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PORT OFFICIALS TESTIFY
of 'the duck commission, is op-
? Toscd to the Swan island port meas
" urc.
i. Max H Houser, former chairman
T and still a member of try. Port of
Portland commission, is opposed to
i- tho bill.
-
. h"- Bon Selling, a former member of
the dork commission, is opposed to
the measure which is officially des
lgnated as Hie "Port Consolidation
r Bin.1 .
T A. II. Averill, a member of the
? dork commission, advises the people
,'f -of Oregon to vote against the meas
T uro.
These men are, or have been, off i
r dally related to the port affairs of
Portland. By long study they know
the port needs of Portland.
t They say ttiut the Swan island
measure .proposes a deviation from
r Improvements ' which will serve the
commerce interests of the port. Mr.
Z Houser refers to It, indeed, as "a huge
':. real estate scheme."
These men ghe warning that to
transfer dock control from the city
- .to the stat" l gislaturo will plunge
r port affairs into politics. They point
trout the njuslice of inviting the vol
J ers of the stat as a whole to pass
1 upon a bond Jssue of approximately
l,r00,000 which would he a lien
; only against the homes and other
; . property of the port district. They
. agree that the project is not a ?10,-
000,000 project but one involving an
Z amount several times as large.
t-' They believe that port energy
should be concentrated on a deep
i luiiuu' i iiumi i hi uiumi to me sea ami
I that the measure propose, will de
. feat rather than aid in paining the
: port improvement most necessary.
' ', These men know what they are
; t talking about. What does Portland,
v I what does Oregon, think of their ad
. vice?
' , "
' ; a i There will be interest in seeing
, the leader of the "Lost Battalion"
j when he cofnes to Portland. No fig-
ure In the war presents more that :s
y t appealing to the American sense of
J. courage and ' devotion. It is as a
' w crusader for the league of peace
that Colonel Whittlesey will visit
Portland with the League of Na-
tions special. His service i.i war and
his example in peace must have
't something, in them to cause other
( ox-servlce men -vho were with the
I r grand army over there to have sober
2 and serious thoughts of their own.
PORTLAND PORT GROWS
? TTHK exports and imports of Pacific
1 coast ports last August were less
' ?. than those of August a year ago, but
.k it ' was n-t Portland's fault.
'It was Seattle's fault and San Fran
J" Cisco's fault. Portland's import and
export gains are recognized by con
ttra8t in a paragraph report , which
proceeds officially from the Cham-
iter of Commerce of the United Slates
'? at Washington, D. C.:
t Import trade of Portland. San Diego,
Ban Francisco, Los,: Angeles and Seat
" tie In August totaled about $34,500,000
i against $31000,000 hist August. Port-
. land's imports increased $470,000. while
San Francisco's decreased $882,000 and
Seattle's about $3,000,000. Exports of these
five porta during 'August totaled $31,-
T00.0O0 against $45,650,000 last August
Portland Increased $160,000. while San
1 Francisco decreased $$.000,000 and Seat
l lie $1,600,000. . In August total Imports
and exports at Portland were $(,187,000,
I San Francisco $34,387,000, Seattle $15,-
714.000. Sao Piego 1690,000, Loa Angeles
li.S47.ooo.: f ,.r:,-' : . ,v
One of the reasons why Portland
Is growing in cerfimerce .more rap
Idly than any other1 port In the conn
try is that It is a cargo-originating
port. It did not need to depend upon
the accident of war for exports.
Portland's imports are growing not
pniy because this city is strategically
located for transfer to the Columbia
basin and to transcontinental lines,
but because Portland's industries
more and more are consumers of
cargo importations of raw materials.
"Meddling in the affairs of Eu
rope for the last four years has ac
complished little but spilling bad
manners and bad counsel all over
the world and promoting racial and
class hatred here in America."
Warren Harding. Shouldn't we
have fought the war, Mr. Harding?
Was It fought In vain or did' we act
complish something?
KRUPPS MAKING PLOWS
THE -great Krupp gun and munition
works in Germany "is manufac
turing typewriters, plows and other
unwarlike implements," says a news
dispatch.
Under the ttrms of the Versailles
treaty, Krupp is not permitted to
manufacture material" or weapons of
Wttr. Exposures after the war re
vealed that a representative of the
Krupp, was present and an aggressive
advocate of an immediate declaration
of war when the Austrian represen
tatives met Kaiser Wilhclm at the
meeting at which it was formally
d-.ermlned 'that Austria 6hould de
clare war against Serbia. Other re
liableVcstlmonV was hat the Krupps
began arming Turkey six months be
fore the final act which plunged the
world into Uie bloody shambles. It
was war .that made the market for
Krupps' weapons of slaughter and
accordingly th" voice of Krupps was
naturally for war.
A leading opponent in America of
the League of Nations is Dupont, Lho
powder king. The league provides
that munitions of war must not be
mcnufacture.1 by private enterprise.
If you take away the profits to be
made by private manufacturers in
making A-ar materials, you remove
one of the secret but powerful influ
ences that want war and are always
clamoring for war.
The average pre-war net income of
the Dupont Powder company for
1911-12-13 was fo,525,9C4. The net war
profits of the company for 1916, which
was even before America entered the
war, were $76,581,729. As. an official
of the Harding campaign committee
and a bitter opponent of the league,
Mr. Dupont knows exactly what he is
doing.
But do the mothers and fathers who
furnish the sons for the war that
makes these colossal profits possible,
know what they are doing?
The Dupont Powder company was
one of our "great corporations," as
he termed them, to which Candidate
Harding had reference when, in his
speech charging the American farmers
with profiteering in war times, he
said:
I venture to say that if THE COR
PORATION'S OF THIS COUNTRY
WKRE HOLDING BACK FOOD PROD
UCTS FOR ADVANCED PRICES AS
DOES THE AMERICAN FARMER there
would he an outcry from one end of the
country to the other.
Practically all forces agree that
the present legislative system of Or
egon needs' reform. One group pro
poses a 60-day continuous session of
the legislature and greater pay for
legislators. The Taxpayers' League
proposes a divided session without
increased pay. Both measures are
on the November ballot.
THE INTERIOR'S PORT IDEA
HARN'EY county is inland and re
mote from water transportation.
Idaho at Lewiston has "river trans
portation connection with the ports
of the Columbia, but has no regular
boat service.
Yet the delegations from Harney
county and from Idaho came to the
recent Northwest Rivers and Harbors
convention in Portland because of
their immediate and practical inter
est in port service.
They did not come arguing for
chimerical schemes involving the
spending of vast amounts to gain
doubtful results. They offered a res
olution, later adopted unanimously,
which contained these paragraphs:
The present Northwest outlet for
Northwest livestock Is limited to North
west consumption and over three fourths
of the livestock of the Northwest must
be shipped to the Mississippi valley at
greater cost in freight, time and shrink
age.
The Mississippi valley enjoys an out
let for livestock to Atlantic coast states
and foreign ports at leaat 50 per cent in
excess of its own consumption.
A similar outlet could be created
through Northwest livestock jcenters and
especially at North Portland, Or., if
refrigerator ships could be brought into
North Portland harbor to the center of
killing and where cold storage facilities
are at hand to collect shipments of fresh
and cured meats.
, There were other paragraphs in the
resolution which referred to the fact
that i'.ic improvement of North Port
land harbor is an unperformed duty
of the Port of( Portland commission.
The rivers and ' harbors convention
called upon the port commission to
do its duty.
North Portland harbor can be made
important in other ways than in the
exportation of meats. Around North
Portland harbor is a group of nearly
two score Industries which i.ow re
cord annual business transactions of
$125,000,000. '
A big lumber mill in North Port
land closed a few days ago because,
with water transportation lacking, its
output cannot be economically han
dled. Two hundred workers were
thrown out of employment and In
the background are WtVes and chif
dren who will : leant what want Is if
the. unemployment , continues. ,
The Port of Portland . commission
for ..three years has .bad the author
ity and responsibility to Improve
North Portland harbor. It has made
no plan for improvement. Will it
continue to default In its responsibility?
WOULD HE?
IN 1914 the United States had 753
ocean-going vessels aggregating a
little over 2,000,000 gross tons, of
which 80 per cent were engaged in
coastwise and Greal' Lakes trade.
Only 10 per cent of the country's for
eign commerce was carried in Amer
ican bottoms and the shipbuilding
industry was stagnant.
In 1920 the United States has al
most 3500 ocean-going vessels, aggre
gating over 11,000,000 gross tonnage,
and 42 per cent of our foreign com
merce is carried in American ships.
We are now the second maritime
power in the world.
Yet, Senator Harding says we
should go back to "normalcy." Would
he return to the 1914 commerce
status ?
The Non-partisan league has en
veloped North Dakota and made
heavy Inroads In other Northern
states. The market commission bill
is proposed in this state to aid farm
ers and consumers and render Ore
gon a poor field for organizers of the
league. The measure is on the No
vember ballot.
THE OBREGON VISIT
VVATCHFUL waiting" seems in
W a fair- way to settle the Mex
ican .problem.
It Is of very gfeat significance that
the new president of Mexico, Gen
eral Obrcgon, attended a banquet given
by Texas state officials at Dallas,
Texas, Saturday night. Obregon has
always been friendly to America. He
undoubtedly intended that his pres
ence at a banquet on American soil
should be accepted both in Mexico
and America as token of his purpose
to cultivate good feeling between the
two countries.
It is a better way than the policy
of armed intervention practically
recommended in the report to con
gress by the Lodge foreign relations
committee, a recommendation very
closely followed in the Chicago plat
form. A part of the opposition to the
League of Nations comes from those
who want America to pick a quarrel
with Mexico and invade that country
on a pretext of maintaining order.
As a member of the league, Amer
ica could not consistently go down
into Mexico with an army of Amer
ican boys for the benefit of Amer
ican owners of big landed estates and
mining properties in our neighbor
republic. Some of the most vocifer
ous opponents or the league in the
American senate are also the noisi
est advocates of a Mexican invasion.
The Obregon visit to the United
States is omen of an intelligent pol
icy on the part of the new president.
It should tend to silence .nose who
have been clamoring for war between
the two countries.
In the war taxes that we are now
paying every day and that we shall
have to pay for a generation to come,
we have enough war bills to meet
without adding to them the cost of a
war uselessly and foolishly made on
a sister republic which happens to
be less fortunate than our own big
nation.
The Halifax burglars who stole a
1100 pound safe, moved it to Hamil
ton cemetery, blew it open and found
only books probably felt like send
ing it to Halifax.
KEPT THE FAITH
ON Tills page yesterday, there
was printed from the Salem
Journal, a story of the record and
achievements of Senator Chamber
lain. ;
It was a recital of public work;
that might well touch the pride ofj
every citizen of the state. The late;
George H. Williams became attorney
general of the United States. Sena-i
tors Mitchell and Dolph rose to na-j
tional prominence during their long
service in the senate.
It is no disparagement of the work
of either of them to say that no man
who has ever represented Oregon at
Washington has achieved distinction
approximating that pf Senator Cham
berlain. Indeed no senator in recent
years at the national capital has won
in the national councils a place of
such prominence and influence or
drawn to himself the cooperation,
the confidence and good will of so
many worth while men and women.
Senator Chamberlain has been criti
cized. But that is the lot of every
man who has convictions and pur
poses. In a great war there are cur
rents and cross currents and sur
face currents and hidden currents
that all of us do not see and cannot
understand.
What we do know is tha we
fought a great war, that we won it
within 19 months when experts said
the Job would take us four years,
and that during the period Senapr
Chamberlain was the directing head
of the most important committee
connected with the war.
It was an Oregon man that was
thus in the heart of the conflict.
It was an Oregon man on whom a
tremendous responsibility rested.
It must' be some satisfaction to
Oregon people that we had a repre
sentative in the great conflict who
kept the faith even as our young
rjien kept the faith over there and as
our people ke;t it over here.
IS THERE HONOR
1 IN POLITICS?
Question Addressed to G. O. P. Leaders
Who Are Trimming in the Effort to
Be for a League and for Borah
and Johnson at the Same Time
From th New York World.
"It would be unkind of me to comment
on poor Taft." sneers Senator Hiram
Johnson. "Taft can save, his face so
long as be doesn't save his league."
Unfortunately for Mr. Taft, he himself
opened the way. for this insult. It is he
who has made It possible for men like
Johnson who are unqualifiedly opposed
to the League of Nations to say that in
his support of Harding he is only trying
to save his face. That applies not mere
ly to Mr. Taft, but to Mr. Hughes and
Mr. Wickersham and Mr. Hoover and all
the Republicans who have championed
the League of Nations. Who can believe
in their good faith when they attribute
to Senator Harding opinions whtfh the
candidate himself publicly repudiates,
and when they ask the voters to believe
that if Harding is elected he will d"o
what he publicly avows he will not do?
There Is an issue in this that is .even
more fundamental than the League of
Nations the issue of political integrity
and political morality in the Urtted
States. Mr. Hoover, with the seal 9f a
new convert to Old Guard Republican
ism, has been talking about the supreme
importance of party responsibility ; but
how can there be party responsibility
when one-half of a party promises -that
if returned to power it will do one thing
and the other half promises that it will
do the other, while the candidate for
president alternately agrees with one
side and then the other?
Senator Harding is now with the
Johnsons and the Borahs and in favor
of outright rejecUon of the covenant of
the League : but Mr. Taft insists that
this means he is In -favor of the Loague
with the Lodge reservations, whici Mr.
Taft himself once opposed. There can
be no political honesty, there cai be
no political integrity, there can be no
party responsibility, on such terms.
e
The World is not asking Mr. Taft and
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hoover and Mr.
Wickersham and their associates to fol
low the courageous example of Herbert
Parsons, who has repudiated Harding
and declared himself in favor of Cox.
That is more than can reasonably be
expected of men who have held the
highest places in the Republican party.
But we have a right to expect from them
a little of the courage that bitter-enders
like Senator Johnson and Senator
Borah have shown. These men have
driven Harding over to thefr side be
cause he knew that they would make
good their threats and get out of the
campaign unless he yielded. Mr. Taft
and the Republican advocates of the
League have obtained no guarantees,
but continue to pledge the candidate to
a policy that he himself has rejected.
How can there be any respect for po
litical life in the United States on that
basis? There is to be no party princi
ple so far as Republicans are concerned,
there is to be no party policy, there is to
be no party conscience. Convictions are
to be regarded as an embarrassment,
and nothing is to count except power
and patronage. This is the negation of
party responsibility, and the men who
are engaged in It are In effect register
ing their opinion that nothing really
matters in government except the offices.
Everything else can be settled later,
when the country will be told by the
high priests of the party what the elec
tion actually meant.-
If conscience is to play any par.t in
politics it is plainly the duty of men like
Mr. Taft not to acquiesce meekly in the
banalities and the evasions of a candi
date like Harding, but to make their
own convictions and their own principles
a vital force in the campaign. If they
cannot do that, they can at least emu
late the example of Elihu Root, who
keeps silent and refuses to underwrite
Harding's crooked and devious speeches.
Letters From the People
( Communication!) sent to The Journal for
publication in this department hotild be written
o only one ide of the paper; should not exceed
300 words in lenxth and mut be signed by the
writer. wbne mail addreaa in full most accom
pany the contribution.) 4
W. C. T. U. LEADER FOR LOVEJOY
Portland, Oct. 15. To the Editor of
The Journal As state president of the
W. C. T. U. I should like to add a few
words to the many which have been
and are being said regarding the can
didacy of Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy for
representative In congress from the
Third district, comprising Multnomah
county. Dr. Lovejoy ia indorsed by our
organization because of her firm atti
tude on the liquor question, well known
for many years. Always an advocate of
prohibition, she long ago declared it to
be the most progressive health measure
in history. The W. C. T. U. has always
been deeply interested in child welfare
and in legislation designed to improve
the conditions surrounding women and
the home in general and Dr. Lovejoy
stands for these features. We are also
greatly interested in education, and Dr.
Lovejoy' pledges herself to work fcr a
federal department of education. In
short, I find her committed generally to
the things for which the W. C T. V.
long has fought.
As to prohibition, we cannot afford.
after spending so many long years in
gaining the coveted goal, to take any
chances on losing the victory. Dr. Love
Joy's splendid record on this subject and
her pledge to fight any effort to weaken
the Volstead act assure us of her in
fluence on that point, should sne be sent
to congress.' . It is in congress that the
big fight against prohibition will bo
waged. Hence the necessity of strong
fortification there. In the interest,
therefore, of all that we hold dear. I
strongly urge the election of Dr. Love
joy to a seat in the house of representa
tives. Mary L. Mallett,
President State W. C. T. U.
TO KEEP TAB ON HARDING
Portland, Oct 14. To the Editor of
The Journal I would suggest that you
publish on the front page of your valu
able paper a daily bulletin, under the
title "How Senator Harding Stands on
the League and Other Important Is
sues Today." I feel sure this would
be a great service to the voters in
these parts who wish to follow the sen
ator closely. As it stands today, the
senator is entirely out of synchronism
with Borah and Johnson, whom he did
at one time manage tQ get in step
with. Borah seems to have decided to
go on with his bitter attacks on Presi
dent Wilson and the league. Every
time I think of Harding, aa president
hopefully approaching the nations, of
Europe with his idea of an association
of some kind, I cannot but think of a
time when I was a lad on the farm,
how I would hopef ully approach old
Dobbin out in the pasture with a rope
In one hand, concealed behind rae, and
an ear of corn held out in the other.'
But the old horse was wise. I would
get Just about so close, when old Dob
bin would kick up his heels and snort.
Then away he would go. Although the
corn looked inviting, he nevertheless
feared what I bad concealed behind me.
So 1 fear that if Harding should hope
fully approach the nations of Europe
with something held out in his hand,
the nations, regardless of how inviting
It might look, would be like old dob
bin,., , ...
1 tnjnar it jjs the neight of harrow-
1 a . Urn m iaW jm ."Va awaawap- i
mihdedness for a man 4ike Taft to
come out and say he is for Harding
because Harding is a Republican. I
can tell why I am for Cox, and It
isn't because he is a Democrat, either.
First, I am for him because he is in
favor of firing the last shot of the
worid war and alt other wars by
"going in." Again, I am for him be
cause he has come out in plain words
that a schoolboy could understand and
said what he stood for. Again, I am
for him because he has been put to
the acid test in the great state of Ohio
and has shown the material that makes
real democracy. So a vote for Cox is
not only a vote for a real progressive,
but also a vote for "going in."
J. P. P.
MR. M' ARTHUR AND "RADICALS"
Portland. Oct. J4. To the Editor of
The Journal Congressman McArthur is
commonly regarded as being so con
servative that he is reactionary, but in
his speech at the Highland schoolhouse
the other night he acted like a radical
himself, while branding as. such all who
are supporting Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy
for his place.
Usually, one would expect a member
of congress to inform himself before
making a statement, but Mr. McArthur
takes no such trouble. He-aid, for in
stance, that BOtne 40,000 postcards, sent
out by the' Oregon Papular Government
league, were "so libelous the Demo
cratic committee refused to pay for
them." I happen to know that the
Democratic committee did pay for them,
as anyone wishing to see the receipt Jfcay
do so by calling at the committee's
headquarters.
Mr. McArthur also declared that "all
of the radical forces of the community are
arrayed"against him. The forces "arrayed
against" him Include the Oregon State
Federation of Labor, of which Otto
Hartwig is president ; the Portland Cen
tral Labor council ; the Portland General
Ministerial association ; the Oregon Anti
Saloon league ; the Oregon state, prohi
bition committee; the county .Woman's
Christian Temperance unioi. apd the
Oregon Popular Government league, the
latter organization being affiliated with
the national body of that name and com
posed of progressive thinkers from all
walks of life.
Let the voters decide whether M..
McArthur is right when he brands all
of these forces as radicals.
Lula M. Horning.
Vice President Multnomah County
W. c. T. U.
G. O. T. BUNK LITERATURE
Portland, Oct. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal I am sending you a sam
ple of Republican literature. They as
sume that the average Republican can
not read and understand plain Eng
lish, so they send out thousands of
pages telling what the League of Na
tions means, but strenuously avoid
n ml i nrtA section rtf it Ipn t their sut-
: posed dupes get wise and consequently
g0 back on lneir party. if the league
I mMnii what thev sav it does. I am
onnosed to iL If it means what it
opposed to it. If it means
says, I am absolutely for it.
J. M.
Reed.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curioiis
Gleaned From Curious Places
Birds, animals and fish are living bar
ometers, according to Spare Moments.
The nests'of many birds would be ruined
if the tenants were not home during a
storm, but they never fail to .return.
When a storm is approaching robins will
sit whistling in the top branches of trees.
If swallows touch water while they fly
It is a sign of rain, and the same is true
if the sparrows chirp a great deal. If
gulls fly out to sea early in the morning,
the day will be fine and winds moderate,
but if they hover over the land and fly
inshore, fisherfolk know they must ex
pect ' severe winds and probably stormy
weather. In Scotland country people be
lieve that if the raven cries before the
rook in the morning, it will be a fine
day, but quite the reverse if the rook
makes himself heard first.
"STUPENDOUS FRAUD"
' From tbe Chicago Poet
The membership of the League cf Na
tions under the Versailles treaty is now
39 with Rotamania s recent accession.
The official list of members of the
league as given out by Secretary of
State Colby today (September. 27) is as
follows :
ArcentiBe Republic. Italy.
Itelsium. Japan.
Bolivia. JntOHlaria.
Brazfl. Uberia.
Britiah Empire. Netherlands
Canada. Norwajr.
Australia. Faracuay.
South America. Persia.
New ZeajMd. Pern. '
India. Poland.
CbUa. Portacal.
China. Kttnuala.
Colombia. Salradoc.
Cuba. 8m-
CaerboaloaaXM. Spain.
Denmark. "Sweden.
France. Switzerland.
Oraecf. I'rufuay.
Guatemala. . Veneiuefa.
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Consider this array of apparently Intel-
.WHOSE BALL?,
OBDTritht. 1920. ty Th
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
If a man Is a loafer he has but little
to live for.
The campaigners are getting into high
for the final spurt
Many a girl witb mischief in her eye
has goodness in her heart.
Occasionally a man discovers that he
has afriend who is a friend.
Some people are rnore affaid of germs
than they are of a mad dog.
The man who takes himself seriously
usually marries a woman who doesn't.
...
Some men seem to think that borrowed
money and umbrellas are in the same
class.
It's a pity that more of us are not will
ing to follow the advice we give to
others.
MORE Ok LESS PERSONAL'
Random Observations About Town
Heretofore practically confined to the
business mVntertaJnlng summer tour
ists, such White jnountain towns as
Littleton and Whitefield. N. H., are
coming into a new degree of prominence
as industrial centers, and people resi
dent there throughout the year are de
fying the snowy mantle of the winter
months. Such lore is brought to Port
land by J. E. Langford of Littleton, a
guest at the Multnomah hotel. Whereas
in yea?s past the towns have been prac
tically deserted to the snow In the win
ter months, they are finding industry
keeps them up and coming, and in the
summer, especially the last season, they
have been able to receive and entertain
greater numbers of visitors than ever.
Hellbent, however oc-d that may seem,
is the home town of James E. Lowry, a
guest at the Multnomah hotel late in
the week. Lowry Is on his way to
Honolulu. Hellbent Ga., Is halfway be
tween Dalton and Tunnel Hill, and is
said to have achieved its name by rea
son of the fact that a Confederate de
tachment went through the town "hell
benf ' on getting into the battle of Chick
amauga, the field of which is not far
distant. Lowry's family has lived in
Northern Georgia for many years and
the visitor's father was a Confederate
army colonel.
H. E. Greene and Herbert Greene are
stopping at the Imperial while down
from The Dalles for a short visit.
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Gates, Wash., has long been on the
map as a railroad Junction point in the
Grays Harbor country, but it won new
prominence In 1912 when .it was the
scene of a national guard mutiny In
which a large number of Oregon inili-
THE TORCH-BEARERS
By Bertha
Wc are the Urine. Today.
Trect, and enmmoned not by bugle call,
'Tia oara to choose whether we atand or fall;
Whether tbe fate of mtlliona yet to be.
To Mara and the fode of hate b reeled.
Or whether they ahall aa brother! lire
Became, we aa brother aiee
A pledce to nchteouaneea and Peace.
Peace, aecurity. and light.
Or war, wantoniMsa, and night?
We choose.
We seise the torch that heroes yield.
God helping m. we'll bold it hih.
Andocornins malice and tfti reasoning faan.
We will keep faith with those who lie
Beneath the sod in Flanders Field.
Inspired by an article in The Sunday
ligent and able nations. Certainly, If
they are not so, our whole civilization 4s
nothing.
Yet we are aaked to believe that they
all have "surrendered their sovereignty" :
that they all are noW vassals of Great
Britain because the latter has six votes
to their one; that they all must expect
to see their "boys ordered to Himalayan
now to another's quarrel) that they
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Treoa Pnblfahlna Cn. (The New T&rk World. i
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Senator Johnson says Jhe league Is
dead if Harding wins, but our own guess
Is that the League will be a winner long
after Harding is dead. Weston Leader.
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When arlstrocatio hotels that under
the old laws made a mint of money
out of their bars unite in praising pro
hibition there must be sometlng good
in the, change. Salem Statesman.
Taft says the league Issue Justifies a
man In breaking party . ties. That
sounds like a hint to those Americans
who are not under such party obliga
tions as Mr. Taft. Astoria gudget.
Uncle Sam Brooks is a weather prophet
to be reckoned with in the future. He
told of the wet rains that were to soon
fall several weeks before they arrived
and urged all farmers to prepare for
them. Mr. Brooks knows the Grand
Ronde valley, weather and all. La
Grande Observer.
tiamen participated. From Gates D. M.
Louther registered Saturday at the Ho
tel Oregon.
Bringing encouraging stories of
Iowa's prosperity, T. C. Dickinson of
Spencer, Iowa, is at the Multnomah ho
tel for a few days. Dickinson reports
that Iowa's crops in the last year have
exceeded all records and that the rural
districts especially are thriving in great
measure.
a
Forest Ranger1 W. R. Farnham. who
has been stationed at Rujada. in the
Umpqua national forest, has been trans
ferred to the Columbia national forest
where he will assist in the Wind River
timber sales.
Mrs. Raymond Robins, in Portland
from Chicago to participate in the Re
publican campaign, is quartered at the
Portland hotel during her brief visit
Brigadier General H. Taylor and his
party, composing the board of United
States array engineers engaged In pur
veying Ihe waterways of the Northwtst,
a.-e again at the Multnomah hotel I e
tween moves. The party spends most of
its time in travel and inspection.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Shanks of Leba
non. Linn county's strawberrv cit,
which, ty the way, is said to be .1 com
ing Industrial center, are" guests at the
Imperial hotel.
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At the Portland hotel are Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. McLean and their children, resi
dents of Aberdeen, Wash. The Portland
Is also host to Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Dun
bar of Astoria, who are accompanied by
Mrs. J. Y. Ostrander of Seattle. ,
. a
Slater Smith
Journal of October 10. written by Her
bert Powell Lee and entitled "Appeal to
Christians of America In the Coming
Election." a movement has been Initiated
to mobilise the deeper sentiment of our
people in favor of the League of Na
tions. We who are active In the move
ment believe the approaching election is
a solemn referendum upon the League
of Nations, and Indeed upon the fate
of humanity.
Since Governor Cox, the Democratic
presidential candidate, affirms unequiv
ocally that he fs for going Into tho
league, we shall consider his election as
a mandate from the people and will;
therefore,- endeavor to secure that man
date. see
In this rTomentous crisis, we deem it
wholly unworthy and dangerous that
any should advise other than positive,
undevlating action. We urge all who
share our convictions to join us, regard
less of party affiliations, and to co
operate with us to the fullest extent. In
an effort to rouse the soul cf America.
We have chosen a significant and his
toric symbol the torch of Liberty.
e
Those who will assist in the distribu
tion of "Appeal to Christians" will
please send name and address to Mrs,
B. S. Smith, 1149 East Twenty-seventh
street north. Do not delay.
alt. In short, are 'deluded victims of "a
stupendous fraud.."
It is too much to ask that common
sense accept tbeae theories. We are in
clined rather to the belief that the
"stupendous fraud" Is on the side . of
those who request our faith In such bald
absurdities. Only by such a judgment
can we save ourselves from the conclu
sion that 39 nations have gone crazy
and committed mui'SM , '
The, Oregon Country
Northwaat Happmlnca in Brief Form for Us
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OREGON NOTES ci
' The Benton rauniv rii,aii.. t.Mra
this) year show a total of 8841 voter.
There are m pupils enrolled hv Al
bany a private or denominational schools. '
There are seven caw .m.iin.. i
Pendleton, but the disease la ui light
form.
High water In the Santlnm river ha
gut the ferry out of commission at Me
a ma.
The steamer Hellbronn is loading 1500
iw- i wneai a Astoria Tor ahipment
England.
Coast granges of Lane and rvi,,i.
counties met at Acme last week and
organised the Coasts Pomona grange.
Construction work on the six-mil
railway of the Silver Falls .Timber com
pany near SUverton startedjlast week.
Receipts at the Astoria poMofri.-e rr
the quarter just closed are tltoon more '
than for the corresponding period In
1919.
Carl Goedke. aged 77. Is dead at a
hospital -in Grants Pass from inlnriea
sustained when he was struck by a pas
senger train.
Because postal regulation do not Allow
a postmaster to hold an elective office.
W. H. Weatherson han resigned as
mayor of Florence.
Net earnlnas on pier No. 1 at Aatnriu
during the month of He in ember were
$10,895.02. or at the rate of 8 7 per rem
on. tne cost or tne pier.
Hundreds of applications for loans
from the state school funds have been
received following the curtailment of
credit by the federal reserve banks.
The Bend Commercial club will r-tart
action at once through the state public,
service commission to bring about rail
road construction between Bend and
Burns.
WASHINGTON
Between IS, 000 and 20,000' dozen i raba
ara estimated as the catch of? Wrsiport
th is t cat on.
Six-cent fares on the Grsya Harbor
railway have gone into effect in llo
qulam and Aberdeen,
An appropriation of $225,000 Tor a new
armory for Spokane Is asked by Maurice
Thompson, adjutant general.
Two firemen were probably fatally
Injured during a fire that damaged two
Seattle factories to the extent of $10.00(1.
Julius Peterson, aged 27, Is dead In
a SDokane hnanltnl frnm lni,i.u.
reived In a collision between two street
cars.
The body of private Archie Hulot'.
first overseas Aberdeen man to bo no
honored, arrived in that city last week
for burial.
Incorporation papers have been filed at
Oljrmpia for tho Vancouver Socially
Manufacturing company, with a capital
ization of $300,000.
From two to three solitl tralnload of
apples are being dispatched from Wen
atchee dally, amounting to from 100 to
150 refrigerator cars.
Aberdeen recruiting office, with 24 en
listments to its credit, stood at the head
of the recruiting district for .September,
the district Including Southwestern
Washington and Western Oregon.
IDAHO
More than 1100 pupils are enrolled In
the Boise high school.
Through purchase of a majority of thu
stock. 'arl Hahn has become president
of the Idaho State hank of Twin Kails.
At Boise last week a 17-year-old Chi
nese youth forged and cashed a $600
checks and has completely disapiicHreri.
Apple plcklnc Is delayed, beet and no-
tato digging is stopped and wheat In the
shock ia sprouting, caused by the ex
cessive rains in Idaho.
The Slockgrowers' Rank & Trust com
pany and the National Hank of Idaho,
at Pocatello, have merged and the de
posits will be taken care of by the latter
bank.
All schools and business houses in
dear Creek county were closed one day
last week, and 1000 men and hoys and
200 women and rItIh spent tho day In
working on the roads.
Olden Oregon
Early Attempt at Town Founding That
Met Wlh Failure.
Among the immigrants of 1843 were
M. M. McCarver and Peter Burnett.
They took up a piece of land on the
west bank of the Willamette river Junt
above the head of Sauvles island, where
they laid out a town, which was given
the name of Llnnton. It was so named
after Senator Linn of Missouri. A road
was made Into the Tualatin valley to tap
the wheat growing region. The vision of
a big city at Llnnton was not. realized,
and its founders resetUed in the vicinity
of what is now Hlllsboro'; J. M. Shlvely.
another of the 1843 migration, settled
above the old fort of Astoria, which,
together with the claim of Colonel John
MrClure, became the site of the present
Astoria.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Peter Hchlagmeler Jr. In a-tryln' to
flgger out what the value of hli
flivver is sence Henry run prices offen
the grade in Detroit Ills flivver was
to be put In at $125 In a trade with a
feller down to Portland that makes a
livln' by makin' trades. But now he
wants 1'ete to pay him $25 to take,,the
said flivver away from him, and so
IVte has decided to git him a coil of
wire and some more patches and hop
along till spring. It do beat all what
some people'll pay fer a coat of paint
-on a house or a Hlwer or a gal. fer
that matter.
Showing Vast Economies to
Follow Electrification of
Present Steam Roals
An estimate by the ChriKtian
Science Monitor is that considerably
more than $1,000,000,000 a year could
be saved to the carriers by using
electricity as a motive force. The
recent rate increases for which the
railroads argued aa a means of sav
ing them from bankruptcy and suk- H
pension aggregated approximately
$1,000,000,000.
The deterring factor tn preparing
for the use of hydro-electric energy
as a propelling force Is, of cournc.
the great Initial Investment; thin
would caU for a credit which, per
haps, the railroads do not enjoy to
day. The Monitor, however, says :
"Of the more than 700,000,000 tons
of coal produced annually in the
United States, the -railroads consume
more than 160,000.000 tons. If the
railroads were electrified as would
be largely possible were water jower
generally availed Of, there would be
a tremendous saving In traffic alone,
leaving a very large number of cars
and locomotives available for other
kinds of freight: Coal mine owners
and miners need not fear that their
livelihood would be taken away, be
cause there would still be a very urg
ent demand for feel, the demand
for coal is said to be increasing at
the rate -of 60.000,000 toris a year.
Water power does not give
out Its energy cannot be exhausted.
After the first cost has been attended
to, it Is economical of operation.
Water power amounting to less than
2,000,000 horsepower was In use in
1901 when federal legislation looking
to the development of this Industry
waa first enacted. - Today, according
to the figures of the Guaranty Trust
company pf New York, the estimated
development amounts to nearly 9,900,
000 horsepower. And yet this Is only
one sixth of the maximum potential
water power resources of the coun
try." . j
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