MONDAY, NOVEMBER ! 29, r 1920.
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The country ia fairest which is peopled
with, the happiest men. Emerson.
WHO CAN OBJECT T
N IRREDUCIBLE school fund
A
which goes on forever drawing
interest and turning it over to the
support of the common schools, is
one, of the splendid conceptions in
American public affairs.
The Oregon fund is now $7,000,-
nnn It waa created from saie ot i
public lands set aside by the federal
government t6 create an lrreducioie
school fund in each of the states. ,i
The Oregon fund has been in
creased $225,000 recently by recov
ery through the F. A. Hyde law-
suits brought by the state for recov-
ery of lands fraudulently acquired
; by private individuals in earlier
times.
Out of the suit brought by the
state against the Pacific Livestock
company, another addition or i-i,-
00 was secured for tne irreauciDie money far more effectively. By se
Hchool fund. The,Buit never went to curIngr the good wm of thJ pub,lc
tnai. . -iiio, uviuyaiijr !,.v...
' mltted that some of us lanas were
obtained by fraud, .when it agreed
to pay the $125y000 into the school
fund and rurtner agreea io pui
, 10,000 acres of its lana in Harney
1 county on the market for purchase
by settlers
-irvnm eniA rtf the railroad errant
, -
lands other huge sums are to be re-
coyerea ior tne common auu.
. .These lands were held Dy tne ran-
road and were only restored to the
government after a lawsuit had been
.(brought which went through the
United States supreme court. That
u"
the people, and it will ultirrtately
add several millions of dollars to
he common schoolund. - .
AThe courts have thus declared in
rinuicil pfljtnft that the state can re-
rt - -
cover lands obtained.by fraud. No.t
only under certain circumstances
can me inu uo ..uUjr
but wnere tney cannot, cases nave
been decide in which the value of
the land ; can do suea ior ana re-
coverea rrom me irauaisi
properues nave passeu nuu iw
hands or innocent purcnasers.
Oregon iwas given a magnificent
heritage in the gift by the federal
- government of lands with which to
create a fund for endowing the com-
"-- ( w v. "
were robbed of most of that heritage
by the frauds of crooked land oper-
ators. But a small part of the steal-
ings have been recovered through,
iawsus orougnt ojr mo
Know oy wnamas atreaay ueen re-
nn.'AVMrl (lint 41 ...at Act!k VYl rtl". rOR 1
i kuYcicu
- be recoyered tnrougn tne courts, ana
H ouuuiu MS uuue. m
Tnose , in aumoruy ai oaiem owa i
it to the schools and school children The 12-year-old prodigy of Taco
of Oregon to cause it to be done. . ma. Robert Murray, who ha rear.
Who but the guilty holders or
lands fraudulently obtained can ob
jeci 10 acuonaor restonns wi yaiuej
01 tucoej icuiua . wicSwn o "r66"j
ecnooi zunar
, It should be of record for the
benefit of the frost-bound in other
regions that on the morning of Sat-
urday, November 27, 1920, a pedes
trian proceeding westward on the!
Sandy boulevard in Portland, Ore
gon, was moved to admiration by
freely blooming roses, marigolds and
dahlias. He noted the well kept
appearance , of the lawns and that
the rapidly growing grass. Us green
ncsa undulled by frost, waa appar
ently yet being regularly, mowed. He
enjoyed the brightness of the sun,
and when clchjds were rolled up a
little later and rain fell, he found
that the air was still sweet and s6ft.
THE CHANNEL, COMES FIRST
THERE is that In the army en
gineer board's recommendation
for the lower Columbia river which
speaks more loudly than words, the
conviction of these high federal au
thorities that the great port task of
Portland is the maintenance of the
channel to the sea.
Congress made available only
$226,000 last year for the Columbia
below Portland. The engineers had
asked for $408,000. The chief of en
gineers has now sent to congress his
report asking 1785,000 for the lower
Columbia and of this amount $675,
000 for maintenanc and operation.
If congress is governed by its own
policy as announced in the trans
portation act, it will make the entire
amount asked for available. It will
provide : the district United States
engineer, with funds sufficient to
maintain the present channel pro
ject, 300 feet wide, 30 feet deep at
all seasons and stages. It 'will thus
open the way to an inevitable project
for a channel BOO feet wide and 35
feet deep between Portland-Vancouver
and the sea at all seasons and
Btages.
Not can Portland do a b.etter
thirig than to formulate immediate
port legislation to the same end. Let
the government's appropriations be
matched or more than matched for
channel work. Let the channel of
the Wjnamette and in North Port-.
land be improved to the maximum
point of efficiency. Let the govern
ment and the port cooperate in
speeding the full improvement of
the lower river channel.
There should be no loss of time
in channel improvement through
linking the channel project with
doubtfully popular terminal plans.
At the last election the vote clearly
demonstrated that the taxpayers of
Portland port district are ready to
spend their money for channel work.
The terminals which have been pro
vided under an aggregate bond auth
orization of $10,500,000 will serve
the community's commerce needs, at
least, while measures embodying
terminal proposals separate from
channel work are being submitted
to direct vote of the people.
The blows that the women are
striking at H. C. L.by limiting the
amount oAdress goods in their skirts
4iave inspired 'a pioneer to comment
m tnese words: "One skirt when I
wa a young man would make four
j "- uuuui noi me style
would have changed then had the
6" i my aay Deen compelled to
. iree. car steps or today.
AN IMPOSSIBLE FIGHT
r-) EPORTS from Chicatro S9v'in
I lorfla are ralsIng a funfl of 5200 .
000 to fight more 8trlngent rent
iaws.and an increase in taxation,
The fund is likewise to be used to
oppose efforts of janitors to obtain
wa&e increases
The landlords could expend their
instead or standing before it as rent
hogs, the landlord.-! "cnnM r.eiv.
more generous return. But such a
proposal was hooted down at a re
cent meeting of the owners
Neither landlords, nor any other
Eroup can successtully win a fight
with public sentiment. They cannot
.v.. r . .
v.rcwIlc me utMcan. MUCH less Can
theyf even by xpenditure of &reat
sums, win a fight based on greed.
Thfl money ls to be ST)nn. .
palgn against proposed laws. Laws
aro not often lnitiated without causft
They U( 8tlggested Dy wrong8f ,1
are enacted to remedy wrongs. The
v-mqago lanaioras have been so fla-
ln thelr abuses that it was
only recently that a body of tenants
combined to buy an apartment house
and operate lt on a cooperative
i- . . ..
uua. Aim now, me pudiic proposes
to make It Impossible for owners to
collect extortions froni tenants with-
0ut givIng a fair return to tenants.
-wAnd the-owners are raising-money
to flght wage ,ncrease3 of tne . nU
tors. Hoid wagcg down put-rent
up, and collect the difference, is the
apparent motto of the owners.
But they must. reckon with the
whnc. The public is a considerate
body. They 8tand grat and muU
pied wrongs Tney do not r,se eyen
in their own ieten until they have
Deen a tnousand times wronged But
when they rise thev cannnt h
rtdden With$200,000 or any other
8um. More courts. mo.
aikrii more nrvlS9 and fewer excesg
charges would go much farther to
ward puttinjr the Chicarr, lani
on a SOUnd foasia than n .Inch
ris?d to combu those -
them their rlallv h.,l
a singing note Jiifrher than n.ni
- Curcl and Tetrazzini.
command the envy of the prima
aonoas. usually, along about 14, a
I Doy's voice start fenfltnw .v.
" O 4... C
scale.
IF MODERNIZED
- D ORTLAND'S waterfront commit
tee ought to have help and not
- censure in. its efforts to secure th
removal of waterfront structures' so
dilapidated that they are a source of
loss to their owners and an eyesore
I to the general public.
- I The port development of Portland
promises safely that' the'regenera-
tion of Portland's central waterfront
by the rebuilding of dock structures
along modern lines : will be worth
millions, of dollars to the. owners of
property. Portland as a port has
marched far beyond the decaying
retrogression embodied In the water
front between the bridges.
The rehabilitation of the central
waterfront is essential If business is
to be kept not only for the docks
there but for Front, First, Second
and Third streets.
HEART OF A WOMAN
ONE of the encouraging and pretty
.things in life occurred in Port
land Thanksgiving day.
A young man, a shipyard worker,
had Imbibed too freely of moonshine.
He was embroiled in anVaffafr in a
soft drink establishment Nand was
being severely beaten' by several
men. A policeman arrlveds&od
placed the young man under arrest.
A school (teacher witnessed the
scene, sympathized with the young
man, and followed him to the police
station. Despite advice of the police,
she entered bail for him. The teacher
took him to Thanksgiving dinner and
he was cared for the remainder of
the day.
Next morning both appeared In
municipal court. She testified in his
behalf. He was released.
The-young man should not have
erred. But after he had sinned, he
found the strong heart of an admir
able woman reaching out to him.
She came to his aid and befriended
him throughout his trial.
The young man will not forget
the incident. He will not forget the
girl whb came to his aid when he
was at his worst. .
Jails do not always cure. They
fail, often, in their purpose. But
the next time the young man con
templates moonshine, he will think
of the teacher, and if anything saves
him from, the peril, the recent act of
the little woman will.' The heart of
a woman will stay many a hand
that a jail would never reach.
A FEARFUL PRICE
WASHINGTON news dispatch
a says:
Government expenditures continue high
because of the tremendous war debt of
the country, the interest on which
amounts to nearly $1,250,000,000 a year.
The story goes on to say that the
chances are poor for even slight
reductions on a few of even the most
obnoxious taxes," and that some
levies will have to be increased. "The
increases are not brought about
through increased government ex
penditures," the dispatch says, "but
are due to the fact that present rates
are beginning to yield far less reve
nue than during the years of big
war profits."
If we have to pay the pretty sum
of $1,250,000,000 a year in mere in
terest on the war debt, we get a
glimpse of what war costs. Mere
interest alone totaling $1,250,000,000
a year is a colossal sum to pay. It
is approximately $11 for every man,
woman and child in the United
States. It is mere interest on the.
"bonds, and the bonds' themselves
have to be paid, and they have to
be paid with money. And to get
the money men and women have to
toil and dig and save, for money
doesn't grow.
And when you add the interest
every year to the principal and then
realize that both have to be paid
in perfectly good money.you find
yourself confronted with a gigantic
debt which is going to harass the
American people for a long time to
come.
Then there is another sum to be
added to this staggering bill. For
the fiscal year ending in June, 1921,
the cost of the American army and
navy, exclusive of such deficiencies
as may arise, is $870,490,806. It Is
another big tax laid on the earnings
of every man and woman, and which
has to be paid from their earnings
with , regular money.
Over in Europe 41 nations are
ready to agree upon disarmament of
the nations in an effort to end war.
But they will not- disarm unless
America joins in the agreement.
America alone, by her aloofness.
is forcing nations to remain armed,
and sentencing the peoples to con
tinue to pay staggering war bills.
A WOMAN'S AMBITION
JVRS. LEEDS, an American mil
i'l lionairess, is given "credit" by
the royalists for the victory of mon
archists over the forces of democ
racy in Greece. Her service was the
supplying of huge sums of money
fort circulation of royalist propa
ganda.
As the wife of a Grecian prince
who in the course of political
changes might become king of
Greece, the issue that she saw n the
campaign was the prospect of be
coming a figure In a royal house.
Incidentally, the Leeds , millions,
an erformous fortune, were amassed
in the manufacture of tin plate in
America. The ore was taken from
Mother Earth, put Into finished form
and sold to American consumers at
such . a profit that when her hus
band died, the mistress of these
millions saw in her vast accumula
tions' the possibilities of the royal
purple. x A marriage with a Grecian
prince, & Greek election, the tin
plate millions of the Leeds on tap.
a vote for a throne and the dream
of a crown and royal robes is on Its
way. - . ' ; ; , " -
It is a case of American money
turning back the tide of democracy.
In view of the lengths to which her
ambition has carried her, it were
better if Mrs. ' Leeds had remained
the. simple Cleveland beauty that
she was. In his service to mankind
and to his time, the humble work
ingman. with his lunch pail on his
arm and the little cottage to which
his steps tarn when the day is done,
is of far more value to the social
order."".;."'-. '
AND WHAT ABOUT
RECLAMATION ?
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
' respondent of The Journal
'. -N : i
Washington, Nov. 29. Western mem
bers of congress who are concerned in
securing reclamation legislation are be
ginning to confer on the question of tBe
best avenue of approach, and particu
larly whether anything can be accom
plished in the short session, which ends
in March The first problem of policy
is whether reclamation shall be consid
ered as a national policy apart from
compensation to soldiers of the great
war, or whether it should form a part
of soldier legislation. As an academic
question this might be answered in one
way, but as a practical question In quite
another. The Westerners generally are
in favor of dolne something more for the
ex-service men and are glad enough to
welcome these men as settlers on recla
mation projects with government aid in
startipg the work of home building.
What they fear la that the amount of
development secured under such a plan
will be far short of what they designate
as a comprehensive reclamation policy,
but that, having gone that far. it will be
difficult to persuade congress to take
it up in a broader way.
-Three principal plans are pending.
One is the so-called Fordney bill, which
was passed by the house and ls in
dorsed by the American Legion, and
which includes land settlement and
home- aid as two features of soldier
legislation, of which the cash bonus may
be termed the principal feature, since
the evidence of experts who have gone
into the question, and of ex-soldiers
themselves, is that a very large pro
portion of the men will prefer the bonus
to any of the other features.
Another Plan is the Borah bill, which
practically picks out the land settlement
and home-aid features of the Fordney
"measure, excluding the bonus and other
features, and proposes that tnese'-iwo
things be made the basis of reward for
Xhe service men. Borah proposes an
authorization of 3w,itou,iwu ior recia
mation and home aid, limiting the bene
fits to thosa who served in the war.
The third plan is the one introduced
hv Senator Chamberlain some years ago,
since introduced by Senator Fletcher
and by Representative Smith, which pro-
nosea to Dut the credit or tne govern
ment behind the bonds of irrigation dis
tricts organized under state law, to se
cure development of approved projeets
under certain limitations as 10 ie
amount of federal credit that may be
extended in any one year.
Soma western members think lt
mitrhr hft n-ell to consider soldier legls
lation apart from any thing eise, ana u.
a bonus is favored by the majority, 10
rn hai with that at the coming ses
sion, leaving the development of a broad
rAr.iama.tinn riolicv to the next admin
istration. Others have doubts as to how
far the next administration may go,
recalling the vague and general state
ments which Mr. Harding has made,
and think it may be better to get what
ever development is possible in connec
tion with soldier legislation.
Thin make material for a knotty-sit
uatlon. and Western members are be
ginning conferences to try to decide
upon a plan of action that will have
their united support.
For a Greater Portland
East Side Woman Promoter of Two
Payroll Businesses That bnare
the Same "Overhead" A New,.
Mill-Cut House Company
Offering unique and distinctive service
to her patrons. Miss Nellie M. Todd has
applied the call and delivery system in
connection with the shoe repair business.
Miss Todd's establishment is located at
530 East Stark stoeet in rooms adjoining
the quarters of the Veribest wet wash
laundry, which is another of her suo
cessful undertakings.
Several thousands of dollars worth
of new machinery has recently been ln
stalled ln the shoe repair department
and skilled mechanics are in charge. The
eiEht auto delivery trucks which serve
the Veribest laundry will also call for
old shoes and return them next day
neatly repaired, and this bit of service
is winning an increasing patronage for
tne new enterprise.
Alterations are being made on the
interior of the building at 630 East Stark
to accommodate new laundry equrpment
estimated to cost $10,000. All machinery in
both the laundry and the shoe repairing
department is electrically driven. Miss
Todd has more than 20 people on her
payroll, and ls working two shifts ln
the wet wash laundry.
:
Anticipating a revival of home building
in Portland, H. M.. Fancher and A. R.
McLean have .organized a company for
the purpose of manufacturing mill cut
houses. Offices, of the concern have
been opened in the Chamber of Com
merce building and preparations maoe
to supply materials for the construction
af dwellings ln a great variety of sizes
and Resigns. Fancher's skill as an archi
tect IS attesiea Dy many iucai nume
builders and he recently furnished plans
for several bungalows to be erected at
Shanghai and other Oriental ports.
Letters From the People
f Communication sent to The Journal fcr
publication in ttus department should be written
on only one side of the paper; should not exceed
300 words in length, and must be signed by the
writer, whose mail address is full must accom
pany the contribution. )
ALLEGES KICK IN. THE ESPIONAGE
LAW
Vancouver, Wash., ' Nov. 21. To the
Editor of The Journal In the numerous
opinions I have read or heard expressed
to account for the overwhelming of the
Democratic party, what I think is the
chief reason has been omitted. Any
history of the United States will give
the reason for the overthrow of the
Federalist party in the election of 1860
as the passage of the alien and sedi
tion law of 1798. It was predicted before
the recent campaign that unless the
character of the citizenry of the country
had woefully deteriorated in the last
60 years the enactment of the espion
age law, and the attempted enactment
of a sedition law by the present adminis
tration would lead to the submergence of
the Democratic party, Just as the enact
ment of the alien and sedition law caused
the downfall of the old Federalist party.
These laws were the expression of intol
erance and hate, and in the more recent
case the effect was heightened by the un
lawful raids and deportations of our un
speakabfe department of justice and the
autocratic rulings of the postal depart
ment, i - '
After the destructien of the Federalist
.narty. Thomas Jefferson in his first in
augural address Veached the high water
mark in the expression or true Ameri
canism when he said: "If there be any
among us who would 1 dissolve' this
union and change its republican form.
let them stand undisturbed . as monu
ments ot the safety jwith which error.of
opinion may be ignored where truth is
left free to combat it
How this differs from the rantings
of our modern etpostles of hate - who
stylcj themselves 100 per cent Americans !
In a conflict of opinions, the side that
resorts to force acknowledges the weak
ness of its position, or its inability to
properly present its case at the court
of reason. W. A. Warren.
THE SCOTTISH TERRIER
Portland. Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Some weeks ago an article
appeared in The Journal concerning the
faithfulness and affection of a fox ter
rier for its little Spits pal that had been
run over and killed on Union avenue.
This little dog was erroneously called a
"Scottish" terrier, ahd while they have
some characteristics in common, yet they
are two distinct types of dog. The fox
terrier is known .to almost everyone,
as there are very many of them in all
parts of the country and they are ad
mittedly "buoyant. Irrepressible arfd vio
lently affectionate, and as a vermin dog
tne lox terrier has no superior in
courage and ' willingness to face the
music" The Scottish terrier, is of very
different appearance, and is very rare
in the West but is very popular in the
East and in British Columbia. He is a
short legged, stocky bodied, wire coatefd
little tyke, and looks like nothing else
in the world. He halls from the high
lands, of Scotland, where he is used to
unearth foxes and other "varmints." His
pluck has earned for his the sobriquet
Die-hard," and usually he "lives" right
up to it There is probably no dog more
indifferent to the advances of anyone
but his own master- or mistress. His
trustful eye, homely comeliness, and
whimsical playfulness combine to endear
the Scottish terrier strongly, and. no
dog is more companionable or unobtru
ively affectionate. He is all terrier, and
with all his busy ways he combines a
dignity and solemnity of manner that is
very amusing.
1 thank you for your kindness in in
troducing this rare and valuable little
dog to the people of Portland and vi
clnity. Mrs. J. E. Whitney.
HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION
Portland, Nov. 23. To the "Editor of
The Journal Today you call attention
to the fact that this country has 81,000
high school teachers and had but 9120
in 1890. I desire to call attention to the
Important 'fact that less than 25 per
cent of the boys and girls of America
that pass through the grammar grades
enter high school'. In this age and
under our form of government the so
lution of all questions of government de
pends upon the Intelligence of the elec
torate, and, that being true, the remedy
for existing evils ls in a large degree
o be found only in the proper educa
tion or the coming generations, lr all
the boys and girls who pass through
grammar schools should desire, or be
required, to pass through high schools,
they would be unable to do so because
we have neither the qualified instructors
nor the buildings to accommodate them.
While the federal and state governments
are spending millions for highways for
traffic and tourists, it is about time
to divert some of those millions to en
able every boy and girl in this land to
complete a course in the "universal
college" the American high school. The
boys and girls who never get beyond a
grammar Bchool not only have the handi
cap of ignorance through life, but lack
the. learning and intelligence to. make
good citizens. It is such that are the
prey of passion and prejudice and the
easy victims of unscrupulous and deceit
ful leaders and partisan politicians. They
are deprived of full opportunity for their
moral, intellectual and spiritual life, to
which every child born into the world
should be conceded an Inherent right
To prepare for the children of the
future, such educational opportunities
would require the expenditure of mil
lions and several years, but it would
be the road to true social reform and
a higher civilization, which seems just
now to be of greater importance than
building paved and scenic highways to
garner in the "backsheesh of the tour
ists. Than, too, the roads would last
longer, for educated people would find
much better use for their time than
wearing out tires and burning gasoline.
There ls one way in which a great
educational plan could be advanced, and
that ls by universal disarmament, and
the diversion of the money now spent for
the army and navy to the schools of
the states. R. G. S.
REPLYING TO MR. BENNETT
Portland, Nov. 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Not long ago,' Roy Bennett
in a letter in The Journal complained
of foreigners in this country. May I
address him, in answer through your
columns? I would say :
I don't think you want to work very
badly, or you wouldn't let a little thing
like these foreigners worry you. If you
were giving your boss a full day's work
you wouldn't have time to argue. If no
one ever came over from somewhere
where would you be? "Our Teddy" -was
proud or his Dutch ancestors. Every
one in our United States can trace an
cestors back to foreign eoII. If a for
elgner takes the money home that he
earns It's no business of ours. And if
you saw wonderful opportunities In a
foreign land you would go it you wanted
to, and when you earned your money
you would not-stand to be dictated to,
and if some fellow said "Leave it:
you made it over here," what you wouli
say would be enough. My father was a
little French lad when he came - over
into strange land, with a strange and
unicnown tongue, and with not a franc
He was a wonderful citizen of our United
fetates. He earned and saved, and when
he died he was worth over $50,000. Get
busjr and outdo the troublesome for
eigner. Work and save as they do.
Olive Du Mont
NATURE'S WAYS
John Burrouirhi in the Atlantic Mmithl.
Nature's methods, we say, are blind.
haphazard; the wind bloweth where it
listeth, and the seeds fall where the
winds and waters carry them: the frosts
blight this section and spare that: the
rams flood the country in the West and
the drouth bums up vegetation in the
East" And yet we survive and prosper.
Nature averages UP well. ' We see noth
ing like purpose or will in her total
scheme of things, yet Inside her hit-
and-mls methods, her stormsand tor-
IJCf JUL-
nadoes and earthquakes and distempers.
Jtemrjero
we see a fundamental benefaction.
lt is not good-wiU, it amounts to the
same thing. Our fathers saw special
proviaences, out we see only unchange
able laws. Nature has no art no architec
ture, no music Her temples, as the
poets tell us, are the woods, her harps
the branches of the trees, her minstrels
the birds and insects, her gardens the
fields and waysides all safe compari
sons for purposes of literature, but not
for purposes of science.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Belief in the Influence of explosions
In producing rainfall ls persistent, de
spite contrary evidence brought out by
meteorologists. Recent support for the
view has been noted by William F..A.
Ellison, and he contends in the English
Mechanic that the torrential rains that
have visited Southeastern England dur
ing the last few years have been directly
due to the gunfire of the war. A spring
of drouth followed the signing of the
armistice. : Clouds following airplanes
have been lately observed, in clear wea
ther, and Mr. Ellison argues that the
true explanation is not the churning of
the air by the propeller, but the dis
charge into dust-free saturated atmo
sphere of minute solid particles of car
bon, which become nuclei for the con
densation of moisture.. The same thing
has been noticed )n clouds drifting away
, from tall chimneys. , although visible
i : .. ! ill -i : i
COMMENT AINU INfcWb 1IN BKlcr'
SMALL CHANGS
S. O. 8. ia Ctr. ' tit th wild
waves' roaring.
:''.
When doctor. - It's time to
call the undertaker.
(
Cincinnati has iot started.
.
Bankers who "hnrlr rln to aid trade"
are only doing their duty.
Sorry Marr "PiplctnTA'm attorn vs can't
quash her instead of the lawsuit against
her.
If the Skunlr
farmer, we are glad now that we've
The editor whns hrt failed him
must have learned the price of news-
yriui ia dropping.
in cleaning up the WMte House,
President Wilson is far more, consld-
ciaio man most tenants are.
W'e hope General Beach will succeed
in beaching some federal money ln a
safe harbor for Oregon river develop-
U1CI1U
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The Army and Navy were fighting
for th crown, when nn Inmnprl ha -
ketball and sent both of them back
10 DarracKs, ror another year.
Chicago's landlords had to raise rents
to pay coal bills, but to ward off the
janitors' demand for . more wages they
nave reaaiiy raised a fund Of $200,000.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Ben Taylor, from Antelope, is at the
Imperial. "Yes, I am one of the lucky
ones," said Mr. Taylor. "I sold my
ranch and all my sheep a year ago. I
had 6000 acres of land and about 4000
sheep. I got $10 to $15 a head for my
sheep, which is Just about "twice what
I could get now. I started in business
at Antelope about 15 years ago with a
few hundred dollars saved from my
wages. I bought land oh long time
payments. I gradually got more land
and adde to my bands of sheep. I am
36 years old now and I got enough for
my ranch and sheep so that I can order
an extra piece of pie without worrying
about going broke. Yes, most anyone
could have done what ' I did, but most
young fellows prefer to stick around
town where there are pool halls and
movie theatres hndy. Today they are
worrying about whether they are going
to be able to hold down their jobs, or
they are afraid to ask for a raise. It's
a' wonder to me why so many young
chaps haven't any higher ambition than
to punch a time clock and work for
somebody else."
Miss Ruth Shepard, whose home "is at
Sundale, on the Columbia river, not far
from the Goodnoe hills, has Just re
turned from an extended visit in Alaska.
"On the boat on which I came "down
were a number of sourdoughs who were
coming outside to spend the winter,"
said Miss Shepard. "One of these old
sourdoughs ha1 been in Alaska for 33
years and that was his first trip outside.
While prospecting in an isolated region
in the interior of Alaska he spent six
years without seeing either a white man
or a native. After the first four months
he-was without flour, salt or bacon.
He lived for most of these six years on
moosemeat, varied at times with fish
or birds."
Judge A. S. Bennett of The Dalles
is at the Multnomah.. Judge Bennett
spent his boyhood in Washington and
Yamhill counties. He went to The
Dalles 42 years ago and has been there
ever since with the exception of two
years spent ln Salem while he was On
the supreme bench. Judge Bennett has
not practiced law for some years, as
his time is pretty well taken up with
his real estate holdings, one of which.
a" ranch of several thousand acres near
Antelope, requires considerable of his
time and personal attention.
,
Bob Johnson of Corvallis is spending
a few days in the metropolis. He is now
the prune king of Benton county. He
has about 80 tons of dried prunes on
hand from this year's crop. In the old
days Bob was one of the best 100-yard
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
- By Fred
Poets are poet whererer they may be found?:
whether at the falle of the Willamette or on
India coral traud. Mr. Lockley proree Uua
proposition by brinein together specimen of the
poesy of Kabindranath Tag-ore and Edwin
Markham for the appraisal of Journal readers.
Some years, ago" it was my good for
tune to travel for a few hours with
Kabindranath Tagore, the poet from and
of India. If ever a face expressed in
tellectuality, his did. He asked me about
the West and I in turn asked him about
the East, for. after all, we are kin, both
being of the Aryan stock. He was born
In Calcutta in 1861 and began his life
work at 18 by publishing an opera, which
was followed by numerous poems, sto
ries and plays and a novel. . One of his
relatives is director of the National
School of Art in Calcutta, and his father,
Maharshi Devendranath Tagore. was the
founder of the Brahma. Somaj church.
Not all verse is poetry, and much that
Is the highest form of ppetry is not ex
pressed in verse. Much of Tagore's
poetry is not expressed In rhyme. Here,
for example, is a bit in the form of
prose :
"Over the green and yellow rice fields
sweep the shardows of the autumn clouds,
followed by the swift-chasing sun
the bees forget to sip their
honey laughter is floating in
the air like foam on the flood. Take my
hand In your hand. In the gloom of the
. . . ...-.
I deepening n.ght take my neart pm
I with lt as you list - . -
mvaplf out at your feet and lie still.
Under the clouded sky I will meet si
lence with silence, I will become one
with the night clasping the earth to my
breast The rains sweep the sky from
end to end. Jasmines in the wet, un
tamable wind revel in their own per
fume. The cloud-hidden stars thrill in
secret. My soul is alight with
your infinitude of stars. Your world has
broken upon me like a flood. The
flowers of your garden blossom In my
smoke ceased near the chimney tops.
In the absence of water vapor no amount
of gunfire can produce rain, but the
English climate usually supplies the sat
urated atmosphere, and the explosions
and the fine" dust particles, lt is de
clared, add just the, meteorological bal
ance to, cause precipitation.
Olden Oregon
Governor Gaines' Administration Not
Marked by Political Felicity
Wten John P. Gaines, the second gov
ernor of the territorys arrived, having
been on the way nine months, he was
welcomed at Oregon City with tfle firing
oS cannon and with speeches and a pub
lic dinner. In return for the courtesy.
Governor Gaines presented the territory
with a handsome silk flag.- He being
a Whig in politics, the appointment of
Gaines was not universally popular in
the territory and to th was added the
SIDELIGHTS
The dollar in ateadllv rntnar tin ln
value, but it will take some time for It
10 reacn the value of 100 cents. crane
American.
.
Those who arc aneoulatinsf as to
whether or not the Democratic party
will ever "come back" are due to find
tnat lt has never conn awav. Weston
Leader. . I
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The economy nolicv of the eltv coun
cil worketh like a charm. The wind is
blowing away the leaves that should
nave been hauled awav. Medford Alan
i.riuune.
The scrao in tha extreme east end
over the site of its-union high school
would seem to indirata that "union"
isn t exactly the kind of a high school
it will be. Athena Press.
Government reports say that food
prices in Portland decreased 5 per
cent last month. Svidently the statis
tician didn't eat in any of the Portland
lunch rooms. Corvallis Gasette-Timea
. .
The Takima country produced 23.000
bales of hops this year, valued at over
$1,000,000 to rrowers. Dealers are now
paying as high as 75 cents a pound for
hops. What do you suppose they do
witn mem? renaieton Hast uregonian.
A chancer for a combination seems to
be exceedingly ripe in Banks for some
comnany with a little caDltal in mak
ing the power take care of four most
neeaea inaustries ror tnis territory a
ncannery. an ice plant, electric lights and
water Banks Herald.
men on the coast. He won races from
British Columbia to the Mexican border.
"Two or three months ago hops were
selling at 40 to 50 cents," said James
Linn, well known Democratic politician
les '
35
and hopraiser of Salem. . "Today y
can't get anybody to make you an offer,
The enforcement of the prohibition laws
against home brewing has; semoralized
the market I have 80 acres of hops in
Polk and Benton counties. In ordinary
years the yield is 1200 to 1800 pounds per
acre. No, the demand for hops for yeast
doesn't cut much figure, as less than
one half of one per cent of all hops raised
are used for yeast
...
Fred Shepard, now a prosperous
farmer of Klickitat county, but for
merly an officer with the Thirty-first
infantry in Siberia, is in Portland on
pressing business. While in Siberia, Mr,
Shepard, leading his men in an attack
on the Bolshevik forces, was - shot
through the body Just above the heart
but thanks to a good constitution and
careful nursing, pulled through.
Henry Thlele, chef of the Benson, has
just received the plans for his new hotel
near Hood River. It will have 56 rooms,
and the dining room will seat 560 guests
at one time. "The kitchen and Its
equipment will be more modern, more
complete and finer than anything else
of the kind west of the Rockies," said
Mr. Thiele. V w
Miss Adele Frisbie, who for the past
six years has been in charge of the
United States land office at Juneau, is
in Portland i on a 30 days' leave of
absence. From Portland she goes to
San Diego and other Southern Califor
nia points for a brief visit with friends
and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Myers and
Mrs. Ray Gilbert, all of Salem, are at
the Imperial. Mr. Myers was at one
time one of the owners of the White
Corner department store, located on the
site of the old Capital Adventure Com
pany. . . .
James R. Lasgwell is at the Imperial
from his home at Yoncalla. Yoncalla Is
the outfitting point for the deer country
in Douglas county and in the days of the
California and Oregon Stage Coach com
pany" was a well known stopping place.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bones of Taft
are Portland visitors. Taft is located
on Silets bay and ls about 25 miles
north of Newport .
,-.. e
C. S. Conklln and C. A. Carson of
Timber, on the crest of the Coast range,
are Portland visitors.'
Lockley
body. The joy of life that is everywhere
burns like An incense in my heart The
breath, of all things plays on my life as
on a pipe of reeds. O woman,
thou earnest for a moment to my side
and touched me with the great mystery
of the woman that there is In the heart
of creation she who ever gives back to
God his own outflow of sweetness, who
ls eternal love and beauty and youth,
who. dances in bubbling streams and
sings in the morning light who with
laving- waves suckles' the thirsty earth
and whose mercy melts in rain ; in whom
the Eternal One take's joy that can con
tain Itself no more and overflows m the
pain of love." " '
Though this is not poetry as we of the
West best know poetry, yet? neHher you
nor I would for a moment dispute, its
claim to poetic imagery and beauty. It
fulfills the mission of poetry by creating
an emotion of pleasure. It has what
poets term the quality of rhythmic
phrase.
' e
Some day there will be put up at Ore
gon City a bronze tablet to one of
Oregon's native sons', Edwin Markham,
who first saw the light of day at Ore
gon's first capltal-i-Oregon City. To my
mind this sonnet xif his on sleep Is one
of the most lyrical and beautiful poems
produced in many a day. It has Jn it
the true spirit of poetry. With every
reading of it I am the more charmed by
its sensuous beauty :
Strange ware are handled on the whar.es of
leep;
Shadows of shadow pas, and many a light
Raihes a'sfanal fire serosa the night;
iUrees depart who- yoiceles steer. men keep
Their way withnat a, star upon-the deep;
And from lo-t ship, hotninc with ghostly crew,
t'fime cries of incommunicable tiew.
While cargoes pile the pier a mmn-white heap
Jtudgctir! of dream-dust mercbaiidi.4 of song,
Wrecksre of hope and pack of ancienf wrong-,
Nepenthe gathered from s secret strand.
Fardeh of heartache, burdens of old sins.
I.negage sent down from dim aneeatral inns.
And bale of fantasy tram No-Man's Land.
sentiment tht the territorial offices
should be filled by the home product
The personality of Gaines was also not
adapted to frontier conditions and his
administration was characterized by
partisan warfare.
r
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
Phil Hedkiser's brother Ed has went
back to Californy. He come nigh sell
In' his 80-acre 'vineyard down there fer
half price a while back, and he also
donated $100 to fight prohibition. He
'lowed if he had. of knowed what pro
hibition would of done to him he'd of
donated $1000 to the prohi hat-passers,
'cause he sold all his grapes this year
fer-' $66 a ton that beforo . prohibition
struck the state often , went fer $18.
You can't alius b'lievo these oration
peddlers about what's go'm' to happen
if somethin or other Is or ain't done
by the people at the! ballot box assembled.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happeninn in Brie? Form for the
. Busy Header .
- OREGON NOTES N
The School renaua nf Vlam.ili IT 11a ,
shows an enrollment of 1612. an increase
of 300 over last year.
The assessment rolls of Tv.ni.ia
county show a valuation of $33.2a&n!V
an increase of over $5,000,000 over last -
The Ew&Una. Kan-mlll r.la T.-1nntb
alls has dosed down for the winter.
Between 30 and 44 men were employed
at the mill. i
Farmera rt M.ih.i,. ... .
- ............ i UUIHJ .11 Will
plaining of the condition of the hay
ei . ei".A sIes ar. being made at from
w iiu a ion.
DelbHdn KnlKnmls ! f , I- -
KUgene hOSnlfnl- llfr.rlnv tmm h.nl.n
ribs, the result of being kicked by a
sheep on his farm. I .
The McICenziA Mt,, ...
blocked taut week by, landslides, in again "
P" Plank roads I having been con
structed over the slides.
The North Vn.lr i- 11
ha J;?"1, letter Jo, the state highway'
commisBion protstlng against the con
struction of the Mount Hood loop.
a Isorrlf s in a hospital -at Ban
don, suffering from a wound from a
n V?e nards ot John Baer, who
tuuuKui no was snooting at a coon.
Bend lode B. P. n
completion of Its new $60,000 horn with
J oanquet, at wnicn an elk was bar
becued and 350 pounds of turkey served.
The body of Edmund Marchand, who
lived south of Lebanon, was -found a
few days ago in aa excavation on his
claim, where he had started to dig v
well. r .'
The taxnavera of Warr.nlnn Km.
adopted the- budget! for the Warrenton
school district calling for a tax levy of
ju.oii, or over fiz.oou more than last
year. -
Snecial tax levl
$74,870.35,- for the construction and im
provement or roads,; have been made by
the several road dlstricta of Marion
county. I
Census returns show 751 farms In
eschutes county, all but 6nrf of which '
are operated by white men. Of the total
Z16 are operated by owners and-105 by
tenants. j
Tlie sum of $35,769 ia left in Lana
county's market road fund this year to
be applied to next year's fund. Hold
ing up or construction on the Blathly
highway cauaett- the surplus.'
An overseas woman's club has bean
organized in Eugene by nine women
who saw service in foreign countries
during the war. Mrs. Colin V. Dyment
iiauj uecn cnosen presiuent.
V-t
WASHINGTON'
Or $996,800 faxes for Chelan county,
more than $800,009 have already been
paid. j '
Yakima banks, in spite of the ex
tremely unfortunate crop season, hold
$11,045,490 in deposits.
Seattle's municipal street railway sys
tem faced on September 30 an accumu
lated deficit of $1,514,126.54.
The North Bankj highway was opened '
last week to-Ellsworth from Vancouver "
this nearly completing the. work on the
road. . i .
A gain of $495.6.30 over deposits a
year ago was shown by the three Cen
tralia banks at ' the closo of business
November 16. j ,
The week just passed was a record
breaker for rainfall in tha Chelan dis- '
trlct. The precipitation was recorded
as four inches. j
October earnings of the Bpokane &
Eastern Railway! & Power company .--were
$41,912, while its operating costs
totalled $59,636. i
A Yakima boy who enlisted at the age
of 16 by giving his age as 18 Is denlad
the state bonus on the grounds of fraud
ulent enlistment j ?
Establishment of an 8 1-3 cent fare On ,
Seattle's municipal' street railway lines
may be ncawsaaryito put the city's car
system on a paying basis.
The Oregon Packing company's plant
at Vancouver aafn is running steadily
after a three weeks' shutdown for re
pairs and new machinery.
.Apple growers from North Central"
Washington met at Wenatchee and ef
fected an organisation for buying sup
plies and marketing the crops.
School tonds for additions to build
ings, a superintendent's home and a
teachers' cottage at Prescott amounting
to $55,000, carried by a vote of 162 to 67.
High prices were paid for cows at an
auction sale held iat the farm of J. T.
Decker at Ceres. I Pure breds sold for
an average of $313, the high cow bring
ing $347.50.
Building permits Issued by the city
of Wenatchee for the year to date
amount to more (than $6u0,u00, far exceeding-
the values of those of any pre
vious year. J -
IDAHO
' Boise banks at! the dose of buslnessi
November 15 had deposits of $13,413,-1
S87.55. j
Boundary county is shown to have the
largest number of farms of any in Idaho,
the census being 3471.
Buhl occupies the unique distinction
of being the smallest eity ln the United
States that has Rotary club.
The War Mothers of Iwlston are rais
ing a fund for the: erection of a memorial
for the local boss who served in the
world war. ) "
With the shutting down of" sawmills
and completion of harvest, Lewtston is
accumulating an unusually Urge wait
ing list of unemployed.
The school population of Poeatello is
now 31t)5, and three new school buildings i
are being constructed to take care of the
fast increasing number. , - '
Mrs. Rebecca Stewart of Rupert 101
years old, was born In England the same
year as Queen Victoria. She is phys
ically alert reads without glasses and
takes a keen interest) in life.
The annual report of the Twin Falls
Canal company shows disbursements for ,
operation and upkeep of the system for
the past year were $477,061, or an aver
age or jz.zo per acre. ...
Know "i pur Portland
in the distribution of Portland's
water supply. 5& miles of mains four
inches or morel in diameter and 17$
miles of mains four Inches or more in
diameter are employed.
Of the 62.171 services which supply
$15,000 water users, some 18.000 are
metered. As time goes on a constant
ly increasing n timber of services are
metered. It is iobvious that if more
than 60.000 services were opened atJ
once and the fill carrying power ol
770 miles of mains drawn upon, little
less than the full flow of the Wil
lamette river would suffice to meet
the demand. Meters are now In
stalled to prevent waste of water and
to make possible a more' equitable
charge upon such large users of
water as manufactories..
In many parts of the cily, water Is
supplied by gravity pressure, but to
supply the higher parts of; town aux
iliary pumps are required. These f oU
1 y. ... t ' . ' V -
low :
GaMnna
Kleeatinn per day
Supplied. Capacity,
.. 445 1.0OO.0O0
, ., 65 . 600.000
, ,. irs.-i BOO, 000
,.. 443 1.000.000
, .. 44j 1,000,009
Type
City Park, hrdrau
uity Fark, nyarauue.
City Park, electric..
City; Park, eftwu-ic,.
City Park, electric. .
ConBT.il Vet: i
At tireenwty. electric. 10t. S
Portland II tar, electric, , J 09S.5
Fulton, electric. J 3
Fulton, electric. 4
Reaerroir No. 2, electric. . 600
Paiatioe Kill. Broadway
and I.ineoln, (auxiliary
team plant. --
Ltnnton, electric.!....... JJ JJ
Whstwood, eleclrip 565
220.0O
500,000
260,000
600.000
216,000
io. ono
108,000
Fortlanders who have been Saying
that part of Portland Is at mors than
the height of I 1000 feet, which tha
geographies used to say is essential
to Inclusion" within the classification
of mountain, will find verification in
the figure which shows that water is
pumped to an altitude of 1096 feet