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THE 8INNOTT ARGUMENT
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laly ara mrtb havtn which ram aa a
Mult ai haJd flfbUna. Baachr.
WHY NOT US?
LTH0U0H America is sponsor
for the armament conference, it
ualned for England to lead the
y to Immediate crsaallon of battle
p building.
Irtat Britain has ordered work
pped on four super-Hoods, the
kbone of her naval building pro-
im. Iiy that act, millions of dol-
will be saved to nrltish tax-
Ij-ers. By that act. wealth is saved
m destruction and freed to be used
-reductive endeavor. By that act.
land not only evidences her faith
-he ultimate outcome of the arms
itersnce, but she proves her sln-
lty ' and her willingness to co
rate with the other nations in
Bticlng armaments.
ut why does the United States
itlnue"to build? With the strong
.bablllty that the ships will be
tppsd before completion why are
ney and materials poured whole
s' Into new ships? Why is the
ney not saved to American taz
ers?, Why ar the wealth and
rials ncv thrown to al-
rWAS proposed to cut $2740 from
the Income tax now paid by a man
with an Income of $100,000. in the
bill which the Republican insurgents
and Democrats beat in the house
Friday.
The amount the bill proposed to
cut from the tax of a man with an
Income of tl, 000. 000 was $274,710
The cut for a man with, an income
of $10,000 was to be only $50. These
are the figures presented in fighting
the bill by Congressman Sinnott of
Oregon, who with 90 Republicans
broke away from President Harding
and the Republican leadership in the
house. '
To cut but $50 from the tx on an
income of $10,000 a year while cut
ting $274,730 from the tax on an in
come of $1,000,000 a year is the pro
cess by which average people are
often forced to pay more than a fair
share of public taxes. The fact that
90 house Republicans broke away
and beat, the proposal examples the
growth of sentiment in America for
wealth to be taxed in proportion to
the protection and other benefits it
reqrives from government.
Income tax cannot be shifted.
Every other form of tax except a
profits tax can be shifted- All other
forms of taxation go into the over
head of the business and are passed
on to the consumer.
There can be no fairer tax than a
tax on incomes. Many a huge in
come comes from interest on non
stable securities. Or comes from in
vestments that are hidden and not
found by tax collectors.
This is one reason why land and
other -real property pays 72.2 per
cent of the direct taxes In Oregon.
The people have, through the years,
learned of these things, and that is
why there is a widespread and grow
ing agitation for application of the
Income tax. That agitation has made
its influence felt in congress, and we
have the unusual spectacle of the
"farmers' bloc" forcing the 50 per
cent surtax in the senate and the
revolution against the administration
and congressional leaders in the
house.
The action of the house is no war
on wealth. It was merely a fair in
sistence that men with big Incomes
be made to pay the,lr just part in the
cost of a very costly government.
The amazing thing is that Congress
men Hawley and McArthur of Ore
gon voted on the side of the men with
incomes of $1,000,000 a year, in spite
of the speech and vote of Congress
man Sinnott of Oregon, who stood
for the average man.
trance exceeds 42 feet, the figures do I
not mean, as they would in other
ports, that the depth is 33 feet at
low tide, but, on the contrary, that
at high tide the depth is more than
50 feet.
The same figures hold true in con
nection with the channel from Port
land to the sea. As Major Park of
the United States engineer corps, ob
serves: With the addition of a foot or two
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twe, channel depths sufficient for
COLONEL HARVEY
SPEAKS AGAIN
of
30-foot draft vessels have been avail
able. Operators have gladly availed
themselves of this opportunity to uti
lise the tides : they do it the world over
as a matter of course. It is one of the
great blessings of the port. This office
has received no complaints from ship
operators based on actual lack of depths.
although minor delays have occurred due
to apparent unfamiliarity of pilots with
changing channel conditions.
There Is, however, no reason for
any unfamiliarity on the part Of
Columbia river pilots with the
changes in the channel, for reports
issue from the United States engi
neer's office daily.
During the past season, it is also
noticeable from Major Park's state
ment, close cooperation has obtained
between the government and the
port authorities. As a consequence
although the channel below the
mouth of the Willametta is particu
larly the responsibility of the engi
neer corps, the port's dredges worked
with those of the government in
the Columbia to cut down shoals as
formed by receding high water. As
a result ships drawing 30 and 32
feet, taking occasional advantage of
the tides, have had no trouble what
ever.
There is due to the Columbia river
channel by recommendation of the
engineer corps $1,750,000 to be spent
for dikes and additional dredging
capacity. When this amount is ap
propriated by congress a long step
will be taken toward the deepened
channel which the Columbia de
mands in order to sustain the in
creasing burden of its commerce.
His Speaking as for the Administra
tion Is 111 Taken By Numberless
American Editors, Who Deny Him
This Bight if Unauthorised
Whether . So Authorized or Not
Is to Them Not Clear But
He Has His Apologists.
Who Assume to Inter
pret the Ambassador.
Dally Editorial Digest
. Letters From the People
Fifteen years ago he began busi
ness with a basket of apples and now
he is an apple king. He doesn't grow
the apples he buys and sells' them.
He is Steinhardt. of New York city.
He does a business of $15,000,000 a
year. But no living man who tends
the orchard, spra"ys the trees and
packs the apples has so advanced in
worldly affairs. It is because the
system of marketing is faulty. Stein
hardt is not to blame.
WHY NOT HERE?
Sixty thousand cash has just been
paid by a New York society woman
for a Russian sable coat Congress
man 81nnott of Oregon thinks people
with such Incomes should pay a just
share for - support of givernment.
And he is right.
tCtaianttdited Preea Association.)
Ambassador Harvey, engaged in "dis
pelling illusions" in a recent address in
Liverpool, seems also to have disturbed
the 'allusion" in the minds of a num
ber or American editors that foreign
policies are promulgated by. the depart
ment of state at Washington. In this
address, the New York Times (Ind.
Dera.) says, the ambassador "fell, with
the zeal of a country editor attacking
an effete aristocrat of Europe," upon
the hope expressed by Lord Denby, for
mer British ambassador to France, that
there would "some day" be an alliance
of Great Britain, France and the United
States, to "safeguard the peace of the
world." Rf erpffjne that it Kooma In
be bis "ufuiappy lot to dispel' illusions
respecting the attitude of the United
States, the American envoy answered
Lord Denby by declaring that hope
"futile" and in "utter impossibility."
Now that portion of tne American press
which regards Colonel Harvey none too
highly at best wants to know whether
he is speaking authoritatively as a
representative of the administration, or
is indulging in what the Norfolk Vir
ginia'n Pilot (Ind Dem.) calls "another
attack of splenetic personal prejudice
masquerading as the viewpoint of the
United States." However, Colonel Har
vey has the assurance of a consider
able number of editors that whether or
not he is accurately reflecting adminis
tration policies, he is entirely right in
his interpretation of American senti
ment in the matter of European alli
ances. a a
The statement which Ambassador
Harvey made at Liverpool is "more
striking in one respects than his out
burst before the Pilgrim society some
months ago," the Wilmington, (N. C.)
Star (Dem.) finds, for "he has now
undertaken to speak, not merely for
the present American administration,
but for all American administrations,
past, present and future." or, as the
Butte Miner (Dem.) puts it, he has
taken it upon himself "to define this
nation's policy for all future time," and
that, the Durham (N. C.) Surf (Ind.)
remarks, "is a big sweep to windward."
What Mr. Harvey thinks or says on
the subject of "alllances'is not of "great
consequence," in the opinion of the New
York Tribune (Rep.), but "it is of con
sequence to have knowledge of who, if
anybody, authorized the ambassador to
define and declare the attitude of Amer
ica." Manifestly, the Dayton News
(Dem.) thinks, "Harvey desires it to be
publicly known that the international
policies of the present administration
are in his keeping," and although it
does, not share the impression.' the New
Haven Journal Courier (Ind.) admits
that "it will not be unnatural, for the
average man tc conclude that he is
stating attitudes of mind and positions
of politics which President. Harding
would like to have known but 'does not
care to risk the expression of." While
the Birmingham Age-Herald (Ind.
has no doubt that "he was
J speaking for the Harding adminlstra
NCOMMENT and news in brief
Ccccmnnications ant to Tb. Journal for
publication U thi departmeat should fc written
on maty earn aid of tha paper, absold not ex
ceed 100 worda fat leasth. aad ma ba awned
by tb writer, waoa mail addraa ia fall saw
aceoeapaBy the contribution-!
MR. HARDING'S -VISION
A Correspondent Reduce It to
Thoroughly Visible Basis.
Vancouver. Wash-. Nov. 14. To the
Editor of The Journal The standpat
press is circulating a very touching
nursery tale regarding an angel appear
ing to Mr. Harding while he was asleep
ou the yacht Mayflower, and command
ii.C him to wave the olive branch and
thus bring eternal world peace. One
in Mr. Harding's position should deny
these pishogues and give credit where
credit is due. Facts regarding the origin
of the conference idea follow: Premier
Meighen of Canada addressing the pre
miers' conference In England in June last.
said: "I am opposed to this alliance
(Anglo-Japanese) because it. has out
lived its purpose. It was entered into to
curb the Pacific ambitions of Germany
and, Russia. Today these nations are
impotent for evil ; no nation menaces
British or Japanese interests in the
East. Today, broadly speaking, there
sre three great powers in the world
Great Britain, the United States and
Japan. If any two of these enter into
a separate alliance, then there can be
but one result The third in this case
in would be the United States will arm.
which means that we. too. will have to
arm, the consequence being a race in
armaments that can produce only misery
if not ruin. It is not that I desire to
reject the friendship of Japan, it is that
I do not wish to purchase their friend
ship at the price of making enemies of
other nations. I therefore urge that we
confer with both the United States and
Japan; that the three government sit
down together and see whether they can
not solve whatever difficulties exist, on
a basis of understanding and good will."
The Japanese and the United States
embassies were asked to sound out their
respective governments on the step that
Mr. Meighen had proposed and one week
later President Harding, with the Borah
naval limitation resolution to work on,
issued his invitation for a conference.
This Is written to prove that, while Mr.
Harding Is a very good man, he has not
yet taken second place in the Holy
Trinity. a Reader.
SMALL CHANGE
Nature is, amid such terrors as a sil
ver thaw, its own worst enemy.
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One upon a time there was a man
who said Portland people didn't want
a fair. May he rest ia peace.
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Incidentally, consldermg the vanished
marvels of our youth, we've been won
dering what's happened to tha old mill
stream.
Sometimes women who can't keep step
in the march of fashion are, neverthe
less, the first to respond to tha cadence
of the wadding march.
SIDELIGHTS
Let the 10-year naval holiday become
effective and In 10 years another may
be declared for 2 years. Bend Bulletin.
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There might be many who would wish
to rant a vacant houaw. but no on wants
to rant a vacant mind. Harney County
News.
a a a
The 30-minute limit for auto parking
proposed by tha merchants ia quit a
coma-down from tba to day limit now In
vogue. Mediord Mail-Tribune.
a , a
The butlders of tha Pacific Interna
tional Livestock exposition hare every
reason to glory in the rasulta. Portland
t. , . . too ay is showing tM finest lot of Uve-
thThbf,Te.lnl,iy.!Ient W mfy toek n the world and good old Oregon
thankful that there are no more fences u retttnr- hr .har of th nriaea.
for. the neighbors' cats to commit their 1!. prises.
The Oregon Country
midnight choruses upon.
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Somehow we alwavs fail at tha cm
cial moment to get up any seemly de-
As usual at this time of year wo read
of the "turkey shortage," but thero will
be no "price shortage" when it comes to
pre of enthusiasm over a rummage sale ! buying them. Tha farmer raises hit
own Thanksgiving turkey, tha million
aire buys bis, the gambler wins hia. the
rest of us eat 'liver and onions. "Aurora
Observer.
in the church basement.
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Whers was Portland when the light
went out? Getting ready to turn tha
house topsy turvy in search of the old
coal oil lamp, or a stray candle.
mm
Women folk find, when the electricity
lays down on the job, that there are
some inconveniences about all the mod
ern conveniences. Some homes this morn
ing had no breakfast and less had per
colated coffee, while wash day was, per
force, postponed.
Paul Robinson, editor of the Aurora
Observer, claims that ha was "the first
and only Oregon editor that predicted,
pulled for and rejoiced at Hardinr'a
nomination." If Paul is correct, there
are at least two other Oregon editors,
vis : C. E. Ingalls and E. E. Brodle. who
should quit making this claim for themselves-
Benton County Courier.
Nartawaat Bappenbaca ta Brief ram let the
Buxj ftaadec
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Although dean of tha agricultural I Guests from nearby place reristered
editors of the Northwest, editor of the at tn Multnomah include the following:
v. n bears. Chann Dock. Mr a C. E.
AT THE request of the governor, a
meeting of prominent Washing
tonians and Washington officials is
to be held soon to devise means to
suppress the traffic in narcotics in Dem.)
n.rik.. ctotn J Speakl
It is a worthy undertaking. Offi- ! ia equally 8ure that his speech was "his
cials there sense the tremendous own inspiration rather than that of the
destructive results of the drusr habit, .state department or the wnute House.
'I certain
tlon not turned
productlvr . Why do we not
lance our faith in the success of
conference Instead of subjecting
I delegates at Washington to the
j r of tha riveters while we ask
jm to disarm? Why do we not
va to the world that we are sin-
by halting the expensive work
our steeled fighters of the sea?
' feverishly forge weapons with
hand and offer disarmament
h the other Is Inconsistent, To
lgs good faith and friendship in
breath and give orders for bat
hips in the next is silly. To
d costly vessels to scrap is absurd.
tiat, within the next six years.
00.000 motor vehicles, including
0,000 trucks, will be rolling over
0,000 miles of Improved roads in
rrtca, )s the prediction of the
ager of the National Automobile
mber of Commerce. What a com
Hon for the railroads to con
';latot And what a thought for
1 lowly pedestrian! But It is
n that Is likely to come true.
AFTER THREE YEARS
CONSTERNATION THERE
'-"ITER ROAD between East Flfty-
econd and East Eighty-second
"ta la finally to ba paved. Work
i'f hold up pending the transfer
'MS.OOO from the county to the
ftfcv sum the county has agreed
pproprlat toward the cost of
vment.
.-fears residents of th district
V appealed for pavement of the
i - For years they havo been com
i to wait while county and city
ials bickered aa to whether the
f, ohouM remain a county hlgh-
pt be taken over as a city street.
her It should ba paved aa a road
i a city thoroughfare, whether
bounty should pay the cost or
k bor It should be born by own-
I of abutting prvaperty. Neither
county nor the city would pave
borough fare.
ter years of delay city ind coun
(He ials reached an agreement
by the city would take over the
s as a city street and pave tt pro-
' the county assumed part of the
i It la how to be Improved on.
hose conditions.
. . m . w - , t - a
1 is just vow vi uiw usiays aau
tree Incidental to dual govern
sl The Foster road episode ta
j on glaring reason why the
e of rortland and Multnorrih
y should cease maintaining
police department, two at-
CONSTERNATION was thrown Into
the Glastrow shiDbulldintr ' dis
trict, says a news dispatch, by the
order of the British admiralty sus
pending operation on the four super
dreadnaughts. The explanation Is:
Letting of the contracts had provided
work for thousands of men and had done
much to relieve the unemployment situation.
What a commentary on the com
paratively few minds that are guid
ing the work and thought of the
world! Is the building of enginery
for destruction of property and life
the only way in which governments
can keep workers employed.
If governments can give employ
ment to men by building things for
war, why can they not engage in
building things for peace that will
employ labor?
Granted that the object in building
warships was not primarily to make
Jobs for idle men, there remains the
principle that governments can and
do use public money for building the
huge terrors of the sea and that In
the course of the building workers
are employed.
Instead of using public money for
such things, why is not the intelli
gence of those minds. that guide the
world high enough to so order af
fairs that the war money may be
spent on implements of peace, in
building highways, on enterprises to
aid races instead of destroying them?
Shysters and flatheads and
thoughtless persons and evil minds
in high public places have brought
the world's thought into a dismal
situation when they can find no
enterprise of peace to substitute for
enterprises of war and when thou
sands at Glasgow mourn because
work is stopped on giant contri
vances for killing people.
The tragedy of mankind Is the
bankruptcy of nations in leadership
with intelligence to fit the century.
They vision the growing use of nar
cotics. They hear of the rapid en
slaving of new recruits, of the blight
ed lives, abandoned hopes, and lost
manhood and womanhood that are
collected as a toll by the deadly
drugs.
No habit is so intensely destruc
tive of character. No habit is so
perverting. No habit is so sure to
take its victims. And no habit is so
hard to overthrow.
A drug fiend is almost invariably
confirmed. He is without honor and
without feeling. He is the most
murderously perverted of the human
kind and often is the most fiendish
criminal.
The use of narcotics is rapidly
spreading in Oregon. It is becom
ing a strong menace to the social
structure of the state. Why not take
steps here similar to those In, Wash
ington, looking to the suppression of
the traffic?
An Ohio street railway company is
trying the plan of issuing "ride-all-the-week"
tickets for $1.26 as a
means of increasing business. The
tickets are good for as many rides
as he patron sees fit to take during
the week. Ticket sales are increas
ing each week and it is believed that
the plan may turn out to be sue
cessful.
A ROTTEN PROPOSAL
He waa a crossing watchman at
Detroit when Henry Ford bought a
railroad. His ware was then S51 a
Inonth. More duties that he could
take care of were added to his day's
routine. They made hia work worth
while and he ta now paid $1S a
month. It la one of the secrets of
Ford'a success.
. ITS GROWING DEPTH
YN PRACTICALLY avery port of
"- the word channel depths are
measured a high tide. The Colum
hia river channel Is one of the very
few from which depths are quoted
on a low tide basts.
When It IS announced, for Inatanea
J that the channel at the harbor en-
BEATEN overwhelmingly by the
decision of the voters of Oregon,
opponents of the irrigation project
in Harney county are trying to in
duce the federal department of agri
culture to bring proceedings in the
federal courts to have Malheur lake
remain as a bird reserve.
It would be extraordinary if the
agricultural department would make
such a fight. The people of the dis
trict are farmers. They want water
on their lands to Increase production.
The bird reservists say they should
not be allowed to use the water on
account -of the water fowl that fre
quent the lake.
These farmers have formed an ir
rigation district of 85,000 acres. All
the plans and specifications have
been prepared. The, bonds have been
voted. ' They were ratified by an al
most unanimous vote. They art
backed by an overwhelming vote by
the people of Oregon giving the chil
dren and grown-ups precedence over
ducks and other water fowl In the
use of water In that region.
About all that remains to be done
is to nave tne. supreme court m a
friendly suit proclaim the validity of
the bonds, and then sell the securi
ties and begin work. It all goes well
actual construction will begin next
spring.
How would it look In a country
where tree land is exhausted, where
cities axe becoming congested, and
where there Is a clamor to people
the rural districts, if a great federal
department dedicated to agriculture.
would take a stand against the Har-
In any event, the Scranton Times
(Dem.) thinks that "under the circum
stances, with the great statesmen of
Europe hurrying to this country to en
gage in a conference, it was a most un
diplomatic speech. It threw cold water
on all the hopes of the rulers of the al
lied governments." According to Har
vey's interpretation of George Wash
ington's stand against "entangling al
liances," the American people "have
been hamstrung." says the Newark
News (Ind.) : "the great Washington
built an irremovable barrier across their
path, cndfrinitr them ti follow a
course of isolation to the end of their
diiya, whatever the cost might be to
them and to the world." But the world
"do move," the Charleston News and
Courier (Dem.) observes, and "this
country has adopted many policies of
which George Washington would not
have approved," and, the paper con
tinues, it is not "a flattering estimate of
our intelligence" to declare that "the
American people will never consent to
an alliance, no matter how desirable it
might be." That amounts to telling us
"that we are a lot of stupid and hide
bound provincials so enslaved by prej
udice as to be proof against reason
and common sense." On the contrary,
the Philadelphia Public Ledger (Ind.)
asserts, "enlightened public opinion"
recopnizes as "inevitable" that "we
establish some sort of contact with the
other nations of the earth. The only
question is as to what kind it shall be."
...
Nevertheless, George Harvey meant
precisely the same thing that George
Washington meant by "entangling al
liances," the Sioux City Journal (Rep.)
declares, "one that could drag one na
tion into another nation's quarrels be
cause of a tacit agreement between the
two." and an alliance pf that kind "is
repulsive to America, not because Wash
ington pronounced against it," but be
cause it is not in accord with "the prin
ciples of American freedom and Ameri
can hopes and ambitions," and the am
bassador's clear statement of America's
attitude on the question is to be com
mended." the Ann Arbor Times News
(Ind.) feels. Alliances, says the Kan
sas City Journal (Rep.) "belong to the
diplomacy of Napoleon, not to that of
the twentieth century," and to Ameri
cans, the Toledo Blade (Rep.) adds, they
suggest "the intrigues, the secrecies, the
everlasting play of an intricate diplo
matic game." Harvey, therefore, "prop
erly interprets the spirit of American
diplomacy," which, as the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune (Rep.) outlines it.
is "frank, free, definite understanding
with all. secret pacts wito none." Cer
tainly Mr. Harvey "did not mean that
hope of American and British coopera
tion for world peace was ruuie, tne
Kansas City Star (Ind.) asserts; "what
is futile is merely the expectation that
such cooperation can be brought about
by a treaty of alliance," and our am
bassador was trying to impress upon
the British "that practical statesman-
shin would be better employed in try
ing to bring about, .through less formal
sanctions, a working agreement that
would produce results as good."
PASSING IT ON
Discussion of Route Taken by a Tax
and of Its Final Destination.
Portland, Nov. 6. To the l.ditor of
The Journal Referring to an article in
an evening paper of November 5, pre
pared no doubt by the promoters of the
1925 fair, wherein it is stated that only
20 per cent of the population of Mult
nomah county are taxpayers, and that
80 per cent are non-taxpayers, and
therefore the tax for the fair would af
fect only one fifth of the population :
x ia&e issue witn tnis statement. 1 as
sert that the owners of property take
taxes into consideration in renting to
the non-taxpayer, or in selling their
merchandise, and add sufficient to ttieir
rentals, or price of merchandise, to take
care of all taxes, therefore making the
so-called "non-taxpayer" the real tax
payer.
As a matter of fact, in many of the
Eastern cities the property owners are
making leases (and . I understand some
of the property owners in Portland)
basing their rentals on the taxes at the
time of making the lease, and making
the tenant stand the increase in taxes
during the life of the lease. If this is
not passing it on, I don't know what
it ia, and no doubt the lessee selling
merchandise will take this into consid
eration, and pass it on to the consumer.
Then why do we say that 80 per cent of
the people are "non-taxpayers"?
In view of the fact that it is the in
tention of the fair promoters to raise
$4,000,000 in Portland, based upon a pop
ulation of 260.000, this would mean ap
proximately $15 each for every man.
woman and child in Portland, or, as
suming that every family consists of
five persons, it would mean 175 for each
family in the city. I think the so-called
"non-taxpayers" understand this thor
oughly, judging from their past experi-
1 ence in increased rentals and high prices.
W. C. North.
Idaho Farmer and editor of the Idaho
Odd Fellow. A. E. Gipson of Caldwell.
Idaho, has found time to attend the na
tional grange convention and is regis
tered at the Multnomah. "Idaho is very
friendly toward Portland." stated Mr.
Gipson. "and we realize we are a part
of a great tributary country of which
Portland is the seaport town. How
ever, we regret that the Portland busi
ness men's expedition failed to material
ize, and that you have not become ac
quainted with the wonderful growth and
advancement of our immense Irrigated
area; for Idaho is one of the largest
reclamation sections of tha country and
Is a leader In reclamation work. I am
a great believer In this great Northwest
of ours, and do not believe that we
should be governed merely by a tech
nical state boundary line, but should
all work together for the upbuilding of
the whole Northwest and for the suc
cess of your "Oregon 1925' fair. I have
just returned from the East, and even
there they talk about the fair to be
held In Oregon, in 1925 ; so you see you
did well to vote for the tax. It is a
great pleasure for me to be present at
this national grange convention, and
this is the forty-fifth .year I have been
a member of that organization which
has done so much for the benefit of the
farmer." Mr. Gipson was recently pre
sented with a 60-year Jewel by the Odd
Fellows.
A BATTLESHIP OF PEACE
Support of Proposal to Use the Oregon
as a Home for Merchant Mariners.
Portland, Nov. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal To retain the Oregon in
her home waters of the Willamette ap
pears to many of us as a vital, urgent
and splendid idea. What more fitting
way can we devise than united action
of the Portland Council of Churches, the
city of Portland and the state of Oregon
to make our dream come true? to con
vert an instrument of death and destruc
tion into a channel of life and inspira
tion for the men of our American mer
chant marine. Moored in these peaceful
waters, with Old Glory flying at the
stern to tell of her glorious history, and
with the dove of peace with green olive
branch apeak, as a symbol of her later
destiny ; as a meeting-place,' club
library, chapel, hotel afloat and general
rendezvous for the singing sailors of the
seven seas in what more notable way
can we celebrate the heroic dead and
make them "yet speak" of the new era
of peace to generations yet unborn? As
a practical business proposition the three
bodies above named could easily raise
a sum sufficient to equip and maintain
for one year this home for the boys
"who go down to the sea in ships."
Thereafter dues for. sleeping quarters
and meals, with a moderate subsidy,
would readily make the Oregon a going
concern. Who among our leading citi
zens will give us a lead? There are
hundreds who will gladly share in this
noble memorial. John W. Lethaby.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
The rattlesnake does not sound his
rattles as a warning before striking, but
because of nervousness, Homer "R. Dill,
director of the exhibit of vertebrates ax
the University of Iowa, says. Experi
ence with live rattlers in the university
laboratory shows that when the snake
is planning a quick strike it Is abso
lutely still, except that its head may
sway slightly from side to side. The
strike and withdrawal of the head Is so
quick the eye does not follow the move
ment. Dr. Dill says. The rattles rattle
when the snake is frightened and ner
vous, he declares. Another mistaken idea
ney farmers and in favor of theo-jm the nJber of mtles, Mr. Dill as-
rists ana meir oira reserve r Jserts
Fernley. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Elfuslng
and H. H. Walker of Astoria-. Mr. and
Mra P. F. Clark. R. E. Miller and R. A.
Bennett of Hood River; F. M. Johns,
J. B. Kilmore. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gil
key, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Leston and R.
B. Wilcox of The Dalles ; C. H. Hall and
C. H. Brown of Pendleton ; R. 8. Walts
of Lakeside; Mrs. Agnes Johnson of
Redmond. Mr. and Mrs, L. E. Churchill
of Mohawk ; John McBrlde of Seaside.
Mr. and Mra George Blehn of Kla
math Falls have come to Portland for
the winter. Their daughters. Pear and
Frieda, are attending school In Port
land. a a p
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wellaher of Cor
vallls are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
F. E. Butt, in Portland. .
...
E. E Foss of Prosper, a small sawmill
town near Band on. is registered at the
Hotel Portland.
a a a
Mrs. Dexter Rice, Iris Rice and Fern
Reymers of Roeeburg ara registered at
the Portland.
a a a
G. W. Hassalo. registering from Eng
land, is at the Portland.
a a a
Mrs. Glen Eddings of Roseburg is vis
iting friends in Portland.
ORBQOH
Bakter countr Is advartlainar for sal
42a,0O0 worth et county road bonda
The city council of Band has reduced
the wages ef city ecaptoyes from la to
t for eight hours work.
There are seven applicant for the po
sition of postmaster at Rogue River,
four ef whom ara women.
Board man baa a new Industry, a Swiss
cheewa factory, the product of which is
just being placed on the market.
The excellent showing of oil at tha
Trtgonia oil well tn Jackson county haa
attracted tha Interest of oU men all -
over the country.
The school oensus Just completed la
Lana countr shows, a total of 1 1.40 chil
dren of school age, approximately g&0
mora than last year.
Hood River civic and commercial or
rnixatfons are planning a cornmnnlty
cheat driva similar to the one hels) Is
Portland last spring.
At a meeting ef farmers, eitlsans and
business men recently, plans were made
for a wild -west round-up to ba bald at
Prairie City next fail.
August, arad 12. and Walter. Is. sons
I of George Jaegar of Shsrwood, won first
ana second prises at ins foruana stoca
show with three sheen.
Coburg citizens are taking steps ta
form a drainage area to improve 10.000
acres of wwt land in Northern Lana and
Southern Linn counties.
Polk county's annual corn show, ta
ba held in Independence December 1 and
2. promises to be the best exhibition of
the kind ever held la tha county.
Mrs. Louis Ore t La of Tualatin sus
tained fractured ribs and severe brume
whan the shaft of her baggy broke, over
turned and threw her to tha ground.
Another carload of Linn county Jersey
cow for shipment to Crook county is
h-lng purchased this week by J. A Sin
ner and J. A. Kiggs 01 rowell Fatte.
Word Is received from Ttcomi of
the death tn thst city of Mrs Anna Btt,
who was born in Eugene (1 year ago.
Death came suddenly from heart disease.
OBSEBVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
f t,. itnr, nf the fnnndina of tha city of
Eusene and of its earlier yean ia here eompflrd
in brief by Mr. Lockley. who makes of it an
uncommonly iatereatin recital-1
Mr. and Mra George B. Dorrls live
at 55 Pearl street. Eugene. I isitea
them recently and they told me of
Eugene's early days. Mr. Dorrls came
to California In 1856. Four years iir
he moved to the Southern Oregon mines.
settling in Jacksonville. He read law
with B. F. Dowell ana was aammea i
the bar In 1865. He moved to Eugene
in the fall of that year.
When did you come to Oregon. Mra
Dorrls?" I inquired. "We crossea tne
olains in 185!," she said. "My ratner.
the farmer from the depredations of
the herd of cows that swarm through
our streets from one year's end lo
another. If we will not prevent the
cows running at large. Justice demands
protection to the farmer. ,
a a a
It was a lawyer who built tha first
house within the corporate limits of the
city of Eugene. When Judge D. M. Rls
don came to Lane county in January.
1851. he erected the first dwelling within
what later became tha city limits of
Eugene. Eugene Skinner's house was
located near the foot of Skinners butte.
Hilyard Shaw built Judge Rlsdon's
house for him. The contract price was
$76. The house was 14 by 20. The
WASHINGTON
Mora than 4.500,000 bushels of Walla
Walla county's lizi wheat crop has
been sold to date
More than 200 men are at work at tha
Fort Walla Walla health service hos
pital. The payroll last week approxi
mated 15600.
Clay Perkins is under arrest at Butte.
Mont, chanted writh betna; Implioatad In
the bank robbery at Roy near Taeoma.
last Monday.
The day after Insuring 200 tons of bay
for 82400, J. T. Offul ot Proasar lost 1
tons by a fire caused by sparks from
a steam engine.
Four persons are under arrest in
Spokane charged with exploding gas
bombs in local theatres employing non
union operators.
Train service on the Great Northern
railway was disrupted during the week
a the result of a second cave-In at
Horseshoe tunnel.
Seven hundred and fifty-throe veter
ans are in hospitals in ihe Thirteenth
veterans' bureau district, an Increase, of
201) in the last monh.
Civil service examination to select
(oslmaaiera for Cashmere. Col vi lie,
Grandvtew and Okanogan ara ' an
nounced for December 11.
A reduction of 25 oer rent In stata
tax levies Is tha goal of the new state
federation of taxpayers' aaaoeiaUona re
cently organized at Tacoma,
J. C SootL axricultural arent of
Franklin county, has been appointed ag
ricultural a i rector ot Ui vt nita fciiutia
Hanford soldier settlement project-
A iolnt order of euarantlna an Ann
has been issued in Adams, Grant. Ben
ton and Franklin ceuntlea awinr tn an
epidemic of rabies amoaa; coyotaw and
doc a
The Coy Valve company, recently In
corporated for fl.OOO.ooo. haa taken an
option on a 10-acre sits in Lbs Hender
son Land company's addition to Cba-hans.
Tht prorram of road imsravanwnl tn
Chelan county la the moat extensive ever
undertaken in the county. At leaat half
a munon aoiiars win ba expended next
year.
Jitneys operating at Seattle must quit
running or else their . drivers will ba
arrested, under an ordlnaac banning
jitney competition with lb municipal
railway.
William Hoffman, who was a native of j roof and sides were covered with split
Baltimore, married Miss Caroline Bar
bara Schafer, also a native of Maryland.
I was one of six daughters. We were
all born In Indiana Wertarted from
Covington for the long trip by wagon
across the plains. My father served as
county clerk of Jackson county 12 years.
C C. Beekman, the banker and early
day express agent of Jacksonville, mar
ried my sister Julia. My nephew, B. B.
Beekman, lives In Portland and can tell
you all about the early days In Jackson
ville. After moving to t.ugene ny, aa
Eugene was then called, Mr. Dorrls
came back to Jacksonville to claim me
as his bride. We were married by the
Rev. Williams, the Presbyterian min
ister, at my home in Jacksonville, May
15, 1866. Our wedding trip was our trip
to Eugene. My husband was born
March 7, 1832. at Nashville, Tenn. He
is the oldest attorney in Eugene. He
will be 90 years old on. his next birth
day. We have three daughters Emma,
who married C. A. Hardy; May. who
married Jerry E. Bronaugh, and Stella,
who married Dr. C. C. MeCrum. Mr.
Dorris'was elected to the lower house
of the legislature in 1870, and in 1881
he was elected to the state senate. He
has served in the city council of Eugene
and also as mayor."
MR. REICHEN TO MR. LINSCOTT
Portland, Nov. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal I see that Mr. Llnscott
has now reached bottom and confessed
that prohibition is "against nature." It's
a plain fact that natures vary in degree
of depravity. If prohibition were against
everybody's nature it would never have
been enacted anywhere. Some natures
are so depraved that they resent laws
against fraud, theft, cruelty, etc Others
are bitter against laws that are sup
posed to protect women and hold par
ents responsible for the rearing of the
children they bring Into the world. Cer
tainly, all laws that are for the pro
tection of the weak and meek are
"against" the "nature" of the ruthless
and the aggressive. If it were not
the case we shouldn't need these laws
at alL Nothing new about that. jib
natures gladly cooperate for the peace
and safety of all. Some can be kept in
bounds of civility by law. Others can
only be made safe by steel doors.
C A. Reichen.
In looking over the old records of pro
ceedings of the city council of Eugene
I ran across an Interesting statement,
made by B. F. Dorris. president of tha
city council in 1875-76. The report is
dated April 10, 1876, and reads in part
as follows :
"Within the last month complaints
have been made to me against the city
marshal for non-performance of duty in
permitting the hogs belonging to the
mill company to run at large. I have
long since discovered that it is much
easier to find fault with an officer than
it is to perform his duties. The diffi
culties of the marshal in this case are
not well understood. While the law
makes it his duty to take up certain
animals found running at large, it also
contemplates some provision in the way
of a pound to put them Into, and none
has been made; so, if censure Is de
served, and I think it is, it should at
tach to the council and not the marshal.
In order to obviate the recurrence of
this complaint, and meet another want
greatly felt, I would suggest that per
mission be obtained of the county court
to enclose the block facing the county
Jan, this enclosure to be used as a
pound and also used by farmers when
they come to town with their wagons.
By this provision ws would prevent
animals running at large and protect
THE UNEXPLORED PLACES
From tb CbJcaas Pott
Occasionally .we hear tnat there Is
nothing left in the world to make the
"find" worth the search. When ' one
says that the world is small, after all,
he is accused of springing a bromide.
We do not know why anybody wants to
say that the world I small, after all.
for it is a mighty big place, and there
are a 'good many thousands of square
miles of it that man knows nothing
about less than nothing about, as a
geographer put it the other day.
Sir Ernest Shackleton is going explor
ing again. He is bound to find some
thing .Hew if his ship steers a right
course. Any explorer who wants to
I work in a new field can take his choice
boards and the floor was of puncheon.
It waa located on Pearl street between
Ninth and Tenth streets. Later that
summer Hilyard Shaw and William
Smith put up a awmilL The mill race
was put in about tha same time, as waa
Jim Huddleston's store on the river
bank near Eugene Skinner's ferry.
sea
In August. 1851, a survey was made
by Eugene Skinner and Judge Risdon
with the idea of laying ut a townslte.
The next April they filed their plat of
the townsite of Eugene City, which had
24 blocks of eight lots each and two
fractional blocks containing three and
seven lots, respectively. The lots were
80' by 160 feet. Eugene Skinner donated
a number of tha lots to people who had
been of service to him or to those w ho
might help him build up his prospective
city. Ha gave one of the fractional blocks
to James Huddleston. the storekeeper.
Two lots were given to the school dis
trict, two lots to Judge R- P. Boise, two
more to Judge M. P. Deady, two to
L A. Rice and four to Hilyard Shaw
for a mill site.
a
It looked for a time as If the citizens
would not adopt the name of Eugene
City, for the place was known as Skin
ner Mudhole. In 185S the county seat
waa located at "Skinners Mudhole"' and
the old name was dropped and it be
came Eugene City.
a . a
In 1862 a move was started to Incor
porate the town, but the move was
fought by the State Republican, a news
paper published at Eugene, which op
posed the plan on the grounds of econ
omy. The people back of the plan
urged the Incorporation so that the grog
shops could ba regulated and the hogs
running at large Impounded. The State
Republican in a long editorial on the
subject said: "The whiskey shops can
be abolished by cutting off the southern
portion sf the precinct and as to the
maintaining of a city government merely
to get rid of a few old sows that peram
bulate the streets, that would be a very
expensive way of Accomplishing a small
amount of good." In spite of this the
city was Incorporated as Eugene City on
October 17. 1862. Two years later, on
October 22. 1864. the title of the city waa
changed to the City of Eugene and a
new charter was adopted. Under the re
vised charter the following city offi
cials were appointed : J. B. UnJerwood,
president; J. A. McClung. Eugene F.
Skinner, F. B. Dunn. C C. Croner. W. T.
Osburn and T. O. Hendricks, trustees;
A. A. Skinner, recorder;' B. Jennings,
treasurer: C H. Fox. marshal; Tom
Chase, street commissioner.
IDAHO
Five 225-pound hogs were stolen from
the ranch of K. F. Keasler. near Ea
mett, a few days ago.
A. S. Whltalaw has sold 220 acres of
land near Moscow to Henry Clark for a
consideration of- 840.000.
R. P. Quarles, pioneer attorney ana
former member of tha supreme court of
Idaho, died last Tuesday at Salmon City.
A larr golden eagle, measuring seven
and a half feet from Up to Up. waa
recently captured alive by John Wright
of Believue.
Tha Moscow Clay and Brick Products
company has obtained an order for seven
cars of face brick for tha new Hub sure
at Lewlslon.
At a special election In LewiaLon on
three ordinances to authorise bond lasue
for park and cemetery improvements
all were defeated.
According; to growers In tha Boise val
ley. U00 carload of apples have baen
shipped from there thla season, with
about 200 more to be shipped.
While driving; to Re-aburg; Thursday.
Mrs. Ole Roa waa killed when her
hcrse became frightened and dashed
down the hill throwing her beneath tha
wi.ee la '
The Union State bank of Nex Perce
has clo&ed its doors at the request of tha
bank directors, who state that depositor
will suffer no financial loss by tha bank
ctCEins;.
While playing with some gun caps at
Fairfield Knday morning, the right hand
of Nelson Griffith 4-yeae-old -r ,
so badly I nj tired when they exploded
that all the fingera had to be amputatyL
ot any one of a hundred fields, and
know before he sets out that he la going
into places which few, if any, persona
ever have been in before. The explorer
for years to come probably can know In
advance that for him there la still an
undiscovered country.
There are parts of North and South
America, ot Africa and of Asia Into
which no white man ever has penetrated.
New lands, new plants, new animals and
perhaps new men await the discoverer
In places all over the world. It is 1921,
and the world has been here for a good
many thousand years, bat aa yet man
does not know all about it. nor will he
know all about it probably until It has
added a good many thousands of whirl
ings to its record. The world Is not
small, after aU, - 4 '
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
Elmer Washington Powers admits he
dont know much about managln' the
cavortin' of a tin Lizzie but he's a
1 earn In' fast, 'cause his wife, who goes
to town with him. is a-teachln' of him.
Mrs. Powers never drove a gas wagon In
ber life, but she's a-readin' the liter
choor and pre-digests it for Elmer, after
which she tells him Jlst whit to do. and
exactly, what he'd Orter of don at ever
turn of the road. Some feilera"d snort
and rage at sich teachin' but Elmer en
joys it tremenjua. In case of a mlxop
smashin' things. Elmer riggers he'll lay
the blame on ber but he shore Is dead
wrong there.
What I Like Best
In The Journal
REV. W. NE8BITT BT
ARS, pastor Lincoln Method
ist church. 14S9 East Lincoln
street I have been a resident
of your city for a little more
than a year and, while I was
raised on the Oregonian as a
diet, I wish to say that of the
newspapers In the Northwest
for I have lived In Spokane,
toe -The Journal has the best
church page and the best
church news that I have seen,
H. D. FOWTTEN, (01 East
Harrison street Its depend
ability, its fairness, the stand
it takes on the disarmament
issue and its friendliness to
the common people.
W. D. McLEAX. SSi Cora
street Its stand on disarm
ament and its democracy.
Our carrier service Is good.
We have never missed & pa
per. MRS. R. T. ANDERSON.
JI7 H Bumside street The
funny features.
WILLIAM DUFF ET,
lit hi Morrison street Fred
Lockley's articles.
When yon send your opinion
be sure to Include name In full
and address. No comment can be
published if sent anonymously or
signed with Initials only.
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