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PRESIDENT -HARDIKG
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IT HAS fallen to Mr. Harding to
X carry the weightiest responsibility
that ever came to a journalist. For
tjie Honor and . vindication of " the
"great calling to which his life has
IJeen devoted!. ..H should be his to
contemplate his great office as an
; implement , put into , his hands . to
' serve the needs and aims of well
intentioned. mankind. ? And to . that
end. and whenever and wherever his-
obvious endeavor is; dedicated to that
end, he shoujd have the support and
sustaining power of every journalist
ia America.
There is reason to believe that
the somewhat narrow ideals that Mr.
Harding professed to maintain dur
ing the late political campaign , are
7 not to. be the ideals with which he
has today entered the 'White House.
Some of the men he has chosen to
his cabinet seem- to' beomen i that
he will not ignore, the inexorable
canonSj of destiny and attempt a
policy "of provincialism and isolation
for America. In the choice ofr.
Hughes and Mr. Hoover, ; it is evi
dent that he haa put behind him
Hiram! Johnson 'and his Intolerance
of alii hope or pledge of effort for
reclaiming the worlds to permanent
i peace., ", Both Mr. Hughes and Mr.
Hoover gave pledges to the American
l people, that ,Mr. Harding, if elected,
: would -seek and, if possible, secure
an agreement' among the nations to
r put an end to wholesale massacre
and slaughter.- They and Mr. Hard-
lng today entered upon an arena and
a carefcr in which it wiU be easily
possible to carry out the promise so
; given to the American people. -
There is no policy upon which Mr.
Harding and his advisers could enter
: that would so quickly and emphati
cally give character.; and popularity
to his administration. America must
help Europe to peace and order and
restoration or Europe as a customer
for American product's will,' be
largely, iost Every loss that America
so sustains will be a loss to American
homes "and homemakers.
. . , ' Europe Is bankrupt and will, re
main bankrupt if the great prestige
of America is not, used to start her
in the ; way of earning the money
' wiK which to pay her prodigious
debts. - '
It is one thing to be a party candi
date for the presidency ; and quite
another to be the president of the
United: States. Mr. Harding said in
the campaign that "'Government Is
a very simple matter," but; the bat
tered r body of the statesman ' who
rode with him to Capitol hill today
is indication that government is a
complex and tremendous thing. The
sobering sense of responsibility that
actual . assumption of authority will
briner, tnay put Mr.' Harding before
the country in the broader flight of
A CJI luuuucuauu UtOCU lit CLII. - r
In that hope, he is entitled to the
sustaining encouraeemenrof all his
countrymen.
With frank acknowledgment that
the damage done by teredosj and
other marine borers to the piling of
wharves amounts to millions of dol
lars, a campaign has been launched
at San Francisco for the destruction
and - the prevention of the bestm.
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BACK FROM
AG RE AT sadness wells up today In the hearU of the American people.
-'A deep unexpressed- affection for a man is rolling; over the country.
That man was a broken figure in the car that carried the new president
to his triumphal entry into the American White House. In his hand was
a cane on which the frail body had to lean, for support.. There must have
been, on the unshaken features, a -tinge of regret that human bodies must
become frail 'and no longer be buoyant and .strong like the bodies of eOier
men. . . .; :. ' l ::i - 'W . 'v --. '(- -r.-i i .-...
This figure in the car with the new president was a soldier back from
the war. It was his day to lay down- his1 weapons and return to the walks
of peace. The scars and wounds of struggle and strife were on him, honor
able scars and. wounds inflicted as truly. as If he had -carried a musket
down irt the trenches when the fighting Was thickest and the issue, at
arms in the; balance. I -V- - j X s . -: ' '
I Woodrow Wilson: never was off the firing line in the great war. In spirit
and soul, the commander-in-chief- wis at the side of every private, strug
gling, with' his diplomacy, . to soften the ' tasks, lessen the sacrifices and
hasten the end of the mighty work the men in the ranks and their officers
had to do. "The objectof this war." he said June 1, l17,iis to deliver
the free peoples of the world from-ther menace of a vast military establish
ment, controlled by an irresponsible government. .This power is not. the
German peopled P ' ' ' ,
s The splendor ofhls written appeals to all men to be free, undermined
the morale and melted away the ranks In the armies of the Central powers.
This was admitted by Wilhelmstrasse in a recent interview; when he said
that Germany lost the war through lack of unity among officers and
men.,., - 'i . -;.-:
' Along with the work of the' fighters, Wilson's pen splintered the swords
of Germany, disarmed the battalions of -Austria, hurried on the secession
Of Bulgaria and forced the Turk to become a suppliant for peace.'
Of Wilson's war. utterances, Maximilian Harden, the great German pub-
licist,-has said:
Th tinnraW nnd the. mio-htlpst hearkened with bated breath to his word, which
gave to the war a content and a goal which, for an hour of humanity, appeared
to break down all class barriers.
Morjulv
wiiumi -wixt,tt nnrl that he a rou and sin echo
remains the most beautiful, the only great, experience of the war. The parchment
of Versailles begins to turn yellow. Only one conqueror's work will endure
Wilson's thought. 1 , - - ' ;:, ': t
The great book on the war has not yet been written. When the man
comes in his time to write it, records that" tell of events in which the Wilson
diplomacy figured 'will be found in the archives and they will go into
the impartial annals of the latest and greatest of armed conflicts.
Time has drawn aside the curtain and revealed the inner-life of the
White1 House, when Lincoln, with his back "to the wall," faced the Civil
war. Little by little, -through two generations, the incidents and tragedies
behind the scenes around the president who was later to suffer martyrdom,
have trickled through to the public and' have played a great part in re
vealing, the character of the president of that mournful tlmev . !
, All ' these in Wilson's presidency are still ; in fee background, to be
brought to light aa the years 'wear on performing their part in revealing
to his countrymen the sorrow through which Woodrow Wilson passed,
the wounds that hej suffered, and the burdens he silently, bore. The broken ,
figure in that triumphal car of this day, the snowy leeks that were brown
before, and all the lineaments of that frail spectre of -a former self, will
yetastand forth as the temple of an unshaken and unahattered soul. '
The inner thought1 of this man was revealed In an address to foreign
bortT citizens at Philadelphia, May 10, 1915, when he $aid:. f! ?;
ThA Axamnle of America must be a special example. The example of America
must be not merely an example of peace because it will not fight, but peace
because it is the healing and elevatine influence of the world, rnd strife Is not.
There is such a thintr as a nation being so right that i" dee not need to convir-.e
others b- force that it is right.
This is the healing .thought of the age. There is such a thing, as a
nation being so right" that It does not have to go to, war to convince other
nations that it is right. That is the great formula on -which. Woodrow
Wilson has submitted his case to the
formula on which this civilization can take its stand, and, having taken
such, a stand, can never falL Cities decay and nations crumble, but
America, with her j feet firmly planted on the Wilson formula, 'will stand
until the mountains fall, mounting higher and higher in glory and national
destiny until the crack of doom brings finis. ' : "2 ' " V V
--High endeavor, never attained, the goal on first attempt. Marcus Aure
lius stopped half way up . the heights. Our own Washington, amid the
stings of a hail of hostile, arrows, cried aloud to a friend that death were
preferable. Lincoln fell from the pistol bullet of an enemy, but his great
caH?Vent thundering on. - i .'-
The broken body in the triumphal car has lost its cunning, but tne Idea
inthe covenant of the. League of Nations Is expressed in written words
and it wears the crown of immortality. , - - f.
;. -'N'o.sainU'wise jman, ;warrlor'or statesman ever ascended to' the heights
and stood there fn the first great effort and never will. ' Woodrow Wilson's
day of triumph is yet to come. As' Marcus. Aurelius stands at the exit
of antiquity, so Wilson stands on the threshold of a new world.- Out of
his prophetic visioa he has' painted that world. Another will build it.
Woodrow Wilson has been a retiring president, who remained much
within himself.- Critics have found fault with him for it. It has tteen a
side of him., that the public could not penetrate. Perhaps he himself has
revealed it. - In his greatest of all addresses, his Lincoln speech at"' Gettys
burg in September. 1916, he said of the great emancipator:
I have nowhere -found, a real intimate of Lincoln's. ; 1 nowhere get the impres
sion in any narrative vor reminiscence that the writer had. in fact, penetrated to
the heart of his mystery; or that any man could penetrate to the heart of it. That
brooding spirit had.no real familiars. I get the impression that it never spoke out
in complete self -revelation, and thatit could not reveal itself completely to anyone.
It was a very lonely spirit that' looked out from underneath those ehaggy brows
and comprehended men without fully communicating with them, aa if, in spite of
all its genial effort at comradeship, it dwelt apart, saw its visions of duty-where
no man looked on. There is a very holy and very terrible isolation for the con
science of every man who seeks to read the destiny in affairs for others as well
as for himself, for a nation as well as for individuals. : That privacy no man can
intrude upon. That lonely search of the spirit for the right perhaps no man can
assist. This strange child of the cabin kept company with invisible things, was
born into no intimacy but that of its own silently assembling and deploying
thOUghtS.-; 'jj: I,'- .;.';" V - . :
. There could scarcely be a better picture of Woodrow Wilson himself!
His mind winged its flight into realms of reflection that no mind had
scanned before, and studied there the solution of problems, not merely for
a nation but for a world, j Out there in the great calm of an ether where
silence is eternal and isolation complete, he lost himself In self inquisition
upon the future of the earth and its peoples. In his beautiful characteriza
tion of the Great Emancipator, nobody
drawn from Wilson's own heart, that
his own inspiration and spiritual light
of the soul. . ... i . v ,
As he goes out of the White House,
In the sense of seeming personal loss.
tle Italian peasants burned candles,
European masses ranged themselves
should come out of his struggle for mankind broken and beaten by the jibes
of hisown countrymen, that his bowed form and wrecked health should be
the price he paid for giving torm to the noblest ideal that ever captured
the conscience of the world, that is the explanation of their sadness. They
have followed him affectionately In all his great enterprises, they have
oeaevea wun mm. in the ends to which he has led them "and they will
follow' him still into that private walk, where there will he peace and rest
and possible restoration. '
Today, Mr. .Wilson passes out of
is around others now that the storms will beat. He has passed into that
station from which his ascendent star will rise, into that unprejudiced posi
tion whera history will begin to make up its verdict, into that stronghold
which is to be the scene of his final and Imperishable victory. ' 4? i
This Is one instance where the ports
of the Columbia save their millions
and heed no campaigns. Fresh
water harbors have no visits from
the teredo. '
IRELAND HUNGERS, TOO
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KJ OT all the misery of the world is
iN to be found in China and East
Central Europe. Beneath Ireland's
struggles and revolt are- privation
and. destitution. The American com
mittee for relief in Ireland reports
that women anld'chlldren.have, been
driven to the refuge :of the fields
and open country,
. Such townSHarai, Balbriggan, Gra
nard, -J .Tralee. 'Templemore, Trim,
Tobercurry,. Xisburn and Thurles
have been burned and razed." Forty
creameries cooperatively" built by
Irish , farmers -have - been . burned.
Thousands 'have been thrown out of
work by the stoppage of industry
and , the transportation system has
broken down. ;
The ieople remaining in Ireland
THE WAR
and militarilv. he endeu the war.
That
which roaring: itnnon could not drown.
. ;
impartial verdict of history.' It Is a
can doubt it to have been a picture
it came from a man who sought
in this holy and terrible loneliness
,- - - - .
millions of his countrymen are sad
That this man before whose Image
that this man around whom countless
with their .tumult and their ' shouting,
M s r .-
the realm of angry controversy It
are doubtless glad that so many of
their j sons have found prosperity in
otherf lands and are'r able to help
them now.
SHAM OR WICKERSHAM
f ' ' :;' ' '. aBeWfaHaBaaaaeawaaaaa . ; " .1," i. -
TO PRIVATE'employer would give
' James Wlckersham of Alaska
two years pay for two and a half
days work.' ' "
' No railroad would do it.
No. public utility
anykind would do it
corporation of
. No honest agency would do it.
. Yet it is announced that James
Wickersham is to' receive $25,00-0
two. years salary and expenses for
sitting two and a half days in con
gress as Alaska's territorial delegate.
If Jamea. Wickersham is honest he
will not" accept publie money he has
not earned. : - ;:f ,-V- -' '
Iffce does accept the full $25,000
he should be remembered by the
people as ."Wickedsham.''
A WORD AT
PARTING
Appreciation of a Wonderful Career
, Voiced by Portland Women Who
; Look to the Future to Carry to
' Lasting Triumph- the Eternal V
Principles ; Exemplified in ' the .'
Character and Labors oC '
Woodrow Wilson. - '
Tb aubjoin4 article la the text of an ad
dreas which waa traasmitted to President
on in the Jut day of bia term, in -office, ex.
pressing in lancuae , of equal tendernesa and
dignity the appreciation, of tb Oregon Deaio
c ratio Study club' in contemplation Of Mr.
Wilson' great, and lasting labors for hie coun
try and for humanity. Tb address is signed by
Bessie Bkharde, president ' of the club, and
Anne Shannon Monroe, secretary.
Impelled by a sense- of gratitude to
you and of unlimited admiration for the
great ' services that you have rendered,
not alone., to the- people of our beloved
country but to- all peoples everywhere, we
beg f ou to accept this expression of our
great faith in- you and ' in the ideals
which you have so ably,' consistently and
steadfastly held up as beacon lights be
fore, all mankind.
i Too have made us. eel that there Is a
real and vital personal relation between
us, . the common people, and the great
office from which: -you are about to'-re-tire.
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We dwell ""totth loving remembrance
upon the program - of legislation . that
you - promised to -. stand for : and put
through in, case you were elected presi
dent of the United States. The country
was then dominated by an ""oligarchy
that controlled the currency and credit
of the people, aa oligarchy that humili
ated -the manhood of America-and re
fused to lift the burden of taxation from
the bended hacks of the poor and place
a larger and more equitable share upon
the rich. - , - ,-. - "- -
a We recall : how 'you have taken the
American people into .your confidence
and told them - in unambiguous terms
what you would do in the interest 'of the
masses, and how wisely and courage
ously you have fulfilled all promises.
how you have enabled the farmer to get
credit when he most needed it; how the
laborer on sea and land in short, how
all classes, except the exploiters of their
fellow men, have profited and ;,wiil con
tinue to profit by the laws that you have
recommended and which, by your Wise
counsel and executive ability, have be
come the law of the land. i : i
And among those beneficent laws for
which we are so largely indebted to you
are the inheritance and Income tax law;
the workmen' compensation act; the
eight hour law for government workers
and railroad , employes ; r- the Clayton
amendments to the anti-trust law. which
prevent the control of the many big
corporations by a few men and which
dignified the manhood of the country
by declaring that labor is not a com
modity ; the federal trade commission
law ; the. seamen's law ; the rural credits
law; the law extending the use of the
parcel post; the law increasing the use
fulness of the postal savings banks all
these laws and many others, every one
of which -wrested, from some specially
privileged class undue advantages held
by such classes over their fellows. -
4 In the . midst of the 'program of use
ful legislation which was being so nobly
carried forward by you, we recall how
heroically you struggled to keep us out
of war and. how through the-course of
many months, through., your . wise
diplomacy, you put the fiendish Huns in
the wrong in view of the whole civilised
world, and how, later on. when justified
by time and circumstance, you accepted
the tremendous responsibility j, .of advis
ing the United States to go into the
world war in theg cause Of freedom and
human liberty. - - : ' .. V ;
And then it was that your interpre
tation ef the object and purpose of the
war, the only purpose that would justify
the great American people before rGod
and men in engaging irt the horrible ad
venture at all, jnamely. to make the
world safe for democracy, was accepted
by the civilised world.
yWe. do not believe that the people of
this country have forgotten, or that .they
ever will forget, the noble ideala you
constantly kept before them' as a stand
ard in and through the dark days of
that gigantic struggle, nor with what
divine enthusiasm you inspired the
heroic sons of America to go forth to do
battle in the cause of liberty and world
democracy ; how you marshaled- and sent
forth 3,000,000 men across the broad At
lantic ocean and equipped 2,000,000 more
and caused all this miirhty host to be
clothed and fed and provided for in
greater comfort than this or any other
nation had ever' done for a great army.
. Let it never be forgotten that in the
brief period of a few short months you
put the man power of this great country
into the trenches alongside the brave
men of Britain and France to aid in
beating back and driving to their lair
the brutal Huns. We would not indeed,
we cannot forget that through it all and
above the din and carnage of the battle
we could hear your clear voice ring out
oa the troubled air . at all times jnoble
and heroio sentiments pregnant wih the
love of humanity and true democracy
and world .peace.
Tour words went forth over, the trou
bled sea! of desperate battle as a bene
diction and as a "Peace? be still" on the
agitated waves of human turmoil, so
divinely effective, as actually to shorten
by many months the war and thus save
the lives of possibly millions of young
men of almost every kindred and peo
ple and tongue.
7 j . ;7:r- -fclr1"'. .
i When the war drums had ceased ,you
went over the seas to meet with - the
other great statesmen of the world In
that "parliament of man" to organise
that which we believe will prove to be
that "federation of the world" striven
for by many of the great statesmen of
the world and visioned by the poets and
tters of all ages and climes ; and the
constitution and covenant so solemnly
entered into at that famous meeting is
Indeed the crowning glory of mankind,
and it seems.' but simple justice to : you
to accord to you the credit of having
framed almost all of the fundamental
principles of that covenant and of hav
ing, long before its adoption, induced the
warring nations to agree to the adoption
thereof and the application of the same
to the settlement of the problems .of the
war and the establishment of permanent
world peace. i .
"'--'
Malice, hatred, revenge, ' jealousy,
selfishness.' provincialism and all the un
wholesome sentiments of the human
mind and heart have combined in vain
to rob you of the guerdon of your
greatest achievements. P
Tou have done your greatest 'work
among and with the world's most emi
nent statesmen, who have pretty full
and complete - knowledge of .' what you
have done in the cause of human liberty
and world peace and who have at all
times had the opportunity to Correctly
appraise that work. We. therefore, 'feel
that you are already justified by your
own generation, and the petty and
wicked partisans among your own coun
trymen have already f ailed to dim the
lustre of your great achievements. -
We hail you as one of the immortals,
and we believe that Providence raised
you up to-be the great le-der of the
people not only of, our own wonderful
country but of the entire world, in the
greatest struggle of human history.
In conclusion, we wish to express to
you. our beloved president, our sym
pathy that we have had for you during
all your sickness, and our hope and
prayer that you may be stored to full
health and yijor o life for many years.
Letters From the People
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pany tb contribution. 1
THE" FARMER - AN D HIS HOGS
Experience of a Raiser Who Has Been
Losing Since 1919 "
KiBgsley, Or.,-Feb. 28. To the Editor
of The Journal On February 27, 1919.
I bought four registered Iuroc brood
sows and one grade sow,, for which!
paid $320.50. They were all bred, and
they. farrowed in March, and I have had
them farrow twice a year ever since.
Up to . the, present time I have sold
$604.67 worth of hogs and have fed put
in cash feed $606.56 in the two years,
not counting pasture and labor. This is
on account of the slump in prices that
occurred whenever the farmer was ready
to selL vVBut njaybe an expert book
keeper could figure around this in some
way and show me a profit. ; If the
farmer could make -.enough out of his
business so he could afford to hire a
bookkeeper, as the business mart does,
the farmer 'could go on about his work
and -not have two jobs on his hands at
the same time. The only way - that I
can see that , bookkeeping will help any,
until the buying and selling conditions
are changed, is to show the people whom
we are feeding that we are farming at
a big loss and cannot stand it long.
.- Well, now they have got us started
on bookkeeping, and now they are go
ing to teach us how to do the eash business-stunt.-
Well, maybe they can teach
us something on this score, , but the
farmer has learned to chew putty long
ago.
We " can also tell some of the city
people and- even some of the editors
what ' different breeds of stock are.
There were some people from our city
at the big stock show. After they got
back home again two of the big guns
met on the street erne day and got to
talking about the big stock show.' They
got quite excited over it. One asked
the other if he saw that big fine Perch
eron bull. The other said, "Yes, and I
have the picture of him-" One of the
ranchers bought ; some -fine Shorthorn"
cattle, and one of the editors wanted to
publish an article about- it. It seemed
he did not understand what thex called
them, so he called up the-county agent
and asked him if they called those
Shorthorns j the Hereford stock. X can
vouch for this, as X happened - to be in
the county agent's office at the time
and I overheard the story.
; .' " 7; .." C. w.A. Know'les.
AMERICANISM'S MEANING
Demurrer i to ! the;;-? Self - Advertising
" Patriot's Definition Is iied
Athena. Feb. 28. To the Editor of The
Journal--I sometimes wonder what the
meaning of "Americanism" is. When I
hear a millionaire use the term I wonder
if he means the same thing that a beggar
does when he uses it- I wonder if the
wage slave haa the same point of view
as he who reaps the benefit of his toll;
if the poor destitute mother has the Same
exalted sense when she uses the term
as the fine lady with her elegant trap
pings and lapdogs. And the bond clipper
in his foreign travels must . be. imbued
with .a Special i fervor when he mouths"
the word. The poor boy who went to the
front and who is now dying of tubercu
losis, must feel, as he sees the rewards
meted out, a responsive glow when he
hears the term. ' AZj.
But there is one class of Americans
who under no circumstance must use the
term, unless they would call down im
precations and scorn from those who are
pastmasters in its use, and that is the
radical. For he would undermine our
very, institutions by i digging down' and
exposing the rottenness hidden beneath
a surface of glowing patriotism. No, real
investigator must be permitted our pub
He platforms,, atwt-pur mayors will see
that they are not permitted to ccupy
auditoriums, and there will he austere
Judges who will denounce them if they
think they have been permitted the plat
form in a public institution of learning.
The inceptive mind must on no account
ceme in contact with the contaminating
influence of the radlcau
"Americanism," like all good words,
can be perverted in Its use and become in
time a mere play word of faction, a veil.
a cloak, a camouflage to privilege. What
it should mean, if it means anything, is
Rectitude and right In all of our social
and political functions.
I But the traitors who filled their pock
ets oufebf the government when we were
at war would condemn all who would
disturb their smug apossession, and
answer all questions with a-"Hell Maria,"
and make. bold to convert the grandest
and best of words into a shibboleth of
reaction. ( . F. B. wood.
; RAINFALL SINCE SEPTEMBER
Vancouver, Wash.. Feb. 23. To the
Editor of The Journal-How many inches
of rain have we had since September 1.
1920, and what is the normal?
. ;.; .r-:- .- .'."' Mrs. J. W. Monroe.
(Th rainfall since September 1. 1020, la
ST. OS inches to date. . Th normal of th same
pained is 20.55 Inches.
-' INCOME TAX
fCommnsieattoB concerning income fcsl prob
lems will be answered by Th Journal, i All com.
munleaaona saouia De aaaraeaea u
Tax Editor" and should bear th writer's nam
and address. .
. Question I am living at home and
don't have to pay boarl. Do I have to
count that in when I pay my income
tax? ' - . " '
Answer No. " " v
Question I pay $15 auto license. , Is
that amount deductible? ; .
Answer Yes.
"- Queetton-Wherei do I pay my tax?
Answer -to the collector, of internal
revenue.. Portland, Or.
Question I have- a daughter who la
19. years of age and I paid the taxes on
her salary, they said a parent had
to pay until! they were 21 years of age,
and the salary less than $1000.
Answer Under the laws of the state
of Oregon a woman is of legal age at
18, and should file her-own return if
she is over that age at the end of the
taxable year, in case a return is peces
sary. - a : ':'m
Question X am a married man and
living with my wife. Last year X worked
only about six months and earned about
$900. During the vyear we sold our
home, which we had owned 13 years.
There was no profit in the sale, as the
price was about what it cost ; f The
proceeds were invested in another home.
Am I liable under the income tax law?
Answer No ; your combined ' net in
come being under $2000.
Realization
Beth Cheney-Nichols In "Our Dumb
Animals." - -
Into tb woods t wandered
On said, "God is there."
Hours and hours I squandered,
Questioning, "Wher, wberf"
I strayed to the slums of a city;
A child in tags drew near
And fed tb birds front pity.
- I whispered. God is here."
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Place
Sam Browne, the original, was a gal
lant English officer and gentleman who
won the Victoria cross fighting for Eng
land in India during the autumn of
1858. An account of the dashing'cavalry
officer who was careless enough to have
his arm cuf, off and therefore forced to
devise some means whereby he could be
COMMENT AND
, .-"SMALL 'CHANGE - ..
Howdy, President Harding I
' Optimism is one of the "isms" we'd
rather not stifle.
,..'
Anyhow, we are assured ' n. Christian
as the president's secretary. ,
Presidents seem to have no'fear of
starting a long journey on Friday. ,
Oregon mint growers no longer need
the moral support of the julep sippers.
TOTM irb- . n m. ,
w iiA.a s airvcui xneciion
of that $350,000 worth of government
seeds. t
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"Tteitleh trt tafrm T).h,k.... , T5...
- ...uiiuig, iui Ham
burg isn't what it was when meat was
e ,.v
Women dvght to be more : sure that
the only man" they ever loved is the
right one, . .
: v.k,,..7'; v.--.v 77 -7 C
With gasoline, telephone and ' shoe
leather niita nn In ih, .b nn
neither walk, talk nor ride our way into
glory. . , -
. r-Vi XT rf nvm 1 m. .
- ..w . . wwoc B W ( J BIWUl JSCS
Horner, who stuck In his thumb and
tui.cu vui u iuid, ia, reatiy, a political
allegory. - - -. -.
"General the Right Honorable Jan
Christian Smuts, premier of the Union or
South Africa." Can it be that fame is
worth the burden? . .
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That $1,500,000 deficit shouldn't worry
the O. O. P. The Oregon Public Service
commission can allow the party some
kind of an increase.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations ;A bout Town ;
Mrs. George S. Smith of Nenana, Al
aska, is registered at the Imperial. Ne
nana is a small trading, post at the
junction of the Nenana and' Tanana
rivers, about 60 miles beloW Chena and
0 miles southwest of Falrbanka
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.H, G. Hayes, formerly of Portland but
for many : years a trapper' and-, guide
at the foot of the Three Sisters, is
here from . McKenzle Bridge for a few
days' visits' .
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Jay HT Dobbins, legislator sheepman,
banker, : after-dinner orator and live
wire from Joseph, - Wallowa county, is
registered at the Imperial.
T .......
- Mr. and Mra W. E. Tallant of Asteria
are at the Portland. They motored up
from the City of Destiny. 7 .
Mrs., G. B. and Mrs. C. E. Lighrrjer of
Timber, on the summit of the Coast
mountains, are at the Imperial.
,'...'
Sara Prahen of Toledo Is stopping at
the Portland for a day or so.
e '
O. B. Setters of Astoria Is in" Fort
land. . r.. ;!.;. ' e 777;;.'''7..: 7
Rev. G. Harrington of Bend Is a guest
at . the Portland; --
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iW. M. Dynea of Juneau is spending
a few days la. Portland. - , -
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C W. Ault ff Enterprise 1s a Port
land visitor; , ; ,-
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.0. C. Wilson ;of Jordan, Valley is at
the Imperial. ,. t . . . i..''
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E. B. Morgan of Joseph Is a Portland
visitor. ! " ;
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Fever M. Johnson if Enterprise is' in
Portland.
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'- Fred H. Kiddlp whose middle name is
Island City, is--here 'from- Union county.
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L. B. Kimball of Halsey is a Portland
visitor. . , .. . .-. .. ..... ... - . - -. ,-,
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F. W. Morgan of The Dalles is at the
Imperial. ' , '.. -
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E. T. Staples, pioneer resident of Ash
land,, is in Portland on business.
Jennie Adams of Hood River Is a guest
at the Imperial. - ,
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' W. C. Bums of Albany is In Portland.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF, THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(Sketchen of two of Oregon' noted school men
are preeented by Mr. I-orktey. One of thes- s
state superintendent of schools: the ' other was
formerly state - superintendent and i now presi
dent of th state normal school. Iloth are rend
ering serrice of the highest value to their state.
Recently X asked J. H. Ackerman.
president of 1 the Oregon state normal
school, ' to1 tell me all about himself.
Well," said' Mr. Ackerman. "that's a
pretty good sized -contract, but I don't
mind touching on the salient points' of
my life. My father was born in Wurt-
temburg, Germany. He came to Amer
ica when he was 19 years old. My moth
er's people were also born in Germany,
but the was born In Ohio. I was born
at Warren, Ohio. November 1. 1854. My
father was a blacksmith. When X was
about, a year.old my people moved ?to
Toronto, Iowa, where my father worked
at his trade for many yeara When- I
was 16 I secured a Job with a construc
tion gang on the railroad. -My job was
helping to build bridges and erect water
tanks. I stayed with this Job four years,
when I decMed I needed more education.
I went to Wisconsin, where I wentto
school for a while. . The first school I
taught was a country school in Wiscon
sin. After some years I became princi
pal of the high school at Arcadia, Wis.
In 1888 X went to the state normal school
in Milwaukee and was graduated in 1889,
Immediately after my graduation I came
to Oregon and secured-a position as
principal of the Holladay school in Portland.-
At this" time the -Holladay school
was not 'a part of the Portland school
system. Later I became principal of the
grammar schools, superintendent , of
schools of East Portland, then assistant
superintendent of the Portland schools,
and finally county school superintendent
of Multnomah county. - I held this posi
tion from 1890 to 1899. when X became
state superintendent of public instruc
tion. After 12 years fn this work I be
came' president of the Oregon normal
school. ...
"In ; September, 1875. X married Miss
Ellen Boorman. , We have three daugh
ters. One of them married Professor E,
F.-Carlton, who is city superintendent
of schools at Eugene. Another married
A. G. LunnV head of the poultry depart
ment of Oregon Agricultural college -at
present at parade without his trusty
saber dragging on the ground, is given
by lord Roberts.' This .officer, known
to every native in upper India as "Sam
Brun ' Sahib," distinguished himself
greatly when he attacked a party of
n.twi. with 220 sabers of his own regi
ment and 350 .native Infantry.; In a
hand-to-hand fight that ensued, rowne
got two severe wounds, one on the knee
and the other on the left shoulder, cut
ting right through the arm. Sam Browne
died in Ryde, Isle of Wight, March 14,
1901. A memorial tablet has been set up
for him in1 St Pauls cathedral In Lon
don, and there are memorials tOi tne
tough old Eraglish cavalry orricer in
every large city of the United States.
ii'l-A..,r.. thsra in L mmmunltv of sec
ond hand clothing stores there will be
found on the counters discarded : bam
Browne belts, linking the rectrpstruo-
NEWS IN. BRIEF
j . . SIDELIGHTS !
Judging by the expenses now , being
paid, we must, by this time, be almost
prepared for the last war. -Klamath
Falls Herald. - i
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What has become of the old-fashioned
boy who . used to stammer out at his
best 1 girl, "May I see you borne to
night?" Astoria Budget. 1
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Ret Keefover tells ' us that it Is not
right: to misjudge the whole human race
because some-people prefer grand opera
to the movies. Aurora Observer. -
7 -. . .
The fuel shortage in Russia Is report
ed to be acute, according to Riga dis
patches, but the Bolshevikl seem to
have no trouble in keeping the country
in hot water, uel or no fuel. Eugene
Register. ',..7. j-
This thing of working six hours a day
and five hours a week i might not be so
bad if it were not necessary ifor most
people to-eat three times a day and
wear j clothes and live in . houses seven
days la week.-r-AIbany Democrat.
Mri Hays. 1t is reported, has reluct
antly yielded ' to the importunities of
the president-elect; and consented to ac
cept the position of postmaster-general.
National chairmen are always so coy
about taking that job ! Roseburg News
Review. -. ;,- ..--'- -7
tf Talk about climate. So -many-i com
pliments are heard from visitors from
other sections' that we are almost ' in
clined to believe Baker is especially
favored by. good -weather and he who
would complain should move on. Baker
Democrat.; , -
R. R. de Cunrut, formerly of Portland,
later-of Ilwaco and now of Boise, is ex
changing greetings with Portland
friends.
P. A, Finseth, department store pro
prietor of Dallas, is in Portland on busi
ness. 1. . . .. ;
Bend citizens In Portland include R.
A. Ward, George Parkins, Edwin Burke
and Miss Helen Manny.- -
Mr, and Mra J. R. Jackson fof Lex
ington, Morrow county, are at the Im
perial. ...-,.: - V . I .
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H. E. Peterson of Toledo Is a Port
land visitor. j ; i,
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W. A. Steward Of Baker is at the" Im
perial. : - - - . I '
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T. N, Case " of Klamath Falls is in
Portland on businesa
' A. J. Mann of Bend has moved to
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kldwell of Baker
are Portland visitora .
Mrs. M. F. Bauers Of Lakevle-C is visit
ing her daughter in PorUand.
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Mrs. I , R. Robertson of Lake view
is visiting . relatives in Portland.
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. E.-M. Renfro of Tiller, Douglas county.
is visiting his son Alvin in Portland.
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Roy Alexander of Pendleton was a re
cent Portland visitor, -
W. D,
visitor.
Baker of Vale is a - Portland
, R. W. Hunsaker of Klamath Falls Is
at the Imperial.
"R. W. Case of Pendleton Is registered
at the Imperial. - " ' -
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" Judge George E. Davies of Vale Is In
Portland. r - ' j
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" L. L. Paget, banker of Seaside, Is In
Portland on business. 7
. J. F. Gilpin of Astoria Is In Portland,
. - i ' -
; G. P. Sheridan of North Bend Is at
the Imperial. . : - .
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- James T. Jenkins of VBandon by the
Sea" )s a Portland visitor,
L:kley
Corvallls. Our other daughter married
Roy Burton, a ' bookkeeper la Ladd 4
Bush's bank at Salem.
, --j2very position a man holds has both
pleasant and unpleasant features. My
present position as president of the Ore
gon state normal school has been, I be
lieve, the most enjoyable I have, held,
due to the fact that I ar closely asso
ciated with young peoplej who are am
bitious and optimistic. This association
has tended to Jteep me young in spirit, if
not in. yeara INo money could buy the
remembrances of the helpful letters and
kindly words I have received from young
people with whom I have been associated
In the 'state normal school." 1 ' -
One of the men who has done' much
for the advancement of education in
Oregon is J. A. Churchill, present super
intendent of public instruction. I my
self have always been interested fn ed
ucation. That this is true is proved by
the fact that I was graduated from the
normal department of Willamette uni
versity. Many of the former superintend
ents of Instruction have been warm per
sonal friends of mine, among them Dr.
lm It. Roland, E.- B. McElroy and G. M.
Irwin.
- My work as a writer has brought me
Into frequent contact with J. A. Church
Ill, and X know "how much esteemed he is
aU over' the state. Mr, ChurchUl was
born-at Lima. Ohio, October 14, 1862. His
father was ,. J. . R. Churchill, and the
maiden, name of his mother .Lucinda
Sadnt, Mr. : Churchill went to the ele
mentary schools at" Lima, and later at
tended a rural school at Westminster.
Ohio, which had two years of high
school work. In 1883 he was graduated
from the Ohio normal university as a
civil engineer Before taking up the work
off an engineer, 'however, he secured a
position as principal of the high school
at Crookston, , Minn. . While at Crook
stbh . ,he met ' Miss Florence Jennings,
whom he persuaded to change her name
to ChurchilL la J89I Mr. Churchill Went
to Baker, Or and was superintendent of
schools there for the next 22 years. In
191J Governor West appointed him su
nerlntendent of public . instruction, in
'which position, by election, he has served
most acceptably ever since. i
tion period with a hand-to-harid fight in
Xar away India' many, many years ago.
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Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
7 Between the 7 feller that sells 'em
flavored water and the feller that sells
'em wood alcohol the old topers Is
a-havln' the hardest time in the world to
git by The best way, of course, is "to
pass up any idee of drlnkin' anything
but buttermilk and cider to git a kick
fronu The bootleggers Is a-knockln
their own business woree'n anybuddy
else ever done, by their own tricks, jist
as the s'loonkeepers was their own, worst
enemies" all- the time. Up around the
Corners we've got so leery we won't bite
at Jio kf nder bottled goods no more.
Even Doc Melts perscriptlons fer snake
bite and fits don't .have no klik into 'em
no more ' '
I- The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings tn Brief Form for the
" i a; Itusy Keader
-i OREGON NOTES
Readjustment of lumber freight rates
has placed Medford on the same basis
as Klamath Falls and Weed, Cat.
The passenger' train between Eugene
and Corvallls has been taken off and
the only service between the two cities
is a ntxed freight and passenger train.
Deputy sheriffs searched the home of
Alex Davenport in PrlnevlUe last Sat
urday and a kes; of moonshine and a
number of bottles of the same beverage
were confiscated.
There are 2000 Chinese nheasants on
the game farms 'iiear Kugene .and Cor
vallls to be released wlthia the next few
weeks, according to Gene Simpson, man
ager of the farms.
One"rharf million pounds of OreKOrt
prunes are being sent to Holland bV-the
Oregon Growers' Cooperative, asnocia
tion. snipmenis. are aiso en route to
London and Liverpool. J ' .
Oreaon Aericulturat college1 has fur
nished three new county agents in the
last few days William B. Tucker for
Crook county, K. W. McMindes for Clat
sop and F. C. Holibaugh for Jackson.'
Provision for -a 8S000 aurtroDriation for
the maintenance of the Hermiston ex
periment station Is included la a I15.00O
appropriatlon allowed by the conferees
on, the agricultural appropriation bill.
' V WASHINGTON
"A cut of $1 a day in wasrea. haa been
refused by the Spokane Building Trades
council. ... - . '"
Yakima 'Indiana are taking the lead
In calling a great meeting of North
west Indians to be held soon on the
Columbia river. , '
Farmers need' money to pay taxen. and
some wheat Is moving in Kastern Warli-
ington. -The price is based on $1.40 for
No. 1 bluestem and bart.
Nearly 700 ex-service men have filed
applications ' for the state bonus in
Chelan county. The-amount asked for
is in excess of $200,000.
RUey Burton Hateley. one of th
oldest pioneers of Washington, Is dead
at Pullman, aged 81. Mr. Hately was
the father of 24 children.
Engineer William H. Duffy was In
stantly killed when the enstine on the
Wenatchee-Oroville passenger train
Jumped the track near .Chelan.
A bill before the Washina-ton leriRla.
ture provides for 90-day sesions and
tne payment or an additional $5 dally to
the members of the present seaslon. '
Victor E. Tull, early pioneer of
uiympia and nephew of Kiuha P,
Ferry, first governor of the state. die1
suddenly while on a visit to Oakland,
Cal. "
This spring and summer Yakima wilf
spend approximately tSOO.OOO tn im
provement and will provide work for
340 persona for between three and six
months.
The body of Dan Levenm who -died
while fighting In France., has reached
New York and will -be shipped to Walla
Walla for burial. Levens enlisted at
Pendleton. ,
Depositors representing between $120.
000 and $150,000 have signified their
wllIlnrnM ti M in nl.in 0
ane defunct Central Bank & TruBt com-
-- ... w,va ... ii.uiK.in.niiuii
any ot xakima. 7- I
Only $15,000 has been offered for the
community flour mill at Kndlcott,- ac
cording to a report of the receiver.' This
Is not enough to pay the liens filed
against tha concern.
Eight fishing schooners, carrying more
than 120.000 pounds of halibut, cod and
sable fish, arrived at Seattle last week
fronv the fishing banks off Cape Flat
tery. Prices range from 6 to 10 cents
a pound. j ,
The manufacture of pig Iron from the
Iron- ores of Stevens, county in larca
quantities is assured, according to offi
cers of the Northwestern Iron & Steel
company, Just organized with a" capital
isation of $500,000.
A bill before the Washington Jeplala,
ture prohibits- teacherss ajud pupils from
wearing, .high heels and "transparent"
clothing and gives the School superintendent-
power to fix the maximum
amount that may be spent for clothirtg.
v'AV,:- IDAHO ...
Alfalfa has proven suck - a profitable
crop; that the acreage in Latah county
will : be increased this season 100 per
cent. . ,7
Henry Harnmaek, In the employ of
the Oregon Short line at Rupert, met
death by falling under a construction
train. .:- . ,
Farmers of Idaho ' have signed up
14,260,000 bushels of wheat with the
Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers' as
sociation. .. -
The band of deer being fed near the
Guyer Hot Springs now numbers 28
IH.O'i, AW BllllliniB U.llllg jUIIIVU ItlQ MUM'. II
Within a week, . i
The supply of liquor in the Paul coun
try has. increased to such an extent that
the price Is said to have dropped from
$40 to $20 a gallon.
Last Wednesday night the thermom
eter registered 14 degrees below zero
at Obsidian and 88 below at 'titnUy,
both in Blaine county.
M. C. Mitchell. -priMi pal of the Twin
Falls high schoor, ha.' been elected su
perintendent of the city schools -at a
salary of $3600 a year. - K,
The "woman's auxiliary to John
Regan post of the American Legion- at
Boise has perfected organization and
adopted a constitution and . bylaws. .
The Rose Lake Lumber company plans
to - start a river -drive on the I.ittl
North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene river
within the next 10 days, which will caii
for 150 men. - - - .
At Soldier Creek there Is 60 InchM
of snow, an Increase of 15 Inches over
last- week; North Ktar, 45 Inches, and
at Galena 84 Inches. Hailey has 21
inches, an eight inch ; increase.
Rev. E. B. Meredith, for many years
pastor -of the Baptist church at Nampa,
has resigned and will leave Nampa to
become connected "with the- Idaho state
board of the Baptist church.
Settlers of the Pleasant Vallev Irriga
tion district, which comprises about 240f
acres, are rejoicing over'the fact that,
the reservoir contains 88 feet of ware
at the dam and soon will be full.
Though Idaho .counties reported a
total of nearly $8,000,000 in outstanding
bonds In 1919. Latah county has in
formed, the state department of finance
that it nas no outstanding cionos at all.
. Mrs. 7 Harriet O. flood of Boise has
filed suit for $75,000 asralnxt John Bar
ton Payne, agent of the United Ktate
railroad administration, for the death Of
her husband in-a railroad wreck on Jan.
R. N. Stanfleld. United States senator-
elect, was the guest of honor at a din.
ner given at the Owyhee -hotel In Boise
last Wednesday night by John Fleming
of Portland. The dinner was attended
by 24 livestock men and bankers.
know you rc.
PORTLAND
What does it cost to do business in
Portland? -
The Pacific Railways Advertising
company's researchT department re
cently made a survey of business
operation costs for all , Pacific coast
cities Including Portland.'
-It reported that (he following are
the average costs of doing business
on the Pacific coast: , . , ,'
: Busintits . Pet. ;
Grocery store ................. 1 7.9 I
Average dry goods stores ......... 23.05
Large dry gooda stores . .......... 24 "
Small dry gooda stores . . . . ... , . , . . 1 a. 08
Average hardware store ......... 2M.4 1
Average furniture atorea ......... 2).l),-
Average clothing stores. .......... 24. Oo
Average shoe store ............. . 23 'J J
Averse iewelry store , 20 SI
Jewelry department of large depart-
ment atores '. ". 2!.r9
Department stores .............. 2H I),',
Retail drug stores ........-.!.. . . 24.2ii
- Do these figures accurately reveal
the cost of doing business in Port
land? ,