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.4 ISHE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND "SUNDAY : MORNING. JANUARY 1621. nai I; AX IXDEfENDK-NT EwarAPEa C . JACKSON... ......... ..Puhliiher I Be delm, be confident. b rheerfal end do unto CBara u yon would hee Uiom do unto yoa- i PubUahed erary wee rtr end. onniy morning. f .it The Journal Building, Broadway and Yam- nterd at the poatoffice at Portland, Oregon, for U-i-mi ioo through tha wilt ae eeeond eta natter. . TELEPHONES Main 71 T, Asthmatic 0-M. . AU departments reached by Uie umber, NATIONAL ' ADVEHT18INU BKl'BKSENT-A-' , TIVE Benjamin ft Keninor Co.. Brunawiek ' -Buildta. 32ft "rlfth aeenue. New York; 900 lUUmn Building, t'hlcego. -. , i tanriC COAST fcKfKEti'ENTATrVE W. B , Branger Co.. Examiner Building, San Fren etK; Title Insurance Building. Lot Attgelea; rlntelUgcBea Buildinc, Brattle. . i - THE OKEtJON. JOUKNaI. re-erre the' right to . reject adertiing copy wbicb it deem ob : ; jectionabla. 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Jf your pr to trice i not a Money Order office. J or 2-crnl nUnipe will be accented. Make all remitt&aoea payable to The Jeumal. anr4lnl nratnn m I .will lead them, in ratha that they not. known: I will make eroold Uxince : atraight. ImUIj 43:16. 'NATURE'S NICE3 BALANCE WHENEVER civilization - enters . regions .of virgin land it finds modus. Vivendi that Just about balances accounts between mutually hostile occupants!, of the soil, a nice adjustment between eater and eaten, between consumer and food, that .permits) the' seed pt the one to re main in the earth without smother ing the sprout of the other. Where we find two caterpillars pasturing on the same leaf we find a natural law, that eliminates one of thefeeder's, if by chance one leaf Is a meal for but one caterpillar. Where two wolf purs persistently PURS p lebone. growl over the aemrbone, presently there ts but one wolf pup and he the fittest, to survive. Whenever the house cat fbecom'es pestilently . pro lific, kittens mysteriously disappear from the farm. When only the Indians and the wolves nibbled at the edges of the buffalo herds,, these beef animals ( Pastured, the prairies in mlllldns. But when man upset the balance I with his repeating rifle they melted i away, their pastures -were fed to the ( Wild fires and th'e Indians were fed - by congress. In the Dakotas, coyote and jack rabbit kept the scale in nice equilib rium through long" ages till the sheep" men came. Then the dead lambs . called forth a scalp bounty from the state, and the coyote faded from the horizon. But sbt'racting coyotes multiplied Jackrabbits and gophers, till in self defence the legislature 1 ralRexf thA han aty' rATntAn.' n t i lamaljer pests subsided- .- "i In Jamaica for centuries the rep- I mes ana oirasnaa consumed tne surplus Insect population!, nd , so -made the -island inhabitable for the aborigines.. But the English plant- era, wishing to.be rid of poisonous snakes. Imported from Hindustan the "mongoose, a kind ,of pagan wea sel. This voracious beast ate not only the poisonous snakes but the beneficent .ories also,-' along with the lizards and all insect eating reptiles. . .Then it proceeded to exterminate the birds;, anjd now the multiplying in sect pests ' are destroying; the agri cultural interests of the Island with alarming rapidity. j , When , roan upsets Nature's equi poise, he always does it to his own upsetting. In the : fight for sub sistence with lower forms of life man cannot get far-away from an alliance with certain, lagects; and animals. With all his wiy nls a,1ts and his superior sense., he leans heavily on the shoulderof earth worm, slrunk, swallow, flaall. quail, owl mole, hawk and squ-rel. With out the aid of these and) their pest killing ffellows than would shortly follow the buffalo to the back door of creation. ,. ' ! ;: rThe mortal who forgetji this great fact, and slaughters- birds and other rteficent fauna Is himself a'mn goose eating hts way to ilia own . destruction. . I ' fires don't Just -happens. They oc cur when the careless leave Inflam mables where heat may reach them. LIFE XND BRONZE . ! APHIMISTER PROCTOR'S sculpture, "Th Vaquero," but renamed jThe Bucking ; Broncho." which was inspired, by Pendleton Round-up' experiences has - become the permanent possession of Denver I i.. through the isrlft of citizen, J. K. Mulli. t " It 'vtands In Denver' cilo center, life- t.tlc in bronae, h. heoic figure uplendldly exemplifying not alone a lawless Ufe I thrllllngly tamed by another. Iesa i governable but a raw West compounded of such wijd ele- "TiV! l4h ulPto'-'icunInf has But always the humorous must accompany the heroic,. .The rugged form may houee. I an Impious spirit. If eeemsthatj Prootor's model was a vaq'uero known In the Northwest as "Slim." Ernest. Pexiotto -inT Scrib- ner'a retells the sculptor's atory of "Slim": . .5 ;-",)' ' .. ," I rot Slim" to .buy me a couple-of ftrdlnary ponies,, a coupler of backing bronchos that were full of ginger. These ware brought Into the studio and'r mod eled them.; But we had our troubles. pid Wall Eye" got gay and cavorted around and things; went flying. Every chair in the place flew out faf the win dow. But "Slim" held her head and kept away from her business end, and finally we quieted her down. Now SUro." it seems, had a habit of picking up ropes, and he didn't mind sometimes If there was a. horse o the other end. So. that, just' as soon as I was finished with him the sheriff took him In. He had been needing" him In his business for thre'e months,, but he didn't want to spoil my work by taking away my model. Pretty nice of him, I call it. don't you? Three people -were murdered in. New Tork robberies, a Fifth avenue Jewelry store was .looted of 1100,000 and 12000 taken from the safe of a municipal court, all In one day. Add to . the New ; York collection of masterful crooks and murderers the affable . young man who empties Portland homes of valuables at will and life in the metropolis would never become humdrum. WEALTH UNDERGROUND UNUSUAL experience awaits Port land In the international mining congress which is to be held in this city the second week of next April. Some 1200 mining men, owners, operators, engiheeis and even the prospector with hM pick and pan, will bring to a focus here the reviv ing interest :Of the 'West in , the wealth .that1 lies underground. Incidentally it may become clear before the session' has ended-that ' there are minerals which Will repre-1 appropriations were apparently du- sent larger ! revenues to the . Wet tplicative. ; ' than the precious inetals. Official! Counties were without interchange Idaho, to, Illustrate, will prepare the" first complete exposition of the phos phate rock dPosits, which amount to probably) five billion tons, and which, will be rnoved through this port , ultimately at a probable rate of 300,000,000 tons a year, and with a revenue value to the port, for handling alone, of 50 cents a ton. The magnesite of Washington, used in lining, the jfurnacs of the Iron and steel industry, th lime of Oregon and Idahov and tVe basaltic tock of which the nation's, highways might be built without exhausting the sup ply, are other subjects eutceptible of statement, in terms nearl;i as ex pansive. " . It will also be of Interest and no little significance to Ifarn in par ticular about the adventures in min ing Which engross the West. . Alaska is ordinarily credited with leadership . in mfneral production," but where Alaska's annual output of gold. and copper.,! under present con-ditions.'-is fives r sis millions of-dol-j lars a. yearj the silver and lead of the Coeur d'Alenes, almost at our doors, has reached -the total of $20, 000,000 a year. The copper . of Montana Is nor mally worth $12,000,000 & year and the copper, j silver, lead and gold of British Clumbia are worth- at least $5,000,000 a year.. - Washington's minerals, including her coat, and magnesite,- represent an annual j value ,'f $10,000,00 0. Oregon's output of gold, kil 'r, copper, lime and building stone falls comparatively low in the scale at $2,500,000 a year,-but this. Profes sor Parks, at the tiead of the state mining "bureau, assures us, is due not to lack of resources but to lack of development. It w4U be worth not a, little to the plans and enterprises which in- the future will center here to have acquainted the! representatives of mining interests so large with Port land's business and distributive fa cilities. . . ' " t It has been proposed in Portland that divorce laws be made more strict to; reduce the number of legal sep arations. That may be the remedy, bat it doesn't sound like 'good logic to lock " two strange bulldogs in the same ro6m. . : .; SCENERY OR FOOD THE National Parks association, through its secretary, Robert Sterling Yard, has issued a rjamphlet attack on the plan to hold Yellow stone lake in Yellowstone National park to its high water -level by a dam in the Yellowstone river some three miles below, the outlet of the lake'. The notable feature of the attack Is that It abuses the scheme without more than inferential effort to show the damage which would be wrought by lt success. I v . A bllj introduced by Senator Walsh' at the present session of con gress has been referred to the irri gation and arid lands committee, of which Senator McNary of ' Oregon is chairman. In brief,, it provides that the state of Montana or some irrigation district approved by It may construct the dam "and that the water held thereby In storage shall be .employed for ; Irrigation and hy-dro-elect He power development. The granting of the power permit is to be reserved .to the United States but the revenue's are to accrue to the state of Montana. , In ret upal. ;a bill supported by Scretarj; of the IntSVior Payne has been Introduced by Senator Jone of Washington ; amending the federal power comm lesion act ' that Yio permit for.power development in a national parl( or monument may be etranterl Vlthout a tipecif Ic - act" .of congress, i ,c . - '.7" Should the Montana-plan succeed, a large area will .be irrigated In Idaho with water taken; from the Yellowstone and a substantial power inciQent thereto. - j- , :'f j. '- : If the till should be dfated, and the Jones amendment should pass it would mean that the irrigation and power resources of all national parks would remain ; unutilized .In order that the scenic beauty of the streams within th4 parks might continue un impaired, ' -. '- ' ' ' - ' With a view to the economic rather than . th scenic aspects of the con troversy, the Pacific Northwest Ir rigation convention some months ago in Seattle adopted' a resolution fa voring the irrigationlst point of view. But the ultimate decisioi of the issue will iprobably depend upon how huYry the people of the nation bo coins. .If the market price of turkey is equitable,! the birds must have been raised on diamonds. ' i CHARITY AT HOME THE Word "chaos" applied by the governor's commission to "the condition of public and private char-J ity administration ink-Oregon is con sistent with its recommendation that two years be spent by ,the social work departmerU-of the University of Oregon in merely ascertaining facts which could be '.used as the basis of corrective measures. ; There must indeed be chaos which requires that two years be devoted to a search for facts in the labyrinth of confusion.. . And if such a period of'time is required for study how much mpre necessary must , be -a measure j of correction to provide against - a; future hodge podge of charity. -. . ' '; The commission found that the legislature of 191 " appropriated more than $3,500,000 for charitstble and allied purposes. ' Several of the of information or even .knowledge f amounts each' was spending. ..Some of the counties Maintain "poor farms" without sufficient inmates to justify" the expense when several counties mijrht "club" together and increase their ' benefactions to the needy while at the same time reduc ing thei" ;expense. j H Chariljy public and private, ad ministered " as the jgvernor's com mission on coordination fpund it to be administered, is charity that pau perizes. It Is charity that wastes. It is charity that does harm where good is the intent. " The ccjrn mission calls the need for improvement a "crying need.. No such need can be safely neglected. ThLounty commission, rejected the. appeal for the inclusion of a Rose Festival tax In the 1921 bud get. That was the proper thing if it isjj desired that, a few public spirited .people finance the festival. Such" people hav always done it and will always d6 it under a system if contributions. They bear the bur den while the .tightwads have iqual or greater benefit with' no . outlay. If, however,,' it Is desired that the cost o(. the festival be equally and equitably distributed, the commis sioner should have made an appro priation. They - ought to reverse their decision." - With roses in bloom throughout Portland on New 'Year's day,; fehall the Rose Festival be dropped? AS SCHWAB SEES IT WHEN Charles M. 'Schwab says that the extravagance of the rich Is negligible compared with the reinvestment of their gains for the expansion of. industry and the em ployment of labor, he states a fact. But he does not condone a condi tion, j; ..;:'; - . Capital in industry -furnishes the wherewithal to stimulate production, meet payrolls and maintain; business, but tj waste profits in frivolous liv ing creates a secondary circle of parasites, women and men. It puts the solemn livery of servitrfde upon sychophants who : shamelessly 'hold out their hands ,,for unearned tips as a preferred means of bringing for tune ,to ther. pockets. They, give countenance to profiteer price mak ing, foment i immorality ' and place temptation and envy in the wivof the weak. Inevitably the maintenance ol false glitter and show ftreeds grow ing greed, turns a deaf ear to justice ami denies a fair division of the pro duction, of labor between toilers and "employers. It I would be better , if 'men like Schwab, whoi have won their .way by hard) Work and ability. Should com mend to their flatterers simplicity and Industry coupled with effort to do good in proportion to good for tune. .-:.- ; . ; i , Don't forget Write it. 1921. 4 ATCH FOR THE GROUCH SURE as you're born, we are going o have) the after-the-holldaya grouch Hoi the; same fellow who has been a persistent killjoy of every happy occasion. :Heia so .stingy that he would rather wish f his mOther-in-law long life and happiness than have ;tjo pay her funeral expenses He is an inevitable aftermath f all public or family joys. He is plcTer than the poor. and. 'like them, he I ever with ts; We must prepare how to arm ourselves against him as we should against rats or Influenzar, for he is Jyst as catching. Riat' as Infec tious. Just .is conta'srlous, or whatever other word describes him! and nis little isolated world.. There is abso lutely no place for h.tm' here or here after In . our - scheme of I desirable things. Let's shun- him. let'e turn the cold shoulder to him" and his re gret! and whining. ' ; J He is the personation of the tink ling cymbal, the sounding brass, that has rung out across the ages. ;. The beauty of the line. "Do not weary of well doing.'" ha never appealed to. him., -He is wiifully Ignorant of such things, and because lie persists in enacting this t"ole. We must not let him spoil the season iphich for most of us has meant apreckated gifts, and still. more heartfelt giving. Astoria is to be congratulated on the speed . with wh ich: :hat port loaded and cleared the Or ja, one of the largest cargo carriers that ever visited the Pacific coast. Besides 5000 tons of jsoal and stores, the Orca carried away nearly lialf a mil lion. bushels of wheat value d at more than three quarters of a million dol lars. About $60,000 was disbursed for labor andsupplies at Astoria 1y the vessel. The visit of the Orca is a step forward. In making commer cial history for the Columbia river. -r TO SWAT HIGH TAXES BLAME is a poor substitute for system and economy in financ ing Oregon's public administration." To Invoke the high heavens will bring no answer to the query as to how long the riot of excess expendi ture will continue. . Assessor . Heed calls attention to the fact that the impending tax levy will be the largest in Multnomah county history. probamy $14,713, 000. The levy in 1910 Was $6,401, 000. In 1900 It was $l,OoY,000. Ten years ago, principal and in terest 'payments on bonded debt in Multnomah county reached the total Of $315,680.29. This yea! the Prin cipal and Interest . payments reached the total ot $1.402,379.9$j. Multno mah gross bonded debt fn 1910 was $15,860,489. This year it lis S,269, 218. The assessor says thit the de mands of the state government will call for $9.493,lfr5 in the next tax budget as. compared with) $4,391,208 last year. Traced a little further, it appears that the funds voted by the public to the state university, - agri-J cuitjural college, normal school, ele mentary school fund and the ex service men's educational fund ac count chiefly for the states increased needs. j j The dock commission is also ask ing for an increased Budget but the dock commlssipn is meejtjing expen ses' of , bonded debt voted.1 by the peo ple to the Jextent of '$10,500,000. Likewise the Portland j ichool dis trict, third of the public agencies named by the .assessor as ! calling for more funds, is acting tin! authority granted it by the public.) ) '"-.'. The public's own spending is re sponsible for the tax load. When the public becomes a student of taxa tion, and realizes that every dollar spent must ultimately! be paid in taxes, expenditures Willi tighten. If Irvin S. Cobb had 1 thought a little harder and hunted a little longer for a really humorous term to describe his impression! of Oregon. the could, have done himself more justice: " 'Xoubetcher w - wtnQ may be- located in the hills of Arkansas, the feud area of Kentucky or the sinuous ' thoroughfares! f Boston. But who in Oregon heard a tele phone girl say "yOubetcher" ? Cobb, wriUng in the Saturday Evening Post,, says they all do.) And he at tributes the same method of acqui escence to everybody else! Not that Oregonians would mind admitting It if they did it. But they don't. They are' more apt to express extreme vigor Of agreement by saying "You're uurnea rignt. A CHANGE TB new year brinks the retire- . ment of J. D. Micklefrora the office of state dairy and) food com missioner, after eight years of serv ice in the position. . f It has been a notable service The whole Influence of . the office and all its authority were uned in' the public interest, j There was an ef ficient, conscientious and Courageous discharge of tjje duties ahd respon- ibilltlea of the position. As a trustee to whont laige'respon sibilitleg were committed. Mr. Mlckle played no favorites. All vio lators of the pure food) laWs, .whether rich and powerful or poor and lowly, looked alike to him. He made the, office respected ;nd the food laws sovereign. A a, public servant. Mr; Mickle waa a. type for future officials to. emulate. " - ' ; ) . - ; . ' j . -: Former Stte Senator C. I Haw ley succeeds to the position and The Journal predicts that under his ad ministration the office Willi remain on the same high level created; by Mr. Mickle and that the- food and dairy laws will continue to be eon - cientiously and courageously ap plied. ; ; - ; . ;r : -. A cleanup of poolrooms, dance halls, and other places if idleness and amusement Is in progress in sev eral cities oi the country. The clean up .process is sound. policy, but what Is to become.' of those rounded up? Is It not essential that some provi sion be made for thera? Where and how are their minds to be employed? Busy mtnds are the best panacea for Idleness, crime and vice. TO END WAR END ARMING hfenT boiution Offered By an Emirient Swiss Authority The Less ' Preparedness'' jdhe Leas Danger ot War, m ion ciutiiot Abolition of Coranulaorjr ' ; Military tiervtcat tne Jniey an-. ' VoKea the League of -Nations. -"Foreign Editorial Digest .'.;; CoMoliOiLed, i'reje Ajioelition) , iThe JouriiaJ de Oenxve publishes afn artide by hxxouajrd iNavnia on tno tut lion of uisarmarnenU , : -.'4 ! "One ot t the nignest and most benefi cial aims of the Jjfcaue of Nations," lie uys, 'w to make i war disappear. War is no longer to be tha remuy wnen peo pies are uiviaed. 'the cannon ia Jiiiive lurth, to ceaae to be the last appeal. fit is certain, however, toat loin ideal cannot be reauzea at ui very . onset. In. spite of the lassitude .nd exaausuoa of nearly aU naWna, not omy -is' war still toiiig on but we see the menace of it On mo jhorisan, pernaps even ui the near future. It it is impossible to suppress it eomp.eieiy, at least att meuurea uiuat be tawieu' to avoid it, ta maae 1U ueci-ra-Hon uifiicutt. to prevent its suuuenly brea.k;ii(i out at tha oeatre ot a aenpouu wtll aua fur a purely ajnoitloua motiva. "it seems thai tue moet ; ef ucacious means of brhigmg aoout this result ta the one with aich tne League 6i Na tions la now occupied, narueiy, uisarma raent. But how is it pouaiota to oaiain this without hurting u . leeiuiga cr awakening' the teara of such aau such a nation r j Let us, tnerefore, take a glance at the war which uas just, come to an end. f "It-'cannet" be denied that Jt had euits a new character tor mouern times, but that it car a. no be compared ,lo tha wars of ancienii times, formerly war waa 4 struggle! between armied trained boieiy lor tuatj purpose. 'x'tie itaVioita themselves took: no direct part in them. Of course ' they suffereu at seeing aome of their sons fall at the front,or"oecome mutilated in the battie ; they suffered material losses; but their economic, in dustrial, agricultural lite was nut stopped, their , occupations scarcely changed, and their activities were not concentrated op- only one object, the producing "of what waa necessary ' for war. "Since 1870 aQ this has changed. Most European nations have feit tne need ot not allowing themselves to be xtirsa;, to equal, and to exceed every r)vai m cue number of their soldiers, to favor nice sant recruiting until the limit has un j ';', 'c fc"r v,V w . V V.V--reached in compulsory service. The re- ! A" action has been taken by this sult is' that it Is no longer a certain num ber of men that are armed, it is tn' whole number tof valid men, so that u war breaks -out who.e peoples are f.ght ing against each other. And as all the men are at the front, women have also to take part in the war ; If they do nr. carry a gun, which -does sometimes hap pen, they work behind the lines -in the huge munition factories. "If disarmament la really" desired, th first condition is to make war wk)at it was formerly a struggle between armies and- not between the whole peo ples, and to do away with compulsory service, if a permanent army is neces1 sary, as the great powers seem toi think;, it should be ah army of volunteers, as is. the case in Kngland and in America, or an army recruited by conscription, that is to say, consisting of only a inia.l proportion of the population." , e e' e ' . - ' . "Far be it ironi me," continues the writer, "to undervalue the, importance of armed service for purely defensive rea sons. This is a duty from which we, as Swiss people, would not ' exclude'-ourselves and which we eveh consider as an honor. "But this sort "of service consti tutes no idanger for; the world's peace. Militia knows no offensive or conquest. Whaf-would contribute most, not only to disarmament, but to a general refine ment of manners, would be for the mas culine population not . to be obliged tp spend- two or ithree years in barracks,') where they must necessarily give ' every civil occupation, and undergo an education with, no other end, in . view but war, just j as if . war of any kind ought to be the aim of life. The per manent army.i founded on compulsory service, creates a military cas.te, ?whose influence"; has so often been injurious. And the i institution leads to' war, for such a. costly Instrument is not creatgd to b made of no use-of if. opportunity arises. If the . army is never used it is waste of money and energy. "Imagine what a weight would be lifted from the shoiders "of the. great powers like France and Germany if. in stead of making hundreds of thousands of men Eve uselessly because they' are doing .no; work, these countries had, as formerly,) only! a certain number of vol unteers or, conscripts. Some idea can be formed by looking at. America. It is certain that America is the richest coun try in the world and one cannot help thinking i that these riches come partly from the fact that - the billons- spent in Europe annually for keeping . up the armies have been, used in America for industry and remunerative work. , . "It is useless to insist on the benefits which all nations would derive) from having only militia that is to say, a military organization which .would not demand the complete sacrifice of several years, but which would be only a short interruption la the life's work of each individual. If: armies are still necessary, let them at least be composed of. those who have a particular taste for the pro fession of arms, to whom If the. numbers .were insufficient, conscripts chosen by lot or otherwise, could be added. But there should nb longer be any obligation to carry arms except as a means of de fense, r . t - "For many 'years the idea has been prevalent that) the power of a nation de pends on the number of its soldiers, so that without doubt the abolition of com pulsory military service would meet with violent opposition, especially in -countries like France, which are proud of their military ! glory and which, perhaps rightly, fear a surprise attack.-. But no great captain j ih France, from Turenne to Napoleon, ever commanded a nation in arms. And the more the idea becomes- established that the army , must be reduced to the very minimum the. more the danger of a sudden attack will decrease and disappear. ?For this reason we should like to see the League of ligations proclaim this idea as the ideal to be attained the aboli tion of comoulsory service except as a means of defense. The countries; them-1 selve must choose between militia or volunteer armies. It would be a great step toward disarmament. We cannot help thinking that if the idea ma"kes its way, as we hope. It will contribute enor mously toward bringing about' the end of war. for it will make, an offensive more and more difficult" l Cotnmunjrratiou seat to Tha Journal for publication in this department ahould be .written on only oat tide of the paper; ehouid not exceed 300 words ia length, and a4 be aigned by tha writer, whose mail addrese in fall aiut accom pany tha contribution 1 .-- ..;.; i SPEEDOMETERS FOR ALL ; ; Suggestion That Locomotives As Well As Autos Be So Equipped Albany. Led 12. To the Editor of The Journal I respectfully, submit that, in the interest of the safety f the travel ing pubiio and In justice to those charged .with) the actual ;operatijrt qt railroad 1- locomotives. : speedometers should be placed on every locomotive, that engineers might plainly see, and onmniv with i the maximum rates of speed, as theyj travel through fncorporat-1 Letters From the Peopb COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE : Martens' is ordered not oniy to leave the country,, hut td leave it as he found it.-j Buffalo Commercial, . . , It looks as if Kiagara Fails might be the first part of the Canadian border to go dry. Boston Herald. Villa appealing for protection from bandits contributes to' the grayety ot ua tions. Springfield Republican. ; . e We begin to fear that Kngland .will never stabilize Ireland by continuing to constabulize it C o 1 u m b i a (S. C.) Record. - - ' . ,. e. - . . . After they get .through w'th the "bet ter babies" campaign, we favor putting A "better grown peop.e" urive Wichita Beacon. - ! e : j- ; Princess Christopher ha a coronation gown with a nine-foot train. Lets hope tne ureen palace has switching facili- una.--riusuuij rresa. They started in yesterday to ruh'-'ali the crooks out of New York. That will probably be one lonesome' to n in a few days. -Greensboro N. C.) New. ' V ' - ' ! The principal difference between the holdup men and th profiteers is that the protiteers didn't get quite so much front-page publicity. Columbia (S. C.) Record. , , , " Annette " Kellerman' dec'sres fhat swimming ts the best exercis. That 1.4 comforting for those- who are trving desperately to keep their heads above water. Kansas City Journal. j i MORE OR LESS PERSONAL i - -r- '" " Random Observations: About Towm His royal highness WlU'.am I, king oi Harney county and ambassador eif traordinary from-. Burns and nontigui ous territory, is here to visit his broth er, Ed Hanley, of Alaska. Bill and Ed Hanley were bom at Jacksonville. Ed is an authority on Alaska, and Bill knows all there is to be known about jackrabbits, antelopes, bunchgrass, al falfa, irrigation and cattle, and.r though, with his tonsured crown - and ibenevol lent and benignant expression, he looks liko a monk, his friends claim he isn't one.5 - . " ; j j - e e Mr. and Mra Ai F. Warlwell of Salem. ! ancient - Massachusetts community to change Us nam eo as to prevent con tusion witn its Oregon namesake. . j , .j A; O. Hopper of the Inland Empire ts taking' in the sights of Portland. Mr. Hopper is a bachelor: but if he should marry arid his wife decide to leave him and become a grass widow, would it be Ihcorrect to refer to her as a grass Hopper? ' , i isitors in Portland from i Corvallis Include Mr. and Mra D. W. Bath, Mr. and Mrs. A.. E. Dann,: Mr.vard Mrs. J. L. Gauit, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Walter. Professor and Mrs. H. S.i Newins ind Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Mfreen., " - ' ' j ' ' Mrs. W. E. Dobson of Athena, who I owns a farm near Estacada, ia in Port land visiting- f nends. "... e J . J. T. Lee of Looking Glass, near Rose burg, is in Portland on business. i ' " .' F. L Rawson, M. I. E. E. and A. M. L C E., of London is at the Portland. 1 P ' -e e - Robert J. 'and Joseph Hodgson, well known citizens of We'stoa, art guests at the Portland. yfc.' - ! Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Tallant and Mrs. W. E. Schimpf f of Astoria are registered at the Portland. i Dr. T- W. . Johnston, of Pendleton is a Portland visitor. e - C. L. Hbbart ts a Portland visitor.1 ' i e i A. Kuckee of Astoria is a guest, at the Portland. . - OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS : OF THE JOURNAL .MAN .By Fred (A aentiment for the New Tear 1 here offered by Mr. Cockley. who, proceeds thenea ariUi a plea tor world-wide-good will. 1 i There are few of us who look, back at the blotted pages -of .the past .year, but feel that we arei going to nee that the coming year, so far as w ourselves are concerned, is to jbe one .of greater striving toward . the goal of service f to our fellow mh. " Dfaring the coming year I ani going to ake for my motto What Pliny, the otd Roman philosopher, aaid so aptly. What he said so long ago is just as true today as It was when he said it Here. then. Is my goal for the coming yea : "Doing what deserves to be written and w riting what deserves to be read : jand rendering the world happier! and better for having lived in it." , t "I - ..-:'. e '- . : A lerral friend of iine at least he c'almed'' he was fiend said -to Ime recently, "I believe i being brutally frank, so I ami going io tell you where you fall flown ! as a. writer.:. Ana i he proceeded to do so :at great length. While I feel in a pijoperly chas,tened mood I will adopt onefof his numerous sugrestlonsi which wai to put more va riety into each of my articles. YouJ remember Of pourse. 8e man who read the dictionary through and when asked w-ha he thought of it! said. "It's very good, but it seems t4 me.the writer changes his subject a f little too often." In this article I shall put as much va riety as I -can. i ! I - ' f r The Seattle Chamber lof Commerce re cently received a letter from a, firm .in Japan desiring information about the prices of-machinery in Ithe closed brew eries. The writer stated that he hoped to buy the machinery cheap, "because the breweries in your country must; be totally wounded by the law of temper ance." ' ' .. -'.,: , ' - ' ' . e e , I Will someone tell me where to find the nearest recruiting station of -the United States marines? . News has- been received of the death of the ruler of a small inland lying to the southward of the Philippines. In his will;, the sul tan of this small island leaves alii of his possessions to a sergeant of ; the United States' marines, whose home is at Wrentham. Mass. The estate con sists of valuable pearl fisheries, an ex tensive gr,ove -cf cocoanut palms and the sultan's harem. The war depart ment and the .department of insular, affairs are wrestling with the problem. .... . . e ; 'e ;. The last gun of the -Civil war didn't ed cities, most of which have ordinances governing the speed of railroad trains passing through, - It is also equally im portant, when making time as sched uled by railroad officials., that! the speedometer be so placed for-the use of tbe engineers, regardless of; city ordi nances. The time has arrived that the public a well 'as railroad engineers aad conductors can Justly demand it - j " It would not be amiss to have speed ometers placed on every automobile and on airplanes. . .The next- legislature..' soon to convene, should enact the foregoing suggestions Into law. Congress should -also be peti tioned to pass like national enactments NEWS IN BRIEF ' SIDELIGHTS . The rreat panic preventive is io keep the labor now here and ready to work, employed.- Marshfie'd News. Swelling the'ranks of the unemployed is one way of reducing the payro'V Even economy has its limitations. Drewsey Pioneer-Sun, .- e e e lf"it asn't that some pessimists insist tt to be so, one cou:d never discover there was a depression in the U. ta. A'. Albany -.Democrat. ' e " Dt hg says' he - doesn't care to be set at Hberiy. Why should he. when, as matters stand, he's at liberty to say any o!u thing hi pleases? La Uramla Ob server. . : .... . . . -The only excuse for your rot doing your best under "11 .circumstances Is that you are unable to. do- any bter under any circumstances, itoseburg JS'awa-Raview. ' " . .-- . ; e e : The -Greek ministry wants to resinh. Having broupht Corstantine back to.-his throte. the desire to be re'ievi from further responsibility is natural. Eu gene 'Guard. .- . e The ntate. cufity and city tax cannot h hidden. aid soMm heavy i ""- tax to the- federal rovvnmTtt Is Ita one hat really lakes tte money. Pendleton East Oretroniam. , . t - : A rainy climate is B?d to be nces sarv tor tns oest resu-.tp in nexire in dustry. Riarht now we ought, to be able ta manufacture the best textiles in -the world. Astoria Budget. f - I ChaTiles; E, Olivertoounty eiiperintend- ent of, schools for Lake : county, . Is in Portland. Mr. OUver started his life work as tteacher in 1882 , at Summer ville, Vnton county. le has "been In Lake county 14 ears. For, the last eight years he hM been county school superintendent. He has attended every state Ihstitute since E. B. McEJroy was state superintendent ; Of public instruc tion, and that .takes one back nearly two score years. " ": . . I ' V)sitors from Corfdon spending t the holiday season in Portland include Mr; and Mrs. B. .B. Sehomp; Mr. vend Mm. John Portwood,. . who are visiting their daughter. Mrs. j L Garrow ; Mr. - and Mrs. ' David Don, who own property at Fossil, and Dr. George G. Gaunt S. Baylor, who has lived at Umatilla sines the days iwhen It Was the out fitting point for the Eastern Oregon and Idaho mines, is visKing friends in , Portland, and also a daughter at Ore gon City. !' ;' : "j '. ' . . . E. J. Adams, . former state highway eommissloner, -has sold his horn at Eugene and is moving to, Portland, ! where he will open headquarters for a tire company for which he is- the North west distributor. t Mr. artd Mrs. C B. May4 who. have been spending some "time at Enterprise. Weiaer and La Grande, are in -Portland visiting friends. j. Recent visitors fronv Cottage" Grove in Portland were Roseoe 1 Hemenway.j Mr. -and Mrs. J. A. Magladry and Mrs. E. L Wilhelra. ' - e '- L Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wristen, "who have been honeymooning in Portland, have returned- -to Arlington to feet up housekeeping. ." ,i . .' .;' H, F. Horlbuft, Hugh GrayJan C. M. Dolls rhide of Albany are transact ing, business, in Portland. . ", . e r . . J. K.. Darrell of Pendleton is spending, a" week or 10 days -in Portland. . -i' .:. . - l-.". Vesta Lamb of Albany ia visiting Pprtlar.d friends. . . Mr. ' and 'Mrs. Waltr Eastburn .of Al bany are Portland visitors. : - Lockley' wipe out slavery' in the United States, for; we stilt have child slavery as well as white elavars. ' The only open slave market, where shackled -men and women are knocked down to the highest bidder, is at Waztsn, in Morocco. Slave deal ers : bring caravans Of slaves to -4hls holy city of the Mohammedan's -' and regular auction pales ere conducted. : . e e a One of the teachers attending the re cent teachers' conference held" In Port land told of a small boy who, - when asked -to write an essay on Abraham' Lincoln, wrote: "Abe Lincoln wee bom in Kentucky on a beautiful morning ia February in a rough log tfabin which he helped his father buHd." I ll say he was precocious, all r.ight. . 'v- ; f x ' - --.A Speaklne f peculiar mistakes made by printers and overlooked by the proof reader, - S . O. Hmblen In a recent Issue .of the Docket tells of Judge Gary writing- In his brief c "One of' the great est difficulties of a nlsi prlu" Judge la to keep his mouth shut." . The linotype operator rendered It as follows : "One of the greatest difficulties of ' a" nice. pious judge is to keep his mouth shut." e . . . Edgar A. Guest not long ago wrote a bit -of verne that Is worth taking, to heart. In this day of hasty i marriages and. easy divorces it is worth while to analyse Just what a home la; for. after all. It Isn't the possession of wealth or culture or leisure or costly gear that makes a home. It Is the spirit of bear ing 4Qd forbearing, of service to each other, f tolerance . and. charity for others faults, that make' of home a heaven on earth. The title of bis poem is. "The Spirit of the House." ( Here It is: -,' . ;; ; It lan't the rhaire'anr the books and the tMnra, Or the pietcree that hang on the walla, And it irn't the bird, although eily he; alnss- n ui. uuyiMr inu rro-ja m tne nana. It's the railn oa the fare ef the mother ml night - And tbe ioy in the Bttle enee' evee And oor lore for each other with all iU delight That make up the home that we prise. Tbe botue ia lnt ino-tar "and atone hv itself Arid -the firerlaee hke all. of its 'kind: There 1n't a window or door or a shelf BiTt many j'it like it yon 11 find, But the home ia endowed with a apirit trrafa rich And the eommoneet nook' ia aslow With the lore and derotion and tenderneas which ilake aaared the bona thtf. we kaow. j - There 'are- many who ooatlier faminhinga own. And many with treeaurw we miwt, . : Bot nowhere for oa ta ncb haprn-eae known There dwell oor eon tent meat and blt-a. And we mty no mortal hie ttlon or plaeej His home with o-ir home oan't eomrar Far our honae is bleeeaAhy tan Infm-te (raoe . u . v u uia iirK inn 1 -1 requiring euch use of speedometers, on very locomotive, at least v r George William Wright A TAXPAYER'S COMPLAINT Portland. Dec 80. To the Editor of The Journal I am paying over $60 a year, more than $5 a month in taxes tor a five-room house, a very cheap bouse, only t keep up a Urge number of unnecessary city and county em ployer, all paid BO per cent higher wages than I get. Is there no remedy for this? Or will the small home owners be put out of existence? Such a curse will be disastrous to th community. Small Home Owner. - The Oregon 'Country Nortliwest Uaianlnc?j iiBrk Korm for tbe ;y I ier 1 " -V- ' ' '. ' OREGON NOTES J5mallix 1 Hcriasirig hi number of vases in. l Vnd!toii,l elplit new twi be ing reported in one Uay last weeilc. ' The fee mill ofi the'Ortgon Lumber coniiany of Hoo.1 River . county cut, during I92U, approximately 18,odU,0uJ fMl- ' . -!.' - I, i ' More t.Iian 2 ft the 778. womeii ho are register! tn-the Univernity of Ore. g:u held cornniuttial : poitioiM during the summer. j i A repurt-cf rumber cmcerM ojertU".s In Hood River . imlicates. a decreaste of: about 23- per tem hi ine 1929 production over thait of 1919. j .; ' j Berid clatrna an Increase in. population of lout) over the IS-u ceuaus, tne school census showing ohialreu bel.cen the ages of 4 and j la. ; 1 The -state mllit"ar' l.trtment has ftniBhed the biennim itli a surplus of 5-iooo. instead ' of la def.cit which was threatetHKi iut biM-mu. ' ; . . - The : Nlbiey-Miniliaptih company has - Closed It: mill at Vlloa ,afier run- ning 2?2 tiays in 1 .0, CUttUIji HU.lUt la,- 00.000 feetj 6f lumber. Gross returns t Hood Itlver bounty evririK jsau on Trjuits .ana farm prod ucts "and frlom tlui ltnoil Hlver cieam- ery v Ui a pproac h $.,9 CD, 0011. Morris GogRitis v. ho has that-.fee of I the eik . hjtrd wit B'jtly iMeoUon s. rejort tnree i:ei oi tno.-. in tne panture ami the ,U bfJdlj- in need f f-d. The , ody iof Charles Fisher, the' von of Johh it'ikher of Wallowa, who' lost his life ill Frsnfe durhiK the great been shipped to Wallowa for war. has ouriai. .... Lane Thomas fs dead and Pntrlck . Uojrers 'and j Fr1' Fosbin-g are stsi -iously :nj:ired as !a - result of an automobile verturningi and ' ir.irinliig them in the snow hear Bend - f- r . I. "i Ths publi servtee commission hae !t Januarv $ as the date for a hearing to bi conducted at Ajurora on the qiiuKtlon of an incrse in rates tor the' Aurora company. Mutual Telephone Jacfcs'in cour.tv I has received a chfk for $20,000 i from the National Surety company of ,ekv Vork, beinsf tlia amount of the surety bond furnished by Miss Blakely, cotjnty - treasurer. f- - WASHINGTON ". Taltima's fir loss for 1320 ttes close to $100,000. The loss in 119 was only $12,642. :. I !!-' - i "Crime In Spokjwie is on the hirrease ntid police authoj-ities are considering the employment of additional force. . ', Sugar beets 1 grown in the Yakima valley during l&L'O . produced approxi mately 1,290,000 foounda of sugar, or 215 carloads. -; T ; -Falling pl-tces of farm products have caused a. decrease! of- approximately $2. GOO.OOO in the: value of crops grown on the - Yakima Indian reservation. Investigation r or- six cases of fes poisoning, three, if which resulted fa tally within the ilast lew days, is be ing rnade at Siattle by the county coroner.. ..-. ' "-i ''j ,. j'. . - , Adoption of "a state 'tax- upon gaso-lire- is belnsr considered by ,t. drant Hinkle,- secretaryl of state of Washing Ion,' as a means fof raising more funds for road building! ; - HofjuUm on Tfhureday night dKlt cated its new j$l!5.0)0 memorial to veterans of all American wars, m wihich jail local j organiaations are to; have .theirl headquarters. , p . The - total value of fruit shipments from the ! Yakinpa: valley to date is abou't $9.000,0o0. while the correspond ing period a year ago the shipments were worth over $20,0o0,000. !Fir ini tha Christian '- church at Hahford a few days ago revealed a whiskey still ill the basement, near Which were found I two barrels of corn mash and some (manufactured whiskey. ! Apple sh'ipmerita out of the We natchee district passed 70O0 cars tha day before Christmas. Total fruit shipments Of ttj district were aduO cars, having an estimated value of $t2.SQP,w0U. . -. ; I -When completed rower project at i , the SUsgit river Seattle will develop and the ttal rot $50,000 (H)0 and $.. LhO.000 horsepower will run between OO0.000. accordirii? to Carl F. undent. chief engineer of he project i IDAHO. ' Idsho farmers seeded a total of ?7.- 000 acres hi tail wheat. One year ago the toiai was iir.,000 acre.. - Elliaheth Wrik Crawford, who rt tled in Salmon tinlR7, died in that city a few days agoj aged 83 years. " It wilf rejulT -!l000 cars to move the balance of the wheat crop of Twin Kalla county and 600 refrigerator cars to move the potatoes held, in storage. Ravmond L. Gljvens 61 oise has been -aiWnted Judge;- of the Third; judicial district to succeed Judse McCarthy, w bo w;:i elected to-the supreme court bench. The sixteenth fldaho leslslatnre will be ssked to pass reillef legislation for the ex-service men. I iThey are not satisfied with the legislation passed two years ago. j ) -.- After an illnehf of one week. Edward Stanlv, plonet-r J-jSx Coaer d'Alene. Is dead. He had j-esided In Cocur d'Alenn for 35 years and sssifd in quelling the last Nes Perce Indian uprising." - J. S. ' Warrenl j former deputy sheriff of Nea Perce bounty, who disappeared after cashing sd forged check for $1500, has len arrested at Eldorado. Kan., ac cording to wordi Received at Lewlston. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Oranpap Blliy Hepburfter, who alius was a leeti close in nis iaes, aian i enjoy his Chrlf nasj dinner, on account of the turkey costlnlo much it "peared to him Jlk estinl memey; but his grand son, Billy Washington, seemed to be bound to eat double rations of the bird, mostly, fer the Hm reason, so Granpap Ilepburner told j the Comers economy class. ? 1 ( know youR.. PORTLAND This year's) tax, bevy of 44.8 mills. whlch means 4.4S p cent on. the vaiueof property as fixed by the assessor;- includes increases in all but two particulars. The levy for state purposes . will be 7.79 mills.) as compared with 4.71 mills last year. v . The elementary school levy will be 2.17 mills!: no levy for such' pur pose, was 'made last year. The county school fund calls for a levy of 1.8.9 mills as compared with 1.86 mill last year,. - -." The ley-jtor ajeneral county ad ministration J will be 5.S mills as compared with 5.1 mills last year. , -The fund (for the admlnlstratron of the public Ubrary will be drawn from a levy of 0.78, mill as com pared with p. 74 mill - last year. The levy for! market roads remains tbefsame as! last year 0.3 mill. Tiie Port of Portland levy also, remains at the same f igurt-t.40 tniUa. - The levy for the city of Portland Jumps to 13.14 mills this year as compared with 12.80 mills last year. .The . dock I commission levy goes far above previous levels. This year it will be 2 06 mills; last year it was 1.20 mills. ' The levy-for school district N6 1 shows an Increase ef 9. BO mills this year as compared with s.60 mills last year; . "i- - Last year a levy of 0.09 mill was made for the j support of the Rose Festival, i Th1s year the record em ploys the figures tf.00. In - other words, no funds from ' taxation will be used thfsl y-ari for the support of the Rose Festival ' .. " v The tiextl article will show the various assessed valuations upon which ;the levies are based.