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TUB NEW STRATEGY
. I
ttpilia ts the main reason of the
Z many expression or opinion
.fter to the effect that th sending
- United States representative to
the reparations commission Is un
avoidable as a step in the reconstruc
tion of Europe and the earlier pay
ment of the war debt to America," Is
.a statement In a Washington dls-
jaxcn.
The dispatch states that the step
seems necessary.! 'order to teach the
French goverthrkflt that it cannot be
allowed to handle the German repa
rations alone.
" rremler Polncare of France has
declared that French delegates will
aot attend the Genoa conference un
fless It Is agreed beforehand that
German reparations will not be dU
ined. The purpose In sending an
American representative Instead of
an American "observer" to the repa
jratlons commlsslAn Is to throw the
.moral Influence as well as the vote
Jof the United States In favor of a
reasonable policy toward German
reparations.
The plan la sound. German repa
rations are the most disturbing
economic and political Issue in Eu
jrope. They directly affect the Ques
tion of business recovery In the
'United States.
t 4t Germany is sentenced to perpet
jtial bankruptcy an important buyer
Jf American products is lost If
France seee fit to maintain aa army
.hat absorbs most of her revenues
M4 enormously lowers her baying
power she can neither buy American
,eod nor pay the debt she owes this
country. The poverty of both dl
.reclly affects all Europe and Imme
idiately lessens the demand for
American goods, which in turn
means less demand and lower prices
jfot American farm products, less sale
J abroad of American manufactured
,gooda and an increased army of un
employed in this country.
! Almost every passing economic
Ind political event proves the wis
Jdora pt the plans adopted at Ver
saOlee, The reparations provisions
. tvere made elastic under the author
ltyr. of the reparations . commission.
Except France and Belrlum. n h-
naUona now agree that the payments
lu upon uertruuiy were too ae
, T,r n need modificationr and
power to do this was lodged by the
.Versailles treaty in the commission.
If. after refusing to do so. we now
, "end a fun-Hedged representative to
h reparations commission, we shall
" show an intelligent protection, in-
sieaa or a roolish- aeglect, of Amer
lcaa iatere-su at home and abroad.
Iowa' has a woman sheriff. R,a
jcaptnred a murderer and then saved
!" Irvm a mob mat wanted to
jyacn him.. She is now rettlnr ruitv
to hang the prisoner, and la going to
wo me jod nereeir. She has a hus
band, and his friends are concerned
aotmy o aeiend himself.
KILLINQ THEIR LEADER
WuiJB rrost nlpa the nose in
Portland what of the weather la
xoeme? . . ':'
xne Alaskan city has two or three
- thousand ' people between the first
er Jane and Kovember, but the ma
jorny ieav the minority on the Job
while the former seek the mild con
geniality of climate farther south
ouring me period or 4-hour daya,
' It ts SUrtr Ulna- to find tf 11..
kans of mining and other persuasions
- - - - - - - TWW Ox? rnrM nrtv
who spend their winters in Portland
aro numbered In score. .. . 1 ,
Prt of their recreation is to fore
father, in (Ways which obstacles to
transportation forbid within reach of
the northern lights. , From them the
careful listener learns that oil from
the Seward peninsula,, and. oven
within the Arctic circle may stifle
Immediate fears concerning the ex
haustion of the world's gasoline
supply
But they are more apt . to talk
about dogs, of the team that can
make the round trip of 408 miles
between .Nome and Kendall City In
Ti hours, of the team leader that
may be trusted to run. without har
ness, a hundred feet- ahead of the
sledge, find the trail if covered and
guide the expedition. They talk also
of leaders in general
While the dog leader is on the job
In company with the driver the other
dogs of the team treat him with
great respect, make no obstreperous
protest against his authority, and
follow his leadership perfectly. But
when released from harness the
teadermust be protected or. the dogs
of the team will turn on hlm and
kill him.
Thus, in Alaska and araonr the
huskies, it appears that the Densities
of leadership are often tragic even
as they are in a gentler and more
pretentious civilization.
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The Leviathan, formerly the Ger
man built and cwned Fatherland.
is to be reconditioned and repaired
at the yards of the Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock company at Newnort nTawb.
General repairs under the contract
are to cost 18,000,000 and decora
tions $1,000,000. With 17.000.000 as
the cost of reconditioning, what is the
investment in an elephantine palace
of the sea?
ENLISTED TOO SOON?
THIS terse and intelligent letter re
Centlv annaarait In TK. T,, 1 .
r u, tfvmwu.
Granta Paju. Jan. 19 t t. cju.
W MAO cjuiwr
of The Journal I want to know if the
yeupie or uie state or Oregon did not
suppose the bonus, was for all who
fought honorably during the World war.
' immt 01 uie Dill voted on.
NOW comii tha nnt1r Kab w j j
. - w w uuuurou
of the boys" that the bonus commission
greatly regrets the fact, but you en
listed too soon to receive the bonus."
hum ooy nas to neip pay the taxes
that sonu litrMiui rh.
has to help pay. while he or she re-
uvi miiy Denent, even after the
f supreme sacrifice."
I know of another case where the
rather la ba rrinniui n. i.w i
h.A Aflm,ost helP,e8fl. and the son
had told his father. "When I get my
bonua mnn T .111 j . .
, .. - Him juu 10 me not
"I Ut this boy enHsted
any bonuV W WlU DOt rCCeiv
thi Wm" ,kF ,fV when the men nw up
tfla nil! tn.o b . . . . .
.;,," V ; m navy Doys
enlisted for four years instead of three.
tJ. .mak...!? appeal t0 tne American
legion and the people of Oregon to right
A Mother Whose Boy Enlisted Too Soon.
is there not a note of Justice in this
mother's contention? Of course, the
law forbids. But shouldn't th. law
when framed have included, all Ore
gon boys who fought? Isn't it hAtf.,
to have enlisted "too soon" than too
later .
Wasn't death
of a sacrifice by the bov wh "en
listed too soon" as by the boy who
enlisted later ?
And wasn't the on mnK .
gift to her country by his mother as
was the gift by the mother of the
other?
Do not all Oregon boys who enlist
ed and did their bit in the conflict
looa alike to their state ?
Just, what
idea in removing .the war tax from
theatre passes and retaining it on the
paid tickets? Cannot the person who
uwei iree Detter afford to
vj maj lv per cent OI tne face
value of the ticket than k.
vi
who must pay the full price?
FARM CONFERENCE
PERTAIN farmers intend to carry
to the national agricultural con
ference in Washington a proposal
mat next year s agricultural produc
tion be deliberately limited.
They say that they will be re
quired to invest less time
money if they till only part of their
vi s na mat oy reason of increased
demand they will eet mnn win.
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crop man for full pro
uuvugn.
They add that improved machinery
and improved methods have greatly
increased the results of the average
farmer's work and that toil cor
responding with that of the past
is so far from necessary that it
merely results in over-production.
1. All . .
tuuta meir argument they aver
ir mey let the shelves of the
nation s pantry get a bit bare, not
exploitation but an enforced square
ucai wm come.
ine argument interposes that
Europe will consume the surplus.
mess rarmers answer that
Europe, has yet to take more than
v jr ceni or our agricultural sur
plus, ana that when Europe is will
tog to buy at a: price which wlU
save American rarmers from becom
ing .peasant the European market
- niur an. importance which -it
aoea not now possess.
ui ine persuasiveness of this
argument halts In the face of one
fact. The farm's emergency and the
""'" unger are both, products of
u auman inaccuracies of the times.
inn - most recent of the intense
uuuscr spots ts tne valley of the
Volga, but during the months past
apotc nave appeared in many
aaiS. -at a-- - -
v wa cartn. if we think
In terms of the world there is no
vruuicm 01 over-production. It la
iTuo.rm 01 cretut. or distribution, of
wiiwriuQn. ana economia ad
Justments.
Th City of Vanconv.r
docked
the dock, of the city for which
at
she
w uavneu a rew day ago
cargo 04, Irish whiskey. Her
with
a
master
: -TnLx wawwa AVLArfl.
solemnly subscribed to' the story that
on tne California coast he ran aJTou!
of ; many small snakes ' bred from
moqnshine rum cast overboard. But
he was not prepared to tsay whether
before or after drinking: "
FORD AT MUSCLE SHOALS
P1J5 contract -by which Henry
x Ford is to acquire the Muscle
Shoals project has been completed
and sent to Mr. Ford for signature.
When the document is signed there
will hare been completed a deal tin
precedented In the history .T of the
United States. f I
Muscle Shoals, in the extreme
northwestern corner of Alabama, is
a 30-mile stretch jof rapids in the
Tennessee river abolt 270 miles from
Its mouth at Paducah. Ky., and an
equal distance from the river's
source in the mountains of Tennes
see, Virginia and Jforth Carolina. At
certain times in the year it con
stitutes one of the largest -potential
water powers In' America. . . '
Muscle Shoals has been, a .center
of interest in the South since long
before the Civil war. To .impound
the water power has been a dream
of the region for generations. '
The spot is immediately adjacent
to the Alabama mineral . belt, and
Birmingham, with the coking, coaj
and iron deposits which have made
it industrially famous,' is less than
100 miles away. These great natural
advantages won the decision over
all other points when, shortly before
we entered the World war, the allies
were calling loudly unnn Am,-t
for a larger supply of the explosives
upon which the decision in the con
flict might turn.
Two huge Droiects
taken simultaneously the building
qi aajns ana installation of power
houses to
?70.000 horsepower, and the erection
and operation at the earliest possible
date of plants for obtaining nitrr
gen by fixation from the air in suf
ficient amounts to relieve the ex
plosive crisis faced bv this
and the allies.
Directed by government engineers, i
$18,300,000 was spent bv the
ernment on the Wilson dam, when
tne armistice stopped further work.
10 complete the dam and install
the power plants at that site would
nave cost in all 348,300,000.
To erect dam No. 3 and install th
power house would have cost be
tween 324,000,000 and $28,000,000,
but the work at that point was never
begun.
The collateral nitrate nrnwt
by which it was proposed to pro
duce more than one, eighth of all
the nitrates explosives needed by the
auies ana America for use in the
war. was fully completed, and on
test run at one fifth capacity turned
v"" oaten or rmiEhed ex
plosives material just two days be
fore the armistice was signed. It
was immediately closed -down, but
in order to keep It In condition t
start production at any time $100,000
nas oeen spent annually on Its up
keep. Its actual cost to the govern
ment was $69,000,000.
In these and less important de
velopments at Muscle Shoals, the
government spent in aU $102,300,000.
If the whole project had been com
pleted as planned the total expendi
ture would have been between
$159,300,000 and $163,300,000.
The perpetual use and control, and
in the case of the nitrate project,
the actual ownership, of the proper
ties above described, are involved in
the contract prepared by Ford ex
pert and the judge advocate gen
eral's office in the war department
and sent to Mr. Ford to sign.
Little Gloria Caruso will inherit
one half the great tenor's estate,
amounting to several millions. If
her father could have given her his
voice it would have been a. greater
fortune it could have brought the
happiness that worth while work
brings.
AND SMILE
TIE STARTED out in the morning
blue and discouraged. There
were several things he lacked.
Among them were money to pay the
rent and credit to buy groceries:
As he shuffled his feet dejectedly
he noted that doing so had a tend
ency to sandpaper the perilously
thin soles of his shoes. Then his
thought traveled swiftly from his foot
gear to the fate-fearing expression
on his face.
"If my face commands no more
respect from others than my shoes
from myself it's no wonder I'm on
my uppers literally and figuratively."
was his comment.
He started to smile. He com
municated the smile as nearly as
could be to the . poverty-betraying
shoes by rubbing them Into the
semblance of a shine. He found in
the smile a sort of propulsive quality.
There was a laugh in his voice to go
with the smile on hfs far tn.
Kimehe asked for a job.
say,"-said the -man who hired
him, "I couldn't resist a man who
could smCe on. an empty stomach."
just sow there la-a-good -deal of
tendency on the part of Job huhting
men and businesses to be down at
the heel and down at the mouth.
And, of course, when .they admit
thhags are bad and quit, things are
oaa. i cut n is remarkable how long
a lucxiess individual can get along
on Bum rations. -and smile, and al
most inevitably win.
John D, Rockefeller savs.
When
young I decided not merely to
work
ror money, but alao to let
work for me. And its work
him $140,000,000 a year.
money
brings
In IS? eggs sold in Iowa for
cents a dosen. butter, for 10 cents
a pound and shoes for $1.25 per
pair and they were considered high.
NOT NEWBERRY;
THEMSELVES
Republican Senators in Saving New
Wer. Essaying to Save Their
" Own Faces, Since It Was He by
v Whom- Jher Thwarted in Ad.
vance Whatever Wilson Might
Achieve at Paris Votes to
Retain Newberry Were
Merely Totes to Authen
ticate Lodgeism.
" Ffta the Kew Tork World
It was not parliamentary language
that John Sharp Williams used when
at the close or Senator Newberry's de
fense, of. his corrupt title the senator
from Mississippi said to his colleagues,
Too are liars in your hearts when you
say that nMriT .'."
- w w m million
dollars can be honestly expended in any
w.uvu ut mar state in wis Union."
It was -language, however, which the
countrv at larva win - jt
in understanding and with which It will
The Republican leaders are no longer
preteadinr that th isrwK.m. -.7.
- w -t a-v a j UVIIIUISV
tlon was obtained by honest methods.
uy Bare raiien back on the excuse
advanced bv th unatn ui.1.1
. . . .1 Will MIVUUH
when he finally spoke in his own be-
uw n was ignorant of the ex
penditures. In other words, he did not
buy his aaf r It wa k..ht n
- , " wuv v wm
yv brother and by other persons.
2js uo not oeiteve that there is much
difference . of opinion among senators
about th vh-. n ,.
t A. llKlJf . ' I
Tu, that "vrht happened is inde-
"uoiuio. iney unow also that if New
berry, retains his seat there will be a
Stain On the. knnnr n tv. v...
In tola -matter the Republican leaders
are not much concerned about the honor
of the senate. Thv r train. .....
Ha"Q W MID
their own faces.
a a
It was Newberry who made it possible
for .the Reoublicana
senate in 1919. He was their majority.
M"uui mm tne senate would have
been tied and the vice president would
have had the deciding vote. It was
Newberry who enabled Henry Cabot
Lodge to become chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations. It was
Newberry who enabled Lodge and his
associates to pack the committee with
senators who were known in advance
to be hostile to anv trAaHr that Pra).,t
Wilson should bring back from Paris.
it jnewoerry wno enabled the com
mittee to load down the treaty of Ver
sailles with reaorvatlnna that nnn..
to nullification. It was through New
berry that the defeat of the treaty was
luiauy orougni aoout ana the United
States keDt out of th t
Uons.
In blmself Truman TT KWK. (.
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& DerSOn tt llttlA imnnrtanna Tm.AA..
- - tFWi wbmivc sv uatcTCi
leadership he managed to attain in
Michigan was due wholly to his bank
account. He had no other following and
he has no other following. If his case
naa come oeiore the senate on its own
merits, short shrift would have been
made of him. None of the Republican
leaders would have burdened himself
with the defense of Newberry ism or
would have taken the trouble to apolo
gize fOr it. This Infill hu tuun soonmul
for reasons that are Quite apart from
senator nimseir or the Michigan
primary. For the Republican leaders
to abandon him is to admit that control
of the senate during the Sixty-sixth
congress was grounded in corruption.
Thua tti vniu that ,.,., r Vr
berry will not be cast for Newberry.
oui ior me ijoage leadership and the
conspiracy that prevented the ratifica-
- a a a
The Republican leaders apparently
regard the honor of the United States
senate as of minor importance. They
would rather tarnish it than to admit
the implications in respect to their own
record that would follow if Newberry's
seat were declared vacant It is not
Newberry but themselves that they are
trying to protect.
Letters From the People
f PAIWInllwWtiwii. . IT"V T . . .
PDbUeatioii ia thia department ihcrald be written
on only one aid of the paper, sboold not ex
ceed 800 words in length, and But ba aimed
by the witter, wheat mail addraaa ia full mart
tcoompany tba contribution. )
TO KASR T TC TT"Vf TT nvitrvT
Suggestion That Street Paving Be Under.
tueu on juiw wage casta
Portland. Jan. IS. Tn th TTiit- nf
The Journal It is several months yet
oeiore tne spring work will fully open,
giving employment to all the Idle men.
Whv can't thev he nut tn wn,v now
paving- the streets where needed, under
me supervision or some city engineer?
Thirty-eighth from Hawthorne to Lau
relhurst park needs paving and the citi
zens living and owning property along
the street want it done, but are waiting
until wages and material approach pre
war prices before asking for it. No
doubt there are many other streets and
parts of streets that need paving, which
would give work to many idle men who
would be willing to work for small
wages until something better turns up.
The city could be much improved at
small cost and men ted and comfort
ably housed until they could find more
profitable jobs. If the effort is made
and no men are found who want) td
work that way. it would do no one anv
harm. J. B. Wright
LIBRARY BOARD CRITICIZED
In the Matter of Recent Action Regard
ing University. Park Branch.
Portland, Jan. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Our University . Park
library controversy has aroused much
interest throughout the city, particularly
as to the methods and organization of
the library board. The principles in
volved are vitally interesting to the
taxpayers, who support library systems.
"Can it be," many people are asking,'
"that this board is self -perpetuating,
electing its own members and exercising
autocratic powers? If so, is not such
an organization undemocratic and un
American?" The possession of large powers by
public service organisations argues for
commensurate discretion and fairness in
their exercise. Has the library board
measured up to Such reasonable expecta
tions in the . handling of .the University
Park branch library situation? - X main
tain that the contrary is the case. In
theirst place, its representatives busied
themselves with disciplining the Ports
mouth district, giving it a black eye
by stressing the alleged unsanitary char
actor of the building In which the branch
library was, located and refusing- to en
tertain any proposals for remedying the
alleged defects by people in ' the com
munity. Later, after a few days' notice,
the library was dosed and -the books
were shipped out At the district. Finally,
a community proposal to buy a lot and
erect a building, to be leased to the
library board and meeting Its requlre-
meatav waa rejeciea in xavor oc a pro-
1 9 ...... .. A K. TT
Uni
I wavsltw TAarhr Vtin)a ttniaonna1 f
1 church.
a uuaas im nwm ciwai van dwb
rraveJy at fault A squeeze play
worked en the community. Business
enae ajona wnuld nave Dromnted
a
policy of caution and fairness. Why
did not the board give at least SO days
notice of its - intentions and require
ments, posting the same ia the branch
library, having it read in the churches
anjl nnHllatiAjt tn th iwwnuinmt v TKla
5 1 would have been far better than Send
ing out sporaoic warnings to roamauais.
slamming the; library shut on a few
j
' I
days notice, and then showing ' :
anxiety to rash the new project off
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JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
location on charch property, a sit not
favored by the community. : -- -
Does not . the board, want to realise
that settling the' five-year status ot the
branch library in a manner distasteful
to the community is a matter of grave
importance? Is it still -of the opinion
that the will of the community can
be set at naught without inviting re
action? Does it think that the ad
vantages of location, alleged by it. can
offset matters of larger significance?
Does not fair play demand that the win
ot the people who pay taxes to support
library systems should prevail? The
public is entitled to some better answers
than standpat assertions by Mr, Mc
Kanghton and expressions of surprise
from the .Rev. . Mr. Atkinson.
The library board la on trial before
Public opinion. Unless it meets argu
ment with argument, at least, what
Other Conclusion ia aoaaihl tha.n. that
it is willing to be arbitrary and unfair.
and that some check should be put upon
its powers. Let it answer this challenge
or else continue to hide behind its dig
nity .and thus acknowledge the corn.
John D. Bice.
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- CONCERNING TRUCK LICENSES
Criticism of Recent Enactment on the
: Score of Ambiguity.
Portland. Jan. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal In section 25 of the recent
roads and highways act passed by the
legislature, there is a clause providing
that motor trucks engaged in the busi
ness of transporting freight or any arti
cle of commerce for hire and not oper
ating exclusively within the limits of an
incorporated city or town shall pay in
addition to the regular license fee a tax
of 60 cents per inch for each inch ot
rubber on the truck. Whether or not
this clause applies to sand and gravel
trucks ia a Question which apparently
is puzzling the authorities. As a result
many owners of motor trucks operating
as contractors only are paying the addi
tional license tax and are submitting to
being placed' under the public service
commission because there apparently is
nobody who can tell them whether they
are common carriers or not. within the
meaning of the act Furthermore, a pri
vate operator of motor trucks running
exclusively in Portland and hauling hog
fuel was recently compelled to pay
extra per truck before his license was
issued because he was considered to be
a common carrier, although he did
operate within the limits of an incor
porated town. How much longer must
the owners of trucks and the taxpayers
remain in confusion, and how long will
it be before comprehensive and Intelli
gent legislation will be exercised over
the highways and trucks operating
thereon? H. H. Harwood.
IN PLAC10 OF THE FAIR
Writer Advises Money Be Spent on
Water Power for Cheap "Juice."
Portland. Jan. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Oregon people have
boasted loudly of Oregon's many natural
water power sites and the benefits to
be derived, and its advantages over
many other states in this particular.
But have they much to crow over?
They have the splendid water power
sites, but are paying more for electricity
than many of the users in the mid
west cities. For instance, there is Lin
coln, Neb., with its municipal light plant
Lincoln is a city ot less than 40,000
population, and while it generates its
power with Bteam and pays a high
freight rate on coal, the average small
consumer of Lincoln pays 42 per cent
less than the average small consumer
of Portland. And the Lincoln plant is
showing a profit for the, city.
If the great natural resources of Ore
gon are to pass into the control of
powerful organisations that charge the
people every cent that is possible, what's
the use of bragging about what we
have? ' - ...
As the people of the interior of thta l
Butte ooBi appreciate our etrorts for
a state exposition, why not build a
monster power, plant with the money
that the exposition would cost and sell
light, power and fuel at cost to the
Portland people. Then a little adver
tising would bring factories as surely
as the water grade haul has brought
the products of the interior to Portland
markets. James W. Boyd.
ASK3 AHOTTT nl!!R TTTOT7!S
Washougal, Wash., Jan. 19. To the
Y Jit . rr- . . i -wW . . .
Eiuiinr oi xne journal unaer uie neaa
ing 'Trailing the Retail Profiteers" The
Journal published an article that indi-
nntpQ a n a.vnu, ct n vt i .atinn h. ti.
federal attorney general that must bring
to light some curious facts. Here is one,
taken from a nearby mail order house's
catalogue: is in e-pound sack of cracked
wheat 95 ' cents: 49-pound sack of
cracked wheat 14.10," while whole wheat
liour is only i.ss for a 49-pound sack.
in former days cracked wheat was!
cheaper than flour, but since the days
oi package eereais it nas neen given an
artificial high price, apparently to keep
it from competition with other things
the sale of which is governed by manu
facturing interests.
Who ran elv a rpaannahla riauin
why cracked wheat should cost 2
"meg as mucn as wnoie wneat nour?
Victim.
Curious Bits of Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
Many of the natives in the north of
Korea have never seen a white man.
A bulletin of the National Geographic
society says they are living among the
hills today much as did their ancestors
centuries ago, worshipping mythical gods
In the rocks snd trees on every moun
tain top. keeping their women in semi
slavery, and dying in ignorance of the
world beyond their narrow confines. Aft
er the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 the
country was opened to foreigners and
the exploration of the northern part pro
gressed by leaps and bounds, until the
only extensive unknown area lay along
the north central boundary, between the
Tumen and Talu rivers. The old walls
of the ancient city of Mussan bear five
centuries of history. Few white men
have wandered inland to the gates of
this city, and except for a few strag
glers it lies unknown to the Western
world. The great central palace, or re
ception hall, remains Intact, and close
by, in partial ruins, is the temple guest
house. Ignorant Koreans believe the
blood of a deer or any wild ninni t
drunk when warm, to be a splendid
tonic. Tigers' claws, whiskers, bones and
teeth are especially valuable, and prepa
rations made from these materials were
often given to soldiers before a battle
or any especially hazardous enterprise,
since they were believed to induce great
bravery.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says" j
I see that a feller named Pepper
-xoia to do in tne v. B. aenat
Pennsylvany, but - whether he is
from
also
iron tne steei ana . coal trust r
ro
of mams to be showed up. That body
statesmen snore needs some pep ia
its
maKe-up, out raebby Pepper hain't
more oen'n to vote th n. -, tr
no
. and
not have no ginger, pep nor backbone
wmiiwrw. it s orten in the U.
enate. i nctaa Ilka It n. In Ik. n
i Texas
l.W.lT,rw ii. it?t ... ...
that
they elected Johnny Kara over from
one
oi tne cow counties, wno had anus r
to stand up f er the aettiera agin'
barb wira fenein' or thai hi ma
i swore
the
eat
In he
tie kings, but when ho got to Austin
1 was wanted In Kanaa tmr nnmw
vetaa rotnar nt nht .imi . t
Johnny
with another man's wife, or some thin
If V. K.t anil , ...... ....
away
aethin'
1x1 'ound 11 out and Johnny t oUered
liV m Rh.nhnt Antr ...
lobby-
, him
- a-.
" 1 V 1 SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. 1822.
i : ' " 1 I - . -
COMMENT AND ;
.- T " SMALL CHANGE
Ttoay begin to get read to
pick
i m aura plant lettuce.
grUl It will oet the entire senate soees-
The buffalo question tn Rainier1 park
Lailf 4aa. W a. W 1 a. . " -
ficials.
ass.vsj uua-uufjca some oi xnm or
i . a-" -
rt2i!Lon. .f V,n-Ben ' much
NorwtnT iodu'tr3r to
j '
v Cold spell in Northern California to
UorntaT ha11 tourtt to Sohern Cal-
Tt' Mivk mm., .a . .
... mvi. vi m iwreity ior a coos
stove to explode than for th. Mk rXZ
off
the handle. "
.We're hoping for some good work from
Postmaster General Work when heis
appointed to that work.
mm
,?w?5a. mM b?n J't through an
thia
most
vn upaeavat taat we d al
; forgotten Uie nation had a king.
T'H Ala r wa 4. a ). aV M
Chinese lotteries, but we never happened
i,Srtch '.r.t,n6 but tt chinmen -
,,P"' S11"' worries seem always to
disappear with about the same soeed
and thoroughness as did the snowy
ing on our streets. -i
A. treaty wouldn't be worth the paper
iLL. written upon U it did not prVvide
oTbbleWovr. rh,Url0 'r to
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Among the Oregon arrivals at the
Multnomah hotel are the following:
Lee M. Thomas, Bend: Mr. and Mrs.
O. Martin. Salem ; F. J. Kinney. Eugene ;
David F. Graham. Ontario: Ted Worth
lngton, Aitoria ; w. Anderson, Astoria;
J. R. Clarice, Salem.
Charley Blnger ia here from La
Grande. Bis wile preoeded him. After
a few days visit with friends they will
return te their home in La Grand.
. t a
Lee Warnick. who does the sherifflng
np in Union, county, 1 in Portland see
ing how the Multnomah county officials
do the same line of work here.
a a
Mrs. C. H. Farmer, Mrs. T. Dewhurst
and Mrs. J. L. Shumaker, all of Mc
MlnnviUe, are registered at the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones, wen
known residents of Corvallis, are busi
ness visitors in Portland.
a a
Mrs. R. H. Williams of Roseburg la
visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Harts
horn, in Portland.
a a
Bungalore. India, la a long way from
Portland. Bishop H. Lester Smith la
here from there.
a a
Mrs James Osburne of Corvallis is
spending a few days with Portland rela
tives. a
S. J. Cheney of Klamath Falls Is trans
acting business In Portland.
a a -a
Grace Johnson of Corvallis Is a busi
ness visitor in Portland.
.a .
H. H. Miles Is here from Dufur and Is
registered at the Seward.
a a a
Mrs. T. J. Hartman ia here from North
Bend on a brief visit
a a
George Herbert of Baker is a Portland
uuhuw loiior.
. .
H B. Gilbert ot Salem to in Portland
mm
C. B. Clancey of Salem is here on
business.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
ii aoaa who are interested in "Hif thino
JS- ?.1"5r5 tbmU Gni "iUUHWT aab-
h.r. !L wTw, Proprietor alao
?IHLi LeekWr aboot the foundins and
lonadata of Taeoau. aa well aa aaaar '-'trttUna
pezaoeal mniniaeaaaaa ,
I spent the evening a few nights ago
at the home of David Caufield at Ore
gon City, where he has lived nearly 11
rs. "My father's name was Robert
Caufield, and he was born in County
iti1mLireIad' la ms" said Mr. Cau
field. "When he came of age he cam
to America. In the early '30s Cincin
nati was a good live town to live In. I
don't know how It Is nowadays. When
nay father moved there he got work gild
ing steamboat cabins and doing high
grade cabinet work. He met Jane Burn
side, born In Ireland In 1806. who had
come to America when she was a girl.
They were married in 1S3C Ten years
later they decided to move o a new
country. A good many pec pie were
moving to Texas ; others were strong for
Oregon. My father and mother decided
for the Willamette valley.
a a a
"They started across the p-ins in th
spring of lg47. Joel Palmer, later In
dian commissioner for Oregon, was cap
tain of their train. They came by the
newly opened Barlow route. When we
came across the plains there were only
two children, myself and my brother
Robert. The other two boys and my
sister were born in Oregon. My mother,
not knowing whether father would be
able to get work gilding steamboat cab
ins in Oregon, had brought along a lot
of lace and ribbons and millinery good,
and Immediately after they arrived at
Oregon City she started the first mil
linery store In Oregon. Mrs. Markhara,
mother of Edwin Markham. who vn'i
The Man With the Hoe. had a store not
far from mothera When I was a ll.te
chap Maggie Kilburne. Eddy Markham
and I were playmates. X went to school
in the Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Chan
dler and Rev. Kara Fisher were the
teachers.
.
"Father took a donation land claim
three miles from Oregon City. He out
fitted my brother Robert a time or two
to go to the mines. He promised to
outfit me. but when It came Urn he
always said. 'Some other time ; you are
needed on the farm.' So when the min
ing excitement started la Idaho in IMS.
I decided not to wait any longer. - I
saddled my horse, said nothing to any
one, and struck eat for Florence and
the Bole basin sain. At the foot ef
Laurel hill I overtook George Coggan.
who hired me to drive one of his teams
to Placervtlle, la Boise basin. I was
17. " and bandy, with horses, so X got
along fine. George Coggan was a race
horse snasw Ton remember' about his
being killed just east of Pendleton dar
ing the Bannock war.
a
"At PlacervUie I landed a Sob shoveling
tailings at SS a day. Meals were SLtt,
a bunk SL25. th lodger furnishing his
own blanket, and pie were 11 each,
so a person couldn't save much money,
particularly if a were fond of piea
W worked - at PlacervUie. CentervUl.
Hoe-ma- Bannock aM Tint oitv I
cast my first vote la Boles aty in 11(4.
voting in sxraignt Democratic ticket
No. they weren't very particular in
those dare. and. mtwit. I wk4 ahnnt
ZL if X did lack a couple ef years. Later
i went to canyon city and Job py.
After coming back from Idab I cot a
Job as deckhand on ' the Willamette.
NEWS IN, BRIEF
. . . 1 SIDELIGHTS
.Dent think Jxmt wow' that summer
Jl Blucn prefarabi. When it was
W IssVAugust yt were swearing that
Jon araray. could keep warm in the
wter time; Crams Aioerkeaa.
If the movie or maaagerie manarersl
- . ; v. iiwiniiw Biinaim
- V? nisi wr aumwr
SJ?S? tJaugherty, the sigh of relief
emitted by the nation at large would
register en- every saamoecope In the
iano Eugene Guard. ,
. a a
-iT0-.00 'ps to know what to do
with money when he gets It laments
Frederick O'Brien, ifereabouti, when
a man gets money he buys a car; and
if he gets more he ha the oar re
paired. 1 Oranda ObeerverT
When Attorney General Daurhertv
declared that the food. ciotahurlSdru!
combine were profiteering, w sure
P10" Prices would bit pre-war by th
Ustof this .week. We are leap pointed.
"-Oregon Qty Producers Caii
bootlegging in its variegated forma,
T.TA to m"Jr Kod old European
names that aa Americaa would only
attempt to pronounce when drunk.
Medford stall-Tribune.
a a
Th Garland brotbara. who a year aao
refused legacies of tl.OOO.OOS each, have
reconsiderwd and have decided to accept
the fortune offered. They ascribe as
their reason that a baby has Just ar
rived in the bom of one and another
is expected soon by the other. Thou
f V who have counted the cost ot
raising children will commend the
brothrs for their sound Judgment
Astoria Budget
Walter M. Pierce, one time county
clerk of Umatilla county, lawyer, candl
dat for governor, stockman and bo
nensa wheat king of Union county, la
registered at the imperial.
a a a
C. T. McDanlel Is down from Wallowa.
" "Y,c "r are enjoying good akaUng on
Wallowa lake, the themomeUr on a re
pent morning registering 17 degrees bo
lcw sera
m m e
Among other
Uie sessions of the Northwest Methodist
p.Bcopai conrerence are Rev. and Mrs
L B. Wood of Roseburg.
a a a
,R.?b E. Lee Stelner. supertnUndent
of the Oregon state hospital and an old
tone Salem boy. la sojourning at the
oeward.
a a a
Mr. and Mrs. Wad Melon of Cor
vaUis are in Portland on business and
are staying with Portland relative.
'
Mrs. Poudu Waite of Roburr u
iciAUTci in orxiano.
a a a.
Rev. J. C. 8pinner of Albany U in
ruruam oa cnurcn nuatnesa.
a a a
Mm F. W. Redden bf Klamath Falls
u visiung roruand friends.
a a a
E. B. Snyder, whose home Is at Cor-
tiu, i m tne bewara.
a a a
A. D. Metsar of Albany is tailor in
f Vi. d.ht. . . W - , .
w v kJjo city.
a a a
E. C. Hickman is here from th Cap
ital City on buainaaa.
a a
F. L. Stetson of Eugene Is a guest of
iuo ocwaru.
a a a
A. R. Nichols of Corvallis Is a Port
land visitor.
a a
E. G. Kay of Granta Pass is at the
Imperial.
a a a
E. T. Simpson ef Corvallis is at the
Seward.
a a
Lee Gilbert 1 here from Salem.
Lockley
CwU orkJTd on Reliance, th
and Fannle pttn. the Relief
and other river steamers No. I was not
"re010 I served asati
" IC" vaK governor, tb Grov-
Church and th. Mc-
a i
"General r vr ...
. w.ariw, on or tne
Pioneer setuara at n- .
vi,vh wiix ana idi
Stl,aTth0 P,itT ". took UP
-"MMn, wan tea to start a
nV.T? L aU,n boot u" he went
np to the Puget Sound country. He
round on Commencement bay a- place be
auk woum nave tn making ef a
Jb Carr had taken op a claim
along tha aitwfni ii .
. wu ocvarrtr Ot
rerea Carr $10 an acre. He told Carr
going to start a town there and
Carr COUld retain ft-. .
time would make him watt to da Mo
wtw- wa rinanced by the Portland
bankers Steel and Starr. Starr went
Up With McCarvar tn .v.
They bought the Carr claim. McCarver
mnarn ox nis mnds about his plana,
and so I want up there to take up a
claim. Carr wa tba first m i.- i. wi
the present city limits of Tacoma. Mc-
vwer oougnt nun ont and took a Claim
near his.
"About tha lima T . T n
- w -v wr.nia a.
Starr. James W. King and Thomas
wi cam. BtJT pot UP a little log
eabm, and a few weeks later X helped
build McCarver's bouse, the first frame
house In Tacoma. In July. IMS, McCar
er with his family moved to tbeir
homstX
a a
"McCarver suggested shortly after
ward that we take a look over th coun
try for minerals. He was enthusiastic
about sawmill poasibllltie and also about
hipping facilities. McCarver. Howard
Carr and I went on horseback p Pud
ding rrvr a far a Vaa Ogle' ford. Mo
Carver turned back there, th under
standing being that Carr and I should
search for miser!. W went on to th
Jsekaoa place, where we left our borwee
and. with blankets, frying pas and guas.
went on up the creek. We found pi a r
of coal her and there along th stream
and folio wred the Stream until we could
find no more. Than we came back and
searched each bank carefully aatil we
cam to where an old tre wa lying
ever th stream. We found quit a little
coal below this, so we rooted out th
old tree and found a vein several feet
thick. We took, samples back to Mc
Carver. who was very much mtrestd.
He had an Ida we would also fhfo.
iron ore there, which, with plenty mi coal,
in time to come would make the new
town a aiannfactorUng center.
. nfcCarrer was one ef the finest men
I have ever met He had a very broad
forehead, heavy eyebrows, a large, wan-
shaped nose, firm chin and a heavy
oeao oi nair. a was a kindly, pleasant
man ef flae - appearanc. six feet la
height, well built and a good borweman.
Hs was one of the few mea I have
worked with in whom I can find no fault
H was aa mrusuaily far-lghtd man
a man of vision. I knew his daughters.
Elisabeth, . Virginia and Naomi, very
well. We always called Enxabeta Betty.
Virginia we called Jennie, and Naomi
always went by her full name. Naomi
was a - Oeaf- not. Vlranlav .n-
Thomas W. Proach. Recently Mr. Prosch
and his wife were killed ia aa automo
bile accident"
,ii i
Thev Oreport Country
Kertaweat
t Brief Tata ta U
alee eodoealv at mum t. . .
night ot owarairta of the hr --
1'" fl,2't' hrdro-l-ctrie plant
- y. av mile rrom toe dty.
n- supply lag light and power for
chased
ty
r "? v aiau.w ataineur coud
road bonds. , paying a premium of
"'lto has the largest Us lery. (t
allla.
Adam
v r-n m umatuia county.
- v, iuww, j, aad iartn e-
1 next With m .rmmam-
Tnomas Applegata. who waa k. it
a nil, out wi
parenu
- ----- " I mm
tO Dau.lma inm. .... ......
recently at Yoocalla.
While cutting wood at his farm e. "
found
!uu; w v eeon. Newt O liarra
ids ef wild hotter.
pounds
Thi
been
Th Qrand tbatreat Rainier has
FwjvnaawQ oy w. w. AOam of Port-
P. hi. TttartitMit If- - -
haa
hought the Peopi theatre at CLat- 4
skaaie.
T-V. U..U.. . . ' -
, . . j i .m Hwnuu oear
Wedderboru. which ha beea Idle for w -
jrm, mt now onaergomg repaore
belnaT tnaa raadv tor irA i. ,.
operatiom, ...
Ben C Sheldon, represratatlv from
Jackson county la th legtatatur. a a-
nounce that he wlU be a candidate tor
the stat aenai at the coming May
prtmarl.
.The veetry of St. Paul's Episcopal
church at baJem ba decided to vct
oww rnurca building and parsooare
COt iL(M Th. MM.nl .t,..
erected in 1 tit. . " "
Four ocean-going vesaeU were load-
ing lumber at th earn Lima lhl wk
it the Hammond Lumber company' mill
it AatOTiA. rnnM K.. IAA l i
being employed.
C. McC. Johnson, who operate a saw-;
mill an tha bm, ,
- iii ii w a .iTif. y-ia
purchaaed tiO.OOO worth of aorgtng equip-
r,V . . pi"" ot enlarging IA
mill anS Vml.. .
,-. . Iliy VHlh
Tha funaraJ rit f.nr. . ta t-i , .
-- r w. wi ia a L
torney who practiced at Eugene for
more tnan half a century, w held la
that city last Monday. Dorr la waa said
to hare been th oldest practicing at
torney in Oregon.
, On February 1 th Booth-Kelly Lum-
crewa ngaged ia logging and ta con
struction of logging railway above
Wendllng. making a total of 15i em
ployed ia that district.
WASHINGTON '
Total deposit In th banks ot Yakima
county Increased In mi from 11117.
4i on Jane SO. to 114.025.415 on Decem
ber 1L
Pvrsoes convicted of bootlegging and
sentenced to jail st Whit Salmon sr
employed In breaking rock for th
county roads.
George T. Cor. s farmer living six
miles northeast of Winona, lost hi bona
and Its entire contents by fire Tuesday.
Insurance ot lliOO was carried.
A. J. Burt, ft. pioneer Spokan florVrt. -was
stricken In an elevator in th Kller
building In that dty and died shortly
after being removed to bis boat.
Thomas Taj-lor. living st Matlock,
near Aberdeen, received erioua Injuries
when he was attacked by aa enraged
cow that he was attempting to remove
from a stalL
H. M. Williams, prominent cranberry
grower and tha first man to engage in
the buainea on the Wahtngtoa ooaat.
died at Uavaco Tueaday night of oaooer
of th stomach.
Resolutions urging development ef th '
smaller Irrigation projects tn Washing,
ton before exoendlture of larra amma as
th Colombia basin project have been
man pubito by the Seattle Chamber of
Commerc.
Judge V. O. Nicholson at Takhna ha
declared he Waahlngten Hay Orowwrw
aasoctation taeohrent and apoomtad J.
P.' Schrtener aa receiver. Many hay
grower la the Yakima and Walla WaUa -districts
are tu ism-a,
Governor Hart has honored reoulsi-.
Lute of Tenlno to Mscomb county. I
Michigan, wher he Is wanted tn eon- I
nection with the robbery of the Half
wsy Stale bank at Mount demons.
The proposal of a delegation of Best- -tie
bankers to furnish a warehoua for
storing wool and to ade-anoa up to
11.600, 000 for wool In th werehoua.
was accepted by th sua asaoctatioa of
wool growers at a meeting la Yakima
last week.
IDAHO
Ice in the St. Maria river is nearly It'
Inches thick and larra numbers of mea
are engaged in the harvest.
Two carload of flour for th Near ' '
East relief hay been shipped fror
Moscow, making up Latah county's
quota.
Th Merchant Tranafer and Rtorage
company at Coeur d'Aler ha finish
rutting and hauling to its storages l0f
tons ot lea.
A. M- Porter, driving a caterpillar
tractor near Rt. Marie, waa InsiaaUy
killed when th machine upset, crash- -ing
him underneath.
A Montana firm, awarded the contract
for building 7.4 mil of th North and
South stat highway near Winchester
for 15MIC, will begin work within 1
daya
To red ace operating loaae. th Oreren
Short Lin has applied to th public x
uUlillee commission for permission to
curtail train service on 10 of Its
branches.
Th home of Prank A. Webster at
Rathdrum. a large rwo-iery dwelling,
was completely deetroyed by fir a few .
days ago with all lla content whil the
family wa a been t.
Th Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
aascclstioo of Latah county, organised
IS years ago. had total Insurance ta
fore at the beginning of the year -amounting
to IZitJIO. ,
According to a report just lud by
Julius H. Jacobean, agricultural atatla
tidan. th value of Idaho It tznporvaat
farm crop, baaed on aa Inventory of
Docember 1. 111. wa tI74HJ0o.
THE PRJJCCIPLE MEN HAVE DEED
aai taw,aiurwi V
When th seoau ehime fiooT'j t4
mltted Truman 1L Newberry with Its
apology plaaterod o hi "vlndicatloai."
IT did tnor than, la Saoalor Willi
words, "establish a nrtneilHLa- mi rWa
ethics of purchasing a seat in th United
a-t. inta rwaoiuuon wnicn
wrote In th record th odiou facij that
lh expcndJtsree In this esse "ware dan
gerous to th perpetuity of a free gov-
erumenr vl ad to ted th waot fight aa
oubragea elTtiaary had waged to keep
Newbemr out of tha rv. tM. .
draan-out contest waa baaad on thai
very charge, the charge the senate Coo
sustained and of which the Newberry
campaign la declared guilty.
Fortunately la this country, party poll,
"c notwlihstsadmg. there Is a varr
Car puUi coriaXieoa. The fraaaers
of th . cooatlurtioo mad no miatak
uten they oouated mm the iaaeie hoaawty
and sanity ot the people. To the peopi
th character of tale ocandal never wa
ta doubc To Uttro It wa clear cut, No
public office was Intended to be por
ct aaabl. That is the way the people
looked at It an, throwgk multltodea of
sssrs, such obataci a only great
money, social and political power can
ecwimand. stuck to their charge, and
insisted on It up to the floor of th aeav
ate when the ranks were ranged to oats.'
Tbe senate has eonfeaaed that th pub
lic was right: It has coufeswad. sadly for
Its own WreddOd newer, by It own re
luctance te meet tbe issue, that if the
pubue had not snad tb fight. New.
borry might have crept Into has seat with
comparatively ellxtu dirOculty. Those
aha ailarlraal .-h.rr a
leas th maa than Lb principle has caav-
.m-mu oaa tiouio, m prtacipi a a ear I
americaa lustitutkwa K - a .
died for It.