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THE VOICE OF LINCOLN
GN JUNE 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln
said to the Republican state con
tention of Illinois:
THERE are those who WHIS-
IPER SOFTLY THAT SENATOR DOUG
LAS IS THE APTEST INSTRUMENT
THERE IS TO OVERTHROW THE
POWER OF THE PRESENT POLITI
CAL DYNASTY. How can he oppose
ithe advance of slavery? He does not
cars anything about It His avowed
mission Is impressing the public heart
to care nothing about It. Our cause
must be entrusted to and conducted by
IITS OWN UNDOUBTED FRIENDS,
tTHOSE WHOSE HANDS ARE FREE,
.WHOSE HEARTS ARE IN THE WORK,
WHO DO CARE FOR THE RESULT.
Mow well those soft whisperings fit
,the present time! If we paraphrase
fthe words of Lincoln of that timo,
here is what we have:
There are those who whisper softly
that Senator Harding is the aptest In
strument to give us the League of Na
tions. How can he give "s the League
of Nations? He does not care anything
about it His avowed mission is impress
ing the public heart to care nothing
about It. OUR CAUSE MUST BE EN
TRUSTED TO AND CONDUCTED BY
JT8 OWN UNDOUBTED FRIENDS
THOSE WHOSE HANDS ARE FREE.
w nuoti nb.nia Aitb irx iMti
WORK. WHO DO CARE FOR THE
RESULT.
The parallel is complete. Lincoln's
fause was the abolition of slavery.
It was idealism much like the iileal
,lsm of the League of Nations. Of that
cause he sairl: "Our cause must be
Ipntrusted to and conducted by its own
undoubted friends those whose hands
are free, whose hearts arc in the
work, who do care for the result."
"'Those who whisper softly" that
Harding "Is the aptest instrument" to
give us the League, of Nations are
(not like Lincoln. Their advice Is not
Lincoln's advice. Their plan is not
the plan Lincoln proposed.
I Harding hates the League of Na
tions. "1 approve what Senator Borah
has said in his public addresses." said
Harding in a statement from his front
porch.
And expressing his approval also of
(Senator Johnson's hatred of the
league at Marion, October 3. he added:
Borah will continue to make speeches
ifor the Republican ticket, and I am sure
i l shall approve also what he says to
me voters in the future.
.1 have Just received a full stenographic
report or me aaaresa of Senator Johnson
maae si los Angeles September 25. It
. uiwuiin lajuciusiveiy any notion that
M 1 . l .
.Mnator Johnson is out of harmony with
ins piatiorm ana the candidate.
! senator jonnson repeatedly quoted
. Trom the League of Nations address
.which I delivered on August 2. giving
Ms unqualified approval of It. His
speech, with this generous indorsement
or tne party a piatrorm and my own In
,.i terpretation of it, brings no surprise to
me.
And Senator Johnson, voicing the
. perfect harmonybetween himself and
Mr. .Harding, said in a speech at
Cleveland:
THERE IS STILL NOTHING AM
BIGUOUS OR. UNCERTAIN IN OUR
CANDIDATE'S DECLARATION., HE
- HAS COURAGEOUSLY TAKEN HIS
STAND. HE HAS PUT THE LEAGUE
BEHIND HIM. HE WANTS NEITHER
INTERPRETATIONS NOR RESERVA
TIONS, BUT REJECTION.
' With 92 per cent of the cost of the
federal government going to pay war
v bills, with $50 each "as the , amount
every man, woman and child in Amer-
- lea must pay every year for war, with
nothing1 but our debts, our cripples
4 and our dead as all that we have so
'far secured from our victory, is not
'the voice of Lincoln still true? "Our
cause must be entrusted te and con
jducted by its own undoubted friends
those whose bands? are- free, whose
hearts are In the work, who do care
for tbe result-" '
The London Times is having a
conniption fit because the Prince of
Walea doesn'f rush Into -matrimony.
Buckingham Palace is also worried
because the heir apparent has shied
at every budding romance which has
been planted for him. The prince
says be will not be pushed pell-mefi
into marriage by either public or
political opinion. English princes
and princesses hare so long been
bound by royal hereditary traditions
that words like these sound .some
what in the nature of lese majeste.
Maybe the young prince will follow
the example of Princess Patricia
and cast his bauble away by taking
unto himself the uncrowned daugh
ter of an uncrowned king of the
common people.
ATTACKING CHAMBERLAIN
(1
T 13 the most autocratic bill ever
enacted into law by a congress
of the United States or the world,"
says the Salem Statesman of the se
lective draft act.
It is a part of the Statesman's at
tack on Senator Chamberlain.
It adds:
Perhaps it was necessary to resort to
such means to secure an army, but rf
so It Is not a very high commentary on
tbe .patriotism of the citizens of the re
public. But It is hardly such a measure
as would cause its author to sponsor it
with pride.
The Statesman's position is extra
ordinary. And it is extraordinary that,
after Senator Chamberlain ha9 been
more than 11 years in the senate and
six years as governor of Oregon, an
opponent, In order to find something
to criticize, is driven to the extreme
position of condemning the selective
draft act.
Senator Chamberlain is not harmed
by this attack. He can well afford to
rest his case on the selective draft
act. It was not an "autocratic" meas
ure. It is, perhaps, the. most demo
cratic measure of its kind eVcr enacted
into law. It put the application of
the law absolutely into the hands of
Jocal people. The local boards and
the appeal boards were all local men.
11 was in the hands of -each com
munity to excute mm or not to ex
cuse them from military service. It
was absolutely in the hands of local
people to determine who should be
exempt and who should not.
Nor has the administration of a
measure ever been so little tainted
with scandal. Only here ad there in
rare Instances has there been heard
complaint of favoritism. Literal mil
lions of men were called by law into
the service. It is not too much to
say that the results have been uni
versally acclaimed as effective and
just.
High and low, rich and poor, young
men of every station and every level
were taken. They went and they
served. The account that they gave
of themselves is one of the brightest
pages in human history.
And from his position as head of
the military rffairs committee. Sen
ator Chamberlain watched the admin
istration of the law. And with in
finite labor and pains, he listened to
the grievances of service men who fell
victim to the whims of petty army
officers whose sudden authority made
them foolish, and delivered many a
young sufferer from his troubles.
Attacks on Senator Chamberlain for
the part he. played in the selective
draft act will make him hundreds of
votes.
Yale University is hopelessly split
In its national politics. Not long ago
its professor of philosophy came out
for Senator Harding. A few days
later its professor of economics In
dorsed Governor Cox. Next came its
professor of English with a vigorous
plea for Eugene V. Debs. Sufely in
this discordant trio Old Ell is pro
viding a political pot pourri of suf
ficlent variety to suit many dis
agreeing elements.
BEGUILING THE VOTER
THE Swan island port bill is a Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde bill.
Its propagandists are misleading the
people of Portland and of Oregon.
They tell the people of Portland that
all the bill calls for is $10,000,000 to
open the west channel, around Swan
island and to buy 1552 acres of land
upon which tc deposit the spoil of
dredging.
They tell the people of Oregon out
side Portland, in advertisements with
which the country' press Is being
flooded (at whose expense it is not
divulged) that:
The primary object of this bill is to
furnish the means to insure the opening
and maintaining of a 30-foot channel
from Portland to the sea and of build
ing and establishing port facilities at the
City of Portland sufficient to handle the
foreign and- coastwise shipping of that
port.
Such statements arc absurd and
coulrl only be Intended to beguile the
voter and camouflage the Issue.
Portland is put in a false light.
Portland Is made to appear by the
propagandists as having failed to pro
vide port facilities and of being under
obligation to maintain the channel
to the sea.
Portland has authorized 110,500,000
for ocean terminals during the past
10 years. It is up to the government,
not the Pbrt of Portland, to maintain
the channel to the sea. Portland is
responsible only for the channel to
the mouth of the Willamette.
Portland is made to appear in the
propagandists advertisements as ask
ing that:
When you go to the polls November
2 vote 110 yes and give to the port of
Portland the power to maintain its S0
foot channel to the sea and to buUd
adequate port faculties to handle all of
the great products of the Interior of the
state. - , i
Portland does not ask.' the rest ' oil
the state to vote huge bonded debt
on Portland, homes and other prop-
erty. ' !
Sentiment in Portland is overwhelm
ingly against the Swan island or port
consolidation bill. ;
F.or the people of the state outside
Portland to vote huge additional debt
upon the city, which already has
pledged for ocean terminals 3.2 per
cent of its assessed valuation, would
be un-American, unfair and against
the vital policy of home rule.
It is inconceivable that the people
of Oregon would ever nullify the in
itiative by voting any Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde bill.
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce represents the organized busi
ness energy of Portland. It has been
striking heavy blows for port de
velopment. Its disinterested posi
tion has been established. Its board
of directors has given the Swan
island measure earnest considera
tion. It has considered both affirm -itlve
and negative arguments. It has
recommended the defeat of the bill.
LEADING THE RETRSAT
t EADING his retreat from evcry-1-
thing we won in the war, Senator
Harding is in the exact position taken
by the Copperhead Democrats during
the Civil war.
In 1864, thy adopted a platform
declaring that the war was a failure,
and that "the constitution has been
disregarded in every part" by Abra
ham Lincoln.
Harding's whole attitude is a belief
that the war was a failure. He says
that the peace treaty is a failure, and
he proposes to make a separate peace
with Germany. The convention
rubber stamped him after the clique
of senators had selected him and the
platform of that convention accused
Wilson, as the Copperheads accused
Lincoln, of disregard of the constitu
tion. "I shall undertake to bring the gov
ernment back to the constitution,"
says Harding. That was what the Cop
perheads said. In their platform, they
announced that they would "bring the
government back to the constitution,"
declare the war at an end and "end the
administrative usurpation of extra
ordinary and dangerous powers."
Just as they repudiated the Civil
war, Harding repudiates all that we
won at arms from the central powers
in the late war. He surrenders to Ger
many all that the peace treaty im
poses upon her as just reparation
due civilization for the kaiser's wan
ton act in bringing on the war. He
surrenders to Germany all the re
quirements for her to disarm, and
keep the covenants of the Paris con
ference. He surrenders to the pro
German vote in America and aban
dons all the obligations and plighted
faith which wc owe our allies.
' In his fugitive flight from the posi
tion of lustre and prestige that Amer
ica won, in his call to the forces of
scuttle to follow him in abandoning
all that the American expeditionary
army so gloriously won for civiliza
tion in France, Senator Harding is
trying to commit a great political
party of honorable traditions to the
cowardly course pursued by the Cop
perhead Democrats in 1864.
What would have bee.i the course
of American history if Lincoln had
been defeated in 1864, if the war had
been accepted as "a failure" and slave
ownership had been restored to its
ancient dominion?
A REPUBLIC OF GREECE
F THAT monkey bite dispatches
King Alexander, of Greece, the Hel
lenes may join the ranks of the
world's growing list of republics.
Byron dreamed of a Greece severed
from Turkish sovereignty and might
have become governor-general or dic
tator of the nation had his hopes
been realized before lie died at MIs
silonghi in his first campaign against
the Turks.
Victor Hugo went farther than By
ron and foresaw a Greece delivered:
from Turkey and turned over to the
people.
Venizelos, the 'present premier of
Greece, is a strong man, and if he
doesn't become out and out dictator
or president of a Grecian republic, his
influence will be dominant in select
ing a ruler or regent, in which event
his power would be apt to be in
creased instead of lessened.
The covenant of the League of
Nations was omitted from the Re
publican text booTt. Why?
A CURIOUS PHASE
UST Portland business men learn
the laundresses, policemen
and others of small means?
The latter are buying shares in the
Portland Vegetable Oil Mills company.
of which $200,000 is offered the Port
land people. But the business men
are not.
The issue was opened to popular
subscriptions in order that the financ
ing of meritorious industries might
become a thing of interest to all
groups of Portland people. The fact
that people of small means are buying
the shares in blocks of one share to
five while business men are not buy
ing at all, is a curious phase of the
situation.
The Palm Olive company made a
net profit of $840,000 in Portland its
last year. The fact that the new
company has been financed to the ex
tent of $500,000 by prominent Port
landers is accounted a strong guar
antee of the safety and soundness of
the investment. , !
The estimate is that the Industry
would ..bring Tln f 4,000,000 worths of
raw material and tend out between six
and seven million of finished product
a year: Returning lumber carriers
Which often come into port in ballast
are particularly adapted to return
cargoes of copra, and it is claimed
that the freight rates by that plan
would be lower than those available
to rival industries on the coast.
SOVEREIGNTY OF
THE PEOPLE
DEGRADED
How Can It Be Effectual When It Is
Foredoomed to Fall Between irre
concilable Dicta of Opposing
Faction Leaders?
From the New Tors World
In an editorial entitled "Misrepresent
ing Harding," our friend and neighbor
the Tribune gives voice to this complaint :
"The newspapers which steadily labor
to muddle the league discussion played
up the Des Moines speech as repudiating
the league principle. Messrs. Borah and
Johnson .were depicted as in a state of
ecstatic delight.
"The misrepresentation was gross."
Let us see if it was. Turning from
the editorial page of the Tribune to its
news columns, we find on the third page
a dispatch from Chicago carrying a
statement from Senator Hiram Johnson
in which that eminent leader of the Bat
talion of Death also protests against
misrepresentation. The senator said :
"Some have attempted to misrepresent
Senator Harding, but without success.
He has taken the position firmly that our
people, east and west, have taken over
whelminglyopposition to the league."
Continuing, the senator from Cali
fornia still more clearly defined the at
titude of Senator Harding:
"I have had no doubt about Senator
Harding's position from the first. He is
absolute now. His utterances at the
Des Moines meeting will satisfy, any
bitter-ender or irreconcilable.
.
The kind of misrepresentation against
which Senator Johnson declaims is the
misrepresentation of the Tribune, of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, of Mr. Taft,
of Mr. Hoover and of the other Repub
lican advocates of the League of Nations
who pretend that Senator Harding is in
favor of it regardless of anything he
says to the contrary. When the Re
publican candidate declares that he does
not want to clarify the obligations of
the covenant, that "it is not interpreta
tion but rejection that I am seeking."
Senator Johnson knows that those words
can have only one meaning, and, there
fore, he does not hesitate to say that
Senator Harding's utterances at Des
Moines "will satisfy any bitter-ender or
irreconcilable."
It was the bitter-enders, the irrecon
cilables. who prevented ratification of
the treaty of peace even with the mis
chievous Lodge reservations. Having
loaded down the resolution of ratifica
tion with these reservations in order to
alienate the Democratic senators, they
then voted against the treaty that they
had amended. Senator Harding was not
with them then, but Senator Johnson has
assurances that he is with them now.
and Harding's speeches support the John
son contention.
The people who are most obviously
guilty of misrepresentation in this cam
paign are the Republican advocates of
the league who continue to support
Harding and' who say in effect that his
speeches against the league are not to
be taken seriously. They are trying to
trick the voters. They are asking them
to support a candidate for president on
the pretense that he will do what he says
he will not do and that he will not do
what he says he will do. Political im
morality can hardly go farther than
this.
If there is to be any tntegrity what
ever in American polRics there must be
some semblance at least of Intellectual
honesty : yet Mr. Taft and Mr. Hoover
are virtually insisting that intellectual
honesty Is of no importance whatever.
Their whole plan of campaign in behalf
of Harding reduces itself to this formula:
Let him repudiate the League or Nations
as far as he likes in the effort to appeal
to tbe hyphenated vote ; then if he is
elected he will betray the people who
supported him because they thought he
was irrevocably opposed to the league.
There can be no responsible govern
ment in the United states on tnose
terms. There can be no aecent govern
ment. There can be.no government that
in any way represents the will ff the
people. What Mr. Taft and his friends
wre proclaiming is the very degradation
of popular sovereignty.
Letters From the People
t Cnmrnnnlcationi arnt to The Journal for
publication in this department ahould be written
u only one aid of tne paper; anoaiu no eicrru
80O words In length and mnit be tisned by the
writer, whoae jnail addresa in full moat accom
pany the contribution.
A COX REPUBLICAN
Hillsboro. Oct 12. To the Editor of
The Journal It would be amusing, it
it were not for the seriousness of the
case, to note the way ex-President Taft
is now talking regarding the League
of Nations, which he helped to make
and for which he stumped the country.
I am now past 77 years of age and I
have never voted a Democratic ticket
in my life. I served three years in
the Civil war. I am going to vote, if
I live to November 2. for the League
of Nations . and the Democratic ticket
from top to bottom. It seems that 35
senators, and one of them holding his
office by fraud', have the Republican
party throttled. If the party ever ex
pects to be anything but a party or
negation, it will rally and t throw off
the yoke once more, as in 1912. It is
the same old gang, and. if I remem
ber correctly. Mr. Taft was mixed up
in that episode. Robert Anderson.
HARDING AND LABOR
Hermiston. Oct. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal In a recent Issue of The
Journal was a leading article stating
that Candidate Hardirig was opposed to
the 8-hour law. Please print definite
facts on this. If possible, give his vote
or actual statement. Subscriber.
(On Uarrh II. 1918. Senator Hardinc wu
recorded aa "not voting" on the queation of
austaininf the rice preaident'a ruling that the
Williami amendment for pay and a half for
Una oyer eiiht honra waa not germane te tha
bill and the Sheppard motion to atrike oat the
Borland 8 -hoar amendment. Though in then
raaca "not retinf," it ii thoroughly ertablUhed.
from innumerable utterances in tli aenata and
oat. that hia Tiewa are thoae of tha great em
ploying intereata.
PIPE ORGANS
The Dalles, Oct 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Where is the largest pipe
organ on the coast? ' ' M. B. S.
Tha largeat pipe organ on the Pacific eoaat
it tbe municipal organ at San Krancnco. with
120 apeakinc ftopa. The Salt Lax Tabernacle
organ hi larger, with 240 apeakmg atopa. Tha
Portland municipal orgaa haa 68 apeafcing atopa.
There are aereral other organa on the coaat
having a large nam bar of atopa. but thee ra
it rumen U do not compare in aiae with tha
organ mentioned a bore. Their ape iking at ape
are built on what i known aa the unit ayatera,
which gives a great number of atopa for a rela
tively Mnall Dumber at ptpee. j
THE TEST OF THE LEAGUE
Portland. Oct, 1. To the Editor of
The Journal If we think how great
questions have been settled as slavery,
prohibition and woman suffrage w find
the) moral or spiritual standpoint haa
judged them, and decided. So, then, in
thinking of the greatest question of to-
day, when logic and reason fail us, we
can turn to the moral viewpoint and
find the answer.
One of the greatest of Italian patriots,
Joseph Mazzini. answers the question in
his book, "The Duties of Man, and Other
Essays," written about 1840. He says?
"Whenever the voice of your conscience
corresponds with the general voice of
humanity, you are certain of the truth.
Whenever they agree, there is
God : there you are sure of having the
truih In your grasp : the one Is the veri
fication of the other."
Does not humanity cry out against
war? And isn't every individual against
it? Certainly! Everybody wants peace.
Then let us vote to ratify the League of
Nations, the only practical plan ever
proposed whereby nations could get to
gether and settle differences with the
assurance that every nation, big or lit
tle, would get a square deal. And the
only way we can be sure that the league
will be ratified is to vote for the man
who has stood absolutely all along for
ratification. That man is Cox.
A Progressive American.
JURY DUTY
Coquille, Oct. 18. To the Editor of The
Journal At what age is a man exempt
from jury duty? K. M. Pierce.
(There is no age limit. Hi liability to aerviea
is all a matter of his legal, mental and physical
competency to bear and weigh testimony. J
A REPUBLICAN WOMAN FOR COX
: Prom the New Tork World
To the Editor of the World : My Amer
ican breeding boasts of many genera
tions. The Republican prmcipJes have
always been upheld by the members of
my family. But today I must take my
stand against any individual, institution
or organization that for selfish or parti
san reason or reasons seeks to win by
discrediting a man who has so nobly
given his best physically and mentally,
in the execution of his duties to country
and countrymen.
Today he may be weak in flesh, but
Mr. Wilson's spirit is eternally strong
and the truths he has tried to snake
us see through his idealism will still
go marching on. No material force can
kill them. Twenty centuries ago the
traducers of the Christ drove the nails
in His hands, but his truths and ideals
were untouched and . are still growing.
Mr. Wilson has tried to make us see
that civilisation built merely on power,
glory, money, merchandise and domi
nation are houses built on sand - and
must perish. The soul of earth is man
and love for him. As one American I
must voice my praises and give thanks
for Wood row Wilson, a constructive
spirit who believes in the happiness
of women, children, cities and lands
life, not death. Harriette W. Young. 1
HIRAM'S MISTAKE
From the Chicago Poat
Hiram Johnson Is still driving the
hearse, but the League of Nations is not
In the coffin.
The Admiral's Sorig
As It Might Be Sung by Warren G.
(Admiral) Harding of the Grand Old
Pirate Ship "Special Privilege."
By M. E. Q.
While I've been in the aenale, at ymi may
learn, I've voted with the weta at every
turn.
1 voted with the weU moat aaauredly, and they
have aJwayt had my sympathy.
I atood by them, and they've atood by me. and
will make mo the ruler of the whole
country.
I voted for the "intereata." aa you can aee, from
the narking truata to Old John P.
I voted for them all ao cheerfully, that now
they re digging up ao well for ma.
I voted for the "intereata" that are bnaeting
me. and now I'U be the ruler of the
whole country.
I've scrapped the league on my campaign run,
for William Borah and Hi Johnson.
I've ac rapped the league that the allies wrote,
in order to rapture tha German vote:
For I firured like tbia: with tha Hunt for me.
that I'd be the ruler of tha whole
country.
Oh, the aenate bunrh they nominated me. but
I'm not the choice of the il. O. P.
a wgtiauTu ea aa aw a tuajj ivum vru at, via aear vj .
and that ia tbe reaaon they nominated
me.
And if I'm elected, that bunch not ma win
then be the rulers of the whole country
Portland, October 12.
Curious Bits of Information
for the Curioas
Gleaned From Curious Places
An "astrologer deprived Ruy Falelro,
the famous Spanish astronomer, of shar
ing joint honors with Ferdinand Magel
lan in the discovery of the Pacific ocean
and the Straits of Magellan. He had a
joint contract with Magellan from
Charles V, under which the two were to
have ene twenty-fifth of the clear profits
of the Journey as well aa governorship
of all the lands discovered on the trip,
with the rank of adelantados. This was
to be theirs for life and then handed
down to their heirs forever. Before the
date of sailing, Falelro had his horoscope
cast. The astrologer said that this told
him the trip would be fatal, and Falelro
stayed behind when Magellan and his
five ships sailed from Seville, Spain. The
Journey took three years to accomplish,
and while in the Philippines, warring
with a tribe of naUvea, Magellan fell In
battle, ,
"You are old, Father Warren," the young man said
"And your hair as become very white;
And yet ffou. incessantly stand on your head
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
Oooyriiht. 1920. by TUa
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Nothing the matter with this weather,
is there?
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New York is paying $1.10 a dozen for
Oregon eggs, i They are worth it, loo
in New York.
Even the politicians will have declared
an armistice by the time Armistice day
rolls around.
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The news that the $28,000 Increase in
the state library budget has been ap
proved. Is good reading.
Whenever we see that town "Minsk"
in the news, we somehow connect it
with some sort of a "skin" game.
Another man complains that he has
been victimised by the matrimonial ad
vertising route. The old fashioned court
ship is still the best way.
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"Klamath Boys Will Send Calves to
Show." Headline. And iff It happens
to be a chorus girl show it will be rather
like carrying coals to Newcastle.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
"Pinto." with his nightmare safely
caged, is revisiting the scenes of his
youth the days before he came to tame
and acquired two little Pintos and a
life mate. "Pinto" is Van De Bar Col
vig, son of "Judge William M. Colvlg
of Medford, former head' of the tax
and right-of-way department of the
Southern Pacific The Portland visitor,
who first gained fame as a cartoonist
by bis work in bis college publication,
has Just returned from New York, where
he contracted for a series of unusual
film comics that may be coming this
way before long. He has, since he quit
the circus band wagons, aboard which
he played an E-flat clarinet been doing
newspaper and sports cartooning in Cal
ifornia. Fort Rock, Or., is a proof of the "mag
nificent distances" of the great west
Fort Rock is a town of some 75 persons
in Lake county, yet it is 130 miles from
Lakeview. the county seat and 60 miles
from Bend, the nearest railroad point
Nevertheless, it is in the heart of a
fertile and productive general farming
country. Fort Rock gained its name
from the extinct volcano nearby. From
that heart of the wilds comes John H.
Harrison, who is a guest at the Hotel
Oregon. .
.
Joe Knowles, far famed "nature man,"
who has retired to the calm life of Sea
view, Wash., with nature in abundance
on every side, is stopping at the Mult
nomah hotel during a brief visit in the
city. Knowles some years ago gained
much publicity for his adventure In In
vading the Northern California wilds in
a semi-nude, enUrely unequipped condi
tion arid gaining food, raiment and
shelter for many days.
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Norman Jacobs en. former supervisor
of the Deschutes national forest, with
headquarters at 'Bend, has several
friends around The Journal office who
would like' him to tell them what hap
pened to the bear steak banquet he
planned to feed to Irvin a Cobb, the
writer, who was recently Jacobqen's
guest in an extended hunt through East
ern Oregon. It haa come to local ears
that the bear tbe party captured and
turned over to a Bend butcher for safe
keeping mysteriously disappeared on the
eve of the merry party. And Just aa
mysteriously a road crew some miles
THE COVENANT
By Bertha
Then Jonathan and David maae a
covenant, because he loved him aa his
own brother. I Samuel. 18 :S?
The word "covenant" means, literally,
a coming together. Mutual agreement Is
the binding force of a covenant; the
terms of a covenant are equally binding
upon those whd enter It. David could
not honorably have sought for advan
tage. Jonathan protected David against the
wrath of King Saul, first by appeal for
his friend, and. when that failed, by
fctrategy.' Was not that covenant a
good thing for David, ahd for Jonathan,
too? Would it have been a better thing
for them not toi have made It? Per
haps it would be well for ua to read that
old covenant story right now.
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What a great coming together there
was in Paris in the spring of 1919 ! How
diverse the nations and . the peoples that
assembled there! They counseled to
gether. They expressed their hopes,
their desires, their, difficulties, their
ideals. Agreement among such diversity
was not easy, but at; last they made, a
covenant Can you not see the sensitive
hand moving along the white paper to
place thereon the first signature? You
Prawa Tublihin Co. (Tha Nrw Tork Wc&d.)
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
These golden weddings, culminating
lives of Industry and harmony, are
events'or young people to study over.
Albany .Democrat.
"Thi iAirrl rloenn't care how rich you
re." says Billy Sunday. We guess Bill
is right. The Lord shows how little he
cares for money by the kind of people
1 . : 1 I . n . n n 1 1 1 ' n
lie Bumcimieo kivcb h w. v.umuw ua
sette-Timea.
Bradstreet's report says that the gen
eral level of prices is now back to where
it was October 1, 1917. We wish to
goodness Mr. Bradstreet would notify
the grocer, the butcher, the baker and
the candlestick maker Corvallls Ga
zette-Times.
Are Baker county people ud to the
importance of reclamation of its dry
lands? Do they realize that it takes
time and energy to get results? If
the proposed irrigation projects are ever
to become a reality It cannot be done
bv resting on the lob. Baker Demo
crat '
distant was enjoying a bear of a dinner
about the same time. Jacobsen Is Just
now a guest at the Imperial hotel,
aee
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Young. of Albany,
where Young, now classed as a capital
ist, used to be a merchant, are stopping
at the Hotel Portland during a visit
in the city.
,
The Multnomah hotel scared up some
thing of a news sensation Wednesday
morning when it discovered that Llla
Lee, the motion picture actress and a
uest at the hotel, had been married to
C. D. Huggins of Eugene. Investiga
tion proved, however, that the world
held two Llla Lees until the hour of
the wedding, and that Mrs. Huggins
who is waa not the motion picture star.
W. P. Taylor, assistant manager of
the Waldorf hotel, New Tork city, is
a guest at the Multnomah, accompanied
by Mrs. Taylor. Pleasure may be the
purpose of the visit, or It may be Tay
lor plans to move the Waldorf west
ward, for he has not confided in local
hotel men. ,
Mrs. Charles Strang and daughter,
residents of Medford, are registered at
the Imperial. The head of the Strang
household is a prominent Medford phar
macist. Captain Roscoe Fawcett, formerly
sports editor of a Portland paper and
a prominent golf player, who recently
won a captain's commission in the avia
tion service, left Tuesday night for Riv
erside. Cel., where he will be stationed
temporarily.
George L. Holder of San Francisco
called at the Old Colony club offices
at the Multnomah hotel Wednesday and
showed his credentials. The new chap
ter of the ' organisation Is getting a
highly encouraging start. It is reported,
and frequently receives travelers from
afar.
Will P. Fisher, one of the cornerstones
of the Fisher flouring mills. Is at the
Multnomah hotel, registered from Seat
tie.
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Major and Mrs. H. Wr. Atkins of Cam
bridge. Mass., are seeing friends and
the sights of the city. They are at the
Multnomah.
Slater Smith
r '
know it was the hand of our own presi
dent a a
And would you now Invalidate that
signature? Would you. If you were
asked really to do it put your hand on
that paper, where that other hand wast
and erase that name, so that there would
be nothing there but a blank, mutilated
space? . Would you do ill. ,.-.'
The Oregon Country "h
Nortliweat Bappenlnca In Brief fora for the
OREGOJJ NOTES ; ',
Two and a half iruha r ni. lt
at Marshfield in one day this week. , 11
The fOOthlllS ad lace nt in U.nnnM mr
covered with the first snowfall of the
season. . t "
Tha student loan fima rf t. -
I'tyo Oregon has almost reached the
fiu.vw mar.
The body Of Oeorra) W. Mannlnv Ml.
ate first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Manning, arrived at McMlnnville this
week from St Nasatre, France.
The First National bank nf Rni wm
exhibit at the Pacific International
Stock show in November a r-irir..
purebred Ramboulllet sheep and Short-,
horn eattle.
The city council of Rombunr hi. Am. "
elded to grade and gravel the South
Stephens street road extension and con
nect up with the Pacific highway south'
The British steamer Orca. a vmbi
much larger than has ever entered the
Columbia river, haa been assigned to
load a full cargo of wheat at the Astoria
port terminals.
Milton has practically no nlace for th
traveling public to eat. - It is a town of
liuo inhabitants and there Is an excel
lent opportunity for someone to start a
hotel or restaurant
As a result of a general force reduc
tion order issued by the Southern Pa
cific company. $2 railroad employes have
lost tneir positions In various parts or
the service, effective October 18.
WASHINGTON
There were (96 carloads of apples
shipped from Yakima last week.
The Standard Oil company's well at
Mocllpa is now down 1300 feet.
Potatoes are retailing In Spokane at
1.65 a hundred, the lowest price in a
year.
The Colfax Methodist Episcopal church
has been destroyed by fire, causing a loss
of about $20,000.
The Spokane chief of police haa or
dered the confiscation of all punchboarda
b"lng"t'P lhe campaln aaa'nst gam-
The City Of Ilwupn la rnniM.rln h
purchase of the distribution system of
the North Shore Light and Power com
pany. Phee Fere-uaon ha. .kin .
of Yakima apples to Australia, the flrat
sent to mat country since the beginning
of the war.
Despondent over his advancing nge
E. It Walling, retired farmer and Civil
mvferani 77 year" old' "hot nd
killed himself at Seattle.
While there wer manv . .4 . . i
the threshing season, caused by frequent
rains, the last bushel of grain In tho ter
ritory tributary t0 Palottse has been
saved.
..At.a metinF of the central council of
the L. L. L. t. at nv.,.im i .
elded to erect a hospital with a minimum
tJr nJ00"18 at an lnit'a' expenditure of
Salmon consignments at the Seattle
port commission terminal now total 40
020 tons, valued at $11,000,000. tiliowing
an increase of 41 per cent over last
year s consignments.
Surveying crews, said to be employes
or the Chk-aKO. Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad, have for the past month been
making a survey along the west bank
of the Columbia river near the east line
of Benton county.
Plans are being laid at Seattle for the
observance of national apple day. Oc
tober 30. and the following week as
apple week, to encourage Washlngtoni
ans to help eat the 15,000,000 boxes of
apples produced in the state.
Judge Naterer at 8eattle has held that
a vessel carrying contraband lluorlnto
American waters from Canada Is not
suoject to rorrelture under customs
regulations, but must be proceeded
against under the national prohibition
act.
IDAHO
Blackfoot to have a new creamery
with a daily capacity of 900 pounds of
butter.
Frod Edminston. near Nampa, was
killed by the caving in of a cellar used to
store vegetables.
Jerome's new triple combination, mo
tor driven fire apparatus has arrived and
is in commission.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed at Twin Falls for the American
Legion Memorial association, organized
to build a legion memorial building in
that city.
The farmers of Idaho, through Sena
tor Nugent, have sent a telegram to
President Wilson, urging that an em
bargo be placed at once on wheat ship
ments from Canada into thin country.
Olden Oregon
General Harney Concerned Himself
With the Welfare of Immigrants
After General W. 8. Harney was ap
pointed to the command of the depart
ment of Oregon, In 1 8 r ft . ha became
much Interested In the nereimlty of mili
tary roads for the protection of immi
gration. In his exploration he sent out
two companies of dragoons under Cap
tain D. H. Wallen to mskw a recon
nolssance of a road from The Dalles to
Salt Lake connecting with the old im
migrant route through the South i-ass
and to ascertain whether such a road
could not be constructed up the John
Day river, thence to tho headwaters of
the Malheur and down that ulrcnm to
Snake river. Another expedition was
sent out to explore from Crooked river
westward to the headwaters of the
Willamette and thence into the Willam
ette valley.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
When it comes to fallln' prices the big
trusts gits a few little slaps on the wrist
arid the farmer gits a Jolt In the wilar
plexus, which is all accordln' to the
rules of the game, I n'potw. I halnt
never knowed nobody to labor under the
idee that the streetcar conductor In the
big cities pays the runnln' expenses of
the line, but lots of wise men seems
to b'leve a big rent collector pays the
taxes he gits the receipts fer.
What It Means to a City to
Possess Industries of the
Household-Word Class
Along with the conflicting, not to
say contentious. Issues . that revolve
about an approaching election It may
be recreational, at least, to learn
from a PortJand' pilgrim a little more
about how other cities make their
llvlnjf.
A. '3. Clark, manager of the Asso
ciated Industries of Oregon, has been
studying other cities for several
weeks. Wf finds that Industries that
are holTBehold words mean much more
than names to the cities in which
they are located. He writes from
Toronto, Canada, about Buffalo,'
N. Y. : , '
"Buffalo is the home of the Plerce
Arrow auto Domestic sewing ma
chine, liquid veneer, beaver bosrd.
IL O. oats, wire auto wheels. Otis
elevators, and, most famous of all,
Curtiss brothers airplanes. The city
abounds, as do many other Eastern
cities, in monuments built in memory
of many men and events.
"But, talking about monuments, I
received a sort of thrill when I
crossed to Canada at Niagara Falls
and looked.at monuments commemorv
aUng English men and women who
participated In the war of 1112, one
in particular being dedicated to the
memory of General Brock. Its Inscrip
tion stating that he "fell while de
fending Canadian soil against the In
vading enemy In the battle of
Queenatown Heights. October ,: IX.
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