into Washington, and
along the paved roads of the Wil
lamette and Tualatin valleys.
MAINE'S CENTENNIAL
MAINE should call within her por
, tals the heat fevered denizens of
New York. She should solicit the
attendance of the restless from Phila
delphia 'and Boston. Cleveland and
Chicago, Detroit and the District of
Columbia might-well be represented.
Maine Is celebrating the centennial
of her admission Into the union. She
Is calling her children home. 7 But
the state's fireside circle will not be
complete merely with those who call
the picturesque bid commonwealth
by the name of mother.
It is a time to honor those : who
make Maine a state of prosperity, the
tourists from everywhere: Stronger
than the call of the moose for his
mate, and softer than the love notes
of Hiawatha, the rippling waters of a
thousand lakes, the 7 whispering
breeies-. of cool retreats have sum
moned work weary tourists to Maine.
And as the evidence of the value
they place upon an out of doors which
gives them rest and health only, they
have been leaving year by year more
millions of dollars than Maine realizes
from agriculture. Their - presence
along the coast 'is worth more than
the fishing Industry. - Maine's mining
and 'industry cannot compare , in
wealth production with Maine's tour
ist travel.
'Mulna'a eons T.ra than 9 flPf .Ant
ciear ea. Maine s sou is pnncipaujr
glacial drift .underlaid with hard pan.
Maine's climate much of the year is
cold, and forbidding. . (
But Maine has uncounted bays and
inlets. She has Mount Katahdin, 5200
feet high. Saddleback mountain 4000
feet "and Mount Afcran am 3600 feet
high. She has 1600 lakes. She has,
through careful propagation and pro
tectiod, still an abundance of game
and fish. -
Oregon from the northwestern cor
ner of the nation extends to Maine
congratulations. We acknowledge that
Maine contributes to us example and
inspiration. Oregon, with brighter
sun and gentler climate, with a thou
sand ' Mount Katahdins,' . a score of
peaks that 5 sweep the sky, lakes in
such" number that many of them have
not Jeen counted or even visited with
waterfalls " and I bays and scenic
drives, and fish' and game and .fruits
and viands and all things good for
people who live here, and thpse who
seek the outlook of splendid spaces
Oregon, too, - will, strive to ,find a
part of the basis of herprosperity in
the millions that tourists spend, both
to their profit and ours.
Brazil's third livestock exposition
is to be held July 4 to 11. 7 Its pur-
pose ; is to secure the introduction
of pure-blooded animals ? Into the'
country. Shorthorns, milking Short
horns and Herefords, are the most
adaptable strains. 7 But here is the
remarkable " preliminary of : the
show: 7 The Brazilian government
sent the president of the Breeders
association of Porto Alegra to buy
stock, not in the United States but
in : England, the Netherlands, Ger
many, France, j Italy, Switzerland
and Spain. To the countries that
for a long ' time will be buying to
restore the 7 livestock depletion of
war, the Brazilian ' representative J
went. Was it merely a junket? Or
if it true,; as our - consular . agent
reports, , that American breeder are
unknown ; to Brazil ? ',
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SAFEGUARD Tllfe CHILD
M
ILTON SCHWARTZ is under ar
rest in Portland, He was located
and detained yesterday byj county of
ficials under the personal -direction -of
Governor Olcott. He is reported to
have already indicated insane tenden
cies in Portland.
Schwartz comes to Oregon ; direct
from the courts of New York. There
he has been twice convicted of attack
ing little children! He is declared to be
insane and psychopathic physfcians
have pronounced him a dangerous de
generate. After the first conviction
he was remanded to the custody of
relatives. He - broke away and is
charged with attacking another little
girl. , He was again brought before
the bar of justice and again the judge
released ; hjm to the. relatives after
their : representation that they would
take him to Oregon. ..
Now .comes District Attorney" Evan 1
to say that Schwartz formerly was
of .Portland and that his actions had
previously been reported to the au
thorities here. Nothing came of the
reports. . , '.
Governor Olcott takes the stand that
Oregon children are to be protected.
He says they shall not be subjected
to attack. ; y
If Schwartz belongs in Oregon and
is insane and dangerous, keep him in
Oregon. But keep- him where he ; is
restrained, from attacking children. If
he belongs in New York, return him
to New York and let the judge, who
allowed him freedom on the promise
that Ije was to come to Oregon, make
further . disposition of - the case. ' : '
Since 7 Los Angeles : outstripped
San Francisco in x population' , the
Bay City ; has been" paying court ' to
Oakland, object being to change her
name. 7 But Oakland laughs. She
Is neither coy miss nor old maid but
valiant i Individualist quite capable
f giving both the larger California
cities some day a run for their,
honors. .. ' ...,; - : . - -
JUNE MEETS JULY
EVERY season in Oregon possesses
its own full measure ; of beauty
and charm, bt there is a peculiar
delight about the days when , June
Is turning around the corner to meet
July and both" are declaring that sum
mer is really In command.
The rains have washed clean the
face of all nature and the countryside
smiles- ; The air Is clear, so clear that
Mount Hood stands up . against the
sky. in cameo relief and the miles that
intervene are forgotten in the illusion
of nearness. 7- ; -. ;,
The mock orange, the wild roses
and the daisies give a festal border to
the humblest lane. -7 The corn 'flowers
nod among the wheat and the dog
wood still gleams white across the
field and in the edge of the firs.
In the " valleys - where homes . are
many and the fruits of Oregon are
ripening is found the"; invigorating
peace of soundless productivity. U j S
Within the shelter of the mountains
the rainbows of the pools leap to the
skilful cast of the fly. The evening
camp fire gleams . bright . as ' fresh
armloads of wood are thrown upon it.
and no one need fear sudden spread
ing of forest fire, while earth and
trees are still moist. ,
The roads that lead everywhere
from town but with difficulty lead
the pilgrim back again have ; neither
the mud of winter nor' the dust of
summer. The whole free realm, or
nature is at its best. There's not a
cloud on the face 'of the sun nor a
care I on the spirit of the ; man who
gets linto the sunshine. ." . '
RECORD REFUTES
TREATY KILLERS
By Cart Smith, Washington Staff Cor
t respondent of The Journal.
WaBhfnBton. June 30. Here I artort
study In ampaurn pronouncements n
the Oft-repeated ; asaertlnn that
dent Wilson demanded that thei treaty
- iea ' w,uloul cnanpe." : jjodgre.
Hardinir, Borah and. lh r-ir biitinv
crowd have said this so often that they
Y'f-iio uave maucea many people to be
lieve It is true. They even wrote It inta
the Republican platform. The reason for
this is plain'. They feel In a stronger po
sition if they point to the president as a
dictator, who demands his own way, and
will permit - nd - change in what was
don , at Paris. The platform refers to
the unfortunate insistence of the presi
dent upon having his own way without
any change" and again to f the presi
dent's demand that the treaty should be
ratified 7 without any modification." Ift
his keynote speech to the convention Sen
ator Lodgre said the president "Is deter
mined to have that treaty as he brought
it back or nothing:, and to that Imperious
demand the people will reply in tones
which cannot be misunderstood.' Even
Senator Capped, who - is : usually, more
careful In statement, ma . recent Issue
of Capper's Weekly referred to the presi
dent's position "that to fail to accept the
league and treaty just as he brought it
back from Europe is to dishonor the
country." ' - ,
:: ' 77:: S:.:yy7;7y--i7 ;7v' ';y.,,.'-yv;7;7-In
contrast with these statements It is
pertinent to ouote from President Wil
son's letter to Senator Hitchcock, dated
January 28, 1920, discussing reservations,
when he said : --- -- y
'But I realise that : neeativ t-rtm
is not all that is called for in so serious a
matter. ? I am happy to be able to add,
however, that I have once . -more gone
over-the, reservations proposed by your
self, the copy of which I return here
with,; and am. glad to say that I can ac
cept tnern as they-stand."
Five; reservations thus given specific
approval by the president were : . . -
First, 5 that a nation giving notice of
withdrawal should' be its own1 judge as
to whether its obligations were fulfilled.
Second, ; that no nation , shall be re
quired to submit any matter which it
considers in international law to be a
domestic question, such as Immigration,
labor, tariff or other matter relating to
internal or coastwise affairs- --
Third, that the Monroe doctine as In
terpreted by the United States is not im
paired or affected and not subject to any
decision or report by the league. -'
Fourth, that the advice to be given un
der Article X is merely: advice, which
any member nation may accept or re
jects according to the conscience and
Judgment of its eovernment. and that in
this country congress 'alone could give
sucn advice.- , ; y-.y-
Fifth, that ' dependencies or colonies
shall be counted as one with the mother
nation in any vote in the assembly in
any dispute to which any one of them
is a party. 7-' -.' . r' :i
In the same letter the ' president sug
gested that he had no objection to a
reservation whteh would specif icaUy state
that no mandate should be - undertaken
by this country except by authority of
congress. - . , .
This furnishes the record as to changes
the president has said he was willing to
accept- Senator Lodge knows alt about
this offer of the president 7, Yet In his
speech. : to ' the Republican convention
iJodge said, "It ' appeared . that our do
mestic questions. likeimmigrration. could
be interfered with," Under - the second
reservation . approved by the president.
any possible fear on hat score would be
removed.' Lodge in his convention speech
continued : "That the interpretation of
the Monroe doctrine was to be left to the
decision of the league." Under the third
reservation as approved by the president
any question of that sort would be re
moved. . ,' -.' , . ' ' 1
Lodge, in public statements and on the
floor, of the senate, has said that the
treaty must be adopted with his reserva
tions. If at all. His edict, was that there
could be no compromise ; that the Lodge
reservations must be. accepted.
Letters From the People
I Communications aent to Tbe Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on 0017 on aide of the paper, ebould not exeeea
100 words in length and must be aimed by the
writer, whose maU addreaa in full must accom
pany the contribution. - -
, WHEN LEAGUERS .COME
Dayton, June 26. To the Editor' of
The Journal There Is in congress a bill
which would give farmers the right to
deal collectively, but buried in commit
tee, probably there to die, and if the
farmers did start cooperating the rain
combines would play the East against
the West-, and . the West against the
East,' the North against the South and
the South against the North. But after
many defeats, court battles. Injunctions
and delays of one kind or another, away
out yonder in 1945 or 1955 or 1965. or
1975, they would, emerge victorious, and
then, after their last enemy should have
been driven, from the field, would they,
like : the steel and oil magnates, after
having secured monopoly, yield to temptation-
and extort excessive profits from
the consumers and bring, on a producers'
and consumers' war?
"I cannot see any crime in state owned
mills, packing plants; etc., which would
give the - producer a good profit and
sell to the consumer at cost. This prin
ciple is being utilized by hundreds of
cities, several of our states and by -our
own federal government. It takes the
interests of both producer and consumer
into consideration and, by so doing,
would forever avert a war between them.
If leaving more of . the nation's wealth
with the common man would help .to
remedy things in this country, such pro
grams as the league proposes would
do it.
League leaders contend that it will,
and those who lead the opposition know
that H will. That is why they are fight
ing so hard. And the league Is led by
brilliant men, men who are-able to; draft
laws which have1 stood the test f the
United States supreme 7 court, and the
notable decision just handed down by
that body is a great league victory. 7 In
the days to come, when papers like the
Oregon ian and Telegram begin damning
and ridiculing the league, let us not for
get that argument la stronger than de
nunciation, and when a paper turns to
that it - has reached the end of ; argu
ment. , W. E. Grabenhorst.
- - ' ' .UNUSED ACRES - - ' : ':
r Portland, June 25. Toy the , Editor of
The Journal Thousands of acres - lie
unused. 4i Prices-, asked :for j7 them ' are
so ; high, - and : rent exacted when they
are used Is so exorbitant, that thou
sands of families "manage to exist."
as they . express it, in the city, because,
they cannot pay the price asked :. and
will not pay the rent exacted. Inevit
ably there Is - less produced - from the
soil . than ' would : be If land monopoly
did not exist. That we need more pro
duction of foodstuffs everyone admits.
If the speculator in land could be de
prived of his privilege, of holding, land
out of use in order. to raise rents, thou-,
sands t of families .would gladly go to'
the country and grow food crops. , The
"single tax" measure on the ballot
would gradually, but surely, put the
land speculator out of business and fill
the fertile valleys of Oregon with , pro
ducing home builders.
There . is , a" shortage of "floating la
bor" and the success, of the wheat bar
vests is endangered ' thereby, ,-we, are
told. Whjr so? The men who make
up that class have been marked by the.
department of justice and are being de
ported and 7 jailed. Those who have
escaped notice so far have said to them
selves. "What's the user and crowded
Into the . cities, where they eke out an
existence by odd jobs. , Louis P. Post
saw this and has tried to show that the
policy pursued by Attorney General
Palmer is folly, as it Is destructive ' of
the end sought and reacts .In such man
ner as to Intensify the very conditions
moBt , complained of.. .
" Wilt good sense ever again assert It
self in our midst? 7 It surely did not do
so at the Chicago convention, and - I
fear it will ; h as sadly lacking at the
San Francisco- convention. Nothing that
has happened, is the Democratic pri
maries has indicated any "greater degree
of good sense than in the Republican.
"The. great plain people' must-show
good sense at the polls or matters will
grow .worse. Observer.
7 EXTOLS WILSON'S PLAN
Portland, June 29. To the Editor of
The Journal - Future generations will
count Wood row Wilson among the great
est, but he has poor tools to work with ;
no others are to be had In tiuV money
crazed day. Wilson's mission Is to give
Impetus to tbe right thoughts that will
bear fruit: in God's good time.
After the overthrow of Napoleon, his
tory records the making' of laws, using
force and ; every- means possible to re
press the common people and push them
down, in the allied countries, France
alone advanced came up with wiser
laws and a show for its people. Today
the same thftig appears the allies, in
stead of wise, progressive laws, are try
ing to force the people backward.. This
is the chance to preach the many! Isms
that mean anarchy.yjeace is the last
thing the statesmen have In mind.- The
day Japan's Immense war and airship
program is complete, she will strike
without warning, and strike hard. Ger
many's secret orar preparations for re
venge will be ready in 20 years, and
maybe in 10 years. Coupled with her
gigantic chemical researches, she will
turn a worse terror loose on earth' than
has yet been seen. Soviet Russia, also,
will take a hand In world affairs as soon
as it gets on its feet. . They are starving?
Well, mo was France when Napoleon
tooK nis place in the directorate. - v
The noble principles of Wilson, his
high idealism, wHl not be realized until
after the great time of trouble, the Ar
mageddon, to which all humanity is
heading yes. crowding by means hu
man or divine. Progressive.
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OUIJA AND SPIRITS - ,
Washougal, Wash., June 26. To the
Editor of The Journal In yesterday's
Journal you report Dr. William. House,
a Portland physician, as claiming there
is , fio proof of communication . with
spirits. - y .- .;
It Is surprising how some Individuals
with but a limited and . insignificant
experience can generalize away all
the, twork 7, oft such as Goethe , and
Swedenborg and . such scientists - as
Crookes, Wallace, Zoeliner and Lodge.
Her speaks . of psychic waves ' as ,.if
he believed in them. and it is not un
common to hear physicians talk of a per
son's mind becoming unbalanced due to
religious excitement; yet why should he
believe in -psychic waves or that the to
material stuff of nervous excitement
should unbalancethe mind? - Doubtless
he does not believe in hypnotism or that
It can affect .the health. A man's opin
ions frequently show that he ignores a
large group : of reputable facts and as
sumes to knowvthe ultimate of many
things of whlcS knows nothing." That
people sheuldDecome demented by
ouija eVoard experience In no wise' dis
proves spirits, nor. does It prove their
presence.- . Hypnotism proves that the
human system may under certain con
ditions be operated by an outside Intel
ligence, but only the blind,' who wfll not
see, can . say that there is' noevidence
that disembodied Intelligences may like-
vise communicate under favorable con-J
ditions. ' 1 Materialistic medicine has
probably caused as many sane persons
to be classed as insane as ever . were
made insane through the use of out ja
boards. : ... . F. V.. Moss.
ENGINEER SEWELL'S STATEMENT
- Astoria, June 28. To the - Editor of
The Journal I see an editorial In Sat
urday's Journal in regard to the steamer
State of Washington explosion, and wish
to say there are many things that could
happen and not be the inspector's fault
or neglect., as there .may .be some small
defect that does not show when they are
inspecting a boiler, .but with continued
use it will get larger and nobody know
of it until it gives way. and then most
everybody has some idea: what , was the
matter.. For my part, I have not any
idea what, was wrong, but I have enough
faith In the inspectors judgment to go
aboard of any steamer that they say
is all right. I was in bed when it hap
pened . and cannot say what was ' the
matter, as everything looked- all right
to me when I went off watch. I will
wait until the boiler is raised and ' then
try to find out what was theVcause of
it-. The boiler was to be inspected next
month, and was to be washed today
f (June 28). Perhaps we might have found
something broken when we- washed the
bciler, and maybe not. If anything had
been found defective it would have been
fixed right away, as none of us wishes
to be blown up. T. C. SEW ELL,
Chief Engineer.
Curious Bits of Information
For the. Curious " "
Gleaned From Curious Places ,
The manifest of the "good ship" Louis
iana, recording as its cargo two slaves
"unloaded" at the 1 port of Indianola,
March liv 1855, is one of the interesting
documents on file at the custom house
in Galveston. - The. slaves - were brought
from New. Orleans. One was Henry,. 23
years old, and the other James, 18 years
old. Both were.5 feet 7 Inches in height
Indianola. which In- the years ( immedi
ately preceding the : Civil . war ' and for
a brief period afterward , was-; a pruti-
perous port at the mouth of the Brazos
river, ' was ; practically wtpSd out by a
gulf hurricane several years after the
war. (
Olden Oregon
Principal Points In the Formation of
v , --. Lane and Linn Counties. -
-Lahe -'county, which was organized
out of Linn and "Benton counties in 1851,
was named after -Joseph Lane, first ter
ritorial governor of Oregon. - The south
ern boundary of tbe county, however.
was not -accurately defined until 1853.
Eugene was founded in . 184? by Eugene
Skinner and selected as tbe county seat
In 1853 by popular vote. -
Linn county, named ; after United
States Senator Linn of Missouri, was or
ganized in 1847 out of the territory lying
east of Benton, and -south of Champoeg.
In January, 1851. its southern boundary
was determined. - Albanv. the ' county
seaCwas named after Albany. N. Y., by
Its ' founders, Walter and Thomas Mon-
teith. In 1848.
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, WORLD WONDERS '
'From the Vcm Anawlea Timea.
A tribe of Indians from the Hudson
COMMENT AND
' SMALL CHANGE
Everybody happy ."- .
Looks as though we ' mirht have a
UtUe summer, weather after all. .
Wear your convention - week sfnile
every day. , Tou can't wear It out.
It seems that some of the delegates
at. San Francisco will need a srlasa to
see Glass at all.
Sweet newer Surar la aroiner down.
Here's hoping It dbesn't move up again
im uie avrrivai ox tne canning season.
Seal ners at work at the r convention
in San Francisco - are " not the war
painted kind, . but .they'd rob a man
bald-headed at that.
Twenty persons charged with drunk
enness were In municipal court Monday.
Looks almost as though the "good old
days' were coming back, alter alL
The "ol' swlmmln -holes" in the cltv
parks are to open nxt Saturday. But
there's no - closed - season on those In
the country, providing a fellow isn't
afraid of a few chills. .
The National Bulldinr. Owners and
Managers' association is going to hold
its annual convention in Portland Text
year.- Delegates may be expected to
be well qualified . to solve their own
housing problems. , y
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MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
The Greeters of Oregon and their
women friends w.111 be entertained at
the Liberty hotel, Vancouver, Wash.,
next Tuesdays evening by' Manager E. E.
Larlmore, a XSreeter. Automobiles leav
ing from the Portland hotel wlU convey
the party across the Columbia, where
they will ; be received - by townspeople
and by the Vancouver Prunarians, who
are in on the party at the Liberty. ; Re
ports from delegates to the recent na
tional Greeter convention will be heard.
Ray Clark, secretary of the Greeters of
Oregon, is assisting Larimore tn -ar
ranging a program. -: -
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F. E. Chilton, assistant manager -of
the. Seward hotel,-is leaving that post
on July 10 and will go to Spokane, from
which city he will travel with a line, of
nationally . known foodstuffs. Chilton
has for. several years been In the . hotel
game and much of the time has -seen
him - behind- the desk at the . Seward.
which he left temporarily for a period
of army service In France, The army
service won him the government's of
ficial silver button denoting wounds re
ceived in action. Chilton is a popular
member of the 'Greeters and is well
known among hotel- men.
H. R.;Hoefler, Astoria candy maker,
whose wares are enjoying a widespread
sale, is a guest at the - Benson hotel.
Hoefler is accompanied by his daughter
Dorris, of Buffalo, and by Miss Elsa
Hoefler of Buffalo. N. Y.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. BelL Mr. ; and
Mrs. L E. Twitchell and Sharon ' and
Archie t Twitchell,; all of Pendleton,9 are
among numerous Oregon folk registered
at the Portland hotel for; tbe day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Boddy and Mr,
and Mrs, G. M. Galloway and Miss Lou
Galloway, all residents of Hood River,
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
. jaf,..
By Fred
f The Mraooal and - Drofesaional career" of a
Valuable citizen of Oregon 1a today sketched b
Mr. Lockley. ' This citizen haa, all his -life, been
eneaced in och work as heaUnc the bodiea and
edifying the minds of his fellow men. His Uis
story is a story of serrice- J . '
Dr. Henry J. Minthorn lives . at New
port, He has . been a pioneer in many
enterprises that are now bringing fame
and money to our state. With his part
ner, B. S. Cook, ; he -i Introduced com
mercial prune growing in the Willamette
valley. 'They "introduced what is known
commercially as the Italian prune. In
the early 90s they set out several thou
sand acres 'of prunes "in the vicinity of
Salem, selling the land In small tracts.
I spent the evening at Dr. Minthorn s
home, in Newport recently and we talked
over old times, for I have known Dr.
Minthorn since I was a boy. Dr. Min
thorn was born at Oxford, Canada, April
26, 1846. His father. Theodore Minthorn,
was also born In Canada, though his peo
ple came from Pennsylvania, the Ameri
can ancestor having come there with
William Penn. Originally the M in thorns
hailed from Holland, to which place they
had emigrated from England when
Quakers vera -in .disfavor because they
refused to conform to the beliefs and
usages of the established church in Eng
land. - Dr. : Minthorn's mother, whose
maiden name was Mary WCsley, was also
a Friend. Her people had come' in early
days from England So find religious
freedom In America.. - - .
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' Dr. Minthorn is painfully modest and
was unwilling to tell -me of his own life.
but I, learned from him some details of
his activities here in Oregon.
"Our family, consisting of my father
I-- --irrr:L-rr i.. .trUIl'Ben Cook started the Oregon Land com-
flve girls and two boys came from
Canada to Cedar county, Iowa, in 1856,"
said Mr. Minthorn. "My oldest sister.
Emma Hale, lives at Palo Alto. The next
sister, Elleo Marshall, Is in North Caro
lina. My sister ; Hulda, who married
Jesse Clark Hoover, whose people came
from Holland, has been dead many years.
Hebert Hooter is her son. My .sister
Pheobe Hammer lives . in saiem, wn.ie
my youngest sister, Agnes Miles, lives at
Pawhuska.Okla.y y ' y y t- ' s 7-
"While I - was . at ' college r a company
was formed for service in the Civil war.
W war mustered Into the servioAas
Company D, Forty-fourth Iowa infanfry.
Our ecaptaln,-Professor Charles Borland.
was professor of Greek in our college.
The boys ranged in age from 15 to IS
years. Z was one of tbe older members,
being 18. I think there was but one man
in the company who was of age, and ha
was also the orily married man In the
company. ', ' -
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"I had taught school to earn money to
go to college, iso when I was mustered
out of the service, I- went back to my
job of teaching. I taught five terms,
saving my money so that J oould secure
more schooling. I. went to Miama Medi
cal college, then to' the state university
at Iowa City, and from there to Jeffer
son Medical college at Philadelphia! After
receiving my diploma as a physician I
located at West Branch, Iowa, and prac
ticed my profession. No. I did not go
continuously to these various institu
tions. After teaching and going to school
for a while I went to New Hope, Tenn
where X taught three years In the New
Ray - country .who had - never tasted , or
Viven smelled civilisation, were brought
down to Winnipeg as a feature of a cele
bration there. They spent a week or
more ln7 the 'city .looking at the sky
scrapers, elevators, bridges, automob'lea,
railroads, telephones, airships and other
modern contraptions of genius. Before
they went away they -were asked what,
to them, was the most wonderful crea
tion of ihe white man. With one accord
they agreed the common, everyday bi
cycle was - the greatest wonder of the
world. They could almost understand
that andj therefore it was more Interest
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTSS
. The Indiana on the Klamath reserva
tion have invited the Warm. Springs
Indians, the' Modoes and Pit Rivers to
celebrate the Fourth of Jjy with them
at the old camp, near? Fprt .Klamath.
y -y- - . e ' e y ' - ... -y
In passing, the LaG rands' Observer
chides as follows: 'The ne 1 UOe city
of Portland can do more quarreling over
its public schools than any . little place
this side of the Rockies." j
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"Hundreds" of
Shrlnert." says the
'came out Into Wash-
Hillsboro Argua,
inirtan nnunty and what Sthey saw of
field and farm was a revelation to them.
They'U spread Oregon propaganda in
great chunks when they get back home.
,.,-, . i . . -y-'
: nni.t rtAcn ntv mmt needs to' In
crease her self-respect an to command
the respect of others." according to the
Banner-Courier, "is betterr keptstreets.
The condition of portion? of Seventh,
Molaila and others Is a disgrace to a
mountain corduroy." y y y y 7
A' little bit of successful elty farmlnrj
kv rsitita nn his DKMertv - at Ann
and High streets,-, Fendlet an, is reported
In .the. East Oregonlan. Oje April 18 he
secured from . N. - J. Blydnsteln some
seed for spring wheat, and; since Plant-
: 1 - v. mwif tfl . , riMiff-nr
to a height
of :Z feet, while each ketel
averaaed
16 stalks. The miniature; wheat I arm
is 100 feet square. - ;
are stopping at the 'Seward; hotel during
a brief visit in Portland.
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Walter S. Wells, A. J. tfeterhoff and
James F. Dower, MarshfWd. Or., lum
bermen, are guests at thi ' Multnomah
hoteL Coos Bay's lumber Intjustry, In case
it has, ever, lagged even S7 little bit. Is
coming forward, splendldli . and before
another century has passed, optimistic
Coos Bay folk believe, another Pacific
coast metropolis will "have . been reared
thereabout. '
Mr. 'and Mrs. '.C. H. Langford and
daughter. .Alpha a, of Conyers. Ga,
were guests at the Multnomah hotel
Tuesday. Langford Is president of the
Langford Motor company.
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After' a two weeks visit in Portland,
during which he took in three conven
tions, S. R. Thompson of Pendleton left
the Benson hotel Tuesday ana returned
home In time to assist in the harvesting
Of his wheat crpp. Mrs. Thompson and
their daughter were also here. 7-
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O. M. Kellogg of -Hoqulam, lumber
man, made a business trip to Portland
Tuesday. He stopped at the . Benson
hotel, v i . '
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Among the tourists passing through
Portland Tuesday were Mrs. John Arn
old and daughter and . Mrs. North of
Bradf ordr England. They were at tne
Benson hotel.
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Mr. and Mrs.: c. J. Wellman and two
daughters of San Francisco apent Tues
day; at the Hotel Portland. Wellmad
Is connected with Twohy Brothers, rail
road contractors. .-. , -- " -
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Miss Hazel Schott. instructor In the
Condon pifblie schools, arrived in Portland-recently
to visit Miss Bessie Ears
ly. She is accompanied by her mother.
Lockley .
Hope seminary., --rr-met my wife, Laura
E. Miles, there. She was a teacher there,
like myself. As you know, we named our
first child Tennessee. She and." your
sister Daisy were Inseparable chums. I
have had four children Tennie, Bruce,
Gertrude named after your sister," Ger
trude Sherburne and Mary. : Tennie and
Bruce are no longer with us. Gertrude
is a missionary in India, and Mary was
a teacher In Alaska, but recently married
W. G. Strench, chief ofvthe immigration
service at Ketchikan.
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"I went to Ponca agency In the Indian
Territory In 1878. That is where I flrat
met your sister Gertrude and her hus
band. -Joe Sherburne. Sh 1883 I was
transferred to Oregon as superintendent
of the, Indian school at Forest Grove.
I succeeded Captain' Williamson, an
army captain who bad been In charge
of the school three years. After two
years at Forest Grove I was transferred
to the Chlllocco- Indian school In the
Cherokee -Strip In Indian Territory- as
superintendent. In 1885 I came to New
berg to start the Friends Pacific acad
emy. I was president. My wife was one
of the teachers,- and Professor Starbticlc
taught mathematics and Latin. Profes-,
sor Starbuck has. since achieved success
as an architect and designer and builder
of bridges. 7 During the three years I
was at Newberg I employed B. C. Miles
and his sister as teachers,' as well as
Professor Edwin Morrison, who later
taught at-the Polytechnic, institute at
Salem, and who Is at present profes
sor of physics at the University of Michi
gan, i : '.
"In. 1888 I went to Salem and with
jt 1 1 j . aii xoe A Tteiii wj nuKSUJlCi ionst
as physician to the Muscatine sanltar-
ium. Ben Cook who Is a natural
greeter and I went to Hot Lake, Or.,
where we built, a hotel and sanitar
ium. The first month we had one pa
tient. We charged 910 a week for board,'
lodging, baths and medical treatment.
At the end of the month he paid me two
20-dollar gold pieces. I carried them for
a day or two and then let Ben carry
them for a while, just to he would know
what real money felt 'like once ' more.
Twelve months later we took In $2040 In
place of $40. We sold It after three
years for $20,000, which gave us a profit
of $15,000 on the deal. , jT
" ''y .
"Twenty years ago and that was Just
after we sold out at, Hot Lake -I came
to Newport and started the Minthorn
hot sea water baths.,, After some eears
I sold out and went-to Metlakatla, where
for three years I worked with Father
Duncan. My. wife and daughters were
with me the first time I was there.
After my wife's death I returned to
Newport. Later I went back to Metla
katla. and on December . 15,7 1917, at
Ketchikan I married my present wife,
Tllile Atkinson, who for many years bad
been a paster of the Friends church. She
it was who started the gospel mission at
Augusta, Maine, and slso the Maine
Children's Home society. She started a
paper called Our - Mission Work,, which
she still serves as contributing editor. i I
keep busy with the practice of my pro
fession here In Newport, and . we t both
are very 'end of this beautiful, homelike
and healthful city by the sea,
ing' and Impressive' than the, telephone
or the monoplane which they could not
understand at alL So they went back to
the chilly wilderness overjoyed at hav
ing seen a white man balancing himself
on two rnoying wheels. '
v f AN EARLY EXAMPLE. ' V
- y From tbe Waehiastoe SUr . -''
Midas had Just seen another ham
sandwich turn to gold as his fingers
touched it-
: "This profiteering.1 - he remarked
sadly, "Is something that can be car
ried entirely too far." - aa
The Oregon Country
Korthwaat Rapfj ningt is Brfef Form for the
; Buajr Reader.
J, ' OREGON NOTES '
The - first airplane to cross, the Cas
cades from5 Kugene to Bend arrived at
the latter place Monday. . -
'.Baker coat "dealers are 'receiving-liberal
supplies of coal, removing any fear
of an immediate shortage, T
A. H. Carson, a pioneer Of Josephi-ne '
county, fell dead of heart disease while
plowing on his ranch near Murphy.
.The beginning of the second week of
the summer session of the State Normal
school at Monmouth finds an enrollment
of 463. v
The Growers Warehouse and Packlnf
association of San Jose. CaL, has taken
oyer the Chelsea box factory at Klamath
Falls. , - , .. ...
Owing to the scarcity" of cement at
Baker the construction of sidewalks and
other work requiring cement are sus
pended. - v . J
Funefal service for James Rice, a
DrOtninent llflntfitp An4 famv r? Valrll
were held tn the Elks' temple at The
-"mw rreanesaay.
'The Albany Ministerial association
has elected Rev. J. C. Spencer, pastor of
the First Methodist church, president
for the coming year.
Warm weather has caused the Hood
River cherry crop to ripen fast. Indi
cations are that the yield will be about
o per cent that of last year. -
The contract for construction of the
dam for the diversion of water from
Rogue river to irrigate 10,000 acres of
l"n,d-near Grants Pass has been let to a
California contractor.
Farmers of RmnH, nnnit viiv
advised by B. B. Fulton of the Oregon
Agricultural college entomological de
partment that the most effective remedy
for the grasshopper pest la poison.
. Residents of Western Lane county
nave voted to establish a union high
school at Florence. The diatricts to be
included are Florence, Heeeta. Minerva,
Portage, Glenada, Mercer, Acme and
Canary. - -
According: to the best Information
available the two men drowned on the
Astoria trolling launch Scorpion, which
foundered off Crescent City? last Thurs
day, were Howard- Ensminger and Ed
Metzger, both of Portland.
- "Washington t
D. W. Mills, chief of police at Eprague,
has resigned and been succeeded by W.
M. Brophy.y , - -
Attorney General Thompson has ruled
that a notary public must be an Amer
ican citizen. ... ,
It has been decided by the commercial
club of Sprague to advertise Sprague
and surrounding territory.
The Tacoma Railway Power com
pany will petition the-state public aerv
ice commission for a 10-cent fare.
Crop reports from various sections of
the Grays Harbor country show that the
late rains have been very beneficial to
crops. . t
The Hoqulam lodge of Eagles held:
special ceremonies in honor of the of-;
ficlal visit of National. Grand President .
Weed, .t -.- .., ... -
The Walla Walla fair association Jias'
engaged Fay Legrow, a Weston banker
and rancher, to -manage the frontier
days show this falL
Preparations are being made by the
county agent of Klickitat county to as
sist the United States biological 'survey
in removing .0 live beavers to Rainier
national parlcj ,( . J .
. 'All business will be suspended for two'
hours at Centralla during the funeral
services of, Thomas Cunningham, chief
of the fire department,-who perished in
the Hope block fire. . -
.One of the largest transactions In the
Northwest was the. purchase by the
Northwestern Trading .company -of Se
attle of the American-Oriental sales cor
portation for; $500,000. - '
The North Coast Power company has
appealed to the 'Superior court- from an
order of the public . service aommiitxion
requiring the. power, company to refund
to the city of Centralla the sum of
$5600. - . ! , .. . , . ... .. .
The annual 'convention, of the Wash
ington state federation of labor has
convened at Spokane with 400 delegates
In attendance. A nveTy fight for con-
u-oi dv tne radical and conscrvst v
elements is expected.
Ti'y-. - IDAHO' '
The airplane that- had been engaged
for the Fourth of July celebration at
Hailey has Been destroyed by fire.
Between -1600 and - t000. persons at
tended the second -annual picnic of the
Latah county farm bureau at Moscow.
Increased water rates for the town of
Jerome- have been, allowed by the public
utilities commission. . The Increase,
which takes effect July .1, is 25 per cent.
' Secretary of State Jones reports a
serious shortage of labor In the Coeur
d'Alene district notwithstanding the
wages paid are the highest in the his
tory of the cam pa
The section of the north and south'
highway between Whltebird and New'
Meadows has been closed to traffic. It
will be impassable for six weeks while
grading work is going on. t
The state fish hatchery has planted
40,000 rainbow trout in the streams
around Idaho City, incldding Moo res.
Beaver and Elk creeks. Above the
Arrowrock dam and along the ' south
fork of the Boise 40,000 more are to be
planted.
Keen Interest is being taken by the
undergraduates of the University ef
Idaho, and those Interested In the in
struction In the Olympic games trials
at Pasadena Saturday owing to the fact
that Robert N. Irving of Rupert and Pat
Perrlne of Nn Perce are to try for
places on the Ail-American team.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Theweather clerk sorter went back
on us the last day of he big doln's lo
Portland, -but everbuddy enjoyed their
selves, even the little tots and -the ladles
in mighty thin and purty dresses. I
reckon Portland'll be mighty well adver
tised, as the big and beautiful city
where the folks makes good, does good
and Is good. :
Whoever Named the Peach
' Named It at Sight of
' an Oregon Peach
"Dearie, said Mabel, In her gush
ing way, you don't know the half of
it, dearie; indeed, you don't."
When one haa referred to the un
matched qualities of Oregon's apples
prunes, strawberries, cherries, pears
and walnuts, the visitor might think
the recital closed.
Not a bit of it- , 7-
Take a bite from-an Oregon peach.
It has the delicate blush, which the
cheeks of the fairest of the fair rare
ly attain. It has lingering sweetness
and flavor. It has generous size and
perfection of frm. The peaches from
the vicinity of The Dalles and from
the valley of the Umpqua and the
Rogue are growing in fame wherever
they are shipped, whether In cans or
cold storage. Ashland 'claims, with
no small measure of justice, to pro
duce the very finest peaches grown in
all the world. The claim,' of course,
probably, reads like a Western boost
er's boost; but go to Ashland, clear
down on the southern boundary of
Oregon, try some Ashland peaches
where they hang In the sunshine over
the garden wall ; then se If you have
any more skeptical remarks to offer.
Oregon's peach -crop- lasC year was
measured commercially not in color,
flavor, and else, but in the. less im
portant measurement of 2,000,000
buxea, valued at $1,840,000, ( m r .
Peach growing Is another hnfant
Industry; in Oregon. - There is much
room for additional .Tvveis.
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