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t" A JBEGINNING
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REFORMS' are slow in America.
They come-step; by step, infre
quently in one fell swoop.
f , The action of the national house
of representatives Wednesday in re
fusing; to increase the membership
esteri toward reform. It was the first
--elffort taken toward; converting the
house from a ratifying' to a deliber
ative "body. Perhaps years will pass
before a move is made to decrease
the p'resent membership of 435. But
that is the next step in a wholesome
change."
The house of representatives has
a mass of business 'to consider. In
the fifty-ninth session 35,665 "oills,
reports and resolutions "were before
the house.
There were 435 men entitled to
be heard on . each measure. Had
even half of them spoken, had they
had a word in the deliberations, that
congress could not. have completed
half its work.
(" The result is government canned
In committees. " Legislation is de
cided upon in committee, rooms and
placed before the house for ratifica-
l a J . i : 1 At
nun, iiui uviioeruuon.
A few strong men head most of
the Important -committees. They,
pass on the legislation often behind
closed doors and, because of their
power, whip men . into line who
would dare oppose their., measures
on the floor of the house. Com-
raiiiees nave & veto power greater
than that of the president.
, The refusal of the house Wednes
day to increase its membership
-means that a faulty system "will not
be expanded. .
It Is to the credit of Congressman
McArthur that he was among those
who led the opposition to at further
Increase in the membership of an
already unwieldy body.
Even Oome ag the youngsters be
came -inwcteC Vth criticism of Or
egon's gentle rains. "I Just wish
this mean old rain would stop," said
6-year-old Helen, who lives on Van
couver avenue. "Why, Helen," her
mother reproved, "don't you know
that without the rain we wouldn't
have the . grass, the fruit and the
flowers? God sends the rain." And
Helen retorted: "I don't see why
God should bother; doesn't He know
we have. a hose?"
PREDICTIONS REALIZED
THE Inyo Maru of the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha line is In port, the largest
passenger vessel which has ever tied
to a Portland dock.
The Orca, a British steamship,
sailed not long ago from the Port
of Astoria with the largest cargo of
grain that ever left the Columbia,
river.'
The officers of these great vessels
found at the mouth of the Columbia
a harbor entrance jbroad, deep and
safe and not surpassed by any other
port On either coast. ' .
They praised the facilities' which
they found had been provided by the
ports of the Columbia. 4- .
Their testimony wilt be offered in
other ports to, wjtfch'l these iesceW
wiTJ go, thatawhlle. the commerce of
ether porta as languished, the ex-
ports and Imports of the Columbia
river ' have 'heavily Increased, that
the handling facilities. of the ports
of the Columbia are not surpassed
elsewhere and that service is a prac
ticed Ideal here. '
This is the realisation that follows
wise planning. It Is the reward of
well applied effort. It is the-, broad
ening contact with the world of
trade for which our Investment of
plan, money and business solicita
tion have been made.
Channel and port facilities, indus
tries that consume and produce car
goes, hinterland -production that fig
ures in the manufacture and export
of a .port of origin, expeditious
handling of transit goods, and ag
gressive business getting organization
on the part of both public and pri
vate agencies, were long ago urged
In these columns as the essential
factors of port development.
The passing of time shows that
these things, then said, now realized,
were vitally true.
Tov prohibit women from wearing
hair 'puffs Over their ears is the
object of an? ordinance introduced in
the city council by the Hon. Tim
Hogan, a Chicago alderman. If
Timothy persists in his pernicious
jneddling wi.h - female dress, pres
ently there will not be enough' of
hi'm left to run for policeman.
WHY STIR UP STRIFE?
IS THIS a time to stir up strife be
tween employers and employes by
enactment at Salem of anti-labor
legislation ? ';
Jis ttnything going on in Oregon
through which workers have become
a menace to be dealt with by re
pressive laws? Are there strikes, or
threats of strikes, or rumblings of
any kind? Is there anything on the
horizon or under the surface of
things that makes occasion for new
industrial wounds to be opened and
new causes for irritation and trouble
to be injected into industrial Oregon
by-the legislature?
In the entire, United States there
14 not one state that is as free from
industrial disputes as is Oregon. It
is doubtful if there is a single state
that enjoys one half the industrial
quietude that Oregon does, as was
stated on the floor of the house at
Salem the other day. The situation
in Oregon-is so excellent compared
with other states that it would seem
to be not only lamentable, but the
worsi kind of policy, to inject into
the legislative proceedings a lot of
bills to create' feuds, irritation and
bitterness between: employers and
employes.
Why not let the laws alone as they
stand? The state mediation com
mission has j in its two years of ex
istence proved to be the greatest in
dustrial peacemaker yet evolved in
any state. ., It has the complete con
fidence of.both sides and the public.
It has settled six major disputes and
brought agreement in hundreds of
minor disagreements, any one of
which might have led to strikes and
lockouts. With its two years record
of perfect effectiveness, should the
state mediation law be abandoned to
experiment with something else?
The need of the hour is rest and
peace. The true statesmanship of
the hour is that which realizes that
the last thing In the world for the
legislature to do is to let hotheads
on either side put over legislation
that will create mutual suspicion,
engender bitterness and start strife
between men Who" work and men
who employ. "
Every.' legislator at Salem is di
rectly or indirectly concerned in In
dustrial peace for this state. By
her past record of unusual indus
trial peace, Oregon has become at
tractive to big concerns that are
looking for locations for industrial
plants on the Pacific coast. And if
every legislator will take time to get
all the facts in the present situa
tion in this state, all, except the
biased hotheads, will conclude that
the best thing for the legislature
to do about anti-labor legislation is
to do nothing. .
China maintains an army of 1,000,
000 troops. Another of its armies Is
that 15,000,000 cadaverous remnant
of men, women and children in the
border land bf death by starvation.
Perhaps the army of -starvelings
makes the other army essential.
A NEW LINK
THE Suzuki company, which , be
gan the New S Tear happJJy by
returning Its branch offices to Port
land after five years" absence, is one
of the first five of the great business
houses, of Japan.
Its capital, in American terms, is
$25,000,000. It owns and- operates
two shipyards, 20 steamships, a
large steel plant, two flouring mills,
five soya bean mills," a copper
smelter a"nd two breweries.
Its offices are located in the im
portant trading centers of the world
and it is represented . in six of the
large cities of the United States.
Madame Suzuki is said to be one!
of the richest women in the world.
During the war the. Suzuki partner
ship made such growth that its Jap
anese rating was advanced from
twentieth to among the first five,
with uncertainty as to which. f the
big' Japanese companies should -be
placed in the lead.
The company controls not only a
very large trans-Pacific tonnage but
not a little of the means of "trans
portation. Its extension of repre
sentation to this port is a salutary
4 recognition of Portland's rapidly ad
vancing position among the ports of
the nation, and gives new force to
the axiomatic' saying that "nothing
succeeds like success." I ";r
Had Portland nolf organized the
port's traffic department and had
not the Oriental representatives of
this department called upon the
manager of the company in Japan,
with statements of our growth which
were equally true and attractive, it
is doubtful if so large a factor in
trans-Pacific commerce would have
been added to the assets of the com
munity. ' ! ' - .
The manager of Suzuki & Co. re
ported after his Interview with our
traffic agents, "Portland is begin
ning to help herself. - .
The Port of Portland is to be
congratulated , upon the return of
Suzuki & Co., and- our traffic de
partment ia to be felicitated upon
this new evidence, of its good work.
A New York husband agreed to
pay his wife 10 for every cuss word
he uttered In the family home. She
kept count until the total reached
$2000. She is now suing him in
court for the amount.
HIS LAST REQUEST
A REAL child of God must have
been the Rev. Charles W.
Holmes, Episcopal minister, who
died in Vancouver a few days ago.
His last request was that any floral
memorial that may have been con
templated for him be omitted and
the money intended to be so spent
contributed to the fund for the starv
ing children of Eastern and Central
Europe. "Suffer the little children
to come, unto me, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven," said the great
est of all pastors. Surely enshrine
ment in the hearts of "children is
the greatest of all memorials. The
beautiful verses written by Frank L.
Stanton, the Georgia poet, for the
Eugene Field monument, seem ap
propriate to the memory of the de
partedpastor: I
Fades his calm face beyond our mortal
ken, , .
Lost in the light of lovelier realms
above ;
He left sweet memories in the hearts
of men .
And climbed to God on little children's
love.
To compel all male Filipinos to
wear trousers is the purpose of a
bill introduced in the territorial sen
ate at Manila. This should be heart
ening news for the poor clothing
trust of America.
ALWAYS ADVANCING
ACCORDING to the United Sta.tes
government figures The Jour
nal during the six months ending
October 1, 1920, showed a net gain
of 3.7 per cent in Its daily and Sun
day circulations; the' next Portland
paper showed a gain of 1.4 per cent
in its daily and Sunday circulations;
the third paper showed a loss of 2.9
per cent, and the fourth paper
showed a loss of 4.8 per cent. The
third and fourth papers publish no
Sunday editions. According to the
audit bureau of circulation figures
for the same period The Journal
showed the largest weekday city
circulation of thefour Portland
newspapers. j- 1
And the circulation of The Jour
nal is still growing. The total dis
tribution of its weekday editions is
70.300 and of its Sunday editions
85,375..
Evening editions of- newspapers
are of greatest service in the terri
tory immediately adjacent to the
point of publication. .Morning editions-
which at best are but night
editions of the previous day in that
they cary. for the most part the
news of the previous day best serve
distant points.
The Journal,; with its five day and
two might editions, is the only Port
land newspaper organized to serve
both the home and up-state fields
with equal fidelity. That this serv
ice is recognized is indicated by the
above government figures and audit
bureau of circulation statements
made simultaneously ;by the fo.ur
Portland newspapers.
The rest of the country as confi
dently expects Portland to have a
Rose Festival as Portlanders expect
their roses to bloom
DEFEATING JUSTICE
ONE of the favorite resources of
attorneys defending men iri po
lice court is to obtain continued
postponements of the case. There
come to be one ! postponement,8 two
postponements and three postpone
ments. At times cases are held for
a monh before they come to trial.
lit the meantime, witnesses are
tampered with - and disappear,; de
tails are forgotten, and even the po
lice lose Interest in the proceeding!
As a result, the case of the city is
weakened or- destroyed and the of
fender goes partially or entirely un
punished. Some postponements are justified.
The law and the 'public recognize
the propriety ox reasonable delays.
But there are attorneys who take
advantage of the opportunity for
postponements and almost if not
actually postpone-cases out of court.
Judge Tazwell recently cleaned up
cases pending on appeaL The dock
et was swept clean to make room for
other cases coming to the circuit
court It was an effort to make
speedy and impartial trials a reality,
but -an .attempt that is unsuccessful
if attorneys are permitted to delay
cases indefinitely lnhe lower court.
Steve Brodie would never have
hazarded 'the chances that some
Portland pedestrians take every day.
PEN VERSUS
SWORD
Newspapers Are Running Far Ahead
of the Experts and Statesmen in
Preparing the Way for World
Peace Demand a Halt in Arm
ament Program, With No
Fears of the Result
. .of Such Actions
Daily Editorial Dleest-
( Consolidated Press Association)
Has it come about, as the Ohio State
Journal (Columbus) (Rep.) suggests, that
in the movement toward disarmament
the newspapers of the world have "out
distanced statesmen and governmental
experts in showing the way to increase
the chances for world peace"? The New
York World's aggressive campaign- for
disarmament seems , to furnish the in
spiration for similar activity on. the part
of influential papers In England, and is
echoed to some extent in Japan. Amer
ican Journals which support the World
are making effective use of this-expression
of opinion in the countries most
concerned in the effortto translate
popular sentiment intqgovernmental ac
tion.
"Public sentiment against building ad
ditional warships," the Buffalo Com
mercial (ind.) finds "reflected all over
the world," and. "British newspapers are
unanimously clamoring for a cessation
of naval construction." This "news
paper outcry in England against com
petition with the United States in bat
tleship building" demonstrates to the
Baltimore American (Rep.) "that at least
a section ot the British people Is opposed
to any policy that may tend to put that
country into any sort of technical hos
tility to the United States." When the
London Post, "the most reactionary or
gan in Great Britain," according to the
Flint (Michs) Journal (Ind.), makes the
statement that "America can afford to
build the greatest navy while Great Brit
ain cannot," it "gives those skeptics
who pooh-pooh the talk of a reduction
or limitation in naval armament some
thing to think about." The proposal of
the London Post for curtailing arma
ment "by agreement between England,
Japan and the United States" Is "a sur
prising but sensible proposal," in the
opinion of the New York Globe (Ind.,
which "wonders if Lloyd George will
agree." However, in view of the "spec
tacular manner" in which this attitude
is being supported in England "it seems
probable that he must, and that the sur
render of navalism in England will force
a similar surrender in America." Ac
cording to the Chicago Post (Ind.) Lloyd
George has already "taken the lead,"
and his order of "a 50 per cent- cut
in the army and navy estimates for
Great Britain" is an "impressive .answer
-to the challenging resolution of Senator
Borah."
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The Indorsement of the World's cam
paign for a naval holiday by Lord North
cliffe, and his plea for a discussion of
the subject "with friendly frankness,
in an atmosphere of complete good faith,
with all the cards on the table." are "en
couraging." . says the Birmingham Age
Herald (Dem.), for "if the world is
ever to disarm the examplemust ,be
set by Great Britan and the United
States." And when Northcliffe says
further that the agitation through the
press is invaluable because "govern
ments need the support of public
opinion when they do anything that may
seem to affect national security," the
Kansas City Times (Ind.) suggests that
"everybody recognizes that when Lord
Northcliffe. speaks his wrds are just
as weighty as though they .came from
Downing- Street. If he dJsfcn't Bpeak
the words of the government itself the
government frequently finds it conven
ient to make his words its own."
More signiTicanl'everi ' than1 Che at
titude of the press Is that of the British
Navy league, an organisation whiclt i the
Springfield Republican (Ind.) calls 1100
per cent minus so far as pacifism 'is
concerned," for : "When a navy league
which has existed to promote the naval
strength of the British empire adopts
the idealism of the disarmament princi
ple and says the only alternative is world
suicide, we are getting ahead."
The declaration of the "British Navy
league in favor of joint action by the two
great Anglo-Saxon nations" towards re
ducing armaments encourages the Ca
nadian Toronto Star "to hope that the
tremendous amount of money involved
in national naval programs will be con
siderably curtailed."
While the Chicago Journal (Dem.) is
gratified over "the eager acceptance" the
naval holiday p'roposal is finding! fn
Great Britain, it feels that "the' support
which the plan has received in Japan
Is quite as gratifying and much more of
a surprise. At least one Japanese pper
of wide circulation whrch has backed
the government's naval plans hitherto
now hails the proposal for a holiday with
vast reUef. and urges the authorities of
Nippon to meet America half way." The
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(Rep.) sees no reason "for assuming
that Japan would not welcome an op
portunity to cut down naval expendi
tures as eagerly as any other nation,"
and the "more the subject ia , agitated
the plainer it appears" that the project
is "now taking on an air of reality'
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Such being the disposition of the three
nations concerned in the movement,
"whether officially or unofficially ex
pressed," the Springfield Union (Rep.)
feels that "disarmament should encounter
no difficulties apparently in an effort
of these countries through their govern
ments to agree upon such a policy." It
remains only for the United States to
fake the initial step, since, according to
the Norfolk (Neb.) News (Ind.) "our
government can determine the arma
ment policy - of all three powers." j
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But, of course, the American press is
far from unanimous in support of a
disarmament program. "It is far too
early," the Richmond Times - Dispatch
(Dem.) holds, to discuss the matter at
all, and the Providence Journal (Ind.)
considers that in view of the world con
fusion "total disarmament is .out of the
question." It settles no problems, nor
does it afford a basis for settlement."
the Newark News (Ind.) maintains;
"the problems go on just the same."
And to the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle (Ind.)
"a limitation of armaments agreement
with England and Japan would be like
a truce between the' fly and the com
bined spiders of the neighborhood! to
await the convenience of the spiders be
fore engaging in any preparations for
a struggle." t
Olden Oregon
Western Oregon's Climate Warmly
Praised From Earliest Days, j
The climate of Western Oregon vfas
the subject of as much wonder and ad
miration on the part of the earliest vis
itors as it is of satisfaction to the Inhabitants-
of the present day. j J. B.
Prevost, commissioner to represent the
United States when, on October 6, 1814,
the British flag was lowered and the
American flag raised at Fort- George
(Astoria), reporting to the department
Of state at a later date, testified, as to
climate and productions, as follows: J
. "It has ; been observed, bye , exploring
this coast, that the climate, to the south
ward of 63 degrees, assumes- a mildness
unknown rin" the same latitude on lhe
eastern side of the- continent. Without
digreeainsr -topecalate upon the cause,
I will merely state that such is par
ticularly the fact Ln 46 degrees IS min
utes, the site of- Fort George The
mercury during . the winter , seldom
descends below the freezing point ; when
it does so it is rarely stationary for any
number of days, and the severity of the
season is more determined by the quan
tity of rain than by itscongelation. The
rains asually commence with November
and continue to fall partially until the
latter end of March or beginning of
April. A benign spring succeeds aid
when the summer heats obtain they are
so tempered by . showers as seldom to
suspend vegetation. I found it luxuri
ant on my arrival (October 1) and dur
ing a fortnight's ' stay ..experienced no
change of weather to retard its course.
The soil is good, all the cereal gramina
and tuberous plants may be cultivated
with advantage and the waters abound
in salmon, sturgeon and other varieties
of fish."
Letters Frpm the People
I Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only cne tide of the paper; should not exceed
S00 words in length, and must be aigned by the
writer, wbo&e mail addresa ia full must accom
pany the contribution.;
TAXES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
One Who Pays Both. Would Abolish
Public ' Service Commission.
Portland, Jan. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal I was interested in read
insr a. rprpnt pditorial ill a Portland
newspaper under the heading, "Hovn
Long, O' Lord, How Long!" It cited
the increase in taxation and intimated
that it was- about time to call a halt.
At first I quite agreed with the senti
ment expressed, but theji I began to
figure and to make comparisons. I am
a small home owner. My taxes amount
to H& a year. For this I get police and
fire protection, law enforcement, edu
cation of my children, public improve
ments, care of the insane and indigent,
and all of the many benefits that our
government city," county and state '
throws around me that, makes my some
secure. - 4
But I paid to the P. R. L. & P. com
pany, the telephone company and the
gas company in 1920 264. The recent
raise allowed the gas company will
amount to more in 1921 than my total
taxes, or approximately $60 to J72 a
year.
What do I get for all this? Car rides,
heat, light and" a phone in the house.
If all this were taken away from me
could I get 'along? There was a day
when we did, get along without all this,
and we could again. But ' if all that I
get for my $48 taxes were taken away
from me, could I get along? Absolutely
not. There would be no security, peace
or happiness. Then do I get my money's
worth in the taxes I pay to the so
called public service corporations, now
come to be public taxing organizations?
It is plain that I do not.
The plain fact is that the small home
owner and the renter are being taxed
to death by the mountains of overhead
that these corporations are piling up.
Certainly they can assure Investors a
substantial dividend when by the very
system they ; are operating under they
can make the consumer pay the cost of
doing business, no matter how ineffi
cient and padded it may be, plus a fair
interest on the investment,, watered
stock and all. And the end is not yet.
The sky is the limit, so say they all.
What are we to do about it? It is
plain we need expect no relief from the
public service commission, which we
thought we elected to look after our
interests.
I 'may. be out of order, but I rise to
inquire : Why not repeal certain sec
tions of the present public service law,
vote this commission out of a lob, and
thus throw the regulation of these cor
porations back into the hands of the
city council, where franchises are
granted? With the commission form of
government we have a group of jntn
that are- usually responsive to .the will
of the people. Here, I am sure, we
would get a square deal, with all the
facts on the table. , .
The only other solution is public own
ership. Buy their junk and run it our
selves. And in this connection, when
they shout "Look at Seattle's railway !",
just reply, "Look at our own city water
department." E. C. Callaway.
JUDICIAL SALARY INCREASE
One Who Opposes Asks Why; Asserting
It Is Unnecessary.
Portland, Jan. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal The members of the legis
lature are pledged to economy. One of
the bills "looking towards" economy is
to increase the salaries of the district
judges $1000 each, or in the aggregate
of $3000. You could not pry any one
of the district Judges off his job with
a crowbar, and the present salary left
as It is; then why this increase? They
ran for the Job at a $3000 per annnm
salary. Why make it $4000? Will "the
$4000 salary make them know more,
or increase efficiency? Then why $4000
for economy? "Krobar."
ALIEN. LAND OWNERS
Portland, Jan. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Are there any laws for
bidding aliens to own, buy or sell real
estate In the state of Oregon? S. T. O.
Aliens own, bny and sell property in Oregon
and the courts uphold this practice.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Inhabitants of the little mountain
country of Montenegro employ curious
methods of medical treatment, according
to American physicians who did relief
work there. The first thought of the
natives in healing wounds is to apply
chewing tobacco, horsehair or fresh rab
bit skin to a sore, with the hair facing
inside. Ccmmon 1 considered to
be a sovereign remedy for burns. Cob
webs are used in Montenegro to stop
bleeding sores or wounds. When a per
son is bitten by a dog, the favorite rem
edy is to pull off the animal's ear .and
jub the wound with It. Since the ar
rival of American physicians, however,
the natives are making numerous visits
to Red Cross clinics and dispensaries as
a means of curing their ills.
Uncle Jeff Sn6w Says:
It's alius safer to call a man by a
rank higher'n b'longs to him ruthern a
rank lower. To call a colonel "Major"
ain't half so likely to make him smile as
to .call him "Gineral." Any feller that's
been used to bein' called "Colonel"
natcherly don't like to be called "Cap
tion." I called a lootenant in Arizony
"Colonef one time and when he ex
plained that he wasn't, riot yet. I shuck
hands with him agin and told him I
wasn't mistaken, not a bit. but only a
little previous. He was my friend fer
life after that, and shore enough he got
to be a colonel in the Spanish-American
war, or'mebby a lieutenant colonel, any
how. . TO DOUBLE OREGON'S WEALTH
From the Corralua Gazette' Times
One of the most useful campaigns be
ing conducted in the state of Oregon
right now Is that being put on by The
Oregon Journal in a series of articles by
Marshall Dana on Oregon industries.
Oregon would have twice the wealth per
capita- if we. spent the amount we send
back East on similar articles made in
Oregon. ' .. .
STILL TALKING '
From the Birmingham Age-Herald
"Mrs. Gipplng caught Mr,- Gipplng
kissing their new maJd."
"Well! Well! .What did she say?"
. "I wouldn't use the past tense in that
connection. She hasn't finished yet."
AND
r
SMALL CHANGE
Flour scarce cosmetics
What's the answer? ' -.
e
What with all these lodces
plentiful.
named for
animals, it's sad the rest oil
us can t
compose the Royal Order of Goats.
: VtW-.-Eggs
from China frequently" are as
numerous as 4he letters of the native
alphabet and as oldas Oriental history.
The preacher out our way remarks that
if the devil doesn't get some men he
knows the devil should be impeached.
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Tight coats for men are to t?r Mavhe
going where the he-men of the) Old loose-
ana-easy coat days went whe
the tight.-
utters came in.
e
News reports say sleepina-
ickness is
rampant . in Chicago. And
all these
hioago as
yearn they've been -picturing
the acme of speed."
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The "guy who put the silt in he
pcean did a mighty poor job af it. judg
ing from the sacked stuff the 'ellow who
took it out sends to us. .- .
...
"Own your - own home" has been re
vived locally as a slogan. ( )f course,
folks do have the pernicious habit of
owning someone's else home.
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Portland" realtors will incl ide Cuba
in their pleasure trip. On the unit page
s "Pussyfoot" Johnson's admission that
the United States will never be dry.i ....
COMMENT
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
The Bankers' Life associatic n of Des
Moines Is holding a session at the Hotel
Multnomah. Guests who have reserved
-rooms include H. O. Burke of San Fran
cisco. William Ive of Tacoma, John W.
Beskool of. Stockton, Cal. ; G- A. Fear
of Chico, CaL ; f. M. Simpson of Tur
lock, CaL; L. A. Jacox of Seattle, C, T.
Williams of Salt Lake City, C. W.
Wright of Modesto, Cal.. A. F. Smith of
San Franoisco, Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Rogers, R. M. Tipling, . Ferd. S.
Baker. G. G. Miller and N. P. Lavelle
of Helena. The following officials from
the home office at Des Moines! will also
be present: Mr. and Mrs: Kiihns, Mr.
and Mrs. Ayres, E. W. Nothsttne, J. W.
Flanagan and Bert Mills. I
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Dr. Herbert Eastland of Gardiner,
near the mouth of the Umpqua river, is
a guest of the Imperial. Gardiner was
founded by accident. Some sailors from
a "wrecked ship, which f went ashore on
the bar near the mouth of the Umpqua,
rescued some of their goods I and put
them ashore at ihe site bf the present
city of Gardiner. Taking the sails from
the wrecked vessel they covered their
goods,' and later someone started a trad
ing seation to sell these goods. ; In those
days Scottsburg, which was nearby, was
the leading candidate for metropolis of
Southwestern Oregon. !
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H.' W. Collins, hotel mart, rough rider,
Round-Up director, wheat raiser and
well known citizen of Pendleton, is reg
istered at the Benson.
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W. B. Pine, hailing from the tmallest
state in the Union and registering from
Providence. i3 in Portland to see the
sights of the West.
A
Eastern Oregon guests at the Imperial
include L. E. Dawson of The Dalles, C.
W. Baldwin of Baker and T. J. O'Brien
of Echo.
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L. L. Paget, banker, booster, hotel
promoter and live wire ,from Seaside, is
at the Imperial.
i
T. W; Ryan of Klamath Falls is spend
ing a few days watching the - growth
of Portland. . I '
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Perry of Medford
are Portland visitors.
OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
( Tribulations of those who do business with
goTernmenta without ironclad ton tracts are re
nnrrfed h XI r. Loakle. who auo tea an Oregon
man. for years a gourdoegh, who did large things
In the North in the early days, little to his
profit, but who has done very well since and baa
hie own rigorous ideaa aa to woat aum "wra
in order to prosper according to deverts.)
E. B. Hanley. brother of William
Hanley of Burns, is spending a few
weeks ln Portland. For 23 years: he
has been a resident of Alaska. ' '-- j
"I was born near Jacksonville, March
29, 1864," said Mr. Hanley. "My father,
Michael Hanley, went from Ohio to the
California gold fields in 1849. Af te( la
year or two he came to Oregon, settling
in Douglas county, near Round Prairie.
We still own the donation land claim
he took op near Jacksonville, He got
640 acres of mighty pretty land. There
were six of us children. I 'lived in and
around Jacksonville until I was grown,
when I went to Harney county and took
up a homestead and ran cattle. My
brother Bill comes pretty near to being
the pioneer settler of Harney county.
... j
"The war department was very anx
ious to establish a trail inland from the
Alaskan coast to the gold fields. Secre
tary Alger said to Jack Dalton and me,
"If we wait to unwind all the govern
ment red tape it will take months. What
we need is a road, and time Is the
essence of the .contract. I will guaran
tee that if you will go ahead, get your
outfit together and put In the road, you
will receive the government contract,
and while- I cannot cut the red tape,
you are safe to go ahead n this basis.'
We chartered the old Willamette, bought
400 horses, with pack saddles, sleighs
and all necessary equipment.- and wtre
to sail in three days, when we received
a wire from Alger saying the govern
ment had chaqged its plans and tjhe
whole deal was off. We had invested
over $100,000 ln the enterprise, most of
it borrowed money. From that day to
this we neves have had any explanation
of the government's change of plans,
nor have we ever received a cent to
reimburse us. I
"We had the outfit oh our hands, and
had to do something. We went ahead
on our original schedule, took our outfit
up with us, 'and decided, to put in! a
toll road to Dawson. We unloaded at
"Pyramid Harbor, Just across from
Haines. The outfit we too in, oy tne
by, was the biggest saddle and pack
outfit ever gathered together on any one
enterprise. We built what was known
as the Dalton trail. It was 800 miles
long. Thirty-three miles of the coast
end was in United States territory.
Jack Dalton is one of the squarest,
cleanest, finest chaps I ever met. He Is
the kind of a man you like to be out in
the woods with; you can count on him i
to the limit ' -j ;
-It would be Impossible to tell of the
handicaps we had to overcome ln build
ing our road. Naturally, we had the
assurance of . the American and the
Canadian governments that we would
be protected, but after we had operated
it one year there was some disagreement
between the American . and Canadian
authorities, and the. Canadians made us
relinquish oar trail to "them. We were
told, however, that an" effort would be
made to have the Canadian government
reimburse us. The effort" may have
been made. 1 1 do not know. ... In any
event, we were never reimbursed, and
we lost $84,000 spent In building' the
trail. The building ef the trail, how
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
As president of Mexico, General Obre
gon is making a great record. He
hasn't "sasseO . the United States once
since he assumed office. La Grande Ob
server. "Farmers of America at Last Getting
Together." Oregon ian headline. And
they ought to be able to get more to
gether than they can ever get separately.
Weston Leader.
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Senator BurdicK has introduced in the
legislature a bill requiring men who
Want to get married to undergo a mental
examination. Me ! fie ! senator ! They re
not all crazy. Kugene Register.
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President-elect Harding -has' been of
ficially notified that Tie will be inaugur
ated March 4. The distinguished citizen
suspected that something like this was
coming off. Medford Mail-Tribune,
t "
Lumbermen are now being investigat
ed by congress in an endeavor to prove
profiteering. Now all that remain to be
toothpick makers. And then we can all
sleep easy. Hood River News.N
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'Do not lose your trust in the Lord if
you sometimes una mat a clergyman
ariU dir. rtt th struiclif and narrow nath
b deception and evasion of truth. It is
not the Lord's fault. It Is the frailty of
human nature when a filthy dollar is in
sight. Tualatin valley ilewB. . .
M. L. Thorn, formerly
connected wth
the fingerprint department of the New
York police. Is a guest at the Multno
mah. "Few people realiie what an im
portant part the fingerprint played dur
ing the late war," said Mr. Thorn ; "not
in open warfare, but In securing evidence
by the .intelligence department as to
spies and those German residents sus
pected of aiding the kaiser while living
in this country. The fingerprint method
of detecting criminals is more effective
than even the Bertillon system, and sta
tistiee' prove that more .convictions fiave
been accomplished by thj$ method than
by any otiier means. It rs sure.and ac
curate, and there is no chance of put
ting a man away on circumstantial evi
dence. There are no such things as "cir
cumstances' in the fingerprint. It is
sure."
J. M. Hugh of Vancouver, B. C, Is at
the Multnomah and statis that Vancou
ver and the surrounding territory are
having, a wave of prosperity and that
there is not a store or a house for sale
or rent inside the city limits.
e'.-.J.
Will Wurzweiler of Pjrineville, one of
the pioneer merchants of Crook county
and well known all over Eastern Ore
gon, Is in Portland on business.
Condon " people- in Portland include
George McKay,. Mr. .and Mrs. T. G.
Johnson. Mrs. J. F. Harrison and . her
son Dick, and George A. Stewart.
Charles S. Herman,
ness man of Cleveland,
tered at the Multnogiah.
prominent busl-
Ohao, is regis-
J." E. Albright of Bend
Is in Portland
where he will
on his way to Aberdeen
visit relatives.
Mrs. D. A. White and Mrs. Ed. Git-
llngham ot Salem are guests at the Im
perial. ...
J. B.
land.
Riddle of St. Joseph is In Port
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Mrs. W. R. Bilyeu of
Albany is visiting
relatives in the city.
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- Thomas Hewlett is d
as chaperon of a carloa
wn from Baker
of cattle.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. De
Armond of Vale
are guests at the Multnomah.
AND IMPRESSIONS
Lockley
ever, was largely instrumental in the
development of Ue mining industry in
Alaska. Though we -could not' collect
toll, nevertheless our trail was used by
over 12,000 head of caUe, and lots of
the larger outfits went iin by it.
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. "We were feeling pretty blue about
being two-times losers, when by a lucky
stroke we discovered rich placer ground
on the Porcupine, just this, side of the
Canadian line and withitji American ter
ritory. I do not remember exactly
what we made, but mjF gharo of the
cleanup was over $300,000. - We sold the
mine, and I understand ihat more than
a million ln gold has since been taken
out of that district.
.
"Jack Dalton and I were asked to
establish on our trail a provisional line,
for customs and jurisdictional purposes,
between the United! States and Canada.
We took ln Major Jones, jjne of the offi
cials of the Northwest mounted police.
We had ' to guess whejre 10 marine
leagues from the coast 4'ould take Us.
Strange' as . it may; seem, the spot we
marked for the boundary monument be
tween the United States and Canada;was
later surveyed and found! .to have been
exactly located, arid it is now a part of
the official boundary, run a few years
later
"We decided that .we
were through
working for the government unless It
paid us cash ln advance
ironbound contract,! for
ceived a cent for j our
(or gave us an
we never -re
work on the
however, re-
boundary line. W didJ
ceive a contract from the
eminent to transport its
Canadian gov-
supplies from
the coast to Dawsort. W also received
a. contract to rurnisn it
With beef cat-
tie. It renewed this cori
tract with us
each year. One year I
took 200 cattle
to Fort Gibbon, 1W0 m.
Yukon beyond Dawson. '
divided the work. Jack,
les down the
Dalton and I
at the coast
end, receiving all shipmeikts and seeing
they were forwarded, while I attended
to delivery in -the interior,
Dalton now
lives jjggj Yakima.
"I have met some mighty fine people.
In- Alaska, among them John G. Brady,
the first governor of Alaska, formerly
a Presbyterian missionary to Alaska ;
also Sheldon Jackson, who introduced
reindeer into Alaska. I ; guess I have
done almost . everything tiat anybody
else has done in Alaska. I I have pros
pected and mined, freighted and made
long stampedes. 'built roads and driven
dog teams, though I very much prefer
driving horses. Kor the past 12 years
I have been operating salmon canneries
in Alaska. I have one near Ketchikan,
one on Copper river -ind one on Prince
William sound. We employ all the
white labor we can get, and a good
many Chinese) The Chinese take con
tracts and hire Filipino 'and Mexican
laborers. - . : ! - .tj ..
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The logical site for a railroad into
Alaska Is by way of the Rainy Hollow
district. This means1 that the road
will go in by way of Haines, and
thereby over a water grade. .
"The one -thing Alaska :ieeds moat Is
to get rid of the political parasites and
practical politicians. ! We have lots of
coal, abundant fish. ! wonderful timber.
K copper and gold in abundance and plenty
pi spruce ior puip mum, sou n m gov
ernment will only keep its hands qyf,
the old Sourdoughs and those who know
Alaska will develop Its resources." 1
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings in Brief Form for tbt
Busy Reader
" OREGON NOTES
. '" t from a fire '.' extinguisher,
breatherj by it. v. Randall of Bend, have
caused him to lose his voice.
. T.hi8 year's taxes in Coos county will
aKKPecata nnHv n r ha i.
$0,00t more than ever before.
,J-,?J C. K. Spaulding Logging company.
wh ch closed its Hlem plant last fall,
will resume operations this week?
Pendleton's library circulation during
the past year totaled over 28,000. The
branch at Athena had a circulation of
The body of Sergeant Leo ,L. PaY
rtsh. whodied while in the service
burial' arrived at Ashland for
The Foster Lumber ominv mill at
RUner. i rolk county, will reaume
operations in about Z0 days .with a full
force of men. -
Fanners of the -vicinity held a meet
.kK fl N'ssa last week and petitioned
tne tianks to: extend loans and credits
seed UlCy ma' be cnab,ed to Purchase
About 140 skilled and tins'klttrd work
ers gathered at Hood River re.Mitly for
J-ne purpose of forming labor .unions-and
taking out charters from, the Federal ion
of Labor. .
At" 1hf fnnApal rt T-i . -. X.- . .
Schnider at Mount . Angel, whose hody
inn tttr,v irom trance, more than
cemetery. , ! .
Miss Katie Minert, who st the No
ember o 1 1 m. ... i.r .i .
or Morrow county without -opposition,
has prevented htr resignation to - the
county court. .
Two "Kir- ili.... - , . c .1 . "i
railroad in Clatsop county have blocked
all traffic on the road, and the-penlng
of tne .logging camps wUi be delayed
j.ur worn umA .
The student T. M. C. A. rablnet r.f
Willamette university will entertain 60
student delegates during, the interstate
- - i A' convention to be held at
Salem; January 28 to 30. - '
Owinc tn th 1nr. 4 , u - i . - -m
cattle ;and the high price of materials.
iiaun meat mm recently
completed at Nyssa will not begin op
erations for some time.
WASHINGTON
The two Spokane night schools now
have an enrollment of 830.
Twelve machine guns of the heavy
Browning type have been ordered for
' Little Gwendolyn Edens, 3 years old,
is dead at Spokane after eating a quan
tity of sugar-coated pills containing
strychnine. ( j y
The fishing launch Cisco was seized
near Seattle by federal officials and
seven Hacks of Canadian whiskey taken
from the vessel. -. - i
During 1920 the Spokane' firemen's re
lief and pension fund spent $15,238 for
ucnciiio, incui .tuieniion, Hospi
tals and nursing.
The net Income of the Chehalis water
department during the past year was
tl'KTR7 ,.V,i,.t, iu 14nT l -1
any previous record.
Silver fox breeding kas been addTd to
the lint of Spokane industries bv the
establishment of a fox farm by E. M.
Robinson and W. J. Hindley.
Lewis Gyorg, a young man of Hart
ford, while hunting near Stevens," killed"
a brown bear weighing nearly 600 pounds
and jrusasuring 12 fee from tip to tip.
Farmers jin the vicinity of Central!
are taking isteps toward the establish
ment i of a drainage aXrV&a raise
funds for dredging
river.
The- prosecuting
dlscov
deed to
erea tnat Adams t!
the land on which
stands.
30jrears
although the site wall
ago.
Seattle and Washington Jfrict metal
, trades .frnpJoyer have reduced the
wages Bf employes 8 cents -an hour.
A ) . 4finm .... .. . ..... i ... l. - -
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;,A dividend of 6pir cent has been de-'
cfared by ;the receiver of the defunct
United States National bank of Cen
tralia, making 66 per cent tso far paid to
depositors. ,1 j " : .
The Western Washington Fair asso--ciatiort
at, Puyallup has voted to bond
the plant for $65,000 for permanent lm
frovements and payment of outstand
ng Indebtedness, j
With approximately 400 subscribers-,
stock subscriptions in Pasco to the pro
posed i I'asco-Kennewick bridge fund
have reached a total of $0,000. Pasco's
allotment was only $50,000,
- .- - ' IDAHO ..
Bannock county! -has ?a '-total of 1715
farms, Bingham I 2141. "Fremont 1101,
Madison &28. Power 728 and Teton 54.
William-Bell, a ! railroad section 'fore
man, was acquitted by a Jury at Bon
ner 8 Berry or tne murder or oust iazos
at Naples Christmas morning.
A forger, working under the name of
Walter Woods, has victimised many
merchants at . Sandpoint by worthless
checks ranging from $15 to $20. - "
The receiver of! -the defunct Coeur
d'Alene Bank A Trust company has de
clared a dividend of 10 per. cent, the sec
ond 10! per cent dividend since the bank
failed..! - -' ' j- -
It is reported in Montpelier that Bear
Lake county farmers who have been
holding their wheat in anticipation of
better markets will lose thousands of
bushels through spoilage. ;
The first step in! the plan of Governor
Davis ifor a greater irrigation develop
ment program is a proposed amendment
to the' constitution to place behind irri
gation ! bonds- the guarantee of the state.
That there are no physical- or geologi
cal indications that the country about
: i..t. ... 1 , V. I tha
MOSCOW in umiCliaiu '- v
opinion of Dean F. A. Thompson, head
of the school of mines Of the University
of Idaho. . i -" -
The Boise' city council has passed an
nritimiuv b which Boise will carry its
own accident insurance " for municipal
employes. The city has been carrying
this Insurance with the state at a cost
of $5000 a year. M
riNQW j yo UR
PORTLAND
The Portland library celebrates the
arrival of every liew Portland baby.
It sends a card to the mother of
fering books on pie care of babies.'
- If ! she follows the instructions
givenj the baby will have a better
chance to live and to be sturdy and
weir J
In - many other ways the public
library is an unusually persistent
advertiser.
Dairymen receive postals which,
list books on the feeding of cattle.
The balancing of rations, -,the selec
tion of foods that will stimulate milk
production and keep dairy animals
in good health are all the subjects
of scientific research which the
dairyman may utilize to an extent
that will determine , the difference
between profit and failure.
Jewelers, stenographers, architects,
new Americans, nurses and many
others are notified of the books
which the library "has waiting for
them Ithat will be! helpful to them.
Each tmonth a j new group is. ad
dressed. Perhaps! this helps account
for the fact, that the circulation of
books from the Portland publie
library is the largest per capita ln
the United Statesj
An unusual feature of tbereeeqt
poultry show was fa. booth installed
by the library association with an
exhibit of poultry, books and an. at
tendant eagerly ready to explain and
to answer any question. Hundreds'
of men and women stopped to ex-,
amine the books and'almost as many
carried away lists from which . to
choose on 'later occasions. .
(To Be Continued)
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