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Let aa hare faith that right makes might,
and in that faith Jet ua dare to do our duty,
aa wa nndentaod it Abraham Lincoln.
TO HIS-COUNTRY MEN .
; HTHIS sentence la quoted from
- ' A Abraham Lincoln' by President
' Wilson in beginning bis last message
to congress:
'; Let us have faith that right makes
i might, and in that faith let us dare to
. do our duty as we understand it.
- Declaring it to be "an immortal
sentence because it embodies in a
form of utter simplicity-and purity
the essential faith of the nation,'
Mr. .Wilson added: r
I believe that I express the wish and
purpose of every thoughtful American
when I say that this sentence marks for
t us in the plainest manner the part we
; should play alike in the arrangement of
; our domestic affairs and in our exercise
of influence upon the affairs of the
-world. By this faith, and by this faith
alone, can the world be lifted out of
. its present confusion and despair.
As he" wrote it, President Wilson
probably felt that It would be his
.last official word to his countrymen.
iA historian, his mind swept , back
through the story ,of man, and In that
Tlch storehouse of human philoso
phy he looked for the material to
: put Into that last official word, .
As president soon to retire from
his high office, he contemplated
nearly eight years as head of the
republic in the stormiest period in
the history of the earth, and from
the triumphs and defeats, from the
. joys and sorrows, of those weary
montha of struggle and convulsion,
he selected" that thought that he
hoped might be of the -greatest value
to the,, people who -gave him the
highest honors- that were within
their gift.
In the silence and solemnity of
the room where the wounds of war
still hold him, and out of the reflec
tions and contemplations of that
enforced isolation, the president of
the United States turned to an Amer
ican Immortal, who. strove as he
strove, who suffered as he suffered,
who warred as he warred and then
wrote this to his countrymen: Right
is might. -:;
, Adapting to themselves the pull
ing power of such slogans as "Say It
With Flowers, or "Swat the Fly,"
a booksellers' : league has gone be
fore, the public with the holly
aaornea appeal, ; "Give Books." If
the response to the appeal should
Include books that contain literature
and not the Jazz," "cat step" and'
slush of some of the stuff put be
tween cloth and paper binding, a
Christmas dedicated to book giving
would give new meaning to thtfe song
the angels sang, ''Peace on' earth
good "will toward men." - -
SHAME!
IT WAS in the middle of the after-
1 noon .at Broadway and Morrison
An automobile started ahead In com
pliance with the whistle of the traf
fic officer, 1 A woman left the "curb
and walked directly , Into .the " side
of the slowly moving, machine. She
i was whirled around twice, but 'for-
i tunately not 'injured. " ' .
I How can automobile accidents be
I avoided when people disobey, the
i sign on the semaphore, when 'they
i make no attempt to avoid traffic,
j when they "walk without looking ou
i into, a street and idimb, onto the
side of a moving .vehicle? v, "
Motor operators could all be the
i most careful . people In the world
4 '
they could creep along at two miles
an hour, tooting; their horns and
whistles, ; and still have accidents
when pedestrians , climb around on
machines without looking for them
In spite of the warning of a sema
phore placed out in the middle of
the thoroughfare, so that it is within
view of everybody. .
Of course the . woman ; was
ashamed. She should have been.
The . classified columns of The
Sunday Journal for i December 7,
1919. included 69 "Help Wanted"
advertisements : and '49 "Situation
Wanted" advertisements. The same
columns on Sunday, December - 5,
1920, contained 45 "Help Wanted"
advertisements and 97 ; "Situation
Wanted" advertisements. Within a
year the ratio between employers
seeking workers and workers seek
ing employment has been reversed
and more. Admittedly there is not
a more effective barometer of cur
rent conditions than the "Want Ad"
columns."
SWEEPING A CITY CLEAN
THE police of San Francisco are
roundinfe up idle men. They are
combing soft-drink establishments.
cafes, poolroms and -the streets for
men who do not work. All. are
taken to headquarters and examined.
More than 160 idlers were arrested
in the California city Tuesday. The
search is still under way, and the
chief of police promises that all va
grants wilL be sent out' of the city
or to jail. ' J
The crusade grew out of the rev
elations af activities of gangsters In
San Francisco. After a series of
crimes in which were included some
of the - most fiendish in the history
of the city, came the campaign.
' A roundup of idle characters is a
splendid activity- '
Idleness; begets mischief.1- Sweep
ing the poolrooms and- streets of
hangers-on .and loiterers creates a
healthy atmosphere. " A ' city with
out idlers is a citryv of few. crimes.
Thoughts of crime , come to unem
ployed minds. ,
It is lamentable, however, that
crusade was necessary. Had the
police of San Francisco been con
stantly performing their duty, those
who lived by crime would long ago
have been weeded out. There should
have been' a constant crusade
against the roots of the criminal
evil. They waited for an animated
public protest against crime before
they seriously undertook to do what
should have been done before.
The same policy will . apply to
conditions in Portland. The police
here should be constantly rounding
up idlers. They should ' sweep the
city clean of loiterers and hangers
on. They should not wait for a
crime wave to stimulate a public
demand for.a clean, and safe city.
There is another Portland view
point toward the San Francisco cru
sade. . Many of the criminals, pros
pective and confirmed, driven from
the South, will migrate toward this
city, t They will seek new fields of
activity. -We don't want them here.
and It is the police force that is
charged with the responsibility of
keeping them out of Portland.
A police department is one of the
most important of the government
agencies. Its function- is to 'protect
property and lives of residents of a
city; Because of its importance it
should be ' among the strongest and
most efficient of the public agencies.
According to the Chicago Evening
Post the price of clothing will be
nearly back to the pre-war basis by
next April. Women will be able to
buy for $50 what fdrmerly cost them
$70. The prediction is accurate save
for the date. Many of Portland's
leading stores have already made re
ductions as great as those promised
for April. :
ARGENTINA'S WITHDRAWAL
WE ARE told that President Wil
son is to blame for the with
drawal of; Argentine delegates from
the league assembly.
Is there any crime on the calen
dar of which President Wilson is
not guilty? 'What is there that .is
not ultimately to be sung in the
hymn of hate?
The withdrawal of the Argentine
delegates was so wholly without rea
son that something other than their
ascribed excuse must be sought.
Thus, throughout the proceedings,
the assembly has shown a prepon
derant respect for the United States
and for President Wilson. There
has been a manifest and distinct at
mosphere of deference, and a very
patent wish to pursue a careful
course in the hope that America
may ultimately be induced to enter
the league.
The felicitous message unanimous
ly r adopted and r sent to President
Wilson by; the assembly was ' not a"
message to President Wilson, the
man, merely, but. to President Wil
son, his countrymen and his coun
try 5 It was a message of good will
and .between the. lines the expres
sion of asileht hope that America
would throw her great Influence Into
the organization for stabilizing-the
world. , -. !
- When we. invaded, and seized por
tions of Mexican territory, -we awak
ened distrust throughout pan-America.,
t Our official encouragement of
a' revolution in Colombia through
which the republic of Panama was
created, heightened that distrust.
Even?: all the t assurances of Presi
dent Wilson, officially made, and all
the forbearance by the Taft and Wil
son administrations in Mexico and
all the good will expressed by Sec-
retary Root in his tour through
South America and all the compos
ing work by the Wilson administra
tion In creating friendlier relations
with republics to the south have not
removed the underlying distrust and
in some cases downright dislike of
the United States in Pan-America.
Thus jealousy, along with the tra
ditional " pride of ; the Latin races,
probably aroused through the as
sembly's deference to JAmerica, may
have been a conspicuous factor in
the withdrawal of the Argentine del
egates. It is a far better explana
tion than the explanation' announced
by the delegates themselves, which
is little short of insistence that they
would withdraw from the league if
they could not run it.
What else can .be expected bftt dis
trust; and dislike In Pan-America
when in America there are newspa
pers openly advocating annexation to
the United , States of all territory
southward to Panama, and when a
great ' committee of the American
senate openly advised armed in
tervention . in Mexico under certain
contingencies?
In the School, Bulletin, a publica
tion for circulation among Portland
teachers, there is. now published
brief news of ships that enter and
depart from the local harbor, with
instructions to read a quota of these
items each day to the pupils in all the
schools It is. an effort to familiar
ize the future citizens with maritime
lore and turn their thoughts to port
affairs. Sack of the idea is the
thought that if we cannot induce
grownups to think in terms .of the
sea, we can perhaps train the chil
dren for yie big vision of world
trade. :
MILLIONS AT STAKE
A TITANIC struggle is going dn
in America.
It is a struggle oyer wheat; The
farmers have produced around 700,
000,000 bushels. Such of it as has
not been sold is their wheat. They
ploughed the ground, sowed ' the
seed and harvested the crop. Now
they are trying to get a -fair value
out of it.
The grain gamblers want that
wheat.
They want to profiteer on
it.
They beat down the price," in-
duce the farmers to sell and then
boost the market, robbing the farm
ers of the fruits of their year's labor
and investment. 1
It is not necessary to take The
Journal's word for it. Take what
the Modern "Miller, one of the most
conservative and one of the biggest
milling .publications in the world,
says , about it. '.The .' Modern Miller
is primarily a champion of the flour
milling interests and is a standard
publication among manufacturers of
flour. Here is "what it says about
the' operations of the wheat gam
blers: It is well known, but no bad reminder,
that the producers, - the grain handlers.
the millers and the consumers are the
legitimate commercial factors to be con
sidered in the marketing of the crop, and
not frenzied wheat traders who do not
know a No. 2 whgt from a No. 16, but
who assume to dominate and concentrate
selling TO DEPRESS WHEAT 15
CENTS PER BUSHEL IN A SINGLE
DAY AND THEN TAKE THEIR
PROFITS AND PUT IT UP 9 CENTS
THE NEXT DAY. These men are out
to make money in wild speculation. It
looks like speculation is crowding com
mercialism off the maps.,
The - farmer -threatens TO STOP
WHEAT GROWING OR TO CURTAIL
ACREAGE. The grain dealer except
the exporter is dormant ; the miller is
utterly at sea to guess the market shift
the flour buyer is confronted with a loss
on every purchase, . the consumer may
well watch the reduction of flour stocks
and have some concern as to the future.
But the wheat speculators who are out
TO RIDE THE MARKET DOWNWARD
ARE WAXING FAT. They are putting
many good firms in jeopardy, and public
sentiment is rapidly rising against them.
The farmers of America now hold
about 60 per cent of their last crop
The grain gamblers are struggling
to get it from them on depressed
prices, expecting later to boost the
market and pocket the proceeds. Ijn
the titanic struggle hundreds of mil
lions of dollars are at stake. It is
a question of whether the families
of the millions of J farmers, or
whether a comparatively few grain
gamblers are to get these millions.
What a crime it would be against
the stability of the republic and
against the welfare of America's
basic industry, if the gamblers should
win!
At a recent members forum meet
ing. Manager Dodson of the Cham
ber of Commerce was titled with
"The Little Giant of the Northwest.
He deserves it.
KEEP BUSY
TF YOU'D back hard times clear off
1 the map, keep busy. If the job
gives out that was such a snap, keep
busy. If you find yourself in ugly
mood, don't raise Cain; try raising
food. V There's that in sweat and cal
loused palm that furnishes unrest
its surest balm. For the world's
worry give it work. Eschew the
radical and shirk. Just tell the world
you're strong for toil, .that vanished
wealth is in the soil. Don't spin
around until you're dizzy. Change
pessimism into pepimism by- keep
ing busy. ' '
- Jazz music is not entirely modern.
In the Columbia, " Missouri, States
man of a date in 1871 appears the
story of Ella Jbhnson, a 18-year-old
musical prodigy, who, besides other
difficult musical feats, played "Fish.
er's Hornpipe" with her right hand
and "Yankee Doodle'? with her left
at the same time, a performance
that, it will be admitted, furnished
first-rank jazs.
WHAT A MANDATE
IS TO MEAN
This Question Is Discussed by Amer
ican Editors in Connection With
Britain's Relation to Mesopota
mia and Its Oil The Open
Door and the League.
.Are Topics Involved .
Therewith. ,
-Daily Editorial Digest-
(Coneolidated Fresa Association)
To the American press, evidently, the
point of difference between . Secretary
Colby and Lord Curzon, as developed in
Colby's note to Great Britain on Meso
potamia, is largely a question of the
American and British conceptions of
what a mandate implies. The British
position, as inferred from the Colby note,
strikes most American commentators as
assuming that a mandate,-carries with
it control and special privilege. Those
who see the situation in this light are
not sparing of criticism for. what they
consider England's effort at monopoly.
Approval is general of tbe state depart
ment's insistence on the "open door pol
icy which," the Richmond (Va.) Times
Dispatch (Dem.) says,- "had become
firmly- established in territorial cessions
some time before the great war." 5
Some papers view the master as the in
evitable result of our failure to join the
League of Nations, and use it' to point
a moral. But most writers agree with
the Indianapolis News (Ind.) that "the
fact that this country is not yet a mem
ber of the league has no bearing what
ever on the question." and, with the Co
lumbia (S. C.) State (Dem.), contend
that "we do not intend to be shut out
as if the barriers of the league were the
sole boundaries of the civilized and pro
gressive world."
e
America has so far had no grievance,
the Minneapolis Tribupe (Rep.) remarks,
over the "national thrift" displayed , in
England's effort "to get hold of most of
the future oil supplies of the world." If
this can be done legitimately, the Hart
ford Times (Dem.) adds, "well and good ;
but it cannot be done through the as
sumption of a mandate for territory on
which she has had covetous eyes for
many years." The Springfield Repub
lican (Ind.) sees "mockery" in using ; a
mandate secured through the war to
close to tbe United States territory which
was obtained because of American in
tervention. If the San Remo agree
ment, which places the resources of
Mesopotamia under British control,, "is
used to advance British commercial su
premacy," the Boston Transcript- (Ind.
Rep.) feels that 'the world will have
good cause to become suspicious of all
the diplomatic bargains made by the
powers of Europe." The Colby npte is
thus "a challenge to old world diplomacy
and duplicity in behalf of the new ideals
and prlncipVes," the. Fort Wayne (Ind.)
Journal-Gazette (Dem.) adds, which will
force the hand of the imperialists."
The. Pittsburg Sun (Dem.) agrees that
"the American npte to Britain opens the
way for a showdown" and "gives Brit
ain a chance to give the whole matter
wide publicity and, if the record is clean,
to confute critics of, London and of the
league." -
The heart of the matter, however, as
most writers see it, ia in "the meaning
and purpose of : the mandate system.
which," says the Buffalo Express (Ind.
Rep.), "appears to be interpreted differ
ently In Washington and London." A
mandate, the Oklahoma City Oklahoman
(Dem.) asserts, "should not be Construed
as giving such, a nation a monopolistic
control over the resources of the mandate
territory," and, to quote the Chattanooga
News (Dem.). -."America does not recog
nize a mandate, as equivalent to annexa
tion." The Boston Post Jnd. 'Dem.)
defines a mandate as "not a monopoly
but a trusteeship." But, pays the Chi
cago Daily. News (Ind.) : "It is to be
feared that the establishment of the
mandate principle by the treaties of Ver
sailles and Sevres' is being taken advan
tage of by European powers contrary to
the intent of the League of Nations cove
nant and to the much older principle of
the 'open door. ; If the mandate
principle has any value at all it is be
cause it precludes not only direct oppres
sion, but all forms of monopoly and spe
cial privilege."' . i
"Failure to apply this principle." the
Dallas Journal (Ind. Dem.) adds, "will ;
mark a reaction from the spirit of the 1
treaties." In our insistence on the "open
door policy," says the Boston Globe
(Ind J, "what we are asking is that we
have always been willing to grant to the
whole world. And it is of first import
ance that it be granted" particularly in
this case, since "oil is; inflammable, 'and 1
If it Is set oh fire a lot of- people will
be burned." - - . ;
.' e ., e e :
But the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ind.
Dem.) fails to understand "how this
country comes to possess either rights or
privileges under compacts we have re
fused to ratify." The position taken by
Secretary Colby, in the opinion of the
Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.), "puts
us in the humiliating ' attitude of de
manding our share of the benefits of the
treaty of .Versailles while refusing to
assume our share of its obligations."
It is not a comfortable position, the
Newark (N. J.) News (Ind.) agrees, "or
one from which We are able to exert the
great influence in oar own interest or in
the interests of others that we could
exert if we had stood up to our duty to
the rest of the world.'?
The situation, as the Baltimore Amer
ican (Rep.) sees it, "is the first really
concrete Instance of the benefits "versus
the evils . of ; league association, and
weight of judgment rests with . the lat
ter." The St. Louis Star (Ind.). how
ever, speaks of "chickens coming home
to roost," since "if we were in the league,
we. should' profit automatically by that
clause of the" Mesopotamian mandate
which promises .'equality of treatment
for the "commerce and - citizens of all
states which are members of the League
of Nations.' " ,' Whatever consideration
the Colby note receives, the Star adds,
will be "only because the allies owe us
money." We have no right to expect
any benefits from European affairs, as
serts the Sioux City (la.) Tribune (Ind.) ;
"our 'splendid isolation' must be paid
for." The Rocky Mountain (Denver)
News (Ind.) interprets Mr. Colby's note
rather as diplomacy for home consump
tion, with "oil" as the means by which
"to grease the way into the assembly."?
,To the Worcester Telegram (Rep.)"nc
more stark and direct contradiction of
the idealistic statements of our war aims
so often Insisted upon could be given"
than the secretary's demand Cor recogni
tion of our rights In the oil fields "be
cause we helped win the war. But
petroleum. Insofar as monopolistic con
trol is concerned, "is the chief menace
to the world's peace," declares the Balti
more Sun ( Ind. ; Dem). Hence, "only
by establishing a "free field and no fa
vors can the future -of any kind of -an
international organization be assured."
Curious Bits' of -Information
V Gleaned From Curious Places
There is a romantic story in connect
tion with the insignia, and motto of the
Prince of. Wales. ' Historians do f not
fully credit the generally accepted story.
which is to the effect. that an Edward.
known as The Black - Prince" - because
of the . armor ; he ,. wore, .adopted the
feathers and the pledge. It is -said that
he stumbled over the body of the val
iant John the Blind of Bohemia after
the battle of Crecy, and waaao, struck.
with admiration of the sightless war
rior, . who had his cliarger attached to
horses of his - companions so he might
not fall in loyalty to his ally, Philip of
France, that Edward plucked the In
signia from his enemy s. uniform ana
swore to wear it forever after.
Letters From the People
CcmtnanicatioM aenl to The " Jnnmal for
publication in tlua department ahouM be written
on only one aide of the paper; should not exceed
800 words in lenrth. and most be signed by the
writer, whose nail address in full must accom
pany the contribution.
A PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION
Marshfield Dec 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Monday evening you
printed a letter meant to contain the
program for education 'adopted last
April by the school patrons' department
of the Inland Empire Teachers' association.-
By some oversight the program
was left out of the letter. Here, it is:
1. Equal education and equal pay for
grade and high' school teachers and bet
ter pay for all teachers. -
2. Physical and vocational guidance
for - the child from the ,day he enters
school.
3. Affiliation of public schools " with
local industries where possible, as a
means to better citizenship.
4: College courses at state expense in
communities meeting certain require
ments. 5. Americanization through public
school extension. -
This program would professionalize
grade teaching by giving' it the dignity
of university requirement and making
the grade teacher's salary the same' as
that of the high school teacher.
Girls who would teach in the grades
want college courses and are no longer
satisfied to attend a normal school
merely. They should have the privilege
of training for whatever kind of teach
ing they choose to do. while they are
taking a college . course. . -
The program would relieve congestion
on the state campuses by giving two
years of college study with some normal
training in such high schools of the state
as could furnish building and equipment
for this work. The teachers of these
college courses would be employed by the
regents of higher education and paid by
the state the same . as If the teaching
were done on the state campuses.
In Oregon, Baker, Pendleton and Ash
land would logically be the places for
this proposed new form of college work,
as these places have long shown a keen
appreciation of higher education.
. Mrs. Herbert, Armstrong.
Secretary v Program Committee School
Patrons' Department, Inland Empire
Teachers' association.
A LAND CLEARING PLAN
Troutdale, Waste, Dec 3. To the
Editor of The Journal "A Logger" asks
for suggestions as to how -we can make
homes upon the logged-off lands which
are now held at values far in excess of
what the owners are willing the assessor
should-alue them.
Make a law empowering the state to
take the lands, pay for same with state
bonds 'valued at $10 each, interest and
principal payable on or before 20 years,
with the money we use not gold. Clear
the land ,in the same way. Sell to home
builders oq 15 years' time. If the owners
will not sell on these conditions, make
them pay an excess tax for holding
land from the people. But they will.
So will the contractor and laborer ac
cept the same for clearing the land, as
the trade would take these bonds in
payment for supplies.
As fast as the homebuilder pays for
the land the state can call in the bonds.
In- 15 - years all the bonds would be
taken up and we would have developed
our resources and built homes without
the ' use of money, but upon the credit
of the state. '
i And there is another way. Sell the
bonds for any old United States money
and agree to take them up with gold.
thus helping to keep up the gold stand
ard farce. Like loaning a quart of
milk and demanding a jquart- of cream
in payment Why not. use the same
. ... i . 1 i 1. ' 1 , i a.
yarasuca ior pom uuyer ana seuer :
C. M. Cutting.
"WHOSE WHEAT?"
Portland, Dec. 4. To the Editor of
The ..Journal-TYour ' editorial entitled
"Whose. Wheat?" was not only the most
timely , but the truest article on the
wheat situation I have ever reafi. I
have frequent reason to be glad we have
The .Journal in Portland.
The letter from H. V. Rominger on
the same page answering Mr. Anderson
also gave me great, pleasure, as' I, too,
thoroughly understand the grave hard
ships ef the North Dakota farmer and
feel thatthe Non-partisan league is help
ing them more than any other agency
to secure financial independence from
the wheat gamblers of Minneapolis.- I,
too, spent several years in North Dako
ta, traveling from town to town, and
am in full accord with Mr, Rominger's
opinion of the high moral, standing of
the population. They are fine, clean
Americans of whom any country might
well be proud. A New .Subscriber.
Olden Oregon
How the $40,000 Road Appropriation of
J853 Was Spent.
Appropriations for military roads
asked for by the legislature of 1852-3
were obtained at the second session of
the thirty-second congress, which appro
priated $40,000. Of this amount; $20,
000 was set aside to construct a road
from Steilacoom to. Walla Wana and
$20,000 for the improvement of the road
to conneot the Rogue river and Umpqua
valleys. This latter road was surveyed
in 1853 by B. Alvord, assisted by Jesse
Applegate. At first it was tljought a
route might be found which would avoid
the Umpqua canyon, but it was con
cluded that the canyon and the Grave
Creek hills could not be eliminated. The
contract for constructing the road was
let to Lindsay Applegate and, Jesse
Roberts.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
The way Gernvmy is a-tryin' to aidge
outer its treaty jobs makes me think of
Baldv Smith, in Lemoore, Californy, who
married a Seventh Day Adventist widder.
They couldn't agree on the Sunday and
.Saturday Sabbath issue. They sorter
made it up by agreeln' to go to church
Saturday and Sunday both, but Baldy
soon got tired of that and he'd skip out
fishin' on Kings river early ever Sat
urday mornin' and not come back till
Sunday fer supper. The widder either
had to tiei him up with a rope-or drag
him to church in his fishin. outfit, which
same wasn't bought at no aportin' goods
store. " . .v
Mayflower
McLandburgh Wilsoa In New York
. ' - Sun . - . . .
Tomorrow is another land
Toward which we sail today.
So let. na be a Mayflower bead
Upon oar pUcriia way.
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And thia ahall be oar mark of fame .
If well we Mil the eea;
- ThtP other after us ahall claim
, They joined oar company.
. t : We shall not know that we are (real.
We aee oot why nor boar,
, and yet the folka may celebrate ,
Three: hundred rear from now.
"SIGNS OF THE TIMES '
From the Ttocky Mountain ewi .
The advertisements have become in
teresting and profitable reading again.
They are not merely talking lower prices
they are printing them.
COMMENT AND NEWS . IN BRIEF
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SMALL CHANGE
, The reluctant "; employers elotjan Is
now "Lay off, Macduff!" Boston Her
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They never yet "have attained a pace
on the speedway that the Grim Reaper
couldn't keep up with. Detroit News.
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Los Angeles appeals for tents to shel
ter the houseless. Shelter them -from
What? That splendid climate? Kansas
City- Star. -
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A man was killed by a runaway horse
team in South Bend. Ind.. recently.
I Sounds very much like a dipping from
the rues. .Nasnviiie Banner. i
"Speaking of spark plugs." remarked
the Man on the Car., "the old-fashioned
one that could be driven with one hand
was the best." Toledo Blade. . I
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The average man can't fool one woman
and yet every once in a while you'll find
an idiot trying to et away with bigamy.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune, j
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"We are quaffing the cup of most
cordial association." Mr. Harding at a
Panama banquet.; But that is a figure
of speech; merely a figure of speech.
Greensboro (N. C.) News. S
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An eagle tried to carry away ah 8-year-old
boy the other day and he fought
strenuously and saved himself. When he
Is about 15 years older he will probably
be carried off by a chicken without a
struggle. Houston Chronicle. i
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
R. M. Wilson of Gold Hill, Jackson 1
county, is a guest at the Oregon. Gold
Hill is a historic and picturesque little
community on the banks of the Rogue
river. In the old days it-enjoyed a
season of hectic life. Gold dust poured
into the tills of its merchants when the
gulches and bars were yielding fortunes
to the booted, bearded and red shirtea
placer miners. Gold H1U in days to
come will be known as tne nome oi
the Lampman brothers, who found there
a rich ledge of literary material which
has formed the theme for many a poem
and magazine story.
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John W. Minto. who registers at the
Imperial from "The Farm," is visiting
friends in the city. John Minto lives
on his place near Greshalm now. His
father, John Minto, was one of the his
toric characters of Oregon. In fact,
the Minto family has left an indelible
Impress on Oregon and its institutions.
The John Minto who now registers from
"The Farm" was once postmaster of
Portland, as well as chief, of police,
and in those days knew most Portlanderg
by their first names.
.
, Dave Little, mining engineer, at pres
ent at St. Heliens, is a guest at the
Imperial. Mr. Little put in three years
at the school of mines at O. A. C, going
from there to the Bchool of mine at
Butte, where he graduated.
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W. H. Klepper, president of the Seattle
baseball club, and W. J. Kenworthy,
manager of the club, are at the Mult
nomah. .
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L. B. Jeffries of Milton, in northern
Umatilla county, in the apple belt, is
a guest at the Multnomah.
J. F. Mcintosh of Marshfield is a
guest at the Oregon. ;
'W, L. Patterson of Baker is a Port
land visitor. '
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Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Walker, who live
at La Grande, are at the Imperial.
J. A. Ebbeit of Tokio is registered
at the Imperial. " v
A. C. Peterson of Dallas Is trans
acting business in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Riley are at the
Imperial from Corvallis. ' . .
C. H. Pugh of "Falls City, in Polk
county, is at the Imperial. -
F. L Eberman of Tillamook is at the
Oregon. j '
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W-. D. Walter and family of Nehalem
are- registered at the Oregon. --
Mrs, George M. Sunday Iwith her two
small sons, George and John, are here
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
' OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(The etory of an Oregon man who was first
a caraJrymaa in L'ncie Sam'a aernce. then a
barber, then a eominc capitaJiat and now ne
who haa arrired ia toid bj Mr. Iley- "
the etory of a man who made Old Man Op
portunity hia pel) - ....v: ,
Captain J. W. Siemons lives at Klam
ath Falls. As a matter of fact, he has
lived on the banks of Link river, which
connects Upper and Lower Klamath
lakes, .since long before there was any
city of Klamath Falls and when what
is now the city of Klamath Falls was
known as Linkvllle.
47The first time I saw Linkvllle was
36 years ago," said Captain Siemons. "I
was a private in the Second cavalry. We
passed through Linkville on our way to
Fort Klamath, where we were stationed.
I was born March 26. 1862, in Illinois. I
enlisted at St.i Louis when I was .19,
though I had to give my age in as 21
to be accepted. I was . sent to Fort
Custer, Montana. That was in 1881.
After two years' service there we were
transferred tot Fort Assinnibolne. near
the j Canadian f border. After a year
there we were ordered to report at Fort
Klamath.
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"During the five years I put in in the
service of Uncle Sam I picked up the
barber trade; which enabled me to pick
up a bit of extra money, from my fel
low troopers. At the expiration of my
enlistment I was given an honorable
discharge at Klamath Falls. Immedi
ately after getting out of the army I
married Miss Lucinda Hicks. This was
in' 1886. I rented a small building and
started a barber shop! Just before a
dance I would often take in $4 or $5, but
on many a day ; I haveut in the-whole
day without taking in a cent. I remem
ber one night the boy from the Link
vllle hotel knocked on the door of my
home and awoke me. It was 'about 10
o'clock of a winter night. lie said
a drummer who had come" in on the
stage from Lakeview wanted i to leave
early next morning and wanted me to
get up and shave him. I dressed, went
to my shop, lit the big hanging lamp,
built a good fire and shaved: him. , I
never shaved a. grouchler man, for he
kicked about the cold weather.i the late
stages, the bad : roads and the country.
He asked me how much was my bill. I
told him I charged a quarter for a
shave." He beefed about its : being a
holdup and handed me a quarter. I was
sore, - for I expected him to give me
a -Up for getting out of bed and opening
the shop or. at least, to be grateful. . I
threw the quarter into the, till.; Next,
morning when I opened the shop I dis
covered he had given me ' a plugged
quarter. I sold It for 15 cents as old
silver: , . . . - . ;
What else have I done besides being
r barber at Klamath Fall? Well, I
served as city i treasurer 25 years, as
county treasurer two terms and aa cor
onet1 eight years, and I have , sat on
many a case of sudden death; for
those were wild days. Linkville was a
frontier town and the saloon were run
SIDELIGHTS
A lot of people whom the merchants
trust are afraid to trust the merchant.
Odd, isn't it? Benton County Courier.
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While the United States is exporting
twice as much as its imports, the French
franc and the English pound cannot swell
up much . in exchange value. baleni
Statesman.
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A Keep Your Word week has been
suggested by one of the week enthusi
asts. Why start It now ? It's all most
of us have been able to keep for several
years. Roseburg News-Review.
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r We learn that nearly 8,000,000 pounds
of raisins were exported from Spain to
the United States during the last six
months. - It may be they have more
kick than the California variety. Banks
Herald. ? ,
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' People here do not want to bo pessimistic-
as to the future of Reedsport.
TViia tnwn tiM everything which nature
can provide to make it the metropolis
and the great commercial center of the
coast- Port Umpqua courier.
The fact that the county court has
made the tentative budget for Coos
county taxes in 1921 exactly the
as it was in 1920, without even adding
the 6 per cent Increase the law sanc
tions, Is encouraging, and leads us to
hope" that the peak load in taxes has
been reached. Coquille Valley Sentinel.
from Hood River on their way to San
Francisco. They are registered at the
Multnomah hotel. Captain George Sun
day went to San Francisco on the last
trip or the Alaska, taking his car with
htm. Mrs. Sunday, with the little folks,
will join bim at San Francisco and
they will drive down to Los Angeles j
in their Car. Mra Sunday, whose maiden I
name , was Mason, will be ' joined here
in Portland by her mother, Mrs. Nattle
Mason-of Waterloo, Iowa, but now in
Bellingham, who will spend the winter
with the Sunday family in seeing
Southern California. "Billy" Sunday,
the,evangelist, and "Ma" Sunday, father
and mother of Captain George Sunday,
are conducting meetings at present at
Jacksonville, Fla. From there they will
go to West Virginia and thence to Cin
cinnati, Just before Christmas.
Harry H. Hamilton, chief clerk at the
Imperial, has the pleasure at times of
assigning rooms to the children of
guests, he met when he first came to
Portland as clerk of the St. Charles.
He 6tarted work with the St. Charles
just 30 years ago. George Thompson
of the Perkins, who started in 1889, Is
the only hotel clerk in .Portland with
as long a record of continuous service.
Harry for everyone calls him by his
first name has been with the Imperial
21 years.
' L. J. MacDonald, hailing from Blod
gett. in the Coast .range, on the Albany
Sl Taquina railroad, is a . Portland
visitor.
Ben L Burroughs and H. W. Collins,
substantial citizens of Pendleton,, are at
Uie Benson.
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James Sheridan, cattleman from Echo,
is at the Imperial.
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E. ;H. Anderson ia at the Imperial
from Salem.
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C. R. Bunners and M. S. Magee or
Bend are i at the Multnomah.
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Mr. and; Mrs. W. D. Brown of Salem
are In Portland.
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' P. L. Moe of Eugene is a guest at
the Multnomah.
...
L J. Merrill of Mosicr is transacting
business in Portland.
Jay Upton, irrigatlonist of Prlneviile,
is a guest of the Benson.
.
A. S. Kolstad of Hood River is at
the Benson.
F. S. .Ivanhoe, pioneer attorney of La
Grande; is a Portland visitor. j :
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M. F. Bryant of Pendleton is a Port
land visitor.
Lockley
ning full blast and the cattlemen and
sheepmen almost shot' each other on
sight, over range troubles. I was school
clerk 13 years. What am I doing now?
Well. I am president of three banks the
First State and Savings bank, the Malin
State bank and the Butte Valley bank.
I am president of the Klamath Livestock,
Land A Mortgage company, president of
the Saddle Mountain Lumber company
and, by the by, we have Just completed
a fine big sawmill on thVSprague river.
I am a stockholder in the city heating
plant and in the Klamath Falls hos
pital. I. own the old Henry Ankeny
ranch, near Klamath Falls, on which I
am running 1500 head of cattle. I also
own a 680-acre stock ranch near Fort
Klamath. I have In all about 6000
acres near Klamath Falls. With some
associates I own a 2560-acre peppermint
ranch. We have 20 acres now in-pepper-mint
and will put a lot more ground
In peppermint next spring. We cut the
peppermint Just as if It were alfalfa
hay. We steam it and distill the oil,
getting 40 to 100 pounds of oil to the
acre. W get $8 to $9 per ounce for the
oil, as It has 0 per cent more menthol
In than oil raised in the eastern states.
"Some time ago I began leasing lands
on a royalty basis, till I have acquired
leases on 25,000 acres around Klamath
Falls. Isent to California and paid an
oil expert $680 for three days of hia
time. He showed me where to drill for
oil. . I struck oil at 950 feet ' We are
down 1595 feet now and have stopped
drilling, for the oil men are afraid we
are over a pocket of gas, and we will
have to case the well. No, I have not
sold a dollar's worth of stock, for at
first it was a gamble and I didn't want
to be blamed by my, friends if I Induced
them to ftvest, No stock is for sale now,
because it is a sure thing and I think
I am entitled to what I make for tak
ing the risk. California oil men have
been up to see the oil and they say It
Is high grade, with paraffine bam. They
say there is an extensive oil field there,
reaching from Klamath Falls to Al
turas. VA group of California oil men
have sent for a standard rig and will
soon be at work on a second welL
"If my oil well comes in, as I have
every reason to expect it will, then
Klamath Kalis will within a few years
be a city of 50,000 people. That sounds
like the .talk of a real estate booster,
but you can believe it or not, as you
like. We have a million dollar monthly
payroll right now in Klamath Falls, and
to look at Main street on a holiday or
a Saturday, when the farmers are in
town, would make rou think Klamath
Falls had more auto per capita than
any other city in the state, One of my
Sons is in the auto business, one Is -a
stockman and one . Is . cashier in the
bank." , ...
From cavalryman to capitalist, from
barber to banker, is a long step, but .it
is a step that has been made by Captain
J. W. &emouav -
The Oregon Country
North west Happening In Brief Sorm for tbe
. Busy Reader j - . . -
: OREGON NOTES -.
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, v 1 wi vame were snipped irons
Condon last Sunday to Iiortiand
The British steamer Orca is on the
way to Astoria to load .600,000 bushels
of wheat for the European markets. ,
Hood River county poullrymen wilt
meet in Hood river on December 1" to
organize a county poultry association.
Voters of the Salem school district
have approved the budget of estimated
expenditures for the year j 1921. The
amount is $16,000. r ;
The home of O. C. Rice and the poi ,
office at IiHf Vallov Whlr Cinuntv.
were totally destroyed by a fire of un
known, origin last Friday. I
With eggs selling a 75 cents a dozen
and hard to get at that, Prj W. T. Thy
at Hot Lake is getting 90(1 ecRs daily,
from his remarkable pen of j White Leg
horns. . v -..' '
Captain C. C. Hoven, who operated a
ferry boat between Kalama and Goble
for many years, was drowned at Goble
when he fell from his boat into 20 feet
of water. . j
Three trucks and the portable screen-'"
lng plant recently purchased by Wheeler '
county have beun to put the dirt sur
face on the highway between Service
creek and Spray?
Bonds to-the amount of j $200,000. fr
the construction of a big I union Tilgh
school at Milton for the isurrnundlntf
country . have ben sold to a Portland
I firm at 'par value. j
Both the city council of Roseburg and
(the city council of Klamath Falls have
I voted to cooperate in any movement
'which has for its purpose : the abolish
ment of the public service j commission.
The Crown-Willamette Taper company
has filed an application with the public
service commldsion for permission to
construct a temporary railroad over
county roads between - Seaside ;and Ne
halem. i
The Canton ' neonle have subscribed
for $9000 worth of preferred stock and
the Gaston State bank will guarantee
subscriptions for enough more to build
a first class cheese factory at that
place. :
The Tillamook Chamber of Commerce
la raising $10,000 for a publicity cam
paign in an effort to induce pepple to,
come to the county and turn some of
the idle and logged-off lands into prot-
itable farms. ' i
WASHINGTON
Application has been made for In
creased rates on Spokane street car lines,
to offset increased operating costs.
- The Washington legislature will be '
asked for an appropriation of $10,000 to
immico a camJaiii afia'iifi.ucc uipw
Out of a total of $1,875,000 to he col
lected for 1919 assessments at Monteaano.
the-county-treasurer reports only $40,0o0
delinquent. j "
Concrete pavement laid' during the
eummer and fall, costing $176,819. has
just been accepted by the j Yakima city
commission. j
Six of the largest lumber mills t Ta
coma have announced reductions In
wages. The reductions "vary from 40 to
50 cents a day.
Fifty persons met death In automobue.
accidents in Seattle during 1919, the
highest death rate from that cause in the
Pacific Northweat.
William Harzard, one of the oldest res-"
Idents of Lewis county and a veteran of
the Civil war, Is dead at his home in Cla
quato at the age of 89.
a. ,v,tn0 In Snnkina thia week K.
G. Ames of Seattle wrta unanimously
elected president or tne western oresu-y
and Conservation association.
The Tllton River Bituminous , Coal
company at I.indberk. in lewls county,
has begun deliveries, the first coal frornr
the mine going to Centralia this week. -
Members of the American Legion have
undertaken to enlist a sufficient numBer
of legion veterans for a national guard
company in Yakima, composed entirely
of legion men.
Mrs. Tt. A. Haeer. who. with her hus
band, has been working on a ranch near
Selah, reports tnat Mr. riager
Yakima two weeks ago and has not been
heard from since. -
At the Grays Harbor mill at Hoqulam
recently an eight hour crew turned out
340,000 feet It Is reported that the mill
has been sold to the Weyerhaeuser inter
ests for $1,000,000.
Enoch Anderson, aged 47. left a pool
hall at AnaCortes two weeks ago wUn a
large sum of money in his postsesslon and
has not been heard from since. His rel
atives fear foul play. i
Bernard Day. 17, and FtiMp Wallace.
18, have admitted to me nra.m' i".."
, wore reKnnnsible for a series or
hnMnna and burelaries recently commit
ted In ana arouno wm.
IDAHO
Twin Falls Is the only city In Idaho
mat nas ua w
nnlaa IB to nave a new n,jni w.
Ing $100,000, for- osteopatnic ireiimrnu
All road building and; construction
work in Ada county has i been discon
tinued until spring. -
During November the municipal em
ployment bureau at Boise found employ
ment for 129 persons. i
By resolution of the cltyi council, real,
dents of Caldwell have I moved their
clocks 1 hour ahead and adopted moun
tain time. , !
From Eastern end Southeastern Idaho
come reports that the scarcity of.jrmriy
Is preventing even the well eatabllshed
firms from receiving aid from the banks.
By falling to compiy wun. i"
850 companies incorporated under thej
la-ws of the atate of Idaho haveforfelted
their rtghu to do business, in the state.
Government measures of snow taken a
few days ago show 18 Inches on the
ground at Soldier' creek. 1 at the Mascpt
mine on Wood river, seven at Ketchum
and six at Hailey. i j
Work contemplated by the Union Pa
cific Railway system is the changing of
the channel of the Snake river from
Glenn's Ferry to Leone, at a cost of
about 1300.000. ' i
It Takes Superlatives in
Figures to Express
the Northwest
The statement that In I the Cdlum
bia basin may be developed 21.000.000
horsepower of hydroelectric energy Is
made to inspire faith in the power
future of this district. It Is a third
of the potential hydroelectric energy
of the United States. j
The further statement; that within
Idaho, Oregon and Washington are,
to be found 1,000.000,000,000 feet of
standing timber, the largest supply
In the world. Is made to show why
in the Northwest should be estab
lished the largest and most enCurmg
'lumber manufacturing jindustry of
the Pacific coast ,' : i
But In connection with; the promise
for the future it Is interesting t
note a little of what in being ae-.
compllshed in the immediate present
The Industries department of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce is .
author of the statement that In the
area tributary to Portland there were
produced this year 84,000.000 bushels
of wheat valued at j $210,000,000.
Barley, oats, rye and corn are placed
at 55.520,000 bushels, valued at $57.
024,000. - Potatoes come in with
18.956.000 bushels, worth $41,380,000.
Hay is listed at .263.eOO tons, worth
$122,430,000. Apples amount to 2$,
100,000, valued at $46,125,000, and the
estimated value of other fruits is
$25,000,000.' - i
Other figures are : ; Horses, 835,000,
$72,636,000;. beef cattle, 1,543,000,
$69,444,000: dairy cattle, 58S.000, $50,
216.000 : aheep, 6.663,000. $69.978,000 ;
hogs. 793,000, $16,256,000 ; mineral pro
duction, $28,500,000; lumber produc
tion. $225,000,000. 1 -(
These figures show why the North
west remains prosperous. - f