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Portland. Oregon.
Oeatom. thangh new a ancient, without
th ia bat an old error. Cyprian.
Woes she choose the sword?
IS hardly conceivable that Japan
will take any action that would In
a
iy way jeopardize the success, of
ie conference of the nations at
Washington.
Wtlt one of the powers holds aloof,
Sere is danger of utter failure. If
See of the powers believes the other
.nations are in league to crush 'her,
Sere is danger of failure. If one of
;flte powers refuses responsibility or
fuses to discuss pertinent questions,
Sere is danger of failure. '.
P If there is no discussion of prob-
is what will be the result ? When
ions are at odds on a question
sre are but two methods of settle-
it. One, is around the council
gble. . The other is on the battle-
Id. It is in one of these ways that
stolons have been arrived at
i rough all the world's history. If,
len, Japan will not discuss the fu-
of the world ia a conference,
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how does she propose to settle it?
what is the alternative?
There
was an attempt at The
years ago, to effect a meas-
e of disarmament among the na
tions, and to settle questions about
the council table. Every chief power
Ave one agreed to disarm and ' to
wbstltute the ways of peace for the
ways of war. The main holdout was
Sermany. She would not depend on
the council table 'and she would not
disarm. She had problems prob-
s much the same as Japan's. And
would not trust her diplomats to
tect her interests. Instead she
sted on maintaining and increas
ing her fighting forces.
'The result avervhorlv knows Oar-
is prostrate. Her rulers are in
le. She 4b facing a stupendous
t. She is bankrupt. She cannot
e without the consent of the al-
Her army and her navy are
Her foreign possessions are
e. She has shrunk to the posi-
of a ward of the nations. .
rtainly iapan will not insist on
lenient of her problems by the
rd. Certainly she will not as-
e the place that Germany as-
Bned in the world's directory
w. Her aeiay in entering wnoie-
edly into the spirit of the con-
ence can hardly be so interpreted
is more likely a diplomatic move
doubtedly when the representa-
Of the nations assemble, Nip-
ese statesmen will be there pre
for open and frank discussion
the issues of the day. Otherwise
woria win again return to the
tus of 1913, armies and navies
'assume command, and the peo-
of the easth will prepare for
next and greatest holocaust.
is American .merchant marine
ntnmna? noara
CONFISCATORY TAXES
TARES all I can raise on my
S3 acre farm north of Reedville
its is the statement of the man
4$ acres, 19 acres having- o
since to another party. The
then wet $23.14. -
the 33 acre place the taxes
year are $16T.76. 1 On the 19
nlace they are $94. The total
or the two is $261.76 against $23.14
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merit is a plain but comfortable!
house built on the 10 acres. The J
increase in the tax is more-than 1
1100 per cent. I
The products of the S3 acres are
milk, from ' nine cows., , poultry, I
berries.: vegetables and grain. Isn't
it time to call a halt in the mounting
tax oemanas z
Canadian business failures during
the first three months of this year I
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115. A tightening of credits and!
upsetting of markets was especially
hard on Canadian manufacturers. I
THE SPENCB CONTENTION
tCTTHE public service commission
should take the financial con-
dition of Oregon farmers and their
ability bo moot increased telephone
charges Into consideration, as well
as tin financial condition of the tele-
phone company and its parent, and
me aetaiis 01 its expenditure, Deiore
fixing the rate that would put an
added burden on the farmer."
This was the contention of Charles i
E. Spence, master of the State grange, ment costs are' going on, the domee
ln his testimony at the telephone tic outlay cannot intelligently be re
hearing at Salem Xuesday. He duced, the coat of war cannot be
showed that it would take nine bush- evaded, and to date there has been
els of wheat to pay for the telephone no word of reduction in government
service which two and one fourth activities. On the other hand, Secr.
bushels of wheat would have paid tary Mellon and senate finance com
for two-years ego, and that it would, mittee members say the taxes may
now require 25 dozen eggs to pay a b vn heavier next year.
year's phone bill, against nine dozen
in other days. He said (0 pounds of
wool would be required to pay for
what nine pounds would have paid
for before, He added:
When you doubled the telephone rate
? Ume wb the value
of his products was cut in two- you,
in effect, multiplied his rate by four.
In contending that the financial
condition ofthe farmers, as well as
the financial condition of the phone
company, should be taken into con-
sideration. is Mr. Spence not on
sound ground? Dose a public serv-
ice commission exist to consider the
welfare of all the people or merely
the welfare of the utility?
Government reports declare that
the decrease in the monetary value
of farm products 1x68 per cent. That
is to say. 68 per cent of all the assets more than $75,900 a year win be ro
of .the farmers have been swept away Uaved of the necessity of paying so
by the price slump except land, and much income tax. But there Is no
such savings as they may have ac- relief in sight for the man of modest
cumulated. means.
The department of agriculture es- On the other hand, taxes are not
timates that the shrinkage in the to be reduced. The taxes of the cor-
monetary value of American live-1
stock, is 2 billions, and that the
total shrinkage in the value of farm
products is 8 billions. High au-1
thoriUes declare this shrinkage to' be
a destruction of one third of the
buying power of the country:
Mr. Howard, president of the
Farm Bureau Federation, declares
that 1.500,000 out of 6,000,000 Amer-
lean farmers have been made, bank- I
rupt by the price slump. Many of 1
them are farm tenants who had I
barely enough onsets to buy an out- f
fit and rent a farm. Others bought
farms on the installment plan. The
drop of prices below the cost of pro
duction has wiped them out. .Are
not these conditions legitimately to
be considered In raising farmers'
phone rates to as high as $30 a year,
or $2.50 a month, as in Columbia
county? ;
In contrast with these conditions
is the prosperous financial condition
. v. - a . rr.i.Hvn. a. rr.l.
graph company, majority owner ofl J
its satellite company, in whose be
half the present late advance in rates
was made. In its report for 1920
the parent company declared that in
39 years its annual dividend had not
fallen below 7 K per cent, and that
over and above these and higher divi
dends it had accumulated surplus!
profits totaling $444,009,009. One)
paragraph in its 1920 report was as
follows:
The company in 1920, after meetir
all operating charges and making ade-
quate provision for depreciation and
able in 1921. had available for interest
and dividends $70,64,904.
In 1920, the year covered by this
glowing report, every other enter-
prise in America was pocketing
losses. The equeese on the farm ess
swept away-9$ per' cent of their pro-
duced assets, if government reports I
can be trusted. The American Tele-
phone & Telegraph company paid an
8 per cent dividend and set aside
$8,090,009 for contingencies and
$8,444,422 surplus. Of course, the
latter is not under the jurisdiction of
the Oregon commission. But wasn't
Spence right in contending that the
situation of the agricultural workers
should be considered in advancing
rates to make telephone profits, of
which 70 per cent goes to the Amer-
lean Telephone & Telegraph com-
pany?
A "Sell Now League' has been or-
ganized in New York. It proposes Pittsburgs on the shores of the Arc
branches ia all important business tic sea. He sees large development
centers. The objective is the raaxU of oil, coal and copper resources In
mum rapidity in the turn-over of the Far North. He eees reindeer
merchandise stocks. The method is ranches quits as large and produc-extra-aggressiveness
by salesmen and tive as the cattle ranches of the
the preaching of optimism by all. American plains. He esee reindeer
. i ass meat as common oa the Portland
MR. TYLER j
JJOWN at Front and Madison
on coio ruiuaau iuu ux unusual
police officer. He directs traffic at
the crowded approach to the Haw-
thorae bridge. His name is Tyler.
Mr. Tyler doesn't order people to
move on. He courteously asks them
to move. He doesn't attack drivers
who make, mistakes. He helps them
lout of their dilemma. He doesn't
antagonize motorists. He secure
meir coop ration. Driver so not
pass his corner fighting Christen
dom They think of the good will in
the world, a
Not only police officers, but thou-
sands of other people, would bo far
more successful and the days would
be brighter if they adopted the tac
tics of Traffic Officer- Tyler.
HOW ABOUT THE WORKER ?
T"0 mark facts stand out in the
- a - federal tax situation a-a r)ptrrihH
m Published reports from Washing
lon -
The first is that there is to
no reduction as compared with the
taxes for 1921. The second is that
although the corporations and the
men of big income are to be relieved,
the man of modest means is to se
cape none of his burden.
Budget Man Dawes is apparently
to effect a saving through' coordina
tion of government departments and
insistence on rigid budget economies.
Congress hsa effected a modest
economy in the army approprla-
tions. But there are no othar lanm
savings so tar forecast. The arma-
The next consideration Is who is
to pay the taxes? The "sales tax has
been abandoned. There has been no
announcement as. to what the tax
alterations are to .be except two.
One is that the excess profits taxes
re to be abolished. Instead there is
. .
of f,at' 15 Pr cent tax on
corporations. The other change
under consideration Is a reduction
of P" cent in the surtax on in-
comes above 17 5.000.
1 Tn elimination of the exosss
profits tax means .that corporations
wU1 Py only 15 par cent taxes,
whatever their incomes may be. in-
ead f Wto a graduated tax as
their profits mount. The reduction
in the surtax means that men or
corporations that have incomes of
porat ions and the men of large
incomes are to be cut. If they are
cut, who will make Up the differ
ence ? The government demands the
amount of money as last year.
The big man will not be compelled
to pay as much. Who. then, will
Py it?
Congress has not yet acted. Per-
haps congressional representatives
will change the situation. But if
they fail the Uttle fellow will stagger
along through next year, bearing, the
burden of tremendous tax demands.
A French scientist has perfected
an X-ray camera which will take
photographs through stone. It ought
to be a cinch for such a device
in the hands of a prohibition officer
to reveal the most jealously guarded
secret of a hip pocket.
THE TURN OF EMPIRE
Arctic explorer, averred that no
reVlljv civilized person would ever
live north of the Alps.
Franklin, who by Europeans was
claseed with Solomon for epigram
matic wisdom, found that proximity
only rendered the Dominion of
Canada more desirable than the is
land of Guadaloupe, 'and he freely
confessed that the latter worth now
about as touch as the real estate da
the main street of Moose jaw was
the more valuable.
Seward, who enartrirrl tha nnr.
chase of Alaska for $7,200,009 from
the Russian government, not because
of its value, but as an act of appre
ciation for Russian friendliness dur
ing the Civil war. was placed on the
defensive when he was charged with
using the nation's funds to acquire
an "ice chest."
But the undervaluation of the
north Is becoming a thing of the
past. The great explorer's words
tame with more force to those who
heard him in Portland, when he said
that the westward-course of empire
is turning northward.
Winnipeg has blizzards as severe
audatemperature as low as the North
pole, but it is growing into a great
city because people can succeed com-
mercially and agriculturally there.,
Alaska and northern Canada like-
wise will support not life only, but
civilization, the revealer of the se-
crets of the North bolievea He sees
1 market as mutton in 15 ream, as
common as beef in 25 vears and th
I moat common of all meats hi 60
years.
All this that the explorer looks for
may come to pass, for humanity
needs growing room, and even now
feels growing pains. But it will be
a generation of rare hardihood and
much capacity to overcome obsta-
cles, which will set up Its lares and
I periates in the face of the Arctic
blasts.
TODAY
Much About Wome
No Gynocracy
No Sex Control
On the Shelf Too Soon
Medicine, Religion, Races
Gold, Yellow and Cold
By Arthur
KUsa Terry went back to the stage
Monday, for a while, to celebrate the
sixty-fifth anniversary of her start as
en actress. Miss Terry is as young
today as when her genius helped to
ureal Henry Irving, who had no genius
out much business ability.
Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt tfea
latter n earing M and earning a living
on the stage with one leg out oft prove
that when women have an intellectual
Inssrest they do not grow old. Human
being, like trees, die at the top.
The trowels .wish our civilisation,
worthy ef the Turks, ts largely tn its
treatment Of women. They are supposed
to entertain man for a Uttle while, pro
vide them with children, then crawl up
on the shelf and STAY there, from 50 on.
Fifty is the age at which woman, hav
ing done her dutyby the Tsce. ought to
begin enjoying herself through the exer
cise of her intellect.
A writer in the Temps. Paris, fears
that gynocracy, or rule by women, is
com tag.
Usually the sexes are about balanced.
Now in France there are a million more
women than men between 20 and 40 years
of age. This, a deep professor thinks,
will feminise the population. It won't,
and the situation Is nottew. Wars have
killed more men than women, always,
but nature soon evens It up. The Bible
tells of a day coming later when "seven
women shall lay hold on one man," but
that's a long way off.
The French writer thinks superior
women among the extra mltlRm'WTfl be
compelled to marry their inferiors, which
win make them bitter. Women have
always been compelled to marry their
inferiors, and they all know It a Uttle
while after they are -married. But the
men don't know it
The killing of SO many Toons men in
the war will increase the number of chil
dren of Old fathers. According to Plato,
that Is an excellent thing. It Isn't "fem
inizing" human beings to take the brutal
fighting instinct out of them. It didn't
feminise man ae he gradually lost his
huge canine teeth, still posse seed by his
cousin, the baboon, and by some nearer
relations among the anthropoid.
e
Monsieur Cove, French professor
mothers can control the sex ef unborn
children by exercising the wUl. Fortun
ately. it is not true. Some things are so
Important that nature does not allow
half developed human beings to meddle
wun inem.
The same professor says women can
influence their children before birth
which is true. The most Important in
fluence is a mother's affection and re
spect for a father. If a man wants good
children, let him treat the mother well
and deserve her respect.
and, able.
and impartial correspondent.
gloomy picture of conditions in Russia
He teUs of 2O.eO0.0O0 human beings flee
ing from Central Russia to escape star
vation, making matters worse in the
great cities. He tells of heat and lack
of rain, which have caused the earth to
crack, streams to become dry and trees
to lose their leaves. The religious and
conservative will say that Providence it
self is fighting against Bolshevism.
As you consider the bad news from
Russia, received blandly and pleasantly
by nations and individuals to whom the
Bolshevists owe money, ask yourself
this question:
"What do you suppose a nation of 180
000,000 will DO when 20,000.000 are Starr
ins. and becin marching on the cities
with starvation's desperation?" WiU
not internal trouble force Russia into
external aggression?
The latest news tells of a plague of
locusts, adding to the Russian famine
Will not a swarm of Russians, directed
by officers successfully trained in such
recent fighting, pour out Into Poland or
other neighboring territory? It has
been fairly waU proved that Russia can
not be conquered from the Outside. We
may learn soon, under Bolshevism, what
the Russians ean do as conquering ma
rauders, driven by the force of starva
tion. The greatest, most successful con
quering migrations of population
throughout history have been based on
lack of food.
a
Every day a million and half people
go to the lower part of New York, to
scatter again In the evening. That is s
good deal of population for one square
mile of territory to. hold. They all travel
off at night, a relatively short distance.
The prosperous in their automobiles go
farther then others. The poorest stay
close by in miserable quarters not far
from the skyscrapers. Some day they
will come and go in flying machines,
landing on top, of great steel and glass
skyscrapers, flying off again to dwell
ings on hills and mountain tope Many
doubt 'that. Many, including scientists.
I doubted, 100 years ago. the possibility
r . . . , . : ,
or using me locomotive in any pracucai
way.
You can trace "humans tn medicine,
from days when they ground up precious
stones, snakes, lizards' eyes and such
things tor "cures," to the radium treat
ment and bone-grafting of today.
You can study progress In the history
of religion, from days when they fed
young boys sad girls to a cannibal god,
to this dav. when they preach a God in
terested only ia kindness. Justice and
mercy. v
You can study progress st the ratios
Men have had ox races, chariot races,
running races oh horseback, trotting
races on horseback, trotting races in
sulkies, bicycle rasas, then automobile
races, snd now. tost word, flying ma
chine races.
John H. James won the flying derby
last Saturday, covering 299 miles in 1
hour and 14 minutes.
The trotter horse could go a mils In
two minutes, automobiles better than a
mile In one minute. ' The flying derby
winner did better, than 2 .miles to the
minute, merely the beginning of flying
speed. Real speed will he 1099 miles an
hour around the earth, with the-sun di
rectly shove your head all the way.
milea south ef
Alaska,
gold quarts to found, assay trig
9100 to the ton. Rock yielding 92 a tea;
even less, means s fortune. Don't rush
to Alaska, but reflect on nature s way
of distributing human beings That gold
discovery will send to Alaska teas of
thousands of white men that Alaska
needs The majority will find no gold
but wiU find opportunity, and Alaska will
find in them energetic men to develop
her agricultural wealth, more important!
than me tela.
Gold, aad the heat far tt. have taken
men all over the earth to mountain
tops, deep valleys and they have stayed
and developed civilisation, long after the
gold was gone. High eg ia the moon
tains of the Austrian Tyrol you wiU see
shanrloaed gold mines that attracted the
Romans, ss the tin mines drew Passat
clans to England, without compass,
across the dangerous waters, ia frail
Tracy Gluts sx the age of 99 sees a
oman, for, the first time ia his tftV
of sn actress aad a
evisejkltat Mr. OfBto had
ill's ea s distant ranch.
aU hie Ufe
a Brought in bis lead of eattte he also
saw. for the first time, steam cars,
streetcars, newspapers sad other thin.
We all have
first saw a lady when be
full
It is safe to say that if
i eteam cars at the sen
he would have paid Uttle attention to
the steam cara
Nature, attending to her Bret business,
compels men sad wesusa to concentrate
attention on each other, i nladlial out
side things. That what causes trou
ble, but also gradual improvement of
the race.
.Letters From the People
Is th.
of tat
TTm? ae5easaVVi I J-l M
A CULPRIT CONGRESS
Arraignment of a Do-Nething Policy la
a Distracted Country.
Portland. July 18. To the Editor of
The Journal The economic conditions of
all nations Involved la the late war
are still unsettled, and in the United
States the situation Is growlnx worse.
There is now more unemployment than
for 35 years Here ia Oregon, where
. i , ... .
wo nare wmiiwii ox acres oi virsnn um
ber, also millions of seres of sgsioul rural
tend lying Idfavwe have at least 80,000
idle men in Portland and there are idle
men in au Oregon towns. There Is rx
employment with the exception of s Ut
tie berry picking and a frw most ha of
harvest, which Is insignificant in com
parison with the many thousands need
ing employment Congress has taken no
action relative to adjustment Our for
eign trade Is practically at a standstill.
No effort has been made to revive trade
With European, Asiatic or South Amer
ican countries. There is talk of dis
armament of all nations, which is now
diverting the minds of the people from
construction and readjustment of the
ic situation, which Is now bring
ing poverty and misery to our people
and undermining the patriotism of the
people, which, from indications, may be
needed again before many years, ss
wars are not to be done swsy with en
tirely. The war lords of Europe still
live. They hsve not been held rsspon-J
SlIKlea Vt ka irimaa Tlaaw. SBwaaa knew I
sible for their crimes. They are busy
planning another conflict. Just ss soon
several nations can merge for a
common purpose that purpose being the
seizure of territory then war will start
again. The world is sot ready for dis
armament. It hi a pipe dream of the
president of the United States Congress
Is asleep on the Job, There Is but one
course to settle the unrest of nations.
and 'that Is to adjust the economic sit
uation in the United States, bringing
prosperity to the people Opea up in
dustries and use our national resources.
Employ the millions now idle, giving the
American citizen first chance. Adjust
the affairs of our own country, snd help
others to live again and work out their
own destinies. Disabled soldiers should
have been taken care of systematically
within three months after the armis
tice. Our allies have done remarkably
well by their soldiers. Congress Is new
undermining the patriotism of the coun
try by taking no definite action for sol
diers and sailors and for economic re
construction and readjustment
Otto D. Drain.
THE SUN'S HEAT
Portland. July 19. To the Editor of
The Journal In an editorial In The Sun
day Journal of July IT you quote a
government astronomer as claiming that
the loss of the sun's heat by radiation
is nude up by the continual showers ef
meteors falling upon It That theory Is
np longer convincing, because the best
authorities on the subject ssy the sua
to cooling. Sir Robert Ball has stated
that the sun's heat Is kept up by con
traction, and that the shrinkage amounts
to one mile every 11 years, or, what
comes to the same thing, 490 feet each
year. What the average man loses sight
of is the enormous bulk, or mass, of
the sun. What' this is can best be shown
by an illustration. The orbit of the moon
to 490.000 mflee, or thereabouts, in di
ameter. It would take 90 earths to
reach across the diameter of the moon's
orbit if they were placed side by side,
yet the orbit of the moon is only about
one half the sise Of the sun. whose di
ameter to 999,000 miles The diameters
of the inner planets including the moon
are : Mercury 3000 miles, Venus J "00,
Earth 7929. Mars 4200 snd the
moon 2190. If they were to fall simul-
Itaneoualy mto such a huge mass as the
sun. it is not tixeiy mat tne lnnaoitanta
of Jupiter, If there are any inhabitants
there, would feel any extra heat because
of such s catastrophe. R. Kerrigan.
WATCHING CREATION.
Vancouver, Wash.. July 19. To the
Editor of The Journal Regarding
"What She Sees In the Sun," you todsy
write: "Imagination staggers at the
thought that mortality can watch crea
tion whUe it proceeds."
Jf you could forget that awful word,
"creation," all would be well. See does
not ask you to "watch creation whUe
it proceeds," He but asks you to watch
a kitten chasing its own tail. When
you watch clouds, drawn from the ocean
by evaporsUon. drift inland, fall tn rein,
snd through the courses of brooks aad
rivers again return to the "-a", you
sre net watching "creation" or any other
incongruous inconsistency. You are
watching the essentially natural, eternal
and unbroken circle which
Ltwe toraosa yah Sfa. extaad tareagh all
ettaat
J. "Harold.
. "TOO MUCH SPSBJD.
Portland, July 18 To the Editor of
The Journal Please state whether the
sign. "Too Much Speed," which we see
on t Stephens end light poles shout the
city is to advertise the show at the Lib
erty theater, or is the city launching a
Too Much Speed" week? O. Rice.
Bath. The title at tb aaatkm picture ia
Bbvd the earWrattoa at "Tea Steak Spaed"
weak by tb MaUaaal Safety eomaafl.
A RESURRECT I ON RECIPE
rna the Wssttastos Peat
Business will revive when a majority
of men quit going about their under
takings SS if they were undertakers
Curtons Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
The Great Encyclopedia of China,
commenced at Nanking in 1409. to the
greatest literary undertaking ever
known, over 2099 scholars having been
engaged ip Ha production. It cm uprises
22.977 separate nsMsae, bound Into 11.
19 toliiBBH. each half aa inch la thick
ness There used ts be a copy la man
uscript of the "Yung Lo Ta Tien", which,
on acoeuat Of the enormous expease in
volved, was never printed. A verbatim
copy made in 1997. stored st the Hani In
college, Peking, was attacked by 1 S In
1909, Only, about 199 harass were
as ved.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
A falter from Central Afrtky with
Be Hah accent told the Corners Cessans
rial club last week after dinner that In
his cuusai i they made wood alcohol for
automobiles far 9 cents a gallon, and that
the natives make a home brew outer m
lesess for 99 cents a quart that has
kick like a wild mule. Several ef our
speed aad esse fiends to s-Baaarte' i
a ticket to some lead in' railroad station
oh the Central Afrtky Use aad has wre
BJsbW te sad out what freight ea e
flivver te It wffl gene sp,
am sue tor. Adam, who
the SssiaAl tar
aaosaf writtaa
ip set exceed
Ueaad by the
COMMENT AND.
SMALL CHANGE
another Utile
Yap wouldn't do
say harm!
i are t
partiea
wasted ia Southern tarring
Hot
tempera
e being
La nilsiMi
edly are
severely feet ay
Again ia the Roeeburg tragedy it ts
the woman sad children who pay the bUl
A three ceeaoisd "not oat"
times repeated would be welcome just
now in oig league PSSSQSII.
"Mint will
me oomago of dollars,'
the paper says. But it Is doubtful that
dollars will ever cause a reemsplhiii of
uaa nuaft oxquni.
London, where, it Is said, folk can drink
for aide hours, has nothing oa Pert-U-
.t?u of people here "ean" do the
same thing, bet jhey "may- not ;.
We have a handsome coal eel painting
of a husky forest ranger discarding the
junior paaw. wnsn aWM In
WNU '
with
to do but be earefuL
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Secretary of State Koser was In Port
land Wednesday to address the state auto
mobile dealers' association. He outlined
the early history of road development
from the Urns of the organisation of
Oregon territory as set forth in the early
records, ss weU as the creation of the
motor vehicle law. During the year 1110,
107.108 motor vehicles were registered.
The Tees received amounted to tl.OtS.ltt
Up to July 19 this year the regUrtratioa
is 109.999. sn Increase of 1590 over the
number registered during the entire year
Of 1919, P-rom .February 15. 1919, when
the gasoline tax became effective up to
the end of May this year the total testation between the state force and local
wee e4.0tt.10a. "It should be
he said "that the cause of
avMMl rrtaAa ran ha - Mal
ft individual motorizes cultivate their In-
. . . .T -
terest in the question of law enforce
ment" On the subject of preserving the
trees sad shrubbery along the roads
Koaer said he was tp formed that the gov
ernor would can s, conference or citizens
In the near future to outline plans for a
state-wide organisation.
George Halvorsen. who while not act
ing in his official capacity ss mayor of
Salem sells automobiles, was la Port
land Wednesday attending the meeting
of the auto dealers.
a a" e .
Pointers on how to sell automobiles
Were being gathered Wednesday by Otto
X Wilson snd Lee Gilbert of Salem
while in Portland at the meeting of the
automobile dealers of the state
OBSERVATIONS AND. IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Sjred
a fk4t te ta stea sat mail I.
Mr. Loekleyi auaansssi gain
SI sa excellent aeacrtptiT aketeb
what be saw aad beard then. A
ea rtttfe taste aad tb sen way ts build .U
op ta one of the chief point of Mr. Leeks'
preeant artiela)
The next time you ere in Fhigene plan
your time so that you will have a few
hours to visit the stats university. You
will not be able to learn of all the activi
ties Of the university by any means,
but on the theory that chewing the pud
dingbag string wUl give yoq an Idea of
the taste of the pudding. It wUl be
worth your while to take a "looksee."
A few days ago Mrs. Lockley and I
fell Into conversation with Dr. P. L.
Campbell, president of the university,
oa a southbound electric train. He In
vited us to drop off st Eugene and visit
the newly completed Woman's Memor
ial building. Ws accepted his invitation
and H was our good fortune to spend
the afternoon aad evening with Dr.
Campbell and Mrs CampbeU, -
a
-Every time I visit the university I
make for the Condon collection of fos
sils. While I was looking st the lag
bones of a three-toed horse found by
Dr. Condon In the chalk beds of the
John Day country, Dr. Campbell was
showing Mrs. Lockley the fossilised re
mains of a horse's lower Jew. What
I don't know about horses would make
a large library. What Mrs. Lockley
doesn't know about horses would make
a vary small book. She looked at the
horse's teeth snd said. "That horse was
about 7 years old when It went to the
happy pastures of horse heaven." Dr.
Campbell said, "I was about to tell you
that it was over 100,000 years old, but
I am no expert on reading a norm's
age from its teeth.' It seemed odd to
think of a three-toed x horse having its
age determined by Its teeth 109,000 years
after Its demise. Mr. Lockley. looked
at Its tog bones but couldn't decide
whether it was s pacer or a trotter. She
scouted my suggestion that it might be
a' saddle horse, as the length of its leg
hones Indicated it was no larger than e
good -stood dog.
W w w
From the Condon geological room we
went directly to the Woman's Memorial
building. ' Right here J want to say how
really beautiful this building to. It 9s
not bugt in the Spencerfsn style of
architecture, with flourishes everywhere
in evidence. It to built In the pure Hess
of the early Colonial type. Its door-
ays, amply generous in sise, seem to
radiate hospitality. The university was
fortunate In selecting E. F. Lawrence
as desa of the school of architecture.
for he designed the building and super
stoed its erection. As we entered the
spacious lobby and saw the good taste
with which, the building to furnish ad I
could not but think how fortunate are
the students of today. I shall not at
tempt to describe the furniture, for It
must be seen to be appre elated. The
Persian rags of harmonious tone, the
old mahogany with its satiny finish, the
dull glow of old copper and brass, the
century - old tables and the massive
chairs are a delight and an education
in what to good taste. There is a ges
ture by Alfred H Schoff over the sculp-.
tured mantle sbove the fireplace that
te worth going s long wsy te see. It
ts full ef light asd spring sunshine The
trees are not deed trees; they sre In
stinct with Ufa and growth. The figures
are not painted effigies, but they walk
toward you. Water and otouda, grass.
trees snd sunshine, blend into s harmo
nious compost tioa that makes aa Irre
sistible spessl to the lever of nature
and beasty. Professor Schoff. who ts
s professor in the school of architecture.
to beet known for bis work with
gtosa He. has done work along this
for Carnegie snd many ether Wealthy
men who can secure the Seat to be had
tn that ancient art
Hne old
furniture make the
disss t titled with what they
when they found homes of their ownT
lieve not" said PTisQfsiit Campbell
"Our theory to that
up not down; that allowing the future
nsothers eg the. citizens of our state te
see aad know what to beet will rales
their standards sad make them ambi
tious to attain the best Mo girl, west
sfysr weak sad month after sesath
see this ftae old furniture without
bag that it was built whoa meat
see that it Id shsjll. tfrftMM sad hie
.NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
are at
or te leiu just, st a
need Boai8ihiiig to ws
with. Eugene Guard.
The Lord
Ufa, health.
An hour at
strength sad
cnurch on
is HtOe for yew to
ve in
orove riowe
We wonder If the Portland
with cauliflower ear oouM he oarsuaded
to call them broccoli ears just to fur-
use jjottgias county industry
ntwa-am
. A Harrtsburg farmer driving aa an
cient horse and mere ancient vehicle,
has been fined for speeding. Next thing
win be .the requirement of speedometers
for pedestrians who cannot so i sprees
fswiiTrSS ss to -keep within the spaed
limits. Albany Democrat
.
Attorney General Oaugherty has ren-
uerra an osenton giving ureal Britain
tfijrft 911 i
i or transportation
thos that empire owes the U. ft. A.
1 14.50T090.909. The logioal thing would
leave been to credit the amount on the la-
aeoteaaoss ana meiiea a dun next day
for the balance Medford Sun.
" i
AWording te T. A. Rafte ty. chief in
spector of the state motor vehicle divi
sion, the patrolling of the state highways
is beginning to show results. Drivers to
the member of S094 have been stooped
and warned where minor Infractions of
the la,w have sea observed. For the stz
mvmnm e no mg June 10, 11
made. Fines
by
the courts
have amounted to
Over 91
j.OOO has bees collected from motor
i Unhide fc owners and chauffeurs who
evade the taklna out of Ucen-
The state has been divided Into
eight districts and there is close ooeoar
county and city officiala in the matter
of overloading trucks, Raffety said the
state would soon hsve its equipment of
loadmetera Attention will then be given
to complaints or highway destruction
through heavily loaded trucks.
e a
W. W. Lunger of Lafayette to la Port
land organising aa expedition to Yellow
stone park. "Five of six YamhUlers are'
goTng." he said; "wiU be gone shout a
month, going In by wsy of the Union
Pacific and returning over the Northern
Pacific-" Lunger formerly represented
YamhRl county In the state legislature
and 'tis said he lived up to what his name
would naturally indicate
A see ting of automobile dealers could
mil etjuelliei If M. A Richard of Corval
lis were not in attendance. As usual, he
was among those present at the meeting
of the stats dealers Wednesday.
Lockley
character. The work of a man's bands
hss as much Integrity of character as
tne man himself possesses. We talk
about standards, bat conversation to less
convincing than seeing the thing Itself.
This building, with Its fine eld furni
ture, preaches a lesson the girls wiU
not soon forget It wUl raise standards
tn every department of the oollere. A
student will not want to do sloppy
work after seeing the svtdsaess of the
Infinite care exercised bv the kane-dead
makers of the ruga, the furniture and
the- other equipment eg this building,
and, stetoisg their love of good work,
the game will hold true of our Instruc
tors. They will think twice before they
will do work of a character to 'get byr
They will want to do honest sad con
scientious work, work Into which they
can put their hearts snd their best ef-
k a a a
MrS. Irene Gerlinger of Portland, who
for 12 years has been a member of the
board of regents, pledged the stats that
would raise 9100.900 If the state
would match It dollar for dollar for the
erection ef the Woman's Memorial hall.
P accomplished the task she had set
herself and then continued her ef
forts until she raised an additional 99009
to furnish the halL She has secured
many gifts, including some of the finest
Pisces of old furniture. She has hunted
for old furniture from Vancouver, B O.
to Sad Diego snd has been singularly
successful In securing fine old pieces.
She wants the girls who come here te
know What to best in furnishing their
homes.
O e a a
After having 4 o'clock tea. served by
the hostess of Memorial hall, we went
through the girls' gymnasium, which to
equipped with all sorts of corrective de
vices to develop unused muscles so as
to gtvO poise, dignity aad grace to the
carriage of the women students I love
to Swiss, so they could hardly tear me
away from the deep tne pool with its
rn tared water. From the reception room
to the locker room the Woman's building
te the tost word la modern equipment
aad It to undoubtedly ss fine SO say
building of the kind in this country.
Every Saturday the gymnasium and
swimming pool are thrown open te the
little folk of the city and the older stu
dents teach them folk dances, gymnastic
exercises and bow to swim
. v,i
Ws went from building to b a tiding but
I shall not attempt to describe the dor
mitories, school rooms and other build
ings. Instead. I shall Invite you ts go
with me to the Anchorage tea ha use
.where we ate dinner. It to Iocs ted ea
the banks of the mil trace near tne col
lege within sound of the Willamette
river. It to a big. rambling place, with
open-air tea rooms and with a cosy as
sembly room with s big fireatoee for
rainy nights. Ws sat out ea the broad
porch over the water. As we ate - an
excellent dinner we watched the shadows
lengths and listened te the rustling of
the leaves of the trees that fringe the
water and mingle their murmuring voices
with the happy laughter ef the waters
that kiss the grassy bask of the shad
owed shore, cswoes wtta couege stu
dents at the paddle pa aaed up snd down
the liquid highway while now and then,
graceful as a seel, some stud eat In
bath lag trunks swsm st leisure dews
the
One gtri stud sat who sassead as mweh
at home to the Water as on the land dis
tracted my attention to such sa extent
that I base a very hazy mimei j of
what Dr. Campbell was teUing me shout
lbs at En ni of touraaUam. "Here to an
other phi os where ws teach by set Ing
aad tasting lather than by the printed
word. said Dr. Campbell. "This de
lightful tea house was. la the old days,
a hobo roost. It has repented of IW
evil ways, shout-faced, aad to mswrhtag
to the ersettoo of better ritiasnehis,
culture and re fin am est Mary Susan
Kteffer of Perdue university, formerly
aa instructor at Oregon Agricultural col
lege, to ia charge saw to
who come here, by
ttoo, what domestic
tor ssi wag eatoty.
seals airs. Frances 8
Marshall, 'an Sssttrn edocator. is asso
ciated with her snd the place te proving
A visit to the state university rashes
ae wish the scroll of years could bo
cot
stand at the threshold ef
be a student at agous.
The Oregon Country
ORJWON
The Bend -Med ford road to
distance and to
in excellent conmueev
said to be
xne Laze view school board
let s
gyee-
9, 4 and 9 are the dates set
w
in
Sari. U-year-oM sea of Ck st Tins art
son. was fatally Injured at Condon when
track by aa ssttemobtte envea by J. J.
Tourists who went over the road Jury
19 state that Least lake, on the line or
the Bead-Sfarks Lake road. Is etui en
tirely covered with ice,
. -V? p Pfvysteff hsve
loft CeeeMi for Ssurtrrn Oraenn wwaea
they go to make a sear ah far the fi sail as
tost Blue Bucket mine.
J. I. Cordon and Christie Uovelv. two
Emm mealwera wved from drowning
the Ilfe-eavlng crew when their canoe
sized few MN from Barvtow.
A brtdse si: rem the TTsw, tiiitna i tea.
Just below Lava lake gave way under
e 10-ton tractor, buteths machine crawled
out on the opposite bank without dam-
seats oiigluoBi. has toft
where he will attend a
meeting ef eke executive committee of
the W set son states Boots ma tion
Sid WiUtams. a farmer living three
miles east of Cottage Orove. has been
sentenced to 90 days ta fall and fined
9990 ea has ptoa of guilty tea charge of
making moonshine.
The farmers' warehouse st Milton has
shipped out this Week 9000 sacks of
wheat belonging to me Voaderehe broth
ers. seUlag at b a bushel, or 119,000 for
the shipment
. A Pyn?nt ef 10 toll per cent total
ing ww or mora, win be made soon
b the state banking department to the
depositors of the old Crook county bank
of Prineviue,
Bids on Deschutes county's road bend
issues were rejected by the county court
and disposal of the 199,900 worth of se
curities voted st the Jane election win
be made by private gala
WASHINGTON
Organizers of the Ku Ktux Ktan have
made their appearance In Yakima.
Asotin county will market more than
i.zv.wo dusbsjsb or grain this
snd the quality will be the best
W. W. Grow, a business man at
Unn, .,,!.M. W .W, -el
himself He had been In 111 health for
some tame.
Internal Injuries received when kicked
in the stomach by a horse st
st his farm
near wneeier caused the death
of
George Senoesater. age 99.
J. J. Griffith, 69. deputy sheriff of
Chstos county, was kilted when bis car
went over the grade while rounding s
sharp curve near Cte El urn.
Walla Walla county has purchased of
Hugh McCool 41 seres adjoining the
county poor farm tor 1215 an acre.
Three acres will be devoted to a county
ors held
la the Boolean
city Jail white
b the police are Inveetlcat-
polio are investigat
ing the death of Edward Otoen, 22. a
lumberman, found' dead tie
the Great
Northern hotel.
A smut explosion In a separator
caused s fire that destroyed 90 seres of
wheat near Pomeroy belonging to L N.
Kettle The wheat was averaging 40
ousneis
C D. Cunningham, a Central la attor
ney, who served ss spOrtol prosecutor st
the Armistice day murder cseaa, has
been stoctdB state i nieesuilsi of Xhe
American Legion.
John Mauerer aad Bd Ryan, recently
discharged from the array hospital in
Chicago, hsve arrived st Pressor after
an 19 days' trip tn aa ancient automo
bile from Chicago.
King county was reimbursed this
week by one bonding roan posy for 999.
090 pf the 9250.000 which was oa depoei t
in the Scandinarian-Amarican bank
when it failed recently.
Mrs. E. D. Douglas of Harper was in
stantly killed when aa autosaebtle
driven by her daughter got out eg con
trol and plunged ever an embaakmeat
between Harper aad Colby.
Fire caused by a smut explosion de
stroyed 49 acres of wheat on the Jerry
Birch Iner ranch In Walla Walla county,
then spread to E. R Ransom's place,
burned 200 acres, aad 29 acres on Piper
Bros.' ranch, amides Btrchinera sep
arator. IDAHO
Idaho county's wheat crew to estimated
at 45 bushels to the acre and bar toy at
40 bushels
Lateh county will produce more grain
this year than ever before in Its his
tory. There- to not e bad field in the
county.
Hearings to establish rates for the
transportation of wool in-.
sacks will open before CO
AJtobtoos at Botes August L
Word comes from Peek that the State
Beak of Peek is to he rsofasnsa. 79 per
east ox tae stoca saving oeen taaen up
byfarmsrs and busts sea em -
The Botes chamber of
guaranteed 919,009. half
to survey the
IsHome- Sunny side irrigation protect
The
of a woman buried 99 or
40 years ago was us earthed a few days
ago near Main street ta Btockfsot At
that time the town Of Blackfoot was
unknown.
Velms, 12-year-old daughter ef Charles
Bjldsrs of Pocatelto, was assaulted by
an unidentified man Monday, and the
eeunty court has offered 4909 reward for
The arrest of the ssssllant
The old buildings srottod is 1990 st
the head of the switchback on-Old Baldy
mountain above Grangwrtlle .ave been
new buildings erected for the
lesce oi travelers.
(Continued from yesterday.)
irarUaad ta taaalss far a sew lea
paamiair meil - seninas la
tt X risissii riiajQi vtatted tse
laraer due of th eaasbry aad Be ail
OMtr aaewef urauaata was rwruaas ansa
bsae the benefit af th beat Mas ia see -wher.
Thee saateaaSBh fro ssy ts day
ass takes trees Ma smart aad will, tnstbar.
eocwUtat ta ! report. 1
The railroad stations at Seattle
have Been bout comparatively re
cently and are sttractlve buildings.
Seeas complaints sre made about the
arrangement of the stations The
Northern Pacific Stat too was built la
1909 gt a coat of spprezimately 9900.
909. The baildtng Is of fireproof
construction aad hss a waiting room
79 by 190 feet The stattoo has five
stub tracks which will accommodate
12 can, aad three through tracks,
which will accommodate 19 can. The
gooses to the bracks Is oa the sdrface
from the iisiissrse. Twenty-one trains
enter snd 21 trains leave this station
daily. Umbrella sheds give shelter
to the track platforma The Orege n
h Wsehtngtoa station was built ta
1911 st aa approximate east of
91.259.900. The bulhtJng Is of fire
proof cooatructioa. The msln wait
sag room Is sgpsuilnistely 79 by 109
rest The balhtmg -to of svosnsat
architecture, both Interior asm ex
terior. The ii ems H Of trains enter
ing this station daily te saves and
the number leaving to seven. The
seesaw to the tracks Is from a con
course lending down to the Weeks by
stairs The track BUlfaims are shel
tered by seahvesto sheds The length
ef the Bases to approximately mo
feet The poputexsea of Seattle la
1940 was 919490."
(To be con tinned )
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