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GIVING "WAY TO DESTRUCTION
MEPFORD had a f 100,000 fire Mon
day. Three hundred people lost
- household goods stored in a ware
house. The fire spread to other build-
- ings and : threatened wholesale de
struction, avoided only by herculean
efforts of the fire department.
The cause, is given as spontaneous
combustion, and spontaneous combus
tion is Ordinarily the result of care
lessness. Oils, especially - animal and
vegetable, and even mineral, are easily
fired by spontaneous combustion. So
are greasy rags and furniture. If oils
or "greasy rags are left in the open
in wooden and other easily l fired
containers a burning building is the
usual consequence. Loss of property
and even life are other unavoidable
consequences. They are hand In hand
with fires as fires are hand in hand
with oaielessness. ! "
" On the same day the plant of a
paving contractor was destroyed near
Amity. A considerable loss was en
tailed, to say nothing of the delay to
paving operations. Opening of a high-
,'way that. would have been ready for
travel within a short time. will now
be Indefinitely postponed. ' ;
The fire will, o doubt, be found to
"be attributable to somebody's negli
gence. Almost all fires are. Some
. body leaves debris, rubbish and- rags
about. Combustibles are deposited in
readily fired containers. Flue holes
and other openings ' are left unpro
tected. Somebody else drops a match
or cigarette in the fire trap and the
flames are under way. H is the same
story in fire after fire.
Almost $1,000(000 in property has
been destroyed in the Oregon country
so far In July. ajEugene, Salem, Colfax
and Bend have had disastrous fires.
Marshfield has experienced them, so
has Dallas, and now Medford. .They
have covered a wide belt of territory-
; And they have been distressingly de
structive, i
. At the present rate we are burning
down faster than we can build up.
Hurrah for the Plymouth Rock.
Long a favorite among " epicures
.when the : menu .called for chickerh
fried or boiled, a pen of five Ply
mouth Rock hens won. fresh laurels
in the Washington Agricultural col
lege contest by laying 940 eggs in
eight months, which is a rate of
2 3 hi eggs a month; per , hen. The
record closely approaches that of the
famous "Oregons" of Oregon Agri
. cultural college. But for size Ore
. goo's lead is still unquestioned.
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BACK EMPTY HANDED
C HAMROCK IV failed.
J. She made a gallant effort, but,
boat for boat, she was outsailed. That
is the statement of no less an author
ity, than Sir Thomas. Lipton himself.
who led the cheering for the defender
as she swept across the finish line.
The showing made by the challenger
was the best by any British Boat, in
the many attempts to lift the cup,
There was a time during the scries
when it seemed that the Shamrock
might carry the cup back with her to
England, there to be toasted and her
alded amid the rejoicings of a tri
umphant Britain:
But there was better marine design
and superiority in so many points in
the American boat that the series was
a repetition of the annals of every
challenger that has sailed over the
seas to carry away the cup and sailed
back again empty handed.
One of the biggesl facts In the races
is Sir Thomas Lipton. With each re
curring race and its unfavorable out
come he gives the jworld great in
ternational example of clean sports
manship. His ' acceptance of things
as they come and I the generous and
gallant spirit of that acceptance make
the, series more than a mere!; boat
race. They raise it to the dignity of
an international pacification that does
more to cultivate kindly feeling than
the best efforts of the diplomats.
There are two, highly prized mules
on the Ohio farm of Governor Cox.
Neither has a name.' . . "I never
thought of naming them," said the
governor to a visitor; "But I think
we Bhall have to call them Seven Per
Cent, as they have that much kick
in them." Now, we shall hear from
the political opponents of the gov
ernor
"wets."
that ; even
his mules are
WHAT DO THEY WANT?
THERE Is one thing that is well
worth bearing j in mind:
The northern tier - of states from
Washington to Minnesota inclusive is
aflame with Non-partisanism. It gets
its strength from the votes of farm
ers. Yet the one thing proposed in
Oregon as legislation in aid of farmers
is. being actively and widely opposed
by propaganda issued from Portland.
It .; is exactly the ; thing that was
done in North Dakota when the farm
ers were told to "go: home and slop the
hogs." The gentlemen who are fight
ing the market commission bill are
doing the very thing by which to pre
cipitate i the establishment of state-
owned markets. The same course led
to exactly .that thing in North Dakota.
Have the real business interests of
Portland no vision
of things as they
are in that, theygtand by-and make
no protest against lying propaganda
sent out In opposition to a reasonable
and equitable market commission bi
A E-year-old is j dead. The little
form goes to the tcemetery. There
will bo those to j whom the little
marble slab will always be reminder
of this: That the little chap was
behind a standing) automobile, that
in a hapless moment he darted, out
from behind it directly in, the path
of a passing car. And meanwhile, it
still remains tfue as The Journal
has said 100 times and more, that
children- should bo taught the rules
of safety and that drivers should
always make provision against run
nlng down . that, oho about to dart
out from behind a car, a woodpile
and like obstructions, to view.
TIME VERSUS. LIVES
au to-thuck driver was
killed by a train at Woodburn
Saturday. A young woman riding
with the driver wajs severely injured.
xne car was dragged auo leet oy tne
engine. - ; i
The auto-truck jhad ; left a can
nery a few seconds before. It was
in an open country. There was
nothing to obstruct the vieV of the
driver. One automobile was waiting
at the crossing fori thev train to pass
But tne driver or i tno wrecked car
did not stop. Witnesses are in accord
that the accident was the result of
his own carelessness.
, Every few days the papers carry re
ports of motorists killed in collisions
with trains. The recent crop of such
accidents has exacted a heavy . toll
Participants rarely escape with their
lives. ' j :
The accidents are easiljr : avoidable.
Trainmen, have exhibited an unusual
diligence .in whistling before trains
near crossings. But bn the other hand,
automobilists take (the "chance.
It would take but a tnJnute to stop
before crossing a track. The whirr
of the engine would be partially muf
fled to allow the driver to hear the
oncoming train. It would be pru
dence in place of hast3.
And there will be! none to deny that
the saving in lives would be well
worth the loss of time. -
Put your finger In a basin of
water, hold it there a . few seconds,
then withdraw It and look at the
hole that Is left. The size of that
hole, said Robert Burdette. years
ago, represents i about the impress
that advice makes on a young man's
mind. Nor are times much changed
since then. I
MORE SLAUGHTER?
C PEAKING of the fact that one of
w' the two big parties is against the
League of Nations iand the other for
it, the Oregonian said editorially
July 11: . ,
:, In other words the question is ratifi
cation or no ratification. If the Demo
cratic, party carries the election, it will
have a mandate from the people to rat
ify: if the , Republican party succeeds.
it will M a mandate not to ratify. ..
Here is a case in which the Ore?
gonian and Journal are in agreement.
The Oregmian says and the Journal
agrees mat as. the lines 1 are now
drawn, one, party "Commits itself defl
nitejy to the. plan to throw the Wil
son" league to the ; scrap heap," and
that the other party " 'proposes to
"make the United States a member of
the organization now functioning as a
league." , j - - '
Thus, the issue is clear. Do you, or
do you not, want afleague of nations?
The present. league is already a real
ity, approved by all the leading na
tions of the world except Russia, Mex
ico. Turkey and America.
Mr. Harding and f his party propose
to undo all that has been done, to
throw the present league into the
scrap heap, to start something new
some time, an association of nations
after the plan of The Hague Tribunal.
Did The Hague Tribunal keep us out
of the late war I
If Mr. Hardin' party could agree
on norm rwan like The Hague Tribunal
when would they do It? That party
is hooelesiv divided on tne suDjeci.
Many thousands of rank and file Re-
Dublieana want the present league,
some, with and some "without inter-
pretatlve reservations j But ; , otner
groups in the party and most of the
leaderswant no league no association.
no relations of any kind looking to
permanent peace.
It took the leaders ten months to
agree on a few simple reservations,
and 14 or 13 bitter-ender senators
never agreed to them. The Pro-Germans
are against any kind of league
and they are a big vote. The irre
concilable! dictated the league plank
of the Chicago platform" and are in
eontrol of the candidate on me league
Issue. As boldly as a timid man could,
the candidate has declared against any
written compact", for permanent
peace. - . ' ' .
The situation is this: One party Is
a no-league party. If you are against
any kind of a league, svote ior Mr.
Hardin The other party favors
iu .Aoani lootniA with nrnn-
er reservations. It would accept the
existing league and amend or cnange
it to suit the conditions as they arise.
Or, if It does not work satisfactorily,
withdraw from it altogether, as can
be done at any time if the other: na
tions do not accept changes proposed
by America. . I .
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A Chicaco "intellectual" woman
shot a married man because he re
fused to kiss ; her. And a Kansas
lassie of 47 sued a married man, for
damages because he did kiss her.
Is there any right which a married
man has which certain brands of
unattached females are bound to
respect?
, GASOLINE A PUBLIC UTILITY
AT A gasoline filling station in
Portland a long - line of cars
waited. The operator of the pumps
was within, apparently casting up his
accounts. After a substantial lapse of
time, endured by . the motorists with
the patience accorded these days to
metters pertaining to gasoline, the
operator emerged and stated that he
had no gas. - i -':
Does not some power reside in the
city to require filling stations to ex
hibit a sign. "No gasoline," Instead of
letting motorists wait only to be dis
appointed? . '
: The operator in question admitted
that in the tanks under rthe service
station were 800 gallons of, gasoline
less 41 gallons. But he had sold the
quota which his company allowed him
to sell during a given period and he
could sell no more until a fresh grant
of authority was received. The 41
gallons, however, he nad sold on hi
own authority to certain customers.
Shouldn't there, be public rather
than private ' regulation of gasoline
sales a regulation which in the ulti
mate must depend upon the question
able discretion of yerators at sarv
ice stations? ; : ; 1
-.The explanation of the gasoline
shortage given by the oil companies
is that the normal demand is for so
many, gallons and present production
of gasoline is so many gallons less
than the demand. If this is the fact
and if the Increase in number of cars
and the decrease in production ; are
augmented, is not public regulation.
which will be unmistakably in public
Interest and separated from every
aspect of speculative,- manipulative
and arbitrary influence, essential?
Is it not time to declare gasoline
and its disposition a public utility?
? Describing the summer heat in
Arizona a correspondent wrote, a
Kansas friend 'that "I saw a dog
chasing a jack rabbit, and both were
walking." ; The plan to spend his
summer vacation in Arizona was
given up by the Kansan.
THE UNBRIDGED GULK
A COLUMBIA county farmer came to
Portland yesterday with 100 spring
chickens. The best offer he could ob
tain "was 17 cents .per pound., or
about 35 cents per foWl. He took them
back home and is going to use them
there on the family dining table. lie
says': at such . a price ; they are the
cheapest meat he can eat. The price,
he insists, is not very widely different
from the price in' those days when
poultry feed was 2 Cents instead of
the 5 that fie pays now. ?
. On a certain Columbia county farm
hundreds of pounds of raspberries
went to waste. The family preserved
them in every form and then called
on the' neighbors to come and take
away all they wanted. Even after that
a huge surplus went to waste on the
vines because of .the crude, rude and
Inadequate system of exchange t and
distribution.
r In a certain orchard there were 20
odd heavily laden cherry trees. Large
quantities went to waste in spite of
the fact that the neighbors were given
all they would pick and carry away
and even in spite of the fact that
friends in Portland were given the
same privilege.
Because it costs at the present price
of feeds, 17 or 18 cents to raise hogs
which bring but, 15 in the market,
numerous farmers In that section are
either going out of the business en
tirely or greatly reducing their stocks
and output. -; Thus, between the pro
ducer and consumer there is a wide
gulf. Raspberries and cherries rot on
the vines and trees 40 miles away
and consumers in Portland pay 20 to
23 cents per box or go without those
fruits... . ;.; -. .
, Are the minds of men incapable of
grappling with this problem at the
very doors of their homes?" Is the
cost of living all supply and demand
as some mien who think themselves
very wise constantly tell us. or is it
partly the i incompetency of ourselves
in failing to, devise an intelligent ex
change and distribution system?
! A marketing commission bill Is pro
posed in Oregon. There are those who
freely recommend if. But even If it
were full of defects, it would at least
be an attempt to remedy; a rotten
condition. ; It would at least be a start
towards doing something intelligent in
agricultural marketing.
It is the indefensible spread between
the farmer who raises . spring chick
ens at 35 1 cents per and the - con
sumer who cannot afford to buy them
at the final consumer's price , that has
caused the northern tier of states
from Washington to Minnesota to be
swarming with Non-partisan leaguers.
TREATY KILLERS
, MISQUOTE COX
By Cart Smith. Washington Staff Cor
;", : i respondent of The Journal.
.Washington, July 29. Governor - Cox.
In his i statement after his 'conference
with President Wilson, Issued exactly
the kind of statement he was' expected
to make. It was in full harmony, with
previous statements of the Ohlo; gov
ernor In connection with the League of
Nations. t
Governor Cox made a very- complete
statement of his attitude in the New
York Times of May 23, several weeks
before he was nominated. It was in that
article that he stated what, to his mind,
would furnish - sufficient safeguard in
the way of reservations." His sugges
tions were, in line with theWilson pol
icy, and with his own declaration in the
same statement that there "must be no
surrender of vital principle." .
.Now there appears to be as much de
termination among a certain section of
the .metropolitan press, to misrepresent
Cox as there has been to misrepresent
Wilson. .Because he had suggested res
ervations, it is sought to dnfer that this
showed , hostility to. the league, and to
infer that Wilson is opposed to reserva
tions. Those who nave read the presi
dent's objections) to the Lodge reserva
tions know, that he has objected to them
because at several points they Impaired
the vital force, of the league, and that
he gave ' specific approval to other res
ervations, which were intended to clarify
the instrument and interpret it.
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; ' The; so-called Cox reservations were
of the latter class and,: to make this
clear, ; they are ;here reproduced. They
were two in number, the first. Cox ex
plained, to meet the objections of those
who wished to make clear that the
league is not e to function as an "alli
ance" !rand that its basic purpose is
peace. This reads :
"In giving its assent to this treaty,
the senate has in mind the fact that
the League of Nations which it embodies
was devised ; for the ' sole " purpose of
maintaining peace and. comity - among
the nations of the earth and preventing
the-recurrence of such destructive con
flicts as that through which the world
has just passed. The. cooperation of
the. United States with the league and
its ; continuance as a member thereof
will naturally depend upon the adher
ence of the league to that fundamental
purpose."
i ( The second suggestion Governor Cox
offered was to make clear the constitu
tional ' limitations of the United States,
one of the fundamentals which hac led
to much confusion because of the dis
tortions indulged by Borah, Johnson
and other bitter-enders, who have led
some people to believe that the league
would repeal the constitution. On this
point Cox proposed, the following: -
. "It win. of. course, be understood that
in carrying out' the purpose of the
league the government of the United
States must at all times act in Btrict
harmony with the terms and intent of
the United : States constitution, which
cannot in .any way be altered by . the
treaty-making power.' . r
, This parallels so closely the declara
tion of the Democratic platform, adopted
over five weeks later, that the words of
the platform are also quoted.
"The president repeatedly has de
clared, and this convention reaffirms,
that all our duties and obligations as a
member of the league, must be fulfilled
in strict conformity with the constitu
tion of the United States, embodied in
which is the fundamental requirement
of declaratory action by congress before
this nation may become a. , participant
in any war." . 1
' Tet a newspaper of the standing of
the Washington Post, commenting on
the Wilson-Cox , conference, says : "So
it is to be the covenant of the League
Of Nations, without reservations such
as were proposed by the senate . and
Governor Cox-" : One glance shows the
reservations proposed by the senate and
by Governor Cox are as much unlike as
day and : night. If the Republicans fall
in love with the Cox ' reservations the
fight . is over., and .the league can be
ratified without a . fight.
Letters From the People
. ( Cojnmunicatirraa aent to The Journal for
publication ia this department ahould be written
on only one aide of the paper, chould not exceed
S00 words in length and must be ricned by the
writer,' wboae mail address ia full mifit accom
pany tha contribution. ) ;
;TA STATEMENT. BY MR. LINDEN
i Portland, July 24. To the Editor of
The ; Journal Referring : to -reading no
tices and editorial recently published in
the Evening telegram : "
The purpose of the Taxpayers' Vigil
ance committee having been so clearly set
out in the public prints, we can but ex
press - surprise " at the', insipid and - well
nigh scurrilous attack on the committee
by a certain evening paper, which evi
dently seeks to impugn the motives of
this . large body of taxpayers banded to
gether for the single purpose of conserv
ing their own and their neighbors' ( taxes
and to, as far as possible, prevent ex
travagance and .waste of the people's
money. . - .
. How to ' accomplish the end sought
without seeking the source is inde
finable. Tience we shall, proceed with
the work lit hand until each department
of our local government has been gone
through by experts at our own and not
at the expense of the Evening Blunder
buss, which Is at all times heavily ov
erloaded and so frequently goes off half
cocked. If they will but await the re
sults of these investigations, they may
yet laud the efforts of our committee, if
laudation ia In their category and could
emanate from such a narrow, self-opinionated
and naturally destructive source.
We assure the Evening Blunderbuss no
department investigated by the Taxpay
ers' Vigilance committee need fear un
less they need fear, and any department
deserving of laudation wUl-rceive same
unstintedly,
't As to the balance of their hand-organ
stuff, it is not only absolutely false, but
the merest of piffle and not worthy the
notice -of high minded, determined men
who, have the good of the comnjupity
V
uppermost in mind.
Kven a .so-called newspaper should at
times ma!:e for the uplift of the com
munity in which it circulates. 5 ' v ;
TAXPAYERS' VIGILANCE COM
MITTEE, : - I .
' Robert J.! Linden, Secretary.
ASKS WHO MAKES THE MONEY
Portland, July 26. To the Editor of
The Journal I have just received a mis
leading pamphlet from the milk dealers
of Portland.- It looks to me that any
man who thinks the milk producers, who
have , big sums of money invested in land
and dairy herds and who have to work
16 hours a day for an existence, ought
to. be satisfied, should have some brains
beaten Into his head. Before the high
cost of living got to toe the password, we
were getting $2 per 100 pounds at our
doors for our milk. Now. we are getting,
$3.20 and paying 30 cents for hauling, not
saying- anything about the surplus
charge. This leaves $2.90. You can see
that makes an increase of less than 50
per cent.
Some of the dealers were selling milk
in-Portland to the stores at-7 -cents a
quart, j and took back what the stores
couldn't sell. -Now they are charging 13
cents, and what the store doesn't sell is
the store's loss. There has been almost
a 100 per cent increase in our feed cost.
and labor Of all kinds has more . than
doubled, while theirs has not. The quart
of milk they paid us 4 cents for, sold for
7 cents. Now the quart of milk they pay
us less than 6 cents for sells for 13 cents.
I wonder who is profiteering. .
When the ! price of milk, dropped to
33.20, March 1,-1919, I was selling milk to
Heiman, a producer-distributor. ; I told
Heiman he couldn't feed ' his cows for
that money, so he figured his feed cost
and his milk to me. .His feed cost $85
a' day and he produced 2000 pounds- of
milk at $3.20. or $64, a loss of $21 on feed
alone, not saying anything about labor,
money invested, insurance, hauling and
other expenses. He also told me he was
down to pay his income tax.' Where did
he get the money, if he lost $21 on feed
alonge on the distributing? :
So don't let the consuming public nor
the dairymenbe misled by a bunch of
creamerymen. ' Alfred Odom.
AN INDORSEMENT
Portland, July 27. To the Editor of
The Journal It is with great pleasure
that I read In The Journal of July 19
that you have decided to discontinue ail
so-called medical advertising, in spite of
the great loss of revenue sustained. In
deed,, Oregon should feet grateful that
she has a newspaper' taking such a, lead
and so thoroughly interested in her citi
zens' welfare. Surely advertisements in
your columns 'will be valued as more
dependable than ever. ' .
We would ; like to see similar action
taken by other papers, especially medi
cal journals published in our city.
A- PESSIMIST - '
From thj HofaU-n Post
Harrington Jones is a. gloomy sort of
fellow. ,";.: . ..
Carrington Yes. his face is always at
half mast. C
Curious; Bits of Information
. for the Curious
. Gleaned From Curious Places
Sheep -raising is perhaps the oldest of
all industries, for it was practiced even
before agriculture. Wool is a product
of cultivaUon or domestication. - for
there are no wild animals which closely
resemble the wool-bearing sheep. Floyd
W Parsons,, in the Saturday Evening
Post, says that with the - discovery that
cloth could be made from wool came an
effort to improve the fleece by selection
and breeding. The early Romans' were
most successful in this pursuit and their
endeavors in 4 this line resulted in de
veloping a fleece of great fineness. Aft
er the conquest of the Iberian peninsula.
Roman sheep were introduced Into Spain,
where they so greatly improved the na
tive flocks that even ' during Roman
supremacy Spanish wool led the world's
markets, a prestige held for many cen
turies. ,
Olden Oregon
Process of Extinguishing Indian
Titles Began in 1851.
- In 1851 the government began the ex
tinguishment of Indian land titles west
bf the Cascade mountains. The com
mission created for the purpose began
its: work- -at Champoeg in AoriL From
the Santiam band of the, Calapooyas a
portion of the Willamette valley 80 tr
zu miles , was purcnasea ana irom uie
Tualatin . branch - of the- same tribe a
tracts 50 miles by 30. In May treaties
were concluded with the Luckiamutes
and Molallas. ' For their lands the In
dians were paid a small amount In 20
annual installments in cash and goods,
with presents of horses and rifles to the
head men,
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UNDER THE WILSON BANNER I
Oopyricht, 1 9. bj Tha
COMMENT AND
V SMALL CHANGE
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An "oil gusher"' is reported from Los
Angeles following - one of that city's
numerous "temblors." It's an ill quake,
etc.
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If we were on the receiving end of
Pancho Villa's "unconditional surrender,"
we'd Btill be a little mite suspicious of
his intentions.
Explorer Amundsen at Nome, following
two years in the Arctic, reports that
he still feels the effects of his.fight with
a bear. He barely escaped, no doubt.
Just when we were wondering what
had become of the old hand organ
grinder we read that he has been ar
rested for playing without a license.
What's the world comlrg to?
-
Officers have been detailed to go
after boys who- are said to be fishing
without regularly Mssued license ' but
any man we can think of. having been
a boy once himself, won't . be able to
put his heart in that kind of work.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
"Bob" Johnson, the prune king of Ben
ton county, has been in Portland several
days, explaining that it is impracticable
to cuU out the heavily laden branches of
his trees.-"The best way," he said, "is
to -let Mother Nature take her course.
She will thin out by casting "off the
weak and inefficient sets. The Italian
prune Is certainly a lasy man's fruit."
... a -a . : ..-::,:1r:r
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Harris of Sherwood
were in Portland Tuesday on a shopping
tOUr. -' ; -
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Registered at The Portland . Tuesday
were Mrs. J. W. Spencer, Salem; W. P.
White. Albany, and W. - G. , Robertson,
Marshfield. ; .
Lester. Wade of Wheeler and Gilliam
counties, left the hay - field to come to
Portland Tuesday to see how the sheep
market is.
When the' pipe' of peace went round
among the big chiefs at the banquet of
the Improved Order of Red Men Tues
day -night Mrs. Helen Wynn, retiring
Great Pocahontas of Washington, the
sister ' fraternity of the Red Men, : en
deavored to comply with the customary
ceremony. Three times obliging chiefs
placed fire to the bowl, but it would not
burn. She . either drew , in her breath
too noon or too .late, or perhaps blew
down the stem. Amid plaudits of the
200 guests the pipe passed on.
Clyde E. Lewis, manager of the mem
bership campaign of Gui-Reazee grotto,
Veiled Prophets, now on in this city, had
to go away, from home to' bo, discovered.
He was attending the regular army in
fantry central office training - school
at Little Rock, Ark., in 1918,, and
was ' continually ' r telling" how the
Masons and, the Prophets 414 . things
In - Portland, - . Or. - When : the ' ' war
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
- OF THE;. JOURNAL MAN
;V By Fred Lockley , :
ra uvfni. wnnl fnr tha rlMrfi and reierf ed
Vlraiant. of life-material commonly known aa nuS
f town atnff ia apoln by Mr. Lockley today. h
atarrinr ttiat in dramatic Tatuea all towus are
of exactly the same ne.l ; . . "
r"itv folk sometimes smile Indulgently :
at what they refer to ,as 'small town
stuff": and yet, if you nave rne seeing i
eye, the hearing ear and the undestand
ing heart, you will find, in eve' com
munity,, no, matter how small, material
that would make a best seller , seem
tame. The stories of the lives and loves, j
the estrangements and reconciliations,
the joy and sorrows, the hardships and
heroisms, of the smaU town peopie. arej
full of tragedy and romance. Every j
small community nas its unwritten his-;
tory. . ' '
On a recent morning I ate breakfast
with a xiewly married couple. They ,
were in their late thirties. I heard the
bride say. "Do you remember?" Then
she sighed and said, 8 "That waa, years
ago." I sensed a , romance, and when
I - am- on - the trail of a story-no Wood-'
hound ever followed the scent .of. an
escaped criminal more eagerly than I fol
low that story's trail. Here is the story,,
as I learned it from one who knew; s
-Yes. they have just been married.
We received their announcement a ,day
or so ago. " We have known . him for
years. He is a charming man. . He
came here some years ago and 'worked
on his unde'a fruit ranch. , When his
un?le died P inherited the property. He
press rdbll-hlnf Co. (Th New Trrk World)
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS '
In the cane of the late Prince Joachim
world opinion -will doubtless return I
verdict of Justifiable suicide. Weaton
Even the price of white chips Is be
coming prohibitive, poker players tell us.
It takes at least a dollar and .a half to
stay until the first , draw . now. Inde
pendence Post. '
The same old story of the market over
stocked with foodstuffs in Portland, at
hieh Drlces. while consumers do without
and producers peddle what they can sell,
is again being repeated in the daily mar
ket reports. The surplus is being wasted
in an effort to keep up prices. Moro Ob
server.. .
Oregon fruit products will hereafter
bear- such trade names as "Mistland."
-"Firland" and "Truland." Mistland is
a more gentle way of referring to the
peculiar characteristic of our climate
than was the old "Webfoot" term, but
it means about the same thing. Eugene
Guard. .
was over he came back to Portland
to resume his position as office man
ager of the Pacific Motors company," but
the Veiled Prophets of Bendemar grotto
of the capital of .Arkansas persuaded
him to take charge of their campaign
and in December last he agreed to do so.
In Portland. Clyde E. was known as a
good fratemalist. He belonged to Lents
lodge, A. F.- and A. M. ; Washington
chapter,. Royal Arch Masons ; the Acacia
club and the Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic club, and is. also a member of the
Royai and Select .Masters.. Knights
Templar, Eastern Star, and the Grotto
ail Masonic fraternities or limiting mem
bership, to Masons. But nobody in Port
land had discovered him as a go-getter.
In Little Rock the members of Bende
mar grotto gave him' full control, and he
had to make good. They also, gave him
loyal support, and as a result 500 new
members were placed. Lewis inhabits
bachelors' row at the -Multnomah club,
but that is not saying that . he always
Will.'. -, ... -..-..!
Harry N. Bowler, Oregon represents
tive for the American Hoist Derrick
company, with - headquarters in New
York, is in town and a guest at the
Multnomah club. - Bowler was formerly
identified with the spruce division irt
Portland and in Seattle. After his dis
charge from the army, "where he held the
rank of lieutenant. Bowler s was con
nected with various enterprises In Port
land, finally accepting the. Oregon rights
for-American hoisting machinery, ?s
Arthur H. Deute, old-time Portland
resident and now advertising manager
of the Borden Milk company,-New York,
is in Portland for a few days, visiting
his mother. Deute, who- was formerly
sales manager of the Vogan Candy com
pany, has many friends in Portland.
"It's good to be back," he says.
likes to give down-and-outers a lift and
he is bitter in his, opposition to the
liquor traffic- All these years we knew
him we had no faintest hint that the wife
he has just taken was anything to him.
They . - were married when they were
young, in the east. They have two chil
dren -girls. - He could not leave liquor
alone. His w-ife, with her two. little
girls, went to . her . parents, : He came
West. Liquor had : robbed - him l all
be held dear his wife, hie children, his
happiness. He had lost out in the batUe
of life. He made : a new start here as
a ranch hand. He became manager .of
the place. - He went to Portland, secured
a place and rose steadily. And now his
boyhood sweetheart and wife has once
more entrusted him with her happiness,
because he has won the battle, over self
and proved his worth.'" . '
In a coast city some time ago I spent
the evening with a graduate of Trinity,
a scientist and former professor, a man
whose work-is known in scientific cir
cles In Europe, but who is a recluse and
termed a "queer fish in the small coast
town fn Oregon where he lives. He
cooked a "wonderful supper for : me and
after supper, till midnight or later, he
fascinated me with his talk on geology,
ethnology, paleontology and ancient his
tory. He has, in his more than 70 years,
seen many out of the way corners of
the world, and when he trusts you he
can tell marvelous storiea of strange
people in far lands. . '
' The Oregon Country
Nortfiveat Uappentnca in Brief Form for tlx
Bua Header.
OREGON NOTES
' With three canneries-in Linn county
assuring a market the acreage of fruit
and berries is being rapidly increased.
-uatnoilcs or St. Helens. reer Island.
Goble and Rainier held their annual
picnic at Deer Island last Sunday, ',
The -sheriff of Deschutes county is
keeping a close watch for the Pendleton
outlaws, ho may try to reach tho
Cascade mountains.
. The world's record for a Belgian hare .
Is claimed by J. L. Van Kirk of Korent
Grove. One of his animals has given
birth to a litter . of 19. , , -
Mae Allen, a 17-year-old girl of Alntne.
accused of lssuintr forged checks, has
been committed to. the state girls' ja
dustrial school at Salem., ...... ... '
ma urritvn jrrwy L-aiua ciun win
1 S . . . .. . . .. 1 . . ,
hold a sale of high bred stock durlmr
the- Paelflc International Livestock
show at Portland m November.
Professor W. L. Rutherford has been
elected principal of the St. Helens school
i succeed J., is.' Wllkerton.. appointed .
county school superintendent.
From a sinele Roval Anne cherry tree
Mrs. J. C. Peterson, iivine near Forest
Grove, has marketed .617 pounds of
cherries, which brought her $8Q.2l.
Avon lodee. Knltrhta bf Ivthlas. of
St. Helens has purchased a lot In the
uusiness aistrtct on whicli it is proponet.'
Exhibits from bova' and irtrls' clubs
of Klamath vounty at the county fair in
eptemter will lie better this year that'
ever says the county club leader.
The annual sweet neu show eiven lV
the Ladles' Aid society of Rainier Con-
frrenatlonal church, while not as extens
ve as last year, made up in quality.
After 14-years service with the California-Oregon
IVlw.r rimnnnv :.nri'M
J. Walton of Klamath Falls has re
signed to enter the bankiug busiuetis at
Aierriu. .
The Forest Grove Ctwv Products com
pany has opened its first kiln of brick.
The company has a contract for 500,000
brick for the Masonic and Eastern fctar
nome. -
jiavur rv lison or naiem annourires
that he will welcome an investigation
of charges against the police for not
enforcing the liquor laws during the
WASHINGTON
Civil service examinations will ri
held at Centralia August "4 to create an
eligible list of carriers and clerks in the.
local postof flee.
Good headway Is being made with
construction work, on the Pacific high
way north of Ostrander. .
- A. C. Holce has -been installed as
council commander of the Centralia
camp. Woodmen of the World.
Walla Walla county farmers will fend
this season 7500 cattle from the drouib
stricken regions of Douglas county.
The Yakima auto dealers' association
has purchased two tank cars of gasoline.
Which it will retail to patrons for touring
purposes.
The school board of Kalama has en
gaged all-its teachers for the comlni;
year. The superintendent will be 13. D.
Wlckham, formerly of Hettinger, N. P.
The railroad workers, farmers and
workers' Non-partisan league of (Tlarke
county will Indorse candidates In the
Republican primaries after the filings
are completed. .
Mrs. Ada Lane has obtained an in
junction in the superior court of Clarke
county to restrain her husband from de
serting her or withdrawing any part of
a $3073 bank deposit or disposing of the
farm.,
An automobile caravan wilt leave
'flkima In August with 60 persons to
settle upon lands they have bought on
the island of Palmlto del Verde off the
coast of Mexico- opposite the state of
Sinaioa. .
- - ' ...V IDAHO .
The' state land department reports
that for land rentals or leases on 48:i.
038 acres the-atat has received for 1920
879.786. ...
A scarclty of teachers is apparent in
Ada county. There nre about 80 va
cancies in the county, many of them
princlpalships. -
: Harvesting of fall grain hum begun In
Pleasant valley. The spring frrsln i
burned to such an extent that little of it '
will be harvested.
' More than 20 horses have die'l of In- .
fectious Jaundice and 30 head of horses
are affected with the disease on three
ranches near Mldvale.
Pocatello citizens -. are disappointed
over the announcement of the-census
bureau that the city has a population
of 14.9SI. It was expected the -count
would rhow from 18.000 to 20,000. .
Robert N. Dunn of Coeur d'Alene.
Judge of the district court, has Issued
an address to voters calling attention
to his candidacy to succeed W. M. Mor
gan as a justice Of the supreme court.
According to an opinion of Attorney
General Ulsek. a candidate for the same
office for both -Republican and Demo
cratic county primary ejections munt se
lect his party before- his. name la placed
on the general ballot. '
Uncle Jeff Snow Says i
Ezry Mulhammer, who has been takln'
a correspondence course in high finance,
sorter f lagers out that we. the people of
the United , States in convention as
sembled, or words to , that ef feck, is
a-ridin' fer a amash not later'n 102.
Accordln' to Ez, nuthln' can save us
short of another war. With the Mexican
revolution alius at our door, and with
half a doaen wars runnln' night and
day In Europe,' it hadn't orter' be diffi
cult fer Uncle Sam to wade in eome
wheres Jind restore prosperity and good
times to our sufferin trusts b'fore it's
everlastin'ly too late.
The Whole World Challenged
to Equal the Woolens
, and. Dyes of Qregon
One or the most highly prized
souvenirs bestowed upon the attend
ants at the Shrine convention who
were especially deserving of the rec
ognition was a woolen blanket. It
was woven in 'the -vivid colors that
delighted the eye of the American
Indian, yet it suggested no less the
hues which distinguish the Imperial
Shrine. Cunningly fashioned into
the pattern was the crescent moon.
. Those who received the beautiful
blankets were delighted. They sug
gested that long correspondence with
Eastern woolen mills must have pre
ceded so excellent a result. But sur
prise was added to their pleasure
when they were told that the brilliant
fabrics came from the woolen mills
at Oregon City.
Upon further inquiry they learned
of the man who for 30 years has daily
superintended the use. of the dyes
that produce colors which are true
and endure. They were permitted to
visualize the myriads of sheep graz
ing upon the slopes of Oregon's moun
tain ranges and imaginatively to fol
low : the fleeces through the pic
turesque processes of shearing, scour
ing, washing, spinning, dyeing and
weaving.--- -- -:- . -.. - "
Then it became apparent that
blankets are but one of the many
products of the magic of the looans.
There are Indian robes which sur
pass - the Indians , own, and motor
robes, overcoats, mackinacs for out
door men and boys, and flannels for
many purposes.
: The Oregon climate that aids in the
production' of wool long and fine of
fibre also contributes remarkably to
the success 4f spinning and weaving.
The result is seen in fabrics that
have gloss and finish, softness and
quality that the best weavers of the
world . have long sought as . their
highest ideal.