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THE OREGON DAILY" JOURNAL. PORTLAND OREGON
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Real political iaraa cannot b manufac
tured by U leader of political partiea, and
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t. Garfield. . ' - -
HOLIER THAN THOU
R. M'CAMANT confesses that the
ill hullabalorfi he raised over a
supposed address by Lincoln Steffens
at the Oregon Agricultural college
was without reason.'
. He misled the Sons of the Ameri-
'can Revolution to - believe that- Mr.
. Steffens had recently spoken at the
( college, i Mr, Steffens has not ad
dressed students at the college since
October 22, 11.13, more than seven
years ago. ..
Mr. .; McCamant misled the sams
organisation Into the , adoption - -of
condemnatory resolutions; and him
self hurrifed into the public press
with interviews criticising the au
thorities at both, the Agricultural col
lege and the University of Oregon.
. . All in all, one good American cltj-
ten is about ' as patrtotlo "as any
other good American citizen. Many
of them do not professionalize their
patriotism. 'Many a. quiet man has
faith in his countrymen;-and gve&
calmly about his business Very con
fident that about 99 per cent of the
American people are 100. per cent
sound: and that no : self-appointed
custodian of the country's patriotism
is needed to watch- over and censor
" the rest
Aside from a yery few, fewer, per
haps, than 1 ; per cent,, every cillxen
of America, was a devoted and con
secrated supporter of his country in
its late supreme crisis'. They did not
Uo tsheir bit with empty talk and lgH
sounaing resolutions, out oy sacriilc
tng time and money and effort and
priceless sons.
There never was and never will be
a more complete demonstration of
a nation sound' to the cor in Us
c(t)xenshlp. What w saw then dem
onstrates to us all the emptiness and
mockery of so-called patriots who
now constantly throw fits and pro-
fees to see al around them signs and
omens, of treason and rebellion and
disloyal citizens, all of which Is an
insult to the American people and
! travesty on the name of patriotism,
i These holier-than-thou "patriots"
should; be in better business. They
are no better "citizens than 95 per
"cent of the ' American people, arid
many of them are not so good. There
are;' a great many who quietly smell
'a, rat when they .behold any old
brother setting himself up as the
special keeper of national Joyalty and
proclaiming his super-patriotism
-from the housetops.
We are all Americans ' and we
know and appreciate what, we have
ns a nation. We- intend to hold fast
to this republic and its great free
Institutions, perfecting and complet
ing them here and there as we go
along. And we haven't' the slightest
heed for "very vocal and yery saintly
self-constituted patriotsso-called. to
draw their , white t robes f , purity
about them and tell us all that war
tire traitors ' and Bolshevists and
scum. . '.,?JJ- v;,; :-:-xr:-': V
"heh the country needed defend
ers th Oregon Agricultural college
jmd the University of Oregon were
c -enters, and headquarters of war en
deavor. They poured lives and blood
and men and money without stint
into the struggle. 'To accuse them
of disloyalty la' a crime against their
dead and a libel on their living.
' Mr. McCam ant's record aa a dele
pate to the national Republican con
vention Is such that he is not in good
position to give advice or be helpful
to : the young people in the educa
tional institution of Oregon. -He
led the people T pi Oregon to believe
that he would vote at Chicago for
the candidate receiving the highest
vote in the Oregon primaries,' and
after he was elected he jrlid. not vote
for that candidate. ' ';
That' example in dubious , eltlsen
hlp scarcely f its IVIr. McCamant to
advise young people at Oregon's edu
cational institutions on their duties
and obligations as citizens.
ROBERT SELF
I
P H-YEAR-OLD Robert Self was
murdered, The Journal ' wants to
know who did tba deed. He was a
carrier of The -Journal, and though
circumstances seem to indicate that
he was off his route, when he was
shot, the paper does not want any
theory of suicide ' to be carelessly
acknowledged through failure of the
authorities to , make an exhaustive
investigation of the murder theory
. The reward jwhich The Journal
offers , is an i effort; to give to , W
memory an' acknowledgment of the
faithful service that he rendered.
These lads who go out regardless of
storm or tide to deliver The Journal
to waiting readers' are entitled to all
the -.protection that law and admin
istration of law afford. , . There should
be as patient and painstaking inves
tigation into the facts when one of
them .falls from a bullet wound, as
when the great; or near : great are
laid low, 'J : ,
It this 18-yeaV-old lad has met
with foul play The Journal will pay
$600r for Information that may lead
to the arrest and 'conviction of the
guilty party or parties. It discour
ages the duiclde- theory! and will
refuse to believe 1 it until there Is
convincing proof to the contrary.;?
Boys of 18 seldom take the long
leap into eternity. But murderers
are abundant and very ! much, in
action. . Let every clue and ? every
circumstance connected twlth the
death ofRobert Self be searchlngly
investigated. " .
The trade of the United States
With Brazil. Argentina, Chile ana
Uruguay reached $1,044,000,000 In
1920. Our : trade with these eoun
tries was 9917,000,000 in .1919. Trad
with Cuba, was in excess of 11,200,
000,000, last ; year, an Increase of
1500.000,000 over that of lilt. Even
though ' European trade Is Inter
rupted by chaotic credits, there are
yet other world markets for Amer
lean goods.
THI8 IS STILL AMERICA
VLL DOWN through the ages
peoples have fought for the
privacy-of the home. Witlv their
mvney and their lives' they have de
fended their residences against inva
sion, whether it be by agents of the
king, by individuals or by1 armies.
The Magna Charta contained pro
visions protecting the home against
unlawful searches and seizures.
The Bill of ; Rights upheld the
same principle. ;
The War of 1812 grew out of
unlawful searches and seizures upon
the high seas. ; : ; ,,.
Invasion of the home was one of
the practices that led to the Amer
ican - Declaration of , Independence
and the American Revolution.
The constitution -of the United
States Includes provisions safeguard
lngvthe citizens of this nation against
unlawful search.
Unreasonable and unwarranted in
vasion of the home by policemen la
as distasteful to the . people , of the
country as j invasion j by r foreign
armies. If officers were permitted
the privilege of jentering homes with
out reasonable; evidence ; that stat
utes were violated within, an antag
onism to existing law .would spring
up in this country that would shake
the very foundations of the govern
ment. .;."" I : f; ;- ; :
The decision of the supreme court
yesterday prohibiting officers from
invading homes without a warrant is
reassurance to the people of the
United States that the principle for
which the English-speaking peoples
Libve others, hav so long fought
survives, and tt reminder that they
still live in America-
There are reports that effort is
under way at Washingtdn to "secure
enactment of more laws on prohibi
tion. .It is not more laws that are
needed, but enforcement of those
we have.
DOPE AND SNAKES
A GOVERNMENT commission
found that a probable one half
of the narcotic drugs consumed In
America are retailed through under
ground channels. - r-
Not more than 90 per cent of the
opium imported , openly Into the
United States is used for medicinal
purposes. - - 1 ' ,;-v- . .
A million drug addicts- In this
country.- th commission estimated,
pay 941,000.000 annually for their
"dope." resulting in an annual eco
nomic ' loss through idleness, . Inef
ficiency and dissolute habit's of $150,
000.000 more. " ,
Th number of "dop fiends" is
found to be rapidly increasing and
yet no small amount of raw narcotics
Is smuggled back , into China -from
the United States, resulting in un
ending harm to the people of that
country. t
The government commission
makes no attempt to -measure the
detrimental effect) of narcotic drug
consumption In terms other than o
money, but every wrecked human
being Is a physical, mental, moral
and spiritual tragedy.
Every drug addict is & menace and
a grief to family, friends and the
public. Gloom and misery lie In the
pathway of the .trade : In 'narcotic
drugs. . -
Only human snakes engage in it.
The Portland judges whose severe
sentences are pronounced . upon the
traders and their victims are aiding
a serious situation. . - ""."
THE SPEEDINO MONSTERS
I
T WAS all over to a minute. ' A
train, cutting Its way through the
air., at . tremendous speed, derailed,
bouncing over ties, locomotive in the
ditch, and coaches, with their human
burden, lying helpless .across the
track. J,.-, Xt .
Another and faster train, its mon
ster engine screeching toward the
scene, .. the ' hopeless grind ' of the
brakes and th crash.' Then the red
glare of fire, steam rising ; to the
heavens, shrieks of the dying' and
the lifeless forms of the dead I; j
The heart of hurrfanity enters the
pictilre. Men and women from the
countryside, and those . uninjured.
hurried to the aid of the stricken.
Torn and mangled forms were res
cued, from , th wreckage i Heavy
timbers were moved, others were cut
to pull out an arm, to release a leg,
to lift a body from Imprisonment to
a cot. Women removed clothing to
make' bandages, men .strained mus
cles to win their way to the. wounded.
Overshadowing the heroism dis
played in ; the New York Central-
Michigan Central : horror : was th
grief, the anguish, the pain. From
it all have come the shattered bones,
the mangled flesh and the dead.
Scores of people are in the hospitals,
many are permanently disabled and
scores r mourners, "i Mothers will
never see : sons arid daughters and
husbands again in the flesh. -
The cause of it all has not been
established. . Somebody failed in his
duty. Somebody with a tremendous
responsibility, the greatest of all re
sponsibilities, fell short of the goal.
A single failure brought It all on. f
It Is to be questioned if any one
mart; should : be . charged with i the
safety of hundreds Of lives. But
there are thousands of men with
such responsibility, a responsibility
that they meet day in and day out.
In Isolated cases one man fails. - A
tremendous tragedy is the result.
The tragedies are the price of the
speed that has become an essential
in the progress of the commercial
and economic life of America.
THEIR IMMENSITY
HPHE star, Betelgeuse, which
one
may .see most any night by
Walking out on the front porch, has
at last been measured and weighed
by the astronomers.. ,
Betelgeuse Is a long way off,, the
astronomers point out so many
trillions of miles away that tht fig
ures sound" meaningless to our ears
And Betelgeuse is so "huge that if it
were as close to us as the ran It
would cover th sky from horizon
to horizon. , ,
The human mind has a difficult
time grasping the picture,. but it does
after a fashion.- However, the as
tronomers' continue, worse is to
come. The star - Canopus also has
been measured, and it is even larger
than Betelgeuse. ' In fact, Canopus Is
as much larger than Betelgeuse as
the latter is than bur sun.
were tn imagination of ; man
cracks under th strain, and mad
ness threatens whoever of us would
attempt to reach out ; with his
thoughts into this mysterious space,
One escape from the contempla
tion ' remains, f We can . do as ;the
churchmen did one hundred and two
hundred years ago-that is, console
ourselves with the knowledge that
the blades of grass on the hillside
and the insects that crawl among
them even more Insignificant parts
of nature than ourselves are fash
ioned with infinite land unerring ex
actness.'
BUSINESS OVERSEAS
uuuu traae races an emer
gency. Experience is ; lacking
to guide the quest for a solution
Conditions as they are today never
obtained before in either scope or
nature. Yet the need of adjustment
presses as imperatively upon inter
national commerce as upon the rail
roads of America. ! 1 1 . t
Foreign credits are - guesswork
and chaos. ; The export trade bal
ance won by the United States dur
ing th war remains unfunded.;! It
has piled up like flood waters be
hind a dam while the country below
remains nareherl. Th a Amrlran
dollar is at such a premium abroad
that its very value as exchange halts
interchange of goods. ; j , r 1 i ;
As a producer nation, jthe United
States must maintain its commerce.
It must, for its own .prosperity, eon
tinue to satisfy world hunger. It
must provide clothing, the means of
shelter and th articles of use. - No
matter how dominant our situation
may be, Jhe condition which checks
trading hurts the owner of the bulg
Ing storehouse as much aa those who
com and gov with their baskets
unfilled.
The reestabllshment of credits.
the extension - of' credits and the
renewal , of a normal trading basis
cannot safely be long deferred.
The study of the causes of credit
contraction will occupy the national
foreign trade convention at Cleve
land early, next May. If that body
of domestic end foreign trade lead
ers can furnish the nation- with
wise and just program Its gathering
will gain historic importance.
SCRAPPING THE
1 DREADNOUGHT ;
Mejorrly of Editorial Sea-Figbtrs In
dorse Submarine and Airplane,
. j Contrary to the Naval Board's
Insistence on the Big-Gun
,1 Ship 4 u e s t i o n Far i
' From Settled at
4 That, However. .
- Daily EdltorUt Digest
' Cooaalidatad Freea Amociailoa
The attack on "caftita! ships' by
powerful minorities la. both England and
America seems to find them as vulner
able, in the eyes of the press, as the
aircraft and submarine enthusiasts de
clare they are in battle. For the most
part American writers support the views
of General Mitchell of the air service.
who declares that fbrv the price of one
battleship we could make the country
airtight from attack by land, sea and
air,, r Testimony arm Inst- th - capital
snips in .Britain and 'Admiral Sims'
views In this country seems to be. more
sympathetically received tharr the ex
pert opinion of th navy board, i : i
There, are exceptions among the news
papers. . however, and the Sioux City
(la.) Journal (Rep.) falls in with the
board's opinion that "every new weapon
of offense' that has threatened the su
premacy of capital ships has been met
oy i a successiui moaeoi aerense." To
i . - ...
be air out this statement, it declares: "It
might be recalled that neither airplanes
nor submarines were effective te any
great degree in the war after defensive
measures against both weapons had been
Expert naval opinion "has not helped
much to settle the question either way,
the Baltimore Mews (lem.) remarks, es
pecially since the- other powers cannot
agree: "If England puts her. faith In
tn torpedo ana the tomb," it remarks.
at the same time that Japan sticks to
the heavy rule, what are . we coins- to
do about it? The navy's answer seems
to oe that we must build enough sub
marines and aircraft to match England
and enough big-gun ships i to match
japan." - '
The New York Times; (Ind. Dem.) also
regrets that we "are not so well pre
pared as might be wished to dem
onstrate the destructive power of th
plan and th vulnerability of the bat
tleship" while the Florida Metro doHs
twm.) points out that "air strength in
itself cannot ever be the biggest factor
in either defense or offense' and while
this branch of the military is "entitled
to encouragement, it should 1 hot, de
spite uer.eral -Mitchell's ideas. - be de
veloped ! -Vat the expense of the other
erras of the service, her St Louis
Post Dispatch (Ind.) considers that the
conflicting evidence en hand prompts cau
tion In any larzo oUtiai i at present, say
ing : "Under present burdensome taxes
large expenditures in capital ships which
may , presently become obsolete by rea
son of invention and development In
other branches, cannot be sanctioned by
business prudence, v Th circumstances.
technical, financial and sociologicalJ urge
upon all governments the wisdom of
minimizing naval programs." -
board that ' "marine inventors have not
bn at a standstill and methods, to meet
tha submarin and airship ar baing- in
st&iied with some . success.' the Rocky
Mountain (Denver) Ne. , (Ind.) never
theless xeeis that the country should take
cognisance of the fact that "the world's
brains are converging on ? sending , the
sreat snip to tne scrapnean."
The Indianapolis Xews (Ind.) sees the
"testimony of both sides of the ocean
piling up in favor of air navies', and
argues that "if the airship is dangerous
to tne oatuesnip today it will be vastly
more dangerous even one year from now.
so swutry is. ne development taking
place, and- concludes that J'there' is
nothing wild in th belief that we are ap-
proacning a new era in naval warfara"
While supporting this theory in eeneraL
in, lexington leader (Kep.) reminds its
readers that "it has toen intimated that
foreign governments, ' unable to compete
with the United, States in the building
of battleships, now. forming the unit
strength of all navies, are spreading
propaganda calling in question the value
or such ships, in order to halt our build
ing program.' ;,
When it cornea to a debate in which
one side is all for the airship and the
other all for the battleship, the Dayton
News (Dem.) thinks that "both sides
ar right and both are wrong:." It con
tinues - The n-ry in the future will re
quire a strong air force In the event ef
some conspicuous engagement, while the
airmen In themselves cannot be fully
protected against enemy attacks without
aerial gens and complete equipment now
carriea m rirst-eiess and modern . sea
fighting machines. It is obvious that
the airplane and the battleship should
coordinate their effectiveness in making
possible tn. best possible protection to
the country i in the matter of defense.
Secretary Daniels and General Mitchell
upon mature deliberation will agree In
the essentials of both the airplane and
battleship as -important and , necessary
agepct xor our national protection.'
The New York Globe (Ind.) also sees
no reason to alight on branch for- the
other, "whatever we do about our bat
tleships, then, we had better reconsider
limiting our army air appropriation to
l$,a00.0Ou," but meanwhile, "we should
study very hard over the idea of getting
rid of the armament idea, Tor "air
plane will be like battleships, costly,
and they will smother us with mustard
gas or phosgene, quite In the manner of
the terrible celestial 'visitors Mr. Wells
describes In his War. of the Worlds.
The lessons of the recent war, says the
New York ; Post (Ind.), show reasons
enough why aerial defenses "can no more
be neglected than sea and land defenses
and "airplanes ar cheap in comparison
to oatuesnips. '
- - e e e
If the experts are to be relied upon.
tne wttiumoia t. u.) state (uem.) de
clares that the reading powers are still
"building navies that have been obsolete
for some time" and if, in the "impossible'
next war our enemy should , possess air
planes and ; submarines : now ,. contem
plated, "commanding th air and : the
sea, - ins oniy saie piace for our jacmes
would b on shore leave." The Utlca
Observer (Dem.) looks at the -.question
practically, declaring that "even 'if civili
sation is not far enough advanced to rid
itself of war, it seems that there would
be a gain in building aircraft rather than
th mere expensive , battleships. The
Brooklyn Eagle (Ind. Dem.) sums up the
situation tersely, from the airplane
backers' standpoint, in the statement
that "it may take another war to settle
definitely whether or not the battleship
la a thing of the past, but we know al
ready that aircraft are the great of fen
sive and defensive weapon of the fu
ture. . . - ,
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
The highest beacon' lisht maintained
by the United States government for
warning navigators is at Cape Men
docino. CaL, 422 feet bove sea lev!.
It has a range of St mile. The brisht
est light in the world is at Navealnk,
r. J-, on the highlands at the entrance
of New York bay. It Is 25,000,000 candle
power and Us glare has. been seen from
70 miles out in the ocean. The largest
Hghtnous "lens" is at Makapus poin
en the Island of Oahu (Hawaiian group)
and its beam at night brings first news
to voyagers from th United States that
they ar rearing the mid-Pacifle archi
pelago. It is called a "byperradient,1
the inside diameter of the lens being
nsarlr nine feet, and that of the glass
lantern Inclosing It IS feet.
tetters From ie People '
t Cam mmiinet vm aatit to The Journal for
pablioatiaa in Uia departaunt ahould be written
on otiir en aida of tba paper; boukl not exceed
StfO word to length, and man rx sigtM or uia
writer, waoae nail address h fnli stoat aeewa
paor tba costributioa.)
PAVEMENT STRUCTURE
Here Is Criticism of a Form Authorized
by State Commission.
Portland. Feb. 14 To the Editor of
The Journal Th leading authorities on
pavements seem to agree on the im
portance of the subfoundation, the foun
dation and the mineral aggregate. They
claim that a good pavement cannot be
constructed unless these three important
features are given proper consideration.
These facts, in part, seem to have been
ascertained by the highway commission
after spending approximately $20,000,000
of "the, taxpayers- money. " According -oj
au Biaua&ra woru, i ueeiena to con
struct any. kind of pavement on an im
properly prepared subfoundation. ' on
this subject the. Warren people have
much to say in their publications on
foundations for bituminous pavements.
They state, in part, as follows: k
"Th competitors of bitulithic pave
ment endeavor to make a point against
it by stating it. is not laid on a con
crete foundation. It is not laid on a
hydraulie concrete foundation, but it is
laid on a baa of crushed stone on top
of which a coating of bitulithic cement
ta spread, xne fact is that nyarauno
concrete, in point of durability, is an
element ef weakness of th ordinary as
phalt (bituminous) pavement, sor tn
reason that it does not unlteXtwf surface
and provides a line of separation between
the foundation and the surface. To over
come this a 'binder' course of stone and
asphalt cement is laid between the con
crete base and asphalt (bituminous)
wearing surf ace, ; which easily holds any
moisture which works into the pavement
from above and below,, thereby causing
the pavement to rot and disintegrate.
The loose rock foundation not only af
fords a better foundation, but acts as a
subdrain for any water that may get
under the pavement." " r
I find that the highway commission
is constructing i bituminous pavements
without any foundation whatever, simply
laying the bituminous mixture on top
of the ground, or existing roadway. This
mixture Is composed of stone and com
mon asphalt If a bituminous pavement
laid on a hydraulic concrete foundation,
using, common asphaltio cement for a
binder, will rapidly disintegrate from the
elements above and by capillary action
below, one might ask with propriety
what would' be the results of the same
pavement laid directly pn the ground.
Either the authorities and paving ex
perts, whose knowledge has been ; ob
tained by long years of laboratory and
physical tests, ar mistaken, in their as
sertions, or the state highway commis
sion is purely experimenting in the lay
ing of bituminous pavements, xnere is
no question about- this whatever. ,
: W. I Archambeau.
J SINGLE TAX ON THE BALLOT
Some Remarks on Its Cost, and on the
Status in Edmonton.
Umatilla. Feb. L To the Editor of
The JournalWhat baa tempted the Or.
eronian to change its policy of watchful
waiting and silence on' single tax? It
reported - last year that there was no
chance of its carrying in Oregon. The
management and support was of no
great strength and the people had set
tled the question tn previous elections
and -there , was no need of taking an op
posite stand on the Question.- Ana now
it has an article ridiculing the small
vote and th single tax campaign man
ager's - report; t which they later admit
was based on tha Oregonian s own mis
take, and a ?big headline- appears, "Ed
monton Has Crash Caused by Single
Tax." Why this alarm, when th odds
are against the crusaders? On of the
reasons given is that balloting- on meas
ures costs in paper And printing. The
single taxers paid Tor most of the print
ing in the voters' pamphlet and one more
measure doesn't amount to much in
counting ballots whfen there are -so few
votes cast for it, The Oregonlan further
state: "We in Oregon have to pay for
our salvation from single tax. Now
there's the solution to the new agitation
in the Oregonlan. -"There's the rub.1
They mean to start th opposition early
thl time and nir it in the bud and
avoid spending- those thousands that
they stated last yar it' had cost some
body. It must have been the friends of
the Oregonlan who spent the thousands,
as no one has since confessed spending
it. So we can't blame it for publishing
the statements of its friend. Galbraith.
who says be lost his 480 vacant lots in
Edmonton because of the operation of
single tax. He does not mention, but
we aU know, that Canada was at the
rfronf three years before we entered the
war.fan stopped producing and paying
taxes in many 1 parts and was much
crippled." ".
I meet workers from Canada every
day who say they, have a- measure -of
single tax and wouia not go dsck to tne
old system again but would have more
of it. Maybe Mr. Galbraith7 had better
speculate in something more profitable,
possibly the wheat pit. while it lasts, and
avoid the same conditions in Oregon in
ease the death rattle of land specula
tion should - bo sounded here. Special
privilege dees npt die without a struggle.
TAXING THE POOR MAN'S FOOD
From the New Tork World
In its Jast-hour amendments to the
Fordney emergeacy tariff- bill the senate
missed few chance to tax the poor man's
food. At a time of unemployment an
falling-wages, it did what it could to
raise the cost or living. -
Added tariff ; duties on eggs, sugar.
butter, cheese, milk and cream will de
light speculators and dealer not yet
cured of profiteering ana aitora irtem
further opportunities for lightening, the
consumers' pockets. The flour tax alone
in the original bill, in the case of the
state of New York, with its population of
over 10,000.000 people,, will, it is estimat
ed, be J55.858.000, the meat tax 155,989,
000' and , the sugar tax J28,3,00O. The
tax on these three prime necessaries of
life alone will exceed 1141.000,000, of
which the people of this city will pay
over half. New Jersey Will be taxed
t43.600.000 and Connecticut nearly JlV
0OO.00Q on these three items.; a To them
the senate has added other and higher
taxes on food.-. t ;-;";"-;
i it is not the farmers of the country,
as the Republicans and protectionists in
eongrefes pretend., -who will get the ben
efit Of these new tariff taxes on flour,
meat, bitter, eggs, milk and cheese. They
are facing no real competition because qf
foreign Imports. Shipment of - these
products ; frlre abroad are Inconsider
able when iftAasued by the total .con
sumption of the country; What con
gress is trying to do. under the guise of
assuring tne xarmere pn-, return.
to facilitate the manipulation of prices
charged to consumers and enrich food
speculators and price gougera,
Uncle Jeff :Snow Says :
Ed Mehlmotter is : worryin over the
proposition of bow to ever git two spare
tires ahead of his flivver. He manages
to keep oae most ef th time, but sence
frittm : the machine last Jun . his fin
ances never quite gits him to the second
tire, 'cause jist about tne time ne s i
mna nver the too. bang roes one of the
'cause jist about the time ft al'
other four and he's all up agin it agin.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE ;
Secret : It's been raining again.
'Just What was lion-like about the .ad
vent of March in Oregon?
. '- :.'' -.'-:s-i., -. a ?' ' - . ."-4 :
Appropriately enough, an Eastern Ore
gon cattleman Is named Oxman.
r - a : v .
What's an International problem now
and then, when inauguration time comes
around? . . .. . .. -
Wine glasses are no longer popular in
our best resorts. . That's just It. , They're
not long enough.
"Loval Lesion of Lorxers and Lum
bermen" ought to be easy for a China
man to pronounce in "pidgin" English.
The Yankee hobnails that marred 'the
tender hardwood of a Paris hotel floor
are the same that mutilated the terror-
They used to aocuee ua of arrorance
when we said the school teacher didn't
know much, but We still believe lots of
them don't know nearly all they get paid
ior.
treat
yeaf-old bond thieves and those of 45
is ' that th youngsters pattern after
th oldsters in everything but the speed
01 nigni. , m
One point of contrast between the
women orohl arents and their victims
is that the agent violates the law for
a stated salary and the poor Victim has
to taae nis own cnanc at makinsr doui
Das meet.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
From printer's devil to preacher is a i
rather, unusual transition. Th Rev. H.
H. -Binghsm of Calgary, who is supply
ing the pulpit of th White Temple in
Portland,': was formerly a . newspaper
man. ; I was bora at Coventry,. Eng
land." said Mr. Bingham. "My people
moved to Ontario, Canada., when I was
a little shaver. I took up the newspa
per busine and-worked at it five years.
but my people felt so bad about my
breaking the traditions ef the family in
not being a preacher that I studied for
the ministry, and, like my . other three
brothers, became preacher. There
were five men in our family, my father
and his four sons, and all were preach
ers. Not on of the boys was less than
six feet in height One of my brothers
was feet 416 inches. One brother, Dr.
W. J. Bingham, is i now pastor of ; a
church In Denver. Another brother,
A.- C Bingham, has . a church at
London, Ontario. - My other 4, brother.
who was-a preacher In Florida, died re
cently. Z am pastor of a church at Cal
gary. For. several years I was ; vice
president If-the Baptist Young People's
Union . of America. This job kept me
pretty much on the -go. and I saw most
of the United I States. ' X am 'chairman
of the 'boys work committee of the Ro
tary club at Calgary and I am looking
forward with great pleasure to meeting
th Rotary club of your city." ' - . .
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- Jack Coster, of Hollywood. Cat? 'is at
the Seward. "I travel for a chemical
company," . said Mr. Koatsr. -,. "I find
conditions getting better in my terri
tory." I cover 18 - Western states ; and
British Columbia. X live next door to
Dustin Faritum. He and I play tennis
every morning when I am not on : the
road. . The - movie people are very lik
able , neighbors, and my home' town. Hol
lywood, during the past 10 years, has
become the movie capital of America."
Talk about the irony of fate I What
about the man who bid in a heavy and
prosperous looking suitcase at the auc
tion sale of suitcase " sold -for storage
charges at Baker's auction house a few
days ago hoping he was buying a bot
tle or so of bonded wet goods, and upon
opening It found' a sample lin of cork
screws T - - f
- Oeorgei H.' Church of St. ' Paul " Iv at
the Seward. Mr. Church is a railroad
contractor, as was his father hefor
him. Has father .was an old-ttme real
dent of Oregon. . i v. .2 . .
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Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Davis of Corvallls
are visiting their son and daughter-in-law,'
Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Davis, in
Portland.-?'-r'-s"' :' -"v j .
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Mrs. J. Eaaton and daughter and Mrs.
John Conway, all of Springfield, have
come to Portland to make their home,
Mrs. J. H. Balzhiser of Band is visit
ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J, Jacobs.
in Portland, j
Mrs. J. T, Hay and daughter Lei a of
Corvallis are visiting friends in Port
land. . t ,
Numbered among the Eugene residents
visiting in Portland are B. H, Hovey
and Dr. w B. Neai. : .......
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
'By Fred
f Two college bmb of Bote.- whe labor ia
Oregon institution!, are hare aketcha or Mr.
I,oeUey. One . ie a administrator of college
affairs i the ether an authority on tke eciewe
of gorernment. Both render puWle arvi of
th highest erdert) ..-y x
J Professor Wallace Howe 5 Lee has
been connected with" Albany college, as
teacher or' president, for the past 25
years. Professor Lee was bom at
Brooklyn, N. YM August 25., 188L When
he was 11 years old his parents moved
to Connecticut. For a while he lived
at Madison, and later at Portland. Conn.,
until he entered Williams- college, in
187. from which h- a graduated tit
1888 with the degrae of A- B. In 1887
ha received ' hie master's degre from
Williams. In T1902 the Nashville College
of Law gave him the degree of LI D.
and his own college, Albany, gave him
the degree of O. D. in 1920. --V'v;'-:
"After graduating from college," said
Professor Lee. "I taught for three years
In schools in Connecticut, first at Port
land and then at Mlddlton. In 1881
I bought a round trip excursion ticket
from Connecticut to Portland, j Or. ; I
still have the other half of that ticket,
as Z liked Oregon so well that -I decided
to remain here, I had been here less
than a year when I married Elizabeth
Fprtmlller of Albany. We hav three
daughters and one sort, - v
'In 10? I was ordained In the Pres
byterian ministry by th presbytery of
the .Willamette, at Albany'
"In 1906 after I had been teaching
19 years in Albany college. I accepted
an invitation from Dr. Mathews of Seat
tle to become educational director and.
assistant in th First Presbyterian
church of Seattle, in which position .1
stayed for thenet six years. .-;
' "Th lure "of th classroom wag toe
much for me, so I went to Tacoma ln
1911 and became dean of Whitwerth
college. I held that position three years.
When they planned to remove the col
leg to Sppkan, S decided to go . back
jo Albany. -.This was in 1914, and I
have been with th college ever sine.
I believe every man should have a
hobby. My particular bobby is genealo
gy. - I have looked up all the 'branches
of our family and have found the name,
birth, death and marriage dates of S3
of my ancestors, all of whom are of
English birth or ancestry. I am of the
I seventh generation en to w sia ana
I the eighth generation on the Howe side
'living in, America. The Rev. John Lee
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Air patrol ef the forests is endangered
by lack of funds, but free seeds go on.
ttugene Jttegister.
Pity the poor legislator t He -worked
three whole days overtime without a
cent, of pay .Folk County Itemiser.
The Bolsheviks have decided to tackle
Japan, via Siberia. They will have the
moral support or uauxornia. Aieaioro
Mail-Tribune, - , .
Another lawyer has shown up in our
midst, and all the community needs now
is two more garages and some auto me
chanlca Medford Sun.
. e
- The convicted members of the Port
land cement trust were duly fined. And
the next step will be to raise the price of
cement sufficiently to pay the fine.
Eugene Guard. y '-
It must not be forgotten that previous
to war conditions were annually similar
to those of th present, and often
were worse, and yet everyone expected
it Albany Jemocrar,
There Is no sense in abusing those
whose opinions dt liter from yours be
sides you wouia nave no eacuae zor ei
pressing your opinions if there were
none to disagree with you. Cottage
Grove sentinel.
They say fleas were put on dogs to
make the dogs remember they are dogs.
This may be the reason for the majority
of- legislatures to make the taxpayers
remember they are taxpayers. Benton
County Courier.
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David Campbell of Nova Scotia, who
for M year has been a resident of
Hatley, Idaho, is arguest at th Im
perial. "In the old: days," said Mr.
Campbell, "I was in the sheep business.
I retired a few years ago. I have no
chick nor child and my principal business
is loafing and visiting old-time friends.
On of my old tiUicums, John Hailey,
the man for whom th town of Hailey
la named, is getting quite frail, , I met
him not long ago and 1 could hardly re
alise that he was the same John Hailey
who used to be the transportation king
of i the Inland Empire. He probably
knows more about the history of Idaho
during the old mining and stage coach
days than anyone else.". .
a
RfR. Falconer, Homer Eads. George
Chandler. Dan Boyd and J. A. Kggieston
all of Enterprise, county seat of Wallow
county, are guest at the imperial.
Mrs. 1 Claude Washburne of Junction
Citr is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lid a
Lidyard, in Portland., , ;
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Mra Hugh Goodall and son of Cottage
Orove are visiting Mrs. Ooodall's par
eats in Portland.
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M. Kornfeld of Oreat Falls. Mont, is
a guest at the Hotel Portland. . . .- .
e
Rev. II. IL Bingham of Calgary is
visiting friends in Portland.
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Judg N. O. Wallace and I M. Bechtel
of JPrineville are. guests at th Imperial.
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R. It Johnson and U P. Wilcox of
Corvallis ar at the Imperial.
A. I Demarls, stockman of Milton, Is
at tba. imperial. ...
t e e e
Ojeorge F. Vick, automobile dealer of
Salem, is a Portland visitor. :
. - - - a e - . e , I . . .
George H. Crowell of Albany Is at
the Seward. -. .
William P. .Harris of .JSalem U trans
acting business 4n the metropolis. '
- ,
Hugh Wilson of Joseph is at th Impe
rial. ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hayden of Hepp.
r.er are Portland visitors..
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Miss Allc Bush f Bend ; Is visit
ing her parents in Portland.
George C. Gray of Albany is a guest
at the imperial. -
- Hugh Wilson of Joseph is a Portland
ViSltOr.' ' "
-J. Wilkes, proprietor of th Condon
cafe, is down from jCondon.
P. K. Dally ef Medford is stopping at
the Imperial. V
J. F, Thompklns of Anchorage Is reg
istered at the Imperial. L
W. A- Sloan of Bandon is a guest at
the Imperial. t - v
i Mrs. L. Sherman of Athena ' is regis
tered at the Imperial hotel.
e . e , - .
G. P, Sheridan of North Bend is at
the Imperial.
Lockley '
settled at Lyme. Conn., in 1880, and
Abraham Howe settled at Roxbury la
1630. Roxbury and Dorchester ar now
parts of Boston. As 1 had three great,
grandfathers in the American . Revolu
tion I am an enthusiastic member of
the Sons of the American Revolution.
My father was William Brown Lee of
Madison, Conn. My mother was Elisa
beth Payson Howe of Portland. Maine.
"I guess my -secondary hobby could
be called riding a bicycle, for I have
ridden one mora than 85 years. I start
ed with the old bicycle that had a large
wheel in front and a little one trailing
behind. ' Every' summer I , take a trip
somewhere on my bicycle. All my life
I have been a -teacher, a preacher or a
College administrator, and I hope to end
my days in this work, for I believe by
mingling with the young people In school
nd college one has a splendid opportun
ity of giving 1 them higher ideals and
making this old world a better and
brighter place to live in." -.
j James D. Baroett of Eugene -Is th
author of the book entitled "Operation
of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall
tn Oregon." Re Is also a frequent con
tributor to Jexal and political Journals.
,Fqr some years he was a member of
the board of editors of the American
Political Science Review, and at present
is associate editor of the National Mu
nicipal Review. The first book he pub
lished was "Indirect Central -Administration
of Wisconsin." In answer to my
question Dr. Barnett "said :
; I was born October 25, 1870. at Cairo,
Egypt. My father, James Barnett. was
the founder- of the American mission
there. My mother's maiden nam was
Margaret Lees. When I was still a
youngster my :: parents . moved - to the
United States, settling in Kansas,- so
to all intents, and purposes I am a
Kansan. I went to the public schools
in Emporia, and later attended the col
lege of Emporia, graduating In 1880. I
received my Ph. D. degree frorq, tha Uni
versity of Wisconsin in 1905. My lif
work is the study and teaching of gov
ernment with a view to help in making
it more democratic and more efficient I
have been Instructor in political science
in the University of Wisconsin and the
University of Oklahoma and my work
In Oregon Is as a professor of political
science at the university. . I am not mar
ried yet."
Th Oregon Country
NorthTet Happening in ttrief Form for th
, Bu Header
OUKGON NOTES
A total of 858 industrial accidents
was reported in Oregon last week, four
of them fatal. 5
John Sims Tloblann. who" came to
Oregon by ox team in 1853, died at He
Mtniivllle last week, aged 81.
Fire at Snrlnirflplrl last week destroved
the Baker iewelry store and three other
buildings, causing a loss of fO.uoo. '
A shipment of 1R00 coyote and lynx
pelts, consigned to Eastern marVts, was
sent from Bend last week., Th pelts
are: valued at $10,000.
Henry Williams, a runner on the for
ward turret of the battletthlp Oregon t
me Dattie oi csantiago Dyi la now living
on a homestead near Florence.
Arnroxlmately 400.000 brick will be
purchased from th Bond Brit-k company
to be used in She construction of th
new Redmond high school building.
The eltv of Bend is worrvina along?
with Only five aldermen, no one having
been found willing to accept the vacancy
caused by the resignation of li. K. Alien.
Harry Wilson, a laborer fof Eugene.
left last week for his old home in
Boston. Mass.. declaring his intenttnn
of walking the entire, dWtance from
coast to coast. , , '
Only one bid was received by the
Astoria water commission on the pur
chase of 8650,000 in 20-year 8 per cent
bonds. ' That was for onl f 89.10 a hun-
Linn o.ountv's court will construct a .
trail from the Roberts ranch, 14 nil!-
above Foster, for 15 miles up the north
rorx or tne eoutn ttantiam river into
th Quartsvill mining district.
Com and poultry shows.' th first to
be held -in galem next fall and the latter
nxt .January, have been decided upon
at a meeting of the Marion County
Federation of Community clubs.
Unless construction Is resumed aulck-
ly on the Jordan Valley irrigation proj
ect, the desert land board will cancel
It contract with the Jordan Valley
Land Sc Water company of Bois.
Warren P. Reed, who haa made many
donations to the cltyf hal offered to
deed to the port of lieedsport a tract
of land having a frontage of 120 feet
on tne river ror a oock sice, provieea
the city pay for the improvements.
Central Oregon's first highway work
of th spring season commenced this
week with the laying .of . concrete cul--verts
on the BeodeHorss Ridge road,
recently authorised by the stale com
mission. Action toward completing the Paelflo.
highway will be taken by the state high
way commission at Its meeting on Marclt
S, when bids will be received for con
structing 64 miles of hard surface pave
ment and some bridges In Clackamas,
Marlon, Lane -and Douglas counties.
Reports from the Rye valley and Mor
mon Basin districts of Bauer county
are that the heavy fall of snow is crush
ing buildings under its great weight
arid In many instances sawmill buildings,
boardinar and lodging houses are com
pletely caved In. -
WASHINGTON
The Eufaula Logging companyr west
of Kelso, will resume work in a few
days, employing about 200 men.
The ! Napavlne schools reopened Mon
day, after having been closed for two.
weeks owing to an epidemic of smallpox.-
Deputy sheriffs raided! the Raymond
hotel at Tekos, seised about 40 gallons
of moonshine and arrested the pioprie.
tor. A. J. Balrd.
Plans are being drawn at Yakima for
a two-story city. hall. The city is now
paying 83500 annually In rentals.
The Pacific Power & Light company
has served notice on the city council tf
Prosser of intention to abandon its water
franchise in that city.
Charles Eaves, who took bichloride of
mercury with, suicidal intent, is in a
Spokane hospital and no hope is enter
tained for his recovery.
A branch of the farm bureau has been
organised at Oakesdale. A special effort
will be mad to stamp out the squirrel
evil- and to eradicate noxious weeds.
Over 100 Yakima valley 'farmers have
Joined the farm bureau during the mem
bership campaign being carried on.
Membership fee has been fixed at $10. ,
A Lincoln county department of the
American Legion has been organized at
Davenport by representatives of Daven
port. Reardan, Wilbur jand Odessa posts.
W. F. Downs is preparing to reopen
his sawmill at Mesklll, closed for more
than a year. He hss sold Ms mill at
Dryad to George M. Duncan of Portland.
A survey of all the apples In storage In
the Wenatchee district. Including Chelan,
Douglas, Okanogan and Orant counties,
shows that there are about 1500 carloads
on hand.
Bank deposits In Walla Walla have
fallen off nearly $500,000 since December
20, owing, bankers declare, to the fact
that practically none of the wheat crop
is moving. ; v ;
The Washington state highway com
mission has $8,000,000 to spend on road
construction during the next blennlum.
I .oss of federal aid means about $1,500,
000 a year, :
IDAHO
Twin Falls has an epidemic of. scarlet
fever. ' . i .
The congregation! of the Christian
church at Lewiston is planning the erec
tion of a new edifice to cost about. $0o,
000. .
Jullaetta again has electric lights after
being without them several months ow
ing to the plant having been destroyed
by fire. "
A. F. Burnham was arrested at Idaho
Falls on a charge of violating the pro
hibition law. The sheriff has 10 gallons
of whiskey and Burnham's stiU as evi
dence. .'-.-
The. Independent Lad Mines-company
at Mullan has levied an asueesment of 1
cent a share and has resumed develop
ment work on a group of claims adjoin
ing the Morning mine.
William Jeffries and his wife of Idaho
Falls were severely burned when Jeffries
rescued his wife, who is not expected to
live, from their home, which was de
stroyed by fire.
Erie Johnson., n the Black Canyon
project near Caldwell, was probably
fatally Injured when a box of dynamite
caps exploded, blowing more than 100
bits of brass into his body.
kin ow you 1:
PORTLAND
Attaxpsylng time the home owner,
the business man and the manufac
turer, know the difference between
residence in Seattle and residence in
Portland. . -
The following is the comparative
tax rate, .measured. In mills, tor rpur
5-year periods in 1'ortland and Seat-
tie: -
' ' ' Portland
Seattle
84 5 mill
8 9 mills
44.64 Biiil
1905. .....
110. ., ........
191re4f''
14.8 mill
22 mill
SB. 4 mills
44. 8 mills
1020
73.69 mule
The following is the total tax paid
.-.-
in the two cities for the four 0-year
periods: .
Portland
1808..., .'.,.$ 1.880,884
iie,;. ...A.. .oa8,853
11S. -7,.842
1B-.JO... 14.072.814
Th valuations upon
S'atlia
$ S.ti74.75
7,74,!74
11.47,fi0
21.370,73
. which the
were baaed
Portland assessments
were: 1905, $130,432.766 ; iiu, z.
,266,035; 1915, $303,006,010 l 1920, $314,
127,565. . The Seattle figures are taken from
a pamphlet of th Voters' Informa
tion league of Seattle, which states,
"This extravagant expenditure of our
money must stop."
What did Seattle taxpayers get
for the extra millions of tax im
posed upon them? One of the ac
quisitions was a municipal railway
system at $15,000,000, which the Kincr
county grand Jury reports was worth
.$3,000,000. . .