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THEY LOST MONEY
A FARMER tells The Journal of a
neighbor who lost 11500 on his
farm Operations this year, and of an
other (who lost 82000. "City people
. think because prices of farm products
are high that farmers are getting
rich,"; he said. He added:
' They seem to forget that everything
- the farmer buys has enormously in
: creased iri cost, that many things are
trebled In price, that farm . implements
- have doubled and that the wages of farm
. help are almost prohibitive. Nor do they
remember that many a farmer , Is -a
enter! and that he has to pay a heavy
toll for the use of his fields, as was the
vase with my neighbors who lost money
this year.
, But for the farm loan banks estab
lished by the government, the number
' of renters would be much larger. Op
ponents who fought its adoption said
it was "paternalism," just as Is said
bow by those who are fighting the
market commission bill which Oregon
voters ore to adopt or reject in the
coming election.
. The great mistake that city people
make is not tu realize that It is better
' to have a state-full oiricli farmers
than to have It full of farmers who
arc living from hand to mouth. All
prosperity comes' from the soil,
whether forest or mine or orchard or
wheat field or vegetable garden. If
i everybody is prosperous out there in
the country, there Is a boundless re-
. flection of it through better times in
the city.
The ; whole purpose of the market
commission Lill is to afford publicity,
information, advice and guidance by
, experts In marketing crops to the end
that prices shall be stabilized from
: year to yeaf and thereby save farmers
' from losing one year all they earned
the yer before. It Is a plan that lias
: worked a revolutlor in California,
, where, I farming-Is In a high tide of
prosperity never known before. There
v the beneficial effects of the pl,n are
so manifold and manifest that city
v people jjoln with the farmers in com
; mending it as the best thing that ever
, came into the economic and social life
of California.
"v-. The Journal is the only paper in
Portland that has printed the cove-
. nant of the League of Nations since
. it became the big issue of the. presi
dential campaign. Can it be that
.... readers Of other papers are to be
kept li the dark as to what really
y -4 iti the covenant ?
I -FAVOR STAYING OUT
iVA
'AT .WASHINGTON November 18,
aTX
committee from the
: League;
to Enforce Peace, of which
fWilliam Howard Taft is president, is
sued a public statement, in part, as
t oUowsi ,
' Fallutre to ratify the treaty now would
" defeat he world's hopes for peace now
- and always. Such a failure would throw
r' the world back into worse than pre
war conditions by reestablishing a bal-
; a nee or, hostile grouping of powers with
an Inpreasing burden of armaments. If
the league is once established and per
mi t ted to function with pur country as
a member, the foundations of a new
world order would continue to grow in
r - beneficent stability, securing for all na-
.' tlons great and small peace with justice.
i " Signatures to the statement were,
A.; Lawrence Lowell. Oscar Sf." Straus,
- Theodore Warburg. William II. Short.
iB.hlatees Moines speech. Senator
Harding sal J: ' s ;
' Governor Cox favors going Into the
league and t favor STAYING OUT. IT IS
NOT INTERPRETATIONS BUT ' RE
JECTION THAT I AM SEEKING.
- . ': Contributions for circulating ' the
article by j Herbert "Powell. Lee as
A MASTER
By Theodore Roosevelt 5
r IN ALLY, it would be a master stroke If those great powers' honestly
A bent on peace would form a league
among themselves but to prevent, by force, if necessary, its being broken
by others. The supreme difficulty In connection with developing the peace
work of the Hague arises from the lack of any executive power, or any police
power, to enforce the decrees of the court. . Each nation must keep
well prepared to defend itself until the establishment of some form of inter
national police power, competent and willing to prevent violence as between
nations. As things are now, such power to command'' peace .throughout the
world could best be assured by some combination between those great nations
which sincerely desire peace and have no thought themselves of .committing
aggressions. The combination might :.i
certain definite limits and certain definite conditions; but the ruler or stares
man who should bring about such a combination would have earned his place
In history for all time and his title to '.he gratitude of all mankind. ,
(From address on International peace before the Nobel prilfe committee,;
delivered at Christiania, Norway, May 5, 1910, to be found on page 930, Con
gressional Record, November 19, 1919.)
League of Nations literature are be
ing received by Bertha Slater Smith,
1149 East Twenty-seventh street
north. A number of responses have
been made. More are needed. The
cause is worthy. Many should do
their bit.
IF IT PASSES
IT
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WOULD not be the banks on
whom the blow would fall if the 4
per cent interest bill now on the bal
lot should be approved by the voters
F ovember 2.
Nor will tio money lenders suffer.
They can take care of themselves.
They will merely'call in their loans In
Oregon andJ transfer their money to
ether states.
If the bill passes, the first thing
that will be, noticed is that men in
need of money will not be able to
borrow. Then those who are using
borrowed money will be served with
notices that their notes must be paid
when due. Those whose homes are
mortgaged will begin to be told that
as soon as the mortgage is due it will
have to be paid.
What will they do? They cannot
borrow money to pay off their notes
and mortgages. Men with money to j
lend will have sent it to other states
where thers is no law attempting to
force them to lend their money at a
4 per cent let,al rate or at 5 per cent
on contract. There will literally be
no money that can be borrowed.
If. any farmer doubts this, let him
think what he wou'd do with nis
wheat if he jould get a dollar a bushtl
for it in the state of Washington and
Oregon law fixed the price at 50 cents
a bushel If sold in this state. He
would simply ship his wheat to Wash
ington and sell it there.
If a worker doubles, let him think
what he would do if an Oregon law
fixed his wage here at $2 and he
could get f4 a day tn Idaho. He would
quit the Oregon job and go to Idaho.
It will be the same with money, and
if the 4 per cent Interest Lill passes.
disaster will fall upon this state.
The Journal holds no brief for the
banks. In opposing this '"bill, it is
trying to protect the small home on
which there is a mortgage, trying to
protect the small business that is op
erating in part or In whole on bor-.
rowed capital, trying to protect the
small farmer and sawmill owoer and
all other enterprises that owe money
and will have it to pay with a merci
less certainty if the 4 per cent In
terest bill passes.
It Is interesting, to hear of Demo
cratic extravagance during the war
while Senator Harding was continu
ally voting" to leave the manufacture
of armor plate to the private plants
when Secretary Daniels proposed a
government plan,. because, he
charged, the private plants were rob
bing the government.
THE PORT BILL
AN ARGUMENT which its propo
nents advance in behalf of the
gigantic Swan island port measure on
the Novemberballot is that Portland
owes to the rest of Oregon the devel
opment and equipment of a port com
mensurate with the commerce de
mands of the state.
The argument is sound. It has no
negative answer. Portland misses her
destiny unless she becomes a port ad
equate not only to serve the state but
the Columbia basin and the transcon
tinental, rail to sail, transfer business
which will be developed here.
But the very arg-iment opens up the
searching question as to whether the
Swan island project in lis present
form actually will lead, if adapted, to
the port development desired.
Portland with an appropriation of
fiO.500,000 during the past 10 years
has provided facilities which will
meet the commerce needs of the port
for years.
Portland has appropriated more
of public funds for oceaji terminal
construction than Seattle, yet Seat
tle's facilities have been equal to
handling a foreign and coastwise com
merce which at its peak in 1918,
reached the total of $792,120,736.
What Portland needs is a channel
to the sea which will be at least 30
feet at low water. What Portland in
cooperation with the government must
do is to provide this channel depth
and maintain it. All the channel
dredging contemplated In the Swan
Island project, according to the Inves
tigating committee of the City club,
would cost H.000,000, but lae bond is
sue proposed In the Swan island port
measure aggregates $16,500,000, the
greater part of it to be used in trans
forming Swan island. Mocks bottom
and Guilds lake into industrial sites,
although the committee referred to
finds that Portland now has industrial
sites 100 per cent more than are iri
demand.
It Portland la conjunction with thv
government proceeas to maintain an
adequate channel, the facilities already
provided will meet every port need for
many years. A bond issue Is not needed
STROKE
of peace, not only to kedp the peaces
first be only to secure peace within
for channel maintenance. In fact,
bond issues to meet routine expense
are considered poor municipal finance.
An old fashioned maxim advises the
artisan to "put the grease where the
squeak is." The Swan Island port
project throws a barrelful of, grease
at the wagon with the incidental
thought that some of it may hit the:
place where the squeak is.
Any discussion of the measure
shoffid, however, no( overlook the fact
that the bill as it appears on the bal
lot does not bind the port commission
to any definite project. The people
may think they are voting for the
Swan island project and then, If the
Port of Portland commission changes
It; collective mind, discover that the
bonding and taxing power embodied in
the measure have been employed for
entirely foreign purposes. The bill is
referred to officially as the port mer
ger bill.
It cannot be repeated too often that
the chief powers proposed by the
measure are conveyed to the present
port commission whether" the merger
occurs or not. Only in the event that
the people of Portland approve the
amendment to the city charter which
also has been placed on the November
ballot, a.id by their vot-i authorize a
transfer of title to municipal dock
properties from city to port commis
sion, will the nirrger of the port and
dock commissions occur.
And in that eent the people of
Portland will have surrendered control
of their municipal terminals to a po
litically constituted commission tre
ated by a log rolling legislature.
M,r. Harding spoke in the senate
against increasing the taxes on cor
porations. He voted against taxing
war profits and opposed the excess
profits tax. He voted against in
creasing the income tax to 50 per
cent on incomes of more than
1,000,000. Had the taxes not been
collected from the huge corpora
tions, from those who profited front
the war, and those of large incomes,
who would have paid them?
BOGUS
HSIIE is a statement from Satur
day's Oregonian:
The dumping of wheat Into the United
States from Canada AT PRICES ACTU
ALLY LOWER EVEN THAN THE
AMERICAN FARMER CAN PRODUCE
IT, is something we are determined to
stop by election of a Republican admin
istration, which will protect the farmer
by a tariff that will prevent such prac
tices. The statement is attributed to Tom
Thompson, described as a "Umatilla
county wheat farmer and banker." His
statement appeared on page seven of
the Oregonian of October 16.
On page 19 of the same paper, which
is the market page, under the heading
"Winnipeg Wheat Market," are these
words :
Winnipeg, October 15. Wheat closed
October $2.41, November $2.35, December
$2.1 8.
The wheat quotations at. Chicago on
the same page the, same day, were:
Chicago, October 15: Wheat opened
$2.05, high $2.21, low $2.1514. closed
J2.17U cash, or October wheat 32.16 U to
$2.19.
Nothing more bogus has been at
tempted in inventing a campaign issueJ
A cock-and-bull story is told to the
effect that Europe is getting all its
wheat from Australia and New Zea
land. Ho.v truthless that stor. is ap
pears from this:
In July, Portland shipped to France
and the United Kingdom 1,969,251 bush
els of wheat ai.d 248,597 barrels of
flour, the greatest shipment ever mcde
from Portland in a single month in
all history.
In August the shipments were 922,-
447 bushels of wheat and 25,231 barrels
of flour; In September, 1,829,994 bush
els of vvheajt and 61.272 barrels of
flour: in the first 15 days of October,
1,135,058 bushels of wheat and 106,611
barrels of flour. There are now six
ships loading wheat in this port, one
of which will take away the largest
cargo of wheat ever carried out of the
Columbia river.
With the Oregonian trying to fool
the farmers with its dollar wheat talk,
the price of wheat actually went up
10 cents a bushel in the Chicago mar
ket Friday.
And aftec all, think of Harding as
the white hope of the American
farmer. He opposed the farm loan
system. He opposed a guarantee of
f2.26 for wheat in war time, saying:
"I would be agreeable to strike at the
manifest greed In some of the agri
cultural sections of the United States."
He charged the farmers with lack of
patriotism in war time, saying In a
speech rgainst the guarantee of the
wheat price:
If the qualities of American patriotism
are such that we must guarantee the
American farmer a price for his wheat
in the face of a world famine then there
Is not patriotism enough in the country
to win the war.
What Harding thinks of farming and
farmers was also expressed in his
speech against the guarantee of the
wheat price. He said:"
In this latter day, farming has become
an 'occupation for profit, and I happen to
know that under normal conditions ONE
DOLLAR WrIEAT MAKES !A VERY
PROFITABLE OCCUPATION.
He cryu"ged the farmers with profit
eering in war time, saying in his
speech against the guarantee of the
wheat price :
I venture to Bay that if the corpora
tions of this country were holding back
food products for advanced prices as does
the American farmer there would be an
outcry from one end of the country -to
the other. '
How can a man holding such views
be a Moses for the farmers?
CHAMBERLAIN AS
PUBLIC SERVANT
His Record Reviewed and His Great
and Manifold Achievements in the
People's Interest Recounted
From tha Salem Capital Journal.
Chamberlain has served ' the public
faithfully and efficiently for many years
and his service has been appreciated.
His splendid record as legislator and
attorney general of this state gave hhn
standing when he moved to Portlaied,
and made possible his election as district
attorney of Multnomah county.
As district attorney he saw that the
laws against gambling and liquor were
strictly enforced and the office of dis
trict attorney was put on a higher plane
than it had ever been before. His fine
record brought him the nomination for
governor and secured his election.
When Chamberlain became governor
the state was given its first real busi
ness administration. His first fight was
with the old school land ring. He soon
put these birds of prey to flight, and re
covered thousands of acres of valuable
school land.'
Chamberlain saw the possibilities of
adding great wealth to our state through
the development of our irrigation proj
ects and he took the lead in practically
every effort to help those who were
pioneemg in this field. He has kept tn
constant touch with our irrigation de
velopments and no man knows our needs
in this direction better than he.
As governor. Chamberlain took an ac
tive interest in bringing about needed
improvements at our state institutions
with the result that no state in
the Union has its Institutions in
better shar or can offer better care
to its warcfrthan Oregon. He was the'
real pioneer in prison reform and his
efforts to throw a little light and hope
into the Oregon prison has brought fruit
for It and stirred constructive thought In
other states.
It was during his administration and
through his leadership that steps were
taken to protect and develop our water
power, and preserve our forests through
fire protection. He aided in creating our
railroad commission with a view of pro
tecting our shippers.
He aided in bringing about reforms in
our tax laws with a view of placing tax
burdens on the shoulders of those best
able to bear them. He was a -strong
supporter of the progressive legislation
passed in this state and rtapwn as the
"Oregon System."
It wag because of his splendid record
as governor that he was chosen by the
people to represent them Iij the United
States senate.
i
As senator he was the author and
champion of the Alaska railroad bill,
which unlocked the resources of Alaska,
and thus aided in the development of
the Northwest. He put over the bill
which recovered the Oregon & California
grant lands, and secured for the several
counties the large sums due them for
back taxes. On the floor of the senate
he had charge of the president's food
control bill. He aided in the passage
6t the parcel post law, the federal re
serve, and farm loan acts. V
As chairman of the senate military
affairs committee he drafted and cham
pioned on the floor of the senate the
army reform bills through which the
president and the war department were
able to place this nation on a war- foot
ing and send our . magnificent army to
France. No man in public life was a
better friend to the soldier boys than
Senator Chamberlain.
Chamberlain helped put over the in
come and inheritance tax legislation.
Also the leasing bills, which, while fully
protecting the public, would unlock our
vast undeveloped resources.
Chamberjaih fought to give the people
pf this naflon the rights to elect their
senators, to give the vote to women and
prohibition to the nation. He has al
ways stood for the right of those who
tolh fough to do away with child labor
and shorten the hours of toil. He has
always demanded a square deal for the
plain people.
.... "
No man has a higher standing or more
friends in the senate than Senator
Chamberlain, and his Influence in Wash
ington is such that it would be border
ing on a crime to displace him. . His
work in the senate has rr.ade him- not
only a national but an international
figure.
Chamberlain's service as legislator, at
torney general and governor in this state
brought him in close touch with the peo
ple and needs of his state, and splendidly
equipped him for work in the senate.
For Oregon voters to refuse to send
Senator Chamberlain back to Washing
ton would be an Inconceivable act of
stupidity, strengthen the hands of the
professional politicians and lose to the
people one of their" best public servants.
Letters From the People
(Communications tent to Tha Journal for
publication in this department should be written
v only one aide of the paper; should not exceed
300 word In lensth and must be aianed by the
writer, whose mail addraaa in tall must accoaa
pany the contribution.
A LETTER TO MR. M' ARTHUR
' Portland, Oct. 14. To the Kditor of
The Journal The following letter has
been Bent to Congressman McArthur,
but to date remains . unanswered :
Portland. Or.. October 11, 1920. Hon.
C. N. McArthur. Portland. Or. Dear
Sir: In your talk at the Highland
school Saturday, October 9, you made
much reference to the Plumb plan for
railroad control and operation. I think
you will agree -with me that the Plumb
plan is not an issue in your congres
sional campaign.
I notice that, you very aarouiy lauea
to make mention of yonr vote upon the
Each-Cummins ,blll, and although you
may not be aware ,of it. I assure you
that this particular vote is very much
of an issue in this campaign. Are you
still proud of this vote? Will you de
fend it?
By voting thus you assisted in stifling
the lumber industry of the Northwest,
You assisted in raising an insurmount
able wall between the lumber producers
of the Northwest and the principal lum
ber markets of the East, Did you no
tice that lumber orders in the North
west decreased during the week ending
September 8 by S7 per cent over the
business for the week preceding? Tid
you notice that the Br idal Veil and Wind
River Lumber companies had closed
down, throwing 800 men out of employ
ment, and the reason given was "freight
-rates"? You assisted in Injuring our
shipbuilding industry by compelling it
to pay 83 1-3 per cent more freight upon
all material received from the Eaxt.
Tou assisted in lengthening the distance
from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific
coast Just 33 1-3 per cent by your vote,
Have you the audacity to defend this
vote in a public debate? You name the
time. I will provide a hall, do the ad
vertising, will permit you to select your
chairman, will make reservation of half
of the room for your supporters.- You
will be allowed 50 minutes for your
opening talk in defense of the Esch
Cummins bill and 20 minutes in closing.
A speaker, will be provided la opposi
tion, tn he allowed 45 minutes for his
opening Bpeech and 20 minutes for clos
ing. I shall expect an answer immediately.
ours truly.
Oregon Popular Government League,
By B. A. Green. Secretary.
P. S. The more said about yriur liquor
record the wetter. I note that there has
been an eleventh-hour conversion. When
can you debate your stand on the liquor'
question? B. A. Green.
NIETZSCHE
Portland, Oct 13. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly inform me through
The Journal whether or not the most
eminent and" scholarly men of the world,
such as scientists, statesemen and phi
losophers, consider the books Written by
Nietzsche," the German' philosopher, sane
and worthy of consideration. Is it not a
fact that his teaching or theory of the
overman; etc., has a tendency to degrade
and demoralise humanity rather than to
upbuild or elevate? Have not the fac
ulties of most of our universities, as well
as of those of foreign countries, consid
ered Nietzsche and his teachings as
dangerous and refused even to apply or
use quotations from his books? How
does he class with other philosophers
and men of prominence in the field of
education? Subscriber.
fit i not considered that Nietzsche's Vorks
erer had a tendency to elerate human character.
Hia revolt against Christian faith and morale
tnrna him into a proudly atheistic freethinker;
his rerolt awinst the theory of atate supremacy
tarns him into an anarchwt and individualist,
and his rerolt asaint modern democracy into
an aristocrat. The general impression he makes
on the mind of wesetm democracy may ba
judged from the fact that Germany's abandon
ment to militarism, materialism and atrocity in
war has been ascribed In large part to Nietzache's
vogue- in Germany.
BAER AND THE PLUMB FLAN
Portland. Oct. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Who is Congressman J.
M. Baer? What Is his politics? My
question is prompted by the wide cir
culation of the paper known as "Labor,"
in which the congressman is taking a
great Interest. Personally, 1 would like
to know more about the man, and I
think I voice the opinion of a number
of others who have read his articles In
the paper. "Iabor" is the voice of the
Plumb Plan league, which all railroad
workers looked forward to with hope
and for which they still pledge their
support. It is a good thing. But who
is Baer? I am sure your answer will be
read with interest by quite a few labor
ing men. Railroader.-
J. M. Baer was elected to congress aa a Re
publican from North I Dakota in 1916, and re
elected in' 1918. He is chairman of the agri
cultural committee and a member of other prom
inent committees of the houe. He is a strong
advocate of the Plumb plaif and takes much
interest hv all matters pertaining to labor.
A SLOGAN SUGGESTED
Portland, Oct. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal It might be of some assist
ance to Senator Spencer's campaign in
favor of Republican success in Missouri
were he to adopt a slogan, and as this
one should appeal to him, it is respect
fully submitted : "A lie well Btuck to is
just as good as the truth." This year
a great many Republicans have been
using it to advantage, and the rest can
get by with it if they work it hard
enoughj Ex-Republican.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curio is
Gleaned From Curious Places
An artillery shell with the velocity
of the solr system would penetrate a
sheet of steel four blocks thick, writes
William Joseph Showalter in the Na
tional Geographic Magazine, in describ
ing the' speed of tha sun and earth.
The velocity of an artillery shcil is
3000 feet a second, while that of the
sun is C3.000 feet. The speed at which
the earth travels is 12 miles a second.
Persons living near the equator travel
9. 000,000 miles in the flight around the
earth's axis. While doing this the
whole earth is being carried off Into
new and untried regions of space at the
rate of 400,000.000 miles a year. Spec
troscopic Studies and sky observations
alike tell us that our sun and its fam
ily are headed In a great migration
across the sky toward a point between
the constellations of Hercules and
Lyra. It f not known for certain
whether the solar system la traveling
in la straight direction or the sun is
revolving around son greater body,
even aa the earth is around the sun,
and the moon around the earth. If the
sun has an orbit, its curve baa defied
detection of astrooomera,! :: . .
THE REAL TICKET.
Coprriht. 1920, by The P
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Watch your step.
"The government at Washington still
lives." '
The melancholy days are here, but
cheer up and you'll enjoy them .
-
Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massa
chusetts, Republican candidate for vice
president, is reported unruffled about
the coming election Keeping the "cool"
in Coolidge, as it were.
e e
It's a long, long way from a Sandy
road to a rose-bordered highway. But
the evolution tmly reflects the progress
or a wonaerrui commonwealth from the
days of the pioneers to the present time.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Edward S. Johnson of Denver, where,
he says, the "see America first" idea
was conceived. Is at the Multnomah,
where he will gladly eing the praises
of Sam Dutton of Denver, . who is said
to claim to have kept more tourists
out of Europe than any othpr man In
America.
J. L. Dawson, president of the Daw
son Lumber company of Louisville. Ky
is a guest at the Multnomah while In
the Northwest inspecting lumber opera
tions. He will proceed later to Wash
ington and British Columbia to ascer
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF tTHE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
t Genealogies of families tiiat have been great
figures iu tbe history of Portland are aketrtied
today by air. Lockley, woo is specially moved
taming much family lore relating to the popuii- i Bros, at Portland, Oregon. He mar
tini of a certain ancient New England town. . j ried Caroline Elliott of Canterbury on
, - October 17, 1854. He Is now Joint owner
thereto on discovering su ancient volume con
nnen i reau uie uinciai ueusun uui rau
figures showing the growth of the cities
of the United States 1 think of some of
the sleepy little villages I visited a few
years ago in Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maissachu setts.. Take,
for example, the village of Topsfield. on
the Ipswich river, in Massachusetts. It
is built on the sloe or the old Indian
village pf Schenewemedy. When the
villagers of Salem and Ipswich were
given, in 1639. a grant of land compris
ing this old-time Indian villatre, they
called It New Meadows. In 1648 the
village was officially named Topsfield.
In the fall of 1650 it was .established
as a town. At its centenary it had a
population of 719. By 1776 it had grown
to 793, and in 1800 td?789.' Thirty years
later it had 1010 inhabitants. Seventy
years, later, in 1900. It had gained 20
and had 1030. It gained an average
of one person every three years duritiy
a period f 70 years..
The names on the old gravestones
sound ' odd to our ears. Here on the
chipped slate or crumbling sandstone
you will Bee such names as Phoebe,
Amye. Hepzibah. Rebecca, Susanah. Ca
leb, Vashtl. Prudence, Fear, Isaac,
JacoK Asahel. Amos, Jonathan. Eph
rtam. Duty, Priscilla, Palmyra, Solomon,
Stephen, Hyrum, Noah, Jesse. Jeremiah.
David, Abigail. Pelatiah. Betsy. Sally,
Jane, Ebenezer, Hannah, Keziah, Pas
chal and Job.
A few days ago 1 picked up in a
local second-hand store a history con
taining the "genealogical records of the
223 original families of the ortgtnal town
of Sanbortort Town in New Hampshire."
In it I found many names familiar to
Portlanders. It tells in much detail of
Edward Ladd of Ladd Hill, in Upper
Oilroanton. born in 1707, who died at the
age of SO and who founded one of the
three, branches of the Ladd family of
New Hampshire. It tells of Dudley F.
Ladd, founder of the second branch, and
of Nathaniel Ladd. of Epping, found
er of the third branch. His son.
Captain James Ladd, was the
father of Nathaniel Gould Ladd. Na
thaniel Gould Ladd was born in Chelsea,
July 13. 1791. and was the fourth of 11
children. He studied medicine with Dr.
John Ladd of Lee. lie married AbagaH
K. Mead- of Derby; iVU tn December.
l2St Eight of their children were stlH
living- in 1855. Their first. Child. WU-
revi Pnblrshint Co. (The New Tork VCorld.)
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
An anarchist by the name of Jaxsin
ski has been conned in Chicaeo. He
heard a Jazt orchestra and' decided to
put the world out of its mtsery.-r-Meo.
ford Mail Tribune.
see
For that one Montana worktpgman
who got rich on oil stock, there are
some "steen" thousand who acquired
a one-way ticket to the poorhouse in
the same manner. Eugene Register.
e
It is safe to bet that the next president
of the United States will know the dif
ference between an em auad and a quoin.
The chances are he will know all about
the great indoor sport of jefflng. Salem
Statesman.
tain how the timber industries compare
with the activity In Southern Kentucky
and Eastern Tennessee.
Dr. and Mrs. B. W. DeBusk of Eugene
are at the Hotel Portland during a brief
visit In the city. Dr. DeBusk is a mem
ber of the faculty and extension school
staffs of the University of Oregon.
Mill City, a Linn county lumber mill
center, where many of the activities of
the Hammond Lumber company are
centered, Is the home of F. R. OHn, who
is stopping at the Imperial.
llara Sargeant Ladd. was born In 1826.
Of William S. I:add the record says :
"He is a successful banker with Tllton
of a farm of 840 acres valued at 175.000
in Portland. Oregon, thus Improving on
his early lessons upon the pine plains
of Sanborton."
It tells of the sisters and brothers of
Portland's pioneer banker of Helen M.,
who was born in 1829. and was a music
teacher In the New Hampshire Conserv
atory of Music; of Wesley, who died in
California ; of Mary, who married, first,
a Mr. French and later a Mr. Steel, and
who lived in Portland for many years,
and of Marshall, who died in Oreg-on.
In this book I also read the history
of the Elliott family, one of whose mem
bers, Caroline Augusta, married William
S. Ladd of Portland. Oregon.
It tells about the three Tilton brothers,
from , Tilton Hill, England, who came
to America in 1642. They are described
as being "very godly men. very strict
in observing the Sabbath." The sons
are "teachers, farmers. shoemakers,
sailors, cabinetmakers and artisans. The
history of 169 members of the Tilton
family is given. Two of these Tiltons
are of peculiar Interest to Oregonian.
"Charles Elliott Tilton was born Sep
tember 14. 1827." says the record. He
went first to South America In business
for his brother Alfred Edwin. Ha was
later in business with him' In California
and they became the earliest bankers
In Portland, Oregon. In company with
William S. Ladd. He has built the
elegant residence overlooking the vil
lage of Tllton and with his brother has
done much for adorning and improving
the village. He erected street lamps In
1876 and built a beautiful summer bouse
on the island above the bridge, also the
town hall, said to be the finest in the
state, costing 30,000. William Ladd
Tllton was their third son."
There are many other names long
familiar to Oregon ians listed In this
old book. When you read how the sons
and daughters of this New England vil
lage have scattered to China and South
America, to Oregon and California, and
to the far corners of. the earth, you un
derstand why the villages back there
make such slow growth. It -Is because
the adventurous and daring strike out
to found families and fortunes in new
countries, and it is this, leaven of New .
England that has given us schools and
churches, libraries and art museums, as
well as - banks and business blocks, ; In
the cities of the West. "V , i
The Oregon Country : if.
Northwest Hanprnlnta In Brief Form for til
Buay Header .-
OREGON
The Oregon State Hotel Men's asso- i
claUon will hold its annual meeting at
The Dalles during the first week in De
cember, i
Experiments have demonstrated that
the lodge pole and Jaokepine of Central
Oregon can be made valuable by conver
sion into paper.
The Reverend E. B. IxKikhart. former
ly of Salem, has been assigned to the "
pastorship of the Methodist Kplscopai
church at Jefferson.
O. W. Summers is the fourth Eugens
meat dealer to pay a fine for failure
to properly keep meat at his slaughter
house from contamination.
The Bend Commercial club has filed
a complaint with the public service com
mission regarding lack of railroad con-
uectton between Bend and Burns.
Albany council. Knights of Columbus.
has installed officers for the coming
year. M. C. Miller tn grand knlzht and
Eugene 8. Shea deputy grand knight.
The Umatilla Dairy Herd Record club
has received notice' that k won sec
ond, fourth and fifth place In the Indus
trial- club work recently judged at the
state fair.
ErporU of Oregon lumber from the
Columbia river to foreign markets for
the nine months of this yen p- were 1,V7
Ier rent greater- man tor tne entire
12 months of 1919. ,
Ditsnite chilly weather over 300 neonr
at Bend attended the formal laying of
the corner stone or the new Methodist
church Wednesday. The -first trowel of
mortur was applied by Bishop Shepard.
WASHINGTON
The tax rate for Walla Walla city for
1921 has been fixed at 66.35 -mills. This
is an increase of nearly 9 mills over last
year.
The Washington Retail Grocers and
Merchants' aSHocistion has elected E. C.
McKavy of Mt. -Vernon president and
selected Seattle for Its 1921 meeting.
The city commission of Chehalis has
passed an ordinance forbidding the plac
ing of signs or advertising of any kind
on telephone and electric light poles:
The Portland Light &. Power com
pany has deoided not to make further
attempts to reopen the -old shaft of the
Superior coal mine at Chehulls.
The Lewis county budget for 1!21 calls,
for a tax levy of $431,625. or 16.91 mills.
The county tax is 4 per cent higher than
1920 and the state tax in i per cent
higher.
The supreme court has confirmed the
conviction of Douglas M. Ktorrs by a
?ury lu the Okanogan superior court
or a crime against ltuth Gurrisvn, who
killed Mrs. Htorrs.
Wenatcheo River valley 12 miles north
or Leavenworth will ho put. under Irri
gation by the recently organized We-natchee-Chewawa
Land company.
Posslbleerellef In freight rates for lum
ber from the weHt as the romilt of the
recent meeting of railway executives in
Chicago, is the hope held out lv Secre
tary Cooper of the WeMcrri I'lnc Manu
facturers' association.
Railroad figures show that f,0! cars
of apples were shipped out of th
Yakima valley last week. The total
Yakima, fruit movement so far this
year has been 280. curs. At this tlrrui
last year It was 7480 cars.
Although the Clarke county prune crop
has been cut approximately one half hv
ratns. It Is not believed many grnwrrn
have Buffered great loss, as the prunes
saved are of exceptional qualiiv. Tlno
price ranges from $250 to $300 per ton.
IDAHO
Idaho .will vote at the coming election
on a $2,000,000 road bond issue.
Fire In the Bancroft hotel at Pocatello
did damage amounting to more than
sie.ooo.
Two thousand tons of hay were pur
chased at Rupert iHHt we.-k !y Soia
Springs sheepmen :it $8 per tun.
The city council of Black-toot h.n
submitted an offer' of $82,000 to Hie
Black foot Water company for a water
system.
Reports from Southeastern Idaho In
dicate a serious condition due to a
shortage of refrigerator cars for ship
ping produce.
Bannock county has 16.000 acres nvat'
able for settlement, tn he supplied with
water by works either completed or
ui'der construction.
During the pant season 6672 bctch of
alflafa seed were harvested in Idalm.
with an averaue yield of 3.'lu pound
per acre, producing a crop of 2,'.''M,76o
pounds of seed.
Olden Oregon
Territorial Legislature Took Early Ac
tion for Pulillr School.
A system of free education In Oregon
was m.tde obligatory by the beet ion of
the organic art which conferred 1280
acres of land in every township on the
public schools. One of the first a' ts
of the territorial legislature of 1813 pro
vided for the appropriation of the. In
terest of money arising from the s.iln
of school lands. This income wasnot
sufficient and the legislature of IR.'.'t
provided for levying a tax lu every
county of 2 mills on the dollar. It a
also provided that all monejs vllertel
from fines be devoted to the school fund.
The following -lefrlelature made every
school district a corporate body to as
sess and collect taxes for support of
schools.''
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Billy Nideffer has come back from
Kansas and reports that some of them
farmers there has lost thousands of
bushels of wheat ruther'n pay a few
dollars out for profiteer workln'rwn
that ast $6 a day to- work. It mUs
me think .of Nick Burgomaster, uow u
In Nevady, one f.lme in the 'o. Unit
wouldn't stand to pay 124 a " f,r
three -tons of alfalfy hay in a r.ow
storm, that would of saved 6"0 sheep
worth $SO0O. He stood up fer princi
ple, all right, but it was rough on tha
sheep and it busted Nick.
Only One Horsepower in Six
of Nation's Water Energy
Is As Yet Put to Use
Only 16.6 per cent of the nation
potential hydroelectric energy has so
far been put to work, according to
a survey made by the Guaranty Truti
company of New York.
Probably not 1 per cent of the
potential hydroelectric energy in the
Columbia has been developed.
The survey, however, forfrns the
basis of argument for investment of
capital in water power development
and emphasises the fact that mari
power, coal power, oil power and k
power are becoming harder to ob
tain each year.
Alexander T. Vogelsang, assistant
secretary of the interior, hits complied
some figures which shov . that :
The West has become the cenier of
hydroelectric, coal, oil and timber
supply. .
The basic raw materials, hence,
have their chief source of supply In
the West.
The United States reclamation serv
ice is ready to irrigate 1.732,371 scrrn
at "Western lands, and other exist
protects, completed, will raise the to
tal to 1.2J 2.092 acres, and there ar
40,000.000 acre, capable of provldinc
homes for 13.000.000i people, which
ultimately , can be watered in the
West, -1
The very pressure of economic con
itiont will crowd to the West a
vastly increased population.
When one begins thinking of the
West' and the Pacific Northwest In
terms of the vast unused sreas out
aide the cities, facts1 like the above
cannot fall to be Impressive.;.,'
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