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' TUESDAY. APRIL 19. 1C21. s THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. OREGON AV TVrKPFStK VT NEWSPAPEB C H. JACKSON..... lmbuabet ( B calm, be eonlident, b cheerful od do onto other yrm -wrnild hTe them do onto yon. I 1'ubibboti every week day and Sunday momma' at Th Journal buildinc, Broadway and, Xam lilll utroet. Portland. Oreaon. ' kntered at the potofic at 1'orUaod. Ore-oo, for tranimiwioa through .the malls aa second rajm wiler, - - - - . TUI.Kl'UUXKS Main 7173, Automatic- 0O-t. All dtmrtmTit tWfhH by the-e wimlwri. NATIONAL AI.Vl. htisim; BEPHEMKNTA- '. TIVE Benjamin Kentnor Cd, Brumwv-k i bulldinr. 22:5 Fifth aenne. New lorn; uv Milim titillating, hcn. TACIKIO COAST RKPHESENTATIVE W. K. Barauger Co.. Examiner ibuildtng. Ban Fran . ra.ro; Title Insurance bnitdina, I-o Angela. tUK UUU;UN JOLKNAU fCTerrea the risht to t reject advertising copy which it deems ob- jectionable. 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Make all remittances payable to The Smim.l, Portland, Oregon. A thins done right today ia lesa trouble t, tomorrow. Anonymou. OUR GREAT HERITAGE DO WK adequately sense the value of the millions of horsepower rolling over -the waterfalls or rush ing down the rapids in Oregon streams?- 4 Here Is information that helps us pp a realization of that value: American industry produces more Jier worker than does the industry jof any other country. A chief rea json is that the American porker produces more because there is more ttorse power behind him. I ; In England." the , average is 1 .horsepower per worker. In America (15 years ago, the average was 2 ihorsepower per industrial operative and now it is Z. From this com parison It is not difficult to sense !why American industry successfully competes with the cheaper labor of JEurope. Electrification is j the cheapest source of power. -The United States vitrei corporation, which is more fcighly electrified, than most indus rlsa, has a horsepower of 64 per man and was able to show a favor able balance sheet -in a year of de pression when other j concerns failed to declare dividends This is a definite showing of what hydro-electric power means in its capacity to enhance manpower in production. It- gives a glimpse of the value of the inestimable wealth iow unused in . the unharnessed rapids of the Columbia-and in the rushing mountain , torrents of Ore gon. . .This '- rich heritage of wealth is just outside the city limits of Port land. It is at the feet of many up state Oregon cities, ready to play a part in the industrial development Of all that see fit to take advantage of what a bountiful nature has pro :- vided. : i It is an endowment that will in ' time create here an Industrial em pire because of the simple maxim titat the more horsepower behind the man the more effective his work be eomes and the more economical the processes of production. Fifty ' motorists learned Sunday that an automobile cannot be qper ated on a. wet street as safely as on dry pavement. They were in col lisions after the sunshine gave way td rain. It, la unfortunate, however, Chat their lesson had to come in the school of experience. HONORING MR. TEAL, IN, THE minds of many Portlanders i there resides such admiration for the' indefatigable industry of Joseph Ni Teal, such appreciation for his many public services and such affec tion for. his personal : qualities that their haste to honor his homecoming in more than -a casual way is perfectly natural expression.; i No limited number, will desire to participate in the plans for the din ner to Mr. Teal at the Chamber of Commerce and It is (little to be won dered, therefore, that the limitations which have been Imposed are in respect to the promptness of reser vations kinder the wiell known axiom of first come, firstj served." , As a shipping board commissioner in the city -of Washington,, D. C.r Mr; Teal followed the habits which have characterised him as a defender, of the economic progress of the' Pacific : f: BSw c. 1 ....... . Northwest. He was at his desk la the morning: when the conventional Washingtonian , official was begin ning to think of arising. Sunday found him dispatching accumulating duties in order., that the tasks of another week might have right of way on. Monday, ; ' With his- usual ''reduction of any situation to its orderly elements, he produced the first thprough analysis of the shippineT -board's; business, properties and prospects. His was a service well calculated to convince an incoming! chief executive that Oregon produces men capable of national service. - . - .- AT 75 MILES AN HOUR ONE man U dead and two more persons are reported dying after an automobileaccident near Seattle Sunday. The machine is reported to have been traveling at a speed of 75 miles an hour. At that pace, no life is safe. Even if no other machine appears in the path, even if there are no side roads from which ! other - vehicles may come, even if the roadway is clear and straight jfor miles, life is in imminent danger at all times at that speed.. Whatiif a tire bursts at 75 miles an hour? What if a weak ened axle gives way? What if a damaged wheel collapses or a steer ing gear refuses to function? An automobile is composed of hundreds of j pieces of delicate mechanism. At a speed of 75 miles there is tremendous ' pressure . on every Joint, every bolt, every part of the machine, any of which may col lapse under the .crushing strain at any moment. When something gives way, what are the chances for life of those hurtled into space? And even if everything in the ma chine stands up under the pressure, what becomes of the passengers if a rough spot in the road jerks the wheel from the driver's hand, if a rock hurls the car into the ditch, or if the driver from the dozens of other causes loses control for a mo ment? ' i A man who operates an automo bile with passengers at a speed of 75 miles , an hour is criminally re sponsible for lives exacted by the crash. - He should be so held by the juries. : j : : ' On the claim that the following are necessaries in her daughter's young life, a New -York mother has secured for her a $15,000 a year allowance from the family estate: Trip to Europe, $5000r tuition and incidentals, 12500; voice training. $500; piano lessons, $500; traveling expenses in America, $2000; fur coat and other wearing apparel, $4000. RUINED MINES A DDITIONAL coal mines are X- abandoned dally because of flooding," says fl, news dispatch de scribing the British coal strike. It continues: lopged. 'The suffering and desolation is w-iaespreaa in ine mining aistrtcte. Ap plications for relief have increased 1000 per cent in South Wales. In one county. the, towns are entirely without coal. There have been flurries of show and all the hardships of Winter havn heen endured. Thousands of miners are faf- ing the choice of starvation fnr them selves and their families or a return to tne pits. j The flooding of the mines was' a desperate game. Some of the col lieries exceed 3000 feet in depth, and the terrific pressure of water at such a level probably ; means, complete destruction. The statement Is that some- .of the! flooded mines may never reopen, j Destruction! of these mines un doubtedly. means loss of employment to some of the miners. It is likewise a heavy loss jto the mine owners. Lost employment and lost wages for the workers andiost mines and huge bills for repairs for the owners are a part Of the cost of" the struarsrle that might well have gone in wages to the men. Flooding the mines was sabotage. It is an extreme step never justified by public opinion in any country. It was undoubtedly the advice of the extremists among the miners, and nrost likely it was realization that public sentiment would not suoDort such a course that led the moderates among the railroad and transport workers to abandon the miners. causing what is probably a hopeless split In the powerful triple alliance. England is reaping the whirlwind from the .wind she sowed in past generations through low watres. rot ten living conditions and a general policy of neglect of workers. No nation can .afford to keep its man power submerged. In. doing so it is sowing the seeds of discontent and weakening the units on which it must rely for its own preservation. Under the income tax $200 exemp tion . is allowed for each child and $2000 for married people. A Dela ware man figures that the govern ment owes i him $6600, He is the father, of 23 children. --, 1 YAP EXCLUSIVE control of Tap is de manded by Japan. This is clear from diplomatic correspondence printed yesterday. , Why "excilusive control"? Yap is Important chiefly as a station for a great international cable system. Does Japan, since she demands ex clusive control, have a future plan for using Yap for her own objec tives? And since they are secret ob jectives are they also sinister? America asks no exclusive control. Her demand is -for. the open door to Yap. open to all nations, Japan in - eluded. It I Is a broad thought 1 of having Tap useful to all the world in international communication, and not for the private benefit of one nation. " ,. r i , j '; : Her diplomatic notes place Japan at a disadvantage before the great bar f world opinion. They put a weapon in the hands of professional trouble makers who constantly seek to break the historic friendship be tween Japan and America. They will be made use of as basis on which to suggest a purpose by Japan to some time in the future engage in operations, sinister or otherwise, from quick Information about which America and the rest of the world are to be barred. The strength of the Japanese con tention rests mainly on the action Of the senate in rejecting the peace treaty. The treaty contains these words: . "Germany renounces in fa vor of the principal allied and as sociated powers all her rights and titles over her oversea possessions." America was, one of these powers. But the senate .'repudiated the treaty which confirmed these rights and titles. . : If. -the senate had ratified the treaty in. some formV all American rights would have been fully con firmed and safeguarded and Secre tary Hughes in his present able and vigorous representations to Japan would be attended with far less embarrassment. When Mayor Baker "stepped on 'er" the other morning 1 instead of putting his foot on the brake he probably was thinking of! how he would like to do the same thing in bringing the Community Chest cam paign to a successful climax. DOLLARS AND MARRIAGES ARE -WE to witness a wave of international marriages? Are American dollars to be the founda tion, on which many matrimonial structures will be reared in the near future? It will be remembered that there was recently a costly war in Europe. The guns, the ammunition, the .bombs, and all the engines of war had to be paid for. The royal treas uries were raided along with, .the pockets of the plebeian. The scarred treasuries of the courtiers' have not been replenished.! Many of them are reported as near a state of collapse. But there are . those in America who still have riches. Thousands of pocketbooks were swollen during the war. Would American millionaires and heiresses, then, not be quite eligible in the eyes of pressed Euro pean royalists? The lightning engagement of young Leeds to the Grecian princess lends color to the belief that American millions will be entirely marketable on the nuptials exchange. His mother, the former Mrs. Leeds, is reported as enjoying an income of $30,000,000 annually. Young Leeds' bride-to-be is penniless. May we not won hear of other such betrothals? With all that the school have been teaching as to the food value of milk it seems strange the school cafeterias should have apparently learned the lesson so imperfectly. . IN THE DRAWER OF A DESK HE FOUND a 25-cent piece stained by age and disuse in an envel ope that had never been opened. Lower down was a check that had been -laid away for correction and that had been buried as much out of sight as out of mind by the papers that followed it. T ' ; A letter from an old and sensitive friend emerged from the rumpled heap. It had been put away for answer to "a more convenient sea son" and it, too, had been buried beneath the drift of routine. There were memoranda, notes, clippings and manuscripts that, when dropped promiscuously into the drawer of the desk, had seemed to hold a future reference value. Now, most of them had become mre scraps of paper. Even the incidents that gave them their value could scarcely be recalled by a straining memory. ; The Portlander who had vielded to the impulse of spring and was doing a bit of desk cleaning reflected on the overlooked significance of "Do It Now." ' 1 By procrastination he had failed in many duties and the neglected papers were his accusers. What could have done in a minute with resultant value and service at the time past had become either the cold ashes . of yesterday or called now for the time-taking explanations which do not explain. i "What a Cluttered h-ntl . - UlilUCl obligation .and unperformed duty i v jen Dy promising myself and th. task I'd do it later when it was only meniai laziness and lack of system that kept me from doing it when I should have done it." he mused. "If I had only done things when they should be done I would have done them as they should be done. I wouldn't have a desk choked full Of confusion but I WOUld Verv nrnh. ably have such command of my own affairs as would in turn command success in my life work." How much would It add. to the unincumbered progress of business if the president were to proeiaim a day for desk drawer cleaning with the condition that nothing thereafter was to be put away for a vague to morrow which should receive final attention today ? - Nothing is so uninformable as prejudice. HUGHES' "NIX" TO NICOLAI Diplomatic Denial of Russian Dicta tor's Desire for Trade Relations Meets General Approval Wil ' son Adherents Pleased to See His Policy in This Matter Thus Sustained. Daily Editorial Digest (Consolidated Prem Aociti-n ., The Hughes note to Russia, "hit the nail on the head," says the Buffalo Com mercial (Ind.), and the secretary's state ment to the effect that "it is idle to expect resumption of trade until eco nomic bases of production are securely established." meets the approval of the majority of American newspapers. Com ment to this effect is supplemented by some of, the friends of Wood row Wil son with the expression of satisfaction that, as the Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.) puts it, "there has been no re versal of Wilson's sound Russian policy." There 'are, of course, a few voices of doubt and distrust. The Washington Star (Ind.) feels that trade with a gov ernment "held by the American people to ' be odious by reason -of its origin" would seem "inexcusable and incredible folly," and the Post (Ind.) of the same city, rejoicing that "the communist dream of entangling the United States in a perfidious trade agreement" is ended, adds that "the United States con tinues a policy that has existed for a century and which. If : continued with firmness. Will be of powerful .assistance to the Russian people in recovering con trol of their government" The New York Times (Ind. Dem.). despite its po litical faith, is enthusiastic over the Hughes note. "It will reassure- the country, it says, "as to the .admimstra- j tion's clear understanding of present conditions in Russia and of the futility of entering into any formal trade ar rangement with a country which, by the crimes and excesses of its lawless gov ernment, has cut itself off from the op-j portunities of commerce." The fact that the note does not 'lock. bolt and bar the American door on the Russian people" but does "refuse to open the door to agents of lawless tyranny," : makes the document "exactly- what it should be," in the opinion of the New York Mali (Ind.), and the New Orleans j Times : Picayune (Ind. Dem.) considers that the administration "rightly" cifoeses to deal with conditions as they actually i exist in Russia and not with theories as to Lenin's change of heart and reform." To this - the Mobile Register (Dem.) agrees : Even in modern days, we per ceive that when a leopard changes his spots he is nevertheless a leopard under the skin. Some more deep seated change in the Russian leopard is necessary be-" fore our confidence is won that the transmutation is genuine and?, perma nent." The New York Post ' (Ind.) likewise is satisfied that in making his bid to this country '"Lenin's- .chief concern has not been to export platinum and import machinery, but to export propaganda and import prestige for the tottering soviet regime. To this sort of trade the administration refuses to lend : itself." Th Kvans villa. (Ind.) Courier; (Dem.) thinks that . " : : .. " "When a typically Republican ad ministration and a typically Democratic administration, both presumably cogni zant of the real truth concerning condi tions in Russia, pursue the same course n dealing with the situation, it is to be taken for granted that that course rep resents the best thought and wisdom of our statesmen, regardless of party affil- Among those who praise the attitude taken by Secretary Hughes are A nam- ber of writers who emphasize the simi larity of his attitude with that of Presi dent Wilsem. The Buffalo Times (Dem.) sees in this fact "one of the remarkable developments of the time" and the Char lotte News (Dem.) remarks that "the Harding administration is 'doing noble' in at least one thing: Without the dot ting of an I or the crossing of a t they are following the conditions Iaiddown by President Wilson for the recognition of Russia." This is "another Instance," the Lynchburg News (Dem.) declares, of' the vindication of the Wilson foreign policies." i Comparing the Wilson documents on the Russian question with the Hughes note, the Youngstown Vindicator (Dem.) finds "Mr. Wilson's position based on broader grounds of statesmanship than Mr. Hughes'." for the latter "dictates what the economic organisation of Rus sia shall be before he will deal with it." while Mr. Wilson's requirements were limited to political changes. The Provi dence Tribune (Ind. Rep.) finds that the present stipulations go farther than those made - before and "farther than some will think prudent to go at this time." for "to demand an economic revolution in Russia is to demand what cannot very well be substantiated as a basis for commerce." Indeed, the New York Glohe (Ind.) goes so far as to say that it is as though the United States "asked the British government to depose the king, abolish the house of lords- and give representative government .to India and Ireland as a preliminary to friendly re lations." This "to some" the Globe be lieves, will sound "preposterous and hypocritical" but adds that thre is another interpretation" to Secretary Hughes' words: "This is that he is well aware that there are changes taking place in the soviet government and that he means to say that when these changes have proceeded so far that lives and property of Americans who ' go to Russia are demonstrably safe the American gov ernment will be glad to consider trade relations." . Another "hopeful" interpretation Is voiced by the New York Call (Soc) which suggests that "the reference in the note regarding firm guarantees of private property, the sanctity of con tract and the freedom. of labor may apply to concessions granted American capitalists and not to general Internal affairs of the soviet regime. The New Haven Journal Courier' (Ind.) is not altogether satisfied with - a continued curtailment Of relations with Russia. "Shall we take counsel," it asks, "not from our aversion to Lenin and his junta of butchers, but from the re sources, suppressed ambition. latent capacities and ample good will" of the Russian people?" The aid asked for. it believes, will benefit "every peasant" and further "is it not oUr'part.to leave to the people of that country the task of , regaining control of their own af fairs?" Whether this-view, or that ex pressed in .the Hughes note, is "cor rect"1 the Richmond News Leader (Ind. Dem.) believes "no more people will agree on than on a national tariff policy or the Japanese question. Curious Bits of Information Gleaned From Carious Places An intimate description of a critical period in jlhe life of Ulysses" S. Grant was given in an " address by Richard Yates, member of congress and former governor of Illinois, at Grant's tomb on Riverside drive, on a certain Memorial day. Perhaps to Governor ; Richard Yates, father of the representative who spoke,' more than to any other man. Grant - owed the start of his career, which " came- in the form of his com mission in 1861. - Extracts from . his memoirs show hor vividly his first as- sochUiens with Governor Yates stood out 20 years later, when he was contem plating the course of his varied life. Commenting modestly upon Grant's de scription of the memorable intervention of Governor Yates, the speaker Baid : "That little hour at Springfield was a critical hour a crisis in his life. His life had been one disappointment after another one distasteful occupation had followed another, and he frankly admits they were ail failures, more or less. A letter he had written to the adjutant general of the regular yarmy had been ignored burned. , This invitation by Governor Yates was the first smile of fortune since graduation at West Point in 1843 nearly 20 years before." , Letters From the People f Communications sent to The Journal foe publication in this department ehonld be written on only one side of the paper; ihould Dot exceed 300 words in length, and must be aiened by the writer, whose mail addrea in full must accom pany the contribution. ) .. ' THE EXCESS PROFITS TAX Reflections Upoft Recent Price Reduc tions and Melon Cuttings. Portland, April 16. To the Editor of The Journal I note some items which ought tp be of interest to the "dear" farmer at this time : for instance, that the International Harvester company has kindly made a cut of 10 per cent in price of the machinery which the farmer principally uses in 1 America. We also note that on April 7 the Standard Oil Company of Nebraska, at a meeting of its directors in Wall street; cut a melon by declaring a dividend of 200 per cent. It would seem that the Standard Oil company could -afford to be as liberal as its neighbor. The International Har vester company, and cut off 10 per cent of the prices of oil and gas. And again, we find that business is being hamplred by the "excess- profits" tax, and that congress proposes to cut out those taxes which have become a burden on the "business" of the country and sub stitute therefor a sales tax. . By the uproar made by all kinds of politicians during the past year or two one would conclude that a profiteer, or one who was in the habit of taking "excess profits," was a criminal of the highest order. And the politicians : were . not the only ones howling about the "prof iteer" or "excess profits" exaeter, but people generally participated in this howl. Old H. C. L. has been burned in effigy, scourged, hanged, tarred and feathered, and almost every attempt has been made to drive him out of the coun try; yet his father, the "profiteer," has the audacity to direct coogress to repeal the excess profits tax and give him license to resuscitate old H. C. L. and perpetuate his existence. What does yie farmer know about "excess profits"?. What does he know about the excess profits tax? If he would take the time to investigate he would ascertain- that an excess profits tax is based upon a r.et profit over and above 15 per cent on investment. Upon further investigation he might wonder why, especially in these strenuous days, there should be any "excess profits" at all I And also, if there were, why the government Bhould not take them all, and by this means relieve the tax-burdened farmer in these days of "getting back to normalcy." B. F. Wilson. "UNDER THE YOKE" A Protest Against Reckless Loading- Up of the Taxpayer. Portland. April 15.' To the Editor of The Journal Your "Under the Yoke" series is good stuff, but it clearly indi cates that '"hindsight is better than, fore sight." A little study of the situation will point out to you why it all came about, all of this taxation trouble. , Just two little common weaknesses of life: First, the desire to have everything that somebody else had, no matter what the coat -an ambition which has wrecked many an individual and many a business. It seems fair to work in this same way with some commonwealths and munici palities. The other if, of course, our political weakness. Inefficient -money-spenders in office are at last bringing their reward. Those who have followed the tax situation for some time past and have followed the calibre of men who are being placed in charge of the spend ing of money, and the tendency of ; the public to follow' the bell sheep, are not at all surprised at the present predica ment. It is a misnomer to believe that the expenditure of money alone can create anything. Static wealth is no wealth at all without the dynamic energy of the" individual, and you cannot get the dy namic energy of any individual by a process of taxation. .The Northwest can grow only through the adding of the proper sort of individuals, and individ uals are. not attracted by an expense ac count that is burdensome to the point of aggravation. A sparsely settled terri tory should not expect to spend the same amount of money that the more thickly settled territory spends ; the per capita load is too great- There may be some good reasons Why posterity should bo compelled to pay for improvements made at the present time, but if the burdenjs made too great, additional population will be restricted, and posterity will be inclined to desert the job. William Hewett- AN ANTI-VAMP PROTEST Dallas. April 15. To the Editor of The Journal Recently I have noticed in all Ha Hv' n.nem different accounts of love triangles, robberies, murders, and divor ces, and invariably me vampire isuwjo described as pretty, attractive, etc. I am opposed to such persons being praised. It seems that Jn this day and age there is little encouragement for anyone to try to be decent, honest, or virtuous, as most women who do such rash deeds are ex alted and praised. In "one incident a vamp was described as beautiful, and it was stated "all men loved her." There is no need to wonder why we have so many wayward girls, when the papers, picture shows and most everything else suggest immorality and show how easy such things are to get away with.- Mrs. Jannette Goodnigh. Blossom Day in Salem By Mrs. M. L. Horner. The air le laden with sweet perfume: The be i humming a drowsy tune: "TU only April but seems like June. For.ifa Blossom Day in Salem. ; The petal are filJine the air like snow; There are cherry blossom wberew you o; Tia really the fairest picture I know. i For it' Blossom Iy m Salenv i - 1 Bright and blue ia the western sky: The fleecy eiouda o floatinc by: The birds are rejoiHna and so era I. For it's Blossom Day i Saleaa. I know there are plaeea that are aa fair ' To Lhone who inhabit this earth elsewhere; But to me there ia nothinf will cnite eompars With Blowom Day ia Salem. Portland, April 17. Uncle Jeff Snow Says Ever day or so somebuddy gits out a plan to raise a million or two a-taxin' gasoline. It looks easiern i roDbin' a sleepin baby of an all-day sucker to plant another cent or two on gas. One ot tnese ciays. nowever, wicu "cr buddy's got a flivver of some sort there'll be a wakin up and a yell'll split the sky and skeer the tax dodgin land snee'lators that wants the state er the county to give em free roads and keep -era up fer nuthin. Here's Ike Melhol'.er chippin' in. volunteer, $5 a acre on his patch fn Washington fer a hardsurface road and bein patted on the back as a generous and progressive citizen, r when that road makes that whole section worth $50 a acre more. COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE What the Beavers call baseball being played today. is Most American "queens" fer Albina to Albania. would pte- The road hog entered the category of pests early in the automobile era. .' e Mexico wants an army of 80,000. Good ness ! We thought there were that many generals. - ' The trip to the morgue can be made as effectively In a flivver as in a 100 horsepower racer. - t a , Ice company branded a monopoly. Well, ' ice is a cold proposition whose whole stock is watered. Zamorano gave the widow 30,000 lire when Lulgi Bottanellt stabbed a Fas cisti at Ferraga. Ca-a-choo! a . - When chemical warfare is perfected civilization will gloat at the accomplish ment of its most foul disgrace. Jl'm the pitcher's business to pitch aim. the catcher's business to eaten, but they can't play baseball without a batter. ; a 'Wonder if the former kaiser now knows how the fathers of millions of soldiers were made touffer at his hands. if A . preacher who denies that h!I is a lake of fire declares there's enough hell in Portland to fill all present local demands. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town If there is any institution in Portland that Is more like a kaleidoscope than the Ellison-White office it would be hard to find. Each day it seems to be "hall and farewell." Their forces are always on the go. Ray Andrews, pub licity yianager. has left for Los Angeles. Other Portland folk who have gone south recently include Virgil Shepherd, Guy Young. Delia Scott, lone St. Clair. Muriel Law ton, Helen Stackhouse and Clara Behnke. L. C Paget bas just left for Dawson. N. M.. A cablegram has just been received that the Tahiti left Auckland on April 5 with the roiiowing Portland passengers aboard : Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Paget, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eastman. -Ruby Ferguson Euwer, Lowell Patton, Lulu Root. Beulah Truitt, Miss H. Ferguson, Miss A. Carstenson, Miss f. Kriftunn MIhr K. Ornand. Mr. and' Mrs. T. D. Upton. Sumayeh Attiyeh. Captain M. A. Imrie, Captain Alien, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Parnell. Jennie Huggins and Aline Horen. Rev. William Chauncey Emhardt of Philadelphia, with offices at 281 Fourth avenue. New York city, is spending a few days in Portland. He Is accompiied by his daughter, Miss Nancy Emhardt, and Miss Frances Sutro. They have just returned from a tour of Europe, where " they visited the battlefields in France and Belgium. While Jn Europe Mr. Emhardt attended the Geneva con ference as well as the conference at Beatenburg, where the matter of pro moting world peace was under discus sion. Mr. Emhardt is field director of work -among foreign born Americans. He is on a tour of the South and West to establish missions among , the Mexi cans, Japanese and Chinese. He is meeting with very encouraging results and finds his knowledge of Spanish, Krench, German, Italian, Russian and other European tongue very helpful in dealing with foreign born residents, .i .. .... British . Columbia guests stopping at the Portland include Mrs. Baxter of Vic toria. William Ward Of Victoria and Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Ward of Vancouver. i . . '':.'. Mrs. Henry Barrett of Athena is visit ing her sister. Miss Jessica McEwcn, in Portland. Guy Lafollette, newspaper man of. Prineville, is sojourning at the Port land a - .. Alfred Cartot of Paris is a guest of the Hotel Portland. - . Frank Patton of Astoria ie a guest of . the Portland. OBSERVATIONS OF THE By Fred fErlT hixtory of the Bonnd-Up City 'is here detailed bT Mr. Ixckley, who liata the aty of ficial of 30 yera ago. reTiewa the tire depart ment, of the pioneer period, and pay "tribute to that staunch and aterlin- institution, the J"t Oresonian, published in Pendleton since 187o.J A day 'or two ago I rode down on a Sunnvside car with an old-time resident of Eastern Oregon, who in the early '90s had served two terms as city treasurer of Pendleton. Bu.t few of the city offi cials of that day are now in Pendleton. In 1891. 30 years ago, John C. Leasure was mayor. He came from the Willam ette valley, having been born on a farm in Marion county on June 9. I5- He was a lawyer and located in Pendleton in the spring of 1880. He was elected mayor of the city in 1885 and In the elec tion held on December 7. 1891. was again elected. ,.' Clark Wood, now editor of the Weston Leader, was city treasurer and received $le a month for his services. Clark Wood worked for many years on the East Oregonian and for some tme was a member of the editorial staff Vf The Ore gon Journal. He came to Umatilla county in the early '70s. when he was two years old. . . George R. Lash was city recorder. Lash brought the first train into Pendle ton. He was an old railroad man, a native of St. Johns, Newfoundland. Thomas B. Morgan was city marshal. He was a native son of Polk county, having been born there in 1852. He came to Umatilla county in 1871 and during the Indian troubles in HT a55 driver on the Pendleton-WaUa Walla run. ' William D. Hansford, an old time Ne vada miner, born in West Virginia in 1840. was a member of the city council. Hiram Flickinger, a native of Pennsyl vania, and a' pioneer resident of Coryai lis. was also a member of the city coun cil. Other members of the city council were: ' . . Theodore F. Howard, contractor and builder and a former resident of Iowa, who came West in 1864, settling In the Walla Walla valley. Ho moved to Pen dleton in 1875. Thomas C. Taylor, who was born In 1838 in Massachusetts and went- to Waitsburg, Wash., in 187$, coming to Pendleton in 1$7. Mr. Taylor for many years was prominent in the political and business life of Pendleton, later moving to Portland, where he died. - Lewis Reith was ah Alsatian, having been born in France in 1846. He came to UmaUlla county from Montana in 165 and was One of Umatilla county' pros perous stockmen. R, Alexander, born in Germany In ISoO, coming to Pendleton in 1878, was the re maining councilman. One of the institutions of Pendleton of which the citizens were very proud was the " volunteer fire department,, which was organized in 1879. J. F. Dunn was the first chief. W. B. Mays foreman. Lot Llvermore president, D. W. Bailey secre tary and S. Rothchild treasurer. Shortly after its organization Mr, Rothchild came down to Portland and bought for the Pendleton fire, depart- NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS- Judging by ' the i items - in the papers these days, there surely can not be much money in the moonshine business. Amity standard. . , . We thought that we heard the robin redbreast singing his song of spring yesterdajy ; morning, but instead he was cussing the weather. -Blue Mountain Eagle- An -Orearon man has sued his wife for divorce. Jon . the " grounds of extreme cruelty.! She used up his last pint in making mince pies. Kia.rta Falls Herald. The titouble with the men In the gov emmentl serviee Is, they use up so much energy getting 'the jobs that they are never good for much afterwards. Al bany Democrat, - ' President ' iiardihg, in hia address to congress,.' says he is for an association of natiohs to prevent war. A league by any other -name wouia sound as sweet. eh 7 ilillsDoro Argus, Some men whoi "can't afford' to put running water into3thelr country homes, later spend large i amounts in doctors and nurses" - bills for their overworked wives. Gladstone Reporter, The attempted.- return of ex-Emperor Charles to- Hungary is to be investi gated 'bv a commission. It must be true that the Hungarians are making progress toward .democracy! bugene Register. - J.. T. Houston, a native son of North Carolina; is a guest of the Hotel Im perial, rThere are a lot ot folks from North Carolina settled in Crook and Morrow -counties," said Mr. Houston. "I went tip therej in 1886 and at first worked las a farm hand. I got hold of a homestead which I later sold. . I now have a 329 acre irrigated ranch be tween Redmond and "Prineville. Two hundred! and fifteen, acres of this place is in alfalfa. I also Own 2330, acres near Hampton Butte' on Cams creek. where i am' running between 200 and 300 heaS of Hereford and Black Polled cattle. Two years ago I was running 800. head of stock on this place. You pay 35 . cents, to 40 cents a pound for the beef I sell for from 6 cents to 1 cents, a pound. Looks Ss if there was a lot of leeway there somewhere, and un- til the price the producer ' receives Is a little nearer to what ' the consumer pays tne cattle business will, not be very prosperous. . Colin Oregon, Dyment of the University , of an old time newspaper man, is a guest of the Hotel Portland. Mr. Dy ment endeared himself to thousands of residents of the state. of Washington by securing . statistics as to the wounding -or death' and the burlat of hundreds of from Washington. , His work in this regard was one-of the most- valu able done by any of the Red Cross men who went overseas.. ' Albany " Citizens visiting In Portland include) Mr., and f Mrs. J. W. Stearns. Ethel Baasarrt. Mrs. W. R, Parish and daughter. Wilma, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ffeifferf and son Charles, Rollie Ralston and Miss -Carrie Wolf. i- I Mr. and Mrs. Ji W. Maloney of Pen dleton ' bame to. Portland in their ear and will visit nerfe for a few days. - - - - rrlneyirie citizens visiUng in Portland Include Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ganger, N. G, Wallace and J. A. "Stein. Rev. . H. E. ; Bush .and his daughter, Mary Ellen' Bush,! Of Newport are vlsit- ing4 jn. Portland.- J. Q. Kicker of 1 Ashland is at the Se ward iJr. and Mrs. M. S. Kean of Pendle ton arc! .spending a few days, in Port- land. Mrs. p. R.'Shambroofc of Roseburg is visiting Mrs, visiting relatives in' Portland. J. W. Perkins of Roteburg is friends in the -city. AND IMPRESSIONS JOURNAL MAN . Lockley ment a, discarded hand engine. This had been purchased in the early days . by the Portland fire department from Sac ramento which In turn had bought It from San Francisco. This historic old engine Was the first fire engine used' In San Francisco,1 Sacramento' and" Tort land anji,: became Pendleton's first fire engine jit was shipped by boat to Umatilla- Landing and , from, there it was taken tdV Pendleton without charge by "Whispering" Thompson. ; In 1891 the Pendleton fire' department had three companies Protection com pany, Rescue company and the Alerts. T. P. Howard was chief of the, depart ment. Felix R.. Mitchell, veteran em ploye of 1 the East Orejronian and a mem ber of The Oregon Journal's staff since its beginning, was first assistant, J.-I. Sharon as secretary and Frank Duprat treasurer. - . . The officers of Protection company at that time were Lol G. Frazfer. foreman : J. L. Sharon, first assistant; Frank Neagle. j" second assistant ; B. . Hagan, president; L K. Earle, secretary and A. Wurzweller, treasurer. . Rescue hook' and ladder company No. 1 waa officered as follows: Joseph Ell, foreman!; Walter WeJIs. "first assistant; August Bauer, second assistant : W. H. Jones. ..president ; 'Horace J. Stillman, secretary, and Frank Duprat, treasurer. - Alert nose company had the following officers i. Fred , W. , Steuslof f, foreman, Mark Johns; first 'assistant? A. M. Despaini second assistant; K. J. Murphy, president; C. O. .White.- secretary, and W. S. Bowman, treasurer; . e One Of the institutions of which Pen dleton has always been proud and which has dorie much to put Pendleton on the map! and give it its reputation of be ing the largest - city of its size In the West, is the East Oregonian. The East Oregonian was first issued .on October 5. 1875. Eve 4 at that early, date Pen dleton business men were live wires and patronized the newly established paper generously. Among the merchants who advertised . in the first issue of the East Oregonian were Lot Llvermore,- J. 'H. Raley. William Switxler, G. W. Webb. S. Rothchild, D. M. Taylor, J. D. Lindeey, Silvester & Bentley, and many others. The paper was started by M. P. Bull. Later .JJ H Turner and . B. B. Bishop I had charge of It. 1 In 189 It was pur chased by Ia B, Cox. In February, 1882, C. S. Jackson and G..- A. Gayer secured control .of it. i. P. . Wager bought an interest It shortly thereafter. Among the leading citizens in Pendle ton in 1891 were W. F. Matlock. James H. : Raiey. S; A. Lowell, E. B. Gambee, J. L. Killian. Morton D. Clifford, Charles V Hyde., James A. Fee, Donald McRae, John Luhrs, Walter M. Pierce, J. C- Arnold. J. T. Hinkle. , John M. Bentley, Lots . Llvermore, Lee Moor house. George Hartman, . Thorn as G. Hal ley. Kani P. Sturgis. C. B. Wade. George Hamiltoa. Jesse Failing," Gus LaFon talne, James ' Crawford, J. B. Keeney, Joseph Easier. Dr, C." J. Smith, Dr. F. W. Vincent, Colonel E. D, Boyd. W. D. Fletcberl Chris Ranley, Charley Cun ningham rrofeesor H. L. Talklngton, Rev. W. B. Potwine and many others. - The Oregon Country Northwest' Happening- In Uriel, Form for th Buay. Header I OREGON NOTES For the first time In nearlvl a year no prisoner ia behind the bars in the city of Bend. " A carload of canned goods a day i being shipped from the. warehouse of the Eugene Fruitgrowers" association. The Eagle Lumber company at Wes timber, in Washington countv. is row running 100 men with an eight-hour : shift j Completion of the eountyi paved high way between Coquille and Coos Kay will be fittingly observed at Coquille on April 30. . l Hood River orchard wares have been reduced from $100 to Jt',., per month, and transient help from $." a day to -S5 cents an hour. R, O. Henley was seriously burned and Mrs. Heuslcy narrowly escapeii death when their home near Bend vas destroyed by fire last week. Mrs. Ijouiire A. Metteer. Umatilla county pioneer, 'died at Pendleton last week, aged 16. Mrs. Metteer crossed the plains with her parents in 1848. The long concrete overhead crossing at the intersection of the Southern Pa cific and Pacific highway four miles south of Eugene was started Monday. Hood River fruitgrowers report no. damage to fruit from" th recent heavy frosts. Both pears and cherries, in full bloom, escaped without evidence of in Jury. . A donation of $f00O was made to Al bany . collearn last week, and another 82000 pledged to aid current expenses. This is in addition to endowment re ceipts. The gas flow at the Klamath Oil company's well near Klamath Falls grows stronger as the cawiiiB goes deep er. The casing is' now down 1'2S0 feet. leaving some loo leel to go. H. W. Smith, clear manufacturer. met with a heavy I08H at Hunker Hill, In Coos county, when lus home and factory was burned down and every thing in the place destroyed. Silver Lake is aimured of a new stone school building; to taU th plare of the one destroyed by fire' Just one vote was cast against the 40.oo bond issue which will finance construction. Oregon's ' national gusrd has jumped to third nlace tn the United States in strength and efficiency, accordjmr to a monthly report received at tne adjutant general's office from the secretary of war. According to a recent 1 survey of , thn state tax commissioner, the acreiipn In agricultural . and horticultural product in Oregon in 1920 aa compared with 191ft showed a decrease of lS4..tf7 acre, while the number of farms showed a decrease of 16,56. WASHINGTON Bertha Andrews of Pocatello." Idaho, has been elected May queen by. Whit man college students. The fruit outlook is aid to be belter this year than at any time in the his tory o;:Valla Walla county. Walla Walla is afHictcd -with flower, thieves and the chief of police recom mends a shotgun filled with buckshot. Rev. Eugene W. Achilles, 61, retired pastor of the Free Methodist church, dropped dead ot heart disease in Spo kane Sunday. The Schafer Logging company near Aberdeen is employinc more men in iti camps than at any time in the history of its logging operations. According to the provisions of an ordinance panned by . the city council, none but citizens may be employed in city departments hereafter. To protect thcmselveH agrainst a pos sible gaoline shortace. Walla Walla county farmers have formed n asso ciation to handle gasoline and distil late. Harrv Harland Stuart, 44. vice presi dent of the Carnation Milk Products company, died at Heattle Sunday from the effects of a fall downstairs at the home of a friend. 11 ' 1 . ' Norwood' W. Brockett of Seattle has applied for a franchise to ftabli.h electric power lines alone every street and alley in Wenatcheei and pvtr all the roads of Chelan county. Robert C Saunders. United States at torney, announces - that he will nt hereafter file any information in nnuor cases In federal court based on arrests made by city police officers. Gus Halbert, 68, went to an upstair room in his home at Seattle, placed the muzle-of a revolver in hi month and pulled the trigger. His wife heard Ihe report and found him dead. Robert Campbell of Eugene, Or., was sentenced at Ohehalis to five years in the state reformatory after he had pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery, of the State bank of Napavine. Offers by the-Y. M. . A. to estab lish a branch at the Rimrook tnrK dam in Yakima county have been re fused by the engineer jn chartr beraue the men object to the strict regulations, of an association eiubroom. IDAHO Approximately 20 mills will he ner nrv to clear Ihe current ind'-bt-edn eres- of Twin Falls county which is given as $182,000. The bodv of Klm-r G. Reese, killed at Magna, Franc. July 20, 1313. arrived at Malad last week and was. buried with military honors. "Although Ihe official census gives Blackfoot's population as 3037. a count by the city council shows that Black foot has more than 6000 people. A email band rfwolves have been wintering along the Ttolse river, about 50 miles from - Boise J near Roaring river, the Botfe King mfne and Granite creek. . Colonel Frank Rene! shipped six cars of cattle and four cars of e.heep from Idaho Falls to the 0(ln market laat. week. The cattle .brought -$7.25 and the sheep $4.00. . An office for the county chapter of the American Red Cross has heen opened at Caldwell by M1hh Edna Black, executive secretary, who will have charge of 17 communities. A man believed to be John Stevens of Ix Angeles was killed and three other men seriously Injured Sunday when two freight cars were derailed on Medbury hill near ulenns l-erry. Russell G. Black, city builder of Heiehtalnwn. N. J.. has arrived at American Falls to begin the creation of a new American Falls- Contract- will be let shortly lor clearing tne new townsite, . KiNowyouiv PORTLAND The Portland branch of the Asso ciation of Collegiate Alumnae was organized In February, 1905. It has 350 members. Mrs. William H. Thomas Is the president. The vice presidents are Mrs. George N. Woodley and Mrs. H. L. Geary, Mra. W. 8. Kirkpat rick, wife f the president of the Ad club, is secretary; Miss Louise Jones is treasurer, and Mrs. Forrest S. Fisher is councillor. The directors are the chairmen of standing committees. The meetings of the organization are held at the University club at noon on the first Saturday of each month. The purpose of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae is to unite col lege and university women for edu cational and philanthropic work. Special activities include partici pation in local and state educational affairs and the furnishing of work rs for patriotic . and local cam paigns. Thousands of dollars have been j; loaned to deserving young women who desired scholastic col lege education r from a scholarship loan fund established by the alum nae. - ,