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THURSDAY, APRIL 23. lCIl.
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DOUBTS AT PENDLETON I
SOME citizens of Pendleton are
described as doubting whether
the Columbia rate decision will be of
value to that city. ":
Will it be of no1 value to them
to have a lower rate an all commod
ities shipped out " of Pendleton to
tidewater on the Columbia?
Will It be of no value to them that
there wlllbe a lower rate on all
commodities shipped from Portland
to PeVidleton? ' - ' ' '
The cost of transportation goes
into the price of everything moved
by rail or water or wagon road. Is
it true, as impH3d," that some Pen
dletonians would Just as soon have a
high rate as the lower rate?
The ground n which fear is ex
pressed that Jthe lower rate may be
of no ' value is that the price of
wheat is sometime i quoted as higher
at Seattle than in Portland. The
wheat quotations in Portland are as
often higher than in Seattle.
The basic price of wheat Is fixed
Jn London, Liverpool and the conti
nent of Europe. Fundamentally,
the price at Seattle and Portland is
the European price less the freight.
The price to Umatilla farmers is
the European price less the ocean
freights, and less the 'freight from
Pendleton to Portland or Seattle.
On this basis, and on the bid rates,
Portland Jthis season has received
from the Inland Empire about, twice
as many cars of wheat as Tacoma.
Seattln and all other Puget sound
ports combined. That Is to say,, ex
peditious transit and superior ship
ping faculties at Portland bring the
business to this port on the old rate,
and will Intensify it under the lower
rate. , .
The truth Is that there has never
been 'actual competition in wheat
purchases"' between Portland1 and
Seattle, Though quotations by the
Merchants' Exchange association,
which rsfrely reflect the real mar
ket, sometimes show different prices
in the two cities, the actual price'
the farmer gets has always been
practically the me The reason
Is that the big milling interests have
mills fin both cities. "' ' j -'.
The Portland Flouring Mills com
pany of Portland has a branch in
Seattle, and there is no reason for
the Portland flouring mills in Port
land to bid against : the' Portland
"flouring mills ia Seattle, s. - &
The Fischer people have mills at
Seattle and are building mills at
Portland... and there is no reason for
the Fischer-peopie in Seattle to bid
gainst the Fischer people-in Port
land. Moritz Thomeen has mills
both i Seattle and Portland, and
there is no reason for Thonuen in
Seattle to bid agiTnst Thomsen in
Portland.
What the Uma'llla farmer actu
ally gets for his wheat is the price
at either Portland or Seattle less
the freight charge. If ,his wheat
comes to Portland, he will, under the
Columbia rate decision, get the price
of his wheat less a smaller; freight
rate than he paU before.
Every Umatilla farmer will" pay
a smaller freight bill than he paid
before and will get correspondingly
more for hia wheat than he got be
fore, for his freight b!H will be less
and it is always he that pays the
freight. - - ;:f -: .
. The doubts that some citizens of
Pendleton seem to have should be
dispelled by this fact: Moritz Thom
sen, sensing the meaning that trie
new rates .will i have," recently ac
quired 'waterfront:" adjoining- his
Portland ;,mill. has said that he
does not !inten4 toi use the property
in expanding his mill, but shrewd
business men who rise to the promi
nence attained j by Mr. Thomsen
make their moves first and take the
people Into' their confidence after
ward. . ) j , (
This acquiring ' of pronertles in
Portland by , Seattle milles means
that, they know. ;that, under the new
and lower rates,! Portland is in posi
tion to bid higher for wheat, and.
by that token, know that they can
do a bigger and more satisfactory
business with the ; farmers, and
thereby build up a great flour man
ufacturing industry here. -
As ,the center of a great wheat
and . wool belt, and tui the distribut
ing point f0r-,aSTeat productive and
consuming j area", " Pendleton Twill " be
enormously benefited by the new
rates. - : i, . ; . ..,,
The speed at ; which some motor
ists drive their machines indicates
that they believe summer is here
and the, streets ar dry. When it
becomes.: necessary to stop quickly
they are likely to find, much to their
sorrow, that the streets are still
slippery, j ' " - ,
1
FREED
HENRY IALBERS was rich.
His case was twice argued by
able lawyers before Judge Wloverton
where the same Alleged errors on
which he was released were power
fully presented by his counsel.
The same contention in his behalf
was presented before three federal
Judges in ; the-court of appeals at
San -Francisco,-.both orally and in
printed briefs, and was rejected by
them. : .. : -'
Those who will complain that the
rich man escaped while the money
less w6man serves out a prison
sentence for practically the same
offense, should not. condemn the
courts. ' j : . j
It was Attorney General Daugh
erty's Office, hot the judges, who
confessed errors by the government
and moved a reversal in the case. -
Representative McArthur has
warned against! haste in disarming.
There -can't bnj too much haste to
suit thousands lof the taxpayers of
this country. V
THE FISHING LAWLESSNESS
ROCKS rolled down the steep river
bank. One hit a game warden.
Shots were . fired A lone deputy
warden was rushed by a gang of 20
or SO men, who pursued him until he
was beyond the boundaries, of Ore
gon City.! Three boat loads of
salmon ; poachers overpowered fish
wardens in two boats and forcibly
took" from them nets and fish that
had been J illegally placed in closed
waters. ' j .;; ' 't T
Such, was the scene near, the falls
of the Willamette Monday night. It
runs like a tale from the roughest
hills and the j remotest reaches of
feudalism. But it was - in the law
protected I state of Oregon, in the
peaceable ; county of Clackamas and
in the orderly and historic city 'of
Oregon City and In 1921.,
The miscreants who committed the
outrages on officers of the law are
likewise those in whose behalf the
law was changed by the Jast legisla
ture so that more of the Willamette
might be avilabl '' for their com
mercial fishing activities'. They are
the ones who had the support of a
powerful j grpup - at the legislature
in shortening both the season and
the river; area available to 10,000
hook and line anglers, to whom the
annual run of royal chinooks fur
nishes at the Very , door of the city
an opportunity at first hand from
the resourojes j of nature to reduce
the" burdensome cost of living.
The question which will come to
the people of jo'regon, of course, is.
Shall the law j be invoked in behalf
of the lawless? j. t
. Shall those who put themselves
houtside the pale of their own law be
allowed to run the state?
A solution jif the lawlessness has
been proposedj Close the Willamette
to the lawless) and their gear. Close
the Willamette from its confluence
with ; the, Columbia ' to commercial
fishing..!; i ; , ... .;
. The , increased use ' of narcotics
suggests stronger J enforcement f
narcotic 1 laws and more liberal use
of long jail sentences. ' -
. THE. PRUNARIANS
A FEW days: ago, when a campaign
ior j me construction of an
American Legion building was being
conducted inf Vancouver, the Pru
oarians of that1 city put $2000 into
the .enterprisj; At their meeting
last Wednesday they appropriated
$80 with which to augment a fund
from public sources for an automo
bile tourist ! park. In a short
time -; the treasury appropriations
for civic : purposes of this public
spirited I organization have totaled
$3800. -. ii ; t ; j
Among the. enterprises with which
the Prunarians are identified are
the widely advertised annual prune
festival, f ; the extension of public
schoot facilities., and ..Vancouver's
purposed participation in the 1925
Atlantic-Pacific Highways and Elec
trical exnosition. ? Sr " " -" .
The first of Vancouver's organiza
tions to celebrate the Columbia rate
victory 5 was the Prunarians. Any
city which has so active and well
organized a-, body of younger busi
ness men has a source of strength,
hope" and accomplishment.' ; The
compliment that ?Punarlans prod
uce progress" was not an overstate
ment. . I
The absence of .leud acclaim on
the return to Portland of the 5 -cent
sandwich . cannot bf submitted as
evidence that it is not welcome.
LILT WHITE
TO THE people who are familiar
with ; the history; of tb . United
States Steel corporation the reports
of the address of Judge Gary to his
stockholders ia which he ) quoted
Confucius to prove j that the , steel
corporation has a seul must have
been amusing. ;
: A soul, Judge; Gary cheerily
observed, "is a controllable influ
ence fn individuals, corporations and
States": which recosrnizes as of equal
importance the rights, interests and
welfare of themselves with all
others.' ; , : f
-By his own definition, his stock
holders at least . have ; found that
Judge Gary know ; jwtiat a soul -is.
But there are thosej on the outside
who will wonder if it is in the inter
ests and for the welfare of his em
ployes that Judge G.ry and his cor
poration instituted tjhe 12-hour day
and. seven day w4k for workers.
13 it in the interests of the employes
and for their welfafe that he pays
one-third of them less, than the level
set by government; experts as the
minimum on which a family of five
could subsist ? i t ' :
Is it in their interests and for
their welfare that
Gary's workers are
72 per cent of
paid less than
the level set by exjkrta as a mini
mum for. comfort If or families of
five? Is it in their interests and
for their welfare that several fami
lies employed by the corporation are
forced to abide together ; in the same
house to make ends meet?: Is it
in the interest of tne employes and
for their welfare that the company
takes a bigger profit every year than
the total annual payroll, as reported
by the committee ot the Interehurch
World Movement after a searching
investigation of the i 1919 steel
strike ? S
And perhaps it lc in the interest
of and for the welfare of employes
that an extensive espionage system
is maintained by the - corporation.
Perhaps it was also lb their interests
and for their welfare that the mam
moth company employed thousands
of strike breakers to maintain wages
below a decent living level? And
perhaps it was to protect the inter
ests and provide for the welfare of
the public that jthe ; corporation
boosted ; the price j of steel high
enough to enable jthe i company to
collect profits never? before heard of
in this or any o'-.her country.
Of course the Utjii ted States Steel
corporation Is lily J white. Doesn't
Judge Gary say It. is?
AFTER THE; VICTORT
LAST : Saturday the ? wires from
Washington carried the an
nouncement of: victory in the Co
lumbia basin, rat case. ,
Wednesday the Northern Grain &
Warehouse company of Portland re
ported the 'leasing of .100 grain
warehouses and j elevators with
which to handle grain business from
the interior through this city.' ,
It is easy to predict that as week
follows week other announcements
affecting Portland! and Vancouver
will furnish cumulative proof that
The Journal i was -right when it
argued for recognition of the water
grade. . ;' -
EVEN TO A, DOG
WHEN Lenore f Ulrich, actress,
stepped from a Philadelphia
theatre to her limousine after an
evening . performance recently, she
found a collie shivering inthe rain.
He was "wet and deserted.!'
Miss Ulric lifted"! the doe into her
car. She took him to Jhe city hall
in searcn or sneiter and food, . and
was there directed jto the ity pound.
She found the pound and waited for
the dog to be fed jbefore she would
return o her, apartments.
Next morning the actress reported
an excellent nighs's sleep.. There
would be more' sound slumbers if
there were .more ikind acts in the
world, even if only to a dog. .; !
i MAIN STREET FOLKS
;-:i: From the Marion SUr. ;,; .
Sinclair Lewis, author of Main Street,
does certainly hit the little towns of this
country pretty hard in his book. The
folks in New York who are supposed to
hand out the literary standards for the
rest, of the country think he's Just awful
realistic They ought to know, for the
majority of them who amount, to much
of anything came from small towns. -
It all depends on what you see on
Main Street. Mr. Lewis saw a lot of
dullness, tedious " inhabitants, vacant
minds and smugness the horrible slime
of -smugness covering everything.
Now, maybe if you're old-fashioned,
and remember Tomj Sawyer and old Ed
Howe's book. "The Story of a Country
Town, you have a slightly different im
pression. Perhaps you fcave thought
some American small towns and small
cities were pretty geod, anyway. What
you see depends on what you're look
Ing for. .,'!';:-!
"A savorless people, gulping tasteless
food and eittine afterward, coatless and
thoughtless. : in rocking chairs, prickly
with insane decorations, listening to me
chanical music saying mechanical things
about the excellence of automobiles, and
viewing themselves; as the greatest race
in the world.' That's what Mr. Lewis
says of the folk of, Main Street. -
He's parUy right,! too. If you want to
hear- the truth, about yourself go to a
critic, not a friend.) But Mr. Lewis in
dictment, unhappily, isn't wide enough.
It should be extended to the whole hu
man race. We are 'dull. We are stupid.
We are far too self-satisfied. Let's stir
our sluggish minds a little and thereby
work a blessing from the curses put
upon us. I
PEACE BY THE
SHORT ROUTE
Editors of the Country in Arguing the
Point Preserve the Line-Up in which
they Assailed or Defended the Wil
son Policies "Separate Peace"
and "Knox Peace" Legalis-,
, tically Distinguished.
Daily Editorial Digest
(Consolidated Preaa AatmiaXoart :
When Presiden, Harding' declared
himself, in hi, message before congress,
as favoring speedy peace toy resolution
be reflected the majority opinion of the
American press as expressed in the days
preceding , the convening of congress.
While there are, of course, varying
opinions as to the differences between
a "separate" peace and such a one as is
defined by the Knox resolution, the
opinions on the general question of the
new administration's attitude found
definite .form in comment divided largely
according to prejudices for or against
the Wilson policies.
. . e
Th deduction 4 that : the Roanoke
World ; News (Deia) draws from Ih
president's position . is that "apparently
we are to have peace by resolution,"
which will not in reality be "a separate
peace resolution, but rather, as the
Philadelphia Public Ledger (Ind.) ex
presses, it. "a separate peace in name
only.'S The New York World Deml)
elucidates this contradiction from its
viewpoint thus: The Knox resolution
for a separate peace with Germany Is
to be. adopted, but it is not to be called
a separate peace. It is to be described
as a resolution to end the war. The
separate peace is to, come in the form
of a mutilated ratifiication of the treaty
of Versailles, , for - the enforcement of
which the United States is to assume
no obligations."
Analyzing the president's position fur
ther, the Public Ledger agrees with the
World that he "accepts by implication
the treaty of. peace, with Its settlement
and its imposition of penalties on the
vanquished, and rejects the agency that
would enforce those penalties." But, it
adds, 'since this is apparently the pro
gram, "the approval of a separate peace
by resolution is logical." This, plan
would, in the opinion of the Birmingham
Age-Herald (Dem.), constitute "a great
Republican victory," but "to declare a
separate peace with Germany ' without
regard to the Versailles treaty and the
League of Nations is not practical." It
would be "a simple matter" to pass such
a resolution, the Newark News (Ind.)
concedes, but "it would be an equally
simple matter, and just about as effect
ive, to pass a resolution that the moon
is made of green cheese."
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Technically ending a war that has in
fact been over for two years will "mean
nothing," the Des Moines Register (Ind.
Rep.) points out, "except as it is viewed
at home and abroad in its relation ta
the future." This popular reaction, as
the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch (Ind.
Dem.) sees it, would be that "the French
would certainly feel that ;"the United
States had deserted them and forsaken
the allied cause, while the Germans
would feel that they had scored a dis
tinct victory." It would mean essen
tially, to the Charlotte (N. C.) News
TDem.), "the entire elimination of the
United States as a factor in the equation
of compelling Germany to pay the rep
arations" at a time when VFrance and
Kn gland are in need of all the moral
assistance they can get from this coun
try." More definitely, the Muskegon
Chronicle (Ind.) holds, "the resolution,
no matter what platitudes may be in
cluded in it. Is a distinct move in assist
ance to Germany, the most positive as
sistance that could be-offered to that
power," and, the Milwaukee Journal
(Ind.) adds, "stiffens Germany's resist
ance." .
Despite the plea of the president for
peace by resolution, the Knoxville Sen
tinel (Ind. Dem.) hopes that there will
be found "able, sane and responsible
statesmen in congress" who "may be
counted on to combat this suicidal
course," particularly since the country,
the Des Moines Register (Ihd. Rep.)
holds, ."Is not going to respond, to the
Knox resolution nor to any sort of pro
posal for an independent , tf eaty with
Germany." t
This statement the Boston Transcript
(Ind. Rep.) flatly refutes. The new ad
ministration. It says, "entered power'
specifically, solemnly and repeatedly
pledged to end by resolution of congress
the state of war that still exists, tech
nically, between the United States and
Germany," and until the Knox resolu
tion, "or a substitute in substance the
same, is adopted and duly signed by the
president, the new administration will
not have kept faith with the American
people. American interests, the Wash
ington Post (Ind.) holds, "demand that a
state of peace be effected as quickly as
possible," and further, the Minneapolis
Tribune (Rep.) adds prolongation of the
existing status is not conducive to world
peace, the welfare of the allies or our
own advantage." With the deadlock re
moved, the Tribune believes that the
voice of America will be "heard in clear
and authorized pronouncement of the
policy of the great: republic toward
world affairs." I
Therein lies the only doubt of the
wisdom of peace by resolution in the
minds of some writers who support the
proposal. "Were the Question merely
one of getting, rid of a manifest incon
gruity in a technical sense," the Spring
field Union (Rep.) says, "there would
be but one thing to do." But, with the
Baltimore News (Ind.), it sees the "real
issue" In the question of whether or. not
"we would have greater or less influence
to effect a right settlement after restor
ing formal diplomatic relations with
Germany than before." - The Baltimore
American (Rep.) however, feels no mis
givings. A peace resolution would not
"In any manner alter the friendly under
standing with which the United States
has regarded the allies," and It would
furnish "a definite course of action"
along which "we can go ahead." It
would. In fact, the Sioux City Journal
(Rep.) believes, strengthen our position
and "help to' clarify the confused situa
tions in which other nations are strug
gling for readjustment," and "with peace
declared and with the understanding
clear that America still stands by her
war associates," the New i, Haven Jour
nal Courier (lad.) feels that the service
of the United States to the allies "will
equal in importance the service She gave
in 1917 and 1918." -
a a
In" the opinion of its proponents, there
is nothing in the Knox resolution to just
ify the charge that it proposes, as the
New; York Tribune (Rep.) puts it. to
have this country desert-Its aUies and
scuttle away from world duties." It
does not mean., the Buffalo Commercial
(Ind.) contends, ;"that Germany can
evade any of the responsibilities imposed
upon her by the f terms of the treaty.
Upon that point the "president and the
people of the United States are agreed.
"Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Carious Places
7 For centuries the Basques of Spain
made their own ; independent treaties
with France . and England, and In
treaties between Spain and other Euro
pean countries, such , as the peace of
Utrecht, the Basques' were mentioned
apart from Spain. A" great many of
these autonomous privileges were taken
away from 'them at the termination" of
the Cmrllst wars, in 1876, the Basques
having espoused the cause-of the Carl
ists. .though the forms - of local self
government and their charters were still
preserved, tn regard to their physical,
characteristics, the anthropologists say
that tbe Basques are a type distinct
from every other European or African
race. They are fairer ia complexion
than any of the Spanish races, their
faces are fine in profile, and they carry
themselves with a remarkable upright
ness and. nobility of air In fact, all tbe
Basques claim to be of noble origin, and
they have no "lower classes.
Letters From the People
' (Commanlcatkma aent to The Journal for
pnbiitwtioa in thia department ahould ba written
on only en aide of the aper; ahould not exceed
300 worda in lencth, and must be sicned by the
writer, whoa mail addreea ia full must accom
pany tbe contribution.)
THE WILSON PRECEDENT
Harding Administration Is Following It
;' -. Very Nicely. ":- ...
Portland. April 26. To the Editor of
The Journal. According to Mark , Sul
livan, on page 4 of the Oregonian of
April 22. foreign affairs seem to be a
very live topic hi Washington. No doubt
this Ur true. ' It ts also a live topic
throughout the United States. Mr. Sul
livan further states that a very cheering
fact is the hearty . cooperation between
Secretary Hughes and ex-President Wil
son. He also states that . when Mr.
Hughes stepped into the secretary's
office he found our foreign affairs in
admirable condition. . " ;
He further states that the .Wilson ad
ministration handled ouY foreign rela
tions in such shape as to leave an excel
lent record for the Harding administra
tion to build upon. They are adopting
Mr. Wilson's policy 'in regard to Mexico.
They have recently ratified the Colom
bian treaty, that Mr. Wilson labored for
eight years to. have accomplished. They
have praised Mr. Wilson's views relative
to the conditions in Mesopotamia. This
is most astonishing In view of the fact
that they stated In the campaign that
the ascendency of the Republican party
to power would be a repudiation. of the
Wilson policies. This reeponsibllty has
evidently had a sobering effect upon Our
Republican friends. Each succeeding
day furnishes new proofs of the sound
ness of Wood row Wilson's policies. '-;
I may add that it was the statesman
ship of Woodrow Wilson that drove the
entering wedge between ' the armies of
the central powers. It was the initiative
Of the great American president that
secured -unified command of the allied
armies under one great commander;
and It was also the American . initiative
that broke up the U-boat warfare. ;
It is not saying too much to say that
the pen of Woodrow Wilson was might
ier than the sword of Prussia. Further,
it is not too much to say that American
power, American prestige and American
statesmanship have, never in the entire
history of our country reached the
heights that they did under-, the leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson. America had
it in her power under the leadership of
this great statesman, not only- to be the
moral leader of the world, but the com
mercial leader, and the financial, center
of the world.
Are we- to retrace our steps? Are wo
to lose everything we fought for in this
great war? Shall we assume the atti
tude of isolation, go back to the old
days of a high protective tariff., deny
the natural 'laws of trade, defy ; the
brotherhood of man, proclaim civilis
ation a- failure, and say, "To h with
everybody else but ourselves"?
This is what we are going to do If we
carry out the proposed program. . Pros
perity cannot . come to this country
through tlfe enactment of internal laws.
Our troubles are international and not
national. There must be a readjust
ment in Europe before we can sell our
surplus products. : Justice.
BARRIER BETWEEN PRODUCER
AND CONSUMER
Houlton, Or., April 10. To the Editor
of The Journal During the last j Red
Cross drive in this county, $40 was paid
to the county papers and $160 for salary
and expenses of the. county manager.
The recent solicitor for the Chinese fund
felt the effects of this. Did not that rich
Chinaman "slip a cog" when he gave, his
millions to endow a higher educational
institution while his fellow countrymen
are starving, and asking the poor of this
country to help feed them? Do the poor
Chinamen get it after it is contributed?
A few of his trained university products
will be able, to -keep on the, grindstone
the noses of a great" many poor fellow
men. '. ... i 1
Why should the Chinamen have to
starve, while so many potatoes here are
rotting in fields, sacks and bins?
What stands between these cheap po
tatoes and starving human beings?
1 V ,L. E. Gulker.
THE DISABLING PHONE-RATE
Portland, April 22. To the Editor of
The Journal Should a small business
whose average sales are from $6 to $10
a day be .compelled to pay as much as
a large business firm whose average is
as nfuch as $100 to $500 a day? 3 re-
ceive as an average two- oalls per day
over the phone, whereas larger firms
that do a bigger volume of business can
well afford to stand the raise.
The public service commission has
merely compelled '.small business firms
like myself, to discontinue phones, as it
Is impossible under v-the present estab
lished rates to continue in business with
such exaggerated and exorbitant: tolls
as the phone company is extracting
from the public; . who are- being bled to
death by the grasping octopuses called
the public service corporations. , :
; Sam Golden berg.
BOND& AT PAR i ;
Ballston, April 14.-i-To the Editor of
The- Journal Under the dateline of
"New York, April 12," by M. W. Thomp
son, is an outline of a plan to bring
United States bonds to par.
Likely a large , enough proportion of
such securities is-in hands of men who
"know how," to justify such action ;
their patriotism In buying them at a
discount, should be rewarded in a sub
stantial manner.- And how else could
it be so well done as at government ex
pense? No doubt,' also, such a course
would help greatly to restore waning
confidence of the "general public" in
government securities. This, of course.
Is a good "talking point," for, - as the
public mind expresses itself in private,
its confidence in government is not over
abundant. F. H. Hollister.
THE TEST
- ' From tba Washington Post
In. Europe a. nation is Christian if It
has debts, poison gas factories and
anarchists,
Uncle Jeff Snovv Says
"Ever little while some paper published
outside of Oregon, undertakes to tell
about the nisbaiive. r referendum -and
the way they work -ouli in this state.
Most gtnerty speaking the way the out
side paper-editor feller J wants -'era to
work' oat Is the way! he tells his valu
able subscribers they did and do work
out. It makes me remember how Elder
Elija R. Meffels in Arkansaw told us
what a awful fate overtuck a back
slidin sinner, that quat the 'church cold
and jined the Masons and went to Cali
forny to herd hogs. I mad ft a special
pint to hunt up that sinner a few year
afterwards and found he was worth
$100,000 and mebby more, with a " hog
ranch sear Bakersfield and land under
lease to oil men -that made him most a
millionaire sence then. - "
COMMENT AND
.SMALL CHANGE
' Have the crocuses been croaking?
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; What part of the doughnut is the
nut? , .
Some men who wear spats and have
their hair Singed still eat beans with a
knife. , .
Do you suppose cedar bark Is as good
as "makin's" as it was in boyhood's
happy hour? r
Mra Ready Oyster appears among
Eastern society women. Now, you say
something.
.
Proper immigration control would
have made it impossible to suspect Tito
Ligl of the New York bomb outrage.
" Dr. .Marie Equt, penniless prisoner,
will be delighted to hear of the justice
that has been done in the Albers case.
Speaking of schools for cops, some of
them might attend a class in courtesy
and invite certain streetcar conductors
to accompany them. .,
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Wonder what would have happened In
the war- if tlte soldiers had treated the
government as the government is now
treating those who were soldiers.
By all means bring thev plumbers'
convention to Portland. It would be
very satisfying to get 'em all together
when we say some of the things we
think.
MORE OR' LESS PERSONAL
it
Random Observations About. Town
We usually think of the year 1849 in
connection with the discovery of gold,
but to the women folk it marks an even
more Important anniversary, for it was
In this year that Mrs. Amelia JenksJ
Bloomer introduced the garment that she
thought was destined to free womanhood
from the tyranny of skirts. The gar
ment was named "bloomers" in honor of
Mrs. Bloomer. At the time she Intro
duced it most women held up their hands
in horror to think of such an immodest
garment. Mrs. Bloomer was born in
1818 and died in 1894. Daring as she
was, if she happened to walk down the
street of any modern city of today she
would either faint or have to put on
blinders. .
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Recent visitors 'in Portland from La
Grande include County 'J udgo U. G.
Couch, County Commissioners Cecil Gill
way and 'J. F. Hutchison and County
Roadmaster John F. Birney. -
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Mr. and Mrs. F. C, Work of Cleveland
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson at
the Hotel Seward. Mr. Work is an elec
trical contractor. - - - - -
.. Mrs., Cathryn : Henley. . of . Baker has
moved to Portland to live .with her
daughter. Mrs. F. T. Notz. j .
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Miss Florence - Bingham of the Pierce
Electric company of Eugene is transact
ing business in Portland.
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Catherine and Mrs. , H. C. . Spear- of
Corvallis are visiting relatives m Port
land. r
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R, B. Thompson of Eugene is at the
Seward. "
Byron Gilson of Bend is a guest of tlfe
Seward.
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Mr and Mrs. W. K. Moxley of Eugene
are registered at the Hotel Seward. .
Harold A. Reynolds of Independence is
transacting business in Portland. "
F. F. Brooke of Harrlsburg is at the
Seward. ' '
Mrs- R- C- Garrett of Albany is visit
ing In Portland. V
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Mrs. J, E. Andrews, of Corvallis Is
spending some weeks In Portland.
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Mrs. Joseph Perkins of Cottage Grove
is a Portland visitor.
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A. B. Cunningham of Medford is
transacting business in Portland.
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H. E. Morris of Reedsport Is" a Port
land visitor.
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H. W. Collins, a. welt known Pendle
ton citizen, is a Portland visitor.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(An old acquaintance of the people of Port
land is discofered by Mr. Lockley in the region
beyond VladiTostnk. From a newspaper published
at Vladieoatok Mr. Lockley eleana a narrauee of
treat interest in which the aforementioned Jrort
lander fieurea. J :' "
Most of is remember . D. Q. Lively,
He came to Portland from Texas . as
publicity manager for the-Union stock
yards. His job was to create an inter
est in! the growing of more and better
livestock in Oregon, and he was a tire
less and efficient ' worker '.along this
line. -
While reading a recent issue Of the
Vladivostok Weekly News I ran across
an Interview with D. O. Lively, who had
just returned from a trip of inspection
and Investigation to the Republic of the
Fr East In speaking of his trip over
the Amur tine and back through Man
churia, Mr Lively said : . 1
"From the notice tauten of my recent
visit to Chita by the press of Vladivos
tok, Harbin, and in papers published in
Japan and China, much more, import
ance was-given it than was deserved;
infinitely, more than I personally at
tached to so insignificant an event.- Two
representatives of Swedish . and one of
'jettlnh commercial interests ,eiit along
at the same tim.
"They two outstanding convictions 1
absorbed along the Amur line - were :
First; the' operation of the railroad
under ' almost superhuman obstacles,
and, second, the abiding faith the peo
ple have In the future of the Republic
of the Far East. I asked. 'both directly
and through an interpreter, many ques
tions, and found a unanimity of thought
and "opfnion that surprised : me, coming
from Vladivostok, where are so many
conflicting opinions. Along the Amur
the people are hungry and ragged, but
hopeful. , - r , .
J "During two and a half years' stay
among the people of Russia 'I have
reached the conclusion that their out
standing .- characteristic . is fortitude.
Fatalism, that attribute which' so many
observers have fixed upon the people of
Russia, seems to me to bo sacondarv.
fbut fortitude under trials that go far
ther and deeper than in the days of the
Inquisition is to ray mind the thing that
marks (he Russian.- s
"When I traveled on the Amur io
the train was special. There were few
locomotives, no kerosene for 0the head
lights, strips of rags instead of wast
for the axle boxes, a shortage of car
grease, a .shortage of fuel, and the few
crippled locomotives were doing extra
duty. ThS wood Was 'green and more
than nee -we had to stop until steam
could be raised. There are no repair
parts for the locomotives, but by taking
the usable parts out of several the shop
workers were enabled to patch up tem
porarily a few machines, one of which
hauled the train - over 300 versts, a
pretty severe task for an already crip
pled . locomotive, . . .... '
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"At one small vtllaere the rac-wi b-IimI
children came to tho train and asked
ior. pencils and paper. I learned that
NEWS IN BRIEF
, ' SIDELIGHTS , .
If April showers brin May flowers,
this ought to be a blooming place to live
next month. Astoria Budget. -
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In Southern Oregon. the fruit Industry
is said to be in such shape a lot of the
cravat horticulturists are still wearing
their 1920 necktiea. Pendleton East Ore,
gonian. -
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The EngUah liquor bill last year was
$400,000,000 morn than ever before. Isn't
it about time for John Bull to stop try
ing to drown his trouble In drink? Al
bany Democrat. -
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The strike season is approaching, but
mother will continue to put In her usual
16 hours a day at the spring houseclean
Ing, with no extra pay for overtime and
Sundays. Roseburg - News-Review.
- Investigation of the cause of the water
shortage in the municipal plant at Mar
tins Kerry, Ohio; resulted i the Informa
tion that the shortage was caused by
busy -citizens letting the water run over
the cpils of .their anilla at night. Maybe
that is what alls the Corvallis supply t
Corv'allls Gasette-Timesv .
The; commissioners of Multnomah
county have declined- to allow bills in
the future for T-bone- steaks, -alligator
pears and grapefruit for those w-ho are
being supported by county charity. The
ban on steaks and grapefruit-is all right,
but how else -are they going to get alli
gator pears eaten? Kugene Register.
AIvlnIj. Butk.lin, formerly a member
of the Big League Newspaper Game but
now .-editor of The Dalles Chronicle, is
visiting In Portland. He came down by
machine with his friend. Captain Paul
BiaCkman, also of The Dalles. His
trenchant editorials, full of.human inter
est and kindliness, are widely quoted.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Crosby of The
Dalles were recent Portland visitors. Mr.
Croaby has just opened a second drug
store at The Dalles. Twenty-five years
ago he was clerk 1n , the drugstore of
D. J. Fry at Salem, but for. many years
he has been operating a. drugstore of his
own: at The Dalles.
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Mrs. A. F. May of Pendleton is at the
Seward. Mr. and Mrs. May are oldtime
residents of Umatilla: county, Mr. May
having been in the machinery business
there for many years.
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Mr. and Mra.' A. Denton of Salem are
registered at the Hotel Seward. Walter
Denton Is a brother of Carlisle Denton,
the musician, and is a pioneer resident
of Salem. , '
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Mrs. J. M. Cummins and Miss Lucille
Cummins of "The Dalles are guests of the
Cornelius. '
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Fred H. Hopkins of Medford is a guest
of the Hotel Portland.
R. D. Moore of Bend is registered at
the. Hotel Portland.
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Mr. and 'Mrs. O. J. Schrier of Salem
are guests of the Portland. :
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Anderson of Cor
vallis are guests of the be ward.
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W: H. Boddy of Hood Riwr is tran
sacting business in Portland?'
G.- G. McPherson of Marshfleld Is a
Portland visitor. ,
F. L. Parker of Astoria is a Portland
visitor.
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Mr. and Mrs. A- G- Pierson of Timber
are at the Cornelius.
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C. L. Padberg is a guest at the Corne
lius. .. ,. ,
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' C.;T. Tengwald of Medford is at the
Multnomah.
Mr. and Mra F. K. Hardy of St. Hel
ens are guests of the Multnomah.
. .
.Jesse O. Wells is up from Eugene and
is spending a day or two in Portland.
Mrs. J. M. Cummins, of The Dalles is
a guest of the Cornelius.
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. Norma Fultz of Bend Is a Portland
visitor. ,
Lockley
there had not. been for some days a
ecrap of paper, ,a single pencil, a pen
or a drop of ink in the village. I found
In other villages that there was a great
shortage of school supplies, three chil
dren studying out of pne badly torn
book, , and almost all of them out of
writing material, I was afterward told
there are 16 carloads of books, etc., at
Vladivostok, which have been paid for.
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"Money is scarce, of course,' andfcztiie
problem of preventing the small supply
of silver from falling Into the hands of
money hoarders and disappearing from
circulation altogether Is one of the many
difficulties that confronts this new and
sorely tried government. And then the
trovernment is brand new. Not only has
it had very little time to funcUon. but
the barrier of the blockade is one of
great magnitude.
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The assembly bad' its first meeting
on March 12. In my earlier days I was
a newspaper reporter and have attended
the sessions of lawmakers In eeveral lo
calities. I have never neen a body of
men more, seriously in earnest or who
worked harder than those I saw at
Chita. They were listening to the re
ports of the provisional ministers when
I was in Chita.- They are engaged In
writing' a new constitution, not only
the first of its kind ever prepared In
Siberia, but the most important. It la
my belief that if the democracy that Is
sought to be established in tbe buffer
state is permitted to have life, its. influ
ence will spread-all over Russia. In a
recent letter I had from America the
cutcmeat was made that If, the voice of
the peasants 80 per cent Of the pop
ulation of Russia could be heard the
world would listen attentively. In the
Chita assembly 220 of the T0 delegates
Jn attendance are tn the peasant group.
They have refused to assume any party
affiliation and say they are only inter
ested in the resumption of normal life
and in the building up Of a democracy.
They.do not believe in nationalization,
or in the rule of the proletariat. They
are property owners and labor employ
ers, and they and thy nastomblyinen
struck: me aa being extremely tolerant.
"I am sure thaV the men I met and
listened to at Chita want peace. They
and the people they represent are tired
almost to death of the years of priva
tion and denial, which atlll continue'.
They want to Ste industry revived and
a circulating medium of value In operation.-
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"En route back I waV in Manchuria
when traffic was resumed between the
Chinese Eastern and the Chita railways.
There was a big demonstration. The
Russian population w mir n m
the band played, and the train leaving
jorjijniia was loudly cheered.
There had been nearly 600 deaths
from the plague in Manchuria, but the
epidemic was slowly abating. I heard
statements about the presence of Hung
huses along the Chinese Eastern, but
happily did not .encounter them."
The Oregon Country
Northweet Happening In Brief Form for the
. Busy lteede
OREGON NOTES
Snow Is vet six feet in dt-pth on the-
Long Creek Prairie wagon road in Oram
county.. -
The jCreswetl city council ha ordrl '
the water company either to Increase it
efficiency or sell the plant to the city.
At a.srxclal eWtlnn In Athena only
three votes- were cast against amending
the city charter and funding a bond
Issue. "
Th ttin offl-r of th United State
employment service sent 34 persona to
positions during the last week, only three
being farm hands. -
H. O. McClaren. aged 60. a farmer liv
ing near Wallowa, fell from a load or
hay, the wagon running over him and
killing him instantly.
Communltv nriraiiizntinn work h
been carried on in 17 different communi
ties in l.ane county d.v ira i . yiuLi-j,
county agricultural agent.
Lane countv nure-hred Poland-China
hogs are now going to the Hawaiian
iflianas,and tneir quality is ao nign mat
the demand cannot be inet.
The Pendleton citv co'unril has passed.
an ordinance providing that on all pub
lic work done by the city Americana
shall be given preference as laborers.
The Pacific Elevator comnnnv at
Adams has shipped 20.000 buxhcls of
wheat tlx? past week and has lo.nno
more to ship as fast aa cam are aent in.
At a recent meeting of The Dalles City
council bids for cdiistruotion ot W block
of concrete streets were opened ana in
lowest bid received was for $2.74 per
square yard.
June 3 and 4 have been decided upon
as the; date for the 2!Uh annual pioneer
picnic neia eacn year at venton unurr
the auspices of the Umatilla County
Pioneers' association.
Ground ia bVing broken at Harrlsburg
for the erection of a modern buainca
block to house the posloff , the Hrooke
General Merchandise business and one
other business concern.
The Cottage Grove Electric company
will double the capacity of .its plant,
which now Is 900 horsejmwer. An addi
tional boiler Is now on the ground, and
an additional generator has been or
dered. WASHINGTON
For forging discharge papers and ap
plying for the stat lonus. Herbert W.
Coates, 26, under arrest at Ktiattle.
"The current expense debt of the city
of Centralia has been reduced to $13.
633.67, the lowest figure in many, years.
. Governor Hart and every member of
hla cabinet will attend the dedication
ceremonies at the Snake river bridge
May 6.
- Snoquafmle Pass, scenic spot of ti e
Sunset highway, i i being cleared of anow
at the summit and will be ready for
travel -In a few days.
Thirty ounces of cocaine and mor-
government ugcntn in a private resi
dence at Spokane Monday. '
Because the Yacolt school board failed
to retaiH W. II. Meyer as superintendent
of the schools for another year, patrons
threaten to recall the members.
A probable Ions of 10 to 25 per cent in
the. fruit cVop of Yakima county la th
present outlook from e ta compiled by
the county hi -tlcultural Inspector. .
State officials' are seeking a settle
ment of the wage controversy which hn
caused the closing down of nearly all
commercial mines In Washington. 1
Burglars with a crowbar pried open
the safe in the postoffice at Kittitas a
few nights ago and got swav with !". i
In War Savings Ktamps and $45 lri cash.
The United States attorney general
has ordered a sweeping federal probe
Into an alleged combine of master
plumbers and healing contractors at
Seattle.
Two bequests received by Whitman
college during the past week nave In
creased the endowment to tJCS.Oon, with
out Including $200,000 pledged but not
yet paid in.
- -T- Vamaaakl, a Japanese -merchant,
was fined $75 at Tonpeniah for nellmg
hard cider to high school students, after
they nad shown up in tln-ir cUh in
an Intoxicated condition.
H. O. Simpson of Tenlno has been'
found guilty in nuperlor court at lOver
ett of being an. i.ocesMory In the holdup
of Rucker HrotherV bank in laW
Stevens recently when $140') was utolen.
Because it interferes with drainage
wood cemetery at Toppenlnh has been
condemned by the government, and work
will5 be started soon on tcmoval of th
bodies.
Ellis I-ewlK Oarrelfon, Imperial poten
tate of the Khrine of North America, hm
left Tacoma' for Washington to present
to President Harding a gold life mem
bership card in Alifl temple, yacom
Shrine.
IDAHO
Bern, seven miles west of Montpelier.
will erect a $17,000 school building thia
summer.
Af the annual school election In Hailey
Monday, a specif I tax was defeated by
a vote of 9( to 73.
Dave, son of Dave Evans of Malad.
was accidentally shot' through the left
lung late 'Hunuay nignt ana may pot
S. E. Johnson. 72. died suddenly in
Boise Saturday morning while at work
In hla garden. He was attacked with
neart xauure.
-More than $1,000,000 worth of slat
funds will ba withdrawn from atata de
positories durifig. the mouth of May- in
warrant calls.' . . " ,
The body of Walter Monaon, killed ir
France? during the late war.Jirrived at
Malad last .Sunday and waa burred wti.li
military honors.
I. D. Ward. Jerome county treasurer.
has tendered his resignation to th
county commissioners. Auditors report
that his books anow a shortage, or $2439.
I The trail between the Boise King mine,
and Atlanta, on the middle fork of the.
Boise river, la ' blocked wtrh earth and
anownlldea and is practically Impaatiable.
i .
icnow young.
PCRtrLAND
Th$ FoMIand Business Woman'a
club was organized In June, 1913. It
has 62membrs. ' ' '
The purpwt of the club Is to pro
vide and maintain an organized cen
ter for the investigation, discussion
and Improvement of civic, buslnesa
and social affairs, especially tho;3
pertaining to the advancement, of the
beat Interests of business women.
The club"tloes not, however, engage
In any political affairs nor givo its
Indorsement to any measure which
Is the subject Of contention,
The growth of the club from 30
to 625 members In leas than two
years Is regarded aa phenomenal. It
testifies to the heed which existed
for such an organization. Unusually
high quality of programs. Including
addresses by the best obtainable
speakers, and munio, characterize
the weekly luncheons. The club
aent a delegation to -the organiza
tion meeting of the National Federa
tion of Business and Professional
Women.. at St. Louis. in ;1919 and to
the -first convention, at St. Paul, in
1920. It takes part in civic and pa-1
triotic activities. " 4
The offtcera and directors Include:;
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iia ! Arua ncnaru, prcniurin j
Mrs. Glendora S. Thompson, vice
president: Mias Lutie Cake,, aecre
tary; Mies Agnea Thomas, treasurer;
Miss Martha Goldap. auditor, and
Miss Amelia' Feary, Mrs. Uorene
Werlet, Miss JfeKlolise Huntington,
Miss Flora Kdmp, .Mixm Virginia
Mueller and Miss Alice Hutchinson,"
directors.
; The weekly luncheons are held earn
Thursday at noon at the Y. W. C.'A