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WITHOUT DELAY
IT IB assumed that the railroads
wlfl be, prompt in putting the rul
ing; in the Columbia basin rate case
into effect. :
There is absoltltely no occasion for
them to interpose unnecessary de
lays. Nor is there the slightest ex
cuse for them to in any way attempt
To obstruct the ruling of the com
mission. It is taken for granted
that they will promptly accept the
inevitable and use due diligence in
working, out a system of rates in
harmony with the purpose of the
i ate making body.
Few if any cases were more
thoroughly ior painstakingly consid
ered by the commission. Three
members of the body went to the
unusual length of personally attend
ing the hearings and listening to
the testimony and' discussion of the
issue.
It was a case involving funda
mental principles on which the -ruling
made a precedent for future
policy.' The commission realized
that the decision would affect, not
the Columbia basin alone, but dis
tricts similarly situated all over the
country. It meant ' the overthrow
of long established rates and a re
arrangement of rates with a con
sequent change in the. commerce of
large areas. It was one of the most
important issues ever tried out be
fore it, and for that reason the com
mission gave the case its most care
ful attention and undoubtedly made
up its finding as a final and deter
minative settlement of the issue.
It will therefore be useless for
the railroads to attempt to oppose
or obstruct the ruling. The Colum
bia basin interests have won the
case and they are entitled to the
changed rates as a matter of simple
and long delayed justice.
"Because she is impartial, raised
above the Jealousies and ambitions
that vex this distracted Europe, is
why America's influence is prized,"
wrote James Bryce from London to
the Colonial society of Boston. And
because she ' is "impartial, raised
above the jealousies and ambitions
that vex Europe," America can do
a hundred times more thai any other
nation to-lead the nations into, dis
armament and the-.world into per
manent peace. What a pity that the
"Jealousies and ambitions' of a- few
.men tn this country hold America
aloof from that sublime enterprise!
' THEY OWE IT
THERE is sound public policy in
the petition to the Interstate
Commerce commission by the Ore
gon Public Service commission for
a preliminary order directing that
the Great Northern and North Bank
" railroads have the use of the Union
station at Portland until there can
. be a hearing and a final determina
tion of the issue.
.' The Public Service commission
assures the Interstate body that such
"Joint use of the terminal -will be
in the public interest and will be
practicable' without substantially im
. pairing the ability. ofvthe carriers
owning said facilities to transact
their own business, and that an
ematetnev exists requiring immedi
ate exercise by the Interstate Com
merce commission of its powers."
' The petition is ' accompanied" by
the affidavit of L. C. Gilman, dis
trict director of ; the Puget Sound
district during , federal control,"' who
avers that the two roads used the
Union station respectively from July
28. 1918, and May 30, 1920, that
he was familiar with the operation
Of trains under the joint arrange
ment and that such joint use has
"not resulted in any crowding, con
fusion or inconvenience" and that
it has not "substantially impaired
the ability of the 'terminal company
to handle its own business or that
of its constituent lines," and that
"such joint use of said terminal has
been greatly in the public "interest."
There is similar testimony by the
manager of the North Bank during
federal control, and by others, in
cluding George T. Reld," assistant to
the president of the Northern Paci
fic, a road that owns 40 per cent
of the stock of the terminal com
pany. - ;
The railroads accept the public's
guarantee of a fair return on their
investment. If, by. the nature of
their eervice, they were not already
public utilities, their acceptance of
that guarantee would make them
public Utilities With definite obliga
tions due the public from them.
The public wants a joint terminal.
The railroads owe it to the public.
That should end the matter.
The wheat gamblers of America
are playing havoc, not only with the
farmers, but with country bankers.
The gamblers are striving,- inspite
of a world shortage in wheat, to
keep the price down until they can
buy the remaining 60 per cent of
the crop which is still in the farm
ers' hands. The country banks are
carrying the farmers, the farmers
are paying -Interest and a general
demoralization is created1 because a
comparatively few who. prey upon
American agriculture are playing to
make millions of easy moqey.
WHERE TO SPEND IT
f
THE government spent $125,000,
000 f on reclamation projects in
1920. Crops raised on these lands
yielded a return of $150,000,000.
These figures were included in the
report of Arthur P. Davis, director
of the ;reclamation service, recently
submitted.
Cities are crowded and men are
out of work.
Retail prices are high in many
instances because of lack of produc
tion,, j
Would it not be better for the
government ' to ' spend some of its
millions on" reclamation projects
which tnore than pay for themselves,
which add to the aggregate of pro
duction, and which supply homes and
work for- the unemployed, r than to
spend them for shot and shell to
destroy human life and make profits
for the jingoes?
The i Portland police department
has announced a cleanup of hangers
on' about the city. It- was interesting
to note a sergeant of police leaning
against a lamp post conversing geni
ally with a young woman' yesterday
while several idlers, puffing indus
triously at cigarettes, leaned against
a pool room nearby. A cleanup?
FOR GIRL STRANGERS
ONE hundred Portland performers
will produce "Trimminar of the
Tree," j written by a Portlander, at
the Heilig tomorrow evening for the
benefit of the fund for the girls'
center) o.f the Y. W. C. A.
The1 production will be under the
Joint auspices of the Y. W. C. A.
and the Drama league. For the
occasion, the Drama league has de
parted from its rule of art for art's
sake and is supporting art for hu
manity's sake.
Aside from the general concern in
seeing; what Portland can do in a
strictly home-made dramatic per
formance. . the occasion, will be a
lure to all good people on account
of the cause to. which the proceeds
are to be devoted.
The wolves of society never go
on a' vacation. They are always in
waiting and in action to take ad
vantage of young girls who come as
strangers to the big city. A shelter
place to which these young visitors
ban go without molestation is the
purpose of the already overcrowded
girls' center of the Y.-W.'C. A.
There, too, is the girl stranger
who Can ill afford the' p1 rice at a
first class hotel. There are many
such who need the plain but com
fortable shelter 'which the Y. W. C.
A. provides, extending with it th
protecting care that safeguards and
shields the visitor.
Fifty additional rooms would now,
be occupied every night if they were
available at the Y.: W. C. A.
A fund has already been started
and it is to be augmented by the
proceeds of tomorrow night's per
formance. The time, the occasion and the
cause, should be an appeal to fill the
theatre to overflowing. ,
Officials of foreign steamship
companies operating passenger liners
between the United States and
Europe are elated over the opinion
of the solicitor-general holding that
wet goods cannot be sold on dry
American , liners, ' even outside the
thjee-mile limit, " American officials
declare that American passenger
service is doomed in the event the
government stands by the ruling.
And in the meantime the ships built
by the government are equipped with
luxurious bars. -
REPEATING THEIR CRIMES
THE effect of failure of courts to
function in the public interest
is " distressingly illustrated ' in the
case of . Edmond Murphy, now on
trial in San Francisco for partici
pation in the dastardly acts of the
Howard street gangsters. '
Two months, ago' Murphy and his
gang were beating an- elderly man
in a negro cafe. A policeman rushed
in to rescue the victim."; He was
twice knocked ", down by Murphy.
Finally the patrolman placed Mur
phy under arrest and haled him into
c"oart. The gangster was given a Jail
sentence which was immediately sus
pended. Shortly after the suspension of
the sentence he is accused Of luring
young women to a shack where they
were viciously .attacked. Later,
gangsters who are charged with hav
ing been with Murphy : in the at
tacks killed three policemen ; and
were themselves hung by a mob at
Santa Rosa.
- A short two months after his sen
tence was suspended. Murphy is
now in court again charged with the
most fiendLsh attacks in the history
of San Francisco courts, j Frequently
men are arrested for heinous crimes
soon after they have received leni
ent treatment by courts. ' Our worst
crimes are almost invariably com
mitted by past offenders.; But courts
continue in instances to loose them
on a public which the courts them
selves are established to protect.
A policeman was attacked, robbed
and beaten by thugs in Portland
Sunday night. Several homes were
entered by prowlera. The city has
not yet been freed from the crooks.
CLIMATE'S CASH VALUE
A PORTLANDER, J. A. Currey,
whose' amateur zeal in rose cul
ture has done much to spread the
fame of the "Rose City," called upon
an Eastern manufacturer during a
recent pilgrimage o f , h i s. Unex
pectedly he acquired a 'bit of testi
mony as to the cash value of a mild
climate:
This manufacturer told me that it cost
him 1160,000 a year to heat his plant
and that he averaged a loss of more than
an. hour each during winter for the men
to get warm upon coming to work. They
would be so chilled that- it took more
than an hour for them to reach their
efficiency. He added that the Pacific
coast was the place where this big ex
pense could be avoided.
When the United States was con
fronted with the emergency of war
and miracles in shipbuilding were
called for, it was speedily reported
from no less official a source than
the United States government that
the average worker could do 5 to 10
per cent more within a given number
of hours in an Oregon shipyard than
in an Eastern shipbuilding plant. In
the run of weeks and months the diff
erential would be increased rather
than diminished because, the ex
tremes of cold and heat did not
interfere with plant operation . or
personal efficiency.
t As yet there is but one thing stand
ing in the way of a greater industrial
development, on the Pacific : coast
and particularly in the Northwest,
than could ever be possible within
the limited Viatural opportunity of
the East. We have raw materials
in unexampled abundance. .TV'e have
the sources of supply ; in merely a
marginal state of development. We
have the power of. hydro-electric
energy, more than 21,000,000 poten
tial horsepower in the Columbia
basin, which will continue unfailingly
while coal, petroleum and other fuels
diminish. We lack a large -consuming
population close to production
and manufacture. But time is cur
ing that impediment as the rest of
the world finds that people properly
established can live with more com
fort and freedom in the Oregon coun
try than in almost any other favored
spot of earth.
TO SIMPLIFY LAW
THE meeting of state officials to
discuss establishment of uniform
traffic laws in the Northwest, which
opened in Portland yesterday, prom
ises much for the resident and
traveling motorist.
Uniform traffic laws would un
questionably prevent many an acci
dent as well as afford convenience
to the motorist. The non-uniform
regulations now existing put the
Oregon traveler in Washington at a
distinct disadvantages. His failure to
conform with the Washington law
may be the cause of a serious acci
dent, and it is, to say the least, inconr
venient for a driver to stop to read
every sign on the road.
On the other hand. ; with uniform
regulations and signals, the Wash
ington motorist in California would
be as much at home as' in his own
state. He would know the law and
be prepared to heed it; he w"ould
not give the . improper Signal that
might result in a wreck, and by
uniform signs on the road, it would
not be necessary for the tourist to
come to a complete stop at every
turn in the thoroughfare.
When automobile drivers become
thoroughly familiar with all regu
lations, accidents will decrease. - Un
til all within the borders of astate
dp "know them, there will be colli
sions and collisions and collisions.
They cannot easily learn them with
one regulation in California, another
in Washington, another in Idaho, an
other in Oregon and still another in
Montana. ' -
HARDING BEFORE
THE SENATE
President-elect Evoked m Volley of New
Editorial Estimates, Many of Them
Most Optimistic, Others Warning
Against Too Much Hope in
.Mere Bids for "Coopera
tion" Two Way of
Getting Things Done,
Both Good When
They Work
Daily Editorial Digest
( Consolidated Preat Association)
Whatever uneasiness may have pre--vailed
beforehand . that an address by
President-elect Harding "might look a
little too much like trying to move into
a house before the lease of the tenant
in possession has expired" (Detroit
Free Press, Ind.).. it disappeared en
tirely after the delivery of a speech
which the press agrees is a model of
"courtesy and good taste." Its "sin
cerity, simplicity and frankness" as the
Pittsburg' Chronicle Telegraph (Rep.)
puts it, seem to have induced a friendly
feeling throughout the country and to
have brought about a closer personal
touch. The fact that this is the first
time a senator has been elected to the
presidency is commented upon by nearly
all writers as coloring the occasion of
his remarks to that body with historfe
novelty. .
Papers of both parties strongly com
mend Mr. Harding's appeal to his
former colleagues for "cooperation and
friendly relations," and the Democratic
press makes a particular -point of echo
ing his plea to congress to make the re
maining months of the Democratic ad
ministration "fruitful rather than
wasted."
Scouting the suggestion of impropriety
in Harding's thus addressing the senate
in his new capacity, the New Haven
Journal Courier (Ind.) believes that "he
did the perfectly normal thing in a per
fectly normal way." The address itself
the Harrisburg Telegraph (Rep.) finds
"as refreshing as a cool breeze on a
summer afternoon," and it affords, the
Baltimore American (Rep. ad-l "a
true portrait of a modest, sincere
tleman standing without pose or affM
tatlon at the threshold of a new career
of statesmanship, asking the patriotic
help of all." A number of papers con
sider the speech a "close-up" by which
Mr. Harding is made better known to
the people. To the Sioux City (la.)
Journal (Rep.) "it proves that he is a
much bigger man than he was supposed
to be when he was nominated." 'The
Baltimore Sun (Ind. Dem.) also find.s
in it "evidence which suggests that Mr.
Harding has been underestimated by
his supporters no less than by his op
ponents." . '
However, it is his plea for cooperation
between executive and legislators that
makes the widest impression and meets
the warmest response. . The circum
stance affords promise of such coopera
tion, the Buffalo Commercial (Ind.)
feels, because : "A man who has served
in congress is peculiarly adapted to get
along well with that body as president.
Senator Harding understands the
senate, appreciates its responsibilities
and duties. He understands exactly
where its jurisdiction begins and ends."
Although, as the Chicago Post (Ind.)
points out, "it will not be -possible in
the exacting office of the presidency to
maintain the intimacies" which he es
tablished as a senator, nevertheless the
New London (Conn.) Day (Rep.) feels
that the friendships formed in the sen
ate will help to secure "team play" in
the . administration because "senators
will reciprocate Harding's friendship."
After eight years in which progress has
come to a halt for want of "human con
tact" between the White House and the
senate "the costliest mistake a presi
dent has made in many decades," the
Baltimore News . (Ind.) welcomes the
assurance of "an era of good feeling
and real cooperation in public service."
On the basis of "a renaissance of team
work between the White House and the
capitol" the Grand Rapids (Mich ) Her
ald (Rep.) hopes for, "progressive re
construction," and the Minneapolis Jour
nal (Ind. Rep.) thinks there is happy
promise in the fact that the president
elect feels that success in his new task;
lies "through cooperation and counsel
rather than by retiring into his study
and reljring on his own unaided intelli
gence and judgment to chart his course."
e
But the Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle
(Ind.) suggests that-there Is more than
one way to secure "cooperation." "One
way," it says, "is to dominate the big
men of the country, to lead and inspire
them. The other is to defer to them, to
ask their guidance and accept it. Both
methods work, under given conditions."
In Harding's attitude toward friendly
relations the Chronicle sees a sugges
tion of "the unhappy experience of Mr.
Taft, who also believed that the spirit
of amity and cooperation could solve all
the problems of the universe." The New
York Evening Pest (Ind.) in somewhat
the same spirit remarks that "Mr. Hard
ing cannot cooperate with all of the
senators all of the time." Therefore:
"He must prepare himself for times of
conflict as well as times of oncilia
tion. And it will be easier for him to
conciliate the senate when he has to, if
he makes it clear that he will not hesi
tate to antagonize the senate when he
has to."
The Chicago Journal (Dem.), how
ever, does not look for any action on
the part of the new president which
would tend to antagonize his former
associates. It interprets their coopera
tion rather as domination,- since "Mr.
Harding is still a senator at .heart, and
doubtless will remain so to the end of
his days." This the Minneapolis Trib
une (Rep.) emphatically refutes : "He
wants to be a cooperator," it says, "but
he disdains to b& a figurehead."
Harding's "mandate to congress to get
down to work" for the next three
months the Nashville Tennessean . Ind.
Dem.) believes "will be received with
good cheer by the country." He has
"indicated the proper spirit" at which
to go aboujt this work, the Richmond
Times-Dispatch (Ind. Dem.) 'adds, and
"with this spirit uppermost it may not
be doubted that results will be expe
dited and the public good conserved.".
His hope "that the Republican congress
will join cordially in making the last
three months of the present administra
tion fruitful" because "this is no time
to serve party ends' is looked upon by
the Pittsburg Gazette Times (Ind. Rep.)
as "an expression of lofty Idealism."
The Knoxville Sentinel (Ind.-Dem.).
however, is not so friendly. It regards
this appeal as "a sorry confession" of
the .''realization of the tragedy of
precious days and months" already
wasted.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Yungo-Io. who ruled over Korea In
the Fourteenth century, is accredited
with the invention of metal type, and
the ' first book known to have . been
printed with metal type, turned out
in 1409, is now the property of the
Imperial Historlographical society of
Japan. Wooden type is said - to have
existed earlier, as evidence of its' use
have been found in the old Egyptian
records." and Chinese used a movable
type, of clay, prior to Yungo-lo's dis
covery, but he brought out the metal
type in 1403. He declared that, to gov
ern aright, he must publish books so
that his people would understand.' He
was not satisfied with the block , cuts
from the Chinese printers and decided
to have types molded "in copper, " -He
did not saddle the expense upon his
people, but headed a subscription , list
which he took around to such of his
subjects as he deemed were quite able
to subscribe. . . . . ;
Letters From the People
Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department abonld be written
on only one aide of the paper; abonld not exceed
800 words in length, and mtut be aigned by the
writer, whose mail addree in full must accom
pany the contribution.) -
THE JOURNAL AND THE FARMER
A Wheat Raiser Appreciates The Jour
nal's Stand for Justice.
Heppner, Dec 12. To the-Editor of
The Journal In my opinion. The Jour
nal is entitled to unlimited praise for the
way In which it has handled the farmer's
side of the case IjLjfr wheat thievery
and graft. k Fronfuie very beginning
The Journal has exposed the crooked,
work that has been in full sway for
several months. It has exposed their
actions tn detail ever since they started,
and today the farmers and stockmen of
the country well understand the, work
ings of this gang.
The Journal should be commended tor
its usefulness to the agricultural indus
tries of the country. .
The day . is here when there must be
something done, and done quickly, or the"
farmer is going to quit yes, whether he
wants to or not ; for, when a man is
playing a ' losing game, he is generally
forced out- sooner or later.
We read In some of the leading edi
torials of the country that the farmers
should not hold their -wheat from the
market but should sell. They Beem to
think the farmer should turn his whole
year's labor over to these thieves at
about one-half the price of production. 1
wonder if they think arty business can
continue to operate at such an enor
mous loss as that. We don't notice
them placing any of their productions
on the market at one-half "the cost to
produce it. ,
Let the good work of The Journal go
on Unmolested. With best wishes far the
continued success of The Journal, I
remain most sineerely yours.
. - W. P. Hill. J
fix PKT CAR VENTILATION
Portlanu, Dec. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal Times must be getting
hard with the doctors. I note that the
city health officer has ordered the street
car company to open the ventilators and
let them pour their flood of , colds,
coughs, grip, pleurisy, influenza and
pneumonia down the necks of the pas
sengers. To some extent the doctors
could be outwitted if the car company
were required to see that the ventilators
were so adjusted as to throw the air
into the top of the car instead of down
onto the people.- Of course, when a
fellow gets his hook into the ventilator
It is easier to just give it one hard jerk
and pull it way down than it is to care
fully pull it down only far enough' to
direct the inflow of air upward. I am
wondering if the health officer could not
cover that, idea in his instructions also.
I made a personal complaint to the
street car company about the method
of ventilation, and have noted a very
great improvement. Where ' all ven
tilators used to throw the air down, now
only a- few do. I don't have it in for
the doctors. They are necessary. But
I like to . spend what little I have in
another way.
During the influenza epidemic of two
winters ago a doctor who freated several
hundred and did not lose a case gave
as one rule, "Plenty of fresh air, but
no drafts." E. T. Johnson.
DECRIES CLOSED SHOP DEMAND
Writer Would Have Contests Settled by
Industrial Court.
Oswego, Dec. 16. To the Editor of The
Journal I noted in the news of Decem
ber 15 the following interesting facts :
Strikes in New York state for 1920 cost
10,608,483 days of work. There were 240
Industrial , disputes directly involving
344,000 persons, of which number 74 were
successful, 73 partly so, and 93 lost.
The main causes of trouble are given
as increase of wages, shorter hours, and
trade unionism. Now nobody denies
that laboring men should receive a fair
wage and fair working hours as a part
of justice to the producers. Neither
must we forget that capital, to continue
to produce, must continue to increase.. It
is not fair to expect a man to invest and
receive little or ' practically no return.!
We would not do so. But the third cause,
namely, trade unionism, interested me
most, as it was undoubtedly an attempt
to enforce , the closed shop, which, is all
right for the union man, but all wrong
; for the non-union man. Unionism as a
principle is right; as is also collective
bargaining. But to attempt to arbitra
rily enforce' a scale of wages, hours and
the closed shop is not and never will be
right. The immense loss of New York
state alone is only another proof of the
truth that we ..must continue to educate
the American people against all classism
and special privilege, and that we need
an industrial court not compulsory
since that breeds rebellion but open
to complaint and a fair hearing' upon in
dustrial questions for both sides, the de
cision of the court to be as legal and
binding as those of our civil courts,
with, of course, the right of appeal to
the higher courts.
There is a rumor that the new con
gress favors such action. Let us hope it
will have backbone enough to attack the
matter fearlessly and impartially.
Margaret Perrego.
Olden Oregon
Congress Kept Hudson's Bay Com
pany Waiting for Its Money.
In preparing for a trip of conciliation
to the Indians of Eastern Oregon in
1848, Indian Agent White purchased
some supplies from the Hudson's' Bay
company - at Vancouver, paying with
orders on the United States treasury.
The total amount was approximately
$6,000, but when the orders reached'
Washington they were not honored.
After some years congress' finally
passed an act authorising the payment
of the bills. In the meantime the man
agement of the Hudson's Bay .company
issued an order to Its employes in Ore
gon Stating that as they did not under
stand government securities they , were
forbidden to deal rn them. They were
advised to stick in future to beaver
skins. sr. . -. . -
Uncle Jeff Snow Says r .
Nellie Copeljay, that married Newt
Hopper don't darst laugh at anyjfliv'er
ffewt brings home. If she does he trades
It fer another that may be free from the
defect she laughed at but has got worse
diseases some other' way. When she
thinks of all the nice dresses she might
of had but fer tires and spark plugs and
carbretters and things them flivvers has
tost Nellie nigh abotit cries : but when
Newt gits his machine stuck together
and wired up and hits the boulevard at
35 mile and up, why. Nellie's willin to
fergit about the dresses till sich time as
she can git 'em. .
-THE OLD KNOCKER KNOCICS.
From the North Powder Newa.
In every small town there is a rough
old backslider who i likes to point with
pride to the fact that Tommy Brown,
who was the worst boy In town, is now
a preacher; and that Willie Green, who
was the .best boy in Sunday school. Is
now in the pen. i . . - '
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Many a shabby coat covers an honest
quart.T-Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
New order for Ellis Island : They
Shall not pass. Buffalo Express.
We suggest that
league be awarded
the Anti-Saloon
the mandate for
3' Ann unzio. Johnstown (Pa.) . , Demo
crat, i!
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The essential difference between death
and paying taxes is that a man knows
he can finish dying.--CoIumbia (S. C.)
Record.
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v One difference between a railroad con
ductor and a column conductor is that
the former always has a punch. New
York Mail.
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A Boston dog autoist wears : horn
rimmed spectacles ; if only someone had
thought first of trying them on the dog.
Philadelphia North American.
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A cargo of 5000 cases of champagne
has started from France to America
"for medicinal purposes." Gcsh. doesn't
that make you sick? Nashville Ten
nessean. e . e:
A Chicago school teacher was re
cently heard to say, used to wouldn't
eat carrots." What she meant, of
course, was that she eats carrots now,
but she usen'ta. Kansas City Star.
One of the reasons why congress will
not spend as much next year as it did
last is that. with taxpaying incomes
tending tn the present direction, there
will not be so much to spend. Detroit
Free Press.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Among other well known guests at
the Imperial are R.ji O. Thomas of Elk
ton, L. Robinson of Heppner, V: A.
Kuykendall of Eugene. Neal Baker of
Wallowa, A. W. Porter of Condon, W.
S. May of Moro, H. H. Woods of Joseph,
J. T. Jenkins of Bandon, W. E. Dodd
of Haines, W. I. Dishman of Prinevllle,
J. L. Blake of Sisters, Trolby May of
Alicel, F. D. McCully of Joseph, E. J.
Adams of Eugene.i H. H. Corey of
Salem and IL S. Milton and family of
Paradise. 1
A. M. Wylie, a Hoosier by birth, a
resident of Pendleton by choice and for
33 years a wheat raiser in Klickitat
county, Washington, is visiting his
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
i, M. Tuttle, in Portland.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott of Silver
ton and Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Ball of
Roseburg are at the Cornelius.
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E. R. Hughes of j Sixes, the one-time
famous placer camp in Curry county, is
a guest at. the Seward.
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' G. W. Houlditig and E. O. Wlllard of
London, engineers, j are at the Multno
mah.
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Jasper V. Crawford, long-tim resident
of Heppner, is a Portland visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Miller of Par
adise are guests at the Imperial. -
:
W. N. Crawford j of McCoy, in Polk
county, is a Portland visitor.
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George S. Campbell of Condon is trans
acting business in Portland.
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Miss Blanche Furnish of Pendleton is
registered at the Benson.
John R. Whitaker,. pioneer resident of
Eugene, is in Portland.
G. Van Winkle of Weston Is In Port
land for a few days.
A, H. Cox of Pendleton Is registered
at the Multnomah. I
John and Chester Searey of Moro are
Portland visitors. I
O. C.
Seward.
Davis of Eugene Is at the
T. R. McDade of Salem Is a Portland
visitor.
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V. C.'Hibbard of The Dalles is in Port
land. -' .
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W. Spencer of Bend is tn Portland.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
I . .. By Fred Lockley ,
A war romance is hr re sketched liehUy by
Mr. Lorkley, who detail the luner-l'ljieean
wanderings of the hero of this romance, who
is also a hero of the great war, and who ha
lired thousands of the thrills that the morie
authors rack their brain to intent. 1
Mrs. E. Bell of Hastings, England,
and her daughter, Mrs. Reginald Trav
ers Robertson, have just arrived in
Portland to join Mrs. Robertson's hus
band. They came: over from Liverpool
aboard the Metagama. sailing from
Liverpool ' for Montreal. Instead of
seven days, they were 14 days making
the trip, on account of running into a
gale with heavy ' seas that swept the
boat.
"The trip was a series of adventure
from start to finish," said Mrs; Robert
son. "Most of the passengers were
destined to American ports and the fact
that America Is dry led them to try
to consume all the wet goods aboard.
Two days out of Montreal, when we
had been 12 days en route, practically
all liquor had been consumed and the
bar was' ordered! closed so the . pas
sengers could cober up. There were
more than -50 women and over 100 men
who didn't know whether they were
coming or going, ii
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"My mother's great-grandfather was
secretary to the blind king of Hanover.
This relative was a Dane and had ex
tensive estates In Schleswig-Hoistein.
When Germany annexed that part of
Denmark in the ii late '60s the estates
were involved in litigation and the pres
ent status t a group of heirs of -which
I am one caused all sorts of obstacles
to be placed ln the way of my marriage.
However, Is didn't hesitate a moment
between my soldier Jover and the in
heritance which is supposed to be com
ing to me. : ;
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"When I was about two years old
we moved from my birthplace at Hast
ings and went to our old estate in
Schleswig. From there I was placed In
v convent pohool In Belgium. This
convent, at Malines, was left a mass
of ruins in October, 1914. when the Ger
mans marched across Belgium. : From
-Belgium I went iiwtth my' parents' to
Germany, returning to England In April.
HI 4, shortly before the war broke out.
My husband, who: was a sergeant, had
been sent to 'Blighty, which In his case
happened to be Hastings. He saw roe
by the seashore one day and at once
decided to capture me by assault. - He
was born in Australia, and you know
the 'Ausies move swiftly. The first
thing 1 knew I was engaged to him and
when he was ready .to report for duty
we decided to get rnarried at once. Talk
about leading an adventurous life! Just
ask him to tell you of some of his ex
periences before and during the war."
Turning to Mr, Robertson I asked
him to ten me something of his life.
"Twelve years ago, when I was a lad
of 15. I ran sway from my home In
Australia," said H Mr, Robertson. "I
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
If government has no power to limit
prices, but has power to limit the evi
dence, profiteers ' have shown a com
mendable moderation. Eugene Guard.
. It Is no wonder that the price of hopn
has declined when there Is a restriction
on the sale of hops to. consumers, whether
they desire to use them for beer or other
purposes. Woodburn Independent, s
The effort of the road builders to com
plete the Marshfield-Coquille highway
this winter does not seem to have-the
indorsement of the rainmaker, who has
so far done his utmost to make this the
wettest autumn in many years. Powers
Patriot.
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Passage by the senate of the resolu
tion reviving the war finance corpora
tion as a measure affording relief to the
farmers is a poor start for the "return
to normalcy" and indicates how far
conditions are still from normal. Salem
Capital Journal.
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Washington D. Vanderlip says he has
received concessions -in Russia that are
potentially worth $3,000,000,000. .That
sounds like the mutterings of the man
who takes a pencil and the back Of ap
envelope and gets fabulously rich rais
ing chickens. Eugene Register.
Former Senator Jonathan Bourne. Jr.,
In urging that the senate reject all nom
inations sent to it by President Wilson,
seems to overlook the two important
facts that the senate is supposed to
consider nominations on their merits
and that the president's term does not
expire until March 4. Salem Statesman.
Mr. and Mrs. Max O. Buran of Palem
are" registered at the -Seward. Max in
herited more than his name from his
father. He also inherited a knpwledge
of and liking for the furniture business.
Max Buran and Clarence Hamilton
started their business careers together
2a years or so ago. Today both have
furniture stores of their own and are
leading merchants of the capital city.
Al Roberts of Pendleton, who has
been telling the judges and jury in the
federal court all he knows, returned to
Pendleton in company with Tom Fitz
gerald, police judge of Pendleton. Lob
erts Is chief of police, and if you ask
him, he escorted the police judge home,
though Judge Fitzgerald claims' he es
corted Roberts home.
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Major F. T. Mason, representing the
United States treasury department and
hailing from the national capital, is
conferring with a group of representa
tives of the Western Pine Manufac
turers' . association and explaining the
quirks and quirls of the income tax
law as it applies to standing timber
and sawmill equipment.
Out of town visitors staying at the
CorneliusJ for a few days are Mr. and
Mrs. II. H. Stanton of Salem, Mr, and
Mrs. C. R. White of Condon and Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. McCracken of Eugene.
H. E. Devereaux, city engineer of
Eugene, is in Portland to buy, beg or
borrow some lamp posts to be used on
the new city bridge on Eighth street
In Eugene. .
R. .O. ones of Boise, secretary of
state of Idaho, is at the Portland-. He
is boosting Governor Davis of Idaho
for the position of secretary of the in
terior. Levi Chrisman, who wields the big
stick, for Wasco county, is down from
The Dalles and is putting, up at the
Cornelius. -
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,G. R. Hitt, formerly bank examiner
but now with the Overland National
bank In Boise, is a Portland visitor
Baxt Spellman, who helps lick the
state university athletes into shape, is
Visiting friends in Portland.
R. M. Jennings of the Douglas Light
and Water company of Roseburg is a
Portland visitor.
.
Mies Rose McGrew of Corvallis was a
recent visitor in Portland.
wanted to see the world and taste ad
venture. I stowed away on the first
ship I came to. without even knowing
where it was going. The first taste of
adventure I had was an adventure with
the rope's end when I was discovered.
They made me eat a big chunk of raw
fat pork. Say, but I was seasick. I
was cured, though, for good, for I have
never been seasick since. They put me
to work to earn my passage. I traveled
around the world during the next few
years, stopping to do odd Jobs to earn
my living in the Malay states, Borneo,
India, New Zealand, in Suva, Tahiti,
Alaska, and in a l
I'ports. What did I do? Anything and
cvciyming. i worKed as assistant cook
on the Canadian Pacific trains, travel
ing across Canada many times from
Halifax to Vancouver, B. C. I got a
job with Alvo Von Alvenslenen, the
Insurance man, and traveled all over
Alaska, establishing and Inspecting
agencies. When the Germans started
for France via Belgium 1 was one of
the first to hit the recruiting station.
I enlisted the day war was declared,
August 4, 1914. I went over with the
first Canadian contingent as a member
of the Sixteenth battalion. Through an
error In my attestation papers my birth
place was given as Austria in place of
Australia. When they ran across that
interesting bit of Information In London
I was placed In confinement as a spy.
I was put through the third degree, and
when they found I had been in all the
British colonies just prior to the war
and had been working for Alvo Von
Alvensleben, a German Insurance com
pany suspected of being part' of the
German intelligence department, it
looked as If It was a firing squad for
mine. Luckily I had a relative high In
the .British service who when called
upon vouched for me and I was re
leased. This detention separated me
from my unit, so I joined on with what
were termed 'Sam Hughes Tourists
Canadian hospital unit No. . This
was the most traveled unit in the Brit
ish army.
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"I enlisted on August 4, 1914, in the
Seventy-second Seaforths at Vancouver,
B. CI, We reached England in October.
I struck France December 31, 1914. We
reached the Dardanelles in August, 1915.
We were there till the midde of Janu
ary, 1916. when we went to Egypt, The
following March we were ordered to
Salonika. From there we went In Au
gust to Malta. We jumped from one
front to another, serving in France or
elsewhere on the far flung battle line.
Yes. I have Just had my twenty-seventh
birthday. I was born on December 16. i
I had some rough experiences, being
shot and stabbed In knocking around J
before the war, but what I went through
and saw during the world war will'
last me the rest of my life, and from'
now on the home fireside looks mighty
good to me." i
The Oregon Country '
Northwest Happening In Brief Fotra for the
Busy Header
OREGON NOTES '
Bend property holders .during the com-
InK, year M iu W a u rte of 93,79
mills. The citv millage is. 40.2,
According to th- Tribune, cost of liv
ing in Pendleton today is at leant 25 per
cent less than it was one year ago.
While working hear Uirhland Saturday
arternoon Arch Brown and Al Sounder
dug from a hole and killed 6snakei.,
Mrs. Lewis Flock, near Eugene, killed
two bobcats and collected the. Uountv
-n them t the Lane county court boua
last we k. ) . .
TJ!e,Ba.ker. c?untV ax department re
ports that-of ab.mt ,600,000 in taxes, due
last October, less than 60,0oo are now
delinquent.
The Eugene city park commission- has
purchased additional prcpertv for" the
purpose of enlarging the Hutom'obiie tour
ist camping grounds.
According to action of the'railroad in
curtailing expenditures, the O-W. It.- &
N. has laid off two complete switch
engine crews at. Reith.
Because a ctmplete still quantities of
mash and five gallons of moonshine wer.
found in his home.' Charles Nickeil has
been fined J225.i0 at Bend.
It is reported; In Salem that Elbert
nede or Cottage Grove has been assured
or reelection as reading clerk of the Ore
gon house of representatives.
North Bend has about completed the
fcUOSCriDtlOna l)NtBa.rv t.m-o,t !.. ...
tion of a .first clas modern hotel in the
..cm 1 vi me Business ulstrlcu
Welline-tnn f. rz..n A -H i
was elected editor of the Orange Owl,
"""f"" niiii5ziiie 8i u. a. ., uiKn the
resignation of Don Morae of Portland.
It is apparent that many bills will be
introduced ut the coming session of tlia
legislature proposing changes in itio,
state Industrial accident commission. 1
t i'T, lrovde an excellent entrance to
Llthia park and the free auto camp,
Ashland is paving a street 24 fent wide
and 1-.00 feet long at a .-ot of 10,50C.
F. L Armitage of the United State,
employment service repo.-ts that a great
hEugene, but all available jobs are beiiiK
- .v. iwai (men,
WASHINGT6N
The next legislature will be asked to
pass a bill making child desertion a fel
ony in the state.
The Northern Pacific railway has
taken out a permit to build a ,75,000 ice
house at Spokane.
Thousands of rabbits were killed Sun
aay in a drive near Tourhet, In, which
hundreds of sportsmen took part. , .
Pierce county makes an excellent tax
showing, 93 per cent of all taxes for
the coming year having been paid.
Most of the equipment of the $200,000
creamery at Chehalis is In place, and op
eration will begin early in the year.
During the last Reason Yakima countv
produced 129.000 sacks of sugar, and beet
growers received about $500,000 for their
crops. -
Beginning March 1, construction will
begin on a $50,000 church edifiie at Ta--coma
to fepiace the present United Pres
byteria?Btcuctur. It is estimated that 65.000 bushels of
fall wheat have been sown in Wall
Walla valley. Sixty per cent of the 1820
crop remains unsold.
A. J. Upton, a grocer, was murdered
In the rear of his store at Tacoma by a
bandit or bandits, who robbed the till
and succeeded imescapipg.
Several of the mills in the vicinity bf
Kelso will continue operations during
the winter, despite the bad condition of
the shingle and lumber market.
Christmas boxes of Clarke county Mel
lowest prunes have been sent to ever-v.
state in the union except North ami
South Carolina during the past week.
Winter wheat acreage sown iti Wash
ington this fail totals 1,107.000. an in
crease of 7 per cent over the seeding
last year, and in the largest since 1914.
The combined annual--production of
butter and cheese In Washington cream
eries aggregates 10.000.000 pounds, mak
ing this industry one of the state's mos,t
valuable assets. ., r
City Marshal Fred McCumber of Au
burn was shot and seriously wounded bv
one of two men tm surprised in the act
of blowing a safe In the warehouse of
the Hodge Grain company.
Last week at Spokane the Northern.
Pacific railway was fined $100 for pol
luting the river "with oila and.greaaea,
from its shops. The road was fined $200
on a similar charge last August.
- IDAHO
The Idaho Associated Industrie, com-,
posed of business and commercial men
of the state, was formally organised
Monday at Gooding. ,
Snow is rapidly piling up in the .
Idaho mountains, and the outlook for ,
a plentiful supply ot water next sum
mer for irrigating is promising.
The big plant of the Oregon Packing
company at Lewiston has cloned for the! ,
season. The cannery did a big busi-,
ness this year. Its payroll amounting to
$60,000. .
More' than $100,000 due the state oP
Idaho from the federal government oni
highway projects was received "fct the.
office of the state treasurer Monday:
morning. ,
A line approximately five miles long'
and running from Star into the . Prank-,,
lin district is projected for the purpose;
of furnishing farmers with electric
light and power.
Three hundred bushels of grain was
destroyed by sparks from a threshing,
machine for George Trantman Jit
Grangevllle. He also lost two stacks'
which were hurried. : - t
The sugar factory at Burley has cut,
its last beets and cloned down opera- "
tiona for the season. Although the nea-i
son was a bad one. the run is said to
have been satisfactory. ,
W. S. Brown, employed fa paint the;
smokestacks of the Ohio Match com
pany at Coeur d'Alene, was killed whenl
a rope broke, letting him drop 115. feet)
and breaking 'nearly every bone in his
body. ' !
know roui
PORTLAND
Portland, Christmas headquarters.
We are known as the Rose City, but
the holidays- bring a title almost as
distinctive.
Our firs i.nd cedars, taken from
the hillsides overlooking-the city, are
sent south nearly to the Mexican
border. They gladden many a Cali
fornia home with their brightness and
their breath of the Yuletide.
Our lawns In Portland furnish holly
wreaths not only for all the Illu
minated windows that hang them up
in token of readiness for a visit from
Santa Claus, but for many other com
munities. "- j'
One florist rents ,a holly hedge and
makes himself responsible for Its
annual trimming. lie pays 10 -cent
a pound for- the greenery cut from
it. Then he goes to a holly tree
that is full of berries and the red
globes and leaves are woven together,,
Portland purchases for Chrlstmaa
display about 2000 wreath. Nearly -as
many are sent Away from he city,
Christmas trees are In much greater
demand. It is said that 30,000 are
erected in as many homes and made
to bear their happy burden of gifts
and decorations.
This city Is a large consumer of
mlstletee. Some 4000 pounds, are
plucked every year from the oak trees
in the Willamette Valley and South
ern Oregon and " brought here and
formed "Into bunches for suspension
from chandelier where the lovelorn
so often meet "entirely by accident.
; No one knows Just how much Ore
gon grapes and, snow berries and
gjossy salal and other greenery enters
into the scheme of Christmas decora
tion, but it is a considerable amount.