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deal on reclamation expenditures, her
percentage of population to the
square mile would be higher. Hardy
and self sacrificing as they are. Ore
con people have better things than
attempting to live where coyotes and
jackrabbits have slim picking.
WHAT DO THEY THINK?
IS THERE only one man or one
squad of men in the Portland
police department who can or will
rid the city of vice?
Sergeant Keegan took a small
squad of men recently and within a
week flooded the municipal court
with gamblers, disorderly persons,
degenerates and crooks. They had
been following their nefarious prac
tices unmolested. Now It is said that
illegitimate establishments operate
during the day and close at night
when Keegan's squad goes on duty.
What have the men on the beats
at night been doing? Why did they
fail to make the arrests that the
newly formed moral squad has
made and is making?
And what have the men on the day
beats been doing and what are they
doing now ? Why did they too fail
to make the arrests? Why was it
possible for a grand jury to go out
and indict a dozen men for maintain
ing gambling establishments on evi
dence secured by the members of the
Jury in a cursory investigation ?
Why is it possible for Keegan and
his squad to bring in scores of law
violators that men on the beats are
paid to arrest?
Chief of Police Jenkins is to be
commended for creating the moral
squad under competent leadership.
But what does he think his men on
beats are doing? What does' the
mayor think?
perform acrobatics in trigonometry
should be the test for promotion.
IB one case the premium is placed
on service given the city. In the
other, the reward comes for time
spent in study of subjects that may
have no bearing on the duties of the
position. By encodraging men to
perfect themselves ine their duty,
those who authorise promotions will
assure the city a superior service.
That is apparently what has been
done.
NO BONUS?
B
ONUS cannot be paid, the soldiers
moralize the national finances.
How about the building of 17 huge
dreadnaughts at 30 to 40 million par?
Are they not demoralizing the na
tional finances?
They will become obsolete and be
scrapped in 16 or 20 years, maybe
sooner, and it will cost some millions
a year each to man and mint.in
them. w
Around 90 cents out of every dol
lar collected by the' federal govern
ment is spent on something con
nected with war. Yet senate states
manship beat a plan proposed to
end war, and that same statesman
ship now argues that there can be
no bonus now because it would de
moralize national finances.
That is to say. under senate states
manship there is money for guns
and powder and shot and ships, but
no money for service men.
When the senate beat the peace
treaty it seems also to have beaten
the bonus.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of
genius. Benjamin Disraeli.
THE PROMISED CONFERENCE
As was perfectly proper, President
Harding went to congress yesterday
and delivered his message in person.
Once, not many months ago, that
was the unpardonable sin. And, as
was entirely within his prerogative,
he told the congress what he thought
about pending legislation. Once,
and not many months ago, that, too,
was the unpardonable sin. What a
lot of sham and humbug there is in
American politics!
IT IS not impossible for the dis
armament conference to result
in complete failure. Just as a few
irreconcilables have for two years
SHEEP AND GOATS OP CHARITY
HPHEY stood in a double line. Their
pleas were piteous and insistent.
defeated world peace, a small group Twice the number appeared that had
might easily destroy the purpose of come to seek aid the preceding day.
the assembly of the allied and asso- Such was the spectacle at the door
ciated powers. Especially might ot the public welfare bureau after
failure be entrenched if the policy the word went out that plan was
of this government is other than being made to salvage the food waste
sane. , of the country for the benefit of the
President Harding has apparently needy in Portland.
not entertained any thought of en- One man who said that he was
tering the conference half-heartedly. I hungry and had neither scrap of
His .conception of its purpose is I bread nor a dime for coffee and
seemingly to aid in the restoration doughnuts, disappeared without fur
of world economic conditions to a I the, plea when told that a bucksaw
normal state and to foster future 1 and a wood pile would introduce him
Peace. to a square meal.
xne presiaent improved upon tne Another who said that his family
Borah disarmament proposal. He needed S2 cash a day from charity,
suggests iana disarmament as wen demurred when told that he could
as a naval holiday, he suggests dis- a job cutting and trimming
uushuu ui ouier prooierao Dom eco- ,. .1 i a tro The 1. mr
nomic and political, and unquestion
ably the coming conference is the
first step toward a league or asso
ciation of nations.
Powerful Influences in this and
other countries will attempt to defeat
the purpose of the conference.
Those who profit from wars and
from preparation for wars will op
pose the plana They failed to halt
the impending assembly, but they
will endeavor in various ways to
cause friction and failure. By enter
taining absurd proposals, by pro
be S4 a tree in order to command his
services, he said.
Experiences like these do not mean
that destitution and imposture are
inseparable. The current rate of
picking loganberries is a penny
pound. A man can earn from $1
to $1.50 a day. He must board him
self. But Manager Jones of the pub
lic iree employment bureau says
there are numerous applicants for
jobs that pay no more.
Relief cannot safely be admin-
ceeding on false premises, by failure stored without investigation. Well
to assume a just responsibility, and i organized relief agencies such as the
by various other mistakes of poll-1 public welfare bureau do not answer
tics and statesmanship the repre
sentatives of this and other coui
tries could bring about a collapse of
the conference.
calls until direct investigation has
shown the merit of the appeal.
But with careful inquiry and all
possible .safeguards, the number of
If the assembly is to become a families which are the objects of
clearing house for barter, an ez- charity under care of the welfare
change where selfish interests are to" bureau arid the county has increased
gamble for the pot, a mere trading J from 300 at this time last year to
station oi tne nations, mere are like- eoo ana at the present rate the num
ly to oe no immediate, much less per- J ber will be 1000 by winter. The
: tmfcent and beneficial, results. But coming winter will witness more dis-
if the representatives of the United tress than at any time since 1914
States and of the other powers meet J unless success attends the effort to
in Washington prepared each and 1 relieve the need in Portland through
every one to shoulder Just burdens, I salvaging the waste of the bountiful
to race conditions as they are. and harvest in Oregon and the border
to cooperate toward an equitable section of Waahinetnr.
' Those who have engaged in the
unique effort are entitled to the most
earnest good wishes and the highest
commendation.
On Alameda drive two dwellings
are under construction on alternate
corners. Ten automobiles were
parked on the drive near the houses
recently. Six belonged to the work
men on one house, four to the work
men on the other.
pie from all ever the United States, as
wen aa foreign nations, to the Pacific
coast. And when they get to Portland
And learn of the beauties and phenomena
oi AiasKA tnouaanas wtu undoubtedly
wish to make the pilgrimage Into this
wonderland or tne north. Our exhibit
of mineral, timber, fisheries and other
resources will interest to the extent of
causing investigation and subsequent in
vestment Possibly Alaska, more than
any other of the coast states, will be
the greatest beneficiary of the wonder
land exposition that is to be reared in
Oregon's city of roses, Portland.
The prediction as to the benefit
in store for Alaska from such an ax
position is well made. It will be an
exposition of the West for the West
attended by the world.
babies, the only real wealth, a less that
ever, can be replaosd. Lack ot work
and high rents are said to explain the
trouble. But married, two can live la
ne room Instead of In two missis, and
there is ptonty of room in the country.
Rents ought net to stop marriage.
The county dark at Indianapolis says
licenses are being Issued "only to per-
wlth incomee or to the responsible
Fletcher, who proposed 60 chews
to the bite, is needed in Missouri.
A Welhrvilte woman choked to death
on a piece of ham as thoroughly as
though lessons on the valoeof mas
tication had never been taught.
TODAY
Good Natured U. S. A.
Why Any Stiff Collar?
Manpower Flying
Einstein's View
What of the 5,000,000?
By Arthur Brisbane-
WE KNOW NOW
THE harbor entrance channel of
the Columbia is a. mil wirla and
43 feet deep.
New York, by the Red Hook chan
nel, has a depth of 38 to 40 feet.
Boston has a channel 35 feet deep
and 950 feet wide.
Providence, R. L, has a 30-foot
channel.
Charleston, S. C, has a 30-foot
channel 500 feet wide and a 32-foot
channel 300 feet wide.
The entrance to the ports of Port
land, Astoria and Vancouver is one
of the best harbor entrances in the
world and it is getting better.
The success of improvements at
the mouth of the river has exceeded
ail expectations. It is example of
what vision and hammering away
can do.
Above all, it is encouragement to
Portland to pound away at the task
or perfecting the channel to the
a. That channel is of first conse
quence to the final maritime su
premacy of Portland. It is a tre
mendous actor in the future pros
perity of Portland and Oregon. The
values of commercial establishments,
of office buildings, of every activity
and every home are involved.
That channel is the super-appeal
to this city. Comparison of depths
at other ports with that at the Co
lumbia entrance, where once vessels
of 18 feet draft sometimes had dif
ficulty in crossing in or out, is as
surance of what can be done in per
fecting the channel to the sea.
We know what can be done by
what has been done.
Some people smoke to reduce
weight. Some people take exercise
for the same purpose. If you can't
have both try exercise.
BELATED
LONDON
ENCES
CONFBR-
and intelligent disarmament and
righteous settlement of world 'af
fairs, the conference may inaugurate
a new and highly desirable march of
events.' ;
If any nation refuses to accept a
fair responsibility the results of the Those who go swimming during
assembly will be only Surface results, j warm summer days do well to re
If any nation's attitude is entirely member the matter of fact statement
selfish there can hardly be an ef- "7 City Grappler Brady that of 300
f active settlement. If any nation re- bodies he has taken from the river,
fuses to concede anything for the 96 per cent were the victims of
good qf the whole the heritage of cramps, and most of the number
the meeting will be only visionary. had been eating heavy lunches.
In our own country, President which included fresh fruit. Just be-
cs&roiug nw inmaneo a. sincere oe- i ore mey went into the water.
re to obtain permanent results,
stay the obstructionists in America
fail in their efforts to divert him
from such a course. It is a time for
THE ALTERED STATUS
1
THE decision of th mnnipinal
the people of America to make their .1 civil service tvoarri tr .it M
influence felt. aminations f mmmMdmm
tions with the city indicates that it
is to be the policy of the board to
administer civil service for the best
interests of city service. Hereafter
promotions will be baaed on quality
of service rendered rather than on
the employe's knowledge of Greek.
It is naturally to be assumed that
an unqualified applicant will not fco
employed. Thereafter the servies
rendered, loyalty, and aptitude for
greater responsibility not ability to
The population of California is 22
per square mile, Washington 20 and
Oregon 8.28. Some writers think
Oregon's low percentage is a dis
credit to .the state. It would help
their viewpoint if they would go
out on some of the arid areas of
Southeastern Oregon and there at
tempt to establish a home 'and rear
a family. If the national govern
ment had given Oregon a square
DELATED conferences under way
a-r and in prospect in London be
tween Lloyd George and Ulster and
Sinn Fein leaders offer hope, for the
first time, of peace in turbulent Ire
land. -
Long ago the British premier
should have been closeted with the
various Irish leaden. Long ago
there should have been conciliations
across the council table. The blood
shed and burnings might have been
avoided. Armed rebellion might
have been averted. The conferences
should haye preceded rather than
followed the bitter struggles.
Subjects will not long be held by
armed force. They will not forever
remain loyal to mere military
strength. But a comprehensive
understanding that may entail con
cessions, arrived at across a table,
often holds empires intact.
Ireland has always been used as
Lan English backyard. The valuable
coal fields of the Irish isle are still
undeveloped. The ports have not
been improved. Only those re
sources that were of value to the
mother country would England per
mit Ireland to develop.
It remains to be seem what will
come from the truce. For lasting
peace, far more will have to be
conceded than England eVer offered
before. And far more ought to be
conceded than England ever offered
before.
That need not hurt your feelings if
you happened to get married In June and
haven't an income. The father of Lin
coln and the father of Napoleon would
both be In the Irresponsible class.
Neither one amounted to anything as
a provider. Lincoln didn't even have a
house with a floor or a window in it.
But those two marriages have attracted
considerable attention.
The most Important thing in marriage
Is the mother. The next important la
her mental attitude toward her husband.
If she thinks a great deal of him she
will have good children. And wonderful
Is the capacity of woman for" "thinking
wen of some poor fish that does not de
serve it
Letters From the People
Old you ever hear of such s food
natured "defendant" as the United States
government, where railroads are con
cerned? The railroads say to the gov
ernment. "You owe us hundreds of mil
lions for managing our properties badly
In war."
That Is humorous in itself, but the
government's reply is funnier. It says.
"Is that so? I feel very badly about it
I will lend you $500,000,000, then you can
sue me at your leisure and deduct your
judgments from the amount of your
loan.
The average individual with a good
claim against the aovernment is not
treated so kindly.
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Chicago's chief of -police says police
men must be neat Celluloid collars are
forbidden. Why wear any sttff collar.
pressing against the neck? Such collars
squeese and injure the pneumogastrlc
nerve and lower efficiency, so Important
In policemen.
Lord Northcllffe, soon to visit us.
wears soft collars that don't scratch or
press, and which look very neat Why
not imitate him?
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A Frenchman, Gabriel Poulain. wins
10,000 francs for flying more than 10
meters distance and one meter high In
an aeroplane driven by man power. He
i a miniature biplane - fastened to a
bicycle. The bicycle biplane traveled
12 meters without touching ground. The
inventors think it will fly as far as 300
meters.
The matter la unimportant, and use
as probably, but interesting, because It
demonstrates the beginning of flying
among the animals a swift run through
the water Or on land, then a short, poorly
controlled flight on primitive wings.
Mr. Jack Johnson, colored, and a very
able prizefighter. Is out of jail and In
vites challenges. The white prise
fighters discover they must draw the
color line. It would be beneath them
to fight a negro. Johnson is 42 years
old, weighs 222 pounds, and 9100.000
could easily be made beating him. When
white gentlemen draw the color line at
$100,000 they pay a remarkable compli
ment to a man of Johnson's age and
weight
What would you do if you were a
sheep farmer raising wool in competi
tion with hard times and manufacturers
of shoddy? The production of wool is
93 per cent of what it was before the
war, and the consumption under 70 per
cent Shoddy old woolen rags made
over, glued together and labeled "all
wool" Is bad for clothing, for the
farmers sad for the supply of mutton.
The department of agriculture should
Interest Itself In the various problems
involved.
see
If mud sharks captured in British
Columbia waters could have known their
subsequent fate they would be sur
prised. Their fins are sold as a deli
cacy to Chinese- at $3 a pound. The
body, ground up into chicken feed, sells
for a few dollars a ton. The skin makes
good leather, the bead a fine glue. If
the shark hopes for Individual im
mortality all that would worry him.
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Mr. Llamas. Investment banker, tells
railroads their trouble is "light loading-
heavy cars carrying a small fraction oi
their own weight in freight. Henry
Ford told the railroads the same thing
at the beginning of the war and warned
them to supply light vehicles for light
loada They will be compelled to do
something soon, for motor: truck compe
tition will soon affect them aa the "jit
neys" have affected sties tsar lines with
archaic management
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
A lot Of '- - ntonn. mew an.
thsls , very able citteeaa
a sport for
brilliant being
thin
will
Golf
vents a 10-cent ball.
If aU the world wore a smile
a - - 1 we lit k AA C" I ir 11UL HIT 1 V AAA SB-
Jr.J! tu n the destructive In their pay. If voting wouM keep
i our incomes, we'd all be I
www . Hteiiitr
t-re say tne reporter who wrote "M0
odd persons" attended a picnic didn".
SIDELIGHTS
srtria who rot so
sunburned at the beach have a lot
to worry about than their grandmothers
had. Polk County I tr miser.
of l railroad labor
a cm Baal bar 1 as to
whether or not they will accept a cut In
up
I Ceegjansicatlene seat te The Joarasl far
pabUesttou in this departsaeat sfcoaid be written
on only net aide of the paper: shoaid not exceed
300 words in length, aad ssast be aimed bj the
wnT, whose mail address in lull ssast scco
pear the eoatribaUoa.
PAUL AND PISTOL MAKERS
His Rebuke to Epheslan Silversmiths
Good for Gunsmiths Today.
Portland. July 9. To the Editor of The
Journal "A certain man named Deme
trius, a silversmith, who made sliver
shrines for Diana, brought no small gain
unto the craftsmen, whom he called to
gether, with the workmen of like occu
pation, and said : Sirs, ye know that by
this craft we have our wealth. More
over ye see and hear that not alone at
Ephesus, but also throughout all Asia.
this Paul hath persuaded and turned
away much people, saying they be no
gods which are made with hands. So
not only this our craft is in danger to
be set at nought, but also that the tern
pie of the great goddess Diana should
be despised, whom all Asia and the world
worshipeth."
Tea Saint Paul by his true philosophy
undoubtedly did endanger and cause the
final downfall of the worship of Diana
a senseless and Immoral idolatry. The
civilised world honors Saint Paul today,
while Diana is without a worshiper.
Moreover, his sound philosophy endan
gered, and finally destroyed, the nefa
rious business of the silversmiths who
perpetuated that vulgar idolatry by
flooding the markets with images snd
shrines of Diana. However, the de
struction of a business which Involved
the fall of a vile Idolatry was but a very
small price to pay for so great a public
benefit, since other channels of industry
were open to the silversmiths.
This Is suggestive ot the hue and cry
of the liquor dealers against the Pauline
philosophy of morals and economics in
the enactment of national prohibition.
The destruction of the liquor business
was a very small price to pay far a
public benefit so great and, moreover,
the liquor interests could profitably turn
their Industry Into other channela
The plaint of the silversmiths is also
like the wall of the pistol makers of
today. The destruction of that branch
of gunmaklng would be an Insignificant
prtoe to pay for the great benefit accru
ing to society by the elimination ot the
pistol. Tot the pistol makers, like the
idolatrous- silversmiths and the unscru
pulous liquor dealers, move heaven and
earth to stifle the sound philosophy of
St Paul. Don't stop the carnival of
murder and holdups It will hurt the pis
tol business. Let the carnage go on. They
must sen their pistols. Let pistol tot
ing be encouraged, let killings multiply,
let the public be terrorised It fills the
cotters ot the pistol makers ! And so
the pistol makers support a powerful
1. WW.. - . nr wi .
muoy mt. eraaningron ana carry on a
nation-wide propaganda to strangle con
gressional movements to disarm the
thug and protect defenceless women and
children and honest men. The total de
struction of the pistol business would be
but a very small price to pay for the
immense benefit rained bv the mihlir
The pistol business Is contrary to the
Pudiic weirare, like slavery and the uq
uor business. It should be abolished.
George H. Burnett,
Pastor Patton Methodist Church.
mean it Just aa literally aa that.
The price tide may swing to tint
n orbuilder, but it brings wreckers in
the form of bills. Just the same.
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Enough food is wasted from tht
luxurious larders of the rieh to fee I
most of the needy folk of the world.
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Well-established rules prohibiting cru
elty to animals do not apply to thosrt
who drop their gum in Benson foon
tains.
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Many a man who would be a hopeleai
failure on his own account is allows) I
to get by in the world for "his wife i
sake."
The bum people who It years ago
wouldn't think of rldrng in one of thoet
death-dealing "red devils" are most fear
ful of the airplane.
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Seven thousand flag -draped dead wen
assembled In silent concourse in N'
Tork Sunday. Over in Washington n
score of able-bodied senators were gloat
ing over successful plana for delaying;
the nation's obligations to the living fel -lows
of these sacrificed souls.
The Oregon Conn try
OREGON NOTES
Beys' dubs of Line county will hold
a pig fair at Lebanon September XX.
The cornerstone of the M E Church
South was laid at Roseburg this after
noon. The indebtedness of Cottage Grove
has decreased $40 45. J l tn the last five
The new creed and atosran of the
ne Chamber at Canunerca "We Den t
All Our Em in flat Basket. IS
MR ,nl bm! Wa utirtlllH t All :
the world. Eugene Guard.
Mr. Wilson says that be will endeavor
to keep his ideals actively before the
public. They will be kept before men s
eyes by virtue of their enduring worth.
Albany Democrat.
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The first real move toward normalcy
in Roseburg Is the moving ot the Cham
ber of Commerce headquarters to the
ground floor en Jackson street. This
will help some in a publicity way.
Roseburg News-Review.
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Berry pickers will have money to
spend and the growers will be la the
position of wanting: to borrow from
them, putting up notes and prospects of
future crop payments as collateral
in oei
Woodbum
lependent.
that thatfcNew
ped his chorus gt
It Is reported that thatrtNew Tork
banker has dropped his chorus girt and
that he also dropped about half a million
at the same time. Now, if he will only
efface himself, our nostrils may become
acquainted with untainted air again
Corvallis Gaaette-Tlmes
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observa tions About Town
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ALASKA BOOSTS THE FAIR
THE fame of Portland's proposed
exposition in 1925 has spread to
Uncle Sam's northern territory.
Alaska, says the Juneau Capital,
should be one of the largest benefi
ciaries of the exposition. The enter
prising publication adds:
The exposition will have the effect of
bringing hundreds ot thousands of peo-
Seven hundred thousand Greeks, says
a dispatch, have been killed by Turks
or driven out of their homes. In ex
changing a real statesman for a second
class king tacked on to an American
tin plate fortune, the Greeks made
a mistake. They would have done bet
ter with Venlselos.
Kings need glory, aad must distract
their subjects minds from radical
thinking. War answers both purposea
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Workmen in Japan are parading with
red flags. Russians have been working
in that direction, and Japanese military
gen'iemen may find at a critical mo
ment that they lack the "cannon fodder."
The history of Buddhism shows bow
violently an Idea can spread In Asia.
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Professor Einstein of the relativity
theory, returned home, says:
First, he Is amused by the wild en
thusiasm of the entire American nation
In aTestina him What Professor Ein
stein saw, without knowing it. was the
extremely enthusiastic welcome of his
co-reliaionlsta our citizens of Jewish
blood. deUghted at another demonstra
tlon in Einstein's person, of the ability
of their race. It was Jewish enthusiasm
that the professor witnessed, and there
Is no greater enthusiasm than that-
Next, the professor discovered that
this is a bored nation, which is true;
and that it lacks intellectual interest.
which is also true.
Einstein says: The men in America
are little play dogs of the women, who
spend their money in a reckless manner.
That Is not literally true. Women
fortunately, are looked upon here as the
equals of men, or better. Professor Ein
stein has spent a good deal of his life,
and ttPfciT'g, In an atmosphere tat which
women are decidedly inferior.
The Important questions in this coun
try are: What is to be done with and
for five millions unemployed? How
rapidly will the number grow? What
will happen next winter when their sav
ings are gone?
In Italy there are half a minion unem
ployed, and the government is agitated.
Here, 10 times as great idleness seams
to be "nobbody's business.'' It win be
come everybody's disagreeable business
unless somebody takes aa Interest la
DEFENDS BISMARCK
Asserting He Did Not Wantonly Attack
France in 170.
Portland; July X To the Editor of
The Journal Please allow me to draw
your attention to a misstatement In
your editorial of last Sunday under the
caption. "Why an Alliance." You state
"Before he wantonly attacked France
In 1870 Bismarck made an accommoda
tion with Italy and Austria to make sure
that those nations would give him a free
band against the French."
It Is undoubtedly true about the ac
commodations. I wonder how many ac
commodations were made in the last
war on both sides. But that Bismarck
wantonly attacked France at that time
Is not true. The throne of Spain was
vacant and offered to a German prince,
who withdrew upon the strong demand
of Franca. That would not have led to
war, hut when Napoleon III further hu
miliated Prussia by demanding that she
should not in future let any German
prince be a candidate for the Spanish
throne, the latter refused and France
declared war on Prussia, winning only
one battle in the whole war, the battle
of Saarbrucken.
As we are not at war with Germany
any more it is about time for people to
begin to know the truth, and I hope you
arill insert this In your paper. You prob
ably know, what a well known Portland
minister said a little while ago from his
pulpit, that 99 per cent of the reports of
German atrocities were false. This for
the sake of truth and Justice. O. A. P.
(Bat Bmmarck made ineritable France's dee
laratien of war in 1870. He did it. apecificalli,
a St a fraud, the "doc tori n ' ot a trle-
graaa sent hiss by the German tenneror. He thoa
stwcipMated that wax. Thia can be said after
making all aUowancaa for the arrtmde of Napo
leon m sad the war party in France J
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Marriages fell off in June
everywhere in the United Slates,
mesas the toss to the world et
This
The apex of the Washington monumen
Danes, says tne Detroit rsews, are
studded with golden points. The
bands are made of gold-plated iron
foot wide aad the points are spaced
foot from one another. According to the
original plan of the monument it was
protected from lightning by an aluminum
tip that was connected with the metal
framework of the elevator. During the
very first summer after the monument
was completed, however. It was struck
twice, aad a piece ot stone was chipped
from the top. Experts from all the aci
entitle departments of the government
were called on to contrive a plan for
the better protection of the shaft. They
agreed on a number of Iron bands, heav
ily galvanised and gold plated, to pre
vent rusting. The bands are connected
with the aluminum point of the monu
ment and the framework of the ele
vator, and at the base iron cables lead
the electricity Into a deep well, where it
harmlessly expends Its force. The pro
tection has proved to be perfect.
George H. McMulltn. who ministers ti
the call of the inner man up about Hoot
River way, points with pride to his hom
county and contends that it Is the os
and only in the state where the puaalex.
wayfarer knows which way to twis
the wheel st every cross of the road
There is no excuse In Hood River coun
ty, Mr. McMulllB prldefully boasts, tot-
anyone to go astray, for broad, brtga.
igns speed him on from turn to tun
and town to town. The county cour
some time ago Invested M0 in roat
signs for the Information of the travel :
Ing public, all of which signs nave Deei
installed and are on duty. According!:
he contends that Hood River, baby In th
list of counties as It Is, yet Is a pioneer
so far as courtesy and cooperation wltl
the tourist is concerned. Also, Mr. Mc
Mullln argues that- It Is an ill win
that does not boost the price of apples
and says that because the Eastern app1
crop this year is on the blink the Hoc
River orchardlsts are becinninr to thlni
of new automobiles and corpulent banl
balances. The Hood River optimist ill
at the Imperial tor a short business!
visit In the city. 80 Is Mark Cameron
Hood River automobile man, who
also has his eye on the apple crop.
H. H. Beers of San Francisco. wh
builds refineries and does other od
Jobs like that for the Shell Oil companj
when be is not taking a vacation, as h
now Is, has registered at the Bensof
for a few days with H. S. Botaford and
W. A. Chlpps. both of Los Angeles, wh
are also engaged tn forgetting bus!
is for a few days while they gin
Northwest scenery the once-over.
a
W. P. O'Brien, who runs a box fac
tory at Astoria, is registered at the Ben
son for a short visit in Portland on business.
e e
BUI Han ley "of Oregon" has come tc.
town from Burrs on one of his fleeting
visits and will be here a few days, at
the Multnomah. -m
H. P. PiUebury. a W. Blanch aad C.
E Fleager, all of San Francisco and all
head men of the Pacific Telephone a
Telegraph company, cure registered at
the Portland, having come up from the
Gold a. 1 Gate to do what they may to
see that the public service 1 wiiiiiiaasloa
is not persuaded to reduce telephone
rates when tne rehearing is
middle of the present month.
e a
The little god Cupid, fluttered Into the
Oregon Monday afternoon, took A. J.
Olson and Miss Alia Porter by the
hands, led them up to the White Temple
and had them married. The groom Is a
ntgnway contractor, who has the con
tract for constructing the state highway
between Astoria and Seaside. The bride
Is one of the well known young ladies
OX ciatskame.
a a
Emmett Callahan, who used to
the trumpeting in the good old days
when the Bull Moose ranged the politi
cal wilds, is back in Portland for
visit, headquartering at the Arlington
club. He has Just returned from a tour
of the Northwest in behalf of the citi
zens' training camp
e e a
D. Ell Is Hamburger, accompanied by
Mrs. Hamburger and their daughter, is
registered at the Multnomah from Madi
son. Conn., where he operates a large
fashionable summer resort. Mr. Ham
burger is also New Tork representative
of the Park Ttlford company, a large
specialty importing house.
a
Salmon are not running very fast,
according to H. 8. McGowan of Mc
Go wan. Wash., one of the principal sal
mon packers of the Columbia river dis
trict, who Is at the Imperial. He says
the pack is exceptionally light for this
of the year.
atlas Neil Buaby has purchased the
coa'roUtng interest la the Fossil Tele
phone company.
At present seven new nsldsanwa rarv-
inr In cost from $1SOO to StfeA. are under
construction at St, Helena
Frank Spores sustained a toss of $10.-
000 when his residence at Donna, Lane
county, was itssgisjsd by fire Jury .
Of the 3 bunding; permits issued st
Kuxene in June, nine were for new resi
dences costing from S!000 to fSoos each.
J. A. Huff was fined $: st Klamath
Falls for passing a worthless cheek for
SAg.se en J. T. Perttlna a furniture
dealer.
A. S. Melllnger. who lives ea the river
bank south of Newberg. state that he
will set more than SO tons ot loganber
ries from his SO acres this season.
L A. Hunt, for several years agricul
tural agent for Morrow county, has re
signed to become manager of the Ore
gon Hay Growers' association.
The annointment of a county road-
master In Waaco county will result in 19
county road supervisors, representing; as
many road districts, losing taetr sons.
At the Wild West show in Baker
C.eorre Hyde was seriously injured whan
a horse ridden by Oliver t oon nucasa
Into the grand stand and Jumped on hiss.
The ports of Toledo snd Newport have
appropriated SSOO.900 which the United
states government has matched, ana har
bor Improvements 00 both sides ot the
bay are being rushed.
E A. Christensen la under arrest at
Seaside charged with the robbery of the
cash register of Williams Brothers' car
age. Christensen waa recently parotid
from the penitentiary.
While running to catch, a train at Ar
lington Alfred J. Barr St years old.
tripped and fell, rolling over a small
embankment and receiving injuries
which resulted In his death.
With Interest amounting to $21. OSS due
on one series of bonds which must be
paid by August I. Astoria's city treas
urer reports that there oaly remains la
the Interest fund the sum of $w$3.S2 with
which to meet the obligation.
W. K. Newell of Eugene
Portland for a short visit.
la at the
James Zancher, formerly of Portland
but now of Seattle. Is st the Portland.
He spends his days making the nights
light, being at the head ot aa electric
sign concern which Installs moat of the
illuminated signs in the cities aad towns
of the Northwest. ,
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Frel LocaJey
That long gone day when Oregon's aatigabk
stream swarmed with boats Sottas a lweratrwi
sealnae. la reflected m the story that ( aetata
K. W. gaiaeir U Sit. LMAley. ispum
spencer alao tcfls of "salhaff" km beats as the
CohimbiA a cascades and ever S saooataia ridge
For more than 45 years Captain E W,
Spencer haa been a prominent figure oe
the Willamette and Columbia rivers, as
builder and operator of steamboats.
He and I spent an evening together re
cently.
"I came to Oregon In 187$." said Cap
tain Spencer. 'The year I came her
Captain U. B. Scott, Captain L- B. See-
ley. Captain Z. J. Hatch. S. H Brown
and M. 8. Burrefl built the steamer City
of Salem. She made her trial trip Oc
tober SI. 1875. On December , 1IN,
I secured an Interest In this boat. She
City of Salem was a good money maker.
She was really a remarkable boat Tne
Willamette, aa you know, was full of
snags and sandbars. She was built to
run in very shallow water. They used
to claim she could run on a heavy dew,
though that was rather an exaggerated
statement. We made 40 trips to Harris
burg, bringing out $000 tons of wheat
Tou can set an idea of what a light
draft boat she was when I tell you that
la the spring ot l$T$ we made two trips
up the Banuam as rar as jeuerson. r or
some time I waa captain of the City ot
Salem. In 1$81 we sold the City of
Salem to Dundee Reid. or 'Scotch' Reid.
ss be was often called. His real name
was William Reid. He was building a
railroad from Ray's Landing, below the
mouth of the Tamhlll river, to 8iiverton.
We carried the iron to Dayton tor bis
railroad.
e e
"In 1875 and 1S7 the Willamette river
seemed alive with boa La Today there
is not a single passenger boat plying on
the Willamette above Oregon City. In
that year there was a fight between the
Oregon Steam Navigation company and
the Willamette River Transportation
company. Shortly after I went on the
river a new company was organised
under the Utle of the Willamette Trans
portation and Locke company, which ab
sorbed the Interests of the old Willam
ette River Transportation company. J.
C Alnsworth was president, R. R.
Thompson waa vice president and B.
Goldsmith. Frank Dodge and Theodora
Wygant were directors. In addition to
the Oregon City locks and various par
esis of real estate, they acquired the
steamers Willamette Chief. Beaver. Gov
ernor G rover, Occident, Orient, Cham
pion and Annie Stewart, as well aa a
number of bargee.
"mm
"In ISM I hunt the Gold Dust, here tn
Portland. I put her on the Portland
Vancouver run, msklng two round trips
a day That 'fall I decided to take her
on the Upper Columbia, so I out ber
In two and took her above the Cascades
to run in connection with the Fleet
wood. When I rebuilt her above the
Cascades I lengthened her from 64 feet
to $4 feet. There was a two-mile gap
at the cascades. . We carried the pas
sengers over this gap in a Concord stage
I tied the Gold Dust up at the dock for a
while and she was later purchased by
the Cascade Lumbering company. In
the spring of 1SS4 Captain Martlneau
took her over the cascades aad brought
her down to Portland.
a e
"The Salem Was launched in Portland
In 18S0. In 1SSS I bought her aad rebuilt
ber. For the next seven or eight years
I operated the Salem, making good
money out of carrying freight or tow
ing ships. In 1SS1 I sold her to Captain
George W. Taylor.
a a
"In 1891 several new boats wsre built
for use on the Columbia and Willam
ette rivers. I built the Cricket at Port
land In 1SS1, She was 0 feet long with
IS feet beam. She waa a speedy lit
tle boat. I put her on the run be
tween Portland aad Washougal. Later
I took her ap to Puget Sound, where I
sold her. For a while I retired from the
river and served as chief of police of
Portland. In IMS I built a stern-wheeler
called the Willie Irving. It was 85
feet long. 21 feet beam, and of very
light draft. I shipped it to Skagway and
aad it hauled over tne White Pass to
Lake Bennett. 4S milea The heaviest
piece waa half of the crank shaft, which
weighed something over 800 pounds.
After having the boat hauled over 40
miles by dog team I set It up on Lake
Besmett aad we ran through to Daw
son, -each ing there Jury 1. 1898. I sold
It there for $15,000. I was gone five
months and cleared $14,000 on the deal.
Ft osa Dawson I wSJht down the Yukon
In aa open boat to St. Michaels, 800
miles The next year I built the Scotia.
I shipped this in the knockdown to
Skagway and hauled It 10 miles to
Lake Atlin. I sold It to the White Pass
a Yukon Railroad company for use on
Lake Atlin.
a e
"Sosne of these evenings. If you will
oosee up to my house, I will tell you
how I mode s good clean-up when I
bought the steamer Billings, which wss
stranded on a rock in the middle of the
Columbia. I will also tall you some
Interesting things about the old-time
rtvermen. I have spent moat of the past
4t years as pilot, captain or owner of
boats on the Willamette and Columbia
riven and in Alaskan waters, so T have
met most of the river-men who he SO been
In the service on these waters during
the past 46 years."
WASHINGTON
John Wherrett. one of the oldest pto-
of Washington and a resident of
Tenlno for S5 years, died in that city last
weak, aged Is years.
Figures have been compiled showing
that Japanese farmers in the Yakima
valley will reap a return thia year of
more than $1,000,000 from their crops.
Gordon 'Brown ot Chehalls had four
ribs fractured and was badly bruised
and cut when his automobile was forces
over a bridge while driving fb Centralia.
Geonre C. Jewett of Spokane, general
manager of the Northwest Wheat Grow
ers association, nas been elected vice
president of the united States Grain
Growers. Inc.
M ear stolen from Jack C Agnew.
teller in a Tacoma bank, was found at
the end of a dock in 25 feet of water. It
is thought st least one of the occupants
waa drowned.
The first ascent of Mount Rainier, the
second highest peak In the United States.
was made last Wednesday wnen Henry
s z-y
men up the peak.
New machinery Just purchased by the
Tieton River Bituminous Coal company
will enable the company to double the
output of Its mine at Li nd berg, in East
ern Lewis county.
Since the issuing of the order per
muting tne aiscnarge or those wno make
application, more than SO per cent of
the men stationed at the forts en Puget
Sound have applied for discharge.
John Juell, a Prosser merehant, ob
serving two aged squAws vainly frying
to remove a 150-pound Indian from a
burning tent, at great risk plunged into
the flames and dragged Jason Lee to
safety.
Between SO and 100 acres of wheat oa
the Ferris Brothers' ranch near Walla
Walla was destroyed by a fire Satur
day, started by employes who were
burning grass. The lose was about
$4000.
Unemployment In Spokane has forced
the social service bureau to aid many
families in which there were able-bodied
men. It is estimated that expenses this
yesr win total SSS.OOO. SS0O0 above any
previous year.
The report of the Washington state
treasurer for June shows four large
overdrafts $27,572.20 for the public
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
ENGINEERING IN THE BIBLE
frost the I.sarlnn Observer.
Which is the first mention of mining
tn literature? One can hardly get tnuch
farther back than the Book of Job. in the
twenty-eighth whsptsr ot which the oper
ation is scribed in surprising
Sinai or Ecypt where "Iron la
oat of the earth and copper Is molten
out of the stone, Man setteth an end It alius excites my sympathy to read
to darkness" carrying his light down ,aboat a of workhV yeggs that
the mine or shaft "and searcheth out to plr 1 T.
the furthest bound ths stokes of thick Iwows open a safe aad missis flndln'
darkness" a description which would the main wad 'cause the owner put it in
be suitable for coal. a stovepipe or wrapped It in a pair of
The sinking of the shaft is described : .ZmTT?'
"He breaketh epea a shaft away from " 1ata 3lm
where mtn seiourn i they are forgotten toWTl- Califomy, run a store with a safe
of the foot that passe th by. They hang .".. corner that went with the
afar ; they swing too aad fro as they awBdia wheat- he bought IL He ueter
descend into the bowels of the earth." bang a saga ea the knob that read sal
The ninth verse sugg sets an anticipe- lfltM' Uke this: "Don't try to crack this
tlon of blasting; long prior to the days safe. Key on the post to ths right," It
of explosives. Then there to an alio- aved any yeggs lots of trouble, and
seen to draining ; and damming the we- they ginerly tuck "em some cigars or a
tors is mint I snag la the next verse : "He can of tomatera 'cause there wasn't
that thwUsaVtrickle never nothin in the safe hut
IP
$17,234.99 for the fisheries.
$J0,8JiS for veterans' compensation
and $$14.42 for the Centralia state nor
mal school.
highways,
IDAHO
The first carload of Idaho potatoes te
be moved this year was loaded at King
kill Tuesday.
Indications are that there win be a
surplus of 100.000 tons of hay in Can
yon county the coining winter.
Boise banks are in good condition, ths
report of June SO showing an Increase
of $300,000 In deposits since April 28.
William Conkle wss killed near Horse
shoe Bend when a car driven by James
Tyson of Banks overturned into a ditch.
Another cloudburst occurred last
Wednesday near ChalUa washing out
the Canyon road for the second time
in three weeks.
Thieves entered the store of the Deer
Flat Mercantile company at Huston
Tuesday nlgbt and carried away $308 ka
currency and silver.
No bids were received In the office of
the state treasurer last week In response
to the third advertised sale of the state
of Idaho $2,000,000 highway bonds.
W. C Kennedy, who served la France
as sn aviator during the war, is dead at
Lew let on from burns caused by ignition
of gasoline In the pump st his garage
Four men. J. J. Lakey, J. F. La key,
Amos Clark aad Nels Dybro. were badly
Injured in an automobile accident near
Crystal when the truck in which they
were riding upset and threw them Into a
barbed wire fence.
Following the refusal of the county
commissioners to grant an spfW wprlslliin
for support of the state fair. Boise busi
ness men will underwrite 110,000 worth
of stock and the fair will be held with
out county aid
KNOW youRj
RORTLAN
0, Pwrtiewd is ptsxiwinc far a
laiaiasai
1M H g Kit
hrawr cities of the cwaawr aad
new Cnion
railroad pinmrir tarsus!. sasusawg ls-
isasser wisatw ehwted the
the hrawflt ef the seat ideas is ass mttm
waen These atatesaeaU frost ass to ear
ass takes trass his resort aad saU taawthar
susatirata she waapaws report.
'The Toledo. Ohio, station Is old
built to 1S85 It Is oat ot date and
lnaflequste for the needs of the city.
It la not possible to obtain any fig
ures relative to the cost ot this build
ing, but soch figures are unimportant.
The building as built was constructed
of brick walls aad wood Interior. The
number ef railroads entering the sta
tion, which is called the .Union sta
tion. Is IT. Thirty-four trains eater
and 34 trains leave the station dally.
The number of tracks for passenger
trains is ssvsn. The noses to these
tracks Is by surface, the trains run
ning through the station In entering
sad leaving
"Umbrella sheds of steel frame con
struction of a length of 700 feet were
nrovtded for the shelter of the plat
forms The population of Toledo Is
SwS,00a"
(To Bs C erase, )