rTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, .OREGON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1820.
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ii ;V CANNED GOVERNMENT?
I"' T HAS been suggested, as a rffSult
of the decent census, that the num
' ber of representatives In congress be
I; limited permanently to the -present
l.quota i35. :-: .
. Why not, tas ICongressmarf McArv
;;thar recently suggested la an fnter-t'-view
in The Journal, reduce the house
-Tito ! 300 members? Why maintain , a
li lop-heavy body?; WHy have canned
llgovernmcnt by a few rajher than de
liberate government by all members ?
i-f!Whyi- pay $700Q a year In salary to
'members who give nothing but 0. K'd
;otcs and an occasional campaign
;! speech?
!!':; Because of the large house, that
libodyj has resolved Itself Into a rati-
,'.fying assembly in lieu of a dellber
kllVe? convention.: The house as a
- ilSvhole; as things work out, takes a
: i'small part in legislation. Even the
; .;;party caucus' is now little more than
; a ceremony. Instead, a few leaders,
:!men of experience and reejjgnlzed po
f.'ilHlcal acumen, have become the spon-
';;sers of legislation. Committee gov-
ernment has become the fad. And not
nly cornmlttee government, but sub
' -committee government.
" On the important committees are a
' few tneaof, predominance. They di-
- rect. They say this bill shall be fa
vorably ' reported and that . shall not.
Through their immense power they
.: are: enabled lojwhir) the remaiodcrof j
; uie House lnio .line.; tue rcyftseuia-
tiv4 Avho refuses to accept their die
: tum? Invites their wrath? Thereafter,
he ica'n'oblain no' c'onsideratlottSathe
house.1' : " ' : - r;..
Ujoder sucji .a system. !Tere debate
Is stifled because of numbers delib
. erative . government is . impossible',
v Whcrl t deliberative .government 5,1s
abandoned : the. way is . opened to ip
. - iiultousV discriminative and. defective
legislation. "Although the few are re
sponsible for the action of the house,
they can dodge: responsibility"' behind
' the cloak of numbers. " '
All the house as a whole does Is to
put its O. K. on measures that a small
group of committee members has or
dained. vln effect, the house as a wjtiole
.is a rubber stamp house andleglsla
, tion by it rubber stamp legislation.' ..
With the time here for a reapportion
ment of representatives and the num-
" ber to be increased by the figures of
the late census, is there a more op
portune moment to permanently, fix
the number ; of representatives at a
figure to permit free and open discus
sion of pending legislation,, op a. bet
ter time' to - substitute, deliberative
government for canned government?
. Spontaneous ' combustion lsntted
refuie In " a metal garbage cah in
the basement of the Piatt building
Thursday, What if the receptacle
hadi been wood?
NOT NATURE
OMEONE once said that people "do
O not die they kill themselves.'!
Ha referred to eating,' to drinking, to
working and to other pleasures or oc
cupations wherein human beings ex-
t ceed the limits set up oy nature as
boundaries; fori conduct of daily life. t
' Many a man has gorged himself i to
death. He has eaten and, eaten and
. eaten, until his senses became dulled,
his ambition cooled and his life was
given over to lethargy and early
death. , .
; Our present dry status was brought
on by- TOOse who drank-to excess.
THE! SWAN ISLAND PROJECT
THE discussion-of thd 110 flOOflOO Swan Island project as proposed by the
J Committee of Fifteen has become something not much nar seriously
to be considered than other casual conversation. : '- v j . V
' The. actual project would place upon the pub Uo so much "greater burden
thai the 110,00009 first estimated that a merr, statement of the facts la
sufficient to discourage the most affirmative attitude of mind I toward the
scheme. ' J - ' - . " i , '
For instance, it, Is now being said that the 40.000.000 eublo yards of fill
which " would, be necessary in reclaiming the Guilds lake. Swan , Island and
Mocks bottom districts will cost not the 12.906.966 as first estimated but
Some 1552 acres involved In 'the project are to cost not the f 1,744,945 pri
marily estimated asi the sum of-the assessed valuations of the various parcels
but an amount in the near vicinity of 14,600,000, an average of $3000 an acre.
; (None of the reports was offered estimates for the cost of port terminal
facilities to be erected on the property when' acquired by the public but; the
drift of non-official estimate Is that If the St. Johns terminal (No, 4) required
twolbond issues, one of 13,000,000 and the other of $5,000,000; the more elabor
ate facilities of the Swan island project will -call for not less than 19,000,000.
Here, then, are , three tentative figures of costs aggregating 121,600,000,
or more than twice as much as the people have been asked to have In mind
as they contemplate the af f irmatiye or . negative character of their votes
on' the port bill In November.
j And who knows whether the complete development of the project would
end jwith $21,000,000 or even $40,000,000. " , ,
But the voter who studies the port bill and looks vlthin It for a seeking
of authority to execute a 10,000,000 Swan island port project Is disappointed.
The port bill, as The Journal has before stated, contains no reference to
the project which inspired It. -- 1 'I ! I
It Is a proposal for the merging of the port and dock commissions. But
evetj the merger is; premised upon contingencies, which If not overcome will
leave the present port commission as the! administrative agent of -vastly
Increased port povyers. ; - - i L .
In other'words, if the port bill carries in November, but the icity council
thereafter fails to cede title' to dock properties already erected.) to the port
commission there will be no merger of the port and dock commissions. 4
' But whether themerger occurs or not, if the' bill passes, the port commis
sion! will be empowered to do all things It now does and also all the things
the dock commission dobs, j : . : "I
And. if the port bill carries', the port commission, without further vote
by the people, will! have authority to
ing 5 per cent of the assessed valuation
: If the bill 1 passed ind the bonds are
be reponslble under the law for using
project or any other project, it is to
spent on ttfe Swan! Island plan but such
. The hill leaves tne selection of future port commissioners, alter the details
of the merger have; been attended to, to the state legislature. In other words;
tho legislators from Klamath and Malheur counties, among others, will vote
to fill vacancies on the .'Port of Portland commission. V 11 ; i j
TO resume, it appears that the Swan island project will exceed by twice. If
not imore, its first estimates of cost, and that the port bill, while containing
broader grants of ;power than have. e.ver be.eo .proposed for port purposes,
does not make the! Swan island project or any other project mandatory.':
In many ways the Swan island project Is one that by its very magnitude
possesses powerful Appeal. But the people of Portland have In previous action
on port questions
voted with their
should do so now,'
Those who attempted, by, patronage,
to Ijeep the brewery wheels turning
were In the end the ones responsible
for the prohibition of manufacture.
And many a man paid for the attempt
by premature death. ! - . ; 4 i
The consequences of overwork are
not j less fatal. To the man who
grinds, grinds, grinds for; seven days
a week. 12 hours .a day In an office,
without physical culture, physicians
promise an early breakdown. The tis
sues! of the brain aire not constructed
to withstand continual wear and tear
without relaxation.! They are not to
be worked to death. !.. ,-. '. ;. j
The -ambitious professional man,
the ne who is, working, for himself
in an office. Is prone to over tax na
ture. : lie is inclined,? firad by ambi
tion and spurred pn by success, to
give jail his time, all his thought, and
his life to his work He sacrifices his
health. And then -he pays the piper.
After he is gone,' there are friends
to .remark that' "so-and-so" is dead.
The graye Is covered,' the bead stone
set ujp. Then someone else takes his
place on this earth.) ;l . '
In .isolated .cases: the law of the
realm can be violated and the penalty
averted. But no man can .defeat the
grim law imposed by . nature. .
Possibly the split between France
and iEngriand over1 European poll
tics isverdrawn, I Tet . division is
possible at any time among Euro
pean; nations.; .That is why . the bal
ancUis , and impartial? influence-' of
America Is needed over there.
America alone- can be- -the y high
arbiter, .the impartial tribune that
can.; guide those nations1 to higher
Ideals and. save th .world. from dis
agreements, . divisions i and - conse
quent wajr. : And 'America' can. do
it witnout nring.a snot or burning
a drachm of powder.
ARE WE?
IF ,,THE British government Joins
Prance in" opposing : the Russian
Bolshevists by use of force, the Brit
ish Federation of Miners will call a
general strike. A vote to that effect
has .been, taken by; the, miners. ,v . i
v Inl Germany ? recently 1 Bolshevists
were! threatening, a I. general .strike- Jf
the German government continued, to
interfere with the organization Of ' se
cret -soviet armies j in Germany. It
made no difference to the' German
Bolshevists that Germany . had cove
nanted in i the Paris - treaty to . limit
her military forces. - , .
Here is an unseen hold that Bolshe
vism' has on Europe. There is com
munication and cooperation between
Russian Bolshevists and Bolshevists in
other "countries. , They j have .mutual
sympathies and mutual purposes The
Russian Soviets send their armies into
Poland," and the Bolshevists In other
countries.! by threats of general strike
and other group action, prevent the
governments in those countries from
taking measures to. save Poland from
passing under the rule of an armed
soviet autocracy. -If Poland thus falls
before the military power of Lenin
and jTrotxky and is annexed" to their
armed realm',: it is merely a question
of what nation will be the hext to
be rolled under the wheels of the ad
vanclng aovietjuggernaut. ' . c.
Such is the present trend of things
ra Europe For nearly three years
prophets l have announced the fall or
the near fall of the soviet regime in
Russia. Instead of falling, the Lenin
Trotsky regime is extending the tein
taclcs of its power until, with threats
issue bonds in an amount! not exceed
of the port district, or $16,000,000. i
Issued the port commission will not
the funds to develop the Swan island
be presumed that the funds would be
Is only a presumption, j i . " i
eyes open.
The Journal believes they
of general strikes in other countries.
It is not only ruling Russia but Is
actually exercising authority in fog
land, Italy, Germany and other na
tions. - ; r : f i:
If the system continues to advance,
what is to be Its effect , upon the
United States? Does it all mean
nothing ,or does it mean a great deal
to the American people? j
Are we isolated? ' I
i '.; v.'. -V '.'i. 'f ; I.
Even with the cruel death of 5-year-old
"Donald Harvey j under the
wheels of an automobile) on Mason
street, automobile killings are still
much below the gory?reeord of last
year, all in spite of a heavy increase
in the number of machines in use.
But. when a killing happens when
the driver has 75 to 100; feet to 'g-o
on and a whole street; in which to
avoid his victim, there Is no telline.
if that sort of thing is allowed to
continue, to what dreary Iengrtha
this year's aggregate may go.
THE LOWLY DEAD
THERE could scarcely be a more
complete disregard of jhuman life !
than that by the automobile driver
who ran dovvn and killed 5-year-ld
T t ww
uuuaiu iiarvey on Mason street. !
... The child was crossing the street
with his back to the approaching ma4
chine.- On his own testimony at the
coroner's Inquest, RitzmanJ the driver
admitted that he saw thej boy : when
he was still 75 feet distant. '
But by his own statement and that
of others in his car, the driver did not
slacken his -pace. As numerous other
drivers, do, he drove his Iheavy jug
gernaut ahed, in4 utter heedlessness
as to consequences. Instead of going
to the slight trouble ot applying bis
brakes and making sure (that -there
Would be . no accident,"; he. blew, his
horn and relied on that ;to get the
child out of 'his way. if V
Here was the scene: The-child 75
feet away some witnesses .said the
distance was iOO and a whole street
In which to pass him:' But the child
was run down and killed, j The driver
broke the law in passing :to the left
side of the street where lie finally
struck the boy,. He broke jthe lawjjy
using a car with defective; brakes. He
killed! the child ' under circumstances
.that are without excuseand, so far as
The Journal can see without a single
mitigating fact ? ". .' j i
' JUst so long as juries refuse to pon
vict drivers wh ose recklessness re
sults tin killing, children) like little
Donald ilarvey will have to be hauled
off to the cemeteries." Can anybody
give one single reason why it would
be wrong to send to the penitentiary
for involuntary manslaughter any
driver who, with 75 feet of j distance to
stop in arid a wholefcrtreet in which
tp pass him, runs over ; and kills a
5-yearold child? -
The T children in the (street are
mostly from lowly homes.' i They have
no .place else to play, they must
sometimes cross-the street to do er
rands for. the household. ; .
Is It because the slaughtered little
ones are usually from lowly homes
that Juries think them of little conse4
quencef i That assertion ! has ; been
made to.The Journal. Abraham Lin
coln came from a lowly i home and
Jesus Christ was born ; in a manger
And theNazarene, who marked even
the sparrow's fall, thought as much
of the child in the shanjy as of the
child in the palace. .
, Because" the. door . to ; thej back
stairway of the. Glenwood hotel was
found locked at the' time of fire In
the building; early Wednesday, the
Greek proprietor has been sen
tenced to .ISO days In jail. The
course of Justice runs in ways that
are c confusing- to humble laymen.
Here Is a sentence, of 180 days on
the technical possibility that- the
Greek's ''act; might have resulted in
somebody's death. While on the
other hand, two violations of law
and mad. driving- by a motorist that
actually i killed . a , 6-year-old child
brought a olear bill of health for thj
driver from a coroner's Jury." 1
TIMBER CUTTING
IN NORTHWEST
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal. - '
-Waahing-tonTAue. 13. lagging opera
tions are removing annually a little less
than 2 per cent of Western Washington's
timber, and lees than 1 per cent St Ore
gon's, ; according to the report of the
forest service on timber depletion,- which
has been 1 prepared in great detail for
the United States senate.; ; ,
"Yet the reasonably accessible timber
and that In- private ownership is going
very much faster,", says the report, "and
with decreasing southern pine produc
tion, enormous pressure to increase the
cut may be expected." - i : H
It Is estimated that Oregon has "a total
stand of 494,000.000,000 board fejt, that
Washington has 334.000,000.000 feet, and
California over 313,000.000,000 feet. Over
half the total, or 686.000,000.000 feet, is
found In the Douglas fir belt of Oregon
and Washington, of -which Doug-las fir
alone shows 658,000,000,000 feet. One
fourth, the remaining saw timber in the
entire 'country is the Douglas fir. of Oregon-'
and Washington. Forest depletion
has occurred more rapidly in Washing
ton than in Oregon, It is stated, and by
far the greater 'part of future expansion
may be looked for-in Oregon. The rea
son Oregon has been slower In cutting,
says the report. Is the fact that its tim
ber haa been- more inaccessible. It is
predicted that operations into the more
.difficult regions wUl now be financed
and the-timber -'brought out for the
markets.-; v.t !
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' "A. gradual rise in logging costs is in
evitable,", says the report,- "as it be
comes necessary to extend operations to
the more -mountainous logging chances.
Th1 timber - resources f - the - Pacific
coast are very large, but it would be un
wise ' to . overestimate them, for much
less than the total stand is readily avail
able. -.Existing transportation facilities
to the. East are already overburdened
with present traffic, and they will have
to be very materially Increased to meet
the, probable reduction in eastern and
southern lumber cut daring the next 10
years." !--' , '.. -":
I The report says the danger is that the
Pacific forests will be considered "in
exhaustible" until it s too late. Other
measure than the existence of national
forests are necessary. ' By following se
lective log-sins: plans and avoiding; waste
of unused trees the -destruction of com
plete forest areas such ' as ,-has taken
place id New 'England, the lake region
and the south, can be avoided. . The first
step of all is more adequate protection
against forest fires, says the report,
with 'the' cooperation of government,
state and private owners.
Letters From the People
: tCaWmocicaUooa aant to , The Journal for
publication in this department ehouid be written
on ooir one aide of tba paper, should not exceed
SOO 4fcrrd in leaetb and muat be aisned by 4be-
wnteir wnoae mail addreea xn i lull must accom
pany tba contribution, j
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J A LAND OF LAW
Enterprise, Aug. 12.-T the Editor of
The Journal I am pleased to notice
that in your issue of the sixth instant,
you have given, space. id communications
from two - correspondents ' who Justly
condemn the "third degree" treatment
administered to the slayers of Til Taylor,
and I tun also pleased to notice that one
of . yow correspondents, . - though ? a
woman, ha 'the courage to . sign her
name,, while the other does not. - Both ,
communications are upon a subject ,
which should arouse the interest of all
persons who desire that our country .
should be known as' a land of law, and
pot one where supposed justice is ad
ministered or evidence obtained accord
ing to the modes in vogue during the
dark or medieval ages of several hun
dred years ago. Tour recent editorial
on the subject was entirely "Hoo ' mild,
for - instead of philosophising In the
abstract, .you should have named the
particular. ; individual guilty - of- the
"brutal but effective" treatment of the
prisoners in the DmatlUa county jail,
and called - upon the district , attorney
of that county or the. attorney general
of the state to see that they were made
to answer for their . unwarranted and
savage work. The prisoners may be
guilty and deserve the extreme penalty
of the law, but it is the, business of. the
courts to attend to ' that,) and ' not the
business of - those self -appointed execu
tioners without warrant or process for
their acts. - - !
Many states have found it necessary
to pass legislative enactments strictly
prohibiting under severe penalties any
attempt to obtain evidence by means of
the "third degree or "sweating
process ; and i' earnestly hope a similar
enactment will be adopted by the Ore
gon legislature, at its next session.
, : , 'S"-i,,:'J: " D. -W. Sheahan.
' EDUCATION- AND . JATWALKER8
" 5 Klamath Falls, Aug. 6. -To the Editor
of The Journal You are certainly doing
a great service to the public,- both in
your editorials arid the general articles
on the- "reckless driversand the "jay
walkers." The fact of four persons being
killed in one ' week ' recently ' in -. your
county through their . own "careless
ness" possibly their own incompetency
instead of carelessness , in - some ins
tances, and not the fault of. the drivers
as well as the many other fact of In
juries daily recited In all the papers,'
ought, to make, persons . think, if they
read them.'' .-But do the person who
most - need; such fact -read such Item
in the papers? Do the careless, r the.
thoughtless, the self-sufficient o. the
hurried and worried persons read such
editorial or ' statistical 1 articles? : Us
there pot a great army'jof worthy per
sons so fully occupied with home and,
hurried shopping duties that they really
have no time to read such items?. Of
course; there are the absolutely care
less and habitually .venturesome from
pure egotism. The truck driver, : who
with a woman by his j side ; recently
failed to stop before crossing) a railroad
track although another automobile was
waiting for the train to pass, doubtless
belonged to one or . both: these classes.
Recently 1 called a 4-yeaf-oW boy from
the street at the middle of the block
and was about to take him to the corner
and ; then icross, when - a woman who
seemed to know him -butted, in and
started across. with. hijn-f1 When I po
litely said, "Please ; do not take.' him
across In the middle of the block,, she
drew her face into aa contemptuous ex
pression at me - and ; continued across
at the middle ; of the block and then
went to the corner on -the- other- aide.
I reflected . that this ,- woman was; a
VrraduaU ,with high honors"- at " our
grade and " high schools, all at public!
- r - .
expense, and yet had not learned com
mon aenso to- personal aaf ety or
common courtesy 'for others in the pub
lie street. -
The best place to get many persons
to : read Is at the movies. Let - the
authorities conduct a campaign of short
educational directions on, the screens be
tween acts at the movies. .
fr-:s ty --..-:-!;:. v" C. Brower. .
Concern inq inquiries
Portland, July 29. T the Editor of
The Journal The Oragonian editorial en
titled "Keeds of the Farmer," of this
date, is in regular O. O. P. form. It
states, "The Democratic party refused to
buy, foreign' sugar, which would cost us
H cents, and. thereby allowed the Ameri
can growers to get 17 cent.". There can
be no doubt that the, foreign growers
Will repudiate the Democratic party.
The other crime mentioned was that
whUe they fixed the price of "wheat and
meat they failed to fix the price of cot
ton. It seems to me there was a greater
opportunity to ' fix prices during these
last two years, since the Republicans
have had control, which control was
gained through tactics used by that fel
low in Michigan I don't remember4 his
n;fme, and don't want to. I ' am from
Michigan myself. ". .:. if'--; -'
The article continues to tell of G. o. i.
promises. - We awe promised a national
inquiry. Let us hope. If elected, they
will inquire about the farmers' loan, fed
eral reserve. Irrigation projects, etc We
will be satisfied if they do nothing more
than Inquire, which is all they promise.
But let' us get' close to home, and
something fresh. Democratic federal of
ficials could find nothing for which the
Dairymen's leajrue- could be prosecuted.
Our Republican city officials are still
after them. It looks as though u. u.
somehow' stands for "league prosecution."
The dairymen made a mistake in catlingJ
their organization a ""league." "
' ; " V uet Me 7
Portland, Aug. 3 To the Editor of
The Journal To your editorial in the
issue of July 31 "Who Own America?"
I.will ,answer, without fear of successful
contradiction, that jrben it comes to the
means of motive power for automobiles,
trucks, tractors, etc.. the Standard Oil
company owns America by a large ma
jority. Now a one good turn deserve
another, I want to ask a question : Why
is not ethyl alcohol utilized? Why do
we have to depend upon an agency under
the ground when there exists in plain
sight and above .the ground an. agency
better, cleaner, more . efficient, easier
converted for use and obtainable in un
limited quantities, with Jess cost, labor
and trouble? Why is not the-waste of
"a billion dollars annually" -f quote
from an opinion by Carl Vrooman, assists!
ant secretary of agriculture) turned into
a profit by utilizing material always at
band and obtainable anywhere, "the pure
gift of God, to propel our numer
ous and fast growing number of aatos.
truck and tractors, besides obtaining the
sources of iignt ana neat, -non-combustible,
- odorless and stronger than gaso
line? I-have seen thousands of auto
mobiles use ethyl alcohol. I have seen
large cities lighted by its mean in Eu
rope. Why not in America? - The Ameri
can farmer ought to issue a declaration
of independence' from his overlord, des
potic, tyrannical and greedy. - .
.. , i- V : Paul Pferdner.
MORE CIVIL, WAR RELICS :
Independence, July 30. To the Editor
of The Journal I noticed an. article in
The! Journal of July 25 about a Mr.
S. M. Jackson, who .was visiting rela
tive at .Brownsville, and " who' owned
a-newspaper printed by the Confeder
ates on wallpaper at Vlcksburg. before
its surrender.
I believe I can go him one better, as
I also have one of those papers, which
belonged to ray father.. John C. Brown.
and also, . What I prize the highest, one
penholder and eight buttons made 'our.
of the Wood of that tree under which
General Pemberton,, surrendered to
General . Grant. The tree was dug up
and' all the roots and even the leaves
were carried away as souvenirs of that
great event. My father belonged to
the 78th Ohio infantry; company E. 17th
army corps. He served under General
urant and helped also dir and nut th
powder under Fort H1U during the siege
of Vlcksburg. He waa' with Sherman
on his march to the sea. v
: Francta'M. Brown. ,
Portland. Aug. . To the Editor of
The Journal I rend with .4niut tiu
editorial page of Thf Journal regarding
me iarmer wno brought the spring
chickens to the city and waa offered only
174 cents a pound for them. About the
same time I bought a little, poor chicken.
urujjr norm currying nome as a gift.
ana paia a 'cents a pound for the same.
bomeining rotten! ,
As to hoars, tlia nrnilnpai. la !!(... . if
cents. The same pork on the market is
so high that we have quit thinking about
it. to rutV no thine- ahnnt Mtln It
Something wrong again, as it is not
wiwiagB. jay nusoana has stood on
the street early In the morning and seen
truckloaas of spoiled meat being hauled
away to me incinerator.
Not long aeo I naid 8 1-s
on the Yamhill market for litUe apples
uim my xauier-in-iaw would not have
picked UD off the c-rniind Tnfnn ir.
epecUon came into vogue. Verily, what
19 wronsi . - A Journal Reader.
rjT.I,S IT PAPniBmnr
Portland; Aug. - 4. To the Editor of
xne journal Alter reading the account
of the os.nt.iirA Af th ?iv wi
eners at, Pendletonand the subsequent
fucaua -u. cxwruon appnea
to compel ' the prisoners to divulge facts
ohe is tempted to believe that ithpre is
aDunaani room tor improvement In
police methods of dealing with criminals.
The after effect of war are blamed for
nunT crlrnM (nmmlHH",t Ik.
time, and we all. believe that gradually
the effects of brutality will finally give
place to the softening 'influences of
peace ana Dring our tnought and ac
tions. Ikay-lr ' (a mnr, ma V. .- T
abhorent to think at ahis day that we
applying ammonia to a man's nostrils
auu, compelling mm to lnnaie, whUe
numerous other men beat-: his - head
aerainat Iron hm. fihmiM hi.K
doned by law? I think nt And there
are many who will agree with me.
i-nese men nave committed crimes,
and, now that they are in the hand
of the law and arrahno fr. li,v.
meted out to them it ill becomes, those
ib auuioruy to aaopt this means of tor
ture.' It mmtM liuil Minnl. I .. ,
- ..-v w urn a&w
abiding - cituens of Pendleton, who, al
though worked; up to a high state, of ex
citement, preserved . their intelligence
and-. went hnrn nantcnt tn 1., w
... . - v .wfr Vliv .A
lake Its course. :; . , - j. w.
: ' MAKE FIRETRAFS SAFE
Journal I .have read with much Interest
the editorial in . your journal of the
ninth instant relating to the Elton Court
fire. ; Regrettable a waa thla Incident
I 1 trant thar It mav ha tumarf -i
profitable end in securing public sentl-
fiitfii. wiiiii wui orinsr aooni sucn legis
lation na -will rp.nricr tlmnar flninn.
safe for human habitation. I cannot
refrain xrom. expressing my -appreciation
of the effective publicity, .work which
your journal is aomg in tne lire pre
vention work. . A. Cj Barber, -
s t :. ' 8tate Firat Marshal.
THE CHEAPEST PROTECTION' -Gladstone,
Aug. 7. To the Editor of
The; Journal It- seem to me it would
bfl. vastly cheaper. to have a watchman
to see that fires and burglaries don't
happen In large hotels, and other build
ing than to lament the loss to property,,
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE -
J -:i - ;.-. . 1 11 '
There is always room at the top,-but
the middle distances are crowded. .
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It Is about as hard to live up to an
ideal as It is to live down an error.
- A man ! never so easily deceived as
when he is trying- to deceive others.
The-snow, man quickly 'melts, but It's
different with the heart ot the ice man.
People who blame Providence for their
crops are usually reticent as to the seed
sown. ;
.. . , , . . . . . - . . e . - . ' ; .. :..r -
Every man you "hear something"
about has probably "heard something"
about you. ,
If you can't pay cash, then ywu have
to hand out patience, courtesy, kindness
and charity.
. a ." ' ,
" A bridegroom " and bride know - no
such thing a doubt. What plants the
first suspicion? - .:
,..,. -When
a man take his wife to . the
theatre he- thinks it's up to him to- go
out between act and telephone to see
whether the house ia still there.
MpRE OR LESS PERSONAL!
4
Two hoary, gflsaled prospectors had
.v - ..I. Ai .1.-1- it ..uniiv- in
ui vis Kaie VL uicir
the Rainier national forest when a nuge
falling snag missed them by only a few
feet. P. H- Dater, district engineer or
the forest service, brings back the tale
of bow the two men, riding along an
old mountain road in a flivver with a
camp -attachment, drove off the, road a
short way to camp. The tent-was at
tached to the side of the car. They had
retired but didn't find their sleeping
quarters exactly comfortable. Getting
up they- moved the car ahead a few
feet. Only a few minute elapsed - before-the
huge snag, 150 feet long' and six
feet in dlametefc . came crashing - over
the Identical spot where they had been
lying. The 'incident so unnerved the
two old prospector that they built a
campfire and 'Sat up all night tUklng
about it. ,
i e
John Doyle,' assistant secretary 'of the
Port of Portland commission. Is spending
hi vacation at Sea View on the North
beach. During the absence of Doyle;
Harry. Campion Is in command.' of the
local office. ."'' ' .
Sam C. Bratton, former commercial
manager of - the Portland Gas 4 Coke
company and former president of- the
Portland Ad dub, Is again among us.
Bratton, now a typical Wall streeter. Is
connected .with the Electric Bond &
Share company of New York. With
Bratton Is hi wife and both dealare
that some day, not very far hence, they'll
be back In Portland to. live. , In the
meantime Charles F. Berg I showing
the town to Mr. and Mrs. Bratton, They
will. remain In Portland about two weeks.
En route west the former Portland era
spent a month in Texas.
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-Virtually, shaken out of business by
the earthquake temblors that kept Los
Angeles stirred up two weeks ago, C V,
Everett, formerly, manager .of the Al
cazar theatre, Portland, and Miss Mabel
Wilber, his leading woman and a -nationally
known musical comedy soprano.
Raridom Observations About Town
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN ;
1 1 .I j. . ,i . . ' 1 . ' I. i " " - , ' j i. r
' ' By Fred Lockley
. The wealthy and the "famous have no
lack of chroniclers,. bufwho gives a ec
bnd thought to' the'rnen of the section
gang? . As you sit on the rear platform
of the observation car you see them,
grimy with sweat and dust, standing by
th side of the, track" You do not give
them a second thought. .Did you ever
realize that the vote of any one of these
section laborers counts for as much as
your vote in the ballot box? : Did you
ever stop to think that the whole struc
ture of our prosperity is resting on the
farmer and laborer. With all your skill
as a -money changer or a teacher f psy
chology you would not be eating were
it not for the sweat grimed men who
raise the food and these others who
build the tracks and operate the trains
to bring the food to you.- ; . ;. ' .
I ran across an old-time .section la
borer a .day or so ago. His narne ii
James Brady and he hails f com County
Sligo in Ireland His hair, once flam
ing red, is now white. He stiil has the
rich brogue of the Emerald Isle. I.thall
translate his brogue and hi picturesque
railroadese into newspaper English. "I
will be 72 come the second of - next
August," he said to me. - "I was coming
19 when I came .to thi eountfy. There
were seven of us, but I was the first to
leave the old home. I had -no knowledge
of how to get work in New York city,
so I walked 60 miles to get a Job on
the railroad grade. It was the summer
of 67. I got $1.50 a day, but when' I
was paid I found my. greenbacks were
worth but 40 cents on the dollar, so I
really got but 60 cents a day. I quit
and took, as Job at $2 a day shoveling
sawdust away from the belt in a saw
mill. There were two shifts. . The day
shift was 12 hours, the night shift, but
11 hours. I stood in with the foreman
so he let me go on the night shift every
other lght That . meant that every
other ' day I. worked 23 hours. : In this
way I put in" 10 days' work each' week
all sftmrnen ; That winter' I got a Job
which, because: it was dangerous. paid
13 a day. It waa putting in .a' dam in
the Susquehanna river. - We worked In
water from knee deep to shoulder deep.
We were. wet all day Lot of the men
got rheumatism and bad to quit, but men
were' plenty and human life- was cheap.
The Ice was running in the river and
it was mortal cold work, but I was hang
ing on to every penny so I could .send
to say nothing about the loss of life. The
best fire protection Is a good reliable
man to watch the place at night. I am
a man partly disabled but have an un
broken record of five month a night
watchman at the Crown Willamette Inn.
West Linn, and there are no doubt others
just, as well qualified -and need the po
sition aa badly. You see it's economy
both way." Jack Hamilton. ;
TIME TO. WAKE TJP v "
Portland, Aug. 40. Tothe Editor of
The Journal Ther tragic fire at Elton
Court on Saturday morning should be
a warning to those who are urging a re
vision of the building code to make the
regulations! more liberal. It Is a terrible
disgrace to our beautiful city that such
flretrap are permitted to exist and be
used as hotels with so little regard to
human life. It ia time for , somebody
to wake upl to the hazards that now re
main and to take some action to prevent
other disasters of the same kind..
:..! :. L.-D. Bosley.
Curious. Bits" of Information
for the Curious J
Gleaned From Curious Place
Tidal wave ha nothing whatever to
do with the tide. 'Any great onrush of
the sea : that overwhelms the land is
called a tidal wave. : Such wave may
be due to -various cause. They , may
represent a heaping up of cvtsse of
NEWS IN iBRIl!
SIDELIGHTS - " "
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At last! Banks haa enterprising men
who have provided for some of the house
shortage.. W if you can't find a house
to live in, come to Banks. We'll get you
under cover. The Banks Herald. ;
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It has -been said, that this ia not a
Turkey Red year in Morrow county, so
O. T.. Fere;u8on,j 6and Hollow , farmer,
thinks his wheat of that variety ia mak
ing an excellent yield at 80 bushels an
acra Heppner Gazette Time. :
A vegetable doughnut is he latest con
tribution to the vegetable kingdom made
by a Cottage Orove man. j This time the
Bhaped tomMo nd the eontxibutf i
JEl . . ' ....... O.nMnsI
i -
ulatlon has beerwlncreaains; at about the
normal birtn ran. in oiner wuiu-. -far
as the rest ot the world is concerned,
. - i. M.lrln r.n nrnrntia Instead
of being proud of the census figures, we
SnOUla Dt Mnameu. no w'"
ing- and don't kno it. The etate has
. .a tVtlUUa an-n1 I a . laat f 1 116?
them go undeveloped. Pendleton East
Oregonian. . r " 1 1
are In Portland; . again jather
I mat v aToenenea at me) nuw
costly experience at the show
the "City of Angels." The company,
known as the Wilber Opera company,
was going good, however, in .musical
comedy stock,' such aa Portland Tiad at
the Alcazar last! winter, until the, earth
quakes started. I The first night ' that
the audience felt the temblor, moat of
the patrons left the house, and "as addi
tional earth quivers followed in days
to come, it became more and more diffi
cult to get the people in at all. , There
fore the enterprise, 'which was starling
out well, had to be abandoned. Miss
Wilber i on her way east and Everett
will look after local business Interests.
W. Stoke Kirk of Philadelphia, owner
of Kirk' Military hop, arrived from the
East this week and as registered atwhe
Multnomah hotel. Kirk maintains four
stores on the Pacific coast and a large
store at Philadelphia, handling aU kinds
of military equipment and: clothing. His
trip to the Northwest is purely for busi
ness purposes and coincident with . hi
visit here v it was "announced that the
local military shod will move on August
30 from Its present location at Third
and Stark to the building! at the south
west corner of "Sixth and. Pine street.
The new location has been leased from
the Corbett estate for a three-year per
iod and alteration; are being ' made to
suit the new tenants. F. Ei Angove, man
ager of the Jocal store,; waa recently
appointed manager of the four Pacific
coast etoree. . -";v f . T "
First, of the Mazaraa j party to the
Mount Baker, Washington, country to
return home, Mr. and Mrai Kurt Koehler
and Mrs.' George B." Maxwell arrived in
Portland Monday night. They were met
in Seattle by Mr. Maxwell and motored
-across the Cascades and i thence to ' the
Columbia -via Wenatchee.1 All report a
delightful outing with the Mazamas,
clouds of mosquitoes being the only
drawback. Excellent roads and plenty of
gasoline everywhere were encountered
4n the Seattle-Wenatchee-portland trip.
for my brothers and sisters to come to
this wonderful land? of freedom and op
portunity." ., '.:;
"Soon I had enough to pay for steer
age ticket for two of them. I brought
three of my brothers' and .- two. , sisters
over, but no one know how I worked
and saved to do it. I heard wages were
better on the. Pacific coast, so. I went
by way of the Isthmus to California. X
got work In the harvest field in Santa
Clara valley. J We ate breakfast by
candle light, worked 16 or 17 hours and
ate -supper by candle light and went to
sleep in the bay. Then I got work on
the Central Pacific as a laborer at 32.25
a day, seven days a week, j In the spring
of 70 I went to work for Ben Holladay
on the track between Alblha and Dutch
Town," as they! called Aurora In those
days. When that work was done I got
work as a laborer on the track at Wal-
lula. In 1882 I went to Pendleton. Next
year I worked all summer at Hood River.
At that time -there was but one store
and a dozen houses. Drink is It? Never
a drop. - I -couldn't - afford to.' I was
saying moneyeither to bring my broth.
er and sister oyer or to support the old
,fo;ka back, home in Ireland.
."Finally I was made assistant "Toad
master at $90 a month and my financial
worries were over. . Later I had charge
of . the division 'between Umatilla and
Pendleton.- 1 X have: served as- assistant
roadmaster between Portland and Des
chutes, between I Pendleton and Hunting
ton, which is one "of the longest divisions,
being 174 miles long., and atso other divi
sions. In 1890 I came to Portland to be
come construction superintendent on the
City A Suburban railroad. Campbell &
Swigert owned the street i(-ailway then.
I superintended the double tracking, on
Grand avenue and built j the line to
Lower Albina and also to St. Johns.
After 10 years with them I ent to Skag-
way and helped build the Yukon & White
Pass railroad over the mountains. . I
put in 10 hours a day and generally got
in six hours' overtime so I made good
money. . I . live in Portland; now. Yes. it
is hard scratching to get along ; living
la bo high. No,; I never saved much for
I was always helping someone else; I
guess you .can classify me ! as a relic of
bygone days. I am like an old engine
that is in the junk pile, i I have seen
my best days." .. '' .
water by a hurricane or lwind; or an
earthquake under the -sea: may be the
caujje. ' - "', j'. t - -.
Submarine volcanic eruptions are of
not very infrequent tjecurrence, and
earthquakes - are liable to accompany
them. Or a mere slipping1 of strata in
the sea fipor may cause earthquakes. If,
incidentally to th volcanic or. seismic
disturbance, one part of the sea floor
sinks or another part rises, there must
be a consequent rush of water, which
may ass-ume the proportions, of what is
called a tidal wave. i
Olden Oregon
The Genesis of the Oregon Agricultural
' College i
Th tB-iiatur, of 1868 passed an act
creating a board of commissioner for
the location of the 90,000 iacres appro
priated pa congress for agricultural col
leges, and to establish such a college.
By thla act a school already in existence
at Coryallia was adopted a the agri
cultural college. Each state senator was
authorized to select one student, not less
than 18 . year of age, who should be
entitled : to two year tuition at the
college. The president of, the college
was authorized to draw upon the state
treasurer for $11-25 per quarter for each
student, the . money to be ! refunded to
the state oat of the sale of agricultural
lands. The commission appointed to
th, Jliuil WAA MHtlMIWl Of John
F. Miller, 3, C. Avery and L H. Douthit-
The Oregon Country
Nortbweat Earjenlnea In Brief JTora lor the
. . . t 8u neader. .
' . OREGON NOTE3 '
Th ntihll uivlM . . ' .
. . vummiasion naa
granted an increase in ratea to the
t-wN.nua ioioynone company, effective
August 1. .-. , .
: Th Rlinjkrlni. T-,-l ' II .
-. -- . -'- -.i:s.iiK company or
Nevada haa received a permit from the
state corporation depwrtmant to operate
In Oregon.
. For a BrMonf nn M lv..i-.v .
arv Tom t VvW".:iuUa"n vr
lodge of Elks received a lif member-
TMtliJ 111 lalQ VUgf3.
' Extniv3 purchases of apptea for f or-
ftlrrn sth I nmant m hainf n .a.
River and White SalmoVv but prices are "
,avh wing illm,U9 pUDilC.
Three gillnetters have been arrested at
Astoria for fishing; during the ISundav
closing period. They had 4-rS pounds
of salmon, which was confiscated.
Carlton McFaddeh, who left the Uni
versltyof Oregon two years ago to enter
West Point, -has received a commission
aa second lieutenant in the regular
army. .
vWitJ! exception of one teacher in
the St.- lelens high school and one
ttKChCr !n..the y'eHt -St- Helens
school, the Tactulty of both schools is
complete.
-Afi shutdown of 80 days to Install
additional machinery, the mill of the
Columbia County Lumber company at
a Mnm iV1" reume(1 operations with
W Vlillk. ...
OrA"-T. rScrd. ,n ,da,ry Production In
Oregon Is that of a Jersey cow tSwned bv
L. A. McCormack of Tillamook. Tester
SSr.f?rQJun, show that the cow
?SL. 1i98.Poun'is of milk- with 116.66
pounds of butter fat.
i .
WASHINGTON :
A change of ownership lias been made'
In the Columbia Shingle company at
Kalama.
The Clarke County Sunday School as
sociation winhold a convention August
24 .and 25 at Camas.
Timber owners have protested against .
the valuations made by the asttessor ot
Cowlitz county to the county equaliza
tion board..
The Walla Walla frm bureau has
taken charge of the flrejt day of tho
Walla Walla fair, which will be held
September 15 to 18. ,
The cost of educating Tacoma school
pupils last year was an increase of $11.60
per capita. On 18,203 students the ex- -penditure
per capita was. $71.54.
Miss Frances Blurock, a graduate of
the University of Oregon school of Jour
nalism, has been appointed society edi
tor of the Vancouver Columbian.
J William Ferguson of Walla Walla will
be presiding judge at the Frontier day
celebration in September. He - is a
banker, stockralser and wheat grower.
At the annual meeting of the Okanogan
County Better Roads association a spe
cial committee was appointed to pro
mote a new departure in county road
management, j
In continuation of the "know your
state" campaign the resource and in
dustries of the state will be taken up
at a series of assembly lectures at the
Washington state normal this fall.
The Thurston county superior court
has sustained the order of the -public
service commission requiring the North
Coast Power company to refund excess -payments
made by the city ot Centralia.
i IDAHO
Non-Partisan of Ada county have
agreed on a list of candidates for county
offices.
i The Grangeville Commercial club is
taletng up the matter of a livestock ahow
and border day celebration.
-The state board of equalization In In
session. Reports have been received
from all but three or four counties.
Forest fires which have been burning
in the Priest Lake district for the pattt
month are now either out or under con
trol. ,.,.,,,)
Dr. E. B. Launaugh has announced hin
resignation as director of the bureau of
publlo health service, department of .pub- -lie
welfare.- j
The Spokane & Eastern Railway &
Power company baa started to. break
r round for th construction of a new
15,900. warehouse at Dal ton.
i Construction on the highway W the
south fork of the Clearwater will begin
soon, the first camp having been ea-
tablished two miles below Mount Idaho.
The publio utilities commission lias
granted grain and vuirehouse companies
of the state increases on raten for the
handling of grain, seed, woorVbeaiia and
peas.
H. A. Lyon, director of the bureau of
market, department of agriculture, lias
filed -protests against the quarantine rul
Ing&Jon the shipment of Idaho potatoes
made by the State horticulturist of Mon
tana. .
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The way some of our high-brow and
high-priced statesmen froths and raves
over some people that goes to the bal
lot box fer a remedy might make you
think they . was . blown-In-the bottln
Bolsheviks. No matter how foolish or
moonshiny a scheme is, them as b'leevcs
In it ha a right to vote for it, nnd
them as don't hain't got no right to stop ;
'em from peaceably assemblin' accordin'
to the constitution. To make votes fer
anything, .go to persecutln' the people
that advocates ILi To make soldiers rer
it, go to hangin of 'em out of hand. The
Abolitionists was built up, and the big
Civil war come, list b'cause some people
didn't know any better'n to persecute and
shut off debate. -
1
Biscuits by the Million Are
Baked in Portland. Of
I Many Varieties.
"Say, look here, what do you think
I am!" exploded the manager of the
biscuit company. "I'm no human
adding machine. I'm in the business,
not of counting but of making biscuit,-
If I had to. count" 'ern I'd
have no time for anything else"
Which la Just another way of say
ing that Portland la by very muah
the biscuit center of the Northwest
and that mo many millions are baked
and sealed into attractive packages
that no one knows Just how many
there are. But the output of three
plants which ' represent an Invest
ment of $750J)0O is not less than
S 2.000.000 a year and between 360 and
400. workers are thereby given em
ployment. More than .100 varieties
of cracker biscuits are baked In the
three plant. Some are square, some
are long, some are oval, some are
salty, some are sweet, some go best
with ' soup and some - dipped in
chocolate or other 'confection mibt
fittingly accompany dessert. ' The
biscuit bakers tell the inquirer, and
consumers confirm their statement,
that the peculiar adaptability of
western flour to biscuit making and
the- excellent methods used result in
biscuits that are toothsome, that are
delicate, that are satisfying and that
are riot excelled toy any other bis
cuits' produced elsewhere in the
United States. One of the local bis
cuit plants is a member of a chain
of plants on the Pacific coast, the
cracker ' product of which has the
third largest; distribution in the
United SUtea. Portland . baked biscuits-
are eaten appreciatively in
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Northern California. The biscuit,
companies say that the people of this
region are very loyal to their branchf.
of home industry. ,
The biscuit baking business Is
stimulative of .grain growing and
milling, for the three plants consume
20.000 to 25.000 barrels of flour a
year.. .....