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DEAD THINGS
IT IS only in nunio that there are
Republican and Democratic parties
In America.
Parties, as they wore, are ripprd
asunder. New issues hac arisen that
have destroyed former party align
ments. The true division today is reaction
and proffressivism. For example, it is
not real Republicanism to Insist on
going back 30 years for an issue.
Lincoln made the Republican party
militant by making It forward looking.
It met the slavery issue squarely! It
did not straddle, but under Lincoln's
leadership faced the Issue bravely. It
took the. progressive stand, and won.
The world will" not stand still. It
cannot be made to stand still, it wilj
go forward.
The kings and princes for several
thousand years struggled to repress
progressive thought. They were the
reactionaries of their time. The
treaties of Paris. and Vienna were the
work of conclaves of royalty bent on
restoring the divine right of princes
to Its ancient hrritago of rulersliip
' that had been shaken by the .Napole
onic wars. Their formula was "nor
malcy." Their thought was opposi
tion to change, hostility to progress.
Time has proved how fearfully
wrong they were.
Party fetich and parry labels in
America "are misnomers and a mis
fortune. They confuse issues. They
draw good men Into support of things
they !n reality loathe They cause
thousands of men to vote for policies
that are r.ot their real choice, and by
that block the progross of the re
public. In the present campaign there is a
cleavage that thousands of voters
will never see. because they prostrate
themselves before party emblems and
parly mummery.
The true line of division now is be
tween reactionaries and progressives.
It Is as marked a division as was that
between Lincoln, the Republican, and
Breckinridge, the Democrat, in 1800.
Lincoln, as n progressive, was against
slavery. Breckinridge, as a reac
tionary, was for slavery. The con
test today Is between Senator Hard
ing, the reactionary, and Governor
Cox, the progressive. Nobody ques
tions that Harding Is a reactionary.
He is proud of the fact that he is a
reactionary.
Mark Sullivan, a well known corres
pondent, said of him In last Sunday s
Oregonian:
Cox' Is a prog-restive. Harding him
self uyi h ia a conservative and taka
-pride In the fct. Harding doesn't ob
? Jet to being celled a ta.ndpatter. Hard-
Isf Is conservative almost to the point
. where conservatism, is a religion with
htm. Whenever lie expreaaed his belief in
conservatism lie falls Into a yklnJ of
' emotional fervor. Harding would never
djvldat the progressive Issue with Cox.
nor dispute U with him. Harding ia a
100 per cent conservative. As between
; Harding and Cox. on this issue there la
. . no overlapping and no middle ground.
On this issue the two candidates are in
' aharn anttvundisputed contrast.
i tiovcrnor Cox is Harding's exact op-
' .posilc. Cox a whole public career In
Ohio is proof -or his ; progrcssivlsm.
'His, whole thought on public life is
.th thought of an intensely practical
and" tmphaslzed:. progressive.
rv'.V U Js a 'miserable thing thai; party
y' labels ? and yarty mummery ; should
.confuso this great diffefence between
: thfl i ,two'"eandidatr.;; The split In '1912
i; showed that iTtnore than half the Re
publican masses are progressive." But
' party control 'is in" the hands' of the
, .reactionaries,;, the :. platform : Is reae-
,;tlDoav ,the Candida te,.ls, .reactionary,
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and rank and file Republicans arc con
fronted with the necessity of being
reactionary If they support the ticket.
There has never been a time In
American history when the party label
was so unfortunate. A great readjust
ment is Just ahead. The world is
ablaze with radicalism. The doctrine
of confiscation of property is preached
by millions. The actual confiscation
of hundreds of millions worth of
property in some of the countries of
Europe has taken place. The civili
zation of half the world is nearly
broken down. If civilization collapses
on the eastern hemisphere, is any
body foolish enough to believe that
civilization on the western hemis
phere will not be tremendously af
fected? From a business standpoint,1 if
nothing else, citizens must answer
this question: If Europe Is not re
stored, how can America sell prod
ucts, there? If America does not sell
vvheat, lumber and hundreds of other
products there, where shall we sell
our surpluses, and how shall we keep
our mills going and our people em
ployed? It is a time for men to be sincere
with themselves and honest with their
country. It is no time for men to
blindly follow dead party labels. It is
Insanity to attempt to apply to the
present crisis the political formulas
and wornout partisan maxims of the
dead past.
A Wall street broker resisted serv
ice on a Jury for trial of a criminal.
When asked by the judge why he
did not wish to serve he replied:
"Because I am utterly opposed to
the trial, conviction and punishment
of these young men. Society itself
which tolerates conditions that
breed criminals should be tried and
punished."
FOR LIFE
RUSSELL BRAKE is soon to begin
serving a life sentence In the
Oregon penitentiary. George Moore
has already been committed for a
similar sentence. Both are youths.
They have been convicted of the mur
der of a chauffeur.
Both were strcetcorner boys. They
spent the evenings on the corner.
I hey idled in public places. -They
just hung around.
Thoir evenings were not spent in
hralthful and wholesome recreation.
They did not study to better their
conditions. They did not work under
the glare of the midnight oil. Bather
their minds and body were idle on
the corners.
An idle mind is not usually a moral
mind. An Idle body is not usually
a moral body. The slrcctcorner boys
and poolroom boys are the ones most
easily tempted by vice. They are
Ihc ones to whom come the evil
thought, the criminal thought. They
are the ones to whom come the de
grading associates.
There arc many other streetcorner
boys in Portland. Tliey are aP Broad
way and Washington and Sixth and
Washington streets practically every
night. There are idle young men
about the poolrooms.
Russell Brake and George Moore
were on the corners and now they
arc to go to the penitentiary. There
they are to stay forever. Never
again will they be permitted to as
sociate freely with other people.
Never again will they be permitted
to pick their company or their play
ground. They picked before and
their choice was bad.
It is now too late for Russell Brake
to change his course. It is too late
for George Moore. But for 'other
strcetcorner boys Brake and Moore
are shining examples.
If alive, somebody knows tho
secret of the great New York ex
plosion. If he ia among the many
dead his secret is left to conjecture.
The riddle may be solved; It may
not. And If circumstantial evidence
must be relied upon there is always
the possibility of blunder.
THE EFJ'ICACIOLS ROCKER
"vYER in France they have discov-
v- crcd that the American rocking
chair is not half bad. The few in use
they have found to be right comfort
able. And novv comes the French
Academy of Science with an enthusi
astic indorsement, from a hygienic
standpoint, of the rocker, The an
nouncement says "the normal posi
tion of' the, skull on the spinal column
is preserved at all angles of inclina
tion of the chair."
Even in the British Isles and on the
continent of Europe the rocking chair
has been looked upon with Suspicion.
There arc thousands of homes in
Europo that have never been graced
by the comfortable rockers, and in
France soldiers of this country had
difficulty in accounting for. the ex
istence cf only the stiff back chairs
in many nomes.
Maine was thirty-fourth and Ore
gon thirty-fifth state In the 1110
census. Their positions are reversed
oy the 1920 enumeration. Oregon,
with a growth of 110.52S. passed
Maine with an increase of only
25.265. Malne-a growth was only
3.5 per cent.
THE COMMISSION APPLAUDED.
THE Mtfway commission
sensed publio sentiment and pub
lic need when it decided to Mi
bids on the paving of that part of
the Pacific highway on the west side
px me wiuamette between Portland
and Oregon City.
Tho commission ,mcrUs praise for
action which recognizes the rMnMH
Uonvutlljrtbe PacUic iigbway 0 long
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ai the unpaved portions of the road
between Portland ' and ' Oregon City
remain in their present difficult con
dition. The Importance of the projected im
provement Js reinforced by the fact
that it constitutes not only a link in
a truly, national .highway but is the
thoroughfare to Oswego and its' beau
tiful lake, to a rich agricultural dis
trict south of Portland and to im
portant industries at the falls of the
Willamette.
The commission will be the more
worthy of praise if it refuses to let
any avoidable delay stand in the way
of the speediest possible completion
of the ".ork.
Portland has been advocating the
establishment of a motor postal route
between Bend and Burns. Senator
Chamberlain has gone into that
country to familiarize himself with
matters in which he can be of serv
ice at Washington. Would it not
be a good time for both communi
ties to appoint committees to push
the motor mail route plan? The
route is badly needed and with
proper endeavor to secure it would
eem to be within thealraost cer
tain probabilities.
GETTING THE MONEY
FOR a long time, during the war
and since, Charles Piez of Chi
cago was chairman of the shipping
board.
Here is what a news dispatch says
of him:
Chicago must "kick in" with the
"quota" of 1750.000 for the national Re
publican committee. Charles Pies, form
erly head of the shipping board, was
chairman of a meeting today that named
the men to "get the money."
Seventy teams of 10 and 12 men each
were organized to shake down big busi
ness. Frederick Courtney Barbour, the
SOO-dollar-a-week director, gave the
workers their instructions.
Still, there are the denials of Chair
man Hays and Treasurer .Upham.
t7jO,O00 was the quota that Governor
Cox declared was set for Chicago.
But Hays and Upham denied it.
And Halph Williams and Jack Day
and State Chairman Tongue and Rob
ert Stanficld have all publicly stated
that the sum sent from Oregon was
920,000 or above. But Hays and L'p
harn have placed the Oregon sum at
only ?2551, a discrepancy of more
than $17,000. Are contributions from
other states similarity covered up?
If so the fund raised will be $24,000,
000 instead of flj.000,000.
A letter addressed to Republican
voters of Kings county by the Twenty-
second assembly district committee of
Brooklyn asked for contributions.
Each letter contained a pamphlet in
which there appcared-this language:
"Each county in the entire country
has been given a quota to raise."
The pamphlet also said Kings county's
"quota is $200000."
The letter says the names of those
who contribute will be placed on "the
roll of honor'' and adds tlrat "a rep
resentative of the committee Avill call
to further explain the, new plan."
There is no longer the slightest
doubt that Hays and L'pam set out
to raise the hugest campaign fund
ever collected in the country.
If a cause is good for the people,
what is the need of such a slush
fund?
A SINGLE DAY CENSUS
CONSIDERABLE criticism has been
leveled at our present system of
taking the census since the recent
canvass. Cities have maintained that
the figures were incorrect, that they
were unfair, and have generally
charged 4hat the system is inefficient.
Now comes a proposal of a one-
day census. It is modeled after the
plan of the selective draft. It con
templates a day in which every per
son in the land should go to a place
of registration and jot down his name,
it is argued that we are familiar with
the system as a result of the draft,
that- women will become familiar
with it when they register for suf
frage, and that' the people of the
nation could be held responsible
under the law to fulfill their duty in
registration.
That it would be necessary to have
a follow-up organization Is admitted,
but such an organization is neces
sary under the present system, ad
vocates of the single day census
argue, and was under the selective
draft.
There are certainly some arguments
for sich a plan, among them a very
considerable! saving in expense.
FROM A VACANT LOT
IT WAS only a vacant lot, like one
of those the city is sending pris
oners from its jail to mow.. It was
neglected by the hand of man and
overgrown"; without the curb of cul
tivation. But an elderly man wandered across
the lot because its very wildness re
minded him of open country fields
and of scenes long retired in memory.
For old time's sake, he gathered the
simple flowers that the unconven
tional florist, Nature, lets live.' He
found a bit of goldenrod and some
long-stemmed .dandelions almost as
golden. He gathered some of the
fairy disks of white blooming wild
parsnip and a few vivid heads of clo
ver. A vine maple offered him two
or three leaves that the first breath
Of autumn had painted in warm and
wonderfully beautiful colors. Several
late blooming daisies, thre California
poppies and a fragment of bracken
fern completed the array.
All this he did, for memory. But
when he looked at the duster 7 Of
(lowers in his hand they had ceasedl
f be the common overgrowth of a
vacant; Jot, ; They had ; beeaonched
by; Jhe fairy waruTof enchantment.
The yellow, the red. the gold ' and
the white had blended into beauty
that in some strange fashion uplifted
the spirit and gladdened the heart.
The humble blossoms left their va
cant lot and glorified a room where
illness rumpled the couch.
If you wish to believe that in them
was a color combination of harmony,
gather some of the blossoms that
nature causes to bloom on a city lot
allowed to become wild again. They
will adorn the most richly furnished
room and call for the most costly
vase.
WHY COX IS
ESSENTIAL
With Radicalism Rampant, Troublous
. Days Will Come if Reaction
Triumphs
(Prom the Salem Capital Journal)
Governor Cox' appearance is that of
the forceful, energetic, capable business
man. As a speaker he ii fluent, direct
and effective. A good conversationist,
an attentive listener, he has a personal
charm of manner that accounts in a
measure for his popularity. He has
poise without pose and lacks the affecta
tion of pomposity so frequently culti
vated by the politician.
Governor Cox impresses one by his
sincerity, by his optimism, by his, vision.
He has the faith of the true progressive
in humanity as contrasted with the
materialism of the reactionary with his
regard for ' the rights of property. He
has the courage of his convictions and
the militancy of the crusader.
Governor Cox. born in poverty, at
taining position and honor by his own
efforts, has never lost the viewpoint of
the man In the street, and his every
public effort has been in the interest of
the people. He has the requisite initia
tive, the strength of character and the
executive capacity to effect the reforms
In the government of the nation that
he has been instrumental In effectinc in
Ohio and keep this a government by and
for the people instead of one by and for
special interests. -
Radicalism is ranpant in the land.
If people next November turn the gov
ernment over to the reactionaries of the
senate, with their proved Incapacity to
solve the problems of the 'future, tnelr
lack of sympathy with humanity, their
devotion to. the capitalists who are con
tributing to slush funds, and turn back
the clock to the "nprmalcy" of govern
ment by big business, there will be trou
blous days ahead and an alarming in
crease in unrest and a mushroom growth
of Bolshevism.
A forward looking president is essen
tial in this (rrave crisis of national and
international affairs and it would be
worse than folly to elect one who
boasts of looking backward. In Cox
the people, have a forward looking man
and his election means not only the
success of the League of Nations, but
the extension and perpetuation of the
ideals of the founders of the republic.
Letteis From the People
Communications tent to Tte Jcurnal for
publication in thi department should be written
on only one aide of the paper, ihou'd not exceed
800 words in lenrth and ma-t be aisned by tht
writer, whose mail addraaa in full must aecom
pa.Djr the. conUbwtion. )
AN ADJURATION TO CHRISTIANS
Portland, Sept 16. To the Editor of
The Journal Every voter in view of
the coming national electiorf should
analyze the issues from much higher
ground than that of political expediency.
One party declares against the League
of Nations and another for it, and indi
viduals are swayed for or against by
fealty toward one political party or the
other. The issue, as to the League of
Nations, should be elevated far above
fealty to any party.
Christians should ask themselves: Is
there anything in the articles proposed
for the League of Nations which will
not square with my Idea of my duty
as a Christian believer? Do I, as a
Christian believer, feel satisfied that a
vote against the League of Nations will
square with my duty to my God?
The adoption of the League of Na
tions covenant is the most truly Chris
tian subject that has ever been brousrht
before the American voters, and the
adoption of tire covenant must rest with
the conscience of Christians at the
coming election.
What was Lincoln's Christian inter
pretation of War? The following letter
was written to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney,
an American woman resident in London
and wife of a wealthy Quaker banker
of that city. (See State Papers of
Abraham Lincoln," by Henry J. Ray
mond, page 616.)
"My eiteemed friend : The purposes of
the Almighty are perfect and must pre
vail, thouph we erring mortals may fail
to accurately perceive them In advance.
We hoped for a happy termination of
this terrible war long before this, but
God knows best, and has ruled other
wise. We shall yet acknowledge His
wisdom and our own errors therein.
Meanwhile, we must work earnestly, in
the best lights He gives us. trusting that
so working still conduces to the great
ends He ordains. Surely, He Intends
some great good to follow this mighty
convulsion. Your sincere friend,
"A. Lincoln."
Oreit good did follow the Civil war
and perpetuated the principle that "All
men are born free." Would not Lincoln
have predicted great good to follov this
greater convulsion, the European war?
Without the adoption of the League of
Nations covenant, what good has fol
lowed or will follow that recent terrible
convulsion?
There is only one issue' before the
American people, and that issue is for
or against the League of Nations. That
issue is bigger than any party, because
it Is a Christian issue and can be Judged
only by ChrisUan interpretation.
W. L. Bishop.
OPEN LETTER TO SCHOOL BOARD
St. Johns. Sept 15. To the School
Board In the matter of a selection of
a site for the new high school at St.
Johns. I desire to state, as a citizen
of 15 years' residence in this district
and knowing condiUons in this district
and the Peninsula generally, that we
have a tract available for this school
that Is peculiarly fitting the Caples
tract containing, including streets, about
eight acres, with 2500 feet of sidewalk
and about S00 feet of hard surface
streets. The tract is nearly in the cen
ter of St Johns and is beautifully
wooded, capable of being made one of
the prettiest places in -h city of Port
land, and located on the car Une. ' The
fitting up of these grounds can be done
at a minimum expense, much less than
any other tract that might be offered.
, The growth of the Peninsula district
demand a high school at St Johns at
this . time. There Is no doubt of this
fact.- and as time goes on and the
Peninsula grows la population it will
be necessary to locate still another high
school . between St. Johns and Jefferson
high, so we must build and locate with
n eye to me future.
1 . Th PPltlon f St. Johns at present
ion dutrt ZJ?.Z"at
ton district must be served from here
w nigra scnool. which adds to this
PP,ttonV T Pfint 18 10 PJaca your
Wlwlnit wjitrrt tfc& rreatast number of
tudentg caa" attend without the neces
sity of a car ride and It expense. If
the building Is to be a ' (250,000 monu
ment, its setting must be In accordance
with the eternal fitness of things. The
Caplea tract wiU meet every require
ment and be the proper place for such
a building, and I am positive , that in
the heart of every resident of this dis
trict we would all be - satisfied with
this selection. I am speaking as a
citixen, believing that this tract is in
no way offered by any interest or real
estate deal. Now. Messrs. Directors, we
are at your mercy. Please give us
something that we can ail be proud ot,
and when the money la spent for a high
school let It be where everyone can see
it with its beautiful grounds, and, we
can all marvel at iu location and con
venience. I understand that there is tS
be a big reduction In the price of this
tract If that is not sufficient, con
demn It but get it, A. W. Davis.
TO CURB HOODLUM DRIVERS
Hood River, Sept 15. To the Editor
of The Journal Much is being said
about reckless automobile driving. I
believe if the editors of our b'.g papers
and magazines would discuss it, public
opinion could be so aroused as to change
our laws. Your editorials are strong
and to the point, but none too strong.
A man was overhauled Sunday morn
ing on the Tpcker road, near my place.
The officer had chased him eix miles
and cut all corners. He was running
his car over 60 miles an hour, I was
told. I suppose he will pay a small
fine and repeat, the offense. Such men
should not be allowed to run cars. We
are asked to tax ourselves to build
good roads, only to turn them over to
a lot of hoodlums, who have about as
much respect for the publio as I hey
have for themselves. While the major
ity who own cars are careful and trus
worthy, nearly half the cars on the pub
lic roads, are being run by the class
just referred to. I often see small boys
and sometimes little girls driving
through the crowded streets at lfcor 15
miles an hour. To cross a street in
any large city is a dangerous undertak
ing. Footmen have the same right to
the public road as the cars have, and
while it is expected that the footman
shall make all necessary speed, he
should not be expected to break his
neck getting out of the way of an
onrushing car.
A law should fee enacted to require all
drivers to be examined as to qual
ifications, and none should be allowed
to run a car except those who have
passed such examinations and hold
certificates to that effect Also, the
speed limit should be not over 23 miles
in the country and seven miles In cities
and towns. Fifteen miles on a crowded
street is dangerous. Of course, excep
tions In favor of fire engines and other
emergencies should be allowed.
Five and six miles is the limit on all
trains passing through cities. Why al
low automobiles to run 15?
John B. Tolk.
REEDT'S SELF, IN VERSE.
Chehalls. Wash., Sept 1. To the
Editor of The Journal The death re
cently of Marion Reedy, one of the
world's intellectual stars, has brought
to my mind a poem he once wrote to
my daughter, Mrs. George A. Johnson
of Chehalis. She was a correspondent
of the Mirror, his weekly magazine.
This poem he had entitled " Deo Gratias."
It bore date December, 1904.
Thank lor the year now dyirc
And for an the yean agone.
For lauchter and for aifhing.
For nitht and (or (olden dlwn.
For kunahine nd for flowem.
For winter winiin and anow.
For joyful and the painful houn
Thanks, God, for a girl 1 know.
Thanks for both gain and loaaej.
Thank for both mile and teara.
Thanks for all rrowm and eroaM,
Kef the fool mob'H hive and cbeera;
STlianka ior in and rerentame,
lor Fortune'! kiaa, Fate'i blow
They may all be put in a sentence:
Thank. God. for a ariri I know.
Thankt for courage to fact the future
Ai well aa a tow the put.
And araile at the pain of the autara
That knit tbem firm and1 faai.
Thank for the death that's certain;
If to light or to death I to.
I'll pray, at the fall of the curtain.
Thanks. God, for a girl I know.
Is It not beautiful?
Reedy? Mrs.
And Is it not
S. E. Johnson.
THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
From the Bend BulleUn
The Bulletin has received a prelim
inary classification catalogue of the
coming Pacific International Livestock
Exposition, to be held in Portland from
November 1J to 20. This is the tenth
annual exposition and should take its
place as the greatest the exposition has
ever held.
The importance of the undertaking in
a livestock country can hardly be over
estimated. Giving as it does oppor
tunity for stockbreeders to meet, com
pare notes, observe results obtained In
the work, see the ideals in the shape of
prize stock and make purchases from a
wide range for the betterment of their
own herds, It is a sort of livestock uni
versity for those interested in the
business.
With the development of the livestock
Industry in Central Oregon there should
be an increasing interest In the exposi
tion. More stock should be exhibited,
more of us should visit the show, more
support .should be given in every way.
Livestock is not only one of our hopes
for future development ; it Is right now
one of our biggest farm assets. Any
thing that can be done to help the busi
ness along is a small thing compared
with the big results to be obtained.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Fashions in pipes are ever changing,
according to the likes and dislikes of
Ihe smoking fraternity, but the clay and
corncob pipes have held ' their own
against all the onslaughts of style. The
corncob pipe is regarded In many parts
of the world as being typically Ameri
can. Whole acres of land in Ohio.
Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska are
planted to corn for the express purpose
of harvesting cobs for the manufacture
ot pipes. Of course, the grain is also
harvested and marketed, but the cob is
the real crop. It Is cut into the correct
lengths, polished and gouged out by
special machinery and the finished arti
cle is shipped to every part of the world.
It is in especial favor in Australia and
New Zealand.
Olden Oregon
Uncle Sam's Attempts at Road Building
Wer Failures.
Daring territorial; times several ap
propriations were made by the federal
government for mUltay roads but the
purpose for which the money was ap
propriated was never realised. The
roads built were merely trails. - The only
early roads w.hlch could be traveled by
wagon were 'those which the settlers
buUt at their own expense. One of the
proposed military roads waa from Salem
to Astoria. For this roai (30.000 , waa
appropriated by congress in -the early
'vS'a. The road was partly, constructed
in 1SSS under the direction,' of Lieuten
ant Derby; The money gave out and a
further appropriation ot lli.000 waa
made , by congress. After this was ex
pended the road was practically useless.
GEE! IS THAT ALL?
- , - ma tha Philadelphia Inquirer
?,"Th old question, "What is whiskey r
has been answered. , - ;- -t
tCm SlSnuai-tr V; : : . '
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
A few touches of human nature may
start quarrels among the closest kin.
'
An honest man is the noblest work of
God. unless he doesn't happen to be a
member of your party.
A Nebraska farmer who advertised for
a wife, specifying that he preferred good
health and strength to beauty, hasn't
received a solitary answer. "
The other day a mart who lets -his
nair grow long on one side or nia neaa
In order to slick ,lt over his bald dome,
said some sarcastic things about women
who paint their lips thinking they can
fool people by- it
a a
"You told iWilast week," the collector
cornpiainea, "tnat ir I would call today
you'd pay this bill." "I know." the de
linquent replied, "bat mistakes are made
by the best of ua. I was planning to be
away, ana iorgot all about it.
MORE -OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Ft D. Bridges of Oakland. Or., has .
business to transact in Portland. There
fore he was a guest at the Hotel Port
land Wednesday. Oakland Is by way of:
being the turkey center of the universe.
Tliey raise 'em by the thousands down
that way, and ship them to the far corn
ers of the nation to satisfy the festive
appetites of holiday diners.
C. W. Vail of Carlton was a guest at
the Oregon hotel Wednesday. Carlton Is
a nearb Yamhill county town, whose
dignity is assured by the presence of
Mayor Kidder.
William McMnrray. general passenger
agent of the O-W. R. A. N. ; H. ELouna-
bury. general freight agent or tne line.
and W. D. Skinner, tsaffio manager or
the S...P. .t a railway, left Wednes
day night for Seattle to attend the North
west States Irrigation and Development
congress.
G. W. Weatherley and J. E. Dunne
will leave soon to attend the national
convention of the Ice Cream Manufac
turers' association; to be held at Chi
cago, October 11 to 13. They will be
delegates from the Oregon Dairy council
to the National Dairy council's conven
tion at Chicago. Dunne will go a few
days earier than Weatherley, to attend
the National Caterers' association con
vention at Cleveland, where he will be
one of those to discuss the topic, 'The
Luxury Tax." "Ice cream is a food, and
should be regarded in that light," said
Dunne at the- council's board meeting in
the Broadway, bttilding Wednesday.,
From The Dalles to Prairie City, East
ern Oregon is represented at the Im
perial hotel on Thursday's register. And
now that the outing season at Bright
wood Is done for the year. Harry Hamil
ton is on hand to greet each representa
tive. Among those present are John K.
Kelly of Heppner, L. S. Bentley of Pen
dleton. R. Begg of John Day, J. C.
Pound of Canyon City. Stanley W.
Younger of Prairie City. J. K. Ford of
Hot Lake and P. W. Chllders'.of The
Dalles.
Mrs. H. W. Smith of Menlo Park.
Cat. and her daughter. Miss Rosalie
Smith, left Portland Wednesday night
for their home after a delightful visit of
a week with the niece of Mrs. Smith.
AMERICA FIRST AND LAST
From the Cooperstown
These have signed the covenant of the
League of Nations:
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Brasil
, Netherlands
Denmark
Greece
Canada
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
India
Czecho-Sfovakla
Bolivia
Guatemala
Uruguay
Argentine
Paraguay
Chili
Colombia
Poland
Peru
Norway
Venezuela
Siam
, Liberia
Panama
Persia
Salvador
The call Just now Is for Americans patrloUc enough to place country above
partisanship.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
' By Fred
( In Uw praeent arUcla and In otftera that
will lollow, Mr. LockWy narretaa mcidenta ia tha
lone and useful career of a woman who naa en
toyed exnerteoc out of the orrlinar, in eon
Eeetton with ewenta of traat historical import
"nceV Tha praaent trinmph of the equal auf
can sireTparticular timeline- to theaa
aketrbea. 1
Mrs. Helen Ekin Starrett in her 80
years has done a tremendous amount
of constructive public service. Historic
characters live again as she talks of
the days of her girlhood and young
womanhood.
"My father, the' Rev. John Ekin. was
born In Pennsylvania of Scotch-Irish an
cestry," said Mrs. Starrett "My mother.
Esther Fell Lee. was born In Philadel
phia arad was a Quakeress. Her people
were the founders of Swarthmore col
lege My father and mother were mar
ried' In IU. There were seven of us
Children. My father was a. mlnjster of
the United Presbyterian church. When
be was called to the pastorate of the
church at Pittsburg he was paid $500
a year. In ISM. when I was 1J year,
old. I entered the Pittsburg high achool.
The schoolroom was over a store. The
high school had been started the pre
ceding year. I went to high school two
ytana ken took a poaition --teacher
in the primary department of the
Pittsburg schools. When I was 17 I
took a position as teacher in the Sewlck
leV Female academy. I taught music
and matnemaUc. The following yea
my father moved to Iowa and I went
to Georgetown; Ky- as a teacher in a
seminary there. I taught in the same
rT'n which Jan O Elaine and his
bad taught. I waa principal of the
school when Fort Sumter waa fired
upon. I had t giva up my position.
Father -was in Louisiana when the war
broke out He wrote me to Join the
family at JCenla. Ohio. He took charge
of the Washington Female awtnlnary at
Xenla. which, by the way, ia aUU In
existence and. now U,e,2L.1fL. . 'I
the auspice, of the United Presbyterian
church. Father bad Are daughters and
on aoh and we were aU brought up
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Connoisseurs of beauty allege that this
year's crop of school ma'ams have more,
of it than usuat Medford Mall-Tribune.
There Is a housing question, of course,
but everybody seems to have aome place
to stay, win eomeooay ainaiy uiii,
Salem Statesman.
tmav maiiiif itrm nrlmlt thev are
making money. They have invented a
system tnat gets an me spare cwn
newspaper publishers and leaves no
come-back. Crane American.
a '
With the hunting season only
days old, two men have already been
shot for deer In Oregon, and a Eugene
woman narrowly escaped a?1"
other day from a bullet that ruclc the
windshield of the car in which eh ew as
riding.' The carelessneas of some Pf?Pla
with deadly weapons passes all under
standing Eugene Register.
Mrs. Willis B.
fifth street S.
Hargreaves
E.
of 212S Fifty -
TArm. V. T. McLouth of Corvallls, ac
companied by Miss L. C. and Miss Ethel
Taylor of the Agricultural college town,
are at the Hotel Portland. Mrs. Mc
Louth Is the wife of the professor of art
and architecture jit O. A. C, where he Is
familiarly known to thousands of stu
dents of the present and past as "Farley
Doty."
The Oregon llptel Is host to Frank
Snow of White Salmon, Wash., orchard
ist. who used to be a city detective In
Portland before the call of the farjn
reached him. Snow likes to hear what
the "boys" are doing hereabouts, but he
is vastly more concerned just now about
the price of apples.-
-
P. O. Powell, candidate for representa
tive from Polk county, visited Portland
Wednesday to attend the meeting of the
Oregon Dairy council, of which he is a
director. Powell, who is president of the
Polk County Fair association, will have
charge of an exhibit that the council will
place at Dallas, showing the food value
and content of milk.
e
At the Portland hotel M. C: Snook, A.
G. Schlllie and C. J. Sharkey, all of Con
don, are making themselves comfortable
during a brief visit in Portland, where
they are enjoying the same Indian sum
mer sun that is at present inundating
their home section. x
E. W. Eastman of La Grande, a well
known attorney of Union county and
Eastern Oregon, has moved to Portland
and has been residing at 743 Eaat Couch
street since last week.
W. F. Miller, assistant general freight
agent of th'e Southern Pacific, will leave
Saturday for a vacation trip to Omaha.
St Louis, Des Moines and other Eastern
cities.
Mrs. D. A Osbom and Iven and Bon
nie Osborn are at the Oregon hotel They
register from Imbler, that happy little
town in the northern part of the famous
Grand Honde valley, in Union county.
Imbler is the shipping point for nearly
75,000 acres of valuable farm lands, pro
ducing more than 600 cars of grain alone
each year.
(N. Y.) Freeman s Journal
These have NOT signed the covenant
of the League of Nations :
Germany
Mexico
Russia
Turkey
The United States.
A year and a half ago the United
States of America was first In war,
first in peace and first in USe heart
of the civilized world.
Where Is she now?
Shall we vote to perpetuate the
power of those politicians who for
partisan purposes have bsought upon
our country the contempt and ridi
cule of all civilization?
Are we to remain the ally of the
countries deemed unfit to Join the
League of Nations?
L
Lockley
to know hard work by personal ac
quaintance. My sisters Adeline and
Frances and I scrubbed every floor and
washed every window in the place.
Father and we three girls composed the
teaching force. You can get an Idea
a wHa., nniltn ttla tha aaa-Ha-l ar as ax.' whan
I tell you we started the school with.
a total capital of 10 five-dollar gold
pieces. At the end of the year we had
one lfft. No one can ever know the
economies we practiced to carry on the
school.
a
"William Aiken Starrett had been a
playfellow or mine when we were little
tots, had later been a member of my
father's church, had gone to Washing
ton and Jefferson college, and later had
o-rariuAteri from Princeton Theological
I seminary. He came from Lawrence,
I kaii.. to Xenla to renew our childhood
t friendship. We were married February
1 15, 1861.
. a
"A few months before our marriage
Quantrelrs guerriias naa raiaeu
rence. killing many of its people and
burning a number of Its buildings. My
husband waa made chaplain of the mili
tary company organised Immediately
after the raid. It did not seem a very
safe place to take a bride, but as I was
willing to go we went st once to Law
rence. My husband was pastor of the
Presbyterian church. He was also coun
ty school superintendent and editor of
the Lawrence Tribune. I taught a class
in music and took over the visiting of
many of the country schools, and when
he became sick I took over the editorial
work on the Tribune. To supplement
our revenue I became correspondent for
the Springfield Republican, whose editor
was John O. Holland. We had pretty
strenuous jtlmes getting along, for ,ln
those days Lawrence had .leas than
1000 population and money waa scarce.
My boys went barefoot as early as the
weather permitted and stayed barefoot
as late in the fall as they could. There
waa lots to do, and'we were bury every
minute, and consequently happy."
The Oregon Country " -
Northweat Haniwnlnsa in Htlef form tot the
Buay Uaadar.
OHEUON NOTES '
arrive 7tV.rtor wh""' ginning to
ported. A,torl' whence It will be
' Rfanaw htvr-r 'aa ...lii .
day Ne?iv inri . "YnK"H opened Mon-
herdVr.trv:v.e,nK d'mnHtratlon. will DO
Kn&oCObeCr0,1'n,y fr U"' d'
been'h'.Pf.f M. M.nnvl.le has
achool at wlUamTna U"' mr h'sh
Citterns of Jacksonville hv,. Ht.rtl
a movement to resim Uiv n m.,1,.1 r 1
county seat to MedfoM hH
Logging company of is),,,
increased from JiSO.oOO to $jm,.('i.
thThlVt:mH. N" -Alumni hsho, latlon of
It. r-,.-7S'.ty10f, 0re0" 1 "reaped
Its capital nock from $1000 to IHi.ihmi.
Lvnt f'rT WOrk r,he "ew'Mehatna
near I Kt Vr ,he Sntlam rlv.-r.
thIhOre..nnu v "nfrcn,c of officers of
TO ? 1 o o h ;Srf,,pmt",f d :6. From
- to 100 dpIr-Rutes Hre exx-.tei.
be nnena,VllVl"'',0"," of s"-'Rnrld will
to hT TL" ''!' -nly vacancy
the manual trainlnK department.
r n ,v rrov'"K nnf'"f" to ranch-tar-ui
L lo)i c0"n' ' liave, not
IredM t, M,l '"1 rp of h Hun
dreds f tons are mm ri the ground.
1'nder a dec.ininn .. ......
nv',nhe.r.. ?de,,u i,r em-
.m V- -"V"' 81 "0,l the blind
... .iv. u unuer lam un.l net rules.
Thrive now .
ar .4 .1 nave neen
V l ,?u 'VL I'ano '"nly fairground.
...... Hnuiuotml Ki:t,(- .,ro-
lded all Stock Malls have boon en
gaged. A. E. Wnr! rrrt 'n.t),n..i
. - ,, , "'""'"si inaiinpor
for English apple merchant'. ay ih
export demand lor Hood Hlvor !SV -towns
will result in prices satisfactory
to growers.
Negotiations are reported to he pend-
n W mt Wlnvnatt. 1.' I 1 . I
" ir wif merging
of three banks. The oomhl nation would
ine rargeac oanK in the Male outside
of Portland.
The hop rrop In the Wlllamfna district
s llarhter than ve nA.( n u . i
. , " -. ' i iili'UKU 1111
quality is excellent. No aplon is re
ported. Most yards are contracted at
to cents per pound.
WASHINGTON
Knnkariai nnuial .. a..
i'-ro.a i cv-riwui Nlll III-, j ij,
gust hhowed a gain of almost $25,tiOrt
over August, 1919,.
A Kna, , in . . . ...
' -,,, aiTfH oi new una win
be watered under the new Irrigation dls-
m.. ut-uiK organizea at J'aieros.
Tlklm. oil., l 1 jt
, , " - "iiciicu wun an
attendance of 3351, or 10 per cent more
u, opening aay last year.
Orders have been Isaued for the trans
fer of the First Infantry. If. 8. A., from
Vancouver barracks to a post In Texas.
According to a cenxus bureau rencrt
the population of Oakcsdale has been ,
decreased from 882 In 1310 to Sit In
1920.
Steps are being taken at, Winona to
find some method bv which damage to
the town by future floods may be pre
vented. A permanent organization has tbeen
formed at Seattle for the encourage
ment of the breeding of milch goats on
Puget Sound.
The rain hha delayed harvesting In
the vicinity of Spraxue, but farmrrs are
taking advantage of the wot weather to
seed winter wheat.
Interruption to liarvent work In the
vicinity of Colfax "by rain Is serious, as
there in still a great part or the crop
yet to be harvested.
Frank Ithyne has been elected a men-
' a a a aaw; c l ill (.V'UHUl HM fflli; rH ,
W. Hoekett, resigned to accept the ap-
frrvi., kiucm ii inarstiiai.
A gain of l l.fH.1.6'.9 In loans and .lla-
CAlintM In Mnnt uriM l.,iila rt
aarn ia uhnwn Itv at t,t..tnn a in 1 1,..
comptroller ot the currency.
IDAHO
The enrollment of thn Ktler whool
showed a total attendance of 47 1 on the
opening day.
The state normal school at Lrwlainn
has opened with promlao of a registra
tion far in excess of lat year's.
Increased tax levies have hecn nllnwrrt
by the department of erln.-Ht I'nT ! 40
Independent school di.-trht throwc'iout
'he state.
Rains throughout the IiIIIh h.i-. r ended
all danger from forHt fin l-'in- !
throughout the IW.Ise f trsl w i uinim
ally low thin year.
T. W. McClaln. at". Artesian t;iiniier,
was found on the fHr n-ai of Ins auto
mobile with llln litad entirely nli"t away.
The authorities pronoum ! it a case of
suicide.
Steps have been taken at Tin Kails
for the creation of the Murtauuh Irri
gation district. It is irniwl t" reclaim
about 6O41OO acrfH Ixtwien ll;iten and
Milner at an estimated com of ISO per
acre.
Unck Jeff Snow Says:
TUT ti a n V ailfrn r 1 rimt WilH )HlM Ifl
prices, the way they Jumped was like
a goat bouncln' over a fen . but when
the prices has been drove down they've
crawled like a turtle goln' undrr a fence.
I reckon If the llkker loaue ain't dead
as slavery. It'll be because congrew
and not the next prrMdent 'II hnld
smellin' salts to the nwf f old John
Barleycorn.
A Talc of J'iont-cr I.ilV in
Oregon Ujidcr Oiwliti"iis
of These Later Days
(Continued From Tentcrday)
Todav. on the middle fork of the
South Hantlam river, the road that
leads from Foster l" Whitcombs
ranch Is a 14-mlle wairon trT.lt over
which an automobile with difficulty
passes when the summer ia dryest
and whic h becomes ImpnaHable with
the firat rain.
The SO families have dwindled to
two. The. Whltcotiibx. who gave
their name to the clearing near the
union of the middle fork with Ita
north fork, have panned on and the
Brysna have taken their place.
Across the little river. In a dark and
lonely upot which makes no opening
In the forest, are the graves of the
three Whltcomb children, who died
of diphtheria one dreary winter
died because the raging stream and
the Impassable road forbade calling
a doctor. The three little mounds
are clothed In mo as and ferns and
hey would not be seen except that
they are Just outside the rude, tiny
square of picket fence protecting a
fourth and larger grave. Here a. slab
of cedar. It too, moss-grown, tells the
rare- passerby In strangely twisted
letters that Thomas Bone was
drowned In December of 101.
He was concerned in a log drive, his
foot slipped snd he was burled with
out a funeral on a rain-wet day.
The best ranch of the Middle Fork
country Is the one farthest up, where
the Blanchards live. It Is reached
only by the hunter or angler afoot,
the rancher on horseback or the
staunch vehicle that has wheels high
enough to make the ford of the
stream.
Just a mile beyond l the Widow's
Retreat Two women, mother and
daughter, one cam Into the country
seeking a home. Perhaps they sought,
too, surcease of sorrow, for both had,
lost their husbands. But they were
crowded back by the obdurate wil
derness and were lost again In the
towns.
(To Be Continued.) , '
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