cr.:
v.ze:;l:dav. appjl 12. 1:2:
V,
I . t ' i.'.' : Vi sAtui m4 dcHr and county taxes
" v --a aa fl w -
1
I a" a-.- ur -
Jo rw-1 Mn. h
"4 t tF Kkorit! at
braeeeM ea4
,'-.. frr.n. ol
' '-i at i at fioi !. tr..-e,
! 4 - - r .... ' . r l bl t ! .... lnWa
11 0n wn a. fcafitnor a., fcraaaw
nc. 2,1 rif-o tart,
fc . nit'f, I Mrar-X
li . H UAt KkJ'lif..-iV fAIIVE U. H.
rwma I e Ine. l umNr buWnc Sae
preyrnt cor.iltlons that its cxtt.t z'zi
was postponed until autumn.
Hut despite business depression and
despite the fact that income and state,
fell due. at
about the came time aa the chest ap-
jrc; -3 to r:c .r.;.'.:. '.i il.a fzrr.9 re
sult by letting the -millage levies
star,'! but reducing other stato ex
per.Situres $1,400,000. .; Under the
Pierce plan politics would be , re
moved from the school and: the
peal was made, Portland placed more j schools would be removed from poll
than half a million dollar in the I tics, which is beneficial to fcotn our
Community Cheat.-'. ' - schools and our politic, ", -; '
, Tbla ia more money than the bene- When our educational Institutions
ficlary Organizations soliciting indl- are dependent upon legislative , ap-
vldually. with a campaign of some propriations, courses of , stu4y and
sort every week or so, were able to I other arrangements cannot be formu
secure In the past. . v. I lated by the institutions, because the
A GULF THAT
MUST NEEDS
. BE BRIDGED
A Farmer Illustrates the Width and
Depth of the Chasm Separating
Farm and Country and Separating
- the Farmer From, Prosperity, by
. Comparing the Data of a Gar.
ape BUI With the Data of ,
Three -Acres -of - Oats as
Raised, Delivered and Sold,
fits. "-If V retard it,-then the benefits
will be felt whenever the insurmountable
and lrresjstlD tida of civilisation en-j
velcpes oa - - : ,'.
Letters From the People
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Mr. Hucklebarrr tina airluA
his Parents. lnAtA. ha'a harr
IOvinnni-afirma mt to The Journal fori""-
on oniy on iue oi ta pir. taenia m; i 4 - , j " ,T-rr" , i , V"-"
eeed 300 woro in Itnr h. and most b I KIClC-bacit. 'tin said, S eu. quit drinkinr
' The cost cf'aecuring the fund was funda are dependent upon the 'ca
And though von KtiiM rtiiF trmA (
THE TAX RnDXJCTION CONVENTION aS? a pafurr?0"
A. (vora jn its iwiimbe, ajuiov i ,- - - .
Undeserved Criticism.' I "Pro- rnarm one thing and "con an
Portland, April 10. To the Editor of J other; which explains the difference be-
'i"i Ti'i iwmnr b,iiHm. Ia a j but 3.7 per cent, compared with 10 tolPrtce o politics.
f.u: n,rt,, MMmi, I . h.n Iim whn
By a, Farmer
exernng to the cartoon denlctlne a I r,, t,..t if. r-riHm lit nnl l v. 1 tween BnmMi hkh rr.u
On the Other hand I " "l wiin pair i anoes in convenUon of the : tax reduction 1 -. -.
(i,a.j( i'likWL r. -.r.- lb riht U
tflMih. H Im wiil an rir.Mi nv of9 that
In any tm i!lm miIoi wiih or ttet
when these schools are forced to arolon? pan nd 3 bushels of com in the ciubs -has elicited noUce out of aU pro- j ' tw,,. Xroposed to protect the radio
when tnese scnoois are xorcea to go othePf the current issue of the Saturday i ,7.Zrn. fh tn. But what about some measure to
The next Community Chest cam- before the legislature tor appropria-1 Evening Post says there is a widenin llTJL. Z!Zl.7Y.- .rv.M protect the rest of us from the radio
palrn should be held the latter partitions, their maintenance becomes a rulf between the town and the country LonaldeHng that the motive of the or-i11 ' . . .
of November! when winter and its Political question and the friends t SSSJSTf titiott;i l'.!aly "to, : defend,v.ltaelf Tax reduction "lajtbe favorite plank In
needs are in prospect and when the these institutions ho are in the etetes,;
TnJJplMi there-l. plenty of capital seeking invest- f-; v ; , -. ; . -
rnfhrj aavlnx ethera.-
was- ever
senatoriai
Pau-r'asn trT I warming Influence of the Christmaa I leeslaturo are frequentlyvcompelled
CM rt. ..,., .1,0 niih -Si I ... A tl ti1. hl, vnai An Mlltlfiil nut.
w .ti':::' 'I.!0- purte strings.
tiMAUiijuTMPiT.rgTriAoojicx , By an means Portlandera should
r yr ..ooTbiM mna...t2 i be induced to subscribe by the month
... , , . . . - uioaL at per ceui us uu nw ia ,i isUCK vrlvst) die In kat r-
ters in exchange for favorable votes .SVf CT. f fKland in exchan4 for state amounts to actual eonfiscatjon. The a" new. dlrteh report 'tV
for our educational Mnatltutions. It 1DUl l day" ,abr . fTt "ff1, to tt "S?? .aul'bbU' nH rward ta
frequently -happen, that i.gislators I wouid like to Ululate this state- "222 ilf. ' J '
4.a
Dn t
IWHhMU SuadiTl
On rar. W
tWMlOM. .... I II
Iw ""h . . . . ,
. wrrtll
IT fry W4oe1af1
.....ll.sn
Om avHith , .III
IN DAT
. ... . .H ee
i Bwath 1.7t
the... 1.0 I
from counties where these eduea-lent with-, a local instance in
Tlue
so
t&CB oveit uin aa minister 1 ne nronerasi 1 . . . , ...
wil.ii. T it. , " ' Z I ."""ff icmicnenn is tne soviet lor-
1 . . . .... - .1 - oi&u iiiiuioier a. 1 ill we p. n&nDV mraiiM
tional insUtutions are located feel , ",,J;i!;. - "Tacjfederal tax on top of that- If our tax-1 we don't have to be diRlomatio in pro-
that It -! nfHrv fnr- thorn tA vnl 1 , . " ' 7 ' ' eaters , are enapieo w mumain Laeir i huuuubb mat name.
tnat.u is necessary ior, tneni to vote an automobile into a well known Port-1 . .j a - . - -
VI. . . 1 i. ... . .. . .. I V- ll vi iuuiv UIOI ! . , : ...
i4wm u simi IU.O.UJ uicuiu w i iana repair snop tor me purpose OI get-t hav t trv thlr hp-nA at miMlf. niwr. 1 . ",i"5piara rongj or uie oia name
wtrwrr asp
Om Mar...... ,a,SO
Owe Tf .
lit aunttka. .... .SOI
TS nt em eaily ta fh WMt,
n ta Castora natnta fnrnuhwf oa itmllfle-
atk mitluna by Uoaey Order, Exrme
'"1 rttet. If r"r Mitetfife is not a
iwyrWr office of S-cnt itjape Hill fee
-ri Make iwittaecae parable to Tbe
iwrnaj PafchahlM Coeinenr, PnrtUnd. Omm,
I 'aetmanteeflnne arat te The Joarael for
imhlireueoi la tala eVrtartnuwt ahenld b wrKtea
e eelf ene etde of tee Mprr. ihetikf Sot oteeed
f vnnla ! Wnra and nwt ee n4 by the
arniar, Me Mail addrete is roll MUM
rT he ertnamHon. I
and not by the year, for many gave
no rhore for a year" than they would
give each of the 12 months if prop
erly approached.
The
tlcularly
begin earlier and workers who fur-
I a W J avin a el ; tMAr 1 Vi c n : - a amaaaw-.
should b: weeded out More defi- tor should not stultify himself even
nite cooperation of persons compos-1 to "worthy, a cause as education, J cording' to Ahe large idea these chaps j officialdom we-enjoy socialism wiUiout
ing the r: beneficiary organizations at we are -not faced by a theory have of the value of their timeand plant I the socialists, single tax without the
should be enlisted. - hut, a practical political situation and lw "'" wM 41,n oe- mgletaxers, and chaos without thei an
M. WAUUni VJra IJiVllLll MLBf, t-IIC I ArChlStS.
Such is the relentless penalty of the
careering around in the political field of
Preliminary organization, par which they do not favor. In order to Ung four minor P nef aUon 0taU proper for toere wiUnot tiTCrart
iw t .THi,tf Xl.niA secure adequate appropriations, for jjw cap. jmena a small Tadiator leak, be a corporals guard of private owners smelt from the Sandy.
ly that of publlqity, ; should hoo,- . braze a crack in a small plate on the Itt the state. 1 What's the matter with . (J , " - ' '
" ""tne: oinctais, anyway? The state has! w mutn weeping-, wan-
It is easy to- argue'that a legisla-J snft,0- 11 ?' this requiring seven emphaUcally turned down the SocialUta,! i?.??,???0' f teeth about the
SIDELIGHTS
X
i ne reaon mere ts mora acandal now
than in the cid davs is becauM' more
things are onidered candalous.-f-Med-ford
ilaii- Tribune. - i ,
v '
Life ia the cities la rrttirrtr too com-
pUcated. It has now become almost im
pofible -to e ill th pii-torea : every
weel. Roeeburg News-Review, f
Commencement sneechea win won be
due: we cai then learn whittrr the
world Is drifUr.r ana about Itale Ivlnr
beyond the Aipa. Pendleton Kast Ore-
goiuan. i
A. Montesano man asks to be reused
from jury service because, his pants are
patrhed. As addBJonal rasons ha, aa.ya
he is not smart enougrh for the lawyers
and wout-t be a ClMppotntmentLSit a
Juror. That man ought to be an attor
ney instead f a woodchopper.Cbn-al-us
Gasette-Times. , i
a e .
Ths fio-cal!ed chnroh ticket of Sumner,
near Taooma, headed by a rreacher lor
mayor, is running on a platform favor
ing Sunday movies and street dancing.
are curio-as to know what bait the
worldly fellows "are using in their ef
forts to catch the intelligent and Inde
pendent voter. -Ku?n Guard. s J..,.
Sam Webb. Jim Mott E. Hau'ka and
Other -candidates with brief rami u)
stand the best chance of get una Into
the political headVinea. ' It la hard for a
headline - writer to be absolutely fair
when he has to choose between aquees
ing names' like those and EricaLmne
Andersons. ' Buchanans and Narvestada
Into the big type. Brevity is te soul
of the headline writer. Astoria Budget.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
ti-T,,.!,,. ,otn. r-. - lore i wanted tne car, a montn later, the
But the Community Chest itself legislative history of Oregon is on propr,etor of ahop had added I19
should not be abandoned. It is
worth too much to contributors, to
the needy and to the community as
a Whole. ' t -
PORTLAND FIRE LOSSES
of political logrolling for our educa
tional institutions, which have been
I used as a football by designing legis
lators who have selfish motives.'
The principal reason for placing
our educational institutions on a
millage basis was not only to assure
them a definite revenue hut to pre-
Random - Observations About Town
more for. "storage."
Z expected to pay this WIU but I got I lZ?nnjt'riwi1 J'e rn.!lHM.lL"i!5a reechuta Is not very
cha'S'wah inrTJ f Metres, unrestrained either round highway througrCentral Oregon,
ot a far t conscience, service -or '.public control, aunougn ne admits It might be a prac-
found.lt was tostinr me S109. This Is r VKr7, wuung wars uuu prommmon it tney wouia sur-
:- ------- am- K. : . 7 1 m 1T morsl eltASl AM 1 lAaiH mm.. I fala SIlSl mla M Htta. V. , I
how it worked out t - ICl r.T- K,".: jrS Jl-a
Thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents to hV "tain w h Z WTi !. , . 1
was .approximately the fail price of 120 ff,r: tY-, " V " t''v" "f
bushels f feed oats at the farm. If I tHUS,Uba til" m 4pt on our fore he reached More te, stuck in the
geSerp I takVSat .7 of h7 world-, mudttre. time, &&Z;D
"DORTLANt) fire losses "for March
a. rose to 1271,248, againet $28,518 vent jthe passage of selfish and lm
for March. 1921. : proper legislaUon. Millage taxes' arel I:;. -wJLL-",..r: ." work -must be arfne honestly and faith- out by team. He sot stuck aeain near
The loss for March this Year Is I not onlv HuatlflnM frnm tha afanA. T.M te . ei,t..n ...mJtuM'' ' " " I Shanlko, and was pulied ut by team.
9 -vo utoaWI' STejaB e wosi
The stream was up, but
he could ford it His
midotMam.: T f m-aa-. v.tMna
volved was roughly as foUows: Fertilix- tTT- "ZT,.". ?r n wae5 OHt ana wasaeo. oacx
mg. I day, team and two men and meals, Tth riuh Vh- IZfXtZZ -Z lzTJtv Iz 1 ." ?r Iour "J11' 18 lnt no0t
10i?piowing. lH days, jib; disc andi rj,ufr " me i wnere no campea out tor tne nigni. . xne
.. wwjv. - v. i.iiiB umiHvnnai , nav, nuwnm, Ant,a,i infl
Q 1 m nut Q a l,r a a fw ti. anttM -arAaw 1 . M .k. l.naj v.... .v. 1 n nri nva . tham rtinrvpr. . 9m V f in 1 . . . . " .T I
of llTwhen thetoui Was 3Te,7. standpoint of good legislaUon. - aouf. '1. t MkSAkWH
t ne toss ror . mat enure - year was i .v ' : 1 :. : 1 ;, : . , .--..- ..-... , mi., v.-. . I vwuoa. -.. wur-unMurUamentar tt I mHaa
Hswtf
eak inwsy.
Made m am MM av em.
POltK BARREL JCDGES
i
but little more, than, 15000 .larger GENERAL y GOETHALS " SPEAKS
than for the; month of March last
past, v ; V;.; -. j : . : J:,::ft
'' Torth four; months of the cur
rent fiscal . year, the i total loss is
144,497 made up as follows: - De
cember, 1121, $7,4 83; January, 1922,
$ 13.7 J U ' February: ,192 2. , 1 03.0 44;
March 1922.- $271,248. ' r
Fire prevention brought down In
surance rates and creaily reduced
fire losses in Portland. If the present
harrow, 1 day, $6; seed and seeding, $8 ;
harrowing, 4 cutting, shocking,- hauling.
publicist ;
next mornltiH- tta cn?ai1 a.
if was called foolish., craay, 1 team . and returned to his car, in the
The creek
raiie oi low u acjr up us rest oi we . ... . ... . t tha nnt tnit th amount I am ar.tuallv I r j T. "'"'!.:. H,11 -Potr.r thn t.lenhoiuwj
rpiIET tell us that the 24 new Jed- year, 1922 will show a heavy totsi. 5"- ra,v3B 10 f ile e a ' I Bied to th tomobUe repair Th6 JournalP. a Adersonof Meos to Bind for a tow and arrived home on
A eral judses wers created to In- It nromlses to exceed the total f b tnat if the amount totaled $200 hob ,s aa .tated above, $101 Job thad
- .. . .. I ' ' : : " .. ,.-. aJ t,.Hf.I.l,,.M V,,, -. .f W 1. I-?-: - ,"u a"vUIU 1 . . . , A. - . .
ure - speeaier justice, ana not lor 11921. which was 1728.717. . Tha total 1 kvf v-. j 1 wo hv v 1 oe careiui about statinr txMn . t. 1 aeciaea tar get rw uu uussj.
pork-barrel purposes.
Kvery new Job added
payroll la created on some
text ss "speedier Justice.'.; We have creased. The March
gone on increasing .the number of I losses of this year raise
public officials and employes until whether everything is being done I tbe national wealth than either, and before he is through with it and let alber. 1920. lie nrh t ZZ ltlz
thers U now one federal employs toUhat should be done to reduce the that It should be financed as were Jury decide this guir problem between f Australia, a city of 800.000, a few years
... . t I.. . . . . . !. a-i. . a j- ..althe town and the eountrv.'r-n 'vl l,,n ainTtai ih.i.n..
every I4J or population, against oneire nazaras. . .. 1 wio anai auu iuo ianway uy uireci 1 . , - j
government appropriation. , l- 'But'' the Bhop man would probably
The Portlander who was going to I He says that in six years this great I say,, "you are charging too high for some
1 items in uie coat 01 pruuucmg yuur oavs.
GENERAL GOETHALS report on
.lh Columbia basin. project will
1 HaVI I CIW tliE. -(! I.ll a lar StI ltK'IViLJ aC .- iia-iitma . I . , . ... . -"-) -.
n-AVA mAit tmnArtanf iviri. . .v.i a r . . 1 a ax nine an u-tax vcrazv. ' - Tfe Tjw 1 mia ; intsn. yvir
tribution to the' whole cause of rec- meals, $20 threshing at 6 cents a bushel, 1" 5 i it aremarkable dieplay of had rlsen; during the night and was a
lamation ;hSa -....v., $7-l vThen there; are sacks, binding wry.-iw its;worJt a disgrace to an In- torrent .Wading but into it nearly up
A ; M twine, hauling to barn, storage, handling J'Tlwnt-b9m9 or feeblsninaed. to bis shoulders to attach the rope, Pot-
: lie" 8ayg that the cost of bringing arainand Juiuline to-ar and loading a".f5UM 1 presume, th people it rep. ter was swept off his feet by th swift
water by'gravity to this project of but well leave these ouw Just to make tt Jff" vw."! Vr , refU8d -V current and carried "down stream 100
anm-oxlmatelv 1 750 000 anr in liberal, These three acres of oats have ll r ?s ktn(i ;nd tireless offers of feet to where ; a projecting sagebrush
approximately ,,1.760.000 acres a in ost me, birtat' tn -work done. $82 cssb, tne 8ml6 tax., j' j. b. Ziegler; ; root gav him. support e crawl up on
Eastern . VVasmngton will. average Then we must add $3S for interest on In- i REPLTING To' MR. ' ANDKTisftvK tne hank. The next, day Oie water went
$145.68 an acre, that th cost of pre- vestment of -8600 in th three, acres of Mr. Hermann Asserts New Zealand Tot down that block and tackle .could be
paring the ;solV for cultivation will land, and taxes of $12.i The; toUl cost of ; Turning Anti-5?in-!a r? applied. The car was pulled out but It
the oats and the amount I ara actually!
- for 1m40 1 i? 34 the COSt . "I . ..." . , I "e that New Zealand Is not abandoning K a
I t-. . 1 l-: xne longer 1 tnougnt over ii me maa-i what amo-la a it . . . " . ..iu n tx
. . . . , , 1 . . . . . , . 1 . ti. ..... , v. , H. 1. .,ii,r l . , . . . . . . t . e .. . a.v . wt vucf wmfftrj. I iur, a.iu ante v.
lotnepuouci . , ico mure, ousm io do lowerea i - j - t.J.v,, GW , ,oa w m Kro gi.u u K ; t advancing toward it tnnr nrh i tnn artonnlne at the
nrh nra. I lhatead of 1 belnr reneatd nr in as national In scone and character that I refused to pay the mil. The shop i vtar. That. .f... , , I ... - . .
and February as the Panama .canal or the Alaska m8.Khln-fnnh.- Jf 2 F T'S : fJ"sr .f educaUon. who
. th auesuoi; railway, that it would,add more to DurandNTmo!nTth.Chm AanalSTep!
. j the not nnal ih thin atthaf en. v... . i u i.v. i. j . iT AjftD?r iPie m JSOVem-
Freeman of Sllver-
Multnomah. , '
"W. O. Moore of Heppner is among the
guests of the Multnomah. .
Among the out-of-town Democrat
to greet National Chairman Hull Is
Thomas Crawford of la Grande, who ta
incidentally looking aver the field of
tmuuianicBj ior ina .uemocrauo coinina
f ton nM ffA..a.. ' , . .
vm vi fjV irvri a , ' , ,
Mr. and Mrs. C A. MoreUnd ef the
bunrise orchards. Hosier, are In Tort-
land doing some shopping and looking
mo city over. . - -, -
C C. Coopey has forsaken the iicenerr
of the Columbia river forge for a few
aaya -visit ia Portland. -. :
Among the guests of the Imperial are
Ia. E. Arnold of Lebanon and Oscar- L.
Dunlap of Junction City. . :, . .
G. . Parr of Olex and Paul E. Har
rison of Blodgett ar Included In recent
arrivals.;' ' j , - - -v .
'-;'-? .. ' - - -."-.'-. :
: George B.- Schaefer of Eugene Is
guest of the Portland. , . ,
.-:.ir- a . e - e ' ' .1 "
Among out-of-town visitors is O.
Fulton of Astoria. -. ' -. - . ..
A. .A.' Hull . of Chehalla. "rTsalL,
transacting business ia Portland. .
,-i. - .... T .-. a -. - . '
S. W. Mors of Bend Is making a bus!
ness trip to x-oruano. .
' t -. e e . e ; . . ,
Among those visiting themetropolls
IS John P. Gray Of Coeur d Alene, Idaho.
$ .-o-to a-. y ..
1L J. Campbell of Clatskanle Is regis
tered at the Portland. : ---.v : ,
J. PL Buck of Salem Is among out-cf
town Visitors. " ; ;:. - - . .
to every 1110 of population la 1818.
It It not the creation of more
rourU, but simplification of proced
ure. In , Courts, , that would Insure
move away from the rain how wants! body of desert treeless, almost un
to know , where Kansas, wher I Inhabited land could be green with
speedier Justice. J"Ou? courts trifle I snowplows are bucking $ to 12 feeticrops and busy with new life on
with Justice by permitting delay I' snow; Illinois, where the breaking! farms and in new towns.- " --V
a fter delay upon mer technicalities," of a levee under1- abnormal water I He says that for every one e the
a I I th late David J. Brewer, a Jus- Ipresaure inundated a town; Michigan, I thousands of carloads " of products
They can be produced cheaper.
ago adopted sraglertax for citr nnmosAa.
and has Mr. Anderson ever heard of its
repeal? .' . ' . --.vi-:--i ---
Mr. Bates, the farmer of Albert 1m
was visiting his son here, la n-nc,rteJ tn
have Raid th itirti-lai fv null
, il .i, ui iiKr Muiuti iuvniuwui wnan ja I ailM auwm' .a .
tnan pe nas, cnargea tne same rat that I them to nmrst , taT-in. I "r
he does for my labor and the use of my as it would, apparency, in Oregon, tol
pianv namejy, i a. nay, i mese oats exempt them, and that no one even rma.. ' 21.. . iMra irll.-a
i ' 4 11... V. - -w. ai . m . I aWVSeTa. TV
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE -JOURNAL MAN .
By Fred Lockley
The Oregon Country
KsrUiareaa Batrpaaicca
ta Rrvat 1 ua lot tae
Briefly but erTUIlT MT, tioeUay bre re-
latee the atory at the inopptton, sroereea: con
duct ad euataal, dubaixiing ef Ue hietonc
would have cost me exactly, 1207. "i tlons the justice of the nolicv or it tn. . "L. " rn. wrar.m km.
Now, why should not th farmer; who den cv: In fact b ta r. h.., I ."?":'.-r - -
. a i j t a..i.., . . -w w Aurora coamy.- a w vj
i;to k ureirer nticiito uj utw wiui, wuo i pa i a jt maaethe country.
founder of
Aurora colony. A few days ago.I Visited
a nephew of Aurora -Keil at Aurora.
Ho of the United States supreme I where the worst flood conditions of I shipped from the project a carload
court who should bs accounted highja. decade threaten; Missouri, where j of machinery and supplies would beniut have a broader education and who
I - I ... I nans 17 s 1 ah frea . V Mia ae ala, a Ma n as kaL - i a a
authority. II added:
W m . .a A . . a -e .1 aa,aa.. . 1 . a
i anrocai mat tne aiat snail enact i cago, wnere a so-nour aownpour I mercnanqs ana joDDers. I labor? where dnea tht hon
drove Iraffio off the streeU? ' - -; He Bays that the same quality and I this God-given right that he claims, to farmers themselves, to go to Canada and I r ran of the - earhr history
. . . I . . ... . t . i . ! txt-n av... Hmas tka rata. I Inir.Mlnn.. . . . . .1 l H ? v4 - VI . - . J
, I liiupii liuuoin nuaiaii Ul Ji uuuiiuuu t --- - ,. .. , I. d .v. c(iui w. to , uiej miSSOUn 1 Aurora.
laws that shall permit of but one appeal
after th trial Judge, There l
no duty more Imperative tipoo th bar
end the tx-rn-n than to do what they can
to almplify matters and put technicalities
Dunne- a sine-Ie tav
a. - -- . i- . . 1 . . .m... . - a . a 1 .: - a- " - ..,- u. I HIM I1MJBB IB AlSSa "
four lost their lives in storm, or Chi- shipped to it from manufacturers. T'?L nulm 1 x7. S?" V rear asr I- heard J8eP told m-rof the founding of the colony he
- " " -rZrZ i - 1 . vuiiuuiuOT vi aiisKon p a. "MT wire Will go ,iui yw
labor? Where doe this shop man get 1 farmers that misrht be Mlest.il ha tha ZT. c...i. -ni t.n vmi more
IN THE HEART OF PORTLAND may be expected from the Columbia !?li""e'shbor cros8 cityt liml,w caB K"m,yadl t ecept the offer.
I - - o ... f ......... i vvii.inucu-, iv uo vninufateu . or me
basin project as from the lesser
ut t th way and see t It that aub- I TN THE basement of the Multnomah 1 Yakima . and' -Wenatchee : projects
courthouse, there are four steel whose combined products last year I
-aics.. aney are a pan or the haul were valued In excess.of $75,000,000.
ansae py in authorities In th raid I There are other . potentially pro-
on t-ninawwn last wee. The safes Hitca i nrwm
vaai ati -w a w Mti . v M-VaVS -
ington that - could be reclaimed at
I less cost than $145 , an acre with
$20 to $50 an acre added for ex
soli. : ...v v '. : -. . ; has certainly been prompted by the war
When General Goethals says thatfinanc corporation through loans which
Can you beat it? I
J. R. Hermann. ,
HaI..!.!. V..1. - Mna-A t. ...
- ... f-J" v I c9tlnna at hanVe an tr, arra Ana ana 1 a j ... ... 2 . : I T I . . .1.. Unnr
nomlcaliy : feasible he, inferentlaJly. livestock nUl pricw bigin to X&LZJ- rli Llui. WoVL ofTlfd rTSrSgt a no"e aaytaTe"r wXi working in -the
sv tnor .iaWs a- laca Ow a I "Rrwh ! JknfS AlTtin bfMlll! Th Tit irfl I - TTf ill- 1k.II t T. 11 v7- a. l4r aratan vevrrnrf than Bhia?kln bOUMft.
" r w tuevkitMai aca-fa a Sa-J. V tUO ' XiUllOr OI I wa7
farming population on th 60,000 square I ThA .jniirnoinai .i.i.v nAia.:ii tun .T extended nr. hand.
When he savs that the Columbia! v 8 W!.lamet ly. av has noM was spading. - Wiping her hand on
.!eL! rt.S!e
Tjome into me nouse ; w wia
there with more comfort We passed
through her kitchen and dining room-
he would bave had the human sympathy Lverythlng was immaculate.;
or tn: Democracy twwch comes from
i have enabled them to meet pressing bli-
"A TESTIMONIAL
atantial Justice la administered.
Th late Mayor Gaynor of New
York, a jurist o( eoniplcuous distinc
tion, said: "
n,;n7r;.::T."."r; "r": to be held unui the Chinese own.
ments, The technicalities and delays I Pen tn,m nd disclose the con
would not be tolerated in any other da- tents' to District Attorney Myers. -part
men t 0f the government. 'A great part of Portland China
An investigation some 10 years town exists In defiance of fira i regn-
to disclosed that the average length lations.. -;,- v r
e f a civil suit In the United Btate Th VontT wars - waged in China
varied from a year and a halt to six town ar an invisible government
ears, and the committee reported carried on contemnoraneousivwith
-cornpltl, procedure" and "unreason, state, government,Mndependent of a,B that projects of less cost are
able appeals" as among . th chief stat government. and; in defiance proportionately more leastoie.
rauaes of delays. . . I of state government:
.. ..... I ... . U.... a.. , .... .rLr-- -r., pern
It 1 noi mors JUdgtS but less Pro- I me Steel OOOrS and locks and bolts I oa8Jtt, Projev u . uauuiuu project mue oy me war iinmnco orporauon, worinunutnUy.-v It is doubtful, had he sue.
redur and fewer technicalities innd hars and gambling parapher-j inai wouia auu
th courts that ar needed to make I nalla cut. down .by the authorities I wealth than the
i-peedler Justice. "In my Judgment. the late raid on Chinatown. were I tb Alaska rail way ne says that other Jactual -i bankruptcy ha s been . th pa-
a change in tbe Judicial procedure In taken from about. 48 Chinese places. Projects would make. a Portion, jUence
a. . .i.-i, . a . . . . . . in. m... h mmnm . . vr-so T i-nnrrinni i.tr, .. . , -
win civit mu criminal cases consu I - - .v-. v vv ,.a e11" I . ...
tutes th greatest need In our Amer-j bllng paraphernalia destroyed vareji iWhen he says that the Columbia
Iran institutions,' said th then pres- Isomethlng done to bring the Chinese I basin project merits a'direct govern-
I ient Taft. December 7. ltOI. who la I quarter within fir regulations The I mental appropriation, ho argues In
now chief Justlc of th supreme cton was taken by the authorities! behalf of- a . national v, reclamation
court of " the United States : He! wming. against the tong shoot--program equally helpful to other
added: ? I lni which took place la the street a t projects of proved merit.
I do not doubt for one moment that days before.-- ." .-. -. ., , General Goethals is a great engi-
M'i h of the lawless violence? and cruelty Nor are these the only' fields in neer. His work In connection with
rnctruin Whkh Chlne!M rM,dent are vlolat- the Panama canal Is one of the great
l , e.-IlV.iJ.S?"1?! me the law. Thy ar in th lottery enarineerlne achievements of , all
TvifHVMra. Keil and her B-year-ow
daughter. I went to Aunt Sarah's. - We
stepped ver the wire fence went down
a j steep path to v the . spring , branch.
crossed on planks a nit.-oi maran
brilliant with the golden yellow of skunk
real MUturt nr. Kana.a rlh. tk.l
-liong articles could be written on-this I vipw that th .inaia .
Bubject of tha widening gulf between city sarned scheme, on She part of the clt
and country, but a few examples lllua-1 fellers to ln&ri all th ata .
trate mucn more Drietiy. vr.rmera are darn farmers." and they even paid the 0ruuanl .wlt i - JZti,
?rAZ i.1? -Ve5.."!!? xmPies. M fun to the big Kansas City real esUters SaDDae ,n ?T,.n J,T. .V. ".A
longer they can-stand the pressure of
clonus uiBuujuce u vuLK.il uicjr Twi farmer become, thinking It was a scheme
""""u- Tto maaanim ruiv mora rant: that ha in
A Portland morniVpaper editorial S"3! tU. JJl1
hand-made doora and-smaU-paned win
dows, j-w-i-.v r:-I.V?'--T Vt
was used as a hotel In th 50s." TV"e
went, through . the; back, gate to Aunt
Sarah's immaculately kept back, porch.
. . uiitiini.j , r im uuuuuuia Hand na sue
have sympathised with their distress.
The Doubtful Future ;
i From the Prineville Central Oregonian 1
acterised the man and caused him to
devote his life's work to bringing about
more Justice and equality in th affairs
or men. .
He was a rebel ieainst the wmna-a I
of, society, and he worked unceasingly !
10 resiore tne eartn to the us of the
I h executions thereof in our courts.
business. They have organized. lot-1 times. He speaks with an authority i
terr companie .which : carry on a relative to great constructive works I
lPnr tha tirnosa, of this auditorial tha
-arritai. art ahaa . tn . atato that i Winavllle 1 People.: and th voting Power. '
and surrounding country is merely a. when 1 tirai mt Mr. Cridg,' in 110,
common type, the same circumstances t was conducting an. open forum on
being applicabl to other sections. How- J TOU ;aa economic Questions. There
vw tt ia mrtth thai "incai tvt", that v I a large and. interested audience, hut
- ' . I . . Li- - t . . ' 1 aiaiara. JIB lil&i IICU ..ivuuo . J v
are concerned. . ,v . v coworaers oesened - and I t.ii. ,t thai, vinlv i-hr.A
cnage naa to pay the hall frent., Later K""T .: T.r.7 .'t
We eat In the front room. " Fotat
fee-1 to a. nicture-,- on th wall, ' I
asked, "Who Is thatr That is my
father - Jacob Geisy." aia Mrs. iweit.
"For many ; years father ran the hotel
her at Aurora. . At rat ne ran it ior
the Aurora colony, but later he owned
it and ran It for himself, when thU used
to be th eating place lor tne stages,
and. later, for the railroad. Father was
born in Pennsylvania. -His lamer was
born in Switzerland. I Father came with
tha - Anrara ' colon v 4 from Bethel. Ma
My father had nine ' brothers and four
slaters. He married CaroUne Fry of
lorn KRi-.Lianroni.uiui.eii a vprv ipn ri a- - v -j w.o uau; renL-.. ur i ..... . . . . -..
------- . -. .-. - v. i- .v. ... . - . m i Atotner otea m J""un. vmc.
area or the balance or the inhabitable . "T ul?.w?ow secured I ,,lrfr. ne-.r .y r-ther-s; i of my bvw-
tnuch speed at business of ticket selling with very rarely equaled by any man.'
part of the unsettled West. .Therefore, lT. ri ZZ ' xeraP0,i band's father. Dr. William KeU, and
it is no uncommon thing to hear per- m5f"urv XoT, ?- emensaOon, 1 ht-Ma, i Is -the picUre of his
There was too
XOth and GUaan streets Monday j frequent drawings, of which whit ( If th government should take upjsons discussing jthe possible future of j l"cn wa. "S .D1t. For more than I niother - IiOuisa PJttl KeU. Ih-.'-KeU
ntgrht. Th officer, who was do-1 inhabitants are constant natrons. Be-1 th Ooliimhfa basin nrotect onhlalthis section and wondering if it wm 'y the state I WM . g mu. H had around face.
Crler. who thought be had th right! which Chinatown carries on in nar-1 committed to an : expenditure of 1 wtkn. t tha i-mmtn r now . Tta. 1 penses, carrying with him a phrf) I l... .v.. . v.. -vi.
aa a a -- -a arwwa a a a v . aa w. w " - ... v w - a. - 1 a. w a BJ a SaAel lal aw 9 X W a ta4 iaa t ifj aAiUi aV a.
of way but was exceeding SO miles cotics. : i - " , '?.' I J 2 5 4.1 7 0,3 5 1 within a period of sixlmember. there wss a time not many J arl,empALfCktbo - had curly hair, which h wor long. Kis
n hour, went to JalL Excessive U ought not to be difficult "under I years, which would straightway be-y6"" aP h?n th08 f Atlantic f,tI 5?!.. oC bai;was dark, his eyes blue. He was
reed In any part of th citv ia n- th Mmimtan. ih--.ii,ts.ML..-ai.a -w .w 0,,..tseaooara,wonaerea .ii to umo vauey recau. very determined and positive. I was
lawful t in tht. tiart,..,,.- ' , Z: Z . . .r.!? 21 would ever be settled, and so on. untU -wo!,cla : born at Bethel.: Mo., April 26. 185!
. . ' - vuvu, vuii ,iuiiai. uicui, iu oiop me re-i weaitn, juagea py ine experience i i today, some are wondering tr these sec-1 r"ww" w - win euiirag ana
U!1 ll ollBa corner and slippery curring shootings in which tongmen other projects, nearly if not all, of I tions will ever be seUled. esMauon. . I .1 am not going to quote Mrs. Kefl
pavement. It is foollah. I ensaur on the crowded streets. If it I tha initial pnatAi Tha ' trftvtmmnt I .It' is an unusual thing to talk'withh rafratr wo.rk Bti0 unfinished, further, for w looked over an old
ITS SECOND TEAR
latVon Iomr.v of maturTagexor any iengts w. ar wondering who vwUi earr? photogVaph albtun and'she iold m. of
U 0t done, some day there Will be would find itself responsible for a . tlm. d not ha, him diacusa some Ith banner with equal courage, for his manv of th old-time member, of the
a tragedy that will bring strong con- j great colonist movement to the land. I chance In the early stages of either his J eeyotion to the Henry George philosophy j Aurora colony,, and I made no, notes of
damnation down nnan thai heaAa -nf I ea Maimra.'fhot amnM riitwt tha
'r11.13.-111 t,Hl!r . th" Public authoriUes and a widesoread settlers from overcharge, for eon
t oniana vommunity Chest Is to
1 held on Thursday evening. Doubt
1 thr will b a deatr oa th
I i-t of som who attend to dispense
w . i th chest.
Others may feel that'th tlm has
: ived to separata th charities and
public demand for Chinatown to b
wiped off th map of th city.
nectlons that would afford them
markets and for conditions promotive
of home life.
life or some community, to buy prop- fn canvassing the state for the single
erty for a. "song,- which is now very j are too well known to be dwelt upon
valuable and which, had he taken ad-f an1, are crowning features of his life's
I vantage of his opportunity, would have wor- 1 . U i, .Mock.
made him wealthy.
The same men who mad those - ex
DECRIES SIR ARTHUR'S ! afTRffrnv
Vancouver. Waeh i April i-.-To the
names, dates ; or- incidents. . Instead
I am going, In my own words, to con
dense the stories of Dr. Glesy, Mrs. Keil,
captain auiey. Charles Snyder and vari
ous others and tell of the founding of
tn Aurora colony.
TWO LEGISLATIVE PLAXS To accomplish Such . reclamaUonf Presstons are this day repeating ( elr jtmtxr of Th Journal-SIr Arthur!
likel " The 'Aurora colony really started at
L'er..rof ! and let he latter in
i fa'.ure shift for themelves fin an-1
T AWYER D'ARCT proposes to re-j
A- duce state expenditures through
the repeal of the millage levies for
our InsUtutions of higher learning.
lllil. v.m,lwM V . 1 1 - . . 1 . . ..
nruiuiii ui Kiismu w nrn. tc m Ttrnhahlv . tinliT a
a t'av nav mt nir was not I via Tnainlenanra fun1, tn (!... t-
an to carry with it other reclama. thTgions wia ever be heavily S"- Oliver, has chesen an inopportune Bethel, Mo, in J8, when Dr. WUlUra
tion as needed would be one of the nonuiated 7nd highly producUve, Xf time to regale us with ghost stortea. We Keil. a Lutheran . missionary, decided
. , ., , Poputaiea nu oisuw jmw t today are confronted! with many very thas tf following , the dtiys of Pentecost
. ; i . I ocnuua prouitjuia so eenons. intact, are t tne followers or tn lnwtv V7r.n
T T-i'v-"- these problem tnat Idle BUhocues are f could ahar. an things In common meB
AcmmltteoftheshIppto2boardr?elem.-rL!lv th present absolutely out of order, and women of like mind could still do
hearing in I ri tt anThmmia verv I P1 problems of unemployment, taxa- so. The colony was formed of German.
.t. vi yriun.--i. - t penita . init wouia result in a r-
I it befor psimlm paints too duction of stat expenditures of sub-
a picture it should be noted that stantiaily 11,200,000 a year, but
f!l short of its chest quota, every legislature thereafter would
.-... a f-:i short of Its quota, Fan be called upon to provide appropri-
ws s- i-rrtT-ri ry tn auosj to keep th school roinc
lUuIlli. uu .uS u,.vU -1"---?r7 im4 th attesiiw! of aU persons ca- other states who had moved to MiasourL
rabie oi thought. This being the case, i In 1K5 It was ;dacaded to establish
tt appears littl less than madness to I branch colony t in the West, so 85
j f;id may giv rls to a IsUtutlons by reducing other stat ex- ability of enforcing section 28 of the! -The present Inhabitants Vf this
merchant marine act. It will afford nor break it. That Is something which
exceptional opportunity lor this porth, Wond their nower. becanse t if we
and its neiehbors to brine to bear i do not develon this country, others will
united, concerted, effort , thatwUl gradually come and do it for us. The
leave th hoard in no dm,ht , trt oy phase which we can affect is tha
where this community stands in mat-
Ur.c ef cor.tiiiutors under I Walter 1L Pierce, In his rlatform. I ters maritime.
time.- It Is within our power io euner
speed tlia work or retard it. It -we speed
waste time on Doyle's superstitions or I wagons, -with -nearly 10 men. women
Bryan's liallucinations. J. Harold. I and children, started across the plains.
The Indians , were . causing the . irnmi
OTt P ATI! EXT 1ST ADV INTR - I grants a great deal of trouble in.J855.
From Um Ricfcofood Tmea-Dunateh. 1 and tt -rat considered aangerotia to croes
ine next American army of occupation 1 tne plains . witn so small a company.
to time - ss ' they met . Indiana on th
plains, they fed them. : A. chief . joined
their - party -j and accompanied ;- them
through the country ofthe hostile Indi
ans, and. though they saw Indians on
th warpath they were never disturbed
in any- way except when some of their
cattle were stolen.: . Th Indian ' chief
with them sent out word and a few hours
later-the oxen -were returned, and the
Indians taking the Oxen went with them
to guard them from further loss, r t '
. -. ; - . ; a a a. . . - 'i.- ; ,
- At The Dalle the wagons were put
upon rafts and taken to the mouth, of the
Columbia river. There the. settlers se
cured boats 4nd went to OysurriUe,
which had been settled a year or so be
fore by Garrison, - Eastabrook. Espey.
Carruthers. Clark and Stephens. 'Oyster
ville, though now but a memory, was at
one time the; county seat of Pacific
county, and was the-principal city on
Norui- Beach, r. it shipped over 60.000
baskets of oysters - each year to San
Francisco up to 1174. , From Oyster
viae they went to WiUapa harbor, where
tney stayed until th- snrbur of UiS
when they moved to the vicinity of
Aurora. Titer they purchased about
10,000 acres of land at S3 to SS an acre.
The men worked in the company grist
mill or aawmilU raised wheat or did
other, work, gome were assirned to
work as tailors-others as shoemakers,
harnessmakers, batmakers, artisans and
carpenters, - whll the women carded.
spun and wove, th wool from th sheep
raised by tha colony Into cloth for suits,
dresses and blankets. : - K
In 1865 a larre church was built. . No
nails were used in its construction, th
lumber being dovetailed or fastened with
wooden pegs.- No member of th col
ony could marry an "outsider.' and be
fore a couple : could marry within the
colony they had to obtain - th permis
sion of Dr. Kelt and th villag elders.
Who decided .If they were suited to each
other and whether they could support
and properly rear .a family. la all th
history of th colony there was never
a divorce and never a lawsuit, Strangely
enough,: although the members of the
oolony were , entitled to draw r at the
colony store provisions, clothing, har
ness. drugs and other supplies. It was a
point of honor with them to draw no
more than they needed. AH surplus sup
plies were turned over to tha colony store
ror distribution to th other colony mem
bers. One of th sources of profit to th
colony was tbe Aurora hotel and restau
rant, -which" served meals to - the - pas
sengers on the Oregon and California
stage, una. r , -r-'?'--.-:
Each fall a number of members of
the colony would be selected to go to
ins mountains - and secur. th ' winter
supply of venison. This was smoked
and distributed to all the colonists. For
the pleasure of all a park was built and
community entertainments . were fre
quently held.- The Aurora brass band
was in ics oay tne oest in the state. It
toured' all ever h Northwest, winning
plaudit wherever It appeared. For
many years it was one ot the leading at
tractions, at th - state fair. Professor
Carl P.uchs was th village choolmter
and Justice of th peaces - Henry Fink
wh nie teacner oi nnrinf.
a a f; : "
-Dr. Keil ruled sternly, but justly At
the young peopl minld with others
mry Began i stow restiees about the
against marrying out-
"u w.uiijr, nu iney also relented
having the officials of the
out their , mat. - They preferred to se
lect their own. ana do their own lore-
ua.8 . au waen ur. t.eil died, in 187T
' viouauueu. ina com-
f'vyKi i.y was worth over J1.000 .
vim. iacn member- of the colony area
Vl-i rj.ii6 rrom to acrrs to iso
wr M-Ml a .... Jl "-
. -viirjr irom IIOM 'up. !e-
pendmS on age and how long thpy had
settlement was made of ail ' ....
fa!rs ar the i Aurora colony, as a colonv.
OriEGOV
A local lode Of the Ka Kin tTU n
was organised at al!as lart ek.
Casolin and dlsfiiiata a.iu - rw.
ton for the month of Frbraary brouehX
- ' ", awa utunnr ma ,m r,f x .a .
Salem's postal rc)na fr the fi rat '
euarter In lt tolaied .IsniJLSt. lT
ma. 3J, .15.1 waa lor taa a. la f
stamp. ', - .
A niant fot- tha Kiaafmn. .a ...w-w
and poultry feeda will b eetablished at
tJ, ,?'ut r Gor fiiandag aad
, vi vruaacL,
The Old Otmua ilalluwM k . w
bnilding at Mllwauki haa been reir.yt-
en-a vy n. aicortniclt and converted
Into apartment bous. 4
LJttle Interest la batna .v.- i. ,v.
Jlay primaries by Columbia an.v
era. Tbera is on-'y one rontaau, and that
ior uie Diiioe ct county coaaeuaaaoner.
Fred Surer, former caxinrv mm-mm .r
Polk county. Is under arreat at Tatima,
Waah. charged with giving a worthlea
check, as fust payment oa an aatotaixw. ,
In revenra for Informatlam whwa K.
believed had been given arainst him. .
tvapinitta oootiagger cut the tall from
a cow belonging to U supposed la-
former. . ' ... . ...
Many rharehmtn fmra varfoua tiarta
of th state were peasant at llarmioa
ounaay -a rvari Ui new WethoSlrt church,
luat completed, was dedicated by Eiahop
MUiam O. Shepherd.-
The Rllia vi., arina i
Clackamas county, haa tcraa4 iurtN- .'
wc irom ,M to i0.oo. 1 he
product In naa4 by paving rtanta. rub
ber manufacturers and- foundries.
Th Pacific Telephone A Telerrach
company has crew ef nglnaers at
wora in ine ouihera part of Lati coun
ty and th northern part of Pougta
county , locating a new rout for Its
main trunk line,
Kinety-fivs new Bummer bomaaitea In '
the Zigaag aection, on th Mount Hood
loop, grouped around th mouth of Camp
creek, ar ready for leas by th public,
according to A. Ci., Jackson, forest ex
aminer. , .
Lewis Arenana. a mechanlo ef Th
Dalles, and F. M.- Driver, prominent
rancher of Warruc. war erioualT in- .
Jured when a new automobile they wr.
omng piungea over a nign oana on tn
Tygh valley grade and was wrecked.
' WASHINGTON -Waldo
Hambtln of Three Takes lost
his life last Wednesday whea a lorflng
road car passed over him and. killed him
Instantly.
Bellinshsm's oostmaster renorts 12?.-v
041.61 as th postoffio recerpts for th
first three months of 112Z. an lncr'
of $1700 over th same period la D2L.
Mitchell Chandler, f 1 -rearm old. la .
dead as th result of burns received ha v
nis ciouung caught fir while burning
brush at hi a bom 1 Seattle.
'James McCrackea, CO years old. fell
from a wagon load of hay near Yakima,
th wheels of th wsgon passing over
him. crushing his chest and breaking bis
neck. - ,
f A fore of 100 men, with three steam
snoveis, are now at work rm the Rimrock
dam, in Taklma county. Two high pre-
sure SO0 horsepower pump ar used la
slutflng. - - s
Petitions hav been fll4 at Evrtt
asking for th recall of Mrs. Ida McKen
na, luetic of th peao of Silver . Ijake,
and of Robert Spurllng, constable in th .
same praclncc . -; ; A . , .... . -
Drtvtng a new motorcycl dawn bin
at high speed for th first time. Philip 1
Berger, a navy-yard messenger, crsshed
Into an ammunition truck st Bremerton :
and died from Injuries suffered in the -accident.
. . . .,
- W. F. Rltchardson. foreman1 of th i
Congdon ranch, wh-kllld J. W. F rakes ..
som tlm ago during a quarrel over a
shovel, has been acquitted by a Jury at
Taklma. H claimed that h shot la
self-defense. s-
Th city of Tacoma has purchased th
ftonntm f acino orric nuilding, on ot -th
landmarks of that dry, and will uea
It a a oilv hall annex. Tha min-h.a. -
price was iSO.000. althourH cnrlncan ra.
ported It worth 350.000. , .
Owen Williams Jr. and r.a r.t.r-. l
left Snohomish last week, wher they
have epent th last six months, for their
rur trading post on Bailey island, off
th Arctic coaat f Canada. " They pre
po to make the trip overland.
. --IDAHO a ;.--"';,
The. orranlzatlon ef the Tnlan v'
pire Association of Lettuce Growers ba
pen compietea at lewiaton. with 14
locals throughout the stat.
It develops that tha Tm-i tt.ii. .;.
council failed to Include In the levy about !
000 for th waUrworks sinking fund,
and there ia talk of ouster proceedings. :
' Th city council of Moscow, In accord
anc with a referendum vol recently
" vaawi an oramanc permit-Una-
moving Dlcturea la thaatraa r,-
day afternoooa. ...
A faction of ' tha r-annanll...i
church at Priest Itlver claims that th
Rev. H. C. Lynch "pUyi cards, dance
and smokes," and wants th district u
printendent to -do aomettJnr about ft. '
Tha. stat eonatahiilara. . k.. m
Idaho bankers to dm nirhtw.iA... T
guards wherever poaaibJe In anticipa
tion of a larga number of profeaalonal
bank robber who ar new moving ia.
ward tb Northwest. ......
Unguarded and tmannennra.it tr..
Polnur of Pocalello. aUecad violator p
th state proiubluon law, appeared at
thV penitentiary In Bolaa anil A.n
hlmst-lf to th warden to begin eerying
a two-year sentence. . ,
, The Old Oregon Traa
- NO. IS.
Th" grinning of Real Settlement
Provisional Government Th
' Great Migration Years. :
- i naiux a ataaenam, rraavjrnt af Old ,
Onscm Tnul aaanrtatiiaa. -
Is th year 1141 tha fi rat Ma, .-.1.
to reach th Willamette valley left Fort
Han. a th vicinity of Pocatallo. Idaho,
under command of Dr. Marcu Whitman.
This was called at tb tlm Um -Ore.t ?
Emigration", because there were ino :
people in tbe: party. But nine and ten
years later. In real "migration- took
place. - - -. , ' .
Under th guidanc of.r. Whitman
the.pa.rty pased by th nraaent ait. e
Huntington and on up th Burnt rler .
canyon and on September H reached th -
rowaer river vauey m Baker county.
Oregon. --. 1 1 . .
Th Grande Rond vallev waa ra.Hajl -
October L Crossing the BIu mousU-lns,
ma pany reacnoa in Y alia wiUa val
ley th latter part of th month. Con
tinuing on to the Columbia river, th
party embarked on boats snd reached
the Willamette valley th latter part of
November, 141. - , -
At this time It is proper to dirress for
a moment Snd lake note of thChampoeg '
convention held at Champ ear, Wi:!am
ette valley. May Z, 1S4S. At tiiia meeUng
1Q2 men gathered. Tb proposition of
forming a provisional government was '
put to a vot and It appeared to b a ti .
until a Frenchman, Francois f Xav&ee
Matthieu. walked over to the Americas
eide and the - great Oregon country,
which at that tlm- included alt of Ore
gon, ash Ington, Idahi, Montana and
nart of Wyoming, waa saved to th
United States. -
After th migration of 141, only scat
terlng psrties wended their way to tha
Oregon country until Ci year 1;3 when
the preateat rush took plaee. Whole
families left their cotr.fortabl- homes
and friends, family ties wer broken and
business connections wer severed, for
the prps of ioining in that mad rutt
for the myaterious land across - the
mountains where homes ir.'.;:-.t be se
cured for the Uirltg. Perils were con
sidered as tiausht. but with faces t
resc-Sutelr toward the setting sun, the
picnec-rs cf tbt great Norltwat ft out
to inbdue the v-iidpnesi and eaiatliai
tomes "he-c rolls the Oregon."
(Ta be continued.) f
10! lent U U. I). . J ahowed to goon his way. From time