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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND OREGON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920.
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AN OREGON PROBLEM
OREGON has 2,600,000 acres of
logged off lands. The ;irea is
rapidly .Increasing. :
In the district where thfeae lands
are located, the estimate iar" that 50
per cent .is tillable. Muchof that
percentage is highly , fertile.
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No construct ve plan has been ap
plied in Oregon for reclaiming these
lands. Though they are a valuable
resource in What they could be made
to produce, and in the homes they
could give to landless families, all
past proposals have mostly resulted
in talk and resolutions and speeches
and campaign promises never" ful
filled. In consequence, the bringing
of these lands under production is
still a problem left to the brave
settler who has &piri enough to go
out with his bare hands to attempt
the almost impossible task of clear
ing away the stumps and sacrificing
a - decade of effort before he can
make even a start in establishing a
self-supporting homjek
For reclaiming arid lands we have
provided by law, for the organiza
tion of irrigation districts, under
which the state's credit is nledeed
to guarantee payment of interest on
the district bonds. The same law
provides for reclaiming swamp Jands
,through drainage. . How or why can
there be' any reason for the state
Jaw "not to also provide for organi
zation of districts for taming logged
off lands?. '
.It has been shown 'that, by use
of proper equipment and. modern
methods, these lands can bef cleared
at half nd in caseb even less than
half the cost a which 'individual
settlers can do it.j It has been shown
that, by such a p;rocess, these, virgin
lands can be brought under produc
tion at a cost much less, than the
price of improved land in the same
districts.' There are couities in the
state in which the tillable area could,
in.-time, be almost doubled by r
. claiming the r cut-over lands. On
such a promise, is it not worth
whilfr for the people and public au
thorities of Oregon to become in
terested in the issue?
One acre of j logged off land
brousrht under production i a. mini
that never work out. Uniike the
time when it was forest land, it
yields a crop every, year 'until eter
nity, if properly conserved.
And what it produces is what the
'world lives on. j -
- A Pennsylvaniwn advertised for a
bride and got' her. But when, she
appeared she proved to be the color
of a coal heaver. , It pays to adver
tise but in the -case of brides there
should be a call for specifications.
WITH A LIFE?
A MOTORIST, traveling over the
highways of the state and even,
in the cities, often encounters vehi
cles of .various sorts without lights
after the sua has set. Bicycles are
frequently unlighted, and many a
wagon rolls' its way around without
a warning to other, vehicles. ,
It is dangerous business. Auto
mobile headlights," especially whtn
dimmed, do not ; always illuminate
vehicles at great distance. ' They do
not always 'warn a driver in time
that a wagon or bicycle is oheal !n
the darkness.' 'And certainly, he is
not expected to distinguish a blac k
wagon in the' blackness, of night.
It is not automobiles atone that
are compelled by law to -be-.lighted
after dark. The same law applies
to "vehicle of; all kinds. ": An un
lighted wagon , is as dangerous to
Its driver and an aut8m bile oper
ator as an unlighted motor vehicle.
The wagon in iuti as likely to cause
a crash.-. jj;.'..,: .....
Those who: operate dark vehicles,
even 4a" they escape the law, will in
time pay the price of negligence
perhaps with a life.
She was a, cook in the summer
home of Lucious J. Barnet at Brook
line, Massachusetts. .Under .the
terms of her cbn tract her employer
was to provldjo transportation for
her to attend, church on Sunday
mornings. In turning a corner on
one trip to church the chauffeur, she
alleges in her complaint, was care
less and caused an accident which
gave- her grej't mental and bodily
suffering. She sues for 110,000.
Nanie "Walsh, also in; Mr. Barnet's
employ and ar occupant of the auto
mobile at the time, sues lor $1000.
A TENANT NATION?
A MERICA
is becomintr a nation
of renters. In 1919 a million
weddings were celebrated. OnlyO,
000 new homes were built. The
supply of homes is falling behind
the demand. Accordingly the call
for apartments, flats, and zooms in
creases. ' ; f '
'j The result an enormous increase
in tenants. The first thought of
bride and groom is a place to live
a place to rent. The demand be
comes heavy, and the price goes up.
Much of the population is a drawn
into the; thickly' populated .centers.
Congestion becomes ; great and un
less city authorities are vigilant
health, conditions retrograde. There
is little, stability in the household
where there :s no yard in which
children may! ,'lay. The rent goes
to the landlord, sot towari a home.
The figures further indicate that
many young men are marrying, who
feel that they do riot possess suffi
cient resources to begin the pur
chase of a home. They seek a place
to rent. t-M&rttal conditions, through
frequent removals and lack .-of fa-r
duties in the home, are often dis
turbed. The life is , sometimes
makeshift and rovlr.g. Divorces un
doubtedly result where a partner
ship in a, homo would have avoided
them. : ! .
. The prospect of a nation of ' ten
ants is encouraging to the, landlords,
but not? rosy for the people; of
America, I .: .
A'stcick dtvilend of 150 per cent
has Just been announced by the
Standard Oil company of Indiana.
It is more earnings put into capital
on which the gasoline buyer will
have to pay divide"-ds. And, inci
dentally, by distributing this prpfit
as" a "stock i dividend," the share
holders, . under the benign decision
of the federal supreme: court, avoid
payment of I income tax on the
amount.
AN OREQONIAN ABROAD
ON THIS page is a characteriza
tion, of Senator Chamberlain sy
the New York Herald, a Republican
paper. - j i ;
It is similar in ixiression to many
articles of the kind appearing In
newspaper's al over America. It
wlij.I help to give the people of his
home state a glimpse of the place
to: which Senator Chamberlain by
his ability, patriotic endeavor and
indefatigable I effort- has risen ifi
American life,
In reprinting ' the Herald's esti
mate of their distinguished fellow
citizen, The Journal says again to
the people of Oregon that in defeat
he is 'a victor. J To one who has so
conspicuously honored a public po
sition, the mere office is a nothing.
All that a senatorship was to Cham
berlain , was the authority and the
opportunity it gave him to serve his
state an', his! ; country. Election to
itor defeat for it could not add to
or detract frm his fame. That
fame is secure in the archives and
the records at "Washington and "in
the public tributes to him and his
work throughout America. '
Election is i a passing show in
which some people think, more do
not, and in; which most suffer
themselves to be carried away by
the glamour in d noise of the mo
ment. At rare intervals times come,
arid the late election was one of
them, when extraordinary psychol
ogy throws reason to the winds, and
hi was in one; of these moments that
Qregor. failed to remember and re
ward -the distinguished service 'of a
faithful public servant. '
A prospective bridegroom in In
diana told the marriage license clerk
that he' thought her name was
Powell. ' He said he would ask her
and fine. out. It proved to " be
Murphy. In j the delirium of. those
blissful moments preceding the
happy event bridegrooms are-mighty
uncertain. ' i - ';
FEED. MY LAMBS
IT IS a stage- ing thought that on
the continent of Europe there are
3.500,000 children who are on thf-
verge of starvation. v
. An appeal in their behalf is made
in an advertisement by the Literary
Digest in today s 'Journal. By Janu
ary all the avaTable resources of the
great committee now ministering to
the destitute little cnes will be ex
hausted. " ' i'.
. When American fathers look into
the " eyes of (. their own children,
when, mothers fee! on their cheeks
the soft touch of the hands of
little? innocents, mutt - they not, in
the moment' of affeetioW have a
thought of the starving children! In
the land, of destitution and famine?
Must they not, by common impulse,
feel 'impelled to sigh a check that
will give Ufa and hope, to one or to
a' dozen or a score of the little
starvelings? - . ;
; If w- do no" give in such a cause,
if we ssvfishly withhold participa
tion in such a work of relief, must
we not feel apprehension; of some
evil that may come upon our own
firesides? -.-- ' .ft -. .
Few of us there be who are willing
to reject the teachings of 'Hinvwho
said, "Suffer little children to come
unto me, for cf such is the kingdom
of Heaven.'- f r
An anonymous correspondent tells
Th Journal that Governor Cox
was unworthy because j . supported
by Tammany. Tle Journal tells him
in reply somethin that about every
body elseein the United States already
knows, and that i$ that Tammany
knifed Governor Cox at the polls,
that ; it had no interest la his elec
tion, that its support of him at San
Francisco was due to I its hatred
of McAdoo, and that the; whole talk
early and late in the campaign about
any connection of Boss Murphy with
Governor Cox was- a. bogie spread
broadcast to bamboozle the gullible.
Governor Cox was nominated at San
Francisco in a fair, open fight, on
the floor of. ihe convention, with
hundreds of the best'.men In the
convention supporting him because
they thought him worth;- and be
cause he was worthy. j
THE PASSING OF MAN O WAR
MAN O' WAR is now Just an or
, dinary horse. Two nionths ago
he was hailed as the greatest race
horse Jn history. He had won $250,
000 in cash prizes for his owner
along with a dozen gold cups. In
21 starts he had lost" but one race,
and repeatedly thereafter' defeated
the horse that had once shown him
his heels.
i But it is different with Man o
War now. : He used to: avoid the
common streets... He went to the
railway station iri a van and there
was loaded Into a special car. He
was' surrounded by special doctors,
trainers and stable flunkeys. His
stall approximated a king's palace,
his feed box -as scalded daily, his
bed of the sweetest rye was changed
twice "every 24 hours. At night he
was carefully wrapped in cotton and
woolen cloths.. V
At half past three In the morning
he wa awakened to eat two and a
half quarts of lipped oats. He was
then allowed to sleep until 7, when
his feet were Trashed, his face and
nostrils sponged, and his coat mas
saged.: He was ta!:en out for a' can
ter 'Jthree days a week to be re
turned to the stable" and washed
with a mixture or liniments. At 8
o'clock he went to bed. i
Now Man o War is' Just an every
day horse Out in the pasture. His
owners declare he will not be re
turned to the. track. He is to be
used for breeding purposes.
He had his , days of aristocracy.
He won his thousands for his owner.
And now he has passed off the
stage, on out into the pasture, to
live the life of other and less dis
tinguished Morses.
With - the election . OVer, throw
your weight into the campaign for
improvement of community condi
tions. Next week the greatest live
stock exposition ever 4 assembled
under one roof in America wijl be
held In Portland. By the simple
matter of attending you can- help
make it an unbounded success. Its
success will- be a triumph for Port
land and for you. - , i
LABOR COST CUT
IN NEW YORK, a 35 per cent cut
in th labor cost is announced as
a factor n a reduction in the price
of clothing. ! .
The cut is not made by reduction
of the wage . scale. 1 Is to . be
achieved under a. reported 1 agree
ment with 30,000 operatives to speed
up production.
So long" as the public ! would buy
clothing at . any price, the garment
workers were ; allowed their $ 1 an
hour and could slow' down as much
as they pleased in production. The
employer . simply added the cost to
the sale price with a further . profit
of his own, and the buyer paid the
bill.' ' --'., ' ;,
i But .the public ceased buying.
Figuratively speaking, buyers went
pn a strike. It was done not only
in the United Statej but all over
Christendom. In London, the people
amused themselves with holding
parades urging people not v to buy
until prices were cut. j People of
high and low degree, the rich and
the poor alike, marched in the long
processions. The effect of the "strike,
along with the natural law that high
prices in tlm- must decrease con
sumption, caused a great slump in
clothing and other sales, ,
The condition reacted on the New
York garment workers. The increase
that they have agreed to make in
production by each worker speeding
up his work means a cut of 35 per
cent in the labor cost of producing
a; garment,' equal to $6 to $10 on a
sui;t of clothes. . " X
; The decision by the workers to
speed up -production is sound. The
inevitable ' .basil of higher pay Is
larger production. The idea of some
workers that the 'ay to get higher
wage is by lowering the unit of pro
duction that the operative gives his
employer -is unsound., .The very
slowing down of production de
creases he power' of an employer
to pay a higher wage. Indeed, low
ered production is one form of sa
botage and 'sabotage In any phase'
cannot be defended. 1 V . .
The $6 to $1) that represents the
35 per cent saving In the labor
cost of a suit of clothing shows that
heavy profiteering was done by: the
clothing manufacturers. . . The cost
of a suit ! went up 100 to" 150 per
cent. A very common Increase was
a jump s from tli' former price -of
$50 to $125 for a suit of clothing.
The labor cost was tut a slight por
tion of .that very long- jump upward
In prices. ' ; - - -1 . .
It was an unlucky day for chick
ens. An Iowa pullet quickly swal
lowed a $600 diamond which-fell
from its setting in a ring as a grocer
helped unload some cratct; of poul
try. To .discover which of the 150
chickens got the gen " he began kill
ing them one after another. He
found the diamond in the gizzard
of the fifteenth.
CHAMBERLAIN
OF OREGON
High Testimonial to the Supreme Value
- of Service Rendered in the Win
ning of the Great War.
From the New Tork Herald (Bepublican)
Senator Chamberlain will yield hia-
seat to Robert N. .Stanfield. a Repub
lican, on the 4th of next March. -None
of ' the Democratic' senators
swept back into private life by- the vote,
last Tuesday will carry home, a finer
certificate of patriotic service than the
gentleman who was- chairman of : the
senate committee on military affairs in
the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth con
gresses -knd first of the minority mem
bers of that committee in the Sixty
sixth. Like Senator Wadsworth of . New
York, ' who succeeded him as chairman
when the senate turi A Republican
Senator Chamberlain posseasntf a special
and minutely accurate knowledge of the
affairs coming within his legislative
province. His mind was as clear as a
bell, hie judgment broad nd impartial,
his initiative fertile and his Industry
unconquerable. The loyal efforts of such
a man in such a post during a war
period -such as that which we have ex
perienced are fairly comparable in im
portance to those .of a cabinet officer.
Therefore all those who remember the
time when Democrats and Republicans
in congress arid out of it were working
together without, thought, of partisan
ship to support the government Iri an
effective prosecution of the war will
always recall with respect and gratitude
the part George K. Chamberlain took In
that tremendous enterprise. With re
gard to the selective draft, to coast de
fense, to food control and military, trans
portation and. to an infinitude of , de
tailed legislation connected with mili
tary, operations his record is surcharged
with meritorious servicp. -, And; there
stands out to his everlasting credit as
early and as keen, a perception of the
need of national preparedness as if he
had shared the clairvoyance of Theo
dore Roosevelt .himself.
A good American of engaging- person
ality and great , ability, the author of
the Chamberlain military preparedness
bill of 1918 and the doer, of countless
things which helped America to win the
war has earned a secure place in the
list of those who were the makers of
victory. '
Letters Frcm the People
(Communiritions sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only one side of the paper; should not eiceed
300 words, in length, and must be signed bj the
writer, whose mail address in full mast accom
pany the contribution. )
ANSWERING MR. KILPACK'S QUES
TIONS Portland, Nov. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Answering John G. Kil
pack's questions published in your col
umns November 9, the following is sub
mitted : .
s Q. 1. What percentage of the depend
ent children now being cared for by our
child-caring institutions are orphans?
A. W. H. Slingerland, Ph. -D., on page
68 of the survey entitled. "Child Welfare
Work- in Oregon," shows that 2159 de
pendent and delinquent children were re
ceived in public and private institution?
during 1917, the latest year on which wa
have statistics. : It is not shoVn how
many of these were orphans, but the
same report shows about 600 placed out
for family care by private institutions.
and, without doubt, these are mainly or
phans, to which must.be added 745 chil
dren in private institutions at the close
of the year, or a total of 1345 orphan
children in private Institutions . and
homes at 'the close of 1917. TJiese num
bers have increased in laio-iu-zu.
Q. 2. Is dependency on the increase
since prohibition went Into effect, or is
it not rather on the decrease?
A. Authorities agree It is on the in
crease. The inriuenza epidemic, war
conditions, including war losses antT in
crease of illegitimacy, increase in popu
lation, and other factors have caused
this increase. Since depenBency is on the
increase, and since the new institution
will provide both a farm home: with out
door life in work and play, and- the cot
tage plan as well as other up-to-date
feature not available in any other insti
tution, there is no. question that the Ore
gon W, C. T. U. Children's Farm Hpme
plan has many advantages wnicn cannot
be made available until this home is es
tablished. There are a number of' baby
homes and secular institutions caring
for dependent children of all ages, but
it is generally acknowledged and earnest
ly urged by those best acquainted with
the problem or child wellare In tfte state
of . Oregon that the equipment- already
provided is wholly inadequate and the
means available are woefully lacking to
nfrWrivelv carp for the incresLSiner needs.
No one questions that the agencies now
working are doing their utmost -to meet
the needs, but, with crowded Institutions.
with limited facilities and with lack of
funds, everyone sincerely desiring the
welfare of dependent cmldrep, will wel
come added facilities and means. . v
Frank C. Jackson.
COMPARISON OP CAMPAIGNS
Portland, Nov. 9. To the Editor of
The JournalrMost people have been
quite surprised at the overwhelming Re
publican victory. The Harding landslide
evidently was of such magnitude -that
the Republicans themselves could scarce
ly believe it, and were therefore, unable
to account for its greatness. Looking
a little closer, it is not so ' hard to
understand as it first appears. Ljet us
consider a psychological fact or two.
It-is a foregone conclusion that most
people tfan be convinced against their
will. Every preacher, lawyer, public
speaker, salesman and everyone who has
studied psychology, or knows anything
about the Workings of the human mind.
can with almost absolute certainty, un
der ordinary i circumstances, . convince
people against their will.. It is all a
matter of coaxing, persuading, influ
encing, convincing the customer or the
people, as the salesman or the politician
sees flC To. keep everlastingly hammer
ing away at them from a thousand dif-.
ferent angles , is what does the work.
The leaders of the Republican -party
evidently are good business men, thor
ough politicians' and clever salesmen.
They kno w how to get their ideas
across : . they know how to sell their
customers. - With , this knowledge . of
human nature, with -three-fourths of the
newspapers of the country, and ail the
magazines, with the' very best speakers
and writers, - with four years of .cam
paigning to their credit, and with their
enormous campaign fund, .they had' the
world by the tail and a downhill pulL
The Democrats; on the other hand; in
stead of having three-fourths Of the
newspapers in the couhjry, possibly had
one-fourtW! only; Instead of having all
the magazines, they had not one; in
stead of having four years of campaign
ing to their credit, they had about three
months, and, instead of having an
enormous slush fund, their ; campaign
fund was exceedingly small., ' With all
these things in favor of the Republicans,
is it any wonder that the Democrats met
defeat? s M. Plant.
FORD'S ANTI-JEWISH. CAMPAIGN.
Vancouver. Wash.. Nov. 6. To the
Editor of The Journal We. now have to
believe that Henry Ford is manageable ;
is, in fact, plast'city itself. Bryan man
aged him, and managed to cause him
to squander a million or so in an idiotic
attempt to getthe warring forces "out
of (the trenches by Christmas." That
burlesque seems to have put the De-
trolter wise as to the Nebraakan's strain
of sanity, as they seem-to have quit.
But it comes to us now that Mr. Ford
has fallen under a new "influence" even
more baleful than that of Bryan, tand
this is saying, a whole lot. Henry Ford
Is how our 'champion . "Jew baiter." He
sees in our- Jewish citizens a grave
menace a "peril" not, only stalking over
our fair land ' but one - also blighting
God's green j ground from pole to pole.
In his periodical, the Dearborn Inde
pendent, Mr. Ford published those arti
cles known as "The Jewish Peril ; or the
Protocols. These articles are1 the fab
rications of ' the truculent Christians of
Poland and the brutal Bolshevik! of
Russia. What' does Ford mean? Does
he for some reason hope to start Jew-
baiting in the United States? , ,
Regarding Ford's mania. Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise writes In the Universal
lst (Leader : "It is a special shame on
Christendom in America today that a
tissue of lies and forgeries known as
"The Protocols or the Jewish Peril,' Is
being circulated by a confessedly il
literate multimillionaire (Henry Ford)
"who has taken upon himself the onus
of filing the gravest charges that have
ever been uttered against Jews In this or
any other land." The word "illiterate"
Is the key to the Ford folly.
J. Harold.
- "A CHANGE".
Banks, Nov. 7. To the -Editor of The
Journal Why was Mr. Harding elected?
Every local, politician is now telling how
it happened, and why. I cannot refrain. :
Here goes: - -
For two years people were taught byj
newspapers and politicians on the out
side that we should get back to "nor-
malcy," fffat everything was abnormal ;
(and truly everything was abnormal)
owing to the revolution in all kinds, of
business to fit into the business of deJ
struction war. Hundreds or thousands
of voters were persuaded to go back to
normalcy." They had failed to adapt
themselves to war and Its aftermath
conditions. It was with difficulty that
many of us-did. With a war debt of
over . $19,000,000,000, to pay and more
armaments to buy to compete "With the
world " for military supremacy, more
than 92 per cent of our federal revenue
is to be appropriated. Only 8 per cent
of "all 'our taxes, therefore, can be used
for! civil government. Yet thousands of
citizens hope to be relieved of the tax
burden ; of war.. Income tax payers,
bond holders and profiteers wanted "a
change." or "the" change. The Demo
crats Were blamed fori every thlnrr. A
"wet" blanket was thrown over Cox
to fave the women from disgrace. They
were taught by the politicians oh the
outside on every occasion that '.'Wilson
is to Diame ; we must nave a change
whatever befell them if they were con
sumers . and bought potatoes at $8, Or
wool Sox at fl, or apples at 14. or dried
prunes at 15 cents, they were always
reminded that everything they had to
buy was abnormally high, and that they
used to buy spuds at 50 cents, sox at
33 (cents, apples at 60 cents and dried
prunes at 6 cents. The consumer was
seldom reminded by the merchant that
wages were two to three times as high,
alsp. The bright side was seldom turned
on the buying public, r Merchants be
came ' conscious or 'unconscious poli
ticians for a - return to "normalcy."
Everybody, who. could not . see clearly
wanted Va change," and some who could
seer very clearly. -. -
The "farmer, ' even, was - seldom con
gratulated because he got $8 for spuds.
H j for his apples, 15. cents for his
prunes, 20 cents for his pork or $2.26
for his wheat. Everybody had a grouch.;
Wjlsort was blamed. Merchants, bankers.
farmers, income - tax payers, bondholders,-
manufacturers, salaried men,
all, had a grouch ; most of them wanted
to igo back to "normalcy," .
: Anti-Americans by the millions be
came maddened because we helped the
allies .beat Germany, and because the;
peace treaty was "cruel and. burdensome"!
on! the Fatherland. Wilson was blamed
byj them, and hated ; -, they wanted "a
fhinge." These pessimistic politicians
became very numerous; they knew .what
they wanted. It was either a place,
hope for shifting of taxes from their
shoulders to the backs of - others, de
flated prices so-his million would buy
more, or the worst of it" all, it was
because he was deluded by the constant
clanging of the hammer of the pessi
mistic politician on the outside, that
wrought the landslide and elected
Harding. Many a good Democrat went
down under that slide, even a Repub
lican negro snowed under his white
Democratic opponent in ojd Missouri.:
Republican votes were like the grass-!
hoppers in Kansas., They covered the!
earth; and '.Germany rejoiced.
All these elements elected Harding.;
Hej will be "my president and yours. Wei
hope he may satisfy them all some!
way,' some time, and turn darkness into
whjte, . cents into - dollars,, and world
despair Into universal happiness. Amen,
LeJ. us jjray. -. . . W. T. Sellers.
.. THE LAND PROBLEM
"Vancouver. Wish., Nov. 9. To the
Editor of The Journal In a lengthy
article, - presented , last - Sunday,. Leigh
Hunt offers his views of the all im
portant land problem. ! In this he works
at ! Its branches, but doesn't disturb its
-loots.- This monstrosity, like state rights
and the color problem, was handed down
to jus-, by the fathers of our country.;
Private ownership of land has got to
go out nothing else for It and go out!
it shall, before the closing years of the!
present century. ,
In order to get rid of it, it must be!
eaten." devoured, swallowed even as
Jonah swallowed the big fish. This
epochal feat will, eventually, be per
formed. May God speed, the day.
j . ' J. Harold.
' ! SATS THE LEAGUE LIVES ,
Portland,, Nov. . To the Editor of
The Journal In the confusion of preju
dice ' and v jealousy the electorate ; has
answered, "Am I my brother's keeper?";
Arid In the eyes of the world, the "mark
of Cain has been placed upon the brow
oft fair Columbia ; for the first .time
in her history, her honor has been dis
graced. Cad any patriot, deep down U
COMMENT AND
small: CHANGE ! - . ,
Many a klsVhas lis kick.
The Red Cross never gv4 anyone the
double' cross.
"Der Tag"' seems "to have put Mayor
Babcock of Pittsburg In 'bad. . . . .
The burglar's touchy soul . is hurt by
Mayor Baker's harsh words. i.
The Japanese grip on Chin seems not
to have affected the egg crop. .
'
To keep warm In winter and cool in
summer Is mighty expensive business.
-. ' V .it ' i-. ': , -
- Father's 1910 1 model automobile can,
nevertheless, v be operated by a 1920"
model youth. ?,
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Late advices from the attornW gen
eral's office Intimate that we still may
brew tea in the good old-fashioned way.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
James M. Duffy, a confectioner- of
San Francisco, j registered . Tuesday at
the Portland. ,"We had a terrible time
last week," heaid Tuesday. "A batch
of sugared candy, which jvas a semi
fluid in its state, had been set aside
in a room of our store.- How long it
had been there I. don't , know, ihut it
most certainly had fermented. think
someone dropped ' .a little yeast in' JC
Anyhow, the " shop's cat found It, and
when .that feline climbed upon the
counter and wanted to argue with ' a
customer the fun started. Believe m
or not, as you will, Jut that animal
laughed right in the customer's face,
then climbed on her shoulder, purred
and humped her ' back, and when the
clerk attempted : tot rescue the lady, the
cat got. mad. She clawed the lady's
neck, and the last I heard' we were going
to be sued for something or Other. .They
might bring the charge V under , the
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
1 OF THE JOURNAL -MAN
' , .'.":: . . By Fred Leckley
The further adretiturea.of Fred Vocler, atate
line operator in an earlier dajr. are detailed br
Mr. Lockley, who records Ilia experiences in the
road agent era, and carries the narrative on to
the time when the auto atase line arrived.
Fred Vogler is ' ne of the pioneer
automobile dealers Of Portland. I In the
old 3ays he was shotgun messenger,
express agent, stage 'line owner ; and
stage etationr, operator "I . took over
the Custer country stage line from Gil
mer & Salisbury when I was stage agent
at Blackfoot," said Ir. Vogler. f"I was
married on June 4,-1890, -to Virginia C.
Rose. She managed the stage j station
where we, put .up the travelers, .while I
ran the stage line.j We ,made money
from the start. We took over 100 horses
and 18 stages and employed eight driv
ers. A very profitable part of our busi
ness was the transporting of silver bul
lion from the Custer mines to the rail
road, at Blaekfoot. -I was a shotgun
messenger when-' we were carrying bul
"0". . J, - -
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"Holding up the stage was' one-' of the
recognized industries In those days'. ; A
couple of road agents got the drop "on
me and while one covered me with his
gun the other ! had the passengers line
up along the road. Under threat of a
sawedoff shotgun they, stepped out one,
at a time and deposited their J money :
and valuables. ! There was one woman '
passenger. She produced a .3f-caliber
revolver. The agent said 'HafltfHhat
here. You might hurt someone by ac
cident.' He took it, extracted the shells
and handed it back,-saying,'-'Keep It as
a souvenir.' Just before I took over the
line a couple of road agents held up. the
stage and got three bars of bullion. It
was worth $30,000.. Ko, " we never got
that back, but usually we recovered, the
bullion. t
(" !
"One night the stage was held up by
a lone bandit. ; The driver threw out
the treasure box. The road agent shot
the lock off with his sixshooter, tied
the bar of bullion in his slicker back of
his saddle and rode away. The bullion
his foul, feel the impulse of pride in
such dishonor? Those who valiantly
fought to defend that honor may well
be depressed, but they need not j be de
jected. .The League of Nations is not a
"corpse," but "a. living thing.'t more
sturdy than when It was born, and just
as real as was the constitution i signed
by Washington and the . representatives
of seven of the original states. The
election simply means that our own
United States has disdained' the1 honor
of being sponsor of the league, and has
decreed-,' for a time at least, to be the
Indian 'Territory of the rest of the
world. So be of good cheer. The. soul
of America still breathes.
"God i His Heaven,
All's right with the world.
. Elmer Elwood Smith.,
'down WITH reform;!
Portland, .Nov." 9. To the Editor of
the Journal The voters have repudiated
Mr. Wilson and all his works, as per
Instructions from Penrosia, the capital.
They heard their master's voice and
came 'running. With hearts brimming
with gratitude for their newly added
$1.500.00ff,000 freight rates fend wonderful
car ecarcity, they attacked the! rising
tide of Socialistic measures, government
housing at cost, cheap Mussel ! Shoals
fertilizer, --federal employment bureau,
public health service, farms and homes
for service men.J Sow see them heroic
ally assail, the federal reserve act and
the farm ioan act and free the tender
shoulders of Infant industries from tax
burdens which brawny labor should
carry ! i N
In the sweet haven of normalcy they
shall be rewarded with a full dinner
pail and $2 and a chance to pack a
gun In defense of American Investments
In Mexico and the open -door in the
Orient, ; , . E, M. Rowe.
THIS Is NEST-EGG TIME
From the Ohio State Journal
In the end. probably, wages will have
to come down, as commodities are doing
now. But In most cases they will be
the last thing affected by the tendency
toward lower costs now so evident
Every experienced employer of labor
knows how hard it is to cut wages, hard
because of the disappointment, misun
derstanding and ill feeling such a coarse
engenders, evep when it is necessary to
keep the ' business-' going. Men and
women on wages, like everybody else,
want higher wages when the cost of
living rises and the same wages, at
least, -when it goes down. Moreover,
employers In general have a Juster and
more, generous attitude toward employes
than they had even four or five years
ago. Moat employers really desire their
employes-to take out a larger share of
the profits of the business than, they
used to. The ' motive may be partly
selfish, for a satisfied employe is a great
asset, but we give the spirit' of justness
and brotherhood some credit, too. .
This period, when - the cost of living
Is to be less and wages are to be about
the same, will be the best of timesor
saving parr of one's income. The ten
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS . .
Anyway,. Dr. Lytel of Salem is going
to investigate the auctioneers of the
state. We never thought an auctioneer
had a very good time, so why bother
him? La Grande Observer. ,
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A "lot of the things that never come
true In this life are what we often dream
about when we are awake. Not all of
the dreaming is done when we are in
Jhe arms of Morpheus. Salem Statesman..-
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Two years more the politicians will
sit up and take more notice of this
city than ever before. The population
will be more than doubled before that
time. As. it was, they paid some at
tention to us at the -last election.
Heed sport Courier. i
e e . -j..; - , ,".
Last evening a small boy on a bicycle
was seen zigzagging on the north side
paved street while an auto was ap-.
proachlrig. The driver was careful and
there was no accident, but nevertheless
the boy was playing with deathJ Pen
dleton East Oregonian. -
eighteenth amendment
tell." 1
You never can
J. M. Clifton of Spokane, member of
the firm of Clifton, Applegate & O'Toole,
railroad contractors, is at the Mult
nomah. Her is here arranging details
pf a number of. contracts. , -
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. E. W. Kramer, hydroelectric engineer
of the forest service, has ' returned to
Portland from Missoula, Mont., where he
has been since August, making reports
on Irrigation 'projects and power plants.
Kramer will be stationed in District En
gineer P H. Pater's office through the
winter. ;
.
To mark trees and shrubbery that are
to be ltt standing to preserve the scenic
effect of the Mount Hood loop road,
William J.-Paeth,1' forest examiner, has
gone to Parkdale to work along the
route of trie proposed highway.
weighed .110 pounds and was worth a
trifle over $10,000. Ralph C. Watson,
single handed, kept 6n his trail clear
to Montana. He found the road agent
was heading for Dillon, so he wired the
sheriff, who nabbed him. They put him
under 15000 bonds, which some friends
of his put up. We told him if he would
tell us where the bullion was Cached w,e
wouldn't appear against him. He told
us where he had buried it, and we" re
covered it. lie. -forfeited his bail, so
we got our bullion back and the county
was J5000 ball money to the good, every
body was happy and no harm Was done.
"I extended my stage operations
by buying the stage line from Salmon
City, Idaho, to Red Rock, Mont; I had
been hit pretty hard by the failure of
"the bank- where I kept my funds, so I
had only S4000 available cash and I'had
agreed ' to pay all cash for the stage
line. I went to Dillon and saw Governor
White, president of the First National
bank, and asked him for a loan of $4000
for eight months. This was in 1895, and
money was tight.- He asked 'me what
I wanted it for. I told him to complete
the payment on - the Red Rock-Salmon
City stage. Una, He said, TDo you know
that every man that has operated that
stage line the past 20 years haa'gone
broke? Where do you plan to get the
$4000 to pay back, this loan?" I told
him I' would make tho stage line pay
the loan. He laughed and said, 'I'll
lend it to you on your nerve, for 1 don't
think the stage line, will break even,
let alone repay this loan.'
"My wife, 4who was a natural stage
line operator, did all the office and
clerical work, while I operated the stage
line. We repaid the $4000 in less than
eight months. We stayed there 11 years.
and "on October ,1906. when we left.
we took a little over $125,000 away on
our $8000,inve8tment. I went to Nevada,
where I started the first "auto stage line
operated in the United States. I had
bought, my first auto in 1903 and had
used it dtiring the summer- on a short
run in Montana, but In Nevada I did
real pioneering in the auto stage line.
dency is to spend all one earns, ex
panding one's fancied needs as the mar
gin between earnings and spendings
tends to increase. It is a good time
now to fight against this inclination and
not only to build upia good bank ac
count when conditions are exceptionally
favorable but to form the saving habit,
which' stands one in good stead what
ever conditions may be.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
- Elephants are the only animals that
deliberately wash themselves in water,
according to ther Animal World. Female
African elephants have, been seen' tc
daub their calves with mud and ther
wash1;, it off; apparently soaping ,anl
sluicing their young. Most - naked
skinned animals love to wallow in water
or inud and water, and some furred
animals also do. Such bathing is en
joyed by the rhinoceros and buffalo,
bears, tigers and dogs. But this wal
lowing is not bathing. Indeed,' the
animals are sometimes dirtier afterwards
than before. Some animals, such as
cats and mice, do all their bathing by
licking. Game birds favor a roll In sand,
although some keep their- coats sleek
without either dry or wet cleaning.
Birds appear to be , the , chief water
washers. Some of them prefer shower
baths, such as are possible during rain
storms, and they enter Into-their bath
with great glee. Seme delight in dust
baths, while some few, like the sparrow,
employ both dust and water.
Olden Oregon
Tax Provisions In the Territorial
Legislation of 1846.
For additional revenueto carry on the
expense of government the legislature of
1846 passed an act. levying an ad va
lorem tax of one fourth of One-per cent
for territorial purposes. It was also
provided that county taxes, regulated by
the county courts, were not to exceed
the territorial tax. The' levy was to be
made on town lots and - improvements,
mills, carriages, clocks, watches, horses,
mules; cattle, sheep and hogs. On every
qualified voter under the age of 60 years
a poll tax of 60 cents waa levied. On
every merchant whose capital was under
$10,000 the tax was $20. It over $10,000
the tax was $30 and if over $20,000 the
tax was $60, The license of an auc
tioneer was $10. A peddler's license cost
the same. Each ferry paid a license of
not less than $5 and not more than $25.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:-
-It takes lots of fnerve to charge Hb
bills apme of our specialists and perfee
sionala does for slicln yu up, dlvorcin'
you apart, and so on, but I reckon they
all git a special course Jn i college on
how to work up nerve enough to git
away with it.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Ilappenlnss tn Brief Form for the
-V 0 Busy Header.:
OREGON.. v
The school house at Spray, Wheeler
comity, was -totally destroyed by fire
last week. The fire started while school
was In session. . -
N.1rly. ,150 . farmers m the section
south of Myrtle Point have presented
a petition to the county court asking
a. $50 bounty on coyote scalps.
Fireafew days ago completely de
stroyed the farm home and outbuildings
on .tne ;W. Bloom farm hear Silverton.
and little of the contents was saved.
The concrete pavement between Pen
dleton and Walla Walla, with the ex--CeS
i S? nine:-milea -. between Weatosi
and Blue Mountain, has been completed,
Leonard Trueax. 1 from the Pedee
school-in Polk county, who is only U
years old. passed the eighth grade ex
aminations with the highest standing
of any pupil in he county.-
Miss Grace Arnold, who Is reported
In ; news dispatchces as reaching the
United States after harrowing expert
tence in Russia, is a lane county girl,
her home being at Pleasant Hill.
Klamath county will send to "the Pa-cific-Internationsd
Livestock show nine
yearling Shorthorn calves five belfers
and four bulls the prize winners from
all of their age in Klamath county.
Indications of : oil at the Point St.
George diggings near Crescent City are
better5 every day, and recent developments-point
to a gusher -being brought
In. The drill is now down 420 feet.
The Willow Ranch Lumber eomnanv-
operating the Fandango sawmill, ha
recently put in operation a huge Holt
tractor for the purpose of hauling tli
product to trie railroad at Lakeview.
Threshing machl Man Q r A -till rilnnlrte-
on Basket mountain, east of Weston.
" J expeecea mat all -the grain will
be threshed by the end of the week if
the good weather continues a few
days. v
The state highway commission has
made a propositi to Clackamas count v
to build the bridge at Oregon City and
pay two-thirds of the amount. th
county to have three years to pay Ha
portion.
Success is claimed for the voluntary
arbitration board in Salem, which was
created by the Central Labor council
and the . Salem Commercial club.- It
has made Salem free Xrou strikes and
lockouts.
i ), WASHINGTON
A pumpkin weighing 80 pounds, grown
on a city- lot, is on display at Centralia.
Fritz Larson was Instantly killed near
Enwmclaw when run down by an aulo-
moDiie. driven by Alvin Davis. ,
- The Standard Oil company has begun
the construction of a tank of ltiO.OOtl
Callona' canaritv At rnlvnlo
The Yakima city commission has let
a contract for the 'construction of two
and one-half miles of sewer for $'J9,926.
Potato shipments from Yakima valley
to date, amounting to 1335 carloads.
have - brought the growers' about
$720,900, "
Eighteen touring cars arid two trucks
valued at $25,000 were destroyed by firs
at Yakima, in a building owned by Mrs.
Emily Baldoser.
Most) of the logging camps on Puget
Sound ""are closed or are preparing to
close, and .85 per cent . of the shinglo
mills have shut down. .
The7 apple rop In thf Yakima valley
this season has been worth only slightly
more than $7,000,000, while last season it
brought more than $17,000,000.
Two youths boldly entered the Everett
Bank of Commerce, backed the cashier
and bookkeeper against the wall and
made away with $la00 in cash.
Pearl Vertner was found dead in th
basement of his home at Yakima by his
14-year-old son. Death was due to an
overdose of "moonshine" whiskey.
W. F. Itigerman of Seattle, Well known
news agent, 63 years old, 'was- found
deaekin ped when employes of the Golden
hotel entered his room to make up the
bed.
Mrs. Elsie Zelskie, proprietress of the
Western hotel at Spokane, committed
suicide by swallowing an ounce ef car- '
bolic id She was sick and despond- .
ent.
At a 'convention of berry growers in
Satsop this week an organization was
formed under the name of the Gray
Harbor County Berry Growers' asso
ciation. IDAHO
Covering a period of 10 months, more
than half a million dollars was expended
in new buildings in Caldwell.
R.' C. West lias sold his 30 acres south
of Moscow for $400 an acre, establishing
a new record for land prices in that
vicinity. .
Dr.'' IV L. Taylor, a graduate of Kan
sas Agricultural college, has "become In
structor of veterinary science at the Uni
versity of Idaho. , ,
In the college judging contest, at the
Northwest Livestock show at Lewlsloii,
Oregon Agricultural college won "a score
of ,7611 out of a 'possible flOOO points.-
The Armstead mine, operating at
Tftache, is engaged in the development
of it continuous ore body of a milling
grade. The principal content is silver.
"Cooperation between the Moscow and,
Pullman chambers of commerce Is ex
pected to result in the construction of
a hard surface road between the two
towns, . . -
ra per cent of the potato crop, 5
cent of the hay and 20 per cent
of the clover and alfalfa seed crop were
losi by the recent storms in the vicinity
of 3tupert. - a
Statement of- Advantages in
Shipping Livestock
to Portland.
i ; (Continued From Yesterday.)
In figuring the -feeding necessary
in shipping cattle from Ontario, Or.,
on a comparative basfe to Kansas
City, Mo., and Portland. G. A. Pelr
eon. of the Stockyards company al
lowed for three feeds to Kansas City
and one feed err route to Portland.
The feed allowance In each instance
is the same, 600 pounds of hay per
car per - feed.
"tin' loading a car with cattle con
Signed to Portland as much live
stock can be put aboard as the car
witl carry. In loading for Kansas
City, on the contrary, the minimum
weight is placed on the car because
of the length and difficulties of the
haul. So, 28,000 pounds is allowed In
one instance and 26,000 pounds tn the
other. Similarly, tne car consigned
10 Portland will carry 28 head, the
car consigned to Kansas City. 28
head. The attendant's wage Is placed
ai $5 a day, his expensesi at $4 a day.
The table of figures thua secured on
a two-car unit follows: :
To Karma CH
Freieht ,52.000 1ha. , t4M.J0
Feed an rente .... . 3,000 11. 45.00
Sbnnkat: .'
per head, 72 lt. ; No. heads, 62;
arena welctil, 1000 lbs.; at 10c
Qbrr lb,
AtUtrianl
874.40
n-Unt, 10 dart at !....
.... 60.00
:...$on.2o
.... la
Total irenoportattoB ei perinea
Elitne p cwt .........
. To Portland -J-.-.
Frelebt ., Bfl.OOO lb. - $203. 0
reed en route 1,000 lbs. 15.00
Shrinkage: .-
Per head. 40 1bt.; So. head. 6;
, ereraee weicbt, 1000 lbs.; at lOe
per lb. 224 00
Attendant, S daa at $9 ........ 46.00
Total transportation 'expennes.. , . $577.0
Expense per cwt. .1.03
Difference. 89 cent per 100 Ibe.. or
about $231.40 per carload of 26,000
pounds.
But even with this advantage It is
said that not more than one fourth of
the livestock shipped from th Co
lumbia basin comes . to Portland.
About three fourths ?oes East. To
get the business. Increase in handling
and export facilities is essential.