The Oregon daily journal., July 13, 1920, Page 8, Image 8

TUESDAY, JULY 13,-' - lC.li.
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Joonul. Portland, weson. i- -
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arbitrary newer. Tha thunder, tha light- -
tunc and the earthquake are terrific but tha
juderaent of tha people is more. Dame
Webstar. , . ,
A PLAN it FOR WORKERS
THERE are those who will claim
that the workers' piank in the San
Francisco platform is too progres
sive. . i . ':--
U. declares that "labor is not a com-
Jn.. if , I n AkiAiilinn!iKla t
men who think that a worker's toil is!
to be bought as bricks and stone and
other building material are bought.
The principle, however, is the law of
the land. It was one of the first laws
enacted under the Wilson adminis
tration and has been- declared con
stitutional by the supreme court of
the tnitcd States. I
The plank declares for collective
bargaining by workers and for their
right to rofganize and.be represented
in negotiations by persons of their;
own choosing. This too will be con
demned by some employers.:. Yet it
was a policy adopted throughout the
country during the war. It was the
principle adhered to in that great war
organization, , the Loyal ; Legion of
Loggers and . Lumbermen, and it was
by apphcatfcm of it that the camps
and mills were brought into harmony
and I. W. W-lsm driven out of the
Northwest woods.. ; . . "
The plan is, still maintained in
thousands of industrial plants and is
accepted as permanent by a majority
of enlightened employers.! The plan
is, of course, unacceptable to employ
ers who still cling to the; old feudal
idea that the work of hands Is a
commodity, that men's toil is bought
as a steam engine isjbougnt and that
how it may fare with the employe is
of far less consequence to the busi
ness than whether the engine is prop
erly oiled, fueled and repaired.' -
It is'true that these and other dec-
: laratlons in the workers'! plank ,a;j
advanced. ;' They will ' be -"condemned
"and opposed- But what would be the
state of social and economic; America
but for the -considerate treatment ac-r
corded workers through governmental
intervention during the last stx years?
With unrest and Bolshevism running
riot in Europe and! some of it spread
ing to America, what would have been
. our status if the old idea that "labor
is commodity" were still the rule
: - here? The many laws ia -behalfof
workers are today the nation's great
est safeguard against the Reds and
their; radicalism. , The workers plank
in the San Francisco platform is a
safety .valve, and it is - fortunate for
the country . that one great political
organization has had the ( courage to
deeclare directly and unevasively for
the rights' and hopes of workers and
their families. The declaration of the
platform is on this page.
The express companies want to
merge and borrow $31,000,000. The
railroads 'want to borrow money. In
the midst, of the heaviest business
In their history. these ' transporta
tion systems, are borrowers., .Most
of it ia the penalty, for past trans
portation, crimes ' " .
' OTHER STARS -
SEATTLE unhesitatingly tells the
credulous ; stranger that in the
firmament of the nation's great cities
her-star is yet to shine with a radi
ance dimming all others. 1 v
' Is not Seattle " the, gateway, for ' AU
asVa? : - i .... ' , .
Is not Seattle the gateway, likewise,
-- '----:
to the Orient, being nearer by the
Great Grcle than San Francisco, j
which has , been claimant for ' these I
particular gateway honors? ' ' I
Ym vritr sm. i inn a srate-1
way. a wonder gateway, smoothly on-
eratlns on ball bearings and all' that 1
sort of thins- ' i
The only disturbing suggestion to
all Seattle's paeans of . self praise Is
that a gateway by every expectation
of tradition should lead Into some
kind of a field. And Seattle sits on
the edge of:a! cliff, i She Is girdled
about ' with serrated mountains. Only I
the straining of metal and the extrav-1
agance of power join -her- In trade
with the interior, or the East. She "Is I
not a port of origin. She la only a
transfer port by the .grace of
malities in transportation conditions
that disregard' costs 'of i transporta-j love of the former soldier. After con
tion. She obtains her equality .with I siderable negotiation; at Ellis Island,
Portland in handling interior products
because of an arbitrary . rate parity
which Ignores the difference In trans-
portation cost between mountain and I
water grades; but which must in time J
succumb to the lneiorable decrees of J
economic law. . " . ,
Portland is now the leading port of I
freiicht origin on the Pacific coast.
Porta. .f th Columhia . have a trade
T1 - tha . Intrnr -and t.h 'Fast
which '.. nature.1 through the water
grade, made possible.'" . :
sTHEN
Y7E ALL know that rail rates are
W (
going higher.
And we know; that they are going
much higher.
We may .not be interested in tne
upper-. Columbia now. We will bej
interested in it later.-
When the higher rail rates begin
to press down,? when all these added
millions of money eome " to be
lected of shippers, when it is, finally I
borne in upon .us that the transpor-
tation cost Is a tremendous 'factor In Now the whole bunch is back in Ore
our daily budget, then perhaps we '0J S. JS?"
shall wonder why the great waterway
stretenmg nunareas oi nines imana is i
not more uuuzea. i
There are no costly steels rails 4o j
wear out and be replaced on the river. J
There are no ties to rot, no right of J
way to be maintained, no taxes to pay
on trackage, no dividends to pay on
colossal investment. : Let man s worklture a Democratic convention.
ana intelligence once maxe tne river
fit for navigation and the mighty wa-
ters win go on serving man lorever
wnnoui ton or irioute. 'me oppor-
tuuuy oi uie. great iniauu empire, ..iua
opportunity of all the- Columbia ports,
ana tne opportunity ana wenare oi tne
wuoie uuiuiiium uauiu wuuin vhc i
ItnA KnVa rt that - (rrAo t ctnAQtn "tP I
vttu i B.W.. owo,... .
we do not. a ? veneration will com
. ... a . . . . .
mat win sense uiai opportunity anu
seize it.
The San Francisco convention was
also of value to Portland. Hundred
of returning, delegates "and visitors
are passing through this city, and J
many oi tnem are stopping over a
day or two ; en route. And all of
them come to town talking eloquent
ly of the beauty of Western Oregon
and go away full bf praise for the
Columbia highway.
It la a kind of
home advertising that money cannot
buy. 1 .
TEACHERS AND MONEY
THE 500-page bulk of the 1920
1 report issued by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement" of
Teaching contains' two well staled j
conclusions, i . , l .
The first Is that money does not
make good teachers. ! I
The second, that "married women
make better . teachers than , single 1
women. i f r "' .
,In the first instance, the report
says: i i j
One cannot go ont in the market with
any sum oi money m.aa Buy koto teacn-
knd thoughtful teachera can T U recruit-
ed only from people i who discriminate
between that which la sincere and that
i . --jiarier man man Senator Hard in c-
cation in a democracy to eerve its real w raing.
uurrjose must be 1 an education of. thai
wnoie peopie.- x ne scnooi .reacts on tne i
ooay pontic ana tne raeais oi democracy
vn me sciiooi. An nonest ina
thorough .ystem of public - schools
manned by able and well trained teach-11"
era can only arise among a 'people who I
--"- i" .jr spa uiur-
This is not to sV. of courSe; that
teaehprs sshmilr) not h u,ti - fim,-
contention of Inrt .. "fTVZ
. ,. , . Vw ,
. "tjr
goes up. In respect to married women
aa ,o.h ...
There la nrnhlv w,w
. " wv, "juwii
, - .w.iiiv i 11 c, cuuiu
contribute a ' aualif icatlon
Ual than to teaching. In an educated and
professionally trained woman. mgrrlal
and the deepening experiences of moth -
ernooa couia not nut serve to clarify
her insight, to broaden and humanly
her sympathy and to intensify devotion
to ner central purpose a purpose that
.v," " . wl!D" na coordinate
.1
The rain made navemntiHcV '
At 25 miles ; an hnnr. tha pnri
i v-..
Grove auto stage was going too fast
when if rounded a curve. The car
is a wreck and two persons are In
the hospital. jFor nine months The
Journal has been j constantly point
ing out that just such results would
continually come from such causes.
LOST ON . THE ATLANTIC
STEAMSHIP I lanes on the swelling
Atlantic are fast becoming burial
grounds for dead matrimonial hopes.
Ex-soldiers :, are 1 losing on the,
lauuc wnai tney won in France, For
the second time in a few weeks-a
prospective European bride hai been
wooed and won by another before she
reached her fiance in America. . .
Last week a promised bride left the
shores of England. She was bound
for Halifax to marry a Canadian offi-
leer who had won her during the war,
The plans were all made. But they
had not included an English captain
who was a passenger on the same
steamer with the - prospective bride.
The moonlight nights and silver-tipped
- served as a uacKgroana ior ims
Engiisn man g successful love masing.
Wneo the boat docked at Halifax the
mnnounced that she had changed
ner mma. sne wanwa w marry mo
English officer. She was sent on to
EUi Island, either to be ordered back
w or mamea w ner r-ng
U8I1 ulloV
Another English girl a short, time
before had ; started for America to
marry a doughboy;' But like the other.
she found the soft voice of a singer
abnor-jpurring to her, on the soft bosomed
Atlantic far more entrancing than the
she departed on the arm of the tenor.
,11 has been suggested that American
swains bring their brides to tms
country under heavy guard. And au-
thorlties ' a$. Ellis : Island are under-
stood to be considering; the advisabil-
nty or converting tne detention station
Into a matrimonial court
' THREE GREAT PILLARS
Its
KC . I ""'" i-
U; white-winged piety veritable
grandmother in white I cap,' with ' rib
bons and saintly smilev It fought
prohibition : for years
It jeered prohibition and snarled at
prohibition. It even opposed local op-
tion.' It never drew a sober breath in
its life. But for political purposes it
js smiling the demon rum now.
- It is even for Bryan now. ' And for
Wilson. It's for anything or anvhnrfv
but Cox.
It condemns the Oregon delegates
col-because they voted for McAdoo and
came home . "shouting for Cox." . It
says: ; - ? J
Kent, by Ed. Moore, by Tem'Taggart and
Dy ouiers ot tneir Kidney. , .
am near it mrtner say: "It is a
victory over prohibition and for alco-
hoi." Alas and alack that such sorrow
should fall upon this virtuous old
soul! How painful, Indeed, It must be
to it that the demon rum should cap-
But all ,s not losL Th(,r... Pat ,
is a g0Qd prohibitionist too. He Is as
dry as the Orcgonian. He too was
against prohibition and said so. but
then the OreKonian alwava sunnnrfl
him. Together they will knock the
,block off oId KiDg AIcohoL Both
great moral leaders , -
And there's HsrHr. TT f. - .
L.i 1 wiw.iV..,..
incr iironiDHioniai. , "i am not a
prohibitionist.' he said in a senate
speech. "I ani unable to see it fDro
hibition) as a great moral question,"
he said In the same speech. "
think it unwise, Imprudent and In
considerate to force" the issue at this
tlm
he said in the same speech
on the prohibition amendment.! He
also said that; prohibition interferes
with "personal liberty."
So there you have another great
wnrltPr in fho vln.voi r v.. v..
,s " :i ... ' " ' . v y"-
uuu. , i ner are in ree great souls
count 'em thrfe great souls to make
old John Barleycorn hunt his hole.
Thus, if old demon rum did reduce
th6 Democratic convention to a state
of condign slavery, they will smite
hlm and free his prisoners.
But did the wets capture the-San
Francisco convention? When a wet
plank was offered, it was' voted down
"10re than two v to one. Except by
sheer lying, how can it be made out
that a convention that is more than
two ary ror every wet Is "a victory
ior aiconol?"
H The Journal holds no brief for Gov-
rrtwr uox. ns- support of him de-
pends on how well he fits the nlat-
iorm. ' BUt it Insists that he hav a
ra,r h,!rin5 Dd the act,0n 010
lcullve,u'u "01 be distorted. Gover-
nor Cox, as a matter Of fart ia a
uwnor or Vermont t has
again refused to call a special sa
,inn ,w , . .
f the legislature of his state
lIle surrrago amendment.
It was common gossip " at : the Ran
ifTanclsco convention , ir.,
VIU iliXtlw.
woman's vbte onlL0!,
i . :
. - r- ... aviauu Ul Ad-
e .moUiers the country
-jaw not want another great war and
tne insistence is that many of
.
" w the party
I " ssjy-pian ever Of
ierea to end war
SETTLERS FOR CANADA 1
' i
1 D ACKED by the governments of the
I U threp nralflo ..j w
, inree prairie provinces and by
scoreS 01 leading financier a Western
I tanaaa colonization association has
been organized for the purpose of ob
taming enough additional settlers t to
work 20)00,000 acres of idle land In
provinces. A -fund of $1,500,000 is
a 'a - - . aa. -
10 "isea w- esiannsn an organiza-
l,on 10 carc Ior settlers when they ar-
rive, to furnish them with advice and
information and to aid them during the
early days of their work. ; Through
the organization and . the campaign
for: settlers Canada expects to draw
60.000 people from the United States
durlDg the first year and 20,000 from
Europe.
The untilled land In the prairie
provinces is .owned by private indi
viduals who for one reason or another
do not take advantage of the fertile
soil. Many of the owners' do not live
on the land, i It is in an attempt to
convert the Idle property Into wealth
producing fields that the governments
and financiers are backing the asso
ciation. . The transportation companies
and inuustrial corporations are en
tering the campaign with the govern
ments because of the' contemplated I
Increased movement of freights and
sale of manufactured goods. The
of the association is depicted In the j
slogan, "Suitable land for suitable set- J
tiers.'
The ' camDaftm will no doubt draw I
settlers from the United States and SZS
other countries. Canada will In aIthe Dubua wifra. Reaort to atrikea
nrobahilitv settle her lands and in-I
9re enormouslyher productive re-
Sources. . j L -
She is not waiting' for settlers tojto
. , ... tUo
come ta hef, but Is going Into the
world ror tnem ana spenamg munej
in the quest that Will be returned ten
. .. . , t I
roia u me pian succeeus.
other forward looking Canadian move
that stamps our northern neighbor as
one of .,e enterprising ;tountrie3 of
the world. - , - I
GOV: COX ON
TREATY KILLERS
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff
. TT a)" O w W . J - I
months Governor cox nas nov "r
. .w,v1 on two or Uiree
many speeches. DW. on MV H (Rannroval
occasions he gave phaUc disapproval
to all-who gain the support of alsloyai
srrOUDS for partisan purpoewaa. I
. . . i, -h,H n condemna- i
nas oeen equai.j "'r !
?on " ,.",,;;' MBrf Mnaton
.a -w a. a e-Aei irininv iita lfsbv. v a
violated 'every precedent maintained
throughout the years, m an ew j
vent personal ipmu w.u t - i
w.. .j i .ddresa to the Iroquois 1
club in Chicago on March 25. The journal will permit of ( many such- let
action of certain senators in obtaining ters. . ; ' .
a cony of the peace treaty and publish- , The pyramids of the Kile were but the
lng it before- it was submitted to the reBUn of landlordism backed by the
senate he said, "tells the unprejudiced aw( ul junctions of a mystical religion.
person- that tnose who i
VI. u.i.. r,r nuM beean- their war- I
fara aeralnst the - league of , Nations j
without oatrioUe Impulse." -
In the same speech he warned against
hysteria over. Bolshevism ana iu i
,tinisiiiff id. ciireiucs. : i
..oi nf the excess" -profits I
tax and the abolition of f ederal lnherl-
sunsmuuns n, i
yM . , . m aa tendlna I
on the volume oi. uuo.w.. -
neither to create excessive pri--c " , I
unduly" burdensome in the matter of J
collection. Half of S4.000.000.000 re-
oulred for governmental purposes.
.u in w. -ha a Wv a tax of from 1 I
win- .,,
ni wr r.nr rn tne vuiuim 1
ness. . .r I
i - - I
At the Jackson day banquet in Wash-
1 . 1. .now x liovernvt w-
raiened the Republicans for Inviting the
support of disioyaiisur m w t
1. hold . I
. imw. i m taitt waa not a Demo-iw.
cratic defeat. No political party which j
denies Intercourse, witn- treaaou uiw- 1
a reverse in so doing. The Democracy J
. w. k Kottii with its ranks as free 1
traitors as did the gallant Amert-
1 wrsMs. and It came put I
. ? . 1.. 1 .t ' ttkPtt for- 1
triumphant in i wu ww 1
ward to the present and the future. j
"Undaunted, It has continued its p-
i nt nnr soldiers in Europe, I
.., - their commander-in-chief in
America. From mat aay unn. i
k. rMvoemlzed the pressing task Of the I
1 k tVi formal ending of - the I
HUUI . WW, . J w I
v MmniMnn ot ui, j
ay sa a UIV vvtH""-"
which the mandate of-human conscience
and of God himself had committed to
America. ! v: ' '
. . )''; . I
"And what of the oppositionT In I
dealing with it. I speak of tne epuo- 1
lican leaders only, oeoause ui a 1
i, crvri i of both parties, patriotism
.w.m.. nun must aak himself, however.
why It is that the Republican leaders j
move with such defiance to both public J
Interest and public opinion w v.-
found human understanding.
- "When soldiers were- finally . returned
.w.i hnmM when kingdoms bullded
in policy and domain out of the ruins j
of blasted hopes ana oresm
fallen to pieces from the wrath of time,
and miUions of people needed the
strength and balance of a just author-
Ity: when nations large and smaU
prayed for the sealed compact of Justice
vlv. tv,. hanninesa Of generations
to come was to be written . and pieagea ,
1 .V. A wlinl world. WOrn and en-
feebled by the disasters of war. reached J
forth its hands for me pwwiui 1 had opportunities for personal conversa
of victory. America was made to appear 1 tion Rndj to aB8wer inquiries. From
as standing in the way of una noiy
consummation. . v : " .
. w
"By the arbitrary exercise of author-
... . Kami nf men seated in
the senate of the United States stood
out as the self appointed spokesmen of J
their countrymen. The very, action 1
winw .w. nrwntnl . held - the affalr8 I
wiiiwii mcj . . I , . ... -- -
of the nations everywhere disjointed naBtale frankly declared their Intention of
impotent. In short, tne oviniin "-
the world stood oouna Bes 1
their control, while tneir inwn 1
for partisan advantage struck them
dumb to the woes of the darkest hour ,
man had ever known.
Labor and Industry
From the Democratic Platform.
rri TWmnratle nsrtT IS now, as
. rpm rrtend of honest laoor
and the -promoter of progressive Indus-
try 1 It established tne oeparuneui u
Ubor at Washington and a Democratic,
president called to his offlelal council
board, the first practical working-man
who ever held a caDinet jrwi.wjiw.
this administration have been established
.mniovment bureaus to bring the man
X .v.- together: have been peace-
B.HWW .-- . Jl ....
ably determined many . di. "i""'
w..n anttaLi and labor; were passed
the child , labor act. the workingman'a
compensation act (the extensions wi..w.u
we advocate m.m.w ibu -"j
eneaaed In loading and unloading ship
. commerce), the eight
hour Uw, the act for vocational train
Ing and a code 01 maw
affecttng the liberties and bettering the
conditions of the' laboring classes. In
k anartment of labor the Democratic
administration established at woman si
bureau, which a Republican congress de- l
stroyed by witnnoiaing i,yiw..v..
Labor la not a cuinuivu.ij .
. . I.Wnw W. a rm wtrniM and
man. Tnose wno i.w . 1 11
the national security and safety depend (
upon a Just recognition m 'f! .
and the conservation of the strengthof
the workers ana .tneir ijussiu
Interest- of sound-hearted and sound
. j 1 ..n woman and children. Laws
regulating hours of labor and conditions
under Whtcn oor " 7 "
passed In recognition of . the conditions
under which life must be lived to attain
the highest development and happiness,
ar Just asaoclation- of the national in-
terest In the tr i H" x
A.t the same time, the nation depends
upon the products of labor; a cassation
of production' means loss and; If long
continued" disaster. , The whole people,
therefore, nave a rns". w .
Justice ahall1 be done to those who work,
and In turn that those whose labor
creates the necessities upon which the
life of the nation oepenus mui rwug-
nlze the reciprocal : obligation between
the worker and the state. ' They should
participate in the formulation of sound
taws and regulations governing the con-
jiHnm under which labor la performed,
I recognize and obey the laws so forma-
-luted, and seek their amendment when
neceaaary by , the processes ordinarily
ldd Zj&iu9
; .-in iit-L ia entitled
to -adequate compensation. Each haa
the Indefeasible i riht of orcanxaUon. of
muecuve . oarcstiunK ; anu ui Bi9m.e,
through representatlvea ; f Jtheir own
selection. Neither class, however, should
and lockouts which endanerer the health
land the Democratic nartv oledrea Itself
contrive, tf poesibie. and put into ei-
I teciive operation a.iair ana cumvi o.c..-
!,ve methj of compcing differences of
thi,, nature. - - -
"In private industrial disputes, w are
otDoeed to coratjuleory -arbitration, a
:,hod pUu8lble lrv theory, but failure
i f act. ; V'"-" f
"With respect- to eovernment service,
tXTX SSSt
strike. However, we profesa scrupulous
regard for the conditions of public em
ployment and pledge the uemocrsuo
naj-tw ta Instant inauirr into the pay
of..." government employes and equally
speedy regulations ; designea , 10 orias
salaries to a just ana viruvt v
: Letters Frbm'the People
-TCkmuanaicatioos sens to Tha Journal for
i puDlination in uu aepanmeni
I on only one aide of th. papen shouU not el
io lmMtb and mvtt w, Mnod b, tha
I wriUtr whOM address ia foU mut accom-
paoy tue woinouuos. ?
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, m-r,irx-KT ira TI ATJOT.T1
iwi n n rLrnjaii a. aaa. a
I Portland. July 9. To the Editor of
The JournalAt last someone ,1s about
to mane .inquiries aooui use
cunuvuu wi . - z.
0d at Vancouver. I sincerely hope The
xney wer wrens uuu5
rr,r.r,rnr. maladjustments as the Roeke-
feneP and, Morgan fortunes are. These
not only destroyed ancient civilisations.
I, f civUiza,tions they may be called, but
they are also destroying ws one .
nftwi rnev nave nui sircoui womv
.imri tax U the ; only " remedy In
Blg:nt that will i reverse the . tendency,
if
indeed it can ne reveraeo.
- i a unatart who
xie wouw umccu w .. -
would erect a ,uuu.uuu ouiiumg
500 - acre tract. ;The only ones I think of
who would do f8uch an insane act are
monument builders . like the rnaraons.
TThi Binri tax it ia difficult to con-
J" . - ,..
mivs. now snv lnamauai tuuw iwoo"
$5,000,000 to put Into a residence, but If
he -did It would De ma, ana ww wuu,w
have no right to take It away,, In part
at in wnnie. . ana can iv ua.wiui.
500-dollar lot under It ia all we treated
not. us ww, ,oui uic . -
Tt matters little whether or not I
.Bn.d an economist any more, than
Mr; Harold is; let us take truth for au-
thorny ana not auinomy ior iruuw
n might be well In' passing to state that
tn Aream of Henry George is an object
of consideration in every legislative
w. that ia 1 constructive t on earth
sf 1 1.lnn. I..,.. It nur tlim.
ana u ure i8 ... - - -
coast states this falL , That may entitle
George to the. title of economist.
. 1 L J R. Herman.
r OREGONiWILL BEKFi i'
, From tha Hinsboro Independent)
i tr.ikinrtim rauntv Shriners are tak-
CfcJl.l "
i t h v wiwn inpv can.
allf a Taa fTJ atasajp - m
reating up after a strenuous week pt
entertaining visiting brothers last week.
None begrudge the work, howaever, and
all have stor iesi or the appreciation ot
the visitors - of i the treatment received
m portiand. Many had attended im-
perlal councils ior. many, years ana nso
w.n entertained in many different cities.
w. hv said th hbsoitality of Portland
was exceeded by none and while one
Eastern city was usually a duplicate of
another, they found something new ana
different In Oregon. One particularly en-
thUBiastic fea- wearer was from New
itv anH aa it is nroverbial that a
New Yorker seldom recognises that there
,s any united siates outsiae 01 ms city
nja enthusiasm was particularly notice-
able.-.The scenldt beauties .witnessed by
tne vjsit6rs received particular attention
and . there were i; large numbers greatly
interested -. in agricultural resources.
Htot nf ,V. Waatilnttnn rnnntv mon did
Jduty, on. committees and others drove
I ictA- th. Pnlnmhla Hv.r hlrhwiv
and to other points of interest and thus
the nWrest shown they are of the optn
ion that. the State will reap the benefit
of the gathering! for years to come, for
lt was certain to be advertised far and
In fact, several i HlHsboro men report
meeting gentlemen who, after comparing
experiences of the past, especially along
sffiHmitttinil : liia in tViH H f m m
disposing trf their interests there when
tney couia and removing to uregon.
Curious Bits of Information
1 For the Curious'
Gleaned From Curious Places
Quite a cycle of legendary, explana
tions . have gathered : around . the origin
of the popular term "O. K." It is held
I wwwi. ca ijr WyUiuuiiu uaB mf WBW. rum
I and tobacco were . imported from Aux
Cayes n San Domingo. Hence the best
m j wmns uum 10 us swwn tocauy as
Aux Cayes, or "O. K." C , !r
: Another explanation refers to the name
of "Old Keokuk,!" an Indian chief, who
.w ww. ha ugueu wrcsues wiui mo
initials "O. K-'l - However; the term
(didn't come into general use until the
I presidential term of 182$. when the sud
I 11,1. , .... . .
1 wo-w. uhici;j 01 Auorew jacKson, me
J Democratic candidate, led ; Se6a Smith.
I the humorist, writing under the name of
1 jor scs uowniaj.- io start the story
. .uvu muui eu ms papers kj.
K." ; under .theM! Impression Ahat they
formed the Initials of "Oil Korreet"
i James Parton. the noted biographer.
-. me recoras or tne iasn-
ville court of which Jackson waa Judge,
numerous documents Indorsed ; "O. R-,"
meaning "order rescinded. Ha therefore
urged that it was belated business that
Major Downing saw on the desk of the
iuenusi candidate. The Democrats,
I" - Denying me charge, adopted
I In. 1.11. wv . . r f
" as a sort of party
cry and fastened them on their banners.
sQIden Oregon
; History, of Portland in Its Aspect
of Port of Entry. ,.
When Oreeon . .Territory ; waa orsran-
ised in 1848, a' customs district was
established with , a port of entry at
Astoria and one on Puget Sound. Nls-
qnaJly and Portland were made porta of
oeuvery in January, laou, ana surveyors
of customs appointed. When there be-
gan to be some use for the office at
Portland it waa disconUnued, in 1861,
and foreign goods were landed at Port-
iana m cnarge or a customs orncer rrom
Astoria. Ia July, 1864. Portland ware-
established as a port of delivery, . The
legislature of 3 864 insisted on a port
01 entry, and again in 1858 declared the
necessity of a bonded warehouse and a
building for the use of the postoffice
and the federal courts. Congress made
an appropriation in 1868 and a ware-
house waa erected in 1870. in which vear
j Portland became a port of entry for the
1 Willamette district. v
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
--" V :" ;" . ' isa-sa aajstgaa - j, . , - . . .j.
When is a ' highway not a highway?
When it's closed for. repairs. . . .
A little rainstorm ' now and then Is
welcomed by the best of Oregonians.
If ail 'men were compelled to prac
tice w,hat they preach, many of them
would give up preaching.
Beach pasaeneera. held no bv- a train
derailment, were served pie and coffee
for breakfast, at a wit station. .- Thus.
the discomforts of the accident were
more than offset.
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The fate of tha Kns'llshmsn wrtn wu
killed in his attempt to negotiate
Nlaaara falls in. a barrel will onlv sens
to -whet the eagerness of some other
man to demonstrate that he can do the
stunt and live to- be photographed as he
Euiergeg irora 1118 casK. j
On the same nac-e In tha newsnaner wa
ro xrom an ranciaco that .tis.vuu
wwui gi Drsnor wu sioien mere, ana
that milk prices, are due for a substan
tial increase. No wonder if the Bay
City's citizens are somewhat concerned
apout the drink problem.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
"Heard in the Corridors of Washington
Hotels,-1 the personal . column of - the
Washington D. C) Post, gave Charles
w. prim, Portland business man, IU
big space on June 30, to permit Prim,
who was an officer on General Per
shing's staff during the war, to tell the
world that he thinks the ' time haa come
for thorough cooperation between the
United States government and the Amer
ican business man- In furthering foreign
trade. ; Prim Is spending some - time in
Washington on a busineas mission.
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Mrs. George E. Sevey and Mrs. Fred
erick Tahl, Chicago women, who stopped
at the i Benson briefly while en route
home from the Democratic national con
vention at San Francisco, found : the
Columbia river highway a source of de
light. Mrs. Sevey, who recently returned
from an extended trip through Europe,
where she went to study post-war con
ditions,' declares there Is nothing in the
world like the Columbia river highway.
As to politics, though Mrs. Sevey doesn't
like politics, she declares the Democrats,
bound to win with Cox, will finish the
job, started by - President Wilson, to
Whom all the world Is appealing.
, r -i- a
, Bernard Benefield, accompanied by his
sisters, is at the Portland hotel en route
home after a pleasant outing near Mount
Hood. jThe visitors are from San Fran
cisco and there i no natural wonder
just like Mount Hood nearer the Bay
City than Portland, although the party
did get a glimpse of Mount-Shasta, of
course.. ?
r i ' r a a
Mr. and Mrs. James Twohy'of Seattle
are guests at the Portland hotel, while
John and Paul Twohy. are at the Mult
nomah,! The. Twohys are the 'Twohy
Bros. Construction company and the
Pacific 1 Car & Foundry company.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weatherford and
daughter Annette are at the Imperial
from their home at Albany. Weatherford
Is an attorney In' the Linn county city
and a regent of the Oregon Agricultural
college.'
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Brace of Seattle,
where Brace is a member of a firm
IMPRESSIONS AND
L OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(There liTea on the Oregon eoart a modern
Leatherstockint- Mr. Loekley here records thu
phenomenal woodsman's story of certain remark
able exploits ia tracking. Tne stetcn n. more
oier. most timely, ia this vacation season, with
its safety suggestions to those - who - wander in
the wilds.
If life conferred,, degrees on those of
us who have attended the college of
Hard Knocks, there is a man living In
Seaside who could write after hlsname
the Initials H. B. H. His name Is James
Burke, and his degree would -read "Hu
man Bloodhound." He is of the type
of man- from -whom Kipling, O. Henry
or Jack London could get material for
a great story. I spent an hour or so
with; him recently and he told - me of
his uncanny faculty for following a trau.
;.vw- -;: ; :' .- . V h ' : : 'V " V ...
It -might be well, as a foreword to
his story,- to aay that on June 26 Ww T.
Gallaher started from Seaside to visit
his homestead on Tillamook Head. He
was to! be back the same day. When
several; days had passed and he failed
to return, a search party w organised
at the suggestion of Alex Duncan. ' R.
A. Brown, George Eberroan. Al Haley,
Jim Burke,. Henry Ober and some Others
started out . to find him. The Bearch
was finally abandoned by all but Burke
and Ober, who, after 8 days, found
the body of Gallaher within two miles
of Seaside. '
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"Gallaher started out on Saturday.
June 26, for his claim," said Burke. ,"He
had come from his home at LaPorte,
Texas, to size up his old homestead and
make arrangements to sell it- Ho took
It up as a homestead 2S years ago. I
have been : all over It. It has about
8.000. 000 feet of spruce and hemlock on
it and Gallaher was planning to. sell it
to the i Crown . Willamette Paper com
pany,.! understand. ' a. .
'"Thei thing I cannot understand is
how a man .60 years old, who has had
experience In the timber, should start
out on j" a trip as he did without' an ax
and apparently . without matches. He
left Seaside, crossed Muddy creek, went
up on the west bank , of Dawson creek
in - a -1 generally southerly direction,
crnautd the summit between the Neca.nl-
cum and Elk creek, hit -the head of In
dian creek and followed It to tne coast
line, where he camped that night-by
the ocean shore. Next morning he head
ed north Howard Seaside,- following the
old Bartley trail to Seaside, skirting to
the eastward of Bald Mountain prairie,
and working north and passing through
the abandoned ; clearing 4of the ? Noble
logging camp, which lies on both sides
of . the divide on Tillamook. Head. He
followed the 'old ekld road for a while
snd then left it to follow Canyon creek.
He soon left Canyon- creek,' striking al
most due east toward Muddy Creek lake.
We found -his body on a bit of high
ground: Just above Muddy Creek lake,
within two. miles of Seaside, Had he
gone 600 . feet- farther he would - have
been on the ridge and be could have
looked over and seen the lights of Sea
side. :- - . .. .
"I -figure he must- have wandered
three or four days. He had taken no
provisions with him. We could see
where he had stopped to - eat salmon
be rr lea. . He wore - himself ' completely
out trying to force his way: through" a
dense Jungle of salal, salmonberry,
devil's thorn, wild crabapple and alder
brush, i We followed his trail 8 days,
covering about 25 miles. : He had no
fire,- He was soaked through each night
by the heavy fog. Hour after hour he
fought his way through a Jungle of mat
ted brush. He became -.confused and
finally panic stricken. Cold, exhausted,
weak from hunger and discouraged, he
lay down and died. He had been dead
NEWS IN BRIEF
- ' ' . SIDELIGHTS
xxr r rnUr i m ,n w. msnarer of the
Coos and Curry fair at Myrtle. Point
thta year. It will be neia- eepiemuar
to IS. ' -
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i.Tnrt.1. i mits for the construc
tion of new buildings and the repair
and alteration of others during the
month of June represented an expendi
ture Of S31.68U. . . ; ; j ,
More than S0O men' women and chil
dren in Bend, the Bulletin eays, are now
entitled to the privllegea of the T. M.
C. A. by payment of dues." Hew mem
bers are being added dally.
. . , ' " '
The Ko-Keel Kann Klub Kampers
n . taViaer their . annual vacation this
week and next, the Coquille Sentinel
says. The name sounds like a charivari.
but the club doesn't.
" Carlton folk," says the Amity Stand-
and, "must have literally ptcnea uiwn.
selves In tee cream for the hot days
over the week-end. The Ice plant at the
iiut m.rv wti mnnlne all day Sat
urday. Sunday and Monday making Ice
to fill the orders. Three thousand pounds
waa tne amount soia uu omraj
manufacturing advertising novelties, are
at the Oregon hotel. The visitors are
headed for California by automooiie ana
are finding pleasure during a brief stay
in the city.. ... t '-:
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Dr. and Mrs. C M. Ming of Okmulgee,
Okla.. are at the Benson hotel. Colncl-
dentally. Dr.. Charles A. Furrard of Tui
8 a, in the same state, is a Benson hotel
guest. .
. a a
'! Ray W." Clark, for four years a mem
ber of the Multnomah hotel staff, has
resigned as publicity manager of that
Important Institution and on Thursday
will go to Roseburg to- associate himself
with W. J. Weaver in the management
of the Umpqua hotel. Clark, who has
been In hotel work for 11 years. Is to
take charge of the Umpqua dining room,
said to be one of the finest in Southern
Oregon. He Is secretary of the Greeters
of Oregon and a world war. veteran
LMrs. Clark . and the youne son of the
household will spend the remainder of
the summer at Seaside, going to Rose
burg this fall.
- .- a a a
W. C. Bolton, idenUfied with the O.-W.
R.. ac N. company at La Grande. Is at
the Multnomah hotel, visiting his father,
W. B. Bolton, who registers from Witch
Hazel, Or., but who is said to be one of
the best known drummers on the road.
The elder Bolton sells shoes for an
Eastern house.
a
t Professor Albert B. Hart of Harvard
university and himself a -resident of
Cambridge, Mass., has seen the Columbia
river highway and is captivated. With
local friends the professor toured over
the highway . Sunday, following his re
turn from Honolulu, where he has spent
several weeks. ; : Professor Hart, who
holds the chair of government ! at- Har
yard, has a string of collegiate degrees
so long, he has', forgotten , several of
l hem. The first 'came to him in 1880,
when he - was graduated from j Harvard
with the degree of bachelor of arts, and
they go on up the line to the degree of
doctor of literature, granted at the Uni
verslty of Geneva,' Switzerland, in 1909,
He is the author of a great many books
on history and government. j -
OBSERVATIONS
Lockley
about 10 days when we found him. A
had come un and sniffed at him
some days after his death. A skunk
had eaten some of the flesh from his
wrist. Buzzards and skunks will eat a
dead body, but bears; cougars and bob
cats will not eat dead flesh, j
"".,::': a h . ..:vf
- "No man has a right to strike out In
heavy timber alone. He might fall and
break a leg, and -die. It Is a foolhardy
and unnecssary thing to do. i No man
should go out Into the woods without
carrying a watertight matchbox with
plenty of matches, soma short ends of
candle to help start a fire, and a cruis
er's short handled ax a three Quarters'
-- He should always carry coffee, so
if he gets ptomaine poison he can drink
strong, hot coffee, which Is an antidote
for it to a considerable extent, tes,
there Is danger from ptomaine poison
if you are living on canned goods while
out .in the woods. . can gets rough
usage, and the air gets in, and you eat
the contents, and unless you have help
is apt to ne an qay with you. Twenty
one years ago .last April, with Louis
Chance, who was part Indian, I went
out to find the Hickman party. They
had left here to look up a proposed rail
road route. In the party were; Civil
Engineer Hickman ; W. Fi Rader, an at
torney from Portland ; William Doty,
chief engineer of the Pennsylvania rail
road, and a man named Cloutrie. Louis
and I found them 14 miles from Seaside.
They were all dead. I think, from the
expressions on their faces, as we found
them scattered'-In the brush,1-they died
from ptomaine poison. - ;
"Almost every man takes pride In
doing some one thing well, and my pride
Is in never quitting a trail till I find
what I started after. My father was
born in Ireland, enlisted in the army
during the , Civil war and served with
the regulars 18 years. On his mother's
side he had French blood. My mother,
Katie O'Toole, was also Irish. I' was
born about 60 years ago on the. Colville
Indian reservation. , J came to Seaside
in 1882, when I waa 14 years old. In
my 'teens I hunted elk and deer and
sold the meat here . in Seaside at 6 to
10 cents a pound. For years I made
my living killing deer, elk" stid bear.
For 15 years v I worked as a timber
cruiser. -1 have spent a few years as a
prospector, so, you see, all my life I
have been, an outdoor man and usually
I? have earned my Hying at work that
kept me in the solitary places of the
West. I love to hunt and fish,
'"Once I was out hunting with Walter
Honeyman of Portland. 1 said, 'A buck
passed Uhla way not long ago.' J He
asked me how I knew, as there, were no
tracks visible. I tried to show him that
where the moss was uneven, or where
there was a slight indentation on rotten
wood, even if there waa no distinct
track, a deer's hoof had pressed it dowru
"Every man has a distinct track, with
as much-Individuality as his face. For
example, the man we Just brought In,
when In doubt always turned to. the
right. He walked with his. toes out.
Some people press harder on -one foot
than on the other. - If-you follow a
man's trail a few hours you can get a
pretty fair idea of the man's character.
To be a good trailer you must cultivate
concentration and observation and have
a . certain amount: of Intuition, - It Is
fascinating workv ? You learn to under
stand nature, not fear it. -: You learn
to see a' hundred . things the-city man
Is blind to, and , yon. feel self-reliant
and independent when thrown on your
own resources. : .
"The- lumber company -felled a- lot
of timber across the old trail., making
a perfect "Jungle" of" down limber. Had
K not been for that, I believe Gallaher
would have got back to Seaside."
The Oregfon Country
Northwest Uappenlnc 1 Brief Form for the
w , t , Busy Header.
OREGON ;
Elcht bands will furnish rmisle for the
annual state convention of the Klka at
Salem. -
R. H. Bailey of Rainier, while erecting
large tent, was struck by a falbne
pole and badly Injured.;
The areat dam of the Ochoco Irriga
tion district will be completely finished
in less than six weeka.
Ten new-concrete cooklnr ovens have
been Installed in the auto tourist camp
ing grounds at Eugene.
While trvlnir to ret on a movln
freight train George W. Travis of Mer
lin was instantly killed at Grants Pass.
Work has begun on Albany's new
swimming hole, to be located on the
Willamette river 100 yards above the
bridge. .
Toll rates" o"S2.K0 for a two-horsa
team, 3.50 for a four-horse team and $.
for an automobile have been established
on travel over the Santiam road.
Peridlne comDletion of the erada tha
Paclffc highway . has been closed - for
traffic Bix miles north of Salem, it
will be closed until September.
A number of flrook pounlv I'nnrhera
have begrun cutting alfalfa. The aeaaon
is two weeks later than last year. A
serious problem is the labor shortage.
Fancy Roval Anne cherries sell in
Minneapolis and other cities in that sec
tion or the country at 60 cents' per
pound, according to a Creswell buyer.
The Hood River Countv Game Pro
tective association has received com-
lalnta of boys armed with small .rifles
tiling silver gray squirrels and robins.
The late Governor Wlthycombe left an
estate valued at $22,131 according to a
report filed in the Marion county pro-
Bate court, une real property was ap
praised at $18,000.
Frederick Webster, the Chlcaeo por
trait painter, is at Salem negotiating
arrangements to paint portraits or tiov
emor Olcott and the late Phil Metschan.
a former state treasurer.
WASHINGTON"
The assignment of 23 additional nmhl-
bltion officers to the state of Washing
ton is announced ty the state prohibiuon
director for the government.
County Commissioner Turner of Takl-
ma haa offered to resign on account of
mness Dut tne other two commissioners
will not accept his resignation.
Seattle jitney drivers have iiecured a
temporary Injunction to prevent the city
from ordering them off the streets under
the terms of a recent ordinance.
Potatoes are bringing high price? at
Walla Walla. Five sacks raised hv a
College Place grower netted S68 an 20
Backs from another grower brought JtOO.
The first field fire reported at Colfax
this season occurred at the W. - H.
Thomas place on Snake river. It burned
an old house and two stacks of alfalfa.
The use of the state fair grounds has
been denied the Non-Partlsan league
and affiliated organizations by Secretary
Finley during the coming state conven
tion. -
J. B. Harnes of Yakima haa .finished
marketing a crop of cherries which
netted him $1350. He has 69 trees on
nine-tenths of an acre which yielded
5500 pounds, of fruit.
y IDAHO
Governor Davis has appointed; J. L.
Butler of Ascerpila commissioner' for the
third district of Minidoka county,:
The village trustees of Orofino have
granted a franchise to the Russell Ridge
Mutual Cooperative Telephone company
to establish an exchange In Orofino.
Practically 12.000 acres of - valuable
timber land have been received by the
state through the clear listing of 11,914
acres of indemnity school lands : In , the
Coeur d'Alene district.
State Game Warden Jones has closed
for fishing the Magic dam reservoir in
Blaine county. Reed's creek and tribu
taries and a number of streams In Clear
water county to protect the fish.
Southern Idaho will produce this year
10.260 carloads of potatoes, according
to a recent bulletin of the state depart
ment of agriculture. The crop of last
year, waa slightly under 7000 carloads.
The department of public works has
let a contract for the construction" ot
the Pickle Butte bridge crossing the
Snake river between Canyon and
Owyhee counties. The estimated cost
Is 1115,000. .
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
One of the Jokes the trusts is a-workin j
off . on the farmer is to tell him to. pro
duce more. He produces a plenty now,
but don't git -the prices the trusts and
combines does. He would git more of
his producin's if he'd think more with
his brains. It's accordln to reason that
the oftener you dip a leaky pail tha
more water you'll git, but why not stop
the leaks and then not dip so fast?
Industries Form the Best
- and Broadest Basis of
City ' Growth
The direct contribution which In
dustry makes to increase the popu
lations of Northwest cities Js being
revealed as the returns of the 192U
census come in.
Bend, In Central Oregon, for in
stance, has been shown to .have made
a growth of approximately 1000 per
cent. Two large lumber milling In
dustries, i with their workmen and
families, account largely for Bend's
growth. ,
Pasco, another community of the
interiornear the confluence of the
Snake and the Yakima rivers with
the Columbia, has developed a rail
road payroll of $300,000 monthly and.
consequently,, boasts bank deposits
of $1,000,000, a large amount for so
small a place. And Pasco, pursuing
vigorously the Industry of Irrigation,
had added 100 families within the
past year, which' la a growth greater
than the " town had enjoyed during
the . preceding census period,
Seattle had boasted that the cen
sus would find in (the metropolis of
Paget Sound a population of 400,
000, but all the report showed was
315,000. But Seattle, Increasing In
merchandising and brokering, has
failed to expand broadly along lines
of essential Industry,, and Seattle
In chagrin Is beginning to realize
that no expansion builds the city sue-"
ces fully unless industry is the foun
dation. Tacoma has made industry
the chief builder of the community.
The comparative gains of San
Francisco and Los Angeles have been
much commented upon from the fact
that Lo Angeles has outstripped
San Francisco, and .her attaining a
population In excess of 600,000 peo
ple Is attributed by the Los Angelans
expressly to industry.
Portland made gains proportion
ately greater than the gains of Heat
tie, despite the adverse comparison
which during the 10 years had con
stantly emanated from the latter
city. And Portland's growth . was
due largely to the fact that not only
had the large Industries of the war
been built up. but a host of smaller
industries had been brought to the
city, with their workers and the
workers families, "arid Portland, de
spite the cessation of '.some of the
shipbuilding plants, and despite 'the
post-war readjustment period, has
continued to prosper. Sq Portland
grows by strengthening the policy
of bringing -here- , the industries
related to our port enterprises and
our agricultural and lumbering proj
ects and the utilization in manu
facture of the raw, products of the
Columbia "basin and of Importations
for domestic use.-