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Portland, Oregon. - Our conn try should nerer forget what a proud privilege and what an inestimable bleasing it Is not to need and not to hare big armies or Juries to (Upport. It should seek to influence mankind - not by neary artillery, .but by good example and wise counsel. It ahould see ita highest glory, not in battles- won but in ware prevented. Carl Schurs. DISORGANIZED ADMINISTRA ' TION a IF FOR no other reason the city and county governments within Multnomah county should be con solidated to eliminate disorganized administration. For five years residents on or near Foster road have petitioned and pleaded for Improvement of that highway. It thould have been hard surfaced years ago. But the county would not pave it because the sewers had not been laid, and because, it was claimed, high crown and iow . . j n 14 n . for that thoroughfare. " The county urged that the city take over the road as a city street and improve it. But the city wouldn't take it until there was assurance that the prop erty owners were prepared to pay -for the entire expense of complete hard surfacing. In the meantime Improvements throughout the dis trict have been held up because cross streets could not be hard-surfaced until the proper grade was reached on Foster road with which all must connect. Finally, after five years of bickering, the road Is to be Improved, the county to pay $85,000 toward - the cost and the property owners the remainder. - ; - Twelve years ago the citizens of Linnton asked for a sidewalk through the business section of the city, , which lies on the St. Helens road, a county highway. The county does not construct sidewalks, and so Informed Linn ton pleaders. After months had passed a wooden side walk was laid with . funds secured through popular subscription. The wall became worn and dangerous. The city of Portland condemned and barricaded it. The county requested the city to take over the road as a city street. . . The city told the county that the thoroughfare would not be taken over until the property owners along the road signified their -willingness to pay the cost of the sidewalk. Three years have passed since the wafk : was condemned. And now, after bickerings and bickerings and bickerings, the county is to retain control of the roadway and the city will construct the sidewalk. Some years ago the school board was in search of a site In a certain district for the erection of a new school,. In that section the city of Portland controlled a block that was in every way suitable for. the school site. But a. few blocks away the school board , purchased . another block and erected a school building. The money of the . "public was spent for a new' site, although 'the same publio owned, an equally desirable location a few blocks distant. These are a few instances, of which there are many, in which : public funds' are wasted and the public service hopelessly demoralized be cause of the existence1 of totally separated governments In practically the same area. It is a condition totally at variance with all accepted principles of organization . and economy. And It is one that should not be longer tolerated in this county. j : . ' : The measure In the legislature looking to consolidation ought to pass. l ' There, under the pillow in a. Pull man berth, was a 1100 bill.. The porter seized it. jThen ,he folded .it away in his i own purse. When called on ; the carpet for failing to report the find; he said he thought it was a tip.'" ;,!: WHO SOLD THE GUN? WHO sold Poeschl the pistol? Did the chief of police grant him a permit to ! carry a concealed weapon ? j ' A city law provides this: That be fore any person) shall be allowed to carry a weapon .that can be concealed, an application shall be filed with tb-9 chief of police for a permit, that such application shall state the name, age, height, weight, complexion and j other points of identlflcati&n. that it shall be ac companied by the recommendation of two responsible citizens and that on such a showing the chief of police may Issue ! such permit. . Poeschl. hobbling his way through life on a crutch and a stump of a leg as a . result of a, railroad accident, has brooded over his fancied wrongs until his mind is af fected. The fact that . he chose a revolver, a shot : in theback, and for his victim the man. w.. j had probably t'one all in his power to wring-. damages from the railroad company for the lost limb, is proof that Poeschl is unbalanced. One present business of the au thorities Is to find cut who supplied this lunatic with arms and ammu nition with which to go out And get Schnafcel, to find out If the law regu lating the sale and carrying of con cealed weapons was complied with, and if not, to see that fit punish ment is applied. Society itself is partly responsible for the Schnabel i killing. It yawns indifferently when the blood toll of the pistol is pointed out. It.is bored when appeals for restricting the sale and carrying of revolvers are made. Poeschl and his gun, the .shot in the back and the Schnabel grave are a part of the price of that indiffer ence. A news dispatch states that poli ticians have taken a keen interest in what Charles Dawes had to say relative to smelting committees and the war. A lot of congressmen could also . profit thereby. THEIR NEGLIGENCE IT. IS lamentable that most people in this world pay little hegd to public or private affairs unless they are themselves I directly affected. Proof of that fact has been provided in several -automobile accidents In Portland recently, Innocent victims have been run down by .automobile drivers twice In the last week, and the machines have sped onward. The police have no record of the driver.' They do not know who was" in charge of the wrecking cars. They have few clues on which to run them down. But In each instance there have been witnesses to the accidents. They have seen the victims ground down. They ?. have ; seen the automobiles drive away. But not one of them has gone to the trouble of - taking the license number of the machine. The police and the relatives and friends of the injured persons would like to find the drivers. They would like to know who piloted those cars. , ' " There is a law compelling the op erators to render aid. But they didn't render it. ' There la a law compelling them to report to the police station within 12 hours. But they didn't report. The victims may desire a settle ment, a settlement to which law, decency and Justice entitle them. But the drivers can't be found now. The people who hold the key to the problem are those who witnessed the collisions. But they failed in their duty to society and to them selves, and the drivers are loose to run down somebody else, maybe to morrow the witnesses of today's ac cidents, s A Nebraska Judge has held that mothers-in-law must pay rent if the son-in-law demands It.; The rent will undoubtedly : go up in many households about visiting time as a result of the Nebraska decision. ALL ABOARD WHY v. not a ; trade i expedition frbm Portland. Vancouver and Astoria to and over, the Alaska rail road at the time of its completion next summer ? What better way of learning what Southwestern Alaska has for the ports of the Columbia in business opportunity than to send representative citizens on a journey that will acquaint . them not only with the real facts about Alaska but place them in touch with the prac tical phases of Alaska-Columbia steamship operation? . i :i - Portland has learned from Colonel Frederick Mears, chairman of the Alaska - railroad . commission and chief engineer of construction, that Alaska has already yielded $460,000, 000 in gold, not to mention the value of furs and fish, as compared with its purchase price of $7,200,000 half a century ago. : : - " ' ?. Instead of being a region infested and mad a barren with perpetual ice and snojr. two thirds of its 590,000 square rblles are in the 'north tem- perate zone. The splendid harbors at Seward and Anchorage are as free of winter -ice 'as the mouth of Jthe Cofumbla. ." ' ' ' :- -" -( ) -r The .southern extremity of the Alaska railroad, into which the gov ernment has already put $44,000,000, has a climate . probably more mild than that f of the Dakotaa. ' Fair banks, the northern terminus of the railroad, has a climate like that of Norway and Sweden," but 150 farm ers have already established a pro ductive agriculture in the vicinity of the town, j The growing season is shorter but the sun shines during a longer day and vegetables - and grains grow twice as fast. The re markable motion pictures which Colonel Mears exhibited showed that in production of cabbages, turnips, lettuce, oats, pigs, sheep and horses the Alaskan population will be at least self sustaining. As the "motion picture tourists" traveled along the right of way dur ing the Chamber of Commerce ex hibit it was evident that Alaska's birch and spruce are also to be' fac tors of wealth as well as the almost limitless areas , of bituminous and lignite' coal. '' f ' What has Portland, what have the ports of the : Columbia, to ; expect from the traffic of the Alaska, rail road and the development of South western Alaska? Portland streets are wet these days. Automobiles skid easily on wet streets. No man can control a skidding machine. But he can pro vide against skidding by proceeding at the proper speed. SIX DEAD MEN SIX soldiers who were shot for cowardice in 1914 have been de clared innocent of the charges on which they 'were executed, by the supreme court of France. .They were convicted on ., perjured testi mony. .1 They were members of a company stationed in a front line trench. A surprise attack was launched against them and I orders given to "clear out quick." The company rushed to a support trench, and in the confusion the six men were separated : f ron their unit. Later they were fouled behind the lines. I k A court-martial was ordered and although many witnesses declared the order to retire was given by the commanding officer, he denied It. The men were convicted and sentenced to death. The commanding officer protested against the execution. He. wrote a brother of one of the condemned men in which he said injustice had been done. But the men were shot. Later, evidence turned against the officer. It was finally brought out that he had given the order to "clear out -quick1.' 'And it was found that six innocent men had been sent to death. on perjured testimony. Pensions have been given the widows and children of the dead soldiers. The names of the fighters have been cleared. But they are dead. A few weeks ago a Portland girl was shot in cold blood by her hus band. He dragged her from a res taurant, bundled her into a for-hire car, drove around for a few minutes and subsequently shot her to death in the street. The for-hire driver swore on the witness stand that no' force had been employed! : by the husband, to the best of i his knowledge, that no trouble had occurred in the f back seat, that no screams were emitted by the wife, and that all was ami cable. ' j ' " Other witnesses swore that the wife had been forced into the ma chine, that she fought for her free dom and, as subsequent events proved, for her life. Others testi fied under oath, people who knew neither wife, husband nor. chauffeur, that they had been awakened from their sleep by the screams of the wife while she was a passenger in the automobile. The jury failed to bring Ih; a verdict. ; The chauffeur ia charged by the state with perjury. One of the flaws In legal struc tures is the impossibility, to always detect and cope with perjury It is an unpardonable offense, but one that cannot always be sought out and punished. Many an Innocent man has been convlcted'on such tes timony. Many a guilty man has squeezed through the law's grasp in the same way. Law can scarcely al ways . control human nature, but those who perjure themselves In de fiance of law and are detected can be made to feel the full force of the law which they have wilfully challenged. ' - TOO MUCH SPEED TRAFFIC accidents and injuries ' therein decreased in January In comparison with preceding months. But they mounted in comparison with January, ' 1920. The Increase over last January is explained by the increased number of accidents due to skidding, failure to give right of way,; and cut corners. The reason for those three violations Is, In most instances, excessive speed. : , An auto mobile traveling at high speed on wet streets cannot be prevented from skidding in : an emergency, r The driver cannot halt it in time to give right of way. , When taking a corner at excessive speed on a , slippery thoroughfare the tendency is to cut the corner. From those three vio lations many ' an accident ' results. They are chargeable to careless driv ing in the operator's failure to pro ceed at proper speed. ; " ALLIED POLICY AS TO RUSSIA ? President Wilson's Latest Note on Ar menia -Raises.' the Whole Rusaistn . Question Much Newspaper Com- . -. ment Backs Him Up and Recog nizes a Voice of World Leader ship Yet, There Is Dissent, Some Even Contemptuous. Daily Editorial Diest (Consolidated Press Association) President Wilson's latest note on Ar menia, involving as it does the whole Russian question, has given rise to a wide range of newspaper comment. To some the document proves, in the words of the Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.) that "he is still a leader." while others agree with the ! Chicago Tribune (Ind. Rep.) that, since it was signed by a member of the state department and is thus "a part of our foreign policy" it is "presumptuous to the point of Insolence." The main issue raised in the note, most of the writers agree, is the emphasis on a. "hands off" policy towards Russia as a whole, not merely that part of it which affects Armenia. - To this theory the Springfield Republican (Ind.) gives Its unqualified support : "It comes at a time when the Russian policy that the allies have hitherto pursued has i?no miniously broken down and an effort is being made to agree upon a substitute. No better substitute has been proposed than the one which Mr. Wilson advo cates." . Unless the "menace of invasion" is removed from the Russian people, com munism ; cannot be overthrown, the Brooklyn Eagle (Ind. Dem.) declares, and the allies "should follow the lines laid down by ! President Wilson" for "unified Russian policy." The president's utterance, which , the Worcester Tele gram (Rep.) thinks is "likely to rank as one of the clearest, most rational and most convincing" of his writings, pre sents a solution of the Armenian ques tion and the problem' of the peoples without and withhv the borders of the new Russia which cannot but "appeal- to the student, the sociologist and the tax payerhowever it may Impress the nerv ous chancelleries."' The Chattanooga News (Dem.) is another newspaper that thinks this "most discreet of state pa pers" will .bring the president "again into the position of world leadership," for "if his views are adopted he will become a vital factor in the genecal peace movement." ...... - - The "homely but convincing principle that if the Bolsheviki are given enough rope they will hang themselves" is the basis, the Memphis Commercial. Appeal (Dem) considers, for the president's sug gestions. "He would treat Russia in much the same way" it remarks, "as he treated Mexico, and, if his advice be followed, it is hoped, with equal suc cess," for "the president is absolutely correct both in his diagnosis and his prognosis." The Boston Post (Ind. Dem.) finds his doctrine "sound" states manship," and the Philadelphia Record (Ind. Dem.) feels that it analyzes "with perfect accuracy" the cause of condi tions in the Near 2ast. Such "strategy" as the president sug gests, the New York Globe (Ind.) feels would place the responsibility for re newed hostility on Lenin, Vwould bring France and Japan, to heel," would strengthen the moderate parties in Rus sia" and would "give peace to the Bal kan states "and Poland." a A large number of writers, however, take quite a different view of the matter. The Detroit Free fress (Ind.) does not accept the "hands off idea without criticism. "Taken with its context," it says, "this conveys the impression that Mr. Wilson is rather mixed in his ideas. He offers a curious conglomeration .of the theory of watchful waiting and the sacredness of the doctrine of the status quo as taught in Article X of the league. He condemns the Bolshevist regime as something evil but advocates a guaran tee of its neutrality against outside assault. Altogether his program is a pretty example of opportunism." The "digressions" from the question of Armenia itself, in the opinion of the Buffalo Express (Ind. Rep.), with re gard to the Bolsheviki and Turks "are the circles within circles by which Pres ident Wilson's letter completes the whole round o futility." The Boston Herald (Ind. Ren.) finds "the dispatch an exer cise in non sequitur" which leaves "Ar menia in the lurch." What is "unjustifi able," in the Herald's opinion, is the fact that it links "the government of the United States with Mr. Wilson's extrava gant scheme," since it was signed by an under-secretary of state. The Albany Knickerbocker Press (Rep.) and the Canton News (Dem.) agree that the Reds come off too easy under Wil son's plan, for, as the former puts it. "while the president is seeking assur ances prefatory to his Armenian task, he might ask for some from Moscow." The News is certain that "the Russian problem will not be solved along the lines suggested by President Wilson until the soviet government of Russia as it is represented by Lenin and Trotsky gives up the idea of spreading the doc trine of Bolshevism into other coun tries." - i - " : a .- , The idea that the communists are be ing helped instead of hindered by the pronouncement Is carried farther by the New York Tribune (Rep.), which reverts to certain views, expressed, during the war: "President Wilson seems to labor under the delusion," it says, "that con trolled him when he recognized what Germany was, but continuously labored to help Germany by keeping up a fire of criticism against those opposed to her, Soviet Russia is now the benefi ciary of his course, but here in 1921, as in 1916, he seems unable to understand that conditions arise forbidding neutral itythat you cannot escape helping one side or .the other." Unable to see the logic of Mr. Wilson's action, especially in his refusal of. the allies' request for an American commis sion to settle the question and "insist ing on employing none other than a personal agent" and thus virtually "en trusting to a single private citizen the Turkish interests of an th allied na tion," the Baltimore) Mews (Ind.) - sug gests that perhaps the president is really simply permitting the allies to refuse his cooperation by "laying down impos sible terms." The Manchester Union (Ind. Rep.), which admits that Jhe note sounds "reasonable" to Americans, feels that, if read from the viewpoint of Lon don or Paris, "it has a far-off sound and Quality.' But, it adds, "perhaps we are imagining all this." , Curious Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places Sir Walter Raleigh was not the first to introduce tobacco smoking into Eng land. The habit was known and even occasionally practiced, before be ever set sail for America. Ko doubt, he did much to encourage the practice among the Englishmen, ana greatly popularized it- But, probably, Ralph Lane, gover nor of Raleigh's colony of Virginia, did more than Ralefeh' to introduce tobacco Into . England. Taylor, the Water Poet, asserts tnat sir jonn jtiawKins was the first to bring tobacco to England In 1565. and adds : "It Is a doubtful ques tion whether the devil brought tobacco into England in a coach, for both ap peared about the same time." Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Nep Hlllser lows the people of Ore gon Is a-gittin' too blamed honest to pick up money they find a-layin" in the street- He tnshered hia d flivver, which was u iHsinira up cngni ana new, ler and tuck to leavin it around the streets, in Portland in hopes somebuddy'd steal it, but nobuddyll even take It f er a Joy ride overnight. Andy , Scroggins, the Corner garage feller, won't low him but $50 in trade fer a new one on it. and Nep's a-feelin mighty sore that he can't git rid of that there flivver no other way. - The Port of Portland Bills From the Salem Capital-Journal. Despite rejection by the people at the general election last November, the leg islature lis passed the various Port of Portland bills, with provisions designed to safeguard the. taxpayers and prevent the projects becoming a real estate spec ulation. While the purchase of Swan is land is authorized without "a referendum, the acquisition of other property is made subject to popular approval. It is ques tionable whether the new commission will even consider the purchase of the island. ine project is one tnat oniy interests the state indirectly. Outside of wishing to see Portland have ample harbor and port facilities, the people of Oregon are not directly affected. , The legislature has acted wisely in curtailing the auto cratic powers of the commission, which, deriving Ita powers from the legislature, was empowered under the original meas ure, to expend millions without approval of the taxpayers, to whom it was not re sponsible and who had no voice in its composition. The popular impression throughout the state, created largely by the protests of citizens of Portland, is that the proj ect of purchasing huge tracts of worth less land at fancy prices, reclaiming and improving the same for industrial sites and port facilities not needed for years in the future, Involving eventually an ex penditure of $40,000,000 of taxpayers' money without their consent, was a huge realty speculation deaiRned to bolster up land values or holdings of speculators and create a market for unsalable prop erty. Recent developments have con firmed this view. It needs only, a glance at the map to see that nature has provided an ideal site for industrial development of prac tically unlimited extent on the level pen insula known as the east side, which ex tends between the Willamette and Co lumbia rivers, with deep water chan nels available on both sides. Utilisa tion of this peninsula has already begun at North Portland, a project the port commission has persistently ignored, probably because it does not enhance the value of west side property. On the west side of the Willamette river at Portland are huge bluffs, with a stretch of level land at their base run ning along the river where the business district is built. - Only by reclaiming swamps and lakes to the north can suit able factory sites be secured for future growth. The business - houses are lo cated on the west side, but three quar ters of the population live on the east side. All shipments originating on the west side must be hauled to their des tination across the river, thus necessi tating additional traffic expense and additional bridge investments. To switch future industrial development to the west side was apparently among the inten tions of the commission. The present port improvements at Portland are sufficient tor a commerce vastly greater than now exists or is in sight. It is, however, well to have a definite program planned for future growth. Such a program will be adopt ed by the new commission, and it is to be hoped that, sufficient safeguards have been thrown around the actions of the commission to safeguard the property owners. It must be admitted that" the previous actions of the commission in attempting by the initiative to secure the right of spending millions of tha, peoples money wimour. ootaimng ineir approval have earned it. the suspicion with which it is viewed by the state at large. That the west side swamps will be reclaimed as Portland grows is without question. But their utilization Is up to individual owners and developers and not up to the taxpayers through the Port of Portland. Letters From the People f fVfnmtMiia Ham anf . fn Tha Journal for publication in this department .shook! be written on only one side of the paper; should not exceed sou words in lensta, and mast Be signed or ut writer, whose mail address in full must accom pany the contribution. 1 - COMMODITY PRICES Remarks on ; Tariffs, With Other Re marks on the Bake s Tariff s. Portland, Feb. 2. To the Editor of The Journal One of our local papers facetiously remarks : "When China lays ita eggs at our doors we have a righ to cackle vociferously." I should say we had. I am keeping a few hens and selling eggs occasionally, but I should be glad to have eggs come down- in price so that every half nourished child in Portland could have a fresh egg every morning for breakfast. No tariff on eggs I And sugar? Oh, boy! Sugar is the poor man's only luxury. If Louisiana and the Sandwich islands can't produce sugar without tariff protection let them go out of the business and go to raising peanuts. Peanuts are mighty good for fattening hogs and for hungry children, and just now a few million fat hogs would be highly appreciated in starving China. The broad principle of supply and demand is" the best protection for any business. No tariff on sugar! - Some raisin growers ; not far away thought prohibition would ruin the raisin business, but they are not kick ing any more. " Sugar has declined to'one third In the last six months, and eggs,, butter and flour are cheaper, but I notice that cakes, cookies and doughnuts are going at the same old prices, and are not any too sweet, either. J. B. Wright- - 1 INCOME TAX ' rrnnirfratloiu eoncemins income tax prob lems win be answered by Tha Journal. All eom ntiidnHoni ahonld be addressed to the "Income Tax Kditor and must bear, uta- writer a name and addresa.1 . Question In computing income - tax returns, what disposition is to be made of what are called "bad debts"? Answer A recent treasury depart ment decision is as follows : ; "Bad debts form an important item in the returns of many business men. - Claims for such deductions must have certain qualities. The debt must have been charged off within the year in which its worthless- ness was discovered ; the return must show evidence of the manner in which discovery was made ; a statement should be made that the debtor has been dis charged In bankruptcy or has disap peared leaving no trace, or that the or dinary means of collection have been exhausted. Where the creditor continues to extend credit, a debt may ' not be claimed as worthless. A debt may not be charged off or deducted in part, but must be wholly worthless t before any part can be deducted, though It may clearly be worth lass than the face amount. If a debt is forgiven, It can not be deducted, because) it is then re garded as a gift." . - NEEDED IT, ALL RIGHT From she Philadelphia Korth American - The French government has decorated Mary Garden ; the French doubtless have seen Mary when she seemed to need something of the sort. JUST ANY OLD JAIL -From the Naahrille Tenneesean Emma Goldman prefers an American jail to Soviet Russia. "Well, let's ship her an American JaiL- v I - COMMENT AND f SMALL CHANGE Whadaya mean, spring has oomeT a a "Even great, big. Intelligent men eat peanuts. j see Some imen who think they are funny certainly are. We should exact a fee from those who employ poeUo license.-. Real men are still being built : for speed Instead of beauty. i a a The viper's tongue is a mild terror while gossip's tongue is wagging. , Buttons haven't yet been designed to fit , the average, home-made buttonhole. The thinker with a headache at least has circumstantial evidence on his side. a ,. . International Justice may well be predicated on local, state and national justice. . . :a e a ; Lots of otherwise veryfine hats serve no better purpose than to shield a knob of bone from the rain, j ;i" . T.u-t.- Mnli4i4tf mrtftl which WUU,,, IM..... ' . . . . . . It riiannnsara. mnnev ia i the fastest little speed fiend there Is. ' u b r iCI..!:.!!.. t it.. Ir.irnnU ef tlSLUtW-" a sage advises. Undoubtedly that a why so many girls make themselves look ut terly simple. ... . ... A valley youth came to Portland for a grand and glorious time. He saw a wrioirju ntatura ahn. TMiffed a cisarette. and wound up a thrilling evening eat ing nooaies. . MORE OR ' LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Mrs. nenrsre S.: Toune. whose husband. Colonel Young, was well known to all Oregonians, Is securing the Indorsement of the leading club women of the city in an effort toi have Senator George Chamberlain use his influence to see that the item irv the appropriations bill for the maintenance of the educational and recreational work in the army Is not cut out. "We are very much Interested," said Mrs. Toung, "In keeping up the educational and recreational work- for soldiers at the various army camps. This work, as you know, was originally In charge of the Y. W. C. A. They furnished the personnel, for the various hostess houses. The work has now been taken over by the war department- Miss Brewer is head of the Ninth corps .area and is iss charge of this work under General Hunter Liggett, This work' is supplementary to the work done by the Y. M. C A., Knights of Columbus and other similar organization. Mrs. J. N. Teal, who returned from Washington a few days ago, is very much Interested in it, as are Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. John KeaUng, head of the D. A. R.. Mrs. J. B. Montgomery. Mrs. Charles F. Bee be and many other well known Port land women. We are going to interest the women of the American Legion. The work among soldiers is -Just as neces sary in peace times as it was during the war. They need the home atmos phere and they need the wholesome in fluence of good women, who preside at these hostess houses and see that the dances, games and other recreational work are conducted with wholesome sur roundings." a a a . C D. Frazer, for more than 20 years a resident of Portland but now living at the Capital City, is in Portland on business. Mr. Frarer used to be In the grocery business here and was later purchasing agent for the state. 3 For eight years he has been with the San tiam Woolen mills at' Stayton. - They manufacture blankets and wool bats. 'a a That Portland Is becoming a metro politan city ,1s evidenced by a glance at any of the hotel registers. One page of the Hotel Benson register yesterday showed guests from the following places : Santiago, Chile;. New York. San Fran cisco. -Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Cleveland, Bend, Salt Lake and Balti more. a a a Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Walker of Port land will leave Wednesday morning on' the Alaskan for San Francisco, from which point they will go to Fresno and thence to Los Angeles. a a a Robert W. Sawyer, .well known news paper publisher of Bend, is registered at the Portland. a a a Benton Huffman, from Benton county and registering from Corvallls, Is at the Cornelius. - ' a a - a N. R. Greer of Med ford is at the Seward. a a a Roy and Lee Graves of Sheridan are guests at the Seward. 8. Teno and S. Wada of Tokyo are guests at the Multnomah. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred IHnw Portland lost and Astoria sained S town-builder yes, and a country-builder, too ls here told by Mr. Lockley. By necessary im plication, the story is of that class of which Mr. Lockley ' has presented in this epsee so many the trianale story.- composed ef the man, the opportunity and the man's pereeirins and eeizinc that same. Thirty years or so ago J, S. Dellinger, editor and owner of the Mnhg Astor lan, : white - guest at' the imperial, dropped in at the barroom to get a glass of "Bull Run" and was accosted by a stranger, who asked him if he had 15 minutes to spare to hear something to his ' great advantage. The stranger turned out to be a real estate salesman w.w.'rwt-tr a f vimv. ritv 1n Tillamook county. Mr. Dellinger heard him through caretuliy ana saia, my i icnu, . never beard the merits of Bay City bet ter set forth than by you, but I am the man who started the first newspaper In Bay City, the Bay City Times. I am also the man whose name appears more often In the delinquent tax list of TiUa mook county than anyone's else, and so I believe you are wasting your time with me." fu u,w V"itw UTr Delltmrer went i C U1U J -w.. . te Astoria. This was about 29 years ago. On the way from Bay City to Portland Mr. DeUinger went broks In Ktnria and decided to star there and work a few day at his trade, which was that of a printer. He is sun mere, ana for the past 18 years has been owner of thei Morning Astorian. In addition to being the owner of a newspaper he has cleared more cranberry land than any other man in Clatsop county, and for some time was owner and president .of v.. naprawr causr railroad that went from the lake, where bass were abun dant to a mint julep dm, iravemuK, v tween whiles, his cranberry lands. Mr. Dellinger some years ago introduced the bluberry plant to Clatsop county and has made a success of it. In addition to his newspaper and his cranberry interests. Mr. Dellinger is one of Clatsop county s good roads boosters. He has Just come from Salem, where he was telling the legislators about the benefits to the state of the Roosevelt highway. . "Next April we are girig to celebrate the completion of our bridjf across Young's bay," said Mr. Delltrreps. "nd at the same time we will celebrate the - ' NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS. After 'we get the world powers dis armed, let's disarm our domestic crooks. Roseburg News-Review. . '. a a ' , ... Doubt is felt if John Barleycorn is really dead, but anyway he has been, put as far under ground as the cellar.--Banks Herald. ". " "i We have not heard of anyone for a long time who complained about the flying dust obstructing his vision. AmityjStandard. - If there are any supermen In the American business world, it's the men who know how. to make out their income tax reports. La Grande Observer. a a a It may be well to notify California, whose mountains are said by scientists to be moving northward, that Oregon has enough of her own. Weston Leader. . - So far as we know there isn't a single man in Harney county who pays his in come tax with a smile. But then, maybe, it takes more than a smile to satisfy the government officials. Crane American. Germany regards the reparations de cision of the allied supreme council as a pipe dream, which .confirms the Im pression that it will be necessary to. use a piece of lead pipe on the Germans yet Eugene Register. lv- , . a - a a . v. - Economy is a good thing in municipal affairs. but you can carry it too far. Many public officials say that beauty is a luxury . and it can't be afforded. Yet people who go on that theory in handling their own places are not apt to see their real estate advance much in value. It Is the same in developing a city- Malheur Enterprise. ' Plans are ' about completed for the Industrial and Trade Survey excursion which is to leave Portland within a few days, This is being held under the auspices of the California Industries as sociation. The Portland party will be iouied at Sait Francisco by California delegates and they will proceed to Los Angeles and thence to EI Paso and from there to Mexico City. ' They will leave San. Francisco February 11 and reach Mexico City at 8 a. m. February 15. The purpose of the trip Is to acquaint the party with trade conditions and busi ness, methods of Mexico. The Portland party- consists of the following : Joseph P.. Jaeger. Edmund Boyce. Dr. H. C. Jeffers, Dr. A. W. Moore. O. B. Ballou, O. M. Johnson, H. M. Papst, I. Arohson, H. A. Speer and Dr. C. Ij. Booth. From Mexico City the party will go to Guada lajara, a city f 250,000 population. Co- lima will be the next stop; then Man zanlllo, Masatlan, Culican, Guaymas and Hermoslllo will be visited. HermoaiUo, by the by, Is where Alvaro Obregon, president of Mexico, was born. Nogales will be the last point covered, a a F. H.Fay. registering from St. Joseph, Mo., is at the .Oregon, The name of St.-Joseph strikes a reminiscent note in the . mind of every old pioneer. The pioneers of the early '40s .and '60m start ed their long trek across the plains from St. Joseph, Independence or Westport. In those days St. Joseph was a little frontier settlement. Today it Is a pros perous city. . - a .a ' a , '. :- Eastern Oregon guests at the Impe rial include J. B. Kenney of Heppner, H. F. Kelly of Prairie tjity. A. B. Gur- ney of Canyon City, Frank S. Curl of Pendleton, Mrs. F. C. Fish of Bend, N. G. Wallace of Frtneville, E. R. Ren frew of Enterprise, A. D. Anderson of Madras, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Den nisof La Grande. - . -j? ' v a a ' a i " j J.- Wi "Mirmiek." pioneer resident of Union, is a Portland visitor. He is here with his son. W. A. Minnick, city clerk of Twin Falls, Idaho, Mr. Minnick Is a native .son of Ohio and moved to Union In 1878. .-. a a a Ray W. Clark, formerly of the Mult nomah hotel and now of the Umpqua hotel at. Roseburg, is a guest at the Imperial. " a a a Mr. and Mrs. David Jackson of En terprise are taking in the sights of Portland. - . . ' . . a a The Greeters and the Ladies' auxll iary will give a ball at the Multnomah hotel next Friday nignt. a "a a . Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kinney, pio neer residents of Astoria, are at the Portland. a a e .-;.' Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Brown of Red' mond are at the Seward. E. J. Marsh of Hood River is a guest at the Multnomah hotel. - a a & B. Crouch of Roseburg Is a Port land visitor. r I P. C. Wilson of Klamath Falls Is a 'guest at the Portland. Lockley completion of our highway . from Port land to the My employes on the newspaper ars constantly beseeching me for copy, and Mr to have agood alibi to keep from doing editorial work, at the recent meet ing where the berry growers of Clatsop county formed an - organisation I was made president I have also been presi dent of the Cranberry Growers' associa tion for some time. I can qualify as a farmer, not as an agriculturist. An agri culturist is one who spends the money he makes in the city, on the farm. .A farmer, is one who makes his money on a farm and spends it in the city. ; a ..- a ' a How the. eons and the daughters of the parents of Oregon .have drif ted away from the old donation land claims t A day or two ago I met Lillian M. Hackle man, who lives 201 Eleventh street, here . in- Portland. Her grandfather, Abrara Hackleman. was captain of an immigrant train in 1845. He it was who built the first log house on the site of the present city of . Albany, All over Portland and all over the West you will run across the descendants of the em pire builders who came to Oregon In the early '40s and '60s. Miss Hackelman Is very loyal to Linn county and has written quite- a good deal of poetry about the Santlam, the mountains and other natural features of Western Oregon, which has appeared In the Albany pa pers, i Here is a bit of verse by Dorothy Whitney of Coqullle that, appeared in the last Issue of the Oregon Teacher's Monthly.- I will pass it on-to The Jour nal readorss r "? T Om Band on " Beach the craves roll la. . And land and-aaav their was begin: The ase-lona war of sea and land, park, battered cracs ia witoes stand. , Of ocean's mitht and breakers' reach ' . . Os Baudot) Beach. On Bandoa Beach the wind comes down And sbouta defiance at the frown Of sUeat cliffs; flinos high the spray And . boasts of triumph . far away. And roars to drown the seacull's sc reach On Bandon Beach. . - Amazed, em? complex natures see . . The ocean's vaat simplicity. No greater tmtha can man discern. Than here with eecer minds we tears; - The secrets that the sea can teach On Bandoa Beach. " The Oregon Country Northwest Happeninet in Brief Form for tike .- Busy Header i OREGON NOTES ' V fT-t - tir.i, "snowa county last week "tnertllnrVtf i8 " coSfv'lfn ft1 P"80" I" the Lane "ber in the vuuniy. . e,,8nti'ly a club town, no .ess than hit .i : . . . , -,.. - bi"uom witn targe memberships being listed there. . .'7.:urJnwn at th railroad shops that their r''. """"f0 weK needed. I v- "onger A bullrlinir iwnnit e- .v- L. .. - --. ....v ui coiiKtruction t " 0ptn"Rir. eymnasium has been granted , by the KUgene building in. spector. i ICS hSrvMt ia In .,tl t loa county. The ice la of good quality and about 14 inches thick. All available ice houses are filled. Arrested at Euren with anii,.. .r moonshine in his possession. I Charles Lewis was fined 500 and sentenced in serve 90 days in i jail. I The Grants Pans chamber of com merce) has inaugurated a campaign to n iSaaut Atil.s. 1 1 i - .. hCirOL .Luus eai 7 III J I lfsaw nnlllM mil 11 1 V Sni1 the Rogue River valley. Lentl8ts from all over Kastern Ore gon will meet at La Grande February 12 for thA ntirnn, fftrmlni. tK. ern Oregon Dental association. Astoria business men have urged the letrifilnttir tn nrnhlhit t n, B n it flltnn (.Alllmtf n t . . , , wwi.ina win ni ici juiy i, en only with a No. 7 spoon or larger. l A car of gasoline and two can of dis tillate are on the way to Pendleton for lTm,tlll, . m n t w ... w .nl i -- . v . . an. lit.-! n , i lyr ,uv,icu their orders through the farm bureau. - Carrying out the merit system of the Bend fire department, 14 of the mm- hrfl wera nr,c,nt,rf i-Hl, vllH trtA medals for their work during j the past Only 82 cents on the dollar was of fered for Pendleton 6 per cent bonds for fire ,and park purposes. The council will endeavor to dispose of the $22,000 issue tocaiiy. . i Oil drilling operations 'bid fair to be active in Linn county during the coming spring and summer. From .present In dications wells will ha drilled in three different places in the county.! WASHINGTON " ruring one day last week the county auditor at Spokane received 2600 appli cations for the soldiers' bonus.) Construction of an eight room school building will be started this spring at Hoquiam if bonds are authorised by the ' Five shingle mills at Everett, employ ing about 3S0 men, closed for several weeks, have announced resumption of operations. Spokane for the first time In Its his tory has a complete battalion of national guard infantry, the last company reach ing the 100 mark last week. While her husband was absent, Mrs. Anna Bolin, aged 41, shot herself snd died later In a Tacoma hospital. She had been ill and was despondent. Manda Krey, 14-year-old daughter of Ovin Krey, was run over by a bus at Tacoma driven by C. P. Sharman, and received injuries which resulted in her death. The Spokane Master Builders' associa tion has announced wage reductions- of $1 a day for building craftsmen and la borers, and that no contracts will be entered into with the unionst Operators of 15 sawmills in the Che halis district have announced a basic wage of 3.20 a day for labor. One mnt wnicn employs uneniais win pay but $2.50 and another $2.80 a day. Four young bandits entered a cafe at Everett and carried away a safe with its contents, estimated at $70. The emptied, strong box was found a few blocks awap, but the robbers escaped. A recent audit of the books of the' Centralis light and water departments shows that the light department made a net profit Of $14,383.69 in 1920, and the .water department sustained a loss of $4209.74. . Starting 10 years ago In Spokane, the New World Life Insurance company has $29,000,000 of Insurance on Its books, a paid-up capital of $1,134,500 and a sur plus of $503,000. after having paid $320. 000 in dividends. IDAHO Bonner county commissioners have signed a contract to continue the office of county farm agent at an increased salary of $100 a. year. Ernest Fllger Jr.. 19-year-old son of Ernest Fllger, a retired farmer, com mitted suicide at Juliaetta ' by shooting himself in the forehead with a 32-calibre gun. After 86 years' active service In the United States army, Colonel Kdward R. Chrisman, head of the. military depart- ment or ins uiuveran.gr ui been retired. William Donnor, an old time resident of Pocatello, has been appointed super intendent of the Fort Hall Indian agency, to succeed J. Aschmeyer, who recently resigned. Governor Davis has confirmed the ap pointment of Targee Elk as chief of the Bannock tribe on the Fort Hall reserva tion. Targee Klk succeeds his brother, who recently died. , The forestry school of the University of Idaho has distributed during the past blennium 175,000 tested forest and shmle trees, to encourage ths planting of wind breaks, woodlots and shade trees. Arthur B. Tebbetta has resigned as scout executive of the Bolss council. Boy Scouts of America, to accept a po-: sillion at Dallas, Texsa He has held the position at Boise for several yesrs. Aahton's annual dog race will be held this year on Washington's birthday. Hev eral teams are practicing for the race. The total amount oi taxca Blaine county In 1920 was $101,031.15, a" against $113,737.41 in ii. know yo u.iv. PORTLAND Those who aspire to he ranked as "highbrows" and talk with learned ponderosity about the products of "true literature" are going- to take "a tumble in the next sentence. Soms of the best reading done In Portland occurs In the county Jail. The time spent in that Institution varies from a week to 15 months, and many of the men find the time hang ing heavy on their hands. - When the public librarian makes her trip through the Jail corridors each week she receives many requests for things to read. Some of them. are very unusual. OHe inmate asked for a text book on mineralogy. Another sought "The Courage of Marge O'Doone." A third would be content with n Jsa work than Ilaeckel's "History of Crea tion." Still others ask for Dumas and Victor Hugo.' Books in . French, Swedish and Spanish are regularly asked for. At one time, when a tong war re sulted In the Imprisonment of la Chinese, an appeal to the Chines merchants of the city was necessary tn order to supply the incarcerates with reading matter. The Oriental business men in their turn were generous in giving their newspapers, and all were eagerly read. Much serious study is done in the county Jail. If someone desired some tedious research to be done there would be willing volunteers behind its bars. "Sweet are the uses of adversity. It is really too bad that nothing short of a Jail sentence will make some people study.