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toeraey, of easts, of the idea that ona man
has mors rights titan another because he ba
better clothes,' more land, xaore money, be
cause he owns railroad, or is famous or in
high position. Robert G. Inreraoli.
FIGHTING THE FARMERS' BLOC
Fr A speech In New York, Secretary
. Of War Wekn mails an attack on
the "farmers' bloc and went so far
as to say that a return to "Cannon-
ism," by giving the speaker of the
house power to appoint committees,
might be advisable. His complaint
was that the "farmers bloc" is un
dermining party government.
The whole trouble at , Washington
is that the old guard is trying to ram
its program down the throats ,of the
representatives of the agricultural
states. It wants, as it has always
done, to legislate for the benefit
of , the northeastern corner of the
United States to the neglect ethe
rest of the country- That is why
there Is a "farmers' bloc."
- It is why there were so-called Re
publican "insurgents" in congress a
dozen years ago. It is why there was
Rooseveltism and a Progressive
party. It was the reason for the
great split in the Republican party
in 112.
"Blocs" are a natural evolution.
-Our' civilization In America is be-1
coming more and more complex. We
are drifting toward the complexities
of Europe, wberf "blocs" are numery
ous in every legislative body. It is
the product of an increasing popula
tion and the encroachments of indus
trialism upon agricultural life, Gov-
ernment in America by one of two
big parties is probably in the process
of- disintegration in the same way
that it disintegrated in Europe to be
replaced by "hjoc" government.
. Old-guardlsm closes Its eyes to
w the passing show. Party government
recently went to smash in the Cana
IJdlan elections, where the agricultur
al! tats swept the country. "Blocs" will
j be a feature In the new Canadian
Hi parliament, as they are in France,
i In Germany and In -Great Britain.
Ijj Self-determination is a principle that
Ijj has strongly possessed peoples as a
J result of the war, and groups in
m! America are finding In It a sound
'i reason for thinking about themselves
Sand acting for themselves in matters
X political. Many of them have al
to ready long impoverished themselves
K by clinging to the fetich of party.
j2 There Is a "farmers" bloc" at
Washington because the farmers of
2 the country are thinking of self-de-1
termination. Members of that "bloc"
ijj see and represent the whole United
jj States. They see and represent the
biggest single investment in the
United States, the biggest, industry In
the United States and the biggest
if group of people in the United States.
: , And it is at this time the industry
jg that most needs that sound public
ii policy and legislation which men
are sent to Washington to forward.
m ;Does the old guard know that the
Q farmers are leaving the farms and
W moving to the cities to become job
htenters? Does it know that Amer-
ica has changed from an agricultural
to an industrial nation, with all the
.Does the old gmard want American
farmers to disappear and American
biavs ana unAmericanizea races
from Southern Europe? That is ex
t acUy what -its .program Is forcing
4 upon the united States. ' ; ;
hi Four' Kew .yotk profiteers ia
ni building material have been given
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i-j jail sentences- suid required to pay
! etift fines. 'Big fines were, also as-
cessed against 29 other profiteers
? and- lT profiteering corporations on
, the same count. What : more con.
temptible than promeers invaliding
material at a time when men are
Idle for lack of work, families hun
gry for lack of food, and thousands
not properly sheltered for ' lack of
house! ".-". -
Income tax has reached so fine i.
point acrota the Atlantic that a tax
on tips is in prospect If not in actual
operation. Most people consider tips
as tax enough.
WHEN IiEGISLATORS MEET
1 1 tHERE are evidently to be some
L hot disputes at the special ses
sion over the exposition bin..-
In many counties gatherings of
taxpayers have requested their legis
lative members to vote against any
exposition proposal. In Yamhill
county Wednesday a great crowd of
taxpayers that Jammed a large ball
to overflowing sounded an anti-tax
slogan that. will not be confined to
Yamhill county. The program there
contemplates a cut in various tax
levies and the transfer by an income
tax of some of the burdens that have
rested so heavily upon real estate.
Persons who attended that meeting
describe it as an occasion of serious
purpose.
Much sentiment of this kind will
be reflected by members in the legis
lature. The one argument that will
carry some kind of measure through
the body Is that any legislative action
is merely submission of the exposi
tion levy to the people for accept
ance or rejection. No legislator
could very well deny the people the
right. to vote on whether they want
or do not want the exposition.
Submission of the question to a
vote of the people will cost very
little. The added expense would
scarcely be a few cents to the aver
age taxpayer, because the vote will
take place at the regular primary
election next May.
The important thing with the
legislature is what to put into the
bill to be submitted. In this respect
it Is good advice to say to the legisla
ture that some such plan as the
proposal of Senator Joseph will do
more than anything else to secure a
favorable vote in the election.
The Joseph plan would return all
the excess gasoline tax for 1925 over
that of 1924 to the state treasury, as
part reimbursement of the taxpayers
for the amounts they had paid in for
support of the exposition. It would
not even be out of reason for the
gasoline tax to be slightly increased
That plan or any other that will
take from the exposition bill the
curse of a straight levy with the
chief burden on real estate, will have
a verytrong effect in disarming the
growing opposition. y-
The new United States district at
tOrney moved into his office at
Topeka, Kan., recently, and finding
the linoleum on the floor badly
worn, wrote Washington asking -for
a carpet. He received a-letter say
ing that the government couldn't af
ford to buy a carpet, but that it
would patch the linoleum if he
would send It on to the proper de
partment at the national capital. I
Where are the government's eoonomy
experts?"
WINTER TOURISTS
?
MOTOR tourists no longer follow
the example of the geese. Their
migrations are not controlled by the
seasons. '
At the automobile camp ground,
whether December days bring rain
or chill, the gasoline tourists still
snuggle in their tents, cook at the
cheerful fires provided by the city
or gather sociably in the community
building provided by the municipal
ity. - All of this is interesting and pic
turesque, but behind their presence
are other questions.
Where do they come from? How
do they happen to be here?
Good roads answer bqth questions.
Highway improvement furnishes
motorists the courage to attempt
winter travel. Once mud or storm
would have barred them utterly.
Snow may yet delay them, but they
struggle through, their persistence
overcoming obstacles as long as they
can get traction.
Motor tourists come from any
point related to the Oregon country
by passable winter roads. Many of
them are here from mid-western
farms, with the proceeds of last sea
son's crops in their pockets, to look
over the country with a view to new
location,
The all-year motor tourist traffic
offers highway and county commis
sions a new responsibility. It is al
most as urgent that the improved
roads be kept clear of snow and Ice
as that the railroad tracks be kept
In use." i ' r -
The colored chauffeur of a mil
lionaire paper manufacturer at St.
Louis entered his employer's house
with his hat on. In a rage the em
ployer undertook to remove the hat
and the chauffeur shot him dead.
It was.a case in which good manners
by both, or even by one, would have
averted a tragedy.
AS NIPPON SEES IT
iONSTRUCTION work on all war-
va ships in all Japanese navy yards
has been suspended. Is the statement
in a dispatch from Tokio. "
Congratulating the United States
on the success of the Washington
conference, Premier Takahashi of
Japan "pledges the empire to sup
port the lour-power Pacific agree
ment to the limit... .The--premier
says: .
The peopl ot Japaa congratulate ' the
people of these powers upon the approach
of an era of peaceful darretopment and
friendly- feeling among the nations of the
earth,. They expect great Uings from
this new concert of the powers that once
aliened themselves in a common cause, in
defense of crvtUsatioa. We of Japan are
ready t render all possible support to
the four-power agreement, so that It may
be m powerful factor for the preservation
of peace, not only tor the Pacific borders.
but for the entire world.
Japan Is probably as glad is any
other nation to get rid of the burden
of armaments. The rising aentiment
in Japan against war and the cost
of war ia like that in all the coun
tries of the earth- Governments
everywhere who fall to respect the
well-nigh universal wish for them
to take 'steps for continued, world
peace are In peril of overthrow
overnight, 1 The horrors, agonies and
debts of the late war have aroused
peoples to new and powerful reso
lutions.' ' .j ' :
Having stopped construction work
on her warships, Japan can take the
money -so saved and begin to create
a fund with which to buy territory
on the mainland of Asia on which to
make room for her overflow popula
tion.. . It is more civilized to buy it
than to take it by war. -
And it is a cheaper method. The
territory that has been acquired by
war and held subject by war, as
practiced through centuries, always
cost more than it would have cost if
obtained through peaceful purchase.
A warranty deed is a better title
to land than a treaty of cession
wrung from unwilling owners by
force of arms.
WALKING AT WILLBRIDGE
fyHI? school children near Wlll-
-- bridge are compelled to walk
in the roadway from the school
house to their homes. There are no
sidewalks along county roads.
Fearing for "the safety of the chil
dren the school board, otfe of the
administrative bodies - within the
county, asked the county commis
sioners, another administrative body
within the county, to lay sidewalks
along the road. The county never
lays sidewalks, so the school officials
were told that it would be bad policy
to make an exception in the case
near Willbrldge because other com
munities, too, would ask for side
walks for their children, and in fair
ness, the county would be compelled
to make exceptions in all cases. But,
the county officials suggested, the
school board might apply to the city,
another administrative body within
the county, for the walks.
The school officials went to city
authorities. But the city does not
propose to lay the walks along a
county road, and there Is not an im
mediate prospect of the city taking
over the thoroughfare as a city
street.
Perhaps the city and county and
school boards, three administrative
bodies in the same territory, may
some time arrange meetings and out
of it all reach a decision whereby
somebody will lay sidewalks to pro
tect the children near Willbridge.
Of course. It may take years. There
may be legal tangles. Certainly
long discussion is necessary before
anything can be done. In the mean
time the children near Willbridge
will walk in the roadway. Auto
mobiles and trucks will be there, too
Perhaps the children will be safe.
Perhaps they won't.
But the people of the county have
plenty of government. They have
51 administrative bodies to support,
and 51 administrative bodies to
squabble over questions of who is to
do work, while the school children
take their lives in their hands.
Like the sidewalk at Willbridge,
the people of the county may some
day get a consolidated government
wherein one body can act when ac
tion is necessary.
A Swiss newspaper insists that the
currency of most European coun
tries is now not on a gold but a wood
basis. The wood Is transformed into
paper upon which gaudy certificates
are printed and these are worth atl
least the cost of the paper and the
printing.
CONTRACTS BY DIVINE RIGHT?
HAVE a few companies a divine
rlerht to all contracts for fur
nishing materials to the municipal
paving plant? Or does the city wel
come additional bidders and lower
bids? '
A few companies have furnished
the materials before. They wanted
to furnish them again. Apparently
it was a profitable business.
But whin the bids were opened
recently another firm bid lower.
Either that firm was satisfied with
smaller profits or it could do the
work cheaper. At any rate, the tax
payers would be made to pay less for
the materials.
But now it Is claimed that the new
bidder may not be able to meet his
contract. On that basis it is pro
posed that the bids be thrown out
and new bids called for. It Is even
stated that the other firms will bid
lower than the newcomer. .
The low bidder agrees to furnish
satisfactory bond that he can meet
the terms of his contract. Does that
no protect the city? Can the city
not thereby protect Itself against
loss?
If the other firms are willing to
hid lower, why did they not do so
originally? Is it customary for old
firms to bid as high aa they, like.
and thereafter, it someone agrees to
do the ' work at smaller cost, they
have another whack at the pot?
The taxpayers want to see the city
entirely protected. But they don't
want any monopoly of contracts 'at
tha city hall. They want work done
at the least possible cost by the low
est responsible bidder. And they
don't want any divine right business
as a basis of contract awards-
A statistician says that at one year
of age you have an equal chance 'of
living to 4, at ie to fit, at 20 to
89, at 39 to s7 at45 to T2, at 50
to 73, at CO to TS at 70 to 78, and
at 90 to 93. The claim is that aver
age 'life tenure has been increased
lift Tears in the past 69 Tears.
THAT' PEACE MAY
, BE: ADVANCED
A Call to AQ Who Sincerely; Desire
That Human Slaughter Shall Be Done
Away With, to Consecrate to That
i ..Cause a Portion of December 28, .
" Sixty-fifth T Anniversary Of the
f, Birth of Woodrow Wilson, .
Apostle of Peace and Strick
' ' ' en Veteran of the War
to End .War.-
By Ben "Mellon 1
It is three long years since the bleed
ing, starving and haggard people of the
world turned from the greatest sorrow
that has ever been visited upon mankind
and made their pledge of faith in Amer
ica for leadership to world truth and Jus
tice among; ail peoples.
It ia just three years ago. But little
children and women have starved, men
have cast aside their trust in God and
turned beast, old unforgiven hates have
biased anew and a hundred new hates
have been added to increase the lust for
future wars ; only the shells remain of the
nations that ruled and carried their peo
ples, to slaughter-in 1914. but on poison
there "is being built a new distrust -that
will recognize but one master world
catastrophe.
They have been hard years and bluer
years because America, the world mas
ter, grew tired and did not keep faith.
New scars that wiU be everlasting
have been made on millions of hearts.
- a e a '!
But that is past and immaterial now.
America is now again awake to her re
sponsibilities and is anxious to : cast
aside selfishness built upon lies; on
every hand the people of this nation are
asserting their belief in understanding,
truth and justice toward all the peo
ples of the world, ;
The; way will be harder, but It Is pot
tco late for America to take world
leadership and keep faith with the mil
lions who grave their lives on the battle
fields of Europe that the teaching of
CKrist of peace on earth and good will
toward all men might be made a prac
tical reality in the daily life of the in
dividuals of au nations.
si. a e
That our present leaders may know
that the American people are with them
in trying to reclaim the leadership, with
all its responsibilities, that has been
permitted to drag in the mud, for three
years and that the world may know
our innermost feelings 1 would suggest
that we set aside a part of one day
during the Christmas holiday season to
give public expression and to restate
and reaffirm our ideals and desires
in international affairs.
It would be entirely fitting that such
a demonstration should occur Wednes
day, December-28, when Woodrow Wil
son, the- savagely wounded veteran of
the World . war who sounded the call
that swept the armies of justice to glo
rious victory, reaches the sixty-fifth
anniversary of his birth.
In assembly and over dinner table, on
that date, let us rekindle the faith and
belief in American justice that he creat
ed among the iron-ruled and downtrod
den of the world, that America may
rightly again assume her place in world
leadership in order that there may fin
ally be understanding and peace among
all peoples.
The Florida Everglades
From the London Mail.
Three quarters of the way down the
long narrow peninsula of Florida you
come to an immense lake. This is Okee
chobee, as large as the county of Surrey,
yet nowhere more than a dozen feet
deep. A most dangerous sheet of water
to cross, for owing to its shallowness a
summer thunderstorm raises a sea In
which no boat can live. South of Okee
chobee you reach a wall of monstrous
cypress, black and forbidding, hoary
with trails of grey Spanish moss, and
beyond this the 'glades themselves.
The Everglades of Florida form
swamp which is one of the largest, and
in many respects the strangest, in the
world. Cupped by a shallow rim of lime
stone, its surface is not more than 10
feet above low water mark ; yet the
swamp itself is not brackish, but filled
with clear, soft water.
What you see at first is an endless ex
panse of saw-grass, grey green In color,
8 to 10 feet high and apparently impen
etrable, let everywhere run narrow
channels of clear water dotted with lily
leavea Here and there these broaden
Into exquisite lakes where alligators
float like logs, and where Is sometimes
seen that strange creature, the manatee,
the true original of the mermaid. It Is
a great animal allied to the dugong. quite
harmless and devoted to Its young.
Islands dot these : lakes islands cot
ered with grapevines and sweet "yellow
flowering jasmine. Here linger the last
survivors of the Seminole Indiana a type
more nearly approaching the redskin of
fiction than any still existing anywhere.
They live by fishing and hunting, they
travel by canoe, and, curiously enough.
they still retain a few negro slaves, de
scendants of those runaways who took
refuge with them In the old daya
The bird life ot the 'glades is wonder
ful. Ibis.-heron, ducks of many kinds.
snake birds, llmpklns, and he beautiful
white egret abound. There are snakes,
too. great diamond rattlers and the
sluggish, hideous swamp moccasin. In
the "hummocks" grow wild orange, wna
lemon, the custard apple and wonderful
orchids.
And now comes the news that the
state of Florida has begun to drain the
whole of this wonderland. It seems des
ecration, but It had to come, for here is
an area twice the size of Yorkshire that
Is probably the richest piece of land on
the earth's ' surf ace. It will grow the
finest eusar? tobacco and every kind of
subtropical fruit, and has the enormous
advantage of being almost on salt water.
and consequently within easy reach or
the best markets In the world.
Curious Bits" of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Cellullod, from which many toilet arti
cles and imitations of Ivory are made, is
composed from . the . cellulose found in
cotton cloth or raw cotton. It is treated
with a solution of nitric acid, which
forms it into a pulp very much like
paper pulp. It is then washed with
water, which removes most ot the acid.
It is partially hardened and campnor
rum mixed1 art th It when 4t is rolled into
sheets and thoroughly dried. T manipu
late It it is softened by steam and then
hardened by drying. v
Uncle Jeff SnowSays
It takes brains to talk right up to a
question and then dodge away from it
and pretend it aint there. Some of our
ministers and college perfessors can do
that any day -or even in week In and
week out - The way some of 'era tears
into the rieh and the feBeiw wtth some
special holt on what God made fer all
men is enlightenin' and. edifyin. but ask
'em fer a remedy and all they have to
suggest Is bigger churches axwl more col
leges. Tell 'em to git 'em tip. some nlsha
tive measure thafd put the coalr timber
and city business block profiteer on the
kibosh and they halnt got sense enough
to do It in any 40 churches and 40 col
leges you've a mind to mention, , It's
easy enough to cuss Rockefeller, but to
tell where be gits his' power". And show
to do righteousness and Jeatics' by him
and ms uae, wny. mate toe -much fer
jour perfeshnal glasses. " r
' Lettcirs F;rom the People -j
ICoenmaBieatirrBs seat in r Tha Journal tor
pwJtheaaoav ia tfe department afcoold ba written
ss obit one ataa oc uu naiue amain not ex-
eeaa ia wards ns lrneth- and maat bo surned
by the writer, whoa maa address-ia foil mast
erOTmpeny the ccatributioo.1 ,
, A READER'S THANKS
With Prophecy of "a United States of
1 the World- In Due Time."
Portland, Dec 15. To the Editor of
The Journal Thank you. Mr. Editor,
for your editorial in Tuesday's Journal,
entiUed "The Union in the Senate," Mr.
Taf t, when sear the end of his term.
commended the Democrats for patrioti
cally assisting 1dm and not "playing poli
tics." By doing so - they were proving
themselves worthy of guiding the nation
through eight years, the most testing
the nation - and the world have ever
known, and doing It grandly. Hymns of
hate win short-dived Victories. The steps
being taken sit the disarmament con
ference may he short and cautious, but
are in the right direction. We shall get
our stride and! a United States of the
World in due tjime.
. J. t. irvine.
Paster fWoodlawn M. E. Church,
INCOME TAX AND THE FAIR
Writer Asserts Bisr Incomes Can Be
Reached ijOnly by Land Tax. ,
Portland, Nev. 30. To the Editor -of
The Journal Sunday's papers convey to
us the information that the special ses
sion Is to be an educational campaign
for candidates for governor, and that
as a feeler an: income tax is to be sub
stituted, both for the fair and for future
use. In other words, the "world rot,"
as described by H. G. Wells, seems to
have no effect) on some Western states
men. There seems to be no occasion to
change the basis of doing business even
though all Europe Is sinking back to
primitive barbarism and will soon af
fect America. Yet that means nothing to
the vacant-laed boomers and wildcat
speculators if they can only haul down
another boom.!
We are told ithat an Income tax would
relieve land. What kind of Income tax
unearned income, or earned Income ? ' If
it is earned Income they are after, then
why not assault the dinner pail of the
poor as well as the genius of the rich?
If a man earns a nickel it is his or it
is not; if he earns $100,000 by his In
vention or enterprise, it is his or it Is
not. Is there mo foundation for 'private
property? On the other hand, if It is
unearned Income 'from the Increase of
land values, then it is the state's, no
matter whether it Is 10 cents or $10.-
OOO.DOO. But do the promoters of the
fair intend tot assault enterprise by an
income tax sot based in order to sell to
unsuspecting fair visitors blue sky proj
ects? If we are really trying to reach
great incomes; then, as Professor Selig-
man, the apologist of privilege, admits,
we must reach land values, the basis of
big incomes. : This the United ' States
government has found to be true, for
other incomes; dodge taxes and any at
tempt to reach them is a farce' like all
general property tax. systems are: And
still we are to learn nothing in states
manship, even though the engineer is
revolutionizing society so fast that every
institution made by society threatens to
give way and: a total collapse is In fact
upon us. J. R. Hermann.
PAY AT THE POLLS
Election Clerk Notes Discrepancy Between
His Compensation and Others.
Portland, Dec, 13. To the Editor of
The Journal With reference to the let
ter in The Journal of December 1 signed
! . w. ana unaer me neaaing flea
for the Unemployed," I want to state
tnat, being . one of the unemployed,
was fortunate enough to get a much
heeded one day's salary at one of the
polling places on November 19. '
should like to' know how the two teach
ers, according to "El W.,' could draw
$7' each, while I was told to get $3 only
from 8 a. m. -to 8 p. m., with $1.50 for
two meals, and how they could work
from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. If I understand
"E. W." right, they have drawn their
pay already,, While I have to wait one. If
not two, monOis. Where I worked other
people were employed who -fared as
did. I should like to have "E. W.,"
someone, explain these matters.
! Constant Reader.
or
FAVORS STRAIGHT TAX PLAN .
And Predicts! That the State Will Vote
For a 1925 Fair.
Portland, pec 8. To the Editor of
the Journal tin the election recently
held in Portland the 1925 fair, taxation
measure carried four to one. Had it
been suitable! weather, so the voters
could have got out. It very likely would
have carried by a atill larger ratio. This
means that when the people throughout
the state get a chance to vote on the
measure there will be the same result,
for In my estimation the people generally
know what they want Seventy-five per
cent of the voters In Oregon are in
favor of holding an exposition in 1925,
and they are also perfectly willing to
finance it by taxation. They all know
it cannot be held for nothing, and the
simplest way to finance It is the best,
each paying his proportion. The amount
to be raised by . the state is not stagger
ing, and the people of Oregon have al
ways shown the right spirit in any le
gitimate undertaking of this kind.
Several plans have been propoaed other
than the taxation plan, and about sill
I cam see lit them is confusion. To raise
this money by poll tax is not practical,
and it would be useless to undertake an
Income tax measure at this special leg
islature, where the legislature Is so
overwhelmingly Republican. Conse
quently but a short time should be con
sumed by this special session m a rait
ing and passing a bill for the people
to vote on next May or June to complete
the state's pert In financing the exposi
tion here In 1925. A, M. Humphreys.
DESERTERS?"
"Desertion" Puts Sinnott on Honor RoU,
Is Opinion Expressed.
Oak Grovei Dec 14. To the Editor of
The JournalsUnder the headline, "Two
Renublicans Desert, the Oregonian or
November If carried an Oregonian news
bureau dispatch from Washington rela
tive to the Votes in the house of mem
bers of the; delegation from the three
Northwestern states. The two "desert
ers were Stnnott of Oregon and Sum
mers of Washington.
This Is a esse where, I think, desertion
should be rewarded and should place
these two men on the honor roll. They
stand for the people instead of for the
promises f S the high-up, to be enforced
by party discipline. a Reader.
NO POISON GAS
Conference Critic Urges More Radical
Action tn Line ot Disarmament
Vancouver;. Wash, Dec 14. To the
Editor of The Journal For some time
have been waiting to see The Journal
note the mistake the war conference was
making in leaving out of the contract be
ing signed the great matter of poison gas
and airplanes, 'the new mode of warfare
which undoubtedly would be adopted
should another war occur. We are
pleased with what they have done, hut
if this is now left Out the war god will
yet remain, (with greater capabilities for
tha destruction of the human race than
ever before;' It was time to rejoice. It
seemed to lis, when -our own America
laid down the proposition that all the
world could! see was fair and righteous.
There is a high tide in all human events,
and that tidn is now, for the peace ot the
world, at its greatest height but must
ocn begin to ebb again unless quick and
r. COMMENT AISD
' ? SMALL CHANGE . 1 V.
It Is honed the four-Dower aereement
will "toe something better than a four
cylinder affair.
- . ) v . O f 0 i .
- We can now give to irrigation of the
arid lands a lot of the energy we used
to apply to Irrigation ot arid thirsts:
a .
; Now that coreless apples seem to be
a tact there must be woe tn the heart
of that youth who used to cry, "Gimme
.cores i" .. , .
. a ..,. '. .
Prime Minister Takahashi ! We cant
make sure whether that sounds like a
name or an Oriental waiter's order to
the cook.: v ,v,: .r. . ,
. . . a . -e e ,r ',"
Wonder what Brer Borah will do
when the millennium comes, with noth
ing at all in the whole wide world to
be scared of. ;r ..
v a a a.
One of the most beautiful, yet, of
course, the most fragile things we know
about is an ideal. They're always get
ting shattered, too.
a a j
We read a lot about the Affairs of
Ireland, but can't discover who is this
fellow Dail Eire an n, nor what he has
to do with it all.
v . a . a .
Japan's gigantic new battleship, the
Mutsa, won't do the Nipponese much
good . after the wings of the dove of
peace are woraiiig Jignt.
If the high contracting parties" will
contract and contract and keep on con
tracting the navies and armies until
there aint no such animals any more.
tney can cau themselves ty any old
tmaiutin title they please.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Among, the -out. of town guests at the
Imperial are R. A. McHaley ot Prairie
City, J. L Mulcane and J. E. Marks of
Oapyon City, Amiel Claude of Juntura,
E. E. Johnson of Coqullle. Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Burney ot La Grandej Charley K.
Cranston" of Pendleton, J. O. Madden of
Redmond, N. G, Wallace of ,Prineville,
II. L. Plumb of Bend, Gilbert Brown or
Lake view, Sajn L. Garland ot Lebanon,
and. Earl Kirkpatrick of Dallas.
a a
W. C Hollinshead. who is in the truck
business at La Pine, Is in Portland to
secure equipment.
a a a
R. E. Bradbury of Klamath Falls is
sojourning at the Imperial.
a a a
E. V. Porter of Ashland is at the
Imperial.
a a a '
Thomas Corbett of Astoria Is a Port
land visitor.
a . a a
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bradman of In
dependence are at the Imperial.
a a a
Frank L. Knowlton of Corvallis Is at
the Imperial.
a a
W. Li Jones of Jefferson is a guest
of the Imperial.
a a
E. L. Chalcraft of Siletz, in Lincoln
. , . . . . i i : . .
county, IS a guest ot me uirucuua,
a a a
H. W. Curtis of The Dalles Is regis
tered at the Cornelius.
a a a
W. D. Pierce of Baker is transacting
business in Portland.
a a .
W. M. Hamilton of Salem is at the
Cornelius.
a
Hugh Scott of The Dalles Is at the
Kamapo.
a , a .
J. a Delaney of Astoria JLa a guest
of the Multnomah.
a a
Mr, and Mrs. N. E. Golden of Salem
are ar the Multnoman.
a . a
T. -C. HaU of Eugene
the Multnomah.
is a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Jennings of Rose'
burg are Portland visitors.
. : a .a a -
Charles Kingswell of Springfield is a
Pcrtland visitor.
F. L. Meyers of La Grande la at the
Oregon.
a a a
Jimes Farley of Heppner is a Port
land visitor.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN -
By Fred
r a Wa sr-irit rl willinc but whose
flesh was too attenuated tella Mr. Lockley bow
L didn't set into the CirU war and bow he did
reel mw vrew . -
eol-
teut iwl in serrice aa aa agency iysciee.l
t. u a tninn of Portland has been
practicing medicine more than 60 years.
"My name Is Michael Angela ' J"
My name will give you an indicatton
of my birthplace, - tl"T,' "7
That's right; I was com
Dublin is my -native city; I ttart saw
the light of day on June , -
vi.i. ti., t am 80 vears old. l anr
one of ehfht children. 1 came to Amer
! Htv, mv oarents when I was years
old. I was 20 years old when Fort
o ra fired on. isemx iriau, "an.-
urally I wanted to get into the fight J
In the early oays oi mo
picked only the finest specimens ot man
hood, I was rejected
human lath.- I was feet high and
weighed only 110 pound I was about
50 pounds underweight.
a a a
-tf t wouldn't ret into the army I
could at least have adventure of some
kind, so I decided to go west We had
to stop over on tne iuimu i
three weeks waiting for the steamer
Moses Taylor to come from san r
cisco to get us. Arrived in wmorma,
I landed a Job on tne rancn oi joan u.
Patterson at Fruitvale. He raised pure
bred sheep and cattle. In October, 1864.
I Invested $25 In a steamer ucaw w
Portland. I went to Artgonl's hotel here
in Portland. It rained steadily.
a a a
"I didn't like It, so after three days
I, took a steamer, the Wilson i. tiunt.
for The Danes. From The uanes i
went to Canyon City. I met an old deep
water sailor. Captain W. C Meyer, and
a Canadian, Frank Hewitt With their
money and enthusiasm and my expert
went to ranching in the Bridge
Creek country, 120 miles south of The
Dalles. We started a stage station, for
the stage from The Dalles to Malheur
and Boise. City passed our place. C- M.
Lockwood, whose son Chauncey lives
at Pfierri, was the government contractor.
We cut and sold wild bay to the stage
company. Mr. Wheeler, wno owneo tne
stase line, took the place of one of his
stacre drivers rfne morning. .. Paulina's
band of Indians were on tne warpatn.
They shot him through the i face. I
dressed his wound. The bullet knocked
out most.of bis back teeth. By the way.
Wheeler county is namea tor nun, :
definite action Is taken while the present
conference is yet in session. Influential
units and powerful bodies such as com
mercial clubs, women's clubs, farmers'
clubs, and especially the press end the
pulpit should deluge those In position to
guide aright the people's demand In the
matter, with such volumes of request
that they must at once take notice that
it is a command and not simply a request
the world Is making of them. Such a de
mand would be simply "vox populi. vox
DeL"-' Another war, tn which -jill other
means heretofore used in dettyir.gbu-
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS, j
Enrland and Ireland ma not have
boned the shUelagb entirely, but at
least it looks aa If their wrere a-olnar to
dub together. La Grande Observer.
In 11 months of the year 1744 per
sons have been 'killed by automobiles
In the state of New York. War and Us
casualties are really trivial matters,
after all. Eugene Guard.
A revival' of a speculative movement
in sheepls very noticeable, CalUe. too,
are looking up and. the grower sees a
profitable return after a slump that
bordered on ruin. Baker 'Democrat. ,
- .. - a . a . . . !
: That h:g order from France tor tim
ber is the best news that has come to
the Northwest since the war. With the
Oregon mills again running to capacity,
prosperity will smile on the ' Pacific
coast with radiating face, Corvallis
aaaette-Timea 0 ' ;. .
If we are to be civilised we must pay
for it, and experience has proved that
civilisation- pays. The heathen is not
very successful. '. regardless ot the
crooked stick he uses for a plow and
regardless of the fact he has no roads
and hut one shirt or none at alL Pen
dleton East Oregonian.
a a a
As fax as blocs are concerned, we
have always had them, but not by the
same name. There has always been s
steel bloc and a manufacturers bloc
and a labor bloc -who have Put throusrh
all kinds of special legislation. Why
shouldn't there be a farmers bloc to
help, the fanner at public expense just
as the trusts and monopolies have been
helped 7 SUUem uapiia-l journal.
Frank Davey of Salem, old time news
paper man, is renewing his acquaint
ance with . Portland trlenda
a a , a -
Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Patterson of Rose-
burg are visiting their daughter, Mra
i W. Myrick. in Portland.
.a a a ,
W. H. Keating of Kings VAlley is
guest of the Oregon.
a a a
Mr. and Mra J. F. Gearln of White
Salmon are in town to do some Christ
mas shopping.
a a
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Osburn, pioneers
oz Eugene, are .registered at the Ben'
son. -
Mr. and Mn. A. F. Davenport of
Hood River -are business visitors tn
Portland. .
... - a a a
W. N. McQueen and Norrls L. Rogers
of McMinnville are registered at the
Multnomah.
a a a
J. F. Gilpin, bridge builder of Astoria,
Is at the Oregon.
.a - a a
C A Carew of Wasco is at 'the Ore
gon. -
a a . a
W. B. Summervllle of Sales Is trans
acting-business in Portland.
a a- a
J. C. Kendall and C.'W. Parker of
Coos Bay are at the Benson,
a a a
Delma Lamb of Heppner Is a guest
of the Benson.
H. J. Overturf of Bend is registered at
the Benson.
a a a .
O. L
Davis ot Woodburn is at the
Oregon. - v
a a a
B. W. Baldwin of Medford is a guest
of the Oregon.
a a a
W. W. Powers of Salem is registered
at the Oregon..
a a a
Mr. and Mrs. -G. T. Dickinson of New
pert are guests of the Oregon.
-.' " " '
S. J. Herren of'Burns is at the Ore
gon. . ";;..
.a
J. O. Madden of Redmond Is a Port
land visitor, : "
a a
W. W. Allen of Mill City is a guest
of the Imperial
J. P. Goldwalte of ChHoquin,- near
Crater Lake, Is at the Portland.
. W w
A. Ramsey -of Bay
Owgon.
City is at the
Lockley
"I decided to study medicine, so I
went to Willamette university and put
In a year and then landed a Job as con
tract doctor to the Warm Springs In
diana After year or so an order was
Issued requiring doctors on Indian agen
cies to know something about medicine.
It had, been a political Job; Just as the
Job of postmaster was. A doctor
didn't have to know any more about
medicine than a postmaster had to know
about letters. I returned to Willamette
university and put in three years, grad
uating In 1872.
a a
"I was then riven my former place
as agency physician at the Warm Springs
agency. One of the Indians there," a
man named Mark, was the son of Chief
Multnomah by a Wasco squaw, ne was
born about 1822. He said when he was
about 10 there! were 60 Indians In his
father's immediate family. This includ
ed rviativoa of various dpsrree. . Among
them was a young squaw, the sister ojhh
his mother. Their lodge was near tne
mouth of the Willamette, A malignant
malarial fever became epidemic a sort
ef bilious remittent fever., Of the 60
people all died' hut Mark and his
mother's sisters Coler Multnoman ana
his people were: simply swept out of
existence. Their remedies as much as
the disease itself -caused the high mor
tality. -They .would sit in their sweat
houses to sweat out. the disease, and
when covered with perspiration would
rush out and jump Into the cold waters
of the Willamette, after which it was
a canoe In the treetops for them. The
diseases that are fatal to Indians now
adays are tuberculosis and venereal
diseases.-- .
-- e - a . a a
I succeeded ; Dr. William McKay as
agency doctor at Warm Sprlnga A. B.
Meacham asked that Dr. McKay . ac
company him to restore the Indian slaves
to their original tribes a good many
Shasta, Pitt River and Modoc Indtans
were held as slaves by the Waecoea,
Klickltats and other Columbia river
tribes.
a a a
"In 1875 I moved to Vancouver, where
I was engaged in practice for three
yearn 'From there I went to French
Prairie. In Marion county, and entered
into partnership with Dr. W. A Cusick.
He was a bright mmK a good surgeon
and a skillful physician.- We were part
ner eight years. Dr. W. B. Morse of
Salem married Dr. Cusick's daughter.
Dr. Cusick moved to Salem and 1 moved
to the city of East Portland," ; t
mao i life would dwindle into InsigniO
cance, would be the result should an
other war come, which it will be likely
to do in a near future time unless frus
trated now while the machinery to pre
vent It Is still n action. We stand at the
parting" of the ways and the! -4 people
should make the decision. - One ban only
lead to death' and destruction. At the
end of the other is the new day In whieh
' . When . eaery wren;- rlrhtes 1"! ' - .;
And -men to man niMted. 'l.
, The whole world will fee Hghsed
-As -Enta was ef eld.:
.. . v - LR Whitney.
The , Oregon, Country
Northwest Baptwnincs is Brief Form tor the
v ' v ... Busy Header. .
" OREGON" , i-- ". y
Forty carloads of Oregon, evergreens .
have been ahinad ta falifnrnin thin a a, '
son for Christmas tree purposes..
The new $S0.MM hlo-h ar-hnM knlMln -
Just completed at Hermlston is said to
r f ibe finest structures of the
una m stern Oregon. , v , r
Of 3771 head of milch mi In Lane
county tested by state and federal ex- .
t)n oniy seven nave snowed reactions
wis luoercuiosis .test. . i ;H , . .
Bids ranging from $160. 0$ ta $101.05
were received last nb An Rairor
county's $425,000 road bond issue. The
oiua were taken, under advisement
James P.- Stover, sawyer at the Buck
Creek Lumber company's mill near Cot-
tare Grove, dropped dead a tew days
ago ot heart disease. He leaves a wife
and eight children.
Desnondencv over Via financial
tion caused Truman Comfort, ared
rancher ef the Malheur valley, to com
mit eutsade on . nia ranch near Vale
Thursday morning of last week.
A Statewide lima, mnfanniu am Va
held at Oregon Agricultural college
Thursday of Farmers' week. December
weed of, the Willamette valley soils
for lime will be given special considera
tion. - .
An effort will be made to raise monev
among the farmers of Natron, and Jas
per and the country between the two
Poea to raise $13,000 to Insure the com-
pieuon ox a nignway reom one place to
the other, ;
TWO hundred Anlla. tn K l
the purchase of comforts for disabled
ex-servtce men now in Portland hospi-
taun aa me sum tnat was raised last
week by the women's aiiTillarv of tha
American Legion at McMinnville.
Although the carcass of a dear in cold
storage at the plant of the Eugene Fruit
Growers' association belonged to another
party, H. H. Ruth, manager of the plant.
w luiru aa ana costs on tne cnarge or
unlawful possession of deer meat.
To raise monev for nrotectlon of for
ests during 1922, the county court has
maue an oroer levying a 2H-cent an
acre tax on all timber lands in Western
Lane county and S cents in Eastern Lane
county outside the national forest.
WASHINGTON
Theodore Hall has been recommended
for reappointment as postmaster at
Medical Lake by RepresentaUve Web
ster. Loot obtained by' cracksmen who blew
the safe of the Snoqualmie State bank,
40 miles from Seattle, last week, is now
placed at $5000.
W. L. Ziegler. Spokane mining engi
neer, was seriously- injured when his
automobile skidded and struck the side
of a bridge on the Apple Way.
From an approximate survey Stevens
county is believed to have raised this
season S.760,000 pounds of potatoes, the
largest part of which are Netted Gems.
Aroused by -the report of large sums
of money invested in Spokane oil com
panies, the government is investigating
the character of the oil seepage with a
view to possible prosecution.
Alfred L'Ecuyear, president of the
Eastern Washington Oil company, and
his wife are under arrest at Spokane,
charged with using the mails tn ' con
nection with a scheme to defraud.
Sheriff Rider, fearing that bank rob
bers may Invade Adams county, has
arranged with 25 men who have good
automobiles and guns to respond on
short notice day or night in the event"
that there is need of them.
The lifeless body of Miss Tilly Hoppe
was found suspended from the celling of
the Hoppe residence at Pomeroy by the
mother as she returned from a shopping
tour. Miss Hoppe had returned home
Tuesday from a Spokane sanitarium.
W. X. Shafer and his son. Major, are
in a Yakima hospital and his daughter,
Grace, aged IS. was drowned, as the re
sult of his boat being swept away by
the strong current in the Yakima river.
The father bad started to row the chil
dren across the, river to school.
IDAHO j
' There were 23 deaths and 51 births In
Boise during November. M
Idaho's state treasury department
earned in November $9764.32 from funds
It Has invested and from funds on de
posit in state banks.
At a meetinr of 150 lettuce growers
at Boise Thursday It was determined to
organize the Southern Idaho Lettuce
Growers' association.
HfffnfrirvVn tvMTntv'a bonded Indebted
ness is $1,570,254.96, and more than 66
per cent or this amount is cnargeaoie
to the city of Rupert
Runrjort to the movement to create the
Central Oregon highway as a feeder to
the transcontinental Lincoln highway is
to be riven by the Pocatelio- Chamber or.
Commerce.- -
The Boise Commercial club Insists
that the monthly survey ot the United
States employment service on business
conditions in Idaho is erroneous and
does that city a great Injustice.
The number of acres of Idaho land de
voted to fruit raising is 11,848, and the
value oi these tanas witn tneir or
chards is estimated at $13,212,700, ac
cording to -figures compiled by the state
bureau of plant industry.
Christmas Gift
Suggestions
Christmas time to Grandmother
and Grandfather brings countless
secrets to be shared with the
kiddies in regard to Mother's and
Father's Christrrnis gifts, or, If
Grandmother Uvea a little way off,
it means days' spent lri prepara
tion for the family's visit, and
the. wrapping' of the Christmas
present prepared as a grand -sur
prise for Mary ' Lou or-- Bobble.
But the Christmas presents to be
given Grandmother and Grand
father are also given a good bit
of thought Good books are things
to be shared by them both. Or a
year's subscription to their fa
vorite magazine in an equally ac
ceptable gift.
, A warm, woolly bathrobe for
either Grandfather or Grand
mother comes -at prices ranging
from $5.85 to the all-wool robes
would enjoy swearing a housecoat
of wool or cassimere, "priced at
$5.75. For $10 one may secure
a house coat with velvet collar
and cuffs, or for $12.50 one with
silk collar and cuffs. A 4,ioe
warm Angora all-wool muffler for
$2, or a sweater vest to be worn
underneath his . coat, priced at
$5.50, will bring comfort" and
warmth to Grandfather. Also,
he will enjoy wearing gloves lined
with knitted wooL which are
priced at -$4.50,: or heather wool
hose, which sell for $t. ;
And as for Grandmother An
attractive lightweight fringed
shawl in a delicate color, or in
a darker color, ' would be very
much v appreciated. J She would
also enjoy receiving a box' of
knitting yarn, or some new knit
.ting needlea.Aj" lovely lace collar
or a brooch or a pair of new gloves
is also acceptable. Then, too, gift
of pure- linen , handkerchiefs for
either Grandmother ; or ;; Grand
father are never a mistake.