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MAKING HIST6RY?
IS INDUSTRIAL, history being made
by the decisions of the United
States supreme court?
Monday , thqt " body - restrained
trades unions from .'boycotting the
Installation of printing presses manu
factured in non-union plants. The
inference is that the court would
also restrain v open shop" manufac
turers from use of the'secondary boy
cott in refusing to sell their output
to unionized plants. Application of
the principle .would greatly narrow
the field of the industrial boycott
Tjoth for workers and employers.
Another decision by the high court,
expected soon, will pass finally on
Whether employers can recover pe
cuniarily from unions for business
losses sustained in strikes.
The case is the Coronado Coal
company against the United Mine
Workers in a suit for $625,000 losses
and damages in a strike in the South
west in 1914. The coal company wch
in the trial court and the finding
was affirmed In the court of appeals.'
A decision favorable to the company
would be a severe blow to the trades
, unions. '
' Whatever the outcome the radical
element in the organization is bring--Jng
harm upon the union labor move
ment. The open shop movement," now
.country-wide and heavily financed,
is largely the result of their policies
and proposals. Those proposals do
..not have the sanction of the poised
and substantial men in the unions
., nd the effect is dissatisfaction and
.' k possibility of ultimate disruption
Of the organization.
; Avowed proposal by some of the
radicals to seize and operate the
plants, the policy of slowing, down
- the unit H of production, and some
other -practices detrimental to the
interest of the 1 employer without
corresponding benefit to the worker,
are too unjust to have the approval
of the better balanced men in the
ranks of the unions, much , less the
backing to the public, which is so
necessary to the success of any
movement.. ,
i r ' 1 .
; in tne ena radicalism among
workers, like radicalism among era
ployers, will get nowhere. Union
fern's best way to fight the em
battled hosts of reaction who have
started out for the open Bhop is to
make the production in a union
' shop greater per unit than in non
union shops. "Whenever that is done
- and whenever the sane unionists
take command of the local and na
tional organizations,, employers, for
' selfish reasons If no other, will be
seeking union workers instead of
shunning them; ' -
It. is the course that the trades
. unions, for the preservation and
progress of the great cause, of good
wages and fair hours, should
... pursue. .
"The Truth Has Never Hurt Port
land," is suggested as an appropriate
, slogan, by the park superintendent.
It might be still more effective stated,
affirmatively: "The Truth Is Port
land's BiggestBoast." . ..: '.-
AN INTELLIGENT EMPLOYE
AN OCEAN-GOING liner In tow of
two " tugboats was ' tasting
through the railroad bridge Friday
'morning when hundreds of workers
in street and motor cars were hast
ening to their employment' Still
several minutes from- the Broadway
bridge a blast signaled for that span
to open. It meant a tie-up of traffic
for several minjutes.
' An Intelligent tender; stepped to
the center - of the bridge and mo
tioned to lTrtrtftr and streetcar oper
ators to speed up if they were to
avoid the delay. Through his efforts
hundreds of busy people were, en
abled to escape a loner wait and the
span as usual was lifted in time for
the steamer. I .".
It was real public service.
The shipping: board has reduced
the charter rate '..from ? 18 to $16,
this being; withltf 2.50 of the pri
vate competitive-! rate on ocean ton
nage as it moves.! If the action fore
casts further reduction to. a point
where exporters think they can af
ford to make charters, complaints
that our shipping interests ."" fail in
loyalty in the employment of Amer
ican --bottoms may cease. "
A ROOSTING PLACE?
SUNDRY persons want apppint
meift as postmaster of Portland.
Why pull down the high standard
established in naming M-r. Jones, .the
newly appointed postmaster of Port
land? He qualified above a dozen
others in .an examination to de
termine which was best fitted for
the position.
He began as a carrier, and by
sheer merit rose to the headship
of the office. '
During 30 years of efficient" serv
ice beginning in "July, 1890, he
served as carrier, : as superintendent
of carriers, superintendent of mails,
assistant postmaster, and. finally,
in recognition of his ability, was
made postmaster, .
There could bo no higher example
of sound policV in the public serv
ice than for this appointment to be
conflrnied. Mr. Jones selection w.s
a sign to all employes in the office
that, through merit, the headship
of the office is open to them. It
was notice to them that the office
is not a roosting place for politici
ans but a business institution where
effective service I brings its reward.
To remove Postmaster Jones to
make room for soine politician for
party service seems; unthinkable.
M. Jones knows' every 'detail of the
office. He knows the requirements
and the processes of every one of
the many departments.. He is highly
intelligent, of prime executive abil
ity and has fully and satisfactorily
demonstrated his capacity - in the
brief time in which he has been at
the head of the office. ! It remains
to be seen whether the Portland
postoffice is to be a public Institu
tion tov serve the public or a private
snap to serve politicians.
Charlie Chaplin received three
votes for governor of New York in
the late election.; J. P. Morgan got
one vote for state controller, Ponzi
one for state treasurer; and John
D. Rockfeller one .for the same of
fice. ' One New York s voter also
favore"d calling Jack London from
the great beyond to become state
engineer. There are at least a few
voters in New York who do their
own voting.
OFF THE ROAD
A PORTLAND woman narrowly
escaped serious injury or death
on the Columbia river highway re
cently because thej driver of an au
tomobile refused to pilot his ma
chines the side of the road to al
low the woman to pass in her car.
As she approached, the other ma
chine she sounded her horn. She
screamed to the i driver to allow her
to pass. But he steadfastly 'con
tinued to usurp he greater part
of the5 thoroughfare. The woman,
compelled to turn !out too far, went
off the road and only inches separ
ated her from a drop over a high
embankment. ':
There is a law in this state pro
viding that all drivers go to the
side of the road or street on signal
from other operators who desire to
pass. When road hogs refuse to
give ground they are violating the
law and are liable to heavy punish
ments Moreover '. they are forcing
others off the road, perhaps Into
the ditch and the grave.
That is an offense to which no
man would - care ; to plead guilty.
Farmers of Iowa and Nebraska
have decided to - use corn for fuel.
Corn is becoming quite a utility. It
is not only used on the table and for
whiskey., but for fuel as well.
WHAT'S AN EMERGENCY?
ONE of the seven port bills to be j He has! been one of the big men
presented to j the legislature 1 of the Baker administration. Not
will bear the emergency clause. It j only a lawyer of unusual attain -will
provide ' for the issue of not ments, Mr. La Roche Is a man of
more than $1,000,000 in short time I vision, of vigor, and of honesty of
port securities.
By some critics it is suggested that
the passage f this measure will be
used immediately by the port to
provide funds for the purchase of
Swan island as an incident to the
opening of the west channel.
e A readintr ot tn " mssanra ifiu.
not support .the i criticism. . The bill
distinctly States j that the funds are
to be used for drtsdge coristruettonARoche has aided in winning tor
or operation or tor porT rhainte- Portland fights of deep import and
nance. Only by a strained construc
tion, which, it is taped, will never
be put upon it. could land purchase,
even though incident to channel
improvement, bel included.
The west channel is desirable. The
purchase of Swan island at a fair
price is desirable
But neither is
an'
enleency: . :The public will re-
gard as an ; emergency the speedy
dredging of shoals ; left i by winter
freshets. ' '" ,
The maintenance of the channel
from Portland to the sea is of first
importance, and to build more docks
and buy land, secondary. H ? !
;, .Happily the dock commission has
taken a position which will go far
to reassure the people of Portland
as to the safeguarding of their port
interests. ": The port bills contem
plate the merging of the port and
dock commissions. . But under the
city ordinance which was adopted
at the last election the merger and
the transfer of the city's docks to
the port commission may only occur
with the consent of the dock com
mission.! ' .'
Before the t dock commission's
acquiescence to the merger is given,
even though all the port bills may
have passed, the people will desire
that all safeguards of public inter
est snail have been provided. i
It is i Indeed refreshing to see a
Portland pedestrian stop and look
both ways for traffic before stepping
into the street.
THE OVERWHELMED VETO
THE presidential veto of the reso
lution reviving the war finance
corporation was set aside by the
Joint action of Republican and Dem
ocratic votes. As a party action, 'the
Democrats could have sustained the
veto under the requirement of a two
thirds vote to override it.
The war finance corporation was
an agency created by congress to
underwrite when necessary the huge
financial operations of the govern
ment during the war period. The
shares of 'the corporation were
owned by the government. It was
clothed with the power of the gov
ernment in extending credit. It was
the agency through which vast ship
ments of supplies from America to
the allies were cleared. ' ?
The same power is now to be used
in extending credit for the export of
agricultural and other goods and
products. The cotton growers of the
South are unable to dispose of their
cotton, which explains the interest
of Southern congressmen and sena
tors in the revival of the corpora
tion. The wheat" growers of the x West
believe that credit extended by the
revived, ! corporation will strengthen
the market and increase the price.
In his veto- message. President
Wilson ; expressed doubt as to
whether the plan would have the
desired effect. He pointed to the
decisions at the Brussels conference
In which it was declared that fur
ther credit for Europe was not de
sirable and that restoration of . the
buying power of the people of Eu-n
rope through return to production
was the true process for financing
their fiscal operations with America
and other countries.
It remains to be seen whether the
president or congress is right. The
president has a splendid record of
things, done for the agricultural in
terests'and he -is not a future candi
date for reelection as are all sena
tors and congressmen who voted to
override the' veto. While it is hoped
that the contrary may prove true,
it is possible that revival of the war
finance corporation is sop thrown by
congress to the folks at home and
that little good will come out of the
action.
In any event, whatever can be
done should be done to relieve the
agricultural situation. There are
farmers who. are holding wheat that
l it cost them; $1.60 to produce, and
for which, perhaps, 51.40 is offered.
It is possible ij that other farmers
have on hand this year's crop whih
cost them even more to grow. In
many cases, they are paying Inter
est . on debts created in . producing
and gathering their harvests.
Any use of government credit
that will help them move their.
crops and realize an Increased price
may well be applied.
Ultimate prosperity for all comes
chiefly from the prosperity out
where men walk in the furrows and
grow crops. 1
Several hundred would-be actresses
were unconsciously playing stellar
roles In a tragedy when they .were
seeking positions with a certain
"theatrical agent." ; They each sent
him $50 to show their, good faith in
requesting stage positions. The
'"agent" is now in jail. J .
W. P. LA ROCHE, RESIGNED
PORTLAND loses a splendid pub
lic official in the resignation of
W. P. La Roche as city attorney.
puirpose.-
His record as city attorney has
been a record of , fidelity ito the
public Interest. His office has been
employed to gain the greatest fruits
to the people ; he represented. He
has been neither a corporation man
nor a political trickster. ' J -
.H as city attorney and legal adviser
to the dock commission, Mr. La
long standing, notable among them
the Columbia basin rate case.' In
this and other vital matters he has
played leading roles. If ; ; i
It is to be hoped that a public
career of such accomplishment
will not be terminated with the
passing of Mr. i La, Roche from the
city attorney's office.
BACK TO THE LAW
OF THE JUNGLE
Since the Criminals Have So Reverted,
Police Authorities Are in the Way
of Playing the Game Same Style
, The Editors Express There--.
; upon Various Views.
Daily Editorial Digest
(Consolidated i Press Aasocisxion)" -,
From the editorial viewpoint, evident
ly, the way to stop a crime wave la to
stop it. The policy adopted by Chicago's
new police commissioner :"Doht arrest,
shoot !" -strikes most commentators as
a more reasonable approach : to the
problem than either "grandstand play"
or the simple method of . ridding one
community of criminals by passing
them on to the neighbors. Judges- come1
in for their share of the criticism, as
tfell, and, there is a general demand in
the press for convictions and sentences
that will inspire : a wholesome respect
for law and courts,
All admit, says the Rocky Mountain
News (Denver, Ind.) that the present
orgy of crime is ' largely the result of
"the European saturnalia," and "war's
madness cannot be shaken off as easily
as it can be taken on. Lawlessness
cannot be subdued through the signing
of an armistice." To cure this "dis
ease," the .Springfield (Mass.) Repub
lican find.) feels that "it must be at
tacked at the source" ; and in the opin
ion of this paper, the tactics followed
by city officials are resulting merely In
"spreading the pest." The method of
expelling undesirables "is a good deal
like that adopted by a good many
western towns, in dealing with the L W.
wr, and it is not likely to be more
successful. It is easy to understand' the
temptation of a community to get rid
of a hard problem by passing it along,"
but "driving loafers into vagabondage
is very far from transforming them
into desirable citizens." Moreover, in
the opinion of the Topeka Capital
(Rep.), "ths police care nothing what
becomes -of the criminals so long as
they quit operating in a particular baili
wick," and in this system of "passing
along the criminals" there is no induce
ment to them "to change their prac
tices, either in the way of a genuine
organized scheme of punishing crime
and preventing it, ox by the more diffi
cult and idealistic process of guidance
and direction into good citizenship."
' There is In the present crisis, how
ever, much less Interest in the Capital's
suggestion of "direction into good cit
izenship" than in the "genuine punish
ment of crime." The Boston Transcript
(Ind. Rep.) expresses the attitude of
most of the press when it suggests that
"the question may well be asked wheth
er an essential weakness and flabbiness
in the administration of justice is riot
in a considerable degree responsible for
the present wave of crime.' " The fear
Of the law, as the Albany Times Union
(Ind.) sees it, "is the only weapon with
which society can protect itself in this
emergency, and it must be vigorously
used." America is now "paying the
penalty for too great leniency" toward
the criminal class, the Louisville Cour
ier Journal (Dem.). believes, and it of
fers this proof: "In this country we
convict and execute less than two of
100 cold-blooded murderers arraigned.
We send to prisons, ' which -we term in
some states "reformatories, men guilty
of crimes for which they should be
hanged. We coddle them in prison, and
under laws owing their existence to
exaggerated sentiment for the criminal,
we turn them out -so soon that they are
encouraged to continue their criminal
careens."..
!,
Commenting on the statement of
Judge Rosalsky of New-York that, in
his opinion, "every man Convicted f
robbery should be sentenced to prison
for life, because a highwayman is a
potential murderer," the Boston Herald
Ind. Rep.) says he "shows a real grasp
of the situation," and the Indianapolis
Star (Ind. Rep.) believes there is much
to support his position. Such nrt?n "are
entitled to no mercy, and when they are
made to realize that none will . be
extended them they will take fewer
chances and the number of crimes will
be greatly diminished." The - proposal
appears to the Bangor (Maine); Commer
cial .(Ind.) "a drastic one, yet there is no
question but in recent years, because
of light sentences, the. parole system,
and steadily increasing pardons, the
criminal does not fear punishment as
formerly." - -
But the criminal reaches the court,- if
at all, by way cf the police, and It is
toward this initial step in the apprehen
sion of criminals that much of the crit
icism is , directed. The New Haven
(Conn.) 3ouraal-ourier (Ind.) finds
that "the trouble with the American
constabulary, speaking of it as a whole.
is that it lacks professional detach
ment. The man at the top' is too often
more of a politician than ire is a police
man." With the administration of -the
police business in the hands of one who
made a profession of it, "there would
not be a professional criminal in the
country who would not sense what this
change in attitude meant."
New York and Chicago are affording
opportunities to contrast police tactics
in meeting a "crime wave" which is
common to both cities. The New York
Evening World (Dem.) speaks of "the
spectacular, small-town police stunts"
which have been resorted to in New
York in the ; effort to clean up the
criminals, which the New York .Globe
(Ind.) pictures as suggesting "prowling
bands of marauders infesting the streets.
-special details picking off thugs
and cracksmen, easily recognizable by
their resemblance to recently. published
cartoons and bandits on the
point of erecting barricades and starting
a little revolution of their own." The
New York Times (Ind. Dem.) is strong
In the. conviction "that the incapacity
of the police administration" is Tespon
sible for the ''feeling, of reasonable se
curity" " which criminals are enjoying,
and that "eelf-arming and self-protec
tion seem necessary." This spectacle of
"America's greatest city compelled to
adopt the old methods in use in frontier
towns the Charleston (S. C.) Courier
(Dem. finds "utterly amaaing."
With this the Brooklyn Eagle Ind.
Dem.) contrasts the picture which Chi
cago presents ; "No unsolved murders
in a month ; no payroll holdups in six
weeks ; a record-breaking series of ar
rests and convictions for strong-arm
crimes," all as the result of the policy
of the new police commissioner, who
believes that "a police . force - is pri
marily an agency for the prevention of
crime rather than an agency ,.' for the
detection of crime after it has been
committed." His order to shoot to kill
when resisted is, in the opinion of the
Rochester ; Democrat and 'Chronicle
(Rep.), a "lawless method too much
like a return to the crude system of jus
tice of the frontier towns where the
rule was to hang men first and try
them afterward." To this the Eagle
makes unequivocal reply : "if is not
It is meeting lawlessness with law, the
sort of law that the criminal best under
stands and most readily respects." -
THE STORY OF IRISH POPLIN '
... From the Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat
Irish i poplins were once I a popular
weave. This is the way poplins came
Into existence. Once upon aitlrne there
were a great many Spanish tin Ireland.
The descendants o these Spaniards man-
aged to work- tip i quite a business m
weaving silk. The British parliament
passed a law forbidding the) Irish to ex
port sllx.; The sons or n.rm wtu uc.ci
opel quite a woolen lndwstry. Irish
woolens were marketed on. the continent.
British spinners protested and the Brit
ish parliamenUpassed a lajr forbidding
the. Irish to export, woolen gooas.
Irish sninners then got-together ana
thought out the DODlin scheme. They
mixed wool and silk, . thus j evading the
British statutes. And then! aa a result
of various restrictions the i Irish poplin
manufacturers were legislated out of, ex
istence. t I
All this indicates that there are eco
nomic causes back! of the age-long dis
agreement between! England and Ireland,
England is a manufacturing nation. One
of her requirements Is cheap food. The
Englishman has always ratner ranciea
that it was Ireland's business to serve
as a truck garden for Liverpool and
Manchester. '
Ireland, on the other hand, has always
cherished the notion. that she too had a
talent for manufacture. England has
steadfastly refused to permit Ireland to
become in any way her rival in tne in
dustrial world. Back of racial antipathy
there has , been ah industrial struggle
that has been engendering bitterness for
250 years.
' Communications seat to Tha Journal for
publication in thla department ahonld bs written
on only one aide of the paper; should not axeaea
800 words in length, ind mast bo simed by tha
writer, whosa msil addrasa In full must atcOsB-
pany tha contribution. ) :
PEOPLE'S RIGHTS PARAMOUNT
Capital and Labor Should Bow to These ;
New Deals All Around Demanded. "
Troutlake, Wash., Jan. 4. To the
.Editor of The Journal Many people be
come "weepers" because of the loss to
labor in wages through strikes, and
because of labor's unholy demand for
closed shop. They make no reference
to the loss in wages through capital's
striking, nor to the fact that the organ
izations of capital I are equal to a closed
t hop. j
Allowing that unions and strikes have
helped labor, the fact still remains- that
they are still working for their board
and telothep.
The American- people, whom the In
dustries are supposed to serve, have
rights and are tired of looking on and
suffering while capital and labor quarrel
ever a division of the profits. -And if
the parties directly interested cannot de
vise some way of peacefully , settling
their difficulties, tie people should com
pel lawful arbitration. If the form of
arbitration is unjust It will be to the
interest of all to I vote right and .send
men to our legislatures .who will enact
just laws.
We also read complaints of "labor
loafing on the jobi." Why not stop the
big leaks first? Ljabo'r as a mass, pro
duces all, and does sot receive full pay
for what it produces ; while capital, that
cannot produce, is overpaid.
The power of creating artificial values
to rob the people dan and must be taken
out of the hands of the few, giving sup
ply and demand k chance to function.
Government ownership of some of our
industries is absolutely necessary, espe
dally when trusts are able to supplant
the power of the people. -
If one eonsidersj the industries which
either city, state of national government
now owns or pretends to control, he
realizes that we are more than drifting
toward a condition we perhaps do not
want. CM. Cutting.
TO REDUCE
DEATH TOLL
Compel Drivers
f Cars to Qualify;
Lower the Speed Limit
Hood' River, Janl . To the Editor of
The Journal One of. the greatest ques
tions before the American people today-
is how to prevent the wholesale destruc
tion of people by automobiles. I have
carefully scanned he editorials of many
of the .leading journals, including" the
pregon Journal, but I cannot find the
answer. Please allow me to propound
a question or twoJ why are autos al
lowed to run through 'our streets at the
speed of 20 miles an hour when railroad
trains must slow down to six miles an
hour? I suppose it is because, there is
danger of smashing up a few cars by the
railroad cars that just must get over
the railroad ; while on the other hand.
trains of autos, many times in charge
of incom Detent drivers, are allowed to
speed through the crowded streets of our
cities at the breakneck speed of 15 to 20
miles an hour, regardless of the conse
quences, turning blind corners, etc. " I
suppose it is because there is supposed to
be nothing in -the way .of the automobile
to smash up except some belated pedes
trian who Is too poor to own a car and
must walk, and ydu know It costs less
to bury a man than! it does to buy a 'new
car.
I have arrived at the conclusion that if
we ever nut a stop to this wholesale
slaughter two very important measures
must ; be adopted.
One is to allow no
person to run an
automobile on the
streets unless such person can ' pass a
rigid examination ;
also, we must reduce
the speed to seven
miles an hour in our
crowded streets, 10j in the outlying dis
tricts and 25 on the county roads.
Why be In such! a desperate hurry?
What would happen to a man who at
tempted to drive a team of horses
through the streets! at 20 miles an hour?
In the outskirs of our city signs are
tacked up which read, "Slow down to 20
miles an hour and shut off exhausts.1
Half the time no attention is paid to the
notice. Now this speed mania is a form
of insanity and unless It is curbed will
work much harm. As I view the matter,
the first thing to be done is to cut down
the speed, and cut deep.
John B. Polk.
'Curious Bits
of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
The jerboa, a strange little animal that
lives In Africaj looks like a tiny kanga
roo and belongs to the same, family as
the rat, is called the . cleanest - animal
there is. This little fellow spends most
of his time washing himself, yet no wa.
ter is used. The jerboa digs a trench
in the clean sand
and rolls over and
over; When he Is
cleaning his stomach
he is rolled up like;
a ball and he twists
odd shapes to reach
himself into many
his back. No matter what his position.
he never falls over.
Olden
Oregon
Scenla Wonder Iri Josephine County
" Discovered, in 1874. .
The marble caves! In Josephine county
were discovered in 1874 by Elijah David
son, who was following a bear which
he had wounded. (In 1913, because of
their scientific interest, they were set
aside by the national government as a
government reserve. In the reserve are
embraced 420 acresj f ? ,
Uncle . Jeff fBnow Says :
r Down to Portland! the mayor has tuck
over the job of chief of all the cops. Ma
has wrote -him a letter . askin him to
please put in jail all the crazy folks that
crosses the streets jaywalkin and all
that crosses right in front ' of traffic
when the-cop in the center , with a lan
tern on a little pole tells the auto folks
to go ahead. She tSffers him a loan of
our barn and hop Shed fer jails if the
city Auditorium gits too full and the
city hall is all occupied by officers who
can't workin the rain.- , -
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Letters From the People
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COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANQE
ZAf-ASt Sir tr V.. nl.i.. I.LA..
numbers in New York. Indicating, per-
Pittsburg Dispatch. , f
A ?mfntae jtMl,.u i i . .
keep their political pledges. As . weU.
perhaps, as -they keep the promise to
obey. Worcester Gazette.
Althousrta thv T1 ,nJ.,L. i -I- 'a
act alike, some secretaries of state are
more important than others, the same
as buttons. Kansas City Star.
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Craruao'si rinotnra Kli l--- ti
-will confine him to his room for a.
period." In some cases a period means '
enii ci.it. j.i-ui. v-t . i
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The lfllmhv rtf lunnv
celved from friends this year indicates
uia.t. Bumauiuig nas lowered tne Amer
ican standard of giving. Baltimore Sun.
TCf Tl folmri laA la4 a.lu
Harvard cast 965 ballots in a class elec
tion, which suggests that the intellec
tuals may yet control this country.
Omaha Bee.
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Lots of people who complain that they
are not slIIawjmI a h,,. ...v. i. ...
brandy for Christmas pies and puddings
wouldn't waste a drop of it on pies and
ruiiuiuii n , uicy naa lu XM asnvuie
Banner.
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Recently a sailor's life) was saved by
the fact that eight pennies, which he
had In nl TwtflrtVtftMr v v..i
let. - Five for saving his life, we nre-
sume, and three for the luxury tax.
wviuuiuia to. oiate.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random
B. H. Grady. S. S. taxkin. D. H.
Clark. John McTaggart ahd W. R. Cook.
all of Madras, were in Portland to tell
the drainage and irrigation ; delegates
about the needs of their community for
water, and Incidentally to buttonhole a
few legislators and tell jthem where to
head in.
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John Bozarth, formerly
of Salem,
where he was associated with his
brother, Scott Bozarth, but, now of Bay
city, wnere he is a banker and realtor.
is at the. Oregon.
Eugene people who - are visiting In
Portland are T. C. Luekey. Mrs. W.
W. Branstetter, Mrs. Frank Hampton
and T. N. Shumway.
S. L. Brooks of Imbler, pioneer resi
dent of Union county, is
a guest at the
Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Wiggins, well
known residents of Exchange street, As
toria, are at the Seward.
William C. Orcutt of Ontario and
David 'Stoddard of La
Grande are at
the Multnomah.
Charles E. Gray of Rock Point and
G. W. Jacobs of Foots Creek, register
lng from Gold Hill, are at the Oregon.
H. C." Tapping of Culver Is a guest
at the Multnomah.
H. R. Nugent of White Bluffs is
Portland visitor.
' L. C.
Seward.
Murray of Salem is at the
H. E. 'Johnson, from the county seat
of Morrow county, is a Portland visitor.
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A. Madden, a stockman - from Con
don, is at the Seward.
.
Frank R. Prince of Bend is spending
few weeks in Portland. ' ;
Mrs. J. A. Fulton and children of
Albany are Portland visitors.; :
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ssreant of La
Grande are at the Imperial. ;
H. C. Jerome of Medford is a Port
land visitor.
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Mrs. S. D. Willis of Roseburg is visit
ing Portland relatives.
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Captain A. W. Gowan, attorney of
Burns, is at the Oregon
D. S. R. Walker, real
estate man of
Eugene, is at the Orego n
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J. J. Bryan of Springfield Is a Portland
visitor. I-
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L. H. Compton. super ir tendent of the
Oregon penitentiary, is ai the Benson.
a . -a
T. L. Quinn of Prlneyille is registered
at the Benson.. .1
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A. B. Cornell of Gra
Pass is a
guest at the Imperial.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
, OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Tha funny thins stenographers write with
out tha slishteet intention to be fnnny occupy
Mr. Loci ley for a little while, and then ha
eoea on at a great rata oa Ms own account,
lattice the uipa fall where they may.
Some time ago I dictated a story to a
temporary stenographer. The result of
her efforts was appalling. As gently
as X could I pointed out to her that
what she had written but faintly re
sembled what I had dictated. S She said,
"Yes. I fixed it up for you the way it
should be. The business college where
I went to school said whenever we took
dictation from ignorant people - we
should correct what they dictated ; so
I did." ! j '
Out of the mouths of babes and suck
lings you occasionally receive wisdom;
as, for example, when the attorney in
dictating' a letter to an associate as to
the amount of the fees they should
-charge dictated: -Fees are the sinews
tf war." The high-heeled, pompadoured
young lady who took the notes wrote It:
"Fees are the sinners' reward." It was
probably (he same young lady who in
writing about a pending claim wrote:
We want the matter infunacuatly set
tled." What she probably meant was
"amicably settled."
It was a Florida lawyer who In writ
ing about interim certificates and the
validation of bonds dictated : i "We will
place these papers In escrow.", "What
stater Inquired the stenographer ;
"Escrow, Florida?"
'Another stenographer who had failed
to acquire a literary flavor wrote : "Let
the goaded jay wince; our feathers are
unrung." ' "' ' i "t:V.
Let no one think the legal profession
has no humor In it. E. T- Grunden of
Parks, Neb.; In a- recent letter to - the
Docket sent the following! which is an
exact copy of a contract filed in West
ern Nebraska: - . ;.'f- ; '- : '
Parks Nebr. May the 13
No all parties by these (Presents that
I do .this day .Sal my, (wife, nevada
Burkhart, as we can not agree to gather.
And we Have Made agreement for Her
to go with James Hudson and I will
get Her a Devorce as Soon as Possible
And I want her to MarriS James Hud
son As soon as Possible.! This is the
Agreement Between all of Parties.
j George Burkhart - his X mark
Mrs. Nevada Burkhart '
- James Hudson . i
Witness C. F. Gilbert '
Witness Winfleld Scott. 1
Mr. Judge let this' woman get married
at any time She wishes as I Have
Sat Her free An She will i never be
bothered by me. r
George Burkhart his X mark
.
E. E. Brodle, well known newspaper
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS -
D'Annunzio may have been "hungry
for martyrdom," as he declared, but the
Flume population preferred something to
eat. Albat y Democrat.
"Oregon Nuts in I Jeopardy," says a
headline in a Salem paper. Someone
must be planning a raid on the institu
tions down there. Eugene Register.
Many a wife-is selected nowadays for
her ability to fox trot, but unfortunately
fox trotting doesn't come in handy be
fore the kitchen stove. Crane American.
Remarkable Increases In the sales of
cracked corn and prunes are "reported
and the police are baffled to understand
what they are doing with it Medford
juau-Tr-ibune.
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" . If Baker is to have a reign of holdups,
then arm yourself and go gunning. The
holdup has no respect for human life
and the sooner he is put out of existence
the better. Baker Democrat. . . .
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A Kansas City robber who stole 40
cents from a drug store he had burglar
ised was given a 25-year prison sentence :
at times it almost seems like the less a
man steals the heavier his punishment.
Pendleton East OregonUn. r
The initial success of the Salem
Symphony orchestra was enhanced at
Sunday's concert, proving that Salem
has musical talent possessed by few
cities of its size, and that all that Is es
sential to perfect a permanent organisa
tion that will be a source of much pleas
ure in the future is public encourage
ment through generous patronage. Sa
lem uaptM-Journai. , .
Observations About Town
Out of town people who attended the
sixth annual meeting of the Oregon State
Drainage,assoclatlon at the Chamber of
Commerce are W. L. Powers of Cor
vallis, who is acting secretary of the
association; Ward Cretchle, J. W. Cun
ningham and James T. Jordlne, also of
Corvalhs: Percy Cupper, state engineer;
W. E. Wilson of Salem, T. E. Armstrong
of Gaston, E. E. Riley of Oregon City.
J. D. Brown of Houlton. W. L. Benham
of Bugene, Harry Gard of: Madras, A
E. Harris of Brooks, . Alphonso Aya of
the Swift diking project and his brother,
Alfred A. Aya from La Pine; Thomas
Flippen of St. Helens and.E. A. Geary
of Klamath Falls, i
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"Mrs. Jay Upton and Jay Upton,
Prineville, Oregon," is the way it ap
pears on the. register of the Hotel Ben
son. Mr. Upton can qualify as a model
husband, for nine men out of 10 register.
"Mr. Soandso and wife," as though their
wives were part .and parcel of -their
goods and chattels. i
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Professor George . Tumbull of the
school of journalism at the state - unl
versity is in town for a day or two to
visit his fellow journalists on the Port'
land dailies. !
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- David Little of Astoria is in Port
land, his chief pursuit being to locate
John Gratke, who, he claims. Is more
elusive than any flea ever could be.
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C. W McTlnnald. m-esldent of the Jack
son County bank of Medford, has been
In Portland for a week or 10 days on
business.1 .'
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Herman Wise, , as witty and wise and
smiling as ever, Js up from iastorla, and
is a guest at the Imperfal.
A. Baldwin, D. B. Snyder and T. D.
Barclay, all of Pendleton, are guests of
the Multnomah, .
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Thomas Murray Spencer, cigar sales
man and -known as "the Montana poet,
is at the Portland. V
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liss Elisabeth Benedict, a nurse at
Mercy hospital, Roseburg, is spending a
few days In Portland visiting friends.
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Fred McKay of Prairie City, a veteran
ot the world war and wounded in France,
is "a, Portland visitor. 1
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Prineville visitors in Portland Include
Carl C. Hyde, Guy Lafolletts and Donald
Graham.
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W. El Meacharn of Baker Is a Port
land .visitor. t
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Lloyd Riches of, all over Oregon, but
at present of Vale, is at the Imperial.
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Fred N. Wallace of Turaalo is a Port
land visitor.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wl H. Hobson of The
Dalles are at the IraperiaL
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W. H. Oxley of Baker Is taking in the
sights of Portland, j
Lock! ay
man? of Oregon City, has decided to take
up horticulture. It is reported he Is
assiduously cultivating the plum tree at
present. Reports are that there will be
a very short crop of "plums" south of
Mason and Dixon's line, where the crop
has been abundant for the past few
years. ; , - .-
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With briquets at $20 a ton most of us
are strong for Jay Stevens and his fire
prevention policies.
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Local markets have reindeer meat for
sale. - Savarin A Co. recently shipped
250 reindeer from Nome to be sold in
Portland. We have become so accus
tomed ' to buying dear meat that deer
meat should find ready sale. -
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"Turkey's demands .- are excessive,"
reads a dispatch -from Athena. With
turkey at 75 cents a pound here In Port
land it seems that we could say "Ditto."
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Mayor Baker is going to put teeth In
law enforcement in Portland. Let us
hope they will be wisdom teeth.
Someone was telling me the other day
of a little girl who was taking her first
trip on a. train. Her mother gave her
her ticket with Instructions to give it
to the conductor when he came through.
Presently the conductor opened the door
and called, "Tickets V The little girl
handed him her ticket when he came
by. A moment or so later the' news
butcher : entered the car and called.
"Chewing gurri !" With a look of dis
tress on her face the little girl turned
to her mother and said, "Do I have to
give him my chewing gum?"
They say "a certain frenxied financier
who at present is looking the picture of
dejection claims he has been framed.
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The public is having its Inning, for
the profiteers, with' their overcharges,
are: now under charges. r
They say that a Portland policeman
In testifying- In the trial of a welt known
citizen for speeding said: "The ma
chine was going pretty fast but it wasn't
as fast as the bunch in the machine."
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The Lawyer and Banker tells of a
colored woman who visited the probate
judge and said :
"Is you-all de reperbate Judge?"
"I am the judge of probate, mammy.
"I'M corns to- you-all . 'cause I'se In
t rubble, Mah ' man he's dons died de
tested and I'se got t'ree little infidels so
I'se cum to be app'inted delr exeeoo-tloner."
The i Oregon Country
Northwest llapenlnn'fn Brief Form for tha
ii Busy lteader
h j
OREGON NOTES
A cfvjl service! examination will be
held at Rainier to select a postmaster
at a salary of JI300. j
Mrs. Sarat Anrl Caldwell, who crossed
the plains to Oregon with her parents in
1848. is dead at ijoncalla. aged 93 years.
The Dallas citjf schools are closed on
account of an ..epidemic of scarlet fever
which has been raging for several,
weeks.-. ...- j , -
The new mill lf the Willamette Val
ley Lumber corrjpany at Dallas com
menced worl this week with a full crew
of men. !
Clackamaj eouritv v'iH nn4
$443,673 for jthe construction of the Pa
cific highway from the Multnomah to the
Marlon, county lire. .
The Uniotf county court has let tha
contract fo the grading of aPDroxi-
mately 10 milesj of roud from Lyon's
hill to Medical. Springs,
Lake county farmers last year con
structed eight silos and filled them with
sunflowers, t In every case tha builders
pronounced them i a success. .
According I tO the stats eame warden.
a total of 6850 deer were killed in Ore
gon during the list season. In Douglas
county alone 1500 were killed.
Hlllsboro I erarlire. Pttrnni nt Tins.
bandry. is Imaklng great preparations
for the celebration of Its forty-seventh
anniversary on Friday, January 14.
The body !of a man known as Eeker.
man was foiund hanging at Newnort br
Lester Martin
d Johii Shermer. Kck-
erman had $900
uieDanK and o in
nui pockets. I
There are 47
plants in Ore go
years ago. j Ne
423 were dstro
of operation.
more manufacturing
thanl. there were two
plants total 898, but
ed byi fire or are out
Two million Salmon ea-ea rollarttul
for the Rogue t'ver by the state fish
and game commission recently, hatched
on the wayjand Were sent to a hatchery
on Coos bky. i
The Klamath county court has in
cluded in Its bbdget $50,000 for com-
Diction oi ine oi springs courthouse,
ignoring anl injunction, issued bv Jnrie-a
Calkina of Medfbrd.
William B. Hall, a hrakaman wtin .
Injured in the (train j wreck at Union
Junction August 15, has filed suit
against the! O-W. R. & N. company to
recover JoO.pOO damages.
The Hammond Lumber company Is
preparing to construct 16 miles of rail
road iri the! Crabtree vicinitv to tan the
company's holdings there. There is suf
ncient timoer td keep! a force busy for
one year.
WASHINGTON
The stats has1 surchased the 888.000
worm or ponds (issued by the Richland
irrigation ajBtriqc . I
Spokane
ounty has collected 311.S00
In fines fri
motor vehicle law violat-
ors in the
ast year." j
Yakima countv during the
Taxes in
coming yeir ttal 83,055,773. an in
crease of 8888,433 over a year ago.
Since 190 the county of Clallam baa
paid Xhounties Ion 1993 wildcats, 25$
cougars, 27jtlmber wolves and 2 lynx.
A total of 83:27.80 iwaa cleared dur
ing the lasf year by 14 members of the
Felida Botfs' and Girls' Agricultural
C1UDS.
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Charles W. Ccile of the business' fir
of Cole . All Dirtgmam has disappeared
from -Pascol taking all the funds of the
firm with him. j j . - .
Ross Corle has closed a contract -with
J,- H. Louoks td haul 8,000.000 feet of
white pine lumber from the Loucka
mill 9 mies Mi to Colville.
George Smitley, secretary of the Ts
coma lodge of Elks, is a likely con
tender for the poatmastership of Ta
coma undei President Harding.
A still arid 10D gallons of mash were
discovered pn the Cleghorn farm, north
of Davenpoirt, ahd W. A. Cleghorn was
arrested and fined J99 and coats.
In futuH ! all! cases of mental de
rangement of disabled ex-service men
in the Northwest will be cared for at
the westerri hospital for the insane at
Stellacoom. -
At a meeting In Spokane Wednesday
the going wage for all millhands where
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum
bermen is I organised was reduced 10
cents an hour. . -
The Loykl Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen! an organisation of workers
In the timber industry, has extended
its -scope by purchasing the Aberdeen
general hospital for 840,000.
8. D. Tirultt, a ifarmer of Adams
county, states that !on his ranch ex
cellent oil indications had been struck
at a depth Of 164 feet- A short distanc
away a new hale developed strong in
dications ot gasL
Walla Walla merchants are warned
to be careful about accepting checks
and $20 federal reserve notes. One
merchant accepted $2.50 worth of worth
less checks! - an three reserve notem
raised f roml $i tjo 20 have been .founds
I IDAHO '
The state Band commissioner Is asking
an annual appropriation of $40,000 for
forest fire prevention),
Almost $800,00 waS paid out during
the year to xndivijdual Indians of the Nez
Perce Indian agencyi a much greater
sum than that J any) previous year.
Idaho farriers look a long step toward
the problem! of fthe small flock owner
when, during 1910 and 120, they pooled
200.131,000 poundi of wool and marketed
More thai $2,500,000 worth of farm
r.t,.ntm J llvatnlc were shl DDed
from Buhl iver the branch railroad of
the Oregon phor : Line during the year
lust ended. I i
M. E. Parks aind his son, 2 years of
age, were iperhaps fatally burned at
Olenn's Ferry Wednesday morning when
a can of gMoIlrie exploded, destroying
the house and contents.
Harold Trjiomas Roberts, a Boise real
estate man,! Is dead as the result of a
mrninl rpi-AvrA i front a 22-calibre re
volver he was eiamlrtlng. Roberta was
not aware the gtm was loaded.
The Idahril legislature, in Joint session,
has unanimously indorsed Governor
Davis for appointment as secretary of
the interiori The joint action came lm
mediaMly after Goverpor Davis nead his
message. f i
A prehistoric mastodon's tusk, six feet
long and 24 Inches in i diameter, the gift
of f. N. M. Caskat of Katxebere, Alaska,
is the latt addition Ito the exhibUs of
the geological departpnent of the Uni
versity of Idaho.i I
know youi
PORTLAND
Whenever people pay freight going
,and coming on the Same'article they
also pay the wages! and profits In
volved In rnanufacture elsrwhere.
Portland! Is a port of export for
juniper woody The little Juniper trees
grow thickly in j Interior Oregon.
They arei shipped In the form of
cordwood t Japan. The clever work
ers of Japan reduce) them first into
pencil slats and then Into lead pencils
The pencils are picked into pack
ages, bundles and bales and, doubt
less, shipped back I into Deschutes
county or jprook county, whose the
juniper trejes growi Osily a " little
Imagination! Is tequlred, further, to
see Bend business men figuring the
juniper wood wiith the pencils or the
Redmond, school ohildren writing
essays on the Juniper with these pen
cils. .-. f .
The storyt has ften been told about
the difference irti value of a' pound of
steel and the same weight in watch
springs., - the (difference isn't no
great, natwrall-f, between juniper
trees and Juniper wood lead pencils.
But if it l is profitable to take the
wood to Japan and jback again and
pay the. freight, wouldn't It be more
profitable td make lead pencils locally
and thus create janorher home indus
try? We mtght feven sell lead pencils
to Japan, rather than the wood to
make them off. I " I : -
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