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THE OREGON DAItY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY. JULY 10, 1C2D. Efitra IBs eelm. be eonfMent. be ebserfei sad I nnto otherTU you woukt haes th da nnto m. 1 Fublisbe- ererr wees. U snd eunda, Jl0? t The Journal BuUdinc Brosdwsjr ul Mf faiU street.-I'orUand. Orrson. . tor UmoMBtHtoa Uvouca Um sssiis sb - , a" asatts. -'" - ' " ' " I l!r, br Uwe .OBlxn. Benjamin K.uur O... Bru.ick BuildiM. iCc-a Fifth imiu. X CM , - - Building. Chtcsso. IT?!f' .rJ! 1 i VtU not print "P use or BCB8CU1PTIOH BATES By carrier, city and eoupu. V DAILY AND BUN DAT Oh e. ...... S I VI tM Bonin SUM DAT Ana eek . . ,IO I OU On Unsta.... At i .--..mia II X JIAJUAJX BATES PAYABLE IN AJJVAMCB On. rr. .....88.00 B'' laonth. . . DAILY Without Sunday) Ob year 00 Six tnon;.h, . . . S.2S Thras Booth.. On month. .. . . .SO WEEKLY Ery Wednesdss) One year. . .,.8i.0J Six months. .- . Three month. . One aoonUi .., - SUNDAY Only One year -??2 Six monthss ..... J- Three months... 1.99 WEEKLT A SUKDAI . ' Om y. ...... 3- A Bate to Kaatero poinU fnrnJabed I arrplto- tlom. Uak remitunca by Money Order, Expr-aa rkmAmm itf nntt - Iff IttOT , mvw If ooey Order Office, 1 or 3 -cent aUmpa ww vm accepted. Make aU remitUncM paynow w Journal. Portland. Orecon. O that eatatea. decree and offices - Ware not derived corruptly, and that clear honor Were purchased by the merit of the wearer! ' , - - ShaJkeapeare. . THE CLIMAX DESTRUCTION of her war material and reduction 'of. her' military force to 100,000 men is again assented to by Germany under the requirements of the league covenant. The change is to be accomplished within Six months. - . - -There, is still , a great opportunity to end war. .If the League. of Nations could only be, strengthened by the moral leadership of America, there, is no doubt i at the great program of peace would become permanent. With out that leadership the league will be a wavering, unsettled, doubtful expe dient. - ' The moral force of America is needed to stabilize the league. France wants to . use the league to cripple Germany, It is natural for France to do that, after what she has passed through. It is difficult for a just civilization to blame her. Great Britain Is also certain to use the league for selfish purposes, and for the same reason. That nation will not in a century forget or forgive the harm that came to her through Prus sian! militarism. ',' And ' it is the same with Italy. - - The balancing influence of America is needed to make the decisions of the league. It is only through justice that the league can survive. The old thoughts and the old Ideas still possess European chancelleries. The French government has already be come militaristic. The men who agreed to a pact of justice and peacev have .been driven from power. For this great chance for a war less world to be hanging In the balance and America refusing to forward the movement is a deadening thought. For . the one great nation that could by the simple exercise of her moral in fluence bring the prayers of millions of mothers to a fulfillment Is the last limit of disappointment." At such a time, for the United States to be In the company of Mexico., Bolshevist Russia and unspeakable Turkey is the climax of humiliation. Taylor street is a heavy traffic artery. Many , motorists use the thoroughfare. In spite "of tht, youngsters go there to play games. It Is an unsafe practice and one that parents and the police should prohibit. WHY TO SEATTLE? TV J H Y do Portland merchants per- v mit a large volume of busipess to go to beattle for goods local dealers do not carry In stock? In the face of . frequent calls for certain articles why do Portland commercial men permit the business to go to Seattle via the mail order route? . Why is this city placed in the class of a village and the business transferred to the Sound nie- trooolis? : . ' . There is a certain brand of pow- - dered milk in great demand among forest rangers, surveyors and ; outing organixations. The forest service has large bodies of men fighting fires. building -trails and roads, cruising timber - and surveying who ; use the particular b-and-of milk in preference . to all others. The headquarters of the service is - in- Portland. Yet, prospective purchaser could not ftnd a single Portland merchant who car ried the goods.. The forest service' was oMiged to send its heavy, order to a Seattle "ficm. a Portland dealer acting as intermediary &s a favor. .-'.-' Portland merchants explain that the manufacturers insist upon fixing the retail prlce,v.hich price does not al low them enough profit. Yet hundreds of orders ape going to Seattle firms from Portlanders , planning outing trips, it must pay the Seattle dealers to carry the' product ' ; U ' '" The same condition exists in outing garments of the more durable variety. The Portland stocks are, meagre and orders 4?e sent to Seattle dairy where the purchaself J 1 may'; choose from greater assortments of apparel. . Such a situation is incongruous in a city' located as'' Portland is, In the very "heart of the great outdoors. On every side are streams, mountains and hunting grounds. : Sportsmen come to Oregon from the East ' for - their play. It is absurd that theysliould be compelled to "purchase their, sup plies in Seattle. " . Is It coincidence, reflection or Pr'ovfden c ? Oregon's . hottest weather began immediately upon the conclusion Aof the two national po litical conventions. : . . DRIVERLESS walking south on East 'Twenty-first street yesterday.; Suddenly he saw an auto mobile going east on Broadway. It had no driver. ' "'!".- The officer started - in pursuit A lady's hat dropped from the; machine as it continued on.i Finally the officer saw a form bending over in the front scat But the automobile ran ahead, drtverless, until it crashed into a parked car. . ! ; ' The young lady who was operating the machine had fainted. The car had proceeded ahead for a block without a guiding hand-" Thcre no force to turn it to the side or apply the brakes. ; It was" driverless, ; and as dangerous as a machine with- a reck less or drunken pilot It was one ot the automobiles that pedestrians must anticipate. Like some others it was completely out of control. A baby or preoccupied pe2 destrian would have been at its mercy. . . . " Who knows what other day a driverless car may run' wild upon the street 1 And how much "difference is there between a driverless automobile and an automobile operated by a fool ish or drunken pilot? A White Salmon river cow ' the other day .descended upon an unpro tected picnic j party's camp " and among, other things , consumed a cake of soap. Could tt be said that she did it in the interest of clean milk? . i . - - FOR. A WOMAN'S HONOR A CHICAGO gangster recently shot to death another gangster after he had questioned the honor of a woman with whom the first was in love. The gun wielder had -accepted all manner of insults cast upon himself, but when the victim , made- obscene " remarks about the girl, he was Bhot dead. There ' is nothing more despicable than the-man who sullies the honor of a woman. There is none so cow ardly and none so baser Than a woman's honor-there js nothing more sacred, nothing so , dear. It is her honorr herH' finer sensibilities, ; that raises '.woman from the plaything of man to his Ideal. The law will not condone the rash act of the Chicago gun wieldpr. But the whole-world is wont to give credit to the high or low who defend the came and honor of woman. More money is spent in the TJnlled States annually for tobacco than for automobiles, according to statistics gathered by the --treasury depart ment. . ,,Two billions are spent every year for motor cars and their parts and $2,200,000,000 for tobacco. We spend : $1,000,000,000-: a year for candy and $50,000,000 for chewing gum. ; . ,' . FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC JI OST picturesque' of all the fig- VI ures in the shiDDinsr of he Pa cific coast is Robert Dollar. If ever a man was .qualified by appearance and experience, to become the Elisha of Pacific commerce, it is he. Captain Dollar predicts : "The com merce df the Pacific is to exceed all the commerce on the Atlantic. The foreign trade convention held In San Franciscdf last May first hoard the Dollar prophecy. More recently it has been repeated in the Philadel phia Public Ledger, with a sketch of the mariner's history apparently added to strengthen ' the credibility of his forecast. " ; Captain Dollar came as a boy from Scotland to the lumber camps of Can ada. In th& camp, he taught himself to figure and to count .He became foreman before he was twenty. With Scotch thrift he husbanded his earn ings, entered business for h imself , yas made bankrupt by the panio of 1873, paid off his debts, began'; in business for himself again and stands today at the head of a business which reached across the seal ; ' .'. ; Captain Dollar operates a fleet of six vessels under the British flag be tween Vancouver, B. and the Ori ent He is a director In the American- International corporation, which owns the International: Mercantile marine and the Pacific Mail Steamship" com pany. I .He : has five shipping board vessels ' operating between San Fran cisco and the Orient and four smaller shipping board craft Serving as -cargo feeders on the China coast His son and successor as manager of the Dol lar interests is a heavy, owner in the Pacific Steamship company,' which is extensively engaged in Alaska, Pacific coastwise and Oriental trade.; -; : When the r American government contracted with China for , the con struction of ships during the war period, the .Chinese government, stip ulated that the money be turned over to Captain Dollar without a . cent of bond. . ' i At an t unlettered Scotch youth ean emerge from' a frontier lumber camp and do so well, what are the limits of accomplishment for our ; own well trained - youth ? 'y -.: J ; t If an unlettered Scotch - boy can- emerge from a frontier lumber camp and build two fortunes In sailing the sea, what may not be the achieve ments of our ow American youth in the -business? ; 1 Eighteen great . American com panies' whose trademarks have been pirated abroad and in South Amer ica estimate that their loss in good will averages $1,009,000 each. -Firms that - have, "c made their- trademarks famous in the United States for mo tion pictures, soap, pianos, garters, underwear, t o b a c c o, automobiles, tractors, duplicating machines, , boat motors, batteries and even corsets have had the mortification of seeing foreign manufacturers' seize upon the trade , mark and benefit' from . the advertising whileVivending . inferior articles. Trade mark protection nas become; the subject of an interna tional campaign. While imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, in this instance . it is the' most aggravating: form of loss. .'' -1 . i -J ... '. ', THEIR WHITE LILY? HOW grieved 'some Harding news papers are over the alleged mois ture of Governor Cox I "f ; s -: ' But why be so downhearted about Governor Cox? .There is the Oregon- ian. for. instance. It is full of lamen- tation-and travaiPof soul over Gov ernor Cox, the man who, by the way, gave Ohio its first dry Sunday. Why not also be concerned ' about Senator Harding, the real wet?; He voted for submission of the prohibi tion amendment but did it under pro test He said it was untimely : and should not have been presented.; He said prohibition violated "personal liberty.. His speech .In the senate on the subject is on this page. Speaking of the prohibition amend ment, he said: , -u;'.-; 1 :. I am in sympathy with the opposition to the resolution - about the unfairness of adopting a federal amendment under the provisions of the constitution on a question relating to PERSONAL LIB ERTY, and if there were any other method of submitting an amendment, I should be very glad to employ it I am not a prohibitionist, Mr. President and never have pretended to be. I do claim to be m temperance man. I do not ap proach thin question from a moral view point, BECAUSE T AM UNABLE TO SEE IT AS GREAT MORAL -QUES TION. ? liyiZ :A A-l''V;y I' Throughout his speech Senator Harding spoke in the language of the wets. He thought the thoughts of the wets. He used the arguments of the 'wets. He talked about the "per sonal liberty" of the wets. No angel wings can be "sprouted by Harding newspapers on his back, after that speech. With those words star ing them in the face, they make the world gy when, they hold up Candi date Harding as a white lily of pro hibition. ' - ; .Meanwhile, if the Oregon ian is so heartbroken over Governor Cox how ckn it support Pat McArthur an open and rank opponent of prohibition ? ; The dry summer months are the time when fires are most easily started. Remove the refuse and debris and eliminate the fire trap. THE ISLANDERS TP HE grass thatch of a Filipino roof X caught fire one day and became, thus, a. contributor to commerce. ; The Philippine islander are looking for a light, fireproof material to use as roofing in place of the thatch.: In the course of their investigations they have found two kinds of grass in sufficient' abundance and quality to supply their needs. J The stir for Improvement resulted In the importation last year ; of goods which : cost $5,500,000 more than the value of all Philippine exports.! The unfavorable trade balance would have been a reflection - upon the develop ment- of Uncle Sam's island , posses sion. But iron and steel stood near the head of Philippine imports. , , . Much of the metal" had been fabri cated into machinery and structural steel. . The islanders are building sugar mills and want Improved ma chinery for them, i They are building plants, with which to; press oil from copra ; and here, again, modern ma chinery is necessary. They are build ing' canning factories with which to preserve pineapples and ,fish for do mestic use and exportation. They are using steel in the erection of modern buildings 'and bridges. , Cotton fabrics stood at the head of importations. Wheat, beef, condensed milk, footwear -commodities that are staple products of " this region were bought in quantity by the Philippine Islanders. , "'",-' . T ' Life over there is reaching a higher plane.. Agriculture , is growing more productive through the stimulus of improved methods and machinery and the more consecutive 'employment' of the natives. Industry is reaching out toward the Important products of the islands in ' order that these may be exported in manufactured form. The islanders, have been Investing their savings. - They are putting their money and themselves to work. ; m One of the largest exhibits- at the Foreign Trade convention at San Fran- eif last month was made by the people of tne Philippine islands. Repeal y the islanders told the pc?Ie that the freedom, the-eddcation and the leadership acquired Zander thJ government of the United Slates were transforming the islands from an irk some responsibility ' Into -a r treasure house. ; , . - '- - -'C; As our . iron.1 steel,, cotton. wheat lumber, beef, condensed .mllk,'Jewelry and luxuries find markets : in. the islands,' and as we. recfeive in return cargoes "of sugar, hemp, copra oil pineapples,' nuts arid other desirable products, we ' shall realize that these distant loyalists of the United States spoke less than the truth." ' f HARDING WET Position Shown by Remarks in the . Senate, August 1, 117, on the Prohibition Amendment ( When the- national prohibition amendment to the constitution of the United States was be fore the T'nited States senate on -the attention of rabmittins; it to fhe people. Senator Harding tti bft attimde wrd prohibHrnn' in .the ubioined remarks, which are reproduced from tbtr UcBsjresalonal Record of Aueust 1, 1917.1 ' The thought I have in mind. Mr. Pres ident, is the - elimination of this unend ing prohibition contest In : the. halls of congress. At the same time, I AM IN SYMPATHY WITH THE. OPPOSITION TO THE RESOLUTION ABOUT THE UNFAIRNESS OF ADOPTING A FED ERAL AMENDMENT - UNDER- THE PROVISIONS OP -THE : CONST1TU, TION ON, A QUESTION RELATING TO PERSONAL LIBERTY and if there wre any other method of submitting an amendment I should . be very glad . to employ it. - . . I AM f NOT A PROHIBITIONIST, MR: PRESIDENT, ' AND NEVER HAVE PRETENDED.1 TO BE I do claim to be a temperance man. - I do not ap proach this question from a- moral view poitit. BECAUSE X AM USABLE TO SEE IT AS A GREAT MORAL QUES TION. I can remember very distinctly when I was a boy, during the early days of a . hardy rural citizenship .' in Ohio, some of the most moral people the atate boasted had a Jug of whiskey in thefence corner during harvest time. I am notjsaying that I favor that. 5 I only cite it as an instance that it is not al ways - and invariably a moral question. But I do see the ethical and economic side of it, and when it comes to de cision off this point at a time when we are boasting 'of our warfare for popu lar government, I can not be inconsist ent enough to deny the settlement of this much mooted question by popular wlU .in the only manner in which Jthe constitution provides. --i -'-. :-;:... I DO THINK IT IS UNWISE, IMPRUDENT AND INCONSIDERATE TO FORCE THE ISSUE AT THIS TIME. I" do not question the sincerity or the higrh purpose of the prohibition forces, but I do believe, and very sin cerely, that it is a great misfortune to the country to divide American citusen ahip into two . hostile camps over this question , of personal liberty at a time when we ought to be prompting the con cord of citizenship that is' essential to win the war. - But having expressed ray self as regretting- thl pressure brought to settle this issue now, I must go fur ther and say that since it is insistent and intruding, so ' that we must reach a decision now. I find myself Impelled to take the aide which I think must In the end - contribute to tbe most good of our common people. , i-, ;, I DO NOT THINK A PROHIBITION AMENDMENT WILL ' B E EFFECTIVE, Mr, President. - You can not make any law stronger than- the public sentiment which sees to its enforcement. ; . I have watched the' progress or this question from the conflict in the hamlet -to the municipality.- to the county,: - the state, and the nation, and while I stand here and freely-express my doubts about its practicability,- at the same time I . rec ognize that-it is growing and insistent and persistent and must be settled.' Ever since I have been in public-life in a -small way I have seen men con tinually measured by the wet and dry yardstick, and the submission of this amendment is going to measure every candidate for public office- by the same wet and dry yardstick . until the final settlement. When I say that I have ex pressed my strongest reason for putting a limitation upon the pendency of -the amendment. I want to see this ques tion settled. X want to take it out of the halls of congress .and refer ' it to the people who must make the .ultimate de cision. I .want to meet the demand for submission and witness a' decision. . .So."4 then.' in spite of its un timeliness. in spite of the lack of prudence in sub mitting it now, since we have come to this question of prohibition as a war measure, and -there has been a yielding on the one hand against drastic prohi bition in the food bill, I think this sub mission is a sort of compromise between the contending forces, and I am willing to be counted a compromising agent. All our great movements are the result of Just such endeavors. I DO NOT HES ITATE TO SAY THAT I APPROACH THE QUESTION FROM : A' STRONG SENSE OF JUSTICE AND IP THIS AMENDMENT IS SUBMITTED" TO THE PEOPLE OF - THE UNITED STATES AND RECEIVES THE SANC TION OF THREE FOURTHS OF THj? GENERAL ASSEMBLIES THEN, IF MY TENURE OF OFFICE STILL OB TAINS, I AM WILLTNO TO .GO FUR THER AND JOIN IN A MOVEMENT TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE THROUGH A PROCESS OP COMPENSATION TO TiitS BUSiKBSS UKJffKOXBU , , v So, then Mr. President in these rather rambling remarks which I have made. rather than turning - .to some written ones I -wished to offer. I will say that I should - like to 'see this amendment adopted, because it ' accomplishes one great thing. It forces this great public question to final settlement within -a period of six years. : We shall "have the question acutely presented until it has neen. iinauy - aisposea oc witlim utt time. I am sure that after we have dis posed of it we shall find national legi lative and state legislative 'duties ad- Justed to much more normal lines. - " I hope the Judgment of tbe senate will be such that it . will agree to this limi tation : amendment I , know there are arguments against the constitutionality of such a course but there can be no argument offered that will question the validity of the amendment . if - it is adopted within the time prescribed. Preserve the Trees From the Bend Bulletin ! ' " A party of Bend people, recently re turned from a motor trip through Cali fornia, are showing their friends - photo graphs of various . points ,of ; interest visited by. them on the Journey. 'One of these was a little hillock with a few scat tered Torreon pine to which a paved road had been built , and park, or landscape effects created. . Upwards of Jla.OOO has been spent to beautify the spot and make It" accessible and, it .Is looked - upon in the neighborhood,' we are told, as a place of' remarkable - interest and natural beauty simply" because of the presence there of these few scrubby pine trees. On hearing of this one is inclined at first- to smile at the thought of paying so much attention to --what an Ore gonian would look . on as a lot of In ferior trees. Your Oregonian compares these with the pines he knows at home and thinks how -much larger and more beautiful are' the trees the traveler will find here. : He is inclined to look on this little collection as a Joke and the money spent in their setting as thrown away. Second thought however, , tells him that there Is nothing to scoff at in, this California scene. The pines are the only native trees in the vicinity and the point is that ' they are preserved and-, made something of. ' Their value is recognized. They are an asset and are treated as such. - . ; j With us nature has been so generous that we pay no attention to our good fortune, but instead take it as a matter of course. We give no thought, to the preservation of oar own beauty spots until it is too late and then we awake to the realization of our irrevocable loss and appreciate such work as has been done at this California hillock. - Such criticism , as :, is : implied in the foregoing is Intended more especially for other sections of the state i which have only Just now begun to appreciate the situation, as is evidenced by recent articles In the Portland newspapers. Here on the ; ; Deschutes : the - ShevllnHixpn company has generously promised much to insure . the - preservation of timbered Spots of scenic beauty, but there are still many to be saved and that will be- saved if we take to heart the lesson from 'Cali fornia. " Letters From', trie People' . f Communications sent'' to The Journal' for publication in this departssent ahoaM be . written n only one side of the paper,, akoald not esceed suv wards in length end must ne sicnea Djr us writer, whose mil address in full must aocons pany the eontiibunou. ON EMPLOYMENT FOR BOYS Portland. July S. To the Editor Of The Journal I should like to know Just what the majority think of the law pro hibiting boys under 16 years of age from working. Is it better that our " boys should run the streets, as they must do if . they - are not otherwise employed, as all mothers know, or would ; it not be better, that they be kept at some light employment which will teach them the rudiments of , self respect and give them the desire to work and earn - their own money?. It is known by most parents, and all boys, that it is humiliating to a boy almost as large as his father, to have to ask that father for money. .And this in turn creates a desire for that boy to get ;; money from : any other aource than from .-his father. .Personally, I know of several boys who are borrowing money from others ; that are working. Ask when they intend to pay it back and the answer will Invariably be, .''Lord only knows i I don't But as soon as I am 16,' I can get work." Boys, as a rule, are loyal . to one another In this way ; when one is out of work the ones that do work will lend the others any amount they can spare. -. . ' . Now in all fairness to the boy under 16, would it not be better that any boy be employed, learning to be" honest and industrious, and kept out of mischief, than i to learn the everlasting borrowing habit which will be hard .to overcome In later years? ' 1 ,': -....;'.. ;l know one boy , who was learning a trade and at the same time paying for his sister's course at a conservatory of. music, which she could otherwise not have takep. as it . takes all of what the father can possibly make to pay the rent profiteers and buy food. They are wear ing anything that is wearable and that will 1 make ' a . half decent appearance. That boy Is now thrown out of employ ment; his sister will have to give up her music, and ail for a foolish law that was sponsored by a lot of women that have never known any desire- that could not be gratified. " t Anyone with common' sense can see that: men will not work for wages that a boy would : get, and as" for the old bogey that boys are keeping men from work, all I can say - is, try to hire a man for the same work that a boy is doing, and at' the . same wages, and . see if you don't get. turned down by that man. v ;' L. EH. .. TAXATION .Vancouver, Wash., July 8. -To the Ed itor ot The Journal About taxes : The cost' of existence : is a tax and labor pays it. To the " economist the word "taxation" means no more than does the word i "transmutation" ., to the chemist. The laborer is taxed to support his fam ily, and he is charged with all 'bills in cidental to governing his - country : and maintaining its armies and navies. These bills may be collected through various media r and - may - reach - the laborer through devious - and circuitous routes, but - reach him they must before - they may .be paid. . . . . -.- -.-. -. The words "single, "income and "in heritance" as applied to taxes are but subterfuge. Productive labor pays all bills,' and the agency through which col lection is effected matters not , 4 - . - J. Harold. INJURED EMPLOYE COMPLAINS Salem, July 2. To the Editor of The Journal -I read , in Saturday's issue the letter of George W. Elder regarding the state accident' commission" and I must say I was hurt over a . year ago and have submitted report after report to the commission and my doctor says the same, and after a year I have yet to get what is due me from the accident com mission, t My fees were" paid and are being paid now, every montlu. yet I do not believe I shall ever get any benefit As an employe I have always ' loyally supported the commission. " As an em ploye I have always been in favor of it. But my own experience of the past year has made, me- wonder If . there are any more people among the working men who have had the same experience. A Worker. Curious Bits of Information For the. Curious Gleaned From Curious Places , The . fashion of. keeping little dogs as objects of luxury Is not at all modern. Both Greek rand Rbman women used to have small pet dogs over which they made as much to do as does a fashion able lady of today over her poodle. - Even: men. usually, foreigners, were not ashamed to stroll about the Roman streets carrying dogs in their arms. It is said that Julius Caesar, once seeing some men : thus occupied, sarcastically inquired of them if, the women of their country had no children. . ' Olden Oregon Merchandising - In Salmon Begun by - Hudson's Bay Company,- ; Columbia . river . salmon ; were . intro duced to the markets of the .world by the Hudson's Bay company. - The - first attempt to compete with this company was. made by. . Nathaniel . Wyeth, . but he was: .unsuccessful. Early ' merchants at Oregon City engaged in a limited trade with, the merchants of Honolulu for sugar and - molasses. ' About 1857 John West began putting up salt salmon In barrels at Westport on - tbe ; lower Co lumbia river. In 1859 a similar busi ness was established, at the mouth of Rogue river by Strong, Baldwin Co. In 188ft William Hume and A. S. Hap good put up a cannery at Eagle Cllft on the north bank of the Columbia river. In what: "is :" now ,; known as Wahkiakum county. "' Tho7 .exportation . of - canned salmon began in ' 1171V-- COMMENT AND 'SMALL' CHANGE 'Plenty warm. , - . " - v- . - .' -Vacation daya' . , e e. e' " w .-. : Remember' the est ". - ' e ETrs" who attend me state convention at Salmi are promised plenty of. gaso line. But who ever heard of an Elk drinking "gag." ... e e ' . - '.'': There's ' plenty of water,' so "far, but even so, that's no excuse for lettrtig it run on the garden all night. - Besides, it may flood the basement. , If the man in public affairs doesn't do much else these diva. h finds it comparatively easy to become the rea sonfor an official investigation of some -P. R.. L. & P. officials have been in specting reservoir sites, which reminds us we have heard It saidhat there is already too much "water'in the oora- pany. A streetcar down In iilnrli nlW turned the tables on the uuual run of accidents, and bumped Into an automo bile after jumping the track. . A person never knows whece he Is -safe. ,e Nogales. Ariz., reports a temperature of 130 degrees, the. natural heat of the fires in the vicinity. Rather rubbing! It in, we should. say.. . , - MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town ..- Thomas H. Breeze of San Francisco blew into the Portland hotel Thursday seeking surcease from the heat through the - medium of a room with a great big bath. But - a bunch of -Democratic delegates returning from the San Fran cisco convention- had preceded ..Breeze and he was forced to seek' comfort else where. :;; j. '-.;;..- -;yy:-, - . - ' - - j - - , e : . - -.: v - " Walter Dacey, delegate to the Demo cratic national convention from Duluth, Minn,, stopped ' In' Portland . long enough to spend two hours seeing the sights by automobile and to regret ' his ; In ability to remain over to take in the highway trip. He was the special guest of Kenneth and Rupert Hauser, sons of Eric V. Hauser,, president of the .Mult nomah Hotel company, who classify as "college chums." The three were at the University of Minnesota at the same time. . . . . C. L. Koster. president of the Cali fornia Barrel .company -and prominent in the. affairs of. the c Associated Adver tising clubs. Is a guest at the Portland while here, on .business. . The company maintains several branches in -the Northwest ; Roads are getUng warm - already un der the stress of heavy automobile travel up Sheridan way, and the condition threatens : to populate the Tillamook county beaches very early In the season. From Sheridan comes R. I. Merrif leld, who is a guest at the Hotel Oregon. ' ; e J e s '; . K- Automobile parties are arriving In large numbers , in Portland, indicating the trend 'of modern travel. Among the motor -tourists at the Seward -are , Mrs. Rose Bories, Ethel. Genevieve and Gib son Bories. and Mrs S. Danielewicz, who motored from San Francisco In three days, and Mrs.-C Heln and daughters, Eleanor , and Elma, who came in their car from Mounts tnhome, Idaho. ,'."-. i -: :'- i.' -,. ..' ' Dan Waldo Bass of Seattle : is ex tremely versatile -in-, his business adven tures. Bass is connected with the : Fry hotel at Seattle, : is president Of the Washington Hoteimen'a association has a ranch down near Corvallis,has a big sawmill somewhere in -: Washington and, most . Important -- of all. Is exceedingly Interested in growing celery. When Dan Bass starts off n celery he forgets his hotel 'and everything- else. - Bass is now putting up at the Multnomah while at tending the meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. : - . '' - . - r - , '-- - . V-. -.:. :.: -'. '': "Fof the first time In 20 years 'Mr. and Mrs. : Louis Carter - of Los Angeles are visiting in Portland. The. Carters drove in their car from- Southern California, bringing with them Mra Powderly and two children.- from Chicago, who are sightseeing in the West. ? That Portland has made remarkable progress since they were here last is the - opinion of the Carters. The : party is staying at the New Perkins.--:, ; :- '- .....-. ,.:;;-:' .;.: ' Among the lumbermen who are at the Portland while attending the meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's association are Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dunlap of Litteli. IMPRESSIONS: AND OBSERVATIONS OF THEJOURNAL MAN By Fred ' (One who a few yean aso made himvlf no table as an tintrammeled man of the wilds is ducoered by Mr. Locklejr immersed in the con templation of nature on the shore of the Pa cific ThH man imw ajs art ia the effort to interpret the prnnitiTe. J - . .. , While walking from 'Hwaco to Long BeacH recently I ran acrdas a most in teresting character. After a'walk of a mile- or more - through ; the- woods from Hwaco you come out near "The Rocks," on the shore of the Pacific. A short walk along the beach brings you to a stream. A hundred yards back from the curling surf and Just above the stream, on a rounded knoll, perches a neat litUe cottage, r As .1 passed thls cottage I notice a roughly dressed man In the back yard working near a -line on which some split salmon were hung out to dry. Crossing the stream on " an improvised bridge of driftwood I stopped to pass the time of day with, him. Pointing to the salmon I asked, "DO you catch them hereabout r He shook his head and said, "No ; the fishermen are not allowed to sell salmon weighing less than 12 pounds, so when they, happen to find a few in their nets weighing less than that they give them to me and I smoke them. I have a few cod and a lot of salmon I am drying-. As you see, I dip them Jin that tub of brine; then hang them .up to drain, and later I smoke them. i My wife is filling all her fruit jars with salmonJ It helps keep down the H. C. L. Canned saunon, kip pered salmon and smoked salmon corns In handy to vary the monotony of crabs, clams and fresh fish. . . i .- e ' "What am I doing? Come into this woodshed and I will show you. I have converted it into a studio. I have trav eled pretty v(ell - all -over the .world. " but nowhere have I ever seen more gor geous sunsets ' than- are to 1 be seen on North Beach. "We entered the wood shed and on an easel "near the window was a large canvas. . Pointing to it he said, "There is aa fanciful sketch which I have Just comple"ted.The central fig ure Is a girl 17 or 18 years old. She has Just come from - the ocean, " as you can see by the gleam r of the water on her hare flesh. She has . caught up that wreath of - sea moss r ahd with head thrown back and body poised she is -rejoicing in being alive. I .think I shaU call it- Llf e's Sprrngthne" or The Joy of Life or some such title, to show her abounding vitality and Joyonsness.- Yes, with the woods as -a naxkground.' the sea in the foreground, with the gleaming wave-kissed and and that sky effect it does make a rather effective setting for the central figure, the nude figure of the young girL : 3 --"-- - i;. "". "How do I get my ' sky-effects? - I have worked that out since I have lived NEWS IN BRIEF ' . SIDELIGHTS ' " '. Pioneers of Wallowa county will hold a meeting on July 16 at Wallowa lake. Baker and Union county people are invited. - ' . i .. ' - e e "You bet your life.' exclaims' the Reed sport Courier, "with the coming of ves sels to take away our produces In the Lower. Umpqua country to outside mar kets the car shortage in the future-will not be so acute." r . . e - .. e-."'-."j, .-.': George Huntington Currey delivers his nfrinlal ulutstorv a managing editor. in the Baker Herald of July 6. lie fills nearly two columns with hts delineation of. principles and policies, and puts a punch into each and every sentence. " - , . e -jp - The first car over the Cascades by way of McKensie pass reached Eugene Monday. A party from Central Oregon made the trip In fair time but their car hurl to rut towd a short distance east of the summit because of roud torn up by " construction work, t Tne snow j um not interfere in any way. e . ' : . - 1 It was the L.' C. Li in those days. na lh items, ivnrlnted bv the Con don - Globe-Times from the, old Condon rf juiu si isi.lr "rjuit week Alex Hardie sold to Mrs. Kate Russell of Mathey Flat, Sno head of yearling ewes at $1 a head." "You can get a first class ii n ni'j rlathM it1 Jamei W, Smith's for T50. No shoddy, either." "Ernest Seekamp sold his. wool to LJle Phil' Heppner for 7, cents a pound. C. H. Watxek of Waunai and J. W, Thompson. . 5 Nicolay- Christiansen of Norway sells sardines for' a-living and skis, or 'used to, for. sport. Back In Norway Christian sen learned to navigate on skis and so adept did he become that he could Jump 120 feet over the northern! snows with out half trying. Selling sardines, how ever, has somewhat unfitted him for any record-breaking ski stunts, but up In Paradise Valley In June he performed some - pretty ; lively feats, j Christiansen helped organize the ski club that raced down Rainier's slopes, last month and he was one of the .most active members at 4he skiing 'event. "It is really wonder ful." " remarked Christiansen, "the way these boys on. the Pacific coast can get around onr skis, when they have had so little opportunity for practice. It is dif ferent' in Norway, where it is a sort of second nature ; but here it is truly re markable." V Christiansen, is staying at the Multnomah. With him are two other traveling salesmen, J. B. ' Meunler, who Is foisting upon the public some ripe olives that he swears won't poison any one, and A. L. Eove of New Tork,- who is disposing of salt.' :. , . Dr. Waldo Hubbard, wife and child, from Los Angeles, are among the tour ists visiting at the Portland. The Hubbards are on their way to Yellow stone park. '""' j. '..' 1 1 :- . f ' - Irving W. Smithy a multi-millionaire Quaker from Pennsylvania, Is registered at the Multnomah. With him' are Mr. Smith and Mr. and M rs. Si Samson. The Smiths and Samsons spend, their winters at Miami. ' Fla.. and their summers In Southern California. Portland is quite a new place to them and they are busy while here, taking in the Columbia high , way and other trips. Samson is such an ideal (traveling companion that Smith never pays any attention (to where they are going. 'What city afe we In?" he sometimes asks, as a matter of curiosity, but-otherwise, it ;s all the same, so long as he enjoys himself, . -I , . - . '"" Miss Alice Pay ton of I Prlnevllle ar rived in Portland Friday In search of her lost brother, whom she has -called upon the Portland police to help find.- Miss Payton Is registered at the New Perkins. - : . 4-- ..- -: - Dr. Herbert C. Miller, president of North Pacific college, wilt soon start on an extensive eastern trip, including sev eral of the larger colleges of dentistry in his visit. Dr. Miller will attend the annual meeting of the National Dental association In'- Boston and the National Association of Dental Faculties, and -visit the leading manufacturers of dental .and pharmaceutical equipment Dr. Louis Fitzps, trick, superintendent of the - in firmary, is -"attending Dr.! Smith's course in exodontia at St Louis. Mo., and will return some time in August. Dr. C. H. Walrath, member of the faculty at North Pacific college, will also attend the meeting of the National Dental associa tion and that of .the National Association of Dental Faculties and the annual meeting of the Delta Sigma Delta fra ternity. : -: ' v , i -.. ' Lockley here near Sea view. Time and again I have taken-'my easel out by the edge of the water, facing, the sunset, and with colors mixed-1 have, tried to catch - the wonderful merging tints: of the sunset but, like an opal, they change even as you look." Sunset colors are as evan ascent as the colors that come and go on a soap bubble. At las,. I hit on the expedient of catching them ' by words, not in color. Here are my notes on 20 or more recent sunsets. See ; with my pen cil I draw a quicks sketch and jot down th position of the colors. Here In the foreground the word 'umber, stands for the wet sand ; the next are shades of green to represent the sea;, than come the, pearl gray, silver,, salmon, orange and on up to carmine of the evening sky. Come on Into th house and I w"ll show you a lot of my recent sketches.'"' (. '''.'.' (" ' ..V -i',''- ,' ' ,.' ''' We went on up the winding path to his house, and across the threshold I stepped into another world. The walls were dec orated with Indian trappings, furs, sketches, paintings, weapons and the spoil of niany a voyage to many lands. We sat down . on chairs covered with furs and he showed me; a book of cover designs painted by himself and used by various magasinea. He 'showed m doz ens of paintings of Indians, of land, scapes, pt wild animals In their native haunts.; '.'V'. '::!."':-v '. -e :" e w,:'.r.-" "Art la a stern and jealous mistress," said my host "I had been -a guile in the Maine . woods." a sailor, a logger, a roustabout a gob in - the United States navy.i and. finally I determined to break Into art. -It was a heart-breaking Job. I starved and struggled till I landed a job on the Bostoft Post At last things came my way, and I did page drawings for the Sunday magazine section and drew the pictures and wrote the text for wild animal life pictures. I worked up to a : salary of, $150 a week and was- offered the position as head of the art depart ment bat' the wild called me. I could hear the wind in the trees. I could smell . the trout and bacon frying under the night sky. I could hear the splash of trout Jumping In the deep pools and the whistling of the moose on the edge of th -. lake In rutting time. So I re-, signed my job and went back. nature' where I wouldn't have to' call someone else boss and punch the time clock and wear out my heels and soul on the city pavements. . And here . I am, and here I have .been, beside the sea, near the Co lumbia's mouth,' for the past three years. . "My name?, Oh, you have heard of me. -.You have probably seen me, for, I have toured thfe : whole, country on the big circuits. ' My name is Joe Knowles, th Nature Man." The Oregon Country Northwest Happening In Brief Form tor the Bus Reader. -V ; . OREGON NOTES No raise. In salary .will he given In the Bend schools to teachers who are not normal graduates. ,. The four banks In Albany report IJ.224.B87 oh deposit, a gain of over one million over June last year. Work has been , started at Pendleton on the foundation of the new !noo boys' dormitory at St. Josephs arademy. So far Linn county ban encaged only rive teachers of the 275 necessary to supply all the schools. B. H. Conkle. formerly principal of the Enterprise high school, has been ap pointed principal of the Hood River high. . " ' ., ..,' Governor Olcott has been Invited to fly from Salens to Seattle to attend the dedication of the King county aviation oase. , The Salem Y. M. C. A. received dur ing the past nine months $9763. Its dis bursements for the same time were 18777. Work has been started on the founda tion for Llnrf county's new electric hoist in connection with the rock crusner at Albany, ' ; " The Astoria city council has made an appropriation of $1700 for the conntnie tlon of a hydroplane landing at Korty second street dock. " At a Joint meeting of the ports of Newport and Toledo, "questions touching on the progress of the -Yaqulna bay dis trict were considered. The Umatilla' county court hss prom ised to set aside $100,000 for the Im provement of a highway from Uklah to the John Day river. ' . -- A conference of railroad managers ?nd shippers has been held at Salem a discuss proposed rates for hauling fu and wood pulp In Oregon. Lane county officials are searching for A. . Williams, a logger, aged 2,"i, and Bettie Ward, aged 15, who eloped from Cottage Grove in an automobile. The board of trustees of Albanv col lege have elected J. W. Countermine to the chair of mathematics and BKironomy, to succeed A, M. Wattoon. resigned. The airplane forest patrol lias reported a fire In the vicinity of Quartz moun tain. In the Umpqua forest. Heveral hours before It was found by the lookouts. The price of cherries in Douglas county has dropped to 10 cents per pound, with a downward tendency. Small growers who failed to contract at 12 cents have tost z cents per pound. - ; Circuit Judge Kakln has authorUed the county court of Clatsop county to make a recount of the primary vote on the Republican nomination for Justice of the peace. The official canvass showed that F. J. Carney was defeated by J. L. Toumala by five voteB. WASHINGTON Cosmopolls has let contracts for five miles of cement walks and two miles of street paving. William Spuler. formerly a tenoher in the Oakville schools, has been rlrowrie1 while wading in the Chehalla river, lie could not swim. During the first six months or lDU'O Tacoma has started building construc tion to cost $4, 307. Una, as shown by building permits issued. Grays Harbor lumber shipments niarti the poorest showing In June, since last November. Only, 2::.001,ooo feet of lum ber, left the port by water. The: milk war at Aberdeen between the Grays Harbor Dairymen's associ ation and - the Satan p Farmers' llHirv association Is at a standtill. with milk at 13 cents." Skambkawa played host for the' east ern part of Wahkiakum county on the Fourth of July. Races, water sports and a dance in the evening completed the festivities. James Q." Blair of Vancouver has an nounced . his candidacy, for superior Judge on the Non-psrt lnn ticket. lis will contest with George U. Simpson for the Non-partisan nomination. : Non-fatal , accidents in Industry in Washington show an Increase,. During June the number, was 2514. an increase of 646 over June. 1919. Of fatal acci dents there were 31 as compared with 26 for June last year. ' IDAHO According to Julius II. Jacnbson of the crop reporting service, Idaho had in sight 23,134,000 bushels of wheat. While doing assessment work on ths Wallace group of -prospects on take gulch, a new ledge was uncovered. "Utider the direction of County' Sur veyor Birch, surveys are being run for a new road between Montpcller and Geneva. , Announcement Is made by the com missioner of commerce and industry that the blue -sky law will be rigidly enforced." Construction work to raise the height of the Crane creek reservoir dam near Welser from 44 to 66 feet will start within a few days. Arrangements have been completed by the state 'bureau of mines and geoloicy for an invesUgatlon of the oil and gas resources of Western Idaho. Taxpayers of Blackfoot will vots August 10 on the question of a bond issue of $300,000 for the construction of a municipal waterworks system. A completely equipped Infirmary will be at the disposal of the University of Idaho students next fall. Present' plans provide for eight beds and a surgery. Bids will be received July 21 by the department of public works for the con struction of 1.45 miles of the Vellow tone Park highway in Fremont county. Uncle Jeff Snow Says i It does look to me like as if Unci Sam'd be wllJln' to trade a straight 100-doIlar bill payin' no interest, fer a Liberty bond of his'n that he's got to pay interest on; but he won't do it, and congress was too busy killln the League of Nations to straighten out them there Liberty bond spectators. knowed a darkey oncet - In Arkansaw that 'lowed he'd ruther git a dollar a day'n $8 a week, 'cause he couldn't git nobody to tell him egzackly how much a day $8 ' week come to. Portland's Future Depends on Nothing More Than on Being Manufacturer In the doorway of Portland lies a wealth of raw materials that are in demand both nationally and- inter nationally, i . . , But why send our" raw materials away to be brought back again as finished articles? Why add, to what the local consumer pays, the cos of transit in both directions? Why not make a specialty of manufacture at home? Western, national and foreign mar kets are as eager for Oregon's man ufactured products as for our raw materials. .. . The countries that border on the Pacific will use and pay well for manjr, times the. volume of manufac tures which we are able to send away after-satisfying local demand. Of the estimated population of earth l,5t-0,-000,000. some 800,000,000 live in the countries that border the . Pacific. So favorable Is the sentiment In China toward the products of this country that the accepted brand of quality is "Made In U. S- A." Oregon. Is engaged in an effort to develop the ports of the Columbia In facilities, efficiency and use to the maximum degree. No larger contri bution to port development can be made than to give the fullest poesl ble support to manufactories, partic ularly those that transform raw prod ucts Into the merchandlsa of export or that work over the raw products of import for the finished articles of domestic use.