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THE CAR RIDERS
Tf HE federal electric, railway com--
mission, after a year of study of;
the problems of the electric railways:
of the country, has reported to Presi-j
i dent Wilson. In lis report the com
i mission says: . . j
The elimination of special assessments
for sprinkling, pawing-, bridges, etc. is
recommended by the commission, on the
ground that the entire community, and
' particularly the automobile owner, gets
more benefit from thes things than the
'-streetcar rider. " L j
. i The commission holds that the bur-
dens of the community should not
be shifted to the car rider and jthe
commission "deems It equally WTong
that their operation (railways) should
. be -for the profit of the public In the
sense that funds collected from' the; car
' rider in excess of ordinary taxes upon
, ;the railway properties shall be turned
- into the municipal treasury. j
V 'This commission, composed of rail-
wy, economic, and financial experts
' of the United States, has laid down a
principle in street railway operation
that The Journal has recommended for
years. This paper has repeatedly ;
pointed out the gross Injustice of 'evy-
ing fixed charges, such as bridge tolls,
- cost1 of pavement franchise and! li
cense taxes, and the cost of free rides,
on the car rider. They are burdens
: that rightfully belong, to the commu
inity as a whole, not to a class that
can, ill afford to pay them and to
whom under no rule of reason orj
rfgttteousncss can they be justly
charged. , J
The commission also laid down
other fundamental principles that
must be taken Into account in the
, maintenance and operation of the
street railways of the country, i
Sime of those principles are:
. Street railways everywhere : should
r serve the public at cost t !
: The valuation should be fixed by
agreement . " T ;
The companies -should be allowed
,a fjxed return on the Investment; ;
Managements, employes and public
hae a solemn duty to perform,
' each toward the others. Transporta
tion service should not be paralysed
by strikes or lockouts. Disputes
shohld be settled by arbitration bind-
Ing on ioth parties. ' -: :
When lines are extended into but
lying territory In a way. to benefit
'-'private property the costs should be
borne by the private interests to the
extent of tho benefit acquired. Such
extensions should not "be Included in
- the valuation.
conditions 6hould govern franchises
'.'and: fares.
i The essentials ' to continued opera
tion of the railways on a wholesome
. basis are restored credit to the com
' panies, and cooperation between com
; panies, employes and the public!
' The report gets at the basis of the
"railway problem. Most of he princi
ples enunciated are sound. Those that
are sound should be written Into the
. pages of railway operation throughout
.he' country. ,
In his letter In The Journal Tues
. day, the former state market com
; missioner of California took, the
i exact view, that The Journal baa
presented . on the milk 'Controversy
In - Tnrtljrl.T' Cftlftn! Wklmtnolr
argues' for cooperative organization
among the dairymen as a means of
obtaining such a price as will keep
them In the business and keep them
producing." if not they will go out
of business. th milk supply will be
shortened, and prices to corvsuraers
no f higher. Colonel a Wemocn a
knowledge of the Bubject waa jrained
from a. lone and successful experi
ence to helplniT form the wonderfully
effective . cooperaUye orranlxatlcnB
among the farmers of Calirornia.
; A BILL. OF FOLLY
T" VERY 35 .nJnuleg : somebody i
TLa killed by an automobile. That
is the toll the year around. And It is
Increaslmr, r That is what figures com
plied by the National Safety 'Council
show.' '
Three Himds as many people are
killed by automobiles as by all the
railroads and in all the mines and in
all factories of i Ihe country. Tfie
number 'ot automobiles Is increasing,
and with the Increase the toll grows.
It is greater in New York this year
than last, 'greater In Detroit, and 25
per cent creater in , Chicago, with
the increase- in automobiles and the
increase in pedestrians, space for their
travel does not keep pace. Streets are
not "wider. They are not longer. It
means more ' automobiles ' and more
pedestrians to tye square foot, and
therefore more congestion. It is, con;
geslion, along wltli recklessness and
carelessness, that causes accidents, In
juries and killings. In Portland one
of every two collisions Is in the con
gested district ,
; The public suffers. Included In the
public are the safe and sane drivers
Also included lo the public : are the
careful pedestrians. The reckless
drivers and negligent : pedestrians are
at .fault, I Frequently a careless pedes
trian Is responsible for an accident
in which he plays no part He forces
a driver or another pedestrian into
position for a collision. ' !. - -The
erring drivers will be : weeded
but in Oregon by the license law and
severe and firm application -of the
statutes, j The negligent pedestrian
will in time pay his bill of folly with
life or limb, . J : .
The Republican state convention
of Idaho yesterday formally Indorsed
Senator Borah's stand against the
League of Nations. Senator Borah
said he wouldn't accept the league If
it were proposed by the Savior of
mankind. - He and Hiram threat
ened I to bolt the national ticket if
the Chicago platform in any way
favored the league. Borah is against
a league of any : kind, and Indorse
ment: of his position by the Idaho
Republicans makes It hopeless for
any ; I Republican ? , who ; favors the
league to expect help towards per
manent world peace from his own
party. t 1 -
A LUMBERING CENTER
IN ASTORIA many men have risen
from poverty to affluence, and be
come bank presidents, factors In com
merce, logging and lumber magnates
and taken other positions of promi
nence and trust in the financial and
industrial world. ,
It is a city of very great opportu
ity. .'. . - . ,
The lumber Industry has given many
of them their chance to rise. 'It is a
chance that will long stand wide open.
Government figures place the standing
timber of Clatsop county at 15,097,285,
000 feet. Immediately tributary to As
toria on the Oregon and Washington
side is 60 billion feet The Columbia
river gives Astoria an emphasized ad
vantage in the business because of the
economy with which logs can be
floated from distant points to the mills.
It costs, for example, but 30 cents
a thousand to float logs from the
Washington side to the Astoria saw
mills.1 The river currents land ocean
tides make it a matter! Of extraordi
nary economy to move logs from long
distances up the river on both sides
to the place of . manufacture. This
advantage ! is very certain to have a
telling effect ia developing the lum
ber Industry at the mouth of the
river. ;
There is 1.361,648,000 feet of standing
spruce in Clatsop county. There Is
raw material in large supply in the
region for a paper mill for the manu
facture of, news print When a rail
road down the coast is finally built
as it will be some time, an inexhaust
ible supply of such material 4wlll be
within reach of Astoria,
i A hundred million feet of spruce
lumber was supplied by Clatsop coun
ty for manufacture of airplanes dur
ing the war. Six spruce camps Avere
maintained,, ami in some cases log
ging railroads were built to them.
The county, in supplying "spruce for
airplanes and other forms of lum
ber for ship building, was a scene of
busy war activity.
In peace, the lumber operations are
not less active. At least a, dozen big
logging companies, whose camps "are
provided with every : known form of
modern equipment are in constant op
eration. ;: All have a heavy working
capital and all are conducting a suc
cessful business. There are 187 miles
of logging railroads In the county.
Headed by the Hammond mill with
a dally capacity of 450,000 feet, there
are 11 big aawmillsin the county. The
combined daily output of these mills
is 1,100,000 feet. Few, ; even in As
toria, realise the proportions to which
the lumber industry in that section
will mount The ocean, with its dis
tant markets' clamoring for timber
products. Is almost-within a stone's
throw. ; The port Sas provided dock
facilities with modern equipment that
are Dot exceeded in any port anywhere.
The harbor; and entrance are as good
as any to be found" in the world.
What is more, the people rc alive and i
alert to the situation. Tlir havf 1
spirit of maritime progiee. Tcy ira i
; " . ? t .: i . ......
- i - ' - -
1 .:, .. " i- . ::
talking the language ot the sea and
thinking in terms or me sea. i
Astoria is only at the beginning of
its growth. i
They are to have a three-cornered
state caVn paign In Idaho. I Three en-
ventlons ih thai state yesterday put
three state tickets in the field Re
publican. Democratic sshd Non-partisan
league. Th Non-partisans have
barrels of " money, : and the aggres
siveness of their canapaig-n iwlllj.go
far in making the state campaign
overshadow the national drive in that
state. At the same time it la quite
possible that the mix-up may exer
cise a determining influence in de
cidlng where the electoral vote of
Idaho will go. : .
MILLIONS IN LEAKAGE
'X'HE hazard of debt Is repeatedly
1 - exemplified
in the conduct:
of
public affairs
The state highway cSmmission' of
Oregon let contracts for construction
months ago. The actual cash-for pay
ment for the work was not in ' hajpd
The credit of the state: was employed.
The commonwealth went Into debt to
lay the highways. Time or" payment
came. Bonds were sold. They brought
less than 90 cents on the dollar be
cause interest rates had soared to tin-
usual heights. . j f
Another ..'issue wasi . disposed.' of
Tuesday. It brought a. trifle above 90
cents .on the dollar, t Ah Issue ! of
11,500,000 was sold fori $1,351 ,000. The
loss to the state is f 149,000 because ihe
bonds,! when redeemed, will bring
$1,500,000 out of the state treasury! ;
r : Here is a case of credit under ihe
most able public" administration, ! re
sulting in a considerable leakage, i No
man can tell, when he goes in debt
what the interest rate will be if ihe
must borrow to get out i . I -1
The debtor maintains ! the I loan
agencies of the United States.' ! He
pays the salaries of huge staffs of
employes. He pays rent in costly lo
cations. He pays a profit to the man
agers. He pays for the business, pays
debts Incurred by the institutions,
and on top pays a return on the Busi
ness. 1 " ''jv.H-V-;. j (if
There are thousands and thousands
of loan agencies throughout the Coun
try, i Their rent runs j into millions.
The cost of the business and the : re
turn thereon run Into more millions.
That is what the borrowers of the
United States pay in leakage.
A .great commission which has
been studying street railways makes
recommendations relative to !dar
riders wnicn me journal Has ad
vocated for years. Many things pro
posed and ' pushed by The ' Journal
are often opposed by people : who
find out later that The Journal was
right. , . - ,;
MUST TAKE SHORT CUTS
EVEN If they carried traffic over the
most direct routes! the railroads
are utterly unable to haul all the traf
fic of the country. Applying the
greatest economy in the use of ears
and motive power they Would still be
unable to move the whole volume j pf
business. i.: t-'; j' '
The ; railroad situation is. not new.
It is not merely a result of the w tr
and the war disOrganlxatlQn. f , ; i
Years ago James J. Hill said the rail
roads must have $5,000,000,000 in bet
terments to meet traffic demands. The
railroads did not get the sum or aiy
considerable part of It f They cannot
get what they need now, and nevjsr
will get it, because the country Is ih
ereasing in growth and that increases
the, demand on the carriers. The coun
try is outgrowing the capacity of the
roads. The roads can never catch tip,
even under the most efficient opera
tion and the most effective use of
equipment and ; facilities. I t i - I
Their : financial -problem i is. bigger
than the' roads. Even Ithe Pennsyl
vania has borrowed money on a 9
per cent oasis. iNeany a billion dol
lars has leen assumed 'by the roads
in increased wages. Rates are in
creased an average of 3i I per cent
and even with that the roads have
maturing obligations that give them
great anxiety. Maturing 3 per cent
bonds must be refunded with bonds at
an Interest rate that is! staggering;
As to the power of Ithe!
roads to
happened
move traffic, we know what
in war time. They collapsed
railroad president publicly!
. A great
confessed
that 15 to 30 per cent of the traf flo
could not be handled by the lines.
In order to get service the government
was Compelled to take over (the roadls,
harmonize them into a single system
and take all the short cuts in routing
traffic. By applying shorf cuts and di
rect routes and using every possible
means i of economy through 1 limited
service, the government (succeeded Ijn
getting traffic to its destinations. II
One factor that helDed the arovern-
ment was its use to the full of all
waterways. To wait for) the roads to
handle ; the; traffic, without employing
the waterways as auxiliary and inte
gral part of A great systeiki will be
like waltng for the day iof Judgment
The great lakes and the) great rivers
must become : factors. The ' railroads
cannot do the business alone. . ij
What, in this impotency of the
roads, is the spectacle of 150 ears of
soya bean oil jrouted from Seattle via
Portland, San Francisco and New Or
leans to Cincinnati, 4176! miles; when
by direct route, Cincinnati could have
been reached in only 2483 miles sav
ing an unnecessary haul of 1693 miles?
: What of the spectacle of a train
load of gasoline routed : from Tulsd,
Oklahoma, via San Antonio! and Sah
Francitsro to Portland, i 3177 miles'.
m lu-n i ju!d have" readied, Portland
via the Union Pacific In-only 2048
miles, with a saving in train haul of
U89 miles?
What of the constant haulage Of
trains over the .mountains to Puget
sound rom territory reached by a
shorter! w ater,' grade route to Port
land?? . :
The railroads are no longer a private
snap; they are a public agency." As
such the publio authority over them
should require them to appl every
detail of economy' in operation and
every lac tor, that will give service.
If that Is not. dene, they will ' sink
to lowier and lower levels : of in
competency and inefficiency.
HARDING'S PONZI
POLITICS
A. "Mystery Administration" Presented
lor contemplation by tne feopio
. of America,
jrrom the New Tork World
Senator Harding has informed the
newspaper correspondents at Marion
that "there -will be a complete reversal
of our I foreign policy if there is a
change of administration." When asked
for something more specific the -candidate
replied : "You will have to excuse
roe from going into deta-ils at present,
but I think the Republican party will
expect - a . Republican administration to
make ,sj sweeping change of foreign
policy If we win."
Just What this means, nobody knows,
least Off all, perhaps. Senator Harding.
But what does a. "complete reversal" of
the foreign policy of the United States
Imply T war with Mexico? Recogni
tion : of the Bolshevist government in
Russia? Continued massacres of Ar
menians by ., the Turks? The United
States encouraging Europe ' to return
to the imperialistic system which pro
duced the world" war?
: Senator Harding does not say. There
must be! - Complete reversal - of our
foreign policy" because, the Republican
party will expect "a sweeping change,"
and the! Republican party In ; this in
stance is the senatorial oligarchy that
defeated the treaty of peace and voted
for a separate peace with Germany.
The foreign ; policy of the United
States ia now "directed towaTd preserv
ing the peace of the world. In guaran
teeing the rights of small nations, in in
surlng the freedom of oppressed peoples
and - in preventing another great war.
That is the policy which Senator Hard
ing Intends to reverse, and reverse com
pletely ; yet : the American, people are
not to be consulted about it. -The issue
Is-' not to be submitted to them in any
definite Jrorm. . The senate leaders are
to decide after election and the coun
try is to trust the senate leaders. If
more war comes out of it the American
people will, still, retain the privilege .of
paying the taxei and doing the dying.
s Senator Harding is playing Pons!
politics t Ith practically . all the issues
of the campaign. He has shown him
self ready : to promise anything that
might attract votes, and is not- at all
concerned . about the manner or the
methods by which his promises are re
deemed. It Is enough for him that the
gullible ure always gullible. When he
is asked for details of his program he
Is again like Ponzi, who would explain
nothing because the "mystery" was the
basis ot his operations.
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In any other country in the world a
political leader of the status of a candi
date for president, who announced his in
tention to make a complete reversal in
the foreign policy of his government
would bej compelled forthwith to file a
bill of particulars. He would be forced
to submit his policy to a popular vote.
But Senator Harding submits nothing,
and the country does not take him seri
ously enough to demand a statement
of his ' program. - Nobody regards him
tn any sense as the leader of his party,
but merely as the office boy of a com
mittee of senators. There have been
many strange situations in the history
of American politics,' but nothing else
so strange as this. .
Letters From the People
Comttniitcatioai aeat to The Journal for
publication
in tbnv departaaant ahouki be written
oa only onal side of the paper, abould not exceed
100 word In Jenstb aad must be aiaaed by the
writer, whoa aaail address ia lull uiut acooaa
pan the eqnUibuuoa.1 :
FOR REVOLVERS EVERYWHERE
PorUanfl, Aug. 23. To the Editor of
-
The Journal .During the past few years
I have read many editorials in your
paper dealing with the revolver and urg
ing that their manufacture be prohibited.
Recent articles of this ntaure have pro
voked me to reply. I am-in no way con
nected with or interested in the manu
facture or sale of revolvers. In an
article of date July 28 In commenting
on automobile and pistol ; murders a
writer aaks that the manufacture of
revolvers be prohibited.- To be consist
ent with the line of reasoning he used
in the article he. should also ask that
the manufacture of automobiles be pro
hibited. ; In another article, August 2,
the presence of a revolver Is given as the
excuse, for the murder of Til Taylor.
No mention was made of the factithat
were it nojt for revolvers in the hands of
Taylor and his party, capture of the
prisoners would not have been made.
Til Taylor's death was due to the fact
that he did not use his revolver when the
prisoners iflrst put in an appearance.
In my opinion, to say that doing away
with the revolver would reduce the num
ber of murders is childish. It certainly
snows lack of Understanding of human
nature. One might as well say that to
do away with one brand of whisky would
make the country dry.. I wonder if the
writer would prefer a. nice, leng knife
In the hahds of future holdup men to
the "murderous" revolver. The posses
sion of a revolver now is almost to the
same clasfc aa the moonshine stilt The
recent war showed the effect of revolver
restriction laws pot Into effect by long
haired seajlots. During the war officers
were armed with the pistol aa their only
defensive weapon. Because of lack Of
practice and their Ignorance of the arm
not 10 per cent of them could hit a man
at JO yards.
If It is really your desire to do rood
for humanity, and not a theory of your
own. my idea would be to do everything
possible to get a revolver Into every home
and teach every boy or high school age
the proper use of same. If a burglar
know you have a revolver in your home
and know how to use it he wiU think
twice before entering. . Auto drivers
would havje more respect for the pedes
trian if they , thought there was a run
in hia clothes. U. F. McDonald.
"THAT i MAKES ME THINK" 5
Hood River. Aur. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal Some- writer tn the Sat
urday Evening Post took it upon him
self to wlte an article entitled The
Old Fashioned - Man." He goes on to
say, or leads you to believe, this old
gentleman from 15 to 60 years has grown
rusty, umid ana modest, and believes tn
the privacy of purity, honest labor, sub
stantial pep and sanity. - Or. gosh ! - he
wears four buttons on his coat lnatteaui
of three. This la easy the good wife
has patched and darned year before
last's suit to down the high cost of new
style toggery.:;-'. 'i.;''-..
This old) fashioned man believes also
In modesty. He thinks bare backs and
low cut fronts belong to the African oa-
"WITH
VA
Uvea Nearly right, is he not? Trim
ankles? Why not? Nothing out of the
way about this; only, when so much Is
exposed to the light it may become old
and tarnished. Cold is found resting in
its beauty, beneath the earth, snugly
covered with sand and earth in the
gravel at bedrock without its purity tar
nished. Did you ever meet this fellow in your
' town? '
Have you ever wished you had? Look
" around.
He's there. He's fair and square.
Though white has streaked his hair.
Why, we need him in our land.
This old fashioned man., j
Sure, he's - modest in his ways,
And has helped in bygone days. -He
believes in keeping step i
With an honest, forward pep.
Better keep him near at hand.
This old fashioned man. .
There's his wife ; she's modest, too.
Now I hear you say, "Ah. pooh !"
But she thinks lie's mighty grand.
This old fashioned man.
NO. he's not behind the times
For hating favored crimes.
Four buttons on his coat, .
Get's WiUiam's fashion goat.
So. you say, he' not the fad..
This old; fashioned lad.
t Edward H.
Dreske.
CUT OUT EXTRAVAGANCE
Portland, Aug. 20. When the produc
ers leagues get' together and sell direct
through their own community stores and
agents, to the consumer, cutting out the
profiteers, middlemen, then the. consum
er will reap the benefit and compel the
schemers to go to work and produce.
Then a true level will be found and
profits will be equalized. But to regulate
both the consumer must cut I out "ex
travagance." In "aping" the wealthy the
wage earner acts the part of i the "foot
and his money soon parted ; for did they
but notice it. they will find that it is
the wealthy who are practicing economy
to the very letter. Labor doe not know
the value of money, only when they re
ceive a moderate and fair wage, and they
never will learn. Thaua what brought
the downfall of the Roman empire,
wealth and wanton extravagance in
dress, or undress, and doing, homage to
licentiousness instead of homage to the
giver of all good things God. The
Creator, ia almost forgotten, j churches
empty, movies filled. No more Sunday
observance, nothing but pleasure. Load
of meat going te the. Incinerator -rather
than be sold even at cost. That In itself
should be amenable to the lawj equal to
robbery, as It Is robbing the poor and
needy and those of small mean with
their right to live Independent iof help
charity or otherwise in this prosperous
country of plenty. Osborne Yates.
i MODESTY OF THE GREAT
Prom the Beaton Transcript
"It's a good thing we can't ! see our
selves as others see us," someone re
marked to-Whistler. f
"Isn't It, though." replied the ; artist.
"I kn5w in my own case I should grow
intolerably conceited." ; . - i : .
Curious Bits of Information
J ' for the Curious f
Gleaned From Curious Places
Crocodiles which were in the swamps
of the West Indies when the first ex
plorer set foot on the islands are bask
ing there yet, and in the ocesm still are
whales that frequented : the . coast of
France when Joan of Arc; was a child
and when In 1415 Henry V. of England
landed in Normandy with a great army
and seized Honfleur. . These whales. If
they could talk and cared to, could tell
us that In those day there were large
whaJe fisheries along the Basque coast;
in' fact.' pretty generally In the Gulf of
Gascony. ; For whales live several cen
turies, while elephants rarely pass 100
years; but carp, parrots and swan oft
en become centenarians.
Olden Oregon
Progress of Improvement of Navigable
; Streams in the 50a. i
Early navigation of the Willamette
river was much Impeded by rock and
rapids. In 1852, on the Clackamas rapids
below Oregon City. $ SO, 000 was expended
in ; removing - obstruuctlons, and the
channel . was . also cleared to Salem.
Through private interest the Tualatin
river was. made navigable for some dis
tance. A canal was dug to connect the
RickreaU with the , WUlamette. At Ltv
fayette a bridge was erected across the
YamhilL It was the first structure of
it 'kind in the territory In 1853 the
Hock villa Canal Ac Transportation com
pany waa organized to construct av basin
above the Willamette falls on the west
side of the river to eliminate the portage
of roodri mile or more.: i -
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MY COMPLIMENTS, MADAM"
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CosrHa.hr, 1020. by Tha
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE' j
Following the Olympic games a Fin
lander predicts that the American teams
will be defeated in 1924. He' looking a
long way ahead for consolaUon. -
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1 General WrangeL is in command of
the antl-Bolshevikl forces In Southern
Russia. As a matter of fact it looks as
though the whole country is in a gen
eral wrangle. . -.
Even the Chinese, who asks no more
than - a pittance of rice for existence,
ha occasion to deplore the high cost of
living because the price of his staple
commodity has doubled within the last
few months. i
Jpm:j '-MWi
MORE OR LESS-PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
B. F. Jones, who is a member of the
Port of Newport commission and also
a member of the Oregon legislature. , is
among the recent arrival at the Im
perial. Other politician staying at
Metsch&n's place are Denton G. Burdick,
former member of the legislature, from
Redmond, and Robert N. Stanfleld. who
la the candidate for United States sena
tor on the Republican ticket.
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Mr. and Mr. E. C. Sheehan and two
daughters, from Tacoma, are at the
Oregon, where . they- are staying, en
route to- California by automobile.
Mrs." D. P. Ketchin of The Dalles,
whose husband Is one of the big sheep
growers of thai region, arrived Tuesday
at the Imperial. She ' waa -joined
Wednesday by her sister. Mrs. I C.
Schanno. -j VI
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Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Reed of Reeds
port which was named after them, are
visiting at the Imperial. The Reeds are
old-time residents 'of the Umpqua har
bor district and formerly lived at Gardi
ner. Reed ia interested In lumbering.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL-MAN
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-i By Fred Lookley
By today's mall I received a letter
from William G. MeAdoo which reads a
follows:
"My dear Mr. Lockley : I have Just re
ceived the copy of The Oregon Journal
of July 27 containing your sketch of
Til Taylor, and I must say that nothing
has happened In many day to shock
and grieve me so much as the death of
this splendid fellow.
"The paper you sent-me contains the
first information I have had on the sub
ject. I cannot teU you how grieved I
am to learn of . the death of-this valu
able citizen and brave and splendid
American. I know nothing of the de
tails of the crime, and I wish very
much you would send me newspaper
containing the full account of just how
it happened. - '
i "The Pendleton Round-Up will never
be the same without Til Taylor. He was
a rare man and one could not help being
impressed with his fine qualities.
"With my kind regards and best
wishes. I am
; . . "Cordially your. W. G. MeAdoo."
r . . .
: Is it not strange that, meeUng hun
dreds of thousands of people, as W. G.
MeAdoo has during the past few years,
he should have been so Impressed by
the sterling qualities of Til Taylor? . It
shows that TU had that rarest of qual
ities, personal magnetism. The reason
he impressed all with whom he came
in contact in this way was because he
was a man of character. Like a bit
of radium, he gave off friendliness aad
good fellowship without ever suffering,
any loss of it. I have talked with men
whom TU ha arrested and they are
more firmly attached to him even than
those with whom he came in contact in
a social way. Big in body, in heart and
in understanding of the temptations that
come to men. Til. by hi fearlessness,
his friendliness aad his squareness, won
all. - ' , , .- , i - -
I shall never forget my first meeting
with TU. It was about IS year ago.
I had gone up to Pendleton to do some
missionary ; work for The Oregon Journal,-
which had just been taken ever
by C S. Jackson. While there X be
came Interested in the East Oregon ian
and purchased a quarter Interest In it.
The first day : I. struck Pendleton I
dropped into The People Warehouse and
bought i a broad brimmed gray Stetson
hat. An hour later I" went Into the
French- restaurant, hung my hat on a
nail - on the wall near, my table and
ordered supper. At e. table nearby was
a small man with a nointed white beard
who X eubseauenUr learned was Jimmy i
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Preaa Poblfthinr, Co. (The New Tork World)
NEWS IN BRIEF
j SIDELIGHTS
The brand of c6urteay dispensed at
the city water office Is not much belter
than tne water itself. Astoria .Budget.
I . ... .
The person who hss not yet had his
summer vacation, or pians made for one,
is about as rare as a destitute farmer
In the Coqullle valley. CoqulUe Senti
nel, i -
And still some of that grass along the
walks remains uncut. It is surprising
how i little some people think of their
surroundings. They ought to move Into
the backwoods, where the surroundings
would be more In keeping- Amity
Standard.
t
fishing and farming and is a member
of the Port of Umpqua commission.
Smaller Lincoln county fairs such as
the famous fair of the Stletz Indians
will be combined with the main Lincoln
county fair. September 21. 22 and 23 this
year, according to a statement made by
K Li Lister, secretary of the Lincoln
Fair association, who arrived in Port
land Monday to complete arrangement
for (amusement features. Lincoln took
firs : place In 1119 for quality of ex
hibit. Public sale of livestock. Includ
ing! a herd of prise Ho Is te ins, will be
made
Frank Shepherd, who teaches one of
the branches of farming down at Oregon
Agricultural college. Is spending a few
days at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. ' George M. Foot mo
tored from Del Mar, Cel.. and are stop
ping at the Nortonla.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Sinclair, who run
one cf the banks at Ilwaco, Wash., are
among the visitors at the Portland
Hackett. At the cashier' deuk was Gus
LaFontaine, the proprietor. At the table
facing me waa a broad shouldered
bronze-faced man of about my own age.
I slaed him up and decided be was a
ranchman, probably one who had a good
deal to do with horses. He had attrac
tive eyes with heavy lashes, and I Uked
his looks.
a e
I finished my supper before he was
through and, taking my hat from the
nail where I had hung It, I started for
the door. He looked up and said, "Hold
on la I minute." I stopped and turned
toward him with a smile, which he an
swered in kind. I said. "What' up?"
He said, "If I were you I wouldn't wear
that hat." I kept my temper-and aald.
"Wouldn't you? Well. I would." . And
I started on. Again he 'balled me in a
quiet voice, saying, "I would rather you
wouldn't wear that hat." I took the hat
off. looked at it carefully, tried it on.
and aald, "I am sorry you don't ap
prove of my hat, but It suits me. I
bought it a few hours ago and I think
I shall wear It." He smiled apologeti
cally, land said. Your hat at least the
hat yiou wore when you came In is
hanging on tho wall there. The hat you
have on your head Is my hat, and I
am partial to it, so if 1 were you I
wouldn't wear it. You see, I am the
sheriff, and it doesn't look, good for a
stranger to come in -and get away with
the sheriffs ht" I sised up the other
hat and said. "I guess, being a you are
the sheriff. I don't mind leaving you
your hat and wearing the other, one."
A day or so later I was formally intro
duced to him and as we shook hands I
saw a twinkle in his eye as he said.
"Olad to meet you. That's a mighty
good bat you have. It's a dead ringer
for mine."
I ; e e . v.
I knew Til's folks at Athena very
well Indeed. Dave Taylor, his tafher.
and I became great cronies and from
him I learned many interesting incidents
about TU's -boyhood. Til never raised
his voice, never became excited, never
broke hs word, and was respected and
feared more than any other Sheriff In
th West by. the forces that prey He
was of the old regime of sheriffs not
the bookkeeping type, but the outdoor
type, who believed in doing their duty
to the juttermost, without fear or favor.
It is te be hoped that Proctor will cast
him life size in bronze on a bronze tiara
so that every visitor to- future Round
up shall see his stern yet kindly face
looking down in friendly approval on
the sport of the old West
The Oregon Country
Nortltweat tlapiienlng in Itrlef Form (or the
x iBuigr Header.
OREGON NOTES
An agricultural department will be
established in the Rainier schools -this
year.
The annual county fair of Columbia
county will open September 22 at St.
Helens. :
Nellie Bpdortha ot Tillamook. asd 20
years, was drowned In the Nestuoca river
at Blaine while in bathing.
The Columbia county court has em
ployed a policeman to enforce the traf.
fic laws and arrest speedrrx.
Three small sons of C. K. Lambert o
Klamath Fallai were Injured by the ex-
r'lonlon of dynamite caps with whiih
hey were playing.
The forest fire situation In Linn
county Is under control. Nine flrea are
burning In the Rantlam national forest,
but none Is serious.
Work has bearun on the last of the
Linn countv fair buildings. It Is ex
acted to have all the structures com
pleted by September 20. v
Work on the' Wlllamlna-Orande Ronde
railroad construction tins been resumed
atier a two cfk' sUHnennion caused
by the walkout of 200 workmen.
Members of the Hood River fair board,
accompanied by a number of citiaens.
have completed a vhtt to the orchards
and stock ranches of the valley.
Tlje railroad crnnsitiRS between Albany
and Corvatlls will he eliminated by a
change In tlie; location of the highway
which Involves the construction of one
mile of new road.
Owing to last winter's freeie the crop
of evergreen berries In the Mount AnjrH
district will be much llnhter thBn ta.st
year. Canneries are faltering 6 cent a
pound for them.
Extensive Improvement Is In pmgress
on the road from Srio to (ireen's bridge
on the Hantlam river, where connection
Is made with a Marlon county road lead
ing to Jefferson.
Union labor of Baker has protested
against the action of flhe city authorities
in hiring experts from outside cities to
take charge of tha construction of tho
municipal natatorium.
The city council of Motmt" Aneel has
rejected the eight-Inch water pipe re
cently Installed to connect the reservoir
with the old water system. A caat Iron
pipe of the same sise has been ordered.
It Is estimated that the coming legis
lature will - be asked to appropriate
$2,223,094 for the maintenance of state
institutions for the next hlennlum. Two
years ago theapproprtatlon was $1,933,
128. . i . ,
Practically every packing plant on
the Columbia has closed for the year.
Owing to unfavorable market conditions
but few fish caught outside tho mouth
of the. river will be canned during Uie
closed season.
WASHINGTON
The roads leading Into Walla Walla
will be strawed where needed before
the fair and frontier days show.
Nearly 400 persons attended a field
mass observed at the old Ahtanum fciu
Joseph's nit.sslon in the Yakima valley.
In attempting to swim her horse acroan
the Spokane river Tearl -Romelly, agrd
17, was swept from the horse's back and
drowned.
The $250,000 Ice plant being erected
at Wallula Is about half completed" and
will be ready i for the refrigerating of
fruit cars this falL
. Indications are that Yakima valley
will produce a bumper hop. yield. Twine
Is now 60 cents per pound and the cost
of picking has Increased 20 per cent.
w nue worajt'S on a runnmin
vester near La Crosse Uay. Kiuharty's
right leg was caurht in the revolving
cylinder and cut off close to the thigh.
Two persons were killed and three
Injured In a collision between a Seattle
Tacnma Interurban train and an auto
mobile on a grade crossing, near Tacoma.
After numerous delays owlntr to labor
trouble, work on the Walla Walla-Huro-ker
section of the Inland Empire high
way has been resumed with a full force.
The Grays Harbor fair sssoclatlon of
fers a series of prizes for the best appli
cations of conservation to the making
of clothing to be exhibited at the county
fair. ;
"A combine harvester operating on th
Fred Hungate farm near Ab-nota blew
up and was destroyed by the resultant
fire, which also destroyed 15 acres of
gffain. ;
.The prune harvest has begun in the
Walla Walla valley. The crop Is much
lighter than last year. The price of
fered Is around $50 per ton as compared
with $100 at the beginning of Inst season.
The moving picture and speaking tour
of Stevens county was such a success
that new schedules are being made out
to visit other parts of the county. The
object of the tour is to instruct in better
agriculture. :
.! .! IDAHO
The Non-partisan league has filed no
ticket in Idaho. Lewis and Nez Perce
counties thisrS'ear.
An automobile show on a large scale
will be one of the main features of the
Nampa harvest; festival.
The sheep firm of Kemp At Kemp Is
bringing out of the mountains 16 car
loads of lambs for shipment east.
The postofflce at Mt. Idaho, which was
discontinued by he postofflce depart
ment. has been reopened on the petiUon
of the residents. : . -
old time spirit, according to C. II. Tur
ner, of Caldwell, and will continue to
keen alive the need of raising horses
and mules. -.. .
TKe state tax levy baS been fixed by
the state board of equalization at six and
one eighth mills, i nis win rio mji-j
nr X2 tta&.izfi. l nis is a rcuutnuii w
81.(r?5 for 1919.
Out of a total of 13 pieces or lnman
heirship land disposed of by Superlntend-
- w i - . . i. t ...... i Bff.no-v. nine
cm ipjs i ' - . ' .
pieces were sold for $7.3S. or a frac
tion over si per acre. ,
For tha first time since the construc
tion of the railroad Into OranBevllle the
total assessed valuation of all real anrt
personal property shows an increase of
neany one rnnutm ui
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
We can't imagine what we'd of said
if the British had of pulled outer the
world war and made peace with Ger-
many right arter we "t
but a whole lot of what would of been
said couldn't be "printed and go through
the mails. So if the U. S. A. quits the
allies cold and makes a separate pea
with Oermany I reckon them people we
go back on will makeremarks likewise,
only in more languages, and first thing
we know we'll have the league of nation
to Tight. Uncle Sam could stand off the
whole darned rest of the world, any time,
of course, but there's a million things a
feller can do that he'd be a blame fool
for glttln' hlsself In slob a fix that he'd
have to do 'em.
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to Service.
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in certain upstate communities whose
mail is dispatched the more quickly
by night trains. The Journal some
year ago established Its Oregon
Country Editions, which 'are pub
lished each weekday night.
, These edition serve their readers
with all of the news of the preceding
24 hours. A separate staff takes up
the work where the day staff leaves
off, and, with the additional news fa
cilities of two night leased wire re
port, ia able to produce a complete
down-to-tbe-mlnute newspaper.
Through these two night editions,
no reader of The Journal, no matter
where located in the Oregon Country,
is penalised because of his location,
and he la assured a newspaper that
comes to him 'a soon after time of
publication as means of transporta
tion permit.