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Newspaper Page Text. 1820. a ! I.XDEPE.VOEXT SEW8PAPEB C 8. JACKSON i FnMiahcC . 1 K. aim. b eontkUnt, b9 chaertsr n1 J uuu othars rou wouiJ tlw a" unto Pubhtil eVr wctk liy awl Sunday, mornls. ' at Tb Journal BniMiuc. Broadway ana ; hUl street, Portland. Qrtlun. ' " . mri t tU tsuffice st 1'ortland, . Oregon, tor iranuauaiou ttuval i mail M mcoo1 ciA4S niatler. . . , ' TiLKi-HOXliS Mam J 1 7 8, AatomaUe ottU-31. All cUartiucQU rescued bjr Uwh s namtwxm. iuKtlU JJ ADVKHTMI-Vtf" UlSl'KlCsKSTATIV K Uaujamtn Kettinul Co., Itranawics BuiktiBg. fc'Utb lic lci VJ JUtlicli - UtlMlKH. ClllCtfu. - I THE OUE;u.N JOL'HNAU Macro Ux Pi lit to reject aIcrUUK .cupjr itiitu.U Uwou 00 jUonalie. It aUti fill not lrir.l auj sup luai lit any way aiiuuliea ihuui ima.iar or ' tlut caunui rliiy tw recoaDuvtt aa aUer- I StilSCHIPTlON HATES - ,...V f ' Sjr CarrWr. Cnjr aud Country j . j ' UXIVT AND BUSIMT , I ' On weak'. .... .8 .1 -Oo sswnt . . . DAILY SODA ' Una eck 8 -1 1 -P Una aiuntti .... - .a a i ! ! 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WASTING PEOPLE'S MONEY JOBBERS are already. sending out'njo ticesj to the retail trade! of an in " crease In the prices of commodities ito result from the new advance in rail road rates. ! i Railroad men insist that the advance in the i:ost of commodities should njt be more than 2 per cent. In this, the consumrr gets a glimpse, of what transportation means. This added 2 per. cent to an already. high cost of living is concretej proof of how every j i ncrcased freight charge' has to be 1 pam eiiiier . -oy iue couatiiucf-. ur producer. The freight ch.rrge is either - added to the consumer's price or n 3 w hole or in part taken from the priee to the producer. :"-':. ;! ; Then j why. since these great fac tors in )Lhe public life must pay it all, should (jneconomical and wasteful op eration jof railroad lines be permitted,? . . ... . t . . . vSliy should a shipment or ioO cars of soy bean oil be; routed from Seattle via Portland, San Francisco1, Los An geles and New jDrleans to Cincinnati, 417 miles, when from Seattle by the sliortesij and most direct route It could reach Cincinnati in only 2483 mllesj? The unnecessary distance covered. In the long haul via New Orleans was 1683- miles. . - j ' hy should a'trainload of gasoline be sent from Tulsa, Oktaj, via San Antonio, Fort. Worth and San Francis co to Portland, 3177 miles when by direct route over the Union" Pacific Jt could reach, .Portland in : only . 2048 miles? , - ,..j ',i; :',,v C.. Why 1 should traffic be hauled over mountain ranges and longer distances when it can -reach the ultimate con sumer down easy water level lines and in short distances? " - A - j ' t Every mountain climbed by a train, every lengthened distance, increases the ; cost by requiring mor,e locomo tives, more engine crews, more train crews, more. fuel. j M ' j , The added haul of 1643 miles in the soy b?an pfl shipment required at least c.ijr,iocoinouves, is engine crews, 16 extra train crews, 16 extra fuel bills, : wau Vf ALTjiQiab tat? UUb' Vl USB ai ! least 16 extra train days; It was ia fparflll Wnslfl rf miHwv anA ths cost went directly Into the operating ' expense of the. railroads, was jater.put iinto the total operating expense ot the 1 (nfm find iicat! KafiM 1 Ka ti. x . - ... ww. draiv ' commerce commission as an argument I for increased rates was accepted - by '. the commission, as reason for granting metier raits, sua uie uigner rates, as admitted by the railroad managers In case 'of the late advance, went directly into the high cost ' of '.living: by ad vapclng prices at least 2 per cent 'to the consumer.' . -'.!, These are things that can be brought ' within public control. Since the gov s ernment has assumed the .right so to " advance rates as to give the companies a reasonahle-profit over operalins.ex- nensesl'lt lavs' unnn ' if Vlf th& - . . " -r " . . miv t.B'Ull . slbility of seeing that operating, ex . penses are reduced to the minimum.; It is as much the interstate com i merce ' commission's Jmsinoss to stop the I roundabout routings i and long - hauls as it is; to advance rates. It is as much the commission's business to ;requfre trafHc to go by-tho most di-; rect" "and loTst-cost routes, which .means water-fcrade routes,1 as it' is to .protect the revenues of the companies. And it should be the business of the public, if not through the interstate commerce commission, , then by law of congress, to see that suchVcoarse ' Is Riade the fixed policy of the rail toad managers."; ' The Minneapolis Trades ; and ta bor assembly has voted to withdraw all Its funds from local Minneapolis banks'and deposit them in the state bank of North Dakota,' established and conducted by the Non-partisan league. The vote follows the -action of the milk wagon drivers of Min neapolis, whose organization, lias' al ready transferred all its funds to the Bank of ' North Dakota; If, as ex pected.! all the other trades organiza tions take similar action; approxi mately $600,000 will go frm Mis.ne - a. polls to the NonjPartisan, league bank at .Bismarck. , The Incident is evidence of the growing cooperation between Minnesota labor '- organiza tions and tfje North 'Dakota Non Partisans. " -' :t. I i ; BURNING MILLIONS . 8 OREGON" has recently awakened to , the possibilities of tourist travel. Within a few years this state will be selling its sccnen-as great a resource, pr irroaler, than any she has. She will reap : benefits as .Switzerland. Califor nia, Florida, Maine? and Colorado reap them, . ' ' i ' , " ' , j .But 6ho cannot sell scenery that peo- pie cannot see. And they -cannot see Oregon under the present smoke serpen of forest fires. With the. flames throwing np. dense smoke from the timbered areas, ; Oregon is," encom passed sunder a black' cloucL There have, been times during the late sum mer ; when tourists - could not see across vthe rlyer from, the Columbia highway, The; city was hidden from tourists on TerwUllger boulevard; by the smoke sheets. From trains a per- pective was limited to 200 yards. ' And what of the bleak and black ned ' sentinels Ihat; grace the moun-i ainsides. after the fire?,. Are tourists to spend their money -Inspecting bar ren mountains,' marked only by the ruins of the ravaging flames? Are yve goingvto burn In ' Oregon what California Is selling for millions and millions of dollars a year? j Is it the business of courts to stop progress? .What else is that,injunc- ion in Tennessee' but use of . the courts to defeat the sovereign Will of he American people? , - A JUST POLICY SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN'S insist ence that large areas of non-taxable land In forest reserves should be taken into account by'the federal government- in dealing with states in (vhich such lands are. located,- is sond. t would be a policy of even Justice Coos i county is a good example. The people there are taxing them selves heavily for the Improvement of the harbor.' But in that county, a neavy forest reserve area Is , federal prop roperty, and non-taxable. ' That fact esse.ns the, aggregate,' of property, on. yvuicn puonc taxes can he laid and fery greatly increases the proportion that taxable property in the port dfs lrict must pay In raising .money ?o barbor and other public Improvements The same is true of Curry county. This is not merely a local Issue. It :L . ' ' , . ' ' . ijs ; a national issue - pecause It ,- is groundod on a broad principle of jusi tjice and morality: If the federal govr ernment removes a large body oMand vjvithin Coqs county from taxation the government must. In any broad prin ciple of square dealing jrive back' to that county some concession that will, at least in part, compensate' fori the loss vvhich that county sustains- That Contention is riot .a local- but a na tional consideration. .. The federal gov ernment jsan do this bygivlng to Coos county i especial consideration in the matter of appropriations for the har bor.:" L I " j ' , -' I In his trip - through ' the- coast and father counties. Senator Chamberlain "is Storing up first: hand knowledge Of jhe; situation that will be' of great value to him and to the state In push ing his contention before "congress.: J THE SUGAR INDICTMENTS ' - ''i-ii.'f .M ,fcyV..x. I, .' TTTHE ! indictment of officers of - the i Utah-Idaho Sugar company con tains allegations that may throw some ight on why thousands of people can not afford to tseupar except in -the most sparing and scanty, quantity. The; indictment "charges that " the Company, for sugar that cost but ?3.44 to produce, received 248 in the open market, a profit -of ; 114.04 per ' 100 pounds, or a profit : of more than i4 cents a pound, j Stated In other terms. It Is a profit of 19 per cent. - I And sugar is1 nota' luxury, it "lsa factor in the subsistence of every man. woman and child. .Sugar is to the fiuman ' family In the. same classifica tion with water,, bread and the other essentials. - - " ; If the charges in thev Salt Lake in dictments are true. It may be accepted as certain that ' similar unconscion- uie proiits ijave; been ' taken by f e 1 7 other; sugar companies. Then wJo o ue is this-; ? All the' households of America laid under tribute; most of 4hem-denied- the usual supply- of home-canned jfruitsS forr the- winter feason one of the; most essential fac torsj in their uict thus 'taken away through the operation of a conscience less torn of profiteering, on human necessities. '; t , Instead .of wasting its time in mis erable efforts to make artificial cam paign issues,, why- did not ihe late congresa act on. President WilsAn's six recommendatiorrs and pass measures to put an tnd to piratical profiteer 's? rf . WVBrinton, former head of the chain pf Non-Partisan league news papers in North Dakota, is out with a statement Hhathe.' will publish a series' of articles ) exposing, alleged dishonest' management of the af fairs Qf the Non-Partisan league by A. C. Townley and William Lemke. AS HE i IS FRANKLIN' D. ROOSEVELT has a million-vote smile; Jt will be come famous before Ihis ; campaign ends.', I . , ; - t It is big and broad and gcniaL There Is warmth, of heartland fullness. of soul Treliind it. II drives away for mality and puts Roosevelt on Immedi ate friendly terms with audience-, the 1 moment he starts to speak in an auditorium or from the rear. of his train. Even In the brief speeches at small stations ' on the trip through Washington, the faces that appeared with a stony curiosity lighted ur- with a sympathetic radiance long before mere words could have elicited ap proval. It was the magnetic effect of a frank, open smile carrying to each one in the crowd the confidence, and faith that Mr, .Roosevelt has in his f el low men. . ' i ; : : : Mr Roosevelt's manner when In ac tfon Is veiy much like -.that of his distingu ished relative th "late Colo nel Ro)sevcIt, The vice is pitched'ln about the same key land the intona tions are almost identical, i ? The j style is argumentative and mildly persua sive and ; the ; statements direct j with the 'same well -known decision: that Colonel V Roosevelt ' employed, always with marked effect , ' The younger ? Roosevelt does" not, likewise, hesitate tot call things by pointed names. He is no straddler, no disciple of the smoke screen. ' Many at The Auditorium meeting In Portland undoubtedly thought of Colonel Rpose velf when the younger, man in speak ing" of the .claims made against the League of .Nations characterized them as riies.":He did ootj phrase them as "misrepresentations' . or "misstate- ments,", but chose the shorter and plainer word, "lies," a word that was always ; ready for ! use ' in Jiis prede- lessor's: well stocked vocabulary.! And he did not tajk about "normalcy!" ; vThc thought occurred to many in the two days through the state of Washington and at The : Auditorium meeting Jn Portland ( that the older Roosevelt began his national career as an assistant - secretary, of ' the navy, and that the next ?step was the nom ination for: vice president. The nom ination came to Franklin D. Roosevelt m uch' as? to 'his-cousin jand each at once became . an aggressive ' factor in the campaign. . The vigor' and courage for which Colonel Roosevelt ' was . noted is. not lacking Jrr the presienl "nominee. Roos evelt j wades into, his subject waving foibles -aside; and says-with emphasis and1 without reservation what he thinks. 4 -lie gives tio ground. He is not asking for votes for! the Demo cratic party,' Cox or; himself, he ls fighting for;. principles indorsed By America; and Americans .of ' the past and. VreWmiyt'' i: ' V f - He has a personality. His magnet ism equals that of his distinguished cousin, r. Meeting; Franklin D. Roose velt is liking him. ' "He is young and vigorous and democratic," is the state ment of. a Washington man who saw him at Olympja, "and that Is the kind of .men we want at Washington." ' . And Roosevel t, like T. R., is progres sive. He does not survey the world and world affairs from a front porch And, he; does riot look from he front over- the 1 back porch. I Hp 3nnt straight ahead. He wants to improve the tools with which the people of jus native land hew ; out their lives. He wants constructive agencies en couraged, and : destructive destroyed. He wants the world to be'better for those who me in it.. - ; -1 - His opponents are Theodore Roose velt s opponents.; The colonel never joined hands with Penrose. He didn't play with s SmooU He was opposed politically byTWatson. And they are the same gentlemen who now oppose Franklin Roosevelt and the principles for which he stands.-; ; ; v - The vice presidential nominee is not blinded by partisanship. At Portland he said : "We are going to ratify the peace treaty and the League: of. Na tions, in the sprinc-"' By .we, 1 don't mean we Democrats. 1 mean we Dem ocrats and the forward looking Repub licans." i . -4 Three persona : were 'kllled i and three injured, two seriously, when a truck ran; Into the side fof a train near La Grande Sunday. The driver of the truck was looking at an air plane, i , ' - . , , TAXES . IN NORTH DAKOTA " SEVEN-TENTHS of a mill' has" been recommended to the state board of equalization by Tax Commissioner George E. Wallace as the " stae Ux levy of North Dakota for. 1920, ; This Is exclusive of the soldiers' bonus fund created by the legislature of North Dakota to ; pay back' to all f returned service mep the amount of wages or salary lost by them in absence from their civil jobs during the period of service In the war. ; ' The proposed seven-tenths of a mill I a cut from 4 mills in 1918 and re duction! from the, i.9i mills for the state. tax levy for. l si 9. The state tax commissioner further says: " If the legislature wlii adopt the plan 1 have worked out, the 1921 levy will be reduced to sero, exclusive of the soldiers' toonus fund. My plan to raise additional revenue is to amend the income tax law so that " it will produce more revenue, and take the burden of; state government entirely off of land and Other taxable property. Under, such a plan, only those who have an income above expenditures and exemptions will be" called upon to contribute -toward the expenses of state government. "-' :.. '.: , , . T!io cut . in the state levy is heavy. but ii considering its effect there has to be taken jnto account that the tto- tal valuation of taxable property ' Is much larger than when the Leaguers assumed control .of the government The higher valuation of property nat urally decreases the figure pf the levy. But even at that, : the proposeu reduc tion for 1920 Is a cut of more than 170 per cent In the levy for 18 19 and of 470 per cent In, the levy of 1918. . BENSON ' S REB U KB : OF SEATTLE ? By Carl Smith. .Washington Staff Corrcsrjondent of The Journal ' Washington, Aug. " 24. Replying to a complaint 'from Port, Commissioner W T. 'Chrlstensen 'of -Seattle against sec tion 28 ' of the . merchant marine act. which authorises preferential rail rates for export cargoes -carried In American ships. Chairman BeAeon of the shipping board makes a spirited defense of this provision and rebukes the Seattle man for His solicitude ' for'- Japanese lines. Section 28 was T written . into the law by the. request of- the' shipping board. aaysthe admiral, not to "make Seattle the ' coat," as Chrlstensen had , sug gested. "but as the basis -of . protecting your, ports among others in the -enjoy ment or an export - traffic moving in American "ships. ' " ; - , he purpose of congress, says Chair man Benson, "was to give American ships . national , advantage In our own trade with foreign countries; It was not the purpose to aid foreign . snipping, in our trade ; quite -the contrary.' The act is purely an American measure, intend, ed to .meet and bffset the countless dis criminations : by other nations against American shipping with which the ship pins board ships and privately i owned vessels of the United States have had to contend. . . - . i ; . 3 : . , "'Although intimately connected with the shipping: business of Seattle, .there has apparently not 1 entered Into your Calculations the fact that unless Amer ican ships be . substituted for foreien ships in the carrying of the greater part pf your Oriental commerce, the shipyards of Puget Sound, which Ita ve given employment- to -many ; thousands of work men, . bringing, abundant (Prosperity to your community, must close-, their gates. dismiss their employes and, as an indus try, cease to exist "Few, if any, repairs to foreign shipping are, made in Amer ican yards: nor does the -use in mm trades of foreign ships encourage the building: of American ships in American yards, the benefits of which should . be apparent to the merchants and other business interests of Puget Sound. " Benson says he is forced to conclude that Christensen's plea Is based upon concern for the trade of foreign carriers, which are said to have carried over 85 per cent of the Oriental trade with Puget Sound in 1918 and 1919, and that tne Se attle port commissioner is not so deeply interested in cooperating .in developing an American merchant marine .' ' The shipping board chairman cites preferential rates hV rail used wjth suc cess by Germanyv, France and Spain to promote - trade in; ships of those coun tries, and remarks that ! the Japanese have been able to quote rates to interior cities of Japan that other 'nations could make only to the rseaports. : This is purely a domestic question; he says, and not a subject for treaty ; an4 -he then proceeds to quote the Vancouver Sun against ihe , fear that section 28 will drive foreign Vessels from Seattle to the British Columbia, port. . y . ' "The effect of this,'' says" the quota tion from the Vancouver " newspaper, "would be to force the Canadian Robert Dollar line, now operating five vessels but ot Vancouver,' to' American registry. ! The' Canadian Pacific transpacific serv-i ice would be forced to depend solely on freight- secured, in Canada.;- The Blue Funnel liners , trading between- here arid the Oriertt would probably be withdrawn from service. - No' Japanese steamship line could , compete "With American lines in freight rates on the Pacific." . - : : .. - - ; ? i ",-: . - i : ' : -ir V .- ; ; Admiral Benson says studies made at San Francisco show that the .effect of discriminations has been ' to steadily divert . commerce with the Orient from Pacific to , Atlantic ports, until in Feb ruary last or.ly one third of thfs business passed through Pacific ports. In a part-i lng shot to Chrlstensen he says "You seem to have been unaware that during the past few-years foreign car riers serving Pacific - ports' have con stantly diverted : from Pacific ports to those of the Atlantic,, transpacific busi ness which is required to move through Pacific ports In the Interest of a bal anced rail traffic as a means of prevent ing the necessity for increases in rail rates, particularly to the Western- part ot tne united states. Letters From .the People Commnnlotlonj wnf to The Journal Tor publlcaUon in tbu drpartmtnt ahenld be written on only one iue ot tne pPr, should not exceed SOO- wardK in leneth and mast be signed by tlis writer, whose mail address in ..full mast aceoiu- paay iim esounonuoB. j, . , t , . . . , . , ... .. !- ' V- - . : - .1 ; '. s : -" HIOH HOUSE RENTS ' ' Portland, Aug. 22. To the- Editor of ine Journal Wherever . one goes, the cry is heard that landlords are raising rents ; aud, also, in every town there Is ' endless evidence., of room to; buildU Moreover,' appeals are heard . for: city councils, ' state legislatures and congress to Institute Inquiries as: to causes, and for intervention. It seems very funny that- many who deny tha,t the govern ment can do anything -;f or? the people are ready to demand ; that the govern ment do thla or that to relieve them. And, sure- enough, when battleships are needed, or barracks -or hospitals to house soldiers or, sailors, to be- cared ' for,' the ability of the .' government to 'provide to the limit is admitted arid demonstrat ed. But when the soldier comes, home and wants a nesting place where he may house a. wife and rear a family, he finds himself at the mercy of avaricious lovers of the flag for which the soldier ' suf fered and bled, and who gouge him all they: are permitted s parks and play grounds for the soldier's children in the years , to come . are provided -by city, state and nation,' but where is the home? lie is told the government, cannot do that for him; he must look to private enterprise. And. of course, it is so all down the line no homes provided' for congressmen or senators, v They, also, are victims of real estate sharks and landlords. I . remember hearing a 'Con gressman say, -when their pay was raised' to $7600 a year, that it was"-no Rood to them, as the landlords raised their 'rents. ' - -'",.,.,--:, " I wonder when we shall cut our wis- dom teeth and . really - legislate for. the people. If the cities continue to grow, won't it get worse? v'vi John 'WIHlamsv'.', THE "DIVIDED SESSION MEASURE Portland, " Augl 21. To ' the Editor of The Journal I notice that In one issue The Journal ; refers to the i 4 " peri cent Interest tax bin as a "minoos -measure." and in another issue it is called try some of its' opponents a t"Viciou measure": also, by another a "pernicious measure.' someone, evidently, is becoming alarmed. Ellis of this kind are but reflex results ot greed and of other worse attempts at legislation ; for personal ? benefit. It Is chickens coming home, to roost-, i Some Ohe has charged someone too much inter est. Some bank has been, making too mVich money, measured from the. stand, "point of some sufferer; hence the -attempt at regulation. - Saloons sold liquor - -- ' ' '' '' ' i "''-'j' I '' " ' " , , ., ,. ' ' .,.: e. to anyone who came along, and In some of the dives there were " professional rollers" ; so moderately Inclined people were compelled to surrender personal rights. The 4 - per cent interest bljl, though bad, is not the most "vicious" or "pernicious" of all pending measures. Its passage 'would only produce middle men to pull in . the commissions for hunting up idle money, and, therefore, result in a division of profits. The 4 pfer cent Interest law would only make more legislative criminals. It would, prob ably, not reduce interest ates. . There are other bad measures; others pending worse than the 4 per cent Interest bill ; I can name two others at least. h At present, however, I shall name "only one. te-wit. the proposed divided legisla tive session measure. That measure will not only drive business out jot the state by keeping conservative men away, but it destroys representative government. it places a possibility to control the leg. isiaiure in tne hands, of seven , men. Seven senators can form a combination under the Dronoserl "AvHc IH.-1, tio session amendment." ami hnnt bill from being amcndedV-oo matter how erroneous without the amendment, unless me otner 83 members of the legislature come' to. their terms.- Of fall "vicious measures," of all, . "ruinous measures." of -all '"pernicious measures,! and of a)I measures calculated to Invite, people w yuib ior me per cent interest bill so as to even up the score the divided ses sion amendment Is the worst, for it de stroys sane- government ; it does away with legislation in the open, and rele gates the work to the dark recesses of u,d ua..A uincs uuriii tne perioa pi aa journment ; it - places the control Of 11,8 state tn the hands of. a! corrupt few uij, us r uuuuuu, xn way 10 mil the 4 per cent interest bill,! the Port of Portland dock commission bill and the single tax bill, etc.. is for, ithe business men ef the state to come out in the omn against all of these. bad measures now pending, and by this course show the people. . -v D. C. Lewis. Curious B its of Information .1. ! ... i. ior me curious Gleaned From Curious; Places 1 ' America pot Its name really through an , error, i ne learned heads of the University ot St, Die, in Lorraine, rniet and decided that Amerigo Vespucci was. entitled to tne honor, of disco v ery Columbus having only j reached the islands of the West Indies, and that the Western J- hemisphere should bear the former's name. It was afterward shown that Amerigo Vespucci was preceded ity both Christopher Columbus and - John Cabot, but it was too' late. The new world had been dubbed ' "America" and tne. lact 1 advertised In" print. - Olden Oregon SSI In the - Middle t 50s . State ' Capital ? Caused Great Excitement.. ii The territorial .legislature of 1854 to-oTated;- the state - capital at : Corvatlis ana tne state university at Jackson vine, woagress had appropriated 27,- vw iw a, siawnouse ana , )IU,vUO IOR a penitentiary, : The question was s raised as to whether the location of th rani. .tat .could be changed from Salem t to Corvallis , without the . approval of con gress. -It was - decided that ,- It - could not. In the meantime the govemox's office had been, removed to ' Corvallls. The following, December- the legislature passed-, a. measare relocating the- seat of government 1 at . Salem. ( This was later amended by the passage of an other bill submitting- the: matter ito popular vote. Before a vote was taken the almost completed statehouse at Sa lem was destroyed by a fire which lt Mwrusa was or incendiary origin. : , .. - THRIFTr OREGONIANS , ' . From. Pendleton' East OrocoHian Oregonlans show ; the : sixth i-i, number of deposit accounts per 1000 of any niaie in union, accordlne- t ures Issued by the treasury! department. , - ,w w.. ucyvmia in national banks on May 4. 1920. showed of every 1000 persons in Oregon, 275 have accounts, xnis ngure was arrived at on an estimated population for Oreiron of 814,493. Taking the actual census figures into account probably would raise uregon s sianawg. -; i . j- , j -Wyominsr shows the larsvat 384 depositors, in a thousand, i Montana ranks second with S4 9, followed by Idaho 293. Pennsylvania 283, Colorado .280 and Oregon 275.? Of the remaining six states rnSn high, ; two. more Western states qualify. ..M:-' A -. -'- For the entire United Stat. k-"' J90 deposit' accounts for each 1000 Donn- uui uregon is about 50 vkt ccui suove normal, uregon has 252 000 bank accounts in national banks, the survey shows. THE SEMAPHORE I COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF j SMALL CHANGE , Support the symphdhy. .. V Vacation days are nearly - over ; holi days next. '-:... . , - .. . - .. ,rh!t.'.t?.t fk"h snd earn- commission's big "fish" story simply will not down. - ., ... The "Tanks are coming" home again, and as usual bring the i "bacon" in the form of Olympiad trophies. : - . . w "lyt heard of the "million dollar baby," but the palm must pro now to the two million dollar miss" born in New i- a wLno, flock or . , ... .ci "iuuui, wan v sne? MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town EL G. West, bookkeeper for many years at the Oregon, is recovering from a suc cessful operation at . a local hospital. West will be back at work within a" few weeks. -. . :'-i -.'" : - - . ' ' - . ' C C. Berkeley, , who registers from Hay Creek. Or., and who comes to the Imperial just about every three' weeks, has left his ranch again while he visits Portland friends. . ' " ' EL S. Conklin. who teaches education down at Eugene during the university season. -ia spending a few days of his vacation visiting" at the Seward.- Mrand Mrs. William R. DeFuld of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs.- Andrew Young of Kansas City have arrived at the Multnomah to be present at a meet ing j. of the branch managers of Mont gomery - Ward & Co.. of whose stores they are in charge in their respective OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN 7 By Fred "How old would you guess I am? asked Colonel Robert A. Miller of m a day or bo ago. "I doubt if I could tell within 10 years," I answered, "Most people, guess my age as 45,' for I do not ; look older than - that," said Colo nel Miller. "As a matter of fact. though, I .will be " 68 ;; on the twenty second of next October.. I am the last link of the chain. I have no chick nor child - to carry - on the family; name. A man falls to pay his debt fo those who brought him into the world if he leaves the . world without posterity He is a slacker if he refuses to assume the re sponsibilities of 'fatherhood.; Some of these, days I am going to take time to write a boo. I guess -1 wilt have to, ror tne Portland papers are all In a conspiracy ' to drown me In the thun ders of silence. : You will have to get a magnifying glass if you y ever see my name in' any -of- the Portland oanera. I don't mind falking to you, and I can be perfectly reckless In my statements, for I know you will not be allowed to mention my name in The Journal, and the same -thing' holds true of the other Portland papersv. ' "What "have ''I done? Paddled by own canoe.' They claim I don 't know what team work Is, - and that If I don't like the slate I get out. my tomahawk and go' on' the warpath. Talking of the warpath, - I was In the Klamath coun tryr Just before the breaking out of -the Modoc war, with 'a: surveying- party. and it was touch and go as to whether we would get . out alive. Just after I graduated from Willamette - univer sity: in 1878 I was offered a position as superintendent of . schools at Link ville, now Klamath Falls. 1 -decided 1o take up law, so I turned It down and devoted myself to-Blackstone. In 18S0, befng In' need of some ready eash, I helped ' drive a band of range horses from1 Klamath Falls to Salem. When the horses were disposed of. General -;W. H. Odell. who owned the Salem Statesman at that time... offered me a Job aa city editor. 1 1 remember I. wrote up "all the industries of Salem, and as a result, they . landed 187 new subscribers,: which was considered" a remarkable ' accomplishment in those days; - -:.-:. . - . .- v ; r f : T finally decided ,to go "to Portland, where 1 landed with Just six bits In my pocket. i I went Into' the lawofflce of , Judge Robert E. Bybee as a collec tion clerk. He was . the Justice of the peace of Morrison precinct. . ' I made over $S00 " the first year. -' I also did some ' writing on the ' side. During my years at - college I had made pocket money writing personals for Tony Nolt ners t paper, so -1 , was familiar with SIDELIGHTS 1 Oak leaves along the highway are already beginning to turn crimson and in the cool hours around dawn one ean feel a smack ; of autumn In the air. "Sklnnay" and the boys will soon be discarding the baseball end swimming suit, in favor of the good old football and shin guards. Hood River News. ,. , . 'A few years ago the average of bank deposits per capita was about $30. The recent bank statements 'for Coos county show an aveVage of 1225 for each inhabi tant of the county. While someone else has this writer's - share, he is glad to know it is in the county and that he may eventually get it.- Powers Patriot. cities. About 10 or 12 more of the firm managers are expected in the city with in the next day or so. The -Montgomery Ward people have one of the- biggest systems of mall order houses in the entire country, - Weather is not hot in Portland to j. Mr." and .Mrs. W, J. McKlnney. who nave come an the way from Mobile, Ala., with their three small children. The McKinneys are going to reside in Port land in the future.- McKlnney is a commission man. They are temporarily located at the New Perkins. His friends call him "Tubby." be cause of his slse, but he registers as Carl Cooley of Pendleton. Coolev is one of the new owners of the Alexander- store in the Round-Up city and is in Portland on a combined business end pleasure trip. - He la etayjng at the Ben son. : ; .--- . ;:., Lockley that end of the work. In 1883 I went to Crater lake with J. K. Btuart. . the artist. On my way back to Portland I stopped at Salem, where I ran across Dr. VV. If. i Byrd, who advised me to get. Vaccinated, as -there was an epi demic of smallpox. - The vaccination took and It sealed in my eyes. They became so' inflamed I could not read, so I had to" give up reading law. I went to work on a literary weekly here ink Portland called Polaris. I was paid $25 a- week, my title being society edt tor. : Wallace Struble and a man named Mcintosh . were , the proprietors. Win Chapman had loaned them moliey, and when they failed he took It over. He retained me at $100 a month, and final ly . in an unguarded moment : J bought It, signing notes for the purchase price, i The Viilard boom broke shortly after. I took it over, so Chapman let me turn it backhand gave me my note. "I went "back- to the farm at Jack sonville, wnere i worked for several years. I was admitted- to the bar In 1887. I was secretary of the district fair at Central Point for two years. I served In the legislature In 1887 and 1S89. and in 1890 I 'ran against Binger Hermann for congress, but came out second best. I was appointed Vegtster of the land office at Oregon City, where I served four years. I served for seven years as president of the Gladstone Chautauqua, in 1893 I was married to Serelia Griffith Grubbe. My wife died in 103, and : in 1915 I was married to 4 Daisy Daniels Allen of Al bany.i . :A ..t-,K.---1-?-: '..x-.. . .. ""Some day I want you to get In touch with me nd write the story that has never yet been written about the nrr auction of gold here in Oregon. I llv In , ' Jacksonville when a boy, and I have, often talked with C. C Beekmaa. the - pioneer banker. He and others have1 told, me that he bought over his counter in-Jacksonville over $28,000,000 worth of 'gold dust-between 1857 and 1 887. From. . 1862 to 1873 . there , were several thousand Chinamen working the old claims around Jacksonville. They shipped their dust to California or " to. China, so Oregon received rto credit for this gold production. Much of the .gold washed out prior to 1857 was ; shipped' by express to San Fran cisco or carried away In the pokes and belts fit the miners. I believe it Is con servative j to say that the mines c.f Southern , Oregon j have ' produced over $100,000,000 of gold, and ,1 also believe that there is lots of. gold there, as well as other , minerals yet to be discovered. 8om day look up the gold output cf Oregon and you' will have a story chat will open the eyes of our-own-citizens." The Oregon Country .ttliwtt.it Ua-ve!i 'n Pru-f lrm far the T. OREGON NOTES . I A Charrhcr of Commerce has been or ganized nt Tillamook. I Attorney General Krown la spending his. vacation on Rock creek in Douulas sniintv i.l n I Secretary f State Kozer i. worrvlng over the problem of housing the .various state bureaus and departments. I According to a directory census, the present population of Bend is 6500. The government census rave ii -115. Whooping cough and dysentery ,re prevalent among Hood River chlldrun. J'he diseases! are in a Mild fnrm. Itudolph aulHt, a 15-year-old bov ot Tillamook, nccldentally Phot and killed limself while hunting, Vdneaduy Secretary tf . State K'-zer has (rone to San Francisco to attend a meeting of the i National Traffic association. I et.wen 800, and 400 surlns: pheasants "... wt, imh'x-i to Mur.una imni - ... Uensoti pheai-ant farm nt Silverton. J Gordon O.lBrown of the Hood River exierlment station Ivan been elected sec Vairl. jf lh!tIod River County Fair l.?Uh,',f of. Police Shambrook of Rose- i--'' Vm. aecinred war on lckal Bpeert-!Tf- jatlons are becoming too nu merous, he says. . k.nll artlett pear crop harvest is In tull swimr. ati Grants I'ans. About one Hi thFT"1 '" th warehouse Or already shipped. . !jh ,Bker icounty Chamber of Com- sono a repremiitative t.o Heat- , m r i r ule lrrKation congresd to Forest fire in tv,. n,,. J 2. founty-.Hre bU under control of ire fichters. . Tho t.. i... rinert .r-:,":,S". . r w i. i r e a. r'.1', farmer near I.ebanonT Mas had y Injured when the team he kjas drivins was hit by the Woodburn Albany train at Urewster stailonT I Tho.body of an. unidentified man has been found in an abandoned minim tun nel near Pleasant Valley, Uaker county. Indications are that it was a case of Self destruction. Reports ftom Deschutes county farm ers indicate! that the recent frost bene fited rather than injured the potato crop. It stopped the prowth of the tops snd stimulated the trrowtlrof the tubers. : i WASHINGTON The Walla Walla agricultural end itock fair has offered a prize of $15 :o the baby from the largest family. The i public service commission has Jllrd complaint airalnst-tho proposed In crease in local freight rates on ship ments west of the Cascades. During the past week, electric power n Central la haft been off. u n av,r,irA yf-on houri daily, causintr considerable inconvenience to local industry. I A cougar ! measuring 8 feet from tip to tip, has been killed on the Queets Hver with a six shooter by the young son of the Clearwater forest guard. I A timber fire has done considerable ramage to ' the holdings of Kmery & Nelson ' at Napavlne. Two donkey en. gines jWere partly destroyed among other equipment. The annual Chelan school cfnsu Mhows there are D872 children of school utre. In thel county, of which 3026 htm boys, i The total gain of children during- tne year was ib. Designation of January 16 as Temper ance day, with observance In the schools of the state, will be asked of the next state legislature by the. state Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The Seattle Central Labor council has indorsed a movement to convene a con. to oppose any move by President Wil son againstj Russia en behalf of 1'oluml. Unless a j decision on the validity of the Wtttta i Walla water bonds Is ren dered soon by the state supreme court. It ijvill be impossible to becin work on the city water system extension this year. .;. j IDAHO. Reports from the north fork of the Ooeur d'AIene river are that fit'hiiiK is exceptionally good. ' Forest fires in the Coeur d'Alene dis trict, which were reported well tn JihiiU a few: days ago, have taken on new life, Ray Stebblns, the primary choice for sheriff. of Nez Perce county on the I'phi ocratic ticket, has filed notice of hii withdcSwal from the race. -' The'' University nt Idaho is confronted with the possibility af lowing fv-riil new members of its faculty, w ho are un able to find houses in Muucow f.r tlicir families, Lttickl political authorities at Kandiwilnt are iuetioniiiK the status of the ii.-mu-c ratio deleBUtes to t he state -mi vc-n I ion as a result of the Reatlnjr of t ur dele gates JllcKally by the county convention. The Great Issue Cannot le Dodged From New York livening Post Only a few days ago many Republic ans were cheerfully repeating President Wilson's words about "a. great and sol emn rererenaum . wun . expressions or total confidence In the result. Now -we iee evidences of doubt. Will Hays at Marlon tells us that the Issue, after all. s "Wllsonism" and ihe administration's failure. The iniquities of the treaty, with its surrender of Americanism, are a, part of Wllsonism, but apparently only a minor part, lias Mr. Hays concluded I hat the original battleground is. not the admirably strategic position it seemed? Will Hays' statement of the- new,, real"! Issue: is a-confession of -Re pub pican weakness. Unwilling to give the fmphasli to tht..Jfague,Von what do Republicans lay emphasis? The Demo cratic record, says Mr. Hays. That, to ' the American majority, stands "for a Sinful squandering of our great re sources, a saturnalia of extravagance, a. cataclysm of perverted purposes and broken promises and, finally, an abso lute betrayal of American rights and in terests." Well, the Democratic record bay show'mistakes of Judgment snd ex ecution, but: it shows also a great .war fought out to complete victory. Its war record; beside the Republican war record of 18fl. Is alasxllner exhibition of wis dom, energy! and cleanness. Apart from t he conflict j with Germany, the Demo irrats can boast of a splendid reorRaii Izatlon of the natron's financial system iind of progressive legislation which in 1918 qeddedly assisted In reelecting Wil- For the Republicans to follow Mr. Hays' battle1 plan and try to avoid the embarrassing question of the league while attacking "seven years of Demo cratic i maladministration" and breath ing generalities about "the sturdy, in iBistent .Americanism of Harding and jCoolldge"! would be a threefold error. Their emf basis would be upon the rat ivhile Americans are thinking and Cox campaigning upon the issues of the iresent and ; future ; upon destructive riticlasrn while the country is demand." Itij- constructive policies. They would be thrown into the position of assailing, Ulong with Democratic. mistaken, achieve. rnerit In which all Americans take a pa Irlotlc pride.! But, above all, they would be dodging I the great Issue uppermost. In the: national mind and In dodcins it they: cerltj would convict themselves of Insin- rity and cowardice. - Uncle Jeff Snow Says: They're a-startin' a sassiety in Port land to git back the kick and the froth into beer, and I hain't got no doubt-a lot of fellersM Jlne In .'the hopes of some slch a thing; but revlvln' a corpse was alius a most tiresome job at best, and the longer the revivers Is a-g-lttin' started the" harder it works out The only pla'-e John Barleycorn can be revived is as" denatured alcohol to bust up the gaso line famine, i and he don't, promise mucJi along that line at leant, not yit.