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MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1920.
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A VOTER WANTS TO KNOW
WILL, you let the voters know, if
the port and dock commissions
are united into one body and the $10,
(00,000 port proposition carries, whether
they (the port commissioners) can take,
over the St. Johns terminals and let them
' fall Into decay or dismantle them?
; There Is much talk on the streets that
It vis the intention as noon as some docks
should be built at Swan island for the
new commission to take over the St.
Johns terminals and then dismantle
them. Could the consolidated commlatHlon
- do that, and la there a scheme of that
fcindT I). Carnahan.
The Journal is not in a position to
answer Mr. Carnalian's questions. The
, Committee of Fifteen, which is the
author of the Swan Island port plan
and of the port bill on the November
"ballot. Is. The port commission is.
The dock commission is.
The three bodies have been given,
through the iity council's similar
questions, unusual opportunity to
make their position absolutely clear
hofnrft Ihfl votora nf Clrcurnn nnun nrw.n
the port bill in November and before
the voters of Portland, also In Novem
ber, pass upon the charter amend
ment proposing the transfer of title
to Portland's municipal docks from
the city to the port commission.
It Is, however, unthinkable that the
St.' Johns terminal, already the object
of the expenditure of several millions
Of public money, would be neglected.
dismantled or abandoned In the event
of a change In port administration.
There may be substantial question
jpg or the wisdom that directed Ihe
election or me municipal terminal
site on tho Willamette north of St
Johns, but now that the property lias
been bought and valuable terminals
erected thereon, one thing only rc
mains, anri that Is Jo mako the terml-
. nal as useful and valuable fo the pub
lie as possible. '
Proper sequence should bo main
laincd In considering the port plan.
The port bill to be voted on by the
Oregon electorate extends to the Port
of Portland commission as at present
constituted every power short of ac
tually taking over the city's docks.
Tho present port .commission can, If
ine measure carries. Issue bonds
amounting to more than 116.000.000. it
can levy-' a tax of 11,000,000 a year,
It can engage In the real estate busi
ness. It can build docks, it can con
struct railroad terminals. It can de
velop and lease or sell Industrial sites.
Oply in the event that the DcoDle of
- Portland adopt a charter amendment
authorizing the city to turn its public
dock, for which $10,500,000 in bond
has already been authorized, over to
the port commission In exchange for
refunding bonds, will the merger of
the dock commission with the port
commission occur. The merged bodies,
la that event, will consist of the pres
ent membership of the port and dock
commissions. Subsequently the merged
commission vlll be reduced from
twelve members to nine, and vacancies
- in It will be filled by the Oregon leg
islature. The features , of the port program
originated and offered by. the Com
ml ilea of Fu'teen that most startle the
public are the magnitude of the, proj
- ext the unusually .large pledging of
public credit proposed and the center
ing of exceptionally extensive author-
Ity In a small body , answerable only
to the legislature.
Before the people pass either r-
' flrmatiyely or; negatively on the port
mn.Hc.yt uwwvj on ine port
DO YOU?
if WANT America to have trie most effective and most dependable navy
1 in the world," exclaimed Candidate Harding, in a front porch speech
Saturday.
That was what William Hohenzollern wanted.'J
That is what America will try to have if the League of Nations goes to
pieces. :".''
That is what every big nation will insist upon.
And by the time they get through every worker will have both a soldier
and a sailor on hisLack. "
And that is what brought on the last war and what will bring on more wars.
The League of Nations council Is now making a survey of the armaments
of the. world with a view to cutting down armies and navies.
Which is the better plan for tht children and parents, and workers and
business men of -America?
Are not war taxes high enough already r
How much more should we add to the cost of living?
bill they want to know precisely and
by pledge:
1. What project or projects will be
adopted.
2. What lands will be purchased and
what price will be paid.
3. What policy will be adopted in
the use of present terminal facilities
and the development of new facili
ties. - "
4. What general policy will control
the effort to upbuild the port.
Above all, the people desire a
policy of absolute frankness on the
part of the Committee of Fifteen and
of the two port bodies.
After R. A. Dean, assistant to Ad
miral Denson of the shipping board,
had visited Portland and learned di
rectly of the conditions that render
intolerable a Northwest shipping
board district with- Seattle as head
quarters, intimation came that the
Columbia district with Portland aa
headquarters might be created. All
that it is' necessary in order to con
firm the rumor Is for Admiral Ben
son himself to accept the invitation
of the Chamber of Commerce to
visit Portland.
A GERMAN PEACE
SENATOn HARDING says from his
front porch:
I have no expectation whatever of
finding it necessary or advisable to ne
gotiate a separate peace with Germany,
in view ef the sample fact that the allied
powers with whom we were associated
In the war have already formally con
cluded their peace, the passage of a
peace resolution by congress would
merely Rive formal recognition to an
obvious fact.
This is an astonishing statement to
come from the leader of a great party
which is looking to him for enlight
enment on a program left dark by the
j)hrasemakers at Chicago. He would
not, he says, find it necessary to make
a separate peace, because the allies
have made peace. Is this the final
logic of Harding statesmanship?
What of the seized property of Ger
man aliens, not yet validated by any
Joint act of the United States and Ger
many? What of the 8750,000,000 of
American claims for lives and prop
erty destroyed in unlawful submarine
warfare, or by seizure? There are
territorial Interests settled by the
treaty of Versailles in which America
has distinct national" Interest, such as
Samoa and China.
A declaration of peace by congress
would settle nothing with Germany.
It would, however, definitely disasso
ciate America from the allies. It would
mean Isolation and the lone hand. It
would mean barter and haggle with
Germany, with all advantages on the
side of Germany. It is to this pass
that this champion of victorious
America would bring us.
A declaration of peace with Ger
many would bring to an end certain
emergency legislation, which Is depen
dent on Hie formal declaration of
peace. Beyond that it is little more
than a whiff of wind.
Docs this Veep faith with the men
who died, and the men who have re
turned? "t was born and have ever re
mained In the most humble walks of
life," said Abraham Lincoln, as
president of the United States, in
a message to congress. And he left
a name and fame Chat is an inspira
tion to high and low. And It was
from mauling rails that his career
began. The workers have a noble
example on which to predicate this,
their holiday, in accentuating the
dignity of doing the world's work.
BRIDGE BUILDING
THE Broadway bridge cost the city
1 of Portland 11.586,921.90.. The In
terstate bridge cost the counties of
Multnomah and Clarke 11,738,453.70 In
cluding several miles of approaches.
The bond issue to be placed on the
November ballot by Multnomah coun
ty for- a new Burnside bridee is
But the Broadway bridge waa built
when prices for materials were jower
man now. And the Interstate bridge
was built when materials were lowest
in ntsiory ana bridge building com
panies were eager to get the work if
oniy to hold their organizations to-
getner.
The price of materials and labor tnr
the construction , bridges is now the
nigncst ever known., It Is a price on
a plane with the cost of Bubnlieaj foe
homes and business. This statement
should awaken sufficient memory of
experience to bring realization that
one either pays the abnormal price
uiese aays or goes without.!
Thus the matter of building the new
Burnside bridge resolves Itself merely
Into a' Question as - to whether Aha
publio will pay three tlmes the nor
mal cost or can wait until prices be-
coms. lower, . .-
Experts have reportedr first, thaf the
Burnside bridge is unsafe and, Second,
that H Is ' not worth' repairing. To
permit its use under, the heavy bur
jaeo. oi usuai irairw risk. ( A slml
den of usual traffic is a rsk.f A slml
t s
lar chance was taken wlHi the old
Morrison bridge years ago. As a re
sult, the bridge toppled over one
crowded day; lives were lost and
property was destroyed. Portland
would have spent millions to avert
that catastrophe.
The Burnside bridge ought to be re
placed with a new span of the Wil
lamette. The citizen mind should be
disabused of the thought that re
placement would involve the same
kind of bridge as the present struc
ture. Traffic demands a better span
than the present highly Inefficient
Burnside bridge. The new bridge is
to be higher, its draw opening less
often for river craft It Is to be wider.
Its approaches are to be longer and
more gradual. It is to be several
times as strong. It is to be, In fact,
a continuation of the streets which
U will connect on the east and west
sides of the river.
Are the people of Multnomah county
ready to pledge their credit in the
sum of f3,500,000 to build z. new Bum-
side bridge?
If they are not. the present Burn
side bridge should be closed and Us
traffio should be routed over other
bridges.
There are statistics to the effect
that divorce is increasing in Amer
ica at the rate of 30 per cent every
five years. Think a minute: In
1870 there! were, according to the
census iigures. zs mvorces per
100,000 of population. In 1920 there
are 112. Where is the, thing going
td stop? What is the canker thus
gnawing at the heart of the Ameri
can home?
FOR MOTOR TOURISTS
IN A little town of Idaho the estimate
i is that each motor touring parly
remains an average of seven days in
the public camp ground. Each party
spends while encamped an average of
lo a day with the merchants of the
city. The camp ground Is usually
filled to capacity with people whose
pleasure Is enhanced by the accom
modations provided them and who
go away praising the progressiveness
of the city.
Naturally enough, the Idaho town is
preparing to enlarge its public camp
grounds. It has no other area within
or .near the city that is quite so
profitable.
Portland, It was stated at the Friday
evening meeting of the presidents
council of this city's business and
civic clubs. Is losing an average of
$23,000 a month in motor tourist bus
iness because of failure to provide
public camp grounds. The sum of
$25,000 a month is interest at 6 per
cent on $o,000,000. Yet the city has
so far failed to make an investment
of less than the business lost.
The assertion Is entirely correct that
Portland should have not one but
several public camp grounds for md
tor tourists. There ought to be one
convenient both to the city and the
Columbia river highway. There
ought to be camp grounds at both
the northern and. the southern en
trances to the city via the Pacific
highway. The camp ground limitedly
provided In connection with the For
estry building on the Linnton road
should have running water and other
conveniences.
The motor tourist's name has sud
denly become legion. Portland has
done much to Invite the motor tour
ist, and palnrully little to provide him
a welcome.
A federal grand Jury has Indicted
the officials of four Chicago con
cerns for profiteering in sugar. We
are thus gradually learning why
sugar was over high. We learned
something about it when a Salt Lake
grand Jury reported that sugar which
cost $9.44 to manufacture was sold
at $23.48.
The profiteers are one
the cost of living is high.
reason why!
THE AUGUST RECORD
A FEW automobile drivers were
more reckless and a few pedestri
ans more careless during August than
In preceding months. There' were
fewer collisions, but more killings. In
a bigger ratio than In former months
accidents were fatal. -
There were 810 collisions in August
and.96 people Injured. It Is a decrease
Doih in smashups and Injuries. But
ine seven deaths in August exceed the
number of killings In any other month
or tne year. Another significant feature
or tne monwiy report of th tram
bureau Is onfr which Indicates that
aunougu no more .pedestrians
Intnrml i than nrHino.ti n.. . ...
. uio ion on
passengers or macnines was greater
It would seem, then, that drlvera wa'
more airecuy responsible for the in
creased fatalities than pedestrians.
Another section of the report -t,ft.
thyof consideration Is the one deal
ing wun right or way.,, Failura to
give, it resulted In almost .200 collis
ions, mere is no excuse for such
smashups. - j And it is at tha intersee
turns that many of the Injuries and
- 1 killings' and a great majority of the
accidents occur.' To avoid the col
lisions Is merely a matter of going
into intersections with a motor under
prpper control. Police and courts
cap well afford to deal rigorously
with those who violate the law at
corners. It is; the latter who are re
sponsible for the huge number of
accidents.
The licensing drivers law will soon
be applied to the drivers who cause
collisions.
And in San Francisco they iedu-
cated Jaywalkers by holding courts
oa the streets where those on ifoot
were fined for transgressing the (law.
Perhaps that would, aid in educating
those In Portland who Insist on walk
ing blindly into heavy traffic.
MAKING A BLUFF
AT ECONOMY
By Carl Smith, .Washington Staff
Correspondent Of The Journal
Washington. Sept. 6. As a remedy for
the high cost of living, and for economy
In the cost of government. Secretary
Clarence B Milter of the Republican na
tional committee, and a former congress
man from Minnesota, has made a speech
advocating the dismissal of 300,0001 em
ployes of the federal governnnent.
Miller s suggestion, which has a right
Jolly sound for the taxpayer on its face.
has been replied to by the National
Federation of Federal Employes, who
show that If Miller were to be taken
seriously his proposal would mean that
the government in large part would have
to go out of business. There are, all told.
about 640,000 federal employes, of whom
300,000 are in the postal service, where
Mr. Miller probably would not ask for a
diminished force, as it has the reputation
of being "short" in, many parts of the
country.
So if 300,000 were dismissed that Would
leave 40,000 to perform all of the gov
ernment's work in all parts of the coun
try outside of the postal service. Be
fore the way 87,000 were employed in the
city of Washington, since which time
new bureaus have been created and
others enlarged, such as war risk, inter
nal revenue, vocational education, war
and navy establishments, and the census.
If the executive departments were
manned, conceding that several thousand
could be lopped off here in Washington,
there would still not be enough employes
under the Miller plan to do it, and all
such things as the courts, navy yards.
life saving service, public health; and
quarantine stations, reclamation service.
Indian agencies and schools, forest
fire protection, penitentiaries, fisheries,
immigration stations, tax collection,; cus
toms service, prohibition enforcement
and agricultural work would have to be
abandoned.
The absurdity of Miller's talk about
cutting off 300,000 employes becomes ap
parent. The work of the government has
expanded Immensely as a result of the
war and as a result of the new activi
ties demanded by the people from time
to time, no the number of employes will
never go back to anywhere near the pre
war figure. This will be true, whatever
party la in power.
The Federation of Employes does riot
say that further reductions in force can
not be made. In fact, they are steadily
being made in several departments, par
ticularly the war department, and after
the rush in the census work is over,
there will be a large reduction tihere.
But when anyone beftins to talk about
dismissing hundreds of thousands of em
ployes he is overshooting the mark.
It Is stated that the average salary of
the government employe is only $1200 a
year, plus a temporary bonus of $240,
and even if it were possible to cut off
300,000 workers and near-workers, the
saving would be only 6 per cent of the
total appropriations voted by the: last
would save $3.71 per capita out of the
congress. Putting it another way. it
$51.60 average tax for each person, which
could hardly be considered a solution, of
the high cost of government.
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Real progress In reduction of govern
ment cost could be made if the League
of Nations became a fact, followed by
a disarmament program. Ninety-three
per cent of the government's expendi
ture goes for expense of war, a little
over 3 per cent for the government de
partments, a little' less than 3 peri cent
for public works, including buildings,
roads, rivers and harbors and reclama
tion, and a little over 1 per cent for edu
cation, public health, commerce, markets
and research.
Letters From the People
( rommnnieations ant to The Journal for
publication in thia department ahould be written
on only one aide of tha paper, thoold not exceed
3U0 word In length and muit be aigned by tha.
writer, wboae mail addreaa in fuU mul accom
pany tha contribution. J
DISTRUSTS BOTH PARTIES
Portland. Sept. 4. To the Editor of
The Journal Relying on your usual
courtesy in allowing a hearing in your
paper to any and all who wish, to
express their views, I herewith give a
few thoughts, asking for Information.
If there ever was a time when states
men and all representatives of the peo
ple should seek to do something -con
structive, surely such time is now. Are
we getting anywhere? A political cam
paign Is now being waged by the two
major parties. One of the two candi
dates will be our next president. Judg
ing from the course the mudslfriglng
nas now arrived at we need not expect
much from either, and I am indeed sorry
u nave to admit lt "Slush Cund."
"boodle," "buying the presidency'i this
is what the prospective voter hears on
every side; and indeed the charges; may
be true too true--of either party man
agement, for really, personally. I dio not
believe there is bo much difference be
tween them along the line of "get the
money." It is Indeed sad to contem
plate when the candidates and i their
managers cannot rise above personal
vituperation of each other and suggest
and work toward some really helpful
ends to remove soma of the burdens
of the people, to give future generations
a better chance by giving the present
a better living and stop the decay now
everywhere noticeable in our manhood
and womanhood. While such a vast
work la ahead' of us, sadly in need of
someone who will honestly take up the
work, our two candidates, the very
cream of the land, chosen by the people
to lead them out of their plight, are now
halting on their way while they, throw
mud at each other. It shows too plainly
that there is something wrong in both
parties, and the people will sooner or
later be obliged to take hold of the
wheel and guide themselves and their
craft off the breakers. .
, 1 never voted for any party ticket
save the Democratic or the Republican,
but X am firmly of the opinion that
neither of them Is safe to foUow longer.
' Loyd Lemert.
A VERY WISE MAN'S WORDS
Washougal, Wash., Sept. 1. To the
Editor of The Journal I believe the na
tional department of education at one
time recommended all teachers to read
the Ufa and letters of Dr. Thotna Ar-
noia. master or Rugby. Perhaps a few
extracts from Arnolds letters, written
IV
years ago, would have, some general
tP .. "2 aW - Sfj X 'il -
interest now. Here are a few selections.
To Justice Coleridge : "There is noth
ing so revolutionary, because there is
nothing so unnatural and so convulsive
to society, as the strain to keep things
fixed, when all the world is, by the very
law of its creation. In eternal profjress ;
and the cause of all the evils of the
world may be traced to that natural but
deadly error of human indolence and
corruption, that our business Is to pre
serve and not to improve. It is the ruin
of us all alike, individuals, schools and
nations."
To Chevalier "Bunsen : "Reform would
now, I fully believe, prevent destruction ;
but every year, of delayed reform
strengthens those who wish not to
amend but to destroy, I- fear
the mass of the French people are more
thirsting to renew the old career of
spoliation and conquest thnn to estab
lish and promote true liberty ; 'for who
loves that, must first be wise and good.' "
From a sermon by Arnold : "I think
the clergy as a body might do much tf
they were steadily to observe the evils
of the times and preach fearlessly
against them. I cannot understand v. hat
is the good of a national church if it be
not to Christianize the nation and intro
duce the principles of Christianity into
men's social and civil relations and ex
pose the wickedness of that spirit which
maintains the game laws, and in agri
culture and in trade seems to think there
is no such sin as covetousness, and if a
man is not dishonest he has nothing to
do but make all the profit of his capital
that he can."
F. V. Mot,s.
A PLEA FOR THE OLD FIDDLER
Portland, Sept. 4. To the Editor of
The Journal Our commissioners seem
to be too aesthetic to be humane when
they treat Jackson, the 84 year old fid
dler, as reported in the press. The
argument of Commissioner Pier when he
says that if a license were given Jack
son, It "would throw down the bars to
street itinerants of all degrees" does not
carry weight. There can be very few,
if any, 84 year old mendicants, and very
few citizens would object to discrimin
ation in his favor. In their decision it
seems to me our council has been more
nice and regal than goo and wise.
Let this old man ftddla to the end of
his life. It can only be a very short
time. No one will be harmed by his
notes.
There are so many more vital things
that need attention the army of loaf
ers in the parks, the tobacco spitter on
the sidewalks, the giddy, foolish, unpro
tected girls that seem to roam at will,
unchaperoned, on our streets.
Attend to these, Mr. Commissioners,
please, and let the deaf and blind people
Jielp to care for themselves If they can.
jvi. O. l. iiiaaen.
Olden Oregon
In 1845 There Was a Great Salt
Famine In the Land.
In the autumn of 1845 salt became
scarce and the price was advanced from
62tt cents a bushel to $2 at the Hud
son's Bay company's store at Oregon
City. The American merchants. Stark
& Pettygrove, in order to secure a
monopoly of the salmon trade, withheld
their salt from the market at any
price. Many families were obliged to
dispense with salt for months. So strong
was the prejudice of American settlers
agalnsuthe Hjdson's Bay company that
it was once proposed in Yamhill county
to take the salt . of the company by
force rather than compel the American
merchants to sell their stock.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Theodosia, the only daughter of Aaron
Burr, was a woman of superior mental
accomplishments and strong affections.
In her eighteenth year she was married
to Joseph Alston, afterward governor of
Soath Carolina, . She was a devoted and
adored wife. The trial of her father
for treason and hie virtual banishment
not only depressed her spirits but fear
fully wrecked, her already feeble con
stitution, yet his disgrace in no way
lessened her affection. When he . re
turned from Europe she resolved to visit
him in New York. Embarking from
South Carolina on the Patriot, January
13, 1813, she was never heard of after
ward. The schooner may have fallen
into the bands of pirates, but as a
heavy gale was experienced for several
days soon after leaving Georgetown, the
probability is that the boat sank.
BUT JUST AS FOOLISH
From the Or land Plain Dealer
Inventors aren't working so hard on
perpetual motion these days. They are
wasting their energies on the equally
Impossible dream of a soft drink with
a kick in It.
IN THE MIRE
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COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Labor conquers all things.
Strikers sometimes hit men and
things they do not aim at.
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"Mexican Republic to Elect Presi
dent." Headline. One place where we
wouldn't care to be the successful can
didate. a a a
It's a little late in the season to be
raipingr auto tourist ramping ground
Kitation, but if present efforts are
fruitful the benefits wHl be appreciated
in seasons to come.
a a
Babe Ruth on Saturday knocked out
his forty-sixth home run for the season,
and ere this news is cold his batting
average will probably have been lifted
still another point or two.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Tbyn
"I have lost my elephant," frantically
telephoned W. K. Berryman, a dealer in
twines and rope, from New York, to the
desk at the Multnomah. Hotel employes
are called upon to find many things, but
the lost elephant stumped them. But
they searched the room and about the
time they decided the man was "nuts"
they found the missing animal in the bed
linen. It was Ivory. Berryman had carried
his good luck token around with him
for years, sleeping with tt under his pil
low at night and wearing it during the
day. "It is the second thing I have ever
lest," he said, "the other being a bass
drum I had when I was a boy." Berry
man was formerly a theatrical man.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Ten Hatf and two
daughters of Grand Rapids, Mich., have
removed to Portland, where they expect
to make their home. Ten Haaf will
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
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By Fred
I Kerital of incident in the career of I)a !
Horn, irteraji Uci driw. are continued by
Mr. Loeklry today. Stonea of the brutal and
murderous 31a4e ar included in thia article. J
Old-timers of Pendleton and through
out Eastern Oregon will, in reminiscent
mood, tell you many an Interesting Inci
dent of the days when C. S. Jackson was
the Pendleton agent for John Hailey's
stage line. John Halley, the one-time
transportation king of the Inland Em
pire, is still hale and hearty at his home
in Boise. His son Tom, one of the most
lovable men I ever met. was on the su
preme bench. John Halley. Jr. still lives
at Pendleton.
Not long ago I met Dave Morn, one oi
the old-time stage drivers, who used to
drive for John Halley on the run be
tween Umatilla and Pendleton. Dave
reached his three score and ten more
than 10 years ago, and when I last saw
him he was still going strong. Having
driven on various stage lines in Oregon,
he is a walking encyclopedia concerning
prominent men of Oregon In the days
when tra-vel was almost entirely by stage
coach and steamer.
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"Pendleton was a lively burg." said
Mr. Horn. "In the days when Hank
Vaughn and Charlie Long made U their
headquarters. Baker City wasn't so
slow, either, but the liveliest burg I
remember was Julesburg. Junction of the
Salt Lake City And Denver stage lines,
at the time Slatje was division superin
tendent, under Ben Holladay. Slade
had a good many notches on his gun, and
he was hired because it was believed he
could kep the desperadoes of. that sec
tion in subjection. Julesburg was named
after a man named Jules.
a a a
"Charier Norrls. a driver who worked
with me, had a peculiar experience with
Slade. Slade was hard as granite, and
Insisted on his drivers coming in on time.
Washouts, holdups and attacks by In
dians were part of the daily routine, and
Slade would not accept them as alibis.
One day Charley Norrls encountered e.
terrific bllzxard, and though he put his
horses through for all he was worth, he
got into Julesburg naif an hour late.
Slade met him, watch in hand, and said,
"What excuse have you for being late?"
Charley started to explain about- the
heavy drifts in the road, but before he
could say a dozen words Slade reached
up, caught him by the collar, jerked
him off the box. and kicked him in the
side, breaking two ribs. Then, shaking
him as a terrier does a rat. he said. 'I
won't do anything this time to yotij btft
If it ever happens again I'll make1 you
wish you were never born.' i i ' '
"One day Slade was at Box Elder sta
tion. He made some rather derogatory
remark about stage drivers off, having
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Figures on the value of tho salmon
catch of the lower Columbia indicate
that our silver horde has been trans
formed into a golden hoard. Astoria
Budget.
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Portland should have announced her
goat gland hospital, where the fires of
youth are kindled ; before the rlsa In
railroad rates. There Is always some
thing to take the pleasure out of life.
L.a Grande Observer.
A Chicago store, announcing a sale,
explains that it "purchased these wool
ens when prices were 100 per cent
lower." ARk little Willie to figure out
what percentage of profit that store
must have been making on the stuff
Itoseburg News Review.
open a vocal studio. The family are re
siding at the Multnomah.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. P. D. Malkln and Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Grundy of Vancouver,
B. C, are guests at the Multnomah, en
route to Crater Lake. The Canadians
are ardent workeA for good roads and
more travel between the different points
of the Northwest, and, as officials of
the automobile clubs of their part of
the country, they have been instrumental
In inducing many motorists to visit the
scenic wonders of Oregon. The con
venient distance of Oregon from Van
couver makes it a desirable terminus
for an auto jaunt, think' the British Co
nt, thlk
lumbians.
President P. L. Campbell of the Uni
versity of Oregon arrived at the Port
land Saturday from Eugene.
Lockley
much nerve. Dan Harding, one of the
drivers, took it up and said he had as
much nerve as anyone else, Including
Slade. Slade could Sake the fight out of
most men by Just looking at them, but
Dan was all grit, so when he failed, to
quail before Slade's look, Blade said,
'I'll test "your nerve.' He went to the
barn and hitched up a gentle team to
one of the mall wagons. Taking a couple
of unbroken mustangs along, he mo
tioned Dan to get on the box with him
and be drove up the side of the moun
tain about a mile. Then he unharnessed
the gentle stage horses, hitched the mus
tangs to the wagon, and said, 'I am go
ing to see how fast we can go down the
mountain. We'll see who Jumps first
when, we go over the bluff into the
creek,' The mustangs started at full
speed down the mountain, with Slade
plying the whip. .They came to the
perpendicular rock Wall of the canyon
through, which the ftream had cut Its
way. Over they went, both men sitting
tight, expecting to be killed. There was
a terrific smash as the outfit plied up
on the rocks below. .The stage was
mashed . to kindling wood, the mus
tangs were put out of commission, but
aside from being bruised neither Slade
nor Dan Harding 'was hurt.
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"Slade had one test that he tried on
all new drivers. He would sit on the
box with the driver, and when they came
to a bad grade he would grab the buf
falo laprode. wave It, and give a series
of Comanche yells. Of course, the
horses would run away. If the driver
kept his head and got them stopped at
the foot of the grade, Slade would make
no comment, but If the driver turned
white or got rattled Slade would throw
him off the box, set him afoot, and drive
the staae himself to the next station.
That particular driver could never get J
another Job on Slade's division.
'.'"'' a a a
Slade became peeved about something
Ben Holladay did, so he took 3S of the
best six-mule teams In his division and,
picking' out the toughest men he had,
such as Dan Hardin. Bob .Scott. Char
ley Wilson,. Naylor Thompson and men
of that type, he struck out for Fbrt
Benton. He went from there to Vir
ginia City. Holladay had lost the best
stock he had between Julesburg and
Green River, and no mall came through
for SO days, or until Holladay could se
cure new outfits and "new drivers. Hol
laday was out and injured, and never did
get his stock back. Slade's wife rode
a horse to death to get W, F, Sanders
of Montana to defend Slade when he
was tried for the murder of the founder
of Julesburg. Sanders worked mighty
hard to save Slade, but he couldn't
make It."
The Oregon Country.
Northvaat Happanlnta In Brlaf Form for tha
, , .Buay Keadar.
, OREGON NOTE8
Over 1.000.000 pounds or prunes to the
vicinity of Myrtle Creek. Douglas
county, are still unsold.
It is planned to exnnnit th r,.Mnm
course at the Eugene high school Into
a general industrial school. , J
A young man named Pollett is re
ported to have been killed while deer
hunting In the Alsea country.
Grading work on the'McKensle pas
highway from Sisters to the summit of
the Cascades has been completed.
The Ttoaeburg Chamber of Commerce
la arranging for an excursion of busi
ness men to Gardiner and Iteedsport.
Congressman W. C. Ilawley has been
nominated for reelection by the Pro- .
hlbltion party of the First congressional
district. r
Miss Lillian Godsey, the recently ap
pointed health nurse of Marlon county,
haa arrived from St. Paul, Minn., to
assume her duties.
The trial of Mrs. Lena Stelger, ac
cused of conspiring to murder her hus
band on a farm near Salem, will be
held September 20.
Georne Spiker. an employe of the
slate hospital, has been arrested at
halem on the charge of passing worth-
"mi cnecaa aggregating over ioo.
During AuguBt 829 automobiles regls
Bt ,he Hlf,m free automobile camp.
This number almost equaled the regU
tratlon for the preceding two months.
James D. Glddlnira nJ In vm h.
filed with the clerk of Marlon county
n
."iiumoit! niw-narne irom company
A,
1856.
icwiBcra, uaioa Aurtllt 11.
The forest fire patrol operating but
of Eugene reports 14 forest fires. One
large fire was reported to be burning
In green timber in the vicinity of Alsea
bay.
llop-plckert are arriving at Ppring
fleld, Lane county, for the picking sea
son, which ties ; begun. Two cents a
pound will be the average price for
picking.
Mayor Wilson of Salem was repri
mand d by a police officer for a viola
tion of the traffic ordinance. He was
accused of having cut a corner while
driving an automobile.
WASHINGTON
Lack of material has retarded high
way Improvement in Lewis county.
A motor driven harvester operating
near Thornton caught on fire and was
totally destroyed.
The Aberdeen city council haa psd
an ordinance prohibiting dancing on
Sunday in public places.
As a result of teachers' examinations
held In Lewis county In August, (7 teach
ers received certificates. '
F. L. Brown and O. Nellaon. under
arrest at Prosser on the charge of crlml
nal syndicalism, have been released on
a $500 bond each.
The clubhouse of the- Vancouver 1tot
of the American Legion is to be buttt
on the cost plus plan. The building
is to. cost about $80,000.
Mrs. E, Smith, employed In an Aber
deen laundry, was burned by a fire
which was started by the explosion of a
revolving cleaning machine.
Vancouver school district will vols
Tuesday on the question of supplying
iree text ponks. to Install tree text
books will cost I12.QOO, according- to the
estimate.
Owing to the cost of parking under
present conditions It is prohabl that
(Jraya Harbor will have no salmon pack
this year, though the run of fteh ta unu
sually heavy.
The recent heavy rains throughout the
Pa louse country delayed harvesting for
several days. The Whitman county yield
this year. It is estimated, will be about
the same as last year,
The queotion of procuring war trophies
for Ontrs.Ha haa been taken up with
the proper authorities, according to n
letter received by the local American
Irfglon post from Congressman Johnson.
, . IDAHO
The bosrd of paroles has granted pa
roles to 23 inmates of the slate peni
tentiary. Mayor Osmers of Iwlstop has vetoed
an ordinance recently passed licensing
real estate dealers.
Richfield has pawd a village ordi
nance setting clocks ahead one hour, to
conform to mountain time. '
Idaho's personal property roll is valued
at 833.363.887. This brings the grand
total of the valuation of the state up to
$102,093,889, an increase of $13.033,3Ju
over 1919.
A break bas occurred In the People
canal north of Thomas, where the dlkij
Is about 15 feet high. The break started
from a rat hole. About 30 feet was
washed out
According to a message from the
Buhl Chamber of Commerce to the publio
utilities commission car shortage condi
tions at Buhl are growing graver. A
relief of 76 cars at once and U cars
daily is requested.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says: J
Tad Schlagmeler has it that some peo
ple's got a pull and some people s got a
drag and the elephant has a trunk he
can t put clothes In. which is why h
policeman can go to the circus for nuthin'
and git paid fer doin" it. 'Meanwhile.
Tad's a savin' up his coppers and nick
els for fear his uncle that works on a
r.aper won't git no deadhead tickets-
The Rainbow of the Santiam ;
or, Why the Biggest One
Did NOT Get Away.
(ConUnuad From Telrdu
It was evident that this monarch
of the rapids of the Hantlam was no
pervert chub to give his life tamely.
Four tlenca he ripped the line off the
whining reel. The nder rod bent
almost double. He struggled time
and again to get around the lee of
the giant rock where he knew he
could find Jagged edges to saw a
taut line or could get a dead pull
that with his weight and wonderful
strength would prove too much for
"the silken cord.
Drops of sweat traceable more to
nervous tennlon than exertion, stood
on the angler's forehead. To meet
each baffling rush, to keep the ten
sion tight enough and not too tight
to keep the big fish from the Jagged
rock, demanded motion as swift aa
that of the big trout and an even
keener resourcefulness.
Moments that were hours brought
finally a lessening of the battle. At
last the giant rainbow lay. still strug
gling, on the gravelly shore, his beau
tiful body sclntUlant with tho huea
that gave him his name, "Salmo Irl
dlscens." "Well." exclaimed the angler, look
ing upon his prise, but eager to sit
still a moment before he picked It
up, "that Portland-made spinner is
the best ever."
Borne thousands of other anglers,
both In Oregon and throughout the
country, could with the sami luck
say the same thing. Making spin
ners for anglers who want to catch
the finest of game fish Is a Portland
specialty. Last year a million and a
half blades, or spoons, were stamped,
rlatsd and shaped by local enterprise.
The actual' assembling of the spoon
and Its "frame" and hook is done
elsewhere, but even this was done 'n
Portland up to short tlma ago.
The outstanding characteriailc of
Portland-made spinners is that they
constitute an almost IrreshnUble lure,
whether they be the Urge ones that
go with bait, or the smaller brass,
copper or nickel spinners that are
used aa files. Thty catch ftsh. The
writer knows. He is the one who
caught tho monarch rainbow on the
Santiam.
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