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THE - OREGON ' DAILY- 'JOURNAL, . PORTLAND; OREGON
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1S21.
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ARE FARMERS FAIRLY FINANCED? 1
rpHE fanner -wanta a remedy. He ia not content to receive cents a
quart tor milk which sells tor 11 cents a Quart in Portland.. He does
not think it fair to pay 5 to S1Q for a pair of shoes and SlOO- for a set of
harness when the best he can jet for the hides from which the leather is
made is 4 cents a pound. . .. . f"-r' ; . -r
He considers it an outrage to be compelled' to take 10 or 14 cents a
pound for wool and then be asked to pay $3. SO a pouid for the same wool
reduced to yarn. -' , I , .. -.i.--j i
He sees no consistency between less than f 1 a bushel for. wheat and t
a barrel for flour. Nor does he understand .why he should receive only a
cent a pound for fruit that sells, canned, in a nearby store for IS cents a
pound. ..
When he has 8 cents a bushel left to pay him for the cost and labor of
producing -oatpv after paying the threshing charge, and then must pay 10
cents a pound for rolled oats in cartons, is it surprising that he feels a lack
of balance in agricultural affairs. . r : : 1
Is there fair financing for agriculture in our economic; system, when
the farmer gets so small a share out of what he produces?) .
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tolerably taxed, about 17 Ostfriea
landa The two bombs weighed 2000
pounds each. They are but a step
in the more destructive bombs yet to
be evolved. Their cost was a few
thousands dollars. ; 1
The Ostfriesland could not be du
plicated for less than $40,000,000.
The telegram read "Foundation
under freight house needs attention
at once.' In transmission, the 'V
in. the word foundation got changed
to an "1." and when received at
St Louis the telegram read, "Found
a lion under freight house; needs
attention at once." The answer was
wired back, "Feed the lion and noti
fy livestock department." '
FOREVER OPEN
Booka ara anr emwniof prlrOeta ia mod
ar ciTtUiation. With a Uata for books
and atoxic, lat arery peraoni thank God,
aiaht and mo mini, that ba raa Dot born
earlier in batary T. Starr Sine
r-
ON THE summit of the Andes at
a point on the border line be-
tween Argentina and Chile, stands
the famous Christos statue, symbol
izing peace between the two peoples
At a point near Blaine, Wash., on
the boundary line between the Unit
ed States and Canada, there was ded
icated today with becoming cerermo
nies the famous Peace Portal, signal
izlng the peace that has existed be
tween the two nations ever since the
signing of the treaty of Ghent, July 4
1815. "May these doors never be
closed" is an inscription on one of
the open doors, and on the other
is "Brethren dwelling together in
lives of the crew were hanging on
the thread of a waterlogged steamer.
but there was ao helping hand unless
it was bought and paid-for at out
rageous cost.
' Under system wherein a charge
utterly confiscatory is. exacted for
aiding a helpless vessel, men are
driven by loyalty to their owners to
remain aboard or row to shore under
the risk of their lives, in preference
to contracting .an enormous charge.
It is a system that Is a survival of
the age of the beak and talons. It
would be eliminated, and humani
tarian principles directhat it should
be were " the '"charge for aiding a
crippled ship reduced to a reason
able level. TJotfl it is reduced, the
lives of loyal men will be exacted by
the ocean profiteer.
country. The Times nomlnaWs"' Miss
Woolley, president of Mount Hotyoke
college, who it believe "would ba aa
ideal selection tor a place among: in
American delegates, and the Poet "can
think ef few people, men or women,
who could add more aolid vaiua to that
disarmament conference than could Miss
Addams" ef Hull House.
And while, in the opinion of the Boston
Herald (Ind. Rep.) tha selection of a
woman 'delegate is unlikely, the discus
sion of the question' as a possibility
marks an advance from ftimes in which,
almost by common consent, public dis
cussions and platform activities were
for men only.' - 1
gives promise of withstanding a rea
sonable traffic. i
When slate road work began a few
years ago there was I in the public
mind no adequate conception of the
traffic - development sthe improved
higlMray was to bring, or the large
expenditure of money that would be
required to build roads to carry it
There was also a lack of engineer
ing knowledge which comes from ac
tual experience with local conditions
and the absence of an engineering
organization. i ,
: Back of all was that state of the
public mind which questioned the
necessity of large expenditures per
mile. This -state of public mind was
illustrated in the campaign for the
initial bond issue of $6,000,000, when
it was Beriously averred that the
16,000,000 would build 500 miles of
roadv In short, there was a general
lack of education regarding the sub
Ject of road building.
In deference to public sentiment
against large expenditures, the early
construction was made to fit the
moneys available in order to get
mileage rather than substantial
foundation.
Another important factor tending
toward faulty construction was the
insistence of the public for paved
roads in a day. Every section want
ed its roads paved, at once. As a
result of these conditions the early
road work is now being done over
again at a cost in excess of what it
would have been in the original in
stance. Roadbeds are being widened.
IS THERE A LADY
DIPLOMATIST?
Some Say No, and Add That if There
Were -There Need Be None in the
Disarmament Conference But
, More Say Yes, and Add That
Were There None. Tet does
the Conference Need Aid
of Woman's Counsel.
Dally Editorial Digest "
Letters From the People
COMMENT ANDl N EWS IN BRIEF
(GoeBantBlentioBe eeat to Tha Journal for
publication ia tbia department ahoold Be written
sa only ana aide of the oacer: ahould not exceed
500 worda in lencth. and most ba aimed by tha
writer, whoa mail addreee ia fall moat acooav
paay tha eontribatioa. I
THE KU KLUX KLAN
Organization in Portland Is Approved by
This Writer. i ,
Portland, Aus. 1. To4 the Editor of
The Journal To the Ku Klux Ban: I
read with interest and approval of your
organising in Portland.: I do not know
just what the new order stands for but
I hope it ia in part, the same as the old.
That, to my mind, stands for the pro
tection Of womanhood, which a congress
betrayed some 58 years ago and which
every legislature in America has left un
protected ever since.
Now, throughout the land we hear a
protest against the divorce evil.
The "evil" comes before the divorce.
The evil is the unchecked, lawful,
miled-et animalism of men (and some
women) who come into our unprotected
homes and steal the love and honor of
wife or husband. If they took the silver
they would be jailed, and if they took
so poor a thing as a life they would be
(Oonaaiidated Prate AaeociiaHon.)
' Representative Alice Robertson has
many sympathizers among editorial
writers , in her position that . women
have not' the necessary experience to
enable them to qualify as delegates to
the disarmament conference. The atti
tude her supporters uniformly take is
that the appointment of a woman be
cause she is a woman would introduce
Of the home, the protector of the chil
dren, and all that is worth while in life.
why some one writes a comedy on the
; . ; SMALL CHANGE '
America's 'militancy U ingrained. Eves
the public is "general."
Is the family washing being postponed
because of Labor day? .
. .a a ;
Germany Is bound to regain her eco
nomic strength. She's started making
beer again..-
t a a -
Mother's sigh of hope overwhelmed
any noise the school-age children made
this morning.
. a a
If genius is so generally imitated, why
hasn't some upstart evangelist named
himself "BUI" Mondav?
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'Manv curb atono wrtrtdnrta mnmliit
into the maw of the basement Monday as
waumuouu to LADOr air,
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School days might inspire tha reminis
cent poet or 40 years, but it a common,
est prose for tbeyoungster today.
.In spite ef our protests at the prev
alence of divorce, seems that'a a better
way out than hammer and run methods.
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Reading and Titlng and 'rlthmatlo are
more than ever forced to taka bmmmI
place, with hair dress and shiny noses
gctutig urai attention.
a a e
Probably the school be 1L, that used to
ring out Its commands about this time
or year haa been relegated to tha burial
piace oi me curfew bells.
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Local laboiite urges that church be
come a champion of labor. if the
churches' efforts to get three squares
a day for its pastors isn't championing
laDor wnat isi
SIDELIGHTS
We have noticed that most ef this talk
about reducing taxes transpires before
election. Aurora Observer. ;
a a, a J
We have had only one mess of rreea
beans, no peas, no corn. We are now
eating -milage- of aog xennei ea smart-
woQv Tualatin taiiey rtewa
- a . a .
Unless wa are ready to curb our de
mands for public expenditures It Is use-
leas to comolaln about tne- Uicreaatne?
ouroen or. taxation. t-owera ratnou
a . e . -
There is a lot of men who have a 11-
ey Under voice and a pirate's nerve, but
the auantitv r their auauitv caa oa car
ried on the aaaeaeatoa chassis of a Ford.
Harney County News.
W W
Tha non-em olovment list in the United
RtatM is imw aaid to have crown to
$,000,000. Pretty soon Satan will have
The Oregon Country
Hart want Bappretatan ta Brief rem tat tft
- : OREGON ,
Medford's peetoffioe reertpts for Aug
uat show a 41 per cent increase over
ASguat, li-a. ;
The Hood River Trait cmpaar has
Juat shipped the first carload of the
valley a n apple tonnage, estimate
at I2&0 cars.
Bulldinr corts4retioii at Salem 400 per
cant larger than that of August last Tear
waa put unoer way during the monu or.
Asgust,. MIL
The body of Private David Humph
rey. killed ia France, has arrived at Eu-
Irene and was buried in the Odd Fr
ows oeffoetery.
Completion of a road Unking up Dia
mond lake with Crater lake la promised
In time for tha opening of tha Crater
lake aaaaon next year.
A mod era dry klia wfth a capacity ef
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
the issues of the conference, and that
the prime requirements of diplomatic
and political training and sagacity can
not be met by any woman. However,
the woman delegate has many more ad
vocates in the press than she has op
ponents. The majority of writers con
tend that Miss Robertson's requirements
incident
But the laughing crowd is diminishing.
Some' are sitting with clenched hands.
white, set faces and unhappy eyes.
Mows and more are living in despoiled
number of papers support their conten
tion that even that, formidable list is
not sufficient argument to debar women,
by "nominating" individuals who, in
their opinion, fully come up to specifi
cations. e -
Representative Robertson's "mental
inventory of American womanhood" is
unity."
These are visualizations of the djs- sharp turns are being flattened, more
sire of men to pass into a. status I attention is being paid to drainage
BLOCKING RECONSTRUCTION
and more substantial bases and sub-
bases are being established.
A logical road development would
have been to have done no paving
where the -bullets and bayonets of
war will no longer pierce their
breasts. There are few such monu
ments in the world. It has been our
t A MERICA'S industrial plants are practice, by marble shafts and fig- at first, but to have built up sub
f not working to capacity. Many ures in granite and bronze, to glorify stantial grades, given .them a gravel
W are not working at allj America's I the victories of war. surface, maintaining it ' until there
i( . farmers are passing through one ofl Jesus Christ brought the tidings of was a permanent settlement and
the worst periods In history. Wages! peace and good will on earth. Dls- I have corrected the Imperfections
-:-i are going down and nearly 0,000,000 believe, if you will, the divinity of of drainage. With he experience
''-'. workers have no employment. the Nazarene, but you are compelled gained, the work of paving could
'i ?i One of the very great reasons for to admit that human happiness and have begun about the present time
the conditions Is that many of Amer-1 welfare would be advanced by prac- with a great saving of money. That
ica' foreign markets are closed be- tlce f lls precepts. These dead and woujd have been the constructive
!N cause Europe, since the war, has these maimed would have been course, but it Is obvious that It would
'Si had no money to purchase our prod- spared if mankind had accepted his not have been possible In .the face
ucts. Consequently there has been proposal for unity. of the conflicting desires.
' no outlet for our surpluses, and con- "May these doors never be dosed." Much is being said of the destruc-
Ti' frequently there 'Is stagnated business these doors between our neighbor tive effects of an unregulated traf-
r - In the United States. Aind Obviously people and us, these doors through fie on the highways. The import
t'-r- it would be of very rreat advantage I which for more than 100 years two lance of this cannot be minimized
T- to American groweri American I people" have passed and repassed in J nor the urgency for a strict enforce-
S worklngmen and American business 'ull faith, one in the other and both ment of the traffic laws denied.
. . 1 I 1 fil - a Aa . . AV . a . .
if the reconstruction of .Europe were m ecn. ine oeama ot mo great sua xei it must oe consiaej-ea mat tne
hastened and European countries en- swinging through the sky will rest J destruction by overloaded trucks at
-"-; abled to absorb our surpluses. I tenderly and lovingly on this appeal a high rate of speed does not serve
' Austrian financial aid industrial put tatft the,P?C0 I5 bf together as an alibi for the faults
conditions are at low ebb. The coun
v; try is threatened with eptlre collapse
because or, a lack or buying power.
are irrelevant to the main issue, and a home8. Deserted chadren fill thV or
phanages ; wives fill the work shops and
Insane asylums ; discouraged, reckless
husbands go forth to despoil some other's
nome.
Vamps boastfully ply their trade.
leathers fearlessly desert children.
And our legislators talk about taxes !
I am a good American. My ancestors
were there and mar hav taken nrt in
not intended, the Minneapolis Tribune that famous tea party. I feel sure some
(Rep.) insists, as "a slur on her sex." of them were in the old Ku Klux Klan.
Rather, the Syracuse Heraia una. And they have alwava lived n well
agrees, "It is the recognition of a dem- I fought, 'within the law for the glory of
onsxxaoie trutn, ana not in any seuae a. our country.
reiiecuon upon tne intellectual capacity Therefore, I believe, when the la
or womannooa. oecause, as tne w neei-1 won t protect that Klorv. which la lta
mg intelligencer ittep.j Btates l no nomes, Americans must. Mrs. N. I. K.
matter wnat ner natural quaimcauons,
it is doubtful if a woman could oe iouna AN "ASSISTANT PRFSiriPJi
with the requisite experience essential Portland, Aug. 2L To the Editor of
to participation in conferences as impor- The Journal I notice a statement in vrs
tant as that to be held in Washington." j terday's Journal, by a Washington cor
Tne Indianapolis Star (Ind. Rept) does I respondent of The Journal, that there is
not even entertain ooudis, dui oeciarea : a nearly completed Dlan on foot, at
That there is not a woman in the Washington. In the reorganization of tn
United States so qualified may " safely executive department of the government.
be saw witnout mvesugauon. -er- to appoint an assistant to the president ;
tainly "if there is any, woman whose and as the necessity for some such morn
breadth of practical diplomatic expert- has been apparent to the common peo-
erice is unusual," the Baltimore Ameri- pie for some months. I would sueeent. in
can (Ind. Rep.) thinks, "she has sue- case this plan goes through, that, after
ceeded in hiding ner .talents wita great au preliminaries are arranged, the
success," and since. In the view of the 1 1 resident hit the wire and offeo the Job
writer, "the most Important qualifies.- 1 to Wood row Wilson. In case he accepts
generosity and vision of Samuel Hill, I of construction.
"May these doors never be closed!" I The primary purpose of the high
May no antagonism ever arise that way should not be lost sight of. The
will cause the gates to the sacred
edifice to swing shut!
aaaw i .
Tnere no money.
' ' The financial commission of the
s league or Nations recommenaea last The new rate for unskilled labor
soring that the nations holding liens I . v.. rj.tvi.h. mm. a 7u
oa Austria should agree to suspend cents an hour, which is $13.20 for
an eight hour day and six day week.
Those employes now know that de
flation means "to deflate."
I?- them for 20 years and that in return
.Austria snouia eueci certain iinan
cial and economic reforms along the
lines suggested by allied financiers.
By suspending the liens .ustria would I
be permitted to issue bonds against
construction should be substantial
enough to carry & regulated traffic
to the highest point of transporta
tion economy.
It is not a question of types of
pavement. If well drained and sub
stantial bases are not constructed.
no type of pavement will survive.
A FATAL HASTE-
" I fas aas aw-a. lwaTa4 Iam at I . aa acamt ai tK eta I f MllTTJ v ata s0 levin vara tvatralAti.
-kff Wall IfAiVBUMrUU UaMVUtW 1 wnv VaTJa Ul I - 'AA A-4 .VUI OV VaV Uf-Un(aJ UCf giVI'
bonds could be used to purchase im-1 ment in Oregon, as in other
t - ports and the country! could grad- states, is read in the history of the
nally return to normal conditions, highway between the Multnomah
Ray W. Clark, who used to greet the
incoming and speed the departing guest
at the Multnomah, believes in looking at
everything from Its most cheering angle
and in glimpsing things from the com
mon viewpoint He has flown the bumps
and worries of a metropolitan hostelry
for the joys and contentment of that
tourist tavern, the Umpqua, at Rose-
burg, and when he comes To Portland
for a visit, as he has, he registers
from "Brumfield." That's the way It
shows at the Imperial where Mr. and
Mrs. Clark are staying.
a
Mrs. C. D. Gabrlelson of Salem, accom
panied by Robert and Charles K. Bishop,
sons of Chauncey M. Bishop, is at the
Imperial for a short stay in Portland.
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Mrs. J. F. Reddy of Medford is at the
Imperial for a few days:
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Lot L. Pearce, pioneer business man of
Salem, is registered at the Imperial while
on a business visit to the city.
-
Mr. and Mrs. D. Taylor of Freewater
are visiting in the city for a short time,
registered -at the Imperial.
O. L. Foster of Independence Is at the
Oregon for a short stay in the city.
to hirTan aSXanTto flnd.enrh m iJK4'
chlevous employment for all the idle SLmbAr EJrt eocy-
hands. Waa ton iemoer. I - .
- woe amiat, 11. rwoecuy arrcstea at
An exchange says that a certain West- Heppner, has confessed to aiding is
ern Oregon man burned nis wua a i inauni sates at vomrn aae Mount
clothes to prevent her from running Hebron. Cat, last June.
around nights, which leads one to won- The latest estimate of the Hood Rlvee
der if her associates really noticed the I valley potato crop places the tonnage
difference. Condon Globe-Times. 1 at about 110 carloads. Growers are
, . - " " ... . .... I declining offers of ft a sack.
TM eaaTa S aaatl flAm le-r-AfaaB laT'Il Hat tliamt I -
Am.rican Tourlat. have "been a dlp- f-t.-'h wrSwlCS
&tothi. earPrAnricantU Tn " .ltVU
Europe haviTeo bWPPomtmeS a KlarrfU tonim.
to oroprietors of American reaorta. The Hood River eehardleta have fixed
- a- . . . ef T 1 AV a en a 4S r daaaahS an ani
American tourist U) uurvprr anmi toi wnajaaj' iot ayine K "ia --""
have no friends anywhere- Banks Her-1 hour, with a bonus of 1 sate where
lid. i help remained tnrougnout lds acasoo.
A national forest crew Is at wortc ea
a new telephone una rrora aievreaie
Springs, 00 miles southeast of Eugene,
to tha top of Fug! mountain, It mUea
distant.
Harvesting of mint in the Klamath
rails section will start about Septem
ber 15, A distilling plant with a capae-
Ityt of 100 pounds of oil a day la ready
Random Observations About Town
Thomas W. Brunk of Salem who
known from, one end of the Willamette I oration.
led by hU two daughters. Is at the lm-Lj". ITtEanTh Vfra:
Penal for a short vlalt In Portland. Mr.l juries auatalned when he slipped when
Brunk Is one of aMrion county's leading I alighting from a heavy truck, and felt
farmers and stockbreeders.
a a
J. W. Vogt, 4 merchant of Hood River.
on business, registered at
is in Portland
the Oregon.
Judge HenHk la. Benson, associate jus
tice of the state supreme court, spent
Sunday la Portland, staying at the Im
perial.
M. H. Abbey of Newport is swapping
beneath a rear wheel.
Tl It -Castle is now suiMrlnteodent
of Benton county schools, having been
appointed to succeed R. E. Cannon, who
resigned to accept me pnncjpajimp oi
the Union high school at Greet am.
WASHINGTON
Armour A Co. shlrmed last week Ave
carloads, or SSOO. chilled lambs from
opoavane to r.aar-ira) loaiuia.
The city of Central la is tearing down
.v , . ,.l , " . v. a y.v Ithe old jaU on Maple street to make
the comforts of the Abbey house tor the room to MW J70.60O municipal buUd
sights of the metropolis, he and Mrs. I inr.
Abbey having registered at the Oregon
for a few day a
a e e
Another representatiye of Southern
Oregon in Portland Is John Hoglund of
Marsh field.
W. T. Matlock of Heppner is at the
Imperial tor a short stay In the city.
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H. 8. McCowan of Coeur d'Alene
registered at the Portland.
tion is diplomatic experience," the con
clusion is unescapable that , "the disarm
ament conference is no place for a I
woman."
While "at no very distant day we may
expect that woman's entrance into pub-
the president can take the Mayflower,
efter loading aboard all necessary food
supplies, fishing tackle and golf tools,
ana men cruise on the Mayflower from
now till March 4, 1925. with fuU and un
doubted assurance that the old machine.
lio life win develop woman publicists I the united States, would be pulled out
well equipped for such service;" still, the I of the mud, overhauled; cleaned up and
Minneapolis Journal (Ind. Rep.) points again put on the highway, headed for
out, "that day Is not here." If it were, prosperity and peace, associations and
If, Indeed, "the country had a woman 1 aiL in this case the president would
of professional fitness and recognised I need to touch shore only at convenient
experience and ability for this work," I places, for the purpose of drawing hls
the Butte Post (Rep.) contends that salary. And all the president would need
"there would be no thought of objec- to do before starting would be to turn
tion" to her appointment as delegate.
However, In the opinion of the Au
gusta Chronicle (Dem.), ew, persons
will believe that there is no woman in
America fitted by ability, sagacity, wis
dom and Influence to sit In the disarma
ment conference. Such a position, it
holds, "is not only far-fetched as to ac
curacy, but it is wholly inconsiderate
and offensive to womanhood" and "the
nation knows better." But, even if it
over the keys of the White House, and
the United States senate, and Woodrow
would do the rest C. J. McLain.
The result would be sJ
X construction in Austria speedier re-1 was known in the early chapters.
construction in Europe
speedier re-1 county line and Newberg, or as it
and speedier the Rex-Tigard road, which Is now
1 reconstruction in America. 1 unaergoing an approximate recon-
America holds a small lien against -traction.
t: Austria. America has surplus stocks 11 ls a tor7 of baste, of lnade-
for export. But of all the countries construction, the putting on
with liens against the bankrupt cen- the roof of the building on an inse-
v: tral power and ours is among the cure foundation. For the situation
American firms were underbid 30
per cent by Belgian makers on S00
freight cars and by England on 35
locomotives for China. In addition.
the credit proposals of the Ameri
cans were not as favorable as those
of Belgium and England. We lost
the business and American workmen
lost the employment.
' FINANCING THE FARMER
Government Might Loan Directly and
Not Through Banks.
The Dalles, Sept. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal Please Indulge me in
very short article on "Financing the
Farmer." If the government wants, to
help the farmer, why not do it? Why
were necessary to grant the force of the not the government loan directly to the
statement, the Columbia (3. C) Record rarmer on gooa security? Why go
(Dem) thinks "It should take no Web- tnrougn banks controlled by private in-
sterian highbrows to dismantle the bat- teres ts and followed up with commls-
tlpahina and rase the forts and tnus sions. investigating committees and miles
make war impossible," and in this ef-of red tapef It makes millionaires, but
fort the women nave nrst can. 1 not out or farmers. It ls like a man
If applied to men. the test which Miss starting with a Kood head of water
Robertson exacts would, in the opinion I across a sandy desert, to water a e-arden
of the Memphis Commercial Appeal spot He gets there with very little or
(Dem.), materiauy reauce me numoer none- yhy not put it through an iron
of possible applicants, since "we have plpa and get there BOmething? I
not half a dosen first-class Internationa. ut the government loan directly to
lawyers In the United States- We do fwt low interest with good
e. nlta Jt inl tiara WA n O VaTA T 1 T w
uuc uio -o-. " security, thereby making something for
iJ2?& the government- and more for the
J'6".r,;J'i-.. farmer. . John M. Reed. :
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
"Lieutenant Capron, the son of Cap-1
tain Capron, under whom I served, was
a very popular and capable officer," said
G. W. Lowdtsn of Portland. "Ha waa
one of the first men to be killed In" the
Spanish war In Cuba, where he was
lieutenant of I troop of the Seventh cav
alry, Custer's old regiment. The Sev
enth cavalry was always considered by
soldiers as a sort of hoodoo organiza
tion. The least you can say for It ls
that It was very unlucky. It was pretty
well wiped out when Custer, with five
troops of the Seventh cavalry, was am
bushed and all his men killed in a cam
paign against Sitting Bull In 1S76. Gen
eral Phil Sheridan helped even the
score when he defeated the Sioux that
same fall In the Big Horn mountains.
In the battle of Pine Ridge. Colonel
Forsythe, who was in command of the
Seventh cavalry, had a troop of the Sev
enth cavalry surrounded by. Indiana
Suddenly the Indians threw off their
blankets and fired at the soldiers. The
soldiers opened fire on the Indians at
close range, their bullets killing more of
their own comrades than the Indiana
Army officers severely critUed the mis
management which resulted In the need
less loss of so many of his troopers.
Because of my long experience 1 waa
made chief mesa sergeant for the school
of fire, at which were more than 1200 1 months ago.
student officers. I was offered a lieu
tenantcy with the understanding that I
would remain as an instructor in the ar
tillery school, but I was too anxious to
get overseas, so, after seven months'
service as Instructor. I resigned as ser
geant, and by becoming-a buck private.
got over to France. I had been in
France only a few weeks when X was
promoted to sergeant and became In
structor in the artillery school of fire.
We had seven point tours and French
seventy-fives.
EVEN AT SEAT
HAS life become cheaper than dol
lars, even at im
Has the free and restless ocean
been stripped of its- romance and
smallest the government of thejno one seems particularly to blame chivalry? Have the hardy men who
United States is the only one that re
fuses to suspend the lien.
Reconstruction in . Austria is
1- blocked. Reconstruction in Europe
". It hindered. . And the j surpluses re
main in American warehouses, the
farmers' market continues pinched,
the workers continue, idle, and busl
ness Is still depressed'
as it has grown out of conditions
surrounding the inauguration ofl
state highway work' when experi
ence was absent and road work in
Oregon on an experimental basis.
ride out into the billows and the
tempest, the men of strong heart
and sturdy character, too been re
duced to a basis of dollars and cents
under the dark shadow of dollar
Up to this time experience in pave-l grubbing landsmen?
ment had been confined to city Captain Blssett of the waterlogged
streets, principally. The only county steamer Canadian Importer is hailed
per cent Americanism, and as to listen
ing a great deal and saying lime, tnat
art is as difficult to men as it is to
women."
-
But while a number of papers take
A WARNING AS TO WELLS
Independence, Kan., Aug. 30. To the
Editor of The Journal In traveling
through the country I am surprised at
the great number of open wells and wells
An Arkansas farmer jbroke ground,
harrowed and planted, cultivated,
s. hoed, i sweat, cussed land wrestled
S with the crop and produced six
bushels of A-l stringbeans. Then
as a hero. He is hailed as a hero be
cause he refused a tow to land from
a steamer of another line. He is
hailed as a hero, as are the men,
because he permitted 11 of his crew
to tempt death on the merciless
road pavements to serve as a guide
were those of Multnomah county,
which had been laid on old macadam
roads with well drained and substan
tial bases.
There is a vast difference between
paved streets in the city and paved I ocean attempting to row 600 miles
Mr1a f f ViATA AAtintl-V Tk fhsa. f Awmat I a aVe ... la. aa .ak.c-r A. X. alfc
..w -""""""Itbd surface is broad and admits of Captain Blssett could have accepti
and pipped his tender Arkansas a disrtrIbutlon of traffic. In ed the tow. If so, his owners would
k beans to St Louis to feed the ntulU-wttei. tha trwfie r-.triotM ha .nt. witW .
.d.; : 7t .Pr!8!, h"eS 7?,! to ' nall area, requiring a much bill approximating fS per cent of the
v-34.01, Commission 61 Cents ana the foundation. Another: l aA. I voln. ,a. ri.an.ar ft.
P D!t fafN to,lones Ut vanUge of the city street ie the curb- If he refused the tow, the other vea-
I ; , lnsat the aide, which serves to pre- sel, in spite of the property and life
cost 01 me containera puaitu. j ones i vent spreading as well as to carry at stake, would refuse to bring the
joct 7 cents. e nas gone out oj all surface water away and keep it helpless craft of Captain Bissett to
ut scaa ouatnena eu u&u wuuu from penetrating the base. safety.
;it ho, another economic tragedy is I i a has been nreviouslv tomted out I cantair, th.i U.f VWf w
to m rvt-urvu I hr The Jftnrnal 1h marl t Kaa. n. nf.mul ,kV !! wi
V,.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
WASTING OUR
TAXES
berg is not the only one which must cargo, and the lives "bf 45 men, to
soon be reconstructed. All the pave- contracting la huge salvage bill for
; ments that were laid . early . In r the J his owners. He even preferred to let
state work are going bad and must 11 brave men place! their lives in the
soon be gone over again. The pri-1 balance against, fate in a frail boat
roary cause seems to be lacs; of I In the tempestuous sea. rather than
drainage and too light a base. In I compel hia owners to face the cost
merely , me "tKauvc wsmua uia.i I with onlv a trarjdoor or tanaA rnvr-r
is no good reason why women should not j which are a constant source of danger to
sit in the conference, other writers, with I the lives of tha children on then farma
the Lynchburg News (Dem.), maintain as I believe that this is partly due to
that "there is every good reason why thoughtlessness on the part of farmers.
President Harding should appoint a would It not be well for you to publish a
woman on the American delegation," and warning In your paper occasionally
arguments are put zortn in support oi i against this dangerous condition, aa
the contention. The j Wichita Eagle I many children lose their lives from this
(Ind.) for example" puts the matter thus: cause. ' A. L. Potter.
"Women are interested in disarmament
for exactly the same reasons that com'
pel the Interest of men. They are in
terested as taxpayers, as heads of fami
lies, as parents of potential war vic
tims, as humanitarians. They have
done much to forward the cause of dis
armament. They shauld have at least
one voice in the great conference that
may initiate the actual proceedings for
International disarmament.
Further, .the Cleveland Press (tnd.)
considers, the first requisite of a dele
gate is a belief in what he ls doing,
and "there are few women in America
who do not believe in disarmament," and
with that fixed purpose a woman
would keep her mind steadily on the
great aim and refuse to let that aim be
deflected by accumulating technical de
tails auid minor irritations growing out
of national issues." There is no reason
that the Christian Science Monitor (Bos
ton, Ind.) is willing to concede "why
the policies of the world should be de
cided from now on, as they have been In
the past,- by men," and 'the increasing
activity of women In government should
be one of the strongest influences leading
to disarmament and the overcoming of
"After returning to the United States
after serving In the Spanish war, Phil'
iooine insurrection and the Baxer rebel
lion. I reenUsted in F battery. Second
artillery, at Washington, D. C Lieu
tenant Hawthorne, under whom I served
while we fought the Sioux Indians at
Pine Ridge, was promoted to a cap
taincy and transferred to Vancouver
barracks and was given command of the
Twenty-sixth battery. He wrote to me,
suggesting that I secure a transfer from
E battery. Second field artillery, to tne
Twenty-sixth battery at Vancouver.
came out to Vancouver, where I served
as a sergeant under Captain Hawthorne.
At the expiration of ray enlistment in
Vancouver barracks, I bought a small
farm near Vancouver. I contracted to
do work at the garrison.
"I kept up . my work at the garrison
and my farming until the United States
declared war on Germany. Immediately
after our declaration of war, I came to
Portland and tried to enlisy I was
turned down without examination. The
fact that I was 51 years old really slg
nified very little, because I was
strong as most men of JO" and, having
put in over 20 years in the army,
knew what soldiering waa. I watched
my chance and tried to enlist under
different officers In Portland. Each
time they courteously turned me down-
Finally I became disgusted and went to
Fort Sill, Okla. I passed my physical
examination 90 per cent perfect and at
rpHE two bombs tfiat sank the
-- heavily armored German Ost
friesland in the recent naval bomb
ing experiments, did not touch the
Ship. The force f the explosion in I m.. Instances the arm da iatnAnar. Lf ealnr Ait tnat moertan. axi
th.i' i'8id ke4v ,! bul! "w. bringing the pavement almost rival vesseV it conformance with the
as if It had been an egg shell and flash with the side ditches. ; 1 present ethica of the ocean, refused
sent her to the bottom. V It is but fair to aay that the state to Jend ja hand; refused to pun the
- We are talking of disarmament, highway department has profited by fnlured craft to safety, unless a con-
We are also building, at prodigious j the experience of the past and that J fiscatory stun was forthcoming. The
cost at a time when people are in-1 the pavement now being- put down I vessel was in imminent danger
the impulse of war." The question of
qualifications, the Monitor believes. Is
secondary to the need of woman's In
fluence: and "the need far such a ren-
resentaUve will develop just the right
one to serve, for, as in the case of men.
ability is brought to light by circum
stances requiring it-
Nelther the Hartford Times (Dem.)
nor the Chicago Post (Ind.) finds diffi
culty in selecting a woman to meet- the
rea aire ments which i Miss Robertson
puts forth, or which the conference itself
could demand, and each suggests a can
didate, in full confidence that she could
Infantile caralrsia canned the death ef
two persons at Walla Walla last we4u
One was that of Mra Merle F. EUia,
aged V
John i. Cllett la trowing cotton and
peanuts in the Taklma valley, and hi
expert ments so far are said to be a
thorough success.
Uiror Ridden of Teeoma haa under
way a plan for financing local improve
ments which will put to work nearly all
the unemployed men in that city.
Plftv-four bridge In Clarke county
are said to be badly la need of repairs,
and the county engtneerfta asking for an
appropriation of $100,000 for the purpose.
Three large manufacturing plants, em
ploying 14.000 men, wui soon oe tocatea
in Vancouver. It is said the Standifer
shipyards will soon be operating wiut
aOOQ men.
Frank L. Reynolds, chief of police of
onoe was appointed a sergeant and In
structor in the artillery school of fire. I Bremerton, was arraigned in court Sat
urday on charge of extortion and grand
larceny prefarred against him two
Food costs in Aberdeen showed a
ereater Increase Jn August than in any
other city in tha at ate, according to a
survey by the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen.
The, Cox Lumber company, now oper
ating a mU near Appleton, will construct
a modern mill on Burdoin mountain and
rebuild the dam ana the eeven-mue uume
to the Columbia river recently destroyed
by lire..
"A few weeks before the armistice was
igned. my horse and I fell in a trench.
with the horse on top of me. My spine
was Injured and my right side seemed
to be permanently paralysed. On No
vember 7, four days before the armis
tice, when I was In the hospital. I took
the flu, which turned into pneumonia.
I was In a hospital In France until Jan
uary, m, when I was carried aboard
the Leviathan and shipped back to the
United States. I went from one hospital
to another in the United States until
finally landed in the base hospital at
Camp Dlx, where, after having spent
six months on my back, I at last wa
able to get up. From Camp Dlx I was
sent to Camp Lewis, where I was la
charged with 75. per cent disability. In
spite of not being able to lift my arm.
I am still good for many years' work.
and that's why I am serving as elevator
operator here in the custom house.
e e
"I am now 55 years old and have put
In most of my life in the army. I have
seen many young lieutenants under
whom I have served, such as Jack Per
shing. Lieutenant Lawton, Dr. Leonard
Wood and Lieutenant Peyton Marsh and
others, become distinguished generals.
On account of my disability, I will re
ceive a pension for the rest of my life.
ana, aa i ait oy tne tire oi an awning
and think over the campaigns I have
participated in, from chasing the Indians
in New Mexico and Arisona. flghUiu?
the Sioux la South Dakota, taking part
in Pole's revolution in the Sandwich Is
lands, fighting the Spaniards and the
Tagalogs in the Philippines and the Chi
nesa in the Boxer rebellion, and on ta
the battles of the World war. I can see
how the science of killing men has lm
proved. I hope we are through with
war, but I suppose If my country be
came Involved In another war, I would
be as anxious ss ever to be in a uni
form, serving under Old Glory once
, . IDAHO
Permission has been granted the Beiaa
independent school district to raise tha
tax levy for 11Z1-Z3 to la mine.
The Oregon Snort Line Railroad com
pany haa begun construction . or. new
depots at Georgetown and TutUe.
Eighteen hundred cars of potatoes.
cherries, early apple and peaches were
shipped out oi loano up to aanaay
night.
A rental of tl win be charged students
of the Boise high school this yaar for
the us of text books during the school
year.
Captain Winters ls putting machinery
on his mining properties at FeathervUle
and will employ a large Xprce el men
in development.
The body of John McClatn. eon ef Mrs.
H. McClaln, who fell at Beileau Wood
June I. lilt, has arrived at Hebokea,
N. J-, and will be sent to Boise tor
burial.
One hundred .and slxty-slx acres of
timber land, bordering on Coeur d'Alene
lake, a part of the University or Idaho
school lands, were sold Monday ta J.
M. Carey for l0.
To increase the consumption of con
fectionery, candy men are going to have
a candy day in Idaho. October a. A
fund of $15,000 has been raised to pro
mote the observance ef the day.
It name, "phrenosooper exactly de
scribes, a new French X-ray lnstru
ment to those who . have a knowledge
of the dead languages, for the term
is composed of two Greek words mean
Ing a view or survey of the mind or
diaphragm, and this, says Popular
Mechanics, ls-precisely the purpose of
the instrument. It makes possible
radloscoptc view of any opaque ob
ject, and In the case of the human
body enables one to see distinctly the
diaphragm the v membrane that sep
arates the chest from the abdomen.
dividing thus the body into two com
partments. This membrane, although
very slender, is muscular. -. and It
vibrates constantly under the action
of respiration. It is claimed that
these movements of the diaphragm act
in unison with the mind, or brain,
and therefore a study of the diaphragm
In this manner makes possible an
analysis that Is mental as well as
physical. Indeed ,the French originator
of the Instrument asserts -that he can
read the character of any human being,-
when placed behind the screen of
his instrument so that the diaphragm
is fully exposed to view. . That there
is some basis for this assertion 1 has
been definitely proved by ' a . number
of actual tests that were very suc
cessful. . 4, . . J - .
pestition that wasn't religious but Jlst
political. My . Grandson, Jerry, was
a-readln outer a big book about them old
Roman statesmana ' that couldn't keep
the people on the land nor the land
outer the clutches of grabbers and spec
tator a, tilt bya by her come the Gauls
and Franks and beat 'em up. That's
why. I reckon, we've got so much gall
in the American people, and so many
fellers named Frank.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
Down In Mexico some of them there
religious fanatic Injuns - uster .-whip
Oieirselves to death with a crowd
acquit herself creditably as a - repre-1 p-iookip' on. Whole nations of people has
tentative nouL or women - ana o- , the same thing, foilerin
PORTLAND'S STRATEGIC MISTAKE
Frost- tha Pendleton Xaat Oresaalaa
"Wa often fall by looking far and wide
for what' lies close at hand." is a bit of
wisdom Oregon people and especially
Portland people might weU ponder over.
The city of Portland is making he role
efforts ia pursuit of aa elusive ocean
commerce. Millions are being expended
Id dock improvements and la dredging
a channel that shoals during every
spring iresnet. However, the expense
may well be worth while. That ls not
for this paper to aay.
But the East Oregonlan is convinced
that if Portland would devote an equal
amount of energy to promotion of hydro
electric development ia the Columbia
basin there would be no uncertainty
about the results and those results
would be especially beneficial to the
metropolis. When a territory is devel
oped within itself nothing can take that
business away. -
Freaa tha kaa FraacaEav Can
- I love him. . I have always loved htm
and I always shall tove him, I cannot
him up. 1 shall .not give him up.
We never had a word in all the 14 years
we lived together. We were real sweet
hearts. I never called him anything but
loving names and every wish of his wa
to me a law. How can tear him from
my heart and give him up now, even
If he did cast m offf
"Sire, I beseech you to pity me. a
woman and a stranger, without an as
sured friend and without even aa Indif
ferent counsellor. I taka God to wit
neat that I have always been to you a
true aad loyal wife, that I made it my
constant duty to seek your pleasure, that
I have loved an whom you loved, whether
I have reason or not, whether they are
friends t me or foe. I have be air your
wife for yearn. I have brought you
many children. If there be any off ansa
which can be alleged against me I con
sent to depart with infamy ; if not, then
I pray you to do me Justice.'
The first of . these paragraphs was
spoken ia HU ia a court of San Fran
cisco by Julia, the win of the manager
of a telegraph company. The second
was spoken in 1529 by a wemaa named
Catharine when her husband, Heary the
Eighth, was seeking to divorce her. The
first' is sharp and ejacuiatlve and hys
terical, not delicately rounded and cal
culated for effect.' but coming starkly
from the woman's hps t the printed
page. The other paragraph has been
shaped and smoothed by four centuries
of historians and commentators: it Is
probably not exactly In the words of
Queen Catharine,- But what real d!f
fere nee can anyone , find between ' the
hearts of these two .wives on of Ban
Francisco, the other of London ; one ef
today, on ef four centuries ago?
What I Ukm Bit
In Thm Journal
Has your opinion appeared la
this column ? Send it with name
and address.
JAMES GILL. (51 Clacka
mas street The sporting sec
tion. Sirs, moore. ss East
Eighty -third street Fred
Lockleya stories.
W. O. TURKINGTON. 1247
Wllber street The Journal,
because it Is a good news
paper from start to finish.-
MRS. B. TTLER. 124S De
troit avenue Especially In
terested in the editorials, but
regard the entire paper -aa
very much above the ordi
nary. H. D. SMITH. 1171,. East
Nineteenth street The edi
torial page is the best among
all tha paper I know.
F. A. HAGER. 1013 East
Nineteenth street north It
is the best paper In Portland.
Have taken it for 12 years.
W. HICKET. 10SS East
Twenty - first street north
Tne editorials are fine. I like
the letters from the people.
S. HUTCHINSON. ISIS East
Twentieth street north The
Journal U not partial to any
one and has the Interest of
Portland at heart.
MRS. OLIVE LIVERS. IS2
Harney avenue The Oregon
City news in the first edition.
MRS. W. Y: NEILD. X7U;
East Fifteenth street The'
. local news and "Bringing Up
Father."
MRS. H E. SELLWOOD,
21 Umatilla avenue X ta
joy the editorials most.
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