SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 192U.
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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
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i DEADLOCKED BUSINESS
THE business of America is on the
verge of becoming deadlocked.;
' jit happens this way: A. heavy per
centage of the annual output of
American harvests remains unsold.
More than half . the wheat, for in
stance, is still in the farmers' hands.
Many are holding it in the hope of
el recovery from the downward trend
qf wheat prices..'-:. . , , i 4
: 1 An effect is that country banks
have, in many cases, loaned up to
the: limit. Country merchants like-i
Wise are carrying accounts with the
farmers. The banks and merchants
are in particular strained by carry-
ln tYiA imitmisl tinniinta sif vrAnl o n
livestock men. . ' -'j'-
i Then there 4s this situation: Out
on the farms they are waiting for
farm products to advance; in the
cities - consumers are waiting for
prices to come: down. Tha,. country
merchant is buying less of, the city
Jabber. The city, jobber is buying
less of the factories. The factories,
ia view of the decreased demand.
are running on shorter time. Some
operate enough only to hold their
organizations of Important workers
together. Some mills have Bhut
uown aiiogeiner. xnis means iaie-
ness for employes. Employes, in
turn, buy less. .
j Arid in the uncertainty, the mills
buy sparingly of raw materials. Here
Is one and a principal secret of the
low wool prices, j,- r-
: j Thus, all. along the line there is
aa ucai umuiiFviv in asuoiucaa. l la
an inevitable incident in. the pro
cess of the economic adjustment
after the war. It is not a whole
some situation. I
-i Men who ought to know, say price
levels in the late upheaval have re
turned to within. 10 to 40 per cent
nt tha TtrA-Wftr IpvaI What l mnnnt
- - . - ?-
- ts that some articles are down to
within 10 per cent, and some to
within 40 per cent of the pre-war
prices. , ': j
The public will probably wait in
vain for a complete drop to prices
" In vogue before the war. Wages
are much higher now than theh,
nn tr will rwo nottai rrr ina rmmtm
If wages do not go back to the old
levels. That country is soundest
and safest whose working population
:itaa ca v iu ; naQ iv a, utrceiJl
jliving, and enough of, the comforts
Ind of education and recreatlor tn
jrake them hopeful, happy and coa-
. tended. . , .-' . - ., :
j The sooner this deadlock is broken
Ihe better for all. The farmers have
i mar nAjiviiv dv no ninir rnnir wnAan
r, Ihe buying public will not profit
much now by; waiting for lower
nrlcps. The readjustment is on.- and
the price break cannot go on for
liver witnout disaster 10 tne country;
ft
: Despite the fall In prices, the moist
Intensive.-according to authorities,
Jince 1873, there has been no sign of
j tanic. In all the' discussion credit
b given the new federal reserye
j lystem .' for . sustaining public con
i fidence without even a tremor In the
I business ". world. while ' the change
Has taking. place. That system, has
ftot only kept the . financial world
i t this nation on an' even keel and
In a steady coorse straight ahead.
but it was the means by which the
most stupendous financial opera
tions in all. history were executed in
our" preparations for the late war.
If the Wilson administration had
done nothing else, its work in es
tablishing, the new banking and cur
rency system, if its provisions are
allowed to - stand intact and its' ad
ministrators are faithful to their
responsibilities, will stand as an en
during; monument , to the capacity
of that administration.
ELIMINATE THE DELAY
THE announcement by Presiding
fudge Tazwell that all appeal
cases from the municipal court will
be brought to trial and disposed "of
in circuit court, "is as welcome as
an oasis in the desert. For five
months these cases have been pil
ing up.
! Appeals to the circuit court are a
favored defense among ; attorneys
who appear in police court. If con
victed there, notice of appeal is
served. The case drags along. Per
heps it comes to trial in circuit
court, perhaps it is settled out of
court by defense attorneys pleading
guilty on the promise of a lighter
punishment, or perhaps the wit
nesses disappear as the months roll
by and the case doesn't even come
to trial. The delay between the two
ccurts is a haven for the guilty and
a mockery, -often, of Justice meted
but in the lower court. Such de
lay breeds disrespect, of law and
courts. '
If it is eliminated, as Judge Tax
well proposes, the transgressors in
this county will look upon the law
With renewed ; fear, and the public
generally with stimulated confi
dence. .
r In all history, the world has not
beheld a greater slaughter of inno
cents than , that which t befell the
Children of Europe as a result of
(he late war. , To say nothing of
literal millions of children who
perished during the conflict and
tolnce, no fewer than 3,500,000 little
ones are now on the border line of
peath by-starvation in the famine
btrlcken countries of Europe, and it
Is now more than two years 'since
the armistice was signed. While
men debate over what kind of a
league of nations to have for ending
war the children continue to perish.
THE SHIPYARD PROBE
THAT, payrolls were padded in
i 1 ! scores of cases was the' allega
tion before the congressional com
mittee, by Deputy Meehan, an in
spector for the shipping board;' yes
terday. Evidently, in the strenuoalty
of war, the shipbuilding authorities
had much to ' contend with in pro
tecting the interests of the govern
ment. -
j Investigator Meehan testified that
In tracing out charges no fewer than
i 24,000 V accounts 'were investigated
and that in all of them the Inquiry
was made because of accusations of
disloyalty or graft.
The trail of charges, as all know,
extends even to Portland., There has
been' pending in the United States
supreme court since last May - the
case of the government against two
local shipbuilding corporations. The
case has not' yet been argued, and
it is not known when the hearing
will take place.
1 In the case of the two Portland
yards, the government specifically
accuses each company with Irregu
larity and fraud in accepting bonuses
from the . Emergency Fleet corpora
tion, in the time extensions granted
on contracts, and in the acceptance
of construction extras.
The government charges the Co
lumbia River company with; fraud
In the payment of cost plus construc
tion. Claims made by the North
west Steel and paid by the govern
ment in construction extras in excess
of $1,000,000 are alleged to be fraud
ulent. The government ' agent
charges that . $596,400 was unlaw
fully obtained on bonuses by the
Columbia River company.
The demand of the government for
the books of the two companies was
resisted, and it is on this issue that
the cases are carried to the highest
court. ' ;
The finding of the American flag
which Peary planted at the North
Pole 10 years ago has awakened
new discussion by the geographers
about currents and cross currents in
the Arctic. The flag was foundH" calls in the name
floating on an ice floe 400 miles
from, its criginal location, having
been carried there by the ice drift.r8- . x:eF, l Inesft mi881 were in
..... . pdirect behalf of ex-service men and do
Save the inevitable curiosity that is
in mankind, it Is the scientists who
are mainly concerned in what is
going on . in the land of eternal
silence and the midnight sun, I
VISITORS AT HOOD RIVER
included Minnesota, Ohio andj
Oregon in its representation, rolled
into the city of Hood ' River on Ar
mistice fay,1 coming from the east
and crossing the bridge which spans
the stream of the same name. I
The first object that greeted tliehj
eyes as they If ft the bridge was not1
the sign "Welcome" which many!
Western communities, affect, but a
large accumulation of tin cans- and
other rubbish , on tlje' slope at the;
left of the highwaf. 1
: They had ,.h sard much of Hood
River's - famous apples; in fact, it
was their desire to obtain a few ex
cellent specimens In order tc send
them via parcel post to fHnds in
the East. But the only apples they
could discover were part of a wit,-,
dow exhibit by merchant, and
these were locked safely otit of
reach. ' ' , ' ' ' " '
They left with the feeling that
Hood River 'could make excellent
use of-a city beautifying committee
composed of public spirited women
who would dec'are war on unsightly
tin can dumps at the city's, front
door. They also felt that Hood River
overlooks an opportunity - to , capi
talize the value of the tourist by
furnishing him (at current . prices)
apples which go far to advertise the
wonderful valley f rem which they
come.
To make the statement complete,
the visitors did feel that Hood River
valley, even on a freezing day, merits
al! that has been said of it in prose
and poem, but they could not under
stand the, perhaps, civic somnolence
O- the city that 1 plays gateway and
distributing center for the valley.
Does Hood River feel that the
comment of the. visitors is just or
unjust t
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FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO THOSE who cherish the com
mon school fund there was much
satisfaction over the payment into
the state treasury Wednesday of $53,
000 by the Pacific Livestock com
pany.
It was the second payment on the
$125,000 which the company is to
pay into the irreducible school fund
of Oregon under compromise of the
suit prosecuted by Attorney General
Brown for recovery of school lands
alleged to have been ' fraudulently
obtained. In addition to the $125.
000 to be turned back to the 'state,
the company is to throw open for
settlement 10,000 acres of tillable
land in Harney county, the area
being a part of the lands irregu
larly obtained in the days when the
great theft of lands of all kinds was
rampant in Oregon.
There were prominent men in Ore
gon who openly opposed the effort
of the state to recover any part
of these lands. There were other
men who secretly opposed the move
ment. The opposition of these men was
discredited when the company made
the equivalent of a plea of gHiilty. by
consenting to pay back to the state
a part of the value of the land. Even
after 30 years or more, there was
still in existence evidence of the
operations of Todhuhter and Devlne
that the company did not desire to
face in court. "
The only newspaper that fought
the open and subterreanean efforts
to prevent Attorney General Brown
Mrom pressing the case, was The
Journal, j In the return to the irre
ducible school fund of the sums
which the corporation Is now pay
ing into the state treasury, there is
a distinct satisfaction for this news
paper in that the money willcon
tlnue to be through all time an in
vestment returning dividends for the
benefit of the school children of this
state.
And there is much more land that
belonged to these children but which
was taken away from them by fraud
and that' can be and should be re
stored to them by action in the
courts.
It is now averred that an Italian
at ftome, has discovered a means of
using atmospheric electricity for
power and other purposes. It is
doubtful if the announcement will
be confirmed. But the feverish en
ergy with which the restless minds
of men are seeking in the, atmosphere
and in the sun the sources- of some
new form of power seems to fore
shadow that a day will come when
the seemingly impossible will become
the possible, and that the passing
of one form of power will be to give
way to another and. better one.
THE RED CROSS AT HOME
AN
N IMPRESSION that the local
chapter of the American Red
Cross is like the carpenter who re
paired other people's houses but not
his own, or like the 'painter who
brightened the dwellings of others
but not his own, is dissipated by a
single paragraph . which appears In
connection with the fourth Red. Cross
membership roll of the ; Portland
chapter.:. The American Red Cross
has been mother and nurse to the
helpless and afflicted of the- world.
But in Portland:
It has saved 36 lives. It has handled
2900 cases concerning- ex-service men.
of humanity. It has cared for 158 pa
tients tn .hospitals. It has imade 3240
visits to patients in homes land hospl-
not include- the thousands of kindly er
rands undertaken for their families.
And - the summary of these activities
does not afford more than j a glimpse
of the effort behind the purpose.
Uncoupled with its world-wide
work and dissociated from, the value
of having such an organisation in
stantly ready for - emergency call,
the local record -gives to the dollar
spent for and branded by the Red
Cross A double value. I :
Now; that 'a Chicago grand , jury
has 'functioned on the baseball
scandals, why not turn its attention
to some of the gamblers in the wheat
pit , Why should the toll and in
vestment and hopes and purposes of
the fanner and his family be staked
annually on the biggest; gambling
game in America? ,
A SNEAKING BILL i
THAT experience in its use has
removed many objections to the
initiative and referendum was ex
am pled in California in the recent
election. ,
On the ballot in that stata was an
f
initiative measuro requiring that 25
per cent of the voters must sign in
itiative petitions on tills proposed
for changea in the tax laws.
The organization supporting the
measure was very strong and' ex
tended all over the state. 'It carried
on a campaign of ! propaganda for
more than a year. The proposal
was Indorsed by many Influential
citizens and civic . organizations.
Among the arguments advanced in
its favor was the "contention that : it
would be a bar against single tax.
Opponents of the measuVe made
their campaign on the claim that
the proposal was a sneaking attack
on the initiative, which, in fact, it
was. The people of the state took
no chances on any schere' that
savored of scuttio of their right to
initiate legislation, and ft'Oted the bill
down by a majority if mere than
loo.ooo. v
Whatever weaknesses there may
be in the initiative sj(8tem, there is
this, virtue in it: -It is the people's
instrument for getting what corrupt
or wrong-headed legislatures will
not give them, and it is a right that
they would be very foolish ever to
surrender. It is their only defense
against mlsrepresentatlve govern
ment, and if they are wise they will
cling to it.
BIG G. O. P. VOTE
ANALYZED
By Carl Smith, Washington SUff Cor
respondent of The Journal. -.
Washington, Nov. 13. Political leaders
will soon be through with the Job of
telling how it happened and why so'
much of It happened. They do not .re
flect unanimous views. Anti-league Re
publicans, headed by Borah and John
son, for example, are anxious to inter
pret the result as a repudiation of the
League of Nations, while the Taft-Root
cro 4 Coes not see it In that J light
at all.
While some exulting Republicans are
hailing the Immense majorities for
Harding as a sign of a new Republi
can era that is to last for many years,
men experienced in the great national
wheel -of! fortune do not draw such
conclusions. They recall that Grover
Cleveland's great victory In 1892 was
followed In four years by party dis
ruption and defeat and that, while
Roosevelt in 1904 and Taft in' 1908
rolled up great majorities, both in the
popular 'vote and. the electoral college,
the party fell Into factions arid went
to defeat in two elections following.
In 1908 Taft scored 321 votes and
Bryan had only 162. Roosevelt had
picked his successor and the sky seemed
serene for TafL But Taft forgot the
progressives, was soon snared on con
servation, burned his fingers on Cana
dian reciprocity and helped to tilt, the
tariff upward. The reactionaries gloat
ed Jn their power and rode to a fatal
fall in 1912.
In 1920 the same crowd is back, with
a president more reactionary, if sis
public record is a guide, than Taft
ever was, and ' more inclined to .play
ball with the reactionaries. This crowd
knows exactly what it is after and
expects the new president to "make
B-ood." Thev will exnect. for example.
a new tariff written by Penrose and
Fordney, the killing off of the packer
bill and other "unfriendly" legislation,
curtailment of the federal trade com
mission and modification" of the fed
eral reserve and farm loan acts.
Nobody will be more surprised than
Borah and Johnson If Harding resists
the reactionaries. They do not expect
him to turn againt his cronies, and
they expect to fight. They expect
Harding to be a one-termer, and John
son has his eye on 1924. The situation
in more ways than one parallels 1908.
when a rift soon, became a chasm.
Turning again to the immense Hard
ing majorities this year, they lose
much of their supposedly staggering
effect when closely examined. The rea
sons may be set down definitely in
this way:
Pennsylvania. Ohio, New Tork, Mas
sachusetts, Illinois, Iowa and the other
states with a "scandalous" Harding vote
are normally Republican.. Only when
the country becomes aroused to some
unusual Issue is this majority reversed
The League of Nations Issue became
badly confused, and while many itepuD
licans favoring the league left the party,
the greater number were beguiled by
Taft, Root .and Hoover. Only in spots
did the election become a real referen
dum on the league.
The granting of the vote to women
nearly' doubled the total vote. A nor
mal majority of 50,000 In a state became
100,000, other factors omitted.
The negro vote at the North has in
creased unusually In the last four years
by reason of migration from the South.
This is solidly Republican, and no argu
ment changes it The negro vote in Ohio
alone is placed at 100,000, and in Indiana
at 75.000. s
The pro-German vote moved to the
polls this year in a practically solid line
for Harding. Not all of those born, in
Germany or born of German parents are
swayed by tender consideration for Ger
many, but when it Is remembered that,
according to the census report of 1910,
there were 8,282,618 persons in this coun
try borrt in Germany, or children of at
least one German parent, the influence
of this vote thrown to one party in states
like Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Wiscon
sin is apparent.
The same is true in a large degree of
the Italian vote, for in the large Italian
centers of New York and New Jersey
their leaders were quoted as saying that
their people were all going to Harding
because of Fiume. Using again the cen
sus figures, there were 2,098,360 persons
in this country either born in Italy or of
Italian parents. j-
Count also the Austrians, over 2.000,000
of them, and other foreign elements. In
cluding those of Irish birth or parentage,
4,500.000, who were in considerable meas
ure stirred by the, same sort of appeal,
and it is apparent where a part of the
Harding vote came from.
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Measured in the light of these facts,
the lasting quality of the Harding vote
becomes doubtful as soon as the country
settles back to a calmer consideration
of what Harding as president Is likely
to' bring forth, v Unless the new presi
dent watches his Step, the big majorities
may soon melt and the demand for a
change will count in the other direction.
: 1 Communications sent to Tbe Jonmal tot
publication in this department should b written
oa only one side of the paper; should not exceed
300 words in length, and must be signed by the
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution. 1
THE BATTLE OF. THE ARTICLES
Portland. Nov. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Tear after year the little
words "a." "an" and "the" have been
attending to their .duty in the English
language almost unregarded. Unob
trusively they have performed the great
task of sorting Ideas ana tnings into
two distinct classes, the definite and the
1 - , . i
Letters' From the People I
indefinite. In the "who is who" f lan-1
Lguage they-have been accounted as mere
drudges In comparison- with longer
words, the kings and captains of thought.
f But lo! by a trick of fate in this de
mocracy of ours, these commonplace
folk.? "a" and the," have been exalted,
and stand forth in battle array at the
head of the contending forces of our two
great political parties. At present the
indefinite seems to have won over the
definite "a league, over "the league."
But we shall see. .
Arid now comes W. J. Bryanr approv
ing the "a" doctrine and the "at meth
ods ;' and, indeed, would hasten the con
summation of the benign (anti-Wilson)
association, sagaciously suggesting that
President Wilson resign, and that Mr.
Harding be "Wiggled" into the presi
dency. V No, Mr. Bryan ; you have carried your
part well, and,, bravely recovering your
heart from the coldness of its, recent in
humation, you have come in promptly
and j boldly, as one of dramatic instinct
might be expected to do; but, with all
respect , for your' years and histrionic
ability, let Mr. Harding have time to get
his cue before he takes up the great
role- for which he has been selected.
Let i him find out "where he is at'
The spirit of "change" that is moving
the (American people needs no accelera
tions The scenes jnay be shifted all too
rapidly. The White House may well
be tenanted , yet a little longer by the
broken body and brooding soul of the
great , champion of world democracy.
The aDOStle of "America first" will be
due1 at the executive mansion March 4,
1921. He will then be duly recognized
and. installed.
In the meantime there may be a "meet
ing tof minds" to discuss "a." "an" and
"the." Mr. Bryan and others will be
interested in the verdict of this meet
ing.; Bertha Slater Smith.
i '
;"SOBER SECOND THOUGHT"
Portland. Nov. 10. To the Editor of
The; Journal An editorial in the opposi
tion! press explains how Mr. Taft and
the i country at large have given the
League of Nations sober analysis since
a year ago and fin j it wanting, and says
"the result of that sober second mougnt
was revealed at the election a week
ago.
It mav seem egotistical for me to put
my opinion up against editors' opinions,
but in one way I have an advantage
over them, for 1, being one of the com
mon folk, living among . the common
people whose votes count so largely in
this country, am in a position to see
first hand how the opinion of these peo
ple is swayed. I have seen those who
a year ago leaned strongly toward the
league, turned bitterly against it, and I
know it was not "sober second thought"
after knowing what the league covenant
really says, that has changed them. I
have, in my possession a folder entitled
"The Cox-Wilson League Is a League
of War." ' This was scattered broadcast
over our state just before the election.
Among other statements which are very
misleading, this little pamphlet says the
"League of Nations is a league of war,
in which this country would be a voting
cipher." I suppose the old alibi about
England's having, more votes than the
United States has been so well shot to
pieces that the aaithor 'thought a bare
faced, lie would be more effective In
moving the voters. This latter propa
ganda Is the thing that has changed
the minds of the people of my acquaint
ance. I know this is true, for they will
say themselves that they believe these
things, while I cannot find 'one out of
20 who opposes the league who has ever
read the league covenant or a:iy sec
tion of it.
?ome things are a matter of opinion.
I grant the other, fellow his 'right to
think for himself, but' I wish before God
that he would please think for himself.
As for Mr. Taft, when he was here
in Portland something over a year ago,
he . convinced me beyond a doubt that
the League of Nations is one of the
grandest things on which the nations
pf the world have gotten together ; also
that-there was nothing the matter with
Article X. He really spoke as if he had
given It "sober second thought." As late
as August of this year Mr. Taft still
agreed with himself. Reader.
I HIS VINDICATION CERTAIN
Portland, Nov. 7. To the Editor of
The Journal Only .the careful, analyti
cal student of history., is cognizant of
the tragedy that was enacted in this na
tion on November 2. To the sophist it
was a sweeping R . ublican victory ; to
the analyst it was a world tragedy.
Nineteeen centuries ago another great
tragedy "occurred. The similarity be
tween these two deserves comment.
"Then cried they all again, saying. Re
lease not this man. but release Bar
abbas. Now Barabbas was a - robber,
i When the chief ' priests saw
him, they cried out. Crucify him, crucify
him."
The crucifixion of our great and noble
president is . now accomplished, but fu
ture generations will ' hang their heads
and blush with shame when they hear
that, their forebears assisted in this
shameful crucifixion. Years hence, when
the names of Mr. Wilson's traducers
have been sunk in oblivion, the luster
of his great name will not be tarnished.
Wilson's cruclfjxlon was inevitable. The
great, exemplars of truth must suffer
that truth may survive. Yet, withal,
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again,"
and the next four years will vindicate
our beloved president.
A. J. Martin.
CHANTICLEER
Wolf Creek, Nov. 9.-To the Editor of
The Journal After the Judas Iscariots
had left the stage and the American
people had played the role of Peter
denying that he had ever known or
followed a man named Jesus, ' it was
left for Mr. Bryan to act the part
of the cock crowing.
"And Peter said, Man, I kirow not
what thou sayest And immediately,
while he yet spake, the cock crew."
Luke 22.
Poor Mr. Bryan !
! Mrs. T. M. Lam on d.
Olden Oregon
Legislature Very Early Got Busy With
j , the Columbia Bar.
i The United States schooner Shark was
wrecked, at the mouth of the Columbia
river October 10, , 1846. Her loss was
especially regretted by the American
settlers, as it was damaging to the char
acter of the entrance of the river and
would have a tendency to keep commerce
away. As a result the legislature of 1846
passed a pilotage law, authorizing the
governor to appoint commissioners- to
examine and license pilots for the bar
and river and regulate hipping. Under
this act S. C. Reeves was appointed the
following April ?the first pilot for the
Columbia river bar. He served until the
gold discovery lh California. ' f
j Curious Bits of Information
I Gleaned From Curious Places -
.(Liquid shoe polish! was placed. on the
market through the accidental meeting
in London1 of a tired, footsore soldier,
who was down on bis luck, and a man
hamed Day; " who gave the - tramp a
night's losQlng. Desirous of showing
his thanks for-the hospitality, the soldier
handed Day a much-folded and dirty
scrap of paper, on which was written,
in a scrawling hand, a recipe for shoe
blacking. Some time , later Day made
up the recipe, and discovered It was a
good thing. He bought the soldier, whose
name was Martin, out of the army, and
the two started business on. a small scale.
That was the beginning of the famous
Engjish firm of Day & Martin, in 1770.
Their product sold.: so fast that they
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE !
Home rule doesn't legalize home brew.
e
, Most of life's tragedies are behind the
scenes.. j- --, -. , n
Indian . summer has certainly been on i
the warpath. .
The naval affairs committee Is en
gaged in a base undertaking.
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Which reminds us that Tongue Point
is in the mouth of the river.
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Idle workmen "may now set about un
dermining the high cost of living.
How perfectly fitting that the wed
ding anniversary should come on Armis
tice day! . - . .
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' The, sheep-killing coyote has .its 'hu
man ounterpart in the modern school
of burglars. " i
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Probably .Europe will have another
full dinner pail since Herb. Hoover has
resumed command. -
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Turkey and Armenia have agreed upon
an armistice, but the old axe threatens
to continue its annual assault.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations Abovrt Town
That he Idaho Agricultural college at
Moscow is interested In stock judg
ing is proved by the team sent from that
Institution. The following from Moscow
are registered at the Multnomah : Wal
ter Schwlnd, William L. Hamilton.
George N. Tucker, Carl L. Patch, H.
P. Davis and Lee Wahlschlegel.
"Red always was a favorite color of
mine," said George Tremblay, assistant
manager of the Multnomah. "I was
attracted greatly by Miss Josephine
Paddock when I first saw her, but it
was her wonderful red' hair that really
made me capituTate.' Be sure to call it
Titian hair when you speak of It. Tes,
we were married Armistice day, at
Vancouver." '
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Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Stimson and Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. Stimson of Holly
wood, Wash., here to attend the stock
show, are registered at the Portland.
Louis Simpson of Coos Bay is a guest
at the Portland.
.
Carl Engdahl, a prosperous wheat
farmer of Helix, in Umatilla county. Is
at the Portland.
,
R. R. Grundy of Australia, C. A. Blank
of Kobe, Japan, and N. B. Doodha of
Shanghai, China, are guests at the Port
land. e
Charles E. Newton, dean of the school
of mines at Oregon Agricultural college,
is at the Imperial.
Utah Agricultural college has five
students and a coach at the Imperial.
They are here to take part in the stock
judging contests at the stock show. I
Philip Metschan Jr., proprietor of the
Imperial, left last night, for Santa Bar
bara to attend a meeting of the Western
Hotel Men's Scenic association.
The G. M. Standifer oil tanker John
Worthlngton is to be lauhched next
Monday. Mrs. Terrell Johnson of Pitts
burg, Pa., Is to be sponsor at the
launching. The following guests, here
to attend the launching, are at the Ben
son : Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Johnson and
Mrs. Johnson's mother, Mrs. John
Worthington, of Pittsburg; Mr.. and Mrs.
George S. Ebbert, Mr. and Mrs. Corwin,
Dr. Neggette, Mrs. Schleeter, Mrs. Mc-
Feeley, Mr. and Mrs, C. J, Hicks and
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Black of New York
city, and Mr. and Mrs. Conry of Tulsa,
Okla.
K. If. . French, pioneer Wasco county
banker, is here. from his home tit The
Dalles, at the Imperial.
!
L. L. Rogers, who owns a wheat ranch
near Pendleton, "is at the Benson,' with
his family.
G. P. Lilly and R. E. Gurney of Baker
are registered at the Benson.
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' Judges of the stock show who - are
registered at the Imperial are: A. W.
Oliver, Instructor In animal husbandry
at Oregon Agricultural college ; . Pro-
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley r
(That pioneer of the auto atage line, Fred
Vogler. continues today his narrative of adven
ture. speaXing particularly of operations over
the dry and sandy wastes of Nevada. Th
aeries is closed with thia number, endinc in an
appeal to make scenic Orecon acceaaibl and
"salable." ,
, "When I was running the stage be
tween Red Rock, Mont., and Salmon
City, Idaho," said Fred Vogler. pioneer
auto dealer of Portland, "I bought an
automobile to try out on' my stage line.
This was in 1903. It was not a success.
This was when the automobile Industry
was pretty much of fan experiment. Our
stage line crossed i the summit of the
main divide of the Rocky mountains at
an elevation of . 8000 feet. There was
not a month in 'the year" when we did
not have frosts, and the snow came
early and stayedjate. From early fall,
till the following June we used sleighs'
on this run. I planned to use the auto
to the foot of the range and horses from
there over the divide, but none of my
drivers savvied an auto, and it was in
trouble most of the time ; so I didn't get
much good out of It.
"The Tonopah gold excitement in Ne
vada broke out shortly after I had sold
this stage line. I had 1 125,000 cash In
the bank and was looking for new
worlds to conquer. The stages were go
ing in by way of Reno, which didn't
throw any business to the Oregon Short
Line. Mr. Burley asked me if I could
run a stage line in from Salt Lake City.
I went down there and sized up the
stage . possibilities. - The most feasible
route was by .way of Las Vegas to
Tonopah, 175 miles. The roads were
too heavy with sand toV make horse
drawn stages pay, but I believed I could
make an auto stage line pay.' This had
never been done. Everyone told me It
was not practical,' but I determined to
try It out., .
-.
"I Iftiew wagons would, soon cut a
road to pieces, so I decided to build a
road of our own. I put 20 teams on a
drag and made a - road, dragging the
sagebrush out of the road and bridging
the deeper hollows.- We charged exor
soon had hundreds of boys working for
them filling bottles. They jealously
guarded their recipe, making the mix
tures themselves. The, recipe is still in
use. "i Dickens made mention of the
blacking in "Pickwick Papers," and is
said to have worked for the firm when
he was a boy. .a'.--,' ". .i.'"-'..
Uncle Jeff Snow Says: .
Nate Hander of Rancho. Texas, uster
serve on juries and act as a witness In
a pinch, and kinder kep a eye on the
nominations fer office fer his friends
and managed to git by one year after
another 'thout no hard work.. He uster
say. he had a thousand head of cattle-
NEWS . IN BRIEF?
SIDELIGHTS ,
Every now and then the conviction Is
forced unon us that there are too many
Republicans in the country. Athena
'Press. -.!.'-. :'-';
The voting of bonds for the new bridge
caused more rejoicing than any other one
local result of the eWnstlon-Oregon City
Banner-Courier. , ' ,
The defeated candidate has one con
solation. . He can reflect that a country
with that little sense didn't deserve sav
ing anyway. Salem Capital Journal.
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' The usual scarcity of turkeys prevails,
due, plnheaded people surmise, to the ap
proach of Thanksgiving, but the dealers
always have enough left over for the
Christmas traffic Medford Mall-Trlb-
une- ; v.. ; .Y. . .
Pussyfoot Johnson was hustled out
through the back door of a hall in Eng
land in which he was holding a prohibi
tion meeting and sneaked through a
graveyard to a place of safety when
attacked by an angry mob. The same
mob will some day be congregated in
the graveyard attendlifg John Barley
corn's funeral. Corvallls Gazette
Times. fessor J. T. Thompson of Woodland.
Cal. ; Chbrles M. Talmadge of Salem,
A. L. Wilson of Creston, Iowa; E. A.
Trowbridge of Columbia, M. ; 6. M.
Nelson of Oregon Agricultural Cqllege,
superintendent of the sheep division,, and
J. 1L Longwill. superintendent of the
hog division. 1 -' .- ' ( !
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Mrs. A. N. Gilbert of Salem Is at the
Imperial. In the old days A. N. Gilbert
was a partner of I. L. Patterson at
Salem. Later he was superintendent of
the -penitentiary, and during the time
that John Wanamaker was postmaster
general he was postmaster at Salem.
.
J. ' H. Garrett of Klamath Falls Is
meeting old-time acquaintances at the
Imperial.
,.
L'O. Schench registers at the Im
perial from Tampico, Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Boise of Salem
are at the Imperial. Mr. Boise's father.
Judge R. P. Boise, was one of Oregon's
most useful and constructive citizens
from the early '60s till his death a few
years ago. -.
D. F. Stewart, banker and flour mill
magnate of Prineville, is at , the Im
perial W. II. Howard, hailing from
Silver Lake, is in the city to attend
the stock show.
C. A. Hale of Tarrytown, N. Y.. a
directytiescendant of Nathan Hale, was
registered at the Multnomah hotel Wed
nesday. Hale Is president of the Hale
Memorial association and has been in
strumental in preserving relics of his
ancestor.
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W. E. Wann. a Wasco' county stock
man, is registered from The Dalles at
the Hotel Perkins.
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C. S. Trullinger, with his son. Is down
from Yamhill to take in the stock show.
They are at the Perkins.
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S. R. Norgren, a timberman , from
Clatskanie, and Mr. and Mrs. Al Dartt
of Mosier are at the Perkins.
F. S. Ivanhoe and wife of La Grande
and Judge R. R. Butler of The Dalles
are registered at the Imperial.
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C. W. Shurte, an old-time Morrow
county merchant of Heppner, is in town
for a few days to look up the machinery
business. ' '
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B. F. Hailey of Camas Is at the
Perkins.
Among those registered at the Mult
fiomah are; ,C. C. . Llndon . of Astoria
and Mr. and Mrs. Bessalton of Salem.
Washington State college, at Pullman,
is well represented -at the stock show.
Registered at the Multnomah are the
following: H. Morgan. H. A. Anderson,
1 C. Leonard, J. A. Dobbin. E. Cooke,
J. T. Roberts, C. C. Gray,.H. A. Sittin,
IL Hackedorn, Donald L. Saunders, W,
T. Putnam Jr., R. W. Altman andA J,
, Leonard. .
bitant toll rates on our road, so that no
one would patronize it. We did not
wantj our road cut up by the narrow
wagon wheels. On our auto stage line
we charged 30 cents a mile for passen
gers. I put on 18 autos. Many wealthy
men who came down to look over the
field would rent a car. I charged 810
an hour, or $100 a day. I paid one tire
company $25,000 for tires the first year.
Tires In- those days were very inferior.
I got only 200 to 400 miles out of a
tire. Gasoline was 50 cents and water
5 cents a gollon. We made from 15 to
20 miles an hour, which -as considered
remarkable speed, and compared with
the horse-drawn stage it was. I used
the one-cylinder St. Louis car, but gave
that up in favor of Peerless and
Thomas cars. We developed some 're
markable drivers on that pioneer auto
stage line. 1 taught Teddie Tetzlaff to
drive. Later he became nationally
known as a speed demon In the auto
racing game. ,
.
"In 1908 I gave up my "stage line on
account of the building of the railroad.
I came to Portland and started selling
automobiles. Covey and I are the two
pioneer auto dealers of Portland. One
of my early-day customers was Henry
Wemme, who owned and drove the first
automobile ever brought, to Portland.
Henry was also the first man in Port
land to own 'an airplane. .
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"Did you ever stop to think of the
vast number of automobile owners in
Southern California who have seen their
own country and who, If We secure
good roads, will drive up to see the
beauty spots of Oregon? The Columbia
river highway, the' Columbia river.
Crater lake. Mount Hood, the Willam
ette valley, our fishing, hunting and
camping, end the beauty of Oregon In
spring. ; summer and fall will be lures
to brlSg thousands . of tourists from
Southern California,' All we need are
good roads and publicity to cash tn on
this vast reservoir of tourist travel. We
must sell our scenery arid start the
stream of wealth-bringing auto tour
ists our way."
there be in' that many, voters in Gonsa
les county. lie stood In with the county
ring and the moonshiners and acted like
a political bora. But fer the blind party
ticket superstition he might of been
forced to work. There's a lot of profi
teers In this country that's mightily
shore the people can. be fooled often
enough to keep 'era proflteefin a few
billion ever year. ' ':
LINCOLN IN POLITICS
b : j . Arthur H. Sorwell in Lr lie's
More and more of Abraham Lincoln
Is going into American drama. Some
day, perhaps, someone will hit upon the
novel Idea of putting a little of him into
American politics. j
The Oregon Country
Sorlliwejat Happening 1 Drier form tot Um
Busy Header.
: OREGON SOTKS
JfannnaVa maw. tirwinnA ...
be opeutoth holier noicl WI "oon
Harney county at the recent election
passed-an Initiative bill placing a Wer
bounty on rahhit. aw.iiie. -ce'
-- nnu tor toos ooutitv hava
atonnoCf5SS,fi?,,,15n. 8how a total,yvaVuir
thmonth1 orf 'cStobr wTs81' W"''
breaking all "previous records! U U,c,u
Jate. y lown tn th
,The 1920 tax roll shows a total J:r...
lion til 117 17i OCA . . '
wa7.S&0: h. Nation torhjl
F0AAv,i,bson' ''rbprt Brown and Dr.
thr k ? ?lu- found wltl 'r carcass
While the train was runninc 40 mil
aliWhi sleeping car nar Kurne and
alighted on the ground uninjured.
Six new home nursing classes have lust'
McKensie rlvercountry. Throe of thrnl
are at Springfield ana on4 each ut mJ
Vernon. Thurston and Waltervllle
George Hayes of Coos Bay. who r..l
I1w" th occupation of tapping free fjr
makV,he rt A refinery. T
tf-,1?.a-davtor 84 a month. JIa
sells the pitch at0 cents a gallon.
rlilVl? Woodin, a sophomore in the
?heaeVfJtSo.hiK,r hml- "ead front
with - . . f .fa 1 from roof wht1(.
remnnmjmb'r.0 -'a88Tat- hs at
tempting to paint the class numerals.
coverhi f!78 00,0.w111 bft required to
fabn rll .eed8 of th "tat bureau of
labor for the next two years, accordlnir
of "fate8tbvai6 (ub,mittl he secreUr?
missioned ', m' 8tale bor com-
whth Fruitgrowers' association,
rnue.r h.a,.V'on?. , .fruit
for table use. l "PT Byrup
nlirfA' ': Tav,or S'nWhas B,K.
S hearty approval of" the pro-
EnhLain ut0 a modern Protestant
Episcopal hospital at Marshfleld. Th
iif, 1 . tn Proposed hospital will
cost approximately J65.000. .;
WASHINGTON.
Seattle also has an epidemic of
b1"rhlariea' , 28 being reported in one
IMirht rhlMr.n at ih. O . . ,,
arens home are now under care for
The rllv f irnd,in. .
or scarlet fever, and all the
Thft IVInllr AlMurk .1...
wins yiL vviuoer.
.nHef1 ?e.ol w"" arr"ted at Yakima
ana rlnri tuo i j . , .......
' 'u, imu fimiu worm
of morphine on his person.
Four fatalities have occurred In Spo
kane Within n mnntii r ....
I .and 28 DerorS have been serl-
,h-'wSn by h!8 cl0,hinf I" a shaft at
fhejspokane city asphalt plant. M. U.
Prpduction of member mills of the
Western Pine Manufacturers' assooia
tion In September, 1920. exceeded that of
September last year by 9,746.645 feet.
Fred Gruenberg and Claude Mover
are reported to be lost In the Cascade
mountains near the head of Lake
hrl ."' fPrching party Js attempt
ing to find them.
.Vrectors of the Washington and
Idaho Wheat Growers', association are
planning to place on the market r.00,000
-Sr'S of .wh?at KoId hn(a, security for
Wnioli will ia xa-u ws., . .
Wheat hvdtj m;eiuW iur
J IDAHO
.Concrete work Is now being pushed on
the new high school building at Albion.
The corner-atone of h
dormitory at Gooding college was laid
'"' cunaay oy UlsAop c W. Burns of
Helena. ,
The Idaho Irrigation company reports
twice as much water coming into Magic
reservoir aa there was at this season
last year. '
The cannery at Lewlston Is putting
up about 35 tons of apples a da v. It
handled 1000 tons of tomatoes during
the season.
.On account of Increasing cot. of
Raper, labor and material, the Tlmen-fews-Miner
of Hailey has discontinued
Its daily issue.
A yield of 8r,i bushels Dlclow wheat
per acre Is rep 1 from the farm of
Lee Greenwell, 1 i Paul. The average
for his entire wheat acreage is 74 bushels
'per acre. ,
The body of Johh C, Robison. who
lost his life when the Tuncania was
sunk, In February, 1918, arrived from
Scotland a few days ago and was bur
ied at Potlatch.
Alleged to have confessed to holding
up and robbing 30 men near liovill,
Joe Dillon is in the Latah county Jail.
He had $225 and a burglar's kit on his
person when arrested.
How "Rose City" Came to Be
;i Portland's Other Name,
and How JDeserved
ii Whence Portland's nickname, "Rose
City"? -
a The St. Louis Globe-Democrat In
an editorial, October 22, says the
sobriquet was originated at the time
Of a general Presbyterian assembly
In Portland a quarter of a century
ago, and that It was confirmed and
Widely disseminated at the time of
the Lewis and Clark exposition, in
1905.- j . '
ii As a matter of fact, the name
"Rose City" was originated and pro
posed by Frederick V. Holman, well
known Portland lawyer and rose cul
turiat, in an article published Decem
ber 8, 1901.
j; At that time. It seems, the exposi
tion was being discussed, for- Mr.,
Holman's article discussed the de
sirability of giving an exposition city
a distinctive n lf:knamer and he sug
gested "Rose City." The sobriquet
was Immediately popular and proved
a great stimulus to the planting and
care of roses, with which It was In
tended the great exposition should
be graced. ...
I It is doubtless true that khe Lewis
and Clark exposition gave wider cir
bulatlon and fame to the nickname.
It is likewise doubtless true that the
floral showing Incident to the expo
sition brought about the organization
of the Rose Festival as a permanent
Portland feature.
i With the authorship-of the name
Rose City" established. It should be
said that, whoever fashioned the
words, the Ides was unquestionably
atmospheric . W. B. Sibson, a grain
dealer of possibly four decades gone,
found that the most beautiful roses
could be grown here and his ex perl
menu finally resulted in bis going
into the business of growing and sell
ing roses. Easterners ! who found
roses growing here outdoors more
exquisitely beautiful than any con
servatory ever produced, and 'who
made the further discovery that In
a mild season the blooming continued
until November and even January,
were the ones who did the early ex
claiming. ' . ' ;
Mr. Holman. author of the name
"Rose City." has been giving Satur
days and Sundays to his rose gar
den, where he has 600 varieties, for
the past 25 years. There Is some
thing about the culture t roses that
Is more than exercise and more than
a hobby.