WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1C2X.
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- 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
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' 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
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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
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system of communication between the
trusties of the two institutions, is always
tn vrwvl Witelrtl0i MA-flaBB" TIPr ySm 11 ft
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VAVIUS VW Wtfcf UW VVHt'
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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.
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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.
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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- ' ' , . , .. ' . ..
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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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. - "
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George W. Peavey Of CorvaHls Is in
Portland on business.
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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 ' '- . ' -
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