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THE .OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND," OREGON.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY - 21. 1922.
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an Income tax originated anions Ore
son farmers. ; ;Ther have asked for
such a tax at several legislative ses
sions. One of Senator' Pierce's" In
come tax bills rot through the sen-
late, but ) was killed by skulduggery
In the house. There are 'gentlemen
who go to the legislature who know
exactly how to do that sort of thing
and to do it effectively by a simple
turn of the wrist,-' ( ":
1 An income tax 6ught to be passed,
not to create more revenue but to
equallre the .tax burden. . It la, time
for the Intangible wealth,' which has
so Ions- enlored the orotectlon of
government , without paying1 . a cent
fdr it to .be taxed equally with all
other taxpayers...' tt-,.'-
, The thing now to , do is to elect
a legislature that, will not by stealth
or in some other way' defeat the
purposes of those who are trying to
secure the passage of an honest and
Just Income tax bilL
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KJaard KmtUi
He was 25 and had fought in
France. He was too poor to buy a
ticket, and attempted to steal a. ride
in a refrigerator car. His frozen
body was found In the car, the face
covered with ice. Beside the dead
boy lay an iron bar which. In his
effort to break out of his prison, he
had ripped from the Ice bunk. And
In congress they are dilly-dallying,
pettifogging and playing politics
1th the soldiers' bonus!
ON ALLEGED FRAUD
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In David Lawrence's article In yester
day's Journal. That powerful inter
ests are opposing the bonus and that
beneath the surface powerful Influ
ences are swung against, the bonus
is evident ' . ' . ... - i
Otherwise, why would, a grateful
nation hesitate and halt and squab
ble over the bonus when nearly a
million former service men are walk
ing the streets of American cities in
search of Jobs?
THE PARTY FIRST?
WHAT FARMERS
- CAN DO
In Their Hands the Key to the
World's Situation, It Is Asserted
Exportation of Their Surplus
Vital ; Obstacles Pointed Out.
. and One in Particular Ad
: vised to Force a -Counter-Deflation
to Match That
. Forced Upon Them.
WHAT'S HE TO DO?
IOR some unexplained reason men
- like to go to congress. It Is, Of
Course, an honor to represent one's
district In the national house of rep
resentatives. It la a high office. .
.But there certainly are drawbacks.
For Instance, Juat what is a poor
congressman ; to do when soldiers
want a bonus and nobody wants to
pay It? What is he to do when the
executive branch of the government
''decides to pass the "buck" to him?
What is his course to be when taxes
are to be raised, all government de
partments ask for a lot of ' money,
and everybody kicks about paying
. money 1 What can he do when tar
Iff bills are to pass, and there is
trong and vociferous protest against
their passage? On what side is he
going to be and how is he to defend
himself before a mass of pesky con
stituents?
Just now, it is the soldiers' bonus.
The treasury department doesnt see
hew the money Is to be raised unless,
, perhaps, from the foreign debt. But
congressmen haven't paid much at
avtentlon to the treasury department
and foreign debts and, moreover,
they haw seen little of the foreign
debt coming across' the water. Then
omebody suggests that Alaska could
pay the bonus, or a sales tax would
bring It In, or the excess profits tax
could be restored. But the Alaska
proposal seems remote, people don't
like sales taxes and congressmen
&now It and congress aforetime
abandoned -the excess profits tax.
And there seems to be some likeli
hood that the administration Is going
to insist on a bonus, is going to let
congress find the way to pay it and
an election is coming on. And, be
sides, dldnt congressmen Just com
I ' . plete a long period of agony endeav-
ormg to raise money enough to pay
j regular government expense with-
,out letting the people know they are
paying the bills? How then are they
going to ask the people for a lot
more money, do Justice to the sol
diers, and still ask them for votes?
And. what's more important to a
congressman than votes? How can
he hang on to the Job. the salary and
(be emoluments ajid have printed In
the Congressional Uecord speeches
he never delivered, without the votes
of the pestiferous folk at home?
rPHE suits filed bv Attorney Gen
A- eral Van Winkle for recovery of
swamp lands formerly held by the
state in Lake county are of
great importance.
The thousands of acres recovered
to the school fund through similar
suits brought by former Attorney
General Brown indicate why. The
era of land grabbing and land frauds
is a black chapter in Oregon history.
The suits won by Attorney Gen
eral Brown. In his time, were in
court after court, with final deci
sions In the court of last resort. The
findings in all were uniform, and
they will always stand as a Judicial
determination that frauds flourished
in Oregon, that great bodies of pub
lic lands were literally stolen and
that the machinery exists for their
recovery. The service rendered by
Attorney General Brown In the re
covery of lands acquired by fraud
was a notable achievement as was
the service of former Governor West
in directing public attention to the
situation and officially urging that
the suits be brought "
As the complaints in the new suits
indicate, these valuable lands were
acquired In large blocks, are still
held in large blocks, and most of
their ownership Is in persons resl
dent In other states. The complaint
alleges that the transfer of the lands
by the state to the purchasers was in
violation of a law which forbade the
sale of more than 320 acres to
single buyer.
The ''Swamp Land Steal." as the
Lake county transactions were wide
ly referred to in earlier days, was one
of the worst political scandals in the
history of the state.
It has been a long wait for' pro
ceedings to begin for righting a great
public wrong. The Irreducible school
fund of Oregon would be many times
its present total but for the inroads
made upon the public domain by
land thieves. ,
PRESIDENT HARDING in most of
his recent speeches has appealed
for a united party and a partisan
spirit J It is apparently his i belief
that men should never cross the
party lines.
It Is easy to understand why. The
president is strictly a party man. He
would never go ahead of his party.
He would not differ with it He is
a harmonizer, not a leader of the
Roosevelt or Wilson type.
But there , are times when the
party or partisan consideration is of
secondary moment It is not the
party that cQmes first but America.
When the great crisis came in 1917,
parties were forgotten; we were all
Americana. And if that were the
better way in the great crisis, it Is
the better way in lesser crises. In
deed, the United States has adopted
the system of party government, but
when that system was adopted it
was not the purpose nor the thought
of the founders that party was to be
supreme over country.
There are instances wherein some
men have been so small as to place
party and partisanship above the
good of the country. Such an in
stance was in the League of Nations
fight Certainly it should not but it
may recur In the arms conference
fight In the senate. The farm bloc,
of which the president is a bitter ene
my, la a similar situation on a smaller
scale.
In that situation, the bloc has
arisen because the farmers are in a
serious condition. The members of
the bloc attempted through regular
party channels to bring relief to the
agriculturists. But in the party coun
cils were strong men from financial
and manufacturing districts. They
were not concerned, they thought
with farmers troubles. They be
lieved the farmer could continue on
and on at his labors, whether- he
were profitless or not Keener men
believed otherwise. When they failed
to gain support through party, a co
alition was brought about between,
Democrats and Republicans alike for
the good of the country. It was a
place where the people' of the coun
try were given first consideration and
party second. Certainly it was as it
should be.
When the Republican party or the
Democratic party serves the country
for the best interests of the people of
the country it Is entitled to. the rap
port of all members of the party.
When they fail, they cannot ask or
expect the support of earnest and
thinking men.
' Tnm the New KepabSs
One thing k agreed on: American
agriculture is eick. Its pulse Is bad. Its
blood count low. Its mood is dispirited
and dejected. But what the malady
really laalas, there the doctors assem
bled in consultation at Washington were
in violent disagreement. . One main
tained that, the trouble began with the
DanJts and the enforced . deflation " of
agricultural prices. Another Insisted
mat . we railways .were to blame ; a
third, the middlemen. The war and the
peace were two other obvious sources
of infection. A similar diversity of
opinion prevailed asuto the cure. Let
the government fix the" prices of etaplea
Let the government build warehouses
and hold the staples until the world
came to our terms, in the meantime
placing credits at the disposal, of those
who deposit the staples. Let a drastic
import duty be Jevied upon agricultural
products. Let the railways be forced
to cut rates, making up their deficit if
necesary. out of government grants, and
let the banks be forced to loosen up on
loans to larmeca.
owners nor oners reasonably cneap
freights. The toll of the middleman is
too hish: there Is need of a powerful
movement of consumer's and producer's
cooperation to reduce it.. The farmer
seeds more -good roads. But. none of
these things will bring him prosperity
so long' as the export market for his
staples remains Oat. as it . is bound to
remain, unless he intervenes. 3
Letters From the People
Uncle Joe Cannon's announcement
that he Intends to quit is reminder
that even the face of the Sphinx is
age worn with the sandstorms of the
passing years.
IN THE NAME OF MANKIND
Prom this turmoil of the practitioners,
we may wisely turn to the physiology of
the industry. Everybody, we suppose.
understands that agriculture in this
country is still fundamentally an ex
port industry. We cannot consume all
the wheat we raise, nor all the corn and
animal products based on corn. Still
less can we consume our entire produc
tion of tobacco and cotton. There are,
to be sure, numerous lesser agricul
tural products that rely exclusively, or
almost exclusively, on domestic con
sumption for their markets. Such are
the products of the dairy, the poultry
yards, the market garden, the orchard.
But wheat and corn and meat cotton
and tobacco, are the great staples that I
give the tone to agriculture as a whole.
When the prices of these staples elump,
the prices of the rest are likely to come
down too. The explanation is a round
about one. The fall in staples reduces
agricultural purchasing power, and that
inturn inflicts loss upon all the mer
chants who handle the products a pros
perous agriculture consumes, and upon
the manufacturers who supply the prod
ucts. Unemployment, supervenes, and
the ability of the city population to pay
for dairy products and -eggs, fruit and
vegetables, shrinks. Sooner or later the
whole agricultural population feels the
effect of the depression in the great
export branches.
Whatever may be said by the. learned
doctors each bent on the sale of his
proper nostrum a consideration of the
physiology , of agriculture points airecuy
to its relation with the European de
mand. Now, everybody knows what is
the matter with that demand. All Eu
rope is hungry. But Europe can't buy.
because the means of payment are not
forth co mine. It is almost superfluous
to point out that the farmers themselves
can do something to remedy wis conai-
Uon. Through the agricultural bloc tney
are In a position if they choose, to con
trol the foreign policy of the nation.
They could force the Harding adminis
tration to do what it would probably like
ta do. bait, for lack of agricultural sup
port does not dare to do use the power
America has as a creditor nation to
force an intelligent disposition Of the
German indemnity, which every com
petent financier In the world recognizes
as the chief barrier to economic recov-m-v.
The sETicultural bloc could force
a policy that would set Europe on the
road to recovery, and along vmn jcurope.
American agriculture. But that would
require vision and courage.
r (Vmmnnicatiom sent to Tb Journal (or
pnbheation in this drpartment thould b written
on only one am oi ia paper, anowa not unco
300 wards uv keasth, and Boat ba aia-ned by tba
writsr. vboaa mail addnaa ia tail aaaat aeooaa
path contribution. 1
REPLYING TO MR. CHAPMAN
The Poorest May Give His Mite Gladly:
Hence. Not inumidatea..
Portland, Feb. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal This is the nrst time i
have ever written to a newspaper, but I
should like the privilege of answering
Mr. Chapman's letter of February 9. It
seems, inevitable that society win not
change enough in the next century or so
to eliminate entirely want, sicKness ana
rrief. Year after year many people are
going to find! 'the unexepected hand of
sickness and Ill-fortune neavtiy upon
them. Who is going to extend comfort
and relief to these so sorely oppressed?
I would say to Mr. Chapman, In answer:
Those whose hearts are aot so hard but
that they may be touched by the need
of those less fortunate than themselves.
And those rare people who, like the
vridow with her mite, give happilyfrom
their meager supply, even it some phys
ical comfort be sacrificed, I know a
silent voice from Heaven tells them that
that day their deed is lmperlshably;
recorded.
These people are not intimidated by
someone .appealing to that sentiment in
them which is of the highest. It is those
who must be reminded, appealed, to and
Implored to open their hearts and thereby
treir purses, who feel that they are being
intimidated and coerced.
Instead of looking on this opportunity
to rive as a privilege and a duty which
we should take joy in, meeting, some of
us harden our hearts and pass up an
opportunity which might be of real bless
ing to ourselves. J. C.
KLAMATH COUNTY ROADS
A Plea for Connection via Ashland, as
Against Dalles-California Route.
Medford, Feb. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal Under date of February 18
Mr. Booth of the highway department
assures Klamath county of state and fed
eral aid in her. road program. Mr. Booth
considers the Dalles-California highway
of first importance. Crater Lake and
(X)MMENT; AND NEWS IN BRIEF
.' ' ; : SMALL CHANGE
How many wheels are there on the,
well known business cycle? : ' '
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'" Oh. well, well be wishing far Just such
weather as this about August 15. .
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Now Who would hava ffcone-tit that
Innocent old Paw tucket would start a
not!
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Trouble Is with so many neoole. when
they hit the nail on the head, it's their
uiumDnavii.
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..Those who demand most In service
usually are the least able to pay for or
appreciate it. ; - . -
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Some ef the things that short skirts
reveal are among the reasons tor restor
ing long skirts, it is said.
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One reason for Bolsheviks '' and other
wild men: "'Babe' Ruth reaches sal
ary agreement; will get I6Q.0OO."
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A lot of crippled furniture will have
to be moved out of movieland before a
thorough housecleaning can be had.
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However, princess. It takes more than
an artistic wedding gown and costly
Jewels to cement the marriage relation.
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Well be In a better position to start
reforming other social elements and in
stitutions when we clean up our own
street, corner gangs.
SIDEUG
A boot1irrF namMi Ttaannt tiaa htm
fined in Portland. Most bootleggers are
considered dkapota by their , patrons.
Polk County fsmixer. -.
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It Is Unfortnnat that wnrM afcnrtu
of wheat was not discovered before so
rnucti wheat left the-hands of the grower
jrenaieioa JcJast Ore soman.
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The administration is in a tantalising
poaiuon. It is called upon to provtde a
bonus for ex-servic. men without annov-
ins any of the war-made millionaires.
aiediord Ai ail-Tribune.
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Some people say that a Tanner has no
business sense. Just the same they have
got together in Morrow county and fixed
a wage scale which displays more busi
ness sense than supposed business men
seem, to have. CorvaUis Gasette-Tlmea.
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People who say nasty things about
other people behind their backs should
wait until their victims are close enough
to bear- and turn around. Then they
wouidn t say em. and this would be a
beautiful and loving world. Baker
uemocrai.
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Every dope peddler should pay the
penalty of a penitentiary life at hard
labor. The victims should be treated as
unfortunate physical wrecks, cured if
possible and made to pay back in serv
ice to the state or municipality the cost
of their benefactiona Oregon City Banner-Courier.
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The Oregon Country
KarUwaat Hafwenteca ta Brief farm for tb
But? Rcedca .
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
In 1913 popcorn machine . owners
popped 117,830 pounds of corn, represent
ing 148 acres. In 1S21 there was popped
20,000,000 pounds, or 26.000 acres. These
interesting figures are furnished by J
S. Hough of Indianapolis, who repre
sents a popcorn machine .company and
is registered at the Multnomah. Last
year, he adds, 52,000,000 bushelsof pea
nuts were raised and consumed in the
United States. In addition, an equal
amount was imported.
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Cold weather continues in Morrow
county, according to Highway Commis
sioner Barrett of Heppner. The long
winter is causing the accumulated stocks
of hay to disappear and there will be
none left over for next season.
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Former County Commissioner Miller
of Deschutes county Is transacting busi
ness in Portland. He reports stockmen
Ashland-Klamath Falls last. Evidently ! 'rT t. , Z. T.T
no u not wcu pususu a ui .uie wuiuicivih
importance of the two roads, with Kla
math Falls only 61 miles from Ashland,
and the paved all-year-round Pacific
highway and serving a thickly settled
country all the way to Portland. Going
porth from Klamath Falls there are
hundreds of miles of scant settlement
and deep snows which will block the
Dalles-California highway the greater
part of the year. Until the last big storm
cf February 10 there has not been a day
that loaded trucks and touring cars have
not- been crossing the Green Spring
mountains at will.
I have a faint recollection of a bunch
of boosters for the Dalles-California
highway starting- out from Bend last
November to show the feasibility of an
all-year-round road, and I think it pos
sible some of their automobiles are yet
staying along the road, waiting for the
snow to melt so they can get back home.
With only a few more miles of the Ash
lijid -Klamath Falls road uncompleted, I
say finish this road and give the people
of Klamath county a chance to get out
at will on a good highway.
Charles li. Howara.
Once a leading figure In the W. C
T. U. and other forward organiza
tlons, Mrs. Wallis Nash, who passed
away at the family home In Lincoln
county last week, had in addition the
virtues of a devoted motherhood and
the graces that make a rare life companion.
THE NEGLECTED MOUNTAIN
A scientist has discovered that
coffee boiled in a metal pot pro
luea mineral salts Injurious to the
drinker. He advocates porcelain.
Yet If he had ever reached the 4000
foot level In a mountain climb, he
would know that the best coffee in
the world Is boiled in a smoky tin
pot over an outdoor fire and is ab
sorbed' from a tin cup along with
double rashers of bacon.
ivhAT difference does it make now
as to what the ''records, min
utes, arguments and conversations"
were that led to the formation of
the four-power treaty?
All that Is now past history. The
public would have been glad to have
known it all from day to day as the
conference wore on. But now we
have the four-power pact Its lan
guage la fairly plain. We know it is
an agreement to respect the terri
torial Integrity of certain islands in
the Pacific and to provide for con
ference in case of aggression upon
those possessions.
What difference des it make now
as to how those decisions were
reached? President Harding's re
sponse to the senate's demand for
data is sufficient
The thing for the senate now to do
la to drop quibbles and ratify the
agreement. That body, by its follies
and pettifogging with International
affairs, has already held the world
back from needed restorations and
reconstructions more than three
years. It should now put mankind
above peanut politics and ratify the
pact
WATCH TUB LEGISLATURE
Mose Bloch seems to be running a
little bloc of his own: at the court
house. 1
IN THE WOODriLE
THAT its function- Is to equalize
A -taxes and not Increase the amount
of taxes collected, was emphasized
yesterday by the special commission
which is studying taxation la Ore-
gon. . , I
It Is a timely announcement There
was a growing Impression that the
purpose It) proposing. n income tax
waa to dig up more money for the
legislature to appropriate. Maybe
that Idea was being spread by those
who oppose the income tax. Maybe
not . - ,-1'. ' ' '
. , Anyway, what we have is this: The
purpoee in proposing an income tax
Is-not to provide more money to
spend, but to shift p'art of the great
tax burden now laid on' real estate
SHALL New York and ether big
banks be paid what Europe owes
them before the American govern
ment receives any payments on Its
loans to the allies, and before any
payments on those loans may be used
Wor a soldiers' bonus? - -.
Shall American munition makers
holding claims against European gov
ernments for munitions furnished
during the war, and sometimes esti
mated at $5,000,000,000, have their
pay from Europe before the Ameri
can government is paid anything on
its loans to the allies, and before
congress shall use sums due from
the allies for paying a soldiers'
bonus?
' That there are reports and asser
tlons to this effect was brought out
fTTHE greatest single scenic feature
J- of Oregon Is Mount Hood, The
Columbia river highway leads the
wayfarer along the edge of the great
mountain mass which climaxes In
Hood's lofty peak. The waterfalls
which flash Into view from the high
way leap from the north shoulder of
the mountain.
Mount Hood is the inspiration of
one- of the . great scenic , highway
projects of modern times, the loop
road which is to include the Colum
bia river and the Mount Hood high-:
ways, together with an entirely new
road that will link Hood River val
ley's apple orchards to the present
highway terminus on the south
slope of the mountain.
Mount Hood has.no peer among
snow peaks in rugged majesty of
form. It carries upon its haggy
sides . forests and lakes and rivers.
It lifts its eternally white crest sky
ward, a monarch among mountains.
It was Mount Hood that inspired
Sam Simpson's musical lines:
Where the lords of the mountains are
lifted
In a luster of silver and pearl ;
And the shadows of ages are drifted
in toe oanners ino forests umuri.
Mount Hood stands In the door
yard of Portland. Its changeless
grandeur is the vision of any clear
day .from a thousand local view
points. Its effect upon the altitude
of public standards and our very
thinking1 is Immeasurable.
But how often our publicity about
Oregon overlooks -Mount Hood in
favor of some minor point or some
route that leads to the mountain.
How often we neglect the most
powerful magnet for the attrac
tion of tourist travel. How hab
itually we neglect any substantial
support of the facilities of tourist
and pleasure travel in the vicinity
of the mountain.
Mount Hood is worth minions to
Oregon as a headliner tourist attrac
tion, but We neglect its capitaliza
tion in a dozen different ways. Let's
sew to it that when tourists any
where think about the Northwest
they shall think of Mount Hood.
Besides, the recovery of Europe is not
enough. The prosperity ' of the farmer
depends on two things: the price .-u-rooe
can pay for his export surplus, and
the price he has to pay for the goods
he requires in his business and in his
household. His present distress" ia due
to the fact that the price of what he
sells has fallen disastrously while'the
price of what he buys has not come
down in anything like the same propor
tion. Why has it not done so? In the
market where the. farmer sells his sur
plus, and which determines, directly or
indirectly, the price of what he sells at
home, the conditions are different. The
British or French or German farmer can
buy as large a volume of manufactured
products with his wheat and meat as
be could before the war onen a larger
volume. Why then does not the Ameri
can farmer exchange his -surplus abroad
where the terms of exchange are favor
able for the manufactured goods he
needs? Ocean rates were never more
favorable. Well, the explanation can
be out In a word : the tariff. We have
built up an artificial wall to prevent
the farmer from compensating himself
for the low prices of what he sells by
equally low prices for what he buys.
The Joke Is that this wau was ouut
lareelv out of farmer votes, and that
just now the tariff wan engineers are
counting confidently upon farmer votes
to hulld It even higher.
If the farmer really faced the facts
and acted upon his interest, he would
smash the tariff wall and deflate the
prices of what he buys In the measure
that his own prices have been- deflated.
That would be a heavy blow to Ameri
can industry, it will be said, and would
reduce the domestic demand xor agri
cultural products. We are not so sure
of that As was demonstrated In an
article by Professor David Friday in
one of our recent Issues, the aggregate
value ' output of American Industry has
for almost a generation paraueieo uie
aggregate value output of American
agriculture so closely as to suggest a
binding causal connection. These values
rise and fall ' together. Deflate indus
trial Drices. and raise the prices of agri
cultural products, and the presumption
is that the aggregate or inaustnai vauues
will still remain equal to the aggregate
of agricultural values. How is that
possible? Industry would expand the
volume of its production. It would have
to give more goods for the agricultural
products it consumes.
. ALLEGES CAPITALISM
As Reason for Opposing the Pla'n of the
Community Chest.
Portland, Feb. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal I agree with that Journal
ccntrHsutor - who states that the reason acting business in Portland Monday
the public does not responq generously
brighter since wool is going up.
- a a a
J. O. Wilson, Judge of Benton county,
and Commissioner Von Lehe are in
Portland to interest the United States
forest officials and the state highway
-commission in the Alsea road.
a a
Ed Budd, general factotum of the II-
waco railroad, who spent a few days In
Portland, has returned home. He re
ports operating expenses are increasing
and net Income decreasing.
a a a -
Robert Johnson, the Benton county
prune king. Is transacting business in
Portland.
a a a'
Former County Judge Malone of Cor
vaUis Is attending the meeting of the
state highway commission.
a a
P. J. Studelman, mayor Of The Dalles,
was among the guests of the Mult
nomah Monday.
a
J. F. Hale of Medford, who has been
ill for some time, is convalescing in
Portland.
R M. Evans of Baker is among out of
town visitors.
a a a
Charles Johnson of Astoria was trans-
to the efforts of Community Chest work
ers is because they are weary of that old
farce of- capitalists trying to slip some
thing new across, under the guise of
charity. We Americans are not stingy.
We are the most liberal hearted nation
on the globe, and we realize that this
suffering fgt But until our charitable
organizations will find someone to launch
forth their sympathies besides a bunch
of capitalists they won't get much sup
port from the public K.eep that kind out
of benevolence schemes and humanity
will fare a great deal better. Now If the
Salvation Army were given entire charge
of the Chest drive, with no other organiza
tion interfering, and the public knew the
Army alone would collect and divide the
money, you would have your quota the
first day. As long as America stands
we are for them we'll go over the top
for them any time.
R J. Ellsworth.
'. FELICITATION
From tha Medford Clarion.
Last Monday The Oregon Journal
added to its news service the Con
solidated Press, making its fifth , trans
continental leased wire service. The
Journal is to be felicitated. It Is the
best newspaper on the Pacific Coast.
AN OLD-TIMER
From life
"The dinner was delicious. You must
have an old family cook."
"Yes, indeed; Bhe's been with us 10
or 12 meals."
Curious Bits of Information
Dont be too hard; on the doctors
in connection with their Community
Chest contributions. 'While they may
not have done' all they could and
should, , the fact remains that the
medical profession is called upon
perhaps more than any other for
charity service throughout the year,
Chest br no- Chest ' v . - -
But this is theory, and a complicated
theory. What is not tocf complicated
for anyone to understand Is that so long
as American agriculture exports a sur
plus every obstacle to the importation
of the goods received In exchange is a
burden uoon the farmer. . That was
never so plain as today. Suppose that
Germany sends us a ampioaa oi nara
rs for the farmer's use. What will
she do with the money she gets tor ni
She will take food and cotton and wool,
of course. And if we shut out the hard
ware, what shall we do wwn tne iooa
and cotton and -wool? leap them up
in warehouses, . to depress , prices this
year and discourage production next
year, .
.. av .
What the farmer can do politically to
mend his condition is to work for the
mbiraUan of. common sense and peace
in f Europe, and for the destruction of
th American tariff barrier. These are
the vital things that need to be done.
If they are not done the cry f agrt
cultural distress will 'continue to be
heard through the years. This Is not
to deny that there are many other things
t- be done, inside of the political field
and outside - of it We ihave not yet
attained to a satisfactory plan of agri-iilruT-al
credits. Our transportation sys
tem badly needs overhauling : a it
rtands' it neither makes moaey- tor Ua
Gleaned From Curious Places
E. R. Bryson Is here from ; Eugene.
I
J. G. Napier of Reedsport has Just
returned from Washington, where he
endeavored to secure government co
operation in building a Jetty at the
mouth of the Umpqua river. The port
will contribute $200,000 to match the
federal government in the extension of
the present Jetty of 4500 feet to 7500
feet. There is now on the bar a depth
of 18 feet The extension will bring 25
feet according to estimate.
a a a
Walter M. Pierce of Union is In town
in pursuance of his duty as one of the
tax investigation commission. He is sUll
very pessimistic about the future and
says it looks as if the peoyle might just
aa well turn everything over to the
bondholders.
a a a
Mr. and Mrs. A. L Donneliy of Milton,
near the Washington state line In Uma
tilla county, are spending a few days
in Portland.
a a a
Mr.-and Mrs. R. S. Miller and Mrs.
C. H. Spraker of Willamina are regis
tered at the Imperial.
a a a
Guy F. Pyle, a Eugene contractor, is
looking after some paving bids before
the state highway commission.
a a a ,
Walter Smith, one of Benton county's
responsible farmers, la visiting in Port
land for a few days.
a a a
' D. C. White of Hood River is a guest
of the Imperial.
a a a
J. L Messenger of McMlnnvtlle is a
business visitor fcn Portland.
Mrs. E. Bourne of Albany is a guest
of the Oregon.
a a a
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. 'Bartlett of Cor
vallis 'spent Monday in Portland.
a a
' Mr. and Mrs. E. Harris of the Round
Up City are registered at the Imperial.
a a a
H. H. Bonebroke of Rosebarg is regis
tered at the Imperial. '
a a ll
Dr. E. L. Scobee and family of Hood
River are visiting In Portland.
a a a
H, D. S perry is here from lone.
a a a
G. N. Brown is here from Crane.
OREGON , ; ' . . .
Pleadinar a-nlTr tn ilVrallv fiavtnr
venison in his possession. Hoihs Swingle
was xinea iiuu and costs at Keomona.
Twenty-fire beef breeders" of Lincoln .
county met at Toledo recently aad
organised a beef breeders' association.
Th First MeUtodlat Episcopal church
at Bend will floata 110.000 bond issue'
to complete the '- building, which was
started in June, 1S20.
Jean the little daughter of Mr. and
Mra Fancho Stubhlef ield, was badly
burned at Cottage Grove when she
stumbled and fell against a stove.
Union county la without a courthouse,
the building occupied being owned by
the city of Union and for which the
city wants a rental of X&0O a month.
It has been decided to' resume opera
tions at the laree sawmill at Garibaldi,
owned by the Whitman company. The
mill has been shut down for a long time.
The location of the Pacific highway
through Cottage Grove Is not yet settled,
and- it is thought the old highway
which skirts the city will be used an
other summer.
New machinerv and aoulnnwnt i aa
been purchased for the Brownsville wool
en mill by the owner, J. L. Bowman of
foruano, and repairing of the big edi
fice is rivinc emDlovment ta a larara
force of men.
Miss Louise Boyd. daughter of the
late Rev. J. IL Boyd of Portland, has
presented to the University of Orea-oo
library a coUeoUon of 44 volumes on the
negro questiorrT The books are valuable
and treat the subject exhaustively.
With three new 'business blocks In
course of construction, a community
Legion building and Methodist Episcopal
church projected, and plana drawn for
several new residences. Newberg will
have quit a building boom this season.
WASHINGTON
Bids were received at Golderdale last
week for construction of a bridge across
Whale Salmon river and one across
Rattlesnake creek at Husum.
S. G. Seghleri has been arrested at Ta.
coma charged with fraud in obtaining
his soldier's bonus, thereby creating the
first case of its kind in the state.
Members of the Thurston County
Dairy Products association at Cbehalia
last week received dividends of 10 per
cent from the receiver of the concern. -
The White Bluffs ind Columbia River
Telephone company has filed with the
state board or public works notice of
reduction in telephone tolls averaging
per cent.
Forty -seven sows and rflts sold at
Walla Walla Friday under the auspices
of the Walla Walla Valley Purebred
Breeders- association brought aa average
price oi a a neao.
Under an order received from the
commisisoner of Immigration, the force
or immigration inspectors in vvaahingtoa
state will be cut from 88 now employed
to , ciiecuve aiarcn i.
Five former officers of the Scandi
navian-American bank at T acorn a. which
failed last year, are -charged with con
spiracy to defraud In an Information
riled Friday by Prosecutor James W.
Selden.
J. .aw Sparks, manager of the We
natchewVplant of the Standard Oil com
pany, sustained a fractured skull and
an injury at the base of the brain when
a passenger train crashed Into his oar
at a crossing in that city.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN.
By Fred Lockley
IDAHO
Half of Lincoln county's taxes are
reported as delinquent Liabilities of
the county total I452.0&0-SZ.
Vegetable growers in the Boise valley
have organized a cooperative selling
body to market the produce of Its mem
be ra'
The schools at Deary are closed and
all public meetings are postponed in
definitely because of an epidemic of
Influenza.
Over SCO carloads of ore were shipped
from H alley station last year, more
than three times aa much as shipped
the previous year. v
The Idaho Clays, Incorporated, have
formulated plans for the erection of a
factory at Coeur d'Alene at an estimated
cost of $500,000. The plant will employ
100 men.
The Interior department supply bill
carries 81,200,000 to provide for a new
townsite and other matters connected
with the American Falls reservoir
project
In the vicinity of Devil's Hollow, sev
eral miles east of Quapaw. Okla, there
is a wigwam-shaped church building lo
cated miles from any white man's habi
tation, and a long distance from the
nearest Indian domicile, where, says .the
Detroit News, the Quapaw full-blooded
Indians congregate regularly to wor
ship the Great Spirit in silence. They
sit about a tiny fire that has been built
on a stone base in the middle of the
dirt floor, from Saturday night at sun
down till Sunday noon, fasting and
praying, but never speaking a word. A
feature of their church meetings is the
feast that follows the fast and religious
rites. The meal Is served In a little
mess house nearby, and when the serv
ices are over the squaws, who have
slipped out a few hours before the time
to close, are ready for the dinner and
all sit down to partake of the food that
it always a part of the program. The
church was built many years ago. so
that the residents might have a place of
worship, a custom still kept up, re
gardless of the fact that there is no
preacher, no choir, nothing to call them
but the religious spirit of the Indian.
Uncle Jeff SnowSays
With mountains of coal, people freezes
to death in the U. S. A. and burns corn
that people's a-etaryin to . death fer.
With oodles of idle land we're a-spendin'
millions and millions of dollars a-glttin'
more and to hold idle under Irrigation
ditches. The Lord couldn't make folks
thard think fer theirselves and at the
same time make "em think. A whole lot
of folks Is like the feHera that laid down
and died fer want of water la the early
days on the big sand stretches that, hid
the Truclcee river in ftevaoy. runnin
only three or four foot underneath 'em.
This old earth's full of the richest
things a good Lord could make, and his
children's a-starvia 'cause we won't
feed em nor let 'era. feed thcitselveav
Th. htototy of a pioneer thst "w to
reality, a colony la nseii. "
Ttmter of that family. who alao Fy huth trfr-
ate ta a pioneer woman or inaro.
am, An ineident i. related. t"Tfc
then preTailing mkapprehenoona regaminf eoo-
tagioUA manniwa.
Mrs. MaVy A Gilkey lives at Dayton,
Or. I visited her recently n "-
two hours very pleasantly anu
ably "I was born three miles south of
here, on March 7, 1846." said Mrs. Gil-
a.c,. . - - , i-
came across tne plains oy
1844. He was born In New xora smio
In 1814 and moved to' Illinois in 1833.
irwi thors b- went to Missouri, where
he found everybody talking about going"
to -Oregon. He got the Oregon lever
also. Joel Chrisman hired him to drive
one of his wagons. Propinquity la the
unn of many a marriage, and It was
so ta this case, for my father married
Elizabeth J. Chrisman, Joel t-nnsman a
daughter. When they reached The
Dalles, Rev. Waller wanted my mother
to stop there and teach school, but she
decided to come on with the rest of the
family to Oregon City. My mother's
family spent the winter of 1844 at Ore
gon City.
"Grandfather Chrisman tookup a do
nation land claim of 640 acres two
miles southeast of Dayton. : His son
Gabriel took up a claim adjoining on
the east My father took up the claim
that adjoined on the south. His son-in-law.
William Logan, took up the claim
that adjoined on the west Samuel
Campbell, and Labon Marin, his sons-in-
law, took up claims adjoining these; so
that my grandfather ana nis lamny
owned six square miles of land in one
body. I still' own part of the old dona
Uon land claim Joe Marin also owns
some of his father's original claim.
a . - a a .
"On April 14. 1845r my mother. Eliza
beth - J. Chrisman, who was 28 years
old, and my father, Benjamin Robinson.
who was 31 years old. . were married
in the log cabin of my mother's parents
oa their donation land claim. They
were married by Enoch Garrison, a
Methodist minister, who had taken up
a claim near Amity. This was the first
marriage in this neighborhood. I was
their first child and was born in the
oM log cabin on- our claim. As a child
I can remember our mud and stick
chimney on the outside of our log cabin.
I can also remember my mother stooping
over the fireplace frying venison In the
long-handled frying pan or taking the
coals off the old. Dutch oven to see if
the bread was dona Father made our
bedsteads. They were' made of poles.
"One of the earliest recollections of my
childhood Is of father coming to the
door of our log cabin riding a horse
and leading a pack horse. This was in
the spring of 1849. He kissed me good
bye, aad mother told me he was going
'away off, to be gone a long while to
mine for" gold in California.' Mother
and X and the new baby went to live
with my uncle, William Logan. Father
came back after awhile from, the Cali
fornia gold fields with lees money than
he had taken there. j-
came next died when she was a little
girl. We children took what they called
hi those days the "putrid eore throat'
Ruth, my sister, died of it 1 was ex
pected to die. In those days they knew
nothing of contagious diseases and when
a child had diphtheria all of the neigh
bors would -come -with their children to
the house to visit The result was that
within a few days or weeks there would
be many funerals. When my sister Ruth
had the "putrid sore throat' my brother
John and J also had it Mrs.( Odell
helped nurse us. Father Wilbur preached
Ruth's funeral sermon.
"As I told you. I was the first child.
John, the next child, who was a baby
when father went to the gold fields, died
at the age -of SO. Eliza, the next child.
married J. B. ..S2Twell. Aramlnj,. who
"My uncle, William Logan, sold his
farm to General W. H. Odell. General
Odell married Samuel R Thurston's
widow. ' They lived' here for some years.
Mrs. Odell was born In Maine. She
influenced my life more than any other
person. The first carpet I ever saw was
ta her home. The first potted plant I
ever saw was at Mrs. Odell s bouse.
The . pioneer families owned, but few
books, and the first library"! ever saw
was at the home of Mra Odell. They
were books that her .first husband.
Samuel R Thurston, had got in Wash
ington, D. C when he was a delegate
in congress from Oregon. I remember
how astonished I was when I stayed at
her house to dinner and she handed me
a napkin. I did not know what It was.
I had never seen one before and did not
like to use it for fear I would get It
soiled. Mrs. Odell "taught school two
terms. One evening aa she came home
from school I saw she was carrying a
plant she had dug up. I asked her
what she was going to do with that
wild flower. She said she was going
to look In a book and see what Its:
name was. I remember how profoundly
astonished I was tav think someone had j
written this plant's name In a book.
I couldn't understand It That was my
first introduction to botany. Next to
my mother, I never loved anyone so
much as Mra Odell. Shewas tall, had
blue eyes, had auburn "hair and a
pleasant voice.
a
"1 love to think of the old days, and
I like to treasure the old home-made
furniture. I have always kept the old
home-made cradle, made for me, and in
which all of my brothers and sisters
were rocked to sleep. It was made
from an oak tree cut from the Goodrich
donation claim He used to make home
made cradles, split-bottom chairs and
other home-made furniture for his
neighbors.
a a a
"Recently Dr. George Odell died here
and was buried -in the Odell cemetery,
near Dayton. General W. IL Odell, who
is now about 98 years of age. was here
from Portland to attend the funeral.
His father and mother and all his
brothers and sisters are buried here.
He is the last survivor of the Odell
family.
a a a i
The first drees I ever had stands out
vividly in my memory. Mother washed
and carded the wool, spun it and wove
the cloth and made the dress for me,
while Dr. Danforth made roe a pair
of shoes with cloth tops and , rawhide
soles.- - - - ,
"Joel Palmer, whose son William still
lives here In Dayton, was one of our
earliest friends. He was tall, of med'um
build, had a heavy shock of gray hair.
and. was a fine loo kids man.
Facta About the
, Income Tax
22. VERIFICATION OF TAX
RETURNS
The revenue act of 1921 authorises
the commissioner of Internal revenue
d his assistants, whose duty it is
see that the law Is properly com-
Iied with, to examine all books.
papers and memoranda bearing upon
an income tax return, and to examine
under oath persons having informa
tion in the premises. A new pro
vision of law is that no taxpayer
shall be subject to unnecessary ex-'
amlnatlons, and only one Inspection
of the taxpayer's books of accounts
shall be made for each taxable year
unless the taxpayer requests other
wise, or unless the commissioner,
after Investigation, notifies the tax
payer in writing that an addlUonal
inspection is necessary. The act
provides that In the absence of frand.
or miscalculation, the decision of the
commissioner upon any claim pre
sented under or authorized by in
ternal revenue laws shall not be
subject of. review by any other ad
ministrative officer, employe or
agent of the United States.
Except upon a showing of fraud
or malfeasance, an agreement in
writing between the taxpayer ' and
the commissioner as to the amount
of taxes due is final and conclusive.
and therefore binding upon both
parties. The act provides that no
suit or proceeding for the recovery
of any tax or penalty alleged to have
been erroneously or illegally assessed
or collected shall be begun before
six months from the date of filing
(utiles the commissioner renders a
decision thereon within that timet
nor after the expiration of five years
from the dale of payment of such
tax or penalty. It Is provided also'
that the amount of Income, excess
profits and war profits taxes due
for the year 1921 and succeeding
years shall be determined and as
sessed by the commissioner within
four years after the return was filed.
and the amounts due for prior years
within five years after the return
was filed unless the commissioner
and the taxpayer consent in writing
to a later determination, assessment
and collection. Kgcept In the case
of a false or fraudulent return or
failure to file a llrquired retain no
suit or proceeding for the collection
of such taxes shall be entered after
the expiration of five years from
tne date tne return was riled or
became due. This provision does not
affect proceedings begun at the time
of the passage of the revenue act
Of 192t November 23. 192L .
The act provides that under cer
tain conditions Interest at the rate
of H per cent a month shall be paid
upon claims for abatement ' and re
fund of taxes erroneously collected
from the date of payment of the tax
to the date of allowance of the claim.
Taxpayers are no longer Invited to
submit sudf claim, but upon audit
r- the return they will receive a . cer
tificate Of - overasseasment and
check hi correction of the error, or
If an ; assessment is outstanding
against the taxpayer ' for Jncomo'or
excess profit taxew. the overpayment
is applied as a credit and the balance
immediately refunded.
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