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0 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1920. ggT, "Aim AM IJDEPK?DE.1T NEWSPAPER C. 8. JACKSON Pttbliahai I Be calm, ba eonfldmt, be ehaarful and do unto Mhcra m yon would bin them do unto Jan. ) Pohllahad every weak da and Snndar mominc. I The Journal Iluiidinc. Broadway aod Yam hill atnwt, Portland, Orrfon. Entered at tha poatofttce at Portland. Oraon. for tranamlaaioo through tha maUa at accond rlaa matter. TiXKPMOXKS Main 7178. Automatic K80-S1. All department reachad by iba nuinbara, ' rOKKIUM ADVERTISING HKPHKftENTATIVK Itenjamln a Kentnor Co.. MnintwW-a BuUrtins. S2 Fifth aranua, Na York; 000 alallara Kulklins, Chicago THE OHKfSOM JOL'HNAI. rwertea tha rleht to raert alwrtltns cpr which It deems ob jectionable. 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A life rpent worthily innuM ba measured by a nobler line by deed not year. Hicuanl llnutley Sheridan. GIVE ALL A C1IANCK TO MEKT thr; immediate financial need of llu: government the treas ury tffpurl merit ut frequent intervals floats short time loans in (he shape of "Treasury certificates of Indebted ness." Like Liberty bonds, these cer tificates are offered to all the pesple, nod like Liberty bond Issues subscrip tion must come through a bank. Hut when individuals apply they find ttiat because of high rates of interest which they bear and their short maturities In many localities the banks have sub scribed to the full issue for their dwrj account and decline to accept subscrip tion from Individuals. This is unfair to the individual and is a short sighted policy for such banks. The public bought Liberty bonds till it hurt, even when it knew they would decline in price, and now that a more attractive issue is being floated by the government the public bhould be permitted to participate along with the bHiiks. By excluding the public from such participation in government issues the. bankers create prejudice against , their Institutions which can only be Inimical to their . .1 u .. . i ....... ; . . glirwwi Itliu upp'l Itj . j. The Journal has no quarrel with the j' banks. It has been unstinted in its I praise of the patriotic manner in t' which they supported the goverment during the dark days of the war and n cungi Hiuiuit' iiiem upon iiieir reauy wV assent to suggestions and regulations ."of the treasury department which have ' for their purpose the deflation of the I currency and credit and a return' to ' normal conditions, but It wishes to point out to the bankers the danger of arousing prejudice against them ' oclvcs. It was a mistake for the banks to ' make a charge for the safe keeping of Liberty bonds after they had prom . Ised the public that they would per i form this service gratuitously. In any event the rvftnks should be first to sec that those who bought f. Liberty bonds until it hurt may now m have a chance to buy the more at 1 tractive government securities. The Northwest rivers and harbors convention In Portland. October 4 and 5. should take a resolute rtost- " tlon In support of the preparation of the Columbia and Snake rivers for ; practicable navigation between Celilo ( and Lewlston. Idaho. A distinguished t board of army engineers will hold j a hearing In Lewlston on October 6 to canvass public sentiment on the r- proposed canalization of the two ' T, streams. Portland should be repre- scnted there. BRIDGE TRAFFIC IT HAS been pretty well decided that Portland, for the present, at least, will not Increase the efficiency of the Bumside bridge by replacing it with a span costing 16,000,000. '. But Portland may well take up, from ' a traffic viewpoint, the question of in- creasing the efficiency of the bridges the city possesses, -' i : Time is money and every condition and regulation affscting the bridges across tho Willamette. 'is calculated to consume time The rules of bridge use classify Auto mobiles with street cars, require the swift and flexible velilclcs to form. In deviable lines with cars that average only five to eight miles ah hour of speed across" the bridges, leave about hair fie bridge area exclusively for Uructs and prescribe; police court pen- 4 alties for infractions. Traffic wquld mte on me Drwgcs ,wnn less ieay and even greater safety if motor trucks were classified with street cars and automobiles permitted to pass all other vehicles within the center line of the bridge roadway. But traffic regulation is only one delaying factor in bridge use. Travel on water front streets intersects and conflicts with bridge traffic. Confu sion that falls just short of inextric able tangle results. Most of the bridges are congested at their approaches for lack of distributive thoroughfares. AH of this means loss of time. Time is money. Let the city planning com mission and the police traffic bureau cooperate in a plan for handling the traffic that uses the bridges and borders the river that will reduce the delays and make Portland's bridges efficient. When asked how he lubricated his wagon an old farmer replied, "I puts the grease on the squeak. Then I gets to where I wants to go." Port land has authorized bonded debt of J10.500.000 for public docks and deep sea terminals. Portland's vital need now U a deep, constantly, main tained chanet to the sea. Organiza tion of the port's resources should be directed to this end. Any port meas ure proposed should be rejected if it does not clearly and assurlngly pro vide for a deep and wide channel. BREAD AND SCENERY IN A bulletin published at Washlng 1 ton, D. C, the National Parks as sociation says: The bill to authorize the use of the Palls river basin In the Yellowstone-National park for Irrigation purposes was stopped at the end of the session, but it was not defeated. It will appear again at the next session. It must be defeated. The explanation for this arbitrary assertion appears in a subsequent paragraph. The water powers and ir rigation water supplies of the national parks must remain unused to main tain "untouched nature; their status as museums of the original American wilderness stands in great danger of destruction." The executive secretary of the Yel lowstone Irrigation association stated to the recent Irrigation convention of Nfontana, Idaho, Oregon. Washington and Wyoming that uninformed propa ganda is preventing the reclamation Of lands, which, if nfade productive, would help solve the food problem of the 1'nited States. The convention placed itself ou rec ord in a resolution reading: Whereas : In the agricultural develop ment of considerable areas of the West it Is found necessary to conserve cer tain waters in our national parks; therefore, Be it resolved, that the honorable sec retary of the interior is earnestly re quested to permit the necessary surveys and studies in the case of any such pro posed development, and where he shall find such works can be constructed and maintained without interfering with the public use or marring the scenic beauty of such parks, the right be granted therefor. Now'Emerson Hough appears in the current number of the Saturday Even ing Post, espousing the view of the association, and saying that impound ing dams might be erected outside Yellowstone National park to perform an equal service at greater cost. The people on the ground declare that success in their plans would store the waters of spring freshets for later, dryer periods, prevent destructive floods, maintain Yellowstone falls in uniform beauty and serve a great economic purpose. An Important principle is involved in the discussion., Us decision will set a precedent which sooner or later will affect the utilizing of water and water power in Rainier, Crater and other na tional parks. How will the public interest be best served? Roseburg residents thank the wind for helping to blow down the high coBt rt living. The apples that were blown from the trees by high wind sold by the sack at a nominal price Instead of in boxes at high and fancy figures. The Umpqua valley, by the way, ordinarily has no wind exceeding four miles an hour. SEATTLE SHIPS SAN FRANCISCO Is chuckling over the prospect of regained commerce leadership on the Pacific coast. In July the Imports at Seattle, or, more ac curately, the district of Washington, amounted to $9,343,153; of the San Francisco district, f27,673.74. Seattle's July exports were fl6,078,!)90; San Francisco's t20,2S4,731. Seattle's total of export and import commerce for July was f23.422.143; that of San Fran cisco. $47,9o8,480. Seattlc'9 meteor like experience in commerce grow th arose from war con ditions. There were great movements of material and munitions to Siberia. There was a displacing of normal trade lanes and unusual quantities of cot ton, vegetable oil, rubber and even tin moved through Seattle. While speed and not freight rates was the first consideration while the water and rail route took precedence over the all-water route, Seattle's sun shone warmly. Seattle, against the warnings of some of her own largest traders, chose to accept the temporary intensity of busi ness as . a permanent condition and began to build accordingly. Now the visitor to Seattle finds behind the glossy front.door of optimism a secret but very real . worry as to how the Interest is going to be met on multi form municipal debt. : . - Reforms for their . own - success should come from clthlnv When the Multnomah .Anglers; ..club ' argues for a shorter t lahlngj. season."' a reduced limit on the number of rth that may be caught, a prohibition against tak- lnsr trout less than B 1ft IWV. 1m j length-and an Increase In the amount Jof the angler's license fee. it signi- fles a direct turning toy-the mem bers of the club against the game hogism that destroys one of the greatest attractions of Oregon's matchless outdoor country. Unless the severest restrictions are applied and the utmost means of propaga tion are employed, trout fishing in Oregon will soon become a thins of yesterday. A trip through Oregon in any di rection startles the traveler with a revelation of progress in the out State districts. During the week of October 17-24, the Portland Cham ber of Commerce will conduct a business men's excursion to the flourishing' towns of Eastern Oregon. The opportunity of the excursion will be to learn the surprising business opportunities, the town building and the land reclamation of a great re gion. The business man who can go and does not confesses that such trade as he can secure within the city limits satisfies his ambitions. LOWER PRICES SANER LIVING IT IS less important to say that prices are going down than that the pur chaslng power of a dollar is growing greater. Price reductions all over the country mean in most instances merely the changing of figures on cost tags. The dollar which has been buying 48 cents' worth is buying more than during the hectic days of war and the abnormal period that followed conflict. From appearances the lowered prices on merchandise and automobiles will give the dollar in many lines an im mediate buying power in the neighbor hood of GO cents. Little by little, and probably through a long process, the normal will be regained. The profiteer who has held his accumulation over long will be compelled to accept what many hope may be a loss. Both neces saries and entertainment will gradu ally be priced' within comfortable reach of the majority. As supplies for producers, manufac turers and merchants become lower in price, less disturbance will be felt from the effect of the first sharp reduc tions. There will be no panic and no gen eral financial stringency. The national credit situation will be maintained by the federal reserve system. A period of saner living is in pros pect. Those who have practiced thrift will profit now. In appointing Mrs. Sblomon Hirsch of Portland on the advisory commit tee of the Republican party, National Chairman Hays has placed honor in gracious, kindly and able hands. PLATE WORK SCENE : Room Just off the front porch, conferees in intensive con versation. Nominee But I declared against the league. O. 0. P. Advisors The people want a league instead of a next war. Nominee Yes. 1 suppose so, but Jefferson and Washington never spoke of a league. Advisors It isn't necessary to go in for the league. We can frame one of our own. Nominee We must be conservative. Remember, I am a reactionary. Advisors If we frame our own league we can take full credit. Nominee I have no precedent to guide me. I feel that I am groping in the dark. Advisors You can say that you never were opposed to a permanent machinery of nations to perpetuate peace, but that you were only against the League of Nations. Nominee Ah, gentlemen, I believe I now see more clearly. There is a precedent the Hague Tribunal. Advisors But the old Hague court failed. You forget the world war. Nominee You are expecting too much of me, gentlemen. I am the least progressive of our standpat clan. As I said in my speech to the people, a leader is found for every emergency. uch calm reasoning I believe Is cred itable in view of the mess we seem to be in. But as you say, I must take this league thing by the teeth. Advisors Eureka! You have coined it the teeth! the teeth! And the Advisors depart joyously in search of false teeth for the Hague Tribunal. All is not gold that glitters and all eggs are not fresh even when so placarded, says the dairy and food commissioner. The way to make the sign good, the official suggests, is to have the grocer write' on the bill, "Freshness Guaranteed." Then the bad eggs you find in the dozen are his loss, not yours. THE INEVITABLE THE Family. The C!an. The Tribe. The City. The Nation. What next in the path of progress? The League of Nations. It is in evitable. The League of Nations is the out growth of man's and woman's evolu tion. They have been tendine inward It all through the ages. Mankind and , womankind began primitively, barbarously, savagely. It was dog eat dog in that dar. The weaker fell prey to the stronger. xne nret unit In government was the family; Men and women allied themselves for their protection. Sol idarity was their best defense against aggression, so families formed clans, then tribes, -t And then- the city be came the supreme unit Rome con quered the world and Rome felL Then these homogeneous units-coun tries began to disagree and there were wars, the most bloody. of . all. between nations. Thus has been the evolution of hu manity toward the league of all peoples. OCTOBER 9 ELTON court in Portland became a torch and human bodies helped feed the flames. The Houston hotel in Klamath Falls, evn less defended against fire, became a funeral pyre for 15. The governor had these prevent able tragedies in mind when he pro claimed October 3 as "i'ire Prevention day." Let it be a day when fire marshals, aided by citizens, can report that in spections have been completed and that fire traps have been officially marked and corrected. The utmost value Hes in the educational effort that will teach people to abhor the causes of destruction by fire. But there will alwaya be many cal lous building owners and careless tenants who, without the prod of official admonition, will fail in the precautions necessary to save their lives. COMING CHANGES IN THE HOUSE By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Cor respondent The Journal Washington, Sept. 27. Notable changes will be seen in the house of represen tatives when the next congress as sembles early next year, it being taken for granted that, whoever is elected president, an extra : session will be called by the new president. Some of the veterans are going out, and a few others, after a season elsewhere, are coming back. Two former members of the first rank, one a Democrat and one a Republican, are believed certain of election, and they will give ener gizing force to a house that id In need of it One is William Bourke Cockran ;of New York, Democrat, nationally known orator and a man of unusual attain ments, who served several terms many years ago and was even then a match for the keenest debaters in the house. Cockran will be a tower of strength for the wets, and likewise for the ad vocates of the recognition of Ireland. At the San Francisco convention he was the champion of the Ill-fated wet plank, and last winter he filled the corridors in the senate office building when he came to Washington to argue for the Irish resolution. Cockran is coming to congress in place of Thomas F. Smith, the secretary of Tammany Hall, who after two terms has resolved to return to the practice of law. Cock ran was for a long time in the dis favor of the Tammany powers, but he apparently has been restored in their opinion by his recent activities. Every one concedes trlat the house will be a merrier place with Cockran back. The most noted Republican addition, it is expected, will be Theodore K. Burton of Ohio, who retired from the house many years ago to become United States senator, then became a candidate for president, and more recently a banker in New York. Now he is re turning to the house from his old dis trict in Cleveland. He has been one of the leading Republican advocates of the League of Nations and Is recoga. nized as an authority on banking and waterways. He led several historic fights on "pork" in river and harbor bills, and at the close of one session in the senate filibustered a $45,000,000 bill down to $20,000,000. Another veteran Republican renomi nated and presumed to be fairly certain of another term is Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin, who was defeated two years ago because of his attitude toward war measures. He is a former chairman of the foreign affairs committee. He had served 26 years continuously when defeated, a service exceeded only by Speaker Gillett and former Speakers Cannon and Clark ; but Cannon and Clark have not served contiguously. Two sitting members who jhave been most prominent ip railroad and water power legislation have been defeated for renomlnation. John J. Esch eT Wiscon sin. Republican, principal autiior of the Esch-Cummins bill, under whlcli the rail roads were returned to their owners, and chairman of the committee on Inter state and foreign commerce, has lost out. and the same fate has fallen to Thetus W. Sims of Tennessee. Demo crat, former chairman of the same com mittee. Sims has been a member 24 years and Esch 22 years. S. Hubert Dent of Alabama, chairman of the military affairs committee dur ing the war has been defeated, and J. Thomas Heflin. another prominent mem ber from Alabama, will leave his seat in the house for one in the senate. Thad deus H. Caraway of Arkansas will also move over to the senate, and Scott Fer ris of Oklahoma, well known to the West as former chairman of the public lands committee, will doubtless follow suit, as it is generally .believed he will easily defeat his Republican opponent. , A Ivan T. Fuller, a Massachusetts Re publican of marked independent and progressive tendency, has been nomi nated for lieutenant governor of h'is Btate and will retire from the house. Charles F. Booher of Missouri, one of the old timers, will retire voluntarily, and so will William Kettner of Califor nia, Democrat, who has been unbeatable in a district for many years overwhelm ingly Republican. Letters From, the People (Communication! aent to Tha Journal 'for publication in thi department should be written on only ona d of the paper, should not exceed 00 words in IvncUl aml-siaac ba aianad by tha writer, wnosa mail addraaa in full mint accom pany tha contribution. 1 THE SENATE CABAL. Portland, Sept. 24. To the Kditor of The Journal There is no doubt that the best element of the American people want a League of Nations, to prevent war. What I mean by the best element is the moral and religious. The anar chist and Bolshevik are not an element of our country ; they are interlopers. The issue is clear enough, but evil passions arise in some very good ' men that befog the issue. It Is always so. Sure, the Republican party has some high ideals, but they are usually for high people. The others are fooled, as they are trying to fool them now. That party has -pointed with pride" to Elihu Root as the great international lawyer of America. His late authoritative re port that the league Is practically all right, is a stunning blow to the autoc racy of the senate. But will the people find it out? Wilson's 14 points, enunci ated during the war, and the League of Nations growing out of it, constitute the greatest scheme of liberty, peace and prosperity ever devised since the declaration of independence and the adoption of the constitution growing: out of U. The Republican party can't fool all the people all the time, but they sometimes fool the majority of them. The opposition to tha league would be inexplicable were Jt not for the well known fact that- ysalousy la- the most Implacable trait of the humaa soul. Once aroused, reaaon no longer sits enthroned. Wilson wu getting; too popular. The civilized world was rejoicing with hope that his ideals would be consummated. They embraced the most liberal thought of both America and Europe. Wilson was rapidly acquiring a place )n history that would rival the fame of Washing ton and Lincoln. The senate cabal was terribly aroused, and something must be done. Wilson must be sacrificed, though the world pays the penalty. J. B. Wright A NEW TICKET Hood River, Sept. 25. To the Editor of The Journal I suppose the subject of "high cost of living" has been talked about more than anything else before the American peejple today. The people have been made the victims of a gigan tic system of robbery by organized capi tal ever since the war. The distress and suffering causes by this thievery Is widespread. Cries have gone up to our lawmakers time and again all to no purpose. Every kind of plan has been resorted to, only to fall. The people have found that the so-called 'shortage" of everything is a hoax. President Wil son said. "There is no shortage of sugar, but there is a shortage of honest men to handle it." I suppose the same might be said of almost everything else. When a business man. a senator or a dealer was asked to do something he would confess thai, was beyond his power. But, listen : There came a "still small voice" from the Northeast. If la the "Tin Lizzie man" speaking. lie pro poses to cut deeply the prices on his automobiles. All lines of trade, from collarmaker to mail order house, begin to have the shivers. The great wall around the city of Jericho withstood all the forces that could be brought against It for ages, but when old Joshua took up the ram's horn and sounded the honk honk, down went the great wall. Now wasn't that easy? Mr. Ford comes along, after all efforts have failed, and sounds the honk honk, and down come the prices. Ford turned the trick. I hereby nominate Henry Ford for presi dent and Arthur Capper for vice presi dent of the United States. John B. Polk. A DISCUSSION OF ISSUES Tortland. Sept. 2h--To the Editor of The Journal I consider this "League of Nations" and "wet and dry" stuTf merely camouflage. There seems no question about the desire of the American people to be part of the world ; even the Repub licans admit this, so this cannot be a very serious Issue. So far as "wet and dry" goes, it Is quite probable that those people who have raised it are well sup plied with private stock, so this is not only not important, but funny. But it is important to this great North west that farmers be able to cet money as cheaply as po-ible : therefore, it is important that the rural credits bill be retained. It never will be. If the "old guard" can knock it out. It is important that the federal reserve act be kept in working order and without control of the bankers. Our past experience with the "old guard" is too impressive to give any of us thought that it will if they get half a chance to knock it. It Is Important that we be allowed to purchase Ameri can made goods as cheaply as they can be purchased in Canada. China or South Africa, something we shall not be able to do if the old protective tariff gentle men get a fair chance. It is an old political game to shake the red flag in one end of the field, then occupy the other end. Isn't that what is being done right now? Think it over. William Hewitt. WHO'LL HALT HENRY? Aurora, Sept. 23. To the Editor of The Journal Judging from recent dis patches, Henry Ford is carrying on again with Intention, no doubt, of de stroying the government. Is there no way to stop him before it be too late? Surely, it was enough when this man had the temerity to stand for election to the august United States senate, in directly causing certain leaders of the O. O. P. to spend vast sums of money corruptly, to save the credit of the coun try in general and of the United States senate in particular. But now comes something- infinitely worse and. if un checked, liable to spread far and wide with disastrous effects to the trusts. Should Mr. Ford put the price of auto mobiles and tractors on a pre-war basis, thus making a reduction of about 1160 per machine, with 146,500 orders om hand, he is in the way to lose about $2,344,000. And, what is far worse, Mr. Ford says he will not reduce present wages. He has said he will do these things. Now, you and all other educators in your line Have had fair warning, and the question is. "What are you going to do to stop this man in his effort to subvert the liberty of the people?" Napoleon Davis. WANTS HOME BREW Redmond, Sept. 19. To the Editor of The Jurnal At last a Judge has got up courage enough to say what is right in regard to searching homes, or. in fact, searching anything or any place, for liquor. I have maintained that the manner in which searching has been carried on for the last four years was wrong. A man's home Is certainly his castle, and so long as he does not make a nuisance of it it is no one's business If he does have, a wee bit to drive away dull care. I see that the prohibition fa natics are to ask the legislature for a large sum to fight the little home brew and the little .bit left over from four years back. If they wish to reduce boot legging, why do they not work to let people have their home brew and light wines and' thus destroy the demand for moonshine to a large extent? If we could have this and not have to steal It there would not be nearly the demand for the stronger kind. When you take away one's personal liberty there is going to be a scrap. We believe In the golden rule aa Christ laid it down. Sam Brown. CAR RIDER WANTS A SEAT Portland, Sept. 20. To the Editor of The Journal I have read your editorials for some time? and can't say too much for them. What I would like to say is this: Regarding Mt Scott car riders, it seems funny that every afternoon be tween 4 and 5 o'clock the women will stay down town window shopping, which most of them do instead. of trying to get home a little earlier so working men and women might have a seat on the car after working all day. I would like to see the Portland Railway. Light & Power company make no stop cars out of the Mount Scott cars after they leave Second street and until they reach Fiftieth street. This is for the Hawthorne bunch getting on the Mount Scott cars. also. A Car Rider. "REPUBLICAN AND CHRISTIAN T' Hood River. Sept. 19. To the Editor of "The Journal Can a man be a Repub lican and a Christian? Since hearing Billy Sunday's speech on Labor - day I have decided that it is a pretty hard matter for a person to be a Republican and be a Christian. If you can answer satisfactorily It will be a great relief to quite a number of Christian people in Hood River county, and may cause them to vote for the League of Nations with out reservations. T. J. McKean. WHAT THE FARMER NEEDS Charles Aubrey Eaton, In Laalie'a Put la short and simple form the farmer needs and must have the follow ing readjustments In order to do his work for the nation : 1. A federal farm loan bank that will not be knocked to pieces by the politi cians and Interests just when It becomes of some real service to the farmer. 2. A great nation-wide development of cooperative buying and selling agencies for - farm products . and . raw .materials COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE A bad memory is' the skeleton In the liar s closet. a a A little flour by any other name would nrhtiKrlAMa - -i i . a a " If a bass drum doesn't make good music it drowns a lot of bad. a a a When a w orjran can't get a servant to do her work there Is no help for it a . It is useless to w-orry and useless to tell a man that it is useless to worry, a - a a If a man never has anybody to lell him what he would do in his place: he is friendless. p a a a It Is said that rating onions will pre vent a mustache from coming on a woman's Up. a a a A poet tells us that babies are new waves on life's ocean. Wrong! They are fresh squalls. a Riches will not buy happiness, but some folks would be happy if they only had money enough to make the experiment. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town E. J. Sullivan, erstwhile manager of the Hotel Osburn at Eugene, has arrived at the Multnomah. Sullivan Is succeed ed by Theodore Morris, erstwhile clerk at the Multnomah, as manager of the Osburn. a a a Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Flint of Los Angeles are guests at the Seward. Flint is a retired banker of the California metropolis and he has seen the city from its earliest days through the period of its boom and its later depression fol lowed by the slow and continued growth ever since. It was In 18S6 that Flint first united his destinies with those of Los Angeles, at a time when, the town had 60,000 persons. In 1890. the bubble burst and property wasn't even worth the taxes. But Flint stayed with It through the years that it passed before regaining its 'prestige and prosperity. and fortune smiled on him. He now spends most of his time traveling. The Flints have spent the summer on Van couver island, riding over the beautiful roads and reveling in the beautiful Bcen ery. They re now on their way to San Francisco, where they will be met by Flint's brother from Los Angeles, who will go with them the rest of the way home. Flint was disappointed to find Portland stormy, but he knows the city so well that he appreciates the beau tiful days that do occur. A reunion of classmates of the Uni versity of Oregon In the days when the institution was not so large ss it is how occurred at the Imperial Saturday when Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McClalne of Spokane, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Keene of Silverton and Mrs. Balm Hodgson of Yonkers, N. Y., met after a parting of many years. Keene was a famous ath- I lete at the Oregon university in those days, playing halfback on the football team, and McClaine was also Interested In athletics. At the time the party w pe at Eugene, Phil Metschan, manager of the Imperial, was engaged in his studies at Willamette university and much rivalry existed between the two schools. Mrs. Hodgson Is accompanied by her daughter Daphne. Mrs. . A. G. Barker, who is house mother for one of the sorority houses at Eugene, accompanied by her daugh ter. Mrs. Fielding Kelly of Hood River, is spending a few daVs at the Seward. a Judge Charles A. Johns of the state supreme court arrived Saturday at the Oregon hotel from Palem. a Mrs. Ben Shucking of Salem drove her automobile Into Portland from, Cul ver, near Bend, in one day, alone, dem onstrating beyond a doubt that the roads in Oregon are very good, or that she OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley In thu article Mr. IxKkler prrianta Dr. Esther I'ohl LoTejoy'a rariew of her work in tlM aurceaaful campateo In ' TnrtWnd for pur milk, and L of ber work ia France durin Uia creat war. J Probably no city in the United States has cleaner or better milk than Portland, and thereby hangs a tale. "When I lost .ny husband. Dr. Emll Pohl. from meningitis in Alaska, and my brother Fred was murdered by a highwayman on the Davson trail. 1 came back to Poatland. All I had left was my baby, named Fred for my brother. When he was six and a half years old he died of septic peritonitis. The post-mortem showed a tubercular growth had formed In his Intestine, which. j breaking, had caused his death. For years I had taken milk of a dairy whose cows were supposed to be healthy. Of ficial Investigation of the herd showed that 78 of the HO cows In the herd were tubercular. I shall never know for a certainty, but I shall always feel, that it was this tubercular milk that was responsible for my little boy's death. I resolved that no other mother. If I could help It. should have to suffer as I did, from a condition that could be pre vented. I wrote and helped to create the public sentiment that secured the passage of the milk irapectlon ordinance. ... "The Oregon Journal was largely In strumental in winning the pure milk battle, and the public owes It a debt of gratitude for its splendid and successful fight. I served on the health board for four years, being at the head of the department for the last two years of my connection with It, It Is rather in teresting to know that no other woman has been at the head of a health board in a city of the siae of Portland. We employed Dr. Mack while I was In charge of the bureau, and that his ap pointment was a good one is proved by the fact that be is still rendering highly efficient service In that department. such as seed, fertiliser, stock and ma chinery. 3. Extension of the present valuable work of the federal department of agri culture in cooperation with state govern ments. ' 4. Federal control of those agencies which stand between the fanner and the ultimate consumer of food, so that the farmer will get a fair return upon his Investment of capital, management and labor, without making the consumer pay famine prices. 5. Proper railroad facilities so that crops can be moved when and where they are needed. C. Federal aid In organizing farm In terests so that the individual farmer may be financed from time to time In his production of crops just as the individual manufacturer fs financed by the banks. 7. Federal and state sid in stabilising the labor supply so that the city man who would do better on the farm can be sought out and sent where he wants to go and Is so badly needed. IN THE Ll'L OLE TOWN From tha St. Ixmia Cloba-DroMrrat In the New York telephone book. In prominent type, you read: "I want an ambulance! "I want a policeman! "I want to report a fire!" &uch i life to New York, a- NEWS I&KJ3RIEF SIDELIGHTS It is almost Ume to think of something &a tni-m ),, n.iUii. nt th twentieth amendment to the constitution. Sahara a a a Restaurant prices are coming down. Pretty soon a person may be able to get a good dinner in a public eating house for what a week's board used tu cost. La Grande Observer. The Socialist party Is attacking the Leaerue of Nations issue. What has be come of the local committee's charge that the league is the child of the Socialists' Astoria Budget. Incoming people have almost beaeiged the Democrat office the past week seek ing relief from the extreme house, short , . . Kn nine to liva la a bar to in creased population and school enroll mentBaker Democrat. a There being no county fair this year, the prize apples of the valley are being presented to schoolmarms. by very youni; men, going to school for the first time, and their ma's are taking the aliena tion of affection as well as could be rxpected. Medford Mall-Tribune. Is an excellent drivers Mrs. Shucking Is staying at the Imperial while In the City. a a a Charles Hall of Coos Bay, who is pres-1 Ident of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce and one of the prominent bankers and most influential business men of his home town. Is among the re cent arrivals at the Benson. a a M. Z. Connell, who owns a big drug store at The Dalles. Is spending a few days at the Portland. Herbert Cuthbert, secretary of the Northwest Tourist association, Is down from Seattle attending to some of the business details of the association. He Is staying at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tool, and two daughters and Mr. and Mrs. J. Wood and daughter of Reasnor, .Iowa, have arrived in Portland with the idea of locating somewhere In Oregon. They are staying at the Seward and expect to look over the Willamette valley as a probable home site. Mark Blakeley, one of the biggest stockmen of Condon, is in the city visiting his two children who are at tending Washington high school. Blake ley has found the educational institu tions of Portland much to his liking, so ihe kids come here, and Blakeley comes down every week or so to see them. With him is II. A. Cohn of Heppner. who Is likewise Interested in stock but who lives to get away from It at times. While the market conditions are bad, range conditions were never better, they say. and It looks like a favorable winter ahead. The Eastern Oregon stock men are staying at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. J. Tliornburpn of For est Grove are guests at the Oregon. Thornburgh is one of the bankers at Forest Grove. Frank C. HesSe, attorney from As toria, motored up Saturday from the mouth of the Columbia and is registered at the Imperial. ... , "If this is the home town of Frank Branch Riley, who delivered a lecture about your country at Aeolian hall In New York last winter. I want to thank you all- for bringing me here," asserted Daisy Cynthia Wood, a guest at the Portland. "I think hundreds in that audience made the same resolution I did, to see the reality of the wonders he described. 1 am refreshed and Impressed by this tour, and I am going to qarry back the word that all of Riley's eulogy of the scenes and activity of your Northwest Is richly merited." "After four years of service for the city I went to Vienna to take special work along medical lines. My first trip to Europe was made in 1904. In 1910 I again visited Europe, and while there saw the Passion Play at Oberammergau. This play is given every 10 yearw. This year, for the first time in more than 300 years, it will not be given at its regular 10-year period. ... "In 1917 I went to France, paying my own way and going on my own responsi bility. I volunteered to serve without pay with the American organisation for the French wounded, but I had been in France but three days when the Amerl can Red Cross requisitioned my services and I went with Mile. Marie-Jeanne Bassot to work with and for children at The House of the Good Neighbor.' Sympathy and faith In humanity were the keynotes of the service there. We were in the outskirts of Paris, midway between Neuilly and Clinchy. Before the war it was a factory district, given over to a large extent to the manufacture of perfumes, but with the coming of the war the factories were set to work mak ing cyanide and other poison gases. ... "My work there during the winter of 1917-is was a revelation of the magnifi cent spirit of service to humanity of the French women. If you are interested in that phase of my work I telieve Vou will enjoy reading my book entitled The House of the Good Neighbor,' and espe cially my chapter on 'Democrsey lrf Re construction. I was one of two dele gates sent from France to the United States aa a special representative of the Woman's National Organizations of the United States which functioned with the National Council of Defense. I was sent all over the East and South on a speak ing tour. From February, 1918. until the signing of the armistice I was busy with war work activities connected with women's work In France and In the United States." Olden Oregon Poll Tax Law Passed In 1862 Aimed at Dark Races. The legislature of 1862 parsed an act requiring that each and every negro. Chinaman, Hawaiian and mulatto resid ing Within the limits -of the state should pay an annual poll tax of S3. Falling to do so they were subject to arrest and sentenced to work upon the public highways at the rate of 60 cents a day until the tax and the expenses of ar rest and collection were discharged. Curious Bits of ' Information for the Curious Gleaned .From Curious Places The clay pipe is a noted American product, and the largest clay pipe manu facturing plant Jn the world Is located at Appomattox, Va. Over 60 years , ago It was known that clay found In that Vicinity was especially adapted for pip making. The first sent north found a ready sale and a northern capitalist traced a shipment to the source and, after buying up the clay deposits there about, established the big pipe making Industry. .- : - .. . The Oregon Country Northwest !iirwntnra in Rriaf Form fof U Uuur Itaadrr OREOON exte srvKMr biB Sunday school workers of Salem have organised a community training schooU iJ? ,v'rBlde lmon are reported In ron. Iderable number, as far sVuth as TlU. Ground has been broken for the ereo Beaverton Andern t M'St .Jrln.cSuPty '""-hors will meet oc. ober i a Salem to plan their work for PrU growers at Forest Grove sland to suffer loss because (he fruit Is rot ting for want of pickers. Kiigene during the ww experienced the heaviest rainfall In Its history when 1 11 inches fell In 4H hours. Hlph schools of Jefferson, Doa- hut.-s and Crook counties plan a foot ball league for the fall season. SU dozen Chinese pheasants, males f'tn.ilos have been released on UntBvi Plains and In the Nehalem val- Ira Ilsrrlncion of Pioneer, nesr Dsl hs. nn his foot with, an ax while split ting wood and almost bled to. death be fore help airlve.l. Only three e,-Ks remain In which nominal in,. -... """ "iy iw iura ior penred " camU(la,p" ve p- n"""r, V,H" n the cannery -,oi i. C Unrnea when searched by authorlUes at Abiorla uponer arrival frotn Wrangel. Willis C Potter or Portland has I boueU th, niaU,v & watem sawmill at Mlverton and will move It u near Stay ton, where he owns a tract of timber Silverton orchardtstn report thnt rain hk as vet done little H r, i, ..., rune crop, though It is delaying U mrl ''' mresning and hnp-pii-klng. A special election will be held at age Grove in October" to vote -on the iroOOKttlno of Hr,t,nrllnff O,. .... n1 ter to increase the limit of taxation-for an'ng rare or interest on bonds anil warrants and for taking up suh bonds Hid warrants. WASHINGTON' Wuhkiaknm county plana a big fair early in October. The Standard Oil trt well at Morltpa Is down over 300 feet and is in shale formation. Dairymen who supply Seattle with milk threntrn to strike unless distrib utors pay more. Four hundred pintB of home brew were seized by sheriffs agents in a home nt Ynklnia. I'uyallup valley lumber operatorssay iticy are hard hit by the recent increase n freight rates. Urn Klok, fur two years president of the irlef; Singing society at lioquinm. has ben reebftrd. No tuition will be charged ex-service men in niht schools to he conducted at Spokane high nchools. Kelso Presbyterian (hutch has pur chased a motion picture machine and Is Installing It In the church. The llulo club of tjrayn Harbor county Is getting into the political campaign by indorsing its favorites fur office. Preliminary mirveA or'a lines have been laid for the projected rond .from the Clearwaler river to the CI a lock dis trict. Burglars at Ilnqulam blew open a safe in n. laundry but were frightened away before getting the valuables they sought. IDAHO Twin Lakes have been enriched hy 20,000 baby trout. A new Latter Day Saints tabernacle Is to be built at Shelley. It. O. Bills was killed In an automo bile accident at Ulackfoot. Jerome county's first fair was held at Jerome and was a success. Klghteen candidates for the football team reported at Gooding college. Gerald A. Gibson has been appointed director of physical education at Po Catello high school. W. H. Wickman. alleped in be a man wauled for escaping from San' Quentm prison, was arrested at Idaho Kails. A petition has been presented to the city council at lewlston asking repeal of the ordinance licensing real estate brokers. Coeur d'Alene branch of the Spokane Fruit (growers' association has about completed Us new warehouse at Dalton Gardens. 'Pocatello K'wsnls club was repre Vi'ted Ht a session of Ihe Kiwan s at lo.se by Joseph H. Peterson, president of the club. Uncle left Snow Says: If you're a big corporation you can hold timber or ioal land outer Uee. and the war atid Ihe whole people'll make you tidier ever day, but you can't git gypufd 1V l;nlc Samuel fer no Income taV You can show you hain't nary Income whatsoever, even If your property's up m value two or three times what it vya" 'fore the war. You can prove that your porn corporation is a-livin' on borreyed mnney and whst your wife's relations brlnn or nend In. That is, of course, provided you don t use the land and don't 'low nobody else to ue It. The minute you use It or rent it. why. then you havt an Income and- you help pay fer the war. The more you don't use It the richer you git. Somethln' to do with the hixh cost of llvln ? Mebby. What the Lifcht Truck Mcnns in Food Distribution in Metropolitan Areas. i Continued from Yesterday) There are tremendous posslhllities In the swift distribution of good by Portland merchants and manufactur ers by light trucks operating on the extending network of paved hlgh-w-ays reaching out from Portland. Around the big bakeries of Port land shortly "after midnight the trucks begin gathering. By 1 o'clock when most people are sleeping sound est. the servants of the public's neexta have their loads aboard and are ready to start. The truck service enables Uiem to serve the grocers on their routes more quickly and satisfactorily than if the local mer chants depended mC local sources for bread. In fact. It Is extremely prob able that were It not for the truck delivery, country housewives would still have the laborious breadmaklng as a thrice-a-week duty. Because of the paved highways, Portland bread reaches Hlllaboro, Forest Grove. Fairvlew, Troutdale,' Cirraham. St. Helena, ScappooM, Ore gon City. Canby and Vancouver while It is still hot. Hy means of supplemental-express service, the bread baked In Portland is sent. to other points within a radius of 300 miles of the city. The dlstrlbuUon of bread Is but. one Illustration. Other vendors of foods that mast be delivered speedily after preparation find the same value In the Columbia river highway, the Capitol highway, the Pacific high way, the Tualatin highway and the Powell Valley. Foster, Canyon and Base Line roads. In return, the suburban gardeners, dairymen and farmers within a ra olus of a ecore or more miles find It easier to bring ihe people of Port land mflk and vegetables. The paved highway and tha swift, light truck have become a contribu tlve factor of tremendous value to the dally economy of Portland and Its Immediately conUgueus trade ter ritory, , ., . ' . ' !