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THE OREGON "DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON WEDNESDAY.' SEPTEMBER 7. " liZV a rvprjKvrrvT tkwspafkh' U n. JACKSON , ......... Publisher ( B catao. fc confident, b ebeearol end do into ethuro ee.yea would bare 'oem oe sale . , , . riliun4 every Hk day and Bnnday noroioe A iw wnj ww.wua, wiwuwi maw - hill atre. Portland. Ttm. ; r knlerrd at tli frwtoffice at I'orUiod. Grecoo. tor treannnaioa tknmfb th will aa opart Ii.Lti'UON6 aisio 717J, AuLom.uc 680 61. .AH -rirtjem wtM dt twt rnimbn. nATIONAL Al'VkRTl.-n.Vi Ti E Ben timin A kmrnor Co.. Bniinral tmlldtns. 125 Fifth arena. New forks 00 Mallenlraflmnc, Chicago. PAt'lrill COAST HtPKESK-STAUVE W. B. Baranerr C.. giaaalaer buildmc,. Sal - Fnav '; Title Immnix bulliint, Loa Antelee; r-t- mtmrmm n-inmi. Beettie. OBKNU.N JOUU.NAL mna the riiht to tt adrertiuai cooy which it de-mia ob Jertionable. It aba wiQ not print any copy thai in id 7 way eiaralatae rudin matter or that cannot readily ba reootniicd aa adrtr- tiRinf. i . klRHCBlPTKJN BATES By Carrier, City and Country DAILY ANP BUS DAT On week... . . .$ .IS On month. ... .1 .68 DAILT 8UNDAX Wmi I .10 I Om week t .0 n month,..". .45 I 31 MAIU ALL ATES PAT ABLE IX ADVANCE DA11.I A.MI SUNDAX na year. ..,,-,18.00 It BOOLM. . . . 1.21 DAILT (Without Sunday) 'Vr year. .... .11.00 hu aonth..... I IS rtarc Binniha. . 1.7 J line month 60 WKTKI.T (Krery M'edneadayV 'hi year tl 00 Hi mnnthe .-. . .10 That ratea apr-ly only la tha Weal Rale to Eastern pnaiu fnmiahed on appllca- . 'lorn, Mike remittance by Honey Order, tipnu order or lh-a't ir your pmtamc la not money-order office 1 or 2-raut atanp will ha wrepted, Make all rrmittancea payable to Tor Journal, Portland, Oregon. Tbra sionthg.. .12.21 Oh mouth ft 8 UN DAT (Only! . On year 13.00 Hit month. . . . 1.75 Three man tha. . . 1.00 WEEKLY AND SUNDAY. On year. 13.50 Portland 1b a just ' protest and It should be made unlversat and thun derous. ' . courts as a sort, of j harmless Joke that the Oklahoma mob action nas resulted. Every one- of i these mob manifestations is "protest against The Astoria Y. M. C. A. has closed. I the interminable delava and everlast- "No funds" is the explanation. There j ln quibbles and technicalities in the are several institutions -which a city I administration, of the law. Mob ac- canpot! afford to keep closed ', per-1 tion Is a most . dangerous thing, . be manenjtly The Y, M- C A; is ne cause of the innocent who ma be of them. , The reopening of the As-1 made to suffer aid that is why law toria association- will be Interpreted I enforcement upon the guilty should outsid as a mark of Improvement be effective. in general conditions. LUDLOW AND AFTER lars have been- put In circulation in ! among the American people that the way this city by this restored and growing ocean business. M The j larger com merce of the. port, is an .important factor in saving this t city from ' the depressing effects : of the . business and industrial situation .so keenly felt in all other American cities. - PROM BEHIND PRISON BARS THE richest man in the world la walls, 1 establishing a great hospital in China. To put the plan into opera 17 VEST, manacles. " prison -I-' prison bars and the closest sur velllance do not. stifle the ingenuity I tion, his son recently sailed .from . . . . . , . ... .. men. ixvy uiruucr flu reqenuy i Vancouver witn a retinae ot sur and .repeatedly .demonstrated ' that! geons. scientists, nurses and other fact on the Pacific coast. On the J experts. Atlantic seaboard, three inmates off. It is a splendid purpose. ' China Sing Sing have mulcted persons out- needs that sort of thing. The great side of the prison out of 514,000 in J hospital, with its efforts for suffer the last two months. ling humanity,-, will tend to create a The Sing Sing convicts deal with j greater sympathy and concord ' be forged j. checkB. Blank prison checks Hween .China and;Amerlca. they stole from the comptroller of 4 V But where and how did this rich Sing Smg. The name of the warden est' man get the money? His son was forged, the checks carried the I recently had published in the spurious indorsements of firms doingi newspapers a statement saying his business with the prison, and pre-1 father's personal fortune was less sumably, with the aid of accomplices! than a billion dollars. That state- out side, the checKs were cashed, ment Involuntarily carries with it Even confinement in prison failed to I the recollection of the Xudlow mas- protect; the public from the misdi- sacre, and the industrial feudalism rected artistry of, the Sing Sing forg-j practiced by the ..Rockefeller inter- ers. i I ests in Colorado, where the state erov. What a loss it is to society when t emment . practically abdicated its men who have the ingenuity to over- j sovereignty and filled the ranks of come all the handicaps that the ex-1 the state militia with the hired gun perienqe bf centuries has been able! men of the industrial baron, all wih to throw in their way, become the I the knowledge and documentary foes rather than aids ot humanity! I proof of the cooperation of the young what a leakage there is in the eco-j man who , has gone to China to es nomlc i life of the country when 1 tablish the great international hos thousands of capable beings adopt J pital. the primrose path! It is one of the) The hospital is a. splendid -enter pressing problems with which ' so-j prise, but it is only a dole given back ciety has to deal, and one in which j for the millions unjustly wrung from the schools and the homes of the workers. Will not every brick in the to deal with Japaa ia to treat nev aa a member of the feUowahip of nations and not as a vague peruY . r Anv' reasonable agreement that ahaD remove causes of friction in the Far Eaat win be accepted by the American delegation. In the opinion or the Syra cuse . post-Standard (Rep.). . ""It may COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF The Journal haa lonr aarued for I even agree, in terms that admit no dis- t 1 note, to eanal righU ia the Panama jiunureua ox otumns ox appeals in advocacy, of maritime trade. A long-time dream of many Port! landers is coming to fulfillment, Letters Fom the People WHEN EAST AND ; WEST MIET Discussing Lloyd George's Suggestion of an Understanding Between Great ' Britain. America and. Japan, the Editors Respond With Seme Ac tive Opposition; Still Less Ac tive Approval, But Mainly the Manifestation of a Desire "to Be Shown. - I ComaraDtcattana ernt to Tha Joarmal foe pablteatioa IB tbia aVpartment ahoUd bo vrittea on only one aide of the paper: aboold not exceed : SMALL CHANGE . ; -Gardner Is not ma mnrh Kom ukb Plain earn foot. '- . - ' What domain la It that tha ehsvM room ruler rules? " That new doer r n-nrhj ta rn. dlan border will swing both ways. o . .-. 'Man should be lmmtino tn Iha Imm of eaiousy after Urine; amid it for 10 yeara. . ' ,'. Roy Gardner was evidently Uught writer. wbee aaa addreea k tall wat aoeoav determined man.; paiv ta oatnkBUoa.J - Dajly Editorial Plgeet (OoaaeUdatad Praea Aaaotaatioa) , The reaponae of the American press to Uoyd George's tentative suggestion of j an "understanding' between the United BONDS AND EXCESS PROFITS Government Would Issue Former, But - Fails. to Collect Latter. Portland. Sept Ter the Editor of The .Journal Permit me space in your widely read, esteemed, and influential paper to call attention to two news items of recent date. From one item the administration states the necessity of issuing a sew bond, series, to the How many thousand children w-nl H- io "i niter noon : 'Well, wnat did you team in acnool today?" t e Goodnesa what a ha Hal of vkL- there'll be when the Austrian and Hun garian armies ineet on the battlefield. - o - Inasmuch aa ana has bin it-r null fn- the price of passage, -Pullman" ia aa good a name aa any for eleeping can. - Seems to us that President Harding ' ; SIDELIGHTS ' s- ' . ; Roaeberg la cerUUnly on the map juat now. But It took a murder case to ac complish the face Roaeourg Jssws-Ka- view, ' It took aa It mentha te lick the Oer raaa array and nearly throe years to writs a treaty, which all goes to show that the En la mightier (hen the . sword. Blue ountaln Eagle. -..-- . . , O O v. The San Francisco rent who after 00.004 for the Portland mail team is not as crazy aa first thought the owners of the Portland ball team refuse to take iU Medf ord Mall-Tribune. -The aiual oasnaHiaa are reported for the hunting season and women are not doing the hunting either. If they were the men would advocate ' taking away their licenses. Beaton, counry courier. VHr?vml rnmrnittMinil Ralph WU- llama has ordered Hoik county 'Prunes for shipment to President riareing auia a number of senators. Prune iuice would hA better beonune It mlrht Instill " aome pep into the admin is Ira tion. Eugene Guard. . ... i We have this morning a circular "sug- aroount of $7,500,006,000. Another Item e ,ealL more work than he has says front $300,000,000 te $409,000,000 j yitulSeaf tou' we,k-nd ficiariea, on excess profits, has not been I 8ometimea we think we'd be better to and cannot, now. be collected be-1 employ the ingenuities of some of our States, Great - Britatnand Japan. a J cause It ia outlawed, being over three ffi'i" ?JAdo" lasted of conCn summed up by the New York Tribune I years alnce due. As to the nrst item Rep.), consists of "an active opposition, would it not be helpful te the people II, . The real trouble with the world today and. to a lesser degree, an active ap- instead of issuing Interest bearing bonds, ( not that there isn't money enough to provaL But the prevailing mood seems the same kind, of issue' were forthcoming go around, but that there isn't character to be one ot listening ravoraniy, put wiin i which jtncoltw ana cnase gave, ounng enough to go around. hesitation against acceptance.- ; I the Civu war toeee. tne eountry s neea "- -i" - e t , - ? I at that time and which bore no Interest v. . thn-n -niomai were not redeemable la gold and which Jefferson," continues, the Tribune. "- paid U ebts. public and private, and thor of the document that broke former, custom duties and interest onpublle ties. Bald a hundred years ago that it debt? We hea much about the Lincoln would ereativ delieht him to have an spirit, of today. Pare Harding skew it alliance with Great Britain that noth- by advising action n this way, and so .i u 4k,.t k I antra tti thin tTtMt thn neorila from tha ,l""r." .1. :r, i i;. San Francieco. is registered at the Mult peace and the triumph of Uberal Ideas." Plying aa increase of the cJrcuUUng me- nomah, and Is here to make an investl- T7- n t ..vi. win,r nf dlum nnd dallvranen from further in- gatlon Of and report UPOB the iron de- the Providence Journal (Ind.). which terest burdeMT Now. as. to the second hfVn60,,0',,?0?; v. fh--t 1 t. t n .str .h inatitnrjui mii. I known as the Iron Crest. Bunker Hill Oct J 9 1 I IllUtU aaO fcUWl lain axaiaae. i cwus wmi wt piiaw w nv aiaHwwvwe ' . , . . . - . r,riuwfri or-ment for th eocted and made noeaible the oassare ef nd Ladyamlth propertiea He reporta . t r nnrl leEinlarirbv which ham -endured It nriMi-1 tht these deposits OOnsistS Of decom .nn..n tn . in the-n wHnnal under-1 ble for nnnatrlatie. uanrlnciDled nlun- Poecd basalt In the form of a large standings and ententes the promise of I derers of the masses ef the people to earlier and more effective result. ' Etsted for editorial reference", ana en titled. -Let's Give a Thourht to Cuba. We might feel more like doiar so It we did net remember what Cuba did to us In the way of sugar prices a year agov Bend Bulletin. . ' The Pioneer had added a yenng lady to its staff. The experiment ha proved successful. One of the benefits is the improvement of the language of the irate uheeriner who comes to teu US hi a- opin ion of eornelhinar we have written. Hoi alia Pioneer. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town The Oregon Country thwtaveat Bapwmrnn ta BrW rra Bar tae Walter J. Cook, consulting engineer for the Pacific, Coast Steel company of nation are the first line of defense. i" Itota enriona to note tha old ea marzina' t ef human thouahtl Each aubaidine century rereala anm new myntery; we build where monatera UMd to kudo UiemielTea. Ling f ellew. . T great building cry out against the dead' at Ludlow and the warped and narrowed lives in the Colorado mines? ' Great wealth is ho crime. Capital is a factor in making the wheels gq round. It is the manner In which If Bill Nye could have lived to 1 hear what a Kansas stenographer did, to j his name in transcribing it from her notes the other day, he would have had the greatest of all themes; for his humor. She wrote j some wealth is wrung out of man It Dllini. I kind that is wrnnr. The nrnhlsm of accumulating wealth by fair means and driving out the unfair ways, is one that America will some time solve. THE MCNEIL DRAMA THE FIGHT FOR SHIPS TN HIS escape from McNeils island A Roy Gardner added a postiude to adramatic career. He made fact out-dramatize fiction. Nor was h lacking a motif. He showed again I Many papers interpret "understand ing" to mean in effect "alliance" and in voke both tradition and- present condi tions against it. "Who Is to control this political combination, which, as Admiral Sims put it, is 'to run this round globe T " blanket and covering a considerable T,.n ,.i. v.M m.-a itntii, I air. uwii company is aeepiy in- dating the- war burdens f Surely none tare-ted in an adequate and suitable oreJ should be allowed to escape this, any ZZlvlf ' X. , vl lla ," more than should army slackers escape t buslnesa It has for some time punishrq-nt No, not even to the day ..I1" 5W roce for of their. death, mueh lea at the end of three years, dodging the tax - collector. asks the Newark (N. X) News (Ind ). What say your readers te this attitude? as the United States, or Great Britain, to be the tail of this high-flying kitet Are we to take orders from the White House, or Downing Street?" "England, America and Japan-a strong combina tion," comments the Philadelphia Public Ledger (Ind.), "but there is a tomorrow, with a resurrected Russia and a rejuve nated Germany and a changing Old World to consider. J.ohn Williams. ELECTRICAL LICENSES One Who Was Delinquent Mildly Criti cises the State Labor Commission. Portland, Aug. $L To the Editor ef The Journal -Allow me just a few words to express myself a protest against the production of an -elastic ateel for use in the construction of h'igh tension power towers and has perfected a product which stands a test of 4S.000 pounds to the square inch as against 15.000 pounds tested by eastern made steel. Aa a result hie company has secured a large con tract, one reason for its present interest in the Oregon iron propertiea. e e e , Tom Handley, corporation commis sioner, was a Portland visiter for a short time Tuesday while enroute home Justice; Wallace -Mount. of th su preme court t Jthe state oT Wash ington was one of several Oregon group, and immediately silent forces are loosed and begin building combinations against the first great group.v England and America "would in all probability Mtrlrm rt9 4Ka afmt latHm MtmmlBAlnll In Form one great. prcf errlBB; charges and prosecutiag me from Rockaway beach where he has been for failure to renew my state license promptly.- "This license expired June 0, spending his vacation. W. SHIPS that entered and cleared th a.'reater love for liberty than for - n t JusticeshiDs find themselves often agreeing inoppo- Portlnnd herhor lat ver Wf W I law." He could flout law with a reck- fU"S W".50S! to"cesmPS sition to Japan," the Sioux City Tribune TT T... T 1 T - and along with several other, I was de- Untrecr. of Rnle" a rTeTat llnquent in renewing the same. I m L, Multnomah whUa transacting buai- J Portland harbor last year left 'here Haw. He could flout law with a reck $13,000,000 .in the purchase of sup-1 less smile. He could face his cap piles and Incidentals. Ships In the tors with the same v unperturbed harbor now increase the local circu lation of money by more than $1, 000,000 a month; . ; . The merchandise manager of a de partment storethays he does not need face. He could dodge among a hail of bullets with an abandoned cour age " which . showed that he only nlartarl a volita urtAn liA or 1 o rrrh lo.wu ; v Ufvu a a x. v a ty y. I xpai. n . wouio Doastiuuy gam Die te read the shipping newsUo: knowlwith. fre. biasing mouths of high that a new ship has arrived. He can tell by the daily business reports of his store. The manager of a 5. and 10 cent store gives similar testimony. A butcher finds that his business is ma terially increased by the patronage from ships and that it Is worth his while to meet them near the mouth of the river with supplies of fresh meat. Ordinarily the idea is that ships' chandlers and others of thtir kind are the first to put Into circulation money distributed from ships., but as a matter of fact clothiers, produce dealers, grocers, Jewelers, find them selves dealing directly, and profit ably, . With sailors and officer-. 'The stimulus of ships to business, aside from the value of their cargoes, is one of the influences that has saved Portland from feeling as keen- powered rifles rather than remain an incarcerate. ' There is np evidence that Gardner knew his chances for escape were better,: when .once outside prison walls, at McNeils island, than In the comparatively well settled country around! Centralia and Chehalis. Apr patently he found or made another chance at a get-away and took ad vantage of it-V But jthe country in the vicinity of the! federal prison is wilderness untamed except along the shores of Puget Sound. In the vicinity of McNeiljT - island are Anderson,. Fox, Kettron and other; islands. Fox island is the moife populous. But Its interior is just about, as it was in aboriginal dayiv The natural growth in the highest court of that state, and.) thinks, thus srivine Britain an ally One was former Justice Stephen J. I within an alliance, or "in other words, Chadwick, recently resigned, and for- America would pluck Britain's chest-. , . . . . . i nuts out oi tne lire, mo reverse 01 una merly of Marion county, and another Lituatlon t0 the Memphis Corn- is Justice Mark Fullerton,. formerly mercial Appeal (Dem.) as at present de- or Kenton county,. Ail, in their ju- I sirablei "The most persistent prophets ot dicial work and in their character the coming war are Kngusn pumicisw. Q j rioj; i.. I The English government can prevent and Standing aa citisenJ. , have re- trouWe tweea the United States and fleeted high credit. on tha state of japan. Will the English politicians do their birth. t. ' . . tit! We will see during the next four ij.f y --v l mnBtha." The "greater understanding" la no llkeiy r 06 reanzea- tne tnaia- natvella'Blar lna: Rep-)) thinka "If It Invoices anything reeembUng an ant CUTTING BUILD tNO COSTS TI7HEN Puget "Sound . epptractpra -ance, because "there are few policies on " underbid .Portland con trActOTSl h tha people, of this country are $6000 on the construction of certain ?rey .un", portable schopj buildinga the, wonder, "it ia TmpoTtant." observes the Chatta grew as to howJ the buUderato the Ineoaa News (Dam.), "that these three north could tin the wnrk at Ipsa oor I shall reach a--friendly understanding re v, .nM T-4in i-..ti j s . . r i raraiHK issues in mo rnr-caow vui i With becoming intelligence, the ance would impress others as having a Portland school beard investigated, I purpose to impose its will In matters and. after investigation: set about to I wherein other ations might have inter ests. Tne riaruora lumnjj rimes " ly as many other American cities the fates Westward.; and only a narrow " . I At - i - X IA i. 1 passing business depression. The s growing effect of this stimulus has been perfectly manifest as the fleet of arriving vessels increased. , To make this condition permanent and to add strength to the American merchant marine, the Columbla , Pacific company was organized and financed locally. After showing larger returns than other companies operating government vessels, the Columbia-Pacific is ordered by a Shipping Board subordinate to turn everNorth China bookings to the . Admiral line of the Pacific Steam ship company. When the Columbia- Pacific line was authorized to take the North China route, nobody thought It could succeed. The . South China field, which was closed to the Columbia-Pacific do the work by day's labor, under direction of its own superintend ent. As a result, the portables were built at. even a smaller cost than the low Puget pound bid. The board has now set about to do on all Is dense and to be penetrated the pig ln the way be cause the bids of Portland contrac tors were considerably higher than the official estimates of the cost. The contractors are not satisfied with these processes, r ' But the public is pot displeased. Indeed, there will be general ap proval of the action of the board. offering no excuse, however, for my tardineas in not . renewing this license promptly, I do wish to can attention. however, to the fact that X am the only j companied by her dapghter Helen, are one ia Multnomah county to be prose-at the Imperial for a. abort visit in the cuted for the offense, and also . te tne city. ncaa in ruruai)(. . - .-.: e Mrs. U. G. Dubach of Corvallia ac- only With difficulty. The mainland is not ftr away.. JIale's passage pene- strlp divides its extremity from the unbelievably wild country beyond Hood's canal In the Olympic, penin It Is a region where natural life abounds, but where even residents of thej. district must watch trails closely: if they would avoid confu sion. 1 As soon as Roy Gardner disap peared in the belt of woods near the prison he again became a more dramatic figure than fiction has portrayed- a wild, lawless character, in a wlldf . almost mtatnabie fastness, seeking no harm for' others but, for himself the liberty he had forfeited It was a 'blacksmith's hammer in the Chemawa homicide. It was s a better I VJ . v.. .v.j -" field and was given to the Pacific Steamship company, and If the same 'business intelligence were applied as that used by the . Columbia-Pacific the South China line. Instead of yielding a deficit, would be the bet- ter paying enterprise. Is the method chosen by the sub ordinate of the Shipping Board the true way to encourage home-organ lsed steamship lines? To help strengthen the govern meat's efforts at establishing a mer killing j takes on some unexpected phase. Was this one of the murders that the death penalty was to pre vent r- RECKLESS FLYING A ' MASSACHUSETTS j u d g e has --A- fined an aviator 150 for reckless driving!. The aviator had flown over a beach at an altitude of less than 100 feet. The Judge held that the low altitude endangered the" Uvea of t t; TtamrtnlaSt ! tr Vl aa aVfnaxeawtrl In A a rvi VI m ' as ant tnevlnai tnarfX V ra as kaan . I r F r. v,, ." '.I; "wulth. plane might fall at any moment. vujm.v .i- .... a.u.u snippers p,, therefore the pilot was tullty of to una home.nraranlrerl imiii n , " service.; :Ther"' has ' been universal response" to that - appeal... Store shelves are -being stocked from the holds of sea craft,, Cirgper and pack-; age shipments, are ..brought, !direct Into this port by those- who formerly imported ibrugh ther portau ; Ap v initial khlpmenvai 8 bags of coffee- for-Joeay'dtatruttorTi reached Portland a, few day jag"! yfa, tqa Pa clf ic-ArtnUhft-Braii serVfce, 'therf . by ffu1n tha ; hoith';that cof fee importations- niust Ve? handled through - som other port. : j i : After Portland people have become interested In a locally owned steam ship line and. aroused to the point of makings that line profitable. Is it not a rank In justice for k subordinate of the Fhlpplnflr Jloard to ask them to-change their bookings ta a com petltlve llneT' The' risintf protest of reckless aviation. Flytng is" nbt as; yet eBtlre!y"feife. The frequency with which fatal-.ac cidents are recorded is proof of 'that contention Most air accidents te suit in fatalities and, with a plane at an altitude of- 16ft feet ahsve'er dens cr0wd, there; ia t tndted. danger of heavy easualties There ha been an' appear irr the Msssachusette tase. , Perhans t be Judge, under the law! will be aver (puled. ; But, as .to 'the-soawdness ef th prjnciplt be espoused 4pT fixing sentence-a-that th ere -Js-dangeTt Tinder the conditions existant at the Massa chusetts -beaf r.there can'. be. no A" whipping hy a" mob; was" ad ministered two prisoners held in. Jail for stealing aiit'omobiles.. Auto steal Ing has been . aq long regarded by (Deni-) says: "So far as our member ship in an alliance with Japan and Eng land is concerned, the Idea Is repug nant. That indeed would be an alli ance '.of -the most dangerous type, be cause It invites the formation of a stronger alliance In opposition." e Opposition te a renewal of the Anplo Japanese alliance Is found in the Chi cago Tribune (Ind. Rep.), which is con vinced that "we are the people whom Japan finds in possession of the lands it wants," and "whom Great Britain finds in Its way as the world power in finance": and it sees in the renewal of the alliance "not an expression of senti ment" hut a nnmiua "to attain an ob- Publie money is' a trust fund. The I lect or' maintain status." The Boston school money is not the board's Transcrlpt(Ind. Rep.), emphasizing the money. If the hoard did otherwise. than make the money go as far as IoP British government to give a possible, i would be subject to criti- more convincing proof of its willlng cism. It "has before it the problem nesa to make concessions than by pub of straitened finances, with more He- .lLrfJL0!L mands than it has money to meet. lBt, ern0ire to Japan." The Baltimore The vote, of the people 1 refusing to I Jfews (Ind.) 'thinks : "The best hope of authorise an;jncreaed appropria-1 swutioa ues m a quaarupie agreement. tion for school purposes was a man- " " "B"?Z j . . . - .i..ai j t. - " -v -. ' ' . K" , tu inane every i ner economic life, and giving China suf dollar of school money go as far as I flclent guarantee to insure a decent na Dossibie and. in dolne oublic work tionhood. But the possibility of such an at th lowest possible cost, th. board SSSL yVZ members are adhering closely to the i-h euaport for our position and the de- public demand. I nunciatloh of the Anglo-Japanese alli- PAonle cannot Vo on ? indcfiniteW anca Failing that, there would remain lK"" "-- aoTwernent w-hlek would amount in all such, extreme limits quriag tn war probability to a partition of China or The money with which taxes are paid has to be earned. Men and women have to vrork for it 'Mt is an inexorable toll out of their wages. Even jropertyiess -rent payer are else a deadlock, which could issue only in eur withdrawal from the open door policy er a Japanese war A large group of newspapers, like the New "York Globe (Ind.), fail to see in amount of the fine that the district at torney recommended I should pay. $25. The amount ef the license is $15, thus making the fine $10 mere than the license. Only a few days previous to my arrest I signed a personal surety bond for an other , electrical- firm who had not yet renewed their ncense, ee X am net speak ing at tandem wbetrT state that others also were awnfluent. you wll , under stand that I am not a tnember c-t any electrical association or combine in this city, and that I have opposed any asso ciation that would tend t control prices, for several- years, during which time I have unmistakably Joined the majority ot dealers tn the electrical business. For two years! it waa practically impossible fof ine; to obtain supplies- from the local wholesale houses, apparently because of my independent, above-board methods of doing bustnesa Mr. Aiken, representa tive of the state labor commission, at least, was employed by one of the va rious dealers. I hope that Mr. Aiken, win not let bis personal feelings or sym pathies influence him in any way in per forming the duties of his office, and that alt electrical men will get a fair and square deal, whether or not they belong to an association of soma sort. if there are electricians doing installing of wires or apparatus In the city ef Portland without a state license, and Mr. Aiken does net knew ef them, it is because he does not care te know, aa every electrician in this city la compelled to take out a city license and Is regis tered. Outside of being an extra burden for the people to carry and to create a few Jobs for seme who might otherwise be failures 04 account of lack of ability, cannot ae the good that this state license is doing. Personally, I do not know of a single Inspection having been maae ny the state of electrical tastaUa tions, so that the standard ef work is not being raised en out of town work aa would be the case if these inspections were mane. This being the ease, what becomes ef this $11 every electrician is supposed to contribute 7 Answer above. - . Stanley Luts. A FRIEND OF QB WHITE Newbenb Aug. $9.-To he Editor of The journal There is no mere "sport" m snooting a Bob White than a clay pigeon, .and net enough meat to pay for the ammunition. The value of a quail to a farmer is vgriouslr estimated from to- JS per annum. Can one have his farm made a game- refuge for quail of all kinds and all birds except pheasants? That is the thing to do, provided authori ties tall to act, JphnU. Smith. A L. Burk of Baker Is at (he Ben son ror a business visit in Portland. R. & Sheridan, propria tor of the Capi tal News of Boise la at the Maltonomah accompaaled by Mrs. Sheridan.- They plan to spend several days in the dry. air. bnenaan brings the news that hia district ia full of money "now aa the re sult of bountiful crepe ; thaV fruit haa done well and the farmers are expecting good prices for the potatoes and all other produce of the season. Senator W. T. Vlntoa of McMtnavlIle was. a Portland visitor yesterday, having come to the city to attend the land fraud trial in the federal court He spent hla spare momenta rreetln- political friends and cronies about the Imperial looDy. n connaea -taai pa la not sure about hs desire. ts be a candidate for tne senate to succeed hunjeu. hla term being en the was a e The Seward la hoet fer Reverend and Mrs. J. B Coan of Mtaaoula. I. N. Hughea of Helena, W. L. Reid of Butte and J. II. Dills ef Wheeler. Wash. AU the gentlemen are In Portland to at tend a meeting of the Methodist con ference, see E. w. Haines, former resident ef Washington county but now of Port land, has rernrrred from 'hts farm near Camas, Wash., where he haa beeq making bay In large pile while the run Is shining, ' e . a e Mr. and Mra George 8. Race, of Cor vallia are at the Oregon for a Portland visit. a e a Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Johnson, of Cor vallia, are registered at the Seward for a few daya , , - OREGON w Free mafi deliver- started at Tnde. pendence last week. One carrier Is em ployed. . - . ... ' 7 The Weorfhura praateffVe la amore tbe vacanciea listed la a reoeal WaahiAgtoa dispatch. . - - : - - ;-,.-' ' The annnal rwnnleei 4 tk UrJt River County Pioneer society will be beM Bat-' , urday, BeptecrTber IT. . . The Reedrport Plantar raliL centre-ed by fire never ai months ago, la being r-- ouiit. iu aew piani wui employ men. Union eeunrv"a wheat vield twarteaT' 1.12t.iiQ bushels, although to daya are the crop waa estimated at liO.&jO buahela Mine Virginia BJgga. a Roaeberg baak clerk, sustained a broken collarbone ' when she fell out of bed la the midst ef ' a dream. - . Between 1S.000 and 'tO.eee head of. sheep and about 1100 head cf cattle are graalng this season en the Cascade na- . Uonal orest. i , .. J Five rural school teachers "are needed ' to complete the personnel of the teach fttg staffs of the various country school dis tricts of Linn county. Hop contracts sggregatlnr ' pounds, at price quoted at tlVi to Ji cents a pound, have been filed la the re corder's office at Aurora. T. J. Flippln Jr.. agricultural agent for Columbia, oonnty, haa -estswed. and will leave soon tor Madison, Wia, to take a special course ta farm engineer ing. The large ' mill ef the Tuft Lumber onenpeny at Beek ntattott, on the Ceea Bay branch of the Southern Pacific, baa resumed opera tion. after having beta closed a number of weeka. With a month more ef the present ana son in sight, there have bene I4.0OS cases of blackberries received by the Eugene Fruit Growers' senna tion. while the total receipta last year ware bat tc cases. The Linn oountv Pomona rraaee ta advocating the recall of the county o ra mie tone ra on the ground that the court haa not handled county funds property, particularly wit reference te read im provement. Airplane forest ftra observers eert mt Eugene en bunday spotted II fires a the south patrol and five on the northers route, tne most tn a single day since the ' middle ef the summer. Neae of them waa serious. CI tl aeon of the Upper wulanette rteea eountry have rajneal ITS. ta winch the avugens chamber er comrrteroe tin added i-i. te be used te phetograph the aeenie beauties of the upper riar for advertis ing purposes. WABHINOTOX A The Da Ten do rt eeheot board haa re duced tha raneral school lavr from 11 te 1 mil la Forty-one bundles eermlta for Im- Brovemeotn, totalllnr tlt.100, were aaaued t Walla Walla during August. Weeatchee sckeel district direct ere have adopted a budget calling for a re ducUos free- li nulla to I W mills. Fire ef unknown origin destroyed the. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OE. THE JOURNAL MAN r 7-r- By Fred Lockley compelled t help pay the taxes In the -Anglo-Japanese alliance a "weapon increased rents. Nobody escapes. It is a merciless , drahf on human en deavor, and leakage or wastage in the application of public funds. Is im moral and" unpardonable. - The intent of iho master, of the Effingham to flsM?Portlahd, Oregon, 1925" at his masthead Euro pean porta which his craft will enter T1?!8-!. T71 i, Is not only a mighty good Idea, but against the United States" or in the "un derstandine" proposed a violation of tra dition.. "With a thorough 'understand- ing- between the three powers, an all ance of two of them is unnecessary," la the opinion of the Pittsburg Iran (Dem.), which adds that "as long s that alli ance stands a complete understanding will be very difficult." The Beaten Her aid (lad. Rep.) sees "no yirent in the (Anglo-Japanese alliance. The British States does not desire an alliance with any nation, but does, desire a clear and honest understanding with all the great nations en the Pacine and armament auestiona. The Detroit Free Press (Ind.). deprecating a tripartite ailtanee, nevertheless believes "the purpose of the conference" Is "to reach ftn understand ing upon Pacific problems end per haps mHESH are the figures of Portland vhen that understanding to reached X tonnare. in and outbound r.I Japan can be persuaded te regard u aa a tip for all other vessels whose operators are friendly t the North west 4 , -i'-T- i ' i - - v A PREAM POULNQ TPUJ3 Augtist. ?0, and August, 1921: , O at boa ad .. .. Foreign -Ton- Cast- Ton- TL ton Aug. snips, nage. wise. tra-e. nage. Intelligent person." says the New York World (Dem.). can construe the exten sion of the Anglo-Japanese alliance "as tn any way mimical ta the beat interests 1920"... 21 V S1.933 43 77,211 139715 1 ln "y mimical toj rjie Deal interests 1M1... $? -1JS.1I5 61 il,46 $5i,5I?f tha United BtateaV while the New laboead ' - Fre!rn Ton-' Cast Ten-- Tt torr Aug. ships, nape; wise. hare, nacre. 1920.... 9 . 31.986 49 - 85.044 M17.00A 1921.... !1 80,691- 70 169.639 250,330 Comparison; pFr th : i figures highly encouraging. York Post Jlnd.) paints out that nha peace ef the world, eeuld be maintained aa an abstract proposition by the United States and Great Britain .without the ishe!p of Japan, but only as an abstract 1 TV-Ann. t iem . WtrtiiMt atv K.t .Im. . aiiiUona Ut dol-j oientiful of a v arowina recoeniUoa anal Uraeea most aoine la' erdaf to set custOTi: boaad mankind to taka theia as is here well Ulaatrated. A an there ia ese-anlifled the fact kai when yon d eat be tbinkias It. then the time (or tae jml Hal a . aaa to gat hia auaiest. , ,v. The-pioneer-, typewriter salesman of tbe Pacific opast hves in Portland. His name is E. W. Pease and he has the agency for Oregon for the Corona He waa born at Rone, N. T. "Of what col lege am 1 a graduate?" he said, repeat ing ray question. "It Isn't where you get our education that counts. The im portant thing is to get it Aa a matter of fact I never went to school a day ln my life, nor have I ever studied a school book. I read Nick Carter and Dead Eye Uick when I was a boy. Later I read Scott, Dickens, Thackery and other standard authors. My father died when I waa 15, so I west te work aa an in spector of lady's underwear In the Bwlsts-Condee company's factory at Os wego, N. Y. A long course of Nick Car ter and other dime novela describing the Joys of soalping Indiana and killing buf falo made sorting second ln the under wear seem very humdrum, so I decided to go west. t t 'I got aa far west as Detroit when my money played out I had J5 cents when mica Detroit 1 invested this in a meal and then lived on the memory of that meal for tbe next three daya nuased nine meals hand running ana spent three nights In a drygoods box in an alley in the wholesale district. Isnded a Job in a furniture factory at II a week and board, working back ot a planar,' chewing shavings and breathing sawdust Within a year I could oper ate any of the woodworking machines and alae run the stationary engine. My pay had been raised aa A became more Rsefui, until I was getting '-25 cents a day. Tea, sir they sure were reckless with their money in those daya My mother needed my help, as I went back ts UUca, where I landed a Job in the lo comotive headlight works it $7,50 a week. I soon learned to operate a lathe and a drllt Curioua Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places. "Apostle spoon, also e&Hod "rossio spoons," were gilt spoons given bv the sponsors or "gossips" Ho a child at Its christening. They were so called be cause eaca spoem nav a narure ef aa apostle en the handle. .Wealthy, people gave the whole Twelve Apostles ; these or leas means end generosrty gave the Four Evangelists, while poorer persons had t he eon tented with ea. bearing generally the figure of the donor's or of the chllda patron saint There Is a capital picture ef a full, set ia ' Hons' "Everyday Book.'' It la noticeable that each epostja seems ta wear a bread brimmed hat tha hat being in fact a plate of metal which was put ea' the bead to preserve the features front In jury and which is to be seen ea all gsnuine apoeqa spoons. Uncle Jeff Snow Sny Naff Hslallager went off., the grade near the top ef the divide ever a month ago la bis new second-hand flivver, and he waa a-tellin the Corners Community elub Saturday Hlght that his machine turned ever S008 times until tt rolled Into the hospital In Portland and the nurse said ; "Take this and keep quiet," a4 tha"a all ha -Juiewa about the accident Some fellers gits tnte a big ef flea the aame way." Tsev aon't know bow e why it happened. . but there- they air, safe. .... "After, a year or so I decided that the men who didn't work In their shirtsleeves aere making more money than I waa, so decided to get Into the white collar class and use my head as well as my banda I wept to Chicago, The next morning X fat UP at 4 a. m. to read the want ads. I struck one where a man wanted . a correspondence secretary. I waa tbe first applicant and landed the Job at $ a week. My board and lodging coat $3.50 aweea. I carried my lunch bucket and walked te and from my wore. I was ambitious to get ahead, so I ap plied to the manager .of the western de partment of the Continental Fire Insur ance company of New fork for a Job. Ha asked me te make a .written appli cation. I did so. He . banded it back and said, we need a maa who can write, i l would be ashamed to nave a man tn our. employ who - had such wretcheo handwriting. I waa stung to-tne quick. went out and bought bottle pf Ink, some pens and a lot ef paper. Fer weeks I spent any evenings after work practic ing writing. I applied -pnee more ana presented a written ' application. The manager glanced at It and said, 'Teu are hired. When can you come to work? ' 1 stayed there three aad a halt yeara. t e . "I felt sure I waa wasting my talents at desk work, aa 1 quit and took a job aeliing teas, coffees and splcea I made a whirlwind failure ef It- I went from house ta bouse? ringing doorbells, but they were all social calia He oaa want ed to Invest la my wares. - : : - '-e v "St Paul was enjoying a boom, so J bought a ticket fer Kt Paut On my way vp the mlB street from the depot at Jbc Paul 1 saw a Remington typewriter m the window. It fanclnalfd me, for 1 had sever seen machine before that couJa Weal A T . . m mm - -. .-rnuieiiioereq now l had beeq turned down because I did not write a good hand and how hard I had to work u acquire a tree hand. I thought if I aaa written my application for the Job bu w nwcaina uu wrote aa eiienriw oould have landed the job without any uouuie, i west in, aad asked for A. D, Brown, the manager. I told him I was a natural typewriter salesman and wanted to go to work at once, Presently he drew from me the admission that thi wna me jirax typewriter l bad ever seen. After tares hours of conversation Mr, crown said, "all right, yew tan to to work. Tour aaiary will be $1 a day and" your work win be to clean typewriters ana aeuver them.' "WUhln three months I had learned to operate and repair the typewriters, and Mr. Brown offered me a chance of mak ing good aa a salesman. He told me If I made good he would pay me well and give me a oommlssloa of I per cent This was in 1115, mors than SI years ago. Tha Remington typewriters sold for $11 and Were looked upon as either a toy or a seedlesa luxury, I labored with the Le high Coal A Iron company aad finally landed a sale of four machine-. This waa considered a remarkable piece et a org te ieu four machines to one eus tenter and the sale made a big hit with my boa. My wages were advanced te $1$ a week.- I had to educate every prospect for ne one took the typewriters seriously. Looking back at it some of the excuse given ma by the big firms are laughable. They all thought the typewriter toe complicated te be prac tical. Finally I landed tbe Northers pacific railroad, and within a year er so I had sold It over 500 machines. Then I landed the Great Northern railroad. I 'went on the road and traveled between St Paul and Spokane and soon had five rgllroad systems as my clients and I be gan making good money, drawing down several thousand dollars a year ia sal ary and commlsslena "I visited Portland just after the Hotel Portland was opened. This waa about 1192. I waa married this same year to Miss Beulah Bryden of SL Paul, In 1193 I waa transferred to Philadelphia as a salesman. Ia 1117 I was sent to Los Angeles to open a branch house there for Southern California and Arisena. In 1105 I was made manager of the San Francisco branch, my. territory Including the Hawaiian Island. , e e -', ' "During the earthquake and fire at San Francisco we were wiped out. White our store was burning I get a message oa the wire to the company to send me a carload of typewriters. I put big ads lu all the papers announcing that I- had opened headquarters in a private resi dence in Golden Pate avenue aad saying that tha credit of all our former cus tomers was good, even If they didn't have a oeat left. Whea I announced that I had received a shipment or too type writers my customers formed Id .line like a. bread line. I wired for iwore as 1 had booked orders tot i machines. The result wss that wbue we lost our enure stock in the fire, yet before the year was oat we had made more money than n there had been no f.re, , e . e " t.i.7 ' "In 1109 I became manager for - the Philadelphia field, but I -had "lived. too long la the West to be'eooteoted with th more conservative East, so after f year or so 1 returned to Lee Angel where I remained aa manager till ilia. At that time I investigated the Coreo aad realising the pesslbilitlee of a port able typewriter I applied for a state agency and-aecofed Oregon. More I has fOi0 Oregonlaas axs carrying this ma chine oa train, boats and stage all Over the west, and all ever the wtmA, for that matter, and we bays not yet begun to cratch the field. 1 time- the typewriter salesman will want to Place a type- wrrirer te everr home. barn and 50 tons ef hay belonging te (us KuiencamPt living aear waauia, ta t Walla Walla county. Word la received ef the death et George H- Walker, a resident of Seattle for 10 years and reoelrer for the bieaa shipyards, ia Olympia, Complete' reorganisation ef Che tele phone system tn Fpokaae to effect the In stallaUoa and exclusive use et eutemeue telepboeea la ta progress. Onion shipment from Walla Walla have been completed and totaled 11 ear. loads, dry weather having reduced the yield below early estimate The Orefbn.WarAtagten Telephone company is negotiating for the purr-hen ef the Underwood Telephone syneeen. which will be eperated from the White Salmon exchange- After knock) n a A H. Mares uncon scious with an ink wall, a resber en (Sat urday etole IJOO0 from the Firvt BUoaaJ bank of Cbewelah. . Morse M oie kn tbe bank at the Uoaw. - - .- Miae "Helen T wmiareaT tl. waa ilit bpekan hotel bat urday night, her throat being abashed from ear to ear. J. B. Henry, a baker, la held br the taUce, charged with the murder. Fire at Soap Lake last week destroyed the bitoam sanitarium, a 140-roem, three story frame structure, entailing a loss ef 150.000, with na tnsursne Aa tne pa tient were removed safely. Irvln D. Smith ef Seattle baa been given a recess appointment by president Harding as register of the land office at Seattle. Smith la a World wsr veteran and loet his right arm at St. MihleL Firs started bv tramps smoking in th yard deatroyed 4.000.000 feet ef white pine and western ptne lumoer at tne Hedlund Box factory. In Spekaa Sun day morning. The loss will esoaed U&- 00(5. - Jitney traffic in Spokane is cutting heavily Into the earn mare of the ntreet railway line oi tne waaninrton water Power company. Net earnings of 114.123 in July. 1920, was changed to a deficit of J7tl la July, 1S:l . While eiperimentlna with an electrical device they had Invented aa a tey. Earl, aged I, and Herri , 11 years, young sons Of L. A-Be!lmeir of Pressor, ware seri ously Injured when a dynamite cap ex ploded while held betwata the Laee of the yeunger lad. IDAHO The Seed Marketing aasoelatiea in Canyon county has signed up 140 acre of alfalfa and clover seed. The sugar beet crop on the Mlaideka project Is the beat ln six yeara - Farm era are guaranteed $1 per tea fer teir beet The 10-year-old sen of Charles W ad da. U waa drowned Sunday afternoon ia an Irrigation canal near the family heme at Twia Fall Two auto races and some "style' driv ing will be features of ths auto man's part lei pa. Ton in the stats fair at Boise, September 24 U October L The state convention of the women's auxiliary to the American Legion win be held at Caldwell October and 1$. There are about 30 posts of the auxiliary in the state. George L. Watt who lives aear Buhl, has Just threshed 104 acres ef wheal which averaged CO bushels to the acre. Four acres of certified wheat produced 12 bushels to tbe acre. . Dr. George B. RandaTt state bacteriol ogist, wa aaked Tuesday to tender his ralrnatiott to the department wf public welfare by Dr. F. W. Almond. medcJ adviser of the department. - - - WhatlUk B,f . V ' In Thm Journal . . Haa your opinion appeared -in this column? 6ead it with name and address. ' " - - xS 1 JIRSaT. E. JOVB3. New- berg The editorial, ."Side lights" and "Small Chan." ' Uncis Jeff 3now la fine. When I. call ralleall ef ear club I aa- - swar with quotations from ."Small Change." ; J, E. KEXLET. 1127 Ports raoyth gvenue Ttje (itoriaia. I appreciate more thn'ay- , . thing else. They do me great good and are always on the side et rlghL J. W. BENNETT, 4$ Oo- ' lag street" The Journal's - . fairness and honesty in all - national fiuellone, J aspeei. . ally like the editorials, . ALBERT JOHNSON. TO v Water street The t portlnf ". new . "' f - . MIB3 MAPQARET MAQ 4 NINI. 711 Fourth stfeet The i erboel: new y. . ; What is your opinion?- tad tt with nam aae. ddrtsa, - . 0