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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY. "FEBRUARY, 21, 1821.
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AS BUSINESS GOES
AMERICA'S business barometer
the reports .of the daily press
indicates fairing weather. -
Steel plants show j an increase In
production. Shoe orders have gains.
Vegetables are lower In price, in
line with the downward tendency of
other foods.
The slump in grain and cotton has
hit the producers hard, but princi
pally in the form of what it is hoped
mav Drove onlv temnorarv fncon-
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venience. The world needs both
products and the growers ultimate
profits will be measured by their
ability to wait.
1 Financial men say that the money
, market is a cause of lessening un
easiness, and renewed activity in rub
ber, silk, shoe, wool and other forms
of manufacture creates a more opti
mistic outlookunon the general busi
ness situation. f
i in the Northwest, the opening of
spring will be attended by large road
building enterprise and other public
Improvement. Home building prom
ises to be brisk In Portland, for the
number of dwellings Is far behind
the needs of the permanent popula
tion. The ports of the Columbia have
been making trade gains while com
petitor ports retrograde, and this
fact is being duly advertised in an
increasing number of world ports.
If Industry can be maintained, if
necessary public improvement and
building can go on briskly, if united
community action can keep the fa
cilities of the port in demand, and
if a resolute spirit of constructive
optimism prevails, the hovering
winga of depression will touch Ore
gon lightly.
A charming companion, a cultured
gentleman, a public spirited -citizen,
W. G. McPherson will be missed In
Portland, the city that he loved and
that was so long the scene of his
activities.
NEWS 100 YEARS AGO
WITH what curiosity may some
one a hundred years hence
gaze upon a copy of The Journal-as
it appears today? i
: What quaintness and historic' sig
nificance may then be discovered in
the life now mirrored In news print?
A stray copy of the "American
Friend," cherished by who knows
tow many hands. reveals . the
hanges that a century brings. Its
,ate of issue was June 19, 1818. Its
(face of publication was Marietta,
tIo. " That community, the oldest
unjo, ana named in Honor of
ie Antoinette of France, was then
30 years old.
t all the quarrels of the Revo-
had been settled, it appears,
' fou entIre ront Page is occupied
j -''.letter to Maior General T--
;; pay&epelling' his unprovoked at-
V the character of the late
iCSS pneral Putnam, and contaln-
A'j neeaotea relating to the
lUtt.Vi TIHT 1,
for h
y Daniel Putnam, Esq."
that remote time it was
her t
.that progress could not
altercation. The motto
was, "United We Stand,
alL- "-rr::-
e advertisements were
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restricted almost entirely to brief
"readers," the subscription rates are
quoted at "Two .dollars and ' fifty
cents per annum, for which, two dol
lars will be taken In advance, or
three dollars if payment is omitted
one month after the epd of each
year. . ' ' '
All and sundry were notified, "No
discontinuance allowed till arrear
ages are paM up. j -A failure to no
tify a discontinuance at the end of
the term subscribed for, will be con
sidered a new engagement. .
Cash must accompany advertise
ments and all letters to the editor
must be postpaid.' V; . ' '
v No news story appears until the
third page and a single 10 -point line
is Jhe largest ' heading accorded
either a report of "The Late Mur
der" or the story ; of . "An Exiled
Bishop,' written by a correspondent
under the signature "Tycho."
One of the advertisements offers
a reward of twenty dollars for the
return of a runaway; slave who took
with him his owner's black mare,
brown surtout and an English mus
ket.' ; i :- " --
Brandywiffe powder, New Orleans
sugar and Kentucky tobacco are
among the articles advertised for
sale, and offers to buy are concerned
with pork, ginseng, otter and bear
skins
In the eatire publication there ap
pears no word of slang. Was slang
unknown 100 years ago?
Medical . science has . at last dis
covered the cause; of deafness.- It is
due to blowing the nose. The next
trumpet blast in polite society Is to
be understood merely aa a signal that
someone is" deafening others tempor
arily, himself permanently. The ex
planation is that air pressure in the
nostrils dilates ther eustachian tube,
forces mucus into the middle ear
and presses the ear drum damag-
Ingly outward. But In one way the
explanation, while undoubtedly
scientific, t does not seem exact.
Amateur foghornera must have deaf
ened themselves in he past and do
not realize the extent of their in
iquity in company.
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY 7
A LITTLE girl was killed in Port
land last week under the wheels
of a heavy automobile truck. She
had been, on the curb, but, as the
heavy vehicle neared her, suddenly
kdarted in the path. Her skull was
crushed.
In daylight and dark, scores of
youngsters play in the streets. They
are there in wagons. They are there
on roller skates, and they are there
on foot. They participate in various
games. -
In these days of automobiles pub
lic thoroughfares are treacherous
places for children to frolic. Young
ster are not. always cautious. Their
safety is frequently forgotten. They
do not sense danger as an adult, In
instances, they even tempt fate by
dodging about In front of machines.
Children are -entitled to play
grounds. They should have a place
to exercise. But that place Is not
on a public street, where automobiles
are bound to travel, where automo
biles must travel. .Especially is that
true at night, when a tiny form may
slip in the path ; of a heavy motor
car unseen In spite of the diligence
of a driver.
. On the other hand, drivers have a
responsibility when children are
about. A husky boy is not' static.
He does riot sit patiently by. Even
it he is on a curb, he may at any
time decide to move, and move hur
riedly. His movement is as likely
as not to be toward the radiator of
an automobile. '
Drlvaknow that, and the burden
of r divisibility is theirs if they are
not prepared to avoid . an accident.
Children do not protect them
selves. They are not mature. But
they are assuredly entitled to pro
tection and that protection can only
come from parents and cautious
drivers. " " '
James Dryden of O. A. C, who de
veloped the 300-egg hen and there
by made Oregon known around the
world, is o use his recently granted
year's leave of absence In poultry
investigation throughout America
and in writing articles to be published
in the Country Gentleman. His work
at O. A. C. has, in its results for
wealth making in Oregon, been of
more value to the state than many
times what the'whole institution has
cost in all time.
TILLAMOOK LIGHT
MOTION pictures recently taken
, on the Oregon coast showed the
lonely rock and tower of Tillamook
Light. The boom which swings men
and freight from the water to the
rock and from the rock to the water
was brought into action. The re
volving shaft of light .with its cer
tain reappearance "at five-second in
tervals became a part of the picture.
Lower down in clefts of the precipi
tous monolith, the foaming waves
were dashing. ., It was a' ruggedly
picturesque scener but it left in the
viewer's mind a question, i
Why couldn't the restless power
of the battering waves be utilized by
some efficient devicj to furnish the
energy needed for the boom and the
light and even j the light itself.
In the flow and eBb of the tide
are unmeasured millions . of horse
power. Why should it be necessary
to carry fuel laboriously and ex
pensively from the shore when the
power is there ceaselessly wasting It
self in foam? i i;
Some day,, the genius of man may
harness the tides aa they ebb and
flow. May the future not hold in
store for those who live along the
oceans, power and heat and light
too abundant to be monopolized, and
so low in cost as to be within the
reach of all? . '
. DEFUNCT
LIB WAS the head of a prosperous
A stock t enterprise. " In the days
of-bigjnoney and easy spending the
profitwere large. The business, like
an inflated balloon, was expanded to
near the breaking point,
The president was fond of a beau
tiful girl. He purchased two auto
mobiles for her in one day. She
wore a gold ring with diamond set
ting, a diamond pin, a lavalliere of
platinum .( set with numerous dia
monds. She had a diamond cluster
ring, a. diamond bracelet, a sedan,, a
roadster, a saddle horse, cases of
silk underwear and negligee, a Si
berian squirrel coat, scarf and cap,
and plenty of money to squander. AH
were gifts from her generous ad
mirer, the president; of the newly
established stock corporation.
The gifts continued to pour in on
the girl. But in the general process
of deflation in the country and the
accompanying financial stringency,
the stock enterprise tottered. ? The
surplus had been used by the presi
dent in his jazz spending.
All available money had been em
ployed to purchase automobiles, dia
monds, candies, coats and silks. As
in the case of many corporations
that go to ,the wall, the vitals had
been eaten out by the Jazz cancer,
Only the hulk of the institution re
mained in the stock scheme, and
when the pressure was applied, the
hulk, the president and the jazz life
all collapsed like paper. ' The bal
loon was pricked, the little girl will
go back to her woolens and the head
of the corporation, perhaps, to the
penitentiary.
A little thrift in the days of pros
perity in the place of jazz would
have saved the institution. A few
dollars in the bank instead of in the
air would have maintained a foun
dation b&Uily needed in the business
in the time of stress. ,
A little poise in the use of funds
would have provided a patch when
the ship suffered a leak. B"ut the
money was not there. Jazz got it.
MAYBE THE MORGUE '
THE bootleg business In Portland
has been ' merry. . The bootleg
ger's work has been easy, his sales
numerous and his profits large.
He has'purchased a little alcohol
Then he has procured a little "oil of
Scotch" for the taste, and a little
caramel for coloring. Out of his little
supply has come a lot of so-called
whiskey, "aged In the wood." Fake
labels have been applied and the
gullible got their "whiskey" for a
fancy price.'
The purchaset: thought he had ex
cellent whiskey. The difference was
not discovered until the product had
been sampled. Then, perhaps, the
buyer had only a severe headache
Or, perhaps, tie went to the hospital.
Or, maybe he was received at the
morgue.
The alcohol for a case of such
liquor cost the bootlegger $7. The
other ingredients and labels costprac
tically nothing. But the purchaser
paid in the neighborhood of $200 for
the case. He also suffered the pain
arid paid' the hospital bill.
Who can deny that we are born
every minute?
THE AUDITORIUM
BEFORE a group of business
men at the Chamber of Com
merce last Thursday, John E. Miller.
superintendent of exhibits for the
International Mining convention,
which' is to be held in Portland next
April, made a comment which de
serves repetition. Mr. Miller has ar
ranged exhibits for mining conven
tions in most of the large cities of
the United States. What he said was:
Portland has in thA MimUnoi i.mi.
torium a better exhibit hall for dealers
m mining equipment than I have found
i" omer city or4 mis country. A
truck mav enter tha, o-vhlhif nn. ji
-.--"'"i. i. j ' a. i c3 u l-
rectly from the street and deposit its
load at any desired point.- When I
sDoke of installing ast dim rt tVis ..ii.ii.
a minlpg machine weighing 10 tons, t.he
- -. . . v . u...a. ..no JIUl lUrillCUmiUX.
The floor could entail v
The lierhtiner axraneementn tha vontiio.
non ana me service to exniDitors are
taeai. Tne inter-relation of exhibit and
meeting halls is perfect.
Portland people may be even more
assured than in the past that to build
The Auditorium was a wise Invest
ment. WHAT CHILDREN BECOME
THE bill which Mrs- Swanton of
the Humane society prepared
and which State Senator John Gill
has introduced in the Oregon legis
lature provides simply that half an
hour a week shall be employed by
the public schools of the state in
teaching children to be humane and
Just to animals.
Washington! and California allot
each an hour a week of public in
struction to the subject. Numerous
states of the East and of the Middle
West teach kindness as a desirable
routine. .... .' ; i
Children are often more thought
less than cruel when they i throw
stones at birds and injure pets. They
would, in most Instances;, be slow
to inflict torture or hurt if" ' they
knew that the victims of their ca
price suffer" as they would : suffer
if the aVuser became the abused.
Children who" are cruel to animals
are apt to become cruel to other
children. They , are equally apt to
become men and women In ;' whom
cruelty and hate are ruling motives.,
KEEPING JUSTICE
BLINDFOLDED
Berger Case Occasions Editorial Alicn
ment With Energy in It Takerf
Wind Out of Socialist Sails,
Some Say Others Complain
; oi -judicial itecalL" -l
"Daily Editorial DieeSt
.i; (Conolidted Presa Ajsociation) .
iiw supreme court decision which
threw out the Berger case because, an
affidavit of prejudice had- been filed
against Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lan
dis, who presided, split press opinion as
weu as me court itself. The majority
of writers, it is true, feel that the steo
was a triumphant answer to the Socialist
cnarge or unfairness of "capitalistic in
stituUons," but there are those who mm
plain that annulling a judge's decision
on me cnarge or prejudice puts the judi'
clary on a level with talesmen and weak
ens not only respect for the law but its
power as well.
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A number of newspapers, disagreeing
uu we supreme court s decision, de
ciare that no man can be free from
prejudice. "All we can ask," says the
Chicago Post (Ind.) "Is that it be on th
right side. This being so, we hate to
see even an implied rebuke, of a man
whose prejudice. If any, is on the side
of his country and against those giving
aid and comfort to the pnpmv ' Th.
Flint (Mich.) Journal (Ind.) adds that "so
lar as can he learned that only "preju
dice attributed to Judge, Landis was
Bnapea at the time, and is now shared,
oy an patriotic Americans. Expressing
niw opinion vnat most people will view
uie decision wiut' -utter amazement,'
the Tulsa Tribune Kem.) takes it as "i
reouxe of a -patriot" and the El Paso
imes iivem.j after quoting Justice Mc
Reynolds' dissentine
"To carry Justice MaReynolds' reasoning
a on xartner, it migbt be -held that no
patriotic judge could preside in the trial
of a person accused of destroying the
institutions of the United States that
is. it he had ever expressed these pa
tflotic opinions as Judge Landis did."
From the aspect of its legal signifP
cunce many view- the decision "with
alarm." It will result in "legal delay,"
says tne Janesville (Wis.) Gazette
titep.), which., it observes, "is the founda
tion cause of lynchlngs." It is "unfoi
tunate," asserts the Columbus. rinat
(Ind.). for It tends "to weaken the re
spect ror tne law and its methods of
procedure." With this precedent before
them the Worcester Gazette (Ind.) fears
tnat many criminals will feel encour
aged to mttack the fitness of the judge
who happens to preside." Thus, though
e. pane allegation or prejudice may
uiaquaiuy a rederal judge under the
law, the Lynchburg News (Dem.) makes
the statement, which is typical of many
of its contemporaries, that "nevertheless
it appears to run counter to common
sense, ror "it is calculated to interfere
witn prompt dispatch of criminal cm
is "plainly susceptible of buses," and
invites "obstructive tactics." It is only
a step from this attitude, the Reno Ga
zette (Rep.) beeves; to subjecting the
judge "to examination by the defend
ant s attorney, as to whether he could, by
ntquainiancB, relationship or outside fa
miliarity with the facts, be by any
cnance predisposed personally against
wi man over wnose trial he is to pre
side."
On the Other hand there la n rimni.
feeling among many editorial writers
war. tne supreme court acted wisely. It
va, inneeo, "a wonoerrul object lesson,
says the Minneapolis Journal (Ind. Rep.)
tor it proved conclusively that the
united estates government believes in a
square aeai to each and every citizen,"
and thus, as the Syracuse Herald Ind.)
remarks, "refuted" the Socialist theory
. v. n . . . , . . .
""r judicial system aoea not safe
guard' this principle. The "platform of
tne raaicais, the Albany Times Union
declares, built on the contention! "that
tne macmnery of justice Is organized
against their rights and that it orwtr-
atea for the benefit of triva.t IntAmaio
viuiuicLcij, uut out irom oe-
neath their feet" by the decision. I Says
u iew iora times find. Uem.l -Tt
shows the highest court eager to remedy
BUBoiest snaaow or suspicion of un
fairness, to DrOtect to the littermnct
rights of defendants, to take advantage
in their favor of the
aouDt, to give even to the foes of our
institutions the fullest measure of their
privileges and liberties under the laws
ana tne courts which they condemn."
out whatever the defendant'! 'tuiuf.
like any other Amprlcan wm -
j-'oacrti toait liaitej JNews (Ind.) points
ouu merger ana his associates "
clearly ;enUtled to trial before a fair
and impartial court," and further, the
uecision, witnout branding Judge Landis
-o uiou a.nu prejuaicea, simply states
that "when the defendant ttt
solemnly their belief that" tlA XZ7Q lint
fat, .1 1 , . . ... -
viicii, in snouia nave let some
other judge take his place." To this the
Florida Times Union (Dem.) agrees. .It
remarks rurther: "Speaking generally,
we can see but one reason hv o inr.
objected to as prejudiced, would insist
on sitting on a case instead of getting
another, conceded to be unnreluriiceri tr.
f" 111 "s piace. This is the fact that he
is prejudiced and intends to convict the
accused if possible. A defendant has a
right to .a trial before an nnn1nnloui
judge and it is a travesty on justice to
uave a. auage wnose fairness is m dis
pute decide the dispute." j '
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It is interesting to tint ih. c; n-;i..:
In the - comment of th Nnn.Parti.,
league Courier News of Fargo, N. D., in
reierance to tne supreme court's action
andthat of,he Republican Sioux City
(la.) Journal. Both consider It a stoD
i? i". 'V"1 direction. The former finds
icireaniDr roar ThA nfchMt ..i 1
is moving "to restore Americanism," and
the latter considers is "in keeping with
American standards and fair play," since
!t practically allows the defendant to
select nis own iudee." In tha -,
.uwi v lrginian-iiiot (Ind. Dem.)
It is a "triumnh for Anwrinn
fj"1. demcratic justice" and iti shows
American justice as jealously
nguu oi socialists as those
of any and every other element, that
America s law is no respecter of persons,
and that the very government at which
the Socialists level their bitterest attacks
can be relied upon to protect them and
give them a fair deal."
Pfr Pt,who deend the. decision,
without wishing to express sympathy for
those who have benefited by It, the
Houston Chronicle (Ind.) states the case
" ii cans commonplace terms."
'This country is safer." it nv. -itt.
five men at lanre whoouzht to K in
Jail than it would be with them In in.ii
ander circumstances which might expose
many persons to trial by prejudiced
judges in the future." -
Uncle Jeff Snow-Says;
Down on the lower Pecos river in
Texas in the '70s Baidy Robinson and
Jake Stewart got to glarin at one
another ever time they come to town.
and each .feller got him a new gun or
a new aina or a gun ever time he seen
t'other. Bald pawned his steers to rit
him a -pair -of center-fire revolvers, and
jaae swapped orr most all his corn crap
fer a new fangled pump sron. and so It
went. The tamly larder was a-gittin'
slim in both' households to pay fer cum.
revolvers, chain shirts, dirk knives, pearl.
handled five-shooters and other kinds .of
wee pons. It was a-oomin soon so that
there was bound, to be a funeral to stop
the expense, when the new Methodist
preacher, tuck a hand and disarmed .'em
both, .sellin the guns and things to a
Mexican generalissimo that wanted to
star him a revolution acrost the line.
The whole world Is a-waltin' fer seme
preacher or nuther to do the same thing
by the nations of the earth.
Letters From the People j
t Cotn manic ti on unt ta Tha Journal for
public toon in tlii departmeat ahoold be written
on only one id of tha paper; should not exceed
300 worda ta length, and moat be sirned by the
writer, whose mail addreaa in full must accom
pany tb contribution. 1 - s
APPROPRIATION FOR
AGRICULTURE
Portland, Feb. 20. To "the Editor of
The Journal Agriculture in Oregon, as
elsewhere, is In distress. Farm mort
gages in Aregon have increased from
35.7 per cent 10 years ago to 49.7 per
cent at the present time indicating that
agriculture haa been' a losing business
during that -period. Farmers are seek'
inr relief in everv wav possible and
are now asking the passage' oi the co
operative marketing bill. They are also
intensely, interested in securing the ap-
propriation asked of the ways , and
means' committee for ' the. purpose of
continuing experiment station work and
extension service work, both of whieh
are vitally necessary to the future of
agriculture in the state. They want the
full sum asked because it Is reasonable
and it is needed, and they want it ap
propriated frorn, the general funds and
not taken from the millage tax which
provides for resident instruction at the
O. A. C,
Out of every $100 which our govern
ment spends annually, only 30, cents is
spent for scientific research .. In agricul
ture. England, since the war; has ap
propriated 35,000,000 for scientific re
search alone ; France appropriated in
1920 more than $29,000,000 , for regular
agricultural work, or 35,000,000 more
than twice as much as the United States
appropriated for like service. Tha farm
er feeds everybody. . Appropriations are
not for his benefit alone, but for the
benefit of all. An appropriatibn is be
ing asked of $100,000 for the purpose
of attracting tourist travel. This will
benefit directly the cities and -towns
more than it will the farmer and Is Just
about equal to the appropriation asked
for experiment station and extensiop
service work.
Will the farmers get it? If not, why
not? How will the vote stand oh the
proposition? How does the Multnomah
county delegation, which embraces the"
city of Portland, stand?
It would be exceedingly gratifying to
us to see the people and press of Port
land active In behalf of the 'farmer
on these measures.
George A. Mansfield,
Pres., Oregon State Farm Bureau
BELIEVES WITH MAYOR BAKER
That Private Citizens Should Attend
"Free Speech" Meetings "in Force.'
. Portland, Feb. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal In today's Oregonlan
note that Beryl A. Green has written to
District Attorney Evans requesting
prosecution of Mayor George L Baker
for statements made before a patriotic
meeting held by Scout Young Camp No.
2, United Spanish War Veterans, the
night of February 15, at Library hall
I also note, that Mr. Evans has not con
sidered the mayor has violated the law
of syndicalism in making the statements
credited to him
It is time for men who have the inter
est of our country at heart to wake
up to the fact that there is a class of
people at large in the United States who
feel the' broad liberties of this country
give them license to criticize and con
demn any man or woman who demands
these liberties be retained ; who feel the
unbiased passions of Europe should be
fostered here ; that the unbridled orgies
of devastated Russia should be released
in a country where liberty is not merely
a name; that free speech granted under
the constitution- of the United States
means ; a leeway 'to besmirch all that
thousands of men and women have will
ingly sacrificed their lives to maintain.
That -Mayor Baker did advocate
enough loyal Americans to attend some
oi tnese so-caiiea Tree speecn gather
ings In sufficient force to see that proper
observance is made to all we hold sacred
In our national life, meets with my entire
approval. If loud-mouthed defamers of
our laws and customs are going to claim
exemption for-thteir utterances under the
same laws they seek to tear down, it is
time for men who have voluntarily of
fered their lives to preserve these laws
abroad to see they are respected at
home. !
I cannot speak for Scout Young Camp
No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, as
a body, ror there has been no session
of the, camp to lay this matter before
them, but speaking as commander, I. feel
sure that the camp Vill bear me out ir
saying that Mayor Baker has our loyal
support and backing: that his untlrinsr
errorts for better Americanism in otir
city his unfailing endeavor to help
those who returned from the late war
to a place of self-support, as well . aa
the work he did during the war, de
serves more than this kind Of attack.
It might be a wise plan for those who
favor these "soviet" plans to seek the
country in which they are in vogue, be
cause it is a safe bet that, Portland cop-
tains a very large number of men af.J
women who wHl stand about so much
from those who don't "like our laws.
! R. A. Sawyer, Commander.
DENOUNCES COSMETICS
And Rebukes One Who Alleged Western
t women iseea xnem.
Portland, Feb. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Having noted discussions
concerning Slanderous remarks about
some of our Western women, made some
weeks: ago by an agent of an Eastern
company that manufactures cosmetics.
wish to make a few suggestions in
defense of our Western women, whose
natural beauty is such that they do not
need to hide it behind any kind, of
mud.' Among the natives of the coun
try in wiich I was born I. have seen
both sexes spot and stripe their whole
bodies with different colored muds. It
was comical to see those dusky maidens
who thought the more fantastic they
could I spot and stripe their faces the
prettier they were. Most of. the-cos
metics of today are the same kfhd of
mud, only doctored a little, and those
who use them show a little different
taste artistically, as to the landscapes
they paint on their faces. But having
seen both in. the height of their imag
inary j glory I cannot say which looks
the better. Whenever I see any woman
white, black or yellow smeared with
paint I I feel like telling her to go
wash her -face. . For it is not womanly
beauty, because it is not a. part of the
natural woman, the crowning effort .of
God's! creative, beauty-making mind.
But no drugs nor cosmetics can produce
this effect, though if women will lay
aside some of the brain shriveling liter
ature .of fiction, and instead read and
study! well literature along the lines of
physical culture, they may attain it..
Ulysses.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
It was only after the fall of Constan
tinople in 1453 that Holland became such
gay land of flowers as it now. is.
Many Dutchmen went to the East dur
ing the years of the great crusades, and
those of them who loved beautiful things
brought seeds with them,. When these
were planted in the rich soil of Holland
such wondrous flowers appeared as had
never before t been seen in that country.
Tha people became wildly, enthusiastic
over the new colors and scents and foli
age brought to them from the East,
and in Holland there sprang up a great
love for gardening. - i
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SMALL CHANGE .
Fancy rugs cover up a multitude of
dust.
a a,?e . ,- .- .
. " And Hughes becomes the Bryan of the
Republican party. r
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Hope he won't resign from the cabinet
as soon, however. -
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It wasn't intended tha way, but com
plexions do crack. : ' ..
. a
Man" hunt is on In Dublin. And this
isn't leap year, either.
We prate of our 'civilization, and then
pass sanitary regulations. - .
. v " - -"Prune
consumption" is not a disease.
Ifs a pleasure and a duty, ,
There's no joke about the West Jester
carrying Oregon lumber to the Orient.
. .
Ten thousand hares killed m Klamath
county Soon the plains will be bald.
,
Borah will not be guided by "a nod
from Harding." A hod of bricks might
be effective, Mr. Hardlr.g.v , . -
"God is in every man.' it Is pro
claimed. But often He can't- be seen
for the devil alongside. , .. ;
Poland wants horses from Oregon,
Paderewski has quit the country ' ana
the Poles have nothing left to '-elae. ' . -
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These employers' who advertise for
manual laborers and demand a reply "in
your own handwriting" do get our goat.
MORE OR LTESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mahaffle of Bend
are at the Seward. Mr. Mahaffie was
formerly chief clerk of the circuit, court
at Portland. He is now manager of the
Central Oregon bank at Bend. He is
exalted ruler of the Elks there.- "Dr.
Harry Rosenburg of Prinevllle, presi
dent of the State Association of Elks,
and the other exalted rulers of the state
are planning to take up the Big Brother
movement vigorously," said Mr. Mahaf
fle. "We recognize in the boys and the
young men of the state a tremendous
power for good or evil, so we are trying
to plan a campaign to help the young
men to have higher ideals and thus be
come better citizens." . .
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Eastern Oregon guests at the Imperial
include S. A. Miller of Milton, R. S.
Dixon1 of. Prtheville, W. R. Hartman .bf
Condon, L. P. HaVen of Wasco, D.' C.
Wheat of Moro, J. E.. Kirk of Condon
and Homer McKinney of Moro. . ,
a
David S. Stewart;', and family of
Knappa are at the Portland. ' Mrs.
Stewart is at a local hospital. Mr.
Stewart is a logging and lumbering op-'
erator. . , .
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- Eugene residents visiting in Portland
include F. E. Dunn. C. S. . Dillon, R. M.
Golden, Mr. and Mrs. Ben HV George,
N. B. Palmer andC. O. Huntington.
,
Rev. J. P. Clyde, pastor of the Con
gregational church of Corvallis, is in
Portland visiting his brother Congrega
tionalists. .
. Miss Gladys Morgan, Miss Maud
Stubbs and Miss Loralne Conlee of
Roseburg are visiting in Portland.
- Otto Michaels of -Roseburg is In Port
land, -."
F. W. Nolan of The Dalles Is at the
Oregon. :
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f, C. Garrison of Prineville is a Port
land visitor.
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C. M. Evans of Seaside is a guest
at the Hotel Oregon. ' ' -1
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Mrf and Mrs. II. C. Boyerfbf Ontario
are vi&iting. in Portland.
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Mr.' and Mrs. Frank Hopkins of Al
bany are moving to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs..' J.-.T. Patterson of Cor
vallis are visiting relatives in Portland.
Edward McNally i of Anchorage,
Alaska, is a Portland visitor, -
'
. C. C. Brown of Bend and M. M. Head
of-Elgin are at the Multnomah.
F. H. Irvine of Astoria is at the
Benson..
OBSERVATIONS i AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(A pioneer of the Terr earnest antecedents
tells Mr. IxxKley about one of the pioneer
families of the ancient sort, ther being many
and mighty in. the land. And a timberman and
promoter tells him about Tillamook's resources.
wita aseciaa roteranoe to isay UJty's laturs. J
William Blakeley of Pendleton is a
Portland Visitor. "I guess we oanjualify
as pioneers," said Mr. Blakeley, "My
father. Captain James Blakeley, came to
Oregon in 1846. He took up a donation
land claim where Brownsville .now Is,
He . was a captain in the Rogue River
war or 1S56-7. There -were 13 of us
children, of whom 11 grew to maturity.
I was the eldest. Ten of us are still
alive. Do you remember meeting my
wife, my father and me some years
ago in a restaurant in Portland?
My father had Just celebrated his ninety-
ninth birthday when you met us. . He
was 100 years, 2 months and 3 days old
when he died. I "have lived in Umatilla
county S3 years. I served two terms as
sheriff of Umatilla county. I appointed
Til Taylor as my deputy. Til made a
wonderful record as sheriff. Everyone
was lor Dim. That is why no one would
run against him for the office. I
also served two terms in the y legisla
ture from Umatilla county. Henry, my
oldest brother, is living on the old
home place near Brownsville. He has
lived there more than 75 years. My
brother James lives in Wallowa county.
He served as sheriff of Crook county in
early days and when he. went . up to
Wallowa county they elected him sheriff
there. George, the next brother, is a
druggist at The Dalles. My brother' Joe
was appointed sheriff of Gilliam county
by Governor Z. F. Moody when that
county was set off. ;
"We have known ' Governor- Moody
since long before the Civil war. I was
at his wedding in Brownsville. His wife
was going to school there. She was in
a I play given by the graduating class.
After the play the minister called her
to the stage and beckoned to Mr,
Moody to come up ; and there they were
married. Most folks thought It was a
3art of the performance, but it was a
ouio enougn mamage, - jy-
"From Gilliam county Joe went to
rTmatilla county, where he has served as
deputy sheriff for the past 22 years.
My sister Harriet, no w Mrs. Cooley,
ives at Brownsvlue.-.. Sister Margaret.
now Mrs. Smith, lives at Salt Lake City.
Sarah, the youngest child, now Mrs. Mo
Farland, lives on the old place at
Brownsville. Ellen and Kate and Caro
line are dead. -, t . VV'-
'During the more than 50 years. 1 have
ived at or near Pendleton. I have aeen
remarkable changes occur. :- The old
days the frontier days are gone. Th
Round-Up is about the only reminder
of what was a part of our daily life
when I went up thfere.V In those days all
the young chaps knew how to break a
broncho. Now they learn to break a
Tin Lizzie Instead." ,
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"What do I know About Bax City?
NHWS INP RR1PP-
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SIDfLlGHTS
The allied governments would like to
cancel their debts. And so would quite
a lot of the common people. Hood River
News.. ..-I-, . .
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Twenty thousand land owners on the
route ready to drive into Portland if we
can get the road to drive on. Banks
Herald.
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Naturalists who claim there are no
groundhogs in Western Oregon overlook
speeders and pork , sausage. Albany
Democrat. - .
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Draft evaders seem to find a safe ref
uge in Germany, where they seemed in
clined not to trv to invade durine the
war, for which Germany is not exactly.
truiy inanKiuu yvooaoura independent.
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The use of gas in war Is deplored In
congress because it "removes the last
vestige of civilised warfares Civilised
warfare, like the refined hootchy koot
chy, requires considerable Imagination.
Medford Sun. -
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Thare was no agreement, at Versailles,
Mr. Harding is informed, to wipe the
war debts off the books. Neither will
there be such an agreement anywhere
else without starting a mighty rumpus,
Eugene Register.
-i .
Voters put these excessive taxes onto
themselves, and to be real game sports
they should pay them, force a smile in
the act. and declare they are just what
they ordered the doctor to" prescribe.
Oregon City Banner-Courier. --
E. J. Callahan, representing the Amer
ican Thread company of St. Louis, is
at the Benson. "My territory covers the
Northwestern' states," said Mr. Calla
han. - "Seattle is suffering from a slump!
San Francisco and Los Angeles -are not
free from business depression. Portland
is sometimes referred to as a slow town.
It Is true it is more -conservative than
the . other coast cities, but because it
does not indulge in booms it Is less af
fected by temporary depressions. : Con
ditions are good throughout my territory
and I have booked more business this
trip than I did last year in the same
territory." . - .-.
:'i -I'.r- ; - -v-. ' , - .. ' ""' i
a G. W. Ingram of the adjustment bu
reau of the Portland . Association of
Credit Men is spending a few days, in
Portland after covering his beat, which
takes him pretty well all over the North
west. I " The -. association (represents . ap
prdximately 283 large firms, mostly
wholesalers, and the territory Covered
is from Klamath Falls to Yakima, Wash.,
and TWln Falls, "Idaho. Mr. Ingram
was formerly in the grocery business in
Pendletom
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Guests from nearby Willamette valley
towns registered at the Imperial include
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Hamilton, with
their sons, Arthur and Clarence, . from
Salem ; Frank Bino of. Shelburne. R. E.
Glass of Eugene, W. E. Wadsworth of
Harrisburg, A. K. McMahon of Albany,
ttooert w. Kerr or Corvallis, R. E.
Smith and E. Roper of Salem and C. B.
Buchanon of Hillsboro.
. a
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Morton of Kodiak
island are at the Multnomah. Kodiak
island is in the Gulf of Alaska and is
one of the oldest settled points in the
territory. It was settled by the Rus
sians in 1795. It is about" 400 miles
southwest of Valdez. , , f
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Mr. and Mrs.. E. G. Housraari and Dr.
Rhoda Hicks of Astoria are at the Im
perial, .
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"Mr. and Mrs.. F. F. Brand and C. W.
Springer 'of Roseburg are at the Im
perial, .!''-'"' . . a , a , a - - . . ,-,,'. ,
F. Frechette of. Mabel is at the". Per
kins, j.- ".'...,'.. ' ."'
C. R. Howes of Bend is a Portland
visitor.
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Frank Balrd of ; London is at the
Perkins." .
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Mrs. D. H. House of Salem is regis
tered at the Perkins.
Carrie and Amy Martin ; and Lulu
Hayes, all of Salem, are at the Perkins.
.-.(-,'.::. a . a a . . .
II. G. McCartney of Oakland is at the
Multnomah. -.
Lockley
1 V
said W. S. Cone of Bay City. "I know
lo about It. I platted It. i That was
back in 1888. It is located on the claims
of -O. S. Thompson, George Webber and
Hiram Smith. C. E. Wilson and I were
the godfathers of Bay Crty. Wilson was
a broker and real estate man. He and
MR 'Edwards started the ! Tillamook
Headlight, the first paper publfshed in
Tillamook county. The first copy off the
press was sold at auction.", I bid $25 for
it, but someone outbid me. J was born
December 8, 1847. at Lansing, Mich., so
you see I am no spring chicken,-if I da
act like one. C started my career as
'cook's devil in a logging camp when I
was 15. From peeling potatoes In the
cook shanty I worked up through the
different branches of the logging busi
ness to timber cruiser. Having worked
for the big timber companies in Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; they
asked me to come to Oregon and. see
what was to be had. They had looked
up the timber of the United States and
discovered the largest tract of govern
ment owned timber in the United States
was in Tillamook county. I came out
to Oregon in 1887 i and spent the first
year I was here cruising' inr Tillamook
county. I sounded out the homestead
ers and secured options on their places.
I located a big tract of timber land for
David Whitney. In those days the Whit
ney com nan v rnnaistarl n.vM -xxrk.it
tieyy Charley Stlnchfieid and - James
Remlc This company secured 6,000
acres of hpavtlv-HmK.r.d 1,il. Tin.
uw ...ui, ... a ...
mook county.. I picked up homesteaders'
wr wiera ow to flWJV that
would run from 8,000,000 to 15,000,000
jcci iu me uu&rier section, in 1883 C, K.
Wilson was unable to protect his lnier
ests in Bay City, so his share of the
ciHcryrwe was taaen over by tt. w. Cot
tle. nrtfRMnt rr ih, .... Tn..Kn
company of Salem. George ; F. Williams
xv. j. xienaricKs, puousner or tne
Oregon, Statesman. , ' . .-.
"They began to boom Bav Cltv-ln i9i-
I had disposed of my interests in that
town, but when the boom started I
bought 140 acres adjolninar the town-
surance .company failed, and Hendricks
and some others went on with it. Re
cently the Ladd- & Bush company f ore-
olftflAri on th hrkMfma-a T B, Un T
-- . .v.w...B. mwsmM mubv - .
had left unsold to the Bay City Develop
ment company, wnen tninga coma back
and : lumber once- more becomes active
Bav Citv is bound ta armer. Wa !,.
about 1200 population there at present:
There is a large body of timber between
80 billion and 40 billion feet, that will
oound to make good times till the timber
muu ine wmmey company im build
ing a large slant at East Garibaldi.; itm
mill Is Just below the div. whii in
boom is above the city, and all money i
paa to its men -is paid at Bay City, The
company is buildincr a. mail im tha mi-
chis river to get at a big body of Its
timber, and It will nnt h. inn. until
Bay City will be on the map once more." ;
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happming in Brief Form for th
busy Header
, . OREGON NOTES
Baker county this year will nav In
taxes of all kinds the sum of 778,893.51.
Some 800 sheep in the Mitchell section
of Pescbutes county are infected with
cab. .
A; force 6f men Is now engaged in
the construction of a road leading from
the main Seaside highway to the ocean
shore at Columbia Beach.
A temperature of ' 18 degrees below
zero was recorded at Wallowa Friday
night, the coldest night of the winter.
Halfway was without mall five days
last week because of a rock slide on the
Oregon Short Line between Robinette
and Huntington.
Davis tt Weber, operating a sawmill at
AI rile., have made a contract with Port
land parties to furnish a large Quantity
of railroad ties.
The Eugene Farmers' creamery has
Increased its capital stock from 115.000
to 175,000, and will begin work at once
oa a new building.
A civil service examination will be
held at Eugene, March 18, to fill a va
cancy In the position of postmaster at
Walker,, Lane county.
Liquor making equipment haa accumu
lated so rapidly In Deschutes county
that the sheriff has now eight complete
plants in his possession.
With an assessed valuation of $11,
620,413. Salem's total taxes payable in
1921 are fl6,199.66 of the 81,695,120.67
which is the aggregate tax for Marlon
county. ,
Of the 1486.776.25 in taxes paid in Hood
River county this year, more, than 8200,
000 of the funds will go toward the
maintenance of. Hood River county
schooia- .
SU John Skinner, son of Eugene Skin
ner, .founder of the city of Eugene, is
dead at Idaho Falls. Idaho. Mr. Hkinner
was the first .white male child born
where Eugene is jnow located.
" The Home-Buifdlng corporation, re
cently organised at Klamath Falls, re
ports subscriptions of 860,000 of lta 8100.
000 ' capitalization. The organization
hopes to erect 100 homes this year.
It la stated that more money has ben
loaned on property in Bend by the Pa
cific Building & Loan association than
In any other town in Oregon, Washing
ton or Idaho In which the association
has agencies.
- WASHINGTON
Charles Mallory was found dead In his
room at the Great Northern hotel in
Spokane, supposedly a case of suicide.
Operations were resumed this week at
the Markham shingle mill plant near
Markham, following a shutdown last
August. ...
That the people of Washington during
1921 must pay direct tam.es totaling 872,
665.820 is shown by a compilation of the
levies of 1920.
A permanent organization of the po
tato growers of Clarke ounty will be
formed at a meeting in Vancouver next
Saturday. - '
The . Rucker State bank at Lake
Stevens, near Everett, was robbed of
$1300 last Friday by three men,", who es
caped in an automobile. -
The Weyerhaeuser Sales company of
Spokane thas announced further reduc
tions of from $2 to 83 a thousand on
the common grades of lumber.
The city of Seattle will fight to the
limit suits brought by taxpayers seek
ing injunctions against further operation
of the municipal street railway.
. James S pence, 66-year-old resident of
Tacoma, died suddenly Saturday while
cleaning a rug. A son, Harry, la a
student at Reed college in Portland.
IPaul Schafer, teller in the North Hide
State bank of Seattle, which failed threo
weeks ago. pleaded guilty to embezzling
$10,000 and was sentenced to serve five
to 16 years in the penitentiary.
(Recovery of several thousand dollars'
Worth of Jewelry and silverware that
had been stolen from residents who are
spending the winter in California is an
nounced by Spokane police officers. Most
of the plunder was found in a house
occupied by W. JvO'Sh?a and C. F. Kul-
ton.
- IDAHO
There are many cases of measles and
large number 'of small dox cases at
Shelley.
The Twin Falls school district com
plains of a lack of money that may '
cause the schools to close.
4 James I:' Graham, who settled in.
Boise in 1862, died In a hospital in that
city Sunday, aged 82 years.
I A forester from the Bald Mountain
lookout station reports that the snow
in that section Is 10 feet deep.
I On account of smallpox the Genesee
health officer has placed a ban on all
pubifo gatherings and closed all places
of amusement.
I. Boise Builders' exchange, with a mem
bership of about 40. has decided on a
new wage scale which is to go into .
effect March 1. -
i Dr. E. H. Pool, former Pocatello physi
cian, is. now a major In the medical"
corps, stationed at Camp Stotsenberg,
Philippine islands.
I The Blackwell Lumber company at
Coeur d'Aleae, which has been shut down
ail winter,- announces that it will re
sume operations about. April 1.
I Mrs. Hmma Footman Turner, who,
with her husband, was the first white
settler of the' Bruneau valley, died In .
Boise Sunday afternoon, aged 73.
I Leonard Emerlrh and Edwin Llewel
lyn, 16-year-old boys, have-confeMed
that they broke into the whool building
at Coeur d'Alene and took $26 belonging
to the book fund.
t The snowfall this' season registers 54
Inches at Payette lakes, 41 inches at Sol
dier creek, 44 Inches at Ketchum, 32
inches at Hailey and 44 Inches at the
North Star mine station.
know yoUiX
PORTLAND
Not only must Portland plan for
the' rebuilding of tae Burnslde and
Morrison . street bridges in the com
paratively near future, but the city
planning commission believes that
other spans of the Willamette must
be constructed within a few years In
order to care for the rapidly growing
trans-river traffic
The commission advocates the con.
structlon of a now bridge to replace
the Sellwood ferry during 1922.
The new Burnslde street bridge. It
believes, should be built in 1923.
In 1927 the construction of a new
high level bridge connecting the west
side with the St. Johns suburb is
advocated. . . .
The new Morrison street bridge is
dated by the- comm!lon for 1930.
More remote are th proposals for
a new bridge between Sfiuiwll and
Fourteenth streets in - 1935, and
a new bridge connecting Division and
Sheridan .streets In 1940.
The cost of the maintenance of the
Sellwood ferry during 1920, accord
ing to the accounting of the commis
sion., was 820,000. Capitalized at 6
per cent, this amount, received an
nually, would pay - the interest and
retire $246,000 in bonds for the new
Sellwood bridge In 40 years. This
amount, it Is estimated, would build
a new high level fixed span at Sell
wood. -'
. The commission advocates the ele
vation Of alt bridge approaches over
Front street on the west side, .and
over Water, East First and East
Second streets on the east aide of
the Willamette. The elevation of the
approaches would end the Interrup
tion from railroad 'grade crossings
and . waterfront hauling. The relo
cation of the Fourth street and Ore
gon Electric lines on Front street,
with the .elevation of the bridge ap
proaches, would end the tangling of
bridge, rail and heavy traffic. .