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MR. HARDING'S SPEECH
1 ""THERE Was a welcome note In the
1 ; address of the president-elect, to
thesenate yesterday. - After urging
cooperation by both senate and house
i during, the remaining months of the
present administration, he 'said: ' '
i" There ia bo much to be done and we
have had so : much - of' delay, that I
i should like unanimous recognition that
Mhere are no party ends to. serve, but
t viBTivui uciaj a . pre aiuos;, lor acrvic
to our common country. " - -
,: lt Is excellent counsel: It is ad-
vice that Senator Hardin-might well
; have given, and that the senate might
i well have adopted throughout th'e
last session. Though a great . war
J had Just ended and there were in
J terminable and innumerable prob
; lems to solve, practically the entire
; time of that session, comprising a
. n.i.l . M V. n .. 4 e - . i .
j wasted. because the low standard of
patriotism in that body Insisted that
there were party ends to Serve.' It
was brazenly 'and confessedly the
main " business of ' that session to
. make 1920 campaign issues, even to
; the extent of sacrificing civilization's
greatest move, Tiy holding the United
States out of the League, of Nations.
It-ia a phase of our public life in
which partyism is a Wight.-" No less
an authority - than- the president
elect himself In' the utterance above
admits by Indirection that in tho
v last congressional session there were
t ''party ends to serve." What 1st our
J standard of civic virtue when, with
'the world in tumult, with our own
country demoralized from the effects
fOt war, with a great economic tran
tsltlon from war to peace time inevi-
e table, a great legislative body, is in
active, inane and dishonest because
I there are "party ends-t serve?"
I In his first important speech,1 the
I president-elect voices an exalted Sen
IJlment for service to our "common
"country" -with -politics: , adjourned
j now.' Let it be hoped that the next
; generation in America will come on
tne stage 'Suificienuy educated In
morals and mind to always put serv
iice to country first, ... :..-r.-fr:
. , Pointing out that; every fourth
president since Lincoln has Teen as-
- sassmatea. an Ohio man "assumes
Jthat Harding will be number four
. 1 AW- M A I .. w .
,in mo lain Buccesaton:. ;iere is . tne
J list with every fourth president, in
, -eapltals: LINCOLN, Johnson.
Grant, Hayes, - GARFIELD, 'Arthur,
; jCleveTana;"' Harrison, ; 'McKINLET,
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson,' HARDING.
'Predictions based on such mathe
'' matlcs are sillyf , .-: -A,
i' ' OUR ; NEGLECTED . READING
;rT,HE Thompson dramatic reading
of "DisraeH, under tha auspices
of the' Pbrtland Shakespeare club
oaturaay evening was arnigmy. cul
-tural andL extremely , entertaining
event with which thousands of Port.
landers who did not attend would
have been delighted ' had they been
. presentv -'--'Ck -i "'X: ' '
; Portland is far behind many other
w tellies in its regard for the pure dra-
-ma or story or sketch interpreted
.by an expert in expression. Other
'.clties send bigger audiences -to such
'performances, and, other cities' cul
tivate among their own youth
, taste 'for and a training in ' expres
. , ... ....... .. .... .
; It is almost a crime that,- in this
s r. WHO OWNS
PORTLAND has been nvadedL An army of crooks is attempting to taks
possession of this city. Conditions now approximate civil war between
tbe lawless element and the police. ....
In the last three months 140 homes have been entered by burglars.
Twenty-six' pedestrians have been held Tip on the streets. Saturday night
bandits jumped into an automobile occupied by two youns; men forced
them to drive to a darkened highway,
and drove off In the car. 60 bold have the buffflart become that Sunday
14 houses were robbed, i Otf top of that,
a' short block from the, police station
mutilated the proprietor with a bottle.
The police are ' helpless. They
face of the arrests, crime is on the increase. Against SO robberies in Sep
tember, there were 83 in November. , -"
Sunday, whilelburglars were ransacking- houses all over the city, beats
were unpatrolled. There were SB men
were at work at the police station, .
were in plain clothes and nine on beats. There were. 47 unpatrolled beats.
Between $ p. m and 4 a. m. there were 80 men on duty. Of these, 10
remained in the station. uch as desk men; Jailers and patrol drivers,
eleven were ready for special duty, eight were plain clothes men and 31
were on patrol. There were 25 beats
Portland IB.5 square miles.' w
Fourteen holdups and" burglaries
armed invasion, r Continued and increasing; crimes of violence for three
months past constitute- an extraordinary
measures. A patrolman shot down in
dence of the'desperate character of
ing civil war in3Rprtland. , ,i .
Governments are established to protect law-abiding citizens. The resi
dents of Portland have a right to demand that protection be afforded them.
They have a right to expect that they can leave their residences a few
minutes without returning to find them looted.' They have a right to
walk down a street without being compelled to hand over their money and
Jewelry to a highwayman. ,
Twice have special taxes been voted
When the people were called upon for
it was necessary if adequate police protection was to be afforded. The
people responded generously on both occasions.,; They voted all that was
asked. And now where Is the protection? . . . :t '. .
This Is a time of emergency. It
If there are not enough men on the
administration to provide more men.
be trimmed to allow for a sufficient police force to protect the people of
this city against the Invaders. They, have the right to the protection and
it is the duty of the men at the city hall to provide it. : -" ; '
It was only a few days ago that 31
partment, among them some of the most efficient on the force, were dis
charged because of civil service requirements. In their places green men
were employed.- ' In the meantime the harvest of the crooks goes on.
Chief of Police Jehkins should be
the armed invaders. And then he should stop the onslaught on Portland's
citizens and homes. r .
The present is a test as to who
the decent people ef the city.
intelligent century, such a large per
centage of our people cannot read
aloud a few passages from a piece of
literature and give an intelligent in
terpretation to the words of the au
thor. The Thompson reading was a
wonderful exhibition of a notable art,
an art that millions instead of dosens
should cultivate. It was an evening
of the greatest pleasure to the 300
or 400 ' present out of a city of a
quarter of a million. ,
The Shakespeare club is in a most
worthy endeavor in its activity for
better interpretation and expression.
"Just say I am here and ready."
It waa Hiram as he alighted from
the -,raln at .Washington.' It .was
Hiram's way of saying that any., at
tempt to involve America in any as
sociation of nations, under whatever
guise, will be fought to the bitter
end. But why let Hiram run things?
Three-fourths of the American peo
ple want a League -of Nations, and if
the Republicans want to help the
Harding administration out of a
hole, they will Join with the Demo
crats, ask Wilson ' to resubmit the
treaty to the senate, ratify it with
such reservations as will muster the
necessary' vote, and let Hiram rave.
WHO'S CHLOROFORMED ?
I lOONSUMER" writes this, letter
v to The 'Journal: . ,;
Portland, Dec' 4.-i-Tt the' Editor of The
Journal, As I understand it, there !a an
application- before the- state commission
for an increase iri gas rates of SO to 100
per cent. Ana that a hearing is soon to
be held in Portland.
Now. -what I wish to know, is it to go
by default as far, aa the consumer:-is
concerned?-; , .' : ..
Does no, one represent the ' people
(without some Individual wishes to as
sume the expense)?
I have heard that the eras company
have had assurance that their request
would be granted, but that a hearing
would be held for form's sake. v
I expect the city . off leers, after It's
granted, will tear around for "political
bunk" about it, but do nothing as they
nave in au advances in rates. As the
newspapers say nothing, it looks like
they are chloroformed. It's not expected
that the Oregonian would wake up be
tween a corporation and the public, but
more is expected from The Journal, ac
cording to its former stands.
Consumer.
The Journal fought . with all fts
strength against the 6-cent fare, but
got little or no support from the
public. It similarly opposed the 8-
cent fare, and again had not only
little or no support from the public,
but the people actually voted down
the measures that The Journal ad
vanced asj a means of defeating the
S-cent fare. A newspaper cannot do
everything, :. It ; is not The Journal
but the people who suffer themselves
to be "chloroformed" Into submis
sion to high rates. ' ' '
In the struggle against. the 6-cent
fare, The Journal used perhaps hun
dreds of columns of space., quoted
decisions in other states. Insisted that
no power had the right under the
constitution to void the franchise
contract of . the company to carry
passengers at a fare not to exceed. S
cents, and used everysother possible
means of resistance.-. -; ?
But the paper had to fight alone.
If memory serves right, one r lone
man from the public appeared at the
hearing and Of f ered a test; i ThV
people did . not-appear to.be inter?
ested, very much as they often. do.'
yf There iaV; a; time-, when - single-'
handed fighting for a people who do
not seem to care a whoop whether
new charges are fixed on .- them or
not, becomes wearisome. It costs
a newspaper, money to make invest!
gatlons of facts on which to form a
PORTLAND?
stripped them of money" and Jewelry
a youne man entered a store only
during the noon hour Monday and
Robbery was the motive.
have -made some arrests, but in the
on duty between 4 and 8 p, m. : Ten
eight were special duty men, eight
without an-officer. The area" or
'" ; -:r
in a slngje night are tantamount to
situation calling for extraordinary
the discharge of his duties is evi
the young scoundrels who are mak
. 4 ','.,,, -
to afford an efficient police force.
additional funds they were told that
is' a time for extraordinary measures.
police force, it is the duty of the city
Other departments, if need 'be, can
seasoned members of the police de
supplied with enough men to repel
owns Portland the armed bandits or
' .
judgment and oppose a rate advance.
It costs a paper money and lots of
money for the white paper and the
space devoted to these controversies.
The Journal not only - devoted
years to the fight. against the false
rate structure that was finally won
In the Columbia basin ease, but con
tributed thousands of dollars of its
own funds to the necessary large
expense of the controversy.
It waa a great work done for the
people of the Inland Empire' and
for Portland and a sample of the
reward that is usually meted out to
newspapers is the contention of some
pin-headed people In Portland who
are saying that the rich prize won. in
that, case is of little or no value.
Thhr accurate1 statement of the
failure of many people to back up
and cooperate with a newspaper that
struggles in .their interest does not
mean that the policy of the paper is
changed in the slightest. The Jour
nal stands exactly where it always
stood in the fulL belief that the few
powerful are, as in the brute crea
tion, ever, ready to oppress and prey.
upon the mass, and that it is the
man in the street, the worker iri his
overalls, the great unorganized and
uncoordinated herd,' that most needs
protection.
The Journal is now. studying the
Issues in the application, of the gas
company for an advance in rates.
A COUNT NOW?
Y E ARE told that there is to be
VV
an immediate count of the vote
in the Newberry case.
If there is reason to count now.
why wasn't the count made two years
ago 7 it is true that Newberry has
since been convicted and sentenced
to the penitentiary for "corrupt use
Of money in. the election. But the
fact that Newberry bought his seat
was as- well 'known to the senate
then as it is now. :
The truth is that the American
senate has a. yery low standard of
political morals. In the Newberry
Case, the senate of the United States,
which, for obvious reasons, should
set a high example in civio virtue.
gave the 'country an exhibition, of
rank political dishonesty.
As a warning and an example, the
senate, for the wholesome effect.lt
would have produced, should have
denied Newberry admission until the
public, charges against him had been
disprovtn. In order that confidence
in the legislative branch' may be
conserved, no man under - charges
should ever be permitted to take his
seat. .-' .
When our senate admits a, pre
tender who is under charges, and
who is subsequently sent to the- pen!
tentlary ' on t h o s e charges, that
body is shown to the country to be
low and lax ' in morals. It has a
corrupting effect upon the, general
character of the people,' because it
tends to make, them believe that
there is no need for honesty or mor
ality in politics. - - ' : ; .
Newberry was held in the senate,
for one thing, because his vote was
needed by Lodge in packing the for
eign relations committee against the
peace, treaty. Though Newberry had
committed an offense for which he
is. to go to prison, his vote was used
and by that use the senate of the
United States publicly and deliber
ately and brazenly became a party
to a great fraud.
A time will come In America when
Ithe people will no longer tolerate a
low moraled senate.
FRIENDSHIP FOR
RUSSIA? .
Amerlcaa Press Comment Reflects in
General Upon Lloyd-George as
Opportunist, but It's a Big Game
. With Hazards 111 Defined, and .
. .. All the World's a Sport. ' -
- Daily Editorial VHtitr
' (Consolidated Press Assocw-tton) " .
"Opportunism' apparently sums up lit
a word the estimate of the American
press on the pending trade agreement
between Great Britain and Russia. Some
writers view- it as merely a move on the
part of England "to further : British
commercial "and industrial interests, as
the Salt Lake Tribune (Republican) ex
presses it, by getting "into' Russia on
the ground floor in profitable undertak
ings.'. , Others believe that Lloyd George
is advancing this measure as a means of
saving India and -other British- interests
in Asia from ' Bolshevik propagandists.
Few' condemn '.the movement wholly,
however, and many papers not only ap
prove Britain's action, but express a de
sire for a'simlar.step on the part of the
United State.
Several papers ecall that Great Brit
ain was about to enter into such trade
relations last spring, but stopped nego
tiations when France's sissistance to the
anti-Bolshevik forces gave promise of
their success. Now, with Wrangel com
pletely crushed, "one Can read into the
course of the British premier,! says the
Utica Press (Independent), "an apparent
purpose to grant or withhold some sort
of j-recognition of the Moscow regime
according as its armies are successful or
unsuccessful against their enemies In
the field.- It would be difficult, the
Springfield Republican (Independent) be
lieves, "to find a more glaring record of
opportunism." To this the Cleveland
Plain Dealer (Independent Democrat)
adds : This is opportunism without
ethical Justification. Great Britain Is
not extending the hand of commercial
fellowship to the Bolshevik! because they
are worthy or because they represent
the Russian people, but merely because
they show some signs of durability, and
because it is to Britain's selfish 'interests
to be the first, wratrrn nation to take ad
vantage of Russia's trade opportunities."
Apart from trade--advantages, "un
doubtedly the main reason the Provi.
dene Tribune (Independent Republican)
suggests) "why Great Britain hastens to
recognise the Bo.ThevUa is to avert the
danger of their moving toward India."
Agreeing that this is the reason why
Ldoya George is stampeded into this
thing," the New Haven (Conn.) Register
(independent)- explains the danger thus
Let Bolshevism get an outlet into these
regions and there is incalculable trouble
ahead for Britain, or, at least, the Brit
ish statesmen fear so. They hope to pre
vent It by being kin, to the BolshevikL'
Apparently," the Hartford (Conn.)
Times (Democrat) thinks, "the cabinet' is
willing to go to the extreme of recogniz
ing a government founded on murder
and, force If by so doing it can prevent
the undermining of British control in
possessions or countries where its in
terests are paramount."
a a a
Turning from causes to practical
results, - many writers agree with the
St. Louis Star (Ind.) that resumption
of British-Russian trade will prove to
be the "first serious defeat" of Bolshe
vism. In "matching it against the de
mocracy of Great Britain," the Chat-
tanooga Times - (Ind. Dem.) , believes
that "it wlllyield and the result, will
be a return of the Russian people to
sanity and a genuine democracy." The
Rocky Mountain Mews (Ind.), Denver,
thinks: "Wliile Bokshevism. may be able
to whip democracy at the game of
terrorism ana intrigue; it cannot, stand
against the more efficient economic
forces of democracy. When it invites
these to enter Russia on a basis of
commercial intercourse, it invites what
must ultimately result in its -own. trans
formation and readjustment."
"Either one of two things may hap
pen," the Minneapolis Tribune (Rep.)
surmises. "Britain will gradually con
vert .the soviet government into a gov
ernment practicing, it p& professing,
the orthodox principles or government
or soviet Russia will play. Britain until
Britain . ceases to be necessary, then
turn about, repudiate the arrangements
and rain all the British Investments."
At all events, the New York. Globe
(Ind.) adds, "no more interesting social
experiment could be tried. " At
present it looks as though commercial
ism ' would swallow Socialism with
great ease, and the cooperation could
be more accurately described in retro
spect as digestion."
On the other hand the Grand Rapids
(Mich.) Press (Ind.) feels that "Amer
ica's interest in England's contemplated
action lies in the possibility of England's
becoming communized,- in which case
the danger of anarchy and destruction
would be much nearer .America's doors
than it is now. This possibility is not
an idle dream." .
Of the material advantages to Eng
land the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal
(Rep) has this. to say. "England Is
looking for trade opportunities through
which to rehabilitate herself. ' Russia
has them. If England, can get in on
the ground floor she need look no fur
ther, for the present at least. : Her
trade field would be , acquired. ' ' The
question of payment does, not disturb
England. Russia will pay with con
cessions of her natural resources. Her
oil wells in the south, her iron and
coal mines in the - center . and north
wonld be worked and managed for the
benefit of England. The desire of
Great Britain for trade relations
substantial, not superficial.- It is
long-headed policy which in tha event
of a favorable turn of Russian ; affairs
in that direction" might add the vast
empire to Britain as India was added."
To , Russia the . resumption of trade
with England will mean, the Greens
boro (N. C.) News (Ind.) believes, the
saving or "thousands, probably hun
dreds of thousands, of lives not the
lives of armed men. but those of women,
children and helpless old people. . Any
measure that would afford prospect of
such ' a' work" for - humanity would be
worth doing at any, price short of ac
tually endangering - the peace ot the
world."
The Chicago Daily News (Ind.) urges
the American state department to give
serious consideration to the question of
following - Great Britain's example in
the matter of Russian trade- and "giv
ing American manufacturers and ex-
porters an opportunity, beyond that of
operating at their own risk, of supply.
ing Russia with . the commodities It so
urgently peed. Tha San" Francisco
Examiner' (Ind.) 'suggests ' that "now
that England "has formally. In parlia
ment. . announced that it is right and
proper to open commercial relations
with soviet, Russia, the pro-British
Wilson administration will undoubtedly
permit America also to open commercial
relations with - Russia - in due time.
Resumption ot trade with' Russia by
all the principal countries the New York
Journal of Commerce. (Ind.) believes to
be "inevitable sooner or later, and In
fact is much, to be desired from many
utvyvuiwi v
-As the Birmingham Age-Herald
(Dem.) sees It, however, England's ac
tion is "a victory for Bolshevism" and
the United States is "not yet ready to
Lciaso bands wlta Leala. and Trotsky,
Letters From the People
rnrennmninatinaa aent ta Tha Journal Cot
publication in this defiartawnt abould b written
on only ona aide of tha paper; mould am exeveq
SOS words in tangth. and must be signed by the
writer, wooes mall address ia lull must accom
pany toe contribution. J .
FOR . EUROPE'S JSTITTJTB :
Osweto. Pec S. To the Editor of The
Journal Now that . Christmas time is
drawing near again let us not forget
the unfortunate millions of Europe, who
must look to us for relief from suffer
ing, starvation and death. While it is
fitting , that we should remember the
needy of our own land we should also
remember those who are even more in
need, and give all we can. -An expensive
gift to a friend is not worth so much
as the gift of honest friendship. The
war is over,, but not the results it
brought, and service Is not limited to a
certain length of time, but Is needed
every hour1 of .our lives, and wiu etui
be needed and given after w have de
narted. : What could be-better than, to
show the Joy we feel in the gift of the
Christ child by practising not only at
this Christmas time byt every day
His creed Of universal brothernooa ana
universal service? In the words of an
old song .,.,,';;. 4
Cast, thy bread upon tha waters.
- Te who hara but scant supply:
Angel bands shall guard above it.
Toon shalt (ind it by and by.
Then, perhaps,- when thou art sleeping ,
'Neath the sod and evening dew, ,
Stranger hands whom thou hast strengthened
Will straw lilies orer you.
"It is more blessed to give than to re-JJ
celye," and never yet. has anyone given
. e T I
that God has not returned to mm iour-
fold. .. Margaret Perrego.
THE VANISHING FARMER
Portland. Dee. 3. To the Editor of The
J.ourrrl If the Northwest farmers will
orgwi, make sales abroad and actu-
B.llv ltjad out a few cargoes oi wneai
they need have no fear for the future.!
It Is In the selling end or tne dubhiosb
that the - farmers are weak. If they
would forward a few foreign shipments
themselves, that, and that alone, would
throw the fear of God Into mat. duz
ssrd's roost called the board of trade.
The fool killer must have get those
"back to the farm" agitators. We hear
no more Of them. There certainly wiU
not be much of a back to the farm
movement now. Jt is an actual fact
that th averaee farmer has not enougn
cash or credit to put In and harvest
another crop. At present prices be will
be unable to pay Indebtedness assumea
on last season's business. Something
ahmilrl he done. . The miller still grinds
at a profit. The retailer still sells at a
nmfit Th farmer is rjavuiK u mun.
or more, for all liaes he uses. He would
have made very little on 12.25 wheat.
You can easily figure yourself what he
o.n mnA esnnot do at nresent prices.
n.xtiAminra. it tha , nrescnT. crop Ol
farmers is killed off . they are like the
Indian aftd the buff alo the last of their
kind. The rising generation has already
left the farms, as -everyDooy www
Wheref rom will come your future
farmer? ' n OI UMU
cxt a ruwktaHY : REASONING
Carlton. Dec 4. To the Editor of The
Journal The "Dally Editorial uigest
column of The. Journal is a very capital
u D Mia t need at this time, x
read it very carefully every day, as It
affords an opportunity to get p "
tv.a nt-Aaa nf this country.
Yesterday the ruDject was ium
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Unemployment." As I view the question.
the reasons assigned ror unemployment
are but fragments or tne prime cause,
vhM lies deen hidden beneath all these
mtnei-firinl Interoretations. This main
cause of unemployment, in my judgment,
lies In the fact that much of the pur
chasing power resulting from the crea
tion of our vast store of commodities
hu tiMn drawn bv the aravitating forces
ot interest, rents, dividends and exces-
aiv oroflta into the hands ana coiiers oi
a small class of people called capitalists
and profiteers. These consume but a
small part or tneur income, iney
large sellers. The real flesh and blood
folk that furnish the hunger for food
ami tha need for clothing and shelter
haven't been oaid enough to buy back
the oroduct of their toil. This condition.
of oni economic affairs speaks to us
loudly of a more Just system or dis
tribution. It points with shame at our
laudation of money and Its power and
at our depreciation of human weiinemg.
It is a voice telling us that the time is
near at hand when we shall be com
piled to adopt a just civilisation or
go down In the dark night of anarchy.
The signs of the times point to a fierce
tempest of retribution If we do not leave
off our injustice and correct our eco
nomic blundering. W. xi. maca.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Next to the proletariat of India and
China, the Russian peasant feela the
pinch of poverty and hunger more keenly
and more frequently man any otner,
says a bulletin of the National Geo
graphic society. One of the earliest Rus
sian famines on record was that of 1600,
with a death toll of 600,000 peasants.
Cats, dogs and rats were eaten, and even
the strong overcame the weak. Human4
flesh was sold. In the markets. Three
Russian famines of recent date were
among the most sever in history in
1891, 1906 and 1911. During the 10 years
Mlnwlne the first of these the govern
ment allotted nearly $115,000,000 for re
lief, but the sums were not always Judi
ciously expended. In 1906 the govern
ment save 40 pounds or riour a monin to
all persons under 18 years old and over
69. Those between these ages received
no allowance, and the older and younger
shared their pittance with tne others.
Th famine of 1911 extended over one
third the area of Europe and affected
20.000.000 persons, while s.000,000 were
reduced to starvation. Weeds,- the bark
of trees and bitter bread made Of acorns
constituted the chief diet
Olden Oregon
Beginnings of Gold Mining in the
Sands of the Beaches.
Beach mining for gold began In Ore
gon In the spring of 1853. The first
discovery, was made by some halfbreeds
in 1852 at the mouth of a creek a few
miles north of the Coqunie rlvr. Dis-.
covery was followed by a great rush to
the new diggings. The gold was of mi
croscopic - fineness, but was saved by
amalgamation in paying (quantities.
Such deposits were found on - the Co
quill as far as 40 miles from the beach,
but the principal sources . were the
beaches between the Coquill and the
California, line. Such mining proved
Very precarious, however, and the min
ers soon returned to the more reliable
"coarse gold" diggings Inland. Two
towns Elisabeth and Randolph City
sprang Into ephemeral existence inciden
tally to this early gold rush to th
beaches. - -
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The Pilgrim Fathers skipped across
the Atlantic 300 year back in' a ship
blggefn the Kaiser Wilhelm and brung
over 6000 tons of furnitur with 'em. to
say nuthin' of other household trim
mln's. Some people b'leve they brung
the turkey with 'em and some that them
there Pilgrim Father brung a whole lot
of people they never put on the books.
Anyway, the Mayflower couldn't possi
bly of been a little boat Ilk th his
torians tell us, or how in Sam Hill did
they bring all that furniture? And
where did they git so many children to
descend from? Them Pilgrims must of
had a average of 42 children to a family.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The only law the bootlegger observes
is the law of supply and demand. Co
lumbia (a CJ Record.
. . a .a a .
New York Is to build two new the
atres! to help solve its housing problem.
Syracuse Post Standard.
The place to compromise with those
striking college boys in Annapolis is In
the woodshed. Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
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' Two lumps for your coffee if you like,
but it would be better not to put more
than one in. the furnace. Indianapolis
News.-
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Any homeliness In those photographs
sent by telegraph will be laid to wire
trouble. Indianapolis Star.
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Mother used to tell both father and
daughter when to change to winter wear,
but lather Is now the only one who pays
any attention. Canton News.
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A correspondent named Porchman Is
traveling with President-elect Harding.
His first story was good, but you should
have - seen his second-story. Columbus
Citizen.
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The average man does a lot of dis
tasteful thiners, not because of what he
gets for doing them, but rather because
of what he would get if he didn't Sioux
City Tribune. ?
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
age.
but for 19 year "a resident of Tillamook,
Is a Portland visitor. "The roads from
Tillamook are in fine condition," . said
Talmage. ."A friend of mine came over
yesterday, making the trip in 5 hours
and 30 minutes. The best road is by
way of Beaver. Hebo, Grand Ronde,
Willamina, Sheridan and McMlnnville.
The distance by this route is 112 miles
and with ordinary driving you can make
the trip in six hours or less."
John A Carroll, roadmaster, and
Stanley Coate. county surveyor, of Til
lamook county are in Portland on their
way to Kelso, where they are going to
investigate the merits or demerits of the
tide gates used there. Tillamook coun
tty is contemplating heavy construction
work along this line and these tw6 offi
cials are investigating the subject of tide
gates used at nearby points. '
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A look around the lobby of the Hotel
Imperial would lead one to believe that
the tribes are gathering from eaBt of the
mountains to be counted. A score or
more of well known stockraisers from
the bunch grass country are to be seen
there passing the time of day and dis
cussing the price of cattle, the prospects
for an open winter and the price of feed.
D. A Holmes of Vladivostok Is" at the
Multnomah enjoying the peace and tran-
qualllty Of PorUand, The -last few years
have been years of confusion, or turmoil
and of mixed counsel In Siberia and Rus
sia, and It will be a long time yet before
the seething subsides . and people can
pursue the even tenor of their way once!
more. - ? - ' . .
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Mrs. Elizabeth Andrus and Miss Lucia
Morris left last night for the Fiji
islands. After spending a few weeks at
Tahiti they will proceed to New Zea
land. They have arranged to meet Mr.
and Mrs. George Warren of Portland in
Australia, They will return by way of
Samoa, and Hawaii. -
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Pendleton Is represented at th Im
perial by these citizens of the "biggest
little - town in' Eastern Oregon" Fred
Falconer and William, Ash. i
'
H. B. Davidhlzer of Joseph is in Port
land on his -way to the annual conven
tion of the Farmers' union at Dallas. '
a a
L. M. Foss, T. H. Foley and William
Pollman of Bend are guests at the
Imperial.
a
Guy Lafollette, well known newspaper
publisher of Prlneville, Is a Portland
visitor.
a a
H. H. Nichols, hailing from Norfolk,
Ta., is at the Portland.
.
F. E. Garland and Ben Briggs of El
gin are PorUand visitors,
a a - a
Mrs. William Fortmiller and daughter
Florence of Albany are at the Seward.
a
Clyde Kiddle of Island City Is at the
Benson. -
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Yesterday Imet Mrs. Robert Mc
Murphey In th lobby of the Imperial
hotel. The first Ume we ever met was
mnr. than 9.5 vaara rn.ro. when I was a
aeiejate to a Christian Endeavor con-
vention at Eugen and was entertained
at her home, Mrs. McMurphey is a
charming hostess and a wonderful cook
I greatly admired the cake she served
and in the course of the conversation I
told her my recipe for angel cake. Be
ing tie only boy In the family. It was
not strange that from my mother and
my . sisters I picked up considerable
household lore. Years .later I met Mrs.
McMurphey and she told me sh had
used my recipe for angel cake tever
since, with great success. When I met
her this Ume we talked of th old days
when we first met Mrs. McMurphey,
with 3. F. Carlton, city superintendent
of schools at Eugene, and Dr. P. J. Bar
tie, a member of the school board, had
com to Portland to ( meet Dr. P. P.
Claxton, United States commissioner of
education. Mrs. McMurphey has been
chairman of the school board at Eugene
six years and la greaUy Interested In
the problems of child life,
Mrs. McMurphey was grand matron
of the Eastern Star last year. "My
husband and I took our automobile and
traveled all over the state." said Mrs.
McMurphey. "visiting the smaller lodges,
off the beaten trail. We visited every
nook and corner of the state, until we
mad this trip I had no conception of
th variety and abundance of our stat'
resources. W traveled all over Central
Oregon. I saw more sagebrush and
sand than I had supposed there was In
all the world. I saw where water had
been obtained to irrigat these sage
brush' lands, producing wonderful or
chards and gardena In the midst of
the sagebrush and desert it seemed al
most unbelievable to see such fertility
and beauty. - All one needs to do to get
a new vision of th wonderful futur
of Oregon, from both the scenic and the
commercial standpoint is to spend a
month or so traveling by automobile
over the state."
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' "So you are Fred Lockley," said Mrs.
Sadi 8." McNaughton to me as my con
versation with lira McMurphey ended.
"I am mighty glad to meet you.1 It al
most seems as If you belonged to East
era Oregon you write so much about
the folks I know up there. You must
hav known my husband. Dr. Thomas
McNaughton. He has been dead six
years, but for many years he was on
of the best known physicians of East
ern" Oregon. We moved tfk Elgin S8
years ago. At that time thre was only
1 one store there. It was run by HamU
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Wheat pit operator may find that
men who really have wheat are a factor
in the market also. Pendleton East
Oregonian. . a
'According to the taste of some" of the
even high priced cigars, cabbage ought
to be bringing a good price. Woodburn
Independent ,
The wheat farmer's money is sent on
to the big banks, from which it ta bor
rowed by the wheat gamblers, who fix
the price ot the farmer's wheat Baker
Democrat.
Wheat is reported . to have 'sold in
Kim it n il wr bushel, while the
Portland market was t.5. Farmer
are asking If It cost 10 cents per bushel
to freight the wheat - to Portlands Au
rora Observer. -m
The county court has warned us that
taxes will L nigner mis year uin
many seasons past; which only goes to
show that if w will have automobiles
and pavements, we must pay tne
diet Seaside Signal.
' TiTarirer rnort state that the Ameri
can wheat market la now the cheapest
of any in tne woria. Ana
prove that It costs more to raise wheat
in this country than elsewhere.' Surely
Htera must be taken to encourag th
im.riK.ii firm.r in hia-Industry or a
world's food shortage will b evident
Heppner Gazette-Times.
John F. Adams, registering from Gold;
Beach, is at the Imperial. Gold Beach
was originally called Ellensburgh, but
the discovery that the black sand on
th beach there was gold bearing at
tracted a large number of beach miners
to the mouth of the Rogue river and
resulted ' In changing the name of the
settlement to Gold Beach. Gold Beach
is 275 miles from Portland. Is In Curry
county,- and has access to the outside
world by way of Marshfteld, which lies
100 miles to the northward. .
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A man from Joseph, on th shore of
Wallowa lake, would feel at home today
In Portland, for he would see a lot of
home folks on the streets. Among thos
from Joseph who are Portland visitors
are II. M. -6mallwood, Elmer Morgan,
II. S. Coleman, Carl Chrlstianson, E.
Donley, A E. Coe, James Moxley, D. K.
Mitchell and D. W. Warnock of th firm
of Warnock & Duncan, which does th
horseshoeing and blacksmith work for a
good part of Wallowa county.
a a a
Eastern Oregon guests r much in
evidence In Portland at present. Among
the residents ot the Inland Emplr at
the Imperial are J. A Wilson of North
Powder, Harry H. Boekenkamp of Ba
ker. J. A. Fitzpatrick of Lostin. D. Boyd
I of Enterprise. W. H. Hutchison and Fred
Soatn of Union. Ralph O. Dunton or
Ontario, Ray V. Vaughn of Antelope and
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Sten of Hermlston.
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W. R. Helmlck is In from Pilot Rock,
which lies 15 miles south of Pendleton
and is on Birch creek. It Is one of th
oldest settlements in Umatilla county.
having been settled In 1866. It Is the
terminus of the stage line that runs
southward to Ukiah and the Camas
Prairie country, and is forging ahead
steadily.
Dr. P. L. Campbell, president of the
University of Oregon s Dean John Btaub,
Professor F. L. stetson and Dr. B. W.
DeBusk, all of the state university, are
Portland visitors.
, - i a a a
A. C. Funk, for years chief deputy
under Sheriff Til Taylor. Is down from
Pendleton.
a a . a
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rlckman and
Mr. and Mrs. John Wells of Allcel, in
Union county, are at the Oregon.
a a a
W. D. Coburn and W. E. Hlnes of Til
lamook are Portland visitors.
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Judge R. R. BuUer, silver tongued
orator of The Dalles, is at the Imperial
. . a a
A. R. Cruikshank of Hood River is a
Portland visitor. , .
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H. McGoldrick ls a PorUand visitor
from Imbler.
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C Chappie and A. S. Jones of London
are guests at the Benson.
: . ' : a a a ....
Mrs. Leland Stlewer of Fossil Is visit
ing friends in Portland.
... - a a
E. CV Day is here from Pendleton.
Lockley
ton a- Bomment. Mr. Sommer Is still
ther and is still running his stor. W
built the second :. dwelling . house in
Elgin.. Now Elgin has a population of
over 1200. When we went therk the
stage coach was In Its glory. All our
supplies Cam in by freight teams, two
or three huge- wagons' hitched together,
drawn by 10 or 12 horses driven with
a jerk rein. My husband used to go on
horseback all over Wallowa county to
visit his patients. I think the McCullys
had the stage line at first Later J. B.
Keeney was In charge of the stag line
from Elgin to Joseph. - I came down to
Portland to visit my daughter. I planned
to stay only a few days, but -1 was
quarantined six weeks, so I hav been
here more than two montha I am on
my way home now. The children where
my daughter was staying took dlph
theria. In old graveyards -you will
often find four or five Uttle graves, for
when one child took the dread disease
often the whole family was swept away,
Today, thanks to scientific discovery,
diphtheria is no longer a haunting
menace to every mother, for with a nil
toxin they can control itVNo, we didn"
los a single" child. They are all well
now, thanks to the serum used by the
doctors."
Not long ago X received In my mail
this bit of verse by Agnes L. Hughes,
which I will pass on to ether readera
It shows that th way we look at things
is .largely a matter of viewpoint:
t dreamed that sutuaui wind war sighing,
Th year tn fain regret was dying
That rustlinc leaves stained ruby red
Bared brsaAiag heart that slowly bled.
I dreamed that sapphire streams- sobbed low.
That old aray arenas wsr scattering saw. .
And bars brown trees upon th bill
Weia waflia- with, th rrambnng rill
t dreamed th sky with eloods waa dna.
That shadows Ttlied tr fitful s
And aU about tbe fleeting year
Were chanted suae re res drear.
I woW and beard west-oieed wind
Breath to tha world a neaaac kind:
"Tosj deero. poor mortals, autaasB grUraa. -Just
sea tha crimson ot set laares. .
"Do those -who asourn den eeraetits'gay, .
And deck tbemssiees ia silk amy?
Th streaa'a low soot yew thought a sigh, -W
aotumn'e soft-toned lullaby.
"Th erene to sray. wh seattsred anew.
Were mothers wits wb.Ua auUts, 1 knew.
Who tacked, th flowers, warm. In beds
And wrapped them saag ia erasia spreads.
"Th tsar brown tree upo tb hlU, ,
Whoas wail seamed echoed by th nil.
War chanting nyara to God vb sent ;
Th gold ( susum? days Bow spent.
: -ban clouds yrmr riaioa aaw on high, . ,
Were alisdowy dreasaa thafc fad and die
For no safl sons thnmch autumn seeps,
A season, bat driems snd eleaV
The Oregon Country
Northwest Bippenlnn In Brief rerm tof Uis
Jlusy Baadef r. '
OREGON NOTES
According to local ' records." th total
rainfall In Astoria durins; November
was S.U inches. t .
Th ettv council Of Ashland haa nasaed
an ordinance fixing the tax levy of the
city at tt.6 mills.
The value of Duhllo utilities in Tan
county is placed at ft.Z0O.083.ST. against
iii. ia taai year.
The School budget of Hood River for"
the coming year calls for $45,000, al
most 1 u Bee cans m.tp than last vi
An Item tit 1190ft Ja lnrtudad In tha
Deschutes county budget for th sup
port of a county agricultural agent for
' Lebanon will spend $20,411 next year
In administering the city's government,
and of this will spend $1030 on her.
Park. - :.i .. -
Llnn county's total assessed valuation,-
including public utilities, is $31.
0C7,s23. an increase over last year of
$(6M3. -; . t - - :i :
Th county commissioners of Josephine
county have let a contract for the
construction of a Carnegie library to
cost $11,700. . . jr..
The Hood River county- court has
adopted a resolution limiting the loads
of motor trucks on valley: highway to
their factory capacity. j
Th mills of the - Eugene Excelsior
company hav resumed operations after
having -been Idle a -number of week.
Twenty men are employed. ,
Thre University of Oregon faculty
men contriDutea s eacn to tn city
treasury for leaving their automobiles
on the streets of Eugene without lights.
It is estimated that there Is an actual
shortage of 600 teachers In Oregon , and
mat mere are- sou teachers employed
whose qualifications are below standard.
Last Tuesday ' eveninsr the Ashland
Baptist church celebrated tbe burning
ot the $4000 mortgage on th church
property mat had been given in 1911.
Th Attalta Oil comnanv. organised
under the laws of the state of Wash
ington, has made application to onerat
in Oregon. The capital stock Is $250,000.
Word Is received at Aibanv of the
death of James Elk ins, aged 89. at San
rancisco. Mr. t,iKins crossed tne plains
in 1852 and was the first count v clerk
of Llnn county. j
Robert Brock, a Hood I River vouth.
wanted for the alleged passing of worth
less checks in Portland and Hood River,
is believed by authorities to hav en
tered Canada. i
WASHINGTON ;
Okanogan Is to hav an tin to date Ice-
making plant with a capacity of $'
tons a day. .
With 300 rations of mash and a atill
seised on his place, Joe Rush, a rancher
living near Okanogan, faces a moon-
snining charge.
It is stated that 8000 acres near Puyal-
lup nave .been planted to berries this
year, and; probably 7000 more, will go
Into berrlejs in 1921. j
A marriage license was Issued at Seat-
tie last week to a Hindu to marry a
negress upon the recommendation ot a
Chinese a witness. - - a
Tne Dig sawmm or tne eastern Rail
way & Lumber company at Centralla
haa closed down for an Indefinite period. .
in miu employed i men.
Plans are under consideration for tha '
construction of a ' $500,000 bridge over
the Bnak river at Central Ferry on the
highway between Colfax and Walla
Walla, - ,r ....
The St. Paul k Tacoma Lumber com
pany at Tacoma has resumed operations
with a wage cut of 6 cents an hour1.
The cut received no oonosltion from the
employes. t - . j
Elma and Montesano. which cities get
light and power from th Northwest
Electric etc Water company, have Joined
In opposition to the proposed boost in
rates of that company. - '
Simplified dress In th schools to th
extreme of khaki for both teachei. and
students and no Jewelry but watches
Will be demanded in a bill to be sub-,,
mltted to. pie legislature. j ; :
Owners of over 200 Acres of land
under the Tleton canal will lose their
water rlKhtSj.when th trustees of th
association meet... because tney persist
ently refuse to take out applications
or to develop their lands. :
Selection of George B. Lamping as a
member of the Seattle port commission 1
leaves a vacancy in tn lung county
state senatorial delegation . which must
be filled at a special election.
'; IDAHO I. .
John Day, an apple grower, has re
ceived $7000 from his crop of apples
from- his ranch near Buhl.
Between 4S0 and 600 cars of apples '
snd 201 cars of prunes have been Shipped .
rrrom femmeu during in season just
closed. -i -
' Bel worms, which have been the eaus
of many large clover fields being d"-
m. v.... Km. fYrtimt In tha rlalrla '
of the upper and lower Snake river
valleys. - f - : I
. Work has been started on a $20,000
improvement on the outsld plant of -th
Mountain States Telephone V Tele
graph company at Gooding. . .
Bols has been designated aa the head
quarters of both a regiment of cavalry
and a regiment of heavy artillery, th;
units to come from Idaho, Utah and
Montana.
Approximately $400,000 was paid out
to sugar bt growrs by th sugar faer
tory at Rigby. - Up to the present 84,750
sacks of sugar have - been turned out
from the factory. j
Bols having set the pace, the next .
Seglslature will b asked to pass a stat
aw giving Mountain time In place of
'aclfic tlm to all of Idaho except, pos
sibly, th northern section.
Walter Weaver, 14-year-oJd son of H.
"J. Weaver, is the champion wheat grow-
lAn. .MArflfntf ; in ftrm.fi nf
Filer, his home. He has the blue rib
bon as winner of tb 81 contestant tn .
th stat fair. , ,
PORTLAND
The budget of $4,471,600 to" admin
ister the schools of Portland during
th coming year brings Into prom
inence th fact that; running tb
educational plant of Portland is big
business.'- i-:.: '.j.-' :v ' ,
Th amount Is to be secured by a
levy of 6.6 mills to secure 82.054,000
for operation and maintenance, an
additional levy to secure $95,400 for
interest and sinking fund, $915,000
by special levy authorised by vth
voters In June, this year, and $6f,000
by previous special levy! $114,000
from th state school fund, $589,000
from th county school fund and
$56,000 from .delinquent taxes and.
other miscellaneous sources
' The schools of Portland ar. valued
at $9,888,312.48. This and other facts
ar contained In a yery interesting
.statement which Assistant Superin
tendent of Schools d A. Rice baa
compiled for Th Journal: ,
"There are 7$ public schools . in.
Portland, five academic high schools,
a high school of commerce, two poly
technic schools and th 6$ e1mntry
schools which Include th Mills Open
Air school, th school for the sight-'
less and the school rooms maintained
at the Frasler and Florence CritUn
ton hemes.-
"The valuation of school property,
Is $9,888 372.48.
"Th expenditures last year .were
$3,741,088.89, - ' ' -
. "The cost per pupil was $111.40 ,
- "A ecmparlson of registration fig
tires shows: ' "
. "1800 11480. '
' "191025,698.'' " . -
- 182041,278. ,-'..--;
"During the' first three months of
this school year the registration has
reached 41,827."