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THE OREGON DAILY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 6, iltZl. n' Ay IXDEPISDE&TLKWSPAPER ' Vnbnsher (Be eaJm. b confident.' be cneerrai sad da unto other M yea would hT tbea do ante- you. j fubuthed eeery weekday and fcanuy Boruinf ac im Journal mumidc, Broeaway ana xas. bill street. Portland. Oregon. - aisred M Uw poitefiice at rortlaod. Orecoa. lor tranamatios tarovca , to nuil M sscood elae natter. U.KP11UNK Uaia 717a. All department reached Automatic 66ft-S 1. by thrwg nnmbera. AT ION Ah ADVERTISING KEfKESENTA TIVE BertiaBin Kentnor Co., Brunswick Imildma. 22ft Fifth arenae, , New , York; 900 Mailer, lroiktinc. Chit-ago. ' ACiriO COAST KfcFKESE.NTATIVE W. B. Barancer Caw Kxaaaincr. building. Baa. Vraa ewoo: Titla Inraranra baUding, Los Angale; Pnt-inteUirencer bnildmg, Hcartic. 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If your pa-toff ice ia not 1 Baoner-orde' office. 1 or- 2-eent stamp will S accepted. Hake all remittance payable to foa Journal Publubing Comptnjr, PorUtnd, )rrnL Tueh me jonr mood, O psUient lUn, Who elimb esxh night the Ancient sky, tTinff on fpace bo shade, iiq cr, : Was' raA of aaM ba aaa a Aim aaf svaar fmm afo, a- 1W uia. - I - .. m - e-Kmr-rwilL l IN ITALY, TOO? UOW comes word from Italy that J the' cabinet may fall over the S8ue brought out by the Washing ton arms conference. The ; ropmlar party has adopted resolutions approving reduction of and and pea forces. The, Democrats m the 6her hand are carrying on in active campaign against the Bo loml cabinet on the conference la mes, and the prediction is freely ttade that the cabinet will not sur- ive until the return of . the Italian delegates from Wasbingto. ? . t ,'.,, f JWiil1? the i. politicians never allow the world to move forward and away from, battleshrp building and war? At erery more in the direction of duced armaments -rand peace, are partisans to drag out the old bogey of war, charge all other nations with a.; spirit of hatred and ugly ambition, and, create distrust ' and suspicion throughout the world? Are they going to defeat every effort to bring about peace, prosperity comfort and ; happiness for the mere, ipurpo8e,.,ot attaining a politlcaread ? is eternal war to be the price; polities?.;'"- .America is hardly In a position toJ "T"0 ' tiATTLB.- with the forces of tv, m. iM rn'tlul' lfimoranCA so'thiLt tTiA mnana plan that would come neae-insur - irig world peace than- anything -hat had ever been proposed .before , or that has ever been -roposefl-tsiriee The nations of the earth, followed . us. , They ll agreed to the; plan. But - after fashioning the structure, alter pledglng""ourelve8:-.io i.t. and after all other -powerful nations had - Joined with us, an1 opposition 'arose in America, purely, for partisan, rea sons, that succeeded In keeping this - country and the .world fronv,prom- ised peace. ' ' ' " ' In an effort to do what we had . undone, or to come as near doing that as possible under the circum stances, this government called the arms parley. ' It seems destined to , start the world back on the road to which it once led' them. And now comes-' Italy with a threat to break over the traces as America broke . over-them two -years ago. And, as Ii this country, the opposition in T 1 - la annarantltf vtolnir Tysi..1v tn 'aft effort to gain a political victory. ".It would'be a crime for the politi cians to defeat the purposes Of the arms conference. Just as it was forj them to defeat the League of Na . Hons plan. And the rise of the poli ticians in i Italy can only - prompt think leg citizens, to ask how long the people of the earth are going to permit politicians of whatever politi cal faith and of whatever country ti make world peace and national -"happiness the football of partisan performer. .Automobile drivers have a merry time searching for alibis after acci tents.' They blame the othe driver, tpey blame their machines, they (flame the other man's machine, they blame obstructions and they- blame about "everything else, - And now It is the ram." i Next it will be the birds. MR. ROCKEFELLER'S WOES .' -ANKOT a Christian srentleman V live in these United States with out being victimized by an ungrate ful government? ,f ' l john D. Rockefeller has lost his stoit 'in the federal supreme court to escape the payment -of about $J 50, Oof) in taxes assessed against him by the government He was a stock holder in the Prairie,Oil & Gas com pany and the Vbio Otrrompany; each of which aold its pipe 'lines .to new companies, ' receiving " parmeat . in stock, which was distributed among the stockholder, of the : two j com panies named. Mr. Rockefeller's share of the diatribution was worth to the market Vet $l,000,0$oj upon which the government assessed a tax Of $360,000. ' ., ' , ... K;f Since the 'supreme court declared that stock dividends are not taxable, It has been the plan to catalogue as many profits under stock dividends as possible. Some of the j Dupont companies tried it and failed. . Mr. Rockefeller, whose struggles with' his poverty are often discour aging, tried to escape the cruel exac tions of a tyrannous government by the same route. All' his tireless en- ; deavors to supply the country with gasoline were Ignored by a merciless court All his beneficent efforts to teach' rebellious workers at Ludlow how to be good citizens : were spurned. With the hard - hearted court, it was as if no Rockefeller money had ever been spent oh sci ence and education. i ";; The court coldly and . unfeelingly demanded that out' of the $16,000,000 the great sum of $350,000 should be taken as income tax, thereby leav ing the philanthropist alone with his sorrow. J - '' . - 'Twas ever thus. It seems to be the sole business of the courts and the law to pull a good man down. A DECISION TO COPY NO MAN is above the law. j Judge Landis held that to be true of the baseball statutes as well as criminal and civil law ' when he announced yesterday the fine and suspension of three members rof the New York Americanleague' club, in cluding the mighty Babe Ruth. Baseball law provides that mem bers of teams that contest 'in the world's championship series cannot play in exhibition games during the off season of that year. But ! Ruth, the home , run king, the . hero of Gotham, with his two teammates, apparently took the position that ie was too great to be punished, . even by the supreme commissioner of baseball. Consequently, in violation of the baseball statutes and after a warning from the commissioner, the three, players defiantly took part in exhibition games. ;'" But .Judge Landis" Wisely, assumed the stand that baseball is bigger than any player or players. It was the same position that .Charles A. Comis key, the venerable owner of the Chi cago; White' Sox, took after his costly stars became enmeshSd in the web of baseball gamblers. '. ' ' I The stand of those two men has put baseball on a. plane where it will live after all the Babe Ruths and other stars have passed into baseball history- And this Country would -be better if there were more Landlses and Comiskeys in the ranks of those who' enforce and interpret the law in other fields of human pursuit. v j - The huge ocean' carrier Leviathin la to be conyerted)rom a coa2 thto an oil burner and to he reconditioned to go Into active service in the Araer- Ilcani merchant, fleet . it. took more than a year to prepare the- plans, whi(h make up a volume -of 1000 pages. The charge for preparing the plans alone is expected to be around $250,000. Bids for making the change will be opened December 29. As all .know, the Leviathan is one of the captured German ships. . A LEOIONAJRE'S PROPOSAL Ignorance so that the means will be provided to set, free the mil -lipnsfrom tha.'honds Of illiteracy," wa the-appeal vOtiHanford Mac Nlder," national commander of tbe 'American -Legion on. the opening of American, '-'Education .Week' De cember 4. ;-..... " . "' j. pe urged that every tongue in the United - States be educated, to -speak the -English language vand that. alt persons have instruction in American history and form of government4 It is a .proposal sound . to -the- core; "' The illiterates in America are the prey of the demagogues. : It is the presence of the illiterates that be devils us with demagogues. ; The dem agogues, the illiterates and so-called statesmen who .want positions for themselves . and offices ; for their friends are responsible for most of the woes of the country. Take election campaigns, j Most of the appeals are to ignorance ' and prejudice and rarely to intelligence. The senate fight on the League of Nations was deliberately made to annex the German and anti-British vote.' : J"; More than 8,500,000ver 1ft years of age in America are Illiterate, j In many of the industrial plants and mines no tices to the workers must be printed in several languages because of the babel of tongues, and with large percentage or woraers written com munication is impossible beca-u8e"of illiteracy. -.'! "J-';-:,.;" It Was' because of ignorance that kings were able to hold peoples In subjection through 10,000 years of recorded history. If the races had been able to'" think. If their minds had been trained to function, democ racy.; would have broken jover the world and driven autocracy and war into oblivion several thousand years ago..i;;v v V ';t ;;;; '-z Th'e surest pledge for the survival of eeif-government U-education that will ( touch, and equip every, citizen. Power to think with. Intelligence is a priceless heritage to bestow on a people. We have not yet gone far enough In requirement for' every child to have , instruction In free schools., j5' f 1' 1 H: r'r.,: Most of : thoseVho fulminate against the -American 'system do- not know what the American system Is. Illiteracy is the spawning - ground and a- fertile field for extreme radi-' rcaltsnir'-':'-''vT":tri' K- When the' mass Is" once fuBjr intel- ligent so-called leaders will not dare rto try to humbug the ignorant. As the mass intelligence becomes more ana more pronounced representative government will become more repre sentative.. Then fewer "jobs' and fewer schemes of plunder will be laid upon the masses by congresses and legislatures." - , : American Education week is S precious week. The American Le gion can do no nobler or more use ful work than to spread the gtyspel of universal education. " ' IN BIO LIMOUSINE F- WAS a gay ' night In Denver. Youthful daughters of two prom inent Colorado families were put for a-lark. JThey didn't know; when two melf Invited ;. them to dinner, that the! hosts were married. - -'.' The men had, a, handsome Umon sine. ' '."They seemed to-have plenty of money, ' And they were "so nice." ' In tbelimouslrio' after dinner, a bottle .was 4 produced. One of the girls, Just past 20, didn't want to drink. Endless persuasion, however, "opened the sealed lips. She drank. She drank more. The party stopped at 'a roadhouse..'- ':' The big limousine was exquisite. The men. spent freely. And they were so nice.". What a gay night it was. , f Before midnight, the girl who didn't' want to drink collapsed. She was. hastily carried from the road-house.-- Her . companions believed her to be In a drunken stupor.. She couldn't go home that way. The men couldn't appear In public with her. So, for more than an hour the big limousine circled about the outskirts of Denver, the remainder of the party hilarious as they waited for their paralyzed victim to revive. They passed under a street lamp. The girl's lips were blue. Her hand was Icy. Her pulse fluttered but slightly.' The sparkling limousine sped along as usual. JThe men still had 'plenty of money. But they weren't quite so "nice." The hilarity ceased as the limou sine was turned toward a hospital. Under an assumed name,, they car ried the girl into the institution. But she could not be received there with out the certificate of a physician. The' county hospital was suggested. But that couldn't be; the newspapers might hear of the episode and the men's names be 'disclosed. - Thail would never do. The head nurse was threatened. But she would not admit the girl. ' She was offered money. . She refused it, and finally ordered the -party from the 'premises. , The next day Denver did not know what became of the girl. Perhaps she recovered. Perhaps she didn't Perhaps she was still fighting for her life. No one save her. Sirl friend and her "nice" male companions knew. , 7 The big limousines will speed on as usual The men will have plenty of money. And they wUl;.befso nice. But 1 what becomes of the girls? . - . : . - :: .zzr.:. .'.r-' . 'A limitation on battleship, building will save the taxpayers of the' United States vast sums of money. But that alone will not end war. Battleships are only one factor in wars, and sometimes not much of a factor at that To effectively provide." against future war, the arms conference will have to do more than stop battle ship building. But even that is a beginning. TEN TO TWO BACK of the 10 -to -2 Arbuckle verdict was "the party." , I "The party" was a several-days' carousal, staged by Arbuckle ad earrled on in complete disregard of law. As host, Arbuckle. was clad In pajamas, whereby the keynote was given1 to the orgy and it was pitched In a very low key. On these points there is no controversy. Back of the verdict also Is the open arid f sequent reference to the "million-dollar defense" in the ease. Nobody will 'suspect; that money In fluenced the judge, jury or prose cution. But money can hire detect ives. Money can procure testimony. Money can fix witnesses. The pres tige that some foolish people accord money can exert a subtle influence in delicately shading testimony by witnesses who might not bo bought The glamour and the supposed, ultra respectability of big money has sometimes set men free who were guilty, and that without in the slight est impairing the integrity of the ' courts. Back of the 1 0-to- 2 verdict is the great bar; of public opinion. There it will not be a 10-to-t -verdict The lips that were sealed in the court spoke a dying message to the public, wheie technicalities and quibbles of " the : law do not count j That great. Jury will understand what Arbuckle purposed when he gathered men and women together in a near week's boose orgy, and there In defiance of statute and moral law carried on a disgusting bacchanalia almost under the shad' ow of the courthouse in which he was tried. One of the largest reasons for con cern in this republic today-Is the possibility that millions of : people may lose their sense of the sanctity and majesty of the; 'law. Life.. lib erty and the pursuit of happiness are secured to . us by the constitu tion and the "laws: Only so long as law and constituted - authority, have the' reverent regard of all. are free institutions secure.: Forces like that In this case which lessen the dignity of the law or undermine authority conferred by law. strike at the. very heart of the republk When such cases go unwhlpped, anarchy is abet ted and, in its ultimate, anarchy. means ' contempt for "all law,' which In-turn in th breakdown of orran ixeif society and the' 'possible end of the white man's civilisation. .U.h COMMENT OF'THE "STATE PRESS Tbose 'Who Sen Liquor to Boy A Pris , oner Out ot the Ordinary Foch as a Model Old-Time Revivalism Arms and the Tax Homicidal Deer-H anting Roy Gard - ner a Salutary Snow. . - - , Tom Watson Rebuked a . Also. Warmak . ere Ante Camps . : , and Town Growth. Benton County Courier : The vulture that sells liquor to boys is the individual who should be grabbed and given the extreme penalty of the law and for him a fine of $500 and six months in Jail is not enough. ' . i The boy who has never tasted alcoholic drinks has missed nothing good and the box of today will be the man of tomorrow and he win be a . better man in every way if he is a stranger to alcohol i Without seeming to be a calamity howler, we want to call the attention of a few people to the fact that there are many boys in CorvalUs between the ages of 16 and 20 who are able to get intoxicating liquor. , There is evidence of this on the streets of Cor vallis almost any evening. We do not mean, that tfiese boys are so drunk that they can't lie on the ground: without holding on to the grass, but they are, as they put it "all lit up and rarin' to go."". . . Let the county offer a re ward ot $100 to anyone who will give in formation leading to the arrest and con viction of persons either manufacturing or offering for sale Intoxicating liquor. This will turn the trick, v. .. .i - .... ;- . Albany Democrat ; " Accused of mur der, a prisoner lies In the county Jail awaiting trial. He is not an ordinary prisoner. His mental development is rather a puzsle. accounted for by the (act that the prisoner did not live an ordinary life during boyhood, or achieve the ordinary mental . stage. Perhaps In some- ways he is under-developed. In other directions he probably ia of acuter sensitiveness than . the average. For many years he -was blind. From the scant reported details of his blind days, it appears that he developed remarkable, almost intuitive, powers. In hunting, he is said to have been able to dig out and capture gray diggers from beneath logs. Where other boys depended upon sight, he was possessed of remarkable percep tive tacuiues, enabling mm to rival their prowess. About two years ago surgery returned to nun his sight. What his im pressions of the- material world were. what effect these impressions had upon his spiritual structure, would make an Interesting study. He was like a man from another planet. His mature mind was a stranger to the visions of earth that sight brings. Regardless of the murder charge, his case is a vital one from the standpoint of psychology. a - - , V Eugene Guard: , Ferdinand Foch be came the greatest general of the age because he would never admit defeat. With his army completely defeated and falling . back at every point along the Marne, he gathered up some available reserves and made a counter 'attack in the center. It happened that the rapidly advancing Germans had left a gap there, and ; Foch's attacking 'column drove through and attacked on the flanks and in the rear of the enemy. The result of Foch' refusal, to admit that, he was whipped changed the . history of the world and the map of Europe and made him an heroic ,f igure. Foch is a close student of Napoleon and it was the little corporal's favorite diversion to rout his enemies after they thought the battle was won, by the most daring and unexpected onslaught if possible. The success of r such tactics makes their em? ployment worth while invery vocation of UfeA A;:mansis as a- rule whipped only when he admits it . - - Lav Grande ' Observer : The Methodist churcbNbas been turned fnte a. commun ity chareb'for onie time now and there has been a revival m progress that has shaken up quitesa-, few : people. Three Fingered Jack GodwbrVhas hit the sin ner right and lefttleavlng his mark in many .ways on the habits of people and really have done -a lot of good. JacJc is different from any other evangelist. He does not : wall rat the' . law-enforcing bodies', for he realizes meet of them are doing the best they kno;.H does not say we need mote laws, Vhut; he strikes at the individual-and his habits, at the home Which has- permitted lameis of discipline and disrespect for elder people- He talks old-fashioned stuff and a1llttle of that-occasionally is good for the soul of , anyone. Such a revival is good for any town and 'La 'Grande needed it, probably as bad as most towns. - .. ,-.?,. Astoria Budget : The war,1iAs left" the w,-orld under. a mountain of lebt and the necessity of maintaining 'great armies and navies is operating to delay the re turn of . normal conditiona In some countries the paper currency has be come worth-less ; investments have been confiscated and trade is at a standstill. Even In this country the heavy taxation for unproductive purposes has begun to restrict consumption, for. a the tax gatherer takes more, the people buy less. There is a direct relationship between the present depression and the excessive taxation for armament, and a business man should be the first to see that a substantial diminution of the armament tax will have a corresponding favorable reaction on business. a a Eugene Register: It is not surprising that two Lane county juries in succes sion have failed to convict defendants accused of carelessness in mistaking men for deer, because there is a rather general feelins; that the remorse fol lowing such a tragedy is in itself a fear ful punishment Still the prosecution of these cases win not be without good ef fects, for it helps to call attention to the terrible consequences that too often fol low shooting without being absolutely Certain as to the target . In view of the mounting toll of deaths in the hunting; season, we cannot afford to overlook anything that may induce men to hold their fire until they know what they are snooting at. Hood River News: Roy Gardner, who was in great aanger of becoming a pop ular nero, nas - himself proved to the satisfaction of even those who believed him to be the victim of Circumstances that be is just a common crook possess-' ing more than "an average amount of audacity. Public opinion as a rule is a known quantity and, while it is some times prone to run to maudlin sentimen tality on occasions such as the escape of Gardner "amid a hail of bullets," it quickly establishes itself as a balancing factor when called upon to decide be tween right and wrong. Public, opinion Is dead against this professional crook. Baker Democrat: ; The heavy snow that fell throughout Eastern Oregon -the past few days and the rain ' that fol lowed is only typical weather at this time of tbe year and it was welcome in its beneficial results to the country in that it soaks the around and prepares the way for growing crops next year. In the tnotmtains the deeper the snow the better, and it is the early snow that counts. It packs solidly in the canyons and Is alow to melt under the rays of sunshine and offers a continued ii ligation of farm lands when needed- - ..' .a .'.. a. : ...T. - Barney County News: Senator Wat- son of Georgia ts horrified because issi an. army recruited 1 from every walk of life aad numbering about the same a the population ot his own state, there have been charged certain : executions without trial. We dont believe his story, but we cannot help wondering whether tbe senator has been as aealoua in hunt ing down the lynchers 'who have dis graced the name of his state. . In 1919 there- were ft tyechings ia the'state of Georgia, and since 1885 there have been 41S roch ; episodes, rtar exceeding the record of any other state la the union. Woodbnrn ' Independent t . The argn-. ment advanced by the an tie. that disar mament would throw thousands out of employment in every country and dis mantle plants that might be-needed in the event of an exigency, does not blind the people to the glaring fact that war would mean an - awful sacrifice' of life and the probable destruction of civiliza tion. Those opposed to disarmament are more concerned about their Own inter ests than the good of the whole world. .iS.-S-. i--.:. 'CorvalUs Gaxette-Timea: The- ' people of The Dalles are going to vote on a bond - issue of $5000 to put their- auto camp' in shape. - If the measure Carrie it wul be the best $5000 investment The Dalles could make.! The' community that gets ready to handle the tourist trade of the next 10 years is the town that is going to grow. " CotBmtmtesnbos sent to The Journal for publication ia Uui department aboold be written oa only one tide si the paper, abouki sot ex seed 900- words ia kasth, and saost be stated trf the -wtUar, whoa mail address is fall Bast accompany the eontribotion.1 - ; FORD AS RAILWAY MANAGER One Who Has Watched His Work Wants Hun to Have More of It Portland, pec. To. the Editor of The Journal I : ask space to" comment on the plea made some time aa;e by a railroad engineer. . The strike has been happily averted, to the great satisf ac tion of the public, who would have been the . innocent and - most suffering . by stander In the fray. However, the rail road man is left out in the cold owing to-the biased decision of the labor board, with the inevitable result of dissatisfac tion among the, workers. The railroad brotherhoods have ac cumulated quite a war chest several millions, I think for use -In case of strike, undoubtedly. Would It not be much better to buy stock In the re spective railroads with that money, ac quire controlling Interest some time and thus freeze out that giant financial oc topus that has its lair in Wall street? There is not the least ooubt that it could be done. Ot course there is also the plan of tripartite management, if it were not for the rather deplorable fact that politics cannot be kept out of any governmental enterprise. At the root of it all is the indifference of the average citizen.' The majority of the voters think they have done their duty when they cast their vote but that is only the beginning, " for - house and senate bear watching constantly. Preda tory wealth has powerful lobbies At Washington, ever oa the lookout for spe cial privileges. ' , f The railroads are hopelessly in a rut extravagant and inefficient as can be. When it takes from two to three times the price of a product to carry it to market, then there is , positively some thing rotten. The roads are stifling commerce by their exorbitant and con fiscatory rates, and right now the In terstate Commerce commission has au thorized a coeslderabre increase In rates in the Northwest and the Middle West If there is any more wasteful. way of burning- coal than in a locomotive I would tike to know. If it were ground Into nowder the roads could effect .an enormous saving aggregating some $200,000 per annum. ..However, motive power from a hydro-electric plant would be still better, as there is an enormous amount of energy going to waste. I am not a particular friend of Henry Ford, but if . the railroads can't make any de cisive improvements in their manage ment in the near future then I say let Henry -do it So far he has managed his own affairs in the meat efficient way, but what la, more to the point he does not regard his workmen as mere machines as most of -the corporations do, for he treats them as human beings. If he can make three cars out of one used now and make thera a great deal lighter and Just as strong, which would mean an enormous saving, then I am most emphatically in favor of turning the roads, or at least some of them, at first, over to his management If one railroad can haul a whole tralnload ship ment 3000 miles out of its way just to keep it on its own lines, as it happened during the war, then it Is time to call a halt and get a better management H. Speiser. BUT FOR THE FOOLS Portland, Nov. 30. To the Editor of The Journal They say there Is a fool born every minute. Quite true, I i sure. Without the fool the world would be in an awful tlx. There would be no wars to . fight i There would be no standing armies to support There would be no need of doctors, nor of all this so- called law. There -would be no need or an this unemployment and starvation ages. The crime wave would cease. Instead of bulHding up- prison- walls, we could do away with all of the jails we have on hand. There would be so strug gle for daily bread from daylight until dark. Life would be worth living. Last but not least there would be no need to sterilise poor women and let the men go free. We would not be poor If It were not for the rich fools that are born into the world, one every minute. Mrs. F. Smith. Curious Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places It is said that the word "dun." the meaning of which is known to everyone, was first used' about the beginning of the nineteenth century. A constable in Eng land named John Dun was celebrated as a first-class collector of bad debts. When others failed to collect a bad account Dun would be sure to get it out of the debtor. It soon passed i into a current phrase- that when one owed money and did not pay when asked,! he would have to be "dunned." Hence grew the ex pression; "Ton win have to dun so and so if you wish to collect your money.' And the word became incorporated, into the English language as a verb much the same as boycott was derived from a man of that name. Uncle Jeff Snow Says After Jerry McRunt had been whipped, tarred and feathered and chased acrost the . Colorado river ot Texas to 71 fer settin fire to Hannibal HosriUer's sub urban residence near ' Austin, Hannibal got htm a pair of navy sixshooters, two derringer pistols, a bowle knife and a pair of brass knuckles to protect hlsself from any more outrages on the part of the said Jerry. City Marshal Paul McGlnnis pinted out to Hannibal that seeln's . Jerryd be In a hospital fer a few months and after that in the pea fer a few years there didnt seem to be no pertfkler need of violathv the laws and ordinances of "the dry of Austin and totin so many weepona, and that he'd orter set a example to the state of Texas and dispense with them there cap-and-ball sixshooters, anyhow. But the Honorable Hannibal wept and norated and prayed so hard that liar- shal McGinn is only tack the derringers away from . him ruthern toast about - it, the old man beln near-sighted anyhow and not much of a shot" All of which reminds me of France right about now. j Letters From the People I COMMENT AND i 1 ?':' SMALL CHANCE No Oregon city" is too large or small to preach the "trade at home" idea for j the benefit f it conimercial future. - - . :.t -- That -deriee Intended as a recorder of the -emotions of true love would never ret warm ia some of our modern Gretna Greens. . ; - . r ,) , " -I From prairie land to verdant forest ; front tunneled mine to lofty crest surely the poet should find food for thought in Oregon . tr , ;!.-. y- s- -, . . - . Anyhow. Santa Clans will far outlive the crabbed skates who are seeking to read him out of the councils ot pretty thoughts. - Soft soap, no matter hew free is Its figurative application, oannot wash out the stain of Improper conduct la busi ness, diplomacy nor love. i . ' Suggestion for melting.the snow on the upper highway : Turn some of our well known road scorchers loose with their automobile. The heat they make should fix the snow. " The 'sort of Barents who lose tha ra. soect of their children as the years Mia up either are not the right sort or some thing has had a mighty evii influence upon the children. . If" to be human In an up-to-date wav one must be a jars baby." have his name in the divorce rwrnrd. Arena lia-s a collar advertisement and go into wild vcaiauaes- over a Deo room movie, then we can't yet see "how to be happy though human. ... MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town W. V. Woelpern of Arlington Is at the Imperial. Wheta a brakeman with a No. 10 shoe and a good, sized club per suaded Mr. Woelpern to leave the side door Pullman at . Arlington, he became peeved at the way they ran the railroad systems of the West and landed a Job in the harvest field. He became Inter ested in a young woman there, rented a farm, married" the girl and now owns one of: the. best wheat ranches in that part of the country. I a a a - Here are a few fruit facts that are worth remembering: Oregon has 106,831 acres set to fruit Last season's crop of fruit brought" $15,742,803 to the grow ers. There are 66 canning planta The 1920 prune crop amounted to 41,269,500 pounds and was valued at $4,126,950. Pnneville residents visiting Portland include Mrs. W. a Hall, Will WurzweU- er and Harold Lister. '"' Uncle Billy Wilson, old time resident of Heppner, is spending some time in Portland. . . a J. F. Mckinley of Salem is a guest at the Oregon. , e Charles Burggraf and W. Pollak ot Albany are at the Oregon. . . m F. M. Sturgill of La Grande is a guest at the Imperial, i J. E. Frlzell of Pendleton and Mrs. S. I FriseU and Klsle El Frlzell of McCoy are guests at the Seward. W. C. Cutler of Myrtle Point is at the Imperial. a L. B. Moore of North Powder is a busi ness visitor In Portland. ' a . a - C H. Nellor of Condon is In Portland. W R. Knight is down from Corbett on business. . ... a a . . -. Aw Ct Watktna of Enterprise is trans acting business In Portland. f. - -Mrs, H.H.,Saxton of Taquina ia at the Imperial. 9 w m F. El Graham of Elgin is a business visitor In Portland. a a a Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Jackson of Scio are at the Oregon. ' OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN Fred Lockley ' - - . At Cbrralha Mr. Lock ley tntarriews a patriarch of 8T year, who t an Oreroa ptoneer ot ( i yean, and who has ths spirit to tarn right aroand sad do tha whole thine right over scain. ContanrplaOan of the rin et this yoasg mas will aa (ood 'awdlcina for all who are occupied in any decree with the well knows three-ecore-aad-tea obseaskm. ' "Tall you about myself T said Joseph Tatea,N when I visited him a day or bo ago at the home of his son r reu at sw North Seventh street Corvallla. "I havs never had my name in the paper .yet I am 8? years old. I don't owe a dollar and Z still have four bits in my pocket bave never sued a man in my' Ute sor been sued. I have never been ar restedbut that ain't saying I came pretty near it once. A man' called me . damn liar, so I knocked him down and when he got up I took after him with a pitchfork ; but he outran me. For SO yards I kept almost near enough to stick the tines into him, but when he looked around and saw how close I was he Vet out another link and got away. He complained to Judge Boise. 1 asked for a iury. They cleared me, but one of the jurymen thought I ought to-have speeded up a little and stuck faun with my hay fork. a a a "My children gave me a sure enough birthday party on nay last birthday. Give me your name and address and I'll send you a bid to my next birthday din ner. .That will be on, February 2$. I was born on that date in 1834 In .Ten nessee. .My father. Nicholas Yates, was born In Virginia. My mother, whose name before she was married, was Sarah Hayes, was born' In Tennessee. There were IS of us children eight boys and seven glrla -I was the fourteenth child and I am the only one of . the 15 yet alive I am in the sole, survivor class in a lot of ways, I am 87 and was the four teenth child and my father lived to be 84. so you see when you add my age to that-of my father, who was fairly old when X was born, it spans a good many years. ' It ' takes you back to George Washington, for my father's father was one of - George Washington's soldiers, fighting against the soldiers the king of England hired to come over here from uennsny to hck us. ana taj tainer uun self was pretty well grown before Gen eral Washington died ' .- -. a a j "It will be an even 70 years. Come Oc- tebes 10. slnos I landed on the river bank at Portland aad wrapped up to my blan ket and went to sleep by the side of the rfer. without a nickel in my pocket and no relative within, 2000 miles. If I had wanted to ask my relatives for help it wouia nave taaen six monins to get word to them and I would be tolerably hungry before I heard from them, so the next morning at daybreak X struck up the Willamette till I came to a boat called the Lot Whitcomb. - I asked a man en her deck If he needed a .hand. He said. You look pretty husky. You cab help us wood up. He told me to com on board and eat my breakfast with the deck handa I sure did, and it was sure good. I helped put cord wood on for four or - five hours and ' they gave me $26. . i -- ; ..' a a , a . "I bad driven Jackson Sears' ex team across the plains a far. as The Dalles for toy board. X had hoofed it down fjom The DaQea, After Z had been paid NEWS IN BRIEFS ; SIDELIGHTS -i -: Perhaps that "golden glow" Portland People saw in the exposition election returns was the cause of ' the "silver thaw" in that city. La Grande Observer. a a., a . , . . Federal authorities are flndlnr out that high school students- are using drugs. ; This is due to parents watching their kids so close, and always knowing what James and Clarice are up to. Medford Aiail-Tribun. ..: .j, t ; -A man brought a cowhide to town one day last week and accepted an offer i ot 66 cents for it What worried him was that that sum was - not near the price of a pair ot shoes he was needing. Woodbura , Independent., - , - - ' State Grange Master Spence kept . the conservatives of the effete East Jumping sideways at the Portland convention, and the progressive stands taken by that body - on several reform - propositions were largely brought about by his de termined effort. Oregon City Banner Courier, ' , p. .-.i-:v v h-:t: ' ::5 Fatty's ' sfory lacks one touch of real artistry; At some time instfie course of the famous party he should have, ad vised Miss Rapna to run alone home end oe : a good girt instead or associating lth naughty moving picture acton. r.iigene itesisrer. .',,- -.a . ; ' Chief Frank Heater is back on the Job alter recuperating xrom wounds sui fered in a brave fight with the Chinese last month. Now if he will lust go up Into the residence districts and get after the folks who failed to shovel off their sidewalks, we'll all be obliged. Ths juaues . tnrooicie. k r Percy R. How of Boston has been spending a few days in Portland comparing the great variety of climates experienced during the oast week with that he is accustomed ts in the Hub of culture. ; ; . - ' ' e '' - ' ; Monday was University of Oregon day at the Chamber of Commerce. President P. L. Campbell of the university and Dean Hale ef the school of Uw spoke at .the noon luncheon at the Members' Forum. - j , . . Cottage Grove Is represented by the following! citizens visiting In Portland : Mra Laura Row. Mrs. J. W. Backley and Mrs. D. H. Hemenway, who is vis iting ner super, Mrs. Frank Giltner. , I ' Recent visitors from Forest Grove in Portland include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burn worth. Mr. and Mra C Munker, jura. j. w, cram, Mrs, Mary Blsbee and Recent visitors in Portland from Woodbam Included ' Mra . Amanda Hyde, P. O. Vlpkers, Wfllard Bonney mo w. o. 1C Wolfe. - , a ' WV & Brown.' Henry Hartman. M. S. Van Kirk and M. Hunter, all of Corral-. lis, are guests of the Multnomah. a a. a W. W. Smith, A. M: Williams and Fred Ho flock ' ot Albany are guests at the Seward... .' -'.--. William Sylvester of Hood River is a guest ox the Hotel Portland. G. D. Moshler of Eugene is registered at the Hotel Portland, - ' - a a. 'Walter Bowne was an over-Sunday guest at the Portland. . a - a . a ' Dr. R O. Appleby of Mount Angel is a guest of the .Multnomah. - - a . I : : W; A. Marshall of Salem is a guest of the Multnomah. - F. H. Johnson -of Ashland is regis tered at the. Multnomah,, . .. . i -a 1 B. S. Klngsley of Ilerraiston Is a business visitor in. Portland. . a a . Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hunt of Med ford are guests at the Benson. a- ' Si! ,,- C S. Barr and H. B. Lamley of Pen dleton are registered at the Benson. off for loading the wood on the boat I struck out for Tualatin to land a Job oa a farm. I stepped at a farm owned by a man named Reed. When I asked Mra Reed about it she said, T don't know whether my husband needs any work done or not but I do know that you look as if you could, do justice to a good dinner : so come right in : things are on the table.' . She was a mind read or, all right. Mr. Reed gave me a Job splitting rails.. When. I had spilt up enough rails to do the fencing he wanted x tanaea a. lob with John Force, who owned a farm near. Salem and had a sawmill on the edge of town,. He hired me at $30 a month. Sometimes X worked m ue miu ana some ; or tne time 1 worked on the' ranch, i In the- spring he gave me two SO-doUex gold slugs and some suver lor my winter's work. I had lost but one days work all winter. .1 laid off Christmas day. , That springthe spring of 116 1 went to Brownsville; where I landed a Job in a blacksmith ehop. I put by any money and went to school that winter to Mrs. Whipple. Tom Crawford, who later was principal of the . Portland high School, was a classmate of mine. X kept company off and on with different girls that winter. One of these was Ellse Spalding, daughter of Rev. H. H. Bpald Ing, who had been at Dr. Whitman's mission when the Indians broke loose and killed a lot of them Believe me, I was a husky youth the winter I was SO. I weighed 307 pounds and' was all bone and muscle. . I could cover 45 feet kn two heps and a jump, and: you have to go seme to do that I knew all the old tuners , to Brownsville, i for It was Wly a little village , and everybody knew everybody else. Hugh Brown and Cap? tain Blakeley were the ones that start-' ed the settlement thereabouts. a a a "In the-winter of 1854 the Indians in Southern Oregon got to waylaying the miners on their way; to and from Cali fornia, so people got pretty restless about it Dr. James McBride and his pafty were attacked as they were pn their way back to the Willamette valley. Major Kearney was- on his way to Cali fornia with his troops, so when he heard of the Indian troubles he hurried on and came up with the Rogue River Indians near Table Rock. They killed some of the Indians and had some of their own men wounded, -, one of whom. Captain Stuart who had served In the Mexican war,. was shot through the kidney with an arrow and died m a Tew hours.-Oov ernor Gaines went down to Jesse Apple gate's place In Southern Oregon and with General Joe Lane and Jesse Apple gate' began to recruit volunteers to fight tbe Indiana They finally patched up al truce, but a feeling ot hostility smoul dered tin It broke out later- worse than ever. I enlisted in Company C on Feb ruary-, 186. Captain Jonathan Keener was in command., A. W. Stannard was first lieutenant, and I was elected i end lieutenant There were 110 men in our. company. It was 03 years ago last Spring that we started out to whip the Eogue River Indiana ; To the best of my knowledge, of the . 110 men in' our company there are but five alive today. Tneae are Alford Blevene. who lives at Tangent ; Jacob GlMfcrd," at Dufur ; Een Irwin of Lebanon ; J. S perry of Brownsville, and myself." The Orego'i ' Country Northwest Happerjin to Brief lank iat tke -... Busy Header. ..4 r ' I OREGON . ' . . Tb delinquent tax In Marion cocrnty for 1920 aggregate $:,6S0.8. as against $1M.4M foTll. ; L - . Woraan'a club members ef CorvaTTla are busy with a campaign to raise $100f by March 1 to apply on the library.' North Bend's schools are closed est account of five new cases of diphtheria which developed in tha last few days. Ninety-two nap nt nf tha T.n evunv. ty, taxes for the year 1920 have been paid. A total of l.So0.0O0 has been col lected. ..... The budget committee i ef .'fTlatean county has recommended a tax levy ef avs,si.aa, or. o,aa.i mort uta u isriu levy., - . L , i. , , . The United States civil sorwlmt mm. mission has announced a ' competitive examination tor the office of postmaster at rruievuie. .. s. . .y- . Douglas munhr limb ac-111 w. lel. fled according to its cash value at a meeting of timber owners to be held ia Portland December 21. Among the shipments' from the nor of Astoria during November were 10.170 cases of canned salmon to foreign ports ana ei.ooa 10 domestic points. A Christmas vacation to bee-In on the evening of December 22 and to. continue until January 4 has been announced bv r President Doney of Willamette unlver- Mrs. Percy R, Kellv was chosen chair man of the Linn county organisation to assist in tne preservation of scenic beauties of the stats, at a recent mMt. Ing held in Albany, Recent rains have caused the water of the Rogue river to flow over the con crete crest of the Savage . Rapids dam to tne ueptD or T.i leet. Tne river ts the highest in the last 10 years. 11 Henry Meht 2t is under arrest at Dalles upon complaint of his mother charged, with embesslement of several hundred dollars belonging to the estate of his father, the late Jacob MehL An agreement has been reached be tween the city and officials ot the forest service by which the Dinner creek wa tershed in the Umpqua reserve will bo set aside for the use of Cottage Grove. Captain Duggar, ex-commander at the Oregon Agricultural college, and his son had a narrow -escape from death when the high wind which raged near Grants Pass tipped over the house ia which they were living. WASHINGTON The Walla Walla Commercial dubi successful last week in its drive for $00 members. The Walla Walla Poultry Breeders association win stage a show from Jan uary 10 to 14. The Washington state director ef li censes reports $78,000 as the gasoline tax collections for October.' . - A month's efforts to stop the flow ot water at the Attalla oil well was sue. cessful last week and drilling has been resumed. ' ;' About 600 pupils of the Yakima schools were vaccinated Saturday by health de- , partment officers, only those who could show recent immunity being exempt The body of an unknown man was found lying beside the railroad track near Byron station last Friday. - He had evi dently been struck by a passing trala. Another rabbit drive is scheduled for the Burbank and Two Rivers districts of Walla Walla county. Sunday, . Decem ber 11. The last drive netted 30,000 rabbits. . . . Total receipts for the Snake - river . bridge for the month of October amounted to $1444.86. Franklin and Walla Walla counties share equally in the profits. Five or six boys Ih an automobile en tered the grocery store of S. A. Hoxsey at Spokane, Saturday night and drove away with a load of cookies, chocolates and- cigarettes.- t 4. . Louis Lawrence, 72 years old, Is in a critical condition. In at Seattle. hospital as the result of injuries received when he was struck down by an , automobile driven by Victor E. Harvey. , , : Changes In . the state administrative code and reorganisation of the. board, designed for further economy 1 and ef ficiency, were forecast by Governor Hart 'recently while discussing state fmance. The -woman's physical education de partment .of Washington Staute college has started its regular winter schedule with 200 girls enrolled for basketball and 176 signed, up tor Indoor baseball. - At the graders and pack era confer- ' ence to be held In Spokane, December 12-17, an effort win be made to fit standards for prunes and onion con tainers and grades for the Northwest states. - ' IDAHO Carl W. Cahoon, deputy Ada county clerk and recorder, died suddenly at hie home ia Boise a few days ago. Boise is receiving the best mftk sup ply since Its incoeporatlon, 44 of the 4$ dairies haying exceeded the city test ,' H. H. Hamilton, who has held the position for nine years, has been re appointed postmaster at New Plymouth, Charles Teaman ' is dead at Namoa from injuries received when his automo bile went over a steep embankment near Banks last Thursday night - While going from his home to Foca- tello last Friday, W. C Snyder, promi nent farmer of Crystal, suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died on the road. . The road between Mountalhhona aad Atlanta is impassable, because of snow. A pack train has made a trail out for the mall but no tfther travel is possible. Andy Little has bought $000 tons of hay from the farmers in the Vicinity of - Farma to reea his large band of sheep this winter. He paid $4 a ton in tbe stack. - -, A statement of the Bellevue Bank aV Trust company, which closed its doors October 25, shows that the deposit lia bility la Ili4.a02.32, and the assets, la paper considered good, to meet this lia bility are $48,J44J0. , .; j Whah Like Best n The Journal ... ' i WILLIS IL1 WOLCOTT. ; Centralhw. Wash.- t like The ., .Journal in most all particu-' i lars. It ia very entertaining. A little larger type would please me. fj. " j '.--. v i - -j, ROB EST ; ATKINSON,: 64T y Williams avenue i - Every bit of ,it Wo have, i taken The Journal 10 years. Like our carrier, too. J MRS, S. A. GAGNON, 401 San Rafael street We like' : The Journal best of all the ' . evening papers. A. W. SEARS, 612 Oswego street Its sound judgment, -; good business principles,' un ' tiring desire for the success ' of the disarmament eon fer--ence and its opposition to dis ,' crimination In taxaUoa. ; , tW. R, HOLLENBECK,' 207, Nerth Syracuse street The , great educational value de rived from readtag the ed-: Itoriala, The auiek accuracy 1 , of sews concerning the recent ' ' itorn. The " arrangement - of -" the market page.' . - J' ' ' ' Nearly all ' tbev signatures af fixed to recent' opinions have been clearly .aad y carefully , written. Such cooperation goes far to pre vent the misspelling of names. !! rr.