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THE- OREGON SUNDAY". JOURNAL., PORTLAND SUNDAY . MORNING, JANUARY 3. 1S22.
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FARM AND TOWN
B HAVE had an agricultural conference. It passed many resoiutions.
AS U1W wumurw w wy .
Robert Harris Uvea near Casper, Wyo. He has been fat the sheep bnsi-
nees II years and Is s competent rancher, says William Allen Whit in
Judge. - - ; .
Last fan Harris took 2( carloads of sheep to Kanwut city witn i
sheep in each car. Alter payinr the freight and selling: the sneep on ue
market ha had 11 cents left tor each sheep.
The sheep market was not "off the day of the smle.v.Fre!fbf rates naa
not been suddenly increased. The transaction was a usual transaction.
It Is a common occurrence in every part of the United States where sheep
are crown.
And what is true of the sheep business Is true of the cattle business.
In hundreds of Instances ranchmen in the Northwest who had an abun
dance of rood alfalfa hay priced at but S3 a ton were compelled by their
debts and the demands of their creditors to drive their stock to a dull
market and take what buyers were willing to pay for it.
The hay at so low a price could have been profitably fed to the stock,
But the calls for liquidation were so insistent that the cattle and sheep
had to be sacrificed for whatever they would bring, leaving the ranchman
with his unsalable hay on his hands. So pinched has been the situation of
newspapers brought- people In closer
touch, spread : ideas of liberty ' and
progress and ' opened the way . tor
more liberal and more equitable gov
ernments. ' . ' ' " r . , ' -V
Those who decry the automobile
because of its so-called drain en in
comes, are blind to the broader, per
spective : that it spreads out before
mankind. It is worth, all it costs and
a thousand times more. As cheaper
cars are more and more made and
go more and more into the hands of
people, human . happiness and the
forms of Individual enjoyment are
enormously heightened. -f 1
Travel from place to place is tre-
WHYi NOIXTRY r-
CHRISTIANITY? ;
Mankind In Peril of a Reversion That
wm compel a Beginning AH Over
.Again If CooperaUva Helpfulness
. . Kot Soon Undertaken Maa Could
Pass This - Ordeal, as He -
.. r-ieo Often Has. But Why
, Should He I Time Now te ':
.. ; Move Onward and Keep
Moving Ever After
- a : . The Way Pointed Out. -
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF.
SMALL CHANGE;.
Ito youngster who called It the Com
munity Hop Cheat had it about right.
e thrOQXh
Sounds
Tom Wataon thinks he
Senator Glass remarks.
sible.
Poison gas . Is making its greatest
demonstrations just now h some con-
gresa tonal debates.-- -
Trrtna; to get all the traffio wQl bear
has caused more than one business en
terprise to be short and sweet.
the- Waaaiacbm HiU
The leaders of Europe, with the pos
sible ! exception of M. Polncare. have
largely come to the mint af nnijTtn.
mendously increased, and travel Is atoe the interdependence of naUons and I instruments. But it's terribly costly.
great numan leveler, a mighty I prominent leature
m . j I or the European tendenew la m n
agency ior uie gpreaa oi aemacracy. i (. j- ,K- ,, . - , - .
ZZ, T . , . . . ' I ude of the so-called succession states
When Napoleon could Journey but a I the nations of the old Austrian em
few miles an hour in hla military I Pire toward each other. Thev.ar Re
operations and when communicaUon stiting treaUes of . friendly lnter-
waa bv ata eoach or messenger. I "'"-r" wwn-oarners. sonen
Muir MtRwyiiriMi
One good way to outwit the noise-
making neighbors is to Install similar
Even' the penitentiary win be too rood
shelter for the peddler of narcotics
if he ever gets his dirty digits into your
Dome.
If the merchant eouldnt make his
customers believe his goods were the
beet ' available he wouidn t be in bus!
Pvan . in A l
.v. i... i. a Vrwn .aa m.hmn Yivm nntiflo.d their frditorat crowned heads exercised ' soverels-n I linnii. ... . I ness long.
vuw u.u j um. . i m mauik oi. Lraaa annrninan i &
to come and take over their herds or XIOCKS, ana tne creditors nave rone powers in nearly au tne woria, I a unemployment, people are beginning I There may not be much to -this faith
. . . ... . m il. i Jt a t An I Tti loot tfiino. Iii'IIi,' vnrM tn Anl realise Xbat tfaia COUnt T-V i nrt rit I mm talk, hut it'l odd how ill AM rmn
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Oaa far $1.0
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WETKI.T AKD
BUNDAX
Oaa r'
in debt,'
When you talk in town about the troubles of the farmer and stock-
la Om Wait.
Baua ta Eaatra salnU twiihM as amra-
te. Maka mitttaaeaa by Itoaay OnUr Ei
rn Ordrr ay Unix. If yaer paOoffica M w
a anat-Mlw a(taa. 1 ar S-arat (tana win
fm awiit Hk all faaiHtaarM panbla to
Tba Jaaiaal 1-mbUabias Ceapaay. racUaad.
Oweaa.
man you are always met with the dogmatic remark, 'Oh, those things are! opening up more ways for the in-
roverned bv the law of supply and demand." But listen: . The law of creased Happiness or mankind.
supply and demand, as you call it, is in the hands of those who deal in
the products that come off the farm. They run the law of supply and
demand. They manage the law of supply and demand-and -regulate the
law of supply and demand. They operate the law of supply and demand
every day and many times- a day,
ilejred star all ta.fta.ir r -.v.- 1 1I V he's A Trine-
" wow.r sysiem.. -.xne purpose of the great
the civilization of the world and in conference at Genoa, called for March
SIDELIGHTS
Keirhbers eoght to get together for
something e asides tunerelsi Hhersaaa
Coaaty Observer. .
Steel be tin tea Is reoorted as derrtsetft.
but according to the papers, the bust e ass
ec steeling u very acuve.amKy bun
ard.s '
Ifs safe to bet that Newberry won't
vote with the farm bloc Toe otoe
tors occupy seats that cost lees
ata ualsey Enterprise. .
In the state of Washington the sub
marine is betag used to smuggle boose.
No wonder there la an effort to limit the
construction of submarines. Molalla
Pioneer.
-
' In the matter of foodstuffs America Is
still playing the role of the world's great
storehouse. There seems to be little
Indication that we shall reHnquleh that
role la the near future. Medford Ciartoa
a . a
Tha notable Mrs. Stakes nlUfoTtv
pleads for $19.000 alimony per annum
from her millionaire husband ss
sary for family support. And yet there
ere several damee extant who could man-
axe to set along fairly well on half
this - amount. Oregon City Banner-
Courier.
A STRANGE REFUSAL
A YOUNG man, a former prize
fighter, went over to Harvard
oy me supreme council before the
Cannes -meeting broke up, is to devise
practical methods for the rehahiHtstlon
or Europe, starting with the implied
premise mat -Europe, nay. the whole I
world, is a unit, that recovery and ele-
auon must oe the lot of all, if it is to
oe m ice or any.
xne Nation and Athenaeum (London).
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
- Random Observations About Town
" The Oregon Country
hens
la naf rm 1st 4ba
demand once a year. He goes on producing until the - marketing time
comes, hopeful- that all wilt be well. In consequence, Robert Harris, cora-
Salemites visiting In the Rose City in
clude F. E. Shaw, R. A. Larson, Mrs.
D. J. Fry Jr.. Miss Mary Tockey. W.
Tucker, Leona Wledman. Mrs. P. X. Al
brlch. Mrs. H. B. Thlelson, Miss Ellen
B. Thlelseh. J. E. Thlelsen, R. Bonier
And the ranchman turns his products over to this law of supply and 1 university to go to schooL He want- j for December 24. has a searching article
For some time before he had gained 5S : " with- the quo- "
petent ranchman of Wyoming, netted 11 cents a head for Jhis sheep after wide reputation in the Southwest as I likewise perish." The first paragraph of
paying the freight. . ' a boxer. He was a professional, lie 1 the article is quoted from an aocount
. .vi. . Ko ......ti. i.. i i I made his living- that wav. He saved!0' recent observer In Central Eurone
VUlUgl. WUfc V UD. JLAOUW V.t 4 W t . , j , . '
j" r uiucoo luuubujr ia reviveu oy
will be short. And the big figures between the ranchman and the con
sumer will proclaim the fact to the world. And prices will go up, and the
city consumer will pay the fiddler. And the big figures between the Con
sumer and the ranchman will reap big profits, leaving a puny share
to the producer. That is the way the system works and that is why the
big dealers tell off their wealth by millions and the ranchman tells his at
11 cents net for a sheep.
take him through college.
Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Davis are up from
Rainier and are at the Benson.
a a a
Charles Hall and W. S. Wells of Coos
Bay are guests of the Benson.
some great internationally cooperative I P. w Herren of Ashland is a guest of
his Muscle Shoals proposals and his
snubbing of financiers, has refused
to wear a little green cap. The dif
ference is, however, that the big
money combines are not
away with the dousing.
The "farmers bloc" was told that
it should wear a little green cap, be
cause it proposed a change to a
saner governmental policy, towards
a great American industry. All the
power of the administration was
hurled against it in the effort to
make it put on the objectionable
headgear. But it stood its ground
and a great movement is rallying
around it. .
The little green cap is symbol of
customs that were, and typical of
those who dispute the formulas of
CELDOJi is a newspaper story as change. If the printing press had
delightful as that of the 313 sal- nlv.r invented and Luther.
ed the town in question became an
oasis of renewed prosperity in a des
ert of hard times.
Every community needs similar
getting practical planning. The farmer out
in the country must be included in
any plan.
SERMON IN A SENTENCE
Bat whe ba smui bia rhildran. the work
af suae beads, is the audat af hla. thay
hall aascttty Buy aw. aad waetify tba
Holy Una af Jaeab. and shall far the Gad
af braaL Tbay alas that arrad in pirit
aball eosie to snderauaduic. and tsar that
sisnaafvd iball laara eocu-ute, Isuafe
3 53,2.
He was a student while he fought. I measure. Concerning the possibility of i the Imperial.
He took every means at his command I such i a revolution, the Nation and
to learn. He went to schools and he AmeBaUm says: B. M. Collins of Grants Pass is a guest
studied by himself. , Tr " , 1 of the Imperial.
But when he went to Cambridge whether this mwiiiitinn u .r.-t r, I E. J. Arms of North Bend is transact-
in search of his education the fact j we confess to feeling appalled at the I business in Portland.
that he nad been a prlzerignter came I "'C'D "5, morai weakness w & Burlelrh of Enterprise 1
to light. He told the college au- tuT Z . u7 ir .
, ... 4 ... . . I imply. Man. having everything he wanU
thoriUes of his past life without re- to make him happy love. pity, energy.
serve, lie said tnat ne naa con-1 tne sciences and the arts, a subduable
eluded his fistic career, that he hadeartl, nd sublime religion having
jt j vl struggled through his childhood and ac-
" quired the gift for social union, would
now wanted to go to scnooi to m be m 1 pitiful poltroon to iet its difficul
ties baffle him now. Grant that, for the
moment, war, his great enemy, has
embruted him again. But it has not per
manently changed his moral nature or
checked his mental acquisitiveness. It
And Harvard J is will that seems wanting, a moral pur
pose aaequaie to apply tne reports or
guest of the Imperial.
E. O. Wright cf La Grande is
Istered at the Imperial.
H. F. Head rick of Hood River
Portland business visitor.
reg
is a
FOR TOMORROW
himself for work in the higher walks
of life.
But the fact that he had been a
prizefighter became public News
papers told the story.
authorities, claiming that the young
man's reputation as a fighter would
injure the standing of the school, de
nied him admittance to the institu
tion, at least temporarily.
The young man has decided to do
what studying he can in public li
braries and otherwhere in the hope
Wycliffe, Huss and the American
colonists had consented to wear little
green caps with the same humility!
that college freshmen do. liberty
might stil be a myth and free insti
tutions a long deferred dream.
"vaged Polish children carried in Fri
day's Journal.
They are Polish war orphans and
' were driven into Siberia when the
Russian army cracked. They had
seen their parents torn from them
and killed in cold blood. They had
. starved In war-ton, villages and fled
from advancing arm lea Though but
to 14 years of age, they had been
tossed on oceans and been set down
in a strange land.
They were picked up by the Na
tional Tolish Committee of America
and brought to this country. They
have been In America 15 months un
der the kindly care of their Polish
' countrymen. When they arrived in
America Ihe train that carried them
was lugging the biggest cargo of I COON after Christmas the small
rpHERE is a fundamental of Chris
tlan teaching which, whether the
churches realize it or not, has be
come part .of the language of busi
ness. It will be found, paraphrased, "in
the motto of an international busi
ness organization, "Service, Not
Self." Probably the appeals broad -
rV, . , , , I that he may later be enrolled in the
, , , J paTV Cambridge college.
7 v L T , : t " y in America is an American to be
rAI1hr Vina 4 es twtVksrvlaSA fw wataa 1
biH " w"Hr oAncsttinn ir. n ATnurlnin in.
A. S. Essen of The Dalles is a guest of
the Imperial.
a a
W. J. Mlshler of Grants Pass Is
guest of the Portland.
v a OREGON . .
The state eosveaUosi X the ratarnal
Order of Eagles will be hid ta Eugene "
June and 7.
The iaterwbaa Aetaear eoeapaay eC
Medford baa discontinued its twrvloe
between that dty sad JackaoevUla.
The Olds terry crossing ef the Snake
river, south ef Huatlngton. has beea
closed to Uafoe because of ice in the
river.
Stamp sales ef the Sus-aae MateTfioe
durtec the year 121 were irfillM. or
spproxlmalely S per oest more than in
129.
Albert Logas, a HermUrton. CmsXUla
county, boy. has bees elected prestdeet
or the sophomore oass at Willamette
university. , "
' An epidemic of scarlet fever is raging 1
In south Benton county In the settle- '
meat between Alpine and Ulenbreoa- 4
Two deaths have resulted.
Dr. J. a Van WlnkK brother ef At
torney General Van Winkle, has been
appointed eouarilman at Jeffersost to .
succeed O. O. Kptey. who resigned to
enter the ministry.
After being lost for nearly years,
s bounty land grant of 19 acres was
filed for record Thursday ta the county
clerk's office st Salem, It was Issued
to Peter White in MZ.
Numerous shipments of beef have been
made lately from Lake county. The
hi cheat price reported is rents, which
waa received by Porter brothers of AJ
turas for an extra fine lot.
The Tillamook county court has de-
Mr. and Mra C ti Washburne of Eu
gene Are taking In the sights of Port
land, particularly the sights ef the auto I tided to rail for bids for the building of
show.
a a
Mr. and Mrs. C 8. Hudson, with Miss
Doris and D. Hudson, of Bend, are at
the Benson,
Richard Fairbanks. R. E. Roth and
John Whltaker of Eugene are guests of
the Portland.
Mr. and Mra K. T.
vallis are spending a
metro polls.
Among the Interested visitors at the
auto show are Mr,
Sweet and lira. L T. Ntckltn of Eugene-
Miss Minnie Beaver of Ashland
visiting friends In Portland.
road from Kalis creek lo Netarta,
which wiu form part of the Tillamook,
Bayocean and Netarta loop.
The boiler of the Three Rivera cheese
factory st Hebo. in Tillamook county.
exploded Wednesday afternoon, btowtnc .
off portions of the roof and causing
other damage amounting to 100.
With more lands Just offered for set- .
tlement under the soldiers' bonus Isw,"
the offerings now total 14.000 acres, ac- -
ooraing to itooert jl case, secretary ec
the land committee of the Asset-tcaa
Liegion, - v
A ride of more then a mile behisl a
runaway team which" pinrurad across
and Mra Mahloa S!IlhI??irJL,?e?
eoced this week by the -year-otd daugh
ter of Mr. aad Mrs. J. Coles of Albany,
and the UtUe girl escaped unharV
Simpson eSjCor-l
few days la the
W. S. Lev ens of Baker Is here to si-
tend the meeting of the sheriffs and
peace officers of the state.
a
L. O. Burrts and Floyd Bolorooe ef I
Salem are registered st the Benson.
a a
C M. Huddleson of Wasco is here
businesa
a a a
Mra W. H. Martin ef NashvfD
spending a few days in Portland.
tian fundamental referred to.
It will be found In the better kind
of automobile advertising, and even
in the claims made as to the wear
ability of certain well woven hosiery
It will be found In the addresses of
United States Attorney Humphreys business men before business con-
says the illicit narcotic vendor is the ventions and in all conversations
"lowest creature that crawls upon which touch upon the principles of
the face of the earth.' Offenders good business.
who may be subjected to the federal It is the Golden Rule, "Do unto
attorneys prosecution may from this others as ye would that they should
statement get a hint of the kind of ao unto you," as heard from the
stitution because he has been a prize
fighter? Are only those born in high
man's intelligence to his individual and
social welfare. The war has brought
home to him certain definite moral in
formation. It has taught him. for ex
ample, that while there are wicked men
and women everywhere, there is no such
thing as the wicked nation, and that
having made a treaty on that basis, he
will have to undo or to modify it. It is
a warning to him'- that economic and
political transactions designed to hurt
his neighbors are, apt to hurt him. too.
All such reports fits religion had always
made to him. But then, religion Is not
an actual and living thing to Christian
Europe, as it is to Mohammedan or
Hindu Asia and Africa. The mere day-
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Kred Lockiey
position to be afforded the facilities by-day observance of the central Chris-
reception awaiting them.
TRAIN OFF THE TRACK
-f hflv of a Pnrtlanil home mot
daddy at the door with tears and a
complaint,'
The toy train which was one of
the offerings of Santa Claus refused
heartache it ever held. Pinched
cheeks, eyes dumb with fear and suf
fering, rags and tatters, bloodless
lips, gave all who saw them a cu
rious lump In the throat.
They are now on the Atlantic on to stay on the track. It would run
the last lap of their Jaunt around the only a little way, then hop to the
world, speeding back to Poland.' As carpet, where the tiny engine would
pulpit, is echoed by the terser Amer
icanism, "Do as you would be done
by"
But the thought is there. It has
sent the ignoble caveat emptor let
the buyer beware scuttling to the
shades of stealthy transactions. It
has given business and the advertis
ing of business its finest theme and
highest standard.
of learning? Can it be that a young;
man who has, either from circum
stance or choice, moved in the lower
circles of ' life, is to be forever con
demned to that level?
The spirit of America is that of dem
ocracy and equal opportunity for all.
The spirit of the great Nazarene was
to help the unfortunate. Can it he
that American colleges or even one
American college is to abandon the
teachings of Christ and the spirit
of America, lest its reputation be
dimmed? What would taint Har-
tion precept, which is the Golden Rule,
would suffice to stop war, famine,
plague and most social diseases, and to
raise the whole western world to an
unimaginable condition of happiness.
beauty and wealth. Yet man, in the re
curring hour of his greater trials, dis
regards the monitor within and rushes
unheeding to his ruin,.
"How, then, avoid these crises of our
society? Here are we, English, Irish,
French, Germans, Russians and Amer
icans, shipwrecked together and. liable
to perish. The doctrine of self-subsistence
will save none of us ; for what
happens to Vienna tomorrow may hap
pen to Paris or London the week or year
vard's reputation more than its re-1 after. The more military or the more
fiisal to help this young man lift him
self to higher walks?
THE GOOD OF THE CHEST
rTa - e J T e s aa
xue uumcu lime is even gecung TVTOT Ions- aro a woman was struck
spend its energy with spinning
wheels upside down.
Daddy quickly repaired the trou
ble. The circular track was laid in
sections, which had parted. There
had been nothing for the little train
were singing, scuffling and pushing to do but run off the track.
each other in the full exuberance of 1 The farmer, the manufacturer, the
childhood sport. They were example I worker, the merchant, the banker
they took the train from Chicago
Thursday the 313 war orphans were
a beautiful sight to see. Red cheeks,
bright eyes and vigorous bodies told
a story of plenty to eat. warm cloth
ing and wholesome living. They
to be a part of international rela
tionshipa Like David it confronts
the Goliath of international politics
and international organization for
war. Like David it possesses the
power of pure intent which makes
the strength of one the strength of
ten."
Churches, even those that are
trying to interpret their teachings
K TV1
-i-l-v down bv an an torn oh lie on one
of the roads leading from Portland.
Just before she died she regained
consciousness. True to her mother
heart, she gasped, "Please see
that my my babies, don't go
hungry."
These were her last words.
Half a dozen little folk were in
the home orphaned by the tragedy.
A man uncommonly fall ef seod worts telTa
Mr. Loeklcy the atory ef his baay hla. wbicbbai
been aa exeaadinsly uacfnl ona, Ua has wortad
tor the nJ ration of the soula af awn aad for
tha conaarTsnoa ef their bodi aa waO. Sad
bia mm hare tor aome tittle time baa fol
lowlnc hist, although ha haa act y berea so
much as to think of raatias from au sumcb.
. Ira Landrith was a recent guest of
the Benson. It is easier to tell what he
has not done than what be has done,
for the list of his accomplishments is a
long one. He Is Urge physically and
mentally. He is college professor, edi
tor, lecturer, fly fisherman and trav
eler. . He has a sense of humor, tells a
stonr well. Is very human and Is In
tensely In earnest. He Is president of
the Intercollegiate Prohibition associa
tion and national lecturer of the World
League Against Alcoholism, ss well aa
being field editor of the Christian En
deavor World and extension secretary
of the T. P. S. C. E. I aat next to him
at luncheon at the annuel meeting of
the Y. M. C. A. last Thursday and later
I spent a couple of hours with htm In
his room at his hotel. In answer to my
questions he said :
e
"My father's people originally hailed
from Cornwall. My father's father waa
born In Virginia. My father, Marun
Luther Landrith. was born in Illinois.
My mother, whose maiden name
Mary M. Groves, Is of Scotch-Irish an
cestry and was born In Illinois. My par'
ents went to Texas in 1S52 and met and
were married there. . Texas, like Ore-
berland Presbyterian. I soon was given
charge of the publishing of the books.
the advertising and the circulation, and
became editor and general manager. I
stayed with this work 14 years.
primitive stocks might indeed, survive
a general crash of civilization. But man
does not always want to be living the
centuries over again. The trouble is
that the imminent peril of society re
mains unexplored and almost ungues sed
by it. While man fears what is really
not fearful at all the loss of comfort or I gon, in those days was on the frontier.
the spread of the doctrine of equality-
he does not dread the most horrible
thing; that could happen to him. namely,
the loss of all sense of unity of the hu
man race.
"Why, then, not try Christianity? As
a mystery we suppose that men wul
never again agree on it But as a doc
trine of life there is nothing intellectu-
My father, had 120 acres of black land,
on which we raised com and cotton aa
well as long-horned cattle. When
was 10 I drove a span of mulea plow.
Ing and doing other farm work, and
from the time I was 11 until I waa 17
I did a full hand's work on our ranch.
Oh, yes: I got some time to play, for
I was a healthy, average, normal boy,
learned to scrap and swim and to tote
in the light of modern conditions, do
of life snatched from starvation, des- and the consumer are sections of the no rio now great a noia tnat and sickness, and the staggering cli- done ua And we have only to trans-
tituUon and misery and restored, by circular economic track, on which simple line, informally repeated, has max of disaster, had cast a black muU:thf doctrines of common sense
the Intervention of Polish people, to the train of progress runa Just now Pn the life of today, " they did dow. "isarmlment "e revLlonTf treaty"
health and happlnesa the sections are out of connection. knw the churches would find a But after the first newspaper ac- the withdrawal of the occupations, the
And the story went on to say that When prosperity in consequence neTr encouragement to build on and counts no one ever heard any more relief of the famine, the opening of
"Poland needs these children." And runs off the track the accident Is a opportunity to capitalize. about the pathetic little family. The usi the j pooling of credits the for-
PiVAnMM CkT a"1efiffa THA tin inn nr inA ftnl n
so It does. Every naUon needs its called hard times. children were not found begging for dered sUte and the establishment and
children, needs to rescue them from! Yet the country has more money THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW I something to eat, nor did the father endowment of the League of Nations.
allv simnler. We have onlv to translate
It into the practice of doing to others I an old-fashioned double-barreled musxle
aa we would that thev should do to ua. 1 loading shotgun with which from the
It was a home where unemployment forgiving the Injuries that they have I time I was eight or nine years old I did
execution with the prairie chioaena,
quails and wild turkeys that were so
numerous In Texas m the early oaya
a a a
"When I was a little shaver I walked
twO miles to the village school at Mil
ford, two miles from our farm. When
It was bad weather I rode a pony, some
times having to leave it half a mile from
the school house and hoof It
the
feel it necessary to go out and hold and in a twelvemonth or so Europe will I fields, aa the roads were almost bottom-
LAST night brought to an end one somebody up at the point of a gun J14 eT?'ra, 0J knowledge ct neT less and would mire a rig or, for that
of the finest automobile shows in order to provide for their" wants. h "d I T ndTikTmo'boyl
yja me our n&nu, money given ia not this pretty good doctrine for I raised in Texas, I figured I could ride
last year to tne community Chest, the coming Genoa conference? Indeed, J anything with four lega
in the hands of a trained toiler " ; not tne doctrine nnoenying tne
was 1? I landed a job as
destitution and wretchedness, needs I than for a long time and interest
to nourish, strengthen, conserve and I rates on money are dropping.
train them for robust life and whole-1 On the farms and in warehouses
seme living, needs them as leaven are great stores of food and fruit, ever held in Portland.
In the future citizenship. . I due to bountiful crops. I Never were there so many beauti
Governments exist for the people. I More construction is needed than I ful models, never such an exhibition
.w . ....I. a.. v. I a- M.w v wi a ii.. o-t i. ,m.n.i,.nuui nti kn. .. .... iuiK of the Genoa conference 7 The I 'rvVhen I
tr v, , nv I "' " , I - . Valted states hesitates whether or not 1 teacher st $40 a month, which sum was
and tne cnuuren 01 looay are tneiwnen norma, wonts were aeierreaiyou passea irom one io snower ot on too paniry eneives, itiei in tne I to take -part in the Genoa conference ; I increased later. I made all I saved and
, people of tomorrow, Rob the chll- In order to meet war's emergency. J the graceful vehicles, you wondered I basement and paid the rent- The what would be its decision If reached j saved all I made, for I wanted to go to
trn v Ik, kuouirlH of haslth anit I Railroads need ties and mm nn I whit elhcp aditlUnna nf hMnrr. ltrr. nli1r phlldntn vera ermlnnaA tn, I through the guidance of the Views QUOt-1 mllw. At the end of two Tears I
tannine, starve them In childhood I brideea and renalra of everw Vlnd I nrv. nower aneed and convenience school, and the father W nUtm.l.i. if Tech?d through the guidance oflj over J1000 In bank, so I went to
and neglect mem in me oays wnen i xne nation naa a snortage or a mil-1 are to oe aaaea m tne swut and i introduced to wnat naa been a
they need guiding hands for charac-1 lion homea School, business and I constant process of perfecting motor stranger a job.
publlo buildings are needed in pro- car transit. But last year's Community Chest
portion. We do not yet know even the ap- contributions did much more than
' On the other, hand.' farmers are proximate effect the automobile is lift the shadow from one smitten
tcr building, and you fill the genera
tion In which your own children are
to live with Ills, troubles, ' problems
ahl heartaches!
Take good ear of the children,
and you take car of tomorrow I
Christianity? J Cumberland university, where I put In
Many- may say, of course, "Europe is 1 four strenuous years absorbing knowl-
shipwrecked, but it is ridiculous to sug-1 i secured my B. 8. degree that
gest teat we are in tne same boat." rer-1 year and my LL. B. the following year,
haps ; out it is no longer a matter or i That was In 18S9
dispute that we are anectea by Europe s
4' The Community Chest is merely a
means to an end. Its object is the
relief of need at the least cost in the
least time with the greatest benefit
to the needy.
condition. And, for our own sake, is the
civilisation and culture the art. the
science, the policies, the literature, the
social development of Europe worth
M1nvT Writ la Ir alwrava nmaun
babies, and it sheltered 843 mis- to ask. in-matters of this sort: "Whet
Railroads plead poverty. More) than I century brought on political revolu-1 guided girls. It brought comfort to I do we get out of it? If we look at It I
4.000.000 men are looking for work. Uon. 1258 helnless old folk and assisted from a Christian standpoint, what1 dlf-
xerence ooes it- maxe wneroer or not. we
flattened nut with prices that do not I to have on our civilization. The de-
pay the cost of production. Manu-J velopment of the telegraph and the
facturers have trouble to get orders steam engine and its attendant uses
enough to maintain operating forces. I in the early part of the nineteenth
home. The i money was translated
into help for 4898 families; it aided
5896 jobless men; it cared for 1584
"When I was ti and in college I was
converted and joined the church.
planned to follow law as my life work.
I went to Hillsboro and hung out my
shingle. As a matter of fact, I went
into a law firm, the firm name being
Reavla Young Landrith. We handled
land, loan and law matters and I made
good money, but I was not satisfied, so
get anything out of It, whether or not I ..., .i,. t A Kuhrfiu ant he.
we are anectea oy tne saipwreca i
came the assistant editor of the Cum.
WASHINGTON
Lumber concerns is Pacific county
and WUlapa Harbor are now nearly !
Is full operation and more than H90 -men
are emptored.
Hunters working ia the rabies district
Di Central Waabingtea accounted for
174 eoyoteo aad lb bobcats during t)a
cember. although weather ooodiOoaa
were unfavorable.
-The report of the tight and water de
partment of Taooma aVt that the
city made a net profit of 4t4.tWX.4t dor.
ing 121 on Us light aad power beau
ness alone.
Despondent because ef the lea hla
eyesight last rummer, John B. Oreen
committed suicide at Teatma last Men
day by baagtng btmaalf
Frank R. Carpeoter. 11, was etaoead
at Spokane Wednesday to two years et
McNeil Island for vielaUng the Masta
white sieve art. Carpenter admitted
that be has three wives undlvorord.
Mrs. A. A. King, wife of the eaahler
ef the Fanners and Merchants' feeeK
of Walla Walls, died suddenly Wedrwe-
at at
"While st college I met Harriet C I ?7. '5 r;'.
wmarrtel "m oauterGraclN;: TTs. Sffl ZZLl
specially constructed tabernacle cleat a
last Sunday with tfct iwiw awma Dr.
K. J. Bulstn ef PorUaad had charge et
the meetlnga
Freak Barber, a 14-year-old ttpoeane
youth, has coaf net I to hertnr rtokeff
six awtomobllee from Rpokaae, KlUyard
and laberty Lke saea. The boy Is ta
son of Clifford ttarber. a Greet Northers
engineer.
The annual Bneeting of the North Pa
clfVo Fair assort at Ion end that et the
North PadfVj Radar assortatioa mill
be held ta Book ana Fetwwary X aajd .
at which time dates for the fairs will
be sn noil need.
The Seattle city treasurer has sn
aauamd aa aeofnulatlan ef tUia.bOS 11
cash fund to meet the various Iteene ef
Indebtedness ef the Seattle, enanlclrel"
street railway system falling due be
tween now and March 1.
A. H. Johnson. Wane Wvna county
aaanaanr haa announoed that depwtlee
this year must attend a aped a I ejehool
at hla office prior is taking the field
March 1. in order snore tntrUlget-Uy l
handle saw mint matters,
Carl C. Hoffman, formerly manager
Of the Merchants' WhoU sale Grocery
company of Heat tie. baa bees arrested
tn Weehawken. N. J, on a charge of
misappropriating- (20.000 at Keattle. Ef.
fort will be made to esirsoiie nita.
IDAHO
The state of Idaho has eeorpted the
provisions of the Kbepperd-To ner ma
ternity and Infancy bill.
Republicans of Idaho wis; have tts
delegates st their state con vtouon this
year, and the Democrats 110.
Is a graduate of Chicago university.
took special work along the Uses of so
cial service and at present ia the girls
work director of the Fourth Presbyte
rian church at Chicago, whose pastor Is
John Timothy Stone. My son, Ira De
Witt Landrith. died when he was eight
ears old, of diphtheria.
a e e
"My work ss editor of the Cumber
land Presbyterian at Nashville caused
me to take up the fight for civto right
eousnesa and with others we formed the
Tennessee Anti-Saloon league and I waa
ppointed chairman of the committee of
100 to clean up civic conditions in Nash
ville. It was this fight that proved the
opening skirmish In the successful bat
tle to banish the saloon from Tennessee.
a
"Along about US! I resigned ss edi
tor of the Cumberland Presbyterian to
become the first reneral secretary of the
Religious Educational association and
I became secretary and publicity direc
tor of the work of the Church union. I
was moderator of the Cumberland Pree
byterian church when that denomina
tion Joined the Presbyterian church.
e e
"I am for more Christianity and lees
churchtanlly. The T. M. C"A. has been
one of the most effective means of
breaking down the old -time feeling of
hostility among the various churchea
Intense sectarianism does not lead to
tolerance or charity. We are realising
more and more that we are all bound
for the same heaven.
Aeeordinr tn Robert O. Jonea
T V 1 A .... A V. TUiMfMl I . . - . . ,W. I.. a? .nliimtMl
college for girls at Nashville in l0i I owned in Idaho ts estimated at Ote.frtaV
It had an enrollment of-leO. Kle-ren I "
years later, when I resigned, we had
over 000 students, representing SO statue.
In lilt I waa a member of the frrylng
squadron working for national consti
tutional prohibition. I visited every
state capital and I think almost every
city of H 00.000 or more population. In
230 days I spoke In 235 different cities,
so you can see we managed to keep
fairly busy.
The next year. In my absence from
Sixty-one and a half per cent ef the
total tatt payments for Latah eomsty for
mi were paid by December li, collec
tions being M4IAtZ.
Cbsrles Brebner. formerly editor et
the St. Maries Cexette-Record, has re
ceived notice of his appointment as
postmaster at St. Maries.
Residents of Oroflno have given 111
and farmers In the vicinity U sacks et
wheat and 21 sacks of beans to the
starving children ef Armenia, . ,
Thirty persons were arrested ta J.
the convention, I was Dominated for vice I tace and other points la' Svoebone coca-
. THE LITTLE GREEK CAP
Letters From the People
l Cam pita Bobs ant to
I do not release my client and go after
the other fellows. I will see to It that
you never get a cent." 1 aecided to
leave it to the court, By means ot mo
tions and demurrers and the usual tao-
I tics for delaying process of Justice the
On of the American Legion reports It likewise so changed many of the in the nursing of 40,432 sick people
states that half the men enlisted for Industrial processes that production who could not afford skilled care.
World war duty now lack employ- became group production instead of And these are only the beginnings
ment. This, if true, means that I individual production. It led the way I of the rood done by the money that
3,000.000 ex-service men have been! to the formation of corporations tot went into the Community Chest, It
unwillingly enlisted In the army ofldo the things on a huge scale that j relieved want and it helped build
UPrER cUss-Men at the'Unlverslty I the Jobless. ' , --'. I had been done on a smaller scale 1 character. It salvaged humanity
ef .Washington recently toldl Why not -put the sections ef the 1 by individuals and partnerships. I adrift and it enlarged opportunity
,i freshmen that they would throw I economio circle together and start f The telegraph Tfrought with it the 1 for the repressed.
them into Lake -Washington or do I the train of progress running again?! Intensified daily newspaper and Its! Somebody's mother and some-
something 1 els equally uncom fort-1 A story is told of a middle west-1 narrative of every Important occur-1 body's dad. somebody's brother and
able. If they did not wear little green I eraer who got down to brass tacks! rence throughout the world, told in somebody's sister, somebody's' boy j Baffled Litigant Tells of Endless Post-1 within 'a reasonable time. The company
ca pa 1 . ' J I with the idea of getting the banker, I the afternoon of the day that It hap-1 and somebody's baby, over and over I ' ponemeni. ana fmu ues 1 tad ample assets to pay our claim in
There Is a similarity between little the contractor, and srenriM needine-1 n- The steam ' nrln And the I av-atn tnrmA that mrmnthv on' ran. I rwuuw, .jan. tn tne aitor ot I case of a favorabis decision, we still
reen caps and what Wall street J construction work together again, perfectins; processes that followed erosity still keep warmth and kindli- J tion to one of the many lncidenu of the I attorney paeadedfor a decistonot some
stands .for. ' Stupidity, precedent, I He found where buildings needed to I brought with them the doing by. ma-1 ness expressive in Portland.' P ilaw's delay in this county. . About two I kind. Our reaueats were answered by
rules and an unwillingness or fear be built. He found bankers willing chines on a colossal scale of things! The Community Chest campaign -rirjIEO'L bI?wcl,5'- mct,41 ta nothing but an unbroken silence. Twelve
president of the United States on the
Prohibition ticket. - I am, in poUUcs, a
dry Democrat and I have always been
Independent in pontics. No, I am not
a straight Democrat, because I rind that
I cant be a straight man and a straight
Democrat all the time. I don't see how
a man can be a straight Republican aad
a straight man without being a moral
acrobat, and If you will show tn such
a man, I will be on hand to see him per
form. Did you ever notice that politi
cal parties ar like ponds they have to
be drained every ones ia a while to get
rid of the wiggletails.
e a e
"Political Independence ot the woman
voter 1 the hope of American Ufa
Women want clean conditions in which
to raise their children. They are for
better schools, better civto condltiona
They are against the saloons and nar
cotics and other harmful social condl
tiona Tea I am strong for Christian
Endeavor, -the T. M. C. A. and other
such organisations, for the thoughtful
Christian young men and women want
a cleaner and a better world, a world
freed from war and vice."
ty Wednesday by state aad federal pre
nibltioa eniorcemeat orocera
' The stats bureau ef animal tndastrv
has Issinil an order reraovtng the ejumr-
antme from the wantty or soar. The
quarantine was established December 11
on aocount or aa outoreas or ratnee
among, the livestock ia the district. -
j Uncle Jtii Snow Says
1
'When a man- gits so prom meat ll 1'
dty that be can be sued for alimony and 1
his wife git It, he s mighty nigh to beta' 1
on the road to fame aad proa parity. 1
Mostly, these here alimony allowanoea
the courts makes goes t tha lawyer fer
the lady, or they doe't git very far. Any
ordinary citizen can poll stakes eat
fen-It to report with bis alimosy. Or
where- be bangs tus hat regtar. it ne
I as property of value the wife's lawyer
gits their haul on the alimony, arter
which the grass wMoer tomes la fer
what's left, and It takes a purty good
a ted pile fer the said grass wtdder to
find sny scraps fer herself that's left,
The Common Touch
Tha Jseraal f-a
pebnratios la thla ecpartaaest ehoald be written
est only waa aide' af the paper, asoald aat es
mm aoe tail tm bwtft. eee Mat aa in
by tha writ--, wheat saul addnwe ia ran sua lease wss prevented for nearly 12 months
.tmxuioa.1 Ifrcm going to trial. It was at last
heard In the circuit court dnriiur Dc
TiUl UAWS DlulAY ember. l2fL We honed for a decision
to upset traditions, enable both the I to finance construction. He Induced
raps and the street to exist. contractors, and workers to make
One In a while a: freshman re- concessions consistent with the times,
fuses to wear a cap. lie la thrown He obtained similar concessions from
Into the Uk. v Henry Ford, with material dealers,' . When work start-
,?. I . .. . Iclrcuit court for Multnomah county. I months after the trial In September
utat. men naa nuneruj , uone witn 1 ior tsss as tne center ot attention in 1 ,:nnn !fv, nrorwMrttion wmwt. 1 1 .x- .,
tneir nanus on a. very smau saue, 1 roruaoa uus weu laraunes rwe caw tna aeunrea. ' The only question I cy. We are still waiting for e decision
The nower t6 do and the swifter! opportunity to the many who are! w which one of two com pan lea ought from the Judge. --
means ot communicaUon and wider! glad to have their names linked with , ,h. .ct ,.,TTiZ. norl, , , r! JTif u
. , , . , i . . a i Iment 01 the action the attorney for one I so much delay In the decision of cases
, cyi m , vi wiv. ui.uuu uu , ms . mo . uuuij vi ... - i . . s, ' v im aeieiMuu said -to me,-"ii you i tried in our circuit court. It must be
that our Judges are overworked. Can-
rot something be done to help them
out? Would it not be a good Idea to
withhold their salaries until cases which
have been tried and taken under consid
eration within 0 days are decided? I
Have I not heard a whisper that there
Is now some such statate in the Orecoo
code? Do these Judge realise that ia
withholding decisions for months snd
years they are allowing innocent cred
itors to be robbed without as much re
course ss a citisen has la resisting
burglar or a aotdap man? We oaa aboot I
tha burglar or the holdup man. If we
get an opportunity, but we can't shoot
our opponent In a ianrsult. And as to 1
the Judges, tt is not to be thought of.
This case is only em ef many. What
are the newspspera. the leaders ef pub
lic opinion la the community, and what
ar the citizens in general, going to do I
aoout such a situation as this?
v- - R.- L Oravee.
I w aa 4 a-a Be tee wwe as arty wwe
That I Mat east at atacM aa
Aad at taw tdasa ef -Hi I ii
Te saaatae 11 all aad tsww sewals
Had tar eyw
est eete te etas aa hie that I
Cea ww taw ekftd-wa at taws? pavy.
Ctwl mmlw mm taw saia I V.
let arar sear tea etunia wwnta Uary say
weald wet lei a tee wo a tee
twaile
At trHrwJ erran ef the Iwsft sad bead.
Per be toe rrawd te stay tse rnrttd tae wttEe.
Aad a-M S
sets aa saww as see-
I weald a eaea to tat aawa a Uwwaa. '
Or fraud ay 1 i aawa a n inn stip.
'.tWi I wa dwwa ta shay as an at.
. Aad awwar fnaad mm ia er mmwr saaa
. atoa. ,'
.--.. - .- , '
' ed ewt that t ear Oe bm tale aaj-Lb
j ,-Aad aw tse taas waeoS erary aswiaa.
,'44awriMi'ltapwv-4tWwark '
eaaie aarnea aad the aawate tauaa. 4
- 'r I "l Its riiaiii- ns -r-r4-!.