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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1020. mintal "4J IM DEPEJ DEM T NEWSPAPER C. M. JACKSON rubltahjr fBw mm. be confident, be cneerful and do unu others u Jo wuukl ha a them J1" " 1 Pnr.lWr.ed mry wees da and Sunday msrsins. t The Journal Build. m. Kroauwe ami Teni Wll etraat, Portland. Oregon. fcnterad at Um poatntftna it Portland. Oron, for tmnemlwloa Utrauah lha mails eeeoud claM mat tar. ' - TtXKPilOXKM Main 7178. Automatic nnO-IU. All aepartroaoU reached bthaes numtwra. roHKt;.N AnvKBiFTMNO MrnYAJ. Henjamts ft Ketitnur t'o.. K,"""'1' S2S Klfth asesue. New Xork; l00 Mailers Uuildinf. Chireao. T11K OKKtiU JOt'RSAI. rwfm the riht to r)-t andTertlatna core wlrtcb It deema oO Jectionabl. It alo will not print any eopir that In ao f simulate reading maUer or that cannot readily ba recua-nued aa adfer tlain. HUBMCBIPTION ItAThS . .By Carrier, Cite and Country IAII.Y ANli SUNDAY 0n wek I .16On im.nth -8 DAILY I "CNDA1 Ona w k in Ona week ....... 08 ma month ... .4111 ...... BI MAIL, AMRATK I'ATABI.B IN ADVANCfc - UAUI Ai ni..'iwi On year- Sil asonllie. . . . is. 00 Tliraa months. .. Una month SUN DAT (Only) On yesr HI 1 month. .. . Three, month. . 4.-3 PA1I.T (Without Sunday) Hfia year , . . . an " gs.on 1 75 1 00 Ml month.. ... 3 'lh Thr month.. 17ft Ona month, ... .60 WKKKI.T lErery Wednesday) Ona yaar $1" Six monlfca 60 WEKKLT AND SUNDAY On year 13.80 Thaaa rata apply only In lha Weat. Bataa to Kastern point furnished on applica tion. Mak remittance by Money Order. Eipress Order or Draft If your poatoffioa la not a Hoarr Order Of flea. 1 or 2-$ent aumpa will be accepted. Make all reuiltUnce payable to Tb Journal) Pnrtland, Oreaoa The anewer of. a pirate to Aleiander the Grrat wan a. Jll-t aa it was wrpre. "Hy wliel right." naltl the .kina. "do yu infest the ea" The pirate replied: "Hy tin same that ynu infest the universe, but be cause I do It Iti a nma.il atilp I am calh-d a robber, and because' joii do the tame acta with a freat fleet ou are called a conqueror!" Noah Vorcttr. THK PLUNDERED BANK A LA RG K number of people in Jack son county would like to know wIihI William II. Johnson has done with the money deposited in the Bank' of Jucksons Hie, of which lie was the president and cashier. A still larger number of poople throughout the stale would like? to know how it hus been possible for, Johnson to wreck the bunk so completely as he semis to have done. jKiifier Johnson is an arch criminal kkillcd far beyond thf average in the manipulation of funei.s and accounts, or else th. state banking department does not sland so firm a bulwark be tween the crooked banker and the depositors' money as generally has been supposed. And then, too, there arc other as pects of the case of public interest. T rio mintir cn.ic , it.nn i t .. . . n 1 - deep s:a traffic is growing more rap county has evidently disregarded proportionately, than that of any every mandate of the law governing , t , lhe UnilCfi sutcs An(J the appointment and regulation of Ulc ca rK Portland lakes from . sup. lutiijLjr ut'iMjai iui irs iui futile lunil-! other than the fact that'slie has de'sig natcd certain banking institutions as county depositories. She deposited the funds of the county without ru-! gard to the size or strength of the various banks. She paid no attention to the requirement that county de posits be protected by securities equal in value to the deposits. 'She hurled good county money after bud into the maw of the Bank of Jacksonville even after drafts drawn In her favor had come back protested and unredeemed. The county judge and the county commissioner;; faced with the month ly reports and records of the county treasurer, sat with their eyes shut to the impending crash without taking step of any kind to avert the loss of lha county funds on deposit with the Bank of Jacksonville. The district attorney, throughout his tenure of office, made no exam ination of the securities held as col lateral to county deposits until Aug ust 4 of the present year, and even then seemingly gae no thought to the validity or ownership of lhe se curities which he did find and did examine. (Johnson, on tiic"faee of the record, seems to have been guilty of forgery, of perjury In certifying to false state ments of his bank's condition, of the embezzlement of funds belonging to patrons and clients of' the bank, llg skeins to have'kept tvyo sets of books, 0; at least a (JJvlded Wet. part of which, he used In setting out his fase state ments of the bank's condition, part of which he kept hidden from sight. He seems wantonly to have juggled his accounts from day to day and month to month and yet to have un- " dorgono examination after examina tion by the state department without the least suspicion of his derclic- - lions. it , It is an amazing condition Indeed that Johnson could have so conducted blraself and Ills bank "for a year or more, that h could, have published t statements" so 'patently 'untrue time after" lime, without thefounty officials ,or ;thc banking department, of. all of .them, noting -itio discrepancies and -'.' bringing hint--to' book.for'hisactlon9 ' before: .be. dipped, sq 'deeplyJjnto the ' public 'and, private funds or Jackson ' county, r" : 1. .;' h . The whole transaction Is past logt cat explanation. Tlw unstable eondi Klon tf the Bank "of Jacksonville wts common knowledge In the banking circles of Jackson county for months before Die end came to its operations. It must hare been sensed by the of ficials of the county other than the county treasurer. It ought to have been discovered by the banking de partment. If a country Jbankcr can leave such wreckage In his wake, what could a clever culprit not do in a larger field? What is the use- of having a banking department if a one-man bank can put it over as Johnson has done at Jacksonville? Appearances in bank bomb times may cause undue excitement. A silent-footed Individual made his way through the Saturday morning crowd of one of Portland's national banks. lie wore a cap pulled low over his eye. He carried m ma hand a square box. It was suspicious to the 'nth degree. People backed out of his way. Some of them whis pered that they could hear the thing "tick." Others bad sudden business outside the financial insti tution. The intruder finally spoke to the bank officer. "Say, I got Into the wrong place. I was looking for an express office so I could send to my sister her hat." IS THAT ALL? I "M KDDLING In the affairs of Eu rope for the last four years has accomplished little but spilling of bad manners and bad counsel all over the world." Guess who said that. It was none oilier than Senator Harding, who seeks the presidency. Is that all America and Americans accomplished over there? If those words could reach him through the eternal silence, Theo dore Roosevelt would summon the ghostly thousands of American dead and lead them in spirit protest against such an avowal. The Portland Railway, Light & Power company will doubtless be interested to know that two passen gors alighted ut the Union depot from a Seattle train Saturday morn ing, waited two minutes for a chance to board a one-man car on the depot line, then, being told to wait for the next car, decided to save time by walking up town. fThe in cident may contain a suggestion. SEATTLE GETS THE CREDIT W HIL Seattle remains the ship ping board's Pacific Northwest I headquarters, the hoard is in position to suy to Portalnd : "Officially you don't exist. Why complain ?" Seattle ns the shipping board's headquarters gets the credit for the shipping board business done in the Northwest. It Is not the Pacific fs'orthwest dis trict. It is not, the Seattle-Portland district. It is not the Scattle-Tacoma- Portland district. It is the Seattle dis- tricl. Seattle is a backsliding port. She Is losing commerce since the war at a rate of tens of millions of dollars. But what is the difference? Portland is a growing port. Her commerce re- . i i i rt . i i - . I turns uouuie aiuiuaii. i-urnaiius plies shipping board vessels will be recorded to the credit of the Seattle district. I'llimately, if the present arrangement continues, private com merce will also refer to Northwest ports as the "Seattle district." Let someone who has the time and the authority look up the final rcc- j ord of the 80-odd splendid steel ships built in Portland as a war service. These vessels will be found credited to the Seattle district. Officially, Port land didn't build any. And while the green slime on the surface of the costly waterway be tween Seattle's Lake Washingto and Puget sound schico knows disturb ance by any ship, and Seattle's ter minals arc in lessening demand, Se attle outwardly smiles. Portland is doing business. Seattle gets the credit. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, formerly of Portland, has tendered his resig nation as vice president of the Zion ist organization of America. One re port Is that the policies of the Zion ists in Palestine have not met with his. approval. When Interviewed, Rabbi Wise refused to comment ex cept to indicate, that the resignation would not be pressed provided the organization docs not reelect him as vice president or as an officer at its convention in New York next month. A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS '"pilE Boy Scout movement with its 1 outdDor craft and life, its coop eration and service, lis lofty :ode of personal and civic honor, needs men I Live men big men are summoned to this national service of the leader ship of the nation's boys tomor row's men. ,;i Scouling is America's accepted pro gram for boy development. Scout troops dot every corner of the coun try. . More U)n a third of a million Scouts iffomf'Maln6 . to California are daily doing "good turns." Posted but a few feet apart UieV ,,w ould stretch a living chain across jSe continent from the At lantlo to the Pacific. Marching in close formation up the streets of any of ou cities",' they Would -require 'four days and nights to pass in review. Back of all of these thousands of youths pledged to - j lha Scout oath and, law, stands th Scoutmaster. He Is the "key-man,." His Is, a "key-job" big. delightful, vital. Modern life presents to men no more worthy task than the leadership --of boys. It challenges and demands the best any man has in him. Indeed, only the best men can lead boys. They demand 100 per cent leadership. Scouting, however, presents a proved way to do it. Being a Scout master has come to be known as a Vbadgo of quality an earmark of real manhood. The new Scoutmaster has become part of a growing movement. Though initiated In 1910, the movement today embraces a half million Scouts and officials with nearly 32,000 Scoutmas ters and assistant Scoutmasters. Yet with all of this growth, with the official adoption by Protestant and Catholic churches as official pro grams, with unions and clubs and organizations on all sides hastening to adopt its plan, the movement has only begun. Literally thousands of boys, 12 years old and over, stand in a waiting line to enter Scouting. Eight million boys In the United States have not yet had a chance to become Scouts. And why? Largely because enough big men have not stepped forward to be Scoutmasters. Scouting, therefore, summons men into a needed national service to the boy. The dearth of Scout leaders or of qualified men who offer themselves for this important sen ice has re stricted the movement in Portland until there are but 2100 enrolled among the 15,000 eligible boys. Never Lcforc has the need for Scout leaders been so great in this city. Not only are hundreds of boys clamoring for the organization of new troops, but many organized troops are with out leaders. This is a call for vol unteers. "Having read and reread my wife's petition for divorce. I have decided to become the Judge," wrote Henry J. Pehl Of Cleveland. "As the judge I award her her freedom and alimony in the shape of my pen sion. I borrowed this gun from a friend to kill a dog. My friend is blameless, and I am the dog." Then he shot himself. Statisticians say many young people are avoiding marriage. Perhaps they are de terred by these oft told tales of mar ital inharmony. THE BOLSHEVIK PEDESTRIAN T HERE arc many pedestrians in Portland who believe motorists have no rights. They arc highly dis dainful or the machine that glides into an intersection. "Run over mc if cii dare" is the air with which some on foot actually stop and look leeringly at an approaching pilot. If Ihey be passing in front of the auto mobile they apparently take keen de light in dragging themselves across, forcing the motorist to come to a s(0p. i s not only an unsafe but a highly undesirable practice. Motorists have rights the same as pedestrUn$. A few pedestrians deliberately obstruct ing the way do not make the man at the wheel of an automobile a bit more cognizant of the rights of that man or other men on foot. It arouses the' resentment of the most carcTul driver and the tendency is to some day incite a driver in the heat of passion to thrust his machine ahead reckless of consequences. , Pedestrians must remember that the great majority of automobile drivers are doing their utmost to provide for the safely of the man on foot. They do all in their power, many or tnem, to masc uie pcaes- trian's life much less hazardous. Ill feeling, exhibited by a sneering hesi tation, does not encourage any auto mobile operator to protect the man on foot. The burglar who robbed a Port lahd barber shop must have experi enced the recent rise in tonsorial fees. FOOD HUNTERS TWO conventions, separated by the breadth of the United States, were held last week. One, in Atlantic City, was devoted to the national problem of produc ing more food. The other, in Seattle, was devoted to the national problem of preparing arid lands by irrigation for food pro duction. The two conventions might have been held jointly. They should have been. Their purposes were identical. Then East would have met West. Their views would nave mergea. Both would have adjourned to appear before congress and ask the price of a few battleships in order to produce hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of food. For it is as Senator Jones of Wash ington said to the irrigation conven tion. The issue of land reclamation rests ultimately with congress. No one longer debates the profits or the pro priety of irrigation. Drainage oppo sition has almost entirely evaporated Food is a national need. Food Is a world emergency. Whatever increases the food supply helps render more tolerable the lot of humankind. What ever multiplies independent land own ership by those who till It, dispels the forces of Red unrest., The issue of reclamation is 'one, then, that reduces to a question of method. Before congress will agree upon a methodethe leaders in the rec lamation movement must The de cision of the Northwestern Irrigation Congress to seek agreement from the West on a uniform plan for the ti- oancing of projects constituted the chief value of the Important gather ing.' Vhen the West agrees the food seeking East will agree with the agreement. " A sane method of using the gov ernment's credit is the "thing to be agreed upon. Much of the method is now contained in the Smith-Fletcher bill. Let the West enlist the East aift let the publij sentiment of the nation support some such measure. HARDING AND THE PHILIPPINES By Carl Smith, Washington Staff .Correspondent of The Journal. Washington, Sept 20. Obligations of national honor were advanced by Sena tor Warren O. Harding as a supreme reason for refusing to withdraw from the Philippine Islands, in a speech. in the United States senate In 1916. before he had thought of himself as a candl date for president, and In the same speech he derided the idea that Amer tea need Day any attention to the con sent of the governed. America's rule is benevolent and beneficial to the nil plpos, he asserted, and he pointed to the Philippines as an outpost for American influence and trade In the Orient, ex plaining that "the possession of these rich islands will be very much to our advantage." The Islands should be re tained, he held, without fear as to their possibly, involving the United States in war. He referred to the American pos session of the archipelago as a 'coven ant with the world and civilization.' "There is not only the viewpoint of the covenant to he world and to civil ization." he said, -but at this particular moment this reversal of the American policy, to my mind, would be the most unfortunate thing that could happen to the United States of America. 1 ao not want it said that this great nation, as piring to a place in the councils of the world, that this great nation, which to day is the only one whose voice is heard, above the din of conflict In continental war. is so miserably afraid that it wants to cast aside some of its possessions to avoid some of the dan gers Of war." There is no danger in colonial pos sessions, he continued, and never has been, "where the national heart was right." The country must determine, he said, whether "to call in the out posts and narrow, if we can, the influ ences of American civilization to our own shores ; or we must determine to go courageously and unfalteringly on. spreading our boasted American civil ization throughout the world." He con tinued "I have sometimes wondered what the impelling Influence has been. I know very well that a nation leading in civilization and in that uplifting work which contribute to the weal of humanity can no more limit its Influ ence to its territorial or coastbound sphere than can the man who stands high in his community and has the character and attributes that make him an influence in the activities of the world." As for Philippine independence, he spoke decisively. "I am opposed to it," he said. He gave two reasons. It would change the policy of the United States from the very beginning with reference to expansion, for one thing, and for the other, It would alter a policy pursued in the case of the Filipinos for 17 years, "under which we have made the most magnificent contribution to the history of unselfish nationality or the unselfishness o'f nations that has ever been written." Referring to the contention that Amer ica does not wish to rule without the consent of the governed, he denied that this has ever, been American policy. He denied that the American fathers In the revolution had been inspired to re volt by Ideals of independence. "WMy," said Senator Harding, "we have never heretofore been seriously concerned about the 'consent of the governed." We have not been speaking about it in a century and a third of American progress. There has been much recalling of the spirit of the American founding fathers. Mr. Presi dent, the man who likens the Philippine situation to that of the American colo nies can find no real analogy. Inde pendence was not the inspiration of the war or the revolution. Nationality was not the impelling force back of the war of the revolution. It was the means of the preservation of independence when once we had achieved it. Note the dif ference, if you please. We were grieving against the mother country because of unjust taxation ; we were grieving be cause of a denial of our participation In the commerce of the world." Harding's speech on the Philippines has importance now because the man who delivered it is the candidate of a great party for president, and the ques tion of Philippine independence is des tined soon to occupy, an important place. The Filipinos are preparing to ask for the complete independence prom ised them by the American congress, whereas Mr. Harding has said. "I am opposed to it." The Harding speech Is further re garded as significant because of two dis tinct lines of thought. One is the plea for expansion, for widening American world influence, and for keeping (the Philippines forever because of the ad vantage it will f fford In the Orient. The other is his indignant protest against observing any ideal of consent of the governed, and his denial that ideals of American independence in spired the struggles of the revolutionary fathers. To hlrtv, the American revolu tion was a protest against unjust taxa tion, following the same line of thought he now pursues with reference to the world war, wherein he denies that it was waged for anything -except the punish ment of Germany for violation of Amer lean rights. Letters From the People (Communications aent to The Journal for publication in this department should be written on only one side of the paper, should not exceed 800 words ia lens-th and must be aicned by' the writer, whoa mail asdrese in fulf must accosa pan; the conthbuuon. j IN RESPONSE TO "VOTER" Portland, Sept. 13. To the Editor of The Journal "Voter," in The Journal of September 10, offers as a slogan for the coming election. "Harding and Hardship; Cox and Contentment." He seems positive of the veracity of his statement and firm in the truth of his predictions. "Voter" declares that dur ing Republican terms this nation pro duced a Rockefeller, a Morgan and a Carnegie. What enterprising and pro gressive country has failed to produce Its wealthy citizens? And has not the populace pi America been bettered be cause these men have lived? The world recognises a great philanthropist in Andrew Carnegie, and surely the bene fits in the form of financial aid prof fered by John D. Rockefeller for. the promulgation of scientific research and investigations have not escaped "Voter's" attenUon. As for producing rich men, at no time in the history of our country have ao great a number f millionaires been produced in so short a "time as during this last war. " And1 the people of America have become in furiated over their gluttonous, and dis honorable means of securing gold. grasping for all and returning n)thlng. The word "profiteer" has become one of common parlance during this Demo cratic administration. Voter" makes this Interesting and startling statement. "If the Republicans had been in power we would have had war with Mexico as well." No Indi vidual, however farsighted, can make such a sweeping statement and produce ample and positive proof, but it does causthe average Amerjcan citixen to pause and wonder someflmes when he recollects that the American army, un der a Democratic administration, failed to accomplish Its task of producing Pancho Villa from his hiding place be hind a cactus plant in Mexieo! We remained at peace with that country, but the lives of Americans slain at the bandit's hands are they avenged? I am tempted to think "Voter's" slogan valuable only as an example of alliteration. Young America. IRRIGATION AND SPECULATION Umatilla. Sept. 12. To the Editor of The Journal Testerday was field day at the experiment farm near Hermlston. The sun shone, as usual, and it being my first ride into an East Oregon farm ing section, it was a novel experience, and an inspiring one as well. We passed rocky buttes, sandy stretches, sparkling rivers and sagebrush wastes, and pres ently came upon rows and rows of pop lars, with apple orchards and purple al falfa patches between, with farmhouses. barns and other evidences of comfort able homes. This, of course, is Irrigated land, and one marvels at the change. There were about BOO present The tables were arranged by the "woman's home bureau," as well as 'the demon strations, and showed good management and team work. The tables were deco rated with choice blooms and loaded with the best that any community could produce. The people looked cheerful and there was an air of general prosperity a Congressman Sinnott was the speaker of the day. He told of the battle he has been waging in congress in behalf of the people, to get the appropriation for their irrigation projects. He said the grange and Congressman Atkinson and Others were blocking his efforts, but that the appropriation, including aid for ex-soldiers, had passed the houBe, and he believed would become a law very soon. He also fought the oil and min eral land monopoly and private sales and told of the extent of the fortunes made in the various sales, by private concerns. I asked him why he did not oppose all land monopoly, the privileges which the land speculators are holding at the expense of the farmers : and why he wanted congress to raise $100 an acre to water land, when two-thirds of the land of the state which will produce without irrigation is held out of use. for speculation? And I asked if he did not think it worth while to work for our anti-monopoly measure, the single tax. He smiled. It all seemed vague to him. And he said. "I don't believe in that," and "Oregon laws are out of my scope : they have nothing to do with congress." The band played and the Happy Can yon quartet sang snappy airs, which seemed to please the picnickers far more than serious problems of more money for more water for the land and to carry on home bureau and farm bureau work. Races and beauty contests were other features of the day. Christina H. Mock. H AR DING'S QUALIFICATIONS Portland. Sept. 13. To the Editor of The Journal I want to give a few rea sons why we should support Mr. Hard ing. He is opposed to President Wilson, the League of Nations, England's six votes to our one, to sending our soldier boys-4 police the Old World, to the federal reserve banks, to farm loan banks. ' workingmen's compensation act, eight-hour day, collective bargaining and woman suffrage. He favors ' separate peace- with Ger many, The liague tribunal and inter national law, and from his votes on prohibition he is wet 30 out of 32 times. Good : He is mum on the Irish question. He classes the late Colonel Roosevelt, with other Progressives, as the most danger ous agitator who has ever threatened the perpetuity of the government not a leader of men. but a despot, an Aaron j Burr or a Benedict Arnold. Good. lie i proposes to take the senators (the direct j representatives of the people, not party j bosses) into his council chamber. He , proposes to curb the profiteer and hold big business in .check that the common people, the masses, may have a chance. Good ! He proposes a high protective tariff so that labor will have something to do instead of standing on the street corner. He proposes a return to the good oJd days gone by, to dollar wheat. 5-cent meat. 10-cent wool and 4-cent prunes. Good ! Good ! ! Hurrah for Harding! J. B. King. THIS 1S-WRIT SARCASTIC Placer. Sept. 12. To the Kditor of The Journal es. yes; we are. very, very tired of this Democratic administration. We are tired of war and want peace. We want to get back to normal condi tions. We are willing to admit the war cost $36,000,000,000. Shall we allow this to occur again? You fools! It was really a sufficient contribution. Must we continue to spend our money in such contributions, with the loss of life, or must we do something to stop war? We had no league before the war. We were forced to send men and arms to protect ourselves and a Democratic administra tion was the cause of it, and also the cause of all the high prices, past and present. For all the Ills that have oc curred since Noah's time, the Democrats are to blame, and especially President Wilson. We want normal times, so we can have a reactionary movement in this country again sell a horse at $100, create hard times and buy him back for $i0. In stead of paying the $36,000,000,000 war debt, force the people to pay $72,000, 000.000. You money lenders ought to be sat isfied with the money you have made off this war without wanting another rakeoff. You are doing all you can to set up a scarecrow in that direction, but- the public know it is nothing but a stick and some second-hand clothing. N. H, Blalock. Curious Bits of Information for the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places Young Chinese girls in San Francisco's Chinatown offer the most striking ex amples of the meeting of the East and the West. Physically and mentally they show the two opposite Influences under which they live, says the Christian Sci ence Monitor. Their conversation Is a curious mixture of English and Chinese. In their homes they speak Chinese, but by the time they reach 15 or 16 they know English better than their mother tongue. Among the families who can afford to do so, the girls are sent to some teacher of Chinese to be taught to read and write their mother tongue, outside of school hours. For the fathers and the mothers have a wistful hope of returning some day to China, and it would never do if the children were In structed only in a foreign tongue. The life of the Chinese girl is not altogether simple. In the poorer and more ignorant famines the parents are often filled s-jth COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE ! Trying to keen out of debt is about as hard as being In it And a self-made man anmetimei makes a noise like a phonograph. t w w The hand of follv is .racnonalhl for quite a number of black eyes. A literary man claims that he has cured himself of insomnia by reading portions of his cwn work. a a Why d"oes the avers re man know an many things that are not worth know ing? a a Eve had her faults, hut ah never went through Adam's Dockets while he was asleep. a a a False alarms mn v tnrt tn Icmt. Vw1Ica officers in condition for emergency calls. uui ii. mey Decome too frequent the officers may be tired out Just about the time there is real need of their services. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random? Observations About Town Returning from the interesting and important meeting of lrrigationlsta and others Interested in reclamation of arid or swamp lands in the Northwest, sev eral prominent members of the Oregon Irrigation congress arrived back In Port land Saturday from Seattle. Among those present, aa shown by the Imperial hotel register. Is Fred N Wallace of Tumalo, Or., president of the Oregon or ganisation and for many years Its secre tary. James M. Kyle of Stanfield is another at the Imperial. Harry W. Gard of Madras, who has always had a big Interest In Oregon Irrigation de velopment, is at the Multnomah. Jay Upton, past president of the Oregon congress, -is returning to his home at Prlnevllle by way of the Denson. Tro- fessor W. L.. Powers of the Oregon Ag ricultural college, who is always called in at reclamation meetings; is at the Oregon, en route back to Corvallis. a a a Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rowley are here for a visit to enjoy, briefly, the hospitality of other hotel folk after a strenuous season at the new Hotel Sea side, where Rowley holds forth as man ager. The beach season is all but ended for the year and with Seaside's popula tion back to normal the hotel folk find time for a breathing spelt The sum mer travel to the coast was unusually heavy. Rowley reports, and at Seaside as welj as elsewhere taxed -housing ac commodations severely. The visitors are guests at the Hotel Portland. a a a E. J. Wilson of Prlnevilln la stopping at the Imperial while spending a few days in Portland. a a a Kmil Marx, Seattle merchant and often a Portland visitor, is spending sev eral days among Portland friends, visit ing and transacting business at the same time. While here Marx is 8 guest at the Hotel Oregon. a a a O. C. Sether of Glendale. Or.. In which town he was not on the happy night of August 17. 1917. when the lights went out. i at the Hotel Oregon. Sether's chief ambition in life, aside from see ing Glendale such a great city that its lights never will go out, is to bring into the timber business in Oregon. Wiscon sin capital. To that end he has just completed a trip to Wisconsin, with a great measure of success, it Is said. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patton of Astoria are stopping at the Hotel Portland dur ing a visit In the city. On the same register appear the names of Mr. and Mrs. If. T. Layman of Astoria. After a journey of more than 3000 miles in his automobile, Assistant Fire Chief Mike Laudenklos returned to Port land Friday afternoon and resumed his duties in the fire bureau Sunday. Lau denklos left Portland on leave of ab sence seven weeks ago, making the trip through California for the benefit of his health. He went all the way through that state, stopping for several hours In Tia Juana, Mex. Returning, the veteran OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OH THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred I A remarkable woman whoa quintette of riih minded and useful aona are performtnf larg larks in a large way, ia quoted be Mr. Lock If r today She waa iiArodored to Journal readera in tins apace last i'ridajr. Mrs. Helen Kkln Starrett celebrated her eightieth birthday anniversary -yesterday. -A day or so ago 1 spent a delightful afternoon at her home at .720 Sherwood Drive on Portland Heights. "Life has been good to me," she said, as we looked out of her study past the nodding evergreen trees to the city be- 1 low' Pasl lne fuming wiiuameue ana i nn n u V a a-A Uai a 1-1 rwul urea m KalViAaiA a4 against the skyline. It was a day of mixed sunshine and shadow. At times the sun shining on the raindrops made them glisten like diamonds, while later the long lines of slanting rain seemed like vibrating harpstrlngs of silver stretched between earth and sky. Mrs. Starrett sat at her desk, while around her, row o row, friends her books. were her lifetime "When I was "5 I retired from the principalshlp of the Starrett School for Girls at Chicago and came to Portland lo be with my daughter, Helen Starrett Lmwiddie," said Mrs. Starrett "That was five years ago. I expected to live with my books and really retire from all activities. I had been in Portland but a few weeks when I was asked to talk before the Alnsworth Parent-Teacher association. When I had been in Port land less than six weeks I was notified that I had been elected president of the association. I have a most Interesting class of 80 mothers and teachers In-the First Presbyterian Sunday school and 1 greatly enjoy the hour we spend together each Sunday morning. After all. the real and permanent pleasures of life are those that come through service to others. Y'es, I love my home with Its far flung view of forested foothills, of the verdant valley, of the winding Willam ette, of the growing city below and majestic Mount Hood on the far horizon. My sons built this house and gave It to me. and they have Just given me an automobUe. No one ever had better children than I have, and I doubt if any mother was ever more proud of her children. I have had five sons and two daughters. I have 18 grandchildren and three great-grand-children. Both of my daughters. Katherine Starrest Whltten and Helen Starrett Dlnwiddie, lire at Berkeley, Cal., Helen having moved superstition and prejudice against the education of women. In spite of the nany obstacles, however, they usually manage to get in touch with some of the advantages offered in their quarters, being aided by social settlement workers of Chinatown. Olden Oregon Legislature Busy With Public Buildings v In Grover's First Term. When Governor Grover came into of fice there were in the state treasury sufficient funds, less some $000, to de NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS Renting a room has become more than a bit of thrift. It Is a public spirited act. Kugene Register. a a a Forty-four home runs by Babe Ruth rour-eleven-forty-four? Hsbe ought to be able to qualify for the finals in the game of Alabama golf. Salem States man. a a a The population of the I'nlted States Is made up mostly of thoe who make and sell automobiles, those who buy and use them, those who produce moving pic tures and those who stand In line to pay to see them shown. This Is a mad world, my masters. Salem Statesman. . a Utah gave Govenor Cox a wildly en thusiastic reception. We suppose his critics will construe this as meaning that the lemorr-atic candidate stands for a plurality of wives. . Thrre would hp about as much foundation for such a criticism as some others that have been made against him. Astoria Budget. chief spent some time at Shasta Springs, and at Ashland. All the way Lauden klos had no tire trouble until he reached Oregon City, when he had a blow out. In the distance between Oregon City and Mllwaukie, he had two punctures. The Oregon law provides, for the pres ent at least, that festive ntmroda may kill not more than two deer in any one seasdn. As far aa friends of Phil Met schan and "Cap" K. K. Kubli have been able to ascertain, the law does not make clear whether It has been violated when the same deer is killed three times. Certainly, they reason, tf a given num ber of shots were fired at different deer, killing three of them, the law would be fractured. But the same num ber of shots killing only one deer well there's a question. "Cap" and Phil Metschan have returned from the SU Kiyou mountain fastnesses with some weird adventure stories and .a packet of ugly black stuff they declare is Jerked venison. They tell keep straight face, too that their parly bagged seven deer, one of which, it is saia, Metschan killed three times. a a a Mrs. Ida M. Tooze of San Jose. Cal a town wnere tne natives pronounce its Spanish name as it was intended is surely coming among friends when she comes to Oregon. Mrs. Tooxe Is at the Hotel Oregon, while folk of the same name, a whole scattered family of them, are everywahere from McMinnville to Roseburg, with some in Salem and Oregon City for good measure. a a 1 Touls Newman, mayor of Great Falls, Mont, is a guest at the Multnomah hotel. To Newman has many times fallen the task of rapping for order to report the progress of Great Falls, which is growing apace and where, business men declare, all the grow th , and pros perity Is not reflected In the census returns. a a a R. E. Mason, resident of Albany, Linn county's seat, is at the Hotel Oregon. Next door at the Benson is B. L. Hy land of Roseburg. a . a Mrs. F. B. Decker and children of Silverton are at the Oregon upending a few pleasant days among us. a a a All the way from Ketchican. Alaska, to find a school for her daughter. Mrs. W A. Bryant is at the Seward. Of course, the daughter Is here, too. Bry ant remained In Ketchican to conduct the general store of which he Is pro prietor. The school situation in Alaska Is only? less troublesome than the hous- i lng situation. because occasionally there is a school, but vacant houses are well nigh Impossible to find. a a a Judge Gustav Anderson, who presides on the circuit court bench in Baker county, is in town. At least he was here Sunday, having arrived Saturday for the express purpose of hearing the Saturday evening address of Governor Harding of Iowa. Baker county is the state's Eighth judicial district. Lockley there after I had come to Portland. All five of my boys became architects and constructors. Theodore, my eldest who was born In 1865, was a student at the University of Kansas, at Uwrfnce Paul and Ralph also were there, and all three later entered Lake Forest university. Theodore secured work as a draughts man with Bumbam A Root of Chicago. They designed the World s Fair build ings st Chicago. Theodore was later associated as a partner with George A. Jailer of New York city. Later he founded the Thompsom-Sturrett com pany, of which he became president. They built large buildings In many of the Eastern cities. Paul, like Theodore went to work with Burnliam ft Root and later became president of the Fuller Construction company. Ralph went to work under hls-brpther Theodore In 18!t0 and later formed a company of his own which engaged in building skyscrapers In .the East. My next son, Ooldwin worked with Theodore, and fter five years with the Thompson-Starrett com pany be became an architect and was the designer of many of New York city's larger office buildings. My baby, -Colonel Billy was given charge of ihe work or building the cantonments for the troops. He made contracts totaling wore than $100,000,000 for the govern ment In the building of cantonments warehouses and powder and chemical plants. Ralph Is president of Ihe North Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation, and Colonel Billy after the armistice was signed. Wrtnt back to neace work Th. company of which he Is vics-president i is building skyscrapers In Japan. He ! has charge of the work, so he spends a ; s""u uci OI nis time in Japan. "My husband, the Rev, William Aiken Starrett. was a Presbyterian minister, but while serving as pastor he also served as county school superintendent. t.,?' fdltor- "! designed and helped to build the church in which he preached at Lawrence, Kan. ; so, though he was a poet and 4 dreamer, he gave his boys their taste for architecture and construc tion and fhey have made their dreams come truet in stately and beautiful buildings. "What do I think of Portland? I am charmed with the beauty of Portland, and I am more than charmed by the responsiveness and the friendly attitude of the people of Portland." fray the expenses of the state for the next two years. The legislature at once made an appropriation to build a state penitentiary and appropriated money from the 6 per cent fund arising out of public land sales for the construction of a steamboat canal and locks at Oregon City A small amount also was allowed to the organisation of the agricultural col lege. The legislature of 1872 provided S 1 Oil. 000 for the construction of a state capltol. The same legislature passed an act organising and locating the stats university st Eugene, on condition that a site and building were donated. The Oregon Country ." : - t Happemnsa in Brief Korm for the 1 ouj Iteatler OREGON NOTES Th Kkllin ! v . : " . """"vi v in i nun nas mo pointed a committee to launch an owa-your-home campaign. A special effort Is being n.srle thU ' year to .Vt a good teprowniHiive corn exhibit from Douglas county Ht the state fair. ,T. E. McCroskey. msiiHrr of the Salem Commercial club, has resigned to accept a position with ihe Phrx com pany, A giant mushroom has hem found near Pendleton. It is IIS Indus In ilia meter, three inches thick, ami cluht inches high. In the Aurora section there has been little or no damage to hops from mold. Picking was finished in most of the yards last week. The. work of spreading crushed rock on the newly constructed McKenils highway between Blue River and ltri- knap Springs I expected to begin some lime this month. Hy- RRrromrnt between, the state and federal authorities the season for shoot ing migratory fowl east of the Cas cade mountains hus heett opened. It will continue open until December 81. lhe Hubhard schnnl director hiva ogreed to accept all Aurora high school r.... ,vno n I'M re to attend tne .jiud- i:iri high school and to furnish free . transportation provided 15 pupils attend. WASHINGTON" The Wal. Walla countv fair has opened with the best exhibits of live stock In the 'history of the county. Wednesday will be Colfax day at the Whitman county fair. Hunln..R houses will be closed from noon until I. p. m. School has opened at White Bluffs with an enrollment of more than l on) pupils, the largest ever recorded in ihe school. Heavy showers have fallen at Han ford. While the romln have horn much benefited, haying and fruit packing have been delayed. Kffort is being mad,1 by Nn Perce Indians to have the lmiy (f Chief Jo seph moved from the Wallowa valley to his former home." The siato supreme court hus derided In favor of the city nf WalU Wnlla If. a suit tenting the valiilny of S r.tm.tmo water Improvement bonds. Ynkima valley fruit growers ami ship pers are urging Northwi-sii rn growers In unite In advancing their piodm-l and to combine fo as l n dui overhead expenses. Oscar W. Mlddletnn, who received the Republican nomination foj- enmity com missioner of Yakima, county, will lie appointed Monday lo succeed the late A. C. Turner. Movement of the IOL'0 rnmmoniHl npple crop started la-t week wnen grow ers iii lhe fiiiiiclii c iiinl Yakima vh.1 leys began plckinu llielr .Intuit nuns. The average price for them i $.l.r to $2 .:! per box. Yakima county expenses for next yenr will exceed those "f last year 4H per cent if estimates 'submitted' by county officlalH are approved lhe total bud get calls for li.'M.OT'.i. as compared with -6j,075 last year. Sealed bids on in allotments of Indian lands will he received ,y the superin tendent of the t'olville Indian reserva tion at Ncspelem. October :'.(, The al lotments Include approximately IR0 acres, each appraised at J.'noo to jsctai IDAHO The Iw tston city council Vm an nounced alary increase in most dcpatl ments of the city government. Ijltah county's levy for Mute and county taxes for l-0 will be 13. r, mills us compared with 17 mills lust yrHr. Moscow's city water has ticen pro nounced pure and free from typhoid ant! other germs by City Health Officer Lcltch. The government weather bureau nl lhe t'niverslty of Iduho shows that 1.37 Inches of rain Jell in three days te- cently. The fall run of salmon has begun In the Snake river. Seiners are reporting large catches of Chlnooks, some weigh ing 15 to 40 pounds. Th t'nivcrsily of Idaho may have a troop of cavalry In connection with Its cadet corps if Mosrow citizens make the proper arrangements for taring for the horses. President Elliott of the Lwis-nark council" of Boy Scouts announces the plan for a scoutmaster's training course under the auspices of the Iclston nor mal school. Pfohlbltive rales for sugar beet ship ments on the Idahorue branch of .the Oregon Short Line, running from Hur ley, may be channel! if a jx-tltioii of lhe railroad is ravorably received iy public utilities commission. the Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Oeorge Lapwing was tellin' the side walk congregation at the Corners all obout what wonderful thiiiRs they was a-doln' tp the plutocrats In I.'ooshy. Kill Sanderson busted up the meet in' hy tellin' Oebrge that when we could n I find out the truth, about the tax laws In Cahady or what actually happened in Pennsylvany in the big Heel i-trlUe It was most likely we didn't know nuthln' whatever about wheie Kooshy was goln' or had been, and we got the American ballot and the tilshative In Oregon to do any durned thing e want to, and why didn't him nd his bunch of milk-and-water Rolshevick use 'em? I A Tale of Pioneer - Life in Oregon Under (.'oivlitions of Tlrcse Later I a s. (Continued From Veiril,n How do Oregon mouninn pioneers live? They are such staunch, if subcon scious, believers In home industry that they are almoM wir-'i'-pendent. The high cost of livli.y means little to them. H. C 1.. applies to people who exchange money for necessaries. The present day pioneers of Oregon have little money, hm! lens need of It. The earth produces as bountifully ss ever. It one produces food and docs not have to pay money for it. living Is no more a problem than when a dollar bought three limes mm much as now. The pione. r folk have plenty lo cal. Their garment", except when they go to town, me ulnKhams and denims. ' ... Down on the Middle K-rk of the South Hantlam a few dollar- a day may still be washed In flour gold from the gravel of the stream, and most of the mining claims Bre in pos session of riverside dwellers. And from the California -boundary clear up the Pacific Northwest coast is one certain source of spending money. The world's supply of chlttim hark, or cascara. Is produced In -Western Oregon and Washington. Portland is the world's largest distributing point f chittim bark. One firm. H. K. Nor ton & Co., has been handling almost the entire supply, which amounts to 4,000,000 or 6.000,000. pounds a year. A mountain woman can peel 100 pounds a day. Such an amount dried will weigh at least 60 pounds, and the ruling price to the producer recently hss been 10 cei ts a pound. Cascara extract Is the basis of practically all laxative remedies. ' One of the dl.'flcult features is that the cascara tree Is killed by taking Its bark, and supplies must be sought farther afield aa years go by. Some day it may be necessary to discuss Its srtlficlal propagation.. (To Be CoflUnaed)