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- I will not aay it- fa not Cbristiao' to make
bead iot otbera taulta and tell tbem r over
eery day; t my it is infernal. If you want
to know how tka-derll feel,. yo do know. If
you ara auch a one. Beecker.
Br AND BY
t'TER a pfstol batUe with' po-
captured at Oatland, California
110
1M L. 11
is uduiy wuunueu.
James Anderson. 22, radio operator,
sliot : and ,killed his, ather-In-lay. H.
E. Stephens, at Sacramento.. Stephens
had refused", ta allow his,; daughter,
Lillian, 17, ;to Jive with AndersonV to
whom 'she jwasmarried two months
: ago. i Anderon expressed satisfafction
that he had successfully completed the
Job. " " . ; '
Hart and Owen were well . armed
with pistols when captured.' Only the
fact. ; that they were : taken while
asleep tn a sheep corral 'accounts for
the i fortunate circumstance that
somebody was not killed.'; Their hope
of obtaining pistols stimulated them
to plan; the jail break that ended in
the killing of one of the best sheriffs
that lever served the public in any
. country. ; V ; :i . . - -v
Yon cannot pick :up a newspaper In
these times witfaout having headlines
stare," at you, telling the cruel story
of "a pistol battle," a "revolver duel"
or shootings and tragiies In which
the pistol .was the inurnment of de
struction ... r ; '
We all,.Nand properly so, joined in
a great agitation , agiinst the;saloon.
We -passeU stringent laws "to curb the
drug habit. A. goodly, number of peo
ple are now "pursuing the cigarette.-
There Isn't much left In social re
form that we are not addressing our-'
selves to. jSome of us even jarry our
fads: so faf: that 'we get'dangcrousli;
near: telling our "neighbors how they
must live or not live. It Is all goocf
intent, and most of it is for a good end.
But there Is one great big thing that
everybody ' overlooks. Vfe read of the
pistol killings ' In the newspaper with-
out
a shlidder Har: a second thought,
read- of children1 made orphans
wives '.. made widows by the - re
We
and
volver-butcheries without batting an
eye or caring a whoop: We keep the
electric chairs in ull swing and the
hangman constantly on the job and
delude ourselves with the thought that
we are doing all that . need be done
to check the pistol carnage., We con
elude that more drastic punishment is
necessary to stop " the pistol murders
and forthwith restore capital punish
ment, and forthwith the murders-go
on just the same or worse than be
fore." f , - ..V
The penitentiaries are full and .the
Jails are full 'and 'the courts crowded
with ,the? pistol ' wielders - and , the
shootings and killings go rnerrlly and
Increasingly on. We, point to our
selves as finality i in civilization, and
go on manufacturing the deadly Im
plement which' one man conceals on
his person and. goes out to hunt and
vWU; another; man, ilWe herald our-
" selves as the last, word in efficiency,
: and, because somebody makes a profit
out of-the manufacture and sale, go
' on turning out the little .weapon that
is intended only for the destruction of
human' Irfe, . , . " . j- -
Some day we shall, know better.
Some day jwe shall? end ' this folly.
Some day we shall all realize how: ut
terly thoughtless we have been 'in
"some very large matters. ! Then, in one
of those lightning-like changes of pub
lic sentiment, the pistol will go, and
'what a riddance ' it .will ,be.
; 'A 50 ner ent Increase In PuITman
; rates find 20 per "cent advance - in
pat enger rates "'makes traveling
somewhat more expensive. But It
waa better to take part of. the "new
revenue 3for the railroad from travel
ers, than to take it all from freight
traffic. ' , That great working army,
that - vast breadwinning - mass who
struggle with the bills at the month's
end; dO : Yery little touring in Pull
mans. " ..... , , ' . :
NOT SPEEDWAYS ,
IN CONTRAST with the many auto
mobile accidents last week in which
pedestrians were responsible, was the
smashup in which a machine wrecked
a motorcycle and side car occupied
by 'two soldiers, f The driver speeded
his . automobile up Stark street at a
fast pace, whirled Into Park, one of
the narrow thoroughfares of the city,
and proceeding on the wrong side) of
the street, crashed into the cornered
motorcycle. ' ' : j
. The soldiers had no opportunity to
escapet f They were hedged t in .by
parked cars. ' When it was evident
that the automobile could not slop,
the trapped motorcycle was turned
into ' the string of - ears as close as
possible, wltLesses say, and there the
soldiers awaited the crash. When the
automobile' plunged into the frail car
at a speed estimated at 30 miles an
hour, the motorcycle was thrown over
to the sidewalk and the soldiers "high
and clear of the machine." reads the
report of the collision. The investi
gating "'officer' says the crash was
caused by an "aggravated case of reck
less "driving." j
The erring driver was tripling - the
speed limit, according to witnesses,
and ' was " on the wrong side of the
6treet. He was In the heart of the
city. It was an attempt to make a
speedway, of the congested district of
Portland similar to the attempt that
cost a life on Nineteenth street a
few weeks ago. ; It was without the
fatal consequences-but offered equal
possibilities. ' ' y -
The coroner's ; jury recommended
that ' the driver in the Nineteenth
street race be deprived of an opera
tor's license. Similar action might be
warranted in the Park street case. The
main thoroughfares" of the city can
not be safely' converted into speed
ways, and public authorities are jus
tified in taking any legal steps neces
sary to forestall future attempts at
such change. ":',;
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By order of the Washington pub
lic services commission, Tacomans are
to pay 10 cents cash for a street car
ride and buy tickets at the rate of
25 for $2 or 8 cents apiece. But the
commission frankly states in its or
der that! were it; not ..for. the free
fides given city employes the fare
need not exceed S 2-3 cents. City of
ficers and employes in Tacoma last
year enjoyed 344,318 free rides. The
same practice helps explain why a
Portlander pays 8 cents far a 5 cent
rider "r"' -'' f'"1- ' -J "
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
TOURISTS paid California 12,000.000
morej last year' than the entire
agricultural yield of the state. : The'
figures are Herbert Cuthbcrt's.of the
Northwest Tourist association. Tour-r
Ists paid .California $150,000,000; the
agricultural production of California
was 1148,000,000. :
These figures are susceptible of
mor,e than one application. They re
veal the wealth ; that tourists bring.
The amount is precisely 30 times more
than the value of tourist travel ac
credited to Oregon, which, has finer
scenery "and greater recreational, re
sources than California, but less fa
cilities for tourist accommodation.
It would be interesting ' to know
What California has spent to attract
tourist traveL Probably the total is
less than the tourist revenues of a
year. 1 I ' . ' ; '- -' ,
But another thought occurs in con
nection with the; report of California's
crop record. California is a great
state. "Its fruits are famous around
the world. Its marketing- facilities,
insofar as they Ate . cooperative, are
uniquely efficient. . California is . paid
the - full worth of the foqd : she
produces.! But it is estimated that the
food yield of a single irrigation proj
ect in the, drainage area of the Co
lumbia, jthe Columbia basin irrigation
project, I would be worth $230,000,000
to foOO.OOO.OOO a year in return from
an initial reclamation investment I of
approximately $300,000,000. The area
involved is about 3000 square miles. If
the ; boundless productivity T of ' re
claimed arid lands in the interior will
produce; food worth more than the
whole yield of California, and do it in
a territory which nature made tribu
tary to the four: metropolitan centers
of the Northwest, but chiefly to Portland-,
isn't . so tremendous a project
worth , even a national exercise ? of
energy in its consummation? ' . "
i Many people i;f seem 1 19 have a
haunting fear that conversation is
Inane and worthless unless they do
all the talking. -.'
TO DINNER BY AIR
OVER in New York guests are soon
to arrive at the Hotel Astor by
airplane.5 Plans .are under way, it is
announced, to erect a landing stage
en the roof of the hotel, the guests
to arrive by air, register, and go to
their rooms, departing again by air
without descending to earth. If they
so desire..
Aero dinner parties are also pre
dicted at the New .York hostelry. It
is suggested th at residents s of other
cities, desiring a dinner in New York,
migfit bop into a plane, land on the
roof, enjoy-their meal, and -return to
their homes within two hours time. t
"The landing stage of vood. Is to be
62 feet wide and 286 feet long: It will
stretch across the roof at a considera
ble elevation above' the tables in the
en rrlpn . :' - - ' -" i 1 1
The Astor plan is unquestionably to
offer all conveniences to those guesis
who desire to come to their hotel on
the wings of the air, but many a diner
will doubtless cast furtive glances at
that narrow 62 feet as a huge aerial
passenger boat comes charging down
toward his-table. ' ; i-
BECKONING TO AMERICA
iT AM sorry that Americans no
I 1 longer care to take i a j part in
European affairs f, This" was the
statement - of - President- Masaryk of
Czecho-Slovakla to American corre-
epondents'at Prague, He is the grand
old man and deliverer of the Czecho
slovaks. He became famous during
the war, when he suddenly appeared
at the head of a small army of his
Countrymen on the Pacific coast side
of Siberia and by the forces thus unex
pectedly added to the allies, delivered
the United States from a critical in
ternational situation. He and lhis men
had broken away from the Austrian
army and were making a near circuit
of the" globe In" order to reach the
West front, there to fight on the side
of the allies for liberty.
By the Paris treaty, the
Czech o-
Slovaks were delivered from the Aus
trian tyranny and established as an
independent nation, and it is the moral
influence of America in guiding the
League: of Nations:. that President
Masaryk. begs for as fafety for the
new republic, comprising several mil
lion people. .
"I wish the American democracy
could be felt in Europe," said Presi
dent Masaryk to the correspondents.
He added: - ...
I know the Monroe doctrinei Taut If
America is to have economic relations
with- Europe she must also have moral
relations. There must ba moral as well
as pecuniary reciprocity.
It would not take arain of powder
or a gun or a soldier for America to
exert that moral influence by which
to help sustain these newly delivered
peoples. The disinterestedness and
known justice of America give her a
prestige and standing' that cause
European nations to accept her deci
sions and advice with little or no ques
tion. Each nation over there is dis
trustful and jealous of every other
nation and that makes the balancing
and ' impartial proposals of America
respected and authoritative. There are
already disputes and divisions in the
league,, which, as a member, America
would easily. and quickly smooth out.
; If the present league goes on the
rocks through-the absence of America
from its councils, that unfortunate
event will alone be, proof that, other
wars must be fought, and that, like ,
the last one, America will, in all
human probability, be drawn in.
Sir Thomas Upton .! returns from
his . fourth unsuccessful attempt to
take . America's yachting cup back
to England.. But he does take his
smile back with him. America re
grets the departure and England'
welcomes the return - of one of the
finest sportsmen this old earth has
ever known. , Just the;same, Ameri
ca is none the less proud of her
ability to keep the trophy.:
THE OWENS AND HARTS
JIM OWEN and Nell Hart went about
. their daily affairs undisturbed and
little noticed until they committed
wrong. . .
Then they challenged the force of
law, and law, in the person of pheriff
Til Taylor, pursued, captured and in
carcerated them. :1 ;
When they destroyed the life of the
personification of the law, the sheriff,
they may have thought they were free.
But they.had succeeded only in arous
ing against them greater forces of
law. They had done more. : They had
aroused society the source of law.
The blood in the veins of the mur
derers' was drawn from two races, the
Indian and the white. The represen
tatives of both races took up the hunt
of the outlaws.
; While Owen and Hart did right, law
protected them. Society aided them.
Trouble was kept from them, j When
they did violence and shed blood they
became hunted, harried creatures.
Thus every man finds it. When he
does right every force of life, ! of law
and of nature is with him. ; When he
does wrong, he sets every force of
life and law and nature against him.
The reaction of his own misdeeds "will
pursue him until he is cornered and
beaten and captured., '.' ,. ' j
The rule comprehends more than
statutes recognize "as right and wrong.
It extends to the relations of la man
with others, the consideration he has
for them, his helpfulness of spirit to
ward them and his standards of con
duct concerning' them.' . It extends to
his relation to himself, his sincerity
and personal Integrity, his care of his
body and of his mind, and the protec
tion he gives to his good name. j
; The Owens and Harts are the ex
treme instance. But their ; downfall
teaches all men the vital meaning of
the" admonition, "It is better to be
right than wrong." t , '
The latest handbook on simplified
spelling contains the following:
Leag. salarid, trends, wil, reclev, re
vizion, wer, sistematic, filology, redy,
dif thongs, ahed, aker, burlesk,. He,
ilet, . slv and a lot more. , And why
hot? :
LOYAL SAWMILLS .
testimony : 'of a buyer-" for a
; wholesale lumber company that
ships its purchases to other markets,
is that tl i big sawmills of Portland
during" the high price period" supplied
local trade at rates averaging 15 per
cent less than their carload lot prices
for shipments to distant markets.
Only one motive could explain such
friendly discrimination. : Loyalty to
building enterprise at: home and desire
to give Portland a decisive advantage
In the wild5 struggle for building ma
terials alone could have prompted the
policy on the part of the mill owners.
4 The result' of the (policy- has often
been ! commented upon." Portland
could and did build houses for less
money; than other j places supplied
with lumber from Portland. Portland
did as well or a little better than
other cities in meeting the demand for
new homes. j - "
The period of , abnormal lumber
prices is passing. But appreciation for
the sawmill operators support of
home Industry is notv
SALARY .LIST OF
U. P. OFFICIALS.
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i By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
. Correspondent of , The Journal
' Washington, Aug. 2. The salary lisf!s
of railroad officials and attorneys for
the year 1317, as reported to the inter
state commerce commission and recently
made publicj .indicate that Robert S.
Lovett, chairman-of the executive com
mittee of the Union Pacific system, was
in that year the best paid railroad execu
tive in thel United ( States, receiving
9104.104. Edgar E. Calvin-, the presi
dent ; Benjamin L. Wlnchell, director of
traffic and X. B. Seger, vice president
and comptroller, each .received about, one
third as much as Lovett, and J. D. Far-
rell, president' of the O-W. R. & N., part
of the same; system. -Was a few thou
sands under 'these three.' '
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Th list as published for officials re
ceiving 910,000 and up is as 'follows:
Robert S. Lovett, chairman executive
committee, $104.104 ; Edgar E. Calvin,
president. $35,080 ; Cj. B. Seger, vice
president and comptroller, $37,016; B.
L. Wlnchell, i director of traffic," $36,000 ;
J. D. Farrell. president O-W. R. & N..
$30,030; Frank Waterhouse, foreign
freight agent. $24,000 ; K V. Piatt, vice
president and general, manager (L. A.
& S. L.), $20,000; J. j P. O'Brien, vice
president and general; manager (N. P.
terminal), $16,020: H.'A Scandrett, as
sistant director of traffic office, $15,000 ;
John A. Munroe, vice president in-charge
of traffic, $15,000 ; Oerritt Fort, pas
senger traffic manager, $12,500; Sidney
Williams, assistant vice president, $12,
000; Hughes & Dorsey, general attor
neys. $14,000; N. H. Loomis, general so
licitor, $20,000 ; Eason Rich. . assistant
general solicitor, $10,000; Henry W.
Clark, counsel, $15,679 : W. A. Karri -man,
vice president, $10,930; W. M. Jef
fers, vice president and general manager,
$11,600. ! - ;
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Others on the list for more than $50Q0,
including the O-W. R.& N. and Oregon
Short Line, excluding the: legal staff,
follow: W,i R. Armstrong, engineer of
maintenance and way, $6000 ; W. S.
Basinger, : general passenger agent,
$6000; A. F-Jones, chief surgeon, $5000;
Otto C. Kahn, assistant secretary, $6000;
H. G. Kaill, general freight and passenger
agent, $6000 ; Charles J. Lane, general
freight agent. $6000; William McMurray,
general passenger agent, $6000 ; E. C.
Manson, superintendent of transporta
tion (O. S.- L), $6625 ; A. E. Hinckley,
superintendent of motive power and ma
chinery (O. S. L.), $6000;: Alex Miller,
secretary, $5405 ; A. S. Mohler, pensioner,
$7500 ; S. Murray, chief engineer (O-W.),
$50O Ralph Blaisdell, auditor (O-W.).
$6000 ; M. J. Buckleyj general superin
tendent (O-W.). $8000 ; F. H. Knicker
bocker, general superintendent (O. S.
L.),: $7200 ; Kenneth A. J. MacKenzie,
chief surseijn (O-W.), I $8000 : Frank W.
ltooinson, s, iratiic manager, tu-wj,
$9000; Dr. S. H. Pinkerton,-chief sur
geon, j $5800 ; Fred W. I Sercombe, assist
ant j comptroller, $6600;; Daniel S. Spen
cer,!! general passenger agent, $5200 ; K.
Steriger, general superintendent, $8200;
Charles C.s Stillman, director and vice
president, $6345 ; H. J. Sterling, auditor,
$7500 ; G. E. Bissonnet, assistant comp
troller, $7200; H. S. Brandt, assistant
comptroller, $6675 ; F. V. S. Crosby,
treasurer, $7500 ; James A. Griffith, land
commissioner, $5000 ; G. L. Hickey, su
perintendent of transportation, $5000 ;
R L. Huntley, chief; engineer, $6500;
Thomas Price, assistant secretary, $5405 ;
William A. i Ransom, assistant vice presi
dent. $4321 ; J. A. Reeves, general freight
agent, $6000; Mortimer L. Schiff, di
rector and member executive committee,
$5451 ; Carl Stradley, chief engineer,
$5700; Charles W. Weston, assistant
treasurer, $5356. r
:. I
Attorneys employed by the Union Pa-
cific are reported, as receiving amounts
in 1917 as follows: Ni H. Loomis, gen
eral solicitor, $20,000 ;i Eason Rich, as
sistant general solicitor. $10,000; Hughes
& Dorsey, i general attorneys, $14,000;
Henry W. Clark,
counsel, . $15,679 ;
George Harris Smith,
general attorney,
$8400: R. iW. Blair.
general attorney,
$7000 ; Charles ' E. Cochran, assistant
general attorney, S60OO : A. H. ' lsiliclc.
assistant general attorney, $7000; John
W. Lacey, attorney for Wyoming, $6000 ;
C H. Bates, attorney $5000. .
Letters From
the People
f Communications errrt to Th Journal for
imblicatinn in thia deoartnient should be written
on only one aide of the paper, should not exceed
Suv worn in lenetn ana nasi oe aisnea dt uie
writer, wboso marl addreaa in full must accom
pany tba contribaUon. )
ARGUES FOR THE1 DISTRIBUTORS
Portland, July 28. ;To the "Editor of
The Journal In your editorial today
under the ,headllne "The Milk Prosecu
tion" you : state that ! the milk dealers
put into effect on July 1 an increase in
the 1 price of milk amounting to $1000
a day, : nd part of (which they have
divided with, the dairymen. This same
statement has recently been made by
officials of the Dairymen's league and
was probably taken by you at its face
value. This statement, like most of the
other statements "emanating from the
officials of this league, is unable to
withstand the light of ; day.- The records
of the city of Portland will show that
tliei dealer eneaeed in the nresent ran.
Rroversy are handling a maximum - of
15,000 gallons . of milk a day. ' Of this
amount.-, only about one-third was af
fected by the July j increase, that is
to say, about 5000 gallons or 20,000
quarts, j One cent a' quart increase on
this amount of milk, amounts to only
$200 a day. When the milk commission
appointed by the mayor met in the latter
part of March to settle the April price,
after - due : consultation with both pro
ducers and distributors' it reduced the
buying price of milk 14 cents a quart
and -reduced .the distributors' : margin
Mi cent a quart, with the understanding,
in its report, that this , cent a quart
should be recovered by the dealers, on
July lJ ; This reduced the dealer's mar
gin, on the bulk of milk covered by it
to a point actually below , a working
basis, and the dealer was entitled to
recover this on, July 1. In addition" to
that, the dealers' expenses, cost of ma
terial and cost of equipment, have In
creased materially since this decision
"was rendered. Leaving this aside.: how
ever, the net. increase! to aU the dealers
amounts to $100 a day in place of the
$1000 so freely quoted. As your probably
know, this 1 cent Increase was made
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at the suggestion of the officials of the
Dairymen's - league, with the distinct
understanding that the - V cent increase
over the old margin, which amounts to
only about one-sixth of a cent increase
on - the whole ,; bulk of milk handled,
should go to the dairymen. This would
not have met with any' particular-opposition
from the dealers. But on July
6 the league officials in conference des
manded, not .cent on the retail milk!,
but almost 1 cents on the whole bulk
of milk handled in the city of Portland,
with an understanding to the effect
that an additional increase (amount not
stated) should be made on September
with a further probability of yet ani
other increase by November. , This was
absolutely " without reason. Marketing
conditions would not permit It, conditions
in the country did not demand it, and
there was absolutely no excuse except
the desire of the officials to strengthen
their own position with the league mem
bers and to provide the' necessary fund
for carrying their heavy overhead exK
penses. . .. j
You also state that the downfall of
the league would leave" the door open
to the . Non-partisan league. . Let us
here raise the question as to -whether
or not the Oregon Dairymen's league
is a detriment to the entry of the Non
partisan league into ,the state of, Oregon
or whether it is through organisation of
this kind that the Non-partisan league
will make -its first appearance In this
state. There is also the question ia
my mind as to whether the Non
partisan league could be more unfair
in . its demands or have less considera
tion for the general welfare than haji
been shown by the Oregon Dairymen's
league in its past dealings. ; i
C. M. Gregory. '
CHIDES MR. BRYAN I
Vancouver, Wash., July 29. To the
Editor of The Journal I wonder:, Is
W. J. Bryan, like Achilles of old, going
to sulk in his tent? ; And if so, why?
Why should he? a man who has done
that which no other man has dope, led
the unterrifled Democracy of this coun
try to battle three times and; though de
feated, planted the seeds of reforms that
have ripened into an abundant' harvest.
I am not a man worshipper, but I dp
like Bryan. Many there are who do not
But whatever we may think about hini,
nearly all will admit that he -is one of
the greatest spiritual forces in this couni
try. No man. not excepting Thomas Jef
ferson, has done more to spread the dod
trines of democracy than W. J. Bryan,
and no man, not excepting Woodrow
Wilson, has done more to foster the idea
of universal brotherhood of man. He
has held to his purposes , in season and
out of season to make this country dry.
And he has. So dry that Christ seems
to offer a protest. - Bryan would make
intemperance impossible by removing this
things that tempt ; he would reduce Ini
toxicating. drinks to homeopathic propor
tions, in which a drop to the barrel
would meet ' his requirements. Christ
never went so far. He said, "John came
neither eating r nor drinking, . and they
say he hath a devil. The son of man
came both eating and drinking, and
they say. Behold a glutton and a wine-
bibber.'.' Bryan would emasculate man.
Christ went out into the wilderness to
be tempted and to show men how to re
sist the instincts, . passions and desires
of the flesh. As much as I think of
Bryan I will take Christ as my guide.
While many will not be able . to follow
either of them in all they may advocate.
let it be said that the Democratic party
may congratulate itself , on having prod
uced two of the greatest moral heroes
of this age Woodrow Wilson and W.
X Bryan. ! P.-M. 1
Olden Oregon4
Drastic, Legislation in 1862 Against i
Negroes and Others. . . -;
-The legislature of. 1862 passed a law
requiring that each and every - negro,
Chinaman. Hawaiian and mulatto resid
ing within the' state limits should pay
an annual poll tax of $5. In default,
b. cwild b arrested and put to work
on the public highways, ' working out
I tbie at the rate of 50 cents a day.
Curious Bits of Information j
' .. for. the Curious U
Gleaned From Curious Places
The words Thesaur : Amer : Septent :
Sigll,"!' en every treasury mote issued' by
the. government are abbreviated words
for "Seal of the Treasury of North Amer
ica. The "Revolutionary government of
the United States " was continued under
the" constitution without any change in
some departments. , By ' an act - of the
Continental congress of September 26,
1778, the treasury was organized with
an ' auditor, comptroller and treasurer,
and: the same off leers still run the treas
ury under the secretary and his assist
ants,--and - an paper . money, and bonds
have the seal, not of the United States
of America, but of the treasury of N'cth
America.' It was the United States of
North : America - which made - treaties
with France and Spain tn 1778. , -
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MARION AND MOSCOW
want Has
Copyright. "19 20,
by The j
COMMENT
'AND
. SMALL- CHANGE
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Few girls would care for style if kiss-i
ing were unfashionable.
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Always give the devil hisiy.e but it
is better to keep out of his debt. - j
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If you train servantsjn the way they
should go, the first thing you know they
are gone.
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A married man s idea of heaven is a
place where wives do not ask their hua
bands for money.
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- An epicure says six things are necei
sary in order to make -a home-- hapnyi
The first is a good cook and jthe other
live are money. f
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
About 135 members of Islam 'temple of;
the Mystic Shrine from San jFrancisco j
will arrive the morning of August t to:
remain in Portland the entire day, mak
ing tours through this section, according
to arrangements being made by. the pas-i
senger department of the Southern ' Pa
cific railway. Members of the San Fran
cisco temple -are traveling in a special
train and will be en route, home- from
a visit to Yellowstone national paik.
The special left San Francisco (Thursday
and consists of 10 cars. The party will
arrive in Portland at 6:30 a. n4 August
8, and will remain until $ p. m. the
same day. ' ' I ' - ' . j
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Superintendent O. C. Wright of ' the
Baptist state convention has I returned
from an extended trip in the East. He
attended the Northern Baptist . conven
tion and then paid a visit to his father's
home at Orleans. Ind. His visit there
was delayed on account of a.) short but
serious illness of his father; Who, how
ever, has now recovered. i j
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While in Portland Saturday M. E. Mc
Kee of Wasco was- registered- at. the
Seward.
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L. B. Kinports, member of the Gilles
pie, Kinports & Beard Tour Party com
pany of 5Jew York, has been in Portland
to meet various parties his organization
OBSERVATIONS !AND IMPRESSIONS
Q THE JOURNAL MAN
j. .; . f " BV Fred Lockley ;-': . -:. ' ; ; :"'..'
fAn amuainc incident, yet one that ia not
without , moral implacationa. ia ued . by air,
Lockley ; as . introductory to a diaquiaition on
the ancient question. When ia a lie a lie, and
when ia H all tha same aa if not better than
the. truth? . ' - j
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It is a true saying that the wicked
flee .when no man pursueth. j Not long
ago I met a woman in a small town
in Oregon who gave me such a curious
kok that I supposed I had met her
somewhere, tip r I saidK at a! 'venture :
"It's been a long time slnc We ' last
met." To my Intense- surprise she said
in a low voice, "For God's sake, don't
give me away. Come back later, when
no one Is here." I nodded, and I sauntered
away, consumed with curiosity, as to
who she was. To the best of my knowl
edge I had' never seen her before, and
I have a mighty good memory! for faces.
Did I 'go back? Of course- did. So
would you. She asked, "What brings
you here, Ben T I said, "I km afraid
you are mistaken ;. my; name is Fred
Lockley." : She said, 'Tin on. JI changed
my: name, too. ! I cut out the old life
and the old crowd, and 1 have married
and settled down.? I congratulated her
and took my departure, but I am still
wondering who 7 1 am supposed to be
and what Lam supposed to nave done.
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How little we know of the people wfth
whom we rub elbows daily, j Among
my friends I number a priest whose
"delight it is to argue." We have spent
hours arguing. I No ! matter I what ; the
subject " under 'discussion,; he ' always
takes the L opposite side. We . have
argued religion, politics, the Irish ques
tion, the cause of industrial unrest, who
won the war and a score ) of other
things. - He is 'an opponent worthy of
my. steel, and he often' gets the beit
of the argument, though' ! know I am
right. I asked him one day! "Do you
believe a lie is ever Justified?" He
said, "Just what do you define! as a lier
"Any statement that is a departure from
the exact facts, or any action that In
tentionally misleads or deceives ,1 an
other," I responded. "Suppose a mad
man broke into my house In search ! of
you to kill you. ; Would it be Justifiable
to tell -him .you were not jhere?" ,he
asked. - "It would be a departure from
the truth ; hence a lie," I answered,
"but in that case I letieve the lie would
be Justifiable." "It would notj be a lie,"
said the priest. 4The madmatV would not
have the right to ask if you were here;
Preaa mhlfahina; Co. (The rewrTorfc World)
NEWS IN BRIEF
SID
ELIGHTS
Sir Thomas failed to lift the cup, and
millions of Americans who know the
terrors of the Volstead law can sympa
thize with him.f-Eugene Guard.
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I A supposed eruption of !Mount Adams
proved g.o be inothing but the smoke
from a forest fire, and California is left
in "undisputed possession of the only
active volcano in the United States.
Eugene Register. . s
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J It sometimes pays to have an industry
"iruinfd." Grape growers' in many sec
tionsare getting five- times aft much per:
ton for their crops this year as they used
to get before the country went dry.
Roneburg Newa-Review. -
Is directing through this section. Three
Gillespie-Klnports parties will pass
through Portland during the next few
ii E. C. McFarjand.. one of Multnomah
county's' representatives; in the lower
house of the legislature a member of
the fish and game cqmn.i'.tee and withal
an enthusiastic! fisherman. Is shy a $150
fishing rod. 'jl left it in my car at
Sellwood the Other evening." he say
'"and when I went to get the car the
i-od was gone." i " j '
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: The crowd of tourist was so great
Saturday that S, & Hill ! and wlfv of
Santa Aha, Cai., registered both at the
Multnomah and the Portland, and at
last accounts were unable to get a room
at either places ' '- w J x
Leon Cohen, lone of . Pendleton's lead
Ing mechants, comes to Portland at rare
Intervals. As usual, he is - stopping at
the Portland. - ." (
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, Municipal Judge George ! Rossman
will forget all about drunks, speeders',
family fights f and other disagreeable
affairs caUed to his attention dally, for
two weeks, beginning today. He is
going to Northj Beach, where he expects
to put on a good coat of tan. During
his absence Deputy ! District Attorney
Richard Delch Will occupy the bench.
consequently I -should
wrong to refuse him
information to
which he waai not entitled. Many an
evasion of idle or unjustified curiosity.
according toyour definition,, would be
a- lie. If a misstatement of facts
wrongs one of Is done with malicious
intent, it is 4 lie. If,,on .the other
hand, it saves someone's honor or repu
tation, it is not a he. j - . '
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Xet me give you an illustration.
Sometime , ago I ; was :; passing " a street
corner, when a womaa 1 hurried up to
me and asked, 'Are you a priest? X
answered in .the affirJnaUve. It was
too dark to see her face, but her voice
was agitated and I sensed trouble. . She
said,' 'Come with me jqulckly. A girl
is dying and needs you.j I hurried along
with her. She led me to a 'richly fur
nished room, where a young glri in her
early twenties was lying. Her face was
bloodless, her hair disheveled., She tried
to- speak to me, .but she began cough
ing, as she gasped her life away. I saw
I would have j to hasten to . administer
the rites of my religion before she was
gone. V I said to her. i 'Sister, tell me
what, has happened asShe said, "I shot
myself.' I felt that what she said was
not -o4. . I said. Do not go before your
Maker with further sirj on your tieart.'
She said, 'She killed rrie. But promise,
Father, you will never fell. It's the
least I can do! for him.; She didn't care
for him. - He didn't care for her. We
loved each other. lib wife followed
him here. When he had gone she came
in and' ahot
moment later,
the crucifix.
me.' She was gone a
' Her last look, rested on
"I told the officials and the reporters
that she was despondent and had com
mitted suicide. My vow to my church
is abova . police regulations. Yes, the
woman who fired the Shot' is still one
of the ' leading lights of - society, and
the man is a pillar of the business world
and of his church. What good would
It have done to tell the thing as it was?
The parents of the slain girl - would
have been disgraced ind heartbroken.
The , man would have (.fallen from his
place as an upright citizen, his wire
would have been dragged through the
mire,- and- society would have been no
better nor would the ipoor, weak girl
who was dead; have been brought back
to life. No, I do not believe a He is
justifiable, but our definitions of what
constitutes a lie differ . greatly."
The Oregon Country
Sortliweat Happeninsa in Brief Form !
Buy Header. .
OREGON NOTES
The county court W Douglas has let
a cotitract to cut and remove the trees
in the courthouse j yard.
The A. Wilhelm I prune orchard in
Banton county has be-en edld to A. H.
Laughlin of Carlton for $50,000.
Citizens of Baker twill be called unon
to conserve the use of city water within
the next 10 days,! announces Commis
sioner Henry. i i '
A Sign designating the rrmt. nf h
Pacific hlghw'av throuch PnchMM. iu
been' set up at thf tcorner of t'asa and
Jackson streets. j .
The grain warehouse at Irving. !, -county,
has been sold to the Portland
Flouring Mills company, which will tn-m
stall new machinery. .
, Forest fires north of Medford are
reported to be again under control. Tbe
outer fields of the -Hopkins and Webster
ranches have been ; reaehed.
Work has begun at Hood' Tlver on
the excavation for ; the new oombincd
city hall. Jail and) fire department, the
coat of which is estimated at approxi
mately $30,000. . j
'Judge Burton of Portland, pat Via-
tional commander in chief of the (1.
A. : R., will be arrtong the BpeaerM at
the annual picnic pf Uie Marion 'ountv
Veterans" association at Silverton next
Thursday.
The state supreme cburt at the re
quest of -the J. M. Dougan company
has enjoined the joffieials of Klamath
county from paying out any portion of
the county courthouse fund pending a
settlement of the jxase. - .
Hood River orcliardists will have nx
opportunity to use some 7090 feet of iron r
pipe used in grading the Columbia River
highway; It has been purchased bv a
Junk dealer, who will offer it for a
price to the orchardists.
According to the manager of h
Eugene fruit growers' cannery, thaf
institution has handled more cherries
mis season man any otner tnnnerv. in
the-state. The cropj handled amounted to
$2,000,000, valued at $250,000 to the
growers.-
WASHINGTON
The first "load of wheat brought in
was delivered by J.
E. i Carter, living south of Warden.
Fires of unknown - origin, destroyed
two settings of threshed grain on the
H. E. Clark farrri ( six miles south of
Touchet.
The large barn
ind silo of Arthurl
Farrish, a prominent farmer of. Asotin
county, has been
burned. The origin ,
of the fire is not
Thai TtlRlnar 'Sun J
Known.
flour mill- at Kaj-m-
tngton ban been turned.
1 1 was ono
nr : me urst mills
in Whitman i county.
naving oeen in operation -40 years.
The completed tax roll of Spokane
county nhows an increase of $4,342.2.r4
over last year. The approximate total -valuation
of the cfninty Is $117,000,000.,
According to George Acret of --Aberdeen,
the .Washington national guard
is ; regarded as among the three or.
four most' efficient (in the United Ktatea
by national -guard! ; inspectors.
Automobile mashers who parade the
streets of Yakima in the early evening
are to receive short! shrift In the police
court. Judge?. Miljroy announces that
hei will fine them tf the limit.
Delegates from A berdeen to tiie stata
American Legion convention t Kpn
kane.' Augunt 16. will cooperate with
the Hoquiam reirf aentatlves to secure
the 1P21 conventioji; forHoqolam
A separator, a tank wuroii containing
75; huKhela of graSn'juat threshed nnil
a straw- stack on jthe Shaw & Waiters
farm near Pretscottj nave been destroyed
by a fire caused t'',a smut explosion. -
! IDAHO : . . -.
Lean than $15,000! remain uncollected
of more than $500,009 taxes due in Latah
county this year, f , ... .
Weiser business men have subscribed
$4000 for stock Is i the newly formed
Roundup associaliort. . '
A serious forest
the head of itobie
20. miles north of
fire Is "reported from
and Daggett creeks.
Bolae.
navigating the unrwr
With a view of
Rnke river canyon, two nw toHta are
being fitted up ati Lewiston for tourit
passenger travel. ) "
Many auto loatls of berry plckera
have gone from Troy, Kendrick. Mos
cow and other points to pick -huckleberries
near Avor. .
! The ' Hillsdale irrigation district has
voted $400,000 - bondH. There was alo
voted a contract for storage of water
in the proposed American falls reservoir.
With-a -view of having the fruit crop,
efforts are being made at Iewlston to
arouse the community to the necessity
of providing pickets. Unless thette and
packers are secured, much of the crop
win pe lost.
Uncle -Jeffj $nov Says :
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I , At the C&rners forum last night Rev.
Ezeklel Melton, from MlMoury, told ti
that Los Angeles Was recelvln' the wrath
of God fer her islns and deception.
Ezry Mulhammer ast why a few", quakes
wasn't thro wed In! under Seattle
Chicago and St- Louis; whereupon the
sneaker told us their tilrn was a-comin'.
only in Los Angele he'd been swindled
outer $1500 several year ago. " -
What Transpkrfation by Way
, of Water j Grades 1 1 as
Meant to Portland.
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A few day's ago -a Portland dealer
In" automobile accessories ' boasted
that he could more than-meet Seattle
competition in getting business of
such a Columbia ibasln city as, say.
Walla Walla. i
The rail rates from Feattlo are the
same as from Portland The prices
charged by Meatile jobbers In Walla
Walla are the same. But the auto
mobile accesKori- I business Involves
frequent "hurry VP" orders. An order
sent thus fo Portland can be. filled
more quickly thin an order sent at
the. same time and in the same way
to Seattle. i i -
Water grade trrinportatlon Is the
reason. - H '
A dealer in leather for harness,
saddles, automobiles and vhoes said
more recently thati In 1874 San Fran
cisco almost monopolized, the har
ness and saddlery business of the
Pacific coaat. The opportunity was
doubtless equally i extended both to
Seattle and , to I Portland to gain
dominance for the Paciic North
west. . Portland won." . Portland waa
able to reach d-alers in Montana,
Idaho. Waahlngton, Oregon. and
even Northern California, at greater
advantage than any other diatribut-
I ing center. . . I !
Water grade transportation is trie
explanation. M a
Portland has become the livestock
center of the Pacific coast. The per-,
manent home of the Pacific Inter
national Livestock exposition has
been located here.! More animals are
marketed in Portland than I if any
other Pacific coast city. More meat
Is packed In Portland than in any
other IJaclfic coast city. More mar
kets for meat are reached from Port
land" than fromj any other Pacific
coast city. " . j I
Water grade transportation Is the
explanation. i i
Livestock shipped to a point like
Seattle, accessible only by way of
arduous mountain routes.,'": lose
weight. The dealers call It "shrink
age." The shrinkage Is leaa shipping
to Portland than to any. other Pa
cific coast city. (Speed, of trannporta
tlan and the Oool run along the
valley lines furnish the advantage.
The advantage of economical and
speedy operation by way of 'the Co
lumbia water grade has yet to be
recognised In rate adjustments by
the interatate commerce commission.
But business men who depend upon
expeditious movements of goods have
recognized the water grade.
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