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THE " OREGON.- DAILY JOURNAlC PORTLAND. -OREGON
- TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1821.
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8TB8CaiPT(ON RATE8
Bf t'arrirr. City and Cowntrjr.
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Oaa wak $ .1 ! Om awUi .1 .66
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ever any one of the dozen and one
authorized utilities chooses to juggle
with It? Or would it! be still better
for the utilities and the various
city departments to coordinate their
pavement-cutting enterprises?
BANDITRY BY DAYLIGHT
the one hand and the denials on the
other are becoming a. nuisance, '
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rm. Wat rralttanea h Money Orders Ex
tra Order or lU. If roar poatoffioa ta aot
a avaMf-enlrr nffica, I er 2-nt ataaipii TIU
M auapUd Mala U mnitunea payabla to
Tha Jouraal p-ublublnt Company. PortUad.
npHE detectives, we are told, have
i- a theory that the Liberty thea
tre bsndits made a careful study ot
the place before yesterday's bold
daylight robbery 1
Of course they did. 'Bandits who
rob such places all make a careful
study of the place before making; the
raid. When there is a clean ".get
away." as in the Liberty robbery,
there is painstaking- preparation. Tha
movements and character of the at
taches&re studied. Whether there
is a policeman on the beat and what
kind of man and what his move
ments are, are noted.
The click of the safe lock the
morning of the robbery was not the
first time the bandits had heard it.
The part to be played by each of the
three was thoroughly worked out in
advance, if we are to believe the re
cent statement of a reformed bank
burglar published in one of the. mag
azines. This former bandit wrote that, the
police now have a harder time in
running down yeggmen than for
merly. The former headquarters of
cracksmen and all manner of crimi
nals was the saloon. Now, with the
saloon gone, the gangs are scattered
and their plots are laid in places
more difficult for the police to find.
For rendezvous they have lodging
houses and apartments where they
are mlxeM with the law-abiding pop
ulation.
People who' rent rooms to persons
without visible means of support
and who are out at night and asleep
much of the day, could do an hon
est citizen's duty by knowing some-
thins: about their tenants and, if
there is any reason for suspicion,
report the facts to the police.
- The present bold raids of bandits
as exampled in yesterday morning's
daylight robher are near civil war
in America, with thecrooks giving
battle to organized society.
Bungalows built on top of New
York, skyscrapers, with, a view of
New York harbor, are the new fad
of some of the rich. Henry Doh
ertys aerial home on- the roof of a
15 -story Battery Park building-, and
those of Percy Rockefeller and the
president of the Cfcnard line on top
of the 22-story Cunard building, are
among the latest. . It's no place to be
loafing around in the front yard on a
dark night.
OREGON'S OWN
Oar aaaotry ta founded en tha dignity
a khar paa tha wuaiitr of bad. Oura
la the flr rami rapabtta la tha hiktor at
tha varUL aVaaata aur fU tha paopla
ajar aa fraa. oaart U. IiicraoU.
"LEAVE TO
PRINT- .
Congressional Record's "Extension of
Remarks- Feature Castigated Even
More Vigorously Than the Recently
Offending Gentleman From Tex
as, and He Is Given Full Meas
' ure-iBut for the Abuse He
Could Not -Have Given
the Offense.
Letters From1 the People
I ComraBnicationa tent to Tha1 Journal for
nobliratioB fa Una desartaarat ahoaldba wrttua
aa only na akW of tha aapcr. should aot -ecad
800 word in leacth. and tan ba aicaad
by fba writer, boaa mail addnaa ia (nil sunt
accnanpany tha contribution. .
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
ABSURD
The annbuncement by Secretary
of State Kozer that a branch office
ot the automobile license department
may be established in Portland will
be fleeted with approval by local
automobile owners. Such a move
rpHERE is an Oregon girl who has
acnievea.
She has won a conspicuous place
in the musical life of the United
States. She is accepted and heralded
n the big musical' centers as one of
America's greatest pianists, an artist
able to hold her own with many of
the notable stars.
a
Oregon ought to recognize those
of her sons and daughters who bring
credit to the name of the state. Ore
gon ought to be the first to acknowl
edge and acclaim them. The home
coming of a young artist whose suc
cessful struggle for recognition is ac
knowledged abroad should be the
signal for enthusiastic and universal
approval at home. It is the means-
by -which, to encourage other young
Oregonians to make distinguished
names for themselves.
Miss Winifred Byrd is not only a
great artist but a young . woman of
delightful personality, whose family
ties are of fine old Oregon stock. Her
mother was Theresa Holderness,
who back in the '7ps was a pianist of
eminence and head of the music
department of Willamette university.
Her father is Dr. Will H. Byrd, a
well known physician and surgeon
at Salem.'
Because of her own idealism and
her nativity, Miss Byrd is called by
her managers and friends "Oregon's
own." And so she is.
And those who will see the petite
figure at the piano at the Heilig
Wednesday evening and hear the in
strument touched into a throbbing,
thrilling thing of life, will be proud
to acknowledge and acclaim Miss
Byrd as "Oregon's own."
Wuw Given ma ue ma rucci vu
their votes, the people of Port
land and Oregon are entitled to all
(he (.acts before they go to the bal
lot box, whether the issue be an elec
tion of a governor, a bond issue, or
taxation for a world's fair. And they
vant facts, not theoretical absurdl-
It has been publicly stated, sup-
. fosedly in good faith, that 80 per
' tent of the people of Multnomah
. eounty . will pa x no exposition tax.
thai since they jn no taxable prop
erty they will T scape all fair taxes.
That is a theoretical absurdity. It
h. claimed that 20 per cent of the
population owns all the taxable prop
erty and that per cent owns 75
per cent of the taxable wealth of
the county. That may be quite true.
Hut to tuDDoia that the S Der cent
i U going to pay, in the last analysis,
tS per cent oJhe cost to Multnomah
County of the fair is another theoreti
cal absurdity.
T Most of the taxes are raised from
levies on improved property. . The
improved property will be found to
. be owned largely by the wealthy 6
, per Cent. On mat property are
houses, apartment houses, grocery
establishments, clothing stores, office
tiuildings. and various other struc
tures( The owners of the property
purchased it-and Improved It at con
siderable coxt. They made an In
vestment. They fix rents to cover
-II operating costs ana to leave a
Profit for the owner. If they didn't
fl tht they could not remain in
- pesiness.
( Is there a man in Oregon that be
lieves a .tax on a building Is ultl-
r lately paid by the owner of the
u tiding? Certainly not.
, JitJU Immediately .added to the
t periling costs of the building to
Ihe overhead and, the renters of
that butlding pay enough additional
In rent to make up the difference to
the bulldlnx owner. And If the
renter happens to be a clothing mer
chant, he adds the Increased rent to
bis pries for clothes, and the con
sumer pays the taxes of the build
. jug Owner In the added cost of his
Clothing. If that were not true, the
merchant could not remain in busl
fceee.: He would go bankrupt. It
' Js so whether the renter operates a
Jlothing establishment, a grocery
tore, a shoe shop, or a candy store,
fcach, shifts his tax to the consumer,
and everyone ot the St per cent in
Multnomah county who owns no tax
able property has to buy food and
Clothing and other necessaries. And
when he buys he will pay the taxes
that 1 are charged to the building
'. owner, and the other owners, of real
property who are able to shift their
burden.
That Is the reason it Is absurd to
claim that 10 per cent ot the people
of Multnomah county will - escape
. taxes for the fair or for any other
purpose.
. l .These remarks must not be con
. at rued as an argument against It,
for thys exposition. The Journal is
Inclined to believe, would pay divi
deads on the Investment.
Down, at Fifth and' Morrison
street workmen had the street all
torn up for the car company eev
eral days. The replaeed pavement
was scarcely allowed to settle before
tome other public utility corpora'
tlon was busy cutting It up in smaller
area. Wouldn't it be more profitable
" to lay a portable pavement that
could be taken up ta blocks when
' !
would eliminate many of the incon
veniences that are sometimes faced
by owners under the
rangement.
present ar-
RELIEF AND RELIEF
Daily Editorial Digests
(Conmlkiated Praai Aawxiatiop)
A cartoon in the Washington Star one
day last week pictured Old Man Con
gress frightened out of his chair by
the sudden appearance behind his back
of a villainous looking Jack-in-the-box
labeled "Leave to Print", Representa
tive Blanton of Texas, by his "exten
sion" In the Congressional Record of
"remarks" which he would not have
been permitted to make on the floor,
has released the lid which ordinarily
serves to keep that apparition under
control. And now that he has been duly
punished for it the press demands that
either the lid be bo thoroughly safe
guarded that it cannot spring again., or
that the Jack-in-the-box be "billed for
keeps," as the Grand Rapids Herald
(Ind.) puts it. So far as the personal
element in the affair is concerned, there
is little sentiment that Blanton got more
than he deserved in the official censure
he received for his "abuse of the ex
tension of remarks privilege, " and much
that he got off too lightly. A very few
papers condone his method of expres
sion on account of his theme, but the
press as a whole condemns him uncon
ditionally.
The house showed "more leniency than
logic," the Milwaukee Sentinel (Rep.)
thinks, by administering "a public re
buke which in view of the serious Via
ture of the offense "looks like a good
naturea compromise." Indeed, the Bos
ton Transcript (Ind. Rep.) declares that
it "has not added to its credit with
right-minded and decent people by Its
failure to expel Representative Blan
ton," since, as the Sioux City Tribune
(Ind.) contends, "there is: no room in
the congress of the United States" for
him. While the Port Huron (Mich.)
Times Herald (Ind.) believes "Blanton
should have been thrown out bodily,'
because it is doubtful that a mere reori
mand will "make anything but a worse
'crank' . out of him,'" the Charlotte (N.
C.) Observer (Ind. Dem.) thinks it bet
ter to let him keep his seat "than to
turn him out and have the country make
a" martyr of him." Since "he has made
himself a legislative pariah" as the Can
ton (Ohio) Xews (Dem.) expresses it.
the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Ind.)
suggests that "he has lost all respect
and influence in the house," In any
event, and "his career there is likely
to expire with his present ; term."
There is a sad lack of balance be
tween the price paid the farmer for
his products and the price he pays
for farm necessaries. Until the bal
ance is reached there will be no per
manent establishment of national
prosperity.
AN EMPLOYE AND HIS CHIEF
TJRESIDENT HARDING, in a let
-a ter to the bead of a committee
for relief in Germany and Austria,
heartily commends the mission ot
the workers. He says:
Let me heartily commend the efforts
of those of our citlsena who loyally gave
of their best to win the war and who.
now that the war Is long over, peace is
established and the restoration of good
will Is sought, give of their time, their
services and their money to bring relief
to women and children who are suffer
ing In Austria and Germany. 1 am glad
that- relief Is to be administered by the
American Quakers, who have -already
labored In such an enterprise with signal
sympathy and success, and It is 'good
to know that in Austria and Germany
charitable persons are joining generously
and helpfully in this relief.
The relief of the stricken countries
is highly essential. It is a great and
humanitarian work. But, at best, it
Is but temporary relief.
There will be suffering in Austria
and Germany and in other countries
of Europe as long as the financial
and industrial fabrics are tattered.
There will be suffering until Europe
is economically sound, until pro
ducers can sell their products, until
workers' are all at work, until the
mills are turning out finished prod
ucts, and until there is buying power
abroad.
The relief workers cannot aid in
bringing about those conditiona They
cannot make work and buying power.
They cannot start the wheels of in
dustry. But the United States govern
ment can do much to that end, and it
would not only be a godsend to hu
manity across the sea, but to human
ity In America.
But the relief workers will go for
ward 'nobly aiding asibest they can
In driblets while our government, en
trenched behind a campaign policy
of isolation, withholds aid by the
bucketful. If the president heartily
commends the work of the relief
workers, why doesn't he lead this
country to relief on a large scale,
not only of Europe, but of America,
whose interests "are tightly and in
extricably woven together?
THAT the packers are in competi
tion with each other and that the
federal trade commission was
"biased and unfair," is the statement
on this page of L. D. H. Weld, a rep
resentative of Swift & Co,
It is absurd for the packers to
claim that the report of the federal
trade commission was "biased and
unfair." The commission, is a-great
public body. It could have no' grudge
against the packers. It would have
no motive for being "biased and un
fair." If a great government Institution,
having no interest to serve save the
public welfare, cannot be relied upon
for truthful statements, who can?
If a branch" of the government en
tirely removed from politics cannot
be trusted, why have a government?
Does the correspondent mean to say
that the government Is rotten and
the packers beyond reproach?
He says the packers are in compe
tition. The report of the federal
trade commission showed that Amer
ica was partitioned by the packers
into a division of territory. Specific
Instances were set out showing where
some of these zones were located. !
That there was a tacit agreement
among the Big Five to maintain per-!
centages in the division of business
and that the branch houses worked
together was admitted by Ogden Ar
mour in testimony before a senate
committee January 26," 1918. When
asked "if there was a 50-50 agree
ment between Armour and Swift in
the Denver field," Armour seplied:
"We were merely trying to maintain
the relative percentages of business
held by the two packers when they
went into the Denver field."
"Do you always try to maintain
your relative positions in taking over
plants?" Armour was asked. He "re
plied. "Yes." .
"Then there is a tacit agreement
among the packers that each tries
to maintain his position?" he was
asked. His reply was, "We try to
keep the' position in the trade we
always had." The same admissions
were made before the senate com
mittee relative to the division of
business at Fort Worth. .
On the 26th of January. 1918, be-
But having punished a: concrete in
stance of violation of - congressional
ethics, what, asks the Knoxvffle Jour
nal and Tribune (Rep.) "ia congress go
ing to do to' prevent a repetition of in
incident of this character or some other
foolish, thing as a result of its 'leave
to print' and 'extension of remarks'
buncombe?" a question to which most
papers demand an answer.
The "leave to print" custom "has been
abused before," the Brooklyn Eagle
(Ind. Dem.) says, "but never in such a
shameless way as this. It it is to con
tinue there should be sonfeone empow
ered to see that that privilege is -not
abused.'- "Is there no supervision or
censorship over th official record' of
congress competent to keep indecent
matter out of print?" the Worcester
Post (Dem.) Inquires; if not; "isn't It"
high time that the "practice of permit
ting a member to put anything he wishes
into the Congressional Record under the
subterfuge that it is an undelivered
'speech' should come to an end?" That
practice, the Utica Observer (Dem.) re
marks, is on a par with "newspapers,
that deliberately report incidents which
do not occur." Nevertheless, probably
not half of the matter appearing in the
Record has ever been spoken on the
floor of either house, the Nashville Ban
ner (Ind.) asserts, and the public has
become accustomed to "this hoary fraud'
because "it has beeh regarded as-harm
less." Now that the Blanton incident
"shows that it is not wholly so" it
should certainly be subjected "to Borne
kind of editing or In some way cen
sored before it goes to print."
A, STATEMENT BY SWIFT ft CO.
Referring to a Journal Article on Trust
Control ot Food Products.
Chica.ro. Nov.. 4. To tha .Editor of
The Journal The Oregon Journal or Oc
tober 15 contains an editorial. under the
heading "An Economic Criane." This
editorial refers to a hearing which is
to be held in Washington to determine
whether the large packers shall again
be allowed to handle foods otlwr than
meats. The editorial then goes on to
enumerate some of the sensational state
ments that appeared In the report of
the federal trade commission. It sug
gests that, the leaders of the packing
companies are "cunning and poweriui
men.T who are seeking ta gain control
of the food supply ot the country, and
says that It would be an economic crime
to modify" the present court order which
restricts the packers to the meat industry.
In the first place. Swift & Company is
making no attempt to get the court de
cree, modified so as to permit us to
handle other products than meats. We
consented to this. court decree in good
faith,, and Immediately took steps to
stop handling goods mentioned in that
decree goods ordinarily handled by
wholesale grocers.
At the same time we must protest
that he items culled from the federal
trade commission's "report put the pack
ing Industry in quite a wrong light It
ia a simple matter to show that the fed
eral trade commission's investigations
and report were biased and unfair. The
trade commission suppressed data that
it had in its possession which contovert
ed its own conclusions.
Referring to the figures - quoted In
the editorial, it should be noted that
these figures are aggregate figures for
tr e five large packers. The five large
packers are themselves in competition
with each other, and therefore their
combined figures in no way represent
a monopolistic control over the products
handled. For example, where it is said
that the five large packers handle 155
million dozen eggs, the significant ta-t
is tht Swift ft Company handled 91
million dozen eggs, 'which was only
about 6 per cent of the total quantity of
eggs marketed in the country.
Referring to the federal trade commis
sion's contention that the packers were
handling 775 commodities, the list "fur
nished by the federal trade commission
contains so many absurd duplications
that the very publication of this list
is enough to discredit the whole report
of the trade commission. For example,
the list contained over 20 different kinds
of sausage ; it listed various cuts of beef
as different commodities; It contained
the items, "sardines" and "canned sar
dines," "flourS and "wheat flour," etc.
The point is that the federal trade
commission was in no way able to sub
stantiate its sensational claim that the
packers would soon gain "complete con
trol of the country's food." At nd .time
had the packers handled as much as 5
per cent of the grocery business of the
country. We feel that it is hardly fair
to perpetuate the influence or an in
vestigation which we have proved before
congressional committees and In other
vays as prejudiced and unfair.
Swift & Company,
Per L D. H. Weld, Manager Com- .
mercial Research Department
SMALL CHANGE
a .
The offensive, especially In an argu
ment, is sot always offensive. v
After reading his record we're sure
this Sergeant WoodGll would fill . the
bUL :
SIDELIGHTS
Just when It looked like there mlsht
be a few dull front pares Linn county
came to the rescue. Albany Democrat
J The Oregon Cotrntry,'
Sartavaat Happmtac, ta ftrtaf Fatal sat Oa
aa, laaaaa.
If the mark keeps dwindling It win
soon make no mark at all on the world's
finances,
a a a -
We fearlessly and faithfully recom
mend moonshine of the variety Portland
enjoyed Monday night -
Difference between hardtack and
chocolate cake is the stuff they're made
ou same way witn loiKa.
.
. The average .man's mnnkMlr aa
pedestrian suffers instant change when
uo atvaiuire an auioraooue.
a a
In the matter of Impending contention
between a motor car and a telegraph
pole, 'twould be wise to let the pole have
uia ugm oy ueiauJt
a a a
By the time a fellow has bought an
outfit and .a license, joined an "exclu
sive" club and owns a car to get there
In, his duck dinners begin to get ex
pensive. a a a
The very thing one has long expected
to do at that delicate moment when a
burglar's gun ia. thrust in his face or
wnen ne spins the catsup on the hostess'
best linen, usually is the very thing he
doesn't do.
Let's have a dlsrootornieat conferences !
Twelve -thousand people wre killed last
year in motor vehicle accidents. Benton
County Courier. - -
. . . a a
Th fact that poets are born and not
made is construed by soma editors as
another argument In favor of birth con
trol. Medford Mail-Tribune.
A Joan's home may be his castle, but
If yeu want to find bun you are more
liable to locate him in the garage on
the rear of the lot Klamath Fails Harold.
The president of a Chicago bank who
stoie si.uuo.voo rrom mm inatiuiuon com
mitted suicide a few days ago In Flor-
1.1a He dodged legal paruahment but
could not escape paying the wares of
sin. Eugene Guard.
a
There Is this much to tve said for the
foreign red who are trying by tnroar
Ing bombs to intimidate an American
court into rescinding a verdict of guilty :
they are laying a fin foundation for
an Insanity plea. Eugene Register.
A touring car and trailer stopped yes
terday; looked around, told us the fam
ily consisted ot five and they would
locate in Aurora. Wanted to rent at
Qnst We could find no house so they
went to Woodburn. Aurora Observer.
OREGON
The facultv of Pacific onhreraity ha a
aubacribed (500 to tha endowment fund
of the lasUtoUoa.
Clackamas county's ajtaasoed valua
tion are now l:ftl.lv5. Jump of f lai,
bl over last year.
The budget for the coming riacal year
in Baker county la approximately 10, COO
leas than that of the previous year.
Alumni records of the L'alverslty of
Oregon show a list of iDfte graduates
aince the nrst commencemert as 1171.
This year's census shows li: children
of school age In Hood River and vkSaity.
aa increase of 16 per cent over last year.
Robbers entered the warehouse of
Mason. Ehrman a Co.. at Kurmt and
o stole sut.c and clxarettes valjed at bo--1
iween UoO and l.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Among the Eastern Oregon guests at I
the Imperial are H. A Bodner of La
Grande, F. E. Graham of Elgin. A King
and L L. Jones of Mitchell, W. C. Ken
nedy and F. D." Cox of Heppner. EX B.
Hall, W. L. Tingley, E. H. Thomas and
L A West of Klamath Falls. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter A Gover of Halfway, W.
E. Goldenlure of Enterprise, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Frank of The Dalles, W. K.
McCormack of. Deschutes and Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Best and Fred W. Falconer
of Pendleton.
Roy E. Ritner of Umatilla county,
we'll known politician and wheat farmer
and former bank clerk, is taking in the
sights of the big stock show.
Sim J. Cully, known all over Baatern
Oregon, with E. N. Smith, a fellow
townsman of Weston, is registered at
the Multnomah.
T. M. Cross, S. R. Lyster and S. J.
Brown, all of Roseburg, are Portland
visitors.
E. L. Paddock of Klamath Falls
here to take In the stock show.
Is
Coming to town to buy a set f
harness, an Oregon farmer brought
along a beef hide to sell. The price
of the harness was $85. When told
what the dealer would pay for the ' 'or he same committee, Mr. Ar
I.,,. . . . . . . .1 ,i . i. i j ,
The Congressional Record, which the
Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Dem.)
labels "that publication of political
propaganda," used to be "an important
source of information," but now the
Grands Rapids Press (Ind.) finds it "far
more valuable to the election seeker
than to the legislator." The " 'leave to
print privilege" is "an election device,
pure, and simple," declares the New
Tork Call (Soc.), maintained, as the
Pittsburg Dispatch (Ind.) puts It "at
public expense for, the hoodwinking of
the folks back home." The Blanton af
fair affords opportunity, the Philadel
phia, Bulletin (Ind. Rep.) suggests, to
recognize the use that is made of the
Congressional Record "for the circula
tion of propaganda, sometimes wholly
irrelevant to subjects of debate in con
gress, sometime mischievous and some
times contrary to public interest" and
to "put an end to it by restricting the
use of 'leave to print' and .'extended re
marks." and by establishing a real "rec
ord' of congress." for, it adds, "if the
Record had been true to its titular serv
ice and had been a transcript of pro
ceedings in the halls of congress, this
disgraceful performance never would
have happened."
WHAT RTJSKIN SAID"
In Describing the State of Mind of the
Darkened Materialist
Waahougal, Wash., Nov. 1. To the
Editor of The Journal As we approach
the peace1 conference it seems we might
profitably consider Ruskin s essay on
"peace," which undoubtedly contains
much real truth that stands as the basis
of harmony between nations and between
man and man.
"I had no , conception,'" he says, "of
the absolute darkness which has covered
the national mind In this respect that
is, that there is a supreme ruler, only
he cannot rule ; his orders won't work ;
he will be quite satisfied with euphonious
and respectful repetition of them ; execu
tion would be too dangerous under ex
isting circumstances, which he certainly
never contemplated until I began tp
come into collision with persons engaged
In the study of economic and political
questions. The entire naivete and un
dlsturlbed imbecility with which I found
them declare that the laws of the devil
were the only practicable ones, tend that
the laws of God were merely a form of
poetical language, passed all I had ever
heard or read of mortal Infidelity."
As no laws but those of the devil are
practicable in the world so no Impulses
but those of the brute (says the modern
political economist) are appealable to
in the world. Faith, generosity, honesty,
zeal and self-sacrifice are poetical
phrases. None of these things can in
reality be counted upon; there is no
truth in man that can be used as a
moving or productive power. All motive
forces in him are essentially brutish.
covetous or contentious. His power Is
only power of prey: otherwise than the
spider he cannot design ; otherwise than
the tiger he c annot feed. It has always
seemed very strange to me that practl
cally no one has seen how strong work
was done by man ; how, either for hire
or hatred, it never had been done ; and
that no amount of pay had ever made
a good soldier, a good teacher, a good
artist or a good workman. Examine the
work of your spiritual teachers, and
you will find the statistical law respect
ing them is this : "The less pay the
better work." If we are to be Chris
tians in anything but name then must
we apply the doctrines to everyday life
and in teaching its truths we must get
them past the place in our natures
where they are merely Intellectual state
ments. F. V, Moss.
C. M. Speck of Medford is at the Im
Clifford Chase of Dufur is a guest of
the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rowley of Baker
are at the Multnomah.
II. L. West of Union Is taking in the
stock show.
F. L Stanley of Klamath Falls is
registered at the Benson.
...
W. II. Manwaring of Bend Is a guest
of the Benson.
E. J. McMahon of The Dalles is
guest of the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Logan of Ashland
are registered at the Multnomah.
J. E. Nelson of Medford Is at the
Benson.
;
L J. Henry of Salem Is at the Oregon.
Eastern Orearon runata rriat-A
the Oregon include John McVurnr ni
C C Calkins of Heppner. George Strohm
and H. K. Dean of Hermiston. A J. Gil-
oeri or Joseph and L. L. McKennoa of
Li Grande.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamfe
Mossie of Ukiah are Portland visitors.
Mr. Mossie is one" of the pioneer stock-'
men of Camas valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis are down
from Union, the one-time county seat of
union county.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tucker, halllns
from the county seat of Crook county,
are Portland visitors.
Ed Marshall, Umatilla county rancher,
is down from Pendleton and Is at the
Benson.
C. W, Ashpole and W. J. Ferns of
Medford are registered at the Oregon.
. Mr. and Mrs. George Tucker of La
Grande are guests of the Oregon.
Big Bill Bollons of La Grande is hold
ing forth at the Oregon.
A Jay Farmer, from Baker county. Is
down to see the stock show.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wallace of Pendle
ton are guests of the Oregon.
S. EC Hartsock of Corvallis la at the
Oregon.
F. J. Farmer of La Pine Is registered
at the Oregon.
E. W. Coles of Haines, In Baker
county. Is at the Imperial.
Dave Juklin of Astoria Is a Portland
business visitor.
.
W. A Reld of Corvallis Is at the Im
perlal.
J. R. Wyatt of Albany Is sojourning
at the Oregon.
.- ." a . a a .....
Frederic Stelwer. well known attorney
of Pendleton, is at the Portland.
The new concrete pavement on the hlgH
way between Goahen aad Cream ell win
be cpened for travel this week, thus elim
inating a U-mlle detour
Captain Earl C Fle;el. Forty-eighth
Infantry. El Paso. Texas, has been or-
Utr?2Ul.?rtUnd notary Instructor
at HiU Military academy.
A petition is being circulated In the
Turner school district asking the dlrec
lor to call a meeting to vote f ti.OOO
bonds for a new schoolhouae.
Construction of the walls and roof of
the new St Charles hospital at Bend has
been completed, and plumbing and other
Interior work Is now in progreaa.
Deschutes county potatoes made a fine
showing at the national potato show at
Duluth. Netted Gems picked from the
1'Zl crop receiving a special award.
Belated frosts have prevailed over
Hood River vallev the last wv,r,i ri.v.
and garden truck, which has been plenti
ful up to the present time, has been
killed.
Miners along the coast of Coos county
whp are washing the black sand for gold
and platinum are meeting with' success
and are sending out quantities of both
metals.
Suit has been filed by the Southern
Pacific railroad in.t .
for the sum of illS.000 for damages done
m roadbed when the Jetty was put in at
Bar v iew.
Graduate Of Amry..,
lege since the college wa- founded in
1S.0 now number JUS. according to fig
ures compiled by the secretary ot the
Alumni association.
Thosaas Miller. aJln awnaxtault aa. V at
seized two lota m the city of Salem be
longing to Germans living In Berlin. No
Uce of seizure was given by placing pla
cards on the lots Involved. v"-,n
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
hide, the farmer scratched his head
and did a littlo mathematics. At the
end of his figuring be found tt would
take 0 hides to pay for the harness.
i .
IF A NUISANCE .
T IS. RINGLER his been repeat
"Aa edly arrested ot late for viola
tions ot law In cdnnection with the
operation ot a dance boat
It is claimed that mere children
frequently attend the entertainments
and that liquor is often brought
aboard by patrons It isalso charged
that Mr. Ringler has operated with
out a license.
If the boat is a place .where Chil
dren gather and where riotous en
tertainment abounds, a trap ; for
youngsters of tender years, the boat
should be quickly put out of busi
ness. - There are already too many
such places in and near Portland.
If, oa the other hand, the boat is
a place where wholesome entertain
ment is to be found and the laws
are fully complied with, there should
be no persecution. The charges on
mour made the following admissions:
1. That he attempted to make a nation,
wide packing monopoly when the old
Veder pool- was broken up in 1902.
X. That branch houses of the big pack
ers worked together.
I. That there was a tacit agreement
among the Big Five to maintain estab
lished percentages in the division of busi
ness. When asked if he had consulted
New York bankers in 1902 for thel
purpose of forming a huge corpora
tion to Include all the important!
packing plants in the United States,
Mr. Armour replied In these words:
"Yes, I assume that the figures are
right; it Is correct in principle.
There is a wide discrepancy be
tween the public admissions of Mr.
Armour and the statement of the
correspondent that tha packers are
In competition. .. ,; ' ,
The real evil, as the Washington Star
(Ind.) sees it, lies not in the "possible
abuse of the privilege," ! but in "the
privilege itself," and the recent epi
sode will have served a good end if It
should result in the "abolishment of the
much and often abused privilege of 'ex
tension of remarks'." The Congressional
Record, the Star holds, "should contain
nothing as of the nature of "proceed
ings' that is not strictly -immediate to
those proceedings," and certainly, "un
less the leave to print' and 'extension
of remarks' privileges are curtailed,
congress should appoint one of its own
members an editor charged with the
duty of keeping the pages of the Record
free from pollution." The , Nashville
Tennessean (Ind. Dem.). however, finds
the whole publication "a joke" and sug
gests that "some real economy could be
practiced with its immediate abolition."
The fashion jmakers f announce
knickers for women, knee breeches
for men and suspenders for both.
The women may bow to the decree.
but the proposition for knee breeches
(A bub who aeo to the raiaine of wheat oo good horse. I immediately landed a Job
at i.7S a eay for myself and horse
working on Judge W. J. Mariner's ranch
at spring plowing. When I was 17 years
oio juage .Manner put me In as fore
rran of his ranch. He had 12 to 14 men
working for him. I was the only man
on the ranch who was too vouna? to
voie. some oi uie men thought It was
arrange to be bossed bv a 17-vear-old
coy, but I had the power to fire any
man wno didn t want to work for me.
so they made the best of It and we got
along without any friction. As fore
man I drew the nar of two man. whlr-h
is the usual rule. I worked eighr years
it juage Mariner. He had two ranches.
one of 2100 and another of 2200 acres.
At 13 he put me in charge -of both
places. The 2300-acre place was later
r-ought by Will Woelpern. He was beat
ing bis way across the country when a
brakeman discovered him hero at Ar
lington riding the rods, and threw him
off. He landed a lob working on Judre
Mariner's ranch. He met a girl he
took . liking to. married her. settled.
ana now owns a ranch.
Uncte Jeff Snow. Says.
No matter where that 1B25 fair lights
there's bound to be a few land profiteers
git some fat plunder fer gittin out of
the way and lettin' other folks work.
There's ways ' of gittin' .shut of land
profiteers, but everbody's williix fer the
game to perceed, with the sky limit
and nobody wants to bust jt up fer fear
it'll ruin business. It makes me think
of the time they locked Sheriff Bone
starter up in jail one Sunday mornin" in
Pecos, Texas, because be was a-goln' to
arrest all the tinhorn gamblers in town
right - when three big" cattle ranches
thereabouts had paid off their men and
a Mexican revolution gineral had brung
his army over with a big lot of plunder
THE CASE OF THE WANDERER
Statement Regarding Slave Trade After
It Had Been Made -Unlawful.
Susanville, Nov. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal Please allow me, through
the columns of your excellent paper to
correct a mistake made by Veteran
Loughbridge of Salem, about the Wan
derer, in the Weekly Journal of October
S. 'The Wanderer was owned and oper
ateed by the New Tork Tacht club and
in 1S58 Imported 750 Africans to the
United States, landing at Brunswick,
Ga., and in 1859 it returned with 600
Africans, sailed up the Satilla and Sa
vannah rivera and sol- them. In vio
lation of the federal law. An attempt
was made by Georgia to prosecute two
Georgians who were accused of encour
aging the transaction, but they could
not be convicted of complicity in the
scheme. If the federal government ever
punished New Tork orany other North
ern state for. violating the law it is not
so recorded. Henry R Jackson, a law
yer of Savannah, tried to . convict all
Georgians for buying these Africans or
having any .part in violating the law:
but failed to find proof to convict It
had been decided by law in 1108 that
the slave trade should cease, and yet
as late as 1857 it was known that 75
slave ships had sailed from Massachu
setts ports, and between 1859 and .1860
it was known that 85 left New Tork,
seat out by merchants and carrying CO.
000 slaves to Brazil. Betty Smyer.
for-the men is hereby indefinite ana dThanff
postponed
was buUheaded and morally inclined.
s -LOST. BUT NOT LEAST
" Ytom tha Lendoar' Poet
A child of 4, seen . cryingVjo ' the
streets ot Sydney, was asked by a sym
pathetic adult what was the matter.
"I'm lost" sobbed the child. "My
mower's lost me. I told the durn old
thing she'd loso me I"
anBdrr Ursa ranehea in Eastern Orezmi tells
Mr. Lockley much about that ewentul lndoatrj
and also how ha became a rancher on hia own
account. It tales large fig-urea to express (rain
produeinc operation in tha Eastern Orasoa
wheat sooe. 1
Ralph R Harford Is foreman of the
Columbia Land company's ranch near
Arlington, In Eastern Oregon. He met
me at Arlington recently and we drove
out to his 8000-acre ranch, about 14
miles from Arlington. As we drove past
hit, place he pointed out the different
fields. "We have 2300 acres there In
summer fallow," he said. "It will be
planted this fall. That 3500 acres - in
wheat ran from 15 to 25 bushels to the
acre. That 900-acre tract now in wheat
was sagebrush land last year. Fer a
hundred thousand years or so tit has
been raising sagebrush and jackrabblts.
Now we have set 'It to work. Dr. C. J
Smith owns this place. He did own
24,000 acres. He sold 10.000 acres of It
to "Hog Jones at around $40 an acre
and 6000 acres to another farmer at
around $50 an sere. The wheat runs 15
to 22 bushels to the acre, which" means,
at the present price of a dollar a bushel.
an average of about $18 an acre. The
cros cost 17 an acre to put in. We have
25 tnen working on the ranch during
harvest and we have 80 horses on the
place. Our 18-foot combine is drawn by
28 horses and our 7-foot combine by 12
horses. The 24-foot combine is pulled by
a 75-horsepower caterpillar. We have a
$0-horsepower caterpillar which, operat
ing on 50 gallons of distillate a day and
pulling 125 feet of harrows, pulverizes
150 acres a day. With our two 'cats'
we harrow about 250 acres a day.'
We drew up at a little shack used in
the summer as a cook house, and after
I had washed my hands and face In the
tin basin on the bench at the back door
I took my place on the bench at the
table with a score of farm hands and
did ample Justice to the bountifut sup
per. Later in the evening, with Ralph
Harford, foreman of the ranch, I sat
dewn by the kitchen table and he told
me about the work on the ranch 1 and
something ' about himself. "My father
was a pioneer," he said. "I was born
in Yamhill county, not far from North
Yamhill,- May 22. 18r7. I left the Wil
lamette valley when I was 15 years old
coming to Arlington. My mother died
when I was 11 years old and my father
died two years later. I worked ell ;over
the neighborhood on different farms for
my board. When I was 15 years old
went to the ticket agent and told him
I wanted to go to Eastern Oregon and
asked him to sell me a ticket as far as
my money would take me. leaving out
a dollar for expenses when I got to my
destination. I had only enough money
to pay my fare to Arlington. When
got off the train at Arlington I was
told I might land a Job at Olex. 19 miles
distant I walked there, but found it
was a mistake about the job, so I had
to get a Job working -for my board.
Meanwhile I kept my eye open ' and
after two weeks I landed a Job at $45
a month and board, hauling wheat from
Clem to Arlington, 30 miles. I drove a
four-horse teaun. driving , the 30 mflea
one day and returning the next I car
ried 40 sacks of wheat to the load, and
for a part "of the winter I was driving
through a foot and a half ot snow.
I "I had received S for a few days'
work' prior to landing this Job.' I had
0 cents left from my original dollar,
and so this $6.30 had to serve me as
spending money till the next spring, when
I was paid for. my .winter's work. As
soon as I was paid I invested $75 in a
"When I was 21 I married Grace Mo-
Kinney of Blalock. Shortly after our
marriage we moved to Wasco, where
ran a uvery stable five years. The
automobiles began to cut Into the livery
business so heavily I decided to go back
to xarming. I came back here and
rented the McKencie ranch, part of
which was formerly owned by Judge
mariner. The first year I sold my
wneai ior hi cents a bushel. The next year
I got from $1 to $1.50 and with the
money we bought 480 acres of rood land
at $12.50 an acre. It's worth from $40
a. a s-m . . . ' . .
io au an acre too ay. xnen l oougnt
Frank Clark's relinquishment of his
grass homestead; consisting of $39 acres.
He had dug a well and had a good house.
I paid turn $1500 for his 539 acres and
Improvements. A little later I bought
200 acres more at $15 an acre. I new
have 1219 acres, so you see I am get
ting a start' toward a ranch. Since I
have been foreman for Dr. C. J. Smith
e have broken up 1500 acres of sage
brush land and put it into wheat Much
cf this raw land is yielding 15 bushels
of No. 1 quality Turkey Red wheat to
the acre.
"Without noticing It a person goes on
accumulating property. For instance.
I have accumulated a little boy hare,
Donovan, who is 8 years old ; Marjorie.
who Is 5, and Dempsey,' who Is 3 years
oi-) and Is as husky as his namesake.
Seven hundred acres of my land . is
plowed 350 in crop and 350 In summer
fallow. On this 350 acre, in wheat I
shall average about 20 bushels .to the
sere, which will bring me in approxi
mately $9000. 'We own 27 horses and 24
cows, with combines, drills, wagons and
o'.her farm equipment We raise our
own hogs, chickens and eggs, have all
the milk and butter wre need, and. while
we all work bard, yet we can see we
are getting ahead. My wife during the
two or three months of harvest gets up
at a o clock In the morning and works
till at night We serve 'breakfast at
9, lunch at 12 and supper at 7. ' We are
getting more wheat to the acre than
many other nearby places, because we
plow from nine to 11 Inches deep and
keep the land well cultivated and free
from weeds. Yea, I suppose -chauffeurs
and manicurists In town have easier
hours, but they doot have anything to
show tor it at the end of the year, and
.fclle we work hard and don't drees very
stylishly, the bank will cam a whole
lot nearer honoring our check for ten
thousand than It will that of a lounge
lizard or a movie bound - '
WASHINGTON
The carnival held at Toppenlsh last
week D V tha Am,riM. T ,.uv i
, , , r . ' uu wm us
13s The expenses wera onlv Imh
Cyrus F. Morrill h.m k- a
ed by Representative Summers for ap-
Kuuiuucui mm poaunasitr at waiia Walla.
T'orf Lndero. 36. and Thomas Do
Leon. 23. are in a Kfsattu hr.i
?.u"ly.woun!led result of a shoot-
auiray in a care.
Reports to the
and Industries shew that Industries of
an ot ."Mmngton are operating
at 80 per cent normal
Because of llln Tr..
Isaacs missed his mathematics class at
yvashinrton Stat college last Tuesday
for the first time In 25 years.
The residence of Earl KaVina vti.
gen. near White Salmon, burned to the
ground last Tuesday night the occupants
uuc, csuapiBg in incur night clothes.
Patients may enter the new United
States public health hospital at Walla
""a some uma tn January, according
to announcement of tH m-v.,.,..
architect - "
Control of the Sunnrald H v
nyside has been purchased by the
LOlOn Securities ramnartv rt C.L .
It has a canltaJ nf f.n (wi .r, a . i .
of more than $400,000. '
w ii 11 Howrd. arrested at Walla
- uiarjn oi trying to beat a
board bin. eft his wlf. in ., . "
w " vi - maa a imm or su.
Kmty-eifTit Trill ee from water. Allen
Reynolda and William Klrlmon
455T rtnch on Eureka Flat In
i7w a V"?v contracted
with A A Durand La aink iuwi.fM
welL
About 75 members of Yakima PniMm,
grange will attend the national . granre
convention at Portland. Novemtr it
and will urge the expulsion cf William
ovue. lormer master of the a Late
grange.
Interest payment checks to federal
ill-"ilk bondholders for more than
ttlOO.OOO were aent out NnvmK.r i i,r
the Spokane bank. There were 39 loans
l.T?.urUlK October. amounting to
i.aaa. iw.
More than 50.000 head ef jnifVtt.t
county sheep, that have been enjoying
paaiurea in me Columbia
national forest reserve near Mount
Adams, are being driven to winter quar
ters in the lower ranges.
IDAHO
.A course in Journalism was opened at
the College of Idaho last Tuesday.
The heaUng plant recently Installed
for the Idaho Technical Instltutte at
Pocatello Is finished and delivering heat
The new hospital at the Blackfot In
sane asylum has been completed and
patients are being moved into the new
building.
Nothing has yet been done toward
moving the town of American Falis. the
people waiting for the government to
furalah the money.
AH road construction In North Idaho
has been completed or will be completed
within a few weeks, according to W. J.
Hall, state commissioner of puhUs
worka
Six dollars a ton for sugar beets and
$35 an acre rent for land to grow them
on is proving disastrous to farmera of
Fremont county, many of whom threaten
to move to the Boise valley. -
More than 100 carloads of apples are
now stored In the reeentlv nyitmr
modern storage plant at Eagle Heights,
near Nam pa. Packers will bo employed
for at least another three months.
What I Like Best . j
In The Journal 1
A. W. CHANDLER. 1490
East Flanders street AIL I
have taken The Journal for
IS years.
P. R. MA HAN, 47 East
Fifty - seventh street north
The front page, I am always '
interested In "Jigga."
MRS. C. E. MILLER, 1661
East Flanders street The
comic feat urea
MRS. ALBERT BELG
DAHL. 1566 East Everett
street Fred Lockley's arti
cles, general news and com
ics. MRS. LEWIS DEAN. It 61
East Everett street Its fair-
nesa
MRS. A. B. McEWEN. St
East Sixtieth street The
.front psge. My daughter
likes the comics best
MRS M. WETGANT, 1592
East Glisan street The gen
eral news of the smaller Ore- (
gon towtta,"
G. E. JEFFERT. 94 East
Blxty-third street north The
front page and the music col
umn. , My wife likes best the
editorial page.
What do you like best la The
Journal? Include name and ad
stress when you. write. .
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