The Oregon daily journal., September 21, 1920, Page 6, Image 6

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BT ITS OWN ADMISSION
IN ITS supplemenial statement, the
Port of Portland commission says:
If Use consolidation bill falla to pass,
the port of Portland will receive next
year only about $368,000 from taxation.
From'thla $368,000 It will ba necessary to
take $210,000 to pay the balance on the
contract for repairs to the dredge
Columbia, to be completed next April.
Of the 1158,000 available, about 840,000
will go for towage, $25,000 for overhead,
$30,000 for the traffic, department. $25,
000 for the drydock In all $120,000 end
with the (38,000 remaining It can get In,
at nreaent prices, about three months
'work only, with one dredge either in the
Willamette or the Columbia. If then
tltere ie a freshet in 192$ as high as in
1919, Portland will be obliged to forego
the loading of big ships for a part of
the year, unless the government pro
vides money and equipment to remove
the bars as the Columbia falls or un
less the river nhould fortunately hold
above tero stage throughout the usual
low water period.
This is a statement that there will
be but $38,000 or only sufficient to
keep a dredge at work three months
next year on the Willamette or Co
lumbia channel, and that in all proba
bility ' "Portland will ' be obliged to
forego the loading of big ships. for a
part of the year."
By its own admission, the commisy
sion failed to foresee very unfortu
nate conditions that it now indicates
may appear.
Why, did the commission not ask
the people to provide against such a
contingency?
The people of Portland have never
failed to respond when called upon
to vote funds for channel or harbor
improvement. To the port commis
sion is committed a great trust in
which is included the duty to fore
see requirements In the way of funds
and to ask the people to provide those
funds by the time, they are needed.
If it is not the business of the port
commission to do this, whose busi
ness is it? If it is not the commis
sion's business, what is the business
of the commission?
But the thing before us is not what
has not been done, but what is to be
done. The commission urges the lack
of funds for channel work next year
jas a reason for approving the Swan
'island project It says t540,000 will
be required for next year's dredging
i and insists that the whole Swan island
- project should be accepted in order
to provide that amount.
That is not a good way to make
appeal for "adoption of the Swan
island project with its colossal expen
diture of money. The Swan Island
project should stand or fall on its
merits.
Nor should the channel Improve
ment depend in the slightest on the
-fate of the Swan Island plan. Nor
should the port commission have -per
mitted the tremendously Important
plan of channel improvement to de
pend In the -slightest on the Swan
. island .scheme. Nor does it give the
average man confidence in the Swan
-.bland measure to be told now that
- the only way to have continuous im
' provement of the channel is to pass
the Swan Island measure
? The 'most 'Vital of all things con
nected with-the- port l to press for
ward for t deepened- and dependable
channel to the. sea. If the big ships
cannot get to . Portland; the costly
harbor improvementa , will be of no
v. value. Modern terminals are of ex
. trerae Importance, but they can be
of no value with aa Inadequate chan-
nel. ,
iucse uiuigs are fcstcwuuj eeiu.
But th future of the port and the
commission'. Own statement makes it
necessary for somebody to say them.
,. The commission should at least haye
submitted along with the Swan Island
measure ' aa ai tentative bill for rals
inf sufficient funds to take care of
any necessary work on the' channeL
Having failed to, do so, it should
begin at once to lay plans for secur
ing funds for the channel project- re
gardless Of the fate of the Swan
island plan.
Now comes the charge by Hard
ing spellbinders that each American
soldier In France cost six. times as
much aa a French soldier. The
French potlu, was paid five cents a
day, the American boye. dollar and
up. Do, the Harding orators be
grudge the American, soldiers the
little they did get?
THE STATE STEPS IN"
YESTERDAY-was the beginning of a
new , era in the automobile acci
dent prevention campaign. Prom
now. on, the disposition of reckless
drivers is not a difficult task. Yes
terday officials began enforcement of
the licensing drivers act..
From now on' it will be a very
serious offense to . operate an auto
mobile without a license. Reckless
driving will be a more serious offense
than ever before Repeated accidents
will not be tolerated. Driving ' ma
chines, under the influence of . liquor
carries a greater punishment. Speed-1
ers will not be repeatedly released to
go back on the streets and continue
their reckless operations after convic
tion. The license can be revoked and
the reckless ooeratocs removed from
the streets.
The act is to be enforced by all
peace officers of the state of Ore
gon. .Inspectors have been appointed
to see that the law is applied. The
net has been thrown out into every
county, every city and every town
in the state.
On the recommendation of a proper
authority the driver's license may be
suspended. The law doesn't provide
that a man must break it repeatedly
before he is divested of hisright to
drive. One offense, if serious enough,
might be considered sufficient cause
for revocation.
With enforcement of the law the
sane drivers and other who are on
the streets will rejoice. The sovereign
state of Oregon has. entered the fight
to make the highways safe.
The League of Nations settled the
dispute between Poland and Llthua
nia and prevented a war between
them. It will settle all disputes and
prevent all wars in the same way If
given a Chance to live.
THE NORTHWEST'S WATERWAYS
A SECTION of the federal trans-
V portatlon . act will give an un
usual value to the Journey which
distinguished board of army engineers
will make to the Pacifio Northwest
during the first half of October.
The board wiU grant a hearing at
Lewiston on the tremendous scheme
to canalize the upper Columbia river
and to provide for the attendant de
velopment of hydro-electric energy.
It will inspect the Columbia be
tween Lewi8tonr Idaho, and Cascade
Locks to ascertain the extent and Po
tential value of the proposed im
provement. ..It will review the evidence sup
porting the project of a 33-foot chan
nel between Portland and the sea and
a 30-foot channel between Vancouver
nd the confluence of the Columbia
and Willamette rivers.
It will consider the desired im
provement of Coos Bay, Grays Har
bor and Puget Sound harbors.
And the section of the transporta
tion act which lends an imperative
element to the decisions of the army
engineer board reads:
It Is hereby declared to be the policy
of congress to promote, encourage and
develop water transportation, service
and facilities in connection - with the
commeroe of the United States, and to
foster and preserve in full vigor both
rail and water transportation.
As if. to Interpret the broad state
ment of the first paragraph, a second
paragraph of the transportation act
in more extended phrasing gets to the
heart of the duty of the army en
gineer; corps. It also reads:
Jt shall be the duty of the secretary
of war. with the object of promoting,
encouraging and developing - inland,
waterway transportation facilities In con
nection with the commerce or the united
Ufitates, to Investigate .the appropriate
(types of boats suitable for different
classes of such waterway.: to invest
gale the subject of water terminals, ootn
lor inland waterway traffic- and lor
through traf flo by water and rail. In
eluding the necessary docks, warehouse,
apparatus, equipment, and appliances in
connection ' therewith; : and also railroad
spars and switches connecting with such
terminals, with a view to devising the
types most appropriate 'for-different lo
cations, and for the more expeditious
ana economical transfer or Interchange
or passengers or property between car
riers by water and carriers by rail; to
aariee wuh communities, cities and
towns regarding the appropriate loca
tion of such terminals, and to cooperate
wiw tnem in the preparation of plan.
ior suitable terminal taclUties: to in
vestigate the existing status of water
transportation upon the different Inland
waterways of the country, with a view
to oeurmining whether such waterways
are being utilised to the extent of their
capacity,, and to what extent they are
meeting the - demands of -traffic and
.
whether the water carriers utilising such
waterways :. are Interchanging -traffic
with the, railroads; and to Investigate
any other matter that n to tiro-
mote and encourage inland water trans
portation, it snail also be the nroYince
and duty Cf the secretary of war to
compiler publish and distribute from time
to time such useful statistics- data and
lnforniation concerning transportation on
inland waterways as he may deem to be
of value to the commercial interests jf
This is a long sentence but it embodies-1
bis program. . It places army
engineers In a constructively helpful
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relation to civilian population. It
promotes them from their former sta-1
tus of technical automatons in oni-l
form and.' humanizes their relations
to laymen. a "
Better than all.v it places a splendid!
body of men at the service of the Two campflres were left smouldering
country In achieving for public bene- on the ' summit. Around the camp
fit the actual use of the nation's fires were left papers of all sorts end
waterways. It gives the people of the food containers, both tin and carton.
Columbia basin , a hint that the de-
velopment of the waterways for all
their uses may be made to "stimulate
as nothing else can the general de-
velopment of an empire.
THE HY&1N OF HATE
GOVERNOR HARDING'S address at
The Auditorium was mostly a
hymn of hate.
He said, for example, that the presi-
dent of the United States went to the
peace conference because Mrs. Wil-
son warned to maae a irip to pans.
There are not many men in America
who would stoop to that low level
or discussion, even in a political cam-
Paign.
He likened the great peace confer-
ence at Versailles to a bunch of horse
traders and described the league cove-1
nant, the "effort of the best minds In
the world to put an end to war, as
a spavined horse. His coarse ridicule
carried with It the same malice, ma-
levolence and hate with whlon the sen-
ate oligarchy assailed Wilson until
they drove him to a sick bed. In an
earlier period in American history,
similar attacks so fired the mind of
John Wilkes Bobth that be assassi
nated one of the noblest presidents
this country ever had.
There are millions of honorable
Republicans who resent this cruci
fixion of a man. They resent the
leadership that attempts to commit a
great political party to such a course
They are asking themselves if there
are no issues other than hate and a
Campaign Of Late for their leaders to of the state, but that order was pre
bring forward as reasons tor support I served and the supremacy of the law
of the party nominee. They are. say-
ing to themselves, "It i3 not Wilson
but Cox who is the nominee for presi-
dent; Why don't they attack Cox?"
It will interest many Republicans
Who heard Or read Of the tirades Which
thls Governor Harding of Iowa poured
OUt On the. president Of the United
States. Most newspaper readers will
remember dispatches that ran through
the newspapers early in 1918 about i
bribe scandal In which the governor
Of Iowa who Spoke at The Auditorium
meeting Saturday night was involved.
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A statement of the case reached Port-
land yesterday, by wire from Iowa
Here it is:
W. L. Harding, present governor of
Iowa, elected in 1916 by a majority of
126,000 over E. T. Meredith, present
secretary of agriculture. First ad-
ministration so unpopular that Hard-
ing was barely elected in 1918, his ma-
Jorlty being only 13,000.
Following
election in 1918, Governor Harding is
sued pardon to Ernest Rathbun, con
victed in Ida county. lows, on charge
of rape after Jury trial, arid sentenced
. , 7 . ...
tO life imprisonment together With
Ray Omeara, a companion.-. Local in
dignation brought about investigation
by attorney general ended in revoca
tion: of pardon and return of Rathbua
to penitentiary where he Is now serv-4
ing sentence. Judiciary committee of
Iowa house Of representatives, after
month of hearing testimony, recom-
mnrf in i n,i .o that u,i-Himr ha im. I
, , ,r - . . .
ucacucu. nuuse iciuocu tu mi-
peach by vote of 70 to 35. All but
One Of those voting for impeachment
were fellow Republicans. Testi
mony at bearing showed that fath
er of Rathbun had paid 15000 to!
lawyer who obtained ' pardon, tes-
tified on Stand that money was to gO
to Governor Harding. No proof, how- I
ever, that Harding got it Guilt of
paraonea criminal never budjcc to
doubt, both young men convicted' by
Jury and Both now serving life sen-
H cartH.lt, .ll,.h.H
vvC. vi.,
to Harding administration. Recently
found that Charless Witt, secretary to J
n-AoaA. hi fa ,niKa a h.
. . , , , . , ...
used his official position to assist in
promoting wildcat packing company
which blew up. Witt to have re-1
vu aaa n.' v-u
ceiTed f50,000 for his boosting. George
Messenger, suite superintendent or
Kanlrlnir TapMl-nir annnlntoA fmmrl I a
have cleared $100,000 in same deal.
now. nave resignea. naraing nasi
made no speeches during state cam-
paign and probably will make none.-
Mexico promises to become the
olT reservoir of the western hemi-
sphere, says the department of com;
merca. ' jUniy, aooui ia)er cent oi
the possible capacity of Mexican
wells.. Is now utilized.
DESPOILING LARCH MOUNTAIN
T .ARCH mountain is one of the near -
oat anrl mnat ..PBihl Krnlr.
climbs Portland people have. The
a ... . a a- i ,.
oeauwui u-an leaojug lo we summit
from Multnomah falls was planned
and built by the Progressive' Business!
Men's, club for the use of Portland
people.' A Shelter- house upon the!
summit was built by the Trails club
in nrotPAt rikhm fMm
that often rage over the top. Another
be&utlful trail is almost completed by
the Trails club, leading up from
Ana-al'a Rct Th - -
Angei s tiest, ane mountain was safe -
guarded" from commercial deSDOlla -
uon oy act of congress making it a
part Of the Oregon- national forest so
that Portland neonlf S SI
to enjoy, its recreational attractions,
Nearly 100 persons, in private tar -
?fcW nTliTr n.TUnt!, SUDday-
M7',i IUler Dd vandalism was
lea behind. Dirty papers. Bread wrap-
pers, cracker boxes, torn un newsoa-
toera. 'ehewlnir m,m , L
pers. enewtng gum and chocolate
wrappers were scattered along the
VraU from Multnomah,' falls - to the
summit. In nnn nlar-A h mi.
r . . r - w u.gv ut, VI
empty cigarette packages -had been
tossed. Orange peelings floated In the
creek. - :
Initials bad been carved over the
beautiful trees, and whitewashed all
over the pinnacle of the mountain.
On a log rested a half filled can' of
milk. On the ground was an over-
turned can of beans, around which
the flies were gathering. Two "camp-
robbers" were mercifully cleaning up
some sandwiches It seemed too bad
these birds could not eat paper as
well.
The Trails club cabin is in a still
further state of dilapidation, with
the roof almost completely demolished
and half the sides gone, destroyed by
persons too lazy to cut nearby fire
wood.
Most of the 100 or more persons
who visited the mountain had a full
appreciation of its recreational value
and of their duty in leaving camp-
grounds clean, streams pure and na-
ture as they found It. " But the
minority, through carelessness or
ignorance, in carving their initials
over the mountain, destroying prop
erty leaving a Utter of soiled papers
behind and imperiling the forist by
abandoned campflres. are makfftK the
mountain, instead of a wonderful
SCenic and recreational asset to the
city, a place of cheapness, disorder
an,i dirt-
COX'S WAY IN
STRIKE TIMES
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The journal
Washington, Sept. 21.-r-In some of
Governor Cox's speeches he has alluded
to th fact that during the great steel
strike no lives were sacrificed in Ohio
nnf Tin ahnta vra flrorl hv fha nrrlpr
ma ,2? , .Ihe BaT FT r
comes more significant when contrast is
made with the neighboring state of
Pennsylvania. While Ohio was peaceful.
" "r tvitania
constabulary, and of orders by Gov-
ernor Sproul forbidding public meetings
Ior Pression or grievances.
Governor Cox held a trying- position,
nd h'8 success appears to have been
T'JJT'l.T,.
He rfeid both sides to the observance of
order, and defined the position of the
8t,at- , P1 government should hold
aloof from Indorsement of either side ;
,t w0,,id nor Rif m tranrtinr m-
ployes, but it would protect employes
who went to work. Addressing the
h ld .
"Officers of companies whose roanu-
facturlng plants are closed by strike or
fther cause have expressed to me the
8ame Ume they -have asked for orote.
tion. inquiry develops this fact that
olne employers believe it is the duty of
government 10 transport tneir employes
Infe and out of the plants In question.
This is not a function of government.
Throughout the years the policy has
f n not. to make. us" of 'diers r p-
licemen to man streetcars, for instance,
ror in any way make of them instru
ments to bring a strike to an end. If
either state or local officers provided
safe conveyance of workmen into or out
of a manufacturing institution, then
government would be making of lteeif
the agent or one of the parties to the
disorder of any sort ensues as a result
f employes going into or out of the
lactory, uion tuat becomes an affair of
i.fcv.i uiiicuwt wuitvxi it a.uu uio mayor 01
the municipality or the sheriff of the
county, as location within or without
tte municipality largely determines.
mus suppress violence and arrest those
wuv rivmie ino lawm L snail exici ims
from all local officers.
"Picketing, as we understand It 1.
neither prohibited by law nor con.
demned by public sentiment, but it
must -go no further than moral miaslon.
Organised society cannot continue with-
11n,ent na vrament win
"All officers must art with care. It
will be found that trouble can often be
voided by an open, frank and Arm
vv.t ut umvera WHO wm uie
repfeaenUUves of the employers ad
I employes. No caU that I have ever
made upon either side of those con
utiverHies oas ever gone unneeaea. '
I man must be permitted to define
I the rules of his individual conduct. The
law is supreme. I shall expect its en
frcernent nr. local ofacera. When they
i icuuwm uieir uuuuei anon ana
faUed to met condition. th. th tf
wiu act prompUy.
4
I and a difficuTt season was Pa Vitn-
out the terror and bayonet rule which
wnt ' orwardacroes the state line. It
SSl.fS? SrlS l
ordinary processes of law. Stories are
I told of refugees from Pennsylvania who
SL088?,,?8 t0 flnd rttyta Ohio.
largely one of governors, and the spirit
in wnicn tney acted.
Letters From the People
fCommnnieaUnna ent to The Imml fnr
pnnuctuoB in uus department mould be written
l 800 words in lencfb tod met be aisnoa br the
on our on sida of tae paper, aaoejd not ezoM
",u Wt accom
I pdt to coDinDuoon. I
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I Portland. Sect. IS. To th. Rlit- r
The Journal Douglas Hilderbrand of
Albany asks what is meant by the term
t "rent"
I ask him to read Henry
finpi',' "PrniTHBi and Pnvrlv " whlMi
will explain in fulL But briefly, it is
I this: "The rent of land is determined by
the excess of Its produce over that which
i---t nroductivs land in use." All nolit-
Heal economists agree in this definition,
r whJcn.
l law oi rem. al ib uui rem iucn mv
1 ... .a . (,,-. t onTthin.
1 dona on or in-the land. That is- what
the bin specifically states.
Because single taxers have been lax in
?flnint i A"!?
vidua! produces., they, have been divided
fInW : f,unlted,:and "unlimited" single
oothVhlZ'Vore" first 7ou;
year. -of its operation that part which
Mr. jfliderbrand likes, the limited .ingle
if onlr' u ln wtioa By that
time the wind, or speculative value, will
hmv been nri , ,m,
I unused land win te - fast settUng up.
inn' " Ti"lature, or . an InlUaUve
n-uro. may carry out, ine provistons
pi UJS
measure, in detail, which will con
: . " ... r j&m&r
T-eia i i a . w .ar m ri tbtb wcr .aWi a,. . a.
elst in definitely instructing the assess
or how to collect the future unearned In
crement, and from all experience of the
application of the single tax. it will be
found that economic rent about equals
the necessities of public expenditures. In
other words, here is a natural law of so
ciety. The community" creates a natural
fund for public purposes. At present
holders of land get it. We claim it
should flow Into Its natural channel in
order for society to become healthy. At
present society Is sick unto death be-
cause of the violation of this law and
will perish ultimately unless the law. of
its being is obeyed. J. R- Hermann.
EDUCATION AND MOTORISTS
Klamath Falls. Sept 18. To the Editor
of The Journal1 In The Journal of Sep
tember 9 Mr. Polk asked a very pertin
ent question r "What are we going to
do about it? The Journal is doing a
great deal, and should have the grati
tude of the people ; but it cannot alone
accomplish the object, because It can
directly work only in one line that is,
through its columns and, as I have said
before, very few of the ' "reckless" and
the most ignorant of the dangers of
motoring those who most need warn
ings and Instruction ever read any
editorials or 'letters from th people."
Mr. Polk say.: "The driver turned the
steering wheel loose long enough to
make and light a cigarette," and recites
other acts of the, driver which show
blm wholly unfit to have a license to
take charge of other persons' lives. A
few weeks ago a driver here, with a
passenger, tried to grab his hat with
both hands ; 'result, auto turned over,
driver still in hospital ; fortunately pas
senger not much hurt but passenger or
several passengers might be crippled for
life by such incompetency. I want to
emphasise two facts : On . mixed pas
sageways, such streets as have side
walks and crosswalks, the right of way
naturally and primarily belongs to pe
destrians, and no amount of custom, or
dinances or law can take it from them.
Next, no person without special and sys
tematic intellectual, physical and moral
training and, experience in operating
motor vehicles has any more right to
drive such a vehicle on a public thor
oughfare than an untrained and inex
perienced person has to run a passen
ger locomotive on a railroad or to pilot
a passenger steamboat on the Willam
ette river through Portland. Never will
motor accidents materially diminish un
til the people in general, and lawmakers
and officers in particular, realise and
act upon these two facts.
C C B rower.
PORTLANDERS IMPRESSED
From the Baker Democrat
Visiting Portland realty men looked
in wonderment at the magnificent agri
cultural showing of Powder River valley
and the scenic grandeur of our moun
tain, held them in awe. Such evidences
of natural wealth and possibilities were
a revelation to them and they returned
home carrying a message that will give
the "webfooters" some idea of the vast-
ness and resources of this intermoun
tain section of Oregon.
Olden Oregon
Two Oregon Legislatures Rejected
Negro Suffrage Amendment
The legislature of 1870. like that of
1868. rejected the fifteenth amendment
to the federal constitution, extending the
elective franchise to negroes. The rejec
tion, though, had no effect in preventing
the negroes from voting. . At this time
they cast approximately SS0 votes
throughout the state. The legislature of
1870 also provided for "the appointment
of three commissioners to investigate the
official conduct of the state officers of
the preceding administration. .In the
accounts of Secretary May there was
found a shortage of. several thousand
dollars.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places -
The flamingo, one of the queerest of
birds, sits on its nest while standing
straigfit up, says a writer In the New
York Sun. The birds build their nests
in shallow ponds, where there is much
mud. This they scrape together, mak
ing little hillocks, like small Islands ap
pearing out of the water1 about Xhk feet
from the bottom. They make the foun
dations broad and leave a small open
ing, or hollow pit. at the, top, where they
deposit their two eggs, the number the
flamingo always lays. To batch them
the flamingo stand, over the nest with
its body Just above the., eggs, It could
not put its long, awkward legs into th
nest and to sit on Jhe hillock would
Jeopardize the eggs. Toung Xlamlngoes
do not fly teadily, although, yiey run
very fast Once they learn to fly they
show speed ' end resemble skyrockets.
with their brilliant red plumage.
ON A, SPREE
Oopyriht, 1920. by The P
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
All men who liave long hair are not
poets ; some of them haven't the price of
a hair cut
e e e
In Spain it's against the law for a
man to kiss his wife while they're on
a public highway. We're glad we do
not live in Spain.
Reports from Chicago are that fain
teeth are now being made for horses.
So that the horses may laugh, no doubt
without exposing dental cavities.
A cat in England is reported to have
giver, birth to a quartette of . cats, all
of them Joined together a la Siamese
twins.. Oh boy, when they start a mid
night serenade on the back yard fence!
e '
A goose and pig led the way to a
moonshine still, in Lo. Angeles, and be
cause the pig made a pig or himself
and the goose made a goose of herself
the source of their firewater has been
demolished.
MORE OR LtiSS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
George L. Drake, forest examiner, has
retorned from into the Monte
Crlste region of the Snoqualmte national
forest where he has been Inspecting
timber sales. Drake 1. enthusiastic over
the tourist possibilities of the Monte
Crlste eountry.
-. ' - . .:"
Mr. and ' Mrs. D.- E. Smith, register
ing, at the Multnomah from Calcutta,
India, will have encircled the entire
world when they arrive back on their
native heathrNAey declared Monday.
American and British subjects living in
India usually make the. round-the-world
tour before they get back home. They
Just keep on going after they start,
and eventually they are. .back again.
Whether they backtrack or go forward.
they travel about the same distance,
so they travel forward, it is explained.
e e e
A. L. MacFarlane, resident of Mon
treal, Can., has been "dead" three times.
yet was able to spend a very pleasant
Sunday at the Multnomah;-hotel. Is the
Eoer war MacFarlane was with Lord
Roberts' trooos jwhen a report that he
had been killed in action reached home
folk. He later learned of the mistake
while in Japan and set friends and fam-
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
( Casting beck to the day of the Border war '
in Sanaa, Mr. Helen Ekin Sterrett recall
tin-in I scene, which are reeiud 4y Mr. Lockley
in this, the third, installment of hii biographical
ketch of Mr. SUxratt.
"I shall never forget my first impres
sion of Lawrence, Kan.," said Mrs. Helen
Ekin Starrett "I went there aa a bride
in the spring of 1864. Less than six
months before, Quantrell'a raiders had
burned most of the buildings tn Law
rence and killed 123 of' the lnbebltaats.
When the Kansas-Nebraska bin was
passed, ln 1854. the Emigrant Aid soci
ety, an Eastern organisation, founded,
a 'free state town,' calling It Lawrence,,
after Amos A Lawrence. It became the
headquarters of the anti-slavery party,
and during the "Wakaruse war in 'the
fall of 1855 it was besieged by the pco-
.lavery fdiyes. The following spring U
was again attacked and partially de
stroyed by the same forces. There was
but one piece of sidewalk, less than SO
feet which was In front of one of the
Mores. This piece' wa. like an oasis in
a sea of mud. On account of so many
buildings having been destroyed in
Quantsell'. raid, the housing situation
was acute. My husband, who was pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, rented
four rooms in one of theN larger houses
in town for our home, but as there was
some criticism among the members of
his congregation over a newly married
couple starting Id nt so pretentiously,
we gave up one room. One of the larg
est houses ln town was the brick bouse
occupied by Jim Lane, one of the most
plausible orators I ever beard.
e e e
"In 1864 the Kansas legislature passed
an act cresting the University of Kan
sas. Governor Charles Robinson,. John
Speer and my husband were instrumen
tal in securing the passage of the act
and also in having the university lo
cated at Lawrence.- The university was
opened in 1868. There is s rather in
teresting incident in connection with the
opening of the university. The board
of regents gave w beunqoet ter celebrate
the opening and two of the speakers
on the program were women. I was one
of them. X believe this Is the first time
women were ever asked to speak on an
roe PnHinhrns Co. (The New Tors World.)
NEWS IN BRIEF
SFDELIGHTS
China is short on kegs, casks and bar
rels, but in this country we are mainly
short of something to put ln 'em. La
Grande Observer.
e
Thd weather the last two days has
been perfect, and the best ever turned
out by a Democratic administration.
Medford Mall-Tribune. T ,
Hides selling at 10 and 12 cents a
pound and shoes at $5 to $15 a pair.
Where) Is the velvet for the stockraleer?
Nestucca Valley Enterprise.
There are plenty of ways of making
money, in. the world without overcharg
ing people who come to the city to see
the Round-Up. Pendleton East Ore
gOnian. ....
The V-smb horror in New York Is said
by detectives to be only the beginning
of a reign of terror. It ought to be
made the beginning of a reign of terror
to reds and radicals that they will not
forget. Eugene Register.
ily right. Thereafter the Prince of Slam
went to the bottom of the sea off the
coast of Japan. MacParlane's nanie ap
peared on the passenger, list and all
passenger, were lost. But MacFarlane
had Just missed the ship when it sailed.
Hazarding another chance with fate he
served in the "World war. That was the
end of him, - for fair, and he was
mourned when his name appeared
among the men killed in action. Later
he was found convalescing in a Paris
hospital "All these reports of my
death.' were greatly exaggerated." Mac
Farlane declares, recalling Mark Twain's
famous .ally,
'
tr. C. E. Jones. was at his office
Monday, fresh from the first real vaca
tion he baa bad ln four years. He so
journed In Canada, thence to New York
city, for the greater part of three
months. Mrs. Jones accompanied the
doctor.
.
Vernon Bailey, United States blolo.
gist from Washington, D. C, 1. .pend
ing a few days ln Portland conferring
with Stanley Jewett over the work of
the survey. Bailey has been spending
several days in Eastern Oregon. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Bailey.
occasion of this kind. Kansas, however,
was never bound by tradition, and was a
leader, not a follower."
, e . e
Governor Charles Robinson, of whom
Mrs. Starrett speaks so warmly, was
one of the most Interesting character,
of Lawrence. He wa. born ln Massa
chusetts and was an Amherst college
man. In 1S4S he received hi. diploma
as. a physician and surgeon from Berk
Shire Medical college. He trekked across
the plains to California ln the summer of
1849, settling at Sacramento. He worked
at mining, ran a restaurant and became
editor of the Settlers and Miner. Trib
une. He wa. a member of the first
California legislature, ln 1S50, and was
one of the fearless group 'who fought
successfully to prevent CaU forn la's go
ing into the Union, as a slave stats. Re
turning to Massachusetts in 18S2, he
became editor of a paper, and in 1854
was selected by the Emigrant Aid so
ciety to go to Kansas to work toward
keeping Kansas from becoming a slave
state. He was made leader of the Free
State party and became chairman of the
executive committee and commander-in-chief
-of the Kansas volunteers. In
1S55 he helped draw up the free state
constitution at the Topeka convention
and in 1856 became territorial governor.
but the slavery party had Mm arrested-
for usurpation of office and treason,
and for soma month, be lay In jail
awaiting trial. The grand jury, which
had been packed, indicted him, but at
his, trial he was acquitted. Two .years
later, in 1857, he was reelected governor.
At the end of his term, ln spite of a
bitter - fight he was again elected by
the free state forces under the "Wyan
dotte constitution." When Kansas was
admitted into the Union as a 'state, he
became its first governor. He was the
author of "The Kansas Conflict" and
those who knew him best testify , to his
courage srid bis public spirit 'Upon
bis death ia 1894 he left his property
to his widow, with the request that
when she ' died It be given to the Uni
versity of Kansas. Like John Brown's,
his record is Indelibly Interwoven la the
troublous days ia the early history of
Kansas.
The Oregon Country'
NorUlweet Happenin,, Brlrf rctm y,,
"UiJ KNdft
OREOON NOTES ,
The eld Rimnm; .
t.r -.-ii r-Biience n norm
Bend baa been destroyed by fire. .. ,
JamTa.v. TA! L? Thorn.. B.
for the office of mayor of Marahfleld.
iiffS" department of the ,
The Clataoo couni-r .
tlon will meet Wednesday- to cinXVn -iTun."8
' PW Cont total vaiu- "
Tamhlll county will be reprinted at
!!?. fair. with comprehermlva V
hibit that will sustain the best trad!
tiona,
Plan, for th fir unit
Bend Weter. Light and Tower com
pany plant have heen approved hv ths
state engineer. '
The res-ular ftirriri .
the Mormon church for the intermoun-
. Jf- " ,t;. r. nr,a t I .a Grande
Saturday and Sunday
The annual sddre tt,. .....i
&ii Ji22? Rlv,,L plonw association was
fIUJ17'dr-by ,h-nev. J k Hershn.r.
pioneer Congreantional minister.
All members of th .tut.
SJl' o Portland Tuesday" to
i,?r,h Kil.heon J" ho,,or "f be sev
entieth birthday of Martin L Pines
A Petition 1,1 hlrr ..I I-.. J
Wasco county for county road bond
r.UVlT..w,:hw1.1'h to improve
"""j urmci-n uuiur and The
i.ancn.
.i.?!"'. for8t ""Vice reconrmiwinoe rrty t
that is mapn na out a uun- ... t '
or. the summit of the mountains
nas reached Obaldian i-iifr. i i
-wumy.
Considerable dams has been done
by a,f,'?od t ,ne tth hatchery
near Vlda. on the Mi-Kensie river. As
a result the take of Kalmon egHs will be
smaller.
Becaune the dally cancellations of th.
Bend postofflee have Increased approx
Imately 100O In the past year. Pout
manter Hudson has asked for a can
celing machine.
WASHINGTON'
Chinook salmon are running at no
qulam and fine catche. are reported by
net fishermen.
The 860,000 gymnanltim has been com
pleted at the Chehalis stats training
school and formally dedicated. .
The Centralla city commission has
passed an ordinance Increasing the sala
ries of patrolmen from $110 to $140 per
month.
John Richard Ludwljrs of Walla Walla
lias been appointed second lieutenant
in the veterinary corps of the regular
army.
The cltv romminiilnn nt r.h.li. i.
planning a new lighting system. Prop
erty owners, are to pay the cost of In
stallation. '
1 1 ( m n r-ir .1... 1 ... . , . .
j cur, ii. mi or mi Aoeraeen
brouRht few arrents for drunkenness
,?r- were no f'sbts serious enough to
call for police intervention.
There has been an Increase of over
ir, per cent In attendance of the Tep
iienlsh schools since the opening day.
laot Wednesday. The registration is
no j 831.
From May to AuRimt. Inclusive, the
casualties in Washlnirton's lumber In
dustry were greater than those of the
SpanlHh American war. Ninety-one men
were killed and 4199 were injured.
Mrs. Margaret A. Meany, 7S years old
and h pioneer of the ptate, died recently
at the home of her bon. Professor Ed
mond S. Meany nend of the department
of history at the University of Wash-
ington.
IDAHO
Taxes this year at Twin Fall for' state
and county rurnoss will be 36 cent, per
$100 less than last year.
California has boen nddod to the
states which hsve removed the quaran
tine from alfalfa meal products of
Idaho.
The University of Idaho opened with
a record breaking attendance. A special
train brought 300 students from South
ern Idaho.
The enrollment of Moscow city schools
reached 974 during the flirt week of
the school year, greatly exceeding that
of any previous year.
The Twin Falls section will send a
tralnload of exhibits tn the Htnte f a Ir
and is planning to make the banner ex
hibit of farm products.
Actual construction work on the Amer
ican Fall, dam will not begin the first
of the year, desulte reports to the con
trary. Preliminary work will require
elx or eight months more.
An organization has been formed at
Idaho Fall, for the purpose of necur
Ing additional water for the Mini Lake
country, which will riienn the develop
ment of thousands of acres of land.
Governor Davis hsa Inaued an official
proclamation of election enumerating,
all the offices to be filled, with five
constitutional amendmenets and a high
way bond issue to be voted on Novem
ber 8. '
Wesley Bottoms produced Dlcklow
wheat en raw sagebiuxh land on the
Ricker place near Wendell that yielded
it bushels to the acre. On seven acre,
of red .clover land the yield was 12
bushels per acre.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
DoC Turnovei bumped into Nick
Delaney's flivver at the Corners last
week and they've been tryin' to dlsklver
some Treasonable way to assess the dam
age, agin one another. Doc offers to
give the blU he has agin Nick's mother-in-law
fer $45 that she run up on him
when she had the flu, and Nicks lir
clined to hire him a lawyer end fight
tt out if he has to sell the flivver in
Tl.l..J aeutl-4 evita 1 1 iira It.
ruruiiy iw m wiw.am - -
They both argufied before the under
signed Sunday fer three hours and re
fused to take my advice to toss up fer
it shake hands and let it go.
A Tale of Pioneer Life in
' Oregon Under Conditions
of These Later Days.
OBeuaned from Teaterdar)
Up in the mountains where the
present day pioneers of Oregon live,
the horse has yielded to the automo
bile none of his proud position of es
sential service.
A few who try to eecspe he rack
ing hurry of twentieth century arti
ficiality and come to the mountains
to live bring machines with them,
but soon find that the repair and
maintenance of even a flivver Is be
yond reason and the periods of uce so
brief that It becomes a wholly bur
densome luxury.
The mountain horse Is Just about
as nimble a. the mountain goat. Ha
carries his master over steep and dif
ficult trail, and a misstep Is almost
unheard of. He works with equal
docility in harness.. He I. nearly al
ways of middle size, compact and
hardy.
But when the mountaineers turn
their horses out to gr.se, and their
cows, too, it is always with the fear
that wild parsnips may prove their
death. The poisonous weed grows
in the swampy .pot. where the set
pasture is found.
Hogs, however, rang, through the
mountains and sat ss they will, with
perfect impunity. During a summer
they revert to the ferocity of the wild
boar. Bryan, of the Middle Fork
told how he found hi. pigs, searching
for them in the first snow, by trail
ing back a timber wolf whose tracks
showed that he had fled in wild haste.
Sure enough, he found- the pigs
denned in with a comfortable nest
which instinct had taught them te
build, and . defiant to all but their
well remembered master, whom they
followed home docilely when be
called. ' ' . ' -