10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. 8 S A- W ft A M t U M MM M m WW THURSDAYk NOVEMBER 4, liiW. -1 ; ' I. ! t i t't i it tf n n I' I! ii AS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C 8. JACKSON . ... . . 4 . . .... . ,". . .Publisher l B calm, be eoof identi be ehoertal and do onto tbera as ycq would bare Uku do onto you.) Published every week 1T and Sunday narmnc. at Tua Journal RuiVUnf. Broadway aad lam- nm nrw, I'omana, urwgon. Kntered at tb psotoffio at Portland. Oreeou. .j tot trnnro luioo throucb U mail aa aacoad elaaa matter. - - j " - - - - . TIlStPHONES Main 7178. Automatio 680-51. AU deportment leacbod by thaea oumben. NATIONAL ADVEHTWISO BEPBF.8KNTA. - T1VB Benjamin At Kentnor Co., Brumwvrk -. Ttnildlnf. 225 Fifth arena. New lork; W0 Mller Buildinc.Cbieeto. PAJ'IMO COAST BKPRK8ENTATTTE K. Bsrsnser Co.. Kxsraiser Boildios, Ban Fran- - aewa; Title Inirnce T)ulldln, toa Angel: - I'M'Intellicencer BulWlna. Seattle. IHS OREGON JOURNAL reiertea the nbt to rejoet adiartUing copy wtaieb it deama ob- ' " jectwnabte. It aim will not print any copy that In any way simulates reading, matter or that cannot readily ba raeognuwd aa adjar- tuini BCBJMTtlPTION RATES By Carrier, f'lty and Country 0b week. :.. , . . .IS 6na month ...... I .65 -. , i DAILY. fna week. .10 an. iL A K I. BUKDAI One weak. ......$ 05 B" MAS AlX'RATtS PATABLE IN ADVANCE DAILY AND BbSDAY Ona year. . . . ...88.00 Six month 4.25 DAILY . (Without Sunday) Pna-year. .8800 month..... 8. 26 Thraa montba... 1.79 ' Dae month ..... .60 i WEEKLY (Ever; AVadoeaday) fn year. . .. ...11.00 .. . . . y Three montba. ... 13-23 una montn...... . io j SUNDAY I (Only) One year ,18.00 8I montba. ... . . 1.75 ;Tbra month.... 1.00 WEEKLY AND ' KILN DAY One year. ...... .$3 60 Oil manini . .... ii . Thau ntaa arroi only in tha West. flatr to Eastern point fnrniibed on anplica tinn. Make remittance by Money Order, EipraM Order I or IHalA If your t ptoffi- la not a Money Order office. 1- or 8-cent tampa will n . an-rpted. Make all Territttanee payable to Tha journal, imima, uma. Mr "counsel 1 that; wa hold fast to the heaeealy way and follow after rustic and rirtu always, considering that the tool is immortal and able to endure erery sort of good and erery sort of eri PIatat CHAMBERLAIN T 'HOUGH defeated . Senator Cham- bcrlain Is to be congratulated'. It is not he, but the state of Oregon, that is toi b commiserated.' Republics are often ' ungrateful. There is a woundedtman in. the' White . House. No record j of ideal and pro gressive achievement more brilliant than! his was ever given a country. But the election Returns are "as if Woorirow Wilson is rejected and for sakeh. His vindication is postponed. ..Vol for any failure of his, not for any shortcoming, Riot for any flaw in hJs record was' Senator Chamber Iain j beaten. Even; those who ' con spired against him j acknowledged his effectiveness. They knew what . his place was in the senate. They knew the distinction he! had laid at 'the feet of his state. They, knew the con spicuous standing he had given Ore gon jin tiiei legislation of the war. It was not for failure in these things, but In spite of tnes things, that Senar , tor Chamberalin went down before the tide of post-war reaction. In soberer moments and la mpre peaceful times many a regret will be felt by some of those who laid aside their better Judg ment and cast a partisan vote against a senator whom the senate itself and the country acknowledged as of full manfs stature, a citizen four square and of senatorial capacity full orbed. Sflnator Chamberlain is to be con trratiulatcd. The fickle public will come back to reason. Now and in the imniediate" hereafter, Senator Cham berlain will sense the great truth that the real appreciation Js .not in the j election returns but In the quiet ind; well nigh, universal acclaim of a -commonwealth's citizenry. Some day our people will more prlie able and effective public service, nrt prize less the mummery of party politicians. By and by we shall all realize that the way tOj get good serv ice! Is to reward good service. In time we shall come to know that the way . to induce the best men to accept h igh .office is to support . them and appreciate them when they add. lustre to office. It will come" to all in time, that a distinguished! service rendered in ja public way isione of the most preciousssets of a:republie and that it te a conscientious fluty to honor and reward It - . j " Oregon waited a j long: ;:me for a" Senator Chamberlain. . The state is to be -congratulated on the lustre he has wreathed around the name of Ore gon at Washington.- , JSIotwithstancUns I the completion of the Russian harvest, even Lenin admits that Russia! is hungry. Mos cow is btarvtng. The army is ex- perienclng a eevere ... food shortage Who .wants to be i a Bolshevist or under a Bolshevist: regime? 1 "NOT - A COMMODITY' Ci,PTAiN5 of induslry are learning ' that workers demand more than dollars . and cents. iThey cannot be purchased as -wood j or cotton. The human factor Is' a factor. ' Industrial plants arc , now estab lished fn greater numbers away from the populous . citics.i The movement ' to ' (lie rural districts is an attempt to iget away from labor troubles. It js brought' aboot to remove workers, from ' reach of radical propagandist and to establish a social relationship among the workers and a more Inti mate understanding between, owner and employes.; ' ; - Time was, not kmg ago,-when little heed was paid to the t man in the factory. If he was tired of his job he could- quit-7-others could, be se cured to take his place. (He was paid a miserable wage, and that was all that was necessary to hold him. He had to live. ' . Today it is more than a : question of dollars and cents. -The man who works demands a .. place to live, a place where his family may be reared, lie ; demands social Intercourse ; and some of the happiness 'of life. "He de mand, and Justl, that he be accorded the treatment of a human being, rather Uharj that of a stick of wood. The employers: who were reaction ary are giving away, inch by inch, to the tide. - They are granting more. They are finding it necessary to the success pp their business to afford the worker a decent living and happiness. Never were ' .truer words spoken than that "labor is not a commodity." Eggs rjost be a valued commodity ui AiasKa. cine oi me aiuki Bienm ship companies recently paid a claim 27 cents-r-for breaking' one hen fruit in transit to Anchorage. It is poseible that the egg when -broken created dlstreaa to the olfactory or gans of those1 to ..horn it wascon signed, for another 7 cents waa added for undescribed damages. THE PRESIDENT ELECT MR, HARDING goes into office with a tremendous vote of confidence from the American people. , It is well that the verdict should have been so decisive. ' It will help give him' strength in the face of the solemn responsibilities of bis great of fice. He needs all the strength and all . the support that can be consci entiously given him. As president he may develop a broader vision than that vvfth which his senatorial course was charted. In these coliiplex times, serving as presi dent is a colossal undertaking. No body-knows that better than the man now. In the White House suffering from the wounds of war. Higher ideals may come to I !- Harding when he actually succeeds to the position of a Woodrow Wilson. In aiiy event, it is .the fair thing to give the man a chance. He cannot wreck1 America as some of his opponents seem to think. The United States is too big. too sound and too intelligent in the last analysis, and too much bigger than any president to be led far afield. Two great problems confront "Mr. Harding the issue of reaction and progressivism and the League of Na tions. The first, in spite of Tuesday's election returns,- does not mean, that the masses of Mr. Harding' spirty are committed Jo reaction. As to the League of Nations, it is notdead. It will be claimed, and Mr. Harding will most likely accept that view, that the ' erdlct atlhe polls is a condemnation or American entrance into the league. That will be a mistaken conclusion. The, league issue is alive. The fight will not be dropped. The disad vantages in a business way of Ameri can aloofness from the' league will presently appear in tumbling prices and drooping business. America may not. enter the league in Mr. Harding's time. If not, there will be another great contest four year ' hence, and probably with different- results. The fight for the greatest proposal of all time 1 will not 'end until there is a settlement harmonious with i the canons of civilization - The province- of Quebec has gone the two-blades-of-grass one , better. It has adopted a policy of planting two pine trees where pne Is cut down. BUILDING ; MORE BATTLESHIPS ASA result of "America's rejection of the League of 'Nations" tho Japanese government has decided that the Japanese program of construction of eight battleships and eight cruisers is insufficient. It is a perfectly logical decision. There Is friction between the Pacific coast states and Japan. Jintoes in both countries fan that flame at every opportunity. The bickerings of today can easily, mount to an international dispute tomorrow. , Healizing this, the Japanese government has decided that eight battleships and eight cruisers are insufficient as that nation's naval program. J . " -w japan cannot afford to be caught In a conflict with America with an in ferior navy. It is as certain as death that if -America remains out of the league that Japan will go on building battleships. V Her j navy is the one chance she would have In ease of a great international quarrel with the United States, of defending herself against invasion. Her navy, would be her one and only means of backing up her diplomacy, for she could not hope to. assemble an army that would hold Its own with, America. : And. if Japan builds battleships, so wilt the United States. If we remain out or the league we will not reduce but increase our armaments and that in turn' will interfere with the pro gram of the league nations for uni versal reduction of armaments. Japan, a member of the lcaue, would, in self protection, object to a reduction of her naval, and -military- establish ment. For reasons more or less simi lar, other league nations Would hesi tate to cut tlicir armament programs. When the American senate rejected the peace treaty and refused to enter the League of Nations It blocked the greatest forwarmovement ever in augurated for, the benefit of clviliza-? tiOO. - .:V. ' . A London commission ias esti mated that the unburned fuel which escapes through the grates of Britain would, if captured, London - for at least six months ot each year. But at the present, un deterred by the commission's report. It continues to befoul the country side In the form of soot. HOSPITALITY THERE is hospitality and hospital ity, and hospitality.: Sometimes it Is appreciated. Sometimes it Is not. Last summer a man, his wife and a young lady were, entertained on a wealthy New Yorker's yacht. Af ter a few hours' out, the' guests say. the yacht owner, acting as skipper, found time to Imbibe frequently In spiritu ous liquors. Soon, an explosion took place, and all hands were forced to go over the side for safety. They spent some time in the water and left their jewels, money, clothing and other valuables behind. They have' now filed suits against the host, asking for more than $50,000 to reimburse them for the expensive and exciting hospitality that was theirs. !. ' '!'"!' Just imagine this scene in an American newspaper office Hugh Graham, editor of the - Montreal Star, was ielevated to .the peerage as Lord Atholstan. Whereupon, re lates the Nation's Business, a mem ber -of his staff entered the office and seriously began, "If your lord ship graciously pleases ." But "his lordship's reaction was truly Amer ican. He said, "Cut out the bunk." AMERICANS FIRST THrI. W. W., the Red, the Bolshe vist, will lack jobs In Northwest lumber camps jf the lumberjacks themselves support the resolution adopted by the directors of the Loyal Legion of TOggers aiyl Lumbermen for the Central Puget Sound district in Seattle. : "Americans First" was the gist and almost the text 'of the declaration. Pending lumber rate adjustments, some of the camps and mills may elos,e down. The number of jobs will be, reduced. Then it will be "Amer icans First." . ! In the future, lines will be even more closely drawn between those who come "Into this country to be citizens and those who continue their citizenship id the countries which they left with hate in their hearts. "Amer icans First." Whether jobs be many or few, Americans by birth or adoption have not only the first but the only just claim. Those who would spend the money they" earn in devices to de stroy the equipment and machinery arid that more v.tal thing, the morale, of the very camps that give them em ployment deserve no chance to fol low their Impulses. They are the Judases of the camps. If permitted by apathy or tolerance to begin de stroying, their trail of ! destruction would widen until it included the very democracy of America. " , "Americans First" ly all means, and good Americans at that. Let It be a most desirable object for the man of native birth to protect his birthright, and he of alien birth to declare im mediately his intention to grasp the prize Of citizenship in the nation whose very life is freedom. The debate over 'who wrote Shakespeare's plays goes merrily on. An Englishman named Looney says that they were written by an Earl of Oxford. "Looney is all wrong," says a literary reporter; . "Shake speare's plays were written by Charley" Chaplin's ugfHe, the late Lord Helpus." LIKE CLEVELAND'S! TIME THERE is a close parallel in the conditions under which Mr. Hard ing wiU take office and those under which Grover Cleveland went into the White House for his second term in 1893. Both were swept into office by landslides. ! Each faced the future at the head of a party In which were deep-seated grounds, fordisagrecment. More t than half of Cleveland s party was for free sHvc and the rest for theold standard. A big group in Mr. Harding's party is for the League yof Nations, and an equal or larger group is against it It, Cleveland's party split w ide open la congress over free silver and did not recover for years. With the Johnsons and Borahs on one side and the pro league senators on the other side in an irreconcilable disagreement, Mr. Harding will be a past, master in di plomacy if he succeeds in keeping his party from an open break. i:: Cleveland went into offi4 with gen eral conditions on the down grade. Harding is faced with .the1 certainty of tumbling prices -for farm products, a generally unsettled condition in eco nomic adjustments as to workers and employers, conditions that are full' of dynamite.: : , j ; Cleveland was a reactionary who came Into' office, when progressivism wasbut a small factor In American life. Hardirig takes up the reins pf government, ?a pronounced reaction ary, with a full half of the rank and file and numerous leaders of his party thoroughly progressive j and' at a time when progressivism . is certain to reappear as a vital if; not a com manding Issue. ; - -1 Thus Johnson, Borah.' LaFolletle, Capper, McNary anu other senators are progressives, while the dominant group in thej senate is reactionary, and very certain j having the president with them, to undertake legislation of a reactionary character,' just as Cleve land, to the great resentment'of many of his partyj leaders, demanded repeal of the silver, purchase ct. There are many factors in the situ ation today that vividly recall Grover Cleveland and his second very storm administration. Many a man took care of the babies last Tuesday while wifie voted. I CAPPER AND THE GRAIN GAMBLERS Statement of Kansas Senator's Pro gram to Dethrone a Power That . Despoils Producers Without ; , -Aiding Consumers. From the Chrvttian 8ciene Monitor The acceptable service rendered by Arthur Capper as governor ot the state of Kansas was no doubt accepted, at least by the farmers of that great agri cultural commonwealth, at the time he was sent to Washing-ton as a senator, as a pledge that he would continue as their champion. Certainly he has done nothing- thus far to disappoint them. Himself a student of farm' economics, particularly In relation to the people and industries of the Middle. West, and with added equipment gained aa a public offi cial and legislator, he has always been quick to discover arid apply needed measures, of relief, often where others might have found difficulty In deciding as to the exact nature of the trouble te be dealt with. It may be too early to assert that, in his annosnced attempt to eliminate fictitious speculation In wheat, the Kansas senator has hit 'upon exactly the right method to be followed, but it Is not too early to say, with a fair de gree of definiteness. that he is evidently goins to make a determined effort, at the next session of congress, to obtain fa vorable action on a measure, now beinsc prepared, which will put an end to what he declares the worst form of legalized gambling- ever countenanced in a free country. Senator Capper starts upon his cam paigrn against, board of trad speculation in wheat and other grains by Btattng: a self-evident proposition. It is that ficti tious dealt. ; which really have nothing to do with legitimate sales and deliveries of the commodities dealt in, damage, the producers of -wheat and -other grains, without benefiting the' consumers. He reasonably insists that the farmer should have a moral guarantee that the market for hia grain will be fairly stabilized. That may be taken to mean, no doubt, that the farmer's market should be con trolled, as other markets are presumed to be controlled, by the so-called law'of supply and ! demand. . Of course. Sena tor Capper has no difficulty whatever in establishing the fact that thenarket for wheat, for Instance, cannot be even measurably j stabilized so long -as fic titious Speculation in wheat is per mitt ed.- The goyernmept of the United States realized this fully during the war emergency, when it desired, for the pur pose of Inducing a maximum production of breadstuffs. to guarantee to the farm er a fixed ' price for wheat, and con sequently prohibited board of trade spec ulation In grains for the time being. Senator Capper insists that the economic emergency" is less only in a measure than during the time of the', war. and that the world needs all the bread that can be produced now; as It needed it then. Maximum production cannot, it Is declared, be maintained if the farmer Is to: be compelled to take his chances, with high cost of labor and fertilizers, and the increased cost of machinery and transportation, of selling his products at an actual loss, or at a minimum profit, because of market fluctuations caused by fictitious speculation. The public, so-called, the great' mass of consumers who buy bread as they buy clothing, shoes and other commodities, may qTHte reasonably suppose that, if the farmer is compelled to accept less for his wheat, the prices of flour and bread will eventually reflect the low ered costs, j The consumers are. per haps, able to point to similar reflected declines in the prices of other commodi ties, but it; is Insisted that the same economic law does not prevail in respect to wheat and bread. The reason is sim ple and plain. It Is that the price of fered by buyers of wheat in the states where the grain is produced and actually delivered is the fictitious price estab lished and-reflected In the wheat pits of the boards of trade, and that in the sea sons of the year when the bulk of the wheat crop is offered for sale the price is kept down to the -lowest point to which it can be forced by shrewd manip ulation, or 1 by the uncertainties inci dental to fluctuation. Senator Capper points out that this wheat, bought at the lowest possible price, does not find its way into mills or into ocean transports, but that It is held and sold, finally, in the markets of the world, at a price es tablished, in fact. by the law of supply and demand.' Thus It is that the con sumer, who sometimes sees lower prices ror wool reflected in the reduced price of clothing, or a lower price for raw sugar In Cuba reflected in a lower price for refined eu?arat.the corner grocery, seldom sees the price ot bread governed sympathetically by the actual price which the farmer receives for his wheat. t e 'Kansas senator declares that wheat speculation on the Chicago board of trade has cost the wheat producers of the United States $909,000,000 In the last two months, of which the loss to the farmers of his state approximates $140.-. 000.000. H says this loss has been re flected in a. gain to the consumer of barely one ounce of bread In the loaf at the old price. The present grain crop of . the country has been sold, or oversold. five, or six times by the speculators, with: actual deliveries, as a result of their transactions, of about 1 per cent of the grain dealt in. His solicitude is not for those who, by speculation, lose fortmnes in the wheat pit. He' apparent ly makes no pretence of waging a moral or ethical crtisade." But he is solicitous for those who are compelled to suffer be cause of the ramblers' greed and ma nipulations. He sees a great " vital in dustry throttled -and at the mercy 'of Irresponsible and -designing speculators, the products of a year of. toll and the legitimate returns from invested capital unprotected from a destroying and wanton enemy. , This industry he seeks to protect,; not against the legitimate consumer, 'who., presumptively, stands ready to share common benefits with the I fai-mer, but against those whose hope ori gain lies In the misfortunes and the de fenselessness of others. Letters . From the People f Communications aent to. The Jonrnat for publication in this department ahonM be -written, on only one aid of the paper; should not oseeod SOO word in lencth, and must be signed by tha writer, who mail addrta in full must aecom panj tb contribution.! . y '.""'". CAR RIDERS' COMPLAINTS I Tortland, Nov. 2.-tTo the Editor; of The Journal This .communication, is called : forth : by a letter in the Daily News of November 1. sifrned "Mrs. H. Blanco. ',' I wonder if Mr. Every Day Ctt!senreallxes that the -Portlajid rail way has hundreds of men in its employ and that .;, the average conductor or motorman is both courteous and ac- tommodating. How can the company do anything with any complaint unless it Is specific and carries definite data from which, it can work? Also,.! won der if this same Mr. Every- Day Citizen realizes that he has in bis employ a public service Commission, maintaining Portland offices, to which complaints and : criticisms may be submitted, if accompanied by definite . information. There is no use In sending them any other class of. complaint or criticism. : i When a conductor refuses to stop for transfer passengers at a transfer point, under the regulations' governing such change of cars. If Mr. Citizen will take the trouble to carefully take the number of the car and the time of day or night, also, if possible noting time of next car following bo that the excuse of "an other car right behind" cannot be given by Mr. Negligent . Motorman, and wtU take the matter to the Portland Railway. Light & . Power company, he is more than likely to get action, and failing to do so, if he sends such definite in formation to the public service com mission he is pretty sure to get im mediate attention. The commission has neither time nor money to devote to complaints based merely on personal pique, but honest and constructive criti cism, accompanied by definite data, is welcomed and secures results. Personally, I am of the opinion that it would be well if the public service commission would give Mr. Every Day Citizen a little instruction . as to diity devolving- on him by the exercise of which he would cooperate instead of complain through the daily press. : One of the Every Day Citizens. AT THE POOR FARM; Umatilla. Nov. 3. To the Editor of The Journal The Journal contained recently a most Interesting report entitled ''County Farm Is . Making , Proits," which means that the Multnomjah county poor farm is showing a profit of $8111 after feeding 300 inmates, and with nu merous supplies on hand for the winter. It does not state whether the. inmates work the farm or not, but it is to be pre sumed that some are made useful and happy in producing those 7562 pounds of butter,' 406 quarts of fruit, 313 quarts ot vegetables, etc But, be that as it may, the farm, properly equipped and scien tifically managed, by the aid of the O. A. C. manages to supply with food its 300 inmates. It is a commendable achievement and has in it an object les son for the rest of us. Why does not the state or county see to it that people have their natural op portunities before they become charges of the state -or county? Instead of it being a disgrace to go to thepoor farm, in future It will be looked upon as a rare opportunity, as the only access to land and natural resources. If, those 70,000 steel workers who are not getting wages necessary to maintain the prescribed American standard of living only knew what a boon is our poor farm, and if only those 2,000,000 -f underfed children in New York" knew of the 289,71 1 pounds of milk on our poor farm, and if. the skilled workers who put in twenty years of their best efforts in order to earn enough to pay for the fjrst cost of a farm at from $100 or over per acre, have the same opportunity as those people on the poor farm those who haven't a home, and those who are working against odds to pay for the one they think they have but may never be able to pay for, and who do not covet the. position of the Inmates of the poor farm let them not be afraid to vote for a single (ax measure the next time they get the chance. ChristlAa H. Mock. FOR TRUTH AND CLEANLINESS Jom Associated Adrerti&ins Not every newspaper publisher has the courage to place truth and cleanliness, honesty and decency in advertising, on one scale-of the business balance and $75,000 In business ' annually on the other-.. -.-I' - . That Is what The Oregon Journal, pub lished in Portland, has done. Some time ago it shut out of its columns advertise ments of quack doctors and of. most of the patent medicines. Now it has gone further, as witness its announced policy, as follows : "The Oregon Journal, reserves"' the right "to reject copy which it deems ob jectionable. It also will not print any copy that in any way simulates reading matter or that cannot readily be recog nized as advertising. . "In the application of the general pol icy toward advertising- and advertising copy, use these criteions: "Copy for medicine taken internally not accepted. . '. "Copy simulating reading mattar not accepted. t ' ' .. "Discussion or mention of symptoms, diseases, cures, guarantees not permitted. "What may be considered ugly illus trations not accepted. "Unpleasant words prominently dis played must be' revised. ."Questionable financial or wildcat ad vertising not taken." - For a time The Journal may suffer financially "because of Its stand, but it need not expect to suffer long from that cause. Advertisers, these days, seek good company and avoid, evil associa tion. The probability is that many new accounts will be- obtained by reason of the newspaper's stand ; the certainty is that its readers will have more confi dence In tha advertising t does carry and that it win be of greater value, in consequence, to its advertisers. THE PLEASANT FRIENDSHIPS OF OREGON. Krom the La Grande Observer Lingering in the minds of all La Grande and Union county people :s the refreshing pleasantry of the visit of 100 Fortland business men who came into' Eastern Oregon for business, pleasure and to widen their acquaintance. - Some'might call it a purely money get ting excursion, but that would be wrong. J Kven if some of the party had their eye on business results , wholly when they started, they' returned realizing that far greater than money consideration, far greater than increased volume of busi ness, far greater than mere "talking shop." are the friends they have made on this journey. To clasp hands, to exchange ideas, to mingle socially constitutes the biggest asset of this trade excursion. For after all commerce is commerce the world over. It Is cold and insincere. Products are purchased and paid for. ' Men and firms prosper and fail. People of today play with, their business much as a boy of six plays with his blocks. There is no permanency in business, no ,food for the soul, no ideas that linger ' through storm afkd adversity. Quite different with the friendships made by the Portland men, for those friendships will survive when business is paying- 50 per cent and when it shows a loss of 10 per cent. The pleasant fea tures of this trip will be to them a tonic during their tired business hours. And to Union county people there will al ways remain delightful recollection of the exceptionally fine bunch ot Portland business men who came and made merry with us. EUROPE IS TRAVEL-MAD From tho Cokwado Spring Telecrapb Central Europe chiefly Austria Hun gary, Rumania and, adjacent countries are travel mad." In spite of govern ment limitations. Journeys are made on slight pretexts. - Whole families go wan dering from town to town. , To the rep resentative of a New YorK paper. Queen Marie of Rumania V voiced the feelings of thousands of her subjects when she said, "How I envy ' you your .travels. Think of the glorious freedom Of going somewhere far away." Admiral Horthy, Hungary's regent, remarked that he wakes up at night now -thinking of the COMMENT- AND SMALL CHANGE That frf aVt a. A j:.4V MZ a-" RUVI VatVIUlUII . awWlKl W affect the size of the ballot. : . TaSfa. Wtta S trr wmtm 1 - 1. a. J, , - " niBusci Derails iu ue gelling! into more wrangles than he' entitled to. TlBlk. I, at JAM.U J ucicc v. wiuaiiiciion w Knowing a newspaperman was elected. Lfit'fl In rill i a fhak vaatka .. srlwa Us a Stsndint? fnrevnet , ! r mnA warmer' ' "-r .'" " ;" Booze valued at $40,000 was stolen in would be, how much was saved. . Probably, now that election's over, Dempsey and Carpentier can sret a niche on the front pare for a few days. Whether we like the result or not, wonder if we can't all get behind or before the Of. O. P. and push or pull for a greater America? - - ' The draw poker craze that is sweeping; Paris had its counterpart in the Wild West 60 years ago: and yet they say Paris is the most up-to-date city in-the world. . Again. In connection with the Western grain movement, the railroad equipment is found wtanting. But there's nothing lacking in the system of charging for the traffic. , " . - Fate seems to knock a fellow aaainet a trick wall pretty often, but If th blow is hard enough he may go on through meres a Dig paten or sunshine on the other side. It iwas a warning in the old da,ys of mere temperance. "Beware of the first drink t" But in these -days of sulphuric acid and concentrated lye moonshine, it should read, "Beware of the last drink," MORE OR LESS PERSONAL . Random Observations About Town Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Crider motored from Dallas and registered Wednesday at the Imperial hotel. They are on a pleasure trip. Mr. Crider is a merchant of Dallas. - ' "Natchez, Mise.rcontinues to fly the Confederate flag and doesn't know the Civil war is over," says Allison Walsh, a resident of that city, who was at the Multnomah hotel Wednesday. "Dur ing Roosevelt's first campaign he noted Ihe flag and ordered it taken down. The residents refused ; eaid the-'spirit was still there, and when Informed that it was a tradition that the flag, should fly until worn to shreds, Roosevelt withdrew his orders. It's a fine place for deep." : - - Fred W. Faulkner of Pendleton, a woolgrower, registered at the Imperial Wednesday. - Allan McKenzie of San Francisco, a bond dealer, registered at the Benson hotel Wednesday.. ; ,' .,'-,'!-! "Oregon will bo a great state for machinery salesmen this next year," be lieves Harley J. Armstrong, manager of the Clyde Kquipment company of Se attle, who is at the Multnomah. "The road-building program alone will require hundreds of thousands of dollars for road machinery," he said. "The lumber situation 'will unquestionably clear 4t- OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By FredLbckley (Hariris toured Eastern Oreg-on recetiUy, Mr, Lockley in this and a few succeeding article -mil pay bis - respect to the enterprise that haa achieved such wonderful results: in ISastern Uro gon. with incomparably greater objectives pro grammed for the easliesfr possible accomplish ment. And first. Mr. Lockiey writes of Bsksr and Baker county. There was a time "when the communi ties' throughout the state looked upon Portland as a robber baron at the head of navigation holding' them up for tribute on all incoming or outgoing commerce. The "bunchgrassers" and "sagebrushers'f of the "cow counties" regarded with- sus picion the protestations of friendship of the Portland wholesalers and held the webfooters" of the Willamette valley in contempt. m ; ' ..'(. I That day has 'gone by. The f ive-score business men of Portland on the "Good will i Special" .which recently vlBlted Eastern Oregon found wherever they went a feeling of kinship and friendli ness. George II. Currey'of La Grande, Mal heur and Baker, for he is at home in all three towns, sounded the keynote of ;the attitude of Eastern Oregon's citizens toward Portland when he said: . "In the spirit of brotherhood and fel lowship we greet our visitors from Port land. We ( are proud of Portland, and look to it for- counsel and assistance. Portland's future depends' upon the de velopment! of the interior country. We of Eastern Oregon believe in the pro ductiveness of our lands, the future of our industries and the stability of our commerce. Only through the applica tion of outside capital can -we irrigate our thirsty acres and build more and bigger factories and mills.; Portland as sembles, 'and distributes our products. They need the products of the land and. we ned the port. Acquaintance begets understanding, and understanding leads to cooperation and team work." - m 1 saw Baker then Baker City for the first time nearly 40 years sgd, while going by wagon to Walla Walla. In those days it was a typical frontier town a town of unpainted shacks, of saloons and gambling halls, of livery stables and blacksmith shops-, of cow boys and miners, of hitching racks where cow ponies stood unhitched with the sea and in his dreams hears the sound of the ocean. "I have sailed the world around and now -1 can't even get a glimpse of the blue water," he told an interviewer. Ths general restlessness of the popu lation of Central Europe is a logical aftermath of the hysteria of war. This part of the world lived through the tense years of conflict with Its accompaniment of terror and privation, and now feels a natural reaction against the pallor of peace-time days. Not the least to be said against war, in fact,' is the way in which it develops the appetite for highly splcea sensation, and atrophies ' or " de stroys the quieter but 'sounder pleasure which people normally take in the com monplace round of worR and play.' The business of living sensibly and serenely is monotonous to war-torn nerves. Hence the delight in feverish amusements. In the extremes of getting and spending, in wanton waste, in. gross extravagance. A good deal of what Is the matter with the world in -general today is' due to the swing of the pendulum rrom the ex citement of war -to -the wholesome mo notony of peace. ' Central 'Europe, which got more of war than most of us, simply has an aggravated case which is cor respondingly long in mending.-. But if Central Europe and the rest of us are going to get anywhere, fhm hysteria which expresses Itself in a lust for travel or for any other form of useless excite ment must be cured. And the cure Ii s within ourselves.' i'. WHAT BECOMES OF THEM? - From tha Kansas City Times The Immigration at the port of New fork continues at a rate unapproached ' "' '"-- '-''; ' " t f ' NEVS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS There are several hard colds in our midst, with nothing hard to backfire with Ashland Tidings. e i. It might help some if every organisa tion of workers was strictly limited to workers. Salem Journal.' . ... The price of coal is fair enough when you figure the value of the heat units In. the bill. Kugene Guard. Grass on the range ia thick as hair on a dog, and a doggone eight longer. Blue Mountain Eagle, . It Is Just one thing after another. In the summer time the grass and weeds litter the yards and .parkings, and In the fall the leaves pile' up on the streets and in the alleys. Kugene Guard. . - Work on next year's Hog and Dairy Show has already begun. It's the big gest thing ever started In Washington county, and started in a way that means growth and everlasting success. Banks Herald. Many of the horticulturists are making apple cider, and can't sleep nights for fear it will develop aome authority, in accordance with the laws of nature, and contrary to the laws of the land. Med ford Sun. - The prize, winning corn exhibit at the Land .Products Show is boxed prepara tory to being shipped to -Portland to enter in the Portland Corn Show, which starts November 13, and lasts until Feb ruary 27. Roseburg News Review, i . No better weather is obtainable any where than the present batch, but the people do not appreciate it They want to go to California and have their pock els picked while enjoying the sunshine. Medford Mail-Tribune., self, now that election is oyer, and then things w ill hum." - - "I missed my vote ; but, then, the candidate I wanted in really didn t need tt," eald C. B. Rathburn of San Fran cisco, a mining man who Is at the Portland hotel. He arrived Wedftesday but is returning south today, after com pleting his business here. . '-.'' J. B. Fullerton of Los Angeles. A. L. Hodgden of Hoquiam and J. H. . Con stantino of Vancouver, B. C, were ar rivals at the Multnomah Wednesday. "I'll wager any amount of money on the presidential election now," said Henry B. Waters, who registered at the Oregon hotel from Kugene late Wednes day. "Where's all the money I heard was being offered?" : A breath from old Kentucky not the kind you think was brought to the vr..innmoH WMfnMvlav hv Kl in PT 1 sLT- desty. who registered from Breathitt county, that state. "I can remember when we had sd many feuds down home that lrr.ll rauMn't CO OUt at night. especially If you'd trod on some fellow's toes that day.;: no judge nor jury wouio mintiri man for ktllinr another, with Just cause. In those days. Killings were a common occurrence; trials a travesty. But it's all peaceful now. r reins, hanging over their heads.' The livery stables, blacksmith shops and hitching .posts are but a memory. 'Where the cow ponies stood patiently awaiting their, roistering owners, high-powered cars are now parked.' In those days Baker had a population of about 7,00. Today It Has 7727, according to Uncle Sam'a census returns;- The county was named for Colonel E. D. Baker, Oregon's gallant senator who fell while leading his men at Ball's Bluff in the early days of the Civil : war. The city took its name from the county, and is the county seat. It is surrounded by miles of fertile lands of the Powder Klver valley. It Is one of the well known camps on the old Oregon trail, but the oxen and prairie schooners have given.way to Packards, Bulcks and Fords. It Is mountain be girt, many of the surrounding peaks rising to "the attitude of over 9000 feet. Cattle, sheep, wool, hay and fruit, with lumber and mining, are the backbone of Baker's prosperity. In the county there are fiva mills which bring in an annual revenue in excess of 43,000,000 for their white pine lumber. - ; ' In! the old days Baker county was known only as a mining district, and millions of dollars have been taken from the Mormon Basin, Cornucopia, Sumpter, Snake river, and Rock creek districts. Where the old-time placer. miner skimmed the cream and got the values 'In coarse gold, hydraulic dredges are now making; good money on Powder river and Burnt river. The whole dis trict seems to be highly mineralised, gold, silver, copper, chrome, manganese and antimony being found in the sur rounding mountains. i - The altitude of the county seat Is 8400 feet and, the average rainfall Is about IS Inches. Baker county's total area U 1,55.:00 acres, ot which but 141,428 acresj Is under cultivation r so there Is plenty of opportunity for the extension of farming. They are seeking aid to develop an Irrigation district comprising 60,000 acres, which will bring untold wealth to the district and ths state. No one Can travel as I have throughout Powder River valley Eagle valley and the Snake river canyon, with its almost tropical climate, without being impressed with the wonderful possibilities of future development for tl.e county. - ' In our history, and one begins to wonder where do they all go' from there? Do any of them ever ask for a Job? . Olden Oregon How an Early Traveler Was Shocked When Served Horse Steak. Describing life at the Whitman mis ion, Farnhara wrote : "When the smok ing vegetables, the hissing steak, bread as white as snow and the newly Churned fcuttsr graced the breakfast table and the happy 'countenances of countrymen and countrywomen shone around, I could with difficulty believe myself in a country so far from and so unlike my native land In all Its features. But dar ing breakfast ths pleasant illusion was dispelled by one of ths causes which In duced it. Our steak was horseflesh." - durious' Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Tlaces The Illusion of "phantom limbs' borrow a felicitous expression from Dr. S, Weir Mitchell far from being rare or exceptional, Js almost universal among persons who have undergone an ampu tation. Among ! 90 cases, including a great variety of amputations, Mitchell found only: fotrr in - which there had never been an Illusion of this kind. ' One of the best. discussions of ; this matter is that by ; Mitchell in his book, "In juries of Nerves,' published in 1172. The literature, however,' goes back to the sixteenth century, when the phenomenon was well described by Ambroise Fare, ThVQrggon Country North vest BPPentV-4n Brief rorm far the , Bus fiend: , X . -- OREGON NOTES Mr. and Mrs. H. Raun celebrated their diamond wedding at Eugene a few days go. '.. -tj : :. - " It Is estimated that 00.000 gallons of apple juice will be shipped out of Med ford this year. The third annual Polk rmmtv mm' show will be held in Independence No vember ii and 2. A warehouse at Oreron Ot-e- Keilnn. Ing to H. K. Dimlck has been destroyed by fire. The loss was $4 000. Libby. McNeil & Co. are huvtne? in. pies for canning at Hood. River at $13 a ton. The same quality brought 920 a ton and up last season. A turnip weichlnir 1611 rmunfia. tha largest ever grown in the ' state, is on exhibition at Roseburg. It was grown on tha farm of G. W. "Vaughn. 1 ' Edwin McKinney. who waji born in Marion county 72 years ago, Is dead at Salem. Mr, McKinney was one of the best known residents of the county. Bert Hall, aheen ! shearer, shot and killed himself at CorvaUls, the result of Jealously and following an expressed determination to commit suicide. In taking the ' school census, a Mrs. Hardel of Glenbpook was found with three pairs of twins fi years old and under. Five of the six children are boys. The first carload of apples has left Salem for Sweden. Export shipments of apples and late pears have also -commenced to England Scotland ''and Canada. Linas G. Fuller, master. mechanic of the Saddle Mounaaln Logging company, dropped dead on the trail while return ing from a trip to the summit of Saddle mountain. i The Silver Falls Timber comnanv at Sllverton lias decided to put In a pulp mill t6 crind un all their bv-nroduct suit able for making wood pulp for the manu- lacture or printing paper. The Applegrowers' association at Hood River already has received in excess of . 450,000- boxes of frult,.,jnd more than 200,000 boxes have been delivered to other shipping concerns, Attorney General Van Winkle has ap proved the proceedings attendant upon -a bond issue of 910,000 by the -municipality of Turner. Marlon county. Ths state will, purchase the bonds. WASHINGTON Osteopaths have purchased for 915. 000 four lots In Ysklma upon which they will erect a hospital. Branches of the " Washington Slate Haygrowers' association are being formed in Walla Walla county. Twenty tons of apples were distributed to the crowds along the route of the "Apple day" parade at Seattle. Harry Kopp, aged 45, was found dead In his room in a T acorn a hotel. H,hii died while kneeling by his bedside 'in -prayer. - A new Spokane valley bank Isto open its doors at Greenacres within the next few weeks with a paid up capital of 915,-. 000 and a paid up surplus of 91500. The Wenatchee branch of the United States labor office has closed for .the season. During the 90 days of opera tion 1878 persons were given employment, While playing In a vacant lot at Ho quiam.. two little girls stumbled upon, the body of John Shay, 60 years old, who probably had died from heart dis ease. ! . '" ' a - The Montesano Packing company an , nounces that the plant will close for the year as-soon as five or six tons of cran berries now on hand are" turned Into jarrh , Two holdups in one week occurred st the National Lumber company's camp near Cedarville. In each between 9300 and $400 was' obtained by masked' ban dits. - t. ': Tfireevhop kilns- on! the Taklma. res-' ervation were recently destroyed by fire at a loss of 950,000. together with H. 8. Bunch's crop from 80 acres, worth near ly 920.000. - - A Yakima man has found near the ice plant War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps amounting to 9215, which were stolen in the Moxee state bank robbery on October 6.. L. H. Darwin, state fish' commis sioner. Invites the people of Grays Har bor to go to the state hatcheries locat ed near SatSop and get, free of cost, . what spawned salmon they can use. IDAHO Delegates from .the various churcheaV of the city 'have organized the Inter church Athletic league of Boise. All students of the University of Idaho over 21 years of age were al lowed to vote at Moscow on election day., v" ) - Interest In Boise' county Is centering around the proposed removal of ths county Beat from Idaho City to Horse shoe Bend.- ' . ' William Foster and Rose Lay ton' are under arrest at Glenn's Ferry charged with blackmailing Tom Wllklns, ob taining from him $1000 in cash, and $008 mortgage on his property. ' The last of a 40.000 bushel sale of wheat made by the Idaho and -Washington Wheat Growers' association to Gal veston exporters at a net price equal to 93 wheat in Chicago has been shipped from Southern Idaho.- ij Ujjcle Jeff Snow Says : Them Cuban sugar profiteers a while' back Jined hands with our own . pa triotic sugar trust and cinched we, th great American -people, like we was mountain pack mules. Now they're a-ketchin' the come-back and want Uncle Sam to help 'em with a loan and are willin' to sell us sugar at 10" cents. Mebby they'll be willin' to sell it at 4 cents 'fore long, which'd give a right likable profit, at that Tabular Exhibit of Farms of , Oregon Now and Ten and '" Twenty Years Ago. Tlie-census bureau has just report ed the number of farms 1n Oregon and shows thereby that the Increase between 1300 and 1910 was nearly twice as great as between 1910- and 1920, The table by counties follows: (Vmnty. t2 . 100 SUti total... . SO.IM 4B.602 SS.flST Raker .......... 1.60S 1,804 12 Benton.., 1.S20 1.09S M5' ttlackamas 8.130 3.A44' 7.SM rjatsop 44. 89 4 J8 Columbia ........ 991 - .SI 8 SOI ton 1,17" 1.12S H8 trook S44 J.8S TS t"urrr S3 S183 -90 J Iechtites ....... 7 S.I ,. r. . ilXwieU.....-... 5.279 2.124 I,S4f- Uilliam v. ......... 484 482 ,44t (irsnt ........... -72S 778 97 Hsrney .......... " 443 848 II loud Hirer. ..... ' S7S 744 ..... tJtcktoa ........ 1.72a 1,714 1.85S IJeffersoa ........ C?t. ..... . .. . . tJoerhiM 727 855 887 KlsmaUt ......... 9i 92S 4S I ........... 54 712 307 Usui .......... 8.279 2,ft:t 2,870 tineoia ......... 797 9t 4MD mm 8.041 2.781 - 2.417 ,Jalhenr .......... 1,822 SOI 3 tSinoB v....... I.DHl 9.4I)I . Mnrmw .......... S SI 4 6S IMalUtomah -1.8S9 ' 1.478 I.U7S t-olk J.781 1,557 1,193 Rherrftan 461 481 Y 845 TiUamook ....ji, 797 " 881 831 TUmauUa 2,852 .005 1.518 trnton J.27S J SOS J.4M f Wallowa 1.1 4 I.OS8 S3 'Wmw ......... 1.889 1.381 1,851 Washington ...... 8.090 1,871 2.802 Wheeler ......... 859 ' 387 890 TTamhiU 2.892 2.218 1.598 India reservation . . 468 'BoanAary lis ehanxtd between 1900 sod 1910, 1 Boundary line ensnced betweaa 1910 and 1920. i ;.Vew eonntj formed oetweea 1910 and 192". ; - Srw roimtjr formed between 1900 and 19lt; boundary ebanird between 1010 in! 192. - - - . 1 Rntmdar chanced between 1900 aad 19IO; lo between 1910 sod 19:0;