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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,1 PORTLAND, OREGON FRIDAY,- APRIL 22, -1821. ! i i It AS 1VPRTKNHKNT NKWRPAPER C. M. J ACKMi.N . liibjiht I B calm, be confident, be eheerf al and auto ehr MM yog wmild have them nnto yog-) Vabtwhed cr.ry week day and bunUay moraM ; at Tli Journal buikbnc. Broadway and. Xaa- niil utrpK, Portland, Orrcm for tnoiniwos tbroucb the maile second TKUCrHON I'M Main 7173. Automatic ft0-l. NATIOMAJ. -AIVKTIrUXtJ BEi-HKHENTA-TIVE Benjmmin ec Kentnor Co., Brnnrwidt ImiMinsV 2'' Fifth iTrnup. Jiew York; 800 ' -' Mailers btiikiint, Chicago. I'A:iH0 COAST HKPHfciifcNTATIVtf-W. K. i rternfr Co., ' Kxaminer building Fran nun; Till Insuranee build.ni, Los .Ansetea. THK OKEUON JOL.RNAI. raaerres the" right to reteet edverUeinsT opr which it deem ob , j'euoneble. Jt aim will no print aary copy " that in. any way simulates readmit matter or " that cannot readily be recognued aa adTer tmng. : - ' - " 8t:BSCHIiT10N KAT.E8 By 'amer. City and Country On week .13 Oae month $ .83 DAILT One week. .10 TJJok month. .... .43 HUNUAX On week. ..... t .05 HX HAIL. AM. RATES PATABT.E ADVANCE f . XJIK li -i .1 n Mr v !n yeir 18.00 Thre months... 82. 25 One month..... .75 Sl'XDAT Only) One year. .... .(8.09 Six months..... 1.75 Three month. . . 1 00 WEKKI.T AND bUNDAY One year 13.50 I DAH.T (Without Sunday) .Vn year...... f 00 -".nr. month..., 3.35 1 (Three months... 1.73 3 'Una month. .... .60 ' WEKKi.Y i (Ewy Wednesday) One .year $1.00 I -8ix months. 60 ' . TV. i iiuu. aw mfwj fiiiir inui. j 4-; Rate to Eaatrra pointa fnrniabed am annHea- -fiim. Make remittancea by Money Order, Kiprwe J -f n-dr or Draft. I( your poatoffica ia not a J. 'Money Order office, 1 or 2-eeot (tampe will be accepted. Make all remittancea peyabla to The I Journal, Portland. Oregon. TV. i 1 V . Oh. lea re them jarcona and go your., way atnugbt to Uod'a work in aimplicity and aiDEleneaa of heart. Florence .Nightingale.. UNDER, THE YOKE NO 15. iHPHE Portland Realty board has r 1 . Joined with other civic organiza 5 tions in the appeal for strict economy J in public expenditure td reduce the ! burden of taxation in this state. In f resolutions recently passed the board says: ' V."V : Whereas the present load of taxation is so great that it tends to depress the i value of real property, to discourage home owning, home building and other !,forms of investment in real estate, and r Whereas, economy in public expendi tures to the end that no more money t shall be taken from the people than is ' needed for the efficient administration of government is desirable at all times. i and narticularlv at this time, when the v whole world has reacted from the great, f Var and the era of extravagance which followed Its close, and is slowly adjust l Jng itself to new conditions. Portland should join in this movement back to !the normal status of affairs and declare itself clearly and unmistakably for the t Utmost economy in public administration. i The board asks that the various j tax levying bodies, refrain from ih- creasing taxes during the next three i years, that effort be made to reduce ' the burden, and that the taxpayers cooperate with officials in removing ..the tax yoke by eliminating demands for expenditures that are avoidable. J As evidence of the necessity for jcurtanirii; the cost of government, ithe board shows that taxes have 'mounted 134 per cent between 1910 land 1920,. whereas the' population Jof Portland. ha increased , but ' 2 5 per cent, and there is but 14 per cent' more taxable wealth than 10 years ago.. As a result the per capita 'tax has increased from $29 in 1910 Ito $54.50 in 1921, which impels the ,'board to say that "the present load of taxation is so great that -it tends ;to depress the value of real prop erty, to t discourage -home owning, home building and all other forms of investment in .real estate." , I There is no denial of the Realty (board's contention. There can be no denial. If public officials yield to every demand for expenditure of -public raoney property taxes mtlst - increase. Jf they, continue, to mount jthe people of Oregon will further 'seek to escape the tax burden -by relinquishing property, by failure to ,build, and by refusal to buy. - - The taxing power can be made one 'of the most destructive on earth; - It 'can kill production, reduce ..buying power, limit consumption, curtail wages and reduce a city or state to impotency, ,; 4 . t- Oregon has not yet been serlonsly crippled by taxation. But continued "tax increases sucii as those in recent. ,?ears could have but one effect- stagnation... The Realty board and other organizations are j an . sound ground in opposing such an eventu ality, j -V ; Among a ..few other questions which, by Indirection, deplore the drift from' the farm to the. city, Thrift Magazine' asks." "Why is it that the majority of us prefer, the excitement of being run down by the . United States mail wagons, asphyxi ated in the movies, booted, looted, stamped' and vamped? Is there no longer any beauty in the dewy meadows or sheep on sunny x hill ?" That's just the trouble. There's 1 no end of beauty" in the countrjv but the only person -who has time to look at it is the city dwelled on his Sun day outings. To the -farmer dewy meadows and sheep on sunny hill epeU work from sun to sun, which S his sons seem only too eager to sub stitute with an eight-hour day and time- for two movies 'after supper. BAR BUR AND THE STREETS COMMISSIONER BARBUR says 'Portland streets should be widened; that there Is insufficient room for traffic That fe quite true. The streets should be widened. , But the streets should be main tained, too. Maintenance is a much simpler, task, it- costs less, and could and should be ; dqne t immediately. And it, is Commissioner Baa-bur; de partment that is charged with street maintenance. . 1 . : . i' '- The' widening: business is fine. Her narrow streets make Portland's traffic- problems doubly -acate. They make rigid restrictions on the park ing privilege" in the downtown dis trict imperative. V They suggest an early application, of the one-way traffic plan. They cause the travel ing public no end' of inconvenience that should byj all means be elimi nated. ; j - . But why not, maintain the streets we haVe? Why not patch up some of the : oles that can be found on many of the streets of the city? Why not Iron out some of the ridges? Why not convert some of the . dis jointed thoroughfares into level pavements? '" j : The public is -glad to hear from Commissioner Bar bur on the subject of narrow streets. His ideas are com mendable. In fact, he is an able and honest commissioner. But the -public would also like to know why Com missioner Barbur's department isn't maintaining even the narrow, streets. The other day the : Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce announced that it would have to increase ' the annual dues from $25 to $50, where upon there was a small avalanche of resignations.! Yet Philadelphia is the city which in 1926 will-celebrate the sesquicentennial of American liberty and which in the meantime will need the aid of the strongest possible commercial organization. For the information of Philadelphia it may be added, that Portland busi ness men long have paid annual Chamber of Commerce dues of $50 each and regard the money as well invested. i TIGER YOUTHS A FEW days ago the legislature of California j in dignified session at Sacramento was discovered in the act of seriously discussing whether or not to enact a law exempting mur derers less than 18 years of age from capital punishment. On one side it was proposed that for the juvenile homicide there Js always another chance if he is allowed it, and on the other that the slayer,! regardless of his age, is -cold-blooded, vicious and . worthy of death at the hands of society. At this distance it is not necessary to discuss the merits of the debate. But nothing could be more shocking than to realize that there are enough murderers tinder 18 years old to render necessary a plea for mercy or for execution. Yet the news of the day, of every day, brings reports of boys who are blowing open i bank safes, robbing stores and houses, stealing auto mobiles and holding up trains, not scrupling to take life in order to destroy opposition and make escape. Surely it cannot be possible that we are breeding a generation of blood-thirsty man tigers, .who begin their killing be fore, schools and; the parental paddle should have done with them.' ri J L r If so, this country needs the Im mediate enlistment of its strongest and best men and women in a cru sade for the. redemption of homes, home altars and the rod of which Solomon wrote. ?".! Traveling salesmen who during the war maintained a policy of service and courtesy jfind now that they were making an investment" in good will which is bringing, them returns in dollars and cents. There was a time when orders were-so numerous and supplies so scant that the sales man's duty scarcely extended beyond recuses for non-delivery. But times have changed,) and the dollar which is beginning to buy more than.it did is also a dollar to be competed for. : BUILD WATER TRAFFIC NOW IT SHOULD be perfectly clear, even as far away as Washington, D. C-, that unless freight rates are materia ally, reduced the reliance of the Pa cific coast must be placed upon water transportation and that unless the charges of water transportation are made economically attractive the great production enterprises of the Pacific coast face disaster. When rail rates were boosted and re-boosted it was predicted that the commodity movement from the Pa cific to the Atlantic coast would be sustained by a lowering of water rates and an increase of facilities. The rate through the Panama canal which' actually obtained until a few short months' ago, was, when the terminal handling and marine in surance were Included, just about on a par with the rail rate. More re cent reductions in' water rates have not been sufficiently general to help the situation; materially j nor have they been effective long enough to furnish a test of permanence, v ; The Inflation of rail rates produced a secon d prediction that the big Eastern industries, accustomed to supply manufactured articles to the Western market, would promptly es- tablish Western branches "and save the excessive transportation charges on finished articles. The most super ficial survey shows that this expecta tion has not been realized. -When transportation went up, production went down and credits for expansion were curtailed. ; Factories h turned suddenly to less than capacity pro duction. The salesman's job became an Imperative necessity to keep the home factory busy. Until buying begins again and central industries again become crowded , with, orders the location of Western branches, regardless of the rate situation, will be deferred. There are three things that, in view of the foregoing facts, will help the situation. The first is to agi tate for more economical water car riers both to the Atlantic coast and to Europe. ; ; 5 The second outlet is the stimula tion of every essential home industry. If we find water outlet for our great staple . products and reasonably supply the needs of the Oregon country with its own manufactured articles there will be money enough to finance expansion of industry and agriculture and to make room for a larger consuming population. The third is to give free passage to .American ships through the Panama canal. ' 1 MR. TEAL'S ADDRESS FOUR hundred and fifteen million ' dollars ; was 'earned by govern ment owned American ships during 1920; ' ' ;-v r- ; I The average number of ships op erated;was 1223. The fleet carried 21,675,900 long tons of freight. The tonnage of the ships operated was 7,906,315. dead weight tons. The sailors", and officers In the crews totaled; 61,150 men. 4 The total tonnage of the govern ment 'owned American fleet; is 10,800,000 dead weight tons. ! These are facts brought out in the address of Joseph N. Teal at the din ner in his honor at the Chamber of Commerce. Facts even more signi ficant and more easily grasped were these : . ' j t That in contrast with the former status when flags of other nations floated from the mastheads of ports with no American flag in sight, American ships with the Stars and Stripes flying are in every important port-in the world, that the routes of the American merchant fleet web every ocean and that for the first time in more than two generations the United States no longer depends on the ships of other nations to car ry products to and from its ports. -, That the shipping board has- never had a chance to prove its efficiency was shown by Mr. Teal, In the war period the whole cry of the country and of other nations was to hurry construction of ships, ships and then more ships, to bridge the Atlantic There was no time to consider types of vessels for peace -time or to con sider anything else but speed, speed. speed in construction. This was so until the armistice was signed. , Then came the second period. of the shipping board. Millions of tons of ships were at the bottom of the sea and the call was for vessels to restore the long prostrate commer cial use of the oceans. It was a period of speculation with no chance for the board to determine policy or adopt permanent plans. j This enforced indecision continued until June last year, when a new shipping law; became effective, pro viding, for the creation of a new board. This final board waa.not ap pointed until December last year, and during part of the interim Ad miral Benson, and one other commis sioner were alone on the board. ) No sooner were the members of the new board named than the word went out that piey would not be confirmed because of a -new administration. This board, under the circumstances, eotrid do nothing of permanent na ture. And on the heels of all this change there is ; already agitation for the placing of the great fleet under the direction of one so-called superman. . ', ' ; In all this shifting, changing in stability in the affairs of the ship ping board, instability due to shift ing world conditions, to changes in legislation and changes beyond the power of man to anticipate or pro vide against,! how could the Ameri can people expect the work of the shipping board to be at this time a perfected and finished undertaking. The true work of the board has. just begun. For the first time since the passage of the original act, con ditions are settled enough for final and permanent action. It would be a crime nowj to substitute other leg islation for the Jones law, before the latter has had even a chance to be tried.-- . - :i .; t - s- . ; Former Governor William Spry of Utah has succeeded Clay Tallman as commissioner of the general land office. In his political experience Spry has been true to his name. He has been a county collector, city councilman, ! president of the Utah board of land commissioners. United States marshal and governor of Utah and between whiles a merchant and banker. : ; -i j JACK CUDAHY TACK CUDAHY lived an irregular J life. He was the type of rich man's son who disdained toil, who banished constructive endeavor, who refused to produce, but who pre ferred to spend his days parasitically In the house of gold reared for him by his father. His home was not the home of the Puritan fathsri but a home of twentieth ? century ex cesses. His . path . has - been a path of scandals, bis trail a trail of troubles. Stabbing affrays, divorces, suits arid dissipations have followed .Jack Cudahy from, coast to coast. ' The mention ; of his . name has . been . a suggestion of a primrose existence. He lived entirely on what others earned. His expenses were great. When the remittance stopped .the end came by the lead of a shotgun and by his own hand.. WANING FEARS OF A RED GERMANY Threat of Bolshevism Has Become Merely a Cry of "Wolf!" in the View of Most American Editors, Though Some Conttnue to . , View With More or Less Alarm. " Daily Editorial - Digest ( Consolidated Preaa AjaociaUcn) The American press is apparently be ginning to lose its ability to "see Red." Of course .there are a number of writers vrtir. r"ol that TahIh nl ii ,nt Are brewing: revolt .in- every country, butTf. most eommentators on. the recent upris ings in Germany attribute them to inde pendent causes or look upon them, in the words of the New York-Poet Ind.), as efforts "In the nature of a forlorn hope." A few writers agree with French public ists who declare the riots to be "made in Berlin" as a part of a "bluff to fend ' off . the bill - collectors; but most newspapers refuse this explanation and blame tmrest and discontent dite to eco nomic conditions and the threat of fur ther disruption by invasion. The Chicago News (Ind.) is optimistic. It believes that communist riots in Ger many are "foredoomed to failure." "The Red peril, it says, "is not what It was a year ago, iven radical leaders amenable to reason realize now that the remedies for the ills of humanity will be found in work, peaceful commerce and justice tempered by conciliation and tact." ; v - - : ?. : The idea of "a sweeping revolutionary movement likely to gain control" of Ger many is ' put aside by j the Charleston News and Courier (Dera.) aa improb able ; nor is the present outbreak a "de liberately staged affair but rather a temporary manifestation of German desperation in the face of Nemesis." The Brooklyn Eagle (Ind. Dem.) can find "nothing definite" to support the state ment that "the Russian communists, or at least the Moscow government are se riously backing the German Reds,'' for Lenin "just now seems to be devoting most of his time to propaganda to prove the futility of world revolution," and the New York Worid (Dem.), granting the possibility that the German government has "secretly connived" with the. revolu tionists as an excuse for deferring pay ment of the indemnity, thinks it -"equally possible that the new radical explosions are a result of economic conditions and not the soviet, gold Berlin advances as the cause." . - e - A number of writers doubt that there is food for Bolshevism in Germany, be cause.' as the Mobile Register (Dem.) puts it i"the German is a strict believer in private ownership-of property" and "it is not likely that he will be led astray by specious argument and begullenienj." The Butte Miner (Dem.) also mentions 'Germany's -natural antipathy to Bol shevik vagaries' and declares that "ev erything Germanic is, against Bolshev ism" and? the .Pittsburg ;Sun- (Dem.) doubts that . "the virus- of "anarchy has gone far through German veins.'! fTbe Manchester Union (Ind., Rep.) considers that "there is obvious cause enough for discontent" in Germany to account for the unrisincs without seekinar "hidden springs" in either "Berlin or Moscow. The 'Bolshevist aspect" of the trouble, It be lieves, "is purely incidental," for "Bol shevism simply happens to be the pres ent day form of the expression of the European workingmen's discontent. The essentials at the bottom are the discon tent and the perfectly good reasons for it" The Johnstown Democrat (Dera.) lays the trouble to "resentment" of the German- - people, which will increase "with the steady encroachment of allied armies upon German soil." Admitting the range of Lenin's propaganda in the past the Buffalo Express (Ind. Rep.) explains that "it is true that the nerv ous excitement of the war" put many people in the frame , of mind "which makes them easy material for vicious conspirators to work with," but adds that "that condition of the people's' nerves is disappearing as the war recedes farther into history." J a . .The Boston Transcript (Ind. Rep.) is more .willing to grant that the German trouble ; is at least partially a "home brew" affair, and it remarks that 'It will not perhaps be easy to; convince the allied governments that Germany today stands in any real danger of the agents and apostles of Bolshevism." . Part of the responsibility "lies with the Ebert government" says the New York Mail (Ind.), but Lenin, "the immoral oppor tunist" shares it. Less willing to give up fears of the Red menace is the Cin cinnati Enquirer-(Dem.). which concedes that neither the German I "imperialists nor bourgeoisie will provide recruits for Lenin" but thinks the danger "may erow. ' for . "Bolshevists i agents are active." ' i-- " , While - scouting the idea---that the "Btolid middle-class Germans"" who are in charge of affairs in Berlin would favor Communism, the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ind. Dem.) eantions that "for all this, there la, need of a Gustave Noske or another like him, to get actively and immediately down to work." The Bangor, Me., Commercial (Ind) calls at tention to the fact that "the Reds have been gaining steadily in Germany, of late," and adds that "very likely the recent outbreak was put forth as a feel er by the Red leaders in the desire to see how the people would react." But It adds, "if so, the result must have been disappointing," for the people were "apathetic." A similar view is "held by the Richmond Item (Ind.), which, while it "takes it for granted" that "soviet money and its influence are responsible," concludes : "But once again it has failed, as it has failed so often in its plots of late." The San Antonio Express (Ind Dem.) Is satisfied that "the complicity of the government conspirators in the Communist plot against the peace of the Russian state has been shown." This fact the Syracuse Herald (Ind.) wel comes, for, it declares, "it proves con clusively, in spite of the almost tearful exhibition of penitence", of the Lenin crowd, that the world still has the same old Moscow monster to deal with." The Portland. Me., Herald (Ind.) is more emphatic, for it believes that "the situ ation is the most critical that Europe has faced since 1914, and almost any development may be looked for. For two years and more the Communists of Russia have been assiduously sowing seed of discontent and holding up the benefits of the Soviets among the work ers of Germany, to what excellent effect is shown by the present outbreak." On quite another doorstep the. Minne sota Star (Ind.) lays the blame for Red riot and revolution.- "Responsibility," it asserts. for :the latest" Communist up rising in- Germany manifestly lies with 4he allies." It is a-direct result of the economic strangulation which they have mnca& toward ' Germany. Letters From the People - CommBBieationf aent ' to The loarnal! for pnblioatloe fat this department abould be writtea on only on aid of Uie paper; ahoald net etceed 300 worda in length, and most be aigned by the writer, whoee mail addraa ia nil aniat accom pany the contribution. J . THE WOMAN WHO HIKES One Who Indorses Her, Rebukes Garb- -, " Censoring Policemen. -Portland. April 19. To the Editor of The- Journal I note that a policeman on Sunday, April 10, assumed the power to dictate what clothes women must wear. To such, prudes I quote : "A good man from the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; land an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth, speaketh." : I What reasonable objection can there be to the costumes worn by. so many progressive minded women who have adopted the hiking habit, like' the women of the Trails club and the Masamas? True, they show more plainly the bodily form than the "tent like skirt," but Vhy should any sensible woman be ashamed of a well formed , body J Among 1 the "wers or islam it is considered an act of lewdness . for a woman to expose! her face ; but Portland is not in the land of Islam. I In the Bible account of creation we find that perfectly formed women bold the exalted position of being the last crowning effort of God's beauty-making, creative mind. She is the supreme revelation .of grace and beauty a beauty, that is not all facial nor fjust ekin deep," but a beauty that permeates every part of the bodily structure. There is no other -exercise that is as beneficial as hiking, for the develop ment of perfect womanly beauty, and for that purpose the trousers are cer tainly more suitable than the . dragging skirt - Fred U. Robin. ' THE GOVERNMENT, AS BAN! ;kkr The Dalles, April 14. To the Editor of The Journal I try to read the best and most reliable paper I can get hold of, and that happens to be The Journal. I see In yerday's issue a statement that the government loaned money, or rather postal savings bank funds, at 2 per cent to the blanks and borrowed from the banks at 6 per cent. Now is not this about in keeping with our whole financial i sys tem? The government issues bonds bearing 4 per cent, then issues j and guarantees a circulating medium! or money, almost free to the banker, who loans it to- the -different enterprises of our country at a high rate of in terest the taxpayer paying interest on the bonds and the consumer paying interest on the money. Why not! the government Issue this money do! its own banking, loaning at a low j rate of interest to all worthy enterprises, always requiring ample security? If my understanding of cur financial system is correct - it certainly ts -a rotten institution. If I am . wrong, I hope someone, will set me r!ght I lack a few months of being SO years old. 1 was born in Missouri and, of course, have to be shown. John M. Reed. DISPOSSESSED FARMERS Sioux City, Iowa, April 15. Toj the Editor of The Journal Sioux City i the center of the richest and most stable farming section of America. There! was no crop failure here. But this morning's paper tells us of a bank failure near Sioux Citjr. It had loaned on inflated land values thought high priced (corn would stand against the falling price of labor and everything else." . . They tell me the highways were filled with what was known' once in America as "the prairie schooner," loaded iwith renters who had left their crops in the field for the landlord and had stolen away in the night with what little jthey could take with them. They went to the city, not on virgin soil ; for Uncle jSam Is out of it and the land gamblerj has taken the place of Uncle Samuel, and Lord Scully is taking the Iowa land and making vast domains of his own for the itinerant American- farmer. J. R. Hermann. THE PRICE MR. WILSON HAS PAID From the La Grands Obeerrer America takes the life out of her public men. No man can serve the public without paying the price. The best illus tration of this statement is the condi tion of Woodrow Wilson, now ex-president of the United States. We are! told that he Is a gray, tottering, broken down old gentleman, whose withered hands shake as he reaches for his walking stick. He lias paid the price, America has taken from him his energyj his strength, and now that he is out of of fice he is a wreck with but a short time to live. But Mr. Wilson led the parade! for a number of years. His word was paw ; his gesture meant action ; his demjands were met; his commands were obeyjed. ; No one can enjoy such distinction Without paying something for it Thre must be a return payment mada for everything received in this world.) but somehow as we stop .to think ofi Mr. Wilson hobbling down the steps of the White House it does seem that hej has paid too heavily that we have demanded too much. And this Is said by a news nnrur which has usually disagreed with the Wilson policies. UNDER THE YOKE From the Heppner Gazette-Tim e. Tn fact under two yokes. The big all rinn-v- newsoaners admit it. They declare that rents were never so high. and that taxes were never so nign. Rents are doubled on dwellings, apart ments and business rooms. But in Spite of that taxes and wages eat jt au up and good buildings pay on an average less than per cent . . Taxes are not only eating up the profits of the owners, but of the tenants, and as a result of this double tendency property values are declining. j They- say it costs too much to build a house or business building and there in no buildinsr. no sale of materials. no employment of workers, and as de ciint in community , prosperity. The only remedy " is to reduce ever head cost of government by at least one-fourth to one-half, instead - of im war and posing new taxes, and reduce tne scale of wages In building trades public ; employes. " Uncle Jeff Snow Says Bass Heldewilder, up on the Tonto river In Artzony, was alius fairly decent as a neighbor until he ketch ed religion la 79 from a travelin exhorter I pro tracted meetin's. Then Bass come to the idee strong that he was the ) best man on earth, and accordin' he set his neighbors' haystacks afire to leant -'era there was sieh a thing as the wrath of the Lord. We, the people, of .this U. S. A, don't want to git the rdee too strong that we're not only the best nation on earth, but that bein the best we've got a right to' do all sorts of ornery things to our neighbors and palaver it j over with patriotic and religious talk. Curious Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places Anne Bradstrcet daughter of Thornae Dudley, a leading member of the Massa chusetts, Bay colony, and deputy! gov ernor under Governor Whfthrop.f who came to America in 1630, holds the unique position of being author of the first volume of poetry published in COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Many a wild hen mothers a very tame duck. ; At the prison door is a poor place to cry, "Never again! Knox resolution suffers delay. Too many Knox, probably. . It takes a lot of newspaper space to direct the way of the empire. . "Bill" Haywood seems to have turned yellow with the rest of his ilk. - . Chief of weather bureau reappointed. Old Chief RaingMaker himself: The drys .are bound to dampen the ardor of our hopes for a prescription. ...' ' Lucile -Wean seems not to have been entirely weaned before she up and was married - a a We're all willing to take the treatment life offers, but. we complain at the price to be paid. . By all .means put shingles ' on the emergency tariff bill. It has to be wa terproof if it gets any attention here abouts. a a The .shadow of the earth may have enveloped the moon last night, sure enough, but it wasn't visible through the telescope of dreams from the van tage point of our downy pillow. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town . "The coffin-nails known aa cigarettes are getting to be a real public nuisance and threaten to become a far more, serious menace than was liquor in its palmiest days," says the Hotel World "As a nuisance to non-users and the general public the cigarette has already become an unmitigated annoyance. If a man- or. woman wishes to saturate and inoculate himself or herself with' cheap nicotine, sensible people have no objection, but they should do it in a place apart and not in public elevators and Other places where innocent victims cannot escape. , As regards the hotel, the cigarette is a distinct fire menace.' A cigar but 'goes out' when thrown aside, but a cigarette butt slowly bums to the last shred. . In a big New York hotel last May a burning cigarette left in the ballroom when closed for the night caused a fire, the structural repair's on sjecount of which cost $30,000 and refur nishing $7500. The manager of the same hotel within less than . a year ' and - a half had had 38 awnings burned off by guests throwing- cigarette butts out of the windows, the wind carrying these burning butts into the pockets of the awnings. So great has become this dan gerous and exciting nuisance that all awnings below the twelfth floor have been removed." a Mrs. Richard Land is, whose home Is at La Grande and whose maiden name was Mabel Wood, after spending some time with relatives at Corvallls is now visiting old friends in Portland. . a a Mrs. E. O. Parker, Miss Edna Thomp son, Thomas Thompson and Mrs. Har old Warner of Pendletpn are visiting friends in Portland. S. L. Erwin. Burt Stevens, and Mr. and Mrs. Priess, all of Fairbanks, Alaska, are sojourning at the Multno mah. . - Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Campbell and Mr. and. Mra Frank H. Goudy of Astoria are Portland visitors. - t . m Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ahrens of Astoria with , their .children are Portland visi tors. -., . a ' . S. .Hayokma. a merchant from Kobe, Japan, is a guest of the Multnomah. , R. W. Lane of Roseburg is registered at the Multnomah. a Margaret Convert of Alfalfa, Or., Is stopping at the Multnomah. Hugh L. Taylor : of Corvallis is a Portland visitor. , OBSERVATIONS 'AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN : ; 1 '. By Fred Lockley . -. . . Further adrenturea of Albert Sidney Pollard are record ad by Mr. lckley. Th hero of lm t.irr&tiTe in this installment participates in the great railway ctrike ot ISM, aerrea In .the Spaniah-American war and reaches China to a ftttt in putting down the Boxer rebellion-1 "After putting in nine years in Chile," said Albert Sidney Pollard, world war veteran of Portland, "and after having served as engineer- aboard a Chilean torpedo boat during the revolution of 1891. I decided to come back to the United States. Coming from South Amer ica in 1894, -1 landed a job as locomotive engineer on the Santa Fe. This was just before the big American railway strike, and, of course, I struck with the rest of the engineers. During the next year 1 had a" lively time. I was blacklisted. Every time 1 got a new job as an engin eer I had to change my name. I , guess I went under 20 names or more during the next 12 months.. As soon as thej would find out my name was Pollare and that I had been one of the strikers I would be fired and would have to drift on and strike a job cm time other divi sion or on some, other, road. The strike trouble finally quieted down and I was able to get a good Job. a "When Dewey fired on the Spanish fleet at Manila I decided that running an engine was too prosaic a job, 'so I went to New York city and enlisted on the ' United States gunboat Helena, named after Helena, Mont This gun boat had been built for service on Chin ese rivers, and after the war she was sent to. China and is still doing service In' Chinese waters. We were on. duty in the blockade of Cuba, We occasion ally fired on the shore batteries and in one fight our blockading squadron sank three small Spanish gunboat. We also had a brush with the, enemy when we were landing a party of Cubans. . , "After Cervera's fleet had been sunk the war soon came to a close, and our boat was ordered to Boston- From Bos ton I went to various Mediterranean points, also to points in the Indian ocean through the Sues canal and on to the Philippines- Talk about seeing the world ! We sure saw a good bit of it immediately following the close of the Spanish-American warv I was an elec trician and" was getting Z a month. One place I remember wen Is Naples, where we had a chance to visit ML Ve suvius and to see the ruins of Pompeii and Herculeneum. We were given , a chance to spend' some, time at Athena, and were given shore leave at Beirut anJ Joppa, the port of Jerusalem. We stayed at Joppa long enough to run up America, entitled "Several Poems, Com piled With Great Variety of Wit and Learning.". There follows a subtitle of many lines. Anne knew the Joy of see ing her book go through several editions. The preface of the third reads: "This is the work .of a woman honored and esteemed 'where she lives for her gra cious demeanor, her eminent parts, her pious conversation, her courteous dls- NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS It -Is reported that the John D octopus is going to put another gassery in town. John D. is a live wire merchant and a progressive citizen. Medford Sun. . ' Headlines say, " "Changes in Taxes Occupy Con press." We might add that paying taxes occupies the people of Kastern Oregon right now. La Grande Observer. - , ' ' 1 . The raistn crop of California has been" damaged by frost and now it something should happen to the yeast Industry the home brewer would be face to face with a dire emergency. -Eugene Register. Farmers need hot become involved in water right litigation this year. With the mountain canyon filled, with snow there will be'-enough water for irriga tion forall, and then some. Baker Dem ocrat. ' . ., ; . m It . la all right for. Portland. Or., and Paris, . France, to hold a world fair In 1925, but what chance has a town with nothing to offer but Bulk Hun water to drink, against a town with everything to drink but water? Medford Mail Tribune. - - The Portland Oregohlan ' goes to the trouble of printing the record or .special Correspondent Mark Sullivan to prove that ha has never su poor ted a Demo crat for president. If he had, it goes without saying, ine vregonian . wouiu not' print his , letters. Salem Capital journal. . . T. C. Tracy, ; cotton ginner of - New Orleans, is at the Hotel Multnomah. Many of the natives of Louisiana are of B'rench or of Spanish origin. The Southern women, particularly those of Latin origin, seem, to wear their clothes with, greater jrrace. and they have more charm "of manner . than the women of manyo of the Northern or Middle West ern states," said Mr. Tracy, j "They also have a spirit of hospitality that I fail to find in more northern latitudes." Miss Ella Mitchell ' and Mlse Ell Camp of Albany are visiting friends in fort land. C. W. "Vail of Condon is transacting Dusiness in Portland. .. i a " I . A. M. Pierce of Salem is a Portland visitor;. - " . ' a a Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Caswell of Eugene are-guests of the Imperial. O. W. Holmes of Salem is transact ing. business in Portland. . ; H.: L. ' Purdr of Gateway is at the Imperial. . ... ; - W. A. Kuykendall of Eugene is In I'oruana on business. ; . ' : e Douglas Hood of Madras, In Eastern Oregon, is at the Imperial. 1 - i J. C. Paulson of Coquille is registered at the ' Imperial. - a - a ' .,' G." A. Martin, registering from Coos Bay, is a Portland visitor. - i a - S. A. McFadden is in Portland from Salem. 1 " a ' a ' A. B. Cunningham of- Medford ie at the Multnomah. a -a Mrs. Mary R. -Smith of Corvallis has come to Portland vto make her home. Mra-K. Gertis of Albany is spending a few days with friends in Portland. ... a a ' ' A. H. Keefe of Albany is at the Mult nomah.' ' t j a.. - a " a ' - 1 1 - .H. C. Eddinger of .Independence is a guest of the Multnomah.- I i . ....-...- i - - - "J. , A. Barnlk- of Calcutta. India, is registered at the Hotel Multnomah. J. S." Lyons of Marshfield Is a Port land vUsltor. ' -2, ; -.; ' , j ( , - ' ' : -' i- " - - .W. F. Jackson of Moro Is at the Mult nomah. .-" to Jerusalem And. site up that old-fash, ioned- Biblical city. Port Said is a place that sticks-out in my- memory, ' ana al ways will. It is one of the toughest burgs 1 ever struck. I believe a person can find more. cut-throat thugs and all-around- crooks -of ail sorts of colors, from jet. black to coffee brown and on through the various shades- of 'yellow and 'red and on to dead white, than at any other place in the world. The wild women, " the; doctored . booze . aad the Vnarked cards separate the sailor from bis money in short order. , T ' j " v "We went through the Sues canal and were given shore leave at Colombo, in Ceylon. We. also spent some time at Singapore, where our boys painted the town red From (here we went to Ma. nila. I, waa transferred to the United States' cruiser Newark, commanded by B. H. McCalla, who later became a rear admiral. We cruised off shore In the Philippines-till 1900,. when we were or dered to China, which was in a very dis turbed condition..; Late In 5899 an Eng lish missionary named Brooks was mur dered at Shantung by a secret society whose name in Chinese means The Fist of Righteous Harmony We called their society the Boxers. I don't' know any thing about ttte politics of China, but I know that theswas a' lot of eon fusion and .disorder there and the Chinese gov ernment did net seem to do anything to put down the Boxers. They let them pa rade with banners reading: 'Extermin ate All Foreigners, and let them-tear up railroad tracks and de other damage. Things drifted, along till midummrt)f 1900.- when the .Boxers killed two more English. - missionaries a man - named Robinson and another named Norman atf Yung Chiag. .- The' different govern ments having legation In "Peking de cided, on ackotmt Vf the turbulent condi tion ' of affairs, to' send some marines and - bluejackets to form a legation guard. 4 A force oAj.18 Officers and 889 marines; and b'Je Jacket from the differ ent nations was sent to protect the le gations. ' Meanwhile the Boxer went ahead with their 'Campaign of murder and pillage. Things got so bad that the Europeans and native. Christians finally took refuge In the British legation. A few days latertnls was in June the Boxers pillaged the foreign" buildings, burned the. churches and murdered hun dreds of the native Christiana Sir Claud McDonald, the British foreign minister, took charge of the defense of the lega tion and of the refugee and sent an ap peal for: help to Admiral Seymour of the British navy." - r. position. her exact diligence In her place, and discreet management of her family occasions, -and more so, these; poems are the" fruits of a few hours curtailed from her sleep, and other refreshments." In England, .where her poems were re published, she carried. ;the title! of the 'Tenth Muse" for her ability to rhyme, and distinguished men became ber friends and admirers, - The Oregon Country North weat Happenings tn Brief Form for the Busy. Header OREGON NOTES Seven-year-old Cecil Dennev. sort of A.v R. Denney of Kugene, waa seriously Durnea wnen he threw gasoline on a Don fire. Automobile men of Baker are plan ning the building of a one-mile boarded fc auto race track course within the nest few montha The Sheridan State bank has made HDlication to the controller of the cur rency, to change its name to the Sheri dan National bank. The Irrigation securities commission has certified bonds in the cum of $30,000 by the 4Jmatiiia drainage- district, 10-. cated near Stanfield. . More than 40 rehabilitation men t O. A. C. will be affected by the- plan of of fering maintenance pay, which Is now pendijig before congress. The sum of $193,050 haa been granted to the Freewater Federal Farm lxian as sociation and $83,850 to the Stanfield as sociation under the federal farm loan act. " Plowing? in his field five miles' from Albany, which is far from trends or streams. J. O. Gourley turned up a Z Inch turtle, which shows sijens of great sge. Finding of several small caches of money on the property of Oiih Olpeti. who died recently a,t Toledo, has aroused great interest in a treasure hunt on am place. - The forest service will cooperate with Lane county and several road districts in that county on a 60-60 basis; " enabling several projects to be carried out this summer. Granting of commodity freight rates on coal has enabled Medford mines to close contracts for coal to be shipped to Tillamook. . Roseburg. Grants lus and other cities in Oregon. The Blue Ledge mine. In Jackson county, one of th largest copper pro ducers in the state, will be operated' only on a small scale this season, owing to the low value of copper. Tew A. Cates. editor of the Marshfield News, has canceled his two years' con tract and turned the paiwr over to the director. Cates says he did not get. the support necessary to make a news paper. . WASHINGTON fc The Alfred Leech nost of thai Ameri can Legion at Olympia is preparing to build a T24,ooo pome. , The campaign for the Centralla Cham ber of Commerce has closed wlth275 new members and $4400 In pledges. A factory for making by-products; such as oil and fertiliser, from the ref use of salmon if to be erected at Ho quiara. Nearly a ton of Minnesota No. 13 seed corn has been ordered by planters through, the Thurston -county, farm bureau. Approximately (0,000 claims have been filed with the soldiers' bonus department, the claims showing an average payment of $248.96. A total -of $41,110 to be spent in build ing residences in Aberdeen in the next 60 or 90 days is shown by the March building permit. Thomas Dean. 65, pioneer resident of Gardenvtlle, was struck by a train Sat urday, night and killed while he -was crossing the tracks. The Lincoln and Adams County Pio neer association will hold its tcnie at Davenport June 21. 22 and 23. Directors offer $150 ball prizes and $2200 in race purses. " - Struck by a heavy block while dump ing logs In a pond near Ccntralia, T. L. Lusk, 32, waa instantly killed, his skull, being fractured and his right arm and right leg broken. The state public service commission has ordered the Chelan Electric company to increase its power plant to supply the growing demand for current in the vicin ity of Lake Chelan. Laura Schumacher, 18-year-old daugh ter of Tony Schumacher, was instantly killed Sunday near . Cashmere, when - a car driven by her mother rolled off the grade and. turned over. Dan Smith, an employe of the Eis-werth-Bisbop Logging company at Fair fax, suffered compound fractures-- of both tegs when a cablencar which "he was working broke and twined about him. - ' IDAHO . " A carload Of eastern and brook trout has arrived in Welser for the IVeiser' river and its tributaries.. The Nampa Red Cross took care of 79 cases during the month of March, 24 of which were ex-service men. Stepping on a nail caused blood poison" that resulted in the death of Edward Popejoy at May last Saturday. Certain lands in nine townships, known as the Little Bruneau Carey, project have been opened for entry by the federal government. ' The Idaho Technical Institute will hold a summer normal school at Pora tello. Courses will be given for nine weeks and there will aleo ue a com merce school. A-Shorthorn cow belonging to Klton Webb' of New Plymouth recently gave birth to a calf with eight Ifgs, two bodies, three ears and no neck. th large head being connecd directly with the shouldera Charged with making a falne report to the comptroller of the currency, George Horal, former-president of the First National bank at Fairfield, was taken before" the United States commis sioner at Boise. Friday, and bound over to the federal court on 15000 bond. PORTLAND . Eighty of the leading women's organizations in Portland, represent ing approximately 5000 women, are affiliated under the name of the Portland FederaUon of Women's Organisations. . The Women's Central Council came Into existence January 12. 1918. Mrs. Alexander Thompson, former member of the Oregon legislature, l president; Mrs. J. F. Hill. Mrs. W. Bathgate and Mra. U. C. Smith are the first, second and third vice presi dents respectively. Mlss Jessie Mc Gregor is the recording secretary, and the corresponding secretary is Miss Vella Wirmer, with Mrs. I'ercy Stewell ae assistant corresponding secretary. The treasurer in Mr. -K. C. Clement; the auditor, Mrs. Carlos Unna, and the directors. Miss Adelia Prlehard, Mrs. A. L Lucas and Mra. Jennie Richardson. The meetings of the federation are held on the second Saturday of each .month, except In June, July, and August at 2 p. m. at the Hold Portland. . - The purpose is "to bring women's organisations into closer communica tion for mutual helpfulness ; to con sider alL matters pertaining to women and children especially and to lend support to educational, civic welfare and other interests of the city, state and nation." . . The federation cooperated with the Association of Collegiate Alum nae in having the high schools opened' to women lecturers on xex hygiene, who had been sent out by the gov ernment It sponsored a measure passed by the special legislative ses sion concerning the closing of dance halls. It took an active part In securing the release from the peni tentiary of William Branson, Arthur .Pender and Anna Booth. It partici pated actively In war-time drives and other welfare activities, conducted numerous journeys to local indus tries, held a ticket sale on behalf of disabled veterans and had an active part in the campaign for the reduction of the price of milk.