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IS SHE WAKING?
SPHERE are signs that: sleeping
. China is becoming restive, that
inhabitants of the Oriental country
.are reaching put toward a modern,
'improved and thriving nation, and
.that the republic is perhaps soon to
awake and take her place among
. the virile nations of the earth.
, The first long distance telephone,
. connecting Peking and Tientsin, is es
tablished, and work is under way on
a second line between Shanghai and
the ; Chinese capital, i The business
men ox me country, ciark Minor
says in. Ue Western Electric News,
SQre strong admirers of the 'telephdne
,-the many characters' of their al
phabet making use of the telegr&ph-
- difficult and he predicts the rapid
development of the long distance
telephone in the Oriental republic.
; Before -the day. of newspapers,
. transportation, mails, and other
iurm ot communication ana numan
Intercourse, the . world was a desert
Of Ignorance and a sea of unfulfilled
human desire. . ' v- ' .
Peoples In one valley didn't know
what the peoples of the next valley
were doing, they didn't know what
-was beyond their own restricted
areas of observation, they didn't re
ceive from other parts of the. same
leountry. foods that' they , could not
produce in their own. They merely
depended on their own efforts from
. day to day for their living and their
' own1 hard knocks for what little
knowledge they obtained. . -J
Th trend nf tVio wnrM frnm tha
. days of the barbarian has been to
ward collective endeavor to produce
the things that go to make up hu
man happiness. Communication and
transportation have made the collec
tive endeavor possible.. They have
provided he means by which Ore-
gonians can eat Florida fruit, byj
wnicn uregon wneat goes to provide
.bread tor the children ' of JLondon,
by which Nebraska corn is to be se-
A .. i ' - -XT T . i . . .
luicu in ivrw iDrx. n n ri nv vnun
Southern cotton is obtained to clothe
the people of France.
China is far behind in the adop
tion of the -devices 1 and appliances
that; provide communication and
' transportation, that.aid In the de
velopment of countries, and that
Serve to Increase the happiness Of
populations. The development of the
telephone indicates that she feels the
lack Tf "those things, and that , she
Is reaching out f 6r the , means to
make China one of the normal chil
dren of the earth.
"".With the public there .is probably
' not 4 more popular man in Washing
ton than Charles G. Dawes. He not
nlyt has convictions, and expresses
them in no uncertain terms, 'but he
is the jnan who is trying to keep
: costs down. ' '" ',. '
-. ,:vay . ff '"."VS
CCJRMORANTS OFflNDtJSTRY
VNTIIE effort to prevent the break-
down, by ita enemies of the work
: tnens 'Compensation law, the Oregon
Federation of Labor declared in
favor of an amendment making' the
law the exclusive means of protec
tion t in all t industries within the
state' and asking that application of
the Jaw be made compulsory. " v
This is the call from the workers
themselves. They know from expe
rience that "the ,. plan .of obtaining
compensation for . industrial acci
dents' through the courts, where they
have to split the compensation with
'ambulance lawyers on a basis of 40
to 50 per cent is a rotten system. ; - Tt
subjects Injured workers or their
widows and orphans to the law's In
terminable ' delays and ;. the .techni
calities of court procedure and prac
tice, fit makes litigation which clut
ters tip the courts and' costs the
taxpayers huge sums of money. V
JvTo break down . th present com
pensation system 'would be, a crime.
Nobody, wants it done but the cas
ualty insurance Companies, the am
balance lawyers" and s tew dUgran
tied employers. The asAlty com
panies' and ambulati5e lawyers want,
It broken down-In order, th.t they
may1 set: profits out of the , klUlnx
and maiming of workers In industrial
activities. They Vast to share the
compensation which the law gives to
workers or their families or loss of
limb or death by accident. ,i '
It Js a purpose that insults the de
cency and the intelligence of -the
tt. -' , r. .
' TJnder the workmen's compensa
tion system,, there; is no profit for
anybody but the injured .worker or
his family in case he be killed or
maimed in an accident. 6hall 3 this
beneficent and civilized system be
broken down In order to give profits
to flapping and : squawking cormo
rants of industry?',. . ,
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FISH STORIES : -W
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I 'iiiS Is conceded to be a great year
for fish stories. . A tale came not
long ago from Minnesota of big fish
that milked cows, whenithe latter
were cooling themselves in a pond. ':,
'. California promptly retorted with
two stories. One . related 3hat a
trout, leaping at a fly, had fallen into
a fisherman's.hot frying- pan on the
shore. The second credited a Xtolly
Varden with-having nipped the an-,
gles bare toe. But that whlchol
lows comes from ho greater distance
than the shore , of Sandy : river. : In
the multi-colored Oregon autumn it
is the custom of tardy chlnook sal
mon to swim from the ocean up the
Columbia and into the lower Teaches
of the Sandy to spawn.', v " v '
Among the fish that gather, to the
feast of salmon eggs ilrtehf. escape
from the pebbly nests made by the
fall salmon is. the grayling, more
technically known aa the Oregonus
Oregonua These fish fight nearly
as gamely as trout, . ' One ' of them
took the lure a shoj time ago, ac
cording to an angler whose veracity
is quite up to the par of all . anglers.
It was brought up to? the shore and
there its struggles freed it of the
hook. ' - f .
The ordmary fish would have
flopped aimlessly . on the bankj
gasped and expired. But not this
one. It raised Itself on its bifurcated
caudal fin and "walked" back into
the water, pausing only to flirt its
useful tall disdainfully before it dis
appeared. '
Next ' -
In all the wars waged in America
and. Europe between 1790 and 1913,
the total killed was 4,448,300, ac
cording to General Tasker H. Bliss.
Accepting the usual rate of killed
among the . prisoners and missing,
the total of dead in the late war. was
12,991,000, according. to the same
high authority, or nearly three times
the total , in all preceding wars since
1790. And still so-called statesmen
howl against any. agreement with
other nations to end war!
STRENGTHENING
, itEPTJBUC -
THE
ATA COST of $5000, the farmers
half way between Albany and
CorvalUs, on the east. side of the
Willamette, have built the Riverside
Community House,
It is a meeting place where the
community discusses problems, pub
lic issues and the' questions of the
day. There is no membership, and
every one in tne community may use
the community house, whether an
original contributor or not to the
fund that built and maintains the
place. A cafeteria conducted by the
farmers' wives at the i Linn county
fair earned a large sum to be ap
plied to the purposes of the com
munity house..
The building is a large auditorium.
with cloak rooms on the first floor,
and a basement, with dining room,
kitchen, furnace and other provisions
for comfort and convenience.
Here is a wonderfully educative
influence for mental -development
for a broadening of vision and for
the progress of the community in
farming, in citizenship and in gen
era! usefulness.'".. 1 ''-.
It would be a wonderful thing for
the republic if , there, were'a com
munity house in every rural district.
Entering ' a -chicken house with
atomizers and spraying the poultry
with chloroform is described as a
new plan of chicken thieves In Illi
nois. The dased chickens make bo
outcry and the process of gathering
them Into a waiting aotomobile and
speeding on to another poultry yard
is as simple,- the narrator says, . as
robbing a bank by modern processes.
ASLEEP AT THE SWlT&l?
A FTER
Miss Rappe, comes !A1
Stein as victim ; pf a 5 booze
"party." He, died in Los Angeles? in
terrible ' agony shortly after the
"party": broke up. ; ',4; ' - :
. That to fully enforce the Volstead
act in New York would require S 5 00.
000.000 , year and an army of l.0O
000 special agents is the statement
of. a - prohibition enforcing Officer
who is in the work in Gotham. -
.,Thls enforcing officer said-"there
are now more -whiskey stills in New
York1 than' were ever discovered -In
the mountains of the South, that the
city's liquor traffic exceeds the rec-!
ords,of pre-prohibiuon days, that no
other statute had ever bee violated
a, - - : w iwimiou
rao extensively ; and "that" there ;'are
more desperate characters banded award? Do not Woodrow WHson's
together in the Illicit liquor trade words aa quoted above' help est&b
than were ever engaged in a single J lish the- quallficaUonsI i
unlawful enterprise in the history of
the country." : - Vl " '
In Denver, judge Ben Lindsay de
nounced . the immunity , enjoyed by
the well-to-do with well stocked cel
lars while 'the law. is rigorously p
plied to - humbler -people who axe
without influence and political pull.
.. The principle f prohibition is in
peril. There is probably no danger
of a return of the. saloon as such. If
Its friends and. followers do not meet
the present situation of unbridled
and open violation of the, la wr there
is very; grave, danger of v revulsion
of public sentiment with a demand
that the 'more stringent attempt at
prohibition be modified,
- The law cannot enforce- Itself. it
has to be backed by a public senti
ment that will ) nko enforcement
rigid. Most . newspapers are . making
every endeavor to hold sentiment in
line, hut they are powerless in the
face of the notorious laxity on the
nart! of enforcement officers in .an-
plyiag Cie law lo all classes of 7f-
fendera, ' high and low; rich and
poor alike. :
Thi "present" state pf camouflaged
prohibition cannot go on Indefinitely.
It will either improve or it will rrow
worae,- Violati6rs Srtll'' grow- bolder
Land bolder if they kare not punished,
and the limit to vmich they can go
without impairing the popularity of
the system has already been reached.
. .If is no time for the friends of
the dry cause to sleep at the switch.
THE MONET BAGS CAMPAIGN
FT ORDINARY plain English, New
berry made oath to the; following:
The caorpal&Tn for my nomination for
United States senator has been volun
tarily conducted by friends in Michigan.
I- have taken no part in it whatever.
and no contributions - or expenditures
have been made with my knowledge or
consent.- v
. Durmg the ' campaign, Newberry,
wrote Paul King,-one of his cam
palgi managers; '
If not too much trouble. I should be
glad to have a letter, from you as often
as you Tind time and inclination to
write, and I hope you will be able to
come down occasionally to" go fivtr mat
ters in general orjone thing In particular
that. needs immeaiate attention. .
Newberry was then in New York.
King did frequently visit him there,
as did others of the Michigan, cam
paign committee.' In another letter
to King, Newberry wrote:
I presume we ourht to get together
again soon and settle some of the pend
ing questions, notably that of the plat
form, f- : - ' ' , '
There is much more In the record
showing that Newberry himself, in
spite of his sworn affidavit was di
recting the campaign and fully
aware of the large amounts of money
being spent One witness at the sen
ate committee hearing- testified:
1 think his conversation was about the
drain on the balances in the office, and
he was complaining about the money
that was being spent He was
kicking about the balances.
Newberry swore that he; knew
nothing about campaign ' expendi
tures. His own letters show that he
directed his campaign, and the tes
timony hows that $99,900 was
thecked out "of his Brother John's
bank account and replenished from
the accounts of Newberry and other
relatives. .1 The sworn testimony be
fore the committee also shows that
he complained about the heavy ex
penditures of money and ' wanted to
know when .it was "going to stop.?
After .hearing the testimony of wit
nesses in-, uicnigan who were cross-examined-In
the presence of 'a Jury
composed, chiefly of Republicans,
Newberry was founfd guilty and sen
tenced to two years in a federal peni
tentiary, ' ,
. If the senate seats Newberry it will
be a public insult to the decency of
America, an immoral abuse by the
senate.-3f Its powers, and it will con
stitute, one of" the most notorious
scandals in Jthe history of American
government
What are-fdriverr licenses for if
they are not to credential the holder
as a safe -driver? : If a driver kills
somebody, is he a safe driver? " If
not a cafe driver, is he entitled to a
driver's license? If, holding such a
license, some victim . goes down to
the grave under the merciless wheels !
of his car, should not his license be
taken away? The swiftly increasing
number of killings in Portland Of
late Snakes thlsya very important
question over which courts and traf
fic authorities may well reflect
f
THE AWARD OF SACRIFICE
Pr 1918 Woodrow Wilson, then be-
dent pf the United States, asked the
students' of ' Swarthmore college:
"How fnany of you will forego any
thing except-your allegiance to that
which is "Jnet and that which -is
right? s. We die but once, and we die
without i distinction if we are 'not
willing to die the death of sacrifice.
Do frou covet honor? You will never
get' . it by serving yourself. Do you
covet ' d&tmcUonf You wilt get It
J only as the servant of mankind." , ; ,
. Throughout the United States ,
great movement ii being organized
under the name .of the .Woodrow
Wilson Foundation. .The foundation
is to be created In recognition of the
national and International services of
America's war president The foun
dation' will be dedicated to the per
petuation of the Ideals of democracy
and human freedom, which.; it .Was
part of Woodrow Wilson's service to
humankind to enunciate. ; -
At "the discretion of .a nationally
constituted committee, the income
of - the foundation will be nse in
the .form of -awards to groups or ln
dividuali that in specified periods of
time render meritorious service to
democracy, liberal thought' general
Welfare and. peace . through Justice.
I - T " . , . ' W
rr Who' should he considered for the
HARDING AND
'THE "BLOCS"
President' Opposing Stand Brings Oat
Ai Editorial Symposium Composed
, of Unqualified Support in Part But
; for the Rest of -it Evoking the
- View That Blocs' Have Their 1
, ; Good Points, When Objectives -i
v-- Are Good, and the Query,
" ' "How About the Tariff
T Bloc and Others?" - -
-Daily Editorial Digest -
(Gooaalidatad
- President . Harding ; decided ' stand
against group legislation, and congres
sional "blocs" Is strongly supported by.
the press. The growing tendency which
the' president points out Is widely s de
nounced as a "menace" and papers of
both parties give enthusiastic encourage
ment to his announced purpose of resist
ing the bloc movement- A few, however,
question ; whether the; drift away from
strict party lines' on economic issues IS
to-be wholly condemned as a tendency,
although they t agree that the "rule -or
ruin" tactics of the bloc must be checked.
,.
- The development of a class etoud in
congress powerful enough to intimidate
legislators who have no sympathy with
its purpose," the Syracuse Herald (Ind.)
regards as 'a disagreeable stem of the
times. The movement "has zone alto
gether tos far, the Springfield Union
(Rep.) thinks, and "no more refreshing
statement of purpose- has so far Issued
from the White House than that declar
ing the opposition of the administration
to group or. class organization and ac
tion In the affairs -of the government
Nothing was more needed or could
promise more beneficial results," and
the president "may-be absolutely sure of
general public- support."'' - '
The legislative bloc as defined bv the
San Antonio Express (Ind. Dem.),-'Is aj
uivisipn.-set.iip for. selfish purposes of
"practical politics.' and the president, in
common wiy "millions -ot his conn try-,
men, regards It "as subversive ef the
eivo ideals which the founders . of this
republic translated into Its form Of gov
ernment" If carried farther, the Express
warns, ."the spUttlng of senate an Ju house
Into several small, clashing groups will
soon prevent any constructive legisla
tion whatsoever, and to its opinion the
movement "is positiveay dangerous" and
"must not be tolerated. . s
"'-" '', . - 1
An analysis of the way in which the
bloc operates Is given by the Philadel
phia; Bulletin (Ind. Rep.) thus: "The
bloc system of government implies -ultimately
the construction of an artificial
majority fn the legislative body by deals
and combinations among the organised
political minorities tiere represented.
At times the combination forces through
legislation to which a normal majority
would never assent At other times the
system works to prevent legislation for
which there is a real national demand,
but which some essential constituent of
the bloc opposes." Such a system, the
Bulletin holds, is a menace to Amer
ica's 'best political traditions" and to
that "political unity" resulting from our
party system, by which 'common aims,
ideas, slogans, and party ties' are giveu
to "North, South, East and West and to
every social element within the republic."
..... ' ....
A group; the Charlefton (W. Va.) Mall
(Ind. Hep.) explains, "is necessarily a
minority, but a minority which perhaps
can make a noise far-out of proportion
to Us Importance," and the tendency to
separate into groups, the paper believes,
"is dangerous to the welfare of the re
public," because It "means, strife and. If
persisted in, will result In the formation
of numberless more or less hostile fac
tions, where every group's hand win be
raised" against ; every other -group",
; therefore "it is about time that a halt
was called in matters of this kind" ; and
the Mail finds "good reason to. believe
that the American .people are awake to
the fact and that they will cooperate,
as they must indorse the aim of. the ad
ministration to make the American gov
ernment a government for all Ameri
cans." " r
The New York Herald (Ind.)' is con
fident that the president will have the
active assistance of the country in his
fight ' against organised groups which
try to get what they want "regardless
ot the public Interest" by ' holding "a
pistol at the head of the government"
because : "Never, from the' Boston tea
party to the national onslaught against
the- German submarine, menace.. have
the American.; people, ta response to a
call by patriotic and courageous leader
ship, failed to rise with all their might
of men, treasure-and soul to obliterate
anything that challenged the supreme
institution of American government, for
America. President Harding has but to
speak the " word In this '- transcendent
cause of ' Americanism, and after the
. next election the pulverised remains of
the government-wrecking blocs - would
not fill the smallest, dustpan." . -
' - .. .. ., 1
Quoting-this editorial," the Louisville
Post (Ind.) raises some questions as to
the extent of the "fight", that the presi
dent promises. Will -he fight for in
stance, "the "manufacturing group,' a
bloc, If you will,, that is determined to
drive the Fordney bill through a Repub
lican congress" and ..which , "will drive
it through unless -the president 'fights
and CghU ; hard?" Further "does
President Harding propose to 'fight for
the fublio at large" In the case of the
"small group : br bloc that is seeking
special privilege" "lncoast wise shipping?
rThe attack on the blod system, as the
Baltimore Sun Ind. Dem.) sees It grows
Out Of the fear "that , effective party
leadership' '.'will - become impossible
should "the example, set by senators
from the farming states he followed by
equally Intensive group organisation
of senators representing other interests."
However, "politicians are discovering
that economic Interest Ufslowly becom
ing a more jowerf ai. factor in determin
ing, the course, of legislation than mere
partyism or party policy," the Sun con
tinues, and "deplorable as factionalism
is from the national viewpoint at pres
ent its friends defend it as the only out
let for the expression of new . and pro-'
gross I ve economic policies in congress."
The bloc system, the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune (Rep.) contends. Is not
inherently bad; "like an others. It Has
its uses if employed in a good cause,"
and "not all that is called bloc la to be
so regarded in an invidious sense." since
"great public interests may be served by
a massing of forces constituting a boost
for widespread beneficence."
Curious -Bits p! Information
ilrrv -in miluKiirn i'mii in.i.ni i.
Gleaned From Curious Places .. v
The little Island of Hotheneuff, off the
ooast of Franee, has: for its sole inhabit
ant an eccentric hermit who-for maay
years has devoted much of his time to
carving humaHke -. figurVs out of the
rocks which slope down o the sea. There
are hundreds of them-rmdsUy lying. on
their backs, :as if staring up t the sky,
but some are in a eated' posture and a
few standing erect. -The effect is de
scribed by the Popular'Science Monthly
as weird and unearthlyi the figures Jook
tng like petrified men. They are under
stood to represent biblie 1 characters;
Along the top of the wall in front ot the
hermit's dwelling are a number of heada.M
likewise earved out ot stone, - The her
mitage is on -the summit of the rocks.
'overlooking the carven. shore sand the
sea. ''People who live -on ''the nearby
mainland call the place the "Island of
Ghosts." ' The hermit keeps his sculp
tures swept clear of sand. : They seem
to have for him a religious -algni ficanow.
Letters From the People
f CommaaaeatloB aent to Tb foams! for
pnbJieauoa ia tai deparuaoat anould be wiittea
on aniy on aid of tb paper; ibonid adt exceed
Z00 word in leattb. and atnat be ajnad br tb
writer, whoa mail address is toll moat aeoomr
t t. ' i i i in" a , . . j
' - "WASTE" IS HIS THEMIS i
This Contributor 'Disoouraea of the Great
Wasters-la War and peace.
. Portland, Oct , To the Editor of
The Journal- And so the great govern
ment ot the United State has called
a number -of citizens to investigate the
cause- fit unemployment ' and apply a
reanedy. Perhaps. That was a common
practice "among respectable officials be
fore slavery was abolished. But the
Civil war apt a' end to the! necessity
of investigating slavery. We might aug.
gest as a brief outline that the Invest!-
gatlnsf . committee start byl asking the
senate to send over the road every high
and . respectable official who was party
to wasting, stealing -and otherwise dis
posing of nearly half tha fund ralsel
forwar purposes. They might begin
with -the shipping board the small item
of 4;T62,405,08o49for which the Amer
ican people got practically no service
either in war. or peace, and for which
we are' paying, interest, and principal ;
also the airplane investment, amounting
to over a billion, classed as the same
blunder. Then run down the war profi
teers for the billions they made, giving
no return. (I must stop somewhere;
there- is .no end . to It) : T'lV,
- Then add to this the rent of land
that goes to men who produce 'nothing,
all of which must come from labor or
those, who do-DrodTree;"and'for which
there.. Is no return. . This amounts - to
about, four billions. " Then" realise that
labor, is locked out from the -earth . by
Idle land speculators, ' causing a loss
greater than all of the iibove Items, and
you win begin to inquire what may pos
sibly be the beginning of the cause of
unemployment. Then this august board
might by accident stumble en the cause
of it all, and might, at last find the
only possible remedy, between the lids
of "Progress and Poverty," written by
a printer In San Francisco nearly 40
years ago. ,.
But I must stop. I am expecting too
much intelligence from a small bunch
of representative American bunko poli
ticians, who like to humbug the Ameri
can people. . J. R. Hermann.
TARIFF TESTS
Analysis of Certain of the Catchwords
of the Party of Protection.
'- Vancouver, Wash., Sept 30. To the
Editor of The Journal Politicians now
inform us that our .salvation hangs on
a tariff ; hence Tom, Dick and Harry
are, talking "tariff." Tariff? To the
average American "schedule EC means
no more than does "article 10." A
tariff may be "for revenue only."? or
it may be for protection only, but It
cannot, at one i time, be for both. A
revenue tariff . must not impede Im
portation, and It must tax all imports.
On the other hand, a protective tariff,
in order to protect must be prohibitive.
The former is a public tax levied by the
people "and collected by their duly
authorized ' agents. The latter ia a
public tax levied and collected by the
private interests. The former goes into
the national treasury for the- benefit
of alL The latter goes Into the pluto
crats' pockets. Pay the price and take
your choice,
Whenever' a "Moslem la In peril he
supplicates Allah. Whenever a plutocrat
is pinched he bawls for a tariff; this
despite the fact that his god, Hanna,
ordained and proclaimed that supply
was forever dependent on demand. Iet
It here be understood that this divine
edict applied only to American demand,
for foreign rapscallion labor. A tar?
Iff is a tax and the consumer pays it"--then
why .not call the thing by Its right
name, namely, "a consumers' tax." The
writer sees need . of such - tax being
levied, and that Immediately. He feels
that we at present should all be taxed
In order to help suffering, labor. But
through visions Of conditions which
were maintained in the factories of
Lawrence, Mass., some time ago, he
feels that it is unwise to permit capital
tto collect this tax; this for the reason
that but little of it will reach the
pockets ot the toiler. Economist.
ASSAULTS ON 'THE KINGDOM"
Some Remarks . on Those Who Ever
'Strive to "Bear It Away." -'?v
- Astoria, Oct ? 2. To- the Editor of
The Journal in regard to the social
question, the Lord said, in part as
foUow: "And ffom- the days of John
the Baptist until now the Kingdom of
Heaven suffereth violence, and the vio
lent bear it away. But where
unto shall I esteem this generation to
be like? It is like to children sitting
In the market-place, who, crying .to
their companions, say: We have piped
to you, and you have not danced ; we
have lamented,- and you have not
mourned." . -' -' t ; - r
Well, what does that really mean;
or imply? The Lord (as .likewise does
the rest of scripture) with few words
says-' much perfect truth. "The violent
bear ; it away" Implies that there are
two classes of social and economic in
terests in society, prevailing hitherto
against the .Lord's, true social message.
The robbers look 'good to .themselves,
and the robbed look good to themselves,
too. But what is good to robbers Is
bad to labor, and vice versa, -To the
former it is democracy that they are
wont to "bear away." But to labor
it is industrial - democracy on equal
terms, such as. they can' afford to bear.
For only in the latter way of operation
of industry are ail men bearers of the
Social burden, to subdue or control the
adverse conditions and aggressive forces
of nature for the equal benefit of all
Instead of for a few workeraof iniquity,
as now so abominably prevails.
x - - - B. Abndroth
LOT OF DIFFERENCE WHO'S AIDED
C.Portland, Oct 1. To the Editor of The
Journal When the' unemployment mat
ter was up -before president. Harding
recently he. warned those in charge not
to depend upon the government . Why
should not, the people look to their gov
ernment? That's what the financiers
and profiteers did when they demanded
relief from paying taxes on 1 their ex
cess' profits' made 'during the war. Are
the rich more .worthy, of government
aid than the workers? John William.
; DONT BE STINGY WITH PRAISE
- Ftota .tha nttatmrc Snn " v
Inefficiency -In the New York police
department is-being blamed for 100 per
cent "increase In burglary insurance
rates. Why not give burglars' efficiency
some credit? I ' . . v t
DOESN'T LAST FOREVER '
' From the Kama City Star
. ' The - only pleasant thing ; about the
noise ot a motorcycle ts the jrapidlty
with which It gets somewhere . else. ; -
VUncIe Jeff Snow Sajs
' Some ministers worries a lot about the
gal with her skirts an inch and a half
too high, but they - never blink a . eye
when they see 'em at the seashore 'thout
no skirt to mention. Fact is. .newspaper
men and preachers ' Is alius a-hoUerin'
seme way bout somethin the- women
and gals puts on or takes off when
they're dressed up, when they'd a heap
better ' spend-time and print paper on
why and how it Is that so many- that
earns a ttvln don't git nigh, enough to
wear, summer nor winter. , s ,
XOMMENT. AND
X SMALL CHANGE
'' The Shrine hospital tttt maimed
tots
ought really to ex a shrina, too. j :
, e
Jealousy In the police - department?
What child'ar play for full grown nea I
-- i. , ve
It Is said o : reliable authority that
Senator Gore doesn't live tip to his name.
. . . . -
Now that the senate has approved free
tolls, let's present the question of tree
taxes. , - , - - -
. . . ..
: That there's nothing game about game
law violators seems to be a well estab
lished fact , - -.--f -,-
,v, Vi -- -' .- - ;..;
Another reason why 1,000,000 men are
unemployed is that so many of them
wanted the other fellow's job. . . -.
- . .-!, ',-1.'.
Just to add fuel to the Cres of super
stituUon. Mdnday's hotel, blaze turd to
originate on the thirteenth floor.
--
Harding may be asked to step in, the
papers inform us. Which Is vastly bet
ter than being asked to step out - . . ...
Sorry- entries for the- livestock show
sre closed. There are a couple ot pigs
we'd like to see put on exhibition, j .
Raw materials are being sent to Ger
many. Among them was BergdoU, and
Germ an v seems to have tailed to make
a man from such clay.
City pruning: Is to make a wider
sweep. Undoubtedly a plan's afoot to
trim some of the euuleut branches on
the tree of political alums,
MORE QRiLESS PErON Alii 2
. Rahdom Observations About Town-
"I know of no business more Interest
ing than the publicity business, land I
have had many an interesting experi
ence," stated Matthew Bridge, registered
at the Multnomah.-who for. maay years
has been in the publicity game. "Many a
new fashion has been created in the fer
tile mind of the publicity man. and it is
very Interesting to know the kind of
publicity the public . want and enjoy
reading about For Instance, .a few years
ago, while X was acting as publicity
manager" for one of the large hotels in
California, in conference with the man-,
ager he said to vme that it was too bad
there was such a large number of pretty
girls at the hotel and nO gentlemen to
dance and . play ' tennis with . them and
help entertain them. r He suggested that
I. give the young ladles-some publicity.
We sent out a story about the beautiful
young ladies, described their accomplish
ments and stated that the management
would be pleased' to grant special rates
to young collegj men who were skillful
at tennis and athletics and who could
make themselves entertaining to the la
dles. The story was widely copied and
In a short time letters poured in by hun
dreds, not only from the United States;
but from Paris, London and Vienna, and
continued to come for over a, year.':'
."- - a .. . . ..
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Crow of La Grande
are Portland visitors. They came down
by eutp. They report the roads better
than tsey would be if they were not so
good as they areft
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Ben and .daughter
Minnie of Roseburg are visiting . Port
land friends. . - -
Mr. and Mrs.' John Skelly of 1143 East
Madison street have a new member of
their family, 9-pound boy. -i
. ''
w Mr. and Mra Ballard and Miss Mau
rine Ballard of Albany are at, the Mult
nomah. .;. --'- . ....
Miss Edna Thompson of Pendleton Is
visiting- her . sister, -Mrs. Guy Boyden of
Portland.
... -'- : -e- ' -mjttim . J y
k Will Dail f , Sleepy. Hollow is .reg
istered at the Hotel Multnomah.
a
' H. H. Huggins of Coos Bay is at the
Multnomah.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOORtAL MAN
By Fred
a small war started a iretf work in the world,
. . . . . .. ... . . . r .
and os that bow drdlea tb riobe, Mr. Lockley
writaa of tha founder of th X. la. C. A.
Ml
taaWatioa and Quote, from the tribat paid Try a
noted Smerh-tn who was this founder iztead.) -
One hundred years age today George
Williams was born, near Durverton,
England.- In January,. His; with Dave
Thompson of the MizpVh Presbyterian
churCh of Portland and a group of over
seas "Y" workers, I visited the bunding
in London where the first T. M. C 'A.
was organised. . George was the eighth
son ot Amos and Elizabeth Williams,
sturdy farm : folk, who gave their chil
dren strong frames and good training.
George went to the city and went to
work tor Hitchcock Rogers. From ap
prentice he "worked his way-up till he be
came head of the firm. Mr. Williams
establishment was in St Paul's church
yard. In the shadow of St Paul's he
spent his life, and his body was buried
in St Paul's cathedral. ' ' ' "7
' a a a -
' George Williams enlisted the help of
his chum, a young man named Beau
mont in an endeavor to form a dub to
wih the young men with whom they
came in contact away from the tempta
tions of the great city? These two soon
interested ten . others, and this . little
group of 12 formed the Young Men's
Christian Association. The first meet
ing ot the club Was held In London in
1844. In 1851 an association was formed
at . Montreal. The same year saw the
establishment of an association at
Boston. .-4 , - '
; From that humble beginning the
elation movement has spread, all over
he world. In North America we have
zisa assoctauons, with sjs.ssi memoera
In these associations there are 508 em
ployed officers, and the Y. M. C A.
bulldingsi: are 'valued at $123,54300.
There are in the v world today over 9000
organizations, with , a combined mem
bership ot L4S3.000 and owning build
ings worth 1143,000,000. .-w'-'
f John Wanamaker, merchant of Phila
delphia and former 'postmaster general
of the United States, was a long-time
friend 6f George WilUams. In wriUng
of Williams in the October issue of As
sociation, Men, official organ of the Y.
M. C A. be says: ' -
My5: intimate acquaintance with George
Williams, merchant of London, founder
of the Y. M. C. A., began in J87L I met
him first in his office of the store ia St
Paul's churchyard, downtown in old Lon
don, being introduced by a letter written
by George XL Stuart the leading Chris
tian layman in Philadelphia.
The little man. who founded the Young
Men's Christian association walked me
up three staircases to a small room in
his ware he u so and sat roe down at a
tablet saying. . "Here's where the Young
Men's Christian association was born."
A large ' business was in active opera-"
lion oownstairs, put me-acuve cniet oi
the ancient firm of Hitchcock, Williams
It Cot seemed- obsewed Or possessed, with
an atl-abaorbing spirit of consecration-to
something greater than the - wholesale
and retail dry goods bosinesa, - His- biff
heart and little bright eyes saw and felt
the vision of a world-wide undenomina
tional Christian . organization of - its
young men. .,-- , -
-Then end there be sat unfolding to me
the story of hie -life -from- boyhood,- his
jey in tbe birth of - the' Young Men's
Christian association, and his belief that
it would sjiread the world around, If its
leaders labored and followed the ways
NEWS IN: BRIEF
. ' SIDELIGHTS .. . " -L
Ashland ts abetting cnetropolltata fast
They have a discussion of the . water
question going full blast Medford Mail
Tribune. .... ,
.- ... , . -. ;
The tnpubte with one type ef refcrrmer
Is that he tries to be his brother's keeper
when he isn't able to keep himself.
Roeeburg News-Review.' '-',,-(,
v . a a 4.1-j i . ' -
The. two big mills at Bend are to run
all winter, which is evidence that lumber
is a commodity-tor which there is still
some sale.w-ugene Register. 4;
.. , . s v ... a . . .
The seizure of the train in California
by hoboes reminds us et the dark days
of Coxeys army. Here's hoping this
isn't a sign of normalcy Astoria Bud
get ;
e
Let us: derive what comfort we may
from the fact .that unemployment is re
duced to some extent by employment of
the unemployment conference. W est on
Leader.
- . ." "i 'r z..
: Portland should devote a little of her
time to make -that city a safe place to
live in. When . it 'eotnea to killing , two
children in a day by careless dri vera, the
time has come for some rigid action. La
Grande Observer. - ' ,
r - ? r, 'f
Pickles will be cheaper soon than at
any time In. the last five years, accord
ing to a big dill pickle king of Chicago.
Well, we might all try to Uve oh pickles
until the prices of ham, bacon and other
general articles et diet get 'tired et sky
rocketing and come down to earth. Eu
gene Guard. , - .-. -.-
Rev. and Mrs. K.- B. Lockhart of
Jefferson are t registered at, the. Cor
nellus. Toward the close j of the war
Mr. Lockhart went overseas In the serv
ice ef the T. M. C A. After the armis
tice he volunteered for further service
and was assigned to Poland. He was
formerly on the' editorial, staff of the
Oregon Statesman, at Salem. ' -
' ; a .. a a.
Eugene -visitors in Portland include
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Burgoyne, Dr.
and Mrs. Sherman W. Moody, Mr. and
Mrs. M- .JGick. Mrs. L. J. Gick, Mrs.
J. C. Price, Mrs. Arthur 'Hendershott
Mra Alton Hampton, C J. Fulton, Jack
Wallace and Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Knox.,
... v , ' a. a a - : '
Ira F. Rebman of Eugene came to
Portland a day or two ago- a single
man. When he left for Seaside on his
honeymoon he .took Mra Rebman, for
merly Miss Florence Atromgren of Ore
gon City, with him. They will reside In
Eugene. . - ; . ,
''-"'' . -: 1
R. B. Gooding, secretary , of the state
board of control, is in Portland investi
gating the records of the state-aided in
stitutions. From here he -goes on r'1'"
work to Beaverton and Oswego. . ; . ('
. - . . a . ,f 4.r
Send restdentJ visiting m Portland in
clude H. Hagen, Antone. Candrie and
A. J. Weolsey and his daughter Fern.
. . - . j. i. .. . . - 1
Mr. and Mrs. L J. Barnes of Roseburg
are spending a few days In Portland on
business and pleasure. -
- Mr. and Mrs, Sam 8urgander ot La
Grande are spending a , f ew days in
Portland.
' Martha E. Nilsson and Crissie Young
were, Sunday visitors at Gaston. ,. .
i a a a
Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Jones of Albany
are visiting friends In Portland..'
a a
B. W. Wilson ot Corvalusls at the
Multnomah.' - --
a a
Mr. and Mrs. A. B.--Tliley 'of Cor
vallis are guests at the Multnomah. C
--:..-'. t - .- "... .
W E. W.Montgomery of The Dalles is a
guest of the , Multnomah, ' - ' -
G. Booth f of - Condon
visitor.
is a Portland
Lockley
that the Divine Ruler would open to lis
if we were "true to the faUh." .
That little 3x10 upper story room has
always seemed to me somewhat like the
aaouni ox Transfiguration the spirit ot
uoa.uiat day shone in the face and form
of that Utile man, God's faithful child,
a ha saw and foreshadowed .the glorifi
Ulcn of his master, the . Lord Jesus
Chrtoti Jt wai profoundly evident that
George Williams' heart had 'no corners
la It and that liis, master filled It all.
; I felt the power of his quiet and earn
est spirit, and, both of us being young
men, we were naturally drawn close to
gether. - - -
' 'Later Vlaita Ttrulnnr lM m team.
ti riendzhlp of Lord Shaftesbury, Lord
iunnatra. Lord Radstock, William Hinds
Smith, Quintin Hogg of the Polytechnic,
greatly added to the favorable reception
given by all denominations ot Christians
to Mr. Williams: movement to benefit
th young men of - London and . the
provyjce8i - - ;",.-:..
- In 187S Mr. Williams, representing his
Arm, came to America to care for an ex
hibit his firm made in the English build
ing of the Centennial exhibition. At that
time, as a director of the .Centennial
board, I frequently saw Mr. Williams. A
love for our country and Its flag ce
mented the brotherliness we felt tor each
other, increasing In both of us the de
sire to spread the Christian association
iaea and improve its plans to build up
the Christian organizations throughout
the United Ktates. Meetings were held
and -Mr. Williams warmly : urged new
seal and new service for the sake et
the young men who were thereby to be
of a higher type of citizenship.
i Soon after this the International com
mittee work, with headquarters in New
fork .with Robert McBurney at its head
and Thomas Cree at a pioneer, took on
new life, and greatly revived and estab
lished the association work la the United
States. 4 .
Visiting London at a later date. It was
ray privilege to be abroad when the
world's convention, to which I was a
delegate, took place In London. During
this convention Her Majesty Queen Vic
toria conferred upon George Williams
toe honor of a great nation, bv giving
him, as a token of esteem and gratitude.
we uue oi air ueorge w imams,
f In the evening of the day that the lord
mayor and corporation governing tbe
great metropolis f the world conferred
the freedom ef the city, and-the gift of
the- valuable casket' with Its key at the
farnou Guildhall of the city in old Lon
don, the population Of the city crowded
the Royal Albert-hall- with tens of thou
sands of ita citizens representing, the
Queen, the house of lords and the house
of commons, and every department of
the : British government, being, repre
sented. . . .
In all the 'long, sweet friendship and
fellowship of a lifetime, the form and
figure of George Williams stands" out
by itself, the Bible pattern of a Chris
tan gentleman. ; -" -
i A s leader te the business world, dis
tinguished In his church , work, honored
bv his nation, a fine ezemplar In family
life as a Christian home-maker, humble
In his manners, gentle in speech, wise tn
counsel and energetic tn doing his part
In everv relation of life, the ending came
peacefully in the year 180$.
Let me close with a' few Words about
tny last moments with the living George
WilUams. 1 met mm in tne uontinenuu
hotel at Paris In 105. - He was then in
feeble health and felt that his departure
to the heavenly home was near. With
rataen emotion he gave Tne this message
to Ohe : "Younr Men's Christian," as he
so often called the Y. M. C. A. of the
United Statss. He faid "Tell them, for
me to - 4 .
, :. Be faithful to Jesus Christ
- Keep together. .
- . Pray much. L
' .' . . Go forward. -. t, -, -
, Keep sweet" .
and . we parted, each of us with tears In
ouf eyes. - , ,
. The Oregon Country
North week Happen Inn la Srief rora for tb
. -v, - i - v Saar Kaadas. - :
. ,; f oregon ;
' Up to the last of the week. (14 car- . t
loads of pears and -6 ears f apples i
had been shipped from Medford'to the -Eastern
. markets. .. . . ,. - . - ,- -.
An ' elaborate ;' celebration la being
planned at Ashland for November 6,- '
the date for the opening pf the Savage !
Rapids dam project
Pat Griffin, pioneer ' farmer ot
Bridgeport has been la Baker for 10
days .taking treatment for a bits re
ceived from a mad coyote. -'--
Ertell Boreck-of The Dalle has-been,
elected president of the freshman laes ,
at Oregon Agricultural college, and
Bertha Peterson of Portland, secretary.
Gust Jaeger and his two sons, living,
near Sherwood, took many prises at
thai atata fair amnn ,u w.i .
lambs, wheat rye, home-cured hams and
A total of $110 in cash.- $80vlq mer- :
chandise and a silver trophy cup will - s
be awarded to exhibitors at the Rogue s
River Apple exposiUon at Medford Oc-. ?
tober t). -' v : . . '
John N". Lindsay - of Creswelt aged
45, la dead arTa Eugene hospital as the
result of being struck by a Southern!, i
Pacifle freight train at the QresweU-
crossing.', '-,r.v . I
A $250,000. public auditorium as a me- -
morial to Umatilla county soldiers In
the World war will be erected at Pen-
dleten, - provided bonds are voted for
the purpose, m t r . -. .
, J. W. Lytle, well known pioneer real-
dent ot Marlon, county. Is dead at his
home in Balem. He was 83 years" of .
age and the father of Dr. W. H. Lytle.
state veterinarian.
The JJfewberg post of the American f
Legion Is planning to erect ea- building
with , clubrooma of Soes. dining room. '
kitchen, etc and an auditorium suitable
for ail kind of public meetings.
The TualaUn Valley News, long run by .
Ham Kautzman, -pioneer editor, is be
more, its place being taken, by - the , -
ugi uti iew, apomorea oy. i.
Four carloads of hops, contracted for
from $5 to 35 cents a pound, from the
J. W. Seavey yards near Eugene, were
shipped last week to England -and six
more carloads will be shipped soon.
A complete still and 13 gallons of
moonshine were seized at Fairview'in I
Coos county as the outfit was being I
loaded in an automobile to be trans
ported to North Bend. Jerry Doyle and i
Charles Thomas . ot North, Bend were
arrested, ".." . ,
: r - WASHINGTON ' .-
' The Northwest Wheatgrowers aasocI-4r;-ation
has shipped so far this year mere
than halt a million bushels of wheat .'
to Japan. .
Charter has been granted by the .
supervisor of banking for the Ritzville I
State bank, capitalised at $25,000 and - '
with a surplus of $2500. , , .
Walla Walla city commissioners have
fixed the budget for the coming year -at
$201,040 and the tax levy at 17.85
mills, a slight cut from last year.
The department ot conservation and -development
has vannounced - that it is
unable to finance the Sequlm project .
for soldier land settlement purposes. ;'
Albert Richards. 13 years old, is dead
at Spokane from a broken neck suffered
last Wednesday when he was struck by ?
an automobile driven by C. S. CasUe.
American Legion veterans will hold "
a demonstration in Yakima on Amis- . -tice
day in favor of the proposal to limit
armament of the principal worldjpowers.
Governor Hart has received a report
from Adjutant General Thompson show-
ing that there were 59,338 Washington
men in military service during the war.
Flye ; logging camps in the Puget '
Sound district opened up during the '
last week, neceseitating extra logging ' .
train service over the Milwaukee rail-
road.
The foreign born white population In
the. state of Washington has increased
since 1910 from I4L197 to 250,055 and
the native white population from 867,814
to 1,069,722. .:- r,f. a.;.,:,f. & $ i j,
' H. S. Burdick of Spokane' win repre- "
sent the Padfio Northwest association i
at the National Amateur Athletic as- ,.
sociation union conference in Chicago,'
November 15. ,
Two hours after starting work at
Schafers logging camp near Aberdeen
Frank Alexander, formerly ot Forest ' -Grove,
was instantly killed7' when
struck by a flying slab.
Completion of the census of Adult ;
blind in the state of Washington shows
$13 persons dependent upon the state
and counties for support King oounty ',
bas the largest number-, 22$.
The will of the late' Thomas R. Jones,
a former letter carrier of Spokane, pro- ,
vide $20,000 for a home f orithe Spokane .
branch of the National Association of -,
Xwtter Carriers. aJones died Septem- -ber
17.', ' . ' , -
TT") AITfl - I 'jrS
A dvtl service examination tor. forest
rangers will be held at Welser- Oo- v
lober 25. . . , . . c o
miss w. a. Kootnson nas amvea at
Weiser from Seattle to take the position
oi county-nurse in wasuingtoa oounqr.
" The Oregon Short Une railroad "has.
announced a reduction in freight rates .
of 75 cents a ton on sugar beets from -
weiser to jfaui.
' Boise's new Y." M. C. A. building Is '
hearing completion. When ready for .
wuutiaiKf - i. - wilt fvfinrui a.n rci- ,
ment oti approximately $235,000.
J. 'E. Clinton of Boise has In the
last two weeks purchased 100,000 bead
of sheep, 50.000 of which will be fed
on the Clinton ranch -near Emmett
Fire of undetermined origin Friday
morning completely destroyed large
bam, granary full -of wheat by garage
and an automobile on the Thomas Howe
ranch near Nam pa. --,
What I Like Best ,
In iThe Journal -
; MRS. K. EHRSAM, lOTf
Division street The edito
rials; They are far ahead ot
. ; those .in . any other paper , X
. . have tried; ; : , , I
MRS. W. H. RQY. 459 East
I Thirty-seventh street- I like
it all. The Journal seems al
most to be one of the family. ;
I MRS. A. R. DE TEMPLE,
108 S ' East Sherman street
. The comic page. "
MRS. C, R. POTTER, lOt 1
Arnold street - I like The .
.".Journal better than any other
paper.;' ; V'.?- '
' '- ', A. J, NESS. 1183 Wilbur
hvenue The editorials appeal - -'
to me more than any other
feature. For its fairness and v
t conscientious principles ' It ? is '
my paper first last and all
the time.
J. A. JOHNSON, 31 CaJk
houn street Fred Lockley
. articles for their richness of.
mtormatlon. The Journal has -.. .
- "a personaIity which , far out
.shines that of any other paper
In Portland.'
J. H. DUPES, Bajier Fair- ;
i neas
ot - news. Editorials.'. '
Fred Lockley's articles.
- t V MRS. WILLIAM WITHAM, '.
Baker -Tho news, for its fair- '
- nesst. The magazine' section
the editorials and Fred Lock- .
ley's articles. . '"-.-. -
- -Do you agree with these -comments,
or is there some feature
yo'u Uke better? Include- name
and address when you write, '
.