FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1921.
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TEACHERS' TENURE
NEARLY one third of the teachers
in the Portland public schools
are probatlonaries or substitutes. In
many school districts the probatlon
aries and substitutes are one half
the teaching force.
There is a strong drift away from
the teaching profession. Perhaps
" teachers become heartsick over, the
agitation; tumult and strife, grow
weary and worn with the criticism,
censure and fault finding, such as is
incident to (he present controversy
over -tenure.
- Anyway, many are quitting the
classroom for other work, and it is
the beet among them that are going
into other callings.' It is not a mat
j ter to be regarded lightly. If the
decimation and demoralization in
- the ranks of the teachers goes on,
the American child will suffer, and
the republic itself will suffer. With
probatlonaries and substitutes al
' . ready almost as numerous in the
classrooms as permanent teachers,
and with hundreds of schools liter
ally without teachers at all, it would
seem to be time for something to be
done to make the teaching profes
sion more Instead of less attractive,
in order that the depleted ranks
might be filled.! -Those ranks ought
to be - filled . for the sake of -the
children of the country. f
In Portland there is agitation and
strife over teachers' tenure. There
is strife and agitation at the legisla
; ture over " It. It is a strife that
shakes the schools to their founda
tions and that naturally keeps the
' teachers . in an unsettled state of
A mind. , Tenure ris their civil service
and even street cleaners are under
civil service. A garbage man's li
cense cannot be taken away without
a hearing."-. , ,;
And:all the strife is. over a com
paratively small matter -the school
board wants no commission to which
teachers may appeal when charges
are preferred. The commission was
originally created at the request, not
of the teachers, but of the school
board Itself. And in four years there
have , been but two appeals to the
commission. , !
In : one of the two the board.
which "was clearly wrong, was re
versed. And in the other, the board
was" sustained. .
A commission which has been re
sorted to but twice in , four years
is scarcely a cause for all this con
troversy, all this strife, all this pull
ing and : hauling at the legislature.
In the four years the board had dis
missed 10 permanent and nine proba
tionary teachers and had demoted
three teachers. With nearly one
third of the teaching staff probatlonaries-
and substitutes, and with no
where to turn for, permanent teach
ers because they are not to be had.
how many teachers did the board
want to dismiss?
. There are :ome splendid men on
the present school .board. If teach
ers could be assured that the board
would always be composed of splen
did men, they would possibly with
draw their objections to the pro
posed tenure amendment.
But they cannot be so assured. The
people seem to care little about the
election of school directors.'
Under the circumstances, would it
not be a good plan for 'the legisla
A SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 9
THE Journal hereby respectfully offers to the Oregon legislature the
following as a. substitute for House Bill No. 9: '
Be it resolved byj the House of Representatives ana the -senate i tne otate o
0rT hat Section . of Article XV, of the Constitution of the State of Oregon be,
and the name in, hereby amended to read as follows : ' . L ' " i
inn a h.ii k rlurwd to an area of less than roue nnnarea
(400) aquare miles ; nor shall any new county be establrshed in this state contain
ing a less area, nor unless such new county .shall .contain a population of at
least twelve hundred U20 inhabitants: provided, however, that In ow"
containing an incorporated city having more than one hundred thousand (100,000)
inhabitants," the Legislative Assembly, or the people by the initiative, may pro
vide for the establishment of a new county with its boundaries coterminous and
coextensive with the boundaries of such city and for a. consolidation of the
county and city goverrvments in such county and city, and also for the creation
of a new county out of that portion of the old county lying outside of the boundaries
of such Incorporated city or for the annexation of such outside territory to ad
joining counties; and be it lurtner
Rouvlvl Th.i hi. . n.nnsr.f try
the 8tate of Oregon be submitted to the
meir approval or rejection; ana do it iuruier
anU,i That ttm. a-,rtnw, nf Rtato Km directed to set aside two pages in
the official tate Pamphlet for the publication of arguments in support of this
proposed amendment, and that a committee, consisting oi one oennor iww
Representatives, be ; appointed to prepare and file said arguments. ,: l
It Is a proposal for consolidation of the city and county ' governments
of Multnomah county. & It is a measure drawn and recommended by busi
ness men after an exhaustive study of conditions of double government.
It was presented to the legislature in 1919. passed unanimously by the
senate, but afterward defeated .in the house. " ,
It is a measure designed to achieve the end sought by the Gordon
bill. In a practical way. It proposes to reduce taxation by eliminating
overlapping duties, duplication of effort, and overhead expense.
Ninety-six per cent of the population of Multnomah county is in Port
land. Ninety-three per cent of the entire valuation of the county is in
Portland. But there are two sets of commissioners, city and county.
There are a city engineer, an engineer of public docks, an engineer of
the Port of Portland, a county roadmaster, a county surveyor, an engineer
ot the water bureau and an engineer fornhe bureau of parks.
There are a city attorney, a district attorney, and special counsel for
the dock commission and for the Port of Portland.
- There are a city auditor, and a county clerk and a county auditor.
There are :a. city treasurer and a county treasurer.
There are a police department, a sheriff's office, and a constable's office.
There are a city purchasing department and a county purchasing de
partment. There are a city health bureau and a county health bureau.
There are a . city jail and a county Jail. ,
There are city rock piles and county rock piles.
There are a city hall and a county courthouse.
House bill No. 9 proposes to reduce taxes by designating three little
kinglets0trho shall limit the money that the various officers and office
holders shall spend.
Consolidation of city and county governments proposes to reduce taxes
by eliminating officeholders, duplication, inefficiency and waste.
Under House Bil No. 9 the duplication and officeholders continue, limit
ing the money to be spent for service
Under consolidation the-'officers and
collectible funds to be spent for service and constructive purpose.
Under House Bill No. 9 the affairs of the city and county will be ad
ministered by three little kinglets, responsible to the governor.
Under consolidation the affairs of the city and county will be admin
istered by one commission, responsible to the people of this county. ':
ture to refer the whole matter to a
commission to report at the next
session? A
AT ,SEA ASHORE
SEATTLE and Tacoma clearly un
. derstand what Portland and Van
couver have gained in the Columbia
basin rate decision.
That is the reason for Seattle's
flaring slogan, "Fight or Die!". That
is the reason the two Puget Sound
terminals are bringing to bear every
power of persuasion and all pres
sure of influence to induce the in
terstate commerce commission to re-
openj th case. :' j : -; A , .
Bat so far their efforts are more
futile than effective, more noisy than
substantial.
In all the bombastic assertion of
their port bodies, 'milling companies
and business interests there has not
appeared yet an argument which le
gal minds recognize as sufficient in
law to induce the federal commission
to reopen the issue which it heard
so thoroughly and so carefully be
fore it announced its order.
Nor have Seattle and Tacoma yet
succeeded in taking any step which
warrants any assumption of genuine
confidence on their part. The Puget
Sound ports, frankly, are atsea.
They know that a 10 per cent dif
ferential in favor of Portland and
Vancouver, to and from a -territory
that produces up to 15,000,000 bush
els of grain a year will inevitably
establish the Northwest's milling
center at the head of deep sea navi
gation on the Columbia. They know
that the interchange of business will
greatly profit both the zone desig
nated in the order of the interstate
commerce commission and the upper
ports of the Columbia.
What they 'must also know, with
out confessing it, Is that the inalien
able advantage of the water grade
establishes for the Columbia basin
and its ports rights which the inter
state commerce commission did not
establish but merely recognized In
its far reaching decision.
Right must always some day win.
It did in the Columbia basin rate
case. And it is not a victory either
transient or mutable. It is founded'
on fundamental justice, and on such
a base a greater structure than was
contemplated even by the federal
commisdon will rise as the years
go by. !
. Speaking In behalf of protection
of America's infant dye Industry
against" the invasion of unrestrained
German competition, the Manufac
turers' Record avers: "We would be
safer without a 'gun factory in the
nation, a powder plant or a warshin
than without a cnemical industry
and a chemical personnel equal to
any others on earth All of which
is a reminder that the chemists did
play a vital part in the winning of
the war. ' i
NIGHT ON THE ROADS
HPHE trunk roads leading, fmm
Portland are frequent scenes of
accidents to pedestrians at night.
Only recently an aged man was run
down and killed by an automobile
on one such thoroughfare. ' Later an
officer was injured in the same vi
cinlty. Such accidents are reported
to the police every few days. '. i
It would be a simple matter for
pedestrians to avoid those accidents,
In many eases there are no side-
walks and people on foot proceed
on the paved section of the street.
If Instead of walking on the right
, ... ,
c-Hnn A t ck XV. of the Constitution Of
people at the next general election for
and constructive purpose.
duplication are, limited, permitting
side of the thoroughfares with their
backs to machines going in the same
direction, they would proceed on the
left, facing traffic, pedestrians could
escape the danger of being struck
down by an automobile they had not
seen.
It is much easier for a pedestrian.
under those conditions, to see the
lights of an automobile and avoid
serious consequences, "than for
driver to see a dark object ahead.
That is especially true when a driver
is not anticipating a pedestrian on
a highway as a general rule, where
aa the highway is the only place
where a motor vehicle can travel.
Falling markets and the buyers'
strike caused many merchants to
cancel orders previously placed with
manufacturers. The head of a local
house is said to have wired, "Cancel
my order immediately." The reply
from the manufacturer was prompt,
"Sorry, but we cannot cancel your
order immediately. You must wait
your turn."
DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES
DOUND from New York to Atlantic
- City, a passenger on a Pennsyl
vania train rose in his seat, cried
out hoarsely, and fell backward. A
physician employed the usual means
of resuscitation without avail. The
man was pronounced dead and re
moved to a baggage car on
stretcher, and an undertaker was
summoned to meet the train at Tren
ton.
At that city, the daughter pleaded
that she be allowed to take the body
of her father through to Atlantic
vijr. rinany ner request ; was
4. av
granted. ; J.
A few minutes after the train left
Trenton a baggageman thought the
dead man's right hand twitched,
Application of smelling salts pro
duced a noticeable . convulsion
through the body. The supposed
corpse kicked. He got up, looked
about . and prepared to leave the
train at Atlantic City. There he
waved the undertaker aside' and
went on to the home of his relatives.
There areimes when things seem
to . be what the., are not. Hasty
judgment and action on such occa
sions often produce undesirable re
sults. The New Jersey "dead man
will concur 'in that philosophy.-
Those who must pay income tax
are reported as beginning earlier this
year In making out their. returns. It
saves them time. When they de
layed making their returns until the
last minute the rush was so great
that many had to wait for j long
periocTs, resulting in a large loss of
time. It was unsatisfactory alike to
the tax collectors and the tax payers.
BRING THE BUSINESS
WHILE North Portland harbor re
mains unimproved and Portland
continues as an outlet for tut one-
fourth of the livestock produced In
the Columbia basin, the livestock
producers wHl continue to pay high
rail rates diverting their product o
tne Mississippi valley. Why not
hurry the improvement and bring the
business here?
In an old house on Twenty-third
street. New York, is a bath tub eight
feet long, four feet wide and five
feet deep. To get into it the bather
has to ascend a flight of steps. It
is of wood, lined with zinc It is
supposed to be one of the first bath
tubs put into use in Gotham. .
HOW TO KILL.
A LOBBYIST
Onslaught on Congress Becomes Matter
of Concern to the American Press
Pitiless Publicity Plan of Dealing
. With These Undesirables Meets
With Favor Wilson's Early
Action Cited as Precedent. . '
Daily Editorial Digest
(Consolidated Freo Association.)
The violent epidemic of lobbyism from
which congress complains It ia suffering
is a disease which the press thinks can
only be cured by a strong application of
pitiless publicity. The suggestion from
Senator Kenyon and others that a law
be passed requiring the lobbyist to regis
ter and frankly declare his Interests is
championed by some writers, but many
think that only "showing up" the indi
viduals, their connections, the . money
they receive and what they spend will
cure the evil.
The Kansas City Star (Ind) maker its
comment ironically. In discussing the
law that would force the lobbyist to re
veal his connections it remarks : "The
question for congress, to decide !s
whether these proposed regulations
would be unduly harassing to their busl
ness and restrictive to their rights. II
so, then of course the law would be un
constitutional. It must be ' remembered
that it is not always convenient for the
lobbyists to announce their approach by
a blare of trumpets. "
While the St. Louis Post Dispatch
(Ind.) does not believe that registration
would go to the root of the evil it be
lieves that it would help. It describes the
new form in which lobbying appears. The
men are no longer members of a tmra
house," but "they are the managers or
publicity agents of bureaus pretending
to be devoted to some public objective.
Or they are attorneys or officers of some
commercial organization with a high
sounding name which maintains Wash
ington headquarters In evidence of Its
national -srone and importance." Oil.
lumber and other interest are sending
big checks to Washington, the paper con
tinues, and "publicity," which "acts with
penal effects on the lobbyist, is the only
cure. Two papers at least leel tnat lit
tle difficulty will be found in handling
the situation if Mr. Wilson's example be
followed. The Sandusky (Ohio) Register 1
(Rep.) declares that "there Is an obvious
remedy at hand," for President Wilson
created a "lobby committee," which still
exists and "presumably understands the
situation thoroughly." The Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette (Dem.) states that
during the last eight years Washington
has been more free from this pest than
in a full generation," and: "Mr. Hard
ing will, make a ten-strike with the pub
lic when he calls congress in extraor
dinary session, and finds this familiar
army smirking and sneaking about, if he
will imitate Woodrow Wilson eight years
ago and give them another touch of the
pitiless publicity that then sent them
sneaking for cover."
There would be shortcomings In any
law providing for the registration and
regulation of the special pleaders, for,
as the New York Globe (Ind.) remarks.
Washington cannot be turned into a
monastery,' closed to all human pleas.
Yet we must admit that rich and poor
are no more equal in our lawmaking
assemblies than in our courts so long
as those who have the time and money
to spend on it can maintain paid advo
cates to hang about the hallways of the
capltol and buttonhole our representa
tives. There are always minorities with
power to throw obstacles in the way of
changes looking toward justice. We
know without asking that . the packers,
the railroads, the oil companies, the
coal operators and the speculators in
water power have men in Washington
whose business it is to influence votes.
We know without asking that Neighbor
Jones, the teacher, the truck gardener
or the tailor is wjthout voice in Wash
ington except for his vote. And these
things we are powerless to change."
The Chicago Daily News (Ind.) be
lieves that upon the integrity of our
representatives rather than upon "me
chanical and artificial devices" rests the
people's hope, and it points out that "the
average congressman is not so simple
minded as he is sometimes painted, and
he is under no obligation to discuss
legislation with anyone at the wrong
time or in the wrong place." -The Akron
Beacon Journal (Rep.), takes the posi
tion that congress should be "given a
chance to pay attention to the interests
of the mere people without being bored
and bullyragged by any special inter
ests," but this paper believes, too, that
"if a congressman is worth his salt the
man or business that approaches, him
through a lobbyist will at once prejudice
his case even if he has one." - On the
other hand, "every congressman should
not hesitate to give all his time and at
tention to every constituent, rich or
poor, to protect his interests. This is his
business. It is what he is hired for."
That he may do this, the Journal believes
the law,, must "placard the lobbyist
"and place these gentlemen where they
belong." With this sentiment the Brlg
hamton Sun (Ind. Dem.) is in full
accord. It adds that the paid agents
should be forced to "tell the public just
how much the passage of special legisla
tion is costing them and the people
through their representatives will make
a quick end to that sort of business."
e
T- In the same strain the Charlotte Ob
server (Indi. Dem.) declares that the
questions, "Who gave you the money
to come here and how much?" would
curb the lobbyist's activity, for "no law
could be , passed that would keep the
lobbyist away from Washington," but
the right kind of publicity would mean
his doom. The Ohio State Journal
(Rep.) does not believe that publicity
alone . will do the trick, but demands
"courage" on. the part of congress for a
thorough : and searching Investigation.
"Selfish interests it says, "have sent
an army pf lobbyists to Washington. It
will require more 'courage than congress
usually displays io stop their activity.
Publicity will deter them, make them
secretive, but only scandal : that ruins
some will serve to interrupt them."
Curious 'Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Of ' the nut-bearing American trees,
hickories are perhaps the best known,
being strictly North American"" trees,
none now growing ip any other part of
the world. Of th 14 known species one
is Mexican, the other. 13 growing east
of the Kocky mountains. Indiana boasts
of six species, of which he ahagbark, or
shellbark, is the most noted because of
its nuts and peculiar bark. The wood
of most of these species is tough, strong
and flexible, but because of its value
for implements and fuel the finest trees
of our forests have been sacrificed, the
crop of wild nuts decreasing as a con
sequence. The pecan is the largest of
the hickories, growing to perfection in
the rich, moist soils of river bottoms.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
This ".here fussin up of the school
teachers" ever- few months or so with a
new law, or some kinder bluff at one,
is twearysome. The Corners Commer
cial club " is sick of the disputin' and
the bunches of first one side and then
another takin up time explainin and re-
explaininV We don't know what the
fuss Is . this time, but it ain't needed.
Bulger Bob, our. pet bulldorg. don't
know alius what - the gentleman at the
door wants, but when the -gent puts his
foot in the door to keep Ma from shut
tin' of it, Bulger Bob whisks round the
house and ? perceeds to argufy with
said gent's other foot, and the door gis
shut. It's about time fer the people
of Oregon to call on the dorg and git-a
rest from the palavatln at the legis
lature about our schoo unarms ou
bless "em ! -
Letters From the People
f r-cmmunu-.tirm, mmnt to The Journal : for
publication in tbia department enovra oe wnurn
on only one aid of the paper; ahould not exceed
3l0 words in lenslh, and murt be ained by the.
writer, whoa mail addreaa in full muat accom
pany the contribution. I ..
V TEACHERS TENURE
Case Argued From Standpoint of Making
Profession Practicable.
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The Journal The public knows too lit
tle about actual school conditions. Teach
ers have large classes; the schools are
crowded, and experienced teachers are
difficult to obtain.: At present there are
336 probationary teachers in the force
who have .not yet qualified as perma
nent teachers, and there are many sub
stitutes teaching regularly who are not
qualified to. apply for regular positions
because of lack of professional training.
Under these circumstances . educators
generally, both local and national, agree
that permanent tenure is one of the chief
inducements that wsll serve to draw
teachers to the schools and .help to hold
them there.
Our -Portland schools under tenure has 1
been steadily forging ahead, both in.
efficiency and in harmonious cooperation
between teachers and administrators,
until Bpme board members took the in
itiative in deciding to amend the very
satisfactory and workable ' tenure law
that has functioned to the benefit of
the . schools. The ' result is that the
teachers justly resent the. attempt of
the board to arrogate to itself almost
unlimited power in dismissing teachers,
and to strike from the law the provision
for an appeal board, similar to that es
tablished under civil service, before
which a teacher, ' feeling herself unjustly
dismissed, may take her case for re
view. American justice and democracy
demand that these teachers, profession
ally trained and experienced in their
work, have at least this much protec
tion from the political manipulation and
other insidious forces that disrupted our
scnoois eight years ago.
In the interest of the schools and of
our children, for whom they are con
ducted, the citizens of Portland should
demand the retention of the present ten
ure law and resent the attempt of a few
board members who, jealous of their own
prerogatives, would wreck a school sys
tem to reestablish their own domina
tion. School Patron.
ON DOMESTIC SERVICE
Portland, Jan. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal In relation to girls losing
tneir jobs in telephone offices I would like
to ask the company if it is fair to force
us to pay higher rates when most of us
can hardly meet the present one. and
when in the near future we will in all
probability be flooded with the capable
domestic women of Europe, who are un
excelled housekeepers, accustomed- to
privations and long hours. And the do
mestic slavery, so-called, is no worse
than the strife and bickerings to hold
the jobs f industrial slavery that have
made the artificial, restless, flsh-out-of-water
woman product of today. We
women should stand together, for once,
and make tb domestic trades the high
est paid of any, with no longer than
10 . hours, and go home every night, as
in industrial plants. ' Men have raised
the wages of their useful-trades to the
highest notch by organization. -Our
trade schools teach all the domestic
sciences, and if more girls, would avail
themselves of them they would soon
raise all domestic lines of work to the
highest planes. Get busy, girls. Back
to the normal place in life that most
women will always have to occupy any
way. Mrs. A. L. Hays.
"VER.BOTEN"
Inquiry by One Interested in Things of
This World.
Portland, Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal Nq.t long ago we were
making all kinds of ' fun over the Ger
mans because .wherever you went there
were signs of "Verboten." Curiosity got
the better of me Sunday evening and I
strolled down to hear a speaker a stone's
throw away from the police station.
Two policemen were standing at the en
trance of the halL One of them in
formed me there would be no meeting.
And then .he showed his authority.
Strolling down Third street I was due
for another jolt. On every corner there
was freedom of speech. They 'were
speaking of spiritual things and they did
not care what was being done on earth.
The other parties were wanting to speak
of earthly matters and were very much
alive as to what was being done on
earth. . "
Nowv will the editor please define free
speech according to the constitution of
the United States? .
And oblige a troubled reader of your
valuable paper. Stumped.
INCOME TAX
Communications concerning income' tax prob
lems will be answered by The Journal. AH com
munications ahould be addreeeed to the "Income
Tax Editor" and muat bear the writer's name
and addreaa.
Question Can taxes and interest
charges on unimproved and idle prop
erty (lots) be deductible from my in
come ; also the same on my residence,
there being a mortgage on each?
Answer Yes, if actually paid within
the taxable year.
Question How about the cases of
stocks when they, become worthless
(bankrupt) in 1920?
Answer If the bankruptcy is. closed,
or the loss can be determined beyond a
doubt, such amount can be deducted.
Question Does one make a return in
case his income is above the $2000 ex
emption, but would be under $2000 when
the other exemptions are deducted?
Answer If your income less allowable
deduction is under the amount of your
personal exemption, no return would be
required.
Olden Oregon
Something About the First Election
Tickets in Champoeg County.
Interesting, if not valuable, documents
that may still be in existence, though
chances of their discovery are extremely
remote, are named by James W. Nesmith
In a letter to Eastern frtendn In 1S451.
Nesmith was then filling the position of
"supreme judge of Oregon," to quote his
title from his letter. He writes in part:
"1 was appointed to my present office
in December last to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignaUon of Dr. Bab
cock, who left for New York by water.
I received the nomination at the, Cham
poeg convention , and ran for Uie office
at the election which took place on the
first Tuesday of the present month
(June), at which I received the unani
mous vote of the whole territory, hap
pening to be on all tickets, two of which
I send you inclosed, which were printed
for Champoeg county. They are the
first tickets printed in Oregon. .You
should preserve them as curiosities."
r V TOO SHORT A NOTICE
From, Capper' Weekly. ,.
Father (to Sammy, coming home. in a
bedraggled condition) Great 'Scott ! how
you look! ?
' Sammy Yes, Pa ; I fell in a " mud
hole. .; ;-
. Father What! and with your new
pants oh !
Sammy Yes; I didn't have time to
take them off. '
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Lawless lawyers ought to fit in law
less courts. ,:,'"-'!
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Sometimes the public service commis
sion should leave off the "c."
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The buckaroo who is aa wild as his
whoop has not been discovered.. -
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Egg bids are erratic, the market ed
itor says. So are. lots of the eggs.
"All ye who enter here leave hope
behind" might be a suitable new slogan
for Seattle commerce. - - .
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' If we all knew as little as some folks
who think they know everything, we
would have no telegraph or airplane.
Policemen who invaded a home and
stopped a poker game were among those
who did not catch the "Talkative Burg
lar." - .
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A ' tittle dab of rough and ready
cleanser at the windows of our souls
would please the missionary now and
then.
The news writer who said smelt were
"sunning"- themselves in this weather
has a greater regard for verb form than
for truth. - -' h -
In London, they say the world 'faces a
crisis. Oh, well, Noah said the same
thing., and Adam probably had a hunch
oi an own tiae tnat.
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Professor Lewis says Oregon Deonle
eat more California fruit than that of
Oregon. On the Bame principle ancient
limburger cheese is preferable to the
Tillamook cream variety.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mr. and Mrs. Morris J. Condon of
Prince Rupert are guests at the Mult- j
nomah. "Prince Rupert has a wonderful
future." said Mr. Condon. "I have been
tip there six years. The present popula
tion is between 6000 and 7000. Prince
Rupert, as you probably know, is head
quarters for the fishing fleet. Large
quantities of black cod and halibut are
caught and shipped. The salmon fish
ing in the Skeena river nearby is cele
brated. - Not only is Prince Rupert the
terminus of the Grand Trunk railroad,
but it is becoming a great shipping cen
ter. We have a drydock there and
shipyards. Two steel vessels are now
under construction. The Alice Arm min
ing district is less than 100 miles from
us. There 'are some 'wonderful silver
and copper mines in this district. The
Dolly Varden is probably one of the
most famous. In places in this vein you
can strip the pure silver in small Bheets
from between the rocks. They have just
built a railroad Into the Dolly Varden
and are extending it to the Wolf. The
Wolf, the Musketeer and the North Star
are all good mines. Some of the ore Is
shipped to the smelter at Anyox, nearby.
and a good deal of it goes to Tacoma
for treatment. We have threie excellent
hotels the Prince Rupert, tho Central
and the Knox. I was born in San
Francisco, but I am very much attached
to the country up in British Columbia.
Fifteen years ago I was In Portland and
I have not been here since.! It doesn't
look like, the same town at all. I could
hardly believe my eyes when I looked at
the skyscrapers in your business dis
trict."
William H. O'Hare. from, the metro
polis of Southern Oregon, Is in town.
He reports Medford forging steadily
ahead. - 1
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J. R, Docherty and George Fitzgerald
of The Dalles are - registered at the
Imperial.
John Henderson, hailing from Opal
City, in Eastern Oregon, is a guest at
the Imperial. i
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E. E. Woodcock of Lakeview, county
seat of Lake county,' is transacting busi
ness in Portland. - i-
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Mr, and Mrs. Walter G. Coombs, with
their daughter, are at the Benson from
Bend. ,
G. N. Boss, whose home town is On
tario, is a Portland visitor.
R. L. Jordan of Prineville is at the
Imperial. . J
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
. OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
.ri m nf th ramnalme in KaTPt and
Mesopotamia tells Mr. Lockler about the Bntiah
operations in tho countries during; the exeat
war and of the problema that Great Britain
aa mandatory orer Mesopotamia, will face. J
Captain E. G. Baxter, formerly of the
Royal Flying Corps of Great Britain, was
a recent Portland visitor.. With others
from Great Britain's air service he was
detailed for duty in France, Egypt and
Mesopotamia. In an hour's talk he told
me of many Interesting incidents rela
tive to his Service In the Holy Land and
elsewhere in the Far East. ' I
"Turkey's political existence In Europe
would have ceased after the Balkan war
in 1913 had it not been for Germany's
protection," said Captain Baxter. "Ger
many was interested in maintaining the
political- integrity of Turkey. Germany
wanted to see a railroad extend from
Berlin to Bagdad, under German con
trol. This railroad and her interest in
and friendship for Turkey would have
assured Germany of the control not only
of Asia Minor and the plains of Mesopo
tamia but of the districts tributary
thereto. She would have controlled
Adrlanople, which Is the key to the
Balkans, Salonika, the key to the Aegean
district, and Constantinople, which,! of
course, controlled not only the Black
sea but also the land approaches of ; the
Euphrates and Tigris. If Germany
could make Turkey strong, in both the
military and the naval sense, she would
be a worth-while ally. Russia, coveting
Constantinople as she did, was regarded
as the hereditary foe of Turkey. With
Great Britain, France and their allies
on the side of Russia that determined
Turkey's course. Germany, to win and
hold the friendship of Turkey, promised
not only to save Stamboul but to regain
for Turkey not only Egypt but" also
Tunis. Algeria and Morocco. Whenithe
German emperor made his famous trip
In 1898 to Turkey and thence to Pales
tine and Syria, entering Jerusalem!) as
a Knight Templar, he determined that
Mesopotamia with Its rich stores t of
corn, wine, oil, cotton and minerals,
should pay tribute to the German em
pire. His dream of a Berlln-Byzantium-Bagdad
railroad came very nr to reali
zation. -' - j -";
"With the activity of the Turk in stir
ring up the Bedouins and the natives of
Egypt. Great Britain htd to divert part
of her armed forces to hold Egypt and
the Sues canal. She sent a strong force
from India, aa well as British troops
and the Anzacs. One of the first clashes
occurred at the first battle for the Sues
canal. In which 111 British troopers were
killed and more than 2000 Turkish dead
were left on the desert. Bach Turkish
regiment was equipped with 250 camels.
The British: airmen flew low and
dropped bombs on . the Turkish troops
and the, camel trains, doing great execu
tion. - - ' ,
"On August 7. 1916.': the Australian
Light Horse and the New Zealand
Mounted Rifles, who had but recently
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
That Filipino student at the university
who saw enow for the first time in his
life the other day hasn't missed much.
Eugene Register.
People can sleep nights now. as the
legislature has voted 3000 for the study
of wild plant life in Harney county.
Medford Mail Tribune. ,
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No. -society in general isn't going: to
the dogs t all. The criminal receives
a. heap more publicity than the right
eous man. itoseourg rxewB-neview.
Senator Bell's plan to abolish the
present state emergency board is a
muul nn. hut wa don't like his idea of
creating a new one to take Its place.
isugene uuara.
Employers are lowering wages s that
they can make goods to seii at lower
rri-Aa Artrl that's nil rieht. if thev will
sell the goods at lower prices. La
Orande Observer. -
Whilo foeiKlatora nlln lin taxes and
nntittoinriK ncnnrfl eta extravagance and
waste public funds, industries reduce
their overhead and keep the dinner pails
fulL Amity Standard.
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Cm fa to If It rirwrni'l iton rain
ing soon the council will have to send
for a marine diver to get some of the
street - crossings from under the mud
and water. Tualatin . Valley News.
A trip over the road between Albany
ana roruana. WIX ,mh- ;7,fi.V T
nart unriaved, should be sufficient ar-,
gument to convince the man who hesi
tates at buying road bonds. Albany
Democrat.:
Peter Trimble Rowe, "the Bishop of
All Outdoors," is at the Multnomah.
Bishop Rowe went to Alaska before the
big stampede to the Klondike and
camped on the : present site of Dawson
before white men were in that country.
He has mushed all over Alaska afoot,
by dog team and by canoe. He is known
and loved all over Alaska.
H. Oftedal of Cove, Union county, is a
guest at the Benson. Cove is one of the
pioneer communities of Eastern Oregon.
It is noted for its splendid cherries and
other fruits. T. T. Geer, former gov
ernor of Oregon, spent his boyhood at
Cove.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Hillman, from
the university town of California, Berke
ley, are guests at the Benson, More
than 9000 students are now registered
at the university.
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E. E. Cummins of McMlnnvllle Is a
guest at the Imperial. -
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H. E. Bartholomew of Pendleton is
registered at the Oregon.
Ray Powers of Corvallis is a guest
at the Hotel. Oregon.
R. T. Cookingham of Klamath Agency
Is registered at the Hotel Benson.
Wade Goodman of Pendleton
Portland on business;
is in
Guy Lafollette, newspaper publisher
of Prineville, is at the Portland.
""
Jeanette Waller, from the Capital City.
Is a guest at the Portland.
K. H. Kills of Salem is visiting In the
metropolis.
D. J. C. Booth of Lebanon Is a
Portland visitor.
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F. J. Berger of Eugene is registered
at the Portland. - -
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W. TL Smith of Medford Is transacting
business in Portland.
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W. T. Holden of Eugene is visiting
in Portland. .
II. L. . Faulkner of Juneau la at the
Portland. "
Mrs. A. F. McKenzie of Roseburg Is
visiting inenas in tne city.
J. A. Gallagher of Heppner is visiting
his brother in Portland.
Mrs. Jennie Hoj
is visiting relativl
n of Klamath Falls
s in Portland:
Lockley
arrived from Gallipoll, attacked the
Turks, who, 14,000 strong, had come to
seize the Suez canaL Again the Turks
were routed, with heavy slaughter and
driven back. Bassora was the British
base in Mesopotamia.
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i For a while the British successes were
discounted by the disaster at Kut-el-Amara
to General, Townshend, bat in
January, 1917, the British, resumed-the
offensive. General Stanley Maude, with
120,000 troops, pressed steadily forward
against strong opposition, Until he cap
tured Bagdad. The capture of Bagdad
was a rather : spectacular Jerf ormance.
The British, in spite of heavy dust and
sand storms raging, secured a. footing
on March 8, 1917, on the banks of the
Diala, and entered Bagdad - Sunday
morning. General Cobb's forces . oc
cupied the railway station, while Gen
eral Marshall's troops held the left -bank
of the river. When the Anzacs, Indian
troops, Lancashire troops and others
marched through the . palm groves and
orange groves and through the fertile
fields into, the city they , were greeted
by Armenians, Chaldeans, Arabs and
Persians and men of many-other "tribes
without the law. '
"General Ailenby's men had equally
interesting experiences when they en
tered Jerusalem, silencing the Turkish
and . German guns, mounted on the
Mount of Olives.
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"Great Britain has taken over the man
date for Mesopotamia. The air force
has been made supreme, not an auxiliary
or part of n$ other force. It is recog
nised that If there is a struggle it will
occur in Mesopotamia. , Mesopotamia
and its tributary territory form a rich
prize, and under modern irrigation and
farming methods this one-time Garden
of Eden can be restored to its old-time
fertility. ,
"Large quantities of war material are
being shipped Into Mesopotamia, r for,
while Great Britain hopes there will
never, be another great war, the failure
of the United States to come into the
League of Nations, and the many minor
wars now going on, make it imperative
to be prepared - for eventualities. Meso
potamia has a nomad population, and
unrest and revolution are likely to occur
in Egypt as well as in India and Meso
potamia. The wandering Arabs and
tent dwellers, who live very much as
they did in Bible times, do not take
kindly to modern civilization, r Great
Britain has a heavy contract to
carry out In restoring and keeping peace
In Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, to an
extent,' is the hub around which are
such "Spokes as Egypt, Palestine, Persia
and India. It will seem strange to have
law administered by Great Britain from
th ancient city of Bagdad, while to see
patrols of British , troops In Constanti
nople, in Nineveh . ana ty tne waters or
Babylon will carry one back to the
childhood of our race."
The Oregon Country
North weat Uappenlnca in Brlof Form tor the
iituy lieadcr
OREGON NOTES
The Graves Cannlnar tomnanv will es- ,
tabllsh a. fruit cannery at Tillamook. -
Organization of the Oregon Mint Orow-
ers association has been formed at
KuRfne with K. H. Wallace of Linn
county as president.
Eight inches of new snow f 1t in Wal
lowa county last week, and farmers ex
pect a gooa season this year u a result
of having so much moisture..
A new linotype, has been received from
the factory for the University of Oregon
print shop. This will be the stM-ond-" ma
chine of the kind in use there. ;
The Y. M. C. A. and various fraternal
organisations at The Dalies will conduct
an employment off U-e in an attempt" to
solve the unemployment situation. .
Marshal C. Awbrey. aged ?2 years,
died at itoseburg last week. Mr. Awbr'ey
was a veteran of the Mexican war avnd
fought with Fremont in California. ;
The Lane county court has "set aside
the sum of $15,000 for an earth fill to
take the place of the long wooden bridge
on the county road between Venela and
Elmlra. , . .
A meeting of melon growers at. Vale
resulted in the -forming of an associa
tion the purpose of which is to terow
and market melons and cantaloupeson
a 'large scale. i -
R. Bruce McPherson of Howell. Mich..'
has sold to the William McPherson !s-
tale a tract of aevera, nundred acre
Of
of
Umber lanii the southern part
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Clatsop county.
ex-ser-iloe
Hiau is inline eiate nospitai at i enuiei
for mentiiT disability, while there fire
seven other ex-service men in the hos
pital from various parts of the stateJ "
Mrs. Anna Kl i in 1 w t h Vprr-imnn. rtne
of the oldest of Oreaton Dianerm. died
this week at the home of her daughter
in names, aged b-t. She had -bee! a
resident .of Baker county for nearly 50
years. i
The seriousness" of the covote menace
In the Callapooia valley and Sweet Homo
aistnets is shown by the fact of th
agitation in favor of a coyote club which
will pay bounties of $100 for grown
a-iiiiiiaiat jutu e-u ior .pupa.
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Add la. Vail is Dresident of
(the
La Center Farm Loan association Th
fl r. ea rvJtrr. her. t
ere
According to th census riiiVnau Iha
value of ailerons for Washington in 191'J
was ?Z3ziz,oog..
Construction work eostlnir 123.000 In
being done by the Pacific Telephone &
lelegraph. company at Centraua. .
-The preliminary organization of I
American Leerion post has hcen effected
at unaiaska by it ex-service men.
The Washington legislature has netl-
tloned congress to establish a haval air
plane base at Sand Point, on Lake .Wash
ington. The United States has filed a cae
against Harry Prince of Oroville fortlie
ill a fortlie
-skins out- I
unlawful shipping of 10 beaver
siae tne state.
Preference for married men and ex
soldiers is. asked in a petition bHnR
circulated in Aberdeen and Hoquiam
among employers.
Walla Walla will attempt to sell at
home $500,000 worth of 6 per cent Water
bonds, issued to cover the cost of a
20,000,000 gallon reservoir.
All Sunday freight service with
the
exceDtion of rjerishabla nhinments
has
been discontinued on the bpokane divis
ion of the Great Northern railroad. i t
A force of armed men firing from
across the streets and nearby iroof.
forced the surrender of a burglar) who
had looted the Summit .Mercantile store
at McCleary. " r I '"j
Mrs. Lucy Mead, proprietor-of a lodg
ing house at Spokane, was beaten! iiunr
unconsciousness by a thuer who entered
her apartment and robbed her of
in money and jewelry.
The Yakima Commercial club is
$1500
!mak-
ing a drive to raise $75,000 in stock sub
scriptions for the-, KenrKwlck-iaKro
bridge that it 1s proposed to build across
the Columbia river. The structure; ia to
cost $500,000. !
The town of Fairfax, near the border
of Rainier national park, will be wioved
three miles east of its present loiation
because the Vein of coal -which a com
pany has been -working there rah out
several montns ago. -.
' IDAHO
Ground has been broken for a new ad
ministration building at the jlnter
Mountain institute, at Weiser. - H -
Another shipment -Of brook trout
from r
eggs, '"
Massachusetts, consisting of 150,0001
has arrived at tne iisn naicnery at
L'oeur .
d'Alene. -
The Christian churcbat Moscow has
purchased a $1600 lot upon which a
church edifice to cost $40,000 will bo
erected. " !
Directors of the Idaho Building -&
Loan association at Boise propone to In
crease the capital stock from $1,000,000
to $2,000,000.
- Organization of the Southern Idaho
Bean Growers' association has been ef
fected at a meeting of about 60 growers
at Twin Falls. .
Word has been received at Boise from"
officials of the Oregon Short Line that
no reduction-! can be granted in the hay
rate to Nortljej-n Idaho.
About $100,000 will be available for
road building in the Moscow district
this year and $500,000 will be spent in
public, lmprovenjents in the city.
The Idaho Assessors association, in
annual convention at Boie, decided to
assess sheep at $4 per head, range cat
tle at $25, yearlings at $12 and milch
cows at $40.
A railroad has been constructed -to the
phosphate beds eight mile frona Soda
Springs and soon. It is expected, snfp
ments of phosphate rock will bea;in. The,
rock is crushed and sold to farmers for
fertilizer. -
PORTLAMD
"Silence" is the rule but never
theless, "1 11 meet jFoVi In the periodi
cal room of the library" has been mo
Often repeated recently that it almost
has attained a social status.
. The average attendance -of the pe
riodical room has recently Jumped
from BOO to 700 a day. Located con-,
veniently on the first floor and- well"
equipped with the best and most
entertaining of periodical literature,
the department has become a-pop-
. ular meeting place.
At noon, in the evening and on
Sundays chairs are at a premium,
and favorite magazines and pa'pers
must be paged diligently by -their
prospective readers.
Once the timid question was heard,
"Is this room for women, too?" But
not so now. The collection of domes
tic and fashion magazines is the
most used of any on file and the
newspapers from the old home (cwn
have their constant readers, among
women as well as men. ..
- The Central library's periodical
collection grows rapidly. Often as
many as 20 new titles are received
as gifts in the course of a month.
Publishers are. generous In their
treatment of the public library.
- There are now on fil, in the pe-
rlodical room alone, 445 magazines,
covering a host of subjects, and 228
newspapers, from practically ail the
population : centers of thectjuntry.
Oregon alnne is represented -it : the
file with 102 newspapers. There are'
also newspapers from Canada, Eng
land, France, Scandinavia, Austra-.
11a, New Zealand, Hawaii and, the
Philippines. 0 .
Back numbers as well as the latest
Issues are kept on open shelves and .
it is the cooperation of readers in
returning the ' magazines - to the
helves that make the collection
useful to these who come later.
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