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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON -
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27,
1920.
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and direne. A. BronaoD .Alcott.
THE PUBLIC "WANTS TO KNOW
HEARING has Just been closed
before the pujblic service com
mission of Oregon on application of
the Pacific States Telephone & Tele3
. graphy company for an increase in
. telephone rates in jihe state of Ore
gon. The corporation asks addi
tional revenue to return a profit on
operation; of the present plant and to
enable it to extend its properties. It
is proposed to increase the charge
for business phones from $8.50 to
$12 'a month .in Portland and for
residence phones from $3.25 to $4.25.
The' company submitted some fig
ures at the hearing. They were pre-
pared and their accuracy testified to
iby officials bf the company. In
every instance the witne.utoa wor tint
candid in their answers. But- from
the. hazy hearing certain facts were
gleaned,
.- The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company is operating its plants at
capacity. The company has all the
business it can handle. The -wires
and plants and employes are taxed
to the utmost. And yet, there is a
deficit, the figures say, at the end of
" the year. Ordinarily, well managed
businesses, working at full capacity,
relnrn a profit.' .Is there too much
overhead levied on the returns of
the Pacific company? That is some
thing only the public service com-
" mission of Oregon can answer. The
facts were not brought' out at the
hearing. An item in an exhibit says
the expenses of the corporation are
something over $4,000,000 annually;
but nothing was given the public to
- show what' those expenses are,
whether they can l.be curtailed or
whether not. And when the public
in asked to sustain a corporation by
payment of its telephone bills, that
" public wants to know if the expense
is only what it should be. To itSl
public service commission, the slate
looks for protection from unneces
sary charges. . and the question is
t.ntll.l.ll..nl...J l .
iukui . , . r Aiocu r n t-ii a. cgrnoniunn.
working at full speed and, capacity,
falls to return a profit, even with a
considerably increased expense from
wages and materials, although testi
mony indicated that 'the outlay for
m ntatwtnla Vtw 4VV. T- - .
M..avw WilliCUIY
has not been great during the last
three years or the period of greatest
inflation. .'
There is another point worthy of
very deep consideration by the pub
lic service commission. The revenue
of the Pacific company has been in-
.' creased S3 per "cent since 1914. In
1914 there was a loss, say company
uiu irji is-lis a. v in m fanirin nn pi t w e w
figures, of $250,000. The expenses
of the company have mounted, !
flcials claim,.106 per cent.
Throughout the cohliV there is
. a marked decline In costs. The de
flation is general. Will the decrease
or will it not, affect very greatly the
cost of operating ths Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company? Will
that 106 per cent increase in ex
penses ba cut materially? And if It
is, will the Pacific Telephone & Tel
' egraph company need an increase
in rates to operate with a fair re
- turn? ,
The company asks for aVate boost
amounting to 27 per cent for the
state. '--The loss for 1920, the com-
pany claims,' will amount. to $691,000,
A 27i per cent' increase would pro
duce more than a million dollars,
of course,' the corporation estimates
, a greater loss for 1921. With the
declines, why should the loss be
greater next year than this ?
All the cards have not been placed
on the table In the telephone case:
The responsibility on the public
service commission is thereby vastly
Increased. Before a , decision " is
given the public service commission,
as the representative of the public,
should know what every item of ex-
"pense is for and whether Justified; it
should take economic conditions into
consideration, and if by any chance
a rate boost should be considered,
the commission should be far more
certain than the public is, that an
increase Is Justified.
Girls in a certain New York family
when in conversation Vwith their
beaux were in the habit of hanging
on to the receiver 30 minutes and
more, like they do everywhere but
in Portland, and a New York Judge
to whom complaint was made, ruled
that a five minutes phone conversa
tion is enough. Isn't five too much ?
THE ETERNAL. CIRCLE
LET us not build up in Portland a
psychology of forebodings about
business.
There will be no' panic. There will
be ho period of extended stringency.
The country and the people never
had so. much money in hancL.
The temporary hesitation on the
part of business is due to the price
slump which is the transition from
war conditions to normal conditions.
It had to come. Everybody knew
it had to come, and everybody has
prepared for it. ,'
The hesitation will produce some
unemployment. But there is a way
to reduce that unemployment to the
minimum. 51
Let , every employer'' remember
this: Employment makes buying:
power and buying power' makes con
sumption, which . Is sales of things
to buyers. If . every employer does
all possible to keep his force em
ployed, there will be more employ
ment, which in turn means more
buying power, which in turn means
more business for him. The employer
today who, like the Portland Woolen
Mills, is holding his people together
and taking a measure of chances
on the future, is a leader for good
times and a force for a busy Port
land. And here is one of several -ways
to keep Portland at her best. Seventy
or 80 workers were recently thrown
out of employment by the shut down
of a Portland broom factory. It is
the third largest broom factory in
America. The warehouses, of the
company are filled with its output.
If people will "buy these brooms the
unemployed workers will be called
back to their jobs. It is to the in
terest of every business in .Portland
to see that these warehouses are
emptied.-and the employes of the
factory put back ' to work, for em
ployment will give those employes
buying power and thereby increase
consumption.
Oregon candy is sold in 10 or 12
states and several foreign countries.
If it is good enough candy to sell in
distant markets it is good enough
for Oregon consumers. If you buy a
foreign made candy you help throw
an Oregon worker out of employ
ment. That hurts your business be
cause it decreases the buying power
of folks at home. r - .
A Portland grocer, more than one
probably, had only foreign made
marmalade and condiments in his
store. iEverybody krjpws that Ore
gon fruits excel. But here was an
Oregon grocer buying and selling
only foreign fruits. He was helping
throw Oregon workers out of em
ployment and thereby lessening the
buying power of the. community.
If applied by everybody, there is
a. formula tnat win Keep ortiana
free from stringency. Here it is:
Employment makes buying power,
buying power makes consumption,
consumption makes production, and
production makes employment. It
is the eternal Circle.
For years, two Kentucky friends
have bought their shoes at half price.
John takes the left,. for his only re
maining leg, and George takes the
right.
THEY STARVE OVERSEAS
ERE are in Portland more than
i
25,000 men, women and children
who were born in the countries of
East-Central Europe where today
3,500,000 children face the imminent
peril of. death by starvation.
If .they, who : share the bounty
which nature and industry have be
stowed upon this region, should as
sume the entire task of buying the
lives of 12,50) children at $10 each,
made a responsibility of this city,
their average contribution would be
only $5 each. t
And what would be $5 compared
with the blessings of peace, of safety,
of abundance and opportunity which
the foreign born have found here?
But, as a matter of fact, the of
fering need be only'a dollar or less
from each in order to complete
Portland's quota of $125,000. Native
born Americans, as sensitive to th'e
calls of destitution as they are re
sponsive to the promptings of patri
otism, have already met a substantial
part of Portland's responsibility.
But neither has yet done enough.
The comparatively small sum has
not yet. been secured. .. ,
The deficit after the closing date
of the campaign as first announced
and a shortage of workers account
for the special appeal addressed by
Director Strong to the foreign born
of Portland. They are asked not to
wait for a solicitor but to bring their
contributions to the campaign head-
quarters In the Selling building or
to organize their own campaigns. ,,
If they knew that 12,500 of their
little former countrymen were gath
ered In Portland waiting for bread
and hoping for life there would be
no delay In the response.
The difference in having the chil
dren here or across the sea is only
one of quickly traversed miles and
not of condition.
A SHABBY FRONT DOOR
PORTLAND'S union terminal de
mands are not to- be di3missed
by two railroads with the agreed
upon alibi, "We're crowded."
The excuse is an unintended ad
mission that the public is right. - It
reveals a policy which is satisfied
to fall , short of present needs and
ignore the future. It discloses fail
ure to learn the lesson taught by the
war that 'unification of freight 'and
passenger terminal service is essen-
tiaT to the efficiency and the finan
cial success of the carriers.
It shows, too, that the heads of
the Union Pacific and the Southern
Pacific did not. think far enough.
They thought of their own convenience,-
but they did not think in the
terms of general public interest.
What Portland sees in the termi
nal area is a hodge podge of tracks
and a medley of alternate ownership
that prevents a general development:
At one side is a misnamed Union
station because it was intended for
three lines only. At the other is a
squatter shack sort of a station built
years ago to serve a purely tempore
ary purpose but indefinitely con
tinued. .
The transfer between the Union
and North Bank stations is Incon
venient. Passengers are delayed.
Newcomers at either point gain an
unfavorable impression of Portland.
If its depots are the front doors
of a city, Portland's are sadly shabby.
BUILD RIGHT OR NOT AT ALL
A QUESTION of policy to be defi
nitely decided by the state high
way commission soon is whether a
standard of grade and width is to be
adhered to or departed from. Owing
to the fact that available funds are
not in sight to "complete, the many
miles of road already laid out, there
is a temptation to sacrifice stand
ards of construction in order to ob
tain as great a mileage as possible.
Commissioner Kiddle is understood
to favor this suggestion as a matter
of expediency.
To adopt such a policy would be
a grave mistake both as a matter of
ultimate economy and as injustice to
those sections of the state where
improvement has not yet reached.
From a constructive standpoint it
is far more expensive to reduce a
grade or widen a road after it is once
built' than it is to make it the full
standard in the first instance. Take
the item of drainage alone. It costs
just as much to install the drainage
for a single track road as it does
for" a four-track road in the first,
instance and when it becomes neces
sary on account of traffic conditions
to widen the road an altogether new
drainage system is required.
It is argued thaf east of the Cas
cades there are long stretches of
road which have a light traffic at
present and that it is not necessary
to build a wide road to accommodate
it. The traffic of today is no isdex
o? that of tomorrow, especially after
a road is improved.
A question that naturally arises is,
Why should that portion of the state
east of the Cascades be discrimi
nated against? Since the state stand
ards have been mainly adhered to
west of the mountains where most
of the new construction on the main
highways has been done, it does not
seem fair that Eastern Oregon,
where future work lies, should be
given a lower class of construction.
In road construction as In other
things there are certain ide"als to be
approached. The term state road
carries .with it the significance of
something a little above the ordi
nay. It means something more than
a trail or even a county road. It is
the measure of state slde.
If a road is to be improved as a
state road it should be improved in
accordance with state standards or
not at all. Money will be provided
In some way as long as permanency
is striven for and need7 exists. .
THE WRECKED BOND HOUSE
THE bond house oMorris Broth
ers was not a bank.
The wreck of that institution re
flects no unsound financial situation
in Portland. The failure is the re
sult of a huge business carried on
very aggressively with very small
consideration for the ordinary rules
of prudence.
The institution bought bonds at the
place of issue and sold them to bond
buyers all over the Pacific coast. A
recent act was the purchase of more
than $2,000,000 "in Canadian bonds.
While waiting for the actual bonds
to be delivered, the house sold them
to individual buyers, issuing In lieu
of the actual bonds so-called Interim
certificates to be taken back by the
house on delivery of the bonds. The
loss will largely fall on the buyers
who held these,, interim certificates.
Sales of these certificates were
made to buyers as far south as San
Diego, California. The statemejit by
one who has seen the 15-page type
written list of these certificates is
that most of the holders reside in
California. " V:
The failure is not an augury even
in the slightest of any financial erup
tion in Portland. The situation here
is sound to the core, and will re-
jmain so. .
FREEDOM FOR
FILIPINOS?
President Wilson Having Drawn At
tention Anew to the Proposition,' the
Country's Editors Discuss It Ei
' haustively Two Perils Appal
Some Other Point to Prom-Ises-iStill
Others Indifferent
-Daily Editorial Dlgest-
" (Consolidated Tresa Association)
When President Wilson in his message
to congress recommended Philippine in
dependence' he opened .- discussion of a.
question which, while admittedly not a
pressing one, has aroused sufficient in
terest to line up the press of the coun-.
try pretty definitely for and against the
proposal. Opposition is prompted chiefly
by doubt as to the Filipino's capacity for
self-government, and the questionable
wisdom pf creating an additional "small
nation . to add to tne present woria-
chaoa. More positive disapproval how
ever, comes from a number of papers
which see in such a step a definite dan-
per in relation to the Japanese problem.
Those who support the idea, Eemocratic
papers In the main, do so largely because
it is-a 'matter of "keeping faith," and
because. In their opinion, the policy of
holding the islands has never had popu
lar approval either from the-standpoint
of principle or of expense.
Agreeing with the Newark (N J.)
News Ind.) that "there is no indication
that the incoming administration even
faintly considers severing the tie that
binds the islands to us," the New York
Evening Post (Ind.) feels, nevertheless.
mat it was the presidents right and
his duty to remind his successor that
the problem exists." And the Cleveland
News (Rep.), while it believes that "the
American people in general, having for
gotten Philippine independence until
thus reminded of it, no longer care a
hang about it one way or the other."
still holds that the suggestion should
not be rejected by the next administra
tion, "dimply because it comes from Mr.
Wilson."
Sooner or later, the Des Moines Reg
ister (Ind. Rep) warns, , "we have got
to define our purpose." If the islands
are to be held "the United States must
have a much stronger hand" than it now
has, and moves toward that end will be
construed by the Filipinos "as meaning
that our possession is to be made per
manent" ; w;th the result that unrest
will increase with uncertainty. But most
papers advise against "premature Philip
pine independence" until, as the South
Bend (Ind.) Tribune (Ind. Rep.) ex
presses it, this country is certain that
the Filipinos "are able to stand upon
their own feet and play the game."
America is ready whenever the people
of the islands are, the Buffalo News
(Rep.) asserts; "the question' is whether
that time has arrived."-
'
This, however. Is not a question in the
opinion of the Indianapolis Star (Ind.
Rep.), which says: "The islanders are
making progress in the right direction,
but it is idle to contend that the results
obtained in Manila and a few of the
more advanced communities should be
accepted as a measure of the present
status of the Filipinos. We owe it to
them to remain in charge until they
have had the advantages of education
and are assured of something more
than continued existence as "wild
tribes.' "
American protection should continue,
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Ind. Rep.)
maintains, "until such ' time as the
Philippines are ready to take up the
risks and responsibilities of a give-and-take
battle with the rest of the world."
And, the Arizona Republican (Phoenix,
Ind. Prog.) adds, "the Filipinos cannot
yet be quite sure that they are ready to
accept these risks," particularly since
"the world has not yet recovered from
the world war. The lust of blood and
conquest has not yet entirely cooled, and
political temptations are dangerously
stroni
This orld condition is advanced by
the New York Tribune (Rep.) as the
very reason for not granting Independ
ence to the Philippines now, and setting
them "loose to drift about in a chaotic
world," since "the islands, safe and ex
ceptionally prosperous under the shelter
t the flag, and enjoying the satisfaction
of autonomy, are about the only stabil
ized area in the Far East. .To deprive
them of protection would be to subject
them to grave risks of aggression."
This aggression, many- papers point
out, would undoubtedly come but too
readily "from the north;" where, the
Tacqma (Wash.) News-Tribune (Ind.)
asserts, "Japan looks on with greedy
eyes." Independent of America, will the
Philippines, the Knoxville Journal and
Tribune (Rep.) asks, "be independent of
Japan?" since that country, the "Nash
ville Banner (Ind.) adds, "regards them
as her natural prey and will likely "an
nex them." In such a development the
Steubenville (Ohio) Herald Star (Ind.
Rep.) suggests that "their so-called free
dom might be worse" than their present
state.
This argument, however, is not strong
enough to convince the Springfield
(Ohio) News (Dem.) that freedom
should not be granted; since "even after
we grant them full and complete inde
pendence we will keep a beneficent and
unselfish eye on their future to see -that
none seek to despoil them nor take from
them their well-earned liberty." The
Memphis News Scimitar (Ind.) agrees
that this liberty -is indeed "well-earned,"
because "that country has succeeded In
maintaining safe government and has
fulfilled the conditions set by congress
as a precedent to a consideration of
granting independence. It is our duty
to keep faith with the islands by grant
em the independence which they
006 -
in the opinion of the Grand Island
(Neb.) Independent (Ind.) "there Is
nothing else to do unless the country
wants to stamp itself not only as com
pletely repudiating its promise to these
people but also of having been
insincere and false when it demanded
for all peoples, as one of its war aims,
the right of 'self-determination of na
tions'." The "acquisition of the islands,"
says the New Orleans States (Dem.),
"was never popular, and time has not
Kleveloped any fixed sentiment in favor
of Holding tnem ; moreover, tne pro
posed emancipation is appropriate at a
time when so many Americans are ven
turing to tell England what to do with
Ireland." The Florida Times Union
(Dem.) takes an extreme view of our
whole record in the Philippines, calling
it the first "blot" on our history. "Th
Filipinos were our allies," it says. "We
used .them as such and then enslaved
them. Before the beginning of our war
with Spain the Filipinos were struggling
fof independence and it is probable that
they would have won it if We had not
Interfered directly in their affairs.
The conduct of the United States was
disgraceful, and the disgrace must stand
vntil we show our repentance by mak
ing restitution."
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Starfish destroy nearly $1,000,000
worth of oysters yearly at Long Island
sound. The creature forces' the oyster
open by sheer muscular strength. Its
arms are covered on the under side
with little suckers. It applies two or
three of its arms to one valve of the
shell, and" the remaining ones to the
other valve.. rhen. by merely stretch
Ing its arms. It finally pulls the oysUr's
shell open. In the center of the star
fish's body, on " the under side. Is a
small hole. This is, its mouth, out of
which it is able to project its stomach
to a distance equal to the length of
one of its arms. The stomach turns
itself inside out, envelopes the - fleshy
part of the oyster, and digests It as it
lies in the shell. Oystermen used to
chop in' two the starfishes they caught
and throw them overboard, until it
was learned that this was only making
two starfishes out of one, as the two
halves grew other arms.
Letters From the People
(Communication sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only one side of the paper; should not exceed
300 -word in lencth, and must be sisned bjr tha
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution. J
FOR BABIES AND MOTHERS
Arraignment of Congress for Indiffer
ence to Human Welfare.
Portland, Dec. 22. To the Editor of
The Journal I note that a few old
rascals in the United States senate
opposed the bill to provide money for
maternity instruction for mothers.
Their excuse was that they did not
want to incur the expense. It is a
poor excuse. There seems always to
be plenty of money for the upkeep of
an army and navy with which to de
stroy life.. Is it not infinitely better
to spend money to preserve life? Ar
mies and navies mean more power to
the political bosses' and commercialism
in general, and so, 'what difference does
it make about babies and mothers?
We are overdue for sane, education
for mothers as well as free, government-owned
maternity hospitals and
all else that would make childbirth hy
gienic and safe.
I note that the government looks to
the improvement of agriculture and
livestock ; but, it appears, it is not in
terested in children. Runts and razor
backs are ' not desirable in pigs, evi
dently, But are matters of indifference
when it comes to babies. There are too
many runts and razorbacks in our race
now. Education and financial aid would
better conditions. The program of con
gress must be, "Billions for destruc
tion and profiteering, but not one cent
for the, coming generations.
Bonnie L. Grimm.
ONE-SIDED SCHOOL LIGHTING
Another Teacher Preserfts Views,. Op
posed to Mr. Ginther's
Metolius. Dec 16.-To the Editor of
The Journal I beg to submit a .few
words in response to Mr. Ginther's at
tack on one-sided lighting in school
rooms. As I have had a teaching ex
perience equal in time to his, part of
which has been as rural supervisor, I
consider myself competent to "express
an opinion.
My impression, is that, aside from a
skylight, the lighting from one side is
the best that has been devised. The
fact that more eyeglasses are used now
than 20 years ago proves only that peo
ple are taking better care of their eyes.
There are' more toothbrushes used now
than formerly, also.
Mr. Qinther states that more light
enters one., eye, requiring different ad
justment. It does not appear to me
that this' is so. If the eyes are not
"directly facing the light, the only light
whlchnters them is that reflected by
the printed page, and, therefore, will be
equal in amount for each eye.
It also appears to me that a false
analogy has been used in comparing
the human eye with a growing plant.
The sunlight i$ a necessity to the plant
in order to. carry on the digestive process
within the, leaves. So the stalk may be
bent and -Uie leaves turned to receive
the full glare of the sun. There is no
such process as photosynthesis going
on in the human eye, and we would
bend our body and incline our head to
avoid the full glare of the sun.
I need not remind a pedagogue that
when he starts reasoning by analogy
he is on thin ice. C K. Overhulse.
ANTI-ALIEN DISCRIMINATION
A Protest Against Singling Out the Jap
as Against the European.
Portland, Dec. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal I am well aware that our
great statesmen and commercial experts
care nothing about what we think who
have to resort to the gracious column
of "Letters From the People." The
powers that be well know that we will
do about what is asked of us 'in the
name of patriotism. Nevertheless, I wish
to register my protest now against dis
crimination against the Japanese in our
immigration laws, and in such a fool
hardy manner bring upo"rf us an un
necessary and horrible war. If Cali
fornia declares the Japanese menace Un
bearable, UiAP let us of other states for
better reasoTra "declare the law-defying
foreigners that oome from parts of
Europe and Asia an unbearable menace,
also.
Let our wonderful congress frame
or rather, crazy-quilt a law under
which all who live here must be as
clean, industrious and law abiding as
a Jap,' and must spend or invest their
earnings here, school their kids in the
public schools, where instruction in
political .equality .and impossible al
legiance to foreigni potentates or human
gods shall be emphatic. . Make laws re
quiring occupants of land to live and
work in keeping wifih American stand
ards, and make norace discrimination.
Discriminatory lajsis are ever unjust
and bring the shedding of innocent tears
and blood. I will oppose such war
madness to the bitten end.
Patrlo Consistent.
Olden Oregon
Earfy Ministrations of Presbyterian
Pastors in the Territory.
The Oregon presbytery -was organized
in 1846. At that time there were three
Presbyterian ministers i the territory
Lewis Thompson, E. R, Geary and Rob
ert Robe. In 1853 they were recruited
by the addition of J. A. 'Hanna- and
J. L. Yantis. Thompson was in charge
of a church at Clatsop. Robe organized
a church at Eugene in 1855. Geary or
ganized the Brownsville church. The
church . at Corvallis was . organized by
Hanna. Yantis formed the Calapooya
church and was placed m charge of the
Portland church when It was first or
ganized.' All through the winter he held
services twice a month at Portland, rid
ing the 80 miles from Calapooya on
horseback,, through mud and rain, to
keep his appointments.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Out to, the Corners grange a smart
feller, from Portland got up and told
us all to buy Oregon-made goods. His
talk listened good, and he told us the
truth, all right We'd orter do it all
the time. What he didn't tell His, how
soever, was the biggest half of the
truth, and that is. that the land prof
iteers in Oregon and the tax . laws
works together like apair of shears to
drive out eastern tenSerfoots with cap
ital that'd like to start some wheels
a-runnin' on Oregon products. Any
body that lows theirselves to be stood
up by the land profiteers and starts a
factory anyhow is jumped on by the
'sessor and fined worse'n If he was a
bootlegger. . .
WORK FOR THE CLEANERS.
From the LouUrille Courier-Journal.
When .the luxurious eenate baths
open. the. entire corps of rubbers and
scrubbers should be put to work on
Senator Newberry . . .. ,.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
It's the world's stomach, not' its heart,
that is suffering. Toledo Blade.
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The United States ought to be free and
independent of the Philippines. El Paso
Herald.
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It used to be that we drank In order to
kill time. Now we talk nrohibitinn. Tin
Angeles Times. .
Argentina claims the distinction of
perpetrating the first international walk
out. Chattanooga News.
Our government does not profess to
live within its income, but only within
ours. Wall Street Journal.
L'oyd-George may, as asserted, be
willing to give and take," but not to
take what he gives. Greenville (S.ai
Piedmont.
Normalcy won't be back In all Its
glory until you can order a dish of pork
x.r ,KanB and not find the pork
A.W.O.L. Kansas City Star.
We should think the middleman would
allow the farmer a little more than he
does, just to keep down his excess prof
its tax.-rOhio State Journal.
.
War Bride Reunited. Headine. Some
?C tflat wonderful surgical patchwork
they have been doing in the army, prob
ably. Philadelphia North American.
Secretary Houston is right What lit
tle money the small salaried man has
been able to save should be taken away
trom him at once. Burlington News.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
R. T. Robertson of the Burroughs
Adding Machine company of Portland
has just returned from British Co
lumbia and reports business rather
quiet there. Robertson is a world war
veteran, having enlisted with the Sev
entysecond Searforths at Vancouver,
B. C "What was the strangest experi
ence I had during the war.?" be re
peated. "I believe the incident that Im
pressed me most happened when I. was
lying on a cot in the hospital on the
Isle of Lamnos. This was the base
hospital for the troops fighting the
Turks at the Dardanelles, On he cot
next to me was a young chap badly
done up. When I recovered conscious
ness, after being there a day or so. I
became curious about him. I thought
I -would strike up an acquaintance be
fore he went west I said to him,
Where are you from?" 'Australia, he
answered. 'So am I,' I said. 'What's
your name?" I asked. 'Robertson,' he
answered. 'So is mine,' I said. "What
was your father's name? He told me.
I said: Then you must be my brother
George I am your brother Travers.'
We hadn't seen each other since I had
left Australia, eight years before, and
I didn't know he was In the service,
and he thought I had been killed early
in the war. Tes, he got over his
wounds. I ran across him some time
later in Cairo, and still later I heard
of him on the British front in France,
though I didn't get to see him."
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D. J. Dubruille of The Dalles Chroni
cle, one of the' most ably edited papers
in the West, is at the Seward. The edi
tor of the Chronicle, -Atom Bucklin, or
"Buck," fis his friends call him. Is a well
known contributor to Eastern magazines.
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More than 100 members of the theat
rical profession, who spent Christmas in
Portland, will always have a warm spot
in their hearts for Eric Hauser. They
certainly enjoyed the big time at the
Multnomah Christmas eve.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Briggs, who be
lieve Ashland the most ' healthful, . the
most beautiful and the most desirable
city in the West are at she Multnomah.
Walter T. Clay of Canyon City is here
from that historic old mining camp to
spend some of the money he has made
up there.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
(History of sreat local interest i here re-
written by Sir. Lockler, who draws from the
early issues of the tint nign acnooi paper puo
luhed In Portland. Tba excerpts speeJc for
themselTes.)
J. Hunter Wells, for many years a
missionary to Korea, is a Portland boy.
He is back again in his old home town.
Thirty-five years ago he was a student
at the Portland high school. I have on
the desk before me Portland's first
school publication. It is entitled, "The
Student." and Non the front page of the
first issue is tlUs announcement: "This
paper is devoted to educational interests.
Published monthly. J. Hunter Weils,
editor and proprietor." Two of his
schoolmates helped him, George Miller
acting as editor end Ivan Humason as
local editor. The first copy, which con
sists of four pages, was issued on Sep
tember 24, 1885. The real Inspiration for
the publishing of a school paper lay in
the fact that the new high Bchool had
just been completed and that the high
school enrollment for Portland had ex-
ceeded 200 pupils. The enrollment s4jts 'mossback' ideas, believes in the 'good
214, and in the Lownsdale primary, ohJ-,times,' and at any improvement over
which occupied part of the building,
there were 405 pupils, a total in the
building of 621.
. '
In the first Issue the editor announces
that the election of officers of the high
school debating society Is to take place
shortly and, like an old time politician,
he announces the slate and urges all to
vote a straight ticket The slate was:
J. D. K. Pearcy for president Kate Pri
deaux for vice president, Blanche Hersey
for secretary, Harold. Pilkington for
treasurer and Rollo Barnham for ser-geant-at-arms.
In the first issue ads
are carried by Meier &. Frank, who an
nounce tey have a stock of groceries,
boots, Sbees, caps and crockery at their
store it 185 First street Woodard &
Clarkejare at 131 First street G. Shind
ler & Ko. announce that they carry a
large line of furniture at their manu
factory." Edward Dekura, at 49 Wash
ington street say-s thin as he has no
rent to pay he will astonish all by the
low prices he charges for books, which
wil be lower than any other bookstore
Jn the city. W. B. Ayer says, "We are
patronizing your paper ; so patronize our
bookstore at 93 First street." The Golden
Rule Bazaar and the Ville de Paris seem
to be the leading stores, if what they
claim in their advertisements is to be
believed. ,
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Announcement Is made that Guy and
Mabel Willis are to attend the Wasco
academy at The Dalles and that Lulu
Noon of The Dalles is coming to attend
the Portland high school ; that Mark
Gill, one of the students of the high
school, is to go to, college at Middle ton.
Conn.; that Walter Dodd of the class
of '85 is to go to Amherst The second
issue states that "Ralph Duniway
criticism of the Student 'didn't hurt the
feelings of the editor, as we are indif
ferent to what he thinks.' " The com
ings and goings of Miss Gwendoline Star,
Dagmar Tlsdale. William Wallace, Ma
bel G. Kefnath, Alice Wilson, Clyde Dun
iway, Kate Randall, Ed Misner, Bob
Drake, Billy Claggett Ira Francis,' Abe
Danziger, Lyon Warner and Chuck,
Cissie, Dutchy, Mac, Addle, Jeddy,
Shorty, Yossie, Duck, Dido, Duke, Zula.
and many others are duly chronicled.
Praise is bestowed npon Professor R.
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Every militarist is ari avowed cham
pion of disarmament for the other fel
low. Roseburg News-Review.
Normalcy is a word jnuch nicer than Is
the process of gettingTack- to the condl
Uon it defines. Weston Leader.
, Being an Armenian after , all has its
compensations; we'll wager they're not
pestered by insurance agents. Klamath
Falls Herald.
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We Americans have boasted sq much
of freedom that lately we almost ex
pect it to make a living for us. Cor
vallls Gazette-Times.
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Many other men draw $50,000 salaries,
but Judge Landis will get to see the
ball games free a real and enviable
privilege. Athena Press.
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There are all kinds of optimists in this
world. The prohibition .enforcement
agents, .for instance,, believe they can
make Portland bone dry. Marshfielt
News.
.
Portland 1925. Why not may "Oregon
1925" as we will all help in putting on
the biggeBt show in the world in 1925.
Good men are at the head of it, and
good men to be found all over the state
to help. Banks Herald.
.
To enable Mr. Harding to make up
his mind as to what is right and what
is wrong, the hundred "best minds,"
representing a party divided against
itself on fundamental Issues, are offer
ing a hundred kinds of advices. Salem
Capital Journal.
'Once in a while you run across a
doubting Thomas who thinks Portland
has too many hotels," said one of the
local Greeters recently. "I wonder if
Uhey are aware of the fact that since
the Spanish-American war New York
city has built 25 large hotels with a
total capacity of 16,600 rooms, and
that in addition to the thousands of
rooms in the older hotels. Three of
these new hotels have over 1000 rooms
each. Eleven .of them have over 600
rooms each, jhe Pennsylvania, which
was opened on New Year's day, 1919,
has 2200 rooms. The McAlplne Annex
has 2300. The Commodore has 2000.
Our pessimistic friends don't want to
overlook the fact that as ttme goes on
Portland Is going to entertain an ever
Increasing number of tourlsts, and be
fore long we shall have to provide ad
ditional room for our transcontinental
guests." , ,
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W. H: Shelgrave of Albee' Is at the Sew
ard. Albee is a very lively and pictur
esque village' in southern Umatilla coun
ty a few miles to the northward of
Ukiah.
Mrs. IC S, Rogers, who manages the
beautiful brownstone hotel in Enter
prise, and who knows most of the trav
eling men by their first names, is sam
pling the eata at the Imperial.
Eastern Oregon guests at the Imperial
include G. M. Rogers of Wallowa. George
Tonkin of Pendleton, F. H. Robinson of
lone, S. D. Lake of 4ir6 and Kelly Car
son of Moro.
"
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ayers of Heppner
came to Portland by motor and will
spend the Christmas holidays here with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs.. A. M". Brown and daugh
ter, from the city of salmon at the
mouth of the Columbia, are at the Cor
nelius. " e t
D. S. Brown from Eastern Oregon's hus
tling lumber producing city, Bend, is
transacting business in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Tahupolike and Mr. and
Mrs. Papakura of New Zealand are
guests of the Holel Multnomah.
W. F. Maudlin of Stanfield is a Port
land visitor.
K. Warren, Miss H. F. Spalding, Miss
C. MacConnell.'Miss K. N. Tupper,' Miss
b. Uantenbein, Miss E. F. Turner and
Professor J. A. Gardiner for their effi
cient work as instructors. Profuse apol
ogies are made to Genevra Caukin,
Edith Chittenden. Pinkie Sears, -Tessie
Myers, Clara Teal and Maurice DuBuis
son for an unintentional reflection on
their musical ability in the preceding is
sue. High praise is paid for 'their ex
cellence in acting to Genevieve Schuyler,
Edith Chittenden, Jennie Hillman. Zula
Holman, Jessie Gill, Inez Delashmutt
Clementine Phillips, Mabel Hazeltine,
Tessie Myers, Sarah Loewengart, Belle
Young, Edna Henly and Laura North
rup. Announcement is made that during
the absence of William Claggett the high
school bell will be rung by Bert Farrell,
and that moat of the students are miss
ing Inez Marshall. In a leading edi
torial the editor roasts his contemporary,
the editor of the Oregonian, for his. crit
icism of the Portland public schools. He
Bays; "The Oregonian. no doubt, with
that period enters strong protest. It is
for us: to remind it that this is an age
of progress. The present age demands
the best public school system. I
leave it to Mr. Scott to suggest some-
rViinar r,tfpr SlnnK an ortll. i
showing such inconsistencies, was evi
dently written by a narrow minded end
bigoted person." ,
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After a few Issues George Miller and
Ivan Humason announce they are retir- j
paper on by himself. In the same issue
announcement Is made that the class en
tering high school in January, 1886, con
sists of 86 pupils, the largest class that
had ever entered the high school. Five
students graduating are eulogized. They
are Sadie Marquam, Lizzie Dove. Hattie
Higgins, Harold Pilkington and J. D. K.
Pearcy. The graduating class of the
grammar department of the Park school,
of which Professor Rigler was principal,
consisted of the following students: May
Bates, Belle Butler, Alice Buckerimeyer,
Maggie Carroll, Lillie Crombie. Helen
Glass, Leona Henderson, Mary Howard,
Mamie Llppincott Hattie Loeb, Nettie
Look, Katie Marquam, Annie McEntire,
Katie O'Neil. Nellie Phillips, Alice
Pierce, Fannie Rosenblatt, Dora Snyder,
Lillie Spiegl, Belle Stump, Carrie Tay
lor, Belle Young, Ed Bohlman, Frank
Cuslck, Fred Goodenough, Wjlliam Hol
man, James Malarkey, Martin Marks,
John McGinn, Frank Moffett, Joe Mur
phy, Victor Rahles, Ben Reld, Robbie
Schmeer, George Scoggin, Milton Sea
man and John Wallace.
The Issue for May 26, 1886, gives the
list of Juhe graduates aa follows : Bessie
Thompson Ada Sutton, Eugene Smith,
William Claggett, Blanche Kersey, Kate
Pridoux, May Montgomery, lone Dunlap,
Carrie . Nice, Genevra Caukin, Clara
Mundt Ella Anderson, Lizzie Stimpson,
Louise Bell, Laura Carpenter, Adella
McBrlde, Louise Campion, Lizzie White,
Ida Klnsel, Rollo Burnbam, Ed Misner,
Bert . Farrell, John McFall, Otto Brey
man, Rob Drake, Abe Danziger and Ja
cob Lazeile.
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Where. I wonder, are these students
now? How many of them still live in
Portland?
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happening In nrief
Form for the
Buay Header
OREGON NOTES
ot R,ate KozeL- states that
iu.uuu automobile licence
tags for 1931
will cost tl)e state $25,200
or 21 cents
The St Helens Tie & Timber comnanv.V
with headquarters in St. Helens, has '
ai itt-jra or lnrornorniimi ThA
taiuuii siock 18 lau.UtRI.. .1 ,
a report from the four Klamath FaHs
banks shows deposits of $i,6r9,708.60.
me ciiy ranns sixth in thfe state in the
uuuuiii or DanK oeposits.
Activities of officials . pn rrlnevllls
uuring.ine past iu days have retted to
ine city a Total or 7&o in fines for viola
tion of the prohibition law!
Two thirds fare on railroads Instead
r hair rare will be charged minister
ner January i, according Ito word given
ix. oc . oiiiciais
The Hood River county
kourt has set
the taxes to be raised thai
coming year
at 1244.033.10. This will require a levy
" iiuiio, against i mills last year.
According to the Oregor) state Cham
ber of commerce. 100 families can bm
placed on 40 to 80 acre tiracU of land
in the Ochoco project in Central Oregon. -v
The flouring mill at Canjonville. which
has been closed for several years, has
been thoroughly overhauled and reno
vated and is now grinding flour and
feed. .
Klamath county has a Japanese popu
lation of 22 persons.- The are credited
with owning 2601 Acres o r land in the
founty with an assessed valuation of
$26,010. . ' '
A washboiler still In a b droom of the"
Utaude Anderson house near Freewater
was seized by Sheriff TaVlor. together
with two Jugs of moonshine liquor and
a 60-gallon barrel of f rui ; mash.
The big sawmill which was erected at
Toledo by the spruce production division
during the war, but which was not com
pleted in ttme for use. U expected to be
started Up .soon by the purchasers.
The war department has counter- -manded
its recent o1era that the Ore
gon National Guard Infan rv companies
at Salem and Med ford and one company
at Portland be reduced to machine gun
companies.
Several hundred bales if Willamette
vaUy hops have changed hands in the
past week, and the best-grades went at
25 cents, which represents, a decline of
several cents from the values current
two Weeks ago.
. WASHINGTON
Sixty-one carloads of Yiakima apples
have this year been shipped to Europe
uy reingeraior oottoms.
Dougias G. Smith, ex-jservice man,
aged 26. has been designated as Yak
ima's new chief of police.
The 2-vear-oM son nf Ltr W rinll..
lof Galvin was fatally scalded Thursday .
nigm wnen ne ieu into a boner ut hot
water. ;
A report from the stite banks nt
Washington shows a decrease In de
posits of 10,C65,474 since the report of
September 8. ,.i .
Burglars broke into two buslneSs
houses at Centralia, blew theTsaferWi
both places and t escaped withSjuat -If--centa
in money. j
Residents of Cathlamet) ate seeking
a change in the proposed i route of the
Ocean Beach highway that will take in
the town of .CathlameL
a balance of $3,960,370, compared wWi
$3,650,b07 for the preceding week. Over
drafts now total fl.424,19.
Despondent because, of ill health,
Henry Henlrlckson, a-gedj 57, commit
ted suicide near Newport by shooting
himself through the heartj with a rifle,
San Juan county is In excellent finan
cial condition, having a -bonded debt of
but 1000, while its warrant, debt is
only 472. Its assets, on the other
hand, total 163,134. i
Dr. ueorge H. Crabtrce of Seattle,
lieutenant colonel United States army,
retired, has been appointed state sur
geon with the rank of. najor ia the
Washington National Guard.
com county, that the customs station
in that city will be reestablished and
a deputy collector will take charge-of
the new office the first Of the year.
Tut. v r T.ii,kAn ...rf..j v.
ably fatal injuries when she fell
through a trapdoor In the kitchen of-
ner nome at t-oivme. i,ne aoor naa
been left open by a nejwly employed
domestic. I
Dr. Walter S. Wallace, the first
white child taken to Wallace. Idaho,
after the founding- of that town by
his grandfather, was found dead in
the- woods near Newport by a search
ing party.
IDAHO
Five cars of hoes were, shinned to
the Seattle markets out q Parma last
week, bringing to the snippers' more
than $11,000. j
A reduction of $1 a day In wages
has been asked by the business men of
Buhl of teamsters, chauffeurs, stable
men and helpers. .
Approximately l.OOQ.ftOO tons, of hay
will move out of Southerh Idaho as a'
result of the reduction in freight rates
on that commodity. - i
Richard B.. Dickerson, one of the first
homesteaders on the SL - Joa river,
where he settled 38 years, ago, died at
Coeur d'Alene last week, aged 64 years.
Practically all of the I ministers) of
Boise have expressed themselves aa
favoring the proposal , to present to
congress an act that calls for strict
observance of the Sabbath.
The several farmers' mutual tel
nhone lines operating In Clearwater
county have succeeded ih getting all
legal ODstacies removea. to tne est&D
lishment of a central In Orofino.
Resolutions were adopted at a recent
meeting in Boise of the I state bureau
of mines 'and geology. Indorsing Gov
ernor LW W. uavia as secretary or tne
interior in the Harding cabinet
know you iv.
PORTLAND-
The straphanger who reflects that
the poor car is overworked may not
have misplaced his sympathy.
During the year 1919 the cars on
the lty lines of Portland carried
100,801,793 passengers,
transfers.
Including
Since there are El 4 bars on the
lines within Portland,
that the average annual
this means
load of each
car was 195,139 passengers.
' Although the lnterurban cars are
larger, they carried proportionately
fewer people. The lnterurban cars
carried 8,877,804 passengers during
1919, and with 95 cars In service this
means that each carried during the
year an average of 161,126 passen
gers. I -
But the interesting thing about the
figures just given is that the city
and suburban lines of Portland, not
Including the suburban lines of the
Southern Pacific and the Oregon
Electric, carried during One year the
number equivalent to the population
.of the United States. - -
During the 'month of October last
the cars o'peratlng on the lines in
Portland carried 8,161J7 passengers,
and on" the lnterurban lines for the
same month 808,715. ,
The dally average on the city lines
for October was 263,261 passengers,
and this figure indicates the intense
predilection of Portland people for
street car travel. . The 1920 popula
tion of Portland was placed at 258,
288. , The dally averag on the ln
terurban lines for October was 9588.
If the number of passengers Car-
ried on the city lines during October
can be regarded as Indicative of the
other 11 months, the year 1920 wilr
. fall slightly below 1919 In street car
travel, for the total will! be 97.935,348
as compared with 100,301,793 in 1919.