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IN THE PUBLIC DEFENSE
THE American Telephone & Tele
. graph company,' with fts bags
of gold; marched ir grand triumph
into the New Tork stock exchange
Tuesday, , It created a sensation on
the stock market. With prices of
stocks sagging and the money mar
kets low, the telephone colossus an
nounced an Increase In the rate of
Its dividends from 8 to 9 per cent.
Quotations on its stock immediately
ascended from par to almost 109.
The American Telephone & Tele
graph company has always paid divi
dends. For 39 years it has paid not
less than IVt per cent. For 14 years
it has paid 8 per cent. And now it
is to pay 9 per .eent..
And It has done more than pay
dividends. It has accumulated a
surplus of $44000,000 or a sum
equal to, 27 per cent xf its total as
sets. After all operating expenses
were paid last year, all taxes, all
Interest, all fixed, charges, and after
most liberal allotments had been
made for maintenance and deprecia
tion, and after dividends were tfaid,
$16,500,000 more was placed in the
contingency . and surplus accounts.
Besides that, $33,000,000 more was
Invested in stocks of the associated
companies. ' . -
. ""There has been no time In the
last two years when the A. T. & T.
earnings were not enough to pay a
higher, rate of dividend." H. -B.
Thayer, president of the corporation,
Is quoted as saying, following the an
nouncement of the dividend increase.
He insisted that the increase Was
decided upon to create a market for
stock of the company, even though
the stock was most attractive 4inder
the old rate. It was selling at par
when railroad and industrial stocks
were quoted at from 70 to 80. ' -The
A. T. & .T. company, through
control of 25 telephone and electric
companies. Is enabled to amass its
huge profits. k It controls the produc
tion,' distribution, operation and the
. whole of the telephone business. It
uses the subsidiary companies as a
.buffer between the'parent corpora
tion . and the public. , The parent
company drains the subsidiaries and
the subsidiaries cry poverty.
Electric companies owned by the
parent - corporation - provide equip
ment for the telephone subsidiaries,
oTsa nwn,rf hw t, AT -P. T' , rrt.A
holding company gets the profits of
Jihe electric business and gets the
profits - of the telephone business.
And. It doesn't allow the profits
to ag : For instance, the sub
sidlary 'companies are not permitted
to - own -telephone devices. They
could purchase them, the original
. cost would be small, and the, charge
would go into the capital account of
the associated , company. . and. the
profits of the parent company on
the particular device would be ended
with the sale. But no; the subsidiary
company can only rent the devices.
And every year the A. T.', & T. com
rany. collects a : Substantial and
never-ending rental. - --- ?
-Huge sums are paid -to experts
every year, by the A. T.& T,.cOmi
pany: to perfect Inventions to lower
are the devices- produced. But does
trtA rrtf ft eArvlpa tr, tha t.l.nhnn.
patron ever decrease? It ls4he com
pany that gets the benefit. The cost
of servjee may decrease, but the
. V - -Nk
difference In cost roes to the A. T.
& T. company, j 4
There has been built up In this
country the most-scientific profit
exacting1 corporation ever j.. known.
The A. T. & T. company Is that cor
poration. , White It lays aside stu
pendous surpluses, pays elegant divi
dends and boosts the price of its
stocks, the subsidiary companies ask
and get Increased : rates trom tele
phone patrons. '
5 It may take the combined efforts
of the congress," the Interstate com
merce commission, and the president
to protect the people of Oregon and
of this country; from the exactions
of the titanic corporation. If neces
sary the power ! of all should be in
voked in the public behalf. -
Mayor Baker, as chairman of the
Community; Chest campaign, says
that the appeal will not cease until
the quota is assured. That Is the
spirit t$at wins. It is the Portland
spirit- -. : i ' '
VIV1ANI
AG RE AT Pretiehman has 'arrived
at Washington.
There are reports by correspond
ents of what ' he comes for. As a
diplomat and envoy extraordinary he
is not making public the whole Im
port of . his mission.
But i even the secret aim of his
enterprise is not difficult to guess.
France recently passed through the
valley of the shadow. Only a thin
fringe of soldiers shielded Paris from
the .: deadly purposes of Wilhelm
strasse.: The dead Frenchmen in the
conflict have not all been counted.
The figures of the cost in money
have not been fully listed and cast
up." ' : y
The heaviest! sufferer among the
big nations Is concerned about the
future. Is France to pass through
another Gethsemane ? : Some other
day, is France to "bow low and pass
under the rod? Is there no way,
through the kindly Interest of the
great republic that saved her.yester
day from a merciless foe, to become
part of a guarantee that tomorrow
France, bled white, shall not be on
her knees a suppliant for, peace?
Correspondents may guess; people
may conjecture about the mission of
Vivian! in America but Buch Is the
secret and soul of his errand.
The memories of an awful yester
day are still fresh in France. She
passed thrpugh the fiery furnace and
knows that in another one France
might perish from'the earth.
That is why iViviani Is In Wash
ington, and for the sake of mankind
and civilization may ibis " enterprise
prosper' I
Last year, the disciples of" Isaac
Walton had their tackle all groomed
for - a wonderful , April fool day at
the expense of the trout. This year
the fish have the joke on the fish
ermen. The legislature delayed the
opening of the season until the fif
teenth. i ; V ' .
TWELVE TIMES ONE
HAVE 16 cents and I would like
to give it all to the Community
Chest," said a small boy who came
bashfully into the Chest building at
Sixth and Morrison streets, yester
day : ; - : i -y-n
"How much could you give a
month?" he was asked. .
"I didn't know you could do that,"
was the : boy 8 eager answer. : "I
could save up 50 cents a month, I'm
sure." i I ' ' '
In a few minutes a young woman
entered the door. "I work." she ex
plained, "and all I can afford to give
is dollar." I ; . -
Before she left her total subscrip
tion had been lifted to $12 for the
year at the rate of aTdollar. a month,
and she was happy in the thought
that during 12 months the coopera
tion between herself and the Com
munity Chest would assure relief of
sorrow and misfortune to the full
extent of her abilityyto give.; -
How many other! are aware that
the sum total of Community Chest
contributions 4 ;can be multiplied
many times by pledging monthly or
quarterly payments? V V
Two automobiles approached, an
east side intersection. Both ma
chines were under " control. Both
stopped. One proceeded ahead. The
other took its; .turn afterward. If
more drivers Would approach inter-?
sections in that way ; the accident
lists . would drop by the score.
BRINGING US THEIR FEUDS
PIERE Is no stronger argument
for intelligent regulation of for
eign Immigration than the present
upheavals among peoples from other
lands In various parts of the United
States. . .' ' "'
Gunmen have run riot in New
Tork during the winter. Many of
them . are foreigners. ' They settled
all differences and disputes with the
gun In open defiance of , law and
order. Ji -, ".'-'
The shootings, slayings and bomb
ing outrages In "Little Italy" in Chi
cago, following the alder-manic elec
tions, have led sober men to ask if
mere nas been progress In this
country in the last century. Recent
occurrences, in the t'Bloody Nine
teenth" ward have revealed another
resort to the gun and bomb to the
exclusion of the law of the land. . It
is the old order of centuries ago
brought to America by immigrants
from Europe and .practiced here by
On the Pacific coast we are facing
the menace of tong wars. Chinamen
have been killed in California. Gun
men are reported, as heading north
The word Is passed out that they are
to' kill . rival , tongm en at all costs,
even to the sacrifice of white lives
If need be. "Again there is evidence
of the transplantation of the feuds
of China In America.
What right have the foreign pop
ulations in this country to set up
here, In "defiance of all customs, all
law. and all decency, their reigns of
terror ? r ' What Tight have they to
come here, abandon everything
American and apply the social ethics
repudiated by us? Is there to be no
protection through :proper Immigra
tion regulations of things American?
"Pictures In a recent financial mag
azine show the "Plaza Del Sol, one
of 'Madrid's centers of business ac
Wivity." The tallest ..; sky-scraper
shown reaches the r-arefied altitude
of six stories. The streetcars are
also exclusively of the one-man type.
But they bear the evidence of one
bright idea. A mail box on every
car assures-prompt collection at cen
tral points.'
MUCH AND LITTLE,
T INTO whom much is given, of
w him shall much be required."
.This is a text for businessmen to
use out of church this week.
The reports from Community
Chest workers are t that stenograph
ers and clerks are giving more in
proportion to their, means than per
sons of wealth. - r
The excuse makers are said to be
chiefly , excuse manufacturers - who
feel no sting of need unless it ; be
the need of a heart. j
Let those who give as much as
they can from their little be not dis
couraged. The most famous con
tribution in history is the widow's
mite. Those who live closest to des
titution and suffering are most apt
to share their crusts and to know
the divine thrill of pity. Those who
have amassed their gains by exploita
tion of the little people are most
apt to feel themselves immune from
the pleading calls of want. But In
reality their lack is geater than that
of those who- hunger.
Portland must not fail In the Com
munityChest campaign.
Two thugs drove a Montana con
tractor before them at The Dalles,
took him to a lonely spot, shot him
in the breast and threw him Into
the Columbia as dead. Why shoot
an unoffending man after his valu
ables have been taken? Could an at
tempt at murder be more wanton?
But it Is mostly for the use of such
as the assailants In this case that
pistols are manufactured.
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THE ULTIMATE OF THE RACE
EDUCATION is a cornerstone, on
which America is erected, i It
is' a basis for "our political institu
tions, for our social life, for our
economic stability, and for human
progress. . ;
In 300 years and for schools of all
kinds there has been spent In the
United States approximately $16,-
645)00.000. .
In -1920 alone, the people-of this
country spent $22,700,000,000 or $6,-
000,000,000 or 30 per cent more for
luxuries than has been expended on
education in 300 years, according to
figures presented by P. P. Claxton,
commissioner of education for the
United States. r--.iT
Mr. Claxton says that, in the last
50 years, a total of $14,552,000,000
has gone Into the schools, including
elementary' and secondary normal
schools for teachers, higher educa
tional Institutions ; and professional
and technical -' houses of learning
Whether privately or publicly sup
ported. For the years preceding
1870 Mr. Claxton adds $2,093,000,000,
or' $16,645,000,000. spent on educa
tion in the United States for all time.
Among other items Included In his
luxury expenditures for 1920 are $3.-
000,000,000 ' for .-joy rides, ' pleasure
resorts and races, $3,000,000,000 for
luxurious service, $350,000,000 for
soft drinks, $800,000.000 for tobacco
and snuff, $500,000,000 for jewelry.
$750,000,000 for face powder, cos
metics and perfume,, $800,000,000 for
cigarettes, and $250,000,000 for ice
cream. -.-':"" '
- Is rugged America becoming soft?
Are the light desires of today to
overshadow the- civilization of tomor-i
row? Is th'e tendency of the country,
toward abandonment of useful; en
deavor and Upbuilding for" indulg
ences and degradation? . If so, what
is to be the ultimate of the race?
THE TtAILLESS TROLLET
H'
Chinese solved ; the
streetcar problem? On the
streets of -Shanghai these days ap
pear trackless trolley cars, une
wheels are flat and rubber tired. The
vehicles Operate like any truck. The
motive power Is transmitted from a
high tension overhead wire through
a trolley , pole to the : conventional
efectrie motor. -", t .1
; The value of the device is at once
apparent. Any pavement is a track.
Steel rails, wooden ties, cement bed-
dine and continuous upkeep t are
alike unnecessary. ; ' i
; Since the : wheels are neither
flanged nor -confined to rails, greater
flexibility of operation, and., turning
is possible. ; To block the line the
closing of the entire street Is neces
sary.'- If a truck or automobile stalls
In front of the .streetcar, the latter
does the almost: unbelievable. It
goes around 'the truck.- v ?
A more delightful prospect - ap
pears. The elimination of Invest
ment in trackage '"and Its mainte
nance might bring hack the good
old days of tbe 5-cent fare.
LANSING'S STORY
OF THE TREATY
Refutation of the ex-Secretary's Posi
tion, in General and in Particular, by
-an AM Reviewer, Together. With .
. am Indictment of Him as una i
Who Has Broken Confidence.
'C. H. H." is a BcTiew of The Peace Negotia
tion," by Bobert Lansing, . to the Atlantic
for April. -
Now it can be told." So thinks the
late secretary of state as be hurries to
join the ranks of those who, for personal
or partisan reasons,- seek to belittle
America's part in the war and the peace.
His book Is not a history of the peace
negotiations, bat a recital of his per
sonal differences with President Wilson.
In Mr. Lansings case the provocation
Was great, because -of the unfortunate
manner in - which he was asked to re
sign ; but he. has placed the satisfaction
of a personal grievance above his plain
duty to his country. He speaks of 'the
conduct of Mr. Bullitt, who had. held a
responsible position with the American
commission at Paris, in voluntarily re
peating a conversation which was from
its nature highly ' confidential" ; but - it
does not seem to occur to the author
that he is doing the same thiag. volu
tarily repeating highly confidential con
versations with the president. - Mr. Bul
litt, likewise; was out of office when
he volunteered to violate confidences. If
it be urged that Mr. Lansing has the
right some day to publish his story, now
is surely not the time, while the treaty
and covenant, with his own slgnatcre on
them, are still matters of International
a well as domestic discussion, and
while American policy in relation to
them remains undefined. Intent .on
justifying himself, he forgets all inter
national considerations. - ":
.
The obligation laid on retired officials
in such matters has been admirably ex
pressed by Mr. Lansing' father-in-law,
the late John W. Foster, in his book,
"The Foundations of Diplomacy:1 "It
has been well said that a diplomatist,
who necessarily assumes confidential
relations to his government, is not at
liberty to dissolve that confidential con
nection for his own vindication.
There is no doubt that such conduct Is
Immoral in political ethics and to be
severely condemned."
If Mr. Lansing's volume does not re
veal him as a large man, neither docs it
make him out a great secretary. Great
secretaries play the game or resign.
Whether he or trie president was right
In specific matters, is a. question that
time alone can decide. The principal
points of difference are stated to be : the
president's going to Paris; the nature
of the league and the inclusion of the
covenant in the treaty ; the guaranty
treaty with France ; the lack of a defi
nite program for the American commis
sioners; "secret diplomacy"; Shantung.
If the president had followed his sec
retary's advice by staying in Washing
ton, Mr. Lansing would have been head
of the American delegation, . and on his
own showing this would have created
an impossible situation. Not only was
he opposed to self-determination, but his
idea of a league of : nations centered
about a court with no "teeth" in it or
other means of enforcing peace, so that
he was unfitted from the start to work
for the kind of league which the presi
dent desired,' and consequently unwilling
to make any of the compromises which
the president made in order to secure
it. It was inevitable that he should early
drop out of the discussions at Paris and
should dislike the treaty at the end.
How little he understands the real diffi
culties of the negotiations or the amount
of preliminary work required is seen
in his naive belief that, if only his Ideas
of procedure had been accepted, ade
quate preliminary treaties could have
been signed within a few weeks, cover
ing all territorial questions, as well as
the fundamental problem of reparation,
which is still unsettled. . Mr. Lansing
believes honestly that his advice should
have been taken. Another alternative
would have been to leave him at home.
a - ... -
There remains the delicate question of
truth. Have we the whole truth In this
personal narrative," or must we await
something fuller and more impersonal?
Besides various memoranda, Mr. Lansing
prints a few extracts from his diary.
We need the whole diary, and more.
in order to judge the fundamental ques
tions, why and when the secretary lost
the president's confidence. .Did Mr.
Lansing ever offer his resignation be
fore it was calded for? Until all the
facts on this point are before us, we are
left wondering whether the secretary's
resignation ought not. to have been of
fered and promptly accepted before the
president sailed for France.
Letters From the People
Communication, aeirt - to The Journal for
publication in this department should be writtten
on only on aid of the paper; should sot CKCeod
buo words in length, and must be signed by the
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution, .;. , i
"UNDER THE YOKE"
A Victim Tells How the Utilities Crack
. Their 'Whips Over Him.
Portland. March 29. To the Editor ofr
The Journal-t-Permit me .-to say that
your editorials under the title ' "Under
the Yoke" have caused, me to compare
my tax bills with the plunderbund levies.
I am astounded to learn that the tax I
pay state,' county and municipality is
not a drop in the bucket to what I pay
the public utilities. ; - -
On my home the tax for 1920 was $45.
For this little payment I get fire. and
police protection, schools, sanitary ' offi
cers, streets cleaned, supervision of elec
tions, five mayors,, parks,, playgrounds,
jails, penitentiaries,: insane asylums, one
fair specimen of a governor,- a swarm of
legislators, r constables, - county clerks,
judges, juries; bailiffs, inspectors, col
lectors, auditors, and numerous plain
taxeaters who -would doubtless starve to
death If they, were not' on the payroll,-to
say nothing about the 40,000 other bene
fits of organized society. . . .
I call that a bargain. Any time I get
all of these things for $45 per year I'm
willing to call it a bargain. Nobody has
heard me -kick about high taxes as
levied by state, county and municipality.
The levy will, have to double twice
before I holler,-' - ;
But here comes the telephone company
and assesses me $42 a year for a two
party line and what do I get? I'll tell
you. I get the wrong number or "line's
busy" six times in 10. I get called out
of bed at 2 o'clock a. m. and told to
"rush right over to the hospital." Not
being a - physician, I can't accept these
assignments, but must return to my pil
low with the thought that someone may
die tor want of medical attention be
cause of the rotten telephone service.
Oh, yes ; I get Innumerable chances to
climb the basement stairs to answer the
phone only to learn that someone calling
East eight, four, one, tive has been con
nected with . Tabor, two, two, fivemy
old number." Time was wheu'the tele
phone people would tell me the time If
the kitchen clock had run down. -. But
that seems so long; long ago. In olden
times they would all me in time to
catch a train. ' Ob. bring back those
wonderful days. They are gone, never
to return. Yet, this telephone trust has
the caatiron nerve, the sublimated auda
city, the copper-plated effrontery, to
ask me to pay it nearly as much money
as I pay for state, county and city
taxes, for which I get all the blessings
above enumerated. . .vv. - :.; ...
And, look ye! Here come the transit
trust and the light brigade.- My electric
light bill averages ; $3 a month $36 a
year. If I ride a streetcar twice daily
it will cost me $54.75 yearly. The two
total -$90.75. And what do I got? A
little light for my house and a chance
to straphang morning and night every
day in the year. Just twice the sum of
my taxes. That's all. i
Is that all? Not yet The gas com
pany takes a small rakeoft I pay it
$25 a year for -gas to cook toast and
coffee, .... - -
The sum total of these taxes Is $156.7o.
nearly three and a half times more than
I pay for all those blessings above men
tioned. Are they through? Not yet.
Walt until they get a crack at me In
the office. Down ihero he Lewis estate
rents me two nice rooms for $390 yearly.
It furnishes elevator service to lift my
customers to my office. It furnishes
heat, light, janitor service,, water, soap
and towel' supply. A bargain, sir. A
bargain! ; .
But here comes the wire trust; with a
single telephone wire and two extension
faucets, and lays taxes on me of $170
a year nearly four times the taxes 1
pay for , the ; manifold blessings men
tioned above. -v :v - '
Under the yoke?-I'll say. my burden
is heavy.- My taxes are next to noth
ing.. What the utilities do to me is
a plenty. City, county and state get $15.
The telephone, transit and gas trusts
stick me up for $260, at the present rate
of tribute, and are looking around to
see if there is any place where I've
been missed.
And I've got a wife, I've said noth
ing about her carfare. .
' Robert G. Duncan.
RAILROAD RATES AND WAGES
An Employe Protests Against Standing
AH the Cuts.
Portland, March 29. To the Editor of
The Journal Anent the railroad situa
tion, I wonder if your paper has space
for a few lines from a railroad em
ploye who has seen something of rail
roading in various parts of the country.
Of course, the writer naturally hears
the employes' side of the wage question,
and being on tbe business end of that
matter, he rises to state that he does
not want his wages cut. Neither do I
want to see my boss "go broke." But
with all the paid advertisements got out
by and for the railroad owners, all the
testimony produced by the representa
tives of organized labor before the wage
board at Chicago, the public is led to
believe that there are a whole flock of
darkies in the timber.
The owners cry, "Boo I We are going
bankrupt," and the workers cry, "Boo!
We will strike," and while both are
partly in the right, both are in the
wrong. For instance, the rolling stock
and roadbeds are now .in very poor
shape, due solely to the fact that for
the past two months the railroads have
laid off every man who could be spared,
so as to reduce expenses. Recently the
newspapers printed a dispatch which
stated that the railroads of the country
had lost $1,000,000 during January,
and that February was going to show
a still greater, deficit. Considering the
total mileage of the railroads in the
United States, this is not a large amount,
for such months as January, February
and March. Will the railroads , break
forth in print and tell us what the total
net profit is for the months of August,
September and October next?
, The Literary Digest for March 26
states that the interstate commerce com
mission reported - to the . senate that :
"In 1919 the operating expenses of all
Class 1 railroads in the United States
were $4,419,988,750 (under government
control). In 1920. 10 months of which
was under private control, the operat
ing cost was $5,810,970,021, an increase
of $1,191,000,000. The report further
states that' the highest, estimate of the
increase in wages granted to railroad
employes last year totaled $480,000,000.
This leaves a balance of $911,000,000 to
account --for. What did the railroad,
owners do with that vast sum under pri
vate ownership? v. , : J
I could not 'try to tell the interstate
commerce commission something which
they cannot discover for themselves, but
I do believe that inasmuch as the rail
roads have not attempted to surmount
this argument, they should not 'be al
lowed to thrust the full share of the
blame on the men who make it possible
for them to move trains.. -With .thou
sands of others, I have not wcrked for
six weeks past,, and I greatly need tbe
work. I am willing to stand a small
cut if it is necessary to start the wheels
turning, but I want to be convinced
that it is necessary before I do stand
the cut. I realize that living costs are
lowering, and wages should go with
them, but I want assurance that, with
my cut, there win be a corresponding
cut in freight rates, so that business
may revive and my brother workers in
other industries may prosper.
. An Employe.
LARGEST CITIES
Portland, March 30. To the Editor of
The Journal Please give list of 10
largest cities of the United States and
population of each.- Subscriber.
New York, 5,621.151: Chlcaco. 2,701,705:
Philadelphia, 1.823,158: Detroit, 093,730;
Cleyeland, 706.836; St.-Lbvi!i. 772, fT: Bos
ton. 748,060; Baltimore, 783.826: Pittsburg,
888,183; Los Angeles. 676.673-1
A RECIPE
Vancouver; March 24. To the Editor
of The Journal I have mislaid the
recipe, published in The Journal, for en
larged pores. Would you please reprint
it again for my benefit? Mrs. M. A. B. -
(Rosewater, 8 ounces; elderf lower water, 1
ounce; tincture of , Densosn, ounce;
acid, S grains. J
REGISTERING IGNORANCE
From the Anaconda Standard
- What many a congressman -doesn't
know would fill a book, and it's pretty
expensive having him unload it on, the
Congressional Record. ?
i LET THE WORLD CRY "NEIGH 1"
from the Vanoouter (B.C.) Province ;
It would be easier establishing "stable"
government in Europe if the old War
horses would do less rearing around in
their stalls.. . : ,
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
: De Qulncey for the last 30 years of
his life invariably dined on some loin of
mutton, boiled rice and coffee. The Man
Chester Guardian saya that every day he
Interviewed the cook and told her to pre
pare these dishes, adding: "If you do
not remember to cut the mutton - In a
diagonal rather than a longitudinal form
consequences incalculably distressing to
my system will arise and will . prevent
me from attending to .matters of over
whelming importance." Another lover of
monotonous . diet- was William Morris,
who, when he shared a studio - with
Bume-Jones, had roast beef and' plum
pudding for lunch every day, even when
the thermometer was 90 degrees in the
shade. ; ; : , '
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
J
I see - the Germans has welched on
their first, payment of war damages to
the allies, which Is natch ul and to
be expected. ' They make me think of
the time when Ike McGovern sued Bill
McCracken in Texas back in '72 fer dam
ages done to his boss by a-shootin' of
the same and fer bustirr up his house
hold furniture follertn' and durln" a
rumpus at a neighborhood dance give in
good faith by the plaintiff aforesaid. Ike
got jedgment, all right, fer $1000, .which
was fully 200 'per centJ'over and above
the actual cost of the critter and furni
ture, but Bill wouldn't and couldn't pay,
be. said, 'cause he-had to first pay off
his gamblin debtaof honor. The sheriff
had to use all his lawful powers and his
eloquence backed up by a mighty handy
gun to bring Bill to time. . - -,
COMMENT AND
' SMALL CHANGE
The Community Chest is swelling.
. "Managers called need of China," the
paper says. Maggie manages china very
successfully, ,
ik -Several
severe mental shocks recorded
In Tennessee yesterday. A Memphis
landlord reduced rents.
e
Mexican " revolt . brewing. Thought
President Wilson's policies were the
cause of all Mexico's woe.
:- ,. -- ,-..,- v:-;'
Harding Is sensible. "Steps' are ex
cellent weapons against high railroad
rates. But shoe leather is costly.
-
The government has seized a fishing
boat because it carried booze. How can
the owners catchfish without their bait?
A picture star has been jailed. That's
a fine precedent. We'd like to see the
practice extended to certain other stars
m know of.
. m . t . ;
Gas price recently advanced 70 per
cent Now it comes down 6 cents. - Is
that public service commission salve to
ease the wound of its telephone rate ac
tion? . -
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
W. Y. Williams of Spokane Is one Of
the advance guards in Portland for the
mining congress. "We are going to
have," eaid Mr. Williains, "a very suc
cessful convention, I believe. I have
heard lots of talk of it up Spokane way
and I believe there will be a large num
ber of delegates; Portland ; is looked
upon as a very hospitable city and
know the delegates will go away spread
ing the fame of Portlands beauty ano.
hospitality. The first time ; I cause to
Portland was in 1883. I have put in the
past 35 years in-Idaho and British Co
lumbia in the mining industry. I was
bom in Carnaruin, Wales, the early
home of Lloyd-George. I came to Amer
ica 50 years ago. when I was 17 years
old." . ... ' -
J. Barton, from Baker, county seat
of Baker county, is a guest at the Ore
gon. - " " --'- ., : ;
' .-' -
J. W. Hoglen and Charles A. Ault,
from the county seat of, Wallowa county,
are gueats at the Imperial.
Mrs. JV C. Price and her daughter
Jean are visiting Mrs. Price's father,
J. P. Ellis, In Portland.
a
Mrs. H. A.- Jennings and Bessie Mc
Cullum of Madras are in -Portland on,
business and pleasure. -,
Mrs. H. F. Fischer of Corvallls
visiting friends in Portland.
is
- Frank S. Ward of the Capitol city is
transaction business in the metropolis.
A. D. Jones, from the Capital City,
is in Portland on Easiness. :
E. L. Madden of Ontario is at
Imperial.
the
J. A. Wright of Salem is transacting
business in Portland.
Herbert Egbert of The Dalles is at
the Cornelius. ,
e ' .
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Darnall of Eugene
are guests at the Cornelius. . -
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN . ;
By Fred
Reminiscences of an Oregon octogenarian are
Mr." Lockley'a offering for the day. This pioneer
cams to the Willamette valley in the early OOa.
For long time he was a newwispermen and be
is an authority on newspaper history of tho early
days. .: -
w w mill,, livM at Grants Pass.
If t hrea. score Years and ten is the
allotted span of life, then Mr. Fidler
has been living on borrowed time for
the past 10 years, for he is 80 years ld.
His interest in life, however,- Is just as
keen as it was when he was half this
age. "I was born at Crawfordsvllle,
Ind.," said Mr. Fidler. "My folks moved
to Richland, Iowa, in the early '40s. My
father was a physician and surgeon.
When word came of tho rich gold dig
gings in California In 1843. my father
joined the rush to the gold fields. After
a year or two spent In the gold minea In
California he came - up to Oregon and
took up 'a donation land claim of 640
acres on which the town of Coburg. In
Lane county, is located. He did not
hold this claim long, but sold it to a
man named Van Dyne -fqr $606. With
this money he went east to get his
family and bring them to Oregcn. Thia
was in 1853. My mother, my three sis
ters and I came to Oregon with my
father and settled on the McKenzle
river near Eugene. : With my sisters I
went to school at the Van Dyne' school
house. The teacher was Hulings Miller,
father of Joaquin Miller. -
"In 1856 our family moved to South
ern Oregon. We got hold of 320 acres
of land there, and after holding It many
years I eventually sold it for $200. The
last time it was sold It brought-$24,000.
.
"In 1857. while we were living on
Calico creek, I decided that -I needed
more education, so I went to Eugene
City, as it was then called, to attend
Columbia college. I made my home
with E. P. Henderson, a professor in the
college. My deskmate was Clncinnatus
HIner Miller, better known today as
Joaquin Miller, poet of the Sierras, . Co
lumbia college was burned down in
1858, so I went back to Southern Oregon.
I secured a job teaching school at Jack
sonville. After teaching a while I be
came editor of the Southern Oregon
Press, ' and later, of its successor, the
Democratic News. The paper was later
rechristened the Democratic Time.
"In the '50s and '60s a large number
of newspapers came into existence that
are forgotten today. Tho Democratic
Standard was established In 1854. It
suspended in 1859; Later it resumed
publication for a while. Eventually the
press waa moved to Eugene City and
was used, to print the new paper called
the Democratic Herald, which had been
started by Alexander Blakely. The Her
ald lasted but one year. Before the
Herald 'was started at Eugene the Ea
ciflc Journal had been started. This
was bought in 185$ by- B J. Djngra,
who changed its name to the People's
Press. : : - " v : ' v -
"In 1859 a paper was started at Bose
burg, called the Roseburg Express. After
the Salem Statesman had moved to Cor
yallls, following the capital from Salem,
it moved back to Salem, when the voters
decided that Salem should be the capital.
Following the Statesman at Corvallls
came the Occidental Messenger and also
the Democratic Crisis, but these died
soon and . a paper called the Union was
started by J. H. Slater. One of the
leading papers of the late '50s waa the
Jacksonville Sentinel, published by W.
G. TVault, Late In 18i9 Delazon Smith
established the Oregon Democrat at Al
bany. Its editor was a man named
Shepard. In 1865 It was rechristened
the States Right Democrat. The Ore
gon State Journal of - Roseburg was
started in 1861. It succeeded the, Rose
burg Express. '
.. e .
. "The - first magazine . to be published
in, Oregon was the Oregon Jlonthly
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Empty coaches and idle engines do not
make for rail dividends, and will sooner
or later call in a receiver. Baker Demo
crat. .-.v.---- .
j
Any man in public life who objects to
being "knocked" and "roasted", is
wholly unreasonable. - The public must
have some pleasures. Albany Democrat.
. '
Why don't those aviators who are try
ing to fly from the Pacific to the Atlan
tic in one -day make the effort on the
Isthmus of 'Panama? - They'll be sure to
get across then. Bend Bulletin. . .
- ia
An authority has discovered that 97
per cent of Americans die without mak
ing a will. Probably because only 3 per
cent have anything worth willing. Eu
gene Guard, --
... " " : "
Stated baldly, the events that are now
transpiring in Germany are exactly sim
ilar to those that take place when a
dead beat sets out to avoid payment of a
just debt. Kugene Register,
Why do they always speak of a lady
"dressing up" ? Observation teaches us
that these days milady is dressing up
on the down end and dressing down on
the up end. Astoria Budget. . -
Ben Alexander of Silverton Is at the
Portland. He is connected with the
Silver Falls Timber company. He has
been cruising some of . tbe company's
tracts in the Nehalem country. As one
of his friends said, "Ben may own a
couple of million dollars, and his-folks
be wealthy, but he Is living it down
ITand overcoming his handicap by piling
lumber just a little better than anybody
else, and by being a heluva good fel
low, so he will get by in spite of bis
wealth." - '
O. C. Hughes, George TI. McMullen.
W. L. Schultz. Joseph W. West, M. West
and J. K. Byswater, all of Hood River.
ore guests at the Imperial,
H. E. Vincent and his family are In
Portland from Eugene attending to mat
ters in connection with the Cascade na-
tional forests.
A. R. Wilcox, forester, from the Sul
slaw country, is in Portland on forest
business.
W. H. McKay, from Vale, in Malheur
county, is a Portland visitor.
Mrs. Frank Pag of Eugene is a
guest at the Imperial.
' - Captain W. C. Sinclair of Medford is
transacting business in Portland.
L. L. Steuver of Fossil is a Portland
visitor.
V. M. Ward of Heppner is at the
Oregon.
Mrs. B. M. Webster of Hood River Is
a guest at the Benson.
C. A. Smith of Astoria is registered at
the Benson,
C. P. R. Short of The Dalies is at the
Benson.
E. Nixon of Bend is a guest at the
Benson.
W. R. Scott of Albany is a Portland
visitor,
Lockley
Magazine, which- was founded by T. O.
McCormick In 1852. In 1859 this pioneer
literary -magazine published Abigail
Scott Dunlway's novel of 850 -pages en
titled "Captain Gray's Company."
"In 1870 X - was teaching school on
what Is now the site of tbe city of
.Grants Pass, though at that time there
was no city there, and It was a part of
Jackson - county instead of Josephine
county. The following year I moved to
Williams Creek, in Josephine county,
and in 1874 and 1876 I represented Jose
phine county in i the legislature. - In
1874 I was the Democratic nominee for
speaker.
"In days to-come tbe marble halls, of
Oregon are going to become famous.
We used to call them the Oregon Caves.
I was the first person to write up an
account'of the discovery of these caves.
The way X happened to do so was that
after Lige Davidson, while following a
wounded bear, bad discovered the caves,
be told me about it and he and I ex
plored them. We were the first white
men to enter these caves.
-. . '
' "In 1882 I moved to Seattle. Two years
later I was -a resident of-. Portland, and
with Colonel Robert A. Miller of Port
land X helped run the Hesperian. ; i
j.-.: -i if I- -i 1 ;
" "As a man looks back over SO years of
life- there are i many Incidents which
stand out head and shoulders above the
others. . Incidents of my boyhood of
which I have always been proud were
my saving 'two men from drowning.
While running Spore's ferry on McKen
zie river I pulled a man out who -had
gone down for the third time. Some
time later I saved a man from the rush
ing, swirling waters of Rogue river.
"As X think back to the six" long
months we spent with our prairie
schooners making the Journey from, the
Missouri river to the WUlamettei it
seems that I am looking back to some
past age, for today the same trip can
be made by an automobile in almost as
many days as It took 'us months. One
Of the bright spots In my memory of
our early days In Oregcn is the kindly
treatment given to us by Jacob Sporea
Uncle Jakey, as he-was always called,
was among the earliest settlers; so.be
had bis pick of the choicest lands of the
Willamette valley. . He chose a donation
land claim on tbe McKenzie four miles
east of Eugene. He was always ready
to share bis home with anyone who
needed help. His house was a favorite
stopping place for those who had money
and could pay their way. and Was a
most welcome asylum for those who had
not. He was a sort of WlUlam Penn of
the West so far as bis treatment of the
Indians - was concerned. He was re
spected and loved by all of the Indians
In that part of tbe country,
" "Another bright spot In my childhood
memory Is of my school days at the old
schooihouse where Coburg is now lo
cated. In the summer of 18S4 I went to
school there to Squire Miller, or Judge
Miller, ' as he was sometimes called.
John Miller was considered tbe bright
oarticular star of the family. He as
sisted his father in heating some of the
classes. Hiner, or Joaquin, as we now
know him, had run away. He had gone
to sow his crop of wild oats, which later
resulted in the harvesting of an abun
dant reward of International fame and
ready cash. Joaquin Miller's father was
a quiet, unpretentious, easy-going gen
tleman of the old school.
'You often hear people speak of the
hardships 5 of the pioneers, but as I
look back lo my boyhood days It seems
to me the' pioneer had more real happi
ness and contentment than the people
have today." '
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings In Brief Form for th
uu. Header -
I
OREGON NOTES
"A total of 364 industrial accidents was
reported in Oregon last week, two of
which were fatal.
Concrete will be used in ravin a; the
streets of Dallas, accordinar to a decision "-
of the city council.
The city of Salem has purchased a
motorcycle to be used bv the traffic offU
cer of the police department.
The Oregon Wood- TPrrtA uit, mmnanv
In Salem is busy turning out broom
handles at the rate of 6000 per day.
The Jesse Lower sawmill on Bear
creek, Creswell, which was destroyed by
lire, a lew days ago. wtu be rebuilt at
once. ., .- ,
The Reedsnort Lumber eomnanr has
posted notices reducing wages, making
$3.25 per day the minimum for common
labor. .
Elks in - Corvallls have naeureil a
charter for a loiiaje. It will be known
as No. 1412 and will start with a charter
membership of 75.
Thirty-eiaht men and 10 women ob
tained positions through the Eugene of
fice or tne United ' States employment
bureau during the past week.
The Johnson mill at Reedsnort -has
started cutting an order of 10,000.000 feet
of plunys wood for the Crown-Willamette
Paper mills at Oregon City. ? -
By a vote of nearlv three to one. Al
bany's taxpayers . have approved the
4u,uuu oona issue to provide funds lor
building an addition to the Madison
school. ;
Following reports that Bend was the
third r-itv Tn Or,nn in th ,mrilnvmnt
of alien labor. Investigation reveals that
only two men are employed in that city
who are not citisens.
The state land board has received a
check for $17,700, covering the payment
of $7.50 an acre for deeds to lands can
celed by the government in so-called
Hyde-Benson selections.
The Hood River. County Game Pro
tective association has released 24 pairs
of valley or crested quail In ouUytng
sections or the valley. The birds were
from the state game farm.
Tbe Oregon public service commission
has taken up the fight of the hop grow
ers for a lower carload minimum on
hop shipments, and has the case dock
eted for an early determination.
WASHINGTON
Leases held by Japanese in the Yakima
Indian reservation decreased from 119
in 1919 to 87 last year.
The Tacoma school board has called a
special election for April 19 to vote on an
extra 4-miU school tax.
At an auction sale of dairy cattle In
Spokane 88 head brought nearly $10,00",
an average of $254 a head.
Arthur KIncade, 5 years old, is dead
at Spokane as the result of burns re
ceived when he fell into a tub of boiling
water, r-
For the first time since before the war
passenger trains are passing through
Proeaer on the Hunnyslde branch of the
Northern Pacific.
The Walla Walla county commlsnlon
ers have appropriated $20,000 for the
building of a concrete brldg acrots the
Touched rjver at Bolles.
Reports from over tli gOf Indicate
that Hoquiam will be howt July 1 to 4
to 2500 service men at the convention
of the American Legion, --u
Information Is received in Spokane that
Pat Whalen, for 10 years a member of
the police department of that city, was
killed at Oklahoma City last week.
, C. H. Jay, an electrical , worker at the
Naches power plant, came in contact
with a high voltage wire and is in a
critical condition in a Yakima hospital.
Thousands of members of the order
throughout the Northwest gathered at
Brementon lat week to take pert in the
dedication, of the new $135,000 Elks tem
ple. - , , ,S . .
Pullman suffered Its third , disastrous
fire in a few weeks Saturday when the,
three-story flour mill on East Main street
was destroyed, entailing a loss cf
$25,000. -
Henry Lunt, assistant ; cashier of th
State Bank of Clarktrtori. nhot hlmiwlf
last Saturday because of 111 health. Ills
records at the bank were declared to
be in order,
George Williamson of Tacoma, former
ly attorney for the Scandinavian-American
bank, has been arrested on three in
dictments returned by the grand Jury.
He was released on $30,000 bail.
Lauriene Smith, 8-year-old daughter
of J. H Smith, disappeared several days
ago from her home In Leavenworth and
it is feared she has perished either in
the Wenatchee river or in the mountains.
Paul Brown, for two years secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. at Bremerton, has gone
to Shanghai, China, where he will take
charge of the new Y. M. C. A. building
to be constructed there at a cost of
$150,000, -
IDAHO .
A modern moonshine factory was
found a few days ago in the old work
ings of the Sierra Nevada mine at
Kellogg. c
A dairy association has been formed In
Wendell with 30 members and a man
has been sent to Washington to select
a carload of cows.
Those holding permits for grazing cat
tle in the Boise forest are already mov
ing their stock up the Boise river to
ward the summer range.
Deer on the south fork of the Payette
river are in poor condition, but there
has been little Joss in their number con
sidering the rigorous winter just past.
According to C. C. Delavan of the
Coeur d'Alene national forest, fire hss
ard in the forests of Northern Idaho
is worse- than in any other section of ihe
United States.
More than a million and a half dol
lars' worth ef Idaho treasury notes and
bonds were sold last week I). K.
Banks, state treasurer. Tbe aau wiU
place Idaho back on a cash basis.
Based on claims that the weather has
made the roads impassable, the Twin
Fall Chamber of Commerce ts asking
an extension until June 1 of emergency
freight rates- on hay from Idaho to East
ern points. -
PORTLAND
The City club is one of Portland's
newer civic organizations. It waa or
ganized In September, 1916. But al
ready it has gained recognition as
one of ,lhe substantial bodies of Port
land business and professional men.
It has attained to a membership of
$00 in the brief period of its activity ;
and the word "activity" Is advisedly
used, for its eostact with municipal
and state problems iias often resulted
in solutions and always with benefit
to the worthy interests Involved.
The meetings of the City club were
originally held In a email hotel room;
the largest dining room of the Ben
son hotel is now required for the
Friday noon gatherings,- which are
always well attended. .
Robert R. Rarrkln, attorney. Is
president of the City club. The vice
presidents are Walter K. Sterns of
the Ellison-White Chautauqua com
pany and L. D. Bosley. special agent
of the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance company. Fred S. Cook, as
sociated with J. McCraken company,
is treasurer, and C. W. Piatt, secretary-treasurer
of the gas company,
is secretary.
The board of directors consists of
H. Ashley Ely, wheat grower; George
K. Murphy, president of the Associat
ed Engineering corporation; Ellis F.
Lawrence, architect; Dr. J. Earl
Else, physician ; Sydney J. Graham,
attorney, and Thaddeus W. Venesa,
attorney. '
The general purpose of the City
club ls expreesed In a brief sentence:
"To work with all high purpose and
organization for a greater Portland."