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"SAT U RDAYTh O VKMHER Jlbur THE; OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON A.T INDEPENDENT NEWSFATEB C 8. JACKSOX . . . . . ... . . . - J "JTli'SS (B calm, b eonnawit. o (wini p. - - ; other. yotl youtwouia liar wn t Th Journal Bulldin.. Broadway and m hill treet- Portland, Oregon. - - - Emrd tt th rooffut PortW. (or IrirumiKion throogb th muU "e"00 e lit matter, , ICLUHHONES Main 7178. Automatic 0--ah ji . MI.ht b the nnmt- NA-rtONAI, ADVEUTISINU T1VE Benjamin entnorv. Building. 2 a "" erenu. Ualler Building, cmcaio. R. riJL":'r..n Bntidin., B.n Fra Lo Angela; Port-Intellgeneer Building. Seattle. THE OHWiON JOtKNAL rear rre. ttojnjht r.Jetrt .drertWng copy Whkn " J Jction.bl. It abo will not print any eopy that In any way wmuiate rd.ng miur or that cannot readily b. recognized a ler . titing. ' BlBSCKIPTlON BATES . By Carrier, City and Country DAILT ASI Si-Ji"" On. ml .IS On moot1 : SIN DA I Cm wt ....... DAILT ' n wet $ .10 ) .. . JUL. T MAIL, AIX RATES PAYABLE If ADVANCE DAILY AND SUNDAY One year. . fcix month .18.00 Three months... Om month-. .: SUNDAY (Only) On yer. . . . , . Si month. . .- Tore month. . . $2.25 . 4.25 .7 DAILT 1- (Without SnDday) On year $6.00 Hi month..... 3 25 Ihrt month.. 1.75 On month. ... .00 WEEKLY '(Ewy Wednedayl . rV.. nar 11.00 ts:oo 1.76 1.00 WEEKLY AS D SUNDAY On year H 60 tix month.... I . The rU . apply only in th Wert. 't Bate to Eautern point '"raUlied L" V?1'. tin. Mka remittance, by Money Order, Eiprew Order or Irratt. .11 your poUrffi ia not a ' Mony Order offie. IV or 2 cent U wiir b. tempted. Mike all remitunce payable to Th ; ioarnal. Portland, Oregon. ' ; , MuUke not. Those pleaaure are not pleasures ftat tronble the quiet and tran quillity of thy life. Jeremy Taylor, JUST WHERE ARE WE? AS YOU watch, proceedings at Geneva! you discover that Sputh American nations which have en i tered the Iqague show no inclination ; to withdraw .because America has remained out. Argentine sentiment is probably reflected by her lea ling newspaper, La Naclon, .which says. - Confronted with the dilemma of abandoning either the League of Nations .or the' Monroe Doctrine, the Latin . American ' countrijsaP probably j would choose to abandon the latter, j , Example of how the league may influence South American nations is "seen In the case of 1'eru and Bolivia, ;. both members of, the league.- Both have appealed to the, league for ex- j amlnation , of treaties which they allege were forced , upon . them by Chile. . " ; ' '. ' 1 Are ether cases to arise iri Latin America in which the league; of which America isAnot a : member, will be looked to for? adjustment? To .what extent will the -League of Na tions succeeded America as the trib , une, the big brother and the pro 1 tector .of South American republics i and their interests? ( By v the good offices -and kindly ' relations between European league . members and the South American ! league members will there be trans ferred to Europe and European na tions the friendship which has been ilbullt up through tedious and patient ; diplomacy between the United States and South and Central American ? nations? As a . result 'of the wild exaggeration and irrespon sible claptrap with which the league has been assailed and dis credited in America, may not the very Monroe Doctrine which the . as sailants professed . anxiety to pre serre, be dangerdusly undermined . in the greater benefit and more prac tical utility which republics to the south of us will . sense - in the league? ' , What if the league should be called upon to decide issues between " America and South American re publics? They might be issues i vitally affecting the lnerests of the United States, yet they would go , before a tribunal very largely Euro pean, and in which America would be without a voice. In our so-called splendid isolation . have we not nearly lost the prestige !. and value of our Monroe Doctrine because the league which we have spurned makes it the Monroe Doc- trine of .the world? And. if Europe. becomes the trib ;une for Latin America may she not be wonderfully advantaged to do the trade of Latin America? New ? York has a crusade . by women among women which can never win the support of more than a minority of women.. It is a cam paign to shorten the length of tele phone conversations. BUSY . PORTLAND A VISITOR in Portland denies that there is any local slowing up" of business. He and a friend ' w-tth their wives arrived in the city from the North. They thought they , had a reservation at one of the lead ing hotels, having wired for it a day or so in advance. But the clerk told them they should have tele- SALVAGE THE WASTE THERE are 12 tunnels on the two lines of railroad track which parallel each other through the Deschutes canyon. -Five of these tunnels were built by the Hill line and seven by tle Harrlman system. Two. one on each tine, are within a few feet of each 'oher. ' Railroad rates re high. No wonder! - One system of these tunjnels is no more necessary than a fifth wheel extra tunnels is in the capital Investment of the companies, and people are required to pay enough additional freight rates to pay not only the cost, but a profit, on the cost, of these wholly unnecessary tunnels. , And all along through the Deschutes canyon there are two lines of track. Ohly one is needed. One will easijy carry all the traffic ever likely to be offered that route. Why two tracks? There is but one track on the main line of the O-W. R. & N., but one track on the 'Northern Pacific, but one track on the Southern Pacific through the populous.and heavily producing Willamette valley.. But there are two tracks throughout the whole length of the Deschutes canyon, both of them in full sight of the traveler all the time as he passes tlirough. J ' -f In thpoe tracks are steel rails and .ties and spikes and fish plates and costly grade. It cost around $20,000,000 to fcuild those two tracks, around $11,000,000 for one and a smaller sum for the other. The expenditure for one was waste pure, unadulterated, 100 per cent waste. -"- But, like the tunnels, the tracks went into the capital investment of the two companies, and in higher freight and high passenger rales the people are paying a profit on that Investment, which, bo far as oni: track is concerned, is payment of a profit on sheer waste. It is of no value now to condemn. The constructive thing is tc see if something cannot be done to salvage some, of this waste, to stop as far as possible the extra tax in freight and passenger rates upon the people as a result of that waste. j I One of these tracks ought to be taken up and put into use somjewhere else In Oregon where it would bring land under production. The railroad people should be made to see that it aDdnuun uue ui liicoo unco ru. sources into some new line. The railroad will yield, if sufficient showing. is made to convince the directing heads be increased by removing one of these tracks to other territory more traffic wilLbe made and more returns be. received. Th win Hn is the better track. West. The rails are heavy and the bridges permanent. The Harriman track could be used in an extension from Bend to Burns, or from Bend to Klamath Falls and Lakeview. Through some such extension more terri tory could be opened, more traffic be created and, under some sucjh joint avremnr or that under which the two lines are now operated, both would have increased business and Oregon graphed at least four days prior to their arrival. ' They made the circuit of the larger hotels. Then they sought ac commodations at the smaller hostel ries. When they were finally dis posed for the night the wives were given a bed in one hotel, the visitor occupied a narrow bed in another and his friend was given a cot in a third hotel. While they were seeking accom modations they discovered that Port land is as well supplied with hotels as any city on the Pacific coast. But the guests were more than the hotel capacity. The visitor adds that as he has observed stores and industries, gen eral local conditions are apparently as flourishing as the hotel business. STOP THE ESCAPE CERTAIN members of the circuit bench are making a laudable at tempt to convert the Portland mu nicipal court into an effective insti tution. , Judge Tazwell has ordered that . all appeal cases from that court be Immediately brought .up for trial in the circuit court. Judge McCourt demands that appeals to the higher court be discouraged by imposing heavy penalties after the second ' trial. The combination of quick and stern justice will unques tionably cut the number of appeals to the minimum and create a full measure of respect for yie. able de cisions of Judge Rossman. ; Almost invariably, appeal follows announcement of a heavy punish ment in the lower court, especially if the convicted party has means. The case drags along "for months between the two courts. Some come to trial. Some don't. Even if they do. through compromise, removal of witnesses or other conditions that work to the disadvantage of the pub lic, the defendant repeatedly escapes with a lighter sentence than that given in the municipal court. It all results in a defeat of the purposes of the law, in relegating the municipal court to a station of impotency, and in throwing unpun ished on , the bosom of . the public those that have defied the statutes set up to protect that public. It is, the duty of the city attor ney's office to fully cooperate with the circuit judges 1n Speeding the day of judgment that must be met by those who transgress. The Oregon Near East Relief asked this year for 20 tons of cast off clothing for the Armenians and got 40. Much was in superior- gar ments, good enough for anybody to wear. A. child's outfit, handmade and of the richest materials, was amojig the contributions. Some little one was evidently loved and lost, and the clothing became a mother's gift to some other mother. THE NATIONAL GRANGE HpHE Rose Festival Is said to have influenced the National Grange in itar decision to hold its 1921 con vention in Oregon. The prospect of a ride j over the Columbia scenic highway helped. The description of Our; strawberries, cherries -and roses helped frame an inviting pic ture. .'; But Oregon has something even more important, from the grange viewpoint, to show a national or ganization of farmers. It has the finest farming country, perhaps as little developed, as could be found anywhere else in the United States. It has a climate so mild and gentle that the healthy average here is higher than in any other part of the nation. ' it has soil that pro duces a wealth of food products. , It has a system of government that gives : every man and woman j consciousness of participation in the to a wagon. But the cost of these; is to their advantage, which is. to . back east that their dividen ds will ! where It is one of the best built lines in the be much better served. diction of state affairs. There is at unused opportunity worth many tnousands of dollars and represent ing the potentialities of an ideal home on every vacant quarter sec tion of agricultural land. The grange will find it well worth while to come to Oregon. A LOSING CHANCE HPHR IEE young men are in jail in and 20 X Omaha. They are 17, 19 years old respectively. They have just completed the greatest mail robbery in history. The boys were street corner boys. They were drifters, pool room boys They ! floated around f'taking chances." In a pool- room they en countered a stranger." Robpery of a sealed mail car was proposed. They all fell in. The robbery was con summated and $3,500,000 in cash' and securities stolen. Postal officers soon took uptthe chase. One of the boys was caught and confessed. Two others are also in jail, and they have confessed. Capture of the fourth is thought to be a . matter of hours. Much of the loot has been recov ered, although 1800,600 in bonds is believed to have been burned. "Well, we were taking chances anyway, so we thought we would take one more," is one boy bandit's explanation of the robbery. The young men took "the chance." They got bo money. They got noth ing of any value to them. The e'f- fort resulted in nothing for them. And they are now in jail pr sparing to forfeit at least the better part of their lives to the government they, attempted to rob. In Portland a few days ago, a trustworthy police officer wfes shot dead. He was shot by a young man from the army. "With a companion, the soldier, too, "took a chance." The two are believed to have committed three robberies in Portland. Both are in jail. They got nothing for their efforts. They procured1 no money that will be of use to them. Nothing of value accrued from their deeds. But one may go to the gal lows to give his life for the life he took. The other may spend all his remaining years in the penitentiary, cast aside by the outside world. The stakes are not even when boys "take a chance" on robbery. They are playing against tremendous odds. If they win, they may procure a paltry sum, ' And they are haunted by arrest for the remainder pf their lives. They have a conscience,, per haps, With which they must deal. They have a burning secret tliat they must carry for life leashed, a secret they dare not 'reveal. If they lose, their life may be forfeited either to the gallows or U the state in con finement for life. Is it an even chance the wager of a life against a few dollars that may or may not be collected The accomplice of the Lewis soldier who murdered Camp Patrol- man ; Palm 3f is a boy of 17. The leader of the bandits who performed the Middle West mail coach rob bery is a boy Of 17 and hisj associ- ates are all less than 20 What kind of homes and Influences do bandits and highwaymen of J7 come from? . IS IT LOST? OHOULD we count that time lost - which we spend socially? Some think so. But aire they right? j Is it time lost when a large num ber of people, full of good Twill for one another and radiant with smiles. meet and greet in some gathering place ? . - Is that time lost when neighbor chats with neighbor and friends in terchange thought and i greetings with friends? Are the handshake, the cordial salutations, the inquiries as to wel fare, the mutual expressions of con cern, the fraternity and the enthusi asm which gathered numbers al ways make, a nothing, "blank, a dead thing, an .empty incident? s This thing is true: After neigh bors have met Jrt church, in com munity gatherings of ; any kind, In social occasions, in any of the func tions that bring , humankind to gether, and after 'all have gone home, Hhere Is an' unconscious thought in the mind of each that the world, after all, isn't half bad, that there is- a lot of innocent and beneficial happiness to be found in it if it is only sought. It is a thought" that the home town is a good old town, that it is full of good friends, that it is a delightful place. to live in, and that all the world is not a mere game of business, of toil, of stocks and bonds, a workshop, a dead and dull routine, a place of clouds and worries, a land in which there Is no sun. . ' And when we think of it all this way, what of her in a tiny hall bed room, stranger fromforce of circum stances to that association where the bright lights of happiness are aglow? Eggs are said to be dropping. Let it be hoped they will not break. POST-ELECTION ' SYMPOSIUM By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor respondent of The Journal Washington, Nov. 20. After-election comment is showing a variety of view. Much of it carries a note of restraint. tinged with uncertainty as to what Harding as president may do. Pro leaguers and anti-leaguers continue the tug of war as to how it fares with them, and the most satisfied comment of all. outside of the strict lines of par tisanship, comes from Wall street and the pro-German element. ,The extracts gathered below make an interesting symposium, out of a mass that might be quoted the most pithy and interest ing: ' K. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation With a strong cabinet and appropriate appointments the new administration is certain of an eight-year term and a record of achieve ment which will have a decided influ ence on the welfare of the people in this country and other countries as well. William J. Bryan The big Republican vote was not one of confidence, but one of protest, and does not indicate any per-. manent party alignment. The large vote cast for the minor parties is warning against attempts to carry out reaction ary plans. George Sylvester Viereck, secretary of German-American organizations, editor of Fatherland, now changed to the Amer ican Monthly I rejoice for the 6,000,000 Americans of German descent who have cast their votes for Harding, as I fore told. With such men in the senate as Moses, Brandegee, Watson, La Follette, Johnson, Reed and Borah the attempts of British propagandists to revive the League of Nations in some other form will be shipwrecked as miserably as was Wilson's - administration. Henry Cabot Lodge We have brought to an end the attempt to enter the League of Nations which Mr. Wilson brought back from Paris.' That Is not the only league that can be made to promote the peace of the world. One of the first duties of Mr. Harding will be to draw up an agreement looking to the preservation of peace. Call it "en tente," "association" or what you will, not an alliance. William E. Borah The Eliots and the Fishers and the Farsonses packed their trunks and departed and told why they had to leave the party because it was against the league. Harding in' his speeches, - particularly at Des Moines and in his speech at Akron at the very close of the campaign, accepted the issue. The people rendered judgment The. Republican party, in my opinion will accept the Judgment as rendered. and religiously live up to it. Eugene V. Debs Socialism will flour ish like a green bay tree under the Harding administration. Hiram W. Johnson It is the end of the League of Nations; it 'is the re crudescence of Americanism. New York World The time has come when Republican like Mr. Taft and Mr. Root and Mr. Hoover and Mr. Straus must redeem their pledges.- They have said to the voters that Mr. Hard ings speeches against the league could all be ignored and that hia election would join the other nations in guar anteeing the peace of the world. The duty of fulfillment rests with them. A ew York Herald Wilson autocracy, impudent, intolerant, dictatorial, and Democratic extravagance, inefficiency and wastefulness are the source of the 1920 avalanche. New York Times New, strange and enormous reinforcements came to the Republicans without virtue or effort on their part, and these account for the staggering overplus of the Harding fig ures. The proof of it is seen in the Re publican majorities in such Democratic strongholds as ?ew York city and Bos ton. Washington Post There is no good reason why the United States should not make peace direct with Germany. The declaration of war contemplated a sep arate peace. Ail talk of a separate peace being "dishonorable" or "perfid ious" is silly. quotations from the foreign press show hopefulness that Senator Harding meant something tangible when he talked about an association of nations. but more than that, outside the Socialist press, a . conviction that Harding by force of circumstances will enter the league after it has been tinkered by the new administration. The Italian press hopes that American policy will now turn to the support of Italy on Fiume and the, Adriatic ; the Paris Gaulois reminds the new president mat, wnatever may be said against It, the treaty and the covenant "are all ranee has to show for her victory ; wnue Kreuz-eitung of Berlin, rejoicini as other- papers of Berlin do in the Harding victory, remarks , that it is more important that the United States does not sign the treaty of Versailles than that it stay out of the League of isauons. it . says the result shows severe verdict on ; "the evil nature of Wilson." Letters From the People (Communication sent to The Journal for public Uon in this department ahonld be written or only one aide of the paper; bofeld not exceed S00 word, in length, and mast be aigned by the writer, Wbow mail address m toil rnuat accom pany Um contribution, THE WAVERLY BABY HOME Portland. Nov. 18. To: the Editor of The Journal Because of the recent pub licity given the Waverly Baby home, we feel it due the public to know the present condition at the home., We now have 60 babies from a few days to 3 years of age, and. in a family of that size sickness is to be expected, just as it is in private homes. At the present time, there are six sick babies In the home one seriously ill and five whose illness causes the medical staff anxiety. - - Z " ". In order to discover the" cause of the sudden, death of the aby" on Saturday evening, and to safeguard the rest of our babies, a member of , our medical staff ordered an autopsy which shows that death was due to broncho-pneumonia. Two other deaths have occurred during the yearthe first, that of a baby suffering with asthma when ad mitted and its case considered hopeless from the beginning; the second death occurred five hours after r.eaching our home, the baby being, in a dying con dition when received. . .. Many of our babies are sick and in a weak and emaciated condition when received and require the greatest care and attention, to restore them to health. The trustees and the medical staff of the home are giving their services with out remuneration. They feel well repaid in being able to do something for . the homeless babies, and , when sickness threatens would greatly . appreciate a word of sympathy and help instead of criticism. The home is open' at all times to parents and guardians of the babies, but the general public is invited to visit on Sunday, Tuesday arM Friday from 2 to 4 o'clock. The board believes that investigation of- the methods followed in caring for the babies will meet with universal ap proval. It has been suggested that the state take oyer the control of the home. The state thus far has been very glad for the home to care fof its unfortunate children, "for the reason that It is costing the state much less than 'if 'it were con ducting its own children's homes. Dr. J. Howard Smith of the Child Welfare commission rates the Waverly Baby home first above all other institutions of its kind in the state. Mrs. T. C. Allison, Edward Drake. president : Mrs. W. Shepherd, L. E. Kern, vice president i F. S. Akin, secretary ; Charles H. Dodd, Mrs. F. C Knapp, Mrs. A. F. Flegel, .1. A. Henry, Mrs. J. F. Drake, Board of Trustees. TWO KINDS OF AMERICANISM Carlton, Nov. 16. To the Editor of The Journal It seems there have developed two kinds of Americanism in this coun try Wilsonian or super-Americanism, and the other kind, which the Republi can orators have been telling us about, hich is the ignoble kind. If I were com pelled to name it I should call It "swine- onian" Americanism. Super-Americanism had its. rise dur- ng tne nevoiutionary war, and found Its highest expression in the Monroe doc trine. It was left to Woodrow Wilson to break over the . narrow confines of ational selfishness - and try to make this exalted conception of universal ap- r HeQn ; and he succeeded with the ex ception of his own people. He sits to day in the . White House the most pa thetic figure in the history of this coun try. Having beaten him to his knees the henchmen of the Republican party continue to inflict upon him the most in geniously cruel treatment, subjecting him to the most excruciating suffering. And these men claim to be "100 per cent American." When I heard them .vili fying him and expounding their Ameri canism I felt that they belonged to t?ie age of the cave dwellers. Their Ameri canism is a call that comes from the wilds of barbarism, from the age of primeval man. But what of the voice of super-Ameri canism? It is a call to a higher civiliza tion. It in an enlightened public con science prt mpting us to universal jus; tice. It has been the work of these vilifiers to stifle the awakened conscience of the people. But all to no avail shall they hark back to the age of savagery. .When the people have time for sober thought they will repudiate these reactionaries, and the Harding administration will listen to the public sentiment, which will de mand a League of Nations, and Presi dent Wilson w:iil be vindicated. May God grant that he may be spared to see that happy consummation. W. H. Black. IN PRAISE OK WILSON Myrtle Point, Nov. 11. To the Editor of The Journal I have been a subscriber of The Journal for several years and have always found it on the side of right in all questions. I am taking it for granted that you like to hear from your readers, even though, as someone said in The Journal recently, most of us are "dead from the neck up." I'm just a Rube hayseed mossback a farmer, and of course not supposed to know anything. But I find it very hard to forget some things I have heard or read. For instance: This same W. J. Bryan left President ' Wilson the greatest president the United States has ever had right when he might have teen of a great deal of help. Later he visited San Francisco, and grouched be cause the convention wouldn't insert a 'dry" plank in the platform. Now he breaks out with a lot of abuse against Wiisonism" and goes so" far as to imply that President Wilson was controlled by Wall street, etc. During the war, when the eight-hour law went Into effect. some of the big employers said, "We wJU close our mills if we are forced to the eight-hour law." Mr. Wilson or his representatives said, "Go to. it. If you close them, we will take them over and run them." I remember the coal strike and the threatened railroad strike. Did not Wilson settle these and many other things too numerous to mention?. Were these things settled according to Wall street Ideas?. If so, why is Wall street so set against "Wiisonism"? ' Can any one deny that Wilson has kept us out of war with Mexico? I can only speak for myself. I was a Socialist and registered as such. But when Wilson made of the old Democratic party a real democracy I began to feel that we had a real man and leader at the White House, and later events proved to me that he was all this and more, the world's leader, a man -who after awhile will be remembered as the most loved man of all our presidents. H. E. Glazier. Olden Oregon Wheat Production Reached Large Figures at an Early Date. The total wheat crop of 1847 was esti mated at 180,000 bushels. The surplus was' 50,000 bushels, in 1846 the produc tion was approximately 145,000 bushels. The greatest amount was raised on the Tualatin plains. In these early years the price of wheat was fixed by the Hudson's Bay company and it was usu ally 62 cents per bushel. Owing to the heavy immigration of 1845 there was a scarcity in the supply and the price reached $1.50 per bushel. By 1848 the country had nine grist mills. In some instances the grist mills were operated in connection with sawmills as at Ore gon City, Salem and Vancouver. -. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: A smart snap rrom tne o. A. C. was tellin the Corners Uplift club last week that there's a plenty of water-power to take the place of coal and gasoline but we don't know enough to harness our waterpower hosses up and set 'em to work. -Ike Tesselton ast him if there wasn't plenty of idle land thout no more beln brought under irrigation but we don't know enough to use it and are so silly we reward men fer hold in' it outer use? The perfessor told the club he didn't like to take part in politics, and Wt lka us in the air. so to sue;ik COMMENT AND .- SMALL CHANGE While time goes marching on! What plumage has a stool pigeon? . Germany has discovered- another mere crap of paper. ... Price declines .indicate the possible early end of the war. , The uncertainty of the turkey market is no greater than our own. ... . Has the spirits of the war days joined the spirits of pre-war days? . , One beauty about this rain' is the utter ease with which it falls. Senator Harding has decided not to seek that salute at Vera Crus. . Vaudeville performers should be ad vised that prohibition is no joke. , Uneasy rests the conscience of the average Washington churchgoer. To beat, the high cost of living cease eating, drinking and being merry. , ... ... We'd rather bofah a cabinet member than have Borah given such a post. Nearly always an innocent child . is me victim of the crimes of its elders. - ... Ice cream couldn't be half so accept able as a lecture subject as it is as a side dish. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Paul C. Garrison of Prlneville is in town to see the stock show. F. A. Rowell ft Prlneville is down to take in a dif ferent, kind of show, having been sub penaed by the grand jury to tell what he knows about law enforcement along prohibition lines. He- is a deputy sheriff of Crook county and says that in spite of low prides of hay and stock, money is still circulating up his way, as much road building is being' done. Road con struction is under way from Prlneville to Crooked river, and also from Prlne ville to Redmond. - . J. P. Hanson and Herbert P. Welch of Lakeview, county seat of Lake county and trading center for the Goose Lake valley, are in the city. C. F. MrfDaniel of Wallowa is at the Seward. Wallowa is on the Wallowa river, in Wallowa county, and is pros- nernus on account of.lumberine. dairv- ing, farming and stock raising Indus tries in its immediate vicinity. r. J. A.' Carman of Tacoma, who oper ates furniture factories at Portland. and Tacoma,' is a guest at the Portland. Mrs. A. Jlibler of Paris, Ky., who has been visiting her daughters. Miss Ann Hibler and Mrs. Herronkohl, at Forest Hall, on the Columbia river highway, has gone with her daughters to Ken tucky to spend the winter at their old home. Leslie Butler, Hood River's pioneer banker and .Oregon's enthusiastic road worker, 1s at the Benson. Dr. F. G. Young, who has been pro fessor of history for the past 25 years at the University of Oregon, is in town. Dr. Young believes school children should know more of Oregon's early history, as a knowledge. of its beginnings will make for better citizenship and greater pride in and loyalty to the state. . A. L. .Parsons of Elgin has Just ar rived in Portland to put in the winter studying auto construction. W. S. Crane of Boston, vice president of Warren Bros., who are helping Ore gon emerge from the age " of mud, is visiting Portland friends. His job takes him from the Point of Pines on the shores of the Atlantic Ao Point Lama on the Pacific and all points between. W. H. Smith of Medford is a guest at the Portland. Medford is feeling much elated at the prices at which her pears OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Harinc teneronaly mapped oat a free lunch roijte of present practicability for PorUana peo- pie, Mr. iXJcaiey sue w, ut.ui festiTitie marking certain Interesting local etenU. Do you eat to live or do you live to eat? If you live to eat and are a good vm, will find all eortsof escu- ,ent CQrneaUbles available in Portland this week. With a pure food snow, a convention of ice cream men, a stock show and a convention of walnut grow ers all in session at once, there is no need of a hunger strike, for you can browse around from booth to booth, start with sample waffles and . hot Econes, and work through the whole- list to filberts and walnuts. Sneaking of "good eats" reminds me of a dinner at which I was a guest last Thursday evening. The dinner was given by the members or the Railway Mail association at the Chamber of Commerce in honor of four of the fel low clerks who have been retired on account of reaching the age limit, 62 years. There were 83 of us that sat down to dinner. , i never nappenea to sit with a group of greater travelers. There was not a man there who did not travel each year a greater distance than is covered in making a trip around the world. One of the four railway mail clerks who are retiring is Charles P. Holloway, who has been in the service 37 years. He enlisted in j.h Union army at the age of 14. When he was mustered out. in the summer of 1865, he came west, and, though but 17 years of age. landed a job as stage driver in Eastern Oregon. Later he served aa We 11s Fargo messenger, and in 1883 at Baker City he entered the railway mail service. He has been in 11 wrecks, but has never been seriously hurt For 12 years he was superintendent of mails at the Fort land postoffice. Waller Graves, another of the clerks honored at the banquet, has put in 30 years, four of which were as chief clerk of the service for Alaska. "Dad" Cros by, as all hia fellow clerks call William Aj Crosby, has served 32 years, and during all that time has kept serene and unruffled and always had a smile and a good word for everyone. Tom Curious; Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Plaens Scientists say that all animals started out with 10 fingers and 10 toes, and that environment has caused a great change in bothi, the ends of the limbs and the limbs themselves. The fingers were : originally the - toes of the forelegs. The horse, for instance, has developed into a one-toe, or one finger animal, and the oowr into a, two toe animaL The hen has three toes and part of another on each foot. History shows that the horse once had . five toes on each foot The same 1a true of the cow, and also of the hen, scien tists say. Something happened to cause th fl""", for the rule' of five fingers NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS The Associated Press has kindly helped the president-elect to tell his story about the big fish that got away. Athena Press. - . : It eosts over 500 per cent more for a school education now than . it did a generation ago. But 'look at the things they learn now. Salem Statesman. The spud has got back to its class again and is now on the- bill of fare of the poor man. For the past few years the spud has been running with the rich. Blue Mountain Eagle. Another 'prisoner has escaped from the county jail by hitting the jailer over the neaa witn a stick of wood. The county commissioners should equip the jailer wun a tin hat Medford Mail-Tribune. Some people thought that Harding's election would mean S3 wheat, the elim ination of federal taxes and other con ditions,' bordering on the millennium in tne business world. They are fast learn ing their mistake. Pendleton East Ore gonlan. - .. The great heart of talem- of Salem women Will not allow that gift of jams and jellies for the tubercular soldiers inthe government hospital at Denver to be a mere dribbling pf pinched charity. It will be a biff and' generous sift, be stowed In true holiday spirit. Salem Statesman. are being marketed. D'Anjou pears within the past few days have sold in the Chicago market at 4.64 a box. Bosc pearl grown at Medford sold at $6.89 a box and Winter Nells pears on the London market rank as to price and desirability With hothouse grapes, a re cent shipment bringing $7.10 a box. i " Colonel J. Partello. with Mrs. Partello and the kiddies, is up from Corvallis for a brief visit in (Portland. L. F. Hazard of Coquille is at the Imperial. t Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Williams of Joseph era registered at the Imperial. . H. W. Stone, one of . Portland's most widely known citizens. Is back from trio through the East. "Detroit has let out 100,000 men," said Mr. Stone, 'Akron has laid off at least . 50.000. They are putting the best workers back at work, but at lower wages. Plenty of room in the hotels In the East now Times are not so good back there as they are out here." Mr. amd Mrs. E. O. Blanchar, O. B Nye and A. H. Berry of Hood River are at the Seward. - Carle Abrams, manager of the Pacific Homestead, is .down from Salem. Lieu tenant Colonel Abrams was in charge of Winneldbwn camp, at Winchester, England, several months during the war, ... L. E. McDanieL county agent of,Har ney county, Is here from Burns. "My iob is to get the people of Harney county off horseback," said Mr. McDan tel. 'They have always figured that anything that couldn't be done on horse back couldn't amount to much. I am trying to show them that it is better to raise four tons of alfalfa to the acre than to cut one acre of wild hay from the same land. 1 am also trying to get the sheepmen and dattlemen to go in together to buy salt and other supplies, to get the advantage of bulk prices, and later to handle the question of outside ranges." E. E. Kiddie, known all over Eastern Oregon, is down from Island City. , John M. Scott, who sees to it that if people decide to travel they travel on the Southern Pacific, is introducing J. H. Dyer, general manger of the operat ing department of the Southern Pacific, and F. E. Batturs, assistant passenger agent of the same company, to his Port land friends. Lockley M. Humphreys, the Other clerk retiring, j nas also put in more than 30 years in the service. The program was as fol lows: Reading, by Mrs. Robert J. Wood ward ; reminiscences, by Carl G. Tipton, of his 33 years of service ; solos, by Mrs. L. M. Iceland and Mrs. Gus Olsen, and short talks by. Mrs. A. J. Stlmpson. Fred Schoppe, Charles Henderson of the chief clerk's office, and the writer. Lester M. Leland, president of the as sociation, acted as toastmaster. , While I am on the subject of banquets I must speak of a luncheon I attended recently on the occasion of the first visit to this port of the Alaska, which has recently been purchased by the San Francisco and Portland Steamship com pany. Prior to the war the "big three" plying between Portland and the Golden Gate consisted of the Beaver, the Bear and the Rose City. The need of ships by the government reduced the fleet to one boat, the Rose City, formerly the government transport Lawton, being the sole surviver on this run. J. P. O'Brien is looking for a third boat to put on the run, so that 'the pre-war schedule may be restored. At luncheon in the dining room of the Alaska as guests of Captain J. G. Nord, her commander, were. J. P. O'Brien, William McMurray, H., E. Lounsberry. C. F. 'Heywood, William Souls, Fred Boalt, Fred White, Harold Say and myself. After a most excellent lunch. Captain Nord, who is an old-time mariner on western and Alaskan waters, took us over his ship. s"lt was rechristened the Alaska when it went on the northern tun." said Captain Nord. "Wheh it was built in 1889, at Chester, pa it was christened the Kansas .City. It has 73 rooms and in addition can accommodate 90 in the steerage and 200 in the standee. Its' gross tonnage la 8709 tons. It is 227 feet long. 45 feet broad and has a depth of 18.8 feet- It has a crew of l and develops 4000 horsepower. It is almost a twin sister to the Rose City, which ia 332 feet in length and has a gross tonnage of 3468 tons. Oh, yes. I would travel by train If there were no way to get there by water, but it's the blue water for me. every time,- for pleas ure, comfort and safety." . p , , and five toes has been 'universal. If you examine a chicken in a shell you can see distinctly five toes on each foot, and there are five little points on the ends of each Wing, which might develop into fingers., under other conditions. Some of the new born chick's toes do not develop. . ,, - PERFECT PROHIBITION from the I.o. Angela. Time Even cereal beverages are prohibited In. Alabama. State regulation forbids the sale of anything that "looks, tastes or smells like beer." Grasshoppers are not allowed In the state because of their hops, and even Maltese cats are under ban because of the suggestion of rralL Down in Mobile they are strain ing the Gulf of Mexico to get rid of the foam. Alabama la being made safe lor ucuimi a-j. The Oregon Country Sorthwert Ilappenimn in Brief ' Form for to i , Buy Header ' OREGON NOTES ' ? - ' ? The Buermer kan-mtll at Vnrlh ttn has resumed cuttinir after b .hut rfnwn of several weeks. Miss June Dulton. a tnrlnt In th . Burns high school, has been elected man ager of the baseball team. Ranchers In the southern nnrt of Tooa eoonty have petitioned the county court iwuihj vi ta wn coyotes. A report from ttto A. Owen, manager of the Clatsop county fair this year, shows a financial balance of $305.22. Turkey raisers In the Roseburg dls- trict are discussing the formation of a pool to force the prices toward &0 cents. - - The total assessed Valuation of Inde pendence is $482,635, and $13,352.70 will be raised by taxation in 1821 to run the City. , . ., ; : Fifty men are now employed on road work on the McKenzie highway, and Respite the rains, good progress is being made. . . Linn county's institute, to be held at Albany November 22, 21 and 24. will be attended by 2i0 teachers within the county. - The records show that the money order business transacted at Astoria ia the largest of that of any poetoffice in Oregon outside of Portland. Pendleton is announced as headquar ters for Oregon. Washington and Idaho of the Producers' and Consumers' lnfor-. mation and Distribution Agency.' Marshfleld Is planning an -aviation field and un auto campground for th coming season. The city council has pur chased property' suitable for both. Increasing the acreage of the Umatilla national forest to over a million acres, the Wenaha forest will on July 1. 1921. become a part of the Umatilla forest. Rufua M. Smith. -well known pioneer of Polk county,. Is dead at Monmouth. He crossed the plains in 1853, locating In , : Polk county, where ha had lived ever r since. - . Bids were opened this week at Klam ath Falls for the lease of 12.000 acres of reclaimed land in the Tule lake bed. The highest, price In the bidding is said to r oe 5.iu an acre. Provision will be made In the 1921 budget for Klamath county's share of ' ; tne cost or tne Willamette highway. The road will shorten the distance from . Portland to Crater lake 126 miles. WASHINGTON The new Liberty theatre at Wilbur, re cently constructed at a cost of $20,000, naa just Deen opened. . John Burns, a logger, was Instantly killed at Handle a lew days ago when a log rolled over him. " Spokfine Is planning a great stadium with enlarged field and concrete grand stands to seat 26,000 people- and to cost Joe Linden, a member of the Aberdeen police force, ia under arrest on a charge of smuggling whiskey on the steamer west .Nlvirla. i Yakima's apple crop Is off the trees. With last week's shipment 4J42 cars have been shipped and 4000 cars will be placed in storage. . Harley Chesteen. a soldier at Camp Lewis, is under arrest at Tacoma charged with selling army overcoats stolen from the camp. . A program of Improvements to cost $350,000 has been decided upon by the board of directors of the SpokAnft In ternational railroad. With full military honors. Gilbert C. Waterhouse. who died while serving in Germany with the army of occupation, was burled at Centralta this week. While shooting at a target, CJeorga Nelson, aged 16. son of Fred Nelson, near Chehalis, wa instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a .22 rifle. fleorce W. Palmer, formerly of Ta coma, has confessed to the Seattle police to smuggling 130.000 worm oi morpmno and cocaine into this country from China. The bodv of an unidentified man, still warm and his watch ticking, was found at Ileitmeir station southwest of Spokane, with a bullet hole in the back of the head. To nrovlde hetter fire protection" and a more certain water supply, Wenatohee has added to its system another large pump and several tnousana icei ui larger water mains. Conductors and molormen in the em ploy of the Washington Water Power company have petitioned the company that they be given an eight hour day based on 10 hours' pay. W. E. Thompson, a Cowiche farmer. Is putting a new seed wheat on the market and is meeting with ready sales for his product at $3 a bushel. The seed came originally from Russia and yielded for Mr. Thompson 68.6 bushels per acre. IDAHO A sale of state lands aggregating 2200 acres and appraised at $10 and $U an acre will be held at Grangevillo Novem ber 26. . Engineer Landis and Fireman Mc Knight were seriously injured when a rock slide struck the Great Northern fast mail train at Katka. Isaac Mounce. a resident of Culdesac. 97 years old, walked to the po'l at the recent election -and voted the Democratic ticket, as he has been doing for 68 years. With five states -represented and 250 head of Poland China hogs exh blted at the Leuton investor. miww, county carried away 20 per cent of the prize money. State land Jiales of 6200 acres in Carir Kr... 'Kflimiv and 2000 acres in Bingham county have been completed. Purchas ers paid 10 per cent of their bids and have 40 years to pay tne oaianco. Mrs. Ada Short at Boise has "been given a veraict i .v,v - Boise vaney . lxaciion .-niii7. husband was killed when the automo hii ha was driving was struck on a crossing by an inlerurban car. 1 Portland a Good Customer for the Hens That Lay Most and Best Eggs Portland consumes nearly a quar ter of a million eggs a week. The total in a year reaches the rather startling number of 12,896,000 eggs. Just think how much cackling there must be tsoing on adjaoent to Port land ! Nearly all the eggs consumed in Portland are produced west of the Cascade range of mountains In a dis trict bounded by Roseburg on the south and Cfehalis, Wash., on the nThe industrious hens in this area not only supply Portland with 800 cases a week, each case containing 30 dozen eggs, but there Is esough, left over to send in carload lots to other communities. For Instance, a carload of Oregon eggs was sold in New York cltytha other day for $1.08 a dosen wholes sale. The sales agency was the Ore gon Poultry Producers' association, a cooperative marketing organization of poultrymen. Oregon eggs have the almost un challenged reputation of being the best in the world. The quality Is. of course, due to those favorable clima tic and other conditions which ren der the food yield of this region su perior to that of almost any other, part of the nation. There is, too. a very effective movement for the pro duction and the first class care of the best bred chickens. .a Oregon hens lay Just about 50 per cent more eggs than hens 'ewnrJ When you put together the fact that we produce the best eggs with the further fact that we 'produce more eggs per hen. the most optimistic pre dictions for the future of the poultry industry do not seem overstated. Ore gon's egg production last year was. valued at $08,800,000 more than fruit, vegetables or dairy pioducts;