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HARVEY'S SPEECH
rTHERE still seems to linger in
.1 the minds of many here the
impression that In some way or
other America may yet be beguiled
into the League of Nations," said
Ambassador Harvey in his speech in
Londoner ''Let me show you how ut
terly absurd such a notion. Is." And
hi - showing them, this is what he
said: ,
. Finally the question Of America's par
ticipation in the league came before the
- people, who decided by a majority of
7.000,000., A majority of 7.000,000
Conveyed a mandate that could neither
be misunderstood nor disregarded. . ;
On October . 14, ,3920, when the
election campaign was at its height
and millions of voters were consld
ring the issues, 31 distinguished Re
publicans Issued i an appeal to the
-Voters asking them to support Mr,
Harding on the ground that his elec
. tion lewould be the most effective
me an 5 of securing permanent world
peace through international agree
. ment.,' The statement was accepted
by millions of voters as authoritative
assurance that the election of Mr.
Harding would be followed finally by
American entrance into some form of
a league or association "of nations.
Here is what the 31 distinguished
Republicans said: .
The ' question accordingly Is not be
tween a league and no league, but it is
whether certain provisions in the pro
posed league agreement shall be ac
cepted unchanged or shall be changed.
Ambassador Harvey knows that
this statement was issued. He knows
that the appeal was a pledge to pro
league Republicans, of whom there
were and are millions In America,
that Mr. Harding's election Would
mean entrance of America into the
league in some form. ;j . ,
At the time the appeal was issued,
.it was well understood that the 31
distinguished Republicans had In
mind certain reservations, including
the elimination of Article X, The
reason why they thought Mr. Hard
ing preferable to Governor Cox waS
thus expressed in the statement:
We have reached the conclusion that
the true course to bring: . AMERICA
INTO AN EFFECTIVE LRAQUB TO
PRESERVE PEACE IS i NOT BY IN
SISTING WITH MR. COX UPON THE
ACCEPTANCE OP SUCH A PROVI
SION AS ARTICLE X, THUS PRO
LONGING THE UNFORTUNATE SIT
UATION CREATED BY MR. WIL
SON'S INSISTENCE UPON THAT
ARTICLE. BUT BY FRANKLY CALL
ING UPON THE OTHER NATIONS TO
AGREE TO CHAlTOEa IN THE PRO-'
POSED AGREEMENT WHICH WILL
OBVIATE THIS OBJECTION AND
OTHER OBJECTIONS LESS THE
SUBJECT OF DISPUTE.
When he made his London 'speech
Mr, Harvey knew of this assurance
to pro-league Republicans. He was
very closely;-Identified with the
Harding - campaign and probably
knew before the appeal was Issued
what its contents were and knew
that it was designed to win the sup
port pf pro-league Republicans In
order to roll up the 7,000.000 major
ity which he' now ; declares was a
mandate against the league.
In their appeal to the American
voters to support Mr. Harding, the
31 distinguished Republicans went
farther. Concerning the general at
titude of their party and Mr. Hard
ing toward ; the Paris treaty, they
. said: 'v'i '-'--- -4' v -w.
The condition's of Europe make It es
sential that the stabilising: effect of the
, treaty already made between-European
sowers Bhall not be lost by them, and
ial the necessary changes be. made by
hanging the terms of the treaty rather
than by beginning entirely anew. THAT
COURSE MR. HARDING IS WILLING
TO FOLLOW, i
Two membeM of . the Harding
cabinet, Mr. Hushes and &Ir. Hoover,
signed this appeal. Among others
who signed were EUhu Root, Lyman
Abbott, Nicholas Murray Butler.
President Lowell of Harvard. George
W. Wickersham. Oscar Strauss and
others, several of whom had been
cabinet .members In former, Repub
lican administrations.
Mr. Harding never repudiated this
pledge made in behalf of his can
didacy.! He tacitly accepted it and
the millions; of vote that it drew
to his standard. Harvey, as one of
Mr, Harding's! campaign managers,
was fully aware then and is fully
aware ; now of the powerful, effect
this appeal had upon the voters of
the country,' knew then and knows
now that it very largely relegated
the. league issue to the background
and caused the election to be decided
on the general issue of a desire for
a change. '.'- j :; - ' 1
One of the biggest blunders of
President Harding was the sending
to the most Important diplomatic
post in Europe at this tense and del
icate time a bumptious and conten-;
tious ambassador when men of the
high character, and splendid attain
ments of Elihu Root could have been
had for the asking.
: The year 1821 promises, in Spite
of reduced exports of goods, to be
notable for importations of gold.
The importations during March
amounted to $106,000,000, which is
within reaching distance of the total
received in October of 19 2D; when
the Anglo-French loan was re
deemed. Only Jn 1914 and 1919 of
the war period did our exportatlOna
of gold exceed Importations. .
DETOUR ROADS
NOTING the resumption of state
"highway construction it is perti
nent to express .the opinion that
there Is no good reason why smooth
and well marked detours should not
be provided where work is In prog
ress.. : j : : :
This provision has in the past been
badly neglected, and has been the
cause of much yell founded criticism
not only, by . local people but by
tqurlsts. The detour roads have been
over bumps and ruts and through
mudholes : and very often travelers
have been lost in a maze of cross
roads through a lack of sign boards.
Paving contractors In sections
where r no ; detour was possible and
where traffic was limited to certain
hours of the day have been allowed
to spread rock ' far in advance of
the pavement, ! to the destruction of
tires. " -:-: ir;-:rA';rv.:
It is granted that it involves, some
expense to maker a good detdur road.
This expenditure, it- is obvious, IS
Insignificant compared with the loss
sustained by the public in deprecia
tion of vehicles and loss of time and
the 111 fame of Oregon roads spread
broadcast by travelers. ;
Many excuses have been given for
the condition of detour roads here
tofore. It was the fault of the con
tractors, or the county officials were
to blame, or thefe were a thousand
and one other reasons.
There has been much "passing the
buck", but the general public is not
far wrong when It places the re
sponsibility for the neglect on the
state highway commission.
A MISTAKEN DEMAND
THE officers of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce make a
mistake in urging the elimination of
United States customs service at
Astoria. " i ' " '
When a vessel which has cleared
from a foreign port arrives at the
mouth of the Columbia she must be
boarded by Inspectors pf the public
health and marina hospital bureaus
and the Immigration' service. She
must satisfy the requirements of the
quarantine station. She must take
on bar pilot outside and, inside the
estuary, a pilot for the trip up the
Columbia to Portland.
- And, under j the existing law, the
master of that vessel must file a
manifest of cargo with the customs
inspectors. ;
Delay due to the customs service
la the charge Urged by those who
would have congress change the ex
lsting law.. . T-
The truth is that all. the require
ments of the Customs service can be
satisfied while Other regulations of
the government are being complied
With. i : ' . :
If delay Is to be ehded it will be
necessary also to forego protection
of public health and to eliminate
Immigration inspection. ; " '
Will any one feel safe In carrying
th argument of delay to Its logical
conclusion ?
The demand for change In the law
should be withdrawn. It antagonizes
Astoria. It f places 1 doubt the
friendliness of Portland to her neigh
bors. It serves much more ill than
good. I f .
. -, THE SAFER COURSE
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THE Journal has great failh ' in
School Director Woodward. He
is a splendid and profoundly inter
ested member of the Portland school
board. i . .
But it agrees with the majority
decision Of the board in favor of a
3-mill school levy. It believes that
in, the present demand for reduction
in tax levies a 5-mill plan might
have. been voted down by the elec
torate, while a 3-mui levy is almost
sure to be approved. Undoubtedly
the 'majority of, the board took the
safer "course; for the : electorate,
realising that While a -mlll levy 1
probably needed, the. board trimmed
its budget to the bone and ., Is to
submit for their ratification Only a
3-mill proposal.
In other times, when construction
will cost less and tax levies will go
earther. the way , will be open for
Portland to catch up witn us Duua
Ing " requirement for the- public
schools. Not to approve the .-mill
levy under the circumstances would
be a hear calamity.
i HARRY LANE 1 '. .
ttt, HAVE read your editorial in
1 The Journal about the Harry
Lane memorial" said a 'voice over
the telephone to The Journal.
"Harry Lane was a splendid citi
zen and his memory deserves all and
more than this memorial proposes,
t will give $100 to the fund," con
tinued the 'voice. - h-K'rii-;
; It was the voice of one whose will
ing hand Is always open whose
bounties have been manifold, whose
citizenship i has been and te 1 0 0 per
cent, whose ideals and public work
have always been a high example.
' Ben Selling was the giver, and his
gift has put the Lane memorial fund
well along the way to completion.
California restaurants have taken
an advanced step In popularising the
prune by serving it free with meals.
The Salem Capital Journal suggests
that Just now Oregon prunes . are
cheap enough and their need of a
market is great enough to warrant
following the ' California example.
The argument seems sound, except
for one . thing people don't usually
appreciate . what they get for
nothing. .
THE M'NARY BILL
THE McNary reclamation bill i is
a splendid measure. It would
provide something very much needed
in the West a means of business
like financing 'of reclamation proj
ects. Take, for example, the North unit
irrigation project of about 106,000
acres lying in Jefferson County. Vari
ous estimates have been made as to
its cost; but the generally accepted
figure for its actual construction cst
is about $7,600,000; '
To complete the project under the
district's present plans and under
the plan in vogue of late in Oregon,
it will be necessary to Issue bonds
to the amount of about $10,000,000.
Thus,? the actual, construction cost
would he $7,500,000; a cost plus con
tract at 15 per cent to the contrac
tors for the work would be $1,125,--000;
discounts and commissions on
bond sales would be about $1,375,000;
total , $10,000,000. The- Xigures are
derived from a comparison with
those in the Warm ' Springs, Ochoco
and other projects. . . . ; ; i -1 i
S. Under the i operation of the Mc
Nary bin. financing would be stabil
ized,; The, bonds are taken over by
the farm loan board) and held until
the project is ! completed. i The
money for construction is provided
from-the revolving fund which the
McNary bill creates. Under such
conditions, there is no reason why
the bonds should not go at par,
realiaing for the district full 100 per
cent on the Issue. iThe Construction
would be by the government, directed
by government engineers with a
probability that In : such a case - as
the north ? unit the contractor's
profits; with cost plus 15 per cent
contracts eliminated, would be ; kept
down to : $750.000. ;
Under the McNary bill the inter
est on the bonds would be 5 per
cent. Under present plans in: Ore
gon it is 4 per: cent.j The construc
tion cost under ; the McNary bill
would be around $7,500,000. con
tractor's profits $760,000, total $8,
250.000. -. ; v.:;;-,-;-. .;. j ,
Under the McNary bill the annual
interest would be $412,000 and the
cost per acre for water about $92.50,
against an annual interest of $flOo,
000 and a water cost of $100 per
acre under the present plan. -;-' .
'i The McNary plan is a highly de
sirable measure and all the power
that the West can summon should
be .brought to beaf f to secure its
passage. ; ,-::;! ;
An exchange suggests that iV took
20 years to make the country dry
but that it would take only six weeks
to make it' wet again. Does - that
mean that moonshine stills are that
nearly ready to supply the general
demand? - - ':
COUNT HIM
t, ETS see, wasn't something said
-ln the. late election campaign to
the effect that Governor Cox was a
';wet?' candidate and that Mr. Hard
ing ought to be elected for the sake
Of prohibition?
. On. the ground of economy aft
Order has gone forth from Washing
ton dismissing 7000 prohibition en
forcement officers. The number of
such officers now allowed for the
broad reaches and stretches of Ore
gon is one count him one.
But '
Two of such enforcing officers in
less than a month recently mad
arrests of bootleggers whose com
bined fines totaled $10,000.
What a wonderful .thing a rigid
economy in prohibition enforcement
is for the bootleggers! .
The word disaster, it appears,
meant originally "unlucky star and
that is the reason it is always used
to describe the expected results of
a collision between the earth and
one of the comets.
U. S. OF CENTRAL
, AMERICA J
Spokesmen for the Big Brother Repub
lic to Northward Extend the Glad -Hand,
Wishing the New State
Godspeed,- and Some of
" Them Slyly Taking a
; Poke at the Big Army
i and Navy Bunch;
at Home.
Daily Editorial Difest"
,'There is something 'new under the sun
to -the south of us a spick and span new
nation; not a new revolution or a new
government, but a real new! nation,' an
nounces the Louisville Courier Journal
(Dem.). The Infant whose birth is thus
heralded is the "Federation of Central
America." consisting of Guatemala. Sal
vador, and Honduras, which have Just
consummated a treaty which makes them
One nation. The advent Of this new
member of the family of 1 republics is
warmly welcomed by -. Vam American
press, which sees it as a significant
development in the movement toward
closer cooperative relational . between
countries, aa well as a definite promise
of peace in Latin-America. Editorial
opinion strongly advocates, official sym
pathy and encouragement ' toward the
newcomer from her powerful big broth
er republic to the north, j f
The federation appears to the Muncie
Star (Ind. Rep.) "to be a well-organized,
well thought-out affair, if its constitu
tion and general purposes may ; be ac
cepted as proof." The plan of organiza
tion,! the results of which "will be
watched with considerable 1 interest by
practically the entire world," is given by
the Flint Journal (Ind.) .hua : "The
federation will be administered by a
federal council consisting of one repre
sentative elected by the people of each
state for five years, the council electing
from its members a president and vice-
firesident for one year terms, ineligible
or consecutive reelection. The federal
legislature will have two houses, three
Senators from each -state: elected by
each congress, for six years, and a cham
ber of deputies elected by the people.
There are to be a supreme court and
ninor judicial officers. j
The foundation for a sound and use
ful government" is laid In further guar
antees, which the Indianapolis Star (Ind.
Rep.) points ou.: "Legislation on re
ligious subjects is forbidden. In all the
states toleration of cults that are not
against morals or public policy will be
an obligatory principle, i Compulsory
primary education will be required. Re
spect of individual rights,' freedom, of
suffrage and rotation of power are guar
anteed." - .
To the Tacoma Ledger (Ind.) "It is
an interesting experiment with, far reach
ing possibilities. Central American peo
ples have much in common and many
reasons - for standing together at all
times," the Ledger Says, and the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch (Dem.), express
ing the same thought, adds that "this
merging of their individual state enti
ties into one federation would seem to
be founded on principles' destined to en
dure.". - ' ;
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Difficulties In the way of consolida
tion are pointed out by the Christian
Science Monitor (Boston, Ind.). "Per
sonal ambition has been the rock upon
which the project has so often been
wrecked," since the compact, "while ele
vating a few individuals to positions Of
greater 'authority, must of course "re
legate many to the ranks Of provisional
rather than federal rulers.' Therefore,
the Monitor feels that "it j must be ad
mitted that those in authority who have
sanctioned this coalition plan have dis
played a. high degree of loyalty and un
selfishness." The very fact . that these
little Central American republics have
overcome this obstacle furnishes a Tlot-
able ,. example," the Atlanta - Journal
(Dem.) believes, "of the trend of present-day
thought away from petty nation
al jealousies toward liberal co-working
for the common weal." The Providence
Journal (Ind.) also rejoices in this evi
dence of the modification, rby the les
sons of war." of the feeling "which a
decade ago wa- everywhere intensely
national," and. itfleclares, "if the Balkan
states were as nearly in sympathy with
one another as are the Central American
states," Europe could sleep better at
night. "Our neighbors on- the Caribbean,"
continues the Atlanta Journal, in a later
editorial, are indeed "moving with .the
deeper trend of history; they are re
sponding to the deeper urge of the
tunes, when the beet thought of all the
world turns to constructive co-working
as a grain st destructive competition among
nations." Thus the Central American
coalition becomes a "highly significant
event not only in the affairs of this
hemisphere, but also in the march of
world history."
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The advantage to the world at large,
as the Pittsburg Dispatch (Ind.) sees
it, is "as a guarantee against interstate
disorders so frequent in the past," and
to the Detroit- Free Press (Ind.). "the
main thing in the whole project" is that
it will give Central America "what may
be justifiably termed a fighting chance
for peace." Commenting on this phase
of the new movement, many papers
quote the statement of Dr. Bianchl.
Guatemalan minister to the United
States, that i "it is no seef et that ths
republics of Central America have main
tained "armies- chiefly for protection
against each other," and that with fed
eration an accomplished fact 'a grad
ual disarmament soon will start that
will eventually reduce the standing arm
ies to mere police force siae."
: ., . e . . e '.j ,.
. "If the analogy of the new federation
to the United States is as close as has
been said,' the PlttSbuf g Chronicle
Telegraph (Rep.) is hopeful that "the
thought of war between Guatemala and
Salvador will soon be as impossible as
of war between Pennsylvania and Ohio."
If that hope is realised, the Louisville
Courier Journal (Dem.) prophesies that
"the Federation of Central America may
count on some immigration from the
United States of North America, With
its aspirations for the greatest navy, the
most powerful military system, and the
most tremendous taxation - of all the
nations of the earth," At any rate, the
Nashville Tennesseeaft (Ind. Dem.T sug
gests that 'the anion of these smaU
republics" may at least "enable Uncle
Sam to keep his marines at. home."
On the whole, the union and Its work
ing plans are "in line with modern po
litical thought,- and the Detroit News
(Ind.) voices - the universal feeling in
maintaining that it --deserves ympa.
thetlfi encouragement from ; the United
States." . - . i :: "
Curious Bits of Inforrnatiort
Gleaned From Curious Places
The first rear admirals in the United
States navy were commissioned in 1962,
when that rank was created by act of
congress. David Farragut, for his valor
in the Civil war, was made vice admiral
in 1864, and two years later the rank
of -admiral was established for the pur
pose of honoring him. - The grade of
admiral was revived ln .J8?9, aftd- con
ferred upon George Dewey, the hero of
Manila, The highest -rank-of American
naval officers 'in active j Service was,
up to a short time -ago.. Hhat of rear
admiral. The title of admiral was first
used in France, and the first , French
admiral was appointed In 1 1284. : A few
years later the title was adopted by
the English, and the rank of admiral of
the English seas was given to William
de Leybourne by Edward L in . D7.
Letters From the People
( Com m artica tlona aeftt tc Th Journal for
publication in thia department ahontd b written
on only one d ot tba paper; abould not exceed
300 wards la letMrth, and anus ba aixsad by the
write, whose ariail addreaa is foil must accom
pany tie contribution. -
NOT A SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
Portland, May 18. To th, Editor of
The Journal On May 2 our most promi
nent Portland newspapers came out
with special mention v of "Sunday
School Picnickers in Collision" on
the Columbia river" highway the
previous day (Sunday), with detailed
information that participant were IS
Sunday ecbool members of the Second
German Baptist church of this city, and
since picnics on the Lord's day are not
In accord with the Baptist way of keep
ing the Lord's day holy, the subject
came up for . explanation last evening
at our monthly meeting, held at the
Third Baptist, church, which brought
out the facts aa follows:
It was not a "Sunday school" affair,
because it was without the planning,
knowledge of authorisation of the "offi
cers of the Sunday school.
It was not a picnic but simply a trip
out on the highway in the afternoon to
show same to some Eastern friends who
were here visiting.
Therefore, we would be pleased If you
would assist us through the columns of
your good paper to correct the errors of
the original reports, that your readers
may know the facts ; also that they
may know that we, aa Baptist teachers
and workers, do not encourage or sanc
tion any pleasure that could be con
strued as a desecration of our Lord's
holy day.
Baptist Superintendents' and Workers'
Union of Portland, Or.
; By N. J. Sykes. Secretary.
THE 1925 EXPOSITION SITE
Reply to the Reported Challenge by a
j Vancouver Champion.
Portland, May 1. To the Editor of
The Journal In the report of the Ad
club luncheon in today's paper it Is
stated that Clement Scott made the
threat that Vancouver might withdraw
from participation In the 1925 Exposition
in case it is held at any other site than
Harden Island or somewhere close to
Vancouver. 1 This la not the first time
that Mr. Scott has made such a state
ment as this.
There are two views to take of this
attitude, either of' which reflect dis
credit upon Vancouver if Vancouver
stands back Of this threat, and if she
does she is weakening her position by
indorsing it. It is either a childish at
titude "If you don't play my way, 1
won't play with you" or it is a big
bluff. I am inclined to accept the latter
view. If Vancouver thought of having
this exposition five years ago, why didn't
she put It over Instead of waiting for
Portland business men ,to do it? It was
the business sagacity and foresight and
courage of Portland business men that
made the coming world's fair possible.
If Vancouver thinks Portland can't hold
the exposition without her assistance she
is greatly mistaken. The business men
of Portland are not going to be bluffed
into putting the ' exposition on Hayden
Island if that Is not the proper place
for it, or If some other location is more
suitable in their opinion than Hayden
Island. The 1925 Exposition is a Port
land business men's proposition. From
the business man's Standpoint the ex
position should be located- where it will
reflect the greatest benefit to the busi
ness success of Portland, and where the
fair itself will be a financial success
and return dividends on his Investments
in the stock thereof because of. a maxi
mum of gate receipts. Hayden Island
is too far away rrom me center oi
Pr.rfiar.ri for either of these results.
tii- the fair on Hayden Island and
most of the visitors from outside of
Portland would scarcely look at Fort
land. They would be put off the trains
at a great depot at the international
hride-a or at Vancouver and get on the
trains ?. at the same place after seeing
the fair, and stop at great mushroom
hotels at Vancouver or around the fair
grounds, and as a result Portland hotel
and restaurants and boarding houses and
markets and mercantile houses would
lose the patronage which they ought to
get and which they would have If the
fair were closer in. Hayden Island is
too far out to Insure a narge patronage
by Portland people. Even the location
of the Lewis and Clark exposition was
too far out and oft tg one side, and
for this reason most of the concessions
miiI a ht b made to nay. One of the
large concessionaires of that fair lost
$35,000 and says tnat mere were ai-,
tAAhmonta against 1200 of the conces
sions In the middle of the summer of
that fair. If Portland business men are
to derive the greatest benefit from the
exposition- and desire the exposition it
self to be a financial success, they
chould See that it is located as close to
the business center of Portland i
possible. Kenneth Brown.
CONCERNING SLANDER
Reflections Incident to the Contemplation
nt tha Poisonous Tongue.
Portland. May 20. To the Editor of
The Journal The woman with the slan
derous tongue is always to be found in
everv community. But ooianess or. at
tack, especially In her desire to cover
some one of ner own sex wn sname.
often becomes so pronounced as to make
It Important to Impress on the public
the danger of this bidden weapon, airecv
ed, as it were, at the very, root of de
cency and good morals. X say woman,
for this deDlorable affliction is oftenef
found in the fair sex. With man. the
fear of consequences, if discovered, is
more likely to curb this affection of the
mind from mrnciing injury ana wrrvw,
than with woman, since there Is the
chance that he may be called to answer,
personally, to his fellow man, whereas,
she not only trusts to a fear of pub
licity on the part of her victim to save
her rrom a recKonmg oerore iw v.
but trusts as well to her sex for pro
tection from personal injury. These
despoliera of character usually direct
their poisonous shafts at their own sex,
and, what la more deplorable, many
times at-perfectly Innocent and aspiring
girls who in some manner have dis
pleased them. Indeed, the slightest show
of a desire to avoid such a woman, will
Immediately arouse ; thia slanderous
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It is difficult to restrain this dreadful
malady, which has no other motive than
to deal out misery and shame. We have
a law for criminal prosecution for libel,
and it la to be hoped that the legisla
ture in its wisdom will soon add a law
for slander. Ponder what the great
Shakespeare has said : "Who steals my
purse - steals tf ash ; 'tis something,
nothing ; 'twas mine, 'tis bis, and has
been slave to thousands S but he that
filches from me my good name robs
me of that which not enriches him and
makes me poor indeed.
... . J. O.. Walters. :
THE BUST HOUSEWIFE
From tha ColurnMa (8. C.) tteeord
The kitchen garden isn't the only do
mestic appanage from which a prudent
wife will shoo the neighbors cbickena
WASHINGTON, - FAREWELL
rroni tha" Medford Mail-Tribune
- With Colonel Harvey, American pleni
potentiary, before the suprems council,
at least one pestiferous bugaboo can be
buried and a proper epitaph engraved
for the edification of the coming ages.
This is George Washington's opposition
to European 'entanglements.
; : It was Colonel Harvey who resur
rected the Father of His Country as
the political leader nf twentieth century.
COMMENT AND
. SMALL CHANGE
The last time Colonel Harvey opened
his mouth he put bis foot in it, as
usual. ,
Some men who admit they may have
monkey ancestors owe the breed a pro
found apology.
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The course of empire has wended its
way a far westward as possible, yet
there's still lota of room.
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Headwork job has ben Inspected by
City councilmen. Now If they could only
inspect a little councllmanlc headwork !
When the six-day worker's day of rest
Is shorn of its harmless pleasures, will
he not be justified in demanding a five
day week7 . ..
Thoae who are not vary successful in
the conduct of their own affairs are
usually vitally Interested In the affairs
of others.
Average income of college man five
years after graduation is given as
$57(2.51. Most of them must become
plumbers.
-If we dared Judge by physical stand
ards, none could deny that former Pres
ident Taft is big enough for the United
States supreme bench.
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A "shorter Bible" has been compiled
by a prominent publisher. Now if It
could be illustrated by Coles Phillips
and his like, meanwhile letting some of
the Jaaa kings set the hymns to ragtime,
there d be some hope for its universal
perusal. .
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations-About Town
Clyde Huntley Of Oregon City, aspirant
for appointment as collector of internal
revenue, and Al Roberts of Pendleton,
who wants to be United States marshal,
conferred yesterday in an effort to find
Out what the other had heard from
Washington. '
Tel low badges were prominent Fri
day In hotel lobbies. They were worn
by delegates to the state association of
master plumbers, who were in session at
the Imperial. Nearly every town in the
state that has a plumbing shop was
represented.'
C A. Moore of Baxter, who is a mem
ber of the legal fraternity, is in Port
land on busineaa Things at Baker are
fine, he saya
a '
Mae Fried ly and Olive Frledly of Pen
dleton, are in Portland on a shopping
visit . , ..
W. E. Tallant one of Astoria's salmon
cancers, was in Portland Friday.
a -
D. B. Hilt a former resident of Port
land. Is registered from Seattle.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN :
By Fred
I Baainiaoaooe of a pioneer Wfflta whose life
since aha was is baa Been aptst in umatuia
county are here recorded br Mr. Lockkr- She
tells of "sood old day" which were at times
dry of peril, and always days of strenuous (-
fort! .,; V- -. . f ' .
We came to Oregon in the fall of
1883." said Mrs. Nancy DeSpain of
Pendleton. "We were headed for the
Willamette valley, but we decided to
spend the winter in orann ttonae val
ley. I met Jerry DeSpain. my future
husband, at what is now called Old
Town, in La Grande. The next spring
we followed the old Oregon trail west
ward to the Willamette valley. . We
crossed the Umatilla river about a mil
below what was then called Goodwin sta
tion. It is now the city of Pendleton.
Uncle Moses Goodwin and hia wife were
runnlnsr the stacre station. After Uncle
Moses died his wife married Mr. Raley
ana was known as 'Aunt' Aura aiey,
Not far below the crossing we came to
Swift station. From tnere we aroveon
to The Dalles, where we took boat for
Portland. From Portland we went to
Monmouth to Join our friends and rela
Uvea who had preceded us.
!"On June 6. 1888, I celebrated my
sixteenth birthday. Just a week later
I married - Jerry DeSpain. who had
come down from La Grand a few
days before. We were married by a
Methodist minister. ' who told us w
were the first couple he had ever mar
ried. W went to Umatilla county, to
my husband's place on Birch creek.
When I went there as a bride, the only
places at which I could buy any goods
were the stores at Pilot Rock. Swift
station, Umatilla and Walla Walla. In
those days there was no Pendleton.
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"I have had 41 children, of whom
Seven are still living. Florence, my
eldest daughter, who Is Mrs. Norborne
Berkeley, lives at Pendleton. Albert
Is running the Hawthorne . farm forme.
Mrs. Bernlce Dickson lives in Portland.
Geraldine married Charley Berkeley,
who is , manager of the Hay Creek
8heep t Land company In Crook
county. Lewis lives in California.
Eleanor, who Is now Mrs. Henry Zuder,
Uvea in Portland. My baby. Constance,
is now Mrs. Isaacs and lives in Port
land. .
j. .
! "We lived on Birch creek six years.
In those days the county seat was at
Umatilla Landing. fAlong about 1870
there was a good deal f discussion
about moving the county seat to a
more central locality. The little vil
lage of Pendleton worr out and secured
the county seat We moved to Pen
dleton in 1872. In those days the Uma
tilla reservation came up t the edge of
town. Among our neighbors that I re
member best were the Marshalls, the
Atwoods, the Frakers and the Bryant
Pretty well out of town, where Byers
mill is- now located, was a tannery
owned by a man named Moore, Our
immediate neighbors were James Tur
ner, an attorney, and Lot Uvermora
riitic and harped on the antiquated
string of American isolation. Now the
colonel himself is approaching St James
aa an evangel Of tangling within the
web of European statesmanship and. if
possible, effecting a solution wrucn wm
be agreeable to Unci Sam in his new
role as dictator of European destinies.
Of course, the entire performance Is
informal. There Is no recognition of
the League of Nations per se, there is
no dalliance witn a mumdthuibwii.
but all this after all is beside th point
Call it formal or informal, th fact re
mains that the United States, six months
after the solemn referendum, is demon
strating in a most emphatic and drama
tic manner, that America is not and
cannot be Isolated, that what concerns
Europe doe concern America, and that
air this talk about George Washington
was the silliest aort of fol-de-rol.
i America is a world power, and mutt
take her Dart in world affairs. America
Is in Europe, and Europe is in America,
whether either likes It -or not
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
i Here's hopin the French and British
makes the Huns pay f er the damages
they done to the world even if they have
to take the revnoos the jukes and kings
and barons and land profiteers is drawln'
down from the land their ancestors stole
from somebody else and has been a-llvla'
NEWS I IN BRIEF;
SIDELIGHTS
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A news item says "man found shot in
the highway." This dlagpoula does not
appear to be very definite. Eugene Reg
ister. , -- i
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Even poets have to take some of their
own medicine occasionally. Oregon
bards are welcoming Edwin Markham
with poetical effusions Eugene Guard.
Next week the lawyers of the vicinity
will start going over to Jacksonville to
call each other "learned counsel,'" and
not mean a word of it Medfora Mail
Tribune. f ...
Why travel?" queries 'an ad of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany. Well, one reason is that it it
usually a good deal quicker to lock up
the office and travel to a man's place
of business to talk, to him than It is to
get central. CorvalHs Gazette Ttmea,
The effort of the Alpha club to pro
mote interest in flower garden planting
is worthy of the fullest cooperation on
the part of home owners, and It gener
ally carried out. what a pretty city
Baker would be 7 prise awards are to
ba offered and tha contest Will ODen
June 1 and close August 20. Baker
Democrat
. a
Do you know that Americans eat less
fish than the people of any other na
tion? The i Der capita consumption in
this country -is 1 pounds, in Canada it
is 30, in-the i British isles 56 and in Japan
200. It. would seem, therefore, that the
national campaign to stimulate the con
rum Dt Ion of canned 'salmon ought to
be continued and intensified Astoria
Budget. I
Another petitioner for senatorial pref
erence In town Is Walter Toose of Mc-
Minnville. who is credited with an ambl
tlon to be United States district attorney.
The burning Question at McMlnnville, he
says, is whetker to danoe: or not to
dance. . - I . i ' '
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What Corvallla needs worst of all,
said M. S. Woodcock of that city when
he registered Friday, is a new hoteL .
i i
Leslie Butler of Hood River was filling
the same old chair In the Benson lobby
Friday.
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Jack Hyhd of Cecil and David Hynd
of Heppner are in Portland at the same
time. .
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Claude H. Smith and II. C Dodson of
Bend arrived on the early morning train
Friday. ;
r-
Lakeview, county seat of Lake county.
Is represented among recent arrivals by
W. L. Teutach.
I a a a
J. W. Wright of Walla Walla is in
Portland on business.
Lockley
In those days we all made our own
bread, churned our own butter and did
our own housework. There were no
laundries. So we did our own washing
and managed to keep busy raising our
famines, or evenings we used to gatn
er around the courthouse well to
spend a social hour. We -didn't go to
the movies, nor did we patronise Ice
cream parlors, for the good reason that
there weren t any. So far, - no church
had com I to - Pendleton, though there
were plenty of saloons. One In a
while a transient minister or a circuit
rider would come and hold services in
the schoolhouse or the courthouse. Be
fore long the visiting ministers had
gathered their flocks about them, and
soon the Episcopal and the Methodist
Episcopal churches were built
-
"In the late '70s we had a good deal
of excitement at Pendleton on account
of the Indian war. Many of the
heepberders and cattlemen came In
from outlying places to secure protoc
tlon it Pendleton. The families of
many of the ranchers also came. Dr.
LaDow drove to Walla Walla, where
he got a lot of guns and ammunition
to defend the town with. As we were
driving to Weston we mat them on
the road to Pendleton. Sboftiy after
that two horsemen passed us on the
run and called out to us. The Indians
are on the warpath and are coming this
way.' We didn't waste any time.
When we reached Weston we found that
preparations were on to have a big ball
that night It was the Fourth of July.
Mr. Connoyer, who was Indian agent at
the Umatilla reservation, came in that
night with several families, as they
feared for thel'fives on the reservation.
Their coming and the anticipated trouble
with the Indians broke up the ball. Dr.
E. J. summervllle's wife was witn her
father. Major Connoyer. ; Mr. and Mrs.
William Matlock were also- at the
Weston hotel that night I went with
our children to Walla Walla, where
I stayed for two weeks, till the In
dian scar was over.
"A little later several of the Indians
were hanged In the Jail yard at Pen
dleton. I remember what a tall, fine
looking, stately Indian White Owl waa
He was one of the Indians who. were
hanged. Berore th Indians were exe
cuted the officers let their relatives
come into the yard to sing th Indian
dirge. John 6 perry. -Who was sheriff
at that time, hanged the condemned
men,. - -. - ::' .... -
T often think of th old days when
I used to go to parties with Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Nye, with the Welches and
the Swltxlers, the Livefiwores, th
Bishops. Mpores. Thompsons. Maren
alls. Ftakers, Raley and many othaf
old families, most of whom are now
gone. During a residence. f 55 years
one forms many friendships and learns
to know people as they really are, and
I have found real friendship and genu
ine western hospitality at . Pendleton
and In Umatilla county."
high from vr sence. The whole Ger
man people didn't use their brains fer 40
year, while dreamln of standln' up the
world ad llvin' rich ever after. - They're
like John Bontag tn Visalia. Callforny,
who went to holdin' up trains and done
well at it fer a spell. But when he had
to break' rock in th pen at Folsom far
20 year he begun to flgger and found out
that he was pay in- ; ter an ne goi wim
hard work at about four bit a day. ,
j Don't Shoot
3EnaWbeeleTWillcox
TTmTt shoot t .Com tnte tact.
The lack of manhood to the act;
How could a creature of yrtnr aia
. Take aim at any bird that fifes'
We re o helpless and t sou HI '
The very tinieH boy, a tail
Compared with wa. Put dowl yoor gas
Awk teek some manlier kind ef las. '
Don't aheotl Out there la te and (iada.
In pretty nests that hare made.
Oar hururry tittle birduiice wait.
Ah, think of their unhappy fata
If we earns not at set ef ana.
Pat dews , year tan, put Sows rtmr tan.
Don't sheet! Sat leave us free of win
T build and nest and soar and eiogv
We ak ao little, jnat to live
An for that prlrilraw we give
Our souk, tn aong. Mil Bft la
Don't ahoot! Earth haa enoaab of Joy,
Of tp. and food, for bird and boy;
Enough for btb of liht and ens
Pot down your sun, put doam ycair goa.
The Oregon Country
Xortaweef Happanlnaa in Brief Form (ot tha
. fio.r Beader .
OREGON NOTES
Lane county has rained $2431 for the
European children's relief.
Molalla has voted a bond Issue of
$40,000 for a water system, by a vote -of
108 to 12.
Votara of Marrhfield -will decide June
4 the question of an $85,000 bond issue
for a new school building.
Rv. J. C. Hanna of Aberdeen, Wash.,
has accepted a rail to the First Chris
tian cnurch oz nooa itiver.
Lumber mills at Weetuort and Prea-
cott will shut down Saturday aa a re
sult o: the marine strike.
A group of Albany -college students
will celebrate Memorial day by climbing
to the summit of Mary's peuk.
Benton Bowers, a member of the state
lime board, has suffered ' a paralytic.
stroke at his home in Ashland.
Prineville will celebrate the Fourth
of July and the completion of the Ochoco "
project with a three days' jubilee.
A charter has been Issued to the Flint
National bank of Aurora, with a capital
of $28,000. Louis Weber Is president.
The Mountain View Cemetery aHtioci
ation of Oregon City has been improv
ing Its grounds and preparing for Me
morial day. .
Clark Price has resigned as chief of
the Albany fire department. Russell
Bussard, assistant chief, has been ap
pointed acting chief.
The Linn County Fair association has
set October 4 to October 7 as days for
holding this year's fair. The present
officers have been reelected.
R. H. Rosa, chairman of the port of
Bandon commission, has resigned on ac
count of ill health, lie la to be suc
ceeded by James E, Walatrom.
Bids to Improve the tourist camp '
grounds at Baker will be advertised for
soon. Next to the camp Is to be a tract
for athletic games and baaeball.
Before the beginning of the fire season
It la planned to have the Malheur and
Ochoco forest service districts connected
by a government telephone system. v,
The city council of Scappoos haa filed
with the public service commission an
application for a grade crossing over '
the tracks of the B. P. A U. railroad..
Nine members of th Fifth company.
Coast Artillery corps. Oregon National
Guard, have left Albany for Fort Ste
vens: to attend a school of Instruction.
Th United States geological survey
has set June 13 as the date for hearing
a number of applications for power alua
referred to It by th federal power com
mission. ,
According to reports received by
State Labor Commlaoioner Gram, labor
conditions In the populated districts of
Oregon are more serious than two
months ago.
The headquarters building of the Eu
gene aviation field has been completed
and tha field is being placed in con
dition for the use of the planes of the
forest fire patrol.
The funeral of Claude M. Gray, a
Hlllsboro soldier killed In action in
France, was held at Hlllsboro Wednes
day with military ceremonies under the
auspices of th American Legion.
Newberg will entertain the West Wil
lamette Baptist association. This as
sociation includes the Baptist churches
of McMlnnville, Dayton, Carlton, Jnd
pendence, Monmouth, Corvallla, Yamhill.
Amity and Newberg.
Under the supervision of Warden
James Thomas the Coos County Fire
Patrol association campaign Is in full
working order. A lookout has bmtn
established in the Tioga country, where
fires have caused considerable damage
the past two years.
WASHINGTON
Crop planting near Aberdeen is pro
ceeding briskly, following an unusually
wet spring.
Th White Salmon post of the Amer
ican Legion will hold Memorial day ex
ercises, also a suitable Fourth of July
celebration.
Woodland, In cooperation with Clark
county, will soon start the construction
of a free public camp ground on the Pa
cific highway.
A locked mall pouch, containing seven,
registered packages, was stolen Tuesday
from the TOppenlsh depot. There is no
trace of the thieves. -
Although building costs Iris Yakima
have been reduced 25 per cent from the
peak of war tlmaa, less building Is being
done than then.
An outalda Judge will be called to pre
side at the trial of Adam Klrhnff, Harry
Karguioff and Pete Ambaloff on tba
charge of murder at HoquUm.
Proceeds from the sale of popples dur
ing Memorial week at Vancouver will be
turned over to the American legion, to
pay for furnishing new quarters.
Edward Kramer of Wilbur has pur
chased from E. T. Hay th largest wind
mill ever erected In t,he Big Bend. It
stands 13 fet high and had a 12 fuot
fan. , .
Officers have' caught F. F. Miles, a
60-y ear-old rancher, who ran amuck
ana tried to kill his family. He whs
taken to Kalama for Investigation as to
his sanity..
After colliding with a light truck
driven by Lawrence Davis at KlKliib.
and Ingalls streets, Vancouver, 1. J.
Teter. who was driving an oil truck, waa
arrested on the charge of reckless driv
ing. IDAHO
The town of Kellogg has called for -bids
for furnishing labor nnd materials
for a sewer in Pressley addition ;
This week was clean-up week In Sal
mon, In compliance with an order issued
by Mayor Brown and Health Officer
Hammer.
Sheep shearing has begun at th big
camps In the Salmon river country.
Sheepmen say the clip will be the heav
iest in years. .
Children unaccompanied by parent or
fuardians will have to be excluded from
he raoltol unless they obey the orders
Of the various gtiardH. Is fhn announce
ment mace by custodian White. -The
Masonic lodge of Lewlston ' has
received a gavel made from a trt-e grown
on the Mount of Olives, "at JruHalem.
It is the gift of O. A. KJas, a former
resident of Lewiston, who Is touring the
world. .
TSe' Southern Idaho Klootrle I. lent ah
Power Users' aSKoclal Ion ha been wr
f acted by representatives of the princi
pal municipalities In Southern and South
western Idaho. The purpose of the as
sociation Is to keep a check on pawer
rates.
icnow youtv
PORTLAND
At terminal No. 4 on tha Willam
ette rjver a large two-atory structure
Is maintained for th accommodation
of terminal employes, government
grain research work, the branch of
fice of the state grain Inspection
bureau and for railroad agenciea.
Employers and th public may ob
tain meals at th terminal restaurant,
which ia equipped with seats for 2U0
persona Many steamers while
berthed at th terminal close down
mesa officers and men taking their
meals at th restaurant
The welfare building Is provided
with hot and cold water, shower
baths and lounging room.
Ample space in th slips expedites
cargo handling for offshore loading
of lumtTer, ties or other lightered,
barged or ra(taj materials. There
Is no Interference, consequently, be
tween the wharf discharge and load
ing of a vessel.
' Available for the service of ships
within-the harbor ia a floating repair
and machine shop, which can be
moved from point to point In the
harbor.
The terminal maintains as part of
Its equipment a switching lot-omotlve
and crew to expedite the handling
of cars concerned in the cnrsoin or
discharge of vessels at the itlt ru.