THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
- l FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920.
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WRITTEN IN BLOOD
T?OXr LOTISSO was bold. Kerve
; A was the essence of his every, act
on the night he poured four bullets
into the breast of his pretty wife.
He .was bold when he told his
friends, as testimony at the coro
ner's inquest Indicated, that he
would kill his wife. lie was bold ;
. when friends interfered in behalf
f the garl. - lie was bold wherever j
he was. He was bold beca.use he
had a deadly pistol in his pocket.
The revolver was there, ready for
the madman's grasp. With the pro
tection it afforded him, Lotisso was
ruthless In his orders and his acts.
If one dared interfere, there was
the gun. , Jt would silence him.
With that thought irt mind, Lotisso
marched into a restaurant, dragged
his , wifi out,' hustled her into an
automobile,. pulled her out, and with
a stimulated nerve, poured four steel
bullets into her cringing form.
People dared not Interfere. They
too might receive bullets from the
man's gun. They dared not attempt
to . save the girl's life. They were
helpless before the threatening re
volver. The 8um total of the presence of
the gun is, a dead girl, a man faced
with first, degree murder, and a
1 coterie of sorrowing - relatjyes and
friends.
Down in Mexico is. a woman for
whom a warrant has been issued,
charging assault with intent to kill.
She has fled from the law. A vic
tim of a revelyer, said to be hers,
"has been burled. He was shot to
death with a pistol. As the woman
fled from the scene, she carried in
her .bag. two loaded automatics. .
Up' in , the county j jail is Husted
Walters. In the grave is Jerome
Palmer, policeman. He" was the
Victim of the ready revolver in the
: ; hand of Walters. The slayer had
: committed robberies. He ha4 done
it with his gun. Hd too was bold
And when the policeman, attempt
ing to stay the -crimes, accosted him.
out came the gun, it flashed, ! and
the patrolman fell dead.
.The story of the revolver is writ
ten in the blood of i its' victims. Its
monument' i the broken lives de
. caying in the penitentiary; its
: residue, heart-broken parents' and
relatives strewn throughout the
world. ' ?
If the number of representatives
in congress is to be continually in
crease, it will hardly be necessary,
after the next census, to keep a
standing army. When trouble is in
th air, just mobilize congress. We
ar rapidly getting an army in the
house of representatives.
NEARING THE GOAL
BUT 153,000-of the stock of the
Portland Vegetable Oil corji-
pany remains to be subscribed.
,:; When the plant goes . Into full
. operation, it will require three 1000
ton ships a month to supply it with
raw material from the Orients It
. will mean return cargo three times
t a month for vessels carrying lum
ber across the Pacific- It will mean
; $12,000 freight money for each of
. the carriers. - .
In f ive years the demand for
vegetable oil and its by-products has
increased 1000 per cent. The
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VICTORY
THE rate victory won before the-Interstate Commerce commission in
yesterday's cfrder is sufficient occasion for a day of public rejoicing
in Portland, Vancouver and the Inland Empire.
It is a result for which The Journal, In season and out, has striven,
for a long time, without sympathy or support, through an extended period
of - years.
From its own funds The; Journal contributed several thousand, dollars
for legal and other services in organizing and preparing the case. There
were hints and insinuations by. lawyers for the defense at the Seattle
hearing to the effect that the case might be an enterprise of TheJournal
rather than the spontaneous action of the formal complainants.
- The new decision means the emancipation of Inland Empire farmers
from payment of-grain rates based on the higher cost of haul over the
Cascade mountains to ?uget sound and gives to them rates 10, per cent
lower than the rates over the mountains.
It means a formal finding by the rate-making body that the route
through the Columbia gorge is a lower-cost route, and therefore a better,
because a cheaper, line for the transportation of products.
"It holds that cost of haul and distance are taken into the account in
fixing rates and for that, reason Vancouver and Portland will have 10 per
cent lower commodity and class rates to-and from the Inland Empire than
Puget Sound and Astoria.
Its effect will be to route to tidewater through Vancouver and Port
land around 10,000f000 bushels of grain that haa been going to Puget
Sound. ' '
It removes the rate discrimination which was created when a rate
structure was built up based on rate making by the public service com
mission for the state of Washington. It will be, in its practical effect, one
of the greatest single achievements In building up the port of Portland
and in establishing closer relations between Portland and the Inland
Empire.
The findings of the commission are a complete vindication of The
Journal's contentions. Through all these years this paper insisted that
the cost of haul and distance should be fundamental', factors in rate
making. , The "overrmountain haul" as contrasted with the "water level
grades" through the Columbia gorge, the "lift over the Cascades" of heavy
trains of wheat instead of along "the down hill route to Portland," the
higher cost of dragging cars of wheat" over mountain passea "half a mile
high" and then letting them down again to tidewater rather than allowing
them to run of "their own momentum" down the water level grade to
Portland these are phrases in the long time discussion of which The
journal readers must at times have become heartily 'wearied.
But they were sound contentions. In the great test before the rate
making'body they could not be successfully denied or discredited. They
are now formally written into the rate-making policy, doubtless to be
applied in other districts throughout the nation where discriminations
similar to those practiced against Portland are in vogue. .
Congratulations are extended by The Journal to the farmers and
shippersof the Inland Empire, to the people of Vancouver and Portland,
to J. N. Teal, whose indefatigable purpose was a great factor in the long
struggle, the Oregon public service commission, to the Portland Traffic
and Transportation association, to the Port of Portland and to all others
who bore a part in attaining the grand
Rockefellers own six plants. Three
of -them have been recently doubled
In capacity and the company is "now
buying five times as much vegetable
oil as it manufactures.
- Establishment in Portland of the
new 'enterprise will undoubtedly
i mean the coming here of allied in
dustries. The output goes into the
manufacture of candies, confections,
soap, pastries, bread and many other
things of vhich there is heavy con
sumption. The supply of raw ma
terial Is inexhaustible, and the de
mand is enormous.
The steady progress of the plans
of , this ; enterprise toward fruition
at a time when some of the timid
are seeing things, gives tone to the
local industrial situation..
Snarls . and sneers greeted The
Journal's earlier agitation in the
fight for justice in freight rates
through the Columbia gateway. The
Journal was called a "railroad
baiter." . It was said that The
Journal's attitude wjould lose the
"friendship of the railroads"- and
cause them to work against Port
land. It was said that The Journal
was "'sensational" and that .it was
a curse" to the community. It
was said that The Journal was "ar
raying class against class." But The
Journal's contentions of those days
of years ago were yesterday pro
nounced sound by the highest rate
making body in the world. ' ,
TONIGHT'S OP
TN
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THE home-produced opera to-
ight and tomorrow evening at
The Auditorium there will b stage
settings of fepain and Italy, which
have been painted by Portland ar
tists.- In the cast will be some new
singers, lured to Portland because
they found here a community con
cerned in tlie advancement of the
musical art.
- The, .text will be sung in English
in order that not only the beauty
of the music but the romance, love.
mirth and tragedy painted by the
Italian master may be plain to all.
The ballet will be danced by Port
land women, trained in Spanish folk
dances, and Tarantella By a premiere
danseuse who is also a Portland
girl. x
. Portland is one of the first cities
outside of the great centers to main
tain its own symphony orchestra
and opera association, and the suc
cess of both, has attracted wide at
tention.
It is expensive to produce opera
on the high plane of that set by the
Portland association, and yet, by
wise management, the organization
Is self supporting and gradually
building upon a solid foundation a
home musical activity of great bene
fit. Its object is to give opera in
English for the masses
The lone dollar bill that was found
to be the temporary residence of
tubercle bacilli and lockjaw germs
was probably carying more doctor's
bills than it could ever pay. . But
who Would have rejeted the bill
on that account?
STILL-UVES
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HER own petition, Austria
League of Nations. -
Behold the change!. Alopg with
Prussia, Austria has been the heart
and hope of the doctrine of divine
right. , There kingcraft was in Its
essence. There through the centuries
the right of one man to rule over
the many was defended and main
tamed as resolutely as when it
AT LAST
victory that has been won.
gained ascendency in the rulership
oi uie muai miti over ine irioea
men.
There, until democracy for the
world triumphed on the borders of
Germany in November, 1918. the
right of one nation to subjugate an
other an.d to hold that nation's peo
pie in subjugation by force of arms
was an accepted formula. Twelve
million people in Austria held more
than 30 millions under dominion
against their consent. Conquest, an
nexation, subjugation and rule by
blood and ifon was the order handed
down from dynasty to dynasty and
from throne to throne.
It was a formula that bred war,
nursed war and reared one great
war after another.
But it has toppled, and on its
ruins is a new Austria which ac
cepts Article X of the league cove
nant under-, which "members of the
league agree to respect and pre
serve 'as against external aggres
sion the territorial integrity and ex
isting politipal independence of all
members of the league."
All that the old Austria stood for
as to conquest is rejected by the
new. As a member of, the league
thenew Austria covenants to .allow-
weak neighbor peoples to live out
their own lives in their own way
unmolested by the superior military
power of more powerful nations.
1 this step by Vienna, what a
changa from that winter in 1814
when the czars and kaisers and em
perors and all the princes and unl
formed potentates and brass but
toned military chieftains met irt the
Congress of Vienna and covenanted
to push back the rising demand for
constitutional government set in
motion by the French revolution.
Woodrow Wilson's idea at Paris still
lives and exercises influence in Eu
rope, whatever America may think
of it.
"Wednesday afternoon 6000 Port
land high school pupils and mem
bers of the grade school orchestras
heard Verdi's "Force of Destiny" as
it will be produced tonight and to
morrow evening by the Portland
Qpera association. It was a great
service rendered by the association
to the young folks.
LUNCHEONS
k PORTLAND business women's
organization sets an example for
the luncheon clubs of business men.
At a Thursday meeting the women
were served with a nourishing soup,
of which beef broth and rice were
the chief constituents. They fin
ished with a fruit salad made both
delicious and nutritious by the ad
dition of Whipped cream and raisins.
There were no heavy orders of meat
and potatoes to demand for their
digestion the major energy of a
retarded afternoon. The luncheon
did not require an hour for service
and mastjeation. The speaker of
the day was introduced earlier,
finished sooner and let the members
of the organization return without
delay to their desks and duties. Most
business men eat too much, exercise
too little, fall short of accomplish
ment, and die too soon and too
suddenly.
A good way to help feed the mil
lions of children starving in Europe
would be for American families to
rnew the vow of the clean plate.
Save the waste and use the savings
to feed the hungry. Let Europe's
hollow cheeked childhood condemn
and banish America's fat garbage
pail
IS YOUR JOB
CINCHED?
Unemployment Situation- Engages At
tention of Editors. Who, Admitting
Inevitable Post-War Depression,
, Yet Bee Little Ground for
Gloom if Good Sense
. Prevails.
r Daily Editorial Digest
(Consolidated Freaa. Asociatioo)
Between two and three million men out
of work in America today marks the
beginning of a period of industrial de
pression, in the opinion of a large sec
tion of the American press. Most writ
ers, however, accepting the situation as
a natural reaction against post-war
prosperity, feel that the crisis will pass
without danger of great suffering if cap
ital and labor show a willingness .to
cooperate. v
"They are polishing up the bowls in
the free soup kitchens," says the Sioux
City (Iowa) Tribune (Ind.), for wages
must drop with prices; however, "if the
employers meet labor half way, by also
sacrificing In profits, there is no reason
why solid ground should not be reached
without a bump." The Tribune com
mends the action of the Baltimore car
penters in releasing the employers from
their contract for a winter raise as an
example of the kind of "level-headed-
ness" that will carry the workman
throueh without disaster. The Knoxville
Sentinel (Ind. Dem.) urges that employer
and employe make mutual concessions
rather than encourage industrial war
fare by agitating the "closed shop" or
other inflammatory issues.
Two factors are pointed out by the
New York Evening World (Dem.) as
"encouraging features to offset tne
darker spots" in the labor situa' on.
Against a reported 3000 out of work in
Omaha, the World sets 10,000 "who are
refusing lobs in the Nebraska harvest."
The refusal of the Baltimore union to
demand Its raise is also mentioned. The
World concludes that wise employers
. . . . , . i . n
are approacning me situation wuu me
same frankness, for they Know tnai
fair treatment of employes now win
beget fair treatment of employers when
the labor market turns again, bnarp
practice and tyranny will beget re
prisals." Effort should be made, the Raleigh
News and Observer (Dem.) believes, to
arrange for any "surplus labor" that
may develop in one line by directing it
toward other lines rather than permit
ting total unemployment which Ms a
waste" that must be paid for by the em
ployed. It says : "It may not be the
easiest task in the world to keep all
workers busy at their accustomed places,
for production varies according to needs.
But if we manage to get as many shoes
as we need during the year that does
not mean that we could not use,, .per
haps, some more coats, or sugar or rail
roads or flying machines."
The Boston Post (Ind. Dem.) finds a
ray or two of optimism In the unemploy
ment figures despite of what it calls a
"very serious situation,"for
"As a base it is estimated that we
have about 1,000,000 unemployed nor
mally, and by far the greater part of
these simply will not work under any
circumstances. It takes such radical
action as the 'work or fight' law to make
some of these people work It
is stated by the National Industrial Con
ference board at Washington that there
is plenty of work for everybody, but
that the unemployed workers refuse to
accept the wages offered.";
This situation the Post compares with
that "pertaining to the wholesale move
ment of goods" where "there is plenty of
demand for the" goods, but buyer and
seller have not been able to come to an
agreement on price."
. .
In the opinion of a number of writers
the majority of the men laid off are
those unskilled laborers who during the
war were taken on or advanced to fill
vacancies and kept to supply Increased
demands on production. Many of these,
the Syracuse Herald (Ind.) suggests,
were retained to meet "the abnormal
public demand for all kinds of com
modities, aggravated by the wave of
post-war extravagance." Meanwhile
the veteran workers' increased efficiency
as well as the curb on reckless buying
made the less competent workman super
fluous. The "we,eding out" in the rail
road shops is an example of this, the
Providence Journal (Ind.) declares.
Here, the managements are getting rid
of untrained w;orkmen encouraged under
government ownership. Applying this
explanation to industries in general the
Springfield Union (Rep.) feels that the
"seriousness of the situation is much
less acute than is supposed," for there
has merely been a "selection of the best
material for steady employment- from
the over-abundant working force," and
though the rest are "thrown out of their
present employment" they are not re
moved entirely from their "natural em
ployment." ...
There is no doubt in the mind of the
Quincy "Whig Journal (Rep.), speaking
from Illinois, that a period of "economic
adjustment is coming and it believes
suffering' can be avoided if the men,
most of whom are "young farmer boys
who have gone to the cities to jobs that
require no more intelligence than fitting
one nut to a particular bolt," go back to
the more "profitable labor" on the farm
where they are still much needed. In
the opinion of the Oregon Journal, Port
land (Ind.) danger lies chiefly in "dead
locked business" and too rapid defla
tion. . Farmers are holding their prod
ucts, consumers are putting off their
purchases, and merchants are delaying
factory orders. The Journal believes
that prices cannot drop further with
wages up where they are . and where, it
believes, they should stay, for "that
country is safest and soundest whose
working population has a sufficient:
wage for a decent living and enough for
the comforts and education and recrea
tion. ...
. "The dread of unemployment which
now- weighs down the workers," says
the New York Evening Post (Ind.) "is
another reason for the establishment of
permanent relations in industry:" It
continues: "Unemployment to the ex
tent that it can be prevented, can be
prevented only through an organization
of Industry on basic principles, on fore
sight and on mutuality between employ
ers and workers."
The New, -York Globe (Ind.) finds the
cause of the threatened hard times deep
in the social and economic structure of
the country. In the first place, it shows
how labor, urged to "speed up" to in
crease production, obeyed, due chiefly,
perhaps, "to fear of losing Its job."
Meanwhile it became harder to dispose
of products at what employers consid
ered reasonable prices. Then "overpro
duction" was given as a reason for cut
ting down forces. 'The ; economic fal
lacy, of course, the Globe concludes,
"is that overproduction is not really a
condition in which all human wants are
satisfied, but one in which prices have
outrun consumers' Income. - But this
does not hide the fact that strong: and
useful men, who are anxious to produce
socially valuable goods are forbidden in
times of depression to do so.' ,
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
: Scientists admit they are baffled in
their efforts to ascertain how great stone
monuments were built in some of the
small islands of the Pacific ocean, which
are now very sparsely settled, but which
must have at one time been the center of
great activities. One of these Islands is
Easter island, belonging to Chile, al-
though 2000 miles from the Chilean coast.
The nearest island to it is 1000 miles
away. Yet aomt statues, ranging in
height from 13 to 20 feet, and one SO feet
high, are found there. One statue, 68
feet high. Is uncompleted.
For a Greater Portland
New Hot Water Heating System Re
duces Fuel Cost Nut Lock Made by
Local Inventor Works for Economy
Stradivar Co. Plans Enlarge
ment of Plant and Sends In
struments to Export
Markets. -
J. Landigan, inventor of a new hot
water heating system, has established
a plant at 4V Vancouver avenue for the
manufacture of essential portions of the
system and has t dozen men employed
constructing and Installing the new
heaters. Cias is the fuel used by the
Landigan heater and the newly invented
burner and hot water coll are contained
in a case eight inches in diameter and 56
inches in length. A
One of these heaters now in operation
heats an eight room house at an expense
of 3 cents per hour, running time, and
an apartment house containing 35 rooms
is being heated at an expense of 15 cents
per hour. The new device has been
favorably passed upon by the fire mar
shal for uae in garages and other places
where extra precaution against fire is
necessary.
According to Landigan his system is
especially adapted to heating hotels.
apartment houses, restaurants and green
houses, and he pians enlarging his pres
ent factory to take care of business of
this class in the Pacific Northwest.
The United States Automatic Nut
Lock company, capitalized at J250.000,
proposes to start a factory here for the
manufacture of a drop forge nut, which,
it is claimed, will do away with the use
of washers, cotterpins, etc., and may be
used on any thread. Incorporators are
John A. Stubblefield, inventor, Leo P.
Lunke and Dr. William Krassig.
Plans are under way for the enlarge
ment of the plant of the Stradivara
Phonograph company -!at East Thirty
third street and Bt-oadway. Pro
posed additions to the equipment and
working force will increase the output
of the factory to 100 instruments per
eight-'hour day. The Stradivara com
pany recently sent representatives to
Australia and New Zealand to intro
duce its phonographs to the markets of
those countries.
Letters From the People
Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department ahouM be written
on, only one side of the paper; should not exceed
uo word' m length, and must be sisned by tne
writer, whose mail address in. full must accom
pany the contribution.
' THE RACE FACTOR.
Union, Dec. 1. To the Editor of The
Journal Ij seems strange to me that
some Demprats of national standing in
post-election interviews attribute the
overwhelming defeat of the Democratic j
ticket in the late election to "one man
rule" and a desire on the part of the j
people "for a change." This, in the
face of the fact that the G erman - and
Irish sympathizers of the country gave
practically a unanimous vote for Hard
ing. Immediately after the election
Vierick, who during the campaign stood
sponsor for the German vote, in high
glee claimed that "the 6,000.000 voters,
men and women, of German ancestry
have kept the faith and voted for Mr.
Harding." It must be admitted that
the Irish vote io America is as strong
as the German. But. figuring that
Vierick's estimate of German voters is
30 per, cent too much and that the Irish
vote would correspond" to that of the
German, there would till be a vote of
8,400,000 of Irish "and German voters
voting for Hardirig. These voters or
dinarily would be about equally divided
between the parties. Biit in this elec
tion these voters chose to vote for Hard
ing and by doing so gave him his 6,000,
000 plurality.
And why did this vpte go to Harding?
The German reason was that Germany
desired a separate peace with the United.
States and did not want the United
States to . become a. member of the
League of Nations ; and further, because
President "Wilson, a Democrat, asked
congress to declare war- against Ger
many. .The Irish were influenced to
vote against a Democrat because Presi
dent Wilson had the honesty to declare
that a "peace delegate" from the al
leged republic of Ireland could not be
admitted to- the peace conference.
Here is the truth about the "slump"
to Harding. The voters of German and
Irish birth or ancestry did the job. The
results wiere brought about,, not because
of any real faults of Wilson or his ad
ministration, nor shortcomings of the
Democratic party, but solely through
race prejudice. B. , F. 'Wilson.
FOR DELIVERANCE FROM EVILS
Vancouyer, "Wash., Nov. 29. To the
Editor Of The Journal Articles in The
Sunday Journal yesterday were certainly
meritorious and should be far-reaching.
Especially is this true of "Religion in
the Home" and the editorial relating to
pool rooms. Anyone who cannot find in
terest In things of this kind at this time
is certainly out of tune with the trend
of the times and fails to appreciate the
great truth that a new day has dawned
upon the world a day in which vice of
every character, with its accompanying
train of delusions, is giving way to the
forces of good that are silently yet
swiftly bearing the American people on
ward toward higher and nobler planes of
life. This statement probably miglt- be
applied to the whole world.
Thfiffl flrp. Tin. rinnht. m a n v xrhrt will
say, "It doesn't look that way now, with
all the world in confusion." But we
must not judge harshly, since the truth
of the statement eventually will tri
umph. The world has undoubtedly
passed into a new and greater day, that
will continue , to grow brighter and
brighter even unto the perfect day.
The action in regard to the pool rooms
of Chicago taken by Chief of Police
Fitzmorris is but a straw showing the
direction of the wind. Other actions of
this nature will follow in other cities
and other vices will fall under the ban
of the -law, one bjr one. Fitzmorris saw
in the air of the pool room only what
others have seen for 10 these many
years and failed to give voice to the
discoveries because the times were not
yet ripe to do SO. He is correct in the
view he takes, and The Journal- has
done a favor to Oregon and Washing
ton and all the West by repeating his
views while substantiating them with
others as straight out from the shoulder
as are those of his own. . ,
There is a great responsibility resting
upon the shoulders of leading publica
tions in matters of this kind. The press
and the pulpit are the strongholds of the
world's final deliverance from the evils
that have blighted and hindered its prog
ress for so long a time. It is through
their efforts that the people must be
educated, enlightened and led to God
and thus to the higher planes of life.
1. It. Whitney.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The Lord never intended people to fly.
Deacon Embree told us down to camp
meetin'. last fall, and these here dronin'
flyers overhead he called invention of
the devil. However, Bud Embree, his
oldest boy, tuck $20 he'd got ' pickin'
Lrunes and rode one of 'em all over
Portland. , Bud is plum possessed of
the idee of glttln' to run one of them
invenUons of the devil all by hisself, and
the deacon can't git It outer him, by
prayer nor admonitions. -
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF The! Oregon Country"
SMALL CHANGE i! - SIDELIGHTS xar ij,rw i'.,Wib.
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Th moon is the only
moonshine.
if e source of
There is no law against hoarding
Christmas seals. . j
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Let's rig up a belated Christmas pres
ent for the kaiser, t .
Life's not just what it
seem it's a whole lot better.
sometimes
Would it be too much to auk the court
for a verdict that will require makers
of rancid butterUo eat it? . s
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The mouth of the Columbia river wa
early placed In the prohibition column
when the bar was removed. I
' 1
If the "payers" in "taxpavers" took
as much interest as the taxers the bur
den of taxation might be lighter.
A new president has held power in
Mexico for 48 hours, and there's been no
new revolution. Cheer no: todav is
young !
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"Giants graveyard." Sounds like that
might be the burial place of the sports
manship of late unlamcnted baseball
crooks. i
. . .
The interstate commerce commissiotn
has at last admitted that it is easier to
roll a railroad- train down grade than
iu vu.ii ii over a mountain range.
Considering the Volstead law. It is
probable that the conversation between
the governors of the Carolina will not
be repeated when President Wilson and
Senator Harding-meet. i
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mr. and Mrs. Al J. Martineau are
registered at the Imperial. Martineau
is on his way to attend the hotel men's
convention at The Dalles December 4.
He feels very much at home at the inh
perial, for he served as head bellboy
there 12 years. He is now. owner of the
Hotel Josephine at Grants Pass.
...
tiotei men are looking forward to I a
heavy tourist traffic next year. At
present there Is comparatively littlle
travel. Last year 79,777 tourists reg
istered at Yellowstone park. Portland's
problem is to see that all these park-tjo-park
tourists view the beauty spots pf
Portland and. vicinity.
j
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leland of Drewsey
are at the Imperial. Their home town
is in Malheur county and is about 22
nles from Juntura, which is their near
est railroad and shipping point Stock
and timber are the principal assets iof
the district.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Stover are visitors
from Olex. which is in the wheat district
of Wheeler county. Mikkalo, which lis
their nearest railroad point, lies about
five miles distant on the Condon branch
of the O-W. R. & N.
Portland is not alone in having! a
home-building problem. In New Jersey
all residence buildings erected between
now and October 1, 1922, will be exempt
from all taxes for a period of five
years. .
I
F. Hughes of Cochrane is at the Ore
gon. Cochrane is on the line of the
Tillamook branch of the Southern Pa
cific railroad and is near the sumrbit
of the Coast range not far from- Tim
ber, j
...
W. C. Birdsell, manager of Pilot Butte
Inn at Bend, is a guest at the Benson.
He is sampling Portland's famous Bull
Run cocktails and comparing them with
the drinkables of his own town. j
...
F. L. Owens is in Portland from his
home at Cloverdale on the Big Ns-
tucca river about 2o miles from Tilila-
mook.
...
E. Hermann from Anchorage is here'
and incidentally ascertaining why Port
land is not more interested in the trade
of Alaska. . J ,
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L. Parker, whose home is at Gara-
baldl, Tillamook County, is at the Ore
gon. , j
OBSERVATIONS f AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
-i i
By Fred Lockiey
I One who knew nd retirterrd Taluable rTiee
to the.-fmoua Rob'rt Louia SteTenaon i inter
Tiewed by Mr. Ivocklcy. This man had bad an
adrenturoux career on hia own account, which
furnished materials cood enough for the jus
of the creat K. L himself.
Alec Innes is a freight checker on the
Portland docks. He is a Scotchman ho
happened to be born outside his native
land. He was born in India. j
"Like myself, my mother was bornl In
India," said Mr. Innes. "Her father
was an East India- merchant. My
father John Innes,' was born at Nairn,
Scotland, in 1810. He came of a good
family and secured a commission as sec
ond lieutenant In the Bengal artillery.
I was born in 1849. My father at the
time of my birth was a major in the
Bengal artillery. When I was nearly 5
years old my father retired and iwe
moved to his old home in Scotland. After
a year "we moved to Belgium. Father
was comfortably fixed, so we spent five
years in Belgium and Germany, after
which we moved to the Channel islands,
settling on the Isle of Jersey. When I
was 17 I went to Australia. I livetl In
Australia 15 years. I rented crown lands
and went into the sheep business. Out
in the bush you could rent government
land at the rate of one pound per year
for each square mile. I rented 10 square
miles, paying an annual rental of a little
less than $00 in Americah money for
the entire tract.
. . .
"I did well in Australia, so I sold but
when I was 32 and went to EnglaJid,
where I took it easy for seven years, itil!
I had Used up my money. I went back
to Australia, but I didn't seem to get on
so well, so, after a few years, I wjent
to Samoa, where I received the appoint
ment of clerk of the court and sheriff
in the British consulate'. Three years
later, the treaty of Berlin was framed
by which the Germans were given large
authority in Samoa, This meantj a
change in the system of government and
threw me out of my berth. Robert
Louis Stevenson, hearing that I Was
available, offered me a position, which
I 'accepted. He had me hire a gang; of
Kanakas to build a road to his place,
which was a most sightly and beautiful
one on the side of the mountain in -Ine
jungle, about two and a half miles from
Apia.. He had about 400 acres, and; he
hired natives to clear the land sol he
could set out.a grove of naval oranges.
1 don't think they did very well. He
imported some fine horses from !vew
Olden Oregon
Earliest Legislation Bore Hard Upon
Unnaturalized Foreigners.
The first territorial legislature In pro
viding for general elections and prescrib
ing the qualifications of voters declared
that a foreign4tr must be duly natural
ized before he I could vote. This provi
sion was takerfrom the Iowa law. The
missionary element of the papulation in
sisted upon a strict construction of this
i. . ' ". ' "
' The chief obstacle to making the world
safe for. democracy is the birth rate of
suckers. Salem Capital Journal.
..
The law of supply and demand means
that those with the supply generally get
wnat mey aemana. Aioany Democrat.
It isn't how hard- you work, but how
you work that makes the boss and man
ager friendly. Roseburg News-Heview.
'.
II the war.tPi scneaule gives you a
headache, it will be noted there is no
tax on bromo-seltxer. Corvallis Uazette
Times. .
....
It la just as amusing: to watch the Re
publicans scrambling for "pie" as it was
eight years ago to see the Democrats
do the same. Polk County Itemiser.
There are times when the average
man who is trying to do something for
the benefit of the community concludes
that he is enlisting ih the wrong cause.
Bend Press.
...
- First we have the government and
many organizations urging the people to
save, and then when they save, and
business tightens, they are. advised to
loosen up and blow in their money. It's
a funny woVld. Ion't take it too seri
ously.: Blue Mountain Kagle.
Flour is selling as low at $8.40 a bar
rel at Minneapolis now. There is.no
Question that the high cost of living is
rbeing fast reduced now.. Indeed, there
is danger that prices will falT so fast and
so far as to restrict production and
cause a reaction. Coquille Valley Senti
nel. "
Phil Metschan Jr., genial host of the
Imperial, is at home from a visit at
Santa Barbara and San Francisco,
where he got pointers on fiow to cap
ture the tourist trade for Portland and
Oregon.
....
E. B. Tongue which, -by the way, is. a
most appropriate name for an attorney
is taking a brief vacation from his legal
duties in Hilltiboro, and is visiting in
Portland.
...
C. E. Crowell. from the prosperous
and progressive farming and stock rais
ing district in Josephine county of which
Waldo is the trading center, is at the
Imperial.
Robert E. Smith, president of the
Title & Trut company, left Wednesday
night for Roseburg to look after his
Douglas county business interests.
W. M. Brerter of Coos county's saw
mill town of Powers Is "a Portland vis
itor. -
A. G. Golding of Elgin, one of Union
county's prosperous communities, is at
the Imperial.
....
Mr. and Mrs, L. B. Smith of Taker
are sojourning in the metropolis for a
while.
y '
C. Grant and N. M. Grant of I-eth-
bridge. Alberta; are guests at the Ben
son. .
....
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Short, from the
county seat of Union county, are at the
Benson. .
'..'
W. M. Briggs, from Ashland, where
they grow both varieties of penches,ia
spending a few days in Portland.
M. M. Glavey of Dufur is a Portland
visitor, a guest at the Imperial.
,
'L. L. Paget, banker and promoter, of
Seaside, is at the Multnomah.
i
T. D. Barcleay of Pendleton is regis
tered at the Multnomah.
.
La Grande is represented at the Mult
nomah by F. B. Maxwell.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Boyce of Madras
are Portland visitors.
12. P. Mahaffey, banker and
best booster, is at the Oregon.
Bend's
D. E. Larson, of Medford is transact
ing business in- Portland. .
Zealand. The natives could not handle
them, so I, loving stock of all kinds,
was put in charge of his horsen. I soon
had stnem gentle as kittens. ' I did all
the hauling of goods and supplies from
Apia up the steep mountain road to the
ranch.
"Robert Louis Stevenson was. one of
the few men I have met-who was never
ill-tempered. He seemed to have a per
petually sunny nature. I don't know
Just how to express' It, - but his . smile
always seemed genuine, as though he
had a friendy interest in you. As a
matter of fact, he had. He ctfuld al
ways get some good from everyone he
met, just as a bee can get honey from
every blossom it visits. For many
months I saw him daily under all sorts
of conditions, and he was unfailingly
cheerful and sunny tempered. One day
he said tcKme. 'You have been about a
good , bit and have had' all sorts of ex
periences with' all sorts and conditions
of men. Tell me about yourself." He
asked me questions, and' I told him all
I thought would be of Interest to him.
Some years later I was astonished, when j
I picked tip one of his books, to see l
that he had written a story about me J
not mentioning my name, of course. If i
you will read his 'Vailima Letters'
through you will see he mentions me a '
good many times. His wife and his!
step-son, Lloyd Osbourne, and Mrs. I
Strong, his step-daughter, and her hus- !
band composed the family when I first
went to work for him, but before I left
for Honolulu his mother came out from
Scotland to be with him. .
"When I left his employ he gave me
a letter to a friend of his in the Ha
waiian islands. I have lrwith me. Here
it is. Yes, it is getting a bit worn on
the edges. Can you copy the letter? Of
course you can. It simply goes to show
how kindly he was, for he was always
more than anxious to drr a good turn
for anyone he could." The letter writ
ten in Stevenson's easy yet precise
handwriting? reads as follows:.
Vailima. June 17, 1831. My Dear
Henry: . The bearer, Mr. Innes, has
worked Tor me for some months In a
position of trust. I can honemtly say
he was invaluable to me-during the time.
He will give you news of us. And
if you can help him to employment I
am sure you will do a good turn to a
very good fellow. He has; Just received
a public appointment but prefers to
leave.
Mr. Innes will tell you of our bonne,
of our horses and of our tribulations.
Yours ever, Robert Louis Stevenson.
clause, as its measures were not sup
1 ported by the foreign born voterp.
Through the legislature of 1850 M. P.
Deady procured the passage of an
amendment giving foreigners who had
resided in the country five years prior
to the enactment of the law and who
had declared their Intention to become
citizens, the right to vote. The amend
ment was to restore to British subjects
who had long resided in the territory, the
elective franchise.
OREGON
Reports of the Eugene banks show that
the deposits of the three institutions In
creasedmore than a million dollars dur
Ing the past year.
Th Oregon. Humane society entimatc.
In figures filed with the secretary of
state, that its needs from the state for
the next biennium will be about JbOO-i.
During the week ending November ;0
the Pacific Northwest lumber Industry
irtanufactured 17 per cent more lumber
than it shipped and 37 per cent mors
than it sold.
A convention will h haM t t,.ii,.
December 18 to nominate a' Candidas
for county Judge, after which petitions
will be circulated for the recall of Judge
A. B. Robinson.
As Tillufnook county does not have
common point rates similar to Astoria
and other Oregon cities, a movement is
on foot to apply to the Interstate com- '
merce commission at Washington.
L. A'. Cates. former owner of the Co
quille Sentinel and for manv years a"'
successful newspaper man, has HKKunied
the editorial and business mtiHgrment
or iue iuuy Aews or Marshfi.lii. ,
H. L. BartJIng. graduate of the Uni
versity of Oregon and veteran' of the
world war, has been appointed ,lav clerk
and assistant divorce . proctor" in the
prosecuting attorney's office at Seattle.
The trustees of Albanv college have '
been notified of a beqiit-Ht left the col
lege by the late Ellen K. Ueury of Pint
land. Miss Geary whs a daughter of
one Of the early presidt nts f the insti- '
tution. .
Purebred Cattle valued at $2Ti.Oon were
unloaded at the Oregon Electric stktiou
in Eugene this week for various farm
ers, who purchased them at the Pacific
International Livestock exposition In
Portland. j
ualnuts from the Willamette and
Umptiua valleys. 45,395 pounds lir all.
are being assembled at the Salem. Yam
hill and Sheridan plants of the Oregon
Cooperative I (J rowers' ussoclutton, ready
fcfT delivery!
Air. and Mrs. .1. E. Lucas, who had
been attending camp nit-ling at fan by.
returned the latter part of lnt week
to find their home near HuehiLLVIsta a."
mass of ruins. It is not , know n how
the fire originated.
Crossing accidents on the linos, of th
Southern Pacific In Oregon, during the
period frotnj January 1, 1IS; to Scptem-
per j, v)z), resulted In a to l-of 126 vos.
f38 injured and J616 automobiles dam
aged or deiitroyfd.
A 'thorough survey of HO repreHenla
tive wheat ranches in Wasco , county,
with the vi4w of determining the m-t.
cost for the crowing and harvest lnit of
.a bushel of wheat, will be made in tli
near tuture by the counly agricultural
agent.
!WAS1I1.UTG.'
The new I highway hrijlge over th
Cowlitz river at Toledo lias ben ac
cepted by the tate engineers.
While Andrew Leknes was attending'
church near Stanwood, tils house, iwas
entered by robbers and fZtttO in l.iltcriy
uonas eioien.
A wage rpdiiction of r,0!
cents ,a (lay,
of workmen.
affecting the entire force
is announced by. the gener
the Tacoma smelter.
il manajfi-t of
Citizens of Cowlits counl
y will vol on
issuing $7S0,j000 bonds Dim ember Hi for
constructing a comprehensive road sys
tem over the county.
Rapid progress is being made on (two
miles of bitiilithic pavotne it In Prosser.
Drinking fountains will b installed at
the. principal street intersections.
Ridgefield now has a isjlasonlc lodge,
which was instituted recently as - Um
result of nevernl months' i ef foils o.t
members residing in and urouud Ridge
field. .
The Central Washington? G
pany Is
still operating ijt a lo.ss of'VlU').
per month, in spite of the advanced
rates for gus put into effect last
spring.
William Fonda, age "0, known'' all
over thq coast as "The Whistling Kvih :
gelist," killed himself by Jumping from
a window in a Seattle'.' hospital wliil
delirious. , i
The Tacoma linht and water depart
ments niadn large net earnings during -the
year Jut closing, but the municipal
railwavj system shows a deficit of
$137,944.94. '. j
Word Is received of the' death of",
Captain! Winfield Scott Mann, pioneer
Puget I Sound steamship owner arid
resident of the state of Washington
for 45 years'. -
Thrown: J.over the handlebars- of his
motorcycle into the wheel of an auto,
mobile.! Re Thomas, uged 34, was so
badly hurt that he died an hourTlalcr In
an Everett hospital. ,
The Satop fishery in Grays Harbor
county j will not only break nil records
this year for salmon eggs, but will be
made the greatest narcnery on tne ra
'Ciflc coast. Between $20,000 snd $30,000
will- be spent on the plant next year.
; . IDAHO
Plans' are on foot In Buhl to establish
an alfalfa meal mill to cost $23,000.
Efforts are being mads to taise a
bonus of $125,000 for the buildlrtg of a
railroad from Rogerson, Idaho, Uf Wells,
V. - ' '
An average of 14 tons of sugnr bf-ei's
to the acre Is reported for Twin Kails
county for 1920. Many of the crops
netted $245 to the acre.
The coming legislature will W asked
to deprive the state land, hoard of som
of its powers and vest them in a . t or
estry advisory board to be created.-
The state land commissioner conducted
a sain of slate lands in Idaho' Kails las(
week. Nine th6usand acres were'fcold a(
prices ranging from $10 to $20 an H'-re.
At a "meeting of-Jhe Lewis'ton Com
mercial club it was decided to incorpo
rate the Northwest livestock axHoc.a
tion and to proceed with efforts to ob
tain a sufficient appropriation from the
1921 legislature to finance the shows
during the next biennium.
know you a.
PORTLANb
Just as a strategist marshals his
force.s and plans his campaign, no it
is necessary -for . the executives " of
Portland's street cleaning bureau to
wage their war on the dirt thxt
comes from nowhere and is scarcely
removed until it returns.
The district in the center of the
west side hounded by .Front and
Tweirtieth, Mill and Hoyt streets is
the scene of a nightly assault' on
the accumulations of the day, as are
the streets leading to the bridges
and surrounding the Union depot.
Wednesdays are hoiiBccleanfng days
for the west bridge approaches. The
areas which lie Just outside the. busi
ness center are cleaned- every ?thre
to four days.- On the east side all
the central downtown streets, such
as Broadway, Union, Weidler and
Grand avenue, are brought back to
respectable cleanliness evry night,
aryl other close-in east side streets
have the attention of -brooms and
flushers three tiroes a week.
The macadam streets are "nested
up" once a ye-i. and streets tend
ing to become dusty are subdued
by generous applications' of oil.
Is it becaufM the wind does the
sweeping, or that the neighborhood
is excessively clean, that paved
streets oiii Portland Heights are
cleaned less than any others, the
schedule calling for brooming once
every thre months?
The second . district In assumed
cleanliness, or at least. : infrequent
visit, is Eastmoreland and Westmore
land, the pavements of which are
cleaned every two months. '
By and j. large, tPorUarTd' street
cleaning bureau is 'credited with be
ing one of I the most efficient in the
sountry. .