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THE OREGON '. DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON.
- THURSDAY. -JANUARY 19. 1222.
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FARM AND TOWN
HERE AHE two truertories. The are linked together-but the reader
aa iu ucinnuna . , . . - ,t j .:; n. a irj .
Af lr on young main came borne from the World war Tie married the
girl who-haVd been, w&Utoc for blrn, ,Thn one, of the 4reamfl they had
dreamed together waa realised. They had looked forward to a home on
the. land. They hadn't altogether Idealized ;lta,comforta.aJid -Jos, because
ha hlul ban a. firtntf lad. Ilia father sold him an 80-acre farm and took
In payment a note coverinr practically the entire amount ""But on the
farm' there was machinery, a good furnace-heated house. some well ae-
lectcd dairy cattle, horses, pics, a few sheep and a clerer collie dog.
The selllnc 'price; of which the note cave evidence, was at the extra va
jant rate during and immediately after the war. when prices of farm prod
ucts were highest. The Interest of $50 a month on deferred payments was
to help hie father and mother pay .their bills in the little honre they secured
in a nearby town.v r'v" '-',. K vt'f
This is the situation' todayr: Prices of farm products have dropped from
SO to 7 S per cent."- Flaxseed that sold for $6 a bushel brings now only
$1.$0. lie haa' received as low as 1? cents for butterfat that sold once' for
19. For some of the farm's products there seems to be no market at any
twice. He can hardly pay the help and taxes, and the interest is out of the
Question. The old folks have come back to live with them; and their care
is aaoeo to mai oi me iwo DaDirs oom wnnin two years.
In the city, which offers the chief market for the products of the farm
in question, live another young married couple. He makes 13000 a year.
Once that amount would have been regarded as a - comfortable income.
But when he and his thrifty little wife pay their bills for groceries, meat.
mDk, rent, transportation to and from work,' and fuel, they have barely
enough to take care of insurance premiums and other costs which life 1m-
' pose.
The wife, talented and ambitious, would like o go on with music and
art study. The young man would like to feel less pressure of the nose to
the grindstone. If he could buy the things the farmer youth has to sell.
without tacking on all the charges that attach between farm and city, he
could save a little money and 'look forward to the realization of his own
dream, which is to get into business for himself.
On the farm the problem Is to turn ' products into sufficient money to
pay carrying chargea In the city. the problem is to turn money into
enough supplies to maintain a family in comfort. Two homes are in the
balance, andlthese homes are multiplied by thousands over this broad land.
is antiquated ana incompetent, it is me problem or farm and town, and
one of the greatest obstacles to widespread prosperity and happiness In
America.
COMMENT OF THE
, STATE PRESS ,
New Tear , KefJeetions. Retrospective
and prospectiveThe .Tourist Traf
fic's Possibilities Illustrated Mar
rying Early and Staying Harried
Various Reactions to Oregon -Weather
Trucks, Tracks
and Taxes Soldiers'
Bonus and Gasoline. '
Blue Mountain Kajfie: Old 1921 was
a pretty good year after ail. We lived
and we have memory of many nieasaht
days spent with our families, friends and
neighbors. It is pretty good If we were
blessed with - health, plenty to eat d
ue association ot congenial triendg. Trie
success of the year is not measured in
dollars and cents. If it were, too many
of ns the past year would be a failure.
But the great mass of us have reached
the point when we realize that we will
"pot make a million. We dont exoect
it. We expect to get something out of
our lives in honest work, satisfaction of
conduct and in the pleasure derived from
the association of those whom we like
and love. We can and should find con
solation and pleasure in everything. We
should be like the pilsrim who was dis
consolate because he had to go to the
temple without any shoes but when he
met another pilgrim without any feet he
round plenty oi consolation in the bless
ing which he was enjoying?.
ment to prove that the builders of
Oregon, whatever might be other
characteristics, held In common the
great quality of vision.
I aopa I aball aJwan aaajan fimaaaa and
1rtaa aaonih to malntaia what I eonaidsr
Um aval aavtabla ot ail Utlaa tha eharactar
at aa "linal Baaa." Waahinctoa.
THE DEVIL'S WEAPON
rPHE Root rules for submarine reg
. ulatlon adopted by the arms con
ference sound far more -like prepara
tion for the noxt war than its
prevention. After failure of the
t'onference to In any way limit sub-
. marine construction, the Boot rules
were propounded to regulate the use
of undersea craft In the next war.
The rules themselves freely imply
the possibility of another war, and
they attempt to set up a rule of
warfare ' that was established prior
-to the last war that neutrals and
, tinn -combatants be free from attack
without warning.
Bnt f international law provided
Just that .before II 1J. Nevertheless,
neutrals aad non-combatants were
wttacked without warning. ,l.ki
the rules before, the Root ruleV are
.ped on the principle that warring
nations will keep their pledges made
in time of peace. But they didn't do
,ihat Jn the last war. Germany was
a party to such pledget, and Oer
riny broke them without compunc
Hon. And thereby the United 8tates
was drawn into a European war.
Moreover, who is to decide who
vre aon-eombatanta in the next war?
Are men engaged in the business of
transporting munitions or food to a
belligerent nation non-combatants?
it not aa necessary for an army
to' have food supplies and munitions
as It is for a nation te have fighting
Mien? Are men. then, in the business
f transportation, food production,
portion grows ' less the ease with
which the national balance may be
lost grows greater.
The radicals, Bolshevik! and I. W.
Even Washington Irving, in his W. of the United States are not home
"Astoria," carrying away the irapres- owners. Most of them are not home
sion left upon a visitor by the renters. They are patrons of cheap
earliest comers, rose to exalted boarding houses, rooms and fur
heights In describing what the em- nished flats. They are drifters,
.plre drained1 by the Columbia would They do not assume responsibility;
mean in the future of America. they do not feel responsibility.
Not more in the cities than in A canvass was recently made of
towns, faith in the future is demon-1 the members of a mob. Not one in
strated by works and glowing words. I the number was a home owner.
The destiny of what casually ap-1 But it is not enough to say there
pears to be a "rab opportunity is I should be a home owning revival.
hitched to a star by enthusiasm. There is a reason for increased ten
The pioneers of the West had ex- an try. Selling prices of homes are
actly the same impression that their far beyond the means of ordinary
grandchildren possess today that youths beginning their productive
In the West America is to reach her life. Living costs are so great that
greatest attainments in the building the average income is exhausted
of manhood and womanhood and in meeting the demands exerted within
establishing those facilities of an ad- the period in which the" pay check is
varteed civilization which best will earned.
serve their stature. I . There will have to be a revival of
If it were not for ideals, vision and I the square .deal to the little fellow.
iaiui tne west mignt Decome like a The revival must come through
good deal of the East, so busy mak- united pressure of church and civic
ing a living there's no time to live. influence. It Is worth more than im
mediate big profits to make it easy
;Heppner Gazette Times: The past
year has been a pretty strenuous one
for-the business and industrial affairs of
Morrow county. So much depends here
on the success of the farmer and stock
man, and these two lines of endeavor
have been hard hit during 1921; their
labor has been profitless to a very large
extent and the heavy slump in prices for
sheep, wool, cattle and wheat has ai
fected every class. . We are optimistic,
however, and look forward to the new
year with brighter hopes. There has
been in more recent days a better price
and demand for the wool and sheep and
the present indications are for an im
provement in wheat prices. Morrow
county will come back, and rapidly, too.
when there is the least possible induce
ment. We have been "up against It"
before and weathered the storm, and
everyone is going forward, facing the
new year with a faith that all will be
well. We will forget quite soon the trials
of the past and presare ourselves to en-
Joy the sane prosperity that is awaiting I debt in time.
us. Thus we bid farewell to 1921.
not learn from experience and trusts so
much to lock?
Crane American : On the first day of
the new war. 1922. It rained in this -sec
tion ot ; Eastern Oregon. These condi
tions are hard to beat in the coast
country west -ot the Cascades. . From the
fact that we are up in the air several
thousand feet higher than the lower
Willamette and Columbia river sections
it is all she more remarkable that spring'
like weather prevails her . durlnr ,the
winter months. .. -'
Roeeburs News-Review : -There 3 ts
much - complaint because many motor
trucks, particularly the -heavier ones,
wear out the public roads much faster
than any sum they contribute in license
fees and taxes can replace the damage-
they do When the public ship ooda
by railroad, it requires the corporations
to provide their own track. But shippers
usine the trucks usually get their track
provided far them nearly tree or with
out adequate contribution thereto. Jn
the case of trucks carrying farm prod'
Ucta, it is such a benefit to everyone? to
have food carried cheaply that it is de
sirable to make favorable fees to en
courage such trucks. But when it comes
I - faAtflrv nmiltw4a tflt mlk.n and Bell.
era thereof are getting a 'lot of their
transportation for leas than it costs.
when you consider the expense of re
pairing the damage done by heavy
trucks, i
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Lakeview Examiner : Trucks are going
to cause havoc to the roads of Lake
county in the immediate future. Last
spring a heavily loaded truck came up
the road from the south and the ruts
are plainly in evidence at this1 time;
The roads leading to vvarner have al
ready been cut up this fall and in places
are in a worse condition than for years
past. The day of the heavy trucks and
overloading are sure to become a thing
of the past In the near future, for it
Impossible to build roads that will stand
such traffic. ..-
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF '"" l
Coquille Valley Sentinel: The
one thing In which this Christmas
differed from all the other Christmases 1 Coaimnnkationa aent to Tha Journal for
of the past "1900 and odd years is that a I publication in thia department ahoaid ba writtaa
conference of the leading nations of the i,", "'u".
wuriu la uuw ui scsstuit w pruwuie uie oy tna writer, inoe nail addreaa to roll muat
T?eace on earth and good will toward accompany tne eontribotion. I
men, of which the angels sang on that
first Christmas day. . More than 'that.
the progress so far made warrants a
confident hope that the time may be at
hand when the nations shall learn war
no more.
. A Chicago woman is suing a pub- for little people to- become home
Usher for 1100,000 for signing her owners and god citizens.
The home . is the . foundation of
American liberty and the American
republic.; la the 1. 1 oundatioa begin
nlng to slip? - - j
name to what she terms a second
class recipe for waffles. She con
tends that the recipe would produce
Inferior waffles and disgrace her.
If on bad recipe damages a cook's
reputation $100,000, cooking must
really be among the arts.
AT THEIR PORTLAND POW WOW
rpHB eloquence of the American
X Indian has." begn recounted In
border tales and more pretentious
American literature.
It was not a myth. In the cow
wow held in The journal auditorium
over claims some of the Oregon In
dians have against the federal gov
ernment, the fire of speech flamed
forth many times.: "I am an Indian
and 111 proclaim it to all the world!"
shouted one speaker In the course of
an impassioned speech. In the sim
ple language of pure eloquence he
told of how "my people are poor and
to Mrs. Mary dl . Gregorio of
Cleveland Ohio probably belongs the
world's record for motherhood. Of
31 children the eldest is 22 years
and the youngest nine months.
close second la Mrs. Charles B. Ca-
8ale of Newark, N. J., who'.recently
gave birth to her twenty-first child.
a boy. Her husband died two months
ago, and on the arrival of the latest
son Mrs. Casale remarked: "If only
his father could know; he was so
fond of boys,"
MERCHANT MARINE'S
WORKADAY
Benton County Courier: Government
admin is trativea have discovered the plan
of shifting government expense and now
there is a proposition considered of put
ting a 3 cent tax on gasoline to meet the
expense of the - soldiers' bonus. Once
more the autoists are to be made the
victim of class legislation. Why not
saddle a few more of the department
leases on gas users? If gasoline could
be boosted to sell for a dollar a gallon
and the Increase given the government.
it ought to be sufficient to pay the war
- SMALL CHANGE r,
Star Grutze has been oa the 'same lob
with the city for S3 years. We do hope
he makes good,':V- -
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A million dollars for a GermaAvmadS
Zeppelin 1 Nine hah-hahs and .a couple
01 oooa lor uisarraamenti
Cora exportation to TCurorejis -afaows
increase. Wish they'd ret around to ex
porting a couple that; bother us considerably.
Maybe the disturbance" in 1dm An
geles atmosphere was caused by one of
u:o rounjis expressing nis nonesi opinion
about the city-. -
We are especially rlad on these cold
mornings that rneir do not wear short
skirts, tow-necked ..waists and thin silk
.nose, . , . v . ; .-
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Salem certainly is trylnr to add to Its
attraction for permameot population,
having restored the la-cent shave and the
e-ceni loax ol bread. .
Senator Stanfield savs he hasn't been
asked to resign. But the wish is as bad
a 'in aeea. eo we roust insist that.
lecnmcaiiy, ne nas been asked.
We can t wonder at the "strena-th" the
market editor savs the wool market
shows, if it is anything like as "strong"
w uie animug me wool comes rrom
very moonsnme murder rtrinn n
closer to the day when prohibition re-
rreenments will be barred more effect
iveiy man were those of Dre-Volstead
cays.
Probable appointment of William A.
tiaiiey as secretary ot the O. O. P. sug
gests mat possiDty tne liepubllcans.
despairing of favorable astrological aus
p'ces otherwise, are trying to set up a
stellar system of their own by apotheo
sizing the man who invented the comet.
V SIDELIGHTS
The French mvamrrmt can't 'anAof
Henry Ford. Doubtless it they Insisted
Henry wooM eturace te ran their whole
coun try- Al bavoy Democrat. . . i :
They ear McKarv was -dubbed Into'
voting for Newberry by an admtnlstrav-
inn ureal to oppoae Ma reclamation diu.
Clubbed into the Newberry dub, as U
were Astoria Budget. . - ' -"'
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LalvinaT la not onlw amanilTa In T4art-
tand but It is also very uncertain. - Per-
nmpe u is cue per roe a lew te be atuea
than to retain, 41 patrolmen oa the
pavrrou. grants fass vouner.
- . a a -a
O politics! What ahtirditUi era com
mitted in thy name ! Forty-six senators
votea to seat tneir atlc&lgaa eolleagu
and then tacked on an amendment
wnicn conormnea their tuition as morally
reuj. oieaioru MUt- lTiDUne
a a
One hundred Ameriran dollars, wa are
informed, are the equivalent of 1.000.000
rtussian ruwes. w un tne trLnina- exceo-
tton that the hundred dollava af hint af
freedom money will buy something.
ciuKcua ca,(Burr. t
- a a
The regular annual reoort of etiirlt
ens in Cottage Grove picking ap gold
nuggets is being sent out a little earlier
than usual. Per ha pa the mild weather
haa caused the gold to ripen sooner
ijorvaiiia uasetie-Tirnes.
K. K. Starr, the new barber, called the
editor into his shoo and nve him a
free holiday shave because of favorable
mention of his business enterprise. - He
was our Good Samaritan, for we needed
a shave badly. Waldport Pacific Herald.
Our attorney general declares that
the people are being robbed on coal
prices, then the Interstate commerce
comm ission forharie Henry Ford to lower
coal freight rate en his own system.
Can you beat it? Aregon City Produc
ers Call.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Letters From the People
FARMERS AND LABORERS
The Farmer's Case in Relation to the
Unemployment Situation. J
Barlow, Jan. 16. To the Editor of The
It has long been considered Journal We read a great deal in the
disgraceful for Individuals to tight and papers about men walking the streets of
it looks now as if nations that insisted Portland looking for any kind of a Job
on fighting would soon be sent to to even eet their board and room, and
Coventry. i wonder if it is true. IV as a farmer.
have worked the entire vear and re-
wneeier iveponer : it is me opinion ceived less than mv htuH and rnnm
oi pracuoiuy everyone mat is wiu De other farmers as Well aa myself have
. v- v , , ,yea . nistory oi been compelled to use of our principal
has been reduced, the lumber market to I?!' Therefore we can t hire
in a healthy condition, the dairy situ- "T" " " .f'"
ation is in good shape and there is a ulerB m an warmers wno wouia taxe
spirit of optimism in the air. Conditions " " ,uan 0 reauy aniea to wore ior
will probably improve slowly but steadHv nls ooaro, room and a Utue money till
thus (-"ring all an opportunity to take conditions opened up better. Most of
advantage of the new conditions. I us could use a man to help get up the
season's wood, do chores and help grub.
Astoria Budget : There are some peo-1 We do not like to offer board and 15
pie who scoff at the tourist business and to $10 a month to men who have re-
who pooh-pooh the idea of developing ceived $75 to $125 a month without
it- If these people cannot be convinced board. Nor do they like to receive it.
that the business is directly profitable However, it is a business nmnnnlMn.
through the money which this traveling The farmer mnnat
a.ves m a commumiy. mey migm risk financial conditions geUing worse.
T ttt. f'" - ' I Again I say, if it is true that men are-
mercTforu luncheon ..TS jJ Jr? "v
v.i., kr,t nhi.i, x,. I let them work for board and small pay.
a.aJ w AAA WAS CMaua ta5a all I a aj Ca I - . x. a. 1 , - - .
told the story of the organization of the " soup
Iowa club In California, an associaUon "r"r x
of former residents of the. "tall mm" 1 1 don t want to create the Impres
state. There were 40,000 of them banded) mon that farmers want to profiteer off
together in this society and some one I the misfortunes of labor. That's why
conceived the idea of polling the member- we haven't offered jobs at the only price
ship to ascertain the reasons for their we can safely pay. R. E. Cherrick.
transfer of residence to California.
Ninety-eight per cent of them answered JAZZ CONDEMNED
that they first came to California as Advocate of the Old Dance Forms and
tourism ana were so pleased witn thel Music Would Invoke Law.
state taat iney aectaea to adopt it aal Portland. Jan. 17. To the Editor of
toe r nome. iney came to see ana re- Journal-My Idea is that strtn-
mained to become a part Oregon is in gent clty iaws Bhould be made to stop
Albany people visiting in Portland In
clude E. F. Sox, who is visiting his
daughter. Mrs. Fred Newton ; Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Nutting, who are visiting at
the home of their father and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nutting, and Mr.
and Mrs. -B. R. Westbrook. the well
known greeters.
a a a
Joe Knowles, the nature man of Sea
view, Wash., is spending a few days in
Portland and is registered at the Mult
nomah. a a a
B. T. Hart is down from Timber.
Down" Ms right, as Timber is at the
summit of the Coast range, on the Tilla
mook road.
a a a
S. H. Home of Cochran, master me
chanic of the C H. Wheeler company,
Is registered at the Multnomah.
Today Notl in Lane county has but
49 people, as T. V. Larsen is here, a
guest of the Perkins.
a a
Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Smith of Ia
Grande are taking in the sights of Port
land.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Spanlding of the
Capital "City are registered at the Im
perial.
a
Mr. and Mrs. J. Meyers of La Grande
have come to Portland to establish
home.
a .
Mr. and Mrs. George Bimie of La
Grande are visiting Portland friends.
a a
W. G. Atwell of Condon Is transacting
business, in Portland. -4
J. C Wright is here from Madras.
domiciled at the Imperial.
a a
H. M. Nolte and C H. Combs of
Lakeview are in Portland on business.
a a
G. J. Rogers of Hood River is at the
Perkins.
T. Wingate of Astoria, registered at
the Multnomah, states that during his
so years' residence be has witnessed all
kinds of transformations la travel, from
horseback to airplane and from sailing
vessels to sidewheelers and thence to
fast ocean steamers.
all lass music which is maniac making
Mr. and Mrs. HI Lohr and daughter.
Mildred, of Rose burg, are visiting
friends In Portland.
a a a
Albany people visiting in Portland in.
elude H. Hamilton. P. A. Young. H. H.
oeeaon. ti. c Roberta. Mrs. Lillian
Redeker and C U. Later.
a
R F. Stevens ot Powers is a troaat of
the Seward.
a a
L. L. Lewis of Eugene is at the Port.
land.
a a . a
W. G. Tait of Medford is a Portland
visitor.
a a a
Mr. and Mra W. S. Ferguson of
Athena are registered at the Portland.
a a a
W. A. A. MacMIllan of Dawson. Tukoa
i trritory. is a guest of the Seward.
a a . a
H. Ainsworth of Salem Is sojourning
at tne Beward.
E. B. .Pace of Marshfield Is
at the Perkins.
a guest
J. E. Ridden of Astoria
at the Imperial.
is
a gucsU
need of more people. She has the seen-
va-a -,lk o a 2 A J
if k t iTT.I m Its tendency and also cut out all
the- result is worth all of the cost of raSlnS an J" dances especially, and
. ... I Mnfln. all r. nnli.. . .1.. , 1 . 1 .
rinioirine- our cranl onoAt, i -""-"" "-'"B w ici,'.iiiiai.o
i oia-ume aances, sucn as tne graceful
Pendleton East Orezoniah : A current iwaitz witn reverse, Tench mhruet. ga-
r.ewspaper shows "the plctare of a family 'votte. La Margilene, Berlin, ' military
group comprising members of six gen- Scbottische, Spanish waltz, the Lancers,
erations, from a little baby in arms to quadrille, and the Scottish reel, all of
the great-great-grandmother who is how 1 which have ' their own music and are
103 years old. but still In good health. I genteel and graceful. I notice that nro-
chant marine to acennnt far Than
1 Four generations alive in one family are feasors do not teach ballroom Mmrt
U no suggestion of stakln Its vea- inhyhl"h JZ1 "Xha7ft L
touch of M0.000.000 tt KrtCSF
Root rulesT . PPU ry patent free play nA which establish records for loneX 2" ' "d. f""- oti:
' Vlu establish records also as wholesome and "- .j was taugnt
chant marine craft. v, s to look over her partner's shoulder, her
Thoiiorh manv r t.m ... .a.. mat wealth hnt fhcir' bw n-t, I Iert arm resting very lightly upon his
their Diers. sheddinar nalnt ... M hopefully, "content with small ""v""-. XUT e not supposed to
Frank S. Word of Salem Is a guest at
the Imperial.
a a
Thomas H. Tongue Jr. of Hillsboro is
in Portland on business.
a a a
Mr. and Mra M. S. Lange of Salem
are guests Of the Imperial.
The Oregon Country'
aar
a Brief fen Jar if
. , . , OREGOM :
The Eugene chamber of eommeree ha
started a canvass for a fund et t00 te
ee useq tor aeveaopment pwrppses.
The - Columbia- county court has re- -
appointed Bert Mills county road mas-'
ter and fixed his salary at Sm a year.
V A Laird has been" annotated rttv
anarahal for FoeaiL He la the fourth
marshal the city haa had la the last si. .
mon tha
Excitement raneed bv a flra at the
home1 of- neighbor Monday proved
fatal to David li. Coffman, ;t. a Fea
dieton pioneer.
Plana have been com Dieted for the new
$2X0.0 state . training school - for bey
and work on the structure will start
early In the spring.
A total of 711 linear feet of cement
sidewalk waa laid la Cottage Grove dar
ing lui under tne supervtsVee ct the
street commission.
The Astoria water commission is laa' ,
sing the construction of a ww pipe tree
to the headwaters of Bear creek, a la
ta nee ot nearly u rauaa. .
The librarian et the FoesU public li
brary " has Just made her annoal ra-
pon. me snows mat ounnj tea year
tlT7 book were loaned. The largest
daMy circulation was .
Ivaa L. ' Bryant. lT-yrar-old Lake
county boy h last week admitted
'-ir-r a 1S00 forgad check at a Beed
store, baa been committed te the state
industrial school at Salem. .
Pretlmlharr work Is ender way at the
Crane Prairie reservoir Hie of Ute North
Canal cempaay aear Redmond in the
bone that the dam may be able to serv
X scree by January l. Uii..
Mra Cari Nebera and her t-yaar-oad
son ot Salem are ta an Albany boepttavl
suffering from serious Injuries veoelved
wnea uvetr automobue couioea last eua
day with another car near Jefferson,
During the first It days la Jantjary
there were received at the ofTkoae of the
state corporation eommlssloaor a total ,
of S7 article of InoorporaUoa. eerttU
cates of dissolution and a mend men ta.
As the chief move made te date ta
the general fight Initiated ta Central
Oregon to exterminate the coyote, a
string of poison ball has been pat eut
reaching from Paulina la Crook county
to Day villa la Grant county.
None of the thousands of bushels et
wheat pooled by farmers In Lane county
with the Oregon Cooperative Oral"
Growers' SAWociation baa been sold. It
is still stored In the warenouaea i avw
gene. Junction City and Irving.
Mra J.
Seward
L. Osburn is a guest of the
Mr. and Mrs. R Thompson of Sheridan
are Portland visitors. .
a a a
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bottger of Echo are
at the Seward.
a ' a
R R Turner ot Dallas Is transacting
business in Portland.
m .. ... a . - - iJ
Z. T. Ames ot La Grand Is sojourning
at the Cornelius. .
a a a
Mra A. L. Kirk of BroamsvlDe is visit
ing Portland friends.
a . a a
II. W. Morris of Corvallis is a business
visitor in Portland.
a a a
C. A. Harth of The Dalles is at the
Imperial.
W. P. Myers of Bend
the Perkina
is a guest of
J. S. Stewart of Corvallis Is greeting
old friends in Portland.
a - a a
E. T. Bisson and Jack Sherman of
Eugene are at the Imperial.
a a
M. T. Hughes of Heppner is registered
at the Imperial.
we want money," and bow there was
munition production and all other 1 ,n nla PrtT an old chief unable to
businesses not, strictly speaking. I work, and -I'm not ashamed to lead
combatants when a whole nation Is hlm from street to street through
plrn over to the business of war, Uxl" "Treat city
and therefor
Attack under th
'And, what is a merchant ship that
I free from attack without warn
ing? I tt a ship carrying cotton to
a belligerent nation to be used In the
Manufacture of explosives? Is it i
htp carrying food to a neutral coun
try, food that Is to be transshipped
nd fad to the soldiers of a bellig
erent? la It a ship armed with naval
t'jfls for and aft 7
in arms conference is a near
r.tilur on th submarine issue. It
don little to prevent use of the
A NAVAL holiday and the scrap
ping of battleships doesn't mean
that, America is out of the shipping
business.
We have yet a $3,000,000,000 mer-
of the native orator's art worthy of
th best Indian traditions In the fol
lowing remarks of many of the'
speakers that confirmed th legends
of the debates of the tribes for and
against making war upon neighbor
ing tribes, or In the trials of captives j
and the deliberations of what the
punishment. If any, was to be.
Democratic government among
th Indian tribes was th purest in
tne woria. rne decisions were
reached usually with the chief pre
siding over the assembled tribe,
At McAfinnrme Ifx LorUer intarrWvi a citi
zen who haa been aroocg tha maker el Orecoa
history- His penooal recollection! tnclnda tha
loaadms of the city of h'ewbera. Ua vaa anion
the earliest HcHinarUle college atodrata And was
admitted to tha bar with a .company that ha
funuehed msay same iti"giittKH Is tha ataU'a
deralopaieak
and hopefullv. "content
Quiring barnacles, those in use havel keeps within its income. They marry seen to do at parties in these iaxzy.
oeen an outstanding factor in the 1 early and they stay married, because the 1 rough dances. I emphasize, that severe
doubling of our trade with South j love or notne and family is strong within law should be made to stop these aw
America sinra tha. war tnem. They live long because they live I nil. disgraceful gyrations, for there to
'""j wuuiuc mcir awvmea into i hqi ui Liiem a semDiance oi a real nna
When anyone attempted to walk a dance.
even in San' Francisco, he was politely
.leadly under-water craft, made no Whlle the arguments, pro and con.
roviaion for their regulation In time
"t war that is bound to be respected.
at. on the contrary, freely admits
that they will be used in the next
war and lays down a set of rules that
were presented by the contending
sides.
Nor is it of record that pacifists,:
as we would call them, who opposed
tha declftinn Itid than fariaut tn arA
T!.tftna3r.?is5era'd.ln.th Ut after war was declared, were ever
oouict ana tnat win undoubtedly be UunUhl .h.n w,rtftrW ,
' regarded in the next, if there is to
i-e another.
quished, the returning warriors cam
home from, battle.
It may be that the spirit of dem
ocracy and free speech is inherent in
the soil of America and that from
the everlasting hills, the broad ex-
Animal trappers from' the Connec
Hcut mountains, with bundles of
luakrat, squirrel and Skunk pelts
ung over Ahelr shoulders, can be I panses and th primeval forests, the
-en in th fur district of Ne.w York Indian tribesman draw ii
tty vry day. They are said to be that was parent to the performances Jlnrchant marine. It is equally true the difference In people
"so ixauers ana uemana spot each. I of 177C
, r
Europe once controlled the trade their later years. Such families as these
of South America, but we had $l.-.iare the moral snd -physical bulwark of
Ann onn nnn nf sn,,,K a , I tne nation.
- , , wuM. Amci isu u auc
1Aa . H n - A . .
tr ""lu'B W1U1 ..- La Grande Observer (the editor writ
"BO in 1913. Jing from Portland under date December
Not our ships only but our banks, 1 11 : No one can forget his raising.
Hi,.!,.. .. inaoius oi you m wiu cling and even
weather experienced in younger days has
nave been adventuring .Into our I its fascination. Just as the odor of the
neighbor republics to the South, I commencement rose clings in the nostrils
fin dine out what thaw -nrant -ifor years and years, so does the rwol-
lna t .in, .-. a ,1 lection of enow and storm, if one has
o i-"ir been raised in a country that has
a.nu pacaea as waniea mat also I Tonight we emerged from the Audi
helps to explain our increase of torium along with 6000 more' people who
Smith im.rii,a a . bad attended Sousa's concert, to find an
.... . , Eastern Oregon snow storm of good sixe
Although the Portlander is made pounding away. The snow cut off vision
chiefly conscious ot the Jap'suprem- 50 feet distant, and the large crowd was
acy In Pacific trade today and of fj?? Panic-stricken. People stood still,
the rather futile competition exerted ncJfJ"
by American lines, yet the fact re- born and raised m, the Willamette valley
mains that our hope for dominance humped themselves up like steers in a
in Pacific trade of tha fntnr. t.,- blizxard, .whfle Eastern Oregon folk and
H,va , . , J those raised in snow states cheered the
.vvv. "io AuiencMiimow m a most Joyful -manner. That's
that a. large proportion of the
merchant craft now sailing the Pa
WEST BUILT THE WEST
N
A Portland woman was heard to
say, "It gives m such an emanci-
IMPRESSION prevails in the pated feeling to smoke," Emanci-
- a eastern part ot the United States pated from what?
hit th pioneers of th West did
heir pioneering for a woman's rea
'n. "Because." I
THE SLIPPING FOUNDATION'
Th first comrs to Oregon. re-lrmiK rmtad Rt.t.. . -Ut
arks on review, hadnt aay Idea A of home owning. At a time when
unrest haa become rnort widely prey.
Roseburg. News-Review :.: Those movie
niot liwaoer chAvlns' PraeAflawit' la-aV m
clflc and carrying its commerce. If silver thaw are not very! flattering ad
under the American' flag, are also vertising matter 'for, the -metropolis of
the property of the American gov-; T'roB- The homeseeker. wants to see
e Ta. ja, bv aam jaVa akl-aeTiA . & a a? a. i a
j uc biuw vs. uie, iwi u me recent
t. - . .. ' . u. ra jiu, awe as oi rare
We are to cease building dread-1 occurrence," there seems to.be no rood
naughts. Why not put tha energy ason for exploiting 'the . destruction
anA raannrpaf riln Intn a A
brought about by the elements. Why not
ZZr,,l7 a ' .aZZ T.., " I show some of the real good things Of
au.ua vuauu . . ue state, or wnicn tne Quality and num.
uty are mexnausuraa
hat th Beaver state would mean
- th country when their grand-
:. ldren grew up to poaiess It.
They had courage. Initiative.- ag
t relvrneaj but they reacted pri
ority to th spur ot Adventure.
Perhaps an, in some Instances. But
' : "'.nrtao lllmes will produce a yet-
c4 manuscript and printed docu-
y aa . . , .
u i tuiiucr iiUii new aora is ai , j . , .
-ia . - i - i nuooouni inacpeaaeiu; western tJIO1
aitui.man tW oeror we are be-1 Mecca' for music lovers? . Here tolgon constructs without considering that
coming more rapidly than ever be- a partial list of concert attractions this section may occasionally have other
for a nation of tenants. A in that city for one day: Percy lttlU perfcetual summer weather, with no
Forty per cent of our peopl are Cralnger. with New Tork Symphony; wtU oTesi" S
u l" oome owners; 0 per cent 1 Josef Ilofmann, Limma calve, Frieda J rreeae, ana it s found that nearly every
are paying rent. The 40
ar the dependable, stabilizing
nuencaafit the country. If
per cent Hempel, John McCorruack. ;Marielu,inr xposea; ntgn water, and a mil-
vin- Rothman, The difficulty would bel IT, f ZJJ? J!
tho-pro- In" maamg a vse lection. - ..v : , why preach to &e Oregoniaa- who
invited off of the floor, for no r expect
able place would allow anything like
that. As for health, there is nothing
iiae legitimate dancing, with beasntiful
and inspiring music, to bring health and
laughter or smiles. -Even physical cul
ture exercises all have their lovehr
music and dancing steps, intermingled
witn me heavier exercises.
Adah L. Conine.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
The darning needle, or devil's darn
ing needle, is one of the names given to
the dragon fly, which belongs to the or
der Odonata; , Other popular names .for
uus insect are anavke .feeder,' "snake
doctor," "horse stinger." "flying adder."
etc, though! dragon flies are harmless.
a weu as usexut in .Billing mostiuitoes
and little flies. -Toung dragon flies
and the young-of other insects, such as
many flies. ; while th ' the intermediate
stage Between tne erg and the mature
insect, live hi wakal end are catled
"nymphs.' Many of them live for, a
year in this stage in poods before trans-
lormmg into -adult dragoafrjea :
Uncle Jeff Snow . Says . :
It does beat an, how long some kinds
of folks can keep up a war. A lot of
them there ! Turks and Greeks and
Balkan peoples is a-flghthrVylt, when
they're so pore we have to send 'era In
grub rrom the U. S. A and bow
Sam Hill they git ammunition's what
don't understand. The big, powerful
countries seems to be wtTJln to let 'em
fight, and I reckon the longer and the
harder they fight the easier itll be fer
them b:g nations to run 'em after while.
It's like the wars the Sioux uster start
on the Pawnees and the Blackfoot In
juns. - It didn't make much difference
which, whipped, . jist so they kep off the
-will whites .and fit oaa, another. .v,,t..
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
' OF -THE JOURNAL -MAN
By Fred Lockley
Judge William Marion Ramsey lives
at McMinnvllle. He has lived in Oregon
more than three score years and ten.
He has served as mayor of the Capita.
City and on the supreme bench of Ore
gon. Recently we spent an hour or so
la his law office in the county seat of
Yamhill county, talking of old times.
Ton are always looking uo unusual
and out-of-the-way things," said Judge
Ramsey. "Why don't you go to ,the
courthouse here and look up the - old
records T Tou will find some mighty In
teresting documents. When Lafayette
was the county seat of Yamhill county
there waa filed in the courthouse there
the inventory of the estate of Miles
Carey. I had occasion to look it up about
SO years ago and J noticed among his as
sets, which consisted of horses, cattle,
farm machinery and other such equip
ment, the item, 'one negro slave named
Bob.' I dont know whether bis heirs re
alised anything from thia particular aaset
or not. Of course you are familiar with
the stringent regulations that were pa awed
against the residing in Oregon of frJ
negroes, and the . equally drastic laws
forbidding the introduction -of slavery
into Oregon : and. by the way, we still
have on oury statute 'books the laws
against colored - persons or ' mulattoes
owning property or residing tn the state.
"No, I am not a native-born Oregon
ton. though I. arranged-to come-here
as soon as J could after I was bora. In
face I was only a few months old when
we stariM .across vibe plains .with our
prairie schooner and ox team In 1S47.
My father. David Pjunsey. was. born In
Indiana. In his native state be married
Susan Shucks in ItSS Ohey moved to
Iowa. I am one of-an even aoceh chil
dren. I waa. the fifth child, the last to
be born In Iowa. - Seven mere children
were born te them, after coming to Ore
gon. My father was of Irish blood,
while my mother was of Pennsylvania
Dutch origin. We came to Oregon in
company with Levi Hagey and his fam
ily and with Jacob and Andrew Shock.
Jacob Shuck was r my maternal grand
father. ' ' -t -
flood of 1161 washed it away. Later he
Duui a gristmill on the site of his old
sawmill. That was before there was any
..111 a. .
aciuemem at IS ew berg.
day a Quaker named William
Hobson came to my law office to have
me make out a deed for him. He had
bought the J. Walker donation land
claim. He had his hair cut sonar
like they cut the mane of a Shetland
pony. He wore black clothes. He had
arranged to put a mortgage on' the place
ior tne entire amount of the purchase
price. He told me he was going back
East to get more of his fellow-worship
ers to come to Oregon. When I saw that
he was getting a loan for the amount of
the purchase price of his farm. I thought.
vregon will never see you again. When
you get back East you will stay there.'
But I was mistaken, for be returned
and brought a lot of his people with hlm
and the. city of .Newberg. was built by
William Hobson- and his oo-reilglonlsta.
"Father took up a claim on Chehalent
creek In the fan of 1147. The next year
he . built a sawmill on his place, which
was washed oat by the backwater .of
the Willamette in the spring f 700. ' He
rebuilt. his mill, bat th recoryirAklng
To get back to my boyhood: -X
student a at McMinnvllle - college
in 1MV : IKS and - 18W. T. -
McBrlde and Georga H.. Burnet -Were
among my schoolmates there. Later all
three- of us were members of the Ore
gon supreme court at the same time. In
the '0s McMinnvllle college was about
the same as our present high schools.
John W. Johnson, later first president of
the" University of Oregon, was president
of - McMinnvllle college when I -
student.
: a a a
"After Potting in three years at col
lege I taught two years, during which
time I studied law. I put in six months
in the law office of an attorney at
Lafayette. He borrowed, $40 from me
and. faded awav. leavinar ' one wife and
many financial obligations. We learned
later that he had. in addition to his wife la
Lafayette, one in California. - I took my
examination in 1SSI before the judges of
the supreme court, which at that time
consisted of Paine, Paige. Prim. Reuben
P. Boise, William W. Cptoo, Joha K.
say and Joseph Gardner Wilson. Judge
Wilson Wats not only supreme Judge, but
was also supreme court, reporter. ' At
the came terra I took th examination
for admittance to the bar, he following
were also examined avnd admit led to
practice: W. P. Lord, who later became
governor of Oregon ; L. L. BoUer. W. W.
Thayer. D. L Watson. J. H. Turner. W.
W. Boon, Joha F. Capias. D. M. C GaalC
James W. Parker. Icrcurgus Vineyard.
John M. Thompson, J. E. Rosa. Joseph
Hannon, C. W. Kahler, O W.-Fitch, J
H. Meyer. J. M. Cain. Henry Moor. .H,
Hurley. Alanson Smith. J. F, Gazley.
W. a. rvsult. E. A. Cronln, 3, Q Work.
R. JT. Hensil and Beth Weidy . .
WASHINGTON
rka. T-tilteWI Rtataa cable shl Heart
docked near the Biwrnerton navy yard,
has been ordered Into service between
the Hawaiian Islands and Guam.
a .. .nonal auatliw af the Grand -
view National Farm Loan aewtAXiew At
mas reported that there are IM eUve
loans In that district, representing 2U.-
00.
Mra Hattie Zuber, M, fat dead near
Bremerton as the result of burn re
ceived when a pall of gasouae ana waa
carrying became Igniteo xrotn a eagwtam
match.
Approximately t000 Is tha eetimatsd
market value placed on meets, eggs aad
garden prod ucta raised at five of the
state institutions In December for the
use of in males.
Bertha Mason, ll-yesr-old daughter of
T A Mason of Thornton, received a
broken right arm and right leg wheaa
el-d on which she vava coasting erarnvo
into an automobile.
Albert A. Schmidt. 0. mas found dead
n his car at Tacoma Saturday night.
Death Is believed to hsve resulted from
a weak heart aggrarated by a dense
fog that made driving difficult
Robert H. Watson, who shot snd killed
his mothrr-ln-Uw. Mrs. Mary BushaeU.
at Seattle last Saturday, is recovering
from his self-inflicted wounds and will
face a charge of first degree murder.
In a decree entered last Saturday at
Kansas City. Mo, Mrs. Sallle W. Coma a
obtained a divorce from Edwin T. Co
man, state senator and ex-prealdent of
the Exchange ft a Clonal bavna at Bpcaana.
p., iaa anwara.fMfli .ail -over. Oregon
and Washington are expected to attend
the berry institute to ee oea a
couver January SO and l aader aus
pices of the Waahlngton urowerw raca-
Ln g ' corporauon. .
BUnded bv falling snow. John W.
Fitxpatrick. si, mill watchman., fell
a mill dock at Everett atonaay nigm auiq
died at his horn a few hours later, death
resulting from exposure aad injuries re
ceived in the XalL
Tha lata treasurer has ordered laV-
08.79 distributed to It counties of the
state for the use of their port districts er
counties. The amount represents j per
cent of the receipts from leases of tide
lands, harbor areas aad waterway a.
Investigation of areas under survey in
Whatcom county for reforestation pur
poses was undertaken this week by a
delegation of state offlciala and expert.
The last legislature appropriated
to start reforestation worn in ue enais
of Washington.
IDAHO
The total enrollment or the Boise high
school haa Increased t 1309.
The Nam pa Chamber of Commerce is
preparing to file suits against 150 de
linquent members.
George B. Graff has been elected msa
aglng secretary of the Boise Chamber
of Commerce at a salary of MOO a year.
Up to December IU TII0 ears of po
tatoes bad been shipped out ot ldahe.
llt to California and 11(1 te Texas,
the remainder to Eastern markets.
Contract for i miles of the Saw
tooth Park highway between CbeJlsi
and Salmon was let last week for t42.
UI87. The state engineer's estimate
of the coat was S&5.000.
The body of Dewey McDanlel. 25
v ear-old aon of Mrs. J. F. Dahlstrom
ot Boise, waa found a few days ago fro
sen by the side of a road. The boy had
evidently been killed by a fail from a
wagon.
Tha Ha lie y chapter of the American
Red Croee has 1170 of funds in the
Blaine County National bank and the
BeUevue Bank A Trust corn pan y. the
doors of which institutions were Cieeed
October 20.
Mvstery surreundlag the death of
Dr. H. timlth WqpUef, eaU ktiowa Fe
cateUo pryslelan. found dead la his of
fice Witn a ptatoi oiirenei mim a.
to yet unsolved. The suicide theory has
been abandoned.
TOURIST CAMP REGULATIONS
mas the Basal naTliaia. '
It to highly desirabaa that along with
tho growing reailsaUoa of the Import
ance of automobile tourist camping
grounds there should oome an apprecia
tion of the need to regulate and stand
ardise the camps both ta the Interest ef
the rial tors and th city .furnishing tne
faclhtiea That this need to appreciated
appears In the plana to bold tourist camp
conferences at Koeeoarg . ana , npoasaws
in the near future. r
.HUherte various towns have takes
pride la the fact that they provided
camp grounds with- pracUcalJy every
thing free for the use of the tourist, Tne
use of the grounds haa been free, there
has been free feel, free water, free baths,
and tree almost everything -else, la a
air all this has represented the wide-
open hospitality of the Western country.
but people ar now coming to feel that
this sort of hospitality may be overdone.
Taxpayers are wondering what the Justi
fication Is for such expenditure aad
where the Una ts to be draws- Vnt net.
a free hotel end free gasoOneT to apeteg
asked. Just bow ought the whole bust
neat to be regulated? to another ques
tion, "and the result to the calling ef the
conference mentioned. . . -' .
At Roseburg. according ta the call, are
to be discussed only the problems af
the towns en the Pacific highway, while
at Spokane tne diagonal ae is ta be wider,
covering the - question for- th whole
Northwest la order that Bend may
keep, la touch with the beat' thought wa
the 'Subject tt ts desirable that either
the commercial club or the dry council
br represented at, one or bora I places,
and. that the decisions rescued 'be put
aJue iie jus a.;. . ... .
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