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Garfield.
A GASOLINE CRISIS?
F, AS lhe oil companies say,
the
J 1 gasoline shortage is such that coun-i
try-wide rationing is necessary, the
government should declare an era
-' bargo 'against exportation,,
Thfr investment in plants, machines
and properties depending upon gaso
line as motive , power is enormous.
j7lt touches every phase of industry and
business. It -affects the employment
of multitudes of workers. II bears in
tijr.ateiy .upon the weLar vA .lives
of Hundreds of Jhousands , niiljes.
The oil supply moves railroads,
moves ships, '.moves trucks, moves
farm machinery, moves every form of
' transportation, moves-machines In the
forest, on the land, in the sky and on
the- sea, moves almost every kind oT
vehicle oh which man depends for
transit - from place - to place. As
an agent of civilization, oil and
its products hae become an essential
on which there will be unavoidable
dependence until some substitute is
evolved.
Literal millions' worth of motor ve
hicles have already been impaired in
their usefulness to the owners by the
gasoline shortage. With such a con
dition present and in force, the ex
' portation of American gasoline to for
eign countries is wrong. If the oil
companies are withholding supplies
. from the American people while ship
ping gasoline abroad, the practice
- should be stopped, if not voluntarily
by the companies, then by an embargo
against exportations enforced by the
government. .
I And if,-as -the companies say, there
'tis such a shortage that country wide
' rationing ls; necessary, it is a situa
tion requiring closest governmental
scrutiny. The rationing of a great
nation's oil supply is too great
. power to be entrusted to a few private
hands. In America, it is a power
s greater and more colossal than that
exercised Dy any average govern
ment. .It is a power greater than that
J wielded by most kings. Few con
grosses or parliaments of nations are
entrusted with such power tonflu
ence human affairs. It is a power that
would enable a f evy men to build up
one industry and pull down another,
to favor one enterprise and destroy
another, to make great profits for one
group and annihilate the profits and
property of other groups.
No great national utility could thus
be placed under the control of a few
f individuals. - It is against good public
.policy and a violation of all the fun
damentals of economic life. It is the.
I government's business and the gov
t ernment's duty to find out if there is
i a crisis in the oil situation" and, if
I such a r crisis be found, to take meas
, I ures commensurate with the situation.
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I Each of the . Los Angeles earth
i quakes' has so far been followed by
? a thunderstorm In this vicinity. The
I weather bureau declaims that there
i ts no reJeiflpn between the two. But
anyone would rather have a thunder
0f storm than an earthquake, and
? would rather see a steeple shattered
'than a city,
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'i ' THE RAILROADS 1 .
i V ANY people still like to point
j iVl an accusing finger at the federal
; railroad administration." But the lac t
is that during the war period the
t freight cars of the United Slates
C. 8. JACKSON
FARMERS FORCED TO FIGHT
T HE farmers of America have got
1 system. The constitutionality of
before the United States supreme court.
to weaker, or to pverthrow the system Is in active and constant circunwtm.
Below is reproduced a letter which shows ene phase of the assault. The
letter Is on the letterhead of the Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of
America, and Is signed by Robert O. Deming, chairman. It is as follows:
iram 'but all members of the Farm jkortrage Bankers association not
fail to be deeply Intereatedm the followlnf tett" from W. T. Pay. ot the Pay
tc Hansen Security company of Spokane, Wash., in relation to th0. "ef7,T
generous subscriptions by our membership to the educational caP'B" .Arnan.
"As a member of the finance committee I wish to urKe upon you. aa ctolrman.
nuwaa rv im noatnv a.nnv. v. .
sssociatlon and others who are interested In farm mortgage Investments, tne great
importance of subscribing most liberally to the educational fund wnicn ts to
b UMd durinar th ntrt tm-mr mnntha ln tn mould sentiment among
congressmen and others In favor of a repeal of that portion 01 u "7"
IrtB n n ft T,m nUn er ttia twina f nA. . t. mm, fMm taxation. . '
"This will mean everything to the mortage banks, and tt should be supported
ny tne taxpayers or tne country. I feel that the strong ana ' " , ' ;? " , "V. . J,Z
latrtlaHM tint m ni atnnivAE n.. . Tt. to THBOIKIH BBNTlMtW I
IN FAVOR OF ABOLISHINO THE
RETtmiTlPS I - ..' . ',
"This almost means life or death n
in mortgage securities, as .at the present time the reoerai iano a
stock land banks are. covering the best fields and loan in such sums o f "one y
that no legitimate mortgage company can long meet the competition tne tax
exemption ieature ia allowed to remain.
"An, mortnur hinkr ir nlhr InrllvM,,.! .hi AnH an V mortgage loan dubi
ncm to aiwali nf run afford tn mia
SCRIBED BY MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO CARRY ON THIS FIOHT.
I trust that a great many will see fit to increase tb said sum in support ur int,
CAMPAIGN NOW BEING WAGED. IT IS THE DUTY AND SHOULD BE THE
DESIRE OF EVERY FARM MORTGAGE BANKER AND INDIVIDUAL, INTER
ESTED IN FARM MOTOAGES TO- DO THEIR UTMOST TO AID IN THIS
CAMPAIGN WHICH IS BRING ' CARRIED ON SO SPLENDIDLY BY MR.
CASSELL. OUR ABLE SECRETARY. !
Hoping that you will be very successful in your campaign for raising these
funds I beg to remain. - i !
Mr. Day hast certainly made plain to
this educational campaign In which you
your check. If not sent heretofore.
xnis can ror, tne smews of war is in a campaign to raise ine interest rate
on mortgage loans to farmers. ,The mortgage bankers want farm loan bonds
taxed in order to-compel an increase in farm loan interest rates. !
For 30 years' they blocked the passage of farm loan legislation.
Now that the legislation is in effect and the farm loan system In opera
tion, the mortgage bankers who have been doing profitable mortgage loan
business with the farmers, are, in one form and another, attacking the system
from all sides, front, flank and rear. , f
.This Is. a flank attack The suit in the United States supreme court Is an
assault from the front.' The propaganda spread continually broadcast to the
effect that loans by the farm loan banks are loosely and injudiciously made,
is an attack from the rear. . ? '
In the campaign reflected by the above letter a contribution of 1150 Is
asked of every jnember of the Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of Amer
ica and from every mortgage banker and from every individual who loans
money o'n farm mortgages. : It will be a huge fund when it is all paid in,
and the farmers of the United Slates may well be on guard in defense. of
their farm loan system. , . ?
The letter explains why the farmers of America, until Woodrow WT.son's
tlmpe, have had little or no consideration at Washington. They collected no
funds with which to "carry on an educational campaign to mould sentiment
for congressmen and others. They gathered no secret sinews'bf war with
which to "mould sentiment." Greedier Interests knew and played the game
of politics with more skill. The farmers hired no salaried lobbyists to go
before congressional committees and buttonhole senators and representatives.
But the farmers are many. The farm loan act is their means of saving the
old homestead f ronx going under thVrnortgage. They can keep it unharmed,
but they will harR to flght to do iLV"-
The Journal; has another letter of similar purport to the above which
it will print in a future article. . ? f -! i ; ;
rea4?hecj the .highest average in daily
travel In the history of the country.
The present average Is 23.9 miles a
day; the average from April to .De
cember, 191 , was 26 miles a day.
The new, high point now aimed at
by the Association of 'American Rail
way Executives; is 30 miles a day for
eacfc ft'eight car. - Another laudable
B-3l a? the association is to reduce to
a rr.Mhtum of j4 per cent the num
ber f cars in bad order. A third ob
jective is the replacement of loco
motives that have become unfit for
service; a fourth, the average loading
of 30 tons to the car, and a fifth, the
adoption of more effective efforts to
return cars to owner roads. ,
Some people would call these goals
mechanical. But as means of effecting
both economy in the operation of the
nation's railroads the resolutions
adopted seem much more intelligent
than an application for percentage in
creases In freight rates, without re
gard to whether; the additional charges
would or would not destroy business.
; The United States government has
2,500,000 acres! of land, for lease In
tracts not exceeding 2560 acres each
in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Mon
tana. The lands In question contain
valuable deposit of phosphate .rock,
fhich are exceedingly important as
fertilizer, ' Japan, for 'example,; has
attached so much value to the phos
phate deposits that her commercial
houses are preparing to move'hnn
dreds .'of- thousands of tons annually
from Idaho through the port of Port
land to the flowery kingdom. . If
phosphates are; good for Japan why
not for America?
THE MILK PROSECUTION
THE reported decision , of two
. deputy city- attorneys to prose
cute the Oregon Dairymen s Coopera-
tlve league under an almost-forgotten
ordinance which prohibits price fixing
and control of competition should be
most welcome to the public and the
dairymen as well as to the milk
dealers. ' , , ,
It will be Interesting to know If a
municipal ordinance transcends the
federal law which gives approval totma.n- fay flourishing use of the re-
. - .1 irlA '' a a -a - j -
cooperative marketing organization of
producers. Jf it does the Non-partisan
league will also rejoice, for the league
finds an open door for its own pur
poses where cooperative marketing
organization is absent.
; And if the Dairymen's league, as an
organization given status by federal
law, is to be forbidden the discussion
of a price based upon the cost of
production, subsequent action in re
spect to the milk dealers will doubt
less prove to be inevitable.
The milk dealers have ' no public
organization ; with "a charter granted
by the state such as is possessed by
the league. .They contend that they
have no organization. But a certain
amount of prima facie evidence may
be discoverable 1 in the fact that the
dealers had sufficient agreement to
adopt and put into effect on the same
day July 1, an j increase in the price
of milk amounting to flOOO a day, no
pari of which they have divided with
the dairymen, j
, There would 1 likewise seem to be
some medium of communication be
to fight to preserve tneir xarm $oau
the act creating it Is bow under, attack
In addition, coniunv pripsuua
m wA H urm aivi Laa
TAX EXEMPTION irwuuiui
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romcanles and Others dealing
. : . . :.
km WMIfH WAS THE SUM-BUB-
all of us the absolute necessity of pushing!
are so vitally Interested. Please send lnj
- ROBERT O. DEMING, Chairman. i
tween the dealers which allowed them
to reach the decision to ; open cam
paign headquarters against the Dairy
men's league, employ a publicity agent
and , take other steps calculated to
place the favorable phases of their
activ.ies before the public. . J
The daVymen, who say that it costs
yiem 9.53 cents a quart to produce
milk, but are selling it to the dealers
for less than ? cents a quart,: by the
dealers to be resold to the public
at- 14 and 15 cents a quart, are
evidently not a very successful lot of
price fixers.5 They are still receiving
the $3.20 a hundred pounds,; which
was paid them before a deputy city
attorney began his inquisition. Al
though the dairymen asked for an in
crease to f3.C0 a hundred pounds, ef
fective July 16, the dealers disregarded
their demand and are still paying the
sme old price. I f '
If prosecution is to be aimed at
price fixers who don't fix prices it
ought to include price fixers who do.
And if prosecution will bring put
the just facts of milk supply for Port
land, whatever agency institutes it,
in the open or under cover, should
be commended. ; I " ; ;
Mr. Harding's position Is this: Re
pudiate the existing League of Na
tions now functioning in Europe;
then, at some dim and distant date,
hopefully approach the nations of
Europe and of the earth proposing a
"new relationship," etc., offering "an
assoc iatlon of nations," modeled
after the Hague tribunal. Did the
Hague tribunal keep us out of the
late war? ; ' (!''
THE CRIMINAL'S ALLY ;
C HOOTING the paymaster in the
head, five automobile , bandits
Monday robbed the offices of an in
dustrial plant in Chicago and escaped
with fiO.OCO. . . . i
The pistol was never so much in
evidence. Used in conjunction with
the automobile, the revolver made
possible the daring robbery. It Is the
Instrument which enables automobile
bandits to operate ; successfully.
ur ume ago a Chicago young
w.C4, commiuea a double murder.
He hired a man o "stage" a robbery
of himself and wife. Carrying two
pistols he shot both the i supposed
robber and his wife to death. The
pistol was the instrument which made
the- double killing possible.
. Accusing a man of questioning the
honor of his wife, a Klamath Falls
resident, in the midst of a fight last
week, whipped out a pistol and shot
his victim dead. Again U was the
ready revolver with which the killing
was accomplished. ' ' r
In the East, Monday, a wife shot
her husband dead. It was with a
revolver. He had previously used the
same weapon In ending the lift of
two other men. !
A Dartmouth college student recent
ly murdered a fellow student over a
quart of whiskey. He shot him with
a pistol. ,
An automobile is Said In havp IWn
in waiting at a certain spot for tlje
murderers of Sheriff Taylor of Pendle
ton. The machine," with the pistol
they had secreted and the revolvers
and ammunition they hoped to secure.
almost certainly suggested to the
prisoners ' the jail break and caused
the scheme tobe carried out by the
assassins.
The- pistol for the crime and the
automobile for. the escape have come
to be almost the universal accompani
ments , of . lawlessness and murder.
They are the means to the end.
Robbers must work fast. They do
not dare chance personal combat. The
knife and club do not ordinarily serve
their; purpose. In their'' scheme of
things they must complete the job
and escape without the time and noise
occasioned by overpowering an indi
vidual. With the revolver they can
work quickly and effectively. It is
their reliance. -And the waiting ma
chine speeds them away.
The manufacture of the . pistol
should be stopped and the machinery
and materials employed in their man
ufacture be devoted to production of
essentials for the' service, no.t the de
struction, of human beings.- .
SALARY LIST OF
S. P. OFFICIALS
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal. .
Washington, July 28. A recent of
ficial publication shows the salaries paid
officers and attorneys of the railroads
Who were paid over J50O0 in 1917. the
last year before,, federal control. The 1
subjoined list for the Southern Pacific
system is -taken from reports made to
the Interstate Commerce commission.
Since then there have been numerous
changes in personnel ' and probably
changes in salary, in harmony with the
increased cost of living. There have
also been changes in titles."
. Those listed as receiving a salary of
410.000 or more are: Julius Krutlschnitt,
chairman executive committee. $88.860 ;
William Sproule, president. $62.036 ; Wil
liam F. Herrin,vice president and .chief
counsel. $38.170 : L. F. Spence, director
of traffic. $38.525 ; Joseph P. Blair, gen
eral counsel (at New York). $34,500; E.
O. McCormick, vice president in charge
of traffic, $30,200; Baker, Potts, Parker
& Garwood, attorneys, $30,030 ; A. P.
McDonald, vice president and -comptroller.
$26,250 ; William H. Scott, vice
president and general manager.-$23,766 ;
C. W. Jungen, manager, $21.500 ; Gor
don M. .Buck,- assistant general coun
sel. $15,820; Fred H. Wood, general at
torney, .$151750; . Denegre, Leovy &
Chaffe, general .attorneys (in south),
$15,000; A. K. Van Deventt-r. treasurer,
$14.250 ;. William Hood, chief engineer,
$14,220 ; . Henry W. de Forest, vice presi
dent and director. $13,270 ; John Dove
Isaacs, consulting engineer, $12,500 ; G.
W. Luce, freight traffic manager, $12,
465 ; Dr. F. K. AInsworth, chief sur
geon and manager, $12,060; E. T. Dum
ble, consulting geologist, $12,220y D. W.
Campbell, assistant general manager,
$12.000 : F. H. Plaisted. assistant director
of traffic, $11,560 ; Gage. Foley & Gilbert,
attorneys" (Southern .California), $11,100;
Thomas O. Edwards, auditor Pacific sys
tems, $10,670 ; Charles S. Fee, passenger
traffic agent, $10,580 ; F. W. Mahl, direct
or of purchases, $10,200; Allard D'Heur,
manager fuel oil department, $10,120;- J.
H. Dyer, - assistant general manager,
$10,020. -
Others'contained in the list, at salaries
less than $10,000, in alphabetical order,
exclusive of legal department, are :
Robert Adams, assistant auditor, $5000 ;
Thomas Ahem, superintendent coast di
vision, $5400 ; Allen H. Babcock, operat
ing electrical engineer, $6s00 ; J. Q. Bar
low, assistant chief engineer, $8500 ; O. P.
Bartlett, general eastern freight agent.
$5133) Frank E. Bat turn, general pas
senger agent. $6075 ; Joseph D. Brennan,
superintendent, $6000 ; A. V. Brown, gen
eral superintendent, $6350; W. F. Bull,
assistant secretary. $5375 ; R. J. Clancy,
assistant, to general manager, $5000; S.
Ira Cooper, assistant manager, $5250 ; C.
K. Dunlap. traffic manager (of Texas),
$9015; C. S. Fay, traffic manager (of
Louisiana), $7798 ; T. A. Graham, assist
ant freight traffic manager, $8000i Amas
S. Hebble, superintending engineer,
$8275 ;W. F, Ingram, assistant treasurer.
$6000 ; H. B. Johnson, 'assistant comptrol
ler, $8250 ; E. E. Lamberton, assistant
manager, $5050 ; M. E. Lombard!, super
intendent of construction and develop
ment, $6000; A. C. McLaughlin: superin
tendent of operations, $6000 ; William
Mahl, i vice president and comptroller,
$5750; C. J. M tills, assistant to president.
$5000: G. W. Mulks, assistant comptrol
ler. $6600 ; W. G. Nelmyer, general agent,
$6000 ; F. H. Nutting, general passenger
agent. $7700: Edward H. Patton. agent.
$7500 ; I. O. Rhoades, general purchasing
agent, $6500 ; G. F. Richardson, superin
tendent transportation, $7500 ; Thomas F.
Rowlands, superintendent, $5020 ; Emil
Schmidt, in charge of commissary, $5800 ;
S. J. Shackelford, tax agent. $6000; P.
Sheeby, superintendent of motive power,
$5000; William Simmons, general freight
agent, $6200; J. G. Stubbs, general
freight agent, $3400 ; Joseph A. Taff.
geologist, $6000; Herbert P. Thrall, in
spector. ,$8000; William H. Whalen, dis
trict superintendent, $5400 ; Thomas H.
Williams, superintendent, $5150 ; F. M.
Worthlngton, division superintendent,
$5000. ,.J; -- ;- - ..
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For legal services the salaries and fees
paid are shown as follows: William F.,
Herrin, general counsel (also vice presi
dent). $38.170 ; Joseph P. Blair, general
counsel (at New York). $34,500 ; Fred H.
Wood, general attorney, (rate case law
yer), $15,750 ; Baker, Potts, Parker &
Garwood, attorneys, $30,030; Gordon M.
Buck, assistant general counsel; $15.820 ;
Denegre. Leovy & Chaffe, general attor
neys, $15,000; Gage, Foley & Gilbert, at
torneys. $11,100; C. W.-Durbrow, attor
ney, $7200; D. R. Sessions, claims attor
ney. $6000; D. O. Cowden, tax attorney,
$5000 ; A. A. Hoehling Jr.,' attorney,
$6000 ; Guy V. Shoup, attorney, $6000 ; A
A; Moore, attorney, $6000 ; Proctor, Van
denberge, Crain & Mitchell, division at
torneys, $5355.
Letters From the People
f Comraunlcatlona sent to The Journal for
publication in tbia department ahouM be writun
on only one aide of the paper, should not exceed
300 words in length and must be eiened by tne
writer, whoe mail addreae aU ccom"
pany the contribution. 1
' "HASTY LEGISLATION
Portland.. July 9. To thS Editor
of The Journal Under the headline
"Hasty Legislation" a very Interesting
editorial appeared In The Journar of
July 4. It Is misleadinf?r t,he reason
the. inference that a "di
vided session" of the legislature Is the!
only proposed remedy ior nasty b"i
tlon) and the only remedy offered the
people, whereas it is true that the 1919
session of the legislature, by an almost
mxiimnun vote, by house joint resolu
tion :,No. S, submitted . to the voters a J
proposed amendment 10 tne rowuiuuuu
for legislative session of 60 actual
working days, with a proviso that after
the fortieth day of the session' no bills
can be introduced except by unanimous
vote. ' ' ., - "
In your editorial you correctly say:
To consider 1000 bills or more In 40
days and digest them is on the face of
it ridiculous," yet you favor a measure
that holds air measures up -until the
last 10 days of the session. Under your
plan all the bUls Introduced and made
AN
jar aw U - aawe7
ready for passage during the 40-day per
iod must be passed in nine days or less
under the provisions of the proposed di
vided session, and, mind you, this in the
face of a constitutional provision that
provides, in substance, that every bill On
final ; passage, must be read section by
section in full. This section will have to
be violated every day of the last 10
days of the proposed divided session if
the "divided amendment'.' should carry;
but not so under the provisions of the
proposed 60-day sessiorf.
Under the amendment submitted by
the legislature by bouse joint resolution
No. 8 ample time is given for the con
sideration of all bills, for the session is
one of 60 working. days and no bills are
to be introduced during the last 25 work
ing days. That proviso wilt absolutely
prevent a jam, or any excuse for hasty
or Ill-considered ' legislation , slipping
through. More than that, the proposi
tion for a -continuous 60-day session is
in line of precedent and retains our rep
resentative form of government as estab
lished and approved by most states from
the beginning. Only a few of the states
have experimented along the line of the
proposed "divlrfcd session," and each
state that toyed with the game in time
learned better. The trouble with the
proposed divided session is that the plan
places the control of the state In the
hands of the few ; it destroys represen
tative government; it gives to the rich
an advantage over the poor.
V - D. C. Lewis.
TO UNTAX BY TAXING
Vancouver, Wash., ' July 22. To the
Editor of the Journal Regarding taxa
tion: In the terrain of economics, "things
are not what they seem." In order to
lessen taxation our taxes must be ma
terially increased. School taxes must
be at least trebled and a national de
partment of public health established at
a cost exceeding - that of our . present
school system. From army examina
tions we learn wherein we are delin
quent. Some 66 per cent of our people
are unfit physically and more than. 25
per cent are Illiterate truly a , noble
showing ; for the world's most wealthy
nation. . : . j " -
Now, so long as one quarter of our
people, can't read, a second quarter don't
read, a third quarter don't understand
what they do read and the fourth quar
ter fatten on the ignorance of the field,
there is but little hope of national prog
ress. J. Harold.
- JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Cascade Locks, .July 21. Kindly In
form me who financed H, M. Stanley
on his expedition through Africa in
search of Dr. Livingstone.
" - : , Subscriber.-1-
Olden Oregon
There Might Have Been a ;
j Pacific Coast State.
Fourth
t Shortly after the territory of Wash
ington had been i created north ' of -the
Columbia driver, a scheme was put on
foot to. establish a new territory out of
the southern counties of Oregon adding
to, them a portion of northern Califor
nia. The movement originated -at
Yreka. ' A meeting was held at Jack
sonville, January 7, 1854, and a call for
a convention was issued. -The v conven
tion met January 25. A memorial to
congress was drafted, also to the Oregon
and California legislatures. Owing to
the fact that the scheme conflicted with
the securing ' of statehood for Oregon,
It was not pushed and It gradually died.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
One of the most curious of fishes is
the. puffer; so called because of its
strange power to inflate its stomach. It
inhabits tropical and .warm .temperate
seas. The fish by Inflating the abdo
men witu air or water may more than
double its volume and become a veritable
balloon. whence the - name . puffer,
globeflsh. balloonfish. When thus inflat
ed, the fish becomes more or less glob
ular in shape, with the. fins and tall
forming mere protrusions. If filled with
air It floats at the surface, belly up,
like a small balloon, for, a poor swim
mer at the best, it Is how entirely at the
mercy of the wind and de, having
practically no power of locomotion
whatever. The rotund shape of the dis
tended fish is a protection against, its
enemies, since only a fish' of extraor
dinary gape can take one In whole r the
ordinary : fish, v in biting at ? a puffer,
merely pushes it away or causes it to
roll over. : .:-
THE ONLY KIND
From tiie Boston Transcript. .
Deadbroke (borrowing . five) -Words
can never repay this kindness, old man.
The Other You're right unless they
are the kind used by money when it
talks.
UNCERTAIN FOOTING
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Coprricht. 1820. by The
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Smile awhile.
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All the world's a picnic ground, and
all the people are picnicking.
Who remembers when we used to call
the police patrol the "Black Maria?"
There's a' shortage of cars and 'a
shortage of gas. Why not dust off the
old bicycle?
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Now there's a motion picture oper-1
ators- strike in New York. Portland
leads, .as usual. . ,
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' An' anthem was carried from Eng
land to a liner 2180 miles away. Pretty
soon'twill be so a. fellow can't find
quiet anywhere.
An" Indiana man left his wife to run
away with her mother- If that isn't
putting a new angle on the mother-in-law
Joke, we don't want a cent.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
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C. Wf Nlbley and wife of Salt Lake
are registered at the Portland. Mr. Nib
ley is presiding bishop of the Mormon
church. . ..
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A. G. Clark, manager of the Associ
ated Industries of Oregon, left Sunday
for Lane county, where he will spend
two weeks, camping and fishing along
the middle fork of the Willamette river.
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A Raymond & Whitcomb tour party
of 35 people from : Eastern cities will
arrive 4:40 p, nw August 7. to remain
until . 5 . p. m., August . 8, according to
advices received by the general passen
ger department of the O.-W. R. & N.
The party will be traveling from Seattle
to Yellowstone national park.
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Dr. Frank A, Waugh, accompanied by
C J. Buck, in charge of the land office
of the United States -forest service, re
turned Monday night from an inspection
trip to Lake Quiniault, 40 miles north of
Prays Harbor, Wash. The lake offers
many advantages as a summer resort,
and the Hoqutam commercial club Is co
operating with the forest . service in an
effort to preserve its scenic beauties.
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Captain A. E. Burghduff, state game
warden;' Carl " D. Shoemaker, executive
secretary of the fish commission, and
John Gill, commissioner of the game de
partment, left Tuesday fpr Tillamook,
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
. " ' By Fred Lockley "v,. .-
At White Salmon Mr. Lockley meets a
traveling companion of pleasant memory one
who has been in the- great war but who has
returned aafe plus a bride won abroad after tha
cruel war waa over, and who ia now in process
of 11 ring happily ever after. - ,
If you passed along the main street
of White Salmon I doubt if you would
give a second look at the sign. "Jerry's!
Restaurant." I gave it a second looK.
I looked at Jerry, the proprietor, closely,
and then, as though it wavs a movie
filmi saw Jerry and. myself sitting on
the front seat of a horse drawn stage.
On the way from White Salmon to Trout
lake. I could smell the: new growth of
the hemlock and cedar, for It was a
spring day 7 years ago when Jerry and
I .drove out over the hills where , new
orchards were being set out. past fields
where strawberries . were turning red.
through deep aisles in the timber and
where tha sunshine here and there came
through the thick branches, making fan
tastic patterns on the ancient carpet of
forest litter. I could see once more
snow crowned Mount Adams gleaming in
the brilliant spring sunshine.
I recalled our talk on the 25-mUe drive.
Jerry had come from Holland but a few
months before. ' He spoke quaint and
broken English. " .
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Jerry stood awaiting my pleasure'. I
bought a copy of The Oregon Journal,
and said, "Jerry, do you remember me?"
"Sure I do. . You tooJc a trip with me
to Troutlake oil the stage and asked
me questions all the way out about
Holland," said Jerry. . : " ; . '
"I have done well since then.' I have
got me a wife and a good business. Come,
Angele, and meet an old acquaintance
of mine." . Angele came, and In mingled
French : and English expressed r her
pleasure at meeting me. Jerry told her
I wrote for the papers. "I wish In
your paper you would hand It: to Jerry."
she said, with a charming smile. "He
makes the love to me all the while in
place of tending to the - business. He
needs the . broomstick in place : of the
kiss. .s Yea : Income to your country a
long way to marry Jerry. It Is so dif
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Press PaMVhinf Co. (The New Tori World)
NEWS IN BRIEF.
SIDELIGHTS
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T- Bids for the Improvement of streets
rlTft lower than lha anrln,Ar's esMmatea.
let nags run up and bells ring out.
Astoria .Budget.
1 No. Clarence, the climate is not chang
ing. We are just getting some of the
moisture that has been due us for some
time. Bend Bulletin.-.
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Wonder if the notato kings are going
to Insult the growers now ty oriennK
them 3 or 4 cents after 'exacting 10
or 12 from the . consumers last winter.
If they do we mistake the mettle of
the growers if they sell at any such
price. Powers Patriot
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Los Angeles . Is rapidly gaining a
reputation as an earthquake city, but
we never -had that desire to- locate
there, since we discovered this Id
Northwest Oregon where an earth
quake, cyclone, . hailstorm or blizzard
is never known. Banks Herald.
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where they will attend a meeting for
the formation of a sportsmen's club in
that district,
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"We saw the geysers spout In Yel
lowstone and felt the earth tremble in
Los Angeles," Is the conmprehensive way
In which David Hart of Philadelphia
describes the experience of a large New
York and Pennsylvania ' excursion party
which registered at the Imperial Tues
day and of which he Is a humble mem
ber. He predicted that Harding would
carry Pennsylvania. , In his home "ward
Mr. Hart says he is a leader of the
anti-machine wing. -
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.' Local .-caterers entertained all day
Tuesday Mr. and, Mrs. L., B. Carder of
Kansas City, Mo., and Horace Boos of
Los Angeles, who are on their way to
Seattle to attend the stater session of
restaurant proprietors. Mr. Carder is
secretary qf the national organization
and Mr. Boos is a member of the execu
tive committee.
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Harry M. Adams, vice president of the
Union Pacific railway system In charge
of traffic, is scheduled to arrive here
Thursday accompanied by William Mc
Murray, general passenger agent, and
H. E. Lounsbury, general freight agent
of the O-W. R. & N. The Portland offi
cials met Adams at Spokane Monday
and went with him to Seattle Tuesday.
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ferent from my country. I feel strange
and lost and good deal- homesick at
first, but . soon " I win like you when I
know your customs better."
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"They call me Jerry,' said her hus
band, "but my name ia Garret Zwynen.
I served in the Dutch infantry a year
and a half before I came to the United
States. In October,' 1917, I went to Camp ;
Lewis. Two months later I was .ver-H
seas as a membor of the 147th machine;
gun battalion. Soon after we hit Franca
I Was transferred to Company B, FlrsT
machine gun battalion. First division.
I don't have to tell you the history of the
First division. I wear five stars on my
victory ribbon. A lot of my buddies !
got bumped off, but I was lucky. I
wasn't even wounded. I sure hunted
shell holes when the heavy stuff was;
coming over, and It came pretty regu
larly. From April 25 to July 7 we were
fighting at Montdidler and Noyens. Then j
we got inlthe Alsne-Marne offensive on
July 18, which lasted seven days. Then
came Laizer. Ars, and later St, Mlhteb
Our last big battle was In the Meuse-Ar- i
gonne offensive, from October 1 to No-j
vember 11. r Then I went up with the
army of occupation and was stationed at
Coblenz. I got a furlough -and visited
my boyhood home and my people In
Holland.
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"At Liege, In Belgium, I met the An
gele, here. Her father was the station
master. . . Her name was Angele Vivegnla,
She is a Belgian a Walloon. X was In
the-service 23 months, being discharged
October 1. 1319. Angele decided to come
to the United ' States and travel in
double harness with me. She came over,
all alone a few. months ago. We were
married at Goldendale, April 17, by the
Catholic priest there. Sure, she is going
to like it here."
If you write about Jerry iiv the paper,
say 'Jerry like the war-very well, thank
you,'" said Mrs. Zwyner. "He got me
because of the war. Maybe you give us
what you call it? the boost in the
paper. It will help the business.""
.The Oregon Country
Northweat Happenings in Brief Form for the
Buay Keader.
' OREGON NOTES
Coos county has secured a school su
pervisor in the person of Miss Genevieve .
inompaon or cresweu.
The Mdody Bible school has bearun its
annual summer school at Ashland. There
is no charge for tuition.
D. A. G. ColIie-MaeNelll. British
consul at Colima. is on his way to .
Grants Pass for the season's fishing.
Thieves have entered tha viril of
Frank Shurtliff at Baker and stolen
seven or eight bunches of cut flowers.
One woman was included In the list of
applicants who passed the recentxam
inatton for the bar. She Is Mabel Judd '
Kester of Vale. .
'The attempt of the 12-year-old son of
G. Garrett of Pendleton to light an oil
stove caused a fire which wrecked the
Garrett residence.
Extensive plans are beinr made at
Astoria for the entertainment of the of
ficers and men of the Pacific fleet de
tachment on Wednesday. ,
The first carload of "wheat to be
shipped from the Umatilla purity fields
has left Pendleton for Portland. It came
from the Elmer Moore fields. i
The Milton Creek . LoEsrinsr company
has removed Its camp to a new location
nearer tn the timber supply. Oper-
ationa will be resumed August 2.
Owing to a threatened shortage of
teachers the school directors of Bend
have decided to waive the restriction on
thfr employment of married women.
With the arrival of a Red Crons In
structor at Baker August 1 the Baker
chapter of the Red Cross will begin a
series or classes aeaung wim ms uoms
cure of the sick, -
Reauests for snace by exhibitors at
the Clackamas county fair exceed thou
of former .years and Secretary Long
predicts the best fair In the history C
the organisation.
While the famllv were attending
church last Sunday the home of R. D.
Thompson In the Fairmont section oi
EuKene was entered by . thieves, who
made away with jewelry and clothing.
The loeanberrr nlcklnar record for this
season Is held by Naoma Vbb of Clax
tar, Marion county. Her check for one
day amounted to $14. On the an me day
Marion Matthes, a 12-year-oid boy,
made $6.
WASHINGTON
As a result of ' the efforts of the
American Legion Ladies' auxiliary over
400 voters have registered at Chehalis.
L. H; Hubbard, a Tenino banker, has
filed his candidacy tor the Republican
nomination for state representative
from Thurston county.
Plans have been launched at Tloquiam
to unite Grays Harbor county in a pro
gram to save the beauties and a-ttrac-Udnn
at Lake Quiniault,
Lud Nelson and Thomastaton. both
aged 20 years and residents of Hoquiam.
have been arrested on the charge of
operating a moonshine still,
Lewis county deputy sheriffs, stopped
an automobile on the Pacific highway
near Chehalis and captured with it
about 20 canes of real Sunny brook, val
ued at $6500.
Demand for exhibit space at the
Southwest Washington fair to be held
at Chehalis August 23-29 has been so
great that nearly all the available space
has been taken up.
American Lejrion pout of Southwest
Washington will b invited to partioi
pate in the reception and entertain
ment of National Commander D'Olier
at, Centralia August 10.
The life of William Stine wa saved
by fellow workers on the Kinsman
ranch on - Eureka flat. Ilia foot be
came caught in a chain on a combine
harvester and his right leg was torr
off.
Diversion' of half "of Montana's 30.
000.000 bushel wheat crop to Seattle fr
water shipment is hoped for by the
public service -commission in a recom
mendation to the interstate commerce
commission for a reduced rate.
IDAHO
According to a directory canvass Twin
Falls has a population of 11.237.
K. B. Hitchcock, soils expert of the.
University of Idaho extension depart
ment, has resigned to enter -the hotel
business in Wyoming. -
Announcement is unofficially made
that the regular annual meeting of the'
Idaho Republican State Press, associa
tion will be held at Halley August 6.
The Ashton Commercial club has had
built a large sign as a map and guide
board at the Vernon church for th
Information o toyrists-bound for . Yel
lowstone parlc:
Professor H. . T. Lewis, head of the
department of economics In the Univer
sity of Idaho, has reigned, effective Au
gust 1. to accept a position in the. Uni
versity of Washington. f
With the cherry crop in the Lewis
ton valley about half Its normal out
put, it is estimated that tonnage from
the valley will reach 90 carloads, in-,
eluding the cannery pack.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
There's a Jot of smart and honest
chaps that wanta everbuddy in Oregon
to help out home industries and to git
more payrolls In this good old stale.
The Lord knows there's a-plenty of room
fer more factories and more people in
Oreeron. What I can't git through my
noodle is why these here boosters fer
Oregon don't pint out that if we quit
klckin' a man in his slats with fines
and taxes that brings a factory to Ore
gon there'll plenty -of em come, BacK
In Baltimore they laugh contemnshus
of Oregon when you tell 'em we want
factories out here. They say "Why
don't you all quit a-taxin' machinery,
then? We quit it a long-time ago, and
have more factories a-comln' ever day."
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The Man From Suppose'yville
Asks Oregonians a l ew
Pointed Questions.
Suppose half the people who need
furniture should buy roade-ln-Ore-gon
furniture.
Suppose one-fourth of Jthe, fople
who like candy should buy made-in-Orefron
candy. -
Suppose that an eighth of the men
and boys who want hats and caps
should wear Oregon-made hata and
caps. '.-..'
Suppose that of the half-doeen
neckties the average man buys In the
course of a year one was a made-In-Oregon
necktie. -
Suppose that every mother pair of
rubber heels or soles worn, by an
Oregonlan were rubber heels or soles
made in Oregon. -
The furniture Industry would grow
from $8,000,000 to $25,000,000 a year.
I Every man and boy In the state- who
wanted weora ana was not connected
with other lines of industry could
find : employment.
The Increased demand for candy
would leave not an Idle woman or
girl in the state.
The business of manufacturing hats
and caps would grow to a leadership
for the entire Went. .
The necktie Industry would grow
from $50,000 to $250,000 a year and
have sufficient influence and prestige
to cover pracjicaUy all the territory
west of the Mississippi.
The whole Western half of the
country -would walk more softly and
prosperity would just as pleasantly
increase In the rubber manufacturing
industry. -: ' '. - - "
Best of all, outside markets, wit
nessing the Oregon demonstration of
loyalty to . Oregon manufactures.
Would conclude that the basis of such
loyalty must be unusual quality, and
the conclusion would be accurate. It
is "Oregon Quality."