THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, POKTLAND. OREGON
VUESDAY, AUvjU&T 10, - 1920.
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Journal. Portland. Oreeon.
- Science la a goad piece Of farnitnro for a
man to hare in an upper chamber pro Tided
he liaa common ene on the ground floor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. .
LIKE CHINA?
?. THE fire and dash of the late
1 ' Colonel Roosevelt showed itself
Jn the- acceptance speech yesterday
, of4 Franklin DJ Roosevelt, fourth cou-
; sin " of the former president. j
? He! declared that the Harding plai
.of repudiating jthe league and making
f f a separate peace with .... Germany
7 would make America" a "hermit na
, tion." He asserted that America must
1 either accept the world covenant, or
I ? else ! "build an impregnable wall of
" armaments and . live,, a hermit nation,,
dreaming of the past." - - i
. tt is not a hailonal "prospefct to apt
peal to a vigorous young man like
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He would not
make a China of America, to sit dowrj
ia isolation, td be a hermit and doz
and drowse in the sun. China is as
she
was before the Christian era
: walled around with her Isolation, eat
ing rice in the same old , bowl and
doing work for a wage of 8 cents 4
i day. '. , a'
3 Isolation and aloofness from other
nations ; has been the one thing that
kept China in her benightedness
V The hermit characteristics . of China
V and the outside enterprises of Japan
- are the secret of why one, with its
half billion people is a iiatlonal noth
: ,ing. while the other with 50-odd mil
? "Hon people is; a power and factor in
the world. . '
Mr. Roosevelt will ppeak4 in Port
S .land August 21 and, In his clearcut,
1 vigorous and upstanding personality,
V ; those who see himtin aetlon will un-
derstand why he is against a "hermit"
Z ,;r status for America. . - ;
The challenge for America's cup,
Issued by A, C, Ross of Canada, eq
; livens the situation. Sir Thomas
Lipton wants; another trial at the
cup in .1922 and Mr. ; Ross plans to
lift it to 1921. Possibly it savors of
ftottt to say bo, but the chances
are that th e cup will bo here still
when Sir Thomas comes ; over in
1922. Anyway, we all hope so, be
cause it would be a disappointment
not to have the genial Irishman "With
us as our challenger. , i
BUYERS WEEK
l T'HE annual Buyers week opens
X 'with a promise of 2000 registrants,
I a very large increase over former
: - years. ' - j :': , - - ; - i;
1 The first 100 registered showed buy
es present from nine states and an
additional representation from Can
f a da. The states included Washington,
? Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, California.
i ;Utah, Nevad. Oregon and Colorado.
H is expected that two and possibly
I five more states may finally enter the
I list. ! ;-' .: ! -. v;v;::; -I
r ; Portland's best is at their disposal.
i - The annual gathering gives buyer and
seller that Intimate contact 'that en
i .' ables both to perfect their I arrange
: ments for better ; service, better co-
? "operation and better business for all
t The experiment that began seven
I I years ago with the first Buyers week,
j -.has proven j its , practical value, . as
" shown by the increased numbers who
i come from-short and long distances
: ' to be ? present at this latest annual
, gathering. 1 ' . .. ' ;
I Porttand has extraordinary facilities
.for strcnglbening-ritsT trade' relations
, in the territory represented. 1 1 lias
I I ; oldtime houses with,, trade relations
: ! established in pioneer days. These
early connections give local people
' tUstinct advantage and to it there is to
WASTING THE -PEOPLE'S MONEY
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DESCRIBING the arrival in Oregon of
WJ from Tulsa, Okta., to relieve "the shortage, a news story says: i i
Record time vu made In brinffine; the Independent gasoline r5ftE?2?
Tulsa. Okla. The train was moved to Fort Worth. Texas, where !t was turned
ovr to the Southern Pacific and ! siren preferential movement to Oregon. it
traveled almost .3000 miles in 9 days, arriving In Oregon X2 hours aneaa oi
schedule. ..; i . i . . . I , . . I . " 1
As a matter of fact, the train traveled 3177 miles., r f
And. as a matter of fact, it could have been so routed as to i have reacheJ
Portland in only 2048 miles. ' I1 ' ' - . I . , '
Starting from Tulsa, it was sent on a roundabout excursion to San An
tonio, thenco to Fort Worth and thence via the Southern Pacifio lines 'to
Ashland, Or. The distance, via, that circuitous rout to Portland is 3177 miles.
It could have bem routed via the Midland Valley to Wichita, thence via
the SL Louis' & San Francisco to Ellsworth,' Kas.. and thetTce over the Union
Pacific to Portland, a distance of 2048 miles.- The saving by the short and
direct route, as anybody can see by a glance at the map, would have been
H2-miles; r . - . :" t : T f: '- I .
It cost a lot of money to drag this train ;the extra 1129 miles;: It required
between: three and "four days of extra travel. Moving day and night, that
meant that ten to a dozen extra train crews were required" and a similar
number of extra locomotives It meant th consumption of tons of extra
fuel. It meant an addition of numerous costly' extras.
It kept all the cars In the traln out of use for other purposes between
three and; four extra days at a time when the country resounds with com
plaints of a car shortage. That was on the outbound trip. The-cars will be
out of use or similar extra days" on the return trip.; i '
For years, The Journal has been pointing out this profligate! waste in the
operation of railroads Incidentally, it was the first newspaper tin the United
Stctes, so far as known, to call public
cited of a shipment of 150 cars of Soy bean oil from Seattle for Cincinnati,
which was routed through J Portland, -San Francisco, Los Angeles "and New
Orleans, over 4000 miles, when, it could have gone direct In a distance of
only 2400 miles. Andthere is constantly present wita. us, the roundabout
the overmountain routing to Seattle Instead of via the water level, and short
cut to Portland. -.'h'-- j $4 , :' ' I- 'li ;- '
i; Nobody knows the" extra and iuseless cost; that these? long and circuitous
routings add to the expense of operating the rail lines, but it is a huge amount.
It is doubtful if the railroads know. It Js a reckless and Irresponsible use of
thet railroad resources. It is extravagance, and it is waste, shper and utter
wate. It Is one of the reasons why the roads are constantly Claiming that
they have deficits and are constantly clamoring. for higher rates. ?
"jrhis is distinctly the ppblic's busjness, for the public, through higher
freight and passenger fates, has' to pay for all thii extra and iuseless oper
ating costrr : !;; - , i ; -i U.i.
It is vital to the public to have this folly stopped. Every dollar added to
the cost "of transportation goes directly into the high cost of living. Recog
nizing that roundabout routings impaired the efficiency of the roads. Mr.
McAdoo, whe;i he became director general of rail lines, at jonce ordered
all traffio: to be sent over the shortest and most direct route. And it will
always stand as an undisputed fact that under. . his management all the
traffio was moved all the time, including the great movement bt troops and
war? materials,, which added enormously to the volume of traffic.
If the- interstate commerce commission cannot control this foolish impair
ment of railroad efficiency, congress should pass a law directing all traffio
to he routed via the shortest and most direct line. 1
be dded the financial stability , in
whSch this city stands In undisputed
suprerjiacyLong experience has giveq
Portland - houses a i thorough knowl
edge of interior requirements,, and all
of these things have contributed to
the j growing popularity of Buyers
weeJk. j I . j -'
"This gathering of men who are busi
ness leaders in so vast a territory is
an unnusual and a gratifying circum
stance. It Is a high compliment to
Portland,' and Portland is perfectly
conscious of it, as shown by the ear
nest and hospitable 'welcome accorded
her I guests.
FOUR pEAD
f i
ORE lives wer lost in the Elton
Court disaster? than in anvifire
Ihortland in recent years. 'A toll'of ;
fouf lives ; was collected. Many peo
ple jvyere' severely burned.
The fire spread rapidly. It went
up Sthe stairway and up the elevator
shaft. It got an ideal start and! had
ideal conveyers. Soon one 1 part of
the building was cut off by the flames
from other parts, j !
Trapped, guests fan to one side of
the! building. There was no fire es
cape. Others ran j to another side.
There was no fire escape. Others ran
to & third side. There was no fire
escape, j j !"' -- .
All the I occupants of the building
couild not reach the fourth side the
side fr6m which' - the single escape
hung. Those who could reach it vete
compelled to break through a locked
door. And even then, the escape only
reached within, 20 feet of the ground.
Those ort three sides went to the win
dows as their only means of escape.
Thty clung to the sides of the build
ing. Two perched on Iron shutters
wafting for relief, f Those in the up
per; stories all clung, there, trapped
and waiting. ; 1 i
Mrs. Chaney jumped. She -vas in
stantly killed. Miss Bogue jumped.
She later died from; her injuries. They
didln't find a fire escape.
The owners of the hotel complied
with regulations. Only one escape
is required for buildings .of that class.
But one is not' enough. As in the
case of the Elton Court disaster, the
single fire escape cannot always be
reached, j . ' , .
Furthermore, there was no fire
break in the stairway. There are
many more such buildings in Port
land,:, The fire naturally follows the
staiirway, which leads to every floor
in the building, i- .
Buildings contructed to thwartJires
cost money. They entail additional
expense. But can dollars be placed
m tne. scales ' against: human life?
The human -flywho successfully
climbed 37 stories of the Wool-
worth building, NewTork says, his
way of making a living is as safe as
any other. The process Is just a
trick of balance, lie says, which took
him nine ' years J to acauire r He
doesn't drink, smoke or indulge in
any habit that might injure his
health,' , ' '
PORTLAND AND CRATER LAKE
C TEPHEN T. MATHER, director of
J national parks,; lias been i harsh
with? Alfred Parkhurst, head of the
hctel concession at Crater Lake. - ,
For wq years or more he has criti
eised andjCvmdcmned the accoramoda
iions prnyiaea oy Mr. Parkhurst. lie
has given1 the (ourist to - understand
trrat comfort may be found at Yellow
stone, Yosemite or Mount Rainier but
am &v uraier ivaxe. f t
Aine jaci mat Crater, Lake 3 truly
one or tne jvorld's wonders and with
hurried here
attention to the abuse. The case was
out a peer in beauty, has been largely
lost sight of. The discussion of Crater
Lake has been reduced jto the rattle
of pots and pans aad a tale of beds
and board. I
Pictures and print excellently de
scriptive of other national parks have
been published this .yeak but Crater
Lake has been ignored. The director;
of national parks evens appears to
boast in an Interview that advertis
ing of Crater Lake has been omitted
from the plans of the Southern Pa
cific.. , ; j . t
But Hhe - question involved in the
Crater Lake situation is not whether
Mr. Mather has been harsh. lias he
been just? Unquestionably he has in
tended to be. What he Us seeking to
nave estaoiisnea ai urater laKe is
such r-tourist "inn as will contribute
to the inspiration of that wonder
spot. As a motorist rarely sees even
the most beautiful views jfrom a rough '
road., so one is poorly prepared to ap
preciate the magnificence of Crater
Lake with the accompaniment of un
certain fare and uncomfortable nights.
Probably Mather has been less tact
ful than direct in his methods. But
has his bluntness yet "(accomplished
the result? Let the reader judge.!
When the director of national parks
laid his demands upon Parkhurst.
Parkhurst in turn came to Portland
for help. When Mather demanded im
provements, Parkhurst ) appealed , to
Portland for, help in financing Im
provements. , ;
A civic club or two has! listened with
more or less perfunctory sympathy
to Parkhurrt, but large influence in
Portland has ignored him and the
Crater Lake project for tourist travel
is a. challenge which Portland has
failed to heed. The business men of
Sr-.ttle and Tacoma havj financed the
Mount Rainier concessions and i a
similar group has raisejd more than
81,000,000 for YosemiteLe but Park
hurst's deficiencies have pot been sup
plemented by Portland -cooperatioa
When Mather condemns the accom
modations at Crater Lake he condemns
Portland. When this city silently al
lows him to divert travej from Crater
Lake, it is ignoring its responsibility.
Recommendation has been made
to the secretary of state that- the
driver's license of Georre Adams be
revoked. Has action been taken in
the premises? i '4
UXDEJt THE JUGGERNAUT i
PEDESTRIANS were ? the cause j of
.... three fatal automobile accidents
during July. , They haven't yet ' ab
sorbed the message of safety.
Until all pedestrians cooperate, there
can : be r o reduction ofj accidents! to
that minimum for which traffic police
are . striving, for which Portland is
struggling and for which the public
is hoping. j ' ; ' i . .
Drivers are far more careful than
formerly. They are goibg to become
more and more carefuUjfor under! the
driver s license law, their licenses will
be taken away and they Will no longer
be permitted to operate automobiles
on the streets. : j ,
For 10 months The Journal has been
studying the acciden t - problem. J For
that period the traffic bureau !has
been recording end . analyzing ! the
causes of accidents. , Through all Tthat
time one big fact has :been pushing
Itself : forward, and that fact Is that
pedestrians. In spite ofj the educative
processes brought into !the campaign.
continue to be careless.
The present problem is to get the.
word to all of them, men, women and
children, that they must do their part
or the accidents cannot be reduced to
a trainload ot gasoline
that low Ievet that would make Port-
land noted ais a city of safety. If
parents will 'teach their children, if
men of Influences will! speak of safety
before public bodies, jif teachers will
spread the doctrine of safety regu-'
larly and constantly .It. the schools, if
every means be invoked ; to get the
gospel of safety o those who Jo not
read newspapers and - whose lives
keep them out j of tduch with, the
trend of things, the splendid work of
lowering Ihe traffic toll can be greatly
advanced. :j ) f
.The reckless and incompetent and
drunken drivers are not all under con
trol. But their time s coming. The
drivers license law wHl get them.
Ine present idea is to;reach those un
reading and unthinking pedestrians
who continue to throw themselves in
the path of automobiles without a
thought and without ;a glance.
Reapportionment
Under New Census
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal
"Washington, Aug. lO.-lrlt is announced
that a committee' of the American Bar
association, which will meet in St. Louis
on August -25, will recommend that the
date of election of , president : and con
gress and their induction Into office be
brought closer . together, and favor the
elimination of the "short session" of
congress between election and inaugu
ration time. I -,
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This is in line with the reform advo
cated v by ; Congressman McArthur ' of
Oregon, who has urged i that the inaugu
ration date and the time for seating 'new
members of- congress be: advanced -to
January in the year following their eleo
tion. This' would ; make an interval) of
two months between election and as
sumption of of f ice instead of the present
13 months which intervenes, except in
years when 'extra sessions are called.
Ot even -greater .importance Is that of
the congressional reapportionment which
will be mad 'by the present congress in
order, to adjust the representation of the
states to the new census.! Congress nearly
always : acts along the lines of least
resistance and increases the membership
by enough to prevent ! any state from
losing any members. McArthur has pro
posed that the number be reduced to 300,
Instead of increasing it. arguing that
this would Increase individual -responsibility,
aMlst the conduct of business,
and lessen the curse of committee and
clique domination. Few members of
congress in. private wiil"dispute that the
Oregon congressman s ! conclusions are
sound. Many -of them will add, that the
house would gain enormously in prestige
and working ability if Jt were smaller.
But as the house now has 435 members.
It is clear that a reduction to 300 would
interfere with : at i least 135 ambitions,
and every r .threatened i member would
view such a proposal with alarm. Some
of the big delegations. I like ;New York,
would. be almost cut in two by this plan.
Every ; state : which at present has two
or, more members ! would lose some of
them, with the possible exception of
Montana. The largest i states would be
the greatest losers, an4 tir this reason
the "West would be i garner, in proportion.
Every state is guaranteed at. least r one
member by r the Constitution, , however
small its population, so small Western
states like Arizona and Nevada would'
not lose. ; - I
Returns of the census
by states are not
.yet available, but the
census, has pro
approximate the
greased sufficiently to
result of reapportionment on the basis
of 300 members. Oregon i would have
two, instead of three, and instead of the
four it is likely to have if the old plan
of " increasing the, membership is fol
lowed. Washington probably would have
four, instead of five ; Idaho one, , instead
of two, and California nine, instead of 11.
On the other hand. New! York would drop
f rom 43 to 29. Pennsylvania from 32 to
26, Ohio from 22 to 16, and Illinois from
27 to 19. In the face of such inroads, the
McArthur idea is not . likely to be pop
ular with the Eastern members. Those
who hold power under j the present sys
tem .would also in most cases throw
their influence against; any move . that
threatened their rule. .
The reverse proposition, which seems
most in favor; is to increase the mem
bership to about 500. Unless that is done
Indiana, Iowa and Missouri are likely
to lose two members each, and Illinois.
Kentucky, Maine. ; Maryland. Nebraska.
Vermont and Virginia: one each. Ten
years ago the membership was increased
from 391 to the present 435 to take care
of the -lean" states. 7
Letters From the People
f Communications acnt fn Th Iimnnl far
publication in thia department ahould be written
on only one Me of tne Paper, should not exceed
300 word in lenrth and miut r airami h, the
writer, whose, mail address an lull must accom
pany the coutribuUon. ; -.
IP NOT THE LEAGUfi
Portland, July 30. To the Editor of
The Journal The
economic side of the
League of Nations
question of the
seems to be overlooked or at least very
little discussed, lit is generally con
ceded that we are soon to be, if rfbt
now, the richest cornrnercial nation in
the world,i and if. we fail or refuse to
enter the league, ! we must, have a big
navy to protect our Commerce.
home have estimated that it will re
quire an expenditure of S750.OOO.OOO a
year to' equip and keep in first class
condition a navy adequate for the Dur-
pose. In 10 years -this- would amount
to $7,500,000,000. lAt the same time we
must keep in military j trim a standing
army to let the world know that we are
always ready, "with j a chip on our
shoulder." In 10 years this would prob
ably cost another $7,500,000,000, if we
count the loss of the productive labor as
well as the upkeep of 1 the army.
Is it probable 'that it would cost one
tenth of that if we entered the league
and bore our part of the cost of main
taining the' peace of 'the world? f
There is no question but a large part
of the American people "favor a, league
of nations . and i- the best - of. people
earnestly desire it. but-the efforts to so
befog the issue for partisan s purposes
by crafty politicians may defeat it. ; It
occurs to ; me that if jwe . fail to enter
Into a league, we place ourselves in the
same position . that, Germany did when
she refused to indorse .. the . treaty for
peace that Bryan wastrying to estab
lish, which was! indorsed ; by 30 Other
nations.: Germany preferred war rather
than an International peace treaty and
got what was coming! to her.
We do not know yet what Governor
Cox's ' Btand i will be On this f question.
but since Harding opposes a league and
prefers something similar, to a "gentle
men's agreement." like, the s policy.;, of
The Hague tribunal, we can safely say
he is missing the great opportunity of
his life. And if the. people sustain him
they will be 'eowlng ito the wind and
reaping the ; whirlwind.
, , i J..E Wright.
. THE MORTGAGB BANKERS r-
Portland. July 31. To ; the Editor of
The Journal. The Farm - M o r t g a g e
Bankers association-! infers that-' the
supreme court, is delaying its. decision
regarding the constitutionality of the
tax exemption features of -the land bank
THE
until the next election. In other words,
the supreme court is playing politics as
well as eivinK a nrivate corporation a
chance to gouge some Shylockian gain
from the farmers belore it renders a
decision that may or may not be. fatal,
to association business.. .
If that isn't contempt of court, what
is? .
It then rubs in a little more of its
contempt for public opinion by brazenly
stating that it wishes to use subscrip
tions solicited from its members to
mould congressional opinion in its
favor, as well as carry on an educa-,
Uonal scheme of gold bricking the farm
ers Into putting their heads Into the
noose of impoverishment. 'Such tactics,
wherein legislators make laws by mould
ing of sentiment 'through! the influence
of; mercenary, combinations that . prey
upon economic circumstances, make to
ward a final autocratic - tyranny that
will In time create an untrammeled rule
of , landlordism and Its consequence of
serfdom. - ' . '' ' ' '
It is for just such reasons as above
that the Non-partisan league is becom
ing 'stromr. and in time this league will
at least encompass the rendering of
strict justice to those who would de
bauch the public welfare in order that
their personal greed might be satisfied.
The farmers and -workers are fed up on
ihis prosperity howl that rants of merely
the wealth of corporation investors, but
which takes no consideration of the
millions of homes that are impoverished
by the "exactions of such corporations.
If ' people will Investigate . the Non
partisan league In an unbiased manner,
they will soon find out just how much
miserable negation and falsehood has
been unloaded upon it.
, . Ralph L. Walter.
ADVOCATES THE REVOLVER ''
Portland, Aug. 2. To the Editor , of
The Journal In your editorial in today's
Journal under the heading "By and By."
I think you are making a mistake in ad
vocating the abolishment of the manu
facture and sale ' of the revoler. As
the law is now, it gives the holdups and
crooks a . big advantage over the good,
law-abiding citizen, as the crook doesn't
care whether he is caught with a con
cealed weapon pn him or not, and the
good citizen does not want to cfrry -one,
because it is against tne law ; wnicn
gives the crook the best of the argu
ment. In. my estimation, you wouio. De
doing the public much more good by
advocating the carrying of j concealed
weapons by the good citizens and deny
crooks and holdups the privilege or car
rying, them, and make It a penitentiary
offense for anyone that is caught in the
act of .holding up a person' or in a rob
beryor trying to kill someone, to be
found with a weapon on. I am astonisnea
to read In The Journal (the best- paner
on the Pacific coast) such a. si am at tne
revolver. ' Why the revolver? For if
anyone gets worked up to such a pitch
that he would kill someone, he would do
so anyway if. there was no such thing as
a revolver. B, F, Allerton.
Olden Oregon
Legal
.Tender Refused ' for
in the Sixties.
Taxes
During the controversy over the legal
tender question in the early 'J60s, cit
izens of The Dalles held a meeting ana
pledged , themselves to trade only with
persons "patriotic enough to take the
faith of : the -government at par. The
treasurer of Marion county refused to
receive legal tenders for taxes. Linn
county received them '. for county, but
refused them for state taxes. Clacka
mas accepted them both for county -and
state taxes. At first Columbia county
received them, but afterward rejected
them. The state treasurer refused to
receipt ' for legal tenders, which sub
jected the counties to a forfeiture of
28 per cent if the coin was not paid,
within a certain time.
Curious Bits of Information
' " for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
A very large gold, nugget is said to
have been found in a wild bees' nest in
Australia- Australia has yielded all the
really monster nuggets " to date; The
"Welcome" weighed 215 troy ounces and
was valued at $43,500, and one of the
biggest was discovered by a prospector
who stubbed his toe against a- protrud
ing angle of It. - -.:,-. -,:; i
On the Wind River. Indian reservation
in Wyoming prospectors look for grains
of' gold brought to the : surface , of the
ground by .ants. , And In Arizona ant
hills are common source of excellent
garnets which are carried up by the in
dustrious Insects. V During the war the
United States .had grievous need of an
Ltimony to harden shrapnel bullets. iTh
most productive antimony mine in tms
country was located by the help of a
badger, earth thrown ., out or uie crea
ture's burrow - showing a . glint of the
precious stuff ' -
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BILLBOARD CANDIDATE
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COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
If a man itches for fame it usually
keeps him scratching.
A Nebraska man has been saved 13
times from execution.. Lucky for him.
Repentance is often confounded with
determination not to get caught again.
L Diamonds are usually possessed by
others when ther .happen to be trumps.
The great trouble with the world's
Idols is that they are ail more or less
cracked. "
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i It's difficult to convince a man that
his money isn't a sure thing until after
the race.
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' Few men decline a nomination for
office if they think there Is any show
of being elected.
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MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
"I was impressed with the poor roads
between Portland and Kelso and the
excellent' forest roads from Quinault
and Hoquiam and Enumclaw and Mc
Clellan Pass highway.' said P. H. Dater.
district engineer, who has returned from
an inspection trip in Washington. - "The
new McClellan Pass highway 'is com
posed of excellent gravel." said Dater.
"It is a national forest project and ' will
extend to the northeast - entrance of
Rainier national "park, . near Whlterlver.
It will eventually extend east of the
mountains to Yakima. nd will enable
tourists to leave the train at Yakima and
go by automobile to Rainiertaking the
train-again either at Seattle or out by
the, southern route, now more com
monly used.
Hamilton Johnstone has returned from
serving the Republican party of Oregon
as a delegate to the national convention,
arriving Friday evening. He was one of
those who declined to evolve quibbles to
avoid carrying out bis . pledges before
the primaries and stayed put as an
instructed delegate. Johnstone's friends
"back home In Oregon" hoped that he
might be named as a compromise can
didate for vice president, but golden mo
ments slipped by and Coolldge of Massa
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MANl :
By .Fred
Lorens Lund Is custodian of the Vista
House on Crown Point. ; Lorens Lund
took up the land on which the Vista
House is located as a homestead in
1878.
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Ed Dlmmitt, the scenic photographer
and "philosopher of Crown Point." Lorens
Lund and myself on a recent forenoon
sat down together for a little chat In the
Vista House. "I came up from Port
land on the old river steamer Callope in
the summer of 1878." said Mr. Lund. "In
those days the river was our only road,
a sort of liquid highway whose surface
never required repairs. - We .landed at
the foot of Rooster Rock. A man named
George Nerval had taken up 120 .acres,
his claim consisting of three forties In a
line., the Columbia river forming his
northern boundary. ; There were no
roads. He had only three acres cleared.
It didn't look as If the place would ever
be accessible in his lifetime, so he re
linquished his . homestead right . to me
for $350. My wife and I with our baby
moved at once onto the homestead and
five - years later . I proved up on it, : I
found that on my 120 -acres there was
50 acres of ragged, broken land of no
value today that rugged,, worthless land
is what people are coming across the
continent to see. . . . ..' ,
"In those days the steamer came up
every other day, etopping-on signal at
Rooster Rock I bought my supplies in
Portland. I .walked over the trail to
Sandy and from there' over an excel
lent wagon road to Portland. This 22
mile walk usually took the best part of
a day. I stayed over a day in Portland
and walked back the following day. In
place of three .days I now make the
round " trip in .three hours. The year
after I came a road was built . down
the hlU. to Van Scyvers landing. They
call It Corbett now.
"When I took up Crown Point you
could buy all the land you wanted here
and hereabouts for $5 an acre. . Now !
get $500 an acre for it- The oldest set
tler up this way was Joseph Latourelle,
who came to Latourelle falls in the '50s.
Larkin Russell's place joined me on the
east and N. F. Ross on the west. Jim
Dever and,. Jim Beneflel. who were here
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a fevlB PTST I f CIA!
NEWS IN BRIEF
:'" SIDELIGHTS
It has thundered before in the valley
but last. niKht was the first time it
reverberated. Med ford Mail Tribune.
! Some sheep on every farm In the
Salem district ia n nloean that ought
to be followed till it comes 100 per cent
true. And preferably medium wooled
sneep. saiem Statesman.
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! For the benefit of the movies.' Hard
Ing recently "made up'1 the first page
of his paper. We make up the News
every week, but the movie men never
come around. Hood River News,
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! When Edgar Frans measured the gas
ranK outside tne i-iooa, itiver garas;e on
Monday morning, he at first thoucht he
had struck an oil well. He later learned
that the Standard Oil man bad delivered
an allotment somewhere around daybreak
on, Sunday. Hood River News.
chusetts' was named when It might have
been Harding and Johnstone if several
"Jfs." However, now Johnstone is back,
the I: O. O. F. has mapped out for im
the- work as legal advisor of the commit
tee endeavoring to make,. a start for a
new Odd Fellow's temple.
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'J. J. r Johnson, master of -Evening Star
grange and master of Multnomah Pomona
grange, . practices law on . the side and
devotes most of his time to the grange.
"Let J. J. do It" has become the rule of
the largest local grange j In the state, and
J. J. makes good. " He is now serving
his seventeenth-year as master of Eve
ning Star grange and 4 says he doesn't
know when they will Jet him out.
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Dr. - Herbert E. Miller, president of
North Pacific Dental college"; wiJI leave
Portland .Tuesday for the East, where
he will supervise the purchase of new
equipment and supplies' for the college
and attend the convention of the Nation
al Dental Association of Dental Faculties
in Boston 'August 20-28 He will return
about September 10, after' visiting McOill
university at Montreal, Canada, and
making the return' trip via the Great
.Lakes. j
'Lockley
when I took up my place., are still here.
Joseph Hlney and Bill jWash were nere
in those days as well as John LUUepags
and John Hurlburt, whose son la at pres
ent Sheriff of Multnomah county.
; . "Do you see that island just . below us?
That is Reed, island. It was taken up by
a man named lieed, wno died about six
months ago. I have done well here. I
was born in Denmark ion December 31':
1854, and came to America' at the age
of 17. Since I came here 1 have had
five- children, my land has increased
from $5 to $500 an acre! in value. ' I sold
the county six acres for $2200 some time
ago. 1 also sold Mrs. Henderson an
acre for her place. Crown Point Chalet,
and I have sold small tracts to various
other people. Where one or two- peo
ple a year used to come here -when I
took up the place, now, on a pleasant
Sunday w often have 23,000."
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v ."The highway was finished as far as
Crown Point In August 1915," said Mr.
Dlmmitt. "Vista House is one of the
most," appreciated, and j valuable assets
of the county -and the state. , Thousands
of tourists from all over the world visit
it and carry away jthotdgraphs of it and
of the views from here so It Is helping
to spread the fame of the scenic beauty
of the Columbia river blghway all over1
the world., It cost abbit $100,000, but I
believe most people consider the money
well spent. It is in harmony with the
substantial nature of tour magnificent
highway. On Sundays, land holidays we
often have from 450 to 500 cars
pass around the circle around Vista
House." - ! j
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William Johnson, at the Illahee at the
approach to the Vista house circle, said :
"I have noticed license tags from every
state- In the union, Oregon, California
and Washington cars predominate, the
Middle Western states being a close sec
ond. Most of the j transcontinental
tourists carry their carViptng equipment
with thenv. A considerable number are
making tha national parks circuit Yes.
the highways are making better Ameri-,
cans of our citizens, for: they are seeing
for the first time what a diversified and
productive country we have, r , . I
J The Oregon Country
Nortliweit Ilajnninga In Brief Form for to
Uuy Header.
OREGON 'NOTES
Ten aPDlicanta tar rocri.t.ti... .....
f'effhave been examined at 13aker by
the state board of engineer examiners.
It is estimated that the wheat crop of
Jefferson, Ietchutes and Crook counties
win' tipproximaie mia
bushels.
year 1.5l).jui)
The number of automobiles registered
at Crater lake this season up to and In
cluding Aurunt 5 is 2359. The number of
visitors is 8907. i
The Rebekah lnrterea nf T.lnAni. ...
held their annual convention st i'Jk Pity "
August 6. The 1921 convention will be
held at Newport.
A deed has been filed In PlnrkarrmM
county to the property purchased by jhe
Methodist church of Oregon City. The
price paui was (8&un. i
The Circuit court for Harnev ronntv
has issued an order reopen.ing the Water"
adjudication cane pertaining to Silviea
river and its tributaries. -
Charles Knnlev. nruiirfent nf h
Orejron Retail Merchants' Hsxooiatlon. in !
dead at his , home- In Salem after, an
illness of several months.;
Tho city park commission of Klamath
Falls is considering tho purchase of an
eiRht-acre tract on the west side of the
nverTor a municipal park.
Fred Peterson. lured 75 vear wna
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed his cabin on the Mohawk river.
ia ;iues Rouuieasi or f.upeiie.
"ifrT. Snarka has hren nnnnlntd
trict freight and pansenprer acent ot the
Moumern i'aciric with headquartera at
Eugene to succeed 11. T. Morse.
Angus McDonald nf UnnA nivei- Uam
been appointed superintendent of main
tenance on the Hood Klver-Mosier tsec--tion
jet the Columbia river highway, j
cording to, a report of the Clacka
. county s-honl stinerlntetLdent. thn
ner capita, cost nf hiirh hnnl ,inr),ni.
in Orepon Gity has increased $10.56 in
the last 10 montha.
Effort Is belnir made hv tliA citw nm-
missloners of Baker to secure the deliv
ery of materisl for the munirinal nat:..
torium before the increased freight rates
Miss Ulna i Boyd, anriointed to TlaUer-
chapter jurisdiction of the American lied
Cross as instructor fn home hygiene and
care Of the sick, will hpRin her work in
Grant county Immediately.
News has been received at Kucrene nf
the death of Professor F. K liarkerj for
a number of years professor in the.; sci
ence department of the ITnlversity of
vreRon. iis ueain occurred in Tientsin,
China, and was caused by bmallpox.;
r WASHINGTON
John Blstron. a laborer In a lnrt-im.
camp near Preston, was killed in a fall
from a .tree.
At the present rate of payments the
town of Elma will be out of debt witti
tn the next ; two years.
The city council of Kelno Is studying
a! method to finance tho work of con
structing 90 or 100 atrtet crossings of
concrete. "
John I Sharpstein of Walla Walla
has filed his candidacy for the nomina
tion for lieutenant governor on the Re
publican ticket.
Dan Radovich. w hose wife was found
hanging to a bannister in her homo
near Silverdale. has been charged with
first degree murder.
(The public service commission has
fixed A up; us t 17 as the date for hearing
on the Increases of local Western Wash
ington freight rates.
I A fire in the stacker shed of ihe
Orajs Harbor Commercfal oomrattv,
destroyed seven dry kilns, storace sheds
and more than 1,000,000 feet of lumber.
jGeorgo Benson of San Juan county
has been sentenced to a term Of from
one to three years In the. state peniten
tiary for J,!) illeKal possession of liquor.
The Kpokann Automobile Chamber of
Commerce will conduct a ;campaiKn In
Eastern Washington fn favor of the
Carlyon highway bill to be voted on in
November, t
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futtlnir fall c-raln Is til full blast soulh
of Moscow. ; 'J'he yield inomlses to be
between 25 and 40 bushels an acre.
jPost Falls has voted to buy the local
water system for $9000. An additional
$7000 has been voted to lmproce the sys
tem. tThe total value of assessable property
In Kootenai county ss shown by th
rolls of 1920 Is $11,835,174, an increase of
$606,935 over 1919. '
I Ciptafn Harry Gulecke has reached
Lewiston In his batteau after an ex
jtinp 350-mle trip down the Mtmin
and Snake rivers from Salmon city.
I Fires in the Kanlksti forest eajit of
Priest river have burned over 640 acres
and destroyed poles worth' $25,000 be
longing to the Kalkena Lumber com
pany. -
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
It Is jinnerly supposed a dead Injun
don't eat nuthln . but wnen um
Applestone was agent at the San Carlos,
reservation In Arlzony in the '8s he h'i
a: couple of hundred dead Apaches eatni
the rations the gov'ment supplied em.
Leastways, he swore to recelvln -f the
supplies and issuin' of 'em to the Injuns
He beln' a i deacon In the church ba k
In Ohio and alius boost in' the character
of the late O. Washington in his talk at
the Injun school, ( he could n t of been
mean, enough, of course to of sold them
supplies and lied to L'ncle bum about
who got 'em. , -
For Everyone in Portland
There Grows Seven Klooms.
Rose Center of the World.
(Continued From Monday.)
It is rather interesting to know
that Portland, not Content with be
ing the center of the finest roses in
the world, is slso the. largest con
sumer per capita of hothouse roses in
" United States. ru ?nle nun,
ber of roses grown under gUss ana
slid "by the florists here annually
would provide every man wqn,an
Wnd ci.ild in Portland with aa av
erage tif 7.4 roses.
vnrk'n consumption of roses.
despite the fact that ajl the fine
roses of tnat city '' "
under glass. Is oniya utile iiiort
than half that of Portland. 4.8 roses
Iper capita. There are. many .cw
v who never see a rose. AH
'that is necessary in Portland to have
iroses that compare more than fav
orably with the best hothouse roses
(of other sections of the country Is
jo plant a sprig in the ground. If the
selection is good, nature does the
rest. Nature, In fact, will produce
some very ; beautiful roses in Port
land from comparatively common
stock. - Las.t December was charac
terised by unusuaHy cold weather.
The rose bushes of a neighbor were
frozen to the ground. He trimmed
pf f the 'entire preceding year's
growth and dolefully lamented the
joss of sotne prised -varieties.; But
iiature took, what was left and from
the roots sprang new stem that
already have reached a height of
30 Inches., The roses scarcely aR
beared in time for the Rose Festi
val, but they are blooming now as
beautiful as if frost had not de
stroyed last year's preparation.
L Commercial rose growers. , as ; well
as amatetjrs. In Portland have an
exceptional. opportunity for compar
ison in the Portland Hose Test Rr
jdens. Thege gardens have' interna,
kional standing and recognition. New
varieties Of roses from many lands
are tried out in them. ;
I v ' To Be Continued.)
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