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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1C2X. 12 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OBEG ON - ! fyDirPXSpEKT. KIWSPAPTR "'y CR, JACKAOM... .... ..PuMteber to atiM m yo would tm.ttM in caisa. be oBfldcnt. be aefwi aa so Z2il t cm Jnni bmjt, Bra 1 rJ L'l'ill.Sg!Lu I fcmercd a a swetaffiee t I'onUvti, Onoo.l fa triiwnlwini tsrowas to Mil) as swears I elm , , . ,,,',,,,, I aii dmitntirtt meM by th mmbm NATIONAL. ADVEBTlttlMtt REPKBSEJiTA-1 TTVE Bciiwaia Kentoor Ox. Broomr - handler. 23 ftfUi reuse. Wee Tort; .,' wiwvn 1-' V rfcee: Tttl Insurance Baiaoser Co., Eubuht Banana. jtyt-InteUutmcer bqildtnt. prattle iiJB OREGON JOt U.SAL. necrrea the rihtl to Nct adranUJtic eepr wl tt v- bjwnioMbta. it. io .not pm i tr or utat ouum nsw v novum ""i V. BCBSCBIPTIOM; RATES ., , T B Carrier. City ani CoonUV. DAILT AND 8USDAT fM wek .19 I On th. . . . . DAILY I i eD.VDAt . On I .! I On ...... e ' Bionth.... .4 I - i '1 T MALL, ALL RATES PAYABLE TX ADTAPB Tbn taaUM..,t3.S Sal aontln. . . . 4.21 On Bcmth ..... .It ! DAILY .' ' (Without Sunday) ' Om year...... OS Su Booths. .... I.2J Thraa Booth. . l.Ti Oaa 'with 40 WEEKLY ' (Every Wadoaaday Owe year. ..... Si.00 All month ... .BO 8U.VDAT 0 rwr fS.AO Bis aioBtha...: l.T TbiM BMBth. 1.00 . , WEEKLY AND I RCND1T One year S3.SS Thau eataa anolT sail In the VfmL ' Bates t Eutera poiats funiibed on appljj- aoav u ua. resBituncas ay stoner "raw. n-aa Older or Draft. If yanr amtafriee i mat a eiBnenki offiaa. 1 or leest aUssps will be oa-DbMl sfU all rtmittancas payable to Tht Joersal PobUaBing Ompasy. Portia ad, Qrrgoa. li isaj af atppiae) rsry seooniina tt ta decree of efrtne. aad aaaeajuently teat life which is mast Tinaoas is ssast hmipy. Norm. ... i - THE TREATY RIPPERS fpiIAT a nation-wide fight against ratification of the four-power I tyeaty is being organized is a state- merit in a Washington dispatch. It is added that mass meetings will be held; that a woman i is to organise women's clubs in the Middle West and Northwest; that antl-Japanese sentiment in California will be capi tslized, and that Democratic political Units will be rallied in the light. . . . , - i i It seems incredible. The purpose of the treaty is to check an insane race for building $40,000,000 battle ships and to remove "so roe of the causes of war. There is only one way to stop Prodigal waste of money on dread naughts And that la to stop it. And the only way to stop! It is by agree inent among nations.! . . There is only one way to remove causes Of war and that is to remove them. And the only way to remove them is by agreement among nations. , These agreements as to navy building and removal of causes of war are being made jat Washington- t is so intelligent a purpose, so Civilized a purpose and so profitable a purpose, mat it seems- unbelievable i that attempt will be made to pre vent ratification. Yet it was done In case of a similar j agreement en jtered into by nations at Versailles. ?t means that there are forces In America that want navy building to go on and causes of jwar to remain, ready to burst forth at any time Into j a cataclysm or aiaugnter. . uououess tnere are poweriui, on- Seen forces who are working in the dark. Such forces always work tnrougn agents ana puppets, oome-i ijmes tne agents are yeuow-uog a . , a partisans.,; Some are demagogues who appeal to class consciousness as lit the proposal to .capitalise anu- Japanese sentiment in caiiiornia, or ks in the appeals to pro-uerman sen- tlment in the League of Nations fight ...---j, " Some of. these puppets are well paid publicity experts. Some are blatherskite senators who pose as defenders of the constitution for po litical purposes. Some are skinflint Politicians who are good God or good devil, according towhlch pays best 4111a wvim m iitin ww uuuii- eled. Everybody knows why. Ex - service men by hundreds are dying J of tuberculosis in Ariiona. Millions! ot men are unemployed in America. They crowd the Portland police sta tion at night begging for shelter. ' ' Nations are bankrupt and cannot! trade witn one anotner because inter - national exchange is dislocated. War taxes are so high that they approxi- rnate confiscation of. property. Pro - cessions of unfortunates are march - Ing through the bankrupt courts in very city in Christendom. Crime and: poverty are battering at barred doors. .These and a thousand other Sorrows are the world wide product of the war whose causes, forces in America do no want removed and of the substance-sapping navy build- Ing those hidden, forces want con- tinned. . .1 ' -And that the country Is to ha or - ganlsed to go on aa wo are by beat - Ing the treaty, is the news. Are people going to allow themselves to be manipulated? They have been manipulated before, to their sorrow, Will. they permit It; again, or win they organUe ta fight the organised Oght of the treaty .rippers? . Before. the discussion: goes farther It may be remarked that any pro - ttosal to change the name of Me- t Loogblin street will be resisted by wffl be narrowed where It haa jret many' people. Dr. John McLougfa- eat tendency .to shoal, .permanent lin'g .magnificent pioneering to the work to a certain extent will take Ore gron country I cheaply, enough j B ought to pave A monument, and I doubtless would but for the fact J that the constructive achievements I of tW resios are a monument to him I M I via loose was suong nut aun con'pscuu: h-toi.w w iwmi n" quered the wilderness!, the Jetties at the month. 40 feet from . I . , IF rpHB special session should adjourn I A without agreeing to submit an j ... . . , I whatl l That would be a breakdown of representative government. It would I ictwuiic mm to tUvo the people a chance to vote I on a measure that they have a right to vote on. It would be a denial to I the people of the right to say whether they want an exposition. I In defense of themselves, the legis lators will undoubted! reach some I kind of agreement. It will Drob-1 ably be an tatenigent 'agreement. To adjourn without it would be a fiasco in ' legislative : action that would go down into history along with' that notorious session that never organ- Iked. .There are too many sane heads I In the present body to subject rep ( resentative government to another I Jolt like that. I ',' Nor eould the special session af. ford to assume the enure responsl-1 biltty of attempting, to defeat the I exposition, A great many people in the state very earnestly -favorMhe im.fair. Many others as earnestly oppose h. ana re is oniy jair. V oom w five tuerrt a. cance to aeciae me matter wo,u "'o I scribed in toe organlo law for such conLToversiea 19 oe uectaeu. j.ms particularly true, since the chief cost in submitUng the exposition measure is the payment of the expenses of the legislature now In session. , v. I U1CUU U1U wrcRw tor a long- time. A part of the truth -is often on both sides of a controversy. The intelligent thing to do at Salem is for each side to get a full view of the other side's viewpoint. It would, indeed, be a wholesome thing if Portlanders -could once get a thorough understanding of what people are thinking about out in the country. It would be wholesome in more ways than one." Prominent men are frequently in h news dispatches as flouting the dry law. o men of mature years realize that hnldlnsr that law In rnn. tempt mattes otner laws con temptible? When they flout the prohibition law before the young, the young may conclude that all laws are silly. If you didn't read 'Schoolmaster's" article in Sunday's Journal get the paper and see what he said. I A WHIP OP ICE Vtia or the agencies preparing Christmas dinners for the needy came a, request that lifted it above j conventional appeals to Santa s lib- erallty, "Give ns instead of a Christ- mas basket a sack of flour." was the pie. Alter a oig vunsimas dinner i hunger seems all the worse. With I flour and water only we can make and bake a batter that will keep us alive. I The petition did not come from I the valley of the Volira where mil- lions of Russians starve or from central Europe where the wailing of war orphans awakens every gener- ous impulse. It came from a family In Port- land. When the wind blew from the east over the snowy refrigerators of the mountain ranges and gathered force in wild sweep down the valley of the Columbia, its whistling was but 4 merry tune outside the snugly heated homes, where even its intra- giTe fingers could find no entrance, (but it was a lashing, icy whip in draughty dwellings, where fuel gave oot a0( tnere WM n0 money to buy I w I 1 m0re. 1 Perhaps the wind will do one good turn and carry tha idea of all-winter relief to those whose sympathies and resources permit them to help, The mail man says. Santa gets off easy that carrying a bulging pack 1 is getting to be an everyday test of I endurance with him. 1 THE COLUMBIA, CHANNEL I TrTITHIH four years the channel ail j " the mouth of the Columbia will - - ti ww uuc, ueunt 1 engineers long connected with the project. The depth is now more than 43 feet over a width of nearly a mile. It is steadily increasing. . A few years ago the channel at the mouth of the Columbia was only about 20 feet. The lower reaches of 1 tne river zurnisnea a port only tori I coasters and fishing smacks. Now I i the greatest ships that sail the seven 1 seas can enter safely.t Only one! 1 other American harbor entrance ex - I eeeds , the depth' at the mouth of the Columbia. Two long arms of stone account I chiefly for the transformation. The! j government was many years in build- ing them. The North and Sooth Jetties constitute the greatest works of their kind in the world. During J the earlier' stage a powerful dredge broke up the erost and materially 1 speeded nn the dennin J The theory of jetty construction is established, mow the current of the Columbia, narrowed to a width of two miles at Its mouth, throws the silt that once formed the Columbia bar far to sea.-.. x J The idea is ..to be carried farther. I River and harbor recommendations I before congress- propose permanent I dikes and revetments along the chan- J eel between Portland and the sea. By their construction the channel the plage of Jmperaanent .dredging freshet, only to nave It washed back Into the cut by the pext-s An Intend. fied cnrrent In a narrower area will make the Colombia ta own dredging , ... r . . . Portland to the sea is probable. Man In all hia glory is a mighty small - thins when you ; read ; : of Scientist Micbelson's measurements - " In the constellation Scorpio. - Its diameter is 420.0De.eeO milea This is 4 times the distance between earth ua jun in our soiar Bjetera. in comparison with It. our earth would be as a grain of sand on a bis ocean beach WHY. THEY LEAVE "DE CAUSE he married without per mission from an officer, a pri- vate soldier In the United States ' army at Fort Xawton Is to be court martialed. ', When the bars were let down after the armistice and enlisted ' men in the navy were offered releases, the government soon found itself lack- ing - a sufficient personnel to man the ships. Vessels, for want of crews, were tied on In practically every navy yard In the country. Naval authorities were deeply concerned over the exodus from the service. Then congress limited the army to 150.000 men. President Harding op. nosed the cut at the time because he dldn.t desire to gee soldierg re moved from their jobs under the ex- fetent economic conditions. But it Was decided to offer releases to .n rii tv,r r-itn, osti who wanted to ain in serv- to 8tay But tha order x had freely . gone out to release those whA AraA in mU,M -"" service when the secretary of war was compelled to rescind It- There was such a rush for releases that the army, like' the navy, was threat ened with an overwhelming exodus of enlisted men, - Officials and the general public were at a loss to understand why the service was unpopular. The pay was fair, the food wholesome, accom modations generally satisfactory, and the opportunity for travel excellent. It was reasoned that the lot of the service man was far superior to that of th clvian. working at a small The incident at Fort Lawton offers a different view of military life and explains the exodus from the serv ice. A soldier or sailor cannot marry without permission. He cannot leave a post for even an hour after his daily duties are discharged, without permission. He can do nothing but salute and follow orders, whatever the orders may be. And he cannot quit- f , . ' '- - - ll' m a country Uke the pre-war Germany, where boys were born to be soldiers and reared under military discipline, such a status would not be particularly distasteful. But' in America, a country reared on the rock of freedom and liberty, an. organization lorded over by a lot'of little kaisers is not likely to be toar ticularly attractive to many self re- BDectine- American lad a The system is allowed to stand on the plea of necessity for discipline. and an army must have discipline It is claimed that the caste system with its little kaisers is the only way that discipline can be main talned. It will undoubtedly stand for years to come. But as long as it stands, none need be surprised at the request for releases when releases are obtainable, Students are urged to "think through" as they, study the progress j of recent world events. If they .don't think fast ' they will never think through, for a week freouenUv re- cords as much transition is a past 1 generation AS INTEREST GOES DOWN A TWO hundred million dollar 14- XX sue of United. States treajiiirv certificates of indebtedness, .dated December 15, was oversubscribed by American banks within two days. Thty bore 4 and 4 hi per cent interest against the far higher, inter est rates on some former issues of the same kind. The celerity with which they were snapped up by the banks shows the favor in which they j are held as investments in spite of u cvinpsrsuvcif low nstea ut I interest. j I But the really important fact is (that the federal treasury gives these I interest bearing certificates a ma 1 turity of only six and 12 months. I That great financial institution, tin I ilka the nnhifo authorities in rwm who are selling long time securities on a declining interest market, is not selling bonds of distant maturity. s It believes, as most financiers do. 1 that with the gradual return to, the I normal," interest rates in America I will go back to levels approximating I those before the war, or even lower. So figuring, the United State gov- j eminent, in order to avoid fastening an abnormal interest rate upon the public to run far into normal times, is waiting until Interest rates become j reasonably settled before selling long I time secoritles. And for its imme- j curitlea that run six and 12 jnonths. It Is a system of financing that some .ot our Western, financiers, particularly-In Oregon, might study with profit tn disposing of the pub- Be securities which they'lssue from I time to time, I The brightest light has yet to dim i the sunrise, bat Jack Frost's alp the last day or so has paled the boldest I ronre. ' AN UNSEEMLfY " BACKBONE Fanners the Nation's Vertebral Col umn. Thsy Have JUng Been Told, - But When They Seek to Func tion as Their Own Back bona. Why, That's Jlfferentr-Rpub . lican Leaders' Consterna ,' tion Satirically . Viewed. Fnaa the New Tack World. "The farmer is the backbone of the Batton. Thus was It set down la the Reottbliean national TJatforra of 192ft, framexi under the personal auspices of Henry S Cabot ; MjoAg and indorsed : In toto by that great and good man. Warren P GamaUel Harding ef Marion, Ohio. it was assumed at tna time, nowever. that the fanner woeld not take these I spinal-column functions too literally.,. Tel he the backbone ex the nation uj not imply Uiat be wasalso to be the baca- " ra" veiiuio im-vy am- -"i The journal Havisi teen superiatendY backbone of congress. lent ef the Oregon state Lrainlnr school - " - .-. The chief effort of (he admlsiatra- i Uon are now devoted to the unpleasant f task of explaining to the farmer the! reservations that the Old Guard had in mind when it exalted him at Chicago. j President Harding devoted consider-1 able attention to it in his address to I congress, and Secretary Weeks came to I New York yesterday U furnish addi-lfor ttonal specifications. , I Unless & chum for the better takes! place soon, the secretary of war fore-jchoee the site, not because they thought sees the day whea the legislative branch! it an ideal one, but because- it was tht of the government will be divided into groups, "each group championing a spe- elal cause, ' and we will see one group combining with another ta bring about a cor-trol of legislative action in the inter-1 esf of a particular faction." The next! loelcal aten will come when we "eventu-toi allv find miraeJvna rlividnd into hostile! factinna or axntina mm Maim nlnndered I by another, and the country powerless to defend or maintain Its interests, na-l .innat In tm-f-r. o tinr, si " I Tr 1. . r.ir.,,1.. K., it., oforrr la a I ' S 49 SB, DOU U.V V UUk UW OVV1 J ASS U I a t .r tm .,M I k7 V; ' ' "T" . " Jr.. X win uawv wwa-0w A'W.a, ir-" -www-ar . - I 2iS2 ft!-St ES5S TT,. .. at. AT- . - - .A e i- ww-,- I original sources of the campaign con- tnbuUonsT And didn't they get an !"ie.r!!f!,? .Wi J? e!"1 io visions ot wnica me price w -uwtt and oorn has steadily diminished UnUll finally a point has been reached at I which it is cheaper to burn corn than coal? Have they no sense of to buy coal? Have they gratitude to the party leaders who have thus rescued them from the clutches of the coal barons? II the 'lamer anew anything eooui physiology he would understand that the I Business oi a oacaDone is to noia up the special session of the state legisla te general structure and to go along ture which will make It possible to ee quietly and peacefully with the rest, pf ject a more suitable sits, and I am sure tne Doay. it nas no right to eniorce peculiar demands of its own or to take I advantage of its relation to the rest of I tne iramewors. a. DactcDone snouiq oe l placid and submissive, taking all the I shocks and seeking nothing for Itself. The farmer may retort that definite pledges were made to him by the Re publican platform and that he has a right to compel their fulfillment. That Is no argument The Republican plat form promised as much to everybody who would support the ticket. Why drag j m such trifles? Campaigns are one tiling and the administration of govern, ment is another. No Reoublican oartv that Is worthy of the name can Dermit an agricultural I faction to bump Wall street or the pro- tec ted industries, - That U not only bad eeonemics but it dries up the campaign fund. The farmers must learn to be reasonable and not meddle with vested I interests. The farmer who would rather see Wall Street pay taxes than to pay thera himself is no backbone of the nation in the sense in which that term I was used in the Republican platform, I end if he does sot stop his nonsense the I time may come when Wall Street will I not care much whether congress is Re-1 publican or Uemocratlc Then, indeed, will the foundations of the republic be crumbling. Letters From the People tComrraaications sent to The Journal for publication In thia department should be written as only este ride ef the paper sbosld not ex esd 800 words in leagtli, and Bust be sicacd by the writer, whose mail address io faU most oeoinpsa) the contribution, j - THE STERILIZATION LAW Pr. Owen-Adair Writes. Announcing a New Campaign. Paso Robles, Cal., Dec 17. To the Editor of The Journal I have Just ceived a letter from Dr. R. E. Lee j yet in a section of Marion county en Sielner saying the sterilization law of I tjrely removed from any possible con- Oregon has been declared unconstitution- al. It is unnecessary to say I was shocked. But as I am so accustomed to disappointments . and reverses I am happy to say I am not prostrated. Dis appointments and reverses have always aroused roe to greater efforts, and I am expecting to be ready for the next con test, ylt took 10 long years to get that sterilization law on the statute books. Then for nearly Ova years It withstood Storms of vicious and malicious criticism. It was a beacon light of hope. If it has I tne ecnooi ooara resuiioa ui a wrute recelved Its death blow ir has left a wmsh- inoe thoea maw InvestigaUon e-inrimia riwirH "Trom Atk m su in Judgment on their own transao- life." SteriUxatlon cannot die unUl the great work has been accomplished. In 1S09 Governor Chamberlain cut its head eft In ISIS Governor West redressed end christened it with a aulU pen. II went nnrtu. hannw Tint knnwW that the rreat referendum was at my back. The newborn Infant wo trobbled nn. and the straggle began. . Humanity's love of the child, borne and native land, against ignorance, greed, selfishness and lawness, lined up. Sterilization received over 46,000 votes, which meant victory Ant nt defeat. On Fchruarv 19. 1917. Governor Wlthycombe placed the law upon the books, where it remained near- ly five years,' a beacon light, due to the faithful offichii of the various state warc- - There ara new 15 states that have atriltzallon laws. Several of tha states had their laws repealed and amended several times. The people are becoming si (wvtsww4 Vitf f Hb trr-eva f intrAtiajk In trt rtis amt dereneracv. The churches are now takinr it into the oulDita This is the! mrmt wonderful advance, and means power and success, r don't believe there in a state in the Union so well educated alnne- this liriA as Oreson. The news - naoers have kept the public well in - formed since 1OT. Besides, they have! had the advantage of two referendnmal v f haw asked manv eaonla slBee iviminsrl to California, "Have you a sterilization law here?- "Sa" or 1 don't know" has! invariably been th answer. Few know what it means. 1 asked th doctor at the big hotel here, THd California pass k sterilization Uw last winter?; He said, "Na. -But," t said, she did have a sterilisation law ta 109, Was tt re- .lMir Ha aaid. I narver heard ef It" I have received a pamphlet sent out toy the American Medical association whkh gives the states having the law. Oregon ia mi romrtfti I wrote ta all the states having a sterilisation law fori copies of the law.. I received a copy off f-alifArnla's law within thraa dava. Ill was enacted In 1909, repealed by the en- actment of another law 111. which was amended in 1117, continuing it in force. I wrote to Mrs. E. H. Hasriman of New York. As, soon as the maajBrvvous disposition and eornia down eculd bring it X received some liter. 1 with complete prostration often enough fur, including a history of Sterulxauon lefffaUtion in the . United States up to date. Atari; a letter thanking - me for m letter to her. .- Mrs. Harrunaa U at the head of this great work; la New Yet k. which has had the Uw two or tbree yearn, i She said. Wbat -te the matter with the American people? Fif teen muuoBs ought to be steriuseav With her many millions she executing tcut great wont . --i. t .,-.i--.- I am new wrlUnsr . st hietonr , of the' work done in Oregon tor hygieaico, eu genics and aterUisatioa since 1907. which wui oe maae up principally or tellers rxom people or note, statistics and mtxa. sine aad newspaper clippings .bearing on this .subject, together with my comments. ; . Mrs. Owens-Adair. h. o. I The aeeisiea ta which Dr. Oaiana adsrr r s isv her letxer wmm mkrel in a. area court, asd is ayea to rawasi by Uw tU un it at tterajore eat aaasssiriiy Uastl sots' xkalnuso scuuul. Superintendent Protests Against New , . Building on Present Bite. poro Dec. j2fc-VrQ the Editor of tfor hnv, at Ra I Am far tiMrl 1 mars. I fael it a dntv I nwa is mva&lf. ta the wmates of the school and to the tax. payers of the state of Oregon rto voice my protest against the building of the new school upon the present proposed site. I do not wish, in any a to criticize or condemn the -board of con. trol for its action in choosing this site. under the law appropriating a80,00e for the new school none of trial sum can be used for the purchase ef land. They only available one, and felt that, while it was not all that they desired, it would be better to build there than not to build at all. I am ef the exact opposite opin- ion ana-couiq give many gooa reasons. However, I believe the close proximity trie state penitentiary, uie asyiuro farm and the tuberculosis hospital to the proposed Site is reason enough. Env ployes of the training school will tell you w uenever iuer s yurai w IDOUOn U UW Mill WBUaXT II corresnonainsT one at me u-aimnK acnout III grapSVinB SPBCUU, Or UHUerKfUUllU . . , ... tt . system of communication between the trusties of the two institutions, is always tn vrwvl Witelrtl0i MA-flaBB" TIPr ySm 11 ft SSK SfE&XXSEt .nriaa a,na sBwafh Ka sattmsawi VAVIUS VW Wtfcf UW VVHt' f - .VrVAhk'v. . e 48ira to go there, I know themes of two whTa ww in the penUentUry who so expressed themselves 17 "hn th.w . in the trainins ,i ,. t vn,r ,,, i vn n.,M lBterview them and get their story it !,,, v intoruHnr rMhr matter but- would convince you, and the taxpayers of our fair state, that it would be nothing short -of a crime to allow the new Behool tn rte built on. Or anywhere near, the nresent nrorjosed site. I sin rural v hau that atana win be taken at that all members of the state board would welcome a chance to choose what they felt was the best site from a group or number of sites suggested, it runas to purchase same were avatlabn. Will a Hale I URGES LEGISLATURE TO ACT To Permit Board of Controleto Use Ex isting Fund in part for Site. Portland. Dec 20.To the Editor, of V?1-" ."T , fl' ested In the welfare of the boys of Ore- eon, please permit me to call to the at tention of your readers the concern of many people about our new state train. ling schooL The last legislature appro- priated $280,000 for building and equip. ping a new Institution on state grounds, Since none of the money can be used for purchasing land,' the board ef control has been compelled to select a site for the new school which all three members ef the board agree is not .ideal. One member of the board has maintained from thp beginning that It would not be fair to Oregon's boys to eonrms them in an institution on the Bite proposed because they will be In the midst of Oregon's defective and delinquent groups. Dr. Stelaer, superintendent ef I the Oregon hospital, upon first viewing the proposed site, exclaimed that it would be a crime, so one of the mem bers of the board of control stated, to put Oregon's future citizens there. The Oregon Social Worxers associa tion has gone on record as heartily op posing the proposed site. Its members believe that the legislature ought to untie the hands ef the board ef control by passing an amendment to the former measure whereby the board will be allowed to divert cart Of the funds for purchasing land. Let the legislature give the board of control this freedom. and Oregon can have a modern training 1 school located near enough to 8alem for re-(all administrative requirements, and Ijact or association,' physical, mental or r moral, with our criminal and defective groups er institutions. Ralph McAfee. SCHQOL BOARD CRITICISED With Special Reference to the Recent In vestigation. and Tax Matter. Portland. Dec. 18.- To the Editor ef "rbo Journal Recent developments go to snow that tne school ooara aictator I UU on bis Job. The recent investigation tions. The processes lnvorved and the outcome emphasize forcibly The bleeding characteristics ot the educational gor- nianas, wnose motto is as expressea in me wregon 1 eacners axontnry tor June, I 1920. pagS 1075, tOWlt: "W mUSt get I tile the gettihg is good. We have the taxpayers - where we want them. We will fore them to pay a great deal more than they are willing to pay. Under this slogan comes School Dl rector woodward demanding more power. Ha wants to attach - another ummoacrww to tne gormanas- vise, ey giving the non-taxpayer power to say now much, heavier the burden shall be en the tolling taxpayer, He fails to recognise the fact that the taxpayer 1 as deeply interested in the welfare of his Child SS is the non I taypayer, on lines educational as well I as on all other lines, and that he freely I gves xne non-taxpayers cnua tne same I educational advantages be rives ta his !"- He also is as well informed as to needs and requirements, for school pur- ! poses, hence can be safely trusted to Jk iwod ail Just and needed equip- 1 meat xor proper tnuning ox toe cauoren 1 Of school age. t l eking for more power is out the ere"1 ?r -taxeaUnr gormands. ' norseieeca crying lor more. Which s. like the grave, never full. The rivers are everlastingly running to the sea. but the sea is never over-full; so I the taxeaters budget is everlastingly lew110- hut the taxeaters maws never sated. W. H, OdeO. TJnde Jeff SnowSays Alfonso Denniaon Belter, whose folks eaOs him Anno Domino, explained to the bootlegger gentleman that calls around at th Corners twicet a week whea he ain't in Jan. that he dassent use any more of his medicine, not but what if s good stuff and Belter's stomach!! stand it, all right, but he Cads tt affects tht steerta gear of hia, flivver, besides rUsarrangin the spark pings and. the I carbretter, said Ciwer bavin' a mighty I anyhow. COMMENT AND . rMAI-L CHANGE V At artv rate the elements are doing their best to give us a little real Christ mas atmoepnere. There will bev many who makd rush calls to the stores Just before the present oistriDuuon starts w ttaturuay erenuia. - - - ' ; . Mr. Wells ears the next war will come in S. 10 or 60 years. Mr. Wells is wis. Foolish prophets issue such phophecies in Installments. .. . . ..., . ,: - Tba folks at kn are havlna a hard time restraining themselves -from decor. tunc toe unrtstmas tree ana exposing it to the eyes of the youth of the house hold. j i 's Marvelous, isn't it, bow let ef raM torts ta lost their overbearing enthusi asm for the 1925 exposition when leg islators began talking about an added gasoline tax. - , It would be nice If we were the sue thor of the book or the builder of the box that everyone would want to rive everyone etse tor inrwunaa. e . e Know a woman who works ma hard for her grown children that she only gets into' tne parior Oft sunaaya The Children bought ner a fine, fashionable set or ruraiture tor that room. - They entertain their company in it. , . . . A Denver preacher has resismed be cause he spends more than he makea It is usually the case that they make much more than they get and this one should be thankful that he has a surplus, wher ever lie got iu MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Will F. King, long Ume resident ef Crook county, hardware merchant and good roads booster, is greeting old time friends ta rortuuio. He is stopping at the Cornelius. e a Professor and JMrs, S. Graft of Cor- vallis are in Portland to spend the Yule- tide with Mrs. Grafrs parents. a e a E. C Roberts, for the past fO years a resident of Linn county, ia down from Albany on business. e a Mrs. P. W. Bobbins, whose people ware the first settlers at , Molalla, Is at the Portland, registering from Molalla. e e a Mrs. William Haapt of Cottage Grove Is here to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter. -a, Mrs. F. A. Spencer of Myrtle Point Is a guest of the -Portland, ... L. L, Lewis of Eugene Is a gueet of th Portland. . a a D. H- Middleburg of Ruckles is trans acting business in Portland, a - a - a Harry Scott of Astoria is here oq business. e e D. W. Litherland of Astoria is regis tered at the Seward, s see Agnes E. Voss of Astoria is a guest of the Seward. . ' S, Toyland of Silver ton is at the Cor pelius. k e e a Mr.and Mrs. R. D. Poole of Salem are guests of the Cornelius. e e e G. Lt McCullough of Umatilla is stop ping at the uorneiius. a a a C A. Hartley of Siiverton is a guest of the Cornelius. K R. Bryson ef Eugene is a Portland visitor- ' ' , . , .. ' . .. - ' a..- e . Daisy and Verna Golden ef Eugene are registered at the Cornelius. see George Wild ef Seaside is a guest ot the Oregon. see F. J. Howard, well known realtor of Albany, is a guest of the Oregon. . i Ed Dorgan of -Albany is registered at the Oregon. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred The besnninea of Seaeide are better knows b no on than to tha pioneer ot that raaort eitj whoa story He Lockley acre record. futures on real estate Values at fanon epoens Will prove tntanstins; so will tha bst of early day visitor and the tale of hostelry develop Bant and town nmKttne; S4 expaastsm io mw nu. Mrs. G. K. Stanley lives at SeasldeV She didn't like the Amazon river, so she thought she would try th country along the Columbia river. She U.ves at the home of her daughter, June Oates, 10 yards from where the surf from tne restless Paeifie breaks tn miiK-wmie spray on the foam-kissed, sandy shore. "I was born tn Alabama, December 19, 1846, said Mrs. Stanley. "My father. George Kanaga Grimes, was born is North Carolina, My mother, whose maiden name was Mary Frederic, was born in Georgia. My father was born about 182L He was about 25 years old when I was born, but he always amed Uke an old man to me. When he was 2L years Old be was sick and his hair turned white and somehow it is hard to think of a person with white hair as young. Mother died not long before the breaking out of the Civil war. My father took no part in that war. but my two brothers, though mere boys, wore the gray and one, of them was wounded. A lot of our friends, after Lee had sur rendered, want either to Mexico or te South America. My father, one of my brothers and I went to Brain, 9 9 9 "Father was going to get a plantation on the Amazon, but h didn't like that country. We liked the sound of our pwn language, so "we earns nacx in America We landed In Portland SO years ago, in the fail of 187L A reak estate man told my father the old Josiah West ranch ia Clatsop county, then owned by Mr. Jew ett was for sale, so be went down to see it He wanted to buy It- I didn't want to move on a farm. I had seen too many farmers wives. We came down to where Seaside is now located. There were three houses here. Mrs. ciutne was running a summer betel where Bea Holtaday- later built the Seaside house. Her father was a Scotchman, Captain Trti, Her mother i was Indian. - A young man named Clifford Spedden -had taken up a horneatesd v where 8easide now is. Father paid him 85e for his Im provements and ' relinquishment, and built a two-room frame house on the place, into which, we moved. He got his patent from the- government for the 47 acres that he had bought of Spedden. and bought two fractional qmarters of school land, containing about -CO acres, that joined him on the north, paying the state $1.25 an acre for It- - Th Hotel 8easid is boil? oa our homestead. . - ; e ' e . t a -1 "Th trammer after we took up the place we noticed that lots of Portland people came here ta spend a few weeks, so we thought that soma day ws might have a summer resort here. Among the people who used to come here tn the early 70s were the Bumsides, Kamms, Faifc ing. Flanders, Couches. Glisana, Wil sons, Lewises. Harvey. Van Schivera Jacobses, Dr. Jones and other pioneer Portland people.' Father built a hotel. The Grimes bote, near the Neeaueum. NEWS IN BRIER SIDELIGHTS Suggest ion for a new slogan: "Too sane to fight,' La Grande Observer. - v ... , ,.'. .. i - - I TSera Is an abldinr faith that Baker county ia the banner-'gold section of the iMortnweet anq siowiy But sureiy mat faith will yet bring a reality. -Baker Democrat. -,.,.-". . Some folks waste mor time end, en ergy devising illegitimate ways ot get ting the money than it would 'take to earn it In a legitimate way. Cottage Grove Sentinel. . , s, . . . . . Marshal Foch likes America so well that if be had seen the best part ot lb right here in Umatilla county his be loved France might hav lost him for ever. Weston Leader. e a We congratulate the Saddle Mountain Logging company upen taking prompt action to reestablish the historic trail to Saddle mountain through Its slash ings. Many a hiker will be grateful tor this considerate act- Astoria Budget V . a - . ,. , The old-timers never will become ac customed ta the" fact that young men and women now discuss freely among themselves at the dance or over the card tables subjects that grandmothers used to get into corners and talk about in whispers. Roseburg News-Review. .. . a a ...... . r -' The Southern Pacific company says that most of the hoboes on Us line now are young, well educated fellows,: But what can the college graduate do when he goes out into the bard, cruel world and finds all the football coach Jobs ailed by fellows who got their diplomas ahead of him T Eugene Guard. J. W. Maloney, well . known, banker of Eastern Oregon, is flown from Pen dieton for a brief visit and is domiciled at the Multnomah. e m a Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cockburn of Mil ton are registered at the Cornelius. Mr. Cockburn. was formerly a county com missioner of Umatilla county. . - a a a B. F. McCullough, well known Uma tilla county rancher, is down from. Echo and is staying at the Oregpa. Judge O. L. Patterson J. B. Marks and R. R. McHaley of Canyon City are m Portland on county business. e e a Elizabeth McHaley .of Prairie City Is spending a few days in Portland, domi ciled at the Hotel Seward. . ..- a Jean K. Thompson, of Westport is a guest of the Portland. a a Monseigneur Arthur Lane of Albany is a Portland visitor. e a 'E. Nelson of Corvallla is a guest of the Seward. . - a a e C. C Brown of Bend is sojourning at the Multnomah, a a a Mr. and Mrs. K. Kyle of Tillamook are guests of the Multnomah. -a a e , W. A. Black of Baker is a Portland visitor. . e a e J. R. Shaw of Klamath Falls la at the Multnomah. - " e a George W. Peavey Of CorvaHls Is in Portland on business. - - v Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Manny of Reeds- port are in Portland on business. H. E. Burton of Astoria is a guest of the Benson. ' . . . j -tm- m m ,r - Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Abbott of Astoria are registered at, the Benson. a a a 8. R. Willams of Eugene is stopping St the Oregon. - Al G. Means of Ontario is a Portland visitor. a a a J. W. Marshall . of Astoria Is trans acting business tn Portland. Lockley We set a fme table and charged 810 a week for room and board, which people thought was a big price. During the first years we were here, among our neighbors were the Claytons, Evermans, Austins. Steaba, Mulkeys, Matsons, Gear harts, Birds, McGuires, Burkes and Bradburya In 1873 Ben Holladay built the Seaside house. . a j "It was quite an undertaking to come to Seaside in those days. You took the boat from Portland to Astoria, then took tha plunger from Astoria to Sklpanon. where you changed" to a wagon. It was heayy pulling through --the aand. The road was pretty much all aand except through the woods at Gearhart, where It was fulj of chuckhotes and sticky mud. Between the chtickholes and the spruce roots the passenger was nearly shaken to nieces while making the trip. "..'. They started a town east of the Ne canicura and named It Seaside, Father platted part 'of bis place and called it Ocean Grove, bat now it is part of Sea side. He sold lots, 90x100 feet for S0. People thought they were being jobbed and . robbed. They knew be had. paid only $1.24 an acre for it You couldn't buy those lots now for 20 times what father sold them for. , . .!. . .-; S. K. Stanley was the manager of Bea Holladay's hotel, the Seaside house. His wife died in 1I7S leaving four chil dren, one of them a baby a few months oUL I took Charge of the baby, who ia now Mrs. Lalghter. wife of Seaside's postmaster. Mr. Stanley and I were thrown together a good deal on account of my having charge ot his baby. On May 27. im. w wr married.: We had one. child, a daughter. I expected my baby to' be born in May and if a girl was going to cal) her May. but aha was born on June L 1182, so I called her June.;. .. " ' U v', - y.-. "My husband was the first postmaster at Seaside. He was paid by the, amount of stamDs he cancelled. At . first It amounted te several dollar a month, rarely as much as IS. Jim Austin suc ceeded him. "VThen we were running the Seaside house. Jim Burke, who still lives : here, used to sell us lots of elk meat at 7 to 8 cents a pound. lie used to peodie eix, deer and bear meat tb the campers. In those days, 40 years or more ago, there was wonderful trout fishing in the Ne- eanicum. where they eaten one now, they used to catch a hundred. "W bought from J. B- Hunt the old Everman ranch af 00 acres for $1300, It is about half a mile from the- post office We lived on the farm 11 year till my husband diedU, We had as high as 2500 laying bens at one time, we sold fryers to the hotels for 25 -cants each and we averaged 25, cents a dozen for our -eggs. I used often to gather many as 75 dozen eggs a- day In the spring.- Raising chickens looks easy, but it is real work. By the time-you have fought - mi ts - lice, crows. blue jay a skunks,- rats, weasels, minks; martena late, wet springs and disease, you earn your money. ' ' . The Oregon Country Korthweat iiacrenrns (a Brief Tana tor tb " .- OREGON . Ashland post of the American Legion ts elected Georre a.dwin Dunn aa its commander. - The Luis Coumfv ' Snartnnen's ttsso- elation baa reorganised and elected E. C aunmons president for the ensuing-year. Over t.OOO.ftOe at f lumlMr left tht lower Columbia river in one day the past week for California and -foreign porta ..v , ... ... , y..,y i.y.., December holds the low record for many yare lor marriage licenses la Astoria, only on having been issued so isr mis month. With the line of the Mount Hood rail way open, shipments of apples from -Hood River are Increasing. ShipmenU last week reached 242 cars.1 The Youngs Bay Lumber comtianv's new shingle mill near Astoria will begin operations the first of next month, with a payroll of between 2ouo and . 18000 a A' cut of approximately 15 per i the rates of the Cottage Grove cent in Elee- trie company on all classes of service nas oeen oroerea ty. toy pubiso aerva: eommission. - i. ' . v A letter has been received by the may or of Medford from Marshal Koch ef i" ranee expressing appreciation of the demonstration accorded hint on his re cent visit to that city. -; . "Why Gamble With Death 7" is the title of a large placard recently issued by the Southern Pacif io Railroad com pany for distribution among automo bile garages In the state. Beginning the first of the year, the roanaaament of tha Strand theatre at Seaside will throw open his house to the public, silo wing thera to pay as much or as little as they wish. St Mawea a bull ef th Jersey breed valued at $1800, died at the Ackley dairy rancn near Tillamook.. Oeatn was caused by a piece ot baling wire the animal had taken into its stomach. W. S. Sanier. for the nast seven years advertising manager for the 8alra Statesman Publishing company, has re signed his position to accept employ- ment wiw a specialty advertising cor poration. . Word Is received la Hood River of the death la New York a few days ago of C. W, Parker, owner of Little Boy ranch, one of tha landmarks ef the Columbia river highway, just 'west of Mitchell's roint tunnel. The city council ot SCi Helens is planning the building of a stiff boom for a distance of 600 feet along the waterfront that will furnish tying-up places for the numerous small craft which work on the river. Henry Brady. 26. i of Falls City, has Just suffered the- amputation of one foot, the result of both feet being frozen during the recent sleet storm. He was caught in a slide and wandered two days before rescue parties found him, WASHINGTON Taeoma export fot November readied the sum of $3,(46,021, surpassing the Seattle record. Spokane set a record in November for home building with residence permits valued at $63,300, ;. The smallpox'' situation at Walla Walla Is improving rapidly, only one new case being reported the last week, ( During the past season 29 cars ef chilled lamb have bfeen shipped out ef Spokane to Eastern markets. Th ship ments represented 14,500 animals. Spokane's city free employment bu reau secured positions for 923 men and 340 women during the month ef Novem ber at an average east of cents job. Fifty-three Washington cities, tour tn other states and one foreign country are represented In th college chorus at the Washington State college in Pull man. - - As the result ef a bruise which de veloped Into 'a bone tumor, Ruth, 14-year-old daughter of C A. Beck of Walla walla, suffered amputation of her leg last week. ' - Excavation work has started on the first of three new buildings to be erect ed at Fort Walla Walla for a public service hospital. About 489 men are on the payroll. . Coal mines of Washington are getting out but a small fraction of the output for merly mined and a much smaller num ber of men are-employed, owing to the decreased demand. R. J. Danson, a Spokane attorney, and R. L. Gordon, wholesale dealer, were severely Injured when a car driven by Danson went ' over a IS foot embank ment on the Sunset highway near Rear dan. IDAHO ' Wendell citizens have voted a $15,000 bond Issue to take up delinquent school warrants. Work Is to start at once en the com- fi lotion ef a 17-mile stretch of highway n the . Yates Center district It will take two months to complete it. Lanr Davii. a Benerhanger of Grange- vine, attempted suicide by shooting him self with a .22 calibre rifle, due to domestic infelicity. His recovery is doubtful. , Priest River is ending a record-break ing year in building activity. More than 25 new residences have been erected. besides a garage costing $15,000 and two store buildings. The Moscow creamery, erected at a cost ot $40,000, opened for business this week. The plant ' is equip pea witn s 500-pound churn and has storage capac ity ior so cars oi eggs. Heavy rains have fallen In the Grangeviue region during the past week and are proving of great benefit to fall sown grain, the acreage of which " is much greater than -last year. i ChrUtma Gift Suggestions Christmas gifts to ornament the borne and brighten up the corners of a dark room claim the- atten tion of many a Christmas shop per. Neverwere there such beau tiful gifts pottery and glass ware. There are big bowls of yellow jor blue, or of a lovely lav ender shade, that are as useful as they are ornamental- They may be used as fruit or mayonnaise bowls. t andwhen net in use add color and "iaxmopy to any, room. These : are reasonably priced. Beautifully modeled C h 1 n s e heads in blue, yellow or old rose are favorite mantel br table orna ments. They are priced at 1 1. SI up. . " -.:.y. V;y:;i A compartment for cigarettes, an ash tray and a place, for matches are concealed in a brown suede book , entitled "Glowing Secrets which may nave a place on any den or library table. A mahogany . eight-day clock with mahogany candlesticks to match is priced at $25... For the dining ropm buffet there 14 an orange and black bowl, with candlesticks to match, priced at 114.50, : . Polychrome candlesticks with fancily decorated candles make another very acceptable i gift.' Other gifts for the home are dav enport, end - tables, book ends, lamps, new lamp shades, pictures. silverware, statutary, tea carta, vases, good looking utility boxes, spinet desks, and all sorts ot bric- a-brac ' '- . ' - 1
