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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY .3. 1822.
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FARM AND JOWN
TV7HT do not tha fanners of Oregon elect more farmers to the legislature?
; Why have a legislator composed almost exclusively of lawyers?
All sources of information from . every quarter show that more than 73
per cent of the taxes In Oregon is paid by real estate, including farms.
What better proof that the interests of the farmers have not been ade
quately represented 'in .the lawmaking?
There Is a widespread notion that only lawyers, are competent to
legislate, that they alone can frame and pass bills. What is the attorney
general for but to give assistance to any legislator, farmer or otherwise,
ia framing: a bill that will pass the test of the supreme court? - '
The biggest industry in Oregon is agriculture. What peculiar fitness
have city lawyers, mostly concerned with litigation, lawsuits and fees, in
legislating; for the farm life and activities of an agricultural state? Have
they made a success of it in the past? Is that success measured by the
fact that the farms ot the state are: taxed out of all proportion to much
Other property? If so, ia it not time for a new deal? '
This article is no quarrel with lawyers. Theirs is an honorable prO'
fession and .many lawyers are exemplary in. that profession. They jfill
an Important place in human society.
But most of the good lawyers are too busy to go to the legislature
Some lawyers go to the legislature, to serve secret interests; Some go to
Salem and for quiet work, done there come back to Portland and receive
crumbs of business dropped from the tables of corporations. The legisla
tion that some of them initiate or support is not, in the very nature of
things, likely to be good legislation ror Oregon agriculture.
Every large group ought to be represented in the legislature. Legisla
tion should be -for the service of all, not a narrowed few. According to
population, agriculture ought to have a larger number of legislators than
any other; group. But they have never had, and they never will have it,
and they never will have a square deal at Salem until they increase their
membership in the body where laws are made and taxes imposed.
Farm legislators are a leaven in the lump. The last legislature was
one of the best that Oregon has had in a generation. The better record
of the session was largely due to the presence of an unusually large
farm representation in the house.
It has been seen what a great service the so-called "farm bloc" in con
gress is rendering American agriculture. The sam- thing can be done
in the state legislature if the farmers, who have t)ie votes, will demand
such membership in the body as their numbers and the importance of
their industry entitle them to.
ANGLO-FRENCH
AGREEMENT
Drift of Opinion in Two Nations In
volved 'in Discussion of This Issue
but American Editors See Uttle in
It for." the French to Worry "
About Hope Cherished of a
Renewal of : Anglo - French
Solidarity and That '
France May .Now Shake
Off HsrFefera-
Daily Editorial Digest
down one small packed alley. The out
skirts of Marseilles are attractive for
themselves if not for their people, ana
the Prado and the Corniebe enjoy a
wide fame for their "beauty.
Letters From the People ;
f Communication ant to Tha ' Jovnal foe
pnbiMmaon ia thia department aboold ba written
on only ona aid of tba papar. aboold aot axeead
800 worda ia lencta. and nuat ba ncncd by tba
writer, wbaaa aiail addrest in full must accom
pany tha eoatribanaa.
1 bold awary sua a dabtnr to hia pro
failiwi ; Imai tba wklrh aa awa of couraa
da aaak to raeaira eoaatananra and profit,
a ousht Uwy at duty to andaaror Utata
aalraa by way of imtndi ta ba a help aad
araaaiaiH taaranata. rtaDcla Ba
A NEW MENACE?.
awards to those who contribute to
the cause of world-wide peace, Jus
tice, democracy and human welfare.
Bishop Paddock foresees accurate
ly the coming time when the truth
uttered by Woodrow Wilson and the
ideals enunciated by him will be ac
claimed without regard to boundary
or time. There have been recent
demonstrations which showed how
near to the public heart the Wilson
ideals are today. His service to hu
mankind, multiplied and perpetu
ated, will shine through the Founda
tion that bears his name. ,
TOTJ sense now if you didn't be
fore, thp menace of the "farm
bloc." E. D. . Smith & Co, New
Yortc bankers and brokers, tell you.'
IJere is what-they say in a special
bulletin:
It is Inconceivable that the great East
ern business and banking interests will
endure for long the meddlesome discrim
ination of politics dominated by the
Middle West Kver since Senator Knox
'41d last fall it has been ap
parent that the business interests of the
Kast were not being represented In con
gress in a way commensurate 'with the
vital import of this section of the coun
try. In all probability the fear will
now be confirmed that conservatism in
the senate aa represented by the leader
ship of the Republican party will yield
to the radicalism ot tho "farmer bloc."
There is nothing to do but to hope
and pray, and. It the worst comes.
to be resigned. Think of the politics
of the -senate being dominated by
the pestilential West without tire
' "great business and banking inter
ests ot the East" having a look in!
" We have had wars and pestilence
and might have a famine. We have
had earthquakes, tornadoes and the
chinch bug. We have had the
populist and the crime of '73. and!
we have Henry Ford. We have had
the measles, the whooping cough
and the closed shop. But who ever
' supposed that we would come to the
pass . when the century-old and
sovereign right of the "great busi
ness and banking interests of the
East" to exercise personal domlnloji
over congress, would be challenged
by a nasty and meddlesome little
"farm bloc?"
In the language of the old Scotch
man's prayer, "Oh, Lord; send doon
swords "an" pistols an' daggers, as
monle as the sands of the seashore to
- kill' the Kenyons, the Cappers, the
McNarys and the other bloc pirates.
"dom their souls forevermore."
In Flora, Or., a correspondent be
moans the existence there of five
middle aged bachelors and blames
their inability to procure mates on
a tendency of girls to seek husbands
who will provide homes near the
Mright lights. Can the girls be
blamed? Maybe they have heard
about the drudgery of a farmer's
wife or the prices , he gets for his
products. Perhaps they figure that
a better catch might he a commis
sion merchant or a restaurant pro
prietor.
dustry in action Is quite as interest
ing in factories and workshops as in
show windows.
And more important, for the work
of the thousands engaged in local in
dustry maintains payrolls that pay
bills, keeps money in circulation
transforms raw products into fin
ished articles, and gives us standing
In prosperity and trade reports.
Rock breaking attains unprece
dented popularity in Southern Cali
fornia. Some one cracked a boulder
and half a dozen garnets worth in
the neighborhood of $100 fell out.
PORTLAND'S DEEP CONCERN
THERE is deep concern in Portland
over the proposed $30,000,000
marine merger for operating ships
on the Pacific. -
There may well Be such concern.
This port has been working out its
maritime destiny in its own way, un
aided and uncouneeled by other Pa
cific ports. It has been exceedingly
successful in its plans, as indicated
by the port statistics of 1921 and the.
opening month of 1922 in compari
son with preceding years.
It is the first time in history when
TT0lIdf.Lth.ahu,nA haled. The local thought is that
aving demonstrated our' capacity to
THE WORLD FLAT?
That the Oraln Dealers' associa
tion spent more than $72,000 during
a period of six months in fighting
the farmers' cooperative movement
was testimony before a congressional
committee Thursday. Why prevent
the farmers from organizing? Why
a national grain dealers' organiza
tion' and no farmers' organization?
Why spend big money to keep the
farmers disorganised? What better
argument could there be for farm
ers cooperative marketing?
IN THE lFUTtJRE .
A the edges there is a wall of 1
to keep foolhardy sailors from turn
bling over the rim and that the sky
is a vast dome from which the sun,
moon and stars are hung like chan
deliers, Is taught by Wilbur Glenn
Voliva. overseer of a religious sect at
Zion City, III.
And he has followers. Though
thousands of people have Journeyed
around the earth and are djmg it
every day, he says it is flay with
wall of ice on its rim, and he lea
others to believe him. Though yo
first see the topmast of a distant ship
and by that phenomenon know that
the surface of the globe Is circular,
this man tells his followers that the
woifd is flat and they go out and
alsrj say it is flat.
Ia spite of the demonstrated
achievements of science, he de
nounces all science as "silly rot,"
and this crazy fulmination is accept
ed ks gospel truth by the niember
shlA of his organization.
TJhere is only one reason why any
body is concerned with these rav
ings. ' If Vollva.can dispute estab
lished truth and Vonvlnce thousands
that established truth is not truth,
what is the status of American edu
cation ?
How many other mountebanks are
misleading other thousands if ' not
hundreds of thousands of people ?
If thousands ot citizens of a sup
posedly enlightened nation in the
twentieth century accept their lead
er's statement that the globe Is flat
how many p apple are similarly de
ceived into acceptance ot false eco
nomic theories, impossible political
illusions and unsound formulas on
national life?
Is it not time for the American
people to make war on ignorance?
Is It not a high public duty to begin
a great drive on illiteracy by extend
ing and intensifying every agency of
education from the kindergarten to
tho college and university?
CONCERNING the Woodrow Wll
va son Foundation, Bishop Robert
R. -Paddock, Episcopal bishop of
Eastern Oregon, has written to the
publisher of The Journal:
My admiration for oar former presi
dent grows, rather than diminishes, with
the passing months.
I counted it a privilege to boost for
nooewweU: and X have never seen any
reason for Inconsistency In boosting
equally for Wilson. Though so differ
ent, they each contributed tremendously
t the country's good.
With ' his contribution to the
Foundation Is another paragraph In
Bishop Paddock's letter which de-
' serves remembrance for future ret
erence. He says:
I venture to prophesy that within a
comparatively short time now those who
rose to power over Wilson's prostrate
body wtll find themselves forgotten or
' despised by the nation, and the Ideals
and visions of America's great represen
tative la Europe will become the stand
ard tor a united, peaceful and prosperous
wcrld. ........ . , ,
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
will not be established through a de
cUdve change in sentiment toward
the mallgners ' of America's war
president The Foundation JooVs for
ward, hot backward. It proposes
Few critics of the Community
Chest have appeared this year. One
rflAn 1 that trie r?rtAAr Vtaa trnt
the promises of business efficiency, lts Prn vlt enterprise.
in charity which were made for it
successfully operate ships independ
ently and in our own way, we should,
with a sound foundation laid, go for
ward with our own plans unham
pered with entangling alliances
whereby our independence and suc
cess might be endangered.
The issue in the present situation
Is whether we are to be given equal
chance and a square deal by other
ports if we enter the proposed
merger. Our delegates did not find
all the cards, on the table when they
went to San Francisco. They were
confronted with a cut and dried pro
gram and were asked to sign on the
dotted line. They were, in fact, not
taken into the confidence of those
who were acting as managing men.
If all was fair and square, they rea
son and all Portland reasons, why
were Portland delegates not taken
Into full fellowship?
Portland has a successfully con
ducted local shipping company, op
erating numerous lines. Its business
and its field of operations are ex
panding. The port's hinterland as
a cargo maker has no equal or near-
equal on the coast, a fact of very
great, importance in any proposed
alliance with other ports. They have
no such asset to throw into the com
bine.
The Chamber of. Commerce is
sound in its purpose and is render
ing a most important community
service in its proposal to fully safe
guard the interests of this port at
all hazards. That body, after help
ing achieve what has been done by
Portland in a shipping way, is wholly
right in its determination to see that
no ground is lost. It was not until
we went into the shipping business
on our own account that we began
to build permanently. In other days,
when we relied on outsiders to fi
nance shipping lines for us, we met
with one miserable failure after an
other.
The Chamber is entitled to the un
divided support confidence and co
operation of every local interest in
- Cooaolidated Tttm Aejodatioa '
Presenting to the French chamber of
deputies the then latest of this winter's
bumper crop of treaties, the draft of aa
Anglo-French alliance. ex - Premier
Briand declared, in the American equiva
lent : "You've wanted something for
three" years ; I've tried at Cannes to get
it for you. fc Here it is ; take it or leave
it; I'm through." .
As the situation appears over here,
the attitude ; of the French press indi
cates that unless the treaty is materially
modified "the deputies may repeat what
the United States senate did to the Ver
sailles treaty," as the Hartford Times
(Dem.) predicts, though from the Amer
ican viewpoint it will he difficult to
understand their, position. Although
Americans "do not think much of s.-
liances, even for , other nations," the
Elmira Star Gazette (Ind.) thinks there
is not "much to criticise" in the proposed
treaty between Great - Britain and
France. In it, the paper reports : "Great
Britain pledges herself to go to the
aid of France with all her fighting pow
er, as she did in 1914. if France is at
tacked again by Germany. And Brit
ain gets her full equivalent, as usual.
French militarism is deprived of all
legitimate excuse for . being. Britain,
moreover, -will have a freer hand to
shape the German reparations accord
ing to her own ideas, and' to foster the
revival of Central European industry.
trade and consuming power for the sake
of Britain's own business prosperity.'
a a a .
But the French press feels that in ne
gotiating this agreement "the premier
has made too many concessions," the
Indianapolis News (Ind.) says, and has
offered a "one-sided bargain" for French
approval. The Houston Chronicle (Ind.)
seems to feel the same way about it In
its opinion all Lloyd George has done
in, the matter is "to sell France an em
bossed declaration ot prevailing senti
ment" for which France must pay by
giving up "her military program, her
idea' of coercing Germany, her unyield
ing ; posture toward reparations,-" and
she does all this merely in exchange
"for something which the whole world
stands ready to give without recom
pense."
Nevertheless the guarantee now of
fered France Is exactly -what she has
been insisting upon and the alliance will
certainly be of greater value to her than
to England, most American writers be
lieve. Great Britain was not the prime
factor in launching such an alliance, it
Is pointed out; indeed, it undertook "to
guarantee French security," the Balti
more News (Ind.) asserts, "only be
cause the French announced that they
would not play the game under any
other conditions," and while the pro
posal is meeting with opposition now
that it has taken concrete form, the
News does not consider it serious, for
"the French press," it says. "Is a good
deal like the Old Guard, which dies but
never surrenders." The New York Times
(Ind. Dem.) also does not believe .that
"France will miss the chance of striking
hands with England in an agreement
which would mean so great benefit io
Europe and all the world."
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
The Oregon! Country
SMALL CHANGE
FARMER AND BANKER
An Incident Related to Show What
Happens to Producers.
Portland. Jan. iO. -To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Harding a short time
ago was going to pulverise the farmers'
bloc in congress. ' bat en sizing . up the
situation he concluded to join the organ
iaation himself and work from the
inside. He called a farmers conference.
and In his opening speech made them
feel her was almost as much in favor
of their interests aa he was last fall
before 'tee election, but Informed them
they must help themselves ; which re
minds me of a little circumstance that
occurred under my own observation, a
few years ago up In the Big Bend
in the state of Washington, where from
one to two out of every three farms
were in the hands of the banks or ot
ttome mortgage company. The main crop
there is wheat Jim Hill had told tne
wheat men in May 'that wheat would
go down to 70 cents in September or
October, but it was around - $1 then.
The wheat ranchers there, as Is usual
everywhere, go to the bank at harvest
time and Ret money to carry them over
harvest and threshing, on 90 days at
8 per cent or over. Well, around Oc
tober 1 wheat went down to 70 cents as
per arrangement A small fruit rancher,
No. 1. had borrowed $50 from the banK
60 days previously and for some reason
wanted a renewal of SO days on his
note. On his way to the bank he fell
in with two wheat ranchers, Nos. 2
and 3, on the same errand. Their grain
was in the warehouse. Insured and safe,
and they did not want to sell at 70
cents. All three went into the bank
at the same time. Nos. 2 and 3 spoke
first- wanting an extension of three
months, for they were sure wheat would
be $1 by January L They were in
formed the bank had strict orders not
to renew anv notes. Then No. 1 steppeo
up to the window with his request with
Nos. 2 and 3 still in the Dana. jno. x
tnld to come back In two or three
Aovs and thpv would attend to his case-
He went back and got nis extension u
right You see he had no wheat to
ell. and as Jim Hill owned the railroad
and most of the warehouses and the
bank, of course they wanted the wheat
at 70 cents. And this Is the kind of
Viir that crowd all want the farmer to
have, and no other, and In case . he
insist a on anv other he must be sup'
pressed at once. But the shipping bloc,
th railroad bloc, the steel bloc and the
K.whArrv Moo. must be all taken care
. ar,A mamntMul eood CrofitS if It
takes a government subsidy to do it.
C. J. McLain.
The shot in the back Is one of tha first
things that revealed the true color of
the pay steal and mental coward.
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A sworn lurv seems to be having much
more difficulty in establishing the status
of "Fatty Arbockla than did the public.
When thlnra are as they should be In
the world we will read no more headlines
whica say, "Portland Chinaman Weds
Whit Woman."
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Despite the fact that the rrousdhoa
did not see his shadow, we're not plan
ning a picnio in the woods for thia after
noon.
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Broccoli situation unsettled, says the
esteemed editor of the market page.
Maybe the anna conference can arrange
a treaty in settlement.
SIDELIGHTS
Kanawaat Bappmiact ta Brief J" oral lor tea.
Buy Badec .
Portland's pride ta pardonable when
inspired by the growth of her Community
Chest Athena Press.
Just offhand we'd say there's no ai
vantage, in this new double-mileage
tellurium gasoline, tor someone will dou
ble the price when it is marketed,
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Twenty persons are snowbound In the
majestic hills of wonderful old sunny
California, the shrine of salubrious cli
mate and the home of perpetual sum
mer. .
The chemist who says he can get alco
hol out of a gas jet must have in mind
the "effect" of alcohol rather than the
ingredient itself, for it is said that a
goood supply of eras in the lunes will ac
complish the same result as a good sup
ply oi moonsmno in tne stomacn.
.1 OREGON
The Pronty Brothers Lumber company
haa leaned tha hlrlhotel at Warrentea
Also the rich you have with yen al T and will oocuny thS build tnx aa hotel
ways, and they're often more trouble- rend boarding houaefor its employe.
some than tha poor .Main ea Record. The Tillamook ! eoonty court ' has
. . awarded a contract to Thomaa Meserve
Wfte.nfe.r!Jn?h- o Peruana to cruise le.000 acres of tlm-
,2pi"ia2nJL - .-Vl n that county at the rata of
nell. the French were a disappointment i n . -
Leader. , I David H. Turner ot McMlnn villa, for-
-, a a rmor aisie commanuer oc tne v. a. rv .
We've noticed that some Lebanon me IS?- f!?",4A' Pll!! i
can remember to have their dog license KjSF an oraUon. .ww.
but can't remember to go around to tha I 0Mff .. L.
ecnooi. wintam. son or Mr. ana jurs.
polls and vote for good government
lebanon press.
Germany is prtvuesrea to snicker a
bit when she hears nations argue that
battleships are wicked while aubs are
essenuaL saiem capital journal.
Most everybody gets . what he wants
Joseph McBurney of Gaaton, suffered
Interna? Injuries from which he died at
a Forest Grove hospital,
A re-manutacturlng plant which Is
regarded as an important addition to
tne lumber Industry in Lane county,
has Just beeen completed at Kugene by.
momi in life. The trouble is that so I tha. t'aitar.irir mmnanv
many people imagine they want some-1 Tnt.. -., nraa-rm laiuta ia
tt.tr.a- Hiffarem from what thvr rin I . interest in central Oregon lands is
r;,.r r. r-..nV- r.;:, " " pemg snown au over the .Northwest ana
letters and (inquiries are being received
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
W. B. Dennis of Carlton is a guest of
the Benson. Mr. Dennis first saw the
light of day in Cincinnati In 1865. In the
old days he was a reporter on the Journal
at Dayton, Ohio. For five years he
was editor and publisher of the Farm
ers Home. Coming West he published
the Daily Leader at Port Townsenc.
Later he becme president and general
manager of the Eureka Pacific Consol
idated Mining company of Idaho. He
is vice president and manager of the
Carlton and Coast railway and secre
tary and treasurer of the Carlton Con
solidated Lumber company. In his spare
time he has invented several processes
used in mining that have been widely
adopted
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Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Brown of
Salem are visiting in Portland. Dr.
Brown, as well as his wife, is a graduate
of Willamette university and is a con
stant booster for his alma mater. He
is also one of the directors of the Salem
Y. M. C A. Mrs. Brown, whose maiden
name was Harris, formerly lived at
Brooks.
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Salemites who are sampling the salu
brious and soul-satisfying though some
what variable weather in the metropolis
icclude C. C Page, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Petton, A. A. Kafaney, J. H. Moore, K.
D. Berry and family and J. R- Linn.
Why not a world's exposition at Port- b JFk"l ?rVMZ.?Lh
land in 1925? The rank and file of v-'1- "",lT ...OIv.
progressive states east of the Pacific Applications for teachers for next year
coast dub Oregon a "freak state." and already are being received at the Unl-
the late spasm on the part of a'multi- versify of Oregon. More teachers are
tude of Oregon newspapers frowning to be placed this year by the appointment
on the feasibility of a world s exposition ooara maintained ty me ecnooi tnaa
held In the metropolis of the state puts I eves before.
us In the limelight as being more freaky I A contract to furnish' the Southern
than ever. Crane American. I Pacific company with 200.000 pole feet
of piling -has just been received by Elmer
Russell of NoH. The contract will re
quire five months time with a crew ot
30 to 40 men.
The total obligation or the state ef
Oregon, with relation to the payment et
Interest on bond a issued by irrigation
N. R. Moore, mayor of CorvalMs. Rlk KIP ",',k,' ?ZZJ"VX TZZ'tiZZ
Dearborne's nearest rival on the golf jfd by Ui sUU. .
...aa, euiior ol toe orvauw uueue- The Tillamook county court has deslg-
i imes ana one or tne most popular Y. nated three market roads in that county
M. C. A. secretaries that ever handed out 1 which are to receive state aid : Claraop
cigarettes, writing paper and good ad-1 county line to north fork drawbridge.
vice to the doughboys in France. Is I west line or Tillamook city to xsetarta.
spending a day or two in Portland, and Hemlock to Sand lake.
keeping his eyes and ears open to get A petition to sign up :501.? acres in
1 leas to carry on as mayor of his home " aicaaowview community in wnai is
tr,, o. .it .!.!. .... v.. . 1 to be known as I juie county drainage
scrihUTr. if th-v 5M rTnJ Twn strict No. 3. has been started by farm- I
scribes to i see if they could hold down era , that iuon. Backers of the I
a job on the Gasette-Times. project decla the cost will not exceed I
- - ii an acre.
O. U. Elliott from the Irrigated coun- Officials or the Paeifir Parer A Light
try east ot tne mountains, is here on l company contemplate a petition to the
sightseeing expedition. He said. "I fctate game and fish commission for a
thought I would run down to Portland Pf""'1 ? drlve from lh. w"1 'orl!v05
for a little change, but the bellboys
SheHff Goodman of Harney county
whose job is to regulate bad men, is
seeing how his brother sheriffs do it,
while visiting for a few days in the
metropolis.
Hood river a colonv of beavers that
are causing much damage to the com--pany's
power lines. ,
J. H. Oliver of Brookings, in Lower
is a guest of the Hotel
BEHIND THE WINDOW
Concerts in Portland inevitably re
veal interesting phenomena. If the
artist pleases, so enthusiastic is his
TN FRONT of a downtown ahow reception mat tne ; oounas or pro-
A window Wednesday the sidewalk I PrtetT . exceeded by the audience
was blocked by people eagerly star- " lta clamor for more. Prolonged
ing at something going on on the I PP-uso inaeea. musi oo gramying
other side of the plate glass. to the professional folic, put may
As is the habit of -crowds, morel Tne Journal suggest that applause
and mora peered over the heads of i to Prolonged shows lack of con-
others aa It became more difficult! wderaUon for the performer?
to see.
With the consummation of such an
alliance "the best argument ' of the:
French chauvinists will be gone," the
Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier
(Dem.) thinks, since "with England
definitely bound" to stand by France,
that country can no longer defend its
military policy. For "while the British
fleet controls the North sea and is
pledged to the defense of France," the
New York World (Dem.) is convinced
that "there is not even a lunatic in
Germany who would risk a war." Thus
with "the moral disarmament of Ger
many assured the moral disarmament of
France must follow," and the proposed
alliance "offers France the opportunity
to clear herself of the suspicion that
she possesses a budding militarism ot
her own."
Indeed the Chicago Tribune (Ind.
Rep.) is hopeful that a way is now open
"for a revision of the French program
that will make everybody happier." Prl
marily intended "to guard France
against possible German aggression,
the Boston Herald (Ind. Rep.) thinks
that "in Its working the alliance will
necessarily take a larger scope, and if
it is used wisely it may do much to im
prove and stabilize both political and
financial conditions in Europe." From
that standpoint it is of vital interest to
the United States, in the opinion of the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.), for "in
permitting and aiding in the revival of j
European industry it will quickly create
a demand for material and foodstuffs
that we can supply, and the stability
that will be established, will gradually
restore sound financial conditions, mak
ing credits safe and interchange of com
merce profitable."
France and England "have drifted so
far apart in the three short years since
the victory," observes the Aberdeen -(S.
D.) World (Ind.), "thafthey glare at
each other now across the channel," and
one of the important achievements of
the alliance, , the Indianapolis Star (Ind.
Rep.) agrees, will be to "restore the
solidarity between the two allies which
existed during the war."
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Although the Grand Rapids Press
(Ind.) holds that American participa
tion in the alliance will not be neces
sary, since "Belgium and Italy are re
ported to be ready to join and the four-
power arrangement thus created would
be sufficient for any eventuality during
many years to come." the Providence
Journal (Ind.) pleads for America to
"buttress" Great Britain's action "With
a pledge of the same sort" for we can
give it "and stilj proclaim our avoid
ance of entangling alliances." and "such
a declaration will do more for the aboli-
TtTTT.RS FOR GRADING
Apple Grower Disputes That They Were
Made to Benefit Growers.
Sherwood, Jan., 29. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read an Bruce ...
today's Journal on grading apples and
potatoes in which it is claimed that Curry county
grading rules were made ior tne oenem. Portland
rt th ffrnwpr. and I have been doing a
little figuring I am an apple grower Mrs. Fred Belloni of Coquille Is here
-on a 15-acre place. 13 acres of which cn matters connected with the Christian
is in bearing orchard. The place is wen owcuo tuu.c. ... ..j.
imnrOVed Wltn gOOO DU1.U11.ED, t r- CVoltnn Mr. C r T.An
etc It was recently appraised at $10.- and Mrs." Lucy Butler of Skamania are
000. It represents an inrosuutui i
that amount There is a certain amount
of equipment needed to. operate the place,
namely, a team of horses, a wagon, a
plow.jdisc. harrow, a roller, a power
sprayer,: etc.. representing an additional
investment of at least 800 saying noth
ing about the necessary automobile. Six
per cent interest on this amount Is $648.
Taxes are $100 more. Upkeep and de
preciation are $200. Feed for the team
is $150. Spraying materials cost $60.
Now supposing ope man is able to no
all the work necessary to raise the
registered at the Seward.
...
A. E. Purrington and Fred Haines of
Harney county are here from Burns..
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Graham of Astoria
are guests of the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Dillinger of Moro
aro Portland visitors.
Mrs. Truman Butler of Hood
is a guest of the Benson.
River
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Johnson of Ocean
T3a V " J.rtVi P.sih 9 rn rl n m i n i 1 o H - f
crop, wnicn is a man a juu, e uusiu i tj.fc geward.
be entitled to common laborer's wages,
say $50 a month. That is $600 more. I Claude Rickard of Condon Is a guest
The average crop i3 about 2500 boxes, of the Seward
The boxes will cost $375 and picking
$125. His crop is gathered and has cost
him $2258. Now suppose he can sell
these apples as they are, orchard run
without grading, for $1 a box. He would
have left for his work and responsi
bility $70 a month about the wages of
the average girl in a department store. a adon of a family noted ia Oregon history teDa
But now the grading rules, which were r. Lockley of ha tatbers career at tne Mr ana
"made for the benefit of the grower, ' imDroTeroent. H how it was that
step in and it will coct him $125 to I the superior attractions of Tualatin Plains oc-
e-rad them and he mav Dossiblv get I caaioned this family a settlement there, toliow-
lAftn r.f "tanrv" nnnlAa which will unsaosiaciory locations o. a jnoucc. c
cost him an additional $50 to pack and
which will bring him ' on the Portland I When I called on Mrs. F. A. Bailey at
market about $1500, and in taking out Hillsboro recently I told her that
this 1000 boxes of "fancy" apples for Thomas H. Tongue Jr. had told me
his benefit he has reduced the balance about her. She said, "Why don't you
to junk worth about $12 or $15 a ton. see him and ask him about his father?
Is it possible that a farmer can believe I knew his father when he and I were
there are any rules or laws made for children. He was 15 when I first met
hve beaten me to it and have most
of my change and I have to dodge them
St- T will A Vt,- V..lr.
s Avjuajiu a v w
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stapleton ef Rose-1 ( . liSc JTSI? 71Z
burg are at the Seward. Harry is an tate order prohibiting heavily load,
old-time Salem boy who learned the trucks from using the highways,
banking business under Joe Albert in Tun-., ruahman nf the United Stat.
tho Capital National bank at Salem. district court at Tacoma ruled Saturday
that iffir nf t h. law h,v, ra nrht
Mrs. E. W. Ewing of Bend is here for to search automobiles for liauor with-
a brief visit and is a guest of the Ben- I out a specific warrant'
eon. Sweeninar Invent ration of the tJW.
OAO Kkapit hnniia ami in whlrh th rlrw
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Green and Mrs. is alleged to have been robbed of nearly
Ivan Simon of Timber are registered at $200,000, has been ordered by the Seattle
city council, ana February 17 is set aa
the date of hearing.
Guy Hudglns. a clock salesman, was
found guilty of accepting $1000 from a
Bellingham woman with which to bay
stock in a Tacoma loans association for
which he was agent and withholding the
money for his own use. ,
The report for December of the West
ern pine Manufacturers' association,
which Includes the big mil's of the In
land Empire. shos that shipments for
that month in 1921 were $123 cars, as
compared with 1749 cars a year ago.
Reports that a submarine, built in Se
attle years ago and turned over to the
Canadian government, by which it waa
ultimately sold for junk, has brought
large shfpments of liquor into Seattle,
are being investigated by federal au
thorities. The foreign trade bureau of the Se
attle Chamber of fommerce announces
that the state of Washington will have
an unofficial business representative to
China, who will also head the business
administration school of Canton Chris
tian college.
Albert Hicks, an employe of the Rob
inson mill near Nisqually. was disco v
ered by two boys Saturday hanging t1
a .rafter. He declared he wa attacked
by two men. shot in the arm. hit over
the head with a club and then hanged.
He will recover.
T3 a baw on a (tnmnlaint f Viet 4 a1 a rJutna
and Mrs. A. R. Clayton of Co-ra.- ,r(, XCessive and more than suf
ficient,' the Washington state depart
ment of public works is about to under
take an Investigation of the service and
properties of the Pacific and Home tele
phone companies.
Chief Strorgheart. a Taklma Indian.
lectured at the high school auditorium
in Montesano Thursday night on the :
subject, "From Peace Pipe to War
Trail." Chief Ktrongheart is a veteran
of the Spanish-American and World
the Imperial,
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Maude Butcher of Astoria Is visiting
fur a day or so in Portland.
W. W. Harvey of Comstock Is at the
Benson.
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N. C. Nelson of Eugene is at the Im
perial. a a
; Mrs. L M. Mills of Prineville is a
guest of the Imperial.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Edwards of Salem
are at the Seward.
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Mr. and Mrs. S. Mitchell of Roseburg
are business visitors In Portland.
a
D. Crowley of the Round-Up City Is
transacting business in Portland.
Charles Painter and family of Brigh
ton are sojourning at the Seward.
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L. W. Curties is down from Grand
dalles on business.
a a a
L. A. Duncan of The Dalles is trans
acting business In Portland.
Orville Cochrane of The Dalles was a
recent Portland visitor.
Mr.
quille are at the Imperial.
his benefit?
One of the Growers.
PORTLAND'S OLD CABLE LINE
Portland, Jan. 28. To the Editor of
The Journal What was the route of the
old cable street car line In Portland?
Was it in operation on 'VV'nai
The orieinsl cable street ear line started ' at Tongue, who had also married, was our
Spring and Chapman streets and ran down to next door neighbor. Go and See his
Jefferson ttreet orer a high tresUe down Jeffer- boy Xom junior, and ask him about his
son street to Fifth and north on Fifth to Hoyt ,'. vl. ' a hq
A r ranch ran on Alder street from Kifth street I " " " J
to Front street. Later a line waa extended at I a
tha Portland Heights end on Sprint street, from Meeting Tom Tongue J r. on the street
ctiannan to Twenty-nrrt. An extension t the Voir an hrm latar T took him bv the
depot end was made of one block, from Hoyt to I , ma.A ,.n to
Irving'. A third extension was made on Jeffer- " ' . ' .
n street from Chapman street westerly to what your office and you are going to spend
ia known as Kingston arenne. or Fairriew bouie- the next half hour answering questions."
Trd, to Arlington Heights. This line waa oper- tttvot, , i , nfr.c. he
ated for two summers, until the waterworks " ' "" -
reserroir was estabhsfted. when that line was said In answer to my questions : Yes,
abandoned. The original road waa started in I I arueaa von are rirht. I look like my
andWw SLS1 TbV'rT Here is his picture. You can
mug from Jefferson street to SDrin street waa ee for yourself . Father was born In
run by cable until 1004, being abandoned when Lincolnshire, England, June 23, 1844.
ro oran was otiuu xna cable wir. v. waa 15 mr. old his narenta
decided to come to Oregon, where his
Within was a man doing noChlng
moro complicated than ' weaving a
wickerwork chair. He was so in
tently busy on hia Job that he never
paused a moment to look up.
Similar crowds were gathered
If the groundhog saw his shadow
Thursday it was because he stood
under an arc light
RAILWAY CASUALTIES
From tha Akroa Beacon JaoraaL
tion of war than any other Imaginable
V IT"! i
Curious Bits ?f Information
Gleaned From Curious Places
about otber windows that contained road, last year. But this doesnt count
small sections or home industry In I the number who dropped dead when told
action. ; I the price of a ticket.
What Interested the people was
the spectacle ot somebody doing
something. . ' , .(- ,''
If one pauses to reflect, home In-
' WAT STATION. OR TERMINUS?
1' ' . , Xrosa the Detroit Stmt " .
Well, peace has been got as far as
the United States senate again.
Marseille, the greatest Mediterranean
seaport and one of the most picturesque
and exciting places in the world, daily
witnesses an amazingly cosmopolitan
and wildly International crowd unseen
anywhere else in the world. Marseilles
is not merely a port hut is the chief
avenue by which the Old World trades
with the New. The Greek. Spanish and
Italian merchants and their employes,
the easy-moving African and Indian
trading crews, throng here in such nam
oers mat, me townsman is never sur
prised at any sort of extra-national
event from a stabbing: to a fete day.
The Arab quarter in Marseilles is the
most definitely marked of alt The Arabs
are picturesque, with a predilection for
red In their attire, and apparently con
tent if they can move slowly up and
him and I was 11. That was in 18o9.
He came to live with his uncle, Thomas
Otchin, an old Hudson's Bay employe.
Tom Tongue and I went to school to
gether, and later we were at college
at Forest Grove together. After I was
syrtem was abandoned ia 1904.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
mother's brother, Thomas Otchin. lived.
Mr. Otchin was a most Interesting char
a ww a TV T W.. f
Buried away down deep under a moun- T":.. 110 r . . ; . :, fT
tain of bills a feller from Minnesota ifum,n' cn,el lac"T " i"c T
filed what he wanted fer a law some
months ago that'd of helped out amaain'
Bay company. In 18J9 he was sta
tioned at Fort Vancouver. The follow
if them there statesmen at Washington Tear ne went UD neaT where Ta
had of really wanted a lot of money to coma now stands to become one of the
run the guv"ment and pay the fellers settlers of the Puget Sound Agricultural
that went overseas for democracy. He 1 company, but not liking It there he went
sets out that a 2 per cent tax on land I to where Olympia now is and took up a
worth over $10,000 to any one owner'd claim. He did not like that country
run in enough revenue to payr off the I either, ma in the fall of 1841 he came to
German national debt let alone the I Tualatin Plain and took 110 640 acres
U. a. war aeota. men tills feller tells i nt nralrl. lnrl Another settler com
congress mat 11 woman I nun tne farm- . n .nA heina- dealrona of arettine a
Vr-?ZnV? .ViL8 f,T level farm, Mr. Otchin let him have
of em has got $10,000 laid out in land, v.ir r hi. ainj- .l.tm .rut tv
But congress stops Its ears up and runs
off from any projick like that like a
boy in his shirtsleeves from a hornet's
nest
up 220 acres of hill land. The new set
tler died and later James W. Chambers,
father of Dr. J. A. Bailey's wife of this
city, took up the claim.
. A PLAN FOR THE G. O- P.
Fnsa thai Ohio 8 tale Journal
We of ten think, as we study the legis
lation proposed by our great leaders,
that the smart thing for us Republicans
to do would be to leave everything to
natural law and take our chance a
UNDER NEW SUBMARINE RULES '
Froaa that Newark Mm
Vvlf the nations attempt to enforce the
new laws for sea warfare, each ship will
have to carry a corps of sea lawyers,
and a few sea judges to serve sea in
junctions on submarines, etc.. .
"My grandfather. Anthony Tongue,
with his wife Rebecca and their only
child Thomas, my father, came here by
way of the Isthmus of Panama, reach
ing here on Christmas day, 1859. Short
ly after their arrival my father's father
bought a place three miles west of North
Plains. Here they lived the remainder
of their Uvea Grandfather died at the
age of S2 and my grandmother ran the
place till her death at -the age of 86.
She was able to direct the work of the
farm until within two weeks of her
death. - She was a small womajf. but had
tremendous energy and determination
A crazy man once came with an ax to
her home and told her he had been com
missioned to kill her. In place of be
coming panic-st-'xken my grandmother
told him If he knew what was good for
him he would take that ax back to the
woodshed where he had found it and
leave it there, and he did. Her brother,
Thomas Otchin, never sold a foot of his
land nor did he ever have a mortgage
on it.
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"My father went to school in District
No. 1 for two years and then went to
Pacific university. He bached with
Charley Hall. He was graduated in
1868 and studied law with W. D. Hare.
an early day lawyer here. Father was
admitted to the bar In 1870. The law
was father's vocation, and fine livestock
his recreation. He loved horses. He
started with thoroughbreds but later
sold them and raised standard breda
He also raised Ayrshire cattle, and Berk
shire hogs. Father owned the racetrack
here for many yeara You probably re
member Fred Hamilton, his famous rac
ing stallion that raced on the Northwest
circuit for many years. One of the most
popular horses he ever owned was Kittie
Ham, a little dark bay mare that was
true as steel. She never quit racing till
she had passed under the wire, and she
had a habit of passing under- the wire
ahead of the other horses pretty stead'
tly. Father owner six or seven ranches
In this county, so he had an opportunity
to try out his ideas about breeding up
the stock of the Willamette valley and
thus eliminating the scrubs.
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In 1888 father was elected to the
state senate and served as chairman of
the judiciary committee. In 1890 he was
chairman of the state Republican con'
ventlon. Two years later he became
chairman of the state organization of
Republican clubs. In 1892 he Was
delegate to the Republican national con
vention. In 1894 he was again chair
man of the Republican state convention.
He held many other offices in the Re
publican party- and served in the Fifty-
fifth congress and was reelected to the
Fifty-sixth. Fifty-seventh and Fifty
eighth congresses. He died in Washing
ton in 1903.
a a a
"Mr father and mother were married
in 186S. My eldest Bister. Edith, mar
ried A.. E. Reamea She died about three
years ago,. My brother, Edmund Burke,
has been district attorney for some
yean. My sister Mary. . who married
Mr. Lombard. lives In Portland.. Bertha
lives with mother at the Wickersbam
apartments in Portland. 1 was the next
child and after me came Elisabeth, who
la married and lives at Seattle. The
youngest child. Florence, ta now Mrs.
Munger and lives in Portland. If you
knew my father you know that when
he was is a law case he fought from
start to finish, and he was very success
ful in hia practice."- '
IDAHO
The Boise Streetcar company has been
given permission to extend its service
from Eighth and Grove streets to the
Oregon Short Line railroad station,
According to bills audited by the board
of commissioners of Tain Falls county, '
the trial of Mrs. Lyda Southard for the
murder of her husband cost tne county '
approximately $22,000.
At a recent meeting of the Gooding
grange, resolutions were adopted urging
the state to abolish the office of com.
miasioner of education, and also to aboi- .
tsh teachers' institutes.
Clarence McGrew was seriously In
jured at Buhl Monday, when a bora
wntch he was leading to water became
fractious and kicked him In the ribs,
breaking several of them.
Explosion of a stove in the office of
the Newton-Reinhardt wholesale gro
cery at St. Maries caused a fire tn which'1
all the office furniture waa lost aad
much dam a re done to the merchandise.
ara.
Facts About the
Income Tax
4 SUBTAX RATKS
Taxpayers are reminded that the
surtax rates, which apply only to net
income in excess of $5000, also are
unchanged for the year 192L Letters
received by the bureau indicate the
Impression in the minds of the writers
that the lowered surtax rates are ap
plicable to net income for the calen
dar year 1921. Under, the revenue
act of 192L the surtax rates for that
year range from 1 per cent on the
amount of net income between $5000
and $(000 to (2 per cent on the
amount of net income in excess ot
$1,000,000. For the calendar year
1922 the surtax rates rang from 1
per cent on the amount of net Income
between $6000 and (10,000. to 50 per
cent by which the net income ex
ceeds $200,000.
The period for filing returns (if the
taxpayer makes return on the calen
dar year basis) Is from January 1 to
March 15. 1922. Thia year, -as last
the tax may be paid in full at the
time of filing the return, or in four
lnstallmenta. due on or before March
15, June 15, September 15 and De
cember IS. Forma 1040A for In
comes of $5000 and leas, and 1040 for
Incomes in excess of $5008, will be
sent to persons who last year filed
returns of 1920 income. Failure to
receive a- form, however, does not re
lieve the taxpayer of his obligation to
file a return and pay the tax within
the titme prescribed. Copies of these
forms may bs obtained at the offices
of collectors . of Internal revenue,
branch .offices, and banks. h
The return, sworn to before a no
tary or other person authorised to
administer . an oath, must be tried
with the collector of Internal reve
nue for the district ia which the tax
payer lives or has his principal place
ot business. . r