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' THE OREGON DAILY v JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1920.
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jj DISINTERESTED TESTIMONY
I. "
ii C WEDEN and Finland were on the
llu point of going lo war over the
J? Aland Islands.
I Their swords were drawn; their
f 'guns were shotted ; their armed legions
J , awaited the word to advance to the
f; combat.
Their quarrel was submitted to the
League of Nations. There, the pro-
cess for settling the dispute was not
'.with booming ruhs and blood flow,
J, but by quiet discussion and peaceful
arbitration.
There was no war. There will be
J no War between Sweden and Finland.
The Swedish prime minister said,
't referring lo tho settlement:
! SWEDKN HAS COMPLETE CONFI-
DKNCB IN THE LEAGUE AS A
TMKANS OF PREVENTING FUTURE
WARS, AND PROOF OF THIS LIES
t'lN THE FACT THAT WE UNHESI-
TATINCJLT PLACED OUR CASE IN
i.J ITS HANDS. ALL THAT THE LEAOtTE
NEEDS TO MAKE IT A MOST EFFEC-
TIVE AND CERTAIN INSTRUMENT
' FOR REDUCING WARS TO THE AB
SOLUTE MINIMUM IS THE PARTICI
PATION OF THE UNrTED STATES.
' This Is testimony from one who
tried the league. He saw it perform.
-;:Hc saw it keep his country out of
;'a destructive war. He saw it spare
. j' the mothers and fathers of Sweden
and the mothers and fathers of Fin-
' land tho sacrifice of their sons.
t, Why are you paying war taxes?
H Do you know that it will take a
generation for the people of America
to pay off their war debt?
t Do you know that 92 per cent of
i 'tho disbursements of the American
! government arc to pay for wars past
' and to come?
Do you know that In 3-J00 yrars
I-of world history there have been but
i 124 years of peace ?
Do you realize that wars are be
: coming more frequent and that, un-
. j less something is done, the next 3400
, years will be far bloodier years?
Why not arbitrate instead of fight?
, All that the League of Nations is, is
a great world plan to arbitrate quar-
( rels between nations. That is why
". :it proposes to gradually disarm all
the nations.
Did you ever stop to think that it
. Is because of European wars that we
- are now taxed till it hurts to pay war
debts?
.Then would it not be a good thing
j for, us to note the conclusion of the
" ' prime minister of Sweden, who is not
. running for the presidency of the
, United States? He favors the league
because It kept hfs country out of
' war.
"If Harding Is elected, the league
Is dead," said Hiram Johnson, And
Hiram knows. If Harding Is elect
ed. Hiram, would claim that Hard
ing's election wa the verdict of the
people against the. league. And
Borah , would claim ,1U i' And so
would Lodge. -And o -would Hard
ing. '''If the senate ear-al eoutd beat
the treaty without an' unfavorable
verdict ; from ; the s people -r what
couldnt they do with 7 such a -yw
diet to back themt
FOR HAIRLESS HEADS
' V '
'TOUCH not a hair of this old head.
1 Say this to him who approaches
youraomo with shears or clippers.
Never Jet the barber sever-a strand
above the cheek bones. ; If you have
a shott ; neck watch . him' closely to
see that he does not tresspass on your
scalp when ; lie " shaves you : below
the ears. ' '
If you enforce' this rule, according
to the latest tonsorial faddists, you
win carry your hair -to your- grave.
which Is a cheerful thought to gentle
men with hair roots that' are not
virile,., i
These optimists elaim that losing
hair because of dandruff is too old
K story to even tell to the marines.
They assert that a follicle gives up
the ghost only because of a haircut.
When a hair Is amputated It loses
its sap, dries up and dies and topples
over by' Its very weight, they say.
Alas, the baldheads may find even
less surcease from sorrow In this
theory than in hair tonic. Bald as
he may be on his crown it is an un
fortunate, indeed, who wears not a
fringe which speaks of more dashing
days. And this remembrance, so to
speak, exists where the shears have
been most often applied.
Governor Cox la a man of decision
and action. His assurance to Cali
fornia audiences ttiat he would not
Interfere with the tights of Pacific
Coast states In the Japanese prob
lem is dependable statemeni. It
will interest the thousands in Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington who
know that there is a Japanese prob
lem. Ultimately tho whole coun
try will realize that it Is impossible
for Oriental and Occidental civili
sations to mix. That realixatipn
will result In easy adjustment be
tween 'the two nations without fric
tion or severe strain on i very old
and very firm international friend
ship. A president with the Cox
resolution and decision could for
ward solution of the Japan prob
lem with far more celerity than an
executive of timid and vacillating
bent.
IF GAMBLERS TAKE COMMAND
EIGHT members of the Chicago
White Sox, one of the leading
baseball teams of the American
league, have been indicted by a grand
jury on charges of fraud. Included
arc some of the brightest stars of the
baseball world.
They are accused of throwing
games In the world series, the base
ball classic, after selling out to a
clique of gamblers.
If the charges arc substantiated,
baseball will be dealt a blow from
which it will be difficult to recover,
it Is the great American game, the
game that heretofore has been free
from serious charges of graft. Horse
racing dimmed when crooked prac
tices were brought to light. The
path of pugilism has been strewn
with frequent instances of "fixed"
contests. The gamblers have wrecked
many another sport.
The connection of the name of Hal
Chase, a famous player, with the
fraud scandals, both in trie big
leagues and in the Coast league, if
proved tr.ue, is another tragedy of
the diamond.
It is a tragedy to see a career, so
bright on the playing field, blackened
by a money stamp. Reared on the
Pacific coast, he played but ofte sea
son here before his brilliance led him
to the big leagues, where he starred
as one of the greatest players the
world ever knew. Before his active
career was ended, he was banished
from the New York club on charges
of gambling on games.
Where tainted money enters, the
American public leaves. Whether U
he horse racing, boxing, politics or
baseball, the path to ruin is easily
laid on a foundation of corruption.
Public confidence and support are
withdrawn from bought offices and
bought scores.
There is only one course for the
leaders of baseball. That course is
to drive the gamblers from the game.
There is no middle ground, when the
gamblers take command.
President Comiskey of the White
Sox has led the way by suspending
the eight players involved, probably
eliminating his team from all chance
of the championship this year.
In spite of an agreement .between
a New York man and his wife to
divide equally the family liquors,
the husband is apparently to lose
both through a divorce proceeding.
Part of the stock Is located In one
house and part In another. The
wife owns both residences and fed
eral authorities insist thnt the hus
band cannot move the liquor with
out violating the ' Volstead act. It
Is said the husband now favors a
reconciliation.
FOR THE BABIES
A BILL is to bo presented to the
New York legislature making it
unlawful for landlords to refuse
quarters to families on account of
children. It is an interesting pro
cedure in view tf similar conditions
in Portland.
It is, however, a little difficult to
see just how such a law could be en
forced. Could he landlord not find
other excuses for refusal to rent to
families with babies? Could he not
insist that he had no vacant apart
ment? Could he not find other faults
with the family? And can a law be
drawn to stand the test that tells a
landlord who shall and who shall not
bo entitled to quarters on his prem- I
Iscs?
Rev. Maguire of Illinois, speaking
before the National Conference of
Catholic Charities, said that "greedy'
landlords force thousands of children
Into the street to become gangsters."
If children are outlawed from shelter
places and If they must go always
lntd less respectablfe quarters, there
is undoubtedly created a psychology
which' tends to drive thcrn into un
desirable company.
-In spirit. It Is a erlme for a land
lord ; to ; refuse accommodations to
children. It is an act In violation of
the most sacred American principles
and of the laws of the Almighty, but
tt Is a very difficult situation to over
come. It Is indeed questionable if It
can be done by law . . -.
The owner , of . ; chain of apart
ment houses ; in ' Chicago announces
a 10 per cent ., reduction In rents.
Why didn't he do tt beforeT ; He
says he is following- the example of
Henry Ford. Wherein has there
been reduced cost of th Intra to bet
ter enable him to cut rente Just
now?' Winter is coming on. More
fuel will be' used. Let him be
thanked for the reduction. But will
there not always be a faint surmise
that he profiteered during the
spring: and summer months?
THE MILK CONTROVERSY
AVERY large audience awaited
Circuit Judge McCourt's decision
of that phase of the Portland milk
controversy which was submitted to
him.
It was as if there stood also in
the shoes of the Oregon Dairymen's
Cooperative league, the cooperative
organizations for the marketing of
fruit and poultry in Oregon and milk
In Spokane. Because of the involve
ment of their own direct interests
some 14 cooperative marketing as
sociations in California were keenly
attentive. National organizations
nearly perfected for the cooperative
marketing of cotton and wool felt deep
concern. Thus the cooperative organ
ization for the marketing of wheat
grown in the Northwest had future
welfare at stake.
Earnest study of Judge McCourt's
opinion leaves little room for doubt
that it was well considered. By the
plaintiff, the Dairyman's league, be
was asked to confirm in the form of
a temporary injunction an order pre
viously Issued restraining the de
fendants, the milk distributors of
Portland and the Nestle's Food com
pany, from activities designed to In
duce members to break their con
tracts with the league. These con
tracts give the league title to ana
marketing control of milk produced
by league members during a period
of 5V years.
Judge McCourt declined to issue
the injunction. He did not pass upon
the right of producers to market co
operatively. He did not pass upon
the validity of the contract. But he
did point out that injunction to pre
vent attempt on the part of milk
distributors to inauce league mem
bers to break their contracts is not
the remedy. He went so far, in
deed, as to question the necessity
for an Injunction restraining dis
tributor activities.
Of 2000 contracts, the Judge points
out, the activities of the distributors
have not resulted in breaking one,
but, on the contrary, seem to have
bound the league more closely to
gether.
The remedy, it would be inferred
from the opinion, is to bring action
for damrge in the event that a con
tract Is broken. Then the whole
question of right to market co
operatively and the validity of the
contracts would be injected into the
issue.
The reasons wh-y the circuit Judge
could see no reason for enjoining
the distributors in hostile attempt
against the producers' league may
be more clearly understood by use of
illustration. Grouping of capital is
a much older practice than grouping
of producers. A man could hardly
be enjoined from attempting to ob
tain control of a corporation, which
is grouped capital, so long as his ef
forts were confined within common
and special law and were not sub
versive of public policy. And if his
efforts were in violation of law,
damage action rather than injunction
proceedings would be the natural
form for litigation against him.
So, grouped producers," whether
they be associated for the purpose
of marketing cooperatively milk.
wheat, cotton, wool, poultry or fruit,
can scarcely hope to be defended by
injunction from activities which
might be more an evidence of com
petition than a deliberate and mali
cious attempt to defeat the principle
of cooperative marketing.
While cooperative marketing or
ganization gives the producers a con
trol of their product nd its market
ing, no evidence exists that they
intend to break any law. On the
contrary they are feeling their way
step by step to keep within the law
and at the same time assure for the
individual producer a return whjch
will approximate the cost of produc
tion plus a reasonable profit. In
time, as special laws guide and pro
tect grouped capital, so special laws
must be enacted to guide and protect
grouped producers. Not until then
will the lines be drawn to show with
absolute clearness what are the rights
and what the defense of the pro
ducers, the distributors and, above
all, the public.
Baseball is inherently clean. It
is manly sport for manly men. It
calls for wholesome bodies and not
less for wholesome minds. Baseball-
cannot live as the exploited
thlig of gambling schemes. Ameri
cans abhor attempts to sell out the
great game for a Judas price. That J
is why baseball followers will join
the public . generally in rejoicing
that law is finding the traitors
among .the leagues of the United
States.
STCK TO FACTS
SENATOR HA8DING is very badly
Informed apparently, on foreign
affairs. . In the ..same address in
which he apologised to Franklin D.
Roosevelt for a misstatement of fact,
the Ohio senator stumbled forth Avith
a statement that China had not been
represented at Paris. This was said
In, the midst of a speech of -vilification
and hate. V .,
China' was represented at the peace
conference by '-. seven distinguished
men, " Lou Tseng Tsiang was. there aa
China's representative. Rung Hsiang
Ko. was there. Pr. Wellington : Koo
was there. I Dr.,-Chenrtng"Thomas was
there... There were others, including
many counsellors and attendants.
They were active in the conferences
until the supreme council decided
against. them in the matter of Shan
tung. They refused to sign .the
treaty, declaring that China would
become a member of the League of
Nations to which they would look for
redress, after the treaty of peace
with Austria was signed.
The Harding misstatement was un
doubtedly the result of ignorance of
fact rather than a deliberate attempt
at misrepresentation.
HARDING AND
THE FARMER
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal
'Washington, Sept. 29. Senator Hard
ing, in his speech to farmers at Minne
apolis-, outlined his views of the needs of
the farmers In a legislative way. He
had seven points, and one of them was
the establishment of cooperative asso
ciations. A little more than three months ago,
when Senator k'mvon Rnrah. fanner.
aMcNary andInroot, representing the
progressive element in the senate, were
trying to secure a recess instead of an
adjournment in order to secure action
upon a bill for that identical purpose,
along with other measures in which
farmers and producers have a direct in
terest, Harding was one of the senators
acting with Lodge and Sraoot, who out
voted the progressives and postponed
the day of legislation.
Another measure upon which these
senators of the progressive wing wanted
action was the measure for regulation of
the packing business. It may be noted
that Senator Harding has not included
any measure of this sort in his program.
.
Two of the other points on which
Harding pins his faith to win the farm
ers are the tariff and better railroad fa
cilities, represented by high tariff and
the Esch-Cummins act. Leaving these
elements of his speech aside, he has
four points left, as follows:
1 Larger representation in govern
ment by farmers, particularly in trade
and finance. Governor Cox has repeat
edly, advocated the same thing, so there
is no difference on that.
2 A scientific study of the world
markets with a view to stabilization of
prices. Such studies are already being
made and wiU no doubt continue to be
made, whoever is president. There does
not seem to be much of an Issue In that
3 The curtailment of unnecessary
price fixing. What the candidate had
in mind is not very clear, since price
fixing has ceased, so far as the govern
ment is concerned, and is now practiced
only by private monopolies. Neither
party is now advocating price fixing,
although there -has been considerable
criticism by some Republicans because
the administration failed to control the
price of sugar during the present year.
So price fixing does not seem to be a
"hot" issue.
i Administration of the farm loan
act to decrease tenancy, promote diver
sified farming and provide long term
credits ; also to authorise associations to
provide the machinery for personal cred
its. It will be noted that Mr. Harding
does not propose a government system
for personal credits. Governor Cox has
ouUined views for extended credit to
farmers and covered the fteld of farm
tenantry and aid t production in his
speech of acceptance, as well as in more
recent speeches. There seems to be no
burning issue here.
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In the last annual report of Secretary
Houston as secretary of agriculture
there were eight points suggested for aid
to agriculture, which are given by way
of comparison with those of Mr. Hard
ing:
1 The building up of a system of
personal credit unions, primarily under
state law.
2 Expansion of existing facilities for
aiding farmers in marketing their prod
ucts.
3 Continuation of the present good
roads policy, through the appropriation
of at least S100.000.000 a year for four
years.
4 The regulation and control of
stockyards and packing houses.
5 Legislation to further protect con
sumers against misbranded, adulterated
and worthless feeds.
6 Similar legislation dealing with fer
tilizers.
7 Increased support by states for
rural schools and more definite direc
tion of instruction relating to rural prob
lems. . .
8 Legislation for improvement of
sanitation in rural districts with in
creased hospital and medical facilities.
To this should be added a recom
mendation by the secretary for a new,
broad survey of rural life, to unify sep
arate ana piecemeal activities.
Mr. Harding's latest efforts in behalf
of the farmer, since he voted to adjourn
congress and delay measures for the
benefit of the farmer which were being
pressed by progressive senators, may
also be reviewed in the light oT what he
said in the senate in 1917 In discussing
the price of wheat, remembering that he
Is the chief exponent of normalcy ;
'T happen to know that under normal
conditions, doUar wheat makes it a very
profitable occupation perhaps not to the
farmer who farms the farmers, but it is
to-uie larmtr who farms a farm."
Letters From the People
I .ommuiiie.Uoni rot to The Joarnal for
publication in this department should ba written
on only one side of the piper, should not exceed
3uu woraa in tenctn and must be sicned by the
wnucr. whom diu aaareai la xau most accom
pany ue contribution, j
COX CLUB AT WHITE SALMON
White Salmon, Wash.. Sept. 27 To the
Editor of The Journal The town of
White Salmon. Wash., which has a vot
ing population of about 306 and has a
strong Republican element, has organ-
i 1 y . t" . . . . ...
iacu m. ua'cwukvch nun. w rh itiam
than 100 members enrolled at their first
regular meeting. This organisation is
open to an voters irrespective of party,
and In it is a good representation of Re
publicans and independents, as well as
Democrats. The people are waking up
10 me realisation or ineir duty to coun
try and to themselves, and are afmin
to trust oile as chief executive whose
record in congress has shown such indlf
fere rice to the best interests and pro
ress of the country, and whose present
policies are so indefinite as to leave
doubt as to what the people can expect.
Realising that we are of average in
teUigence here, and are fairly repre
sentative of the minds of the people
generally 'we cannot but predict a land
slide for Cox in November.
E. R. Cornets,
Secretary of the club,
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE
St. Johns. Sept 17.TO the Editor of
The Journal When the Oregonlan dis
plays headlines intimating that we shall
be "bossed" by.England if we enter the
League of Nation it must fear our rep
resentatives to, th leatme will be out
classed. Our press accused us before
w entered the war of "hiding behind the
unusa navy." shall we -now "hide be
nma me League of Nations? The
league now stands, and will protect the
honor of the world. If we are afraid to
enter the league on account of England
then why jealously taunt her? Our vote
Of "no". In the league wUI be just as
potent as that of England. Onl-r
unanimous "yes" in the league means
action. England is not the issue of our
election. . The paramount issue is com
mon sense. Spencer M. Brown.
EARLY ASCENTS OF" MT. HOOD
Albany. Sept. 23. To the Editor of The
Journal I have read with interest the
article la The Journal of September 23,
"Did ML Hood Hit -the Pipe?" There is
no doubt that ML Hood does sometimes
emit a black smoke.
On August 17, 1176, four of us. Harvey
E. Cross of Oregon City, James Winston
and D. Fairer of Damascus and myself,
made the ascent of ML Hood. I then
was living with a fanner out in the
suburbs" of East Portland. The evening
previous to the ascent we had made
camp at the timber Une and the then
snow line. The night was calm, the
morning bright and beautiful, the mer
cury at 4 a. m. at 45 degrees. During
the early morning we could see small
columns of black smoke rising from
Crater Rock, and from the southeast
rim of the mountain. We left camp at
5 o'clock, stopped a short time at Crater
Rock and reached the summit as 10:45 a.
m. The mercury stood at 36 degrees.
The summit was bare and lower down
on the southern slope the snow had be
gun to melt . At the summit, on a
large rock, was a tin box containing
various small relics, among which were
some coins. Some years later we learned
that some vandal had stolen the coins,
of which we contributed a part. . The
view we had from the summit was ex
ceedingly grand and wiU live in memory
as long as Ufe lasts. At the base of
Crater Rock was a crater about 10 feet
in diameter, from which issued warm
air and a light-colored smoke.
On August is, 1884, George W. McCoy
and L both then employes at the Warm
Springs Indian agency, made the ascent
of Hood as far as Crater Rock, -which
was as far as we were prepared to go,
as we had no rope, and the ice field
beyond was aU broken up by a crevasse.
We climbed to the top of Crater Rock,
where we found a number of small ori
fices from which issued hot air, enough
so to burn. Around their rims were de
posits of sulphur, forming rings, some of
which we took to the agency.
Both of these ascents were made with
out any mishaps, though that of 1S76 was
unusually dangerous, and ours was the
only party that year. D. Farrer was our
guide, be having the previous year con
ducted a party from Damascus, among
whom were several young women. The
snow was so deep beyond Crater Rock
that they went straight up to the sum
mit. In 1376, on account of the snow
having broken away from the lower
ledge, we had to make a detour some
rods to the west, and then lift ourselves
over a rim about three feet high. Thence
we went obliquely to the center of the
mountain, and then -cut steps in the
frozen snow about 150 feet. We scaled
the upper ledge, then ran up the
gentle incline to .the top. The de
scent by our Improvised snow stair
way was even more dangerous than
me ascent. rseiow jrater Kock we
followed down the White River glacier
some distance, peering now and then
into its blue depths. We had a mess
pan along on which we took turns coast
ing. From all I have read of ascents in
later years, that by the way of Hood
River seems to be the easiest and safest
Such a trip is certainly well worth the
effort Cyrus H. Walker.
THE SAME HARDING AGAIN
Portland, Sept, 2?. To the Editor of
The Journal I want to answer E. K.
Browning's query as to whether this man
Harding that spoke at The Auditorium
was the same Harding that pardoned
the rapist, Rathbun. and whom Attor
ney General Havner put back into the
pen, where he is now serving sentence.
It is the Btme Harding that was sent
to New York with 310,000 appropriated
by the state legislature to be distributed
among the Iowa boys who returned from
overseas on the shJp Leviathan and were
assigned to camps Mills, Upton and Mer
ritt The bulk of the Iowa boys were
quartered at Camp Upton, where Hard
ing failed to show up. What was done
with the money, deponent saith not. No
accounting was ever made. This is the
same Harding whose majority in the
state fell off 113,000 owing to his pro-
uerman action aurlng the war, and who
was saved from defeat by the wet and
pro-German vote, and this is the kind
of man a once great party sends out to
Influence the voters. What is the class
whom he will influence?
D. K. Leavens.
Olden Oregon
Thirty-second Congress Gave Oregon
340,000 for Building Roads
One of the early requests the terri
torial legislature put up to congress was
for an appropriation for wagon roads.
Finally the second session of the Thirty
second congress appropriataed the sum
of 340,000, Twenty thousand of this was
to be applied on a military road from
Stellacoom to Walla Walla and $20,000
for the improvement of the road from
the Umpqua valley to Rogue river. This
road was surveyed in 1853 by B. Alvord.
assisted by Jesse Applegate. It was
thought a route might be found which
would avoid the Umpqua canyon, but
after spending -one-fourth of the appro
priation in surveys it was decided to
keep in the canyon, and the Grave creek
hills.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Nature has so created the beautiful
flamingo that he does some things both
oauawaras ana upsiae aown. For one
thing, be eats with the crown of his I
neaa on tne ground, in the bottom of
some shallow stream. From one glance
at his jaw one would think it was badly
broken. Instead his bill Is in perfect
working order, only things are reversed
with it, and his lower Jaw is securely
fixed, whll Vila. Iinnar low 1 v. I -
, -. j" " io 1 1 m i auir.
Both portions of his big beak are ar-
r-A in . . ,,,
...Av. ... kiicb ui mm fjiaies, use
the bills of all members of the duck
family, so that he can easily sift the
nice squirmy things. he likes from the
soft mud. Very few are left in this
country, and bird lovers predict that in
a few years more they will become ex
UncL Lines Written After a Sojourn
At a Famous Watering-place
By Georges Lewys
I took a chance wfth the lamb that gamble
Down on the Stock Exchange ;
And I played tbs game of rue and fall.
Btaked my Ufa and loat my all.
Betted (or aaanna, tasted call
Dmrn on the Stock Eicoanc!
To the eaat of aa wu the riier.
To the west of mo the tomb.
And Trinitr'a- chimes a thousand tinea
Warned ma of my doom
Oa th floor of the Stock Exchange.
For the ahepbards abear th lamb that cambist
D&wn oa th Stock Kzchaoce:
And his I olden fteeco ia rent and torn.
Bo the iamb without a thinf forlora;
Then Wall SUwt'a smile is Wall Street scorn
lwn oa th Stock Ezchanc.
To th can of m waa th rirer.
To the west of m th tomb.
And Trinity' apiri richwona ir
Warned m of my doom
On th floor of th Stock Exchange.
Bat I walked th way of th Wall Street Valley
Down in th Fsnenl Raoc!
Ro I need moat end where the ending Uea,
Where th water flow or the crareyard aifha,
Where th anicid or th madman dim '
Inea oa Ue Stock Exchanael
To the east of me t th river.
To th west of me th tomb
tVber Trinity' fboeta ia hellish hosts
Pipe me to my doom
From tho floor of th Stock Kxehaac
i rortiaad. somber l-
ua s jams io u aiaatater room 1
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COMMENT ANDJ NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE V SIDELIGHTS.
Wonderful weather.
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Sugar Is going down and the lower
it goes the sweeter it gets.
If it were not for the state fair many
Oregonlans would never realise Just
what a wonderful state this Is.
Wonder If some professional ball
players are having visions of a big. hard
ball on the end of a chain, and anchored
to a white sock.
Normal school enrollment shows a 10
per cent increase, which shows the
school's prospects to be just that much
better than normal.
Too bad the rental reduction movement
didn't start a little closer to home, but
if it doesn't die out altogether before
It reaches the West Coast we'll be satis
fied.
He couldn't simply wait until Friday
to shoot pheasants, and be within the
law, no a Multnomah youth enriched the
county's treasury by 325. and lost his
bird, too. Evidently another case of
where It didn t pay to hurry.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL'
Random Observations About Town
Echoes of the great Johnstown flood
were brought to Portland Monday In
the person of Calvin Walker, who is
stopping at the Multnomah on his way
from Allentown to Canadian points. He
was a resident of Johnstown at the time
of the flood and lost relatives in that dis
aster. He will remain in Portland dur
ing the week.
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John Talle and Frederick Short are
both at the Portland hotel and Johnny
O'Brien, clerk, says they are true
to their names. Mr. Talle is from San
Francisco and Mr. Short from Los An
geles. a a a
Mrs. Alfred Coolldge, wife of' a prom
inent banker and capitalist of Spo
kane, is a guest at the Hotel Portland.
She is accompanied by Miss Phlllls
Ciark.
A. S. Robison. one of the officials of
the Associated Oil company, with head
quarters in San Francisco, is at the
Hotel Portland. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Robison.
With the arrival ' of John T. Lane,
field secretary of the Old Colony clubs.
who is a guest at the Multnomah hotel.
comes the announcement that the gray
parlors on the mezzanine floor of the
Multnomah, occupying an entire end of
the floor, will be remodeled at once to
serve as the Portland "home of the clubs,
which is expected to open on November
1. Remodeling will probably start Octo
ber 1. Two hundred members are al
lied locally, it is said, and when the
club quarters are opened that number
is expected to double. Temporary of
fices are on the lobby floor at the ho
tel. Lane is to remain in Portland for
the opening of the new quarters.
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Mrs. A. T. Wrench. Miss B. Wrench
and John Wrench, all from London, Eng
land, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. James
McDonald of Hailey, Idaho, at the Ho
tel Portland. The visitors came west
ward over the Columbia river highway
after witnessing the Pendleton Round
Up last week. They are still talking
ltound-up, acquaintances oeciare.
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From Hartford, Conn., said to be the
leading Insurance city in the nation,
comes E. C. Bowman, to report that
several insurance companies have re
cently erected office buildings at Hart
ford. A matter of more general inter
est however, is the fact that the old
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
I Thi aketch of the remarkable record of
Captain Pope. . topping expert and awaotpea
connobueur. Mr. Wiley complete in Una arti
cle. It may be doubted if manj hare had aa
Taried and aa TkasMtudinoua a career a the cap
tain, and at Uie nama lint one that has ended
ao luccesifully and to happily.
Captain George Pope first set foot in
Oregon 64 years ago. He is an authority
on two subjects shipbuilding and sweet
peas. Like most Scotchmen, he is
thorough. Whether he Is talking as nau
tical assessor and consulting ship and
engine surveyor, or as president of the
Oregon Sweet Pea society, he knows
his subject. "When I was 12 years old,"
said Captain Pope. "I was apprenticed to
a Scotch shipbuilder. I spent half of
each day learning the details of ship
building and the other half attending
the Dundee School of Technology. In my
boyhood a carrier of 1000 tons was con
sidered a good sized ship, though here
In Portland Donald McKay was building
and operating clipper ships In the pas
senger trade of from 1400 to 1600 tons
register. The real increase in size of
carriers did not come, however, till the
coming of soft laminated steel, which
enabled naval architects to cut down the
scantling of his material, thus securing
larger carrying space per cubic foot of
space. It was this that sounded the
death knell of the old type of wood
built vessel.
In 1856 my uncle, William Pope,
urged me to join him at San Francisco.
I crossed the AtlanUc, and at New York
city I took passage on the Wild Pigeon
for San Francisco. We made the trip
around the Horn, striking rough weather
as we rounded it- When' I reached San
Francisco I learned that my uncle had
died some months before, so I found
i i.w-... e-tAn-
I my"lf w',houtI eIndt9t
i stranze city. I took tt
or funds in a
strange city. I took the rirst Job that
offered, which happened to be the build
ing and lettering of a signboard. Late
that fall I started on a small coasting
vessel for Coos bay. We met heavy
weather, so we had to put into the
mouth of the Umpqua river, near where
the promising and prosperous cities of
Gardiner and Scottsburg later waxed
and waned.
'In those days PorUand was a "stran
gling village. Our wharf-lined water
front was then fringed with willows, for
st earn boating on the river was Just get
ting under way. I landed a Job on one
of the river boats plying out of Port
land. After a year on the river I de
cided to become a deepwater sailor, so I
signed on for a trip to China, via Hono
lulu and Manila. I was in San Francisco
when the word came- of the firing on
Fort Sumter. I sailed on the first avail
APPALLING CREDULITY
Jeoper. In Leslie'.
It is estimated that Pond extracted
112.000,000 from his victims. But that is
a small sum compared with the stu
pendous aggregate that is yearly being
filched from the masses through oil.
mining' and other delusive promotions.
The less people know about any under
taking the readier they appear to risk
their money in it- They hand over their
funds to a stranger without hesitation,
for some mysterious purpose, when they
would not place them In the hands of
substantial and reliable men for the
furtherance of a meritorious business.
The most amazing feature of this pick
ing of the public's pocket is the large
number of supposedly intelligent persons
who are victimized. Many of this class
write from time to time inquiring as to
the wisdom of buying stocks so specula
As the United States Chamber of
commerce remarks, "all prices are
false." but the buyers are not allowed
to pay with stage money. Medford, Sun.
a e
Mayor Baker of Portland says that
the city needs a new charter. The Rose
City is Just getting Into Bend's class.
We need one. too. Bend Bulletin.
Thre are on dlsrday in the windows
of the Chamber of Commerce three mam
moth members or tne cucuroita pepo
family, called punklns by the prole
tariat, and pumpkins by the bourgeoisie.
Kach will assay 300 pies. Medford Mail
Tribune. , a a
An evidence that the Willamette val
ley is taking to corn growing are tne
large flocks of blackbirds which are be
pominr more common along the river.
Tangible results of this corn should be
at the corn enow in inaepenuence ana
at the state and county raira soon
mouth Herald.
In preference to a legal rate of S per
Mnr sVA mnrh nrefer a 1 per cent rate.
But as long as some other fellow is
willing to pay 8 per cent, we will have
to pay the same as he does or go with
out the money. So if it comes to vot
ing for S per cent or no money, we will
vote for the 3 per cent Independence
Post
Mark Twain home has been purchased
from Its private owners and will be re
tained as a museum and memorial by
the city. Bowman is at the Multnomah.
a a a
Dr. Thomas L. Rogers, resident of
Long Beach, Cal., is stopping at the
Imperial during a brief visit in Portland.
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Charles L. McNary, Junior United
States senator from Oregon, is in town.
The senator is stopping at the Imperial.
a a a
C. K. Spaulding, lumber operator,
whose headquarters are at Salem and
whose timber holdings extend in many
directions about the valley, Is at the
Imperial.
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Robert Prosser. resident of Duluth.
Minn., spent Monday at the Multnomah
hotel. Prosser has in mind the erection
of a chain of summer resort hotels in
Superior National park In Minnesota, said
to be one of the largest undeveloped nat
ural parks In the country. It has no
tourist accommodations, however, and
Prosser is anxious to correct the defect
To that end he has just completed an
inspection of hotels In Yosemite, Yellow
stone and Glacier National parks.
a a a
Dr. E. H. Smith, who practices his
profession at Lakeview, Lake county
seat is a guest for the present at the
Imperial hotel. A doctor of another sort
at the same place Is the Rev. William
B. Hamilton of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Skallerud of As
toria are at the Portland. Skallerud Is
a merchant in the busy little city at
the mouth of the river.
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Tulsa, Okla., Is said to contain more
millionaires per capita than any other
city in the United States. From that
city come Dr. and Mrs. M. P. Spvinger,
who are guests r.t the Multnomah hotel.
Tulsa has more than doubled its popu
lation in the last 10 years, and through
oil wells and the like has redoubled Us
fortunes several times.
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The United States senate, at its next
session, is to be edified by hearing an
exhaustive report on the' Mexican border
situation from Senator Fall. The sena
tor is at home now, preparing a report
on the findings of what Is said to have
been a widespread study. Such is the
news brought to Portland by Lloyd Stur
gis of Albuquerque, N. M., a city that
i tourists in the Southwest never miss.
able ship for New York, to take a hand
in the conflict. I tried to enlist tn the
navy, but they decided my knowledge of
shipbuilding made me more useful in
the Brooklyn navy yard than aboard
ship, so I took up my old Job of naval
construction there.
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"At the close of the Civil war I went
back to Scotland to study marine en
gineering. I studied under Sir William
Thompson for a year, when I was of
fered and accepted a position as sailing
master on the first auxiliary steamer
built for the Pacific trade. I arrived
at Valparaiso just aa the Spanish Ad
miral Parejo had blockaded the port.
Shortly, after I had turned the vessel
over to her owners I was offered and
accepted a commission in the Chilean
navy, with the rank of lieutenant com
mander. My first service was taking a
vessel to the Chilean penal settlement In
the Straits of Magellan. I delivered the
vessel to the governor of the penal set
tlement and while walUng for an oppor
tunity to return to the Northwest coast
a trading schooner was wrecked. The
owners put it up for auction. I bid It in
for a trifle. My knowledge of ship
building enabled me to float It and re
pair IL I secured a cargo of fence posts
ana sanea to fort Stanley, where I sold
ship and cargo at a most satlsfsctory
price. I sailed from the Falkland Islands
for England, where I. became master of
a good craft, and for the next seven
years I sailed the seven seas. In 1873
I purchased a wreck in the West In
dies, After three months' hard work
I had her afloat. I chartered a vessel at
Havana to tow my wreck to a port
where I could refit It. but the vessel with
my ship In tow went on the beach, so
I was out ray time and expenses.
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"I came back to Portland In 1874 and
became master of one of the packets
plying between Portland and Hawaii.
After five years on this run I went into
business here in Portland. In 1894 the
unprecedented high water In the Wil
lamette swept the savings nf my lifetime
away. I made a new start, and by 1902
I was able to retire. I bought a ranch
in Clackamas county, on which I made
good money. In 1908, being 68 years of
age, I retired for good, .and for the past
12 years I have interested myself In
growing and developing sweetpeas.
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"Having seen the progress made In
Portland, during the past half century I
am convinced that this port has a won
derful future. I would like to be able
to' drop in for a look see at Portland &0
years hence, for I believe the-future has
great things tn store for our well loved
city."
tive and so much of a gamble that no
body with the least knowledge In such
matters would consider them for a mo
ment. Professional men of much school
education Vie in this respect with horny
handed laborers who never read a book.
The cynio who asserted that civilisation
was only an advance toward greater
gullibility may have been a financial
observer.'
MOTHER GOOSE UP TO DATE
From th Philadelphia Jtscord -
Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful
awry, the O. O. P. Is building a New
berry pie.
WATERWAYS, AHOY I
From tho Detroit Mw
We can't get coal because they can't
get cars! "Deep waterways, ahoyTi
The Oregon Country
North wast Btppenlnti tn Brie! Form for the
Buay Uaadar
OREGON
October t arm nf tfca stM..i jmm - la
In session at Tillamook.
Lane county's crop of evergreen black
berries has been damaged somewhat by
rain.
Senator George E. Chsmherlaln vlslt
ed Jqhn Day and addressed the school .
children.
O. B. Nye has been elected vice presi
dent of the Hood River Apple Growers'
association. ,
Hood River is to have a wild west rro
gram and rodeo at Columbia park. Oc
tober 16 and 17.
Thirty-two cases of cheese and 210
gallons of cream were shipped from
Willnmlna Saturday.
Redmond has finally decided -not to
contest Bend's claims for county bchI
honors In Deschutes county.
It is planned to have at least Albnnv
Boy Soouts camped at the L.tnn rounly
fair at Albany, 'October 6-9, Inclusive.
The assessment roll for r.rant rounly
shows the value of assessable property
ii thfcounly to bo n excess of
$8,000,000.
Klamath county's Main street court
house Is bplnir used as a temnornrv
school house because of the shorlago of
in vui rouni.
A Salem landlady was outwitted by a
man who put a dummy In Ms bed when
he skipped out without paying his room
and board bill.
Estaeada Telephone and Telegraph
company has been given iermlslon by
the state public service commission to
Increase its rates.
The state land bosrd hs. fiiPd $10 an
acre aa the price of lnnrts in the beds
of Whltaker and Fairvlew -lakes,- In
cluded in proposed Multnomah ilrainairs
district No. 1.
L. M. White, 72. on his wv to a
Salem hospital In an automoWlle aftrr
being hurt by an automobile, was thrown
from the machine when it turned turtle,
and was more seriously Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tuck of Red
mond made their way out of tirr-zlv
basin, at the foot of Mount Jefferson,
after wandering tn confusion for threi
davs. Kenrrhera si-rn hnniltiir fr ihnm
Boys and girls of the Hood River val
ley who won trips to the state fair at
the annual Industrial school fair held hi
Hood Hiver will be accompanied by L.
B. Gibson, Hood River county ' school
superintendent, when tlie'y visit the "big
show" at Salem this wtek.
WASlTlNfJTON
Yakima's soft fruit ia somewhat
lighter than usual.
Emll Thomas, late of California, plans .
to open a bakery at Centralla.
A lf-foot vein of coal has been stru k
In a new coal mine recently opened neur
liucoda.
David Getty and a boy companion
were lost for four days In the wood.i
near Matlock.
Centralla reports that service men are
slow in making requests for their vic
tory medals.
One hundred and seventy-five stu
dents enrolled at Whitman for the freh
man year, thus breaking all former rec
ords at the college.
Ban upon the use of the Armory at
Yakima for political gatherings has Wen
raised by Captain W. K. Hoover, cus
todian of the building.
A young robber in Seattle was doing
very well In robbing the bedroom of a
young married woman until ho tried to
steal a kiss. Then she took his gun
away from him and he fled.
Charles E. Pollard. 30, longshoreman,
was found dead In his room at Kverett.
Wash., three bullets from a hlch tow
ered rifle having passed through his
head and through the wall of tho house
in which he lived.
IDAHO
The fair st Parma was attended hy
folka from miles of count rysido.
The office of the Bales Lumber com
pany at Caldwell waa roDDea or omo
tanti.
iiar, ore under wav for a drive for
the organization of five additional troops
of Boy Scouts in Nampa.
Cassia county fair at Hurley ciosea
with a street dance Riven ny inn iocai
lodge of Elks and the American Legion
post.
One hundred and twelve cnrloads of
melons and one carload of prapes hav
been shipped already from the Lmmctt
Bection.
R. E Seysler of Wallace was struk
by an automobile driven by Ernest
Onaedlnger and was severely bruised
and shaken.
Board of directors of the First Na
tional bank of Emtnett has derided to
erect a new building for the bank, on
which work will be started this fall.
Police at Twin Kalis hold two men
who are charared with hsvlng stolen
garden hose from tho Catholic rhunh.
carpets from the Christian church, ce
ment belonging to the city and an .as
sortment of carpenter's tools and plumb
ing fixtures.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Ike Mulheirner 'lows he can t buy both
cas and whiskey at the present II. C. L.
figters and so he gits the gas. and
passes up the moonhlne with regret. H
further deposes and says that he gits
more honest Joy outer a gallon of g'
than he ever done outer a gallon or
forty-rod ; but still he kinder hopes Pat
McArthur'll pull over a bill next winter
in congress that'll allow a leetls mors
kick In near beer.
Banks Second to .None in
Appreciation of Value
of Advertising
A second phase In which Portland
banks are giving evidence of North
west leadership Is In advertising.
One mipht ask, "What has a bank
to advertise?"
The answer is. "Service, primarl.y.
The Portland banks, with on- f
cepHon. pay the same1 rule of Int. rest
on savings deposits. They rc live
the same rates of interest on Ir.ans.
They follow about the same met hods
in determining whether or n"t loans
should be granted In general ad
ministration they follow the well es
tablished rules of conservative, yet
progress.', banking.
But the adverilxinK declares the
aa-gresslve spirit of Ue bank in two
particulars: - ,
First, it reveals tbe competitive In
tention to excel other banks lnds
poslts end In business. -
Second, it shows the bank's study
of the conditions In the Portland
community and the territory finan
cially tributary to Portland.
The advertisements encoursgs sav
ings, because savings evince thrift
on the part of fhe people.
One series constituted an exposition
of Portland's industrial resources.
Another took up both state and city
and showed their industrial Inter
relation and Interdependence. The
"copy" In these and tther banking
advertisements was especially effec
tive. All the bank advertisements have
been hitting the nail hard on busi
ness and service counsel.
The employment of advertising by
the banks shows that the greatest
modern "salesman" is a definitely
valuable factor tn finance. It shows,
too, that banks cannot today be re
garded as "cold blooded." They are
warmly and vitally interested In
Portland and Oregon. Their adver
tising, likewise, reveals their prog
ress. Once they were content lo
publish mere card announcements.
That was when they waited for the
public to come to the bank. Now
their advertisements contain the con
vincing evidence that the banks are
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