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There la no other wy to dispense with
peat armamenta except by common agree
ment of th fighting nation of the world.
Woodrow Wilson.
THE ONLY WAY
tY7HAXS the use of
talking
W .
about a League that is ,al-
ready scrapped?"
said Harding at
Des Mofhcs.
"I will not go in," he said in West
Virginia.
"It is rejection of the league that
1 am seeking," he said at Des Moines.
If elected on those statements, he
would claim that the verdict of the
people was against tho league.
Therefore, as Hiram said, "if Hard
ing is elected, the league is dead."
And Jt would be very, very dead.
After killing it and turning the
lirnd of America against the present
' league with its 40 member nations,
Jirt how would Harding induce those
nations to listen to his proposal for
Ji Is private and personal league? The
question is acII answered by Ray
mond B. Fosdlck in the Uctobcr At
, lantic. He was at the peace confer
"ii chce and is one of the bcf. informed
'men in the world on the league. He
says:
Long agS America forfeited her leader
shipthat months ago she lost all the
influent she had gained ty her splendid
, achievement In the war. The insulting
, Character of the senate debate ; the
provocative tone of the reservations;
our belief that the obligations con
tracted by Mr. Wilson In behalf of the
United States could be lightly repudi
ated, . - because they represented "the
mistaken voice of America spoken in
unheeding fiaste" as Senator Harding
said ; our repeated assertions that
liurope would have to take us on oot
: own terms or not at all ; our willingness
. to trade on Europe's necessities : the
; continued taunts at Europe's helpless
r ness by such men as Senators Johnson
and Reed ; our easy assumption of
"moral superiority," and our willing
ness to back it' up with the biggest navy
. - in the world such things as these have
, cut deep., into the consciousness of
Europe and have left a bitterness which
cannot be measured. The countries of
'Europe are by no means agreed in their
opinion of each other, but they are
united In their opinion of America, THE
UNITED STATES IS THEREFORE
THE LAST NATION WHOSE SUG-
, OESTTON FOR A NEW CONFERENCE
WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE
OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
' The senate speeches were diatribes
; against other nations. European
'-statesmen were characterized itr sen
v ate debates as schemers and conspira
tors. All the -vile epithets to which
' men 'could lay their tongues have
been applied to them. Harding has
'said in Some of his campaign speeches
- that the league is ar.. attempt to put
America -under , the dictation of
"European , kings and kaisers."
'To Tcfer, to, tljose who fought side
, ' by aide .wlth-'ws In the war and whp
' yielded us marry concessions in the
pear confer nee as "kings -and
kalaers'Vfs bitter Insult. It Impugns
' their jnotives. It questions ' their
" honor. After these Insults, hbw cpuW
Harding lead European nations to
' abandon, their own league i.nd accept
- ; Rome! proposal' of his fcwn, even if
' Hiram and "Borah ' would permit him
to make, it? Mr. Fosdlck. goes on to
aay: 'tV 4
' . JBut even If our Influence were aa po
tent today as It was In 1918, do .our
. liberal friends Imagine that at our be
hest 40 other nations representing three
quarter, of tlfe people on the globe,
would Reverse their action
IN BATrFYINO THE . TREATY OF
' -VERSAILLES AND' ACCEPT THE
KINDv OF PEACE ,WE PARTICUi
' rLARLT . DESIRE?." '
-EVEN IF .THE ECONOMIC AND SO
CIAL CURRENTS OF THE WORLD
MADE .SUCH A STEP POSSIBLE.
" WOULD THE. OTHER NATIONS
- STULTIFY THEMSELVES TO PLEASE
AMERICA? ,.?. t . - .
. ' Would they vnwlllingrr undo a settle
ment which, whatever else It was, con
mi i i- ,
sututed-at least j. ltotMilfia.totx to pumping water for lrrigaf
threatened to
brea
k up
Would THET CONSENT TO LET
LOOSE UPON, THE WORLD THE
SAVAGE FORCES WHICH THE
TKEATT OF VKRSATXi.ES HAS. TEM
PORARILY AT LEAST. HELD IN
CHECK T ;- - -
These practical questions in regard to
whose answers there can be no possible
doubt, have escaped the attention of our
liberals In their determined hunt for
Utopia.
But assuming that .the other nations
were willing to scrap the treaty of Ver
sailles and send representatives to a
new conference, what warrant is there
for believing that THE PRODUCT OF
THEIR DELIBERATIONS WOULD BE
ANT IMPROVEMENT ON THE DOCU
MENT THAT WAS DRAWN UP IN
PARIS T
; Mr.' Fasdick points out thaUreac
tfous have followed all great up
heavals. Opposition to. liberalism is
tho" aftermath of every great war. The
drift to extreme reaction against lib
eralism i now marked throughout
the world. Mr. .Fosdlck then asks:
In such a w.orld-wlde environment
what chance would liberalism have at
such a new peace conference? Such a
conference would play into the hands
of tory influences everywhere. The
nations which feel, as France does, that
the treaty of Versailles robbed, them of
legitimate spoils, would make sure in
this new gathering that no Wilson and
no 1 points should stand between them
and their imperialistic ambitions.
As Hiram said, "If Harding is
elected, the league is dead." The only
way to have a League is to see that
Harding is not elected. '
The one and only way to keep the
league alive and get rid of huge
armaments and substitute arbitration
for war is to elect Governor Cox.
There is a suggestion of "turning
the spear into a pruning hook" in
the proposal of a group of Belgians
that they be allowed to use the jna:
chihery of the United Spates muni
tion plant at Hopewell, Virginia, for
the manufacture of artificial silk.
To employ the Impoverished victims
of war fn transforming the enter
prises of .war into the industries of
peace, and Incidentally to acquire
some highly desirable immigrants,
is the proper method to, use in re
habilitating a stricken people.
SPEEDING TRUCKS
AN AUTOMOBILE carrying a fam
ily of four was bound from a
home on Portland heights to the. busi
ness district Monday. H was coming
down Taylor street very slowly. The
street was wet.
The car had entered the intersec
tion at Fourteenth. Down that street
came a light delivery truck at 30
miles an hour 30 miles on a wet
street. It was the property of a
prominent grocery firm.
The car carrying the family
swerved quickly. The other machine
whirled by, missijig the first by
Inches. It could not be stopped. It
was-going too fast. It could not be
turned. The only thing the driver
ould do under the circumstances
was to allow it to pound down like
a Juggernaut.
Had the twd cars collided it would
have undoubtedly meant certain death
to at least part, if not all the family.
It might have 'meant death to the
erring drlver. Death was stalking
about, waiting to collect Its toll. .
Some of the deliverymcn are the
most reckless drivers in the city. Their
speed is often, tremendous. A machine
cannot be controlled at 30 miles an
hour on wet streets. Accidents are
bound to' result from a 20-mile speed
when thoroughfares are slippery.
The delivery drivers, when arrested,
insist that employers force them to
hurry. If employers make their work
so heavy that they must speed to
complete it they should relieve the
drivers of part of the work. . If the
work is not thevcause of the speed.
employers should either control the
drivers or discharge them.
"If I am elected president, dur
ing thj next four years no American
soldiers will gO abroad unless you
aireci me to sena mem, saia uov
ernor Cox in a public ddress at
Orvllle, Ohio. That settles it.
That is the pledge, and no power on
earth can drive James M- Cox from
hia covenanted word as shown Jn
his administration aa governor when
the 52 pledges in his platform were
translated into 52 laws of the state
THE ELECTRIC EXPOSITION
""THE author of the proposal for a
1 world electric exnosition In Port
land during 1925 had a real idea.
Portland is the metropolis. of the
Columbia basin, and the Columbia
basin contains 21,000,000 horsepower
of potential hydro-electric energy,
one -third of the electric power sus-
ceptiblo of being developed from the
6treams of the whole United States
The estimate for the Columbia
basin, it should be added, comes, from
the United States geological survey
and is based upon the lower water
flow of the streams iu question. For
eight months In the year the hydro
electric delivery from the Columbia
basin could be 35,000,000 horsepower.
Tnis is tremendous energy. It
leaps down the slopes of the great in
land plateau almost entirely unused.
Yet railroads are paying, to keep their
locomotive steaming, $9 a ton for
toal that once cost them $3 and
householders right here in Portland
find that wood which was once' W
a cord costs them now i2 to' 116
a cord, delivered, sawed and put
away in their basements!
If the potential power of the Co
Inmbla basin could be delivered to
consumers, small and great, by any
sort of economiomeans It should be
uneconomic to use any other form
of energV, light or heat.
If but a small part of the potential
hydro-electrlo energy in the Columbia
basin could be made to do cheaply
dltlon which
civilization 7 -
Won, energizing:: factories, . propelling
trains, lighting el Ues heating homes
and puDl!cl)UlldJngsv BwepWg floors,
DciunaT 1 corree, neaung nai irons,
cooking food "and performing a host
of . other "duties; "people would not be
adverse to livlns In the eountry as
they now are and another census
would not record as (his one has that
growth of the nation's cities is pro
ceeding at a rate jeven times more
rapid than thai of the cout 'ry.
By all means let the electric expo
sition be held in Portland, and, if
possible, before 1923. -
THE MODERN ARMY
THE army of the United States
has made one of its most valu
able discoveries. It has hit upon
the productive value of display ad
vertising. In The Journal a few eve
nings ago was an advertisement by
Uncle Sam. It was effectively il
lustrated. It was graphically written.
It said, "The army is a good job
and a man doesn't stay in one place
until he grows roots."
The army has become a' good job.
It teaches an .unskilled man a trade.
It tearhes an unlearned man the fun
damental studies and even adds such
languages as French and Italian. It
gives a man opportunity to see the
country and, mayhap, the world. The
new army has modernized. It not
only uses advertising butlt employs
other modern means which are es
sential to any form of progress.
A Benton county farmer har
vested this year from five acres of
cherry trees, $4408 worth of fruit
which he marketed at 13 cents
through a cooperative association,
which charged him of 1 per
cent for the service.
THE LOST BATTALION
PERHAPS the most thrilling story
of the war was the exploit of
the lost battalion. t
The grim grit and gallantry of brave
men was never more vividly exempli
fied. Even the German commander
who held Ihe Httlo band of Americans
entrapped and surrounded by over
whelming numbers was so impressed
that, out of sheer admiration for their
bravery, he urged them to surrender
rather than suffer annihilation. -
The "Lost Battalion" consisted of
six companies of the first and second
and a few men from the third bat
talion, 38th infantry. Seventy-seventh
division. The unit consisted of two
battalions Instead of one as Is popu
larly supposed. Lieutenant Colonel
Whittlesey led the first and Captain
McMurty the second. Both were gal
lant leaders.
The famous unit was never at any
time "lost" as the soubriquet they
won would Imply. But they were cut
off through no farilt of their own
having fallen into two separate and
disttapt,teap.yiuthejjett,the
American forces they advanced in the
Argonne forest on September 26. On
September 28. a colored division on en
countering stiff resistance, fell back,
leaving the left flank of the "Lost Bat
tallon exposed. The Germans im
mediately took advantage of the situ
ation, and closed In, cutting off the
little band before the retirement of
the' colored division had become
known to the Americans. The latter
were In the" trap September 28, 29
and 30, three days, and were re-united
with the rest of their division Oc
tober 1.
October 2' the two battalions were
caught in another trap, in which
they-were held for six days. In less
than 3Q minutes of fighting one of
thejiompanies lost 90 men. Through
out the six memorable days the men
fought desperately to "hold in check
the repeatea and persistent assaults
of the "overwhelming numbers of
Germans. When the battalion was
finally reached and succored by the
.supporting column they were a shat
tered remnant of but one fifth of their
original number.
The news of the "Lost ' Battalion"
was flashed all over the civilized
world, at the time of Its disappear
ance, and all America was filled with
intense hope that the little band
might be restored to the American
lines. Perhaps other units suffered
equally or more. But the romance of
the nine terrible days In which the
"Lost Battalion" faced alone the tre
mendous odds in the deadly Argonne
was a chapter in heroics that will go
down into the histories of the great
war, and be a standing monument
to the glory of Amecian arms. One
who was .through those terrible days,
tells' In rhyme the story of hardship
and suffering in another oclumn on
this page. '
It would seem to be of some signifi
cance to the American people that
Colonel Whittlesey, the intrepid leader
of the Lost Battalion," whose la
conic reply to the German com
mander thrilled the civilized world,
has. come out as a staunch advocate
of. kbit League of Nations.
An Oregon mountaineer lad who
returned from the great war with
the Croix de 'Guerre was asked by
hia admiring relative- how he got
kit, "Oh that."- said he, airily, "was
for lettin the French general kiss
me."
THE SOCKEYE
S TATE FISH'' COMMISSIONER DAR
WIN of Wellington finds that
even limited artificial propagation of
sotkeye salmon on Puget sound has
helped bring back In increased num
bers the annual runs of a valuable
food ffsh which It was feared was
about to become extinct. But in an
extended statement he fails to show
'tlULtv.a'fiusi-.:XHHsl
fishing agreement has!
. . . . . .. .. -
been established between" the United
States and Canada. - -J
Sockeye salmon: enter American
waters on their , way from the sea
and thus give first fishing opportun
ity to American fishermen. But they
spawn by preference in the lakes at
the head of Frazer river and. its iriou
taries in British. Columbia."
As long as British Columbia be
lieves the 'American fishermen are
getting more than their share local
propagation on Puget sound will be
nullified by destructive fishing on
both sid?s of the line.
THE FIGHT QF THE
LOST BATTALIQN
From "Rhymes of a Lost Battalion
Doughboy." by "Buck Private"
McCollum.
Back of Florent. in the Arconne forest.
were gathered a handnu or men.
Waiting tha word to "go "In" again.
BV to coma out Uod knows when.
East met west In those few short hem re.
And were drawn together as one:
As brother to brother, and man to maa.
Tbey met to suppress the Hun.
Ar they looked in each other's face.
What they saw there made them tarn wax.
Aa each was hasUIy scribbling
A Bote, to soma loitd ona far way.
For each ot them were thinking tbonabt
That come to bnt very few men;
For on the morrow they'd go "orer the top,'
Some mrer to come back again.
Tha air and treea were fall of sounds
As we started in that nleht.
And yon could hear the thud, thud, thud of
feet on the ground;
Aa .we went marching toward the fight
To an open spsee in the road we came.
And God) what a tlaht we did see.
The whole sky-line it was aflame
With our barrage for democracy.
Sh-hl - Husht Make no noiw.
As we're coine in real soon."
And you could almost hear the heartbeats;
. As we crept in platoon by platoon.
Soon we were in our places
Against that cold around so bare.
And Uien we started waiUng, waiting and
waiunc
My Godl bat it waa cold waiting there.
At eleren p. m. on that erentful night
Our barrage opened ui With a flare.
And the earth It trembled and ahook aa in fright.
as we waitea. in me cok np were.
Godl bow the minute dragged:
inia tbina .each one waa a day,
Aa we lay there waiting in the cold.
For "zero" boar and the break of . day.
Finally 5:30. the "aero;' hour came.
And the word was naased down the line:
Go "orer the nip," boys, and "play the game."
And break their damn "Kremhilde; Una."
t
A million thought flash through your minds.
As you go "over the top," my boys.
And those thoughts bring realisation.
Of the sweetness of Ufa and its Joys.
Whst did we find when finally "on top"
In that barren wa-ite called ''No Man's Land!'
An ocean of barbed wire in tha mist and th fog,
, Placed there by the deril'a own hand.
All day long we pushed him back:
By night we'd his second Una trench.
Then we dug in, and waited for him;
By morn, with the raia we were drenched.
The men were gaunt with hanger
For what food we had waa (one;
nut there was the Boche ahead of us.
So we had to push on. and onl and onl
Were you ever out in the batUefielda,
With the deed just stacked all around.
With the earth in a tremble from the fear and
fright.
Ot the blood on its sacred ground?
While comradea you tared as brother and moraJ
Laid there wounded, and moaning in pain.
And with a gnawing emptiness in your heart.
You wondered, where was war's gain?
For three dsys we went till our strength was
spent.
Midst ftihta too terrible to tall;
And by the time we landed in a trap that night,
f can UU you, we'd ail aeea hell.
Exhausted from fighting and dead for sleep.
Were we, as we dug in that night.
And as we laid there in the cold and rain.
We wondered if war was erer right.
At the break of dawa when we looked around.
We knew we were in a tight place;
For the Boche they had surrounded us.
But wa met him face to face.
For three long daya we laid in that trap.
In mud clear up to our kpees;
Sleeplms, hungry and dying from thintf
Amid those splintered Argonne trees.
With sll hope gone and our hearta in despair,
A whisper came down the line!
That at last the longed for relief bad arriTed
And, God knows, it came jtut in time.
We went at the food like a pack of wolrea
That had starred the whole winter through.
And between the munchina o." bites you'd hear.
Mumbled prayers of thanks tp our. comrades
so true.
The forest waa thick a some African glade.
And with hands and faces bed torn.
We looked like phantoms rvom out o bell.
And Irpm war s Cctusionj . were shorn.
No one could picture, try as they might.
The horror and beU of it all.
And that our company lost' ninety men afore
night
Seemed to matter aa nothing at all.
But cm and on w carried the fight.
And crushed the best that he had.
And1 gained our objective but were again in a
trap;
By then wa were mad, fighting mad.
On the side?f a cliff two hundred feet high.
we dug la us so many moles.
And death' waa the penalty that you paid.
Should you suckour head (rora those bolea.
Did you errr lay out in the cold all night.
When the iron just creeut through tha
ground;
With an empty gut and a "parched tongue.
In a place not fit for a noundf
If you hare, perhaps you can sense.
Of tha thins I'm a-trtrihl' tb 'tell:
And why erary man who came out alire.
Could ssy that he a .area through hell.
Fighting all day, adding put .by pure grit, . .
An' fighting at night by the flare;.
Ubl tna aairenng we do re can never he told.
Of those sis days -tad night apent then. '
Death stalked through, our ranks, took tea-fold
her toll
Of oar buddies, your brothers and sons:
But before they werit, though their strength
waa apent.
They took their toll of th Huns.
Relief came at last aa.it. always .does. .
When you're bscked by Uod-fearia' men.
But wa were so weak and eo many were gone.
That nothing mattered a damn by then.
We stumbled out aa in a date.
To food, shelter and rest.
And proved to onrselve and the world at large
That Americans bad pro red up to the test.
Now a million Questions you will ask us
About that terrible war.
Our answer r Well, oar company 'went in two-
nuy airong;
And came out with but forty and four.
An Open Letter, to the Mayor
and Council of Portland
Relative to -the Placing of the "Con
solidation Act'.' on the BaUot
By J. B. Zeigler ,
1 file herewith a digest of laws con
ferrlng upon the Port of Portland bond
ing and taxing powers, together with
those of the sict now ' proposed, as pre
pared by the city attorney s offlpe.
It appears therefrom that all existing
powers are confirmed in the ' proposed
act (Sec 1). (Also Sec 1 of proposed
act.) - '
The important powers already existing
and not yet used are conveyed by two
legislative) acts passed in isis one for
an iasua np to S per cent of the assess
ment roll and the other up to 1 per cent.
These to be submitted to voters of the
port for approval, $1,000,000 of which
have already been eo approved.
The proceeds of said Issues to be used
to promote the shipping of the port and
to create port faculties,"- .
Thai bonding mwar-'of S.ner cent of
tax roU provided in the proposed set ia
!. - 4?4-t-J.. . jfc-M- y' i' -e - t
.THE
- - . , t . . a a aw v- i a uituuu , 'i'.' -
T?I ... v W I ISO' A .
to carry out "the powers hereby, hereto
fore or hereafter granted," but does not
repeal any of the bonding or taxing pow
ers already enjoyed.
A rigid interpretation of the language,
"shall have the power to sell bonds,
which bonds shall, however, never ex
ceed in the aggregate 6 per cent of the
assessed valuation," applies, in view of
the confirmation of already existing
powers, to bonds issued under this act
only. In that case the port's power
would be exhausted by the issue ef
per cent, 6 per cent or 11 per cent.
which would amount to over (36.000,000,
calculated on the present tax roll.
In addition to this, a J-mtll tax levy is
provided in this bill, which on present
tax roU would yield about 11.000.000, or
for the period which former bonds have
been issued to run, 30 years, would yield
about $30000,000 more all this outside
tho $10,600,000 dock bonds authorized and
outstanding:
However, a discriminative Interpreta
tion of the proposed act, correlating it
with other acts, would indicate that the
phrase "which bonds shall, however.
never exceed in- the aggregate S per
cent,r'appliesr not tb the aggregate of
bonds) issued either Onder this act mere-'
ly, or under all powers ; but to the ag
gregate of all bonds, outstanding, re
gardless of the particular authorizing
act. In which case the bonds outstanding
could never exceed 5 per cent, but the
power to issue would be continuous and
without, further limitation. This, In my
opffiion,' would be the determination of
the courts, which determination would
be required before the act could become
operative.
Yoif will readily see that the digest
above is not In agreement with the pre
sentations made by the Committee of
15 to the council and to the public
There is yet another point on which
such presentation is not in agreement
with the actual provisions of the bill.
The powers conferred upon the Port of
Portland by the act are not contingent
upon a consolidation with the dock com
mission, but may be exercised by the
present port commission to proceed at
once with operations proposed, regard
less of the event of consolidation, in
which case the taxpayers would be
financing two commissions, each operat
ing expensive improvements witnout cor
relation, or necessity.
The statements of the Committee of 15
indicate that they intend to so proceed
immediately on the passage of the act
in the purchase of 1550 acres of land at
an appraisal .of about $2400 per acre.
being 2.03 times the assessed value, and
its Improvement at a total estimated
cost of $6500 per acre, or a total of
$10,000,000, so that the "$10,000,000 ter
minal" of their propaganda resolves it
self into merely the purchase and recla
mation of 1550 acres of submerged lands
now in private ownership and yielding
the owners -nothing but heavy tax bur
dens.
In view of the misleading title of the
proposed act, the disgulsements and con
cealments of the way In which- it has
been presented the revolutionary policy
of securing its passage by the voters of
the state at large, on a bald appeal that
they shall thus secure the large and
seductive benefits the proponents name,
without cost to themselves, but that the
burdens of cost shall be borne by the
property of the port district only; the
city council cannot .become a party to
these proposals to relinquish Its obliga
tion to protect the interests of the city
cannot divest its authority and control
over these harbor improvements and
yield up Its .properties upon such proce
dure. To do so would be an abasement
of its trust, and of the people who con
ferred that trust. The council should
not submit the miscalled "Consolidation
Act," promoted as' it is by misleading
arguments, to the voters.
Portland. October 12.
I Letters From the People
r Communications sent to Tha Journal far
Dch)U-,tinn in this department shouM be writter
or only one side of the paper; should not exceed
SOS words In length and must be signed by the
writer, wnow man snaresa in iuu man accom
pany the contribution. 1
TUNNEL VERSUS BRIDGE .
Portland.' Oct-' 7. To the Editor of
The Journal Regarding the never end
ing and Increasing expense in main
talnlng the bridges across the Willam
ette, and since it will eventually be m
tunnel, I ask, why not now ? Only the
selfishness of property owners who
would like a bridge to fit their street.
to further their owa interest, can bring
any reasons against a tunnel.
; ' . One Who" Foresees.
WHO wilJj ANSWER?
Portland, Oct: . To the Editor of
The Journal Could you or any ef your
readers inform me If there Is an agency
la Portland for. the Athletic News,, an
English' sports papery, printed at Man-
Chester. England, or where is the nearest I Boese to carry on the work of flax g row
agency t A. Glllam, 51 Patton Road. tag.Three Umea ?our fintohedproduct
- G. tO. P., UNCLE SAM
Copyright, 192H. ry Tha
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Cleveland landed all right.
Wonder how Ponzi's- getting along?
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Now the footballers can have a turn.
On with the dance; let joy be more
refined.
The king of Greece was bitten by a
monkey. Royalty certainly is in dis
favor, isn't it?
The tailors' strike has been settled,
but to tell the truth It hasn't been the
strike that has been hindering us in
ordering a new suit.
The national championship having been
decided, we now await patiently the
second day of November to see what
will happen to the international league.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Ralph B. Stanfield. who arrived at the
Imperial hotel Tuesday afternoon from
his home at Ecfto., Or., where he is the
town banker, might have had a new grip
today had not Mrs. Stanfield discovered
him. Also E. J. Lauer, New Yorker,
who is a guest at the Benson, might
have a handbag that didn't contain his
own pink pajamas. Alighting from their
train at Union station the two men
sought their grips. Lauer found his and
went his way. Stanfield later found his
and went his way. At their hotels it
was discovered that each had a grip
Identical with his own yet not his own.
A frantic search on Stanfleld'a part lo
cated Lauer at the Benson,' frantically
demanding the restoration of his travel
ing bag. Mrs. Stanfield first discovered
the error, it Is said. Stanfield is a
brother to the senatorial aspirant.
E. E. Ullberg. manager of the Cunard
Steamship company office at Seattle, is
in Portland, conducting business in con
nection with his agency, which inctudes
this city; Ullberg says the unprecedented
demand for steamship passages this Slim
mer has overtaxed the Cunard line great-
iy. Dut utat wun me addition or several
new vessels next spring the service will
be more adequate. '
"I'm a neighbor to both of 'em," says
C. D. Myers of Delaware, Ohio, when
Candidates Cox and Harding are men
tioned in the lobby of the Multnomah
hotel, where the Ohio visitor Is a guest.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
: a,
A second installment of Mrs. W. P. Lord
story of flax in Oregon is contributed by Mr.
Lockley. There is interesting matter pertaining
to the modes of culture and the possible returns,
together with the usual diseorery of a "trust"
somewhere in the offing ready to put out of
buaineaa anything new and com peti tire.
"William McMurray and Dr. E. A.
Pierce have done much to Interest the
public In the possibilities of flax grow
ing," said Mrs. W? P. Lord to me a
few days ago. "My aunt, Mrs. Henry
Stockbrldge of Baltimore, and Mrs'. Can
dace Wheeler, both of whom were en
thusiastic supporters of the development
of American industries, when they
learned, 25 years or more ago, of Ore
gon's adaptability to the growing of
flax, urged me to introduce the indus
try here. Mrs. Wheeler is still active, at,
the age of 94. She' it was, you- may re
member, who was largely Instrumental
in introducing and promoting the silk in
dustry in the United States. She ' had
at that time a studio caUed The Asso
ciated Artists,' who designed patterns
for silk1 goods. It is largely due to her
efforts thatAroerican silk Is today re
garded as the most artistic produced
anywhere.' It is also largely due to her
efforts that America is today one of the
largest silk manufacturing nations in the
world.
"By their advice we formed a flax
association, of which I was made presi
dent. I was succeeded by Mrs. O. N.
Denny, and she by Mrs. H. L. Plt-tock.
We started a flax experiment station. t
Salem. We raised funds from private
sources and employed Mr. Cunningham,
s flax expert He proved that tle Wil
lamette vaUey was an ideal flax growing
district, but we had not counted on the
opposition of the company controlling
the flax Industry of the United States.
We had to sell to them, as there was
no market for our flax except through
their company. They refused to buy
our flax at any price, and also refused
to sell . to those who bought of us. I
appealed to wealthy friends and rela
tives tor funds to carry on the work,
and tor 10 years we employed Eugene
Press publishing Co. (Tha New York World.)
NEWS IN feRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Portland is bo old fashioned that its
newspapers still report horses running
away. La Grande Observer.
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Several of the. very young men who
were laboring under the apprehension
tne first week or school, ssat tneir teacn
ers were angels, who new to heaven
each day after school, have undergone a
slight alteration in their views. Medford
Alan Tribune.
The time Is not far distant when the
man who had a chance to save his
monev and didn't when high prices ruled.
will find himself relegated to- the ranks
of the so-called "wage slaves." He will
then -have occasion to reflect upon the
force of the well Known scriptural in
Junction. "In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread." Athena Press.
"1 live not far from either, as towns go,
he declares, 'and I know them both.
However, the only thing I can assure
you about the election is that an Ohio
man is to be out next president. '
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Cornucopia, Or., doesn't yield all the
world's bounties, but a fair share of
them come from that Baker county mln
Ing town in Pine valley. There are three
quartz mills at Cornucopia, among other
things. From the town - come Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Eskildsen, who are guests
at the Hotel rortlad.
If you can figure the present condl
tlons as unsettled, Mr. Editor, you can
ger the point of view of Herbert Llppitt,
representative of Brown ft Co., large pulp
manufacturers with mills at Berlin. N,
H. Llppitt is at the Multnomah in con
nection w,Uh his annual circuit of paper
mills, of which Oregon has her share.
"The paper industry is as steady as the
present unsettled conditions will permit,1
he says. "One large manufacturer who
has just Installed three large newsprint
machines declares he will not turn their
wheels, because he can get more profit
out of, the sale of pulp. One of the large
New York dailies that is buying con
tract paper at 6Vs cents has just signed
a new contract for two years under
which it will pay 7 cents. There Is no
indication of a drop in price." Which is
a hopeful sign for the Oregon publishers
who are happy to be permitted to buy at
anywhere between 1Z and 15, cents.
Lockley
was destroyed
origin.
by fires of unknown
"Today the highest grade flax used
in the making of linen handkerchiefs
brings $9000 a ton. Wetcan raise, here
in Oregon,, flax of just as good quality.
The flax we planted on May IS was har
vested in 70 days. It should have been
planted earlier, for the highest grade
flax should not be cut until 90 days
after planting. Mr. Hansett and I Im
ported seed 'from Ireland, which at the
request of the governor was turned orer
tp the farmers. I cannot ro Into . the
tragedy of political flax growing, nor
recount how thousands of dollars were
lost to the state through mismanage
ment, and how tha industry was given
a black eye i for the governor is dead.
'
, "In. ajiiXe of the politics, mistakes and
misTnenatgement of the past. Oregon is
ideally adapted to the growing of flax
and, has a great future. If It will but go
at the matter Intelligently. .- 7 .
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"Before the death of the czar I am
apeaking' of the csar of Russia he re
quired all of the peasant farmers to
grow some flax. The result was that
Russia had over, 7.000,000 acres planted
to flax and was the great supply depot
for low grade flax. Russian flax sold
at $160 to $200 a ton, while Belgian
or Irish- flax brought $600 to $800 a
ton. This same flax is now selling
for $4000 to $9000 a ton, since the war.
if -
k "Flax, "straw must be carefully culti
vated ana careruuy nanaiea to nave
the proper gloss. It should be planted
from April 1 to April 10. - The fan sown
flax should be .harvested in May.' Our
fall sown, flax can withstand the most
severe weather, for we do not tiave the
'black frost,' so destructive - of fall
sown flax, in- Ireland and Belgium, The
flax should be hand pulled and not al
lowed to remain In the Held to get sun
burned. It should be stacked, under
.cover, and retted later. The seed sells
now for $ a bushel One farmer near
Turner last year on 14 acres raised
1H tons of flax ' straw, for which the
state' paid him $$00, So yarn see it is
sv profttablo crop.'tc; - ZX,
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The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings in Brief Form for th
Baar header -
' OREGON NOTES 1
.Mra. Clady Samson of Fossil has dledrl
at the Condon hospital of blood poison
log. A branch of the National League of
Women Voters Is being organlied at
Marahfleld.
' A ton and a half of old clothes have
been collected In Lane county for the
Near East relief.
Six Mexican's who have been treated
at the state hospital for the insane are
to be deported to Mexico.
Circuit Judge Anderson has set No
vember t as the date on which the Ba
ker county grand jury shall convene.
Mrs. Eliia J. Belder, a, well known
pioneer of Cottage Grove, Is dead Irom
aaralytlo stroke. - She was 66 years
Methodist ministers from all parts of
Central and Eastern Oregon are uth
ered at Bend to attend the cuufetence
of The Dalles district.
The apple crop In Douglas county will
almost equal that of last year. The Ore-
fon Growers' association expects to ship
25 cars from that county.
R. H. Weber of'odell. Hood Utver
county, has a . freak , potato vine on
which the potatoes have grown like to
matoes, on top of the ground.
The Installation of officers and the
initiation of new members of the Deli.hlan
and Vespertine literary societies at the
state normal school took place Sunday
niitht. '
T. R. Hutton arid Leonard KUiaon. in
mates of the state hospital for insane,'
have escaped from the institution, lloth
men are considered harmless by tho
hospital officials.
The work of excavation for the new
tourist hotel at Wau Ouin Uuln, near
Hood River, Is practically completed. Jt
is expected to have the hotel ready for
business next April.
The secretary of state's office has
begun the work of sending out 1,05,000
notices to persons who have registered
motor vehicles this year. In preparation
for net year's registration.
The Bend city council, the Commer
cial club and . the student body of the
public schools have all adopted resolu
tions paying- tribute to the memory of
J. P. Keyea. whose death occurred last
Friday.
At the weekly luncheon of the Salem
Commercial club W. L. Prentiss of Port
land spoke against the bill iiropoHinir
to restrict the sale of oleomargarine.
He denied that curtailment of the awle
of oleomargarine would help the dairy
uiuuoiry.
WASHINGTON
The firavs Harhnr Cnnnlri- r-lnh hi.
elected H. P. itrown of Aberdeen prom
dent for the coming year.
The Okanocun t-itv rnimrtl ha
adopted a budget for 1921 which calls
for a tax levy of 17 mills on a valuii- '
tlon of $522.0(10.
The Growers' union of Obanncan
turned out 370n boxen of apple lat Fri
day, making five carload. This in a
record pack for the organisation.
L. L. Craft, for hIy voan munur
of the Postal Telegraph comnanv at
Tacoma, has been transferred to tho
management of the Portland office.
A bill wfll be pubmttted to th nest
legislature to eHtabllnh a school for
defectives in Western Washington along
the lines of the school at Medical Lake.
Newspapermen of Mason, Thurston
and Grays Harbor counties will meet at
Aberdeen October 1!7 (or the seventh
district meeting of the state Dress bkhu-
ciation.
O. Meagher, a mechanic pmnloved at.
the Bremerton navy vard. shot and
killed his wife and then killed himwlf.
He had begun divorce proceedings some
weeks ago.
.Members of the conKregatlon and
friends to the number of 2W u I tended
a reception at Aberdeen given to the
new pastor of the K!nt MethodlHt
church, the Rev. A. II Thompson.
A total of 236 rows tested during S'epr
tember by the Southwest Washington
Testing asportation showed an average
milk yield of -5r6.8 iunrt iwr cow. The
average of butterfat was 25.2 pounds.
Owing to the condition of' the lumber
market, the Wind River Lumber com
pany has closed Its lodging CHinps for
an indefinite period. The shutdown In
volves the large mill at Cascade Looks.
IDAHO
Tbtal receipts of the state fair were
$35,451, as compared with iZ7,.2) taken
in last year.
Ooodlng college Is to enter the South
ern Idaho debating conference this year
With both teams of last year.
A bill will be Introduced at the next
meeting of the legislature, to regulate
speed on all county and state roads.
Standard time Is legal time In Idaho,
according to an opinion handed down
by Assistant Attorney General Drlscoll
In response to an inquiry from 11. 11.
Friedheim of Twin Falls.
A clear list .covering 12.120 acres of
indemnity school land selections has
been received by the state land depart
ment from the general land office at
Washington. D. C. The lands are In thn
Black foot. Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Halley
and Lewlston districts and were ap
proved September It.
Uncle Jcfi Snow Says :
Del Pelhammer has got back from
the hospital. He told the Corners Prog
ress club that they tuck nine X-ray
photos of his innards and never found
nuthln' but his bank account, wnirn
same they amputated. Leastways he
ain't got it no, more. It takes nerve to
drive a auto with one-hand and keep
holt of a gal's waist with t'other, and
sometimes the nerve gives out and they
send to the garage to come out with a
derrick wagon and save the auto any
how, so's to git eomethln' outer it fer
the funeral expenses
Unlimited Market for Electric
' Current in Northwest's
Irrigation Projects.
It Is Impossible to consider the de
velopment of the irrigation projects
in the Pacific Northwest -without
contemplating large employment of
electric energy.
Even If a sufficient supply of water
by gravity were Available for all t'ne
projects, the success of every family
upon reclaimed land Is more or l"
dependent upon an available" supply
of current.
Electricity Is desirable for heating
In most of the Irrigated regions wood
is not available, and coal, after lorn;
distance transportation, 'coats more
than the ordinary homemaker tan
afford to pay.
Electricity is desirable for Industry.
It Is the usual. experienca that tha
town that groats, up adjacent to an
Irrigation project, presently develops
the industries which are Inevitable In
the transforming of the raw products
of the land Into finished articles.
Electricity is desirable for the op
eration of farm machinery and home
devices. The number of these devices
is constantly Increasing and they re
flect to a high degree the Inventive
powers of the American people.
Electricity can be advantageously
marketed on Irrigation, projects. As
far back aa 1914 ths government's sta
tistics showed that ths average an
nual return from projects reclaimed
by the government represented In
food value 2 per cent of the entire
installation coats.
That average is Increasing as the
years go by. In some Instances the
food production of a year equals In
value the entire installation coat of
the facilities for the irrigation of the
land.
Some of the most prosperous of the
Northwest's -rural districts are irri
gation projects at which uninformed
coffers once smiled derisively.
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