THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH CO, 1C21.
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that atirks U you like A burr, to the dwao
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freely with liim. break off the diacourae and
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UNDER THS YOKfl
L SALARIED man with his fam
ily' rented a small house in a
fortland . suburb last year for ISO
month. By strict economy he was
ifnabled to pay his rent, his grocery
J bill, his Clothing bill, his shoe bill,
c'nis telephone bill and his drug bill.
But last year' the state tax budget
lalled : for only $1,585,478. This
ieaf it requires, collection of $3,353,-fit-UThe
increaseln state taxes is
1 ll per cent. The Increase in county
taxes is 6.31 per cent. The increase
r city taxes is 9.07 per cent. ., "
So the owner of the house and the
wner of the grocery store, the
'elothing establishment, the shoe
. store, the drug dispensary and the
telephone company " are burdened
with heavier taxes. But they-don't
pay them. ;
This year the salaried man re
t Reived a notice that his rent would
be increased. He was forced to, pay
'jmore to absorb the additional taxes.
JfThe owner pasned them On to him.
jlle goes to the grocery store for his
rvegetables and his grocery bill is
jjlarger,"' The' groeeryman charges
imore In order to pay the increased
i t ax bill. When the salaried man buys
J (clothing for himself, his wife or his
.'-'children he finds that the added tax
!burdefls of the merchant are fast
,ened on him. The merchant to pay
J l,his taxes goes to the bank, perhaps,
land borrows the money. He has to
pay interest. He figures the prin
cipal and interest together,' and, then
adds enough to his clothing prices to
cover the entire cost. The purchaser
- pays it. The salaried man finds the
taxes of the telephone cornpany are
paid by him in increased pates, of the
drug and shoe firms In higher prices,
I'and sO on down the line. '
tT Th consumer is one whd cannot
; "escape the taxes, and he helps pay
themv whether, be owns property or
..doesn't own property. Those who
serve him shift their burdens to him
-"and he cannot pass them on. With
ihe man who owns idle property or
t lives on his land, the consumer bears
the taxes. He pays the 111 per cent
increase in state taxes and the lesser
-increases in county and city taxes.
And what Is the salaried man's
Alternative t He cannot afford to
'.purchase a home, the tax collector
ould still call on him, and he is
probably unable to materially in-
j "ct-ease his salary. He, therefore,
Jmust search for cheaper accOmmo-
jdations, purchase less expensive food.
tfewer clothes, and take out his tele-
i -phone.
a
i The inevitable result of continued
I
t Hax increases and bond issues Is de
; .creased buying power, decreased
consumption, decreased production
ana decreased employment. Can
;regon afford those decreases?
Economy and finance stand at the
parting of the ways. Which shall it
. be, a new straw lid of a bottle of
. cieaner 7
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" FLIRTING WITH DOOM
Y1TH women clad only In a pair
! i 7 . ot stockings appearing on the
j 'stage the French senate is consid
t (ering the immorality of the French
t 'theatre In the thought of enacting
I -regulatory laws. One faction of the
, Miwiie predicts that such laws will
be passed, another that they will not.
Theatres cater id the public taste.
What Is to be the influence to check
the drift toward sensuaHty? f -::
Everybody knows there Is such a
drift. It . is not in France alone.'
There it is merely in its worst form.
The standard is dropping In Ameri
ca. How la publio sentiment to be
sufficiently aroused to arrest the
movement toward vulgarity? .
It is worth a nation's life to find
a way. If we accept and embrace
Oriental sensuality,, we unconsciously
glide toward Oriental ' civilization.
Depravity goes hand in hand with
these vulgar displays of the human
body. A decent? public taste is the
main supporting pillar of the true
civilization. Peoples do nof have to
be prudes in order to i be decent.
There is a better and safer pleasure
than the ' sensuality of i the Turks.
If the history of the races 'means
anything, the nations that scoff at
morals are flirting with doom.
Someone proposes an alibi club.
Its members are "those who offer
camouflaged excuses for failure to
contribute to the Community Chest.
By the last of the week they will all
be spotted. The man or woman still
without, a Community Chest button
will be counted a member of the
Alibi club in full (Cold hearted)
standing. j ?
THE EASTER PARADE
JUST as though there Was some
thing wrong about it, the news-
jsaperS printed big stories Of the pa
rade of new bonnets at the churches
Sunday. '; The Impression seemed to
be that many of the dear things un
accustomed to worship On ; the Sab
baths attended . divine service last
Sunday and that they went mainly
to" see the . new headgear and to
show i their own millinery to the
ether sisters.
Wrong? Why : wronj when bo
many of them do it?
What's the good ot a new head
piece if there's no other woman to
glare at it or admire it? Perhaps,
during prayers, Mrs. B did squint
out of her starboard eye at the ma
jestic pile of feathers and flowers
surmounting the blond block of the
lady to her left, i ,
Perhaps in that waving forest of
beribboned : and befeatherpd domes
In which there j was everything in
architecture known to the milliner's
art, . Mrs. Malthusa didn't see the
preacher at all, didn't hear the 'text
or remember, anything about the
sermon. What ot it ? What's prayers
rand the choir and the preacher in
church full of brand new sky
scrapers? What's the hereafter and
the, Judgment day and St. Peter and
the pearly gates when there's a re
splendent panorama of spring bon
nets right there in full View ? ' '
What's the resurrection in com
parison with 1000 or 2000 female
domes in full bloom? Perhaps Sister
Blunderbuss will not be in church
again until next Easter, and perhaps
fir the next 51 Sundays, thexollectlon
plate will circulate among empty
pews. But next Easter, praise the
Lord, she "and the other sisters will
all be full to overflowing with the
sjirit of worship, devoted . to . the
cTTUrch and penitently praying In ad
vance that it may be a day of bril
liant sunshine for the annua! -parade.
While the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company, the subsidiary.
pleads poverty in Oregon, stocks on
the New York exchange are pushed
upward by the advance In stock quo
tations of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company, the parent. Both
ends against the middle has long
been recognized as a successful
policy. It has proven so for the A.
T. it T. ; ' -v--::;:
WHAT IS A TERMINAL?
TVIIAT railroad men have in mind
when they talk about a ter
minal may differ entirely from the
public conception ot-lhe term.
In the technical sense terminal
consists primarily ; of tracks. By
means of these tracks trains which
bear freight and other trains which
bear passengers are assembled or dis
tributed. II .
A union terminal from the rail
road man's viewpoint -Is : Such ar
rangement of tracks as will -permit
the trains of the various lines that
serve a community to make com
mon use of them, . . V'U
The structures for freight, offices
and passengers ;are, to him, purely
incidental. The jnain idea is not
massiveness of architecture nor
beautvf form but facilities that will
handle the commodities and the peo
ple with as little delayand as little
cost aa possible, ; " ; :
The present Union depot, there
fore, is highly recommended to the
railroad mind because its arrange
ment is such that "people can get
from the trains' to the streets and
from the streets by way of the tick
et windows to the trains with a min
imum ofrdelay. Jab long as the 'Union
depot can - accommodate travelers
without delay which can be trans
lated into economic loss it wiU be a
satiBfactory wnion- depot regardless
of its size or its, architecture.
... ycvti, on toe contrary, a
union terminal is a fine and stately
eamce with vaulted ceUings, marble
floors, spacious waiting rooms and
a dignified : detachedness from the
smoke and rumble of trains.
A union terminal, in short, is in
the public mind a worthy and pride
inspiring gateway of the city at the
point where the modern railroad
highways come; together.
s As, the discussion of street vaoa
,nuu mm omer, grants of special
privilege in behalf of the railroads
progresses It will be well to keep
these diverse conceptions of a union
terminal clearly in mind. ,
The. railroads want to do business
with as great convenience and prof
it, and with as little delay and cost,
naturally, as possible. Even when
the controversy betwen the northern
railroads andthe owner lines of the
Union depot was hottest th prom
ises of investment by the former had
reference to increased trackage and
not to a new station. The railroads,
all of them, are well satisfied with
the union depot as it sfands. t They
do not concede the necessity of a
new building, built, as the public
proposes, at the head of the- park
blocks, for an Indefinite nnmbe; of
year.
The vacations of ' streets which
they propose are Intended to throw
into unbroken area the ; tract near
the : Willamette north of Glisan, to
eliminate the interruption of other
traffic and r to ' relate -the terminal
thus established with the "break-up"
yards proposed in the 'Guilds Lake
district. " I
It is beside the mark to say that
the increased efficiency of railroad
service from such : A terminal ar
rangement of tracks would represent
direct value to the public as well as
to the railroads. The questions to be
answered are whether any greater
loss to the public would occur in
other directions such as unimpeded
access to the waterfront, and whether
overhead roadways would be pro
vided In substitute for thevacated
streets. "
And, above all. whether the union
terminal negotiation - shall he pre
mised upon the construction of such
a union station as Portland people
feel themselves entitled to. In all
the negotiation it should not be for
gotten that the people are entitled to
the best service, and that the public.
interest comes first. t L
Oolonel Dunne says that California
is even more enthusiastic about the
1925 exposition in Portland than
Oregon. California's interest will be
valuable to the success of the big
show but don't. get Oregon sized up
wrong. The enthusiasm of this state
may be less impulsive and volatile
but its staying qualities are remark
able.
PAY BY THE MONTH
t 'TPHIS is three times my usual
1 contribution to charity,"- said
a. Portlander as he wrote out his
check, "but the Community Chest is
doomed to failure; it can't succeed."
A better example for pesslmlstio
Portlanders was never set. Money
talks' louder than words of gloom,
A big' subscription will work until
the end of the year. Predictions of
failure should nerve the solicitor to
work twice as hard to get double
size subscriptions.
It is quite evident now that the
success of the Community Chest de
pends upon a multiplied multiplica
tion of givers. If the contributions
average $23 each there must be 34,-
800 contributors In order to -complete
the quota of $850,000, . j ?
A good thing to remember Is that
the subscription does not call for the
full cash payment. 'Pay it month by
month. That is the way the money
Is spent. Five dollars a month lis
much easier for the average person
tq care for than $50 at one time. I
Divided Into- quarterly or monthly
payments, the subscription to charity
may mean only the reduction of a
pet extravagance.
Try going without a meal occa
sionally to see how it feels to Nbe
hungry. One cigar less a day will
pay the greater part of the average
subscription. One "evening out
usually represents ; greater expense
than the granting of charity's plte
ous appeal. .
The success of the Comm unity
Chest depends upon the work of the
workers. "Let each of. the unpaid
army, of solicitors keep on the. Job.
As soldiers they'would be faithful to
duty. Their duty isn't less to the
Community Chest than if they were
soldiers of the public good.
OAS RATES J
GAS rates in Washington, D. C,
have been cut by the public
service commission to $1.25. The
reason for the slash is 'a reduction
In" the price of OIL ' The tendency of
the crude oil price all over the coun
try is downward. .. f :
une. advance, in Portland was
under the stipulation that in case of
a cut in the price of oil there should
be a cut In gas rates. As a matter
of fact,' at a time when every other
Institution was pocketing a loss, and
after so many gaa furnaces had been
installed in Portland homes, the-gas
company 'should have been willing
to wait Until conditions were more
settled before demanding advances.
The announcement from. Salem
this morning that the Oregon public
service commission has cut gas rates
is a reflection on the lower figures
in price of crude oil, and is prompt
action by the commission in carry
ing out the terms of the stipulation
under whleh rates were advanced.
Meanwhile, : the public is 'left to
reflect on this incident in things hu
man: Crude oil but a short time ago
was less than -a dollar in price; now
it is two and a half times as much,
or more. Why? :-,' : . T-) V P ;? "
Maggie has ' not lived an d Jiggs
has not suffered (in the comic strip)
in vain. Just see what a fifteen
year-old girl with a vase was able
to do to a burglar out on Vancouver
avenue Sunday night.
THE WAR AFTER
THE WAR
Comment of American Editors on the
Allied invasion of Germany tllus
"... ; trates Anew That Division of
- : Councils in Allied Countries - -
Which Germany So
Highly prizes. ;-
" Daily Editorial blgeit ;
(Conaolidated free AeneiaUon)
' "However necessary, a regrettable
thing," as the BalUmore Sun (Ind. Dem.)
phrases it, seems to be the verdict of the
majority of the American press on the
aiued invasion of Germany. ; Tne satis
faction, however, of seeing the "unre
pentant Hun" .humiliated is so great on
the part of some writers that no clouds
dim the vision of the allies' triumphal
entry into conquered Germany. But a
great many editors who give their en
tire approval to the new policy express
both doubt as to its economic success
and regret that it was necessary to' re
sort to force... A few enter strong and
unqualified protest against the military
program. : ' '
Among these newspapers is the Lin
coln (Neb.) State Journal (Ind. Rep.)
which declares that "the world looks en
with dismay as the troops of the allied
nations march into Germany to force a
compliance with the terms Of the Ver
sailles treaty" and.- it adds, "no matter
how the matter is explained or glossed
over, it creates a painful reaction through
out Christendom." The step reflects
"little credit to allied statesmanship."
the Norfolk Virginian Pilot (Ind. Dem.)
believes, for "the Rhenish occupation Is
less an indictment of German dissimu
lation and dishonesty than it Is an in
dictment of the crudenees of the allied
methods in computing and collecting the
indemnity. This unfortunate outcome
of the London conference, in the Opin
ion of the New York Mail (Ind.). is
such as "ne man who has Jhe peace of
the world at heart can contemplate"
without. "sadness of heart." NO man. It
qualifies, "except those French imperial
ists who have all along Wanted to possess
the Ruhr valley, end they are a. minority
of the French people.'
The Baltimore Evening Bun (Ind.
Dem) looks at the Invasion as parallel
to the classic assassination of the goose
that laid the rolden eggs, and the Brook
lyn Eagle (Mdi Dem.), carefully explain
ing that it has "no disposition to'flefend
the German government," remarks that
"there Is grave doubt that the coercive
measures' which have been taken
against her - "win be productive: of any
good result.'. These measures will. In
deed, says the Evansville Courier (Dem.),
go far toward cementing the foundation
of . future strife," and the Johnstown
Democrat (Dem.) sees little use in the
step, for, despite the power of any victor
to destroy, enslave and if old for ransom
the Conquered state, he "cannot compel
a vanquished : nation to pay a greater
sum than is represented by goods actu
ally in existence unless the conquered
nation gives its assent to the agree
ment." Probably referring to Arthur
Henderson's statement and the , French
labor manifesto, the Minnesota Star
(Ind.) remarks that "ordinary common
tense in this country, or, fox that mat
ter. England and France, too, has the
right view of the program. It .condemns
It as Stupid." .
The New York Evening Post (Ind.)
feels that invasion is "only an adjourn
ment Of discussion. Which will now have
to be carried out under conditions of mu
tual embitterment." Furthermore, the
Springfield Republican' (Ind.) points out,
"the revenues which Jthe allies can col
lect for themselves are necessarily small
In comparison to the damage "done to
German commerce," which fact,' consid
ering the resultant "reduction y In Ger
many's ability to pay," suggests the pre
sumption that "these measures ere of a
temporary and provisional character."
However, perhaps a more typical sam
ple Of "liberal" comment is offered in
the following paragraph from - the St.
Louis Star (Ind.): "American' public
Opinion stood by Germany when the Is
sue was the payment of 856,500,000.000
plus an export trfx. but it cannot stand
by Germany when the issuers the flat
refusal to pay more than an .insignifi
cant part of the physical loss Occasioned
by German aggression. It is quite pos
sible, , as the German leaders declare.
that Occupation of the Ruhr industrial
region will profit the allies little. It
may be a negligible substitute for an
indemnity in cash and goods. It may
cost more than it comes to financially.
But It is a right and necessary step for
all that."
"No other course" is the explanation
offered by many writers. This la the
conclusion of the Roanoke World-News
iDem.), and the Chicago Post (Ind.)
grants it is "inevitable," though a move
which "all who had hoped for a peace
ful settlement must deplore." j As "a
last card" it had to be played, the Jer
sey City Journal (Ind.) admits, though
It will mean "further stagnation of
uerman industry."
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The Chicago Tribune (Ind. -Rep.) is
among those who rejoice in the forceful
action, regardless of its perils. It tersely
remarks t ' "The natural result of the
invasion of Germany and administra
tion of the occupied territory will be to
increase the hatred which endure from
One generation to another and produce
war. That cannot be avoided. Polly
anna's - smiling world - is mad . clear
through. . It will remain mad. What
Pollyanna needs is a lot Of dry powder
not for the face."
Force stopped too soon, says the
Savannah News (Dem.), and "the allies
could have talked themselves into a
state of coma without . getting a one-
hundredth part of the hoped-for results
that will flow from the appearance of
Hied soldiers advancing farther into
Germany." Nothing - would "convince
the Germans of their error except the
action , that the allies have taken," the
Kansas : City Times (Ind.) remarks.
Similar sentiments come from the Buf
falo Commercial (Ind.), which declares
"force must be used." The "only possi
ble answer," is the Wilmington Star's
tDem.) comment, since, in the words of
the Boston Transcript (Ind. Rep.), there
was "no other alternative," and the
Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.) sees
the step "necessary to bring Germany to
her senses. ' r ,
Confident that H win "hasten Ger
many's decision to pay the reparations
debt." the Hartford Times (Dem) con
siders "forcer the only argument", and
the Lynchburg News (Dem.) expresses
the hope that this policy will be pushed
"to its conclusion with alt possible vigor
and so bring Germany to terms within
the shortest possible period."
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious 'Places
Physical culture , and-alt types of ath
letics were, until very recently, ' held In
contempt by the Chinese, and conse
ouently the Shanghai boys did not know
what the Joy of indulging -in baseball
and other snorts meant says Boy's Life.
Ages ago chariot drivihg, archery and
the ofher classic sports played an im
portant part in Chinese education. With
the dawnine of China's literary Golden
Age, however, the scholars could not see
how mental perrection, couia oe attained
If there was any thought for athletic
prowess. Muscles and brawn, they said
belonged to the peasant, and the gentle
man of culture should show his good
breeding by a scholarly pallor, stooped
shoulders and a general unhealthy .ap-
pearance. This attitude toward ' phys
ical development persisted for centuriea
With the introduction of new educa
tional methods ana tne entrance oi jol--
Aonfal ttiAnri inf A ihet Orient, athletics
once more came Into their own and
missionaries find little difficulty in win
ning subscriptions for athietio fields for
the schools, - .
Letters From the People
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publication ia tola department boo Id be rittten
on only one tide of Umt Depart abauld so xa
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THE RAILROAD EMPLOYES CASE
An Advocate Finds Here a Forum in
Which He can Plead It
Forest Grove. March 8. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The Journal tnts
always shown a spirit of fairness in
dealing' with problems affecting our
economic life or body ooliuc. on tne
contrary, our esteemed .contemporary in
the tower of reaction knows no lew oz
equity. '
A vitriolic : attack uoon the under
signed Appeared in an editorial in the
Sunday issue of the Ofegonian of March
13, and in reply thereto X forwarded (as
shown below) a communication under
date of March IS, but apparently space
in the Oregonian was denied.
Had the oreaonlan followed. tne aim-
pie Obedience to the laws of good sport
manshlp and fair play, they would give
their opponent an opportunity ' to be
heard. And, in fairness to all con
cerned, and particularly the public, we
believe that both sides of a controversy
should be heard - before Judgment ia
passed, and I am using this method in
an endeavor to get the employes' side
before the publkv trusting that The
journal will now, as in the past, give
space to all alike, whether it be the
voice of labor, farmer or businessbig
or small. -
T1 rnitAWinir la a pnhr of the, lettA?
to the Oregonian above referred to, but
not published. .
Lm Aneeies. Cel.. March 19. 19! l
To the Editor of the oregonian, Port
land, Or.:- My sojourn among the sun
kissed hills of California is to obtain
rest and recreation for body and mind,
bo I am not allowing myself to become
excited over the hysterical broadside of
abuse offered by tne oregonian m your
Sunday issue editorial of 'March 13.
Hysterical minds are most successfully
treated bv a nil Ant rontp.mnt. HOWcVtf.
at this time, in consideration Of the pub
lic, l reel in duty bound to reply.
In read in ft the editorial referred to.
one can come to but one conclusion,
that a desperate mind was placed in a
desperate position and that the only
avenue or escape was to cry iiar. liar.
liar." - -
The Orenonian's anti-union labor poi
iry has descended from the sublim to
the' ridiculous, in the year 19 1. during
the eight-hour movement of the four
railroad trahRnnrtatiOft brottierhooda.
the Oregonian's big job at that time was
to a rive a waaga or aistrust ana enmity
tnfttween the members of that four broth-
rhood8,- which they at that time termed
the overpaid minority Or 2b per -cent
and the underpaid 80 per cent or the
majority. The public and the unorgan
ised railway employes were told that
the brotherhoods were overpaid and that
ia , tne - eigm-nour aay were - gran tea it
would TM-eVent th SO oer cent of railway
employes from getting What was justly
due them. Particular Stress Was placed
upon the fact that the poor unorganized
railway employee (pf SO per cnt) were
underpaid, caused ty tne ract- tnat tne
favored 20 per cent Were already over
paid. - - ; v " -
Now, tnen, during government con
trol of railroads the national aersement
was consummated .afffccUng nearly all
railway employee, except the favored 20
per cent,, or tne live transportation
brotherhoods. In -other-Words, the poor
unorganised 80 ner cent of 131 which
caused the Oregonian so many heart
aches, they are the ones today that the
oregonian terms i oarers and siacKCrs,
Why? - The answer is this they have
committed no other -crime than to organ
ise effectively; They choose to ual
ooUectivelr and thereby obtain what la
justly due them,' Instead of dealing indi
vidually ana tnereDy De unfairly treated
as they were informed by the Orego
nian in the year 191.
In my" article, which appeared in your
Sunday issue of March 13. 1 placed the
question "yes or no" "Have the em
ployes the same right to deal collectively
as the railroads?" Your answer waa
"Liar." In the event the national agree
ment Is abrogated as demanded by the
railroads, then the 80 per cent of rail
way employes who today are a bunch
of loafers arid slackers will then be
come the poor, unorganized, underpaid
80 per cent of 1918 J aiul that Is What
the Orearonian wants : that la th an
swer to. my question. I do not blame
your BidestesDina-.
Whether it pleases the Oregonian or
not, I repeat that, If any of the rules
and working conditions embodied in the
national agreement are wrong, they
Should be modified and amended, but it
takes two to make a bargain. The
brotherhoods are willing to meet the
managers in conference. Now. then, if
the managers decline to counsel on com
mon ground, they, with the employes,
must suffer the consequences.
Railway employes are not differently
constituted from anyone else perfectly
human they are receptive to the treat
ment they receive, crood or bad. I be
lieve the records will show that during
tne war tney rurnisnea tneir run quai
of men in service with the colors, as
well as their financial quotas in all war
drives. But today they are slackers
ana loaiers. ino strikes or organized
railway employes were recorded, not
withstanding the fact that they wvre
receiving a far lower rate of pay than
other employes in similar industries. -But
today the railroads charge that
weir employee are sist'Kers ana loaiers,
and thereby the cause for their financial
nlio-ht- - .
Is it within the realm of reason that
this wilt have a tendency toward har
mony ana ernciency? .
After being called attention by the
Oregonian to the charras preferred
against the employes by the railroads, I
had the audacity to call the Oregonian's
attention to the period of government
control which provided for a guarantee
of pre-war earnings, and the unusual
activities ' by the railroads during this
period in repair work and Improvements,
which far excelled any other period in
repair before or after. But we were
ir.rormen ry tne oregonian that this had
ro bearing on the case. Apparently, it
is not oonars or cents wr.icn nair5 a
tearing on this case It is whether or
not the so per cent noor and unorean
ized - employes shall go back to 1918
or not. ia, idlllngson.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
Busted Germany can't P&y her debts,
of course. It reminds me of Beatum
Neudlehiemer on the Teller fork of the
Colorado in . Texas, who went busted
after he got all the farmers thereabout
to give him their cotton fer aale along
in 73. He jiat couldn't pay a cent and
hi store couldn't credit nobody fer as
much as a pint of commeaL The farm
ers hired 'em a Philadelphy. lawyer to
snoot around a little and that feller
found most all that cotton down in New
Orleans sold to a cousin of Beatum'
and got it back fer about a third of It
After which Beatum Neudlehiemer & Co.
opened up far btfsiness agin and done
considerable of it, too..
i':,-.:"1' t'-' -' ' .THE SCIT '
from the Cincinnati Enquirer
""Have you ever appeared aa a wit
ness In a suit before ?" aaked the bully
ragging attorney.
"Why, of course!" replied-the Young
Lady on the witness stand.
"Then tell the Jury Just what suit' It
was," demanded the attorney. ;
, "It was a blue suit, with a white
llar and whit cuffs and white buttons
U the way down the back," replied the
Voung Lady. .
A DOMESTIC CATASTROPHE
From the Chicago New
Harold and Bess have broken up
housekeeping. They lost their can opener.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Have you had a heart?
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It la doublv sad when such men aa
John Burroughs have to die.
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Tf the "death bv aas" method la ef
fective some folks we know must hate
talked themselves to death long ago.
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The Georgia peach crop' has been
ruined again, Which gives the Eastern
industry its usual auspicious start.
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Be careful hot to let your spring fever
develop too soon. A change in the
weather might cause a serious relapse.
When a boy plays hooky from school
he thinks it's a joke. But by the time
he's Joined the army he has changed his
mind. : . . . .
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"Are is oussle in U. S. court." The
author didn't intend to insinuate that
the courtroom is filled with modern
women. . . .
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Idaho complains about a shortage of
school teachers and continues to pay ita
house servants better wages than its
teachers. ,. . ... ..
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The Community Chest has overlooked
a bet- It hasn't .provided sustenance for
the emaciated form of the Telephone
company. - ,
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The Plumbers Northwest association
has changed its name. Sorry the
plumbers didn't call on us for sugges
tions tne last time one oi mem aun-
mltted his bill.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL -Random
Observations About Town
H. R. Smeed of Bend Is registered at
the ImperiaL Bend is nearer heaven
than almost any other city in Oregon,
its altitude being 3800 feet. Originally
It was the distributing center for a large
irrigated area, in addition to it irri
gation interest it is now one of the
principal lumber producing oltie of the
Inland Empire. Bend is the city mad
famous by lrvcobb. It is the outfit
tins; Point for fishermen, huntere and
campers, and IS becoming more and more
a tourist attraction,
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BV HV McMlekle, from Redmond, on
the line of the Oregon Trunk, la a Port
land visitor, Redmond, in addition to
Its livestock environments, is the center
Of a large irrigated district. The city
has won fame by the size, flavor and
yield of its potatoes. Just as Roseburg
bolda strawberry fairs, so Redmond
holds potato fairs. ' , v l -
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Astorians in Portland on business or
pleasure include Gretchen Taylor, Por
tia Baker. Carmen Schmidli, Olga
Nawestad, Muriel Watkins, , Merle Mc-
Kelvey and Jean Gearhart.
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Mrs. August W. Fischer and Mrs. Rex
La thro p are in Portland to attend the
funeral of A.'K. Milner. who was Mrs.
Fisher father and Mrs. Xathrop's
grandfather.
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Nelson H. Jones, mayor of Weston, is
in Portland and claims that -for its size
Weston has the best paper in the state
from Athena to Milton. : - --.
Fred Brown, baseball man and man
ager of the Astoria Centennials, is in
Portland looking up the possibilities of
forming an intercity baBeball league.
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Florence Perkins, from Condon. - a
great wheat shipping point in - Gilliam
county, is a guest at the Seward. - "
I'Mr: and Mrs. J2. Longof Bend have
moved to Portland.
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George Brewster et Sisters Is a Port
land visitor. ..... ' " .
- N.' B. Skyles aftd, M. G. Sinclair 'Of
Corvailis are guests at the Seward. .
Fred Howard, Who , hails from the
State University town, la at the Seward.
J. X. Wright of Salem la a Portland
visitor. '
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John Grieve and Brayton Grieve ' of
Rcedaport are at the Seward.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
How, when and by whom the Pacific tntf
aatione.1 Lirestock exposition waa brought into
beinc told by Mr. Lockley, Quoting one el
those who did Ue beery work of the bringing.
There ' ia information retarding acoompUibment
to data, with enthtt-nairtie predictloa of what ia
future the expoaiUoa will achiere. J
Fred S. Stlmson of Seattle, proprietor
of the famous Hollywood Holstein farm,
near SeatUe, has been spending the past
two weeks In Portland. He Is president
of the Pacific InternaUonal Livestock
Exposition company, of which O. M.
Plummer of Portland is secretary and
manager.
"The war wrought many surprising
changes," said Mr, Plummer. "It taught
men to be altruistic and to give their
time .and money, freely toward promot
ing the general welfare. Take the case
of Mr. StimBOn, president of our live
stock exposition. For two weeks he has
been in PorUand working harder than
he ever works at home, doing It, of
course, without a cent of remuneration,
simply to help make the next exposi
tion as great a success. as was our last
one. Sometimes we Portlanders smile
about the Seattle spirit, but If Mr, Stlm
son's actions are a fair example Of the
SeatUe spirit I think it might be well
for us to import eome for Portland.
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"1 wonder if you know that the Jer
sey exhiblUon held at the livestock ex
pos! Uon was the largest Jersey ex
position ever held in the world. In spits
of the size of the exposition buUdings
w had so many entries that many of
the exhibits were shown under canvas.
I always have a warm feeling in my
heart whenever X think of . Fred Sum
son. ' You ' remember- how hard I was
working to raise money to build the ex
position buildings. Things were going
a litUe slow. I went up to Kent, Wash.,
to attend an auction sale of Holstein
cattle. There I met Btimeon. I told
him we were having hard sledding to
raise the money. : Hesaid. I ' will be
glad to put 36000 Into It. If you like, I
will go with you to my friend, E. A.
Stuart, owner : Of the Carnation farm,
near Seattle. I know he will give as
much or more. We went together to
visit Mr. Stuart He had Just paid
8108.000 for a Holstein bull to head his
herd. - He was so enthusiastic about the
merits of the head of bis herd that I
hardly had an opportunity to talk to
him. When I. did introduce the subject
he said, Go to the bookkeeper and tell
him to write a check to duplicate what
ever Fred Btimson has subscribed.' After
putting In $5000 each they later sent ad
ditional' subscriptions making totals of
810,000 apiece. The three men who have
subscribed most and done more toward
making the exposiUon a success than
any others are Btimson, Stuart -and W.
8. Ayer. Four Portland banks also sub
scribed 310,000 apiece the Northwestern
National., the United States National,
the First National and the Ladd A Tit
ton. . The next largest subscription war
that of Julius- -Meier, - who--subscribed
$7500. ' i ' . , .
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"Frank Brown was the first presldcivf
of the Pacific InternaUonal Livestock
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
What we can't understand Is why
Bergdoll went to Germany, instead of
Doom. Pendleton East Oregonian.
Now Would bath opportune time for
the kultur gang to hock the kaiser. They
will never need the money worse. Con
don Globe-Times. :
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Oregon Is fortunate In having a sena
tor with such ability as E. J7 Adams,
secretary to Senator Stan field, possesses.
Albany Democrat
Troth casual journalistic observation,
It might appear that the favorite indoor
sport of the American people is murder
trials. La Grande Observer.
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A Portland concern Is advertising Ori
ental rugs at "ridiculously low prices."
Moat prices for Oriental rugs are "ridlo-s
ulous. - Corvallls Gazette-Times.
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The suggestion that more farmers be
sent to congress should be accompanied
by the one that more congressmen be
sent to the farms. Roseburg News
Review. m :
Normalcy has arrived one may buy
ham and egga on a Southern Pacific
diner for 70 centa. Heretofore, the nap
kin and glass of water cost more than
that Eugene Guard.
The Junior senator from Oregon threat
ens to fight the G. O. P. machine unless
his wishes are fulfilled in regard to fed
eral pie. If he does, the young aolon can
Minrn tA Hla nhitan- for all the OOd he
will do in the senate. Medford Mall-
Tribune. - .
Captain J. W. Siemens, banker of
Klamath Falls, whose bank "came back
with a rush the other day, Is a guest at,
the Hotel Imperial. The farmers and
stockmen who have known Captain Sie
mens ever since he was a buck private
in the regular army at Fort Klamath
30 years or more ago, have so much
faith in him that they brought in mora
than sufficient deposit to allow him
to open hi bank and resume business.
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Montague Colmer and R. J. Steffena
of Vancouver, B. C, are transacting
business in Portland. Mr. Colmer, with
Mr. Opet, was formerly in business here
in Portland.
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Corvallls guests at the Seward include
Dr. E. c. and Mrs. joflepn, Mr. ana Mrs.
Lathrop, A. R. . Nichols, B. Dennis and
Li. Iawler. ,r
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' W M. Brtggs, pioneer ' resident of
Ashland, the Gem City of "Southern re
gon, is a Portland visitor.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Parker, from the
Round-Up city, are taking in the sights
of the metropolis. , . . ,
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O. C. Houser. from the county teat
and metropolis of Douglas county;' Is
registered at the Oregon. .
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Mrs. George Gallant, from - the City
of DesUny, at the mouth Of the Colum
bia, is a guest at the Multnoman.
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- IL- J. Alley, from Bay City, In Tilla
mook county.. I at the Multnoman. -
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G. L. Flirt Of Roseburg is a guest at
the Cornelius.
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II. W, Clark of Sheridan Is a Portland
visitor. .v v -
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Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Poole of Salem are
registered at .the Cornelius.
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' Mrs. J," A. Freeman of Roaebdrg is
Portland : visitor. . - .
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- vOrace-AUco and 'fCdna-Allen bf Cor
vallls are at the Cornelius. ' ; -....
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T. B. Barclay' of Pendleton is a gueat
at the Multnomah. -- - .
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;K; A. Burdick of RenimOnd 18 regis
tered at- the Multhomah. -
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J. C. Lee of Astoria is at the Mult
nomah. . e e ' e .
F. E. Wood of Grants Pass, it i ;
tered at the Oregon.
ExposiUon company. Frank served two
term. lie felt that .in justice to hi
business he could not put in further
time, so the stockholders elected SUm
son. He did not feel that he had the
time to give, ao declined the honor. 1
enlisted the aid of his wife and son and
w persuaded him to accept the position.
He never exhibited until two years ago.
Two years ago he brought down 30 ht ad
of his best Holsteins and won the high
est honors. Judge Hegis, his bull, being
grand champion. Last year he brought
down 40 head, and against the strongutt
kind of competition Judge Se,gis won the
third prize. j
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"When we finally saw success in sight
from the amount of money ralaed. we
appointed a building committee of seven,
consisting of Leslie Butler Of Hood
River, Fred S. SUrhson of . Seattle, J. C.
Ainsworth of Portland, Frank Brown cf
Carlton, Charles C. Burketoy of, Hay
Creek, Nat McDougaU and Frank Rob
ert. We erected, our "building, and, as
you know, the show was a great suc
cess, so much so that wc decided we
must have more space to take care of
exhibits. At the last session of the
legislature we received an appropriation
of 310,000 for new buildings. As th(a
bill passed with the emergency clause
this money is now available. We also
received an appropriation of . $73,000 to
take care of our premium Hat of 1921
and 1923. This appTopri&Uon for our
buildings will give u two and a half
more acres of buildings in addition to
the five acres of buildings we already
have. To make the enterprise self
sustaining and, take care of the over
head, we shall erect additional buildinga
for exhibit purposes for farm -machinery,
such as tractors, dairy, chicken and
poultry food exhibits, and other thlnjn
of this kind. Irt this building we shall
sell the space. This will bring us in a
net return Af 825.000 a year, which will
take care of all overhead expense of
running the show, and also provide a
sinking .fund. We have a floating
indebtedness of about $100,000. We need
$50,000 additional to erect the auxiliary
exhibit buildings.: W are going to bond
the entire building, for this 3150,000 and
sell bond. When our building program
Is completed we shall hav 10 acre
under root The amphitheatre will be
the heart of the buildings We shall
have the biggest livestock show building
In the world.
:.
"While the livestock .show itself oc
cupies only a week. It is like the flower
ing of a plant. The blooming period
may be brief, but the plant roust be
cared for throughout the enUre year to
produce the bloom. For 11 motiUi in
the year our work consists in stimulat
ing interest in Improving livestock con
ditions in the West. You cannot start
a few week In advance of a show and
make It successful. It is hammering
away at the same subject month In and
month out that put the thing across.
' "We hav4 a live group of men who
ve back of the livestock exposition, and
we are looking forward to one of the
greatest shows ever held, ihia . season."
The Oregon Country
Northetet Happrn'nca la Brief Tot ok tot the
ay Header
OREGON NOTK3
Pavinjr of the hlehwav connerftln
Marthfteld With Coauilla has been com
pleted.
Eggs were sold In Eugene this wpek br
producars at 15 cent a dozen, the lowe.
price in 13 years.
Umatilla tvnrnty sheepmen expert
pay 10 to 12 Va cents a head to shearer
this season, a decrease of. last year's '
price, which was 17 H cents.
Br acUon of the Car nentera" union of
Astoria, the minimum waee scale has
oeen reaucea irorn 5 to 17.&0. -
At a aoeciat election In Vale laat Thurs
day bonds of lifS.OoO were voted for en
larging ana extending the water system.
If sufficient demand la shown by
dairymen, Klamath Falls banks will Im
port two carloada of hleh clans dairy
cattle.
R N. Fertruson of Oregon Agricultural
college ia mixing 1040 quarts of rat and
squirrel poison for uae by ulnn county
farmers.
The greater part of the stock of tne
Bank of Prineville has Deen aubucribeU,
and it is thought the bank will open
about tne middle 01 April.
Lake, Ochwo haa.a total stornffn ra
pacity of 47,000 acre feet of water, and
the total amount in storage at .the pres
ent time la 88,500 acre feet.
After being Idle for several monthe,
the St. Helens shipyard has resumed
worn, -rniriy men are now ouy, ana tne
force Will soon be Increased to 50.
At the last meeting of the Ashland dly
council a resolution wa adopted author
ising the msuancn of 165,000 bonds tor
refunding Bancroft bonds and city war
rants. .
A medical detachment of the Oregon
National Guard will be formed in Al
bany. The detachment will consist of
one sergeant, one corporal and seven
first-class privates.
An old Roman coin, dating back to the
fourth century, is being exhibited in Eu
gene by George D. Foster, who obtained
the piece while serving with the Fourth
engineers in France.
Frederick Ollerman, One Of the ear- .
liest pioneer stockmen of Mainour coun
ty, died at Vale last Thursday. II was
81 years old, and built the first irrlga
Uon ditch in Malheur valley,
James Craig, B5. a homesteader llvintj
three miles east of Heppner, waa found
In hla cabin lant Week with a-bullef-wound
In his head. The man was taken
to a hospital and died two hours later.
WASHINGTON
Wenatchee lodge of Rika la preparing
to begin work on the construction of a
$150,000 home.
A hew school building to coet $12,005
will be built for district 92, 10 mile
south of Wilbur.
There are now 98 cases Of smallpox
In Ftpokane, besides 75 casea of. other
contagious diseases. 1
The city of Rltzville will purchase and
equip a tourtat park and camping
ground at a cost of $1900.
The country home of A. C. Krueger,
near Hayford. with all its contents, waa
destroyed by fire Tuesday night.
An oil well la to be drilled at Attalia
by the Attalia OH company machinery
for which ia expected to arrive within
a few days. - ' . ,
A Camp Fire Girls' association haa .
been organized at Spokane,- and a cam
paign has begun to increase the mem
bership to 1000.
Bev. W, O. Scales, pastor of the
Christian church at Dayton, died aud
denly of acute indigestion after long
automobile trip.
It la said that $673,000 Will be spr-nt
this season on the IUmrock storage pro
ject In Yakima countyr The project is
a $3,000,000 affair.
Rev. W. A. Moore preached an Kaster
sunrise sermon on the top of lookout -point,
near Yakima, At least BOO auto
mobiles made their way -to the point.
John N. Cobb, director of the college
of flaherlea of the University or wann
Ington, ia being considered for appoint
ment aa United MtUtes camminslujier of
fiaherlea.
' Road between Walla Walla and Pen
dleton are in splendid condition and tin
hard surface road la complete with the
exception of about five miles between
Milton and Weston.
Ilomeseckers' special rates to Spokane
and points In Eastern Washington,
announced by several transcontinental
lines, have been concurred in -by the
O-W. It. & N.
Old settlers who came to the country
before the Northern Pacific railway
built are holding a reunion at Wen
atrhee.. Among them Is Henry Living
ston of Tonasket, who is now la hi
one hundred and third year.
IDAHO , - . .
Following resolutions adopted at
meeting of taxpayers, the entire school
board of Twin Falls has resigned.
The big Potlatch mill and lumber
yards are flooded aa the result of the
collapse of the company's upper dam.
Deputy Game Warden Jamea Rlggan
planted 75.000 enlfrn brook trout in the
stream at KHeora and vicinity last
Boise residents are tlll boiling thr-ir
drinking-water, no method having yet
been devised for purifying the source of
supply.
M. Walddogd. aged 73, prominent
Bowmont farmer, waa accidentally shot
and killed by his son, L, E. Waiddogel.
with a amail rifle.
According to the Reclamation Record,
there has beet! 1 a aubatantial exodus of
Idaho farmers to the Orland Irrigation
project near Sacramento, Cal.
Fred Cairns, assistant secretary of the
Boise chamber of commerce, has ten
dered his r'nignatloii to accept the por
tion of secretary of the Weiacr chamber
of commerce. -
Formal protest against proponed In
creases in freight ratea on certain com
modities, which the railroads seek to
have go Into effect April S13, has been
made to the Interstate commerce, com
mission by the Boise chamber of com
merce. icnow youi
PORTLAND
The Oregon Stat HoUslmeti'a asso
ciaUon was organized in 1910. It
was Incorporated In 1919. ,lt first
purpose la to promote cooperation
between hotelmen. It alma at better
understanding of hotel problems so
that solutions may result from mu
tual endeavor.
Percy Smith,-' manager of the Ben
son hotel, la president. The vice
presidents are Phil Metschan, man
ager of the Imperial hotel : C. Bird
sail bf the Pilot Butte Inn, Bend, and
C. A. Bartell of the Hotel Battel!,.
Cottage drove. -The treasnrer Is
J. A. Westerlund of the Hotel Med
ford, and the secretary . is A. M.
Meyers of the Hour Oregon, Port
land. , The association has 73 membera,
and additions are made by election
after applicants have pa-d the
scrutiny of : an InvesUgatlng com
mittee. .
Regular meetings are held twice a
month and other gatherings of th
asHociatlon are at the call bf tho
secretary. - "
One of the ambitious plans con
sidered by the Oregon HoUImen's
association waa a chain cf -tourittt
hotels. It was proposed that the
first hotel of the chain be located at
Crater LantJTand that others should
be established at eaey intervals of
travel throughout the Willamette
valley, the Mount Hood region and
possibly In scenic portions of East
ern Oregon. A standardization of
service, suppliea and food was sug
gested. A touring fj'MMD was to be
devised. "The Idea Is understood stili
to be latent In the minds and the
plan of the hotelmen, ;
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