Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1922)
fUESD AY. JANUARY 3, 1S22. 0 :THE ORECSON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON f a rtrjjanir warArr. ( be enWMea. be ebiwfat aa ee , etliaj M MS eieii Wre laMS e Ml I 1M Jw frukiie. lmM see ipicUelM without paying a tax, al- though tft per cent impost a ewelry feaerally win eunrive.r The burden of the war is. lifting a little - la there anyone who would Ilka to renew itT 1 - " '"Hja-a iiwhiS"t iirt it si-swald T -- .tie 0-i. Tl It IWHrtil 4 InlM C. Hut sl rttu, imMi e levsi tfl iiriO coast rVrjttib--w, a. r naa T Caw SuMinrr .Tii'rfiea Sea Ftme. iwi Tltli ImnM WUiN. Im i Style.; t ..).. Hwtti eeev which H mm alamiaaahla. ItiU will Do4 pnai enef that la awaiaue we. . Au. mJk ... ' luf 1Mb L'JtbAT ttOM tMk poantrw fHeOeafc I MAIL. AtXltTES St AYaBUI AfiYAXCI DAILY AX D BUM DAT CD DAT ((Mil Am er tt.C4 Hit Meat. ... -T IMf. . ,,WA mm atoeUa. ... .xa DAILY (WKMelSae-Ur) ' He Her, t 0 f l SMeuV.... ! Tkiw weedM.. 1.1 (t.r MteAMHarl far It M ma mm,0m ... ,M Ha-a. e Carters au hw-MlMd ee applies- ma 04 f Iwf ft fwmr poMafflea Ml bhit irilt nffle, 1 nr t-cM (Uam will M m4 Mka an mitum saniM javfmal rlaBia Coapaay. Poftkao. WtTftT A AUNDAf Om mm .!. Abolition of foderal taxes on cough drops and men's wear and a lot of other thlncs. gives renewed status to the decimal system and would correspondingly hurt the business of Many chance were It not for the l- cent streetcar faro." . ' . - :'. .; THS ROW WITH PORTLAKP Ma aua aaa M arvrWut at ka Usm to h eai tfwdaet Is the task at ala taaj, A Itnmf Twlef. TUB SNIPERS A8 BITTER a discussion In the senate as that which Lodge rkPPOSINO the ltS exposition, the Baker Herald says; At the time of writing this article. It Is not known whether the legislature will have backbone enough t kill the (sir tax, or whether the issue will have to be fought out at the polls next spring. In either event, the lesson 'must be thor oughly taught Portland that for it to aeeure the cooperation of the upstate It must cooperate with the upstate;: that for It to grow permanently and enjoy prosperity it must help the country which makes Its existence possible. Further explaining its position. the Herald says: We are. holding the great majority of the people of Portland responsible tor the acts of those among them who are threat- enlag our commercial life by fighting tor discriminatory freight rates, responsible for those who would build unessential roads, and responsible for those who would dodge paying for the 1925 Portland fair. Eastern Oregon business men are starting a trade boycott : we will fight any state-wldea fair tax; we may do many other things if necessary to get a square deal and an even break on future devel opment policies of the state of Oregon. We intend to make it worth while for the good and fair majority of the people of Portland to take a hand In what is going on. The reference of the Herald to "unessential roads" means the Wal lula cut-off. which one of the de partments of the Portland Chamber of Commerce urged upon the state highway commission. It is a reflec tion of the general attitude of East ern Oregon toward the proposed cut-off. Many stretches of road in Eastern Oregon have not been built, and people in those sections resented the building of the cut-off, which they Insist parallels a paved road al ready built, while needed stretches in the general plan of highway con structlon remain unfinished. The Journal thinks the Herald's position in opposing the cut-off at this time Is sound. But the Herald is mistaken ta saying that Portland was "threat ening our commercial life by fighting for discriminatory freight rates." The Herald refers to the application of the railroads for water terminal rates. That application asks au- .... That Is to say, the original owners have received a fifth of the money .- M .i - ! 1.JlI values. The trustees now ask these owners to take " back i their plants and return W the league at par the preferred stock: outstanding. They will thus have their plants and some money. The transaction will leave them somewhat ahead of the game. At the same time the cheese and butter factories will be left in hands of dairymen or those friendly to the interests of the .producers. In the meantime new organization can be initiated and the plants, at a fair capitalization, can be included in the new deal, provided the dairymen act with sufficient promptness to controvert a plant buying campaign at tempting prices which those op posed to then might launch. What a bear of . an infant! it is. this New Tear, judged by the noise it made Immediately upon its arrival! ONE JOBLESS GIRL A TALENTED New York girl has X ncnt a month in search of I position. She has applied for era ployment as teacher, as proofreader, as stenographer, as receptionist, as typist, as anything that would en able a girl to exist from honest and respectable endeavor. The girl is alone in New York. Her funds were limited. She pawned this and pawned that And she searched. But every place she went for a position she found scores of other girls seeking work.. She also found that, because of the great de mand for employment, the salaries were so small that she could not exist on them. Hundreds, thou sands, .probably tens of thousands, of girls have gone through the same experience in the great city during the last year. Men - have searched for work. They have applied and applied and applied for any kind of job. And they are to be found, intelligent men, college men,, capable men, perform ing all varieties of menial tasks. Many cannot find any work. The population of New York city is greater than that of the state of Oregon. It is greater than that of the state of Washington, of Montana, of North or South Dakota, and of "Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada com bined. In the crowded metropolis a great part of the population lives in dingy tenements, in crowded flats and in various other abodes of lim ited area and comfort. They Search SCRAPPING THE WAR DEBTS Britain's Proposal to Forgive Her Kuropean Debtors If . They - Will Forgiv Theirs Is Taken at Many v and Diverse Valuations 7 by .. American Editors r Some See Wise Statesmanship, not to Say Altruism; .Others, Only a Plan to Force -- the . Largest - Creditor of All- to Come ' Across Regardless. j Daily Editorial Digest : CeajMlMtm Pit AamriiHns) .... . ; . Much of the comment on what the Sandusky Register (Rep. calls Britain's magnificent gesture" in ner BMUcatea fwiliingness to forgive all her own war debtors on condition that they forgive theirs," may be said to be in the sub junctive mode. The report, says the New York Times (Ind. Dem.). "is too vague to serve ss a basis of any defi nite conclusion concerning the debt pol icy of the ministry, but at the same time the plan "is so wise, so statesman like, and so humane" that the Houston Post (Dem.) thinks "it must be true.' On the hypothesis, then, that the re port -is' trne, many papers point out that The plan in question need not be attributed to entirely altruistic motives,' to quote the Lynchburg News (Dem.). "This would be a good stroke of busi ness for Britain,' says the Minneapolis journal (Ind. Rep.), "because as a man ufacturing country dependent on foreign trade, she cannot be prosperous herself unless the rest of Europe recovers eco nomic balance and is able to buy her goods. Immediate mutual cancellation. states the Chicago Tribune (Ind. Rep.), "is more favored In England than In the United States, since the bulk of our debt is owed by England and is collectible, whereas the greater part of the debts owed to England are probably not col iecttWe." era! new leaves and start off with good Intentions. The - shove that a whole week gives 'em had orter last 'em longer and carry em f order along to the time when we shall be one people en earth, with jestice end liberty mlin", and char ity, that doles out a little cold comfort and aims, changed into1 love that gives all. I . ' ICosBBMBkatioM seat to Ths Jeersal far psbtiratiasi hi tkia daputsata aheoM to written oa nit m side of tto ptpar (toold mat ce ased SOO won), is Math, a4 srast to aaraad Letters From the People COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF .The Oregon Country SMALL CHANCE The effect of Great Britain's suggested course on the policy of debt cancellation by the United States provokes the bulk of the comment "The effect of that policy," the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Dem.) thinks, "if proceeded with, wsuld be somewhat embarrassing to this covin try, since it is "calculated to make that country appear generous and the Unit' ed States selfish and grasping" and the situation would be capitalised "to the further loss of American prestige" in France and "in other countries that supported the allied cause." "Washing ton will be obliged,' in the opinion of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ind. Dem.), "to face one of the most difficult prob lems yet presented to it if Great Britain proceeds with a policy of debt cancella tion without regard to . the debt policy of this country," while the Reno Ga zette (Rep.) feels that Britain "seems de termined to force the hand of America in the matter and place her in the posi tion of an unyielding creditor if she falls to fall in ' with the suggested plan." That "insistence by the United States upon full debt payment IS being made difficult" is admitted by the Pittsburg Press (Ind.) A" STATEMENT BY MR. RTTNER Concerning Attitude of Eastern Oregon Toward certain raruana interest. - Pendleton. Dee. 30. To the Editor of The Journal In a recent editorial In our naner the Multnomah county dele gation in the legislature la blamed for the supposed, ill feeling toward port land. As a member of the legislature from Eastern Oregon I desire to say that we have been very well treated by your members ot the legislature from Multnomah county and that there is no personal feeling against them by the upstate members. The 1 members who stood out in tne senate against any tax for the fair upon the state as a whole had just as strong mandate from their constituents to oppose the fair measure as the Multno mah delegation did to iavor u. u tnere is any bitterness engendered by this fight in the legislature it is not upon our side. Our people were not only opposed to being taxed for the fair, but did not think the measures proviaing for it should be submitted at a special election. We well know that it is much easier to put over anything at a special election, as only a small percentage of the voters go to the - polls and those favoring the questions Involved make a special effort to vote, while tne opposi tion Is only passive. There is. however, consider aoie re sentment In Eastern Oregon over the attitude of the Portland Chamber of Commerce regarding freight rates, and also against the Portland exporters and grain buyers who have Ignored both slate and federal laws regarding the purchasing of grain. They have insisted upon buying grain, so-called "fair aver age type sample," which tests about 67 pounds to the bushel instead of the 10 pounds as provided by the federal grade for No. X wheat We feel that the pro- ' "Madeline to be sold,- the paper says. Not a slave story- she's a boat, - It still la dangerous business to try to monkey business with some oops. m m w ' nwa : aren't u kcila. M Mams aa the fast bombs that are hurled la riotous Beixast. . ! .. . H ' e e The house pro poo us to push farm tof station. Will the senate please join In a im ononis i Root pun on submarines strikes a anag. Probably it was too deeply nwiw, mm it were. When "the sun comes up like thunder enter China." cross the sea, well be the last to tiis complaint. The new year sales seem thus far to be having pretty clear sailing despite ur Business aepression. AmeM the books thst am Hi i ! anoa s we've never found in any more Inter et wan ue oana book BOldS. The renorter . whs riaVes three inches in diameter yesterday Is at least startinar the astioallyi It was expected new year -enthusl- that Oreron'a float would take the cake at th Pasadena. carnival, bat assuranoes to that effect are weiaome anynow. "Country faces a better vasr th comptroller 01 the currency avers but In the matter of happiness It will be jusi anower et many wonderxui years. OREGON George SIDELIGHTS - Kethe trinmTJh toe Htn 1 ' The Co hen i iinrriM has ended the "stats et war" between Cuba and Hungary Al- any ueBjocre. Did voh titt Motive how essv It Is to dismnas chsae svr&Mthv and how hard it As when it eests something besttes worosT KoecDurg fiewe-RevMw. . Sometimes a majority la vtot a ma jority. Witness lk state senators unable to ease tne worte s ratr cseoune tax out ever the 14 who opposes it- POt Coun ty Atomiser. ... -.mm While father ts ' mourning over the I general flatness of his pocketbeok, he ean look at his tteektio rack and elaa to make the assortment last till another I aieton progressive Business duo. Christmas. Corvellis Gasette-Tunes. I new secretary ta EL F. AvertlL . " . 1 The nacklns of the season's croo Of wen never uneerstana uermany. jest I .-u- i- .i u,n ;--.. ma . . . I V " " .Klin ., I r. ,!l.r!" "- A. ' I "as completed last week. The total ""'"S1" "om YZl. I shipments wiU amount to 100 carloads. Isn't worth anythmx. Susene Reewter. I eyijiDj. I were washed out as a result of the heavy imw TinD la mm'.A tn k muiiUsn I rams a few weeks ajro. are to be re- sbly put out because the Society of Arts I Placed tmmjdiateiy. The cost will ag. and Sciences -hilled her es "poetess" tn-1 gregau $10,000. stead of "poet." Doesn't MVm Ixrwell I Oakrtdge. the terminus of the Nstrea know when she Is well off? Some critics I extension of the 8oulhern Pacific lines, eont apply - either term to . her La I has again been made aa ageat stauon. Armentreut. earbr pioneer, is deed at a Forest Ore re P-tai. aged U. The Winter fair, held st Ashland. Do- ' cember T-ls, .er4 $23. the expenses oeuig a&o aaa ine reoeipw visie. The net amount to be raised by taxa tion In Tillamook -ooufty this year ts SM,7ll.7a. Roads and highways call tor ' 27.s0. . ; Kztrernelv keaw toads will he kept off certain reads tn Lane county, ee- ' aeoording to aa order Just mads by the oouaty court. - Q. M. Rice. Brestdent ef the First Na tional bank, ts new president of the P- Tne Grande Observer. e e e The Wash Inst on conference Is a moat hopeful sign, whether It does anything more than make a beginning In limiting armaments. It Is a sign that the world Is coming out of the period ot reaction Traffic on the branch Is said to be In creasing rapidly. Work at the Continental mine In the Oranlte district in Grant county will cow tinue all winter. High grade ore Is being taken from the stopes in preparation for .. fXSw,mA tK m,mr and annrktbnel I saipptng te the ssselter. the Learoe ef Natl on a a sign that hu-1 WQllass Reed and Dorothy Tinker. inanity is discarding the appeal to force. I Popular Ashland young people. Salem Capital Journal. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town John Bosarth. banker and realtor from Bay City, is spending the mid-winter holidays in Portland. His brother. Scott Bosarth, formerly assistant postmaster at Salem, later manager of the Pacific Homestead, and still later in the real estate business in Portland. Is now at Los Angeles and is recovering from a long and serious Ulneas due to ulcers ta the stomach. A. Wise of Astoria is dispensing smiles, greetings and handshakes to Mr. and Mrs. B. R. West brook of Al bany are registered at the Imperial jr. nreetnrooK is the manager of the endeavor to have It declared unconstite- -auany note I and Is a delegate to the Uonai. by Attorney Lindas of Medford. siats t-oamoer of Commerce meeting. William A Douglas of Gold HUT. wee . . - . . I acquired the Bina Danielson gold ousrts a.ugene residents vuiuni- in peruana I mine Uitm rnnnuit . Include Lillian Goosey. Dan Clark. Mr. 1 12S-ot drift Into the main todge of the his numerous friends and acquaint- ducer is entitled to this rakeoff, which ances in Portland, the buyer is now settine. I Another matter which has caused con- I ai aicArinor is snajung nanos wtta siderable dUrust on the part of Eastern I old friends and splitting new rails for Oregon people is the asinine attitude of I nil political rences, in the lobby or the the Portland Chamber of Commerce on 1 Hotel Portland. triA rmnstlAn nf Hoalcrnfitlno' H-ia1 f I this section that is of no benefit to us 1 , 3uAgo T. A. McBride. than whom no but which might bring trade to Portland laer " Oregon is more learned ta from the state of Washington. Just I matters, Is a guest of the Imperial. why. at a time when Portland is try and Mrs. Walter B. Jones, F. B. Gabriel and nr. end Mrs. T. E. Staples. Mr. and Mrs. J. C Oliver of Baker are spending a few days In Portland. Until recently Mr. Oliver was a resident of Bote4 Moody and Bankty evangeUgUe BOlse. i wots. , I Organisation ef a horticultural and N. J. Judah. one time eltv nearder of I agricultural bureau, which will be as ln- Salem and an old-time newspaper man I V-1. uxt. J Wasco Cosnty-Dalles guest at the Imperial. ' I citlsens at The DaSetL Thomas P. Hughes of Sixes, an old- tune mining camp in Curry county. Is a business visitor tn Portland. reservations that Borah and his group Will propose for the AVash-1 lagton pact The 'dispatch adds: It Is quite obvious that were suoh s reservation to pass the United States rles. But the rich fields of Oregon are not crowded. Nor are they sustain ing their full quota in Washington, in Wyoming, in Idaho, in Montana or in the- DAkotas. Vast stretches Waged aa-alnst the learue" Is predict 4 by a Washington dispatch over thority to have rates to rioruana oy for work at almost unllvable sala- whicn to meet existing rates oy sea between the Atlantic and Pacifio ports. Portland already has these rates by ship lines. What the rail roads want is to get some of the Mnate. It scarcely could be expected to KllainA.B thui ! nn-r eninir hv ahln. via 7 It, Kl. et nil . . . . . power It constitutes, therefore, a shot " 'ov ' ' "7 of territory are lying iaie m tne l the life et the treaty itself, water terminal ports it will greatly great west waiting for men and There la grave question aa to. the add to their net revenues and. to u tn tm tn.m. tn nro. advisaolllty ot havlnr a United axtsnt. enable thsm to charge lower vide tnelr owners the world States senate John Hay's criticism rates on traffic in the mid-country, the accessaries of life In abun- of the senate Is In the record. The suoh as at Baker. Instead of a dls- jj, Indictment of the senate by Henry crimination against Baker and like 0n & western farm a man or Adams U tn tu4 testimony. points, the tendency will be to the woman to un0Wned. Neither tramps ; The senate Initiates nothing nsw contrary. Remembering that Port- tne gtrgetg ,jay after day begging In the way of progress. On the eon- land already has these rates by sea. tor a Job NeIther compelled to trary. . It Invariably resists all pro- by no process of reasoning can it be work for fc monthly sum insufficient 4 grsMlve proposala It Is as bank- figured out that the application of to keep body goul together, mpt la forward Ideas aa tha BrttUh tha railroads for rates that will en- NeIther lives in a dark tenement or a house of lords, and the latter became abls thsm to meet water competition crowded firetrap. so mucn os a barrier to progress mat at roruana is a ngni oy i-ortianu Tne clt na fiB iura. p-onle the Kngllsh people took power away "threatening the commercial life" ot har of the capitalists, of the big from it. The senate was so unre- Baker. sums made, of the limousines, the Spouaive mat tne people tnea to Speaking of "discriminatory rates," I attractions and the advantages of reform it by making Its member- Baker long had rates on commodl-1 city life. They seldom hear of hip elective by direct vote. ties to Portland higher than points those who leave the free and open , The senate's low moral standards at equal distance In Washington and country to go to the crowded centers, are about to, be exposed by the seat- ijaho had to Puget Sound. These there to light, flicker temporarily tag of Newberry as they were ex- rates were a handicap on the busi- and go out. posea eoraewnai less snameiessiy oy nM interests of Baker and the ag- The little New York girl may find . th admission Ot niepnenson. IIS ex- rlculture of" Raker countv. The Jour- a. ioh. Sha mav not. She mav sur - ample Will be publlo indorsement otl Bai and other Institutions In Port- vive the fight. And she may be the shameless corruption in elections. land fought for a long time to have unsung victim of another of New The attaes 01 uoran ana nia satei- the Baker rates reduced, and It was York's untold tragedies lltes oa the Washington pact is typ- done. 1 lesily senatorial. It U an unlntelll-' Again, the entire Eastern Oregon gent plan to block the progress of country had from time Immemorial the world toward peace. It is the freight rates based on the over- same school 01 inongnt mat resisted mountain haul to Puget Sound, when they were by right entitled to rates based on the water level haul to Portland. Baker county farmers and Baker business men paid out PERSONAGES OP PRIVILEGE privileged the ratification of the American con stitution and that made Toryism in the Revolutionary struggle. It is survival of the same obstructive thought that opposed the Declare- millions of dollars In discriminatory tlon of Independence. .- and unjust freight rates until a fight. It will be a crime to slaughter the led by The Journal and Joined in by Wash lagton pact as the league cove- Umatilla county farmera and power Bant wag slaughtered. Yet the snip- tvl traffic organisations in Portland, era are out gunning for the four- secured, through an Interstate corn power treaty as they fusilladed the merce commission decision in the Co League of Nations. We may yet mmbla basin rate case, a cut on those have to abolish the senate to open rate, which gives Justice to Baker the way for progress and stop the ad Baker county Interests. This "DEOPLE like to be A characters. - A man was standing in line, a long line,' at a local bank Saturday morning when " the uniformed at tendant stepped up to htm. "You can do your business over at that other window," said the latter, point ing. "It will save you time." The sale of senate seats. TTIX DWINDLING BURDEN fpHB last thing before he closed A the store Saturday evening, .a Portland merchant went around his store detaching from Inconspicuous places federal tax schedules. Then mmw imiTii .uu uie eit Writ ll! 10 tlmu mnA l?P.r. N1 VS wiUl ra4rk: Perhaps, you won't forget the baby work and the Portland terminal ele vators, built at a cost of minions, on which the Portland. people will be paying interest and principal for a generation, constitute a service that can hardly be classed as a threat to destroy the commercial life ot any Eastern Oregon city. W'll start the new year free of last year's greatest Irritation, the figuring hp of federal taxes on In dividual a!aM ; Doubtless othef storekeepers found new year's name when disposing of notes, deeds and letters. ' 1 I , aa ! BEGINNING A NEW DEAL the same satisfaction. To them the rpHE trustees elected by the Dairy- so-caJiea luxury taxes were a burden I - men's league have taken what upon accuracy and accounting. The! is. under the circumstances, the wise publlo joins invm in ue satisfaction, l coarse. - ' because tne taxes - were a burden Their decision not to sell the upon pocketbooks, not only amounts league' plants for Junk la merely levied ty law, not Because or their I good business. But their further de frequent use as aa excuse to add I clsion to sen the plants only to dairy td the amount received by the mer-j men In the localities wherein the chant. ') j plants are located is an act ot pro- Oone now are the fountain taxes I tecUon to the dairy Industry. on Ice cream cones and soda water. I The plants in question were bought Gone are the taxes on carpets, ruga, J by the league with preferred stock, valises, umbrellas, silk seeks, cor-1 Oa the books ' ot the league the ets.and even purses. Gone are the I plants are valued at 1411,000, which taxes an laauraaca policies sad on I U far above their value, tor they railroad tickets. No wonder the Old I were over-appraised in - the begin. year stumbled decrepltly as he de-1 ning, and "prices of such equipment artd taking such a burden With are much below; the normal values him. I I which' should have governed at the . The tax on movie tickets will. how. time of original purchase. ever, remain. But a person win be I A fifth ot the preferred stock used able to Indulge la gold bows for hlslto buyfhe plants has been retired. However, 'If they are - really going through with their scheme," the Buffalo Express (ind. Rep.) thinks, "they are to be admired for their boldness and per haps at a later date the American peo ple will commend them for their wis dom." That "it would produce a marked change of attitude in this country, where we have been disposed to ask that Europe show some indications of the capacity for self-help before committing ourselves very deeply to the task of helpfulness," is the opinion of the Man chester Union (Ind. Rep.). "Many re spected economists," comments the Providence Tribune (Ind. Rep.), "insist that cancellation must take place, at least in part, sooner or later," since some of the European countries can "never bring their inflated paper cur rency up to par. Some assert that we are already morally cancelling the debts by refusing through a high tariff to al low Europe to pay us in the only man ner possible, namely, with goods. There Is reason to suspect an effort to stam pede us. We should be cautious." On the other hand, the Deseret (Salt Lake City) News (Ind.) believes that "we have a most excellent opportunity to be gracious without being patronizing. and "while apparently losing money out of one pocket we should be actually and actively putting it Into another." The New Haven Journal-Courier (Ind.) things the "wise all-around thing is to cancel the debt and forget it," while the Boston Transcript (Ind. Rep.) believes that "it may not be best to cancel entire ly, but modifications of the interest pay ments to s very low rate, with easy terms of payment, seem to have con siderable advantages to those who have the nation s future prosperity at heart' That it would- be a mistake for the United States to yield to the policy ten tatively proposed by Great Britain Is ar gued by the Johnstown Democrat (Dem) on the ground that if the "debts owed by the allied governments to the United States were forgiven" it would mean only "that by so much those govern mnts would feel free to continue along their imperialistic courses with growing armies, expanding navies and with per sistent preparations for that "next war which the jingoes of all lands are pro moting." Following this line of argu ment, the Chicago Tribune (Ind. Rep.) feels that "there should be no remission on terms which will permit European governments to go on playing the de structive game of domestic politics and Imperial adventure," In agreement with the Topeka Capital (Rep.) which thinks ing to get the state to take over the 1925 fair, your Chamber of Commerce should stir up a hornefs nest in the shape of the Umatilla-Wall ula cutoff is beyond reason. However, I wish to state that if the proposed road had never been mentioned it would have made no difference in the opposition of this sec tion to the fair tax. It is a question ot an already overburdened people protest ing against any additional taxes. Roy W. Ritner. Mrs. Bob Klein and Mrs. Charles Clark of Enterprise are registered at the Imperial. E. T. Hal ton, proprietor of the depart ment store at Tillamook, Is here on busi C E. Allen Of Baker Is a guest of the Imperial. C A Harrington of Baker Is a guest of the Hotel Imperial. J. K. Ford of Hot Lake is a business visitor to Portland. THE TRUCKMAN'S TAXES Double Taxation on Roads Asserted. excessive Taxation at All Events. Wil lamina, Dec. 31. To the Editor of The Journal Jour editorial entitled "If I business visitor at Portland. Hand-Me-Down," in The Journal of December 31, certainly hits the target. The system of registering and the cost tnereoi in tnia state make it almost pro hibitive, especially on trucks and vehi cles that earn the . necessaries ef life for their owners. In this vicinity a cer tain party owns a 2-ton Chevrolet truck and used trailer. His license fee for 1922 is t$7. or about 6V4 per cent ef the value of nis outnt on top of that I fend on business, he has a chauffeur's license to pay ; I . also -a tax on the gasoline he uses. If I L. C Thompson of Carlton is sojoum- he uses 500 gallons or gas, he pays a I ing at the Imperial. S10 tax. which with S2.S0 chauffeurs I tag, makes a total of 112.50. Add this I D. u. Thompson or innope, Alaska, ts to the S87 license and we have $9 SO, registered at the Imperial. R. V. Freeman of Hood River is a W. R. Winters is down from La Grande and is at the Imperial. Grace Fell from Corvellis Is at the Portland. . ' Glenn D. Sheeley of Forest Grove is a guest of the Portland. H. R. Edwards et Tillamook Is in Port- Mra. H. Miller of Chapman is at the Imperial. e J. W. Lime of Condon is a business visitor to Portland. Guy 8. Angsteek ot Lakeview is at the Imperial. Wilfred Allen of Grants Pass la la or (ft per cent of the value of , his outfit. The railroad companies are crying all the time about truck and bus competi tion taking unfair advantage of tfem. as the railroads pay a tax to keep up the roads. Now the question arises as to whether or not the railroad companies pay a tax of C per cent on each $1500 thev have Invested that goes for no pur pose except for highway building la all poytiand on business. oi lis pnasrw I Then the man who owns this truck! Rev. r. a. Hutchison of Oakland must also pay his regular county, state, I registered at the Portland. scnooi. city, row anu uuicr uu as sessed against him on his real and per sonal property, so he is paying a road tax in two places, isn't net xnereiore, the question arises as to whether 'the truck and automobile owners are de serving of so much of the criticism thrown their way. Personally, I think not. in view, especially, of the state laws governing loading capacity. K. E. Shatterly. PORTLAND AND UPSTATE Jealousy Denied; Tax Burden Given Anti-Fair Basis uaxette- Tlroea Reproved- Union. Dec 30. -To the Editor of The married last Wednesday by A C Hew lett. IT years eld. and said to be the old est minister ts Oregon. Among the many improvements snd new enterprises outlined for Jacksonville in tne near future ta the old U. 8. hotel, which Is soon te pass Into the hands of experienced hotel people. The new OrectMi auto law. munI hv the area ion of the legislature last win ter, will be tested In the courts. In aa mine, uncovering a large body of ore- Rev. William Johnson and wife nal. b rated their sixty-fifth wedding anniver sary at Ashland last week. Years age Rev. Johnson was associated with the WASHINGTON Coyotes are becoming so numerous ta the Pullmu aaetiM Diet e. M Ariwm im - Mr. and Mrs. W. A Woodward of Al- nlanned for tha near future hv itiaana bany are spending a few days In Port- I and farmers. land. Mr. and Mrs J. D. Brady of McMinn- ville are stopping at the Seward. j C. H. Clymer and Andy Walter of Hood River are at the Seward. T. Webb of Clatskanle is a business visitor ta Portland, e e Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ives ot Salem are sojourning at the Imperial. " ... E. B. Hughes of Astoria Is transacting business In Portland. e Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Thompson of Mon mouth are registered at the Imperial. B. F. Ford Is business. down from Salem en J. W. West of .Hood River is a Port land visit or. - e Mr. and Mrs. R. H Isley et Olex are at the Imperial. D. A. Moeeby of Silver Lake is a guest of the Imperial. D. E. Stephens of More Is in Portland oa business. e e e C. B. Olds of Grass Valley Is at the Imperial. Mrs. A W. Isbell and daughter of Hood River are guests of the Seward. Charles F. Cetlin of Fossil is regis tered at the Seward. 3. I Vosburg of Wheeler Is registered at the Portland. e e Fleener Douglas and A. Folsom of Pendleton are guests of the Imperial. W. J. Have of Yakima has declined the position of director of basineas con trol of state, recentlv offered htm hv Governor Hart. Walla Walla county's apple crop for the 1(21 season will SDDroxhnate ISO carloads., according to a statement ot the county horOeulturist. Auto stages and freight trucks have been barred from that section of the In land Empire highway within the boun daries of Whitman county. The body of a man found f rosen In the Ice covering a mill pond at Seattle was Identified as tbst of Jack Jaoobsoe, a resident of Kerrison. Wash. Washed into South bey channel when a big wave overturned his boat last Thursday. Harry Stout, tn charge of the ferry at Aberdeen, nearly lost his life. Esther Maoch, nine years old. died st Spokane Saturday from injuries aha re ceived when a aled on which aha was coasting collided with a telephone pole. The boms of Father J. E. O'Brien, s ' Catholic priest at Olympia. was entered by burglars a few nights ago and his trousers, s watch and Ilk In cash stolen. Tom Hirota. six years old. Is dead at a hospital in A oh am a the result of wounds caused br the accidental die- oharre of a gun ta the hands of I,eonard Peterson. 12. Grain inspection br state Inspectors at terminal points Is a benefit to shippers but not to growers, aeeordlng to facta brought out at a meeting of grain grow ers in waua waua last woes. . With the closing of the holiday season, hundreds have been added to Seattle's army of unemployed. It Is now esti mated that there are 10.000 la the cUy out of work. A complete etHI and XS gallons ef whisker were confiscated at Walla Walla last week by Sheriff Springer and his deputies, and Bert H. Carson, said to be the owner, stood by while the sher iff poured the moonshine into a sink. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS . OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockloy A pioneer whoea ehlaf etad? In! hie la j BMft ! Mr. Lockler't onaeat sobiect. Be UQi tha story ef ate eoaias te the Oreroa eesatnt in 1S5S aad how be tnpnurad the ahiahie MM la tale great, mi lead of opportanit?.. bo the nMia at U life eficiaated. and how he mw ssi derotes Ma time to tkm pi rrmUoa ef the sln I mate avarae of Orecee' Uetsry. depositor thanked him and moved ,(h . , i "That I -" iupcua uiyiuu vivcjj. J wuicn uiiuns over with alacrity. That officer tK.t t. eht would eimniv knows friend. to do. me," he commented to a I promote re-armament In Europe and "He knows how much I have I possible resumption of the old dlplo- That's one reason I like to do j m-tlc game" In addition to being a "blow . . m . I a-v nit? uiofluiuiuucui, jJt i i euiif uiv? i. c vv my Danaing nerc. i Haven Register flnd.1 feela that "If ,He was oblivious of the fact that these loans are not repaid and the oc- the attendant was making the sug-1 casion should ever arise again for these mi,.,, o. countries to oorrow largely irom Amer- , - " I Irs whether direetlv or through sovern- extra window could care vf or. 1 ment loans, they would find a mighty Another man stepped Into a men's I hard time in doing it" furnishing shop. He wanted a hat. The clerk placed on his head almost the instant bis wish was known a hat that fitted perfectly both In style and else. "Oh. we remembered your number and what looked best on you," explained the clerk. Those folka know how hard I am 4o please and were ready for me, Curious Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places Caribou, says the "Handbook of In dians of Canada," published by the geo graphic board, is the common name of the North American reindeer, et which there are two chief species the wood land caribou and the barren-ground commented the customer after he I caribou. The word came into the Eng- got outside, there." 'That's why I deal Ush from the French of Eastern Canada, where it is old. the writer Sagard-Heodat using it in 1632, during the lifetime of He was oblivious of the fact that I champlain. The origin of the word is sizes and study of shapes best adapt-1 said to be Micmac, the language of the ed to various type- were part of the mu now Store's routine record keeping. known as Miemacs. Thev had a word People like to walk without knock- related to caribou, being the name of the Ing through doors marked "private" deer, and it meant pawing or scratching, and be welcomed. They like to be the caribon pawing treated with respectful familiarity aal food-chlefly moss upon which It to their likes and dislikes in stores J subsisted In winter. Formerly the word and garages. They like the sense-1 was often spelled cariboo, which gave m- - MaA . I name to the Cariboo district of British r TT? .7l,n7 I Columbia, famous for its gold mines. tomer out as a oisuntiusuw v- son&ge. -r' Businesses that recognize this un failing desire to be a privileged char. acter profit by it, - Uncle Jeff Snow Says It aster be, a long time ago. that people celebrated the New Tear . and Christmas the same day. That i '"-. - i 'tore ennstmas was cause aner the tnere are repons arouaii un orui lptrt and now they run into one aa- Pole that would ne perf ectly beautl-1 other, so's we have seven or eight days ful In summer, flowers and leaves to celebrate stead et only one. Between - r t.trW-tt unnstmas ana xsew xesrs tnere i uu w - " 1 heap f chances fer a man or woman to not lor tne mosquitoes anu lues. -1 he more Christian- and to turn ever sev-. Georre H. Hlmes is more then an journal I have read an article reprinted 1 individual ; he Is an Institution. He was rrrrm the nnrvsllls Gazette-Times m inei nora at. troy, zrw-, - Journal of December 23. Except for the! father. Tyrus Hlmes. was a shoemaker. use of such phrases as "unreasonable I saddler and tanner, "in saio jar. hatred that certain sluggish-livered up- Hlmes, "I became an expert pedestrian, staters havs for Portland" and "everlast- as I walked six days a week for seven inc unstate kickers" and "ulcer-stom-1 months crossing tne plains xrom our .i.wfl kil-k,H.,l u contained in this artl-1 home In Lafayette county, Illinois, to 0e. It might be passed by, notwlthstand-1 Northern Oregon. We settled In Thurs- tag many misstatements of fact. Ana in ton county, uregon -Territory, m w. referring to the article I am assuming I went to school three months that "upstate" Includes Eastern Oregon, each year from 1854 to 1859. The There has been considerable opposition school I attended was kept In a ene- In Eastern Oregon to the proposition taat room log cabin live roues east es uiym thr state be taxed 83,000,000 for the pur- pis. The first money I ever earned was pose of providing for the proposed 1925 in 1157. I worked on the farm of David fair at Portland. The real Basis I or mis i j. chambers, tour mues east oi uiym- opposition is that a large majority oflpia. in the harvest field. the taxpayers of lastern uregon xeei that the limit has been reached in taxa-i "After working '. 12 hours a day I Hon. Farmers and stockmen ail over woula OQt pick ap all the heavy Eastern Oregon are In a very bad condi-l Af : vk., ... vii k... aver. tion imanciauy, ano oy reason I looked, which I was allowed tp keep merchants and business men are upl . mVself That was tha first year against the real thing. Therefore. .about I UMt a threshing machine had operated all the taxpayers zeei max retrencnmeni i in gonad region. After the ana not expansion is una "lc harvest was over I threshed out my hour. There is absolutely no truth in Kleanings end secured, a bushel of ex the proposition that there Is any Jealousy I Mlm. -.heat. . r. rhiahtn w it of Portland or hatred of Portland tal noUcs1 vbat pip, fine kernels , of HAStern uregon. wny saoum uewa wheat they were. He offered -me a Oregon hate Portland, or wUh todo Wonw ld pieca for lt for ed wheat. anything injurious to portianaT wo j epw his offer before he could Is going to guarantee that a fair in Port- ange his mind. He planted that bushel cf any great benefit te any fther por.l,, 0iMt had t9tsn UMmA for a cow called the Log Cabin. On April 10. 1841. the first Issue of the New York Tribune appeared. Father, knowing that lt was to start, subscribed for lt and received the first issue, and never missed an iatue until April 11, 1871. on which day be died. I will have to make an excep tion to this by saying, except while we were crossing the plains tn 1858. bushels tion of the stater atut mat is "" corral, and from it he reaped 88 real question. The real question Is. How 1 0j axoeUast wheat. many more auiuona in iu wneaw ai k. mAAJt u flu ibudv jia,rtMi-itatnAd I - taxpayers without "killing the bird that ff e " . L w Uvsthe golden egg." U the utterance of I woodsman, being able to fell trees by ttl8 JS JrVSlT f the time I was IS tn en expedlUoee and Mfii. rvimnii it ernniit mrm tn I worxmaaliko manner. I had -'aeter- nn. I mined by the time X was lx years eld tw. i.rt i.io.Uanal tosM-l " eeoosae a printer. On June 10. 181. I suggest Pendleton as being the I '. working for John- M, Murphy nIri.M i a i. Ion the Washington Standard. X learned ducaslonal town like Corvellis ought U, "J0? J-m'i v. .i .th .mi auiHae i I the spring of 1884. In March, 1884. X ourht to be exemnlarv In the matter ofl urn e mj pwci .m.. r.t. n .. i. t .l wnea I arrived, X landed a Sob ss T W wn . tarn vrreconiu vm saarcj. xa. - r s m m m - a mmtymi w- - - s w mar a isvi. iw wvrspgm amrw uu s ussea a e.e. . a . a w . . t mmm. vmniT. nnmuiinnT - - I " ww the Ckvahnd Flaia Dealer stating pruslon. on the case, X went to work tn a'loh Congressman Campbell of Kt t pre- i office for tlx a week, as X preferred day poses to limit the number of members of I were to usn wwra. the house of representatives to ZOO. I ' i Fine I Now let Great Britain cut the -"My father," who was a Whig, had commons to SOO and we'll allow Japan I subscribed for Horace Greeley's paper. loo tn whatever she calls her lower I the New Torker. tn March. -iu. in chamber. . .-JtUO he subscribed for Greeley's paper "In October. 1855. our family left our cabin and took refuge tn a stockade three miles distant, where we remained until the following spring. At that tune father returned to Olympia, where he continued his business of making and mending shoM and boots. In ISA ne quit this business and moved back to his farm. "One of the things I look backward to with s great deal ot Interest was the pleasure I took when, once a year, I secured a new Sunday suit. a ' "On December XL 1888. at Salem, I married Miss Anns P. Itigga I saw my future wife for the first time on October ts. 1864. at her father's home in Eola. in Polk county I was on my wsy on foot from Salem to .Monmouth. It was Just about midday when I reached the Riggs house, so I stopped there to ask f I could have dinner. -Her mother asked me In. but ray future wife, who saw me for the first time. said. .Tea stopped here to get something to did your 1 certainly did.' I snswered. 'But whether yos get It or not depends upon how you vote. sheasid. Why. I win vets right, ef course.' X There may be a difference of opinion about what is right,' she said. X said. "How do you folks voter She answered. T win not toll you I want to knew how you are going to vote without your knowing how we vote; that Is, bow my father votes mother and I. of course, cannot vote. I hope we shall be able to. some day.' I told her I was not quite eld enough te vote. She said. If yoe were oM enough, whom wools you vote fort X said, 1 would vote for Abraham Lincoln for president of the United States.' She said. 'AH right; you can have your Shiner t you are going to vote right' J did not think to ten her my name, and as s matter of feet I did not know theirs aad did not find out till later. "We have six children living ne and five daughters. We have lost one eon and four daughters. . We have IS hvtnggranacbildr-..; -Awsy beck on October L 1858. 1 start ed te keep nay first diary, end X have kept It up from that day te thla ' X have continued my habit ef Jotting down the dally happenings by keeping serspbooka My work of recording the phases and ex periences tn the Dvee of the early settlers cf the Oregon country has Pooome aa aa-abeorMng IDAHO Depositors of the First National bask of Wendell, dosed two weks ago. have nearly completed plans tor reopening the bank. Work Is being continued this winter on drainage operations which eventually will reclaim 4000 acres ef farm land Just west of Bonasrs Ferry. Lionel 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mm. H. Reed, who live near Canister. was fatally Injured when he was struck by an automobile driven by M. A. See ley of Boise. POIloe at Twin FaTts are searching for ro Mexicans aOesed to have hrlii no and robbed three railroad worker of pay cnecks ana oash amount! a g to e. Patrons of the Pare tie CnoneraUva creamery have lust been paid a dividend oi two cents a pound additional to what tney nave already received on cream de livered to that creamery. The heatlnc Blast of the Inter-afonm- tala institute at Wetser took fire, a few mornings ago and was completely de stroyed, together with the domestic sci ence department on the upper floor. The oss is quite neavy. Arthur W. Blomoulst. who was drowned while duck hunting near Ta- coma rwo weeas ago, was a resident ox &neuey, lnano. wnere bis parents are living. He was a graduate of the Inler M sustain institute at Weteer. OFFICIAL ENGLISH rne the WaaUactea Fat How to employ In official documents good English that win sxprees the exact shade of meaning Intended Is often a great poser. Statesmen are not always the best exponents of English endefllod. One finds it difficult te conceive how any man with a true sense either of etymology or ot the correct meaning aad usage or worse ooum have written Ar ticle I et the four-power treaty as lt sow inda It Is obvious that "the hlrh contracting parties egree as between themselves to respect their rights" should be "the high contracting parties agree as among themselves to respect one another's rights. This eucuncttoa la phraseology is quite- important. The nee of "be tween" for "among Is Indefensible, and the expression "their rights" implies that tne united states, tor example, agrees to respect Its owe rights a highly a teossary pr or sorting. How. then, secure the end ts view? - Br employing exports ta the use of lan guage? Alas, not It might help sosae- what. but the experts themselves are aL most, as liable as anyone else to be guilty ef vagueness when faced with the practical task ef compoWng document which shall stand every' test and leave so loophole tee ambiguity or doubt. Oa Is XT HORACE GREELETT Mr. Wells ts now ee is that al- everyneay knows that his - firm same Is Herbert or is It Henry? . - . AN IDEAL RATIO i From the Kw Tort Pe Canada and the United Ktatee found tne ngni armament ratio toe ye age 9-m - 1 i; !l