laii-a- Ca,a.LaO D-Allj
--Va,i
t a JA kfHM l-aMHrt
I Ma n, eaaitdaint. a ebeariul and du unto
f '.-ra aa- a vim ! -a I trTa dl unto jma.
I 7., J a i j a-Taj "afi'i a..BvUji prtiTti4 al
1w Jgiinwl saivim. Hrw4ay anal Xamfull
art, r'nattatld. ., "n.
1
. -'t. fwhen ubiect to rail competition. In I 28 it "sold 12,000,000 6 per cent
.. I V. AKtMtAH - , .. 4.M;. vnAi4ff' I nf 1 ft 1 i ? 4 n fin inr'icf Sft
With competition eliminated a raiU
water agreement: governing; rate at
the terminals might beUn proepect,
tbry. Mr.. -' .' . . 6.. ..
Altrianijfri the 'tentative report -of
Interstate commerce commission ex
it disposed of 41.500,000 at
100.07. - .-, .
It will not be possible to compute
the sura that could have been saved
th slate by selling, say, four-year
bonds with the idea of refunding.
ama.K.r,
:.i.i'ii.,siv
TV Berviari A E .. Hrouawirk
h-iii ur, ai" ii No Wk; 0l
aa..ra traiktmf. t klraf '
$r mn.maoi uiui in m sminers usually become the findings j until . the" four years hav elapsed
! Miur. I . ... , ... - , 1 . t. J.ftnl4lt il')i) V,niif1l
01 ' mi eomcia.'afcuoi., aj&auuiiqi i twiu miww aanaj w..,...
Deque's recoroinendtuions wilof alar worth then, Een at this time
certainty bo subjected ' to vigorous J it is a pretty safe guess that the
review. There can be no doubt that! saving would have amounted to well
Aiii:. ill (nlat.A nHiMfakiini half a -milliiln dollars, if The
I' TS U)aiTKT:T .-...MAI it K M. C. a. w h. rmn.f. ailvira haAhwn followed.
Mnrrm t. lit".. kianuner bnJ.Ung. Han I nut vnif - wjr i'""- . av i -
tniKMw; 'lula iiwuniTM-a amlnni. Lu Aa
aH: awanilH tnuMinf. Srattt.
IwaavMi It alau iU cat print any ropy Itsat
trt aay war tianoiataa radins matter or that
rnHi rality a raeogtiiaMi aa WTfOi-mf.
ahlnnlntr interests at coast terminals.
TCi h latter contending thaV th. Wgula- j THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW
ia o-i (inn arAnmtil ftn thai tsiid std mavl ; '' 1
TV f R. HARD IN O- has yt o give a
l-'a. reason for the executive raid
tlon proposed on the land side may!
be construed as license on the water.
DOOMEt)?
T7HT worry any longer abont lilgh
IT taxes tr vanished farm crofita
aaar.
I aVMrtM. .... .;Ot
I.A1I.T I
WniMnH Bandart r '
I't amlM s.yvinii aaomna
Kintka... I U libra
on the bureau ot engraving. ., o
data there has been ' absolutely no
explanation of the action
Io lils announcement accompany'
ing news of the wholesale' dUxnissals
the president .merely said his action
wm "for the good of the service."
In his later , communication to the
Federation of Federal Employes he
ou-.... you mar have to take a week of f to nui WHV "l"c .f' .V"',
.1 . - ... . j . . u - I raalnn tnv th wvift hilt n Kflld In SO
Wtmi-T aso ( read them an, but read. Get out .the 1 , .
By 4 irwf ( H iM 1 irantry. .
(IM ...,.. .lSiinaa awt. ....
OAJLT It.NUAt
fhM itark ...... .! Cm ek I .01
1 HAiUALL'tiiriM patami.k in a wVA.vcic I or depressed business in Oregon?
.r .iVSo nth.. 3.2 I Isn't 11 going to be
;iuo syintb
HIMItt
UQif) - I dates tall, tliort, fat. lean- and
tir..,...,ia.wifwim......,.;.TOir. fo rn' ;.pMd hlr nlitrnrma
Titraa arrni
all" going to be corrected;
'1i I Take a look at the swarm of candi-
THE CANDIDAC
OF MR. - PURDY- -
In View of Ilia Gubernatorial Aspira
tions Mis Career Js Reviewed in
Relation to a Celebrated . Case
lnroling a Valuable Prop
"... erty na in Respect of (
His Record as a N-
' . tional Convention ' -iel.
"ate In, JS20.
for the return ct tt ballots to the came
citv, addressed to James Whale!". -S
Tower avenue. A few of the questions
to which answers are sousht are here
Shall there be a strike la the lumber
industry this spring?- , -
What immediate demands woun
Seven-lionr -day from camo to camp?
i-ii-Uour day from camp tu camnt
One hundred per - cent living conai
Tini9u : iif an rlawi war nrisoners?
. hat form of etrike would have tfte
hl ruai.ii Y Kfrikav nit ths job? Strike
on the job?" Short intermittent strike?
tnau the U. O. c:. set me cats "
Btnk afrr - eust ionnaires have been
returned t maii tic proviQmg, senu-
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SHALL CHANGE
Xov. of course, you're sorry you didn't
register! . . , . .
The San Francisco -fire wss just 1
years ago. And when was the earthquake?-
. ' -- .
It's odd how there are so many secret
treaties, behind the open doors of free
countries, -
-Talk of war with Jsorway is stirring
Germany. The Hun is about to pica on
someone be stands a chance of whipping.
Russian famine has been checked' by
i" wmiTO atates. A'ernaps Kusaia win
SONUAX
(M ar. tt ... . .S3 B0
tax receipts over which: you liave o
often mourned, ami. then read a plat-
Uaa aMinih. . . . .
(r VaUaaaHat
...r OO
S.a a.inlba .SS
IViZ T.'ZXrZ S ThrXr .rph i. y. platform, for every plat.
or Maka raajatawa Mwr WW, Jvipn
1 nt (Wait. II ymtt pftvltie H not
laxmrT-ardar olfiea. 1- of 3-eant lamfa Will
arMi-tMt Maka all rxntttaooa fTla Tka
J -..) rnkiK'nxf lMtpafv, I'rmktMt, lrn
titaAy words that it was none of the
employes' business: , , He stated that
the' dismissals were a reflection on
T,.,. tar.- .,,-H ft tt A JU.I. ..-,
" "l ,t. . v,; l
A ,llf HM , At v l why the rout waa'for the good of
tka satnrA , Thaf It waM ifftl th
Rum ne vj had so many ' Christian I . ' ' v - "
' From Oie JsuVm Capital Journal
T-.: Among candidates filing for governor
of Oregon is Will K. Purdy of Sal-m, I merit is in favor of same?
who. seelts thtf1 Democratic mominatKjn I . Thosj-nnKtiona teU their own story
at the primaries next month. -TUe fact , Contrast with the attitude of the I.
that Mr. Purdy arpires to ,,the. highest J w- Wt that Of the Four-U organisation, I now exerc herself 4o check the famine
oinsce ia . lao ... state-... nvaaes a. cavreiot i which, in cwiuinuucatioo receivro ima i
'"""J " puuuc-rfcuni; uvxsmmi r morning, maKes this Siaiemeni. I ThiKBiura,, In,! ih. -n..!..
for the information of voters. . to the situation fa the logging and lum- but jtsfwVtc h ?J,EZ
-alf.Turdy is proprietw of a bathhouse I ber camps : . : . " ' . I tret used to the wonderful quality of our
in Salem and offers himself to Cieanriip "The atetlment OMaoor in 5 ur 1UiaiiVj - - -
urn iaie praosuir tlgui lliK -uiai ma tjc wroi lamuir iiiuucii r"JL" "
eupation Qualifies him.-. His 'campaign and much aatipfactton Is expressed by
slogan is, "Take the kick out of moon men witH the. present eight-hour condi-
hine and knock -hell out Of those draw tiona. Every effort wUt ? be matte - to
tag ..state money withdht first earning maintain the-standards now in force, hy
it." , In. his platform lie : effera aa . a c6nferenca.an4-t6operatiJA between ny
justification for his camnaisahe as- ployer and employe." - " - " i' '
sertion ; -"God nses the weak th-'nss "of . There-speak the voice ' -f the reason-
the earth to confound the mighty.,, ' able, ratlonaV element tf -labor, and
a .. , r , , , ; j there is every teason to believe , that in
i . - . in --rt m ir and inmnar m.
tile ioruincst ivgft'ua-
- . S1DSLIGUTS
The Cniversitv of CaUfomia's 1S-S bud-
fet comes They believe in
education . i there. Euxene liegister.
a " a
Ther never any master" of the sea.
but aisays "mispress." This is aiso ru
of the matrimonial sea. -Medford Mail
Tribune. . , " ,
One of the perplexing" questions which
spnnstima brinrs ia whether Portland
wilt have a baaefrall team worta wnue.
LJl. uranUe Observer. :
Fifteen hundred bead f Powder TUver
valley cattle sold to Montana buyers )
a reminder of the days in the 'Ms wnrn
'i. la aectlon waa called upon to atocn im
Montana and Wyominar rchiK and
hrda of BOuO in a lot went out over the
irau. Baker emocrat ;
Mr.' Purdy Is publicly known in Oregon
-incipally through liticration carried
through the highest - courts vwhereby he
Poorly ma Ud couples supply the Al
vorce mills -with fodder, a learned Judge
discovers. But who ia responsible for the
immuaiau ntarrtasesajr
Cermany U said to fear French and
Belgian-pians to rrab territory. Appar
entiy the shoe Uermany -wore before
uw war ia-a anotner roof.
.. . . .
' The fToctuatlona'
Shines Just helps to convince us that the
" f. T ,
; When all this gallant army of can
didates get through with him. Old
Mr, Harding's opinion-, oryhe exec-
uUve action would not have taken
" - . - i-. M- ; ...t!IJ. .' avwa 1 aw a-a Wl IH
High Tax will wish 'be hid Vnever PVt! ' '
been born. Figuratively - speaking, I f .... :- ..i
.w i- A v,t hh I "crvice, ' anu ueiatis wuuiu nuivaia
-js. a-....i m-t. T!,t. rr... l prove in a i n was or w '
'-'"' 1 TT..,.- , 1 mo Arri...
cat rt - Mh.. r,.ra. I mi. juuuuig a'""""
They are going to dynamite him, skin ' 4ouS tvr , a
nriniinallT ihrnnrh lirioatlnn arriiui i duStrs".; at Jeast-'lms. element r I , -,:.:r " - ,-
' . J -r w-- . - ... . . . . . . ; i t pviiou .waa ill a wtl'K UUITD..
numbers tne raaicata- aa acw.v.-.- . . , .. - . . .a .,
a-New diseases which present no high
Sounding: names for thir victims
boast about might well adopt th names
pt soma oi tne snips that sail th sea.
unsuccessfully sought to secure Dosses-! artes who serve the purposes, oi tne
sion of an estate, and through his eiee- I leaders or tne. x. vv. ;
Uon as delegate th. th national Demo-1 r-l - a,: .'" ..' t"
craticonventn in 192 and hU actions Tjajj" thPeOple!
. nwt at 11 . .11.1 . 14 . a I - '
. nie Biocy me iiugation . is given i
in the sixty-third Oregon reports; and
reads like a plot from a novel. Mr.
The Oregon Country
aafthwaa iiavpmintt fn Bnaf Foraa Xot
Hater aVaaaaMk
miblicatiea in thta iapartawBt 6ault be arrtrtea
i a. th naoaT:- aholKld Hat CI-
Purdy preseated a deed, alleged to have I ead 300 words ia langtti and moat be ncnd
been signed by the late H. D Winters bj thejwriter. sho-e nail tOdresi ja lull siuil
or Portisnd, conveying to Purdy a' $65,- I iceompaar the eontri!utH)B. j i . -
hftfl ViaMSraaTv TVIi,1.,a l a.1 I ;- ' 5. . ,.' . '- r' -
deed w 77 nr 7 vtar. nM I ".VAS TO ALIEN EMPLOTKS
V: ,M0RE OR LESS PERSONAL ; ;
I) Random Observations Abput Town
, Prospect is the place where rluncheon
i s taken going-, by anto from Medford
to Crater Lake. James El Grieve, who
sordid and suspicious In character, who j Official of Fraternal- Societies Federation lis one of its leading cltisens, ia Jn Port-
nan accumulated Ui property ih tjues- Pefines Ita Anituae anu in i lani inquiring into , the tourist ouuook
uon, irom which he derived an Income U . Other .Respects. .
before May s, 1909, the date of the deed I The Journal There, appeared In the is-j. A .delegation -, from .Kent Sherman)
he had been associated with Purdy and sue of the Oregon Voter of April IS. county.-registered at the Imperial, M
VL B. Evans in the "Purdy Investment 1922, on page 14, an article regarding the J composedf A, Ai Dnnlap, Fred Haef-
" OREOON ...
Th srhool board at Bend rs received
lt arp.icatior.s for the posiaon ot city
upau-mtendent. '
Nearly $100 a "mile la prori1d "for
maintenance of tb state highway ia .
Laeachuiea county this year. ;
' Ths farm home of J. F, Ayrv. at
eaiherby. ia Baker county, was totl'y
etroy.d by fir. few days ago. The .
loss Is IJOOO. . .
"Contract for the construction ef a mu
nicipal aeptvc tank at Peadieien wul b '
let within the next 10 days. The eU
mated cost is li.tiOO.- . ...
B. A. Robin ampJeyai In the rate de
partment of the public ervare mm.-
baiurdiy for Los Angelea .
Mike :(prvff XA at lnK .n.'- a .a.
A. Conart Doyle, aavs that anlrltsl Silver FaLa Inrrinr mn-a . . c ,
Parry. Kvidently they Uont learn muck verton, aa kitted laat Wednavdiav'h
iobauonary period In thU being etruclt by a falling liir.b, . "
world. But if Dovle- la rleht what haw I a " ' . -
come Of th Biblical vatti which r Atnlt ..ill AiUiS
theraa ia no marrvina or arivinar In mmrm I V . . r I ana t3'rhart to build
rieTrval' ZIIt1U! 'df crT " J "N--.
New York Is much wrought, up over G. H. Flass. formerly o-nr Of th
AlacMonniea statu, of Civic. Virtue. Prinevlile OuiraL Orecniao arfd prior
which represents a rude, husky, gent to that ot th Condon Oiolaa-Tiroe. has
kicking two prostrate ladies out of his purchased an Interest In 'li. Daiaea Op
pathway. If we were modeling a status tlmlst. .
designed for erection anywhere in Naw -t tta u . a? . '
.T ssvrtwsaj ii 1 1 1 rr If fimae piri taV
anew producing mine for Baker county. . ;
Three carloads of ere. valued at tTioo,
hav been ahlnnawt trnm I ha ml a Is
arriving guest? that th room which he "ra in past week. ,
had reserved would not oe avauaoie '"t m,i Point i Irrigation distrtcU
until 9 o'clock In the evening. Ashland I comprising 4400 awra ia Jau-Wson county.
Tiding. i I?r5 'ittd plana for improvemant
wrrstoprneni work invnlrlng aa ex
pend it ura estimated at iii,004. -
rww-rl.T0ms fr2r" that th Iron
Eyk mine, en Snaka rtvr, at Horn.
TiSw?a."oon 10 rUIna operations. Th "
' m "ca on or the hi cop
PT mi!2t f lh country, has been closed
lor tnor than a year. - , , .
iJ?"011 ? ,RhJ'n- wh wa killed In a
.,rn a-cidtnt at Wallvill,
Mash., on lionday of last weeir a .
jon of Mr, w. H. Meyers of Th Dallas
ana s graauat or Th Dalle
school in th class of Ills, t
Vork, we should- either depict a visitor I
from the mldrUe west lying prone with
his trouaer pockets turned inside out I
or a hotel clerk Jn the act of telling an I
It la aaaMr r anperaaa Um flnt ttwlra
Uvaa aatiafy all Ihat, fell tC -rrankHm.
TUB DAUqilERTT SCANDAL
programmed for his undoing, men
tion It to some-candidate and it will
be promptly put on the bill.
. We could all feel so hippy in what
these great, good men are going to
dn for ill but for the- htrrowinr refi-
' --. " - . . .
ollecUon that isolated- cases havej"1,' 1
been known In which tne candidate
forgot his platform1 after election.
a .a . . ntl.A Vwam.1'-"""' V'vperiy, ana inat ne naa algned I wrucn xnere appearea ai. leant u.. 1 .. ...if .
And the public is entitled to khOW M witness upon promise of Purdy that j statement in which it mentions "Dr. -C. PJ??
wnetner tne rout waa a spous raia i n snouid receive sto.ooo for ao doing. JH- rarrisn,-acuvw m mny hw, ww. t; 1. Eberman ot-TUlamook and P.
pushed on the president by poUti- L This statement belng published, brought avf"d.tlHf' Tr,7 1 uti of the name place were transacting
cians Or Whether tt was actualIy.for V.0 rrV Vn'-f PH in Pvrtlandrrueday
l . a .. . . ' .- . i a.w vu-auicM reiaiwiis r iwiween I . - ...
tne good .o i xne service.
Why does the president not tell the
FOREST GUARDIANS
'T'lIK recent accusations against' At-
a torney Cnerl Daugherty by
corgressmert and a department of
Juxtlce agent are startfing. The head
of the government's legal forces Is
accused of quashing suits . against acheme the brigands get he horse
corporations, suits mat, were, pr- jaugh, by wlreleea. V
rarcn tor ine purpose oi protecting
Before you again call China back-
i ward, read this:' The longest com
mercial . radio- telephone . circuit . In i
the world is between" Peking and Ti
entsin." But there's a reason. Robber !
bands acquired a fondness. for cop
per telephone wire With the new!
MllS "is forest protection week.
I arter the business relations between
I Purdy and Winters ceased. ..."
After Winters' - death Purdv claimed
possession of the property, offering an
alleged deed from t Wlntere. I Purdy
story was that Winters had for aom
time intimated that ha would give' Purdy '
ma property, ana mat. on May X, 1309,
in ujr maue tne deed, lie declared
board of directors ox the Oregon i"aera-i x, 0. Williams, T. Bwenson and M
tion of Fraternal. SocietJes, , -represents Hunter. all f Bend,, are-guests of the
tisans, and Is not, at this tiipe, e, prao-J-v . '.-'It
ticing physician but is employed lu the L George Douglas of Cornelius was tak
shops f . this school district., .As far as J. tng i in th sights 5 of the - metropolis
the membership of a number-of -tnosei Tuesday.
A a ,- TT.. -Xrtr, tT1at ' Vlll ...
organization has no knowledge' of. .nor 1 O. A. Schultx of Tillamook paid Porf?
U it conversant with, 'their personal! land a business can Tuesday
with the. proper credentlale from Various Ft Mr- Mrt.-M, J.Con ef of Arllng
fraternal organizations of Jthls city. - t ton. are shopping and visiting In Port
The article also states that employers! ?a
are afraid of the federation aff mating
with the Ku Klux Klan in boycotting dif
ferent lines of business ; We know noth
ing of th Ku Klux. nor their intentions, l James Hutchiiurs of Roseburr rennrts
fce of the ground The Xld f but ' wi8h 10 te .that this federation arrival of apr Douglas county:
la.r.r5t Fou.na' . oeea, Purdy u,. no intention of instituting boyeottl ?. ; r v.. ... , y.
v Northwest-- forests nroducel that Winters at th tim nwavi hin, nr.
nearly two thirds of the Northwest's v he 'was unable to produce
. - - , ' ' records to substantiate his claims.- -
payroll. - - . ; . , , Pur(Jy ute)i that he took th d a t
viiuimreuug via vaac v..v i w auaj jiia.ce , at asutteviue, and. after
brings, to this region almost $308,-! keeping it for five or six weeks, put it
000,000 a year, or more than S800.0W rj!, Pled it in a
daily; for distribution' among work- ,id,, 'buried itn the ba of the
ers, operators, stores, lactones anu luver, two ana a nan feet below the sur-
food producers.
4 ' a "a ' .
H. N. Huntington of Florence arrived
Tuesday and registered at th Imperial.
th government' Interests. Bums In
volved amount to millions .of dollars.
In connection with that of the at
torney general. other prominent
names bre mentioned as having a
part 'In stopping the court proceed-
.THB HAPPIEST MAN y
-a I , f
of industry," even deposits in the
A CEORGIA newspaper claims to bank8N "e largely dependent. upon
-f. hav found the hannlest mart forest production, . ;. .. - - . -
in the world. "I , vT.V t- One gets a big bo? of matches for
.... I stated,-, was dug ud lurmt t mn
commerce ot vue pun, rauumiwat ' av-V.r "
a.ava v U VJ VLitLt, ii WU3
damp and moldy, and the names of the
witnesses almost obliterated i that' he
sent for th two witnesses, who retraced
their signatures,' ... -v r -Purdy's
story was disbelieved bv iha
courts and Purdy's claim foi $11,300 pro.
He has 10 children. 13 hounds, six la nickel. One match may set-a
nss. .tniont them ira Hecretarv ! fiddles, and a - rhoonehlne still, not I fire that will burn a million dollars' nu.nce apocryphal,-' Witnesses testified
1 ...a a... ...i.iu.:. .... am.. . wi. I mat w inters hart dantiru ka. . 1.1.
WfK Senator Newberry and gen-1'" uiuiuv, i wortn oi umoer. lum wic; wBJdeath that if Purdv had an it I Cltl2en lne t-nuea. states on account
a. aa uuuiua wuv, i an asset becomes a .'menace. ',vrne i& forrerv ..m i.4 .ia . ri ineir co,or or re"wu- uei".
. - I . - - --. item cn. mm Ta i .1. . , i a maImd. a . ,an ravara pia nr
tlor Townntnd.
I eers.
on any employers, but we do intend tol X Irvln - Caplinger of Salem -i a
insist that American , cltlxens b given guest of the ImperiaU -' : -r , r
employment instead of allna The sUte- .y .'" 5-
ment that one 'restaurant became so v..C Cooper Eugene Is among out
frtgbtened that It at once laid off its of-to:Tis.toraf , f . . .
liipmO. DUS'OOya WOUm naaj ini c li-NT.ri.J.tae-Of OnrvallU la ratafanavA
ki iattn mm th fact that! .wr. U"T .OI -orvaius is registered
:' XiU, , , "a .uiV' i at tne imperial.-
the Filipinos are i Ameuican cHIaens,,andl .
we are not makinr any tight on nei G. 'M. Blakely of Monument, Grant
citixens ox tne unneu aun.es u accuunu county, "is a Portland visitor.
aig
- - Washington.". ': T
Durlnr th tnontk atf JJnt. a a., av-
uwn puoac Horary circulated 1174
A flock of Astorians are registered at
th Multnomah.; They are H. W. Vn-
derhoof. at. IJ. Itiley. M. D. Knutsen. M.
R. Brown, H. L., Parker, Ben H. Han
sen. J. L. Burrprs and Marshal Dusser.
F. W. Powerswho has town in Coo
county named, after him, la transacting
Business m Portland. , ' i
Senator E. D. Cusick of Albany. Who 1 an average daily circulation nf mt
naa oeen sojourning in Fortiand for a I To scur sdeQnat quarters for lis
fw. day,, "motored home today. r rTpi4!if avowing busineaa. th federal
. - ' "- ' m "" 1 ' oanax at Spokane ha purchased
A. J, Weekly of lonuroent Is among! two lots and will erect a Iioe.ooa atrue. '
out of town visitors. . - I tur - - ;s .
C McNaoght. It Hemlston U toan GrandVfouM.P
acting business In Portland. f . . . been chilled to death In transit when
Among out of town arrivals Is R. A.llbur. . ..
Wernicke of CotjuUle. ; . -' . Fifteen miles west of Ha r, ford, at th
Vising in .Portland is W. G. Forsyth A.l t?nl0' "f.
of Al&rshfield." - - . I wells that are flowUtir X0.0O0.OOtf feet of
. . . 1 gas every 21 hour. . .
-J. X. Williamson of Prinevlll Is so-1 Three hundred nnaa. r a i...
Journing In Portland temporarily, ... ; t $144,000 at drug paMtdlers prkis. were
' . ,r ' . ltnipp? "Way from th office of th
.Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fischer ot Silver-1 federal narcoUo souad at laattia
on are registered at the Portland.' . : j headquarter at San Francisco., .
'r,n'w..M .r.ik...u-. -..i Th First Thought Gold Mine com-
- ,J-R. Wyatt of Albany U a guest at pany near Orient la preparing to resume
th OrogorUf Vl r - ; operstiona The mine is credited with
' V Tleld of .2t tons of re that yielded
G. A. Edmunds of Tillamook Is among an average of f lt.tl to the ton.
out of town visitor . , , - - John H. Wstrous. fsmlllerly Vrnowa
J. Moore:of. Albany, visited Portland to'nunVy' foNrar7ind"t luetic
Tuesday, -r..' i V '. '-:C . 1 of th pesc f RaJnier dintrict. did at
, ? . - Olympia Saturday, sgad 51 ysara.
, ' .YLUner Lsret.ta, P! Charles . Rutherford, . Great North.
land visitor. ' ' . .' ' - roadmaster. sustained a fractured skull
.,, ' ': -, ' when h was thrown from a speeder at
J. H. Dunstant of Baker is registered Zens, near Warrensburg. and Is in
as in aiuiinoman. ,.-; - -
l" ' which was a, thine of beiuty bcn t in d
Two conairessnien made charges on I
ka i k tw.,.. i tor nappines trtn. - ch4rm.,becom.a blackened hill- .n i suprem ce-urt oninion .".mI. .i. uanraafa,. th.
charges werw-vn.de byhn agent, of -,1 Texas , newspa a the ,w pn -tUl;A
ihe department of Justice, who aays superlative means' of happiness' . en-Lwaam -raauaiiy wni u.a not shownr to have been 6roa Federatior r ; Li
he resigned because bfhiadl at joyed by the Oeorgtan.ut, .puts f then stand aa beadstonis, W a grave- t"'" D Winters., but p er, io ot ftaU .... - ; , eT
the failure of the admfhfstratlofi to forth 1 claim to one evtn jiappier.tmd of destruction. was obtained by some trick T or dwicL f " ' ' 'Iti 4JKr r.
- I . tfnntfra a fan cfVnT -K f A ; , I vl iiiiBW Jaj. I VBcf . II TJCilB kh uial
G. C. Maltby of Bend arrived in Port
land Tuesday, j- . " -.
Among out-of-town arrivals is It B-
Huron of La Grande. , ' , ' "
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
'JOURNAIIWAN
i
Fred Lockley
- . . . - , i, ' -1 journal: mere :is
stroy noble fir or pihe. 6ut' nature r,,L,J!rx. of Mr.lsition. It- Is a tax difficult to dodge,
k W-a'xjentury or more to build Fracf !?,ie?&te . te a tax that 1 taxes those most who
. r -. .: : . ,. - , , : . - r ui .tne uemocratle
tr- ' - v lprtv.; tntriici-a w c
a
. i . i a . , . . vinW an Mjfk. ijr iwinn
. . . . .a X a. j. I m. A f A I. aw HAa-s.H '- W -.-. a.A I . SV A 1.a Tan -.I M ft aA A tMn. ! WflfrfOy Il f f I T i faitt TAM. M V. .
prprl TarticUlAr Instance! Where- 1! Peaches in the- unittir j tmentg may et a fire that rill destroy . . Thereu too tmlcl rrSL?SS
In jjovemment official r la are Um d hoot craps In the tater, j tr heeded for. hou9ehlpa and ffirIvrJv? iefndanr. ut of
. . . t-Taw n taaat exam aaBawn a M ai aa I - . . ! lOaatCUOll TflT . Ills - tr Anaa.naV Cav aa, -
mentioned. . It is cUlmed that power, . ai ZV Z,lS7"JLl'f'iUnaA't-'''-' " -trua, , . .."t . ..
Tul outsfde Influences- were brought 1 . " 1 - !r'l 1 'It takes only a little while to fle
r bear ggalnM Instituting proceed. VXZX'WVhJ
: v 1 I his nte-hhrjr raln- chickens , ' Ha
Mtorney General Daugherty de- wieldsa raxor so i scienttficallv that
:lsred war on profiteer some time I every 'colored person . inr,tne eom.
tgo. Perhaps te has fulfilled his munlty is afraid to kick one of his
public duty. Other government of- dogs or smile at on pf hlarflhitiel
flrlals, via!, two congressmen and an, Oregon also has a. claimant. Vi'He
sent of th department-ot Justice, was lately seen, mounted on a pony,
ssy .be has not. - On the other riding leisurely .through a frontier
hsnfl, they charge that he has de- town on . a gala j day when all the
llbfrateiy mlsttsea his office' ia- p j oiks were,; in from-the country.
Plng he public interest., , ,;Jv I About 100 feet behind him, on foot
They are grave charges. -'Thby are land carrying a heavy load of. family
made , by representatives i of the I luggage, was. hU wife. "H that youf
lople. . -S I v:;;,'' 1 : ' Iwlfor ha Vaa. fcgked.1 Replying in
Vhat.ls', to b done about it? the affirmative-he 'Was further ques
W ho Is going to- whether the tloned, VWhy don!h rider fghft
public interest has been safeguarded I got no pony. -vie the Mpw-iv.vV'
r betrayedT ' ' . Wher 1 ..thcCp;. a mi ton
ths itorr
Columbia
of Uieir
party. ; instructed hv -hw-,-a,wl .T
' Wb'y. issue forest projection admo iT.pr9i'lt- lni
nltionihen the season Is new, rains his siVtureVDurinF all mvife S
afo-i frequent and fires least to b have been a Democrat, and, if elected
feared? .Because announce of pre- J ct such, and obey the eleetorsr
venoon.4 worth a pound of cure. 'nS
, ' a , w a " a. I -- C3 paaaiLvi. vu IdgfJ UilHOU IT&Q !
- Oregon possesses ; a 'fifth of, the I believe In the .t- .-
standing' timber which yet , remains 1 League of Nations." -
i .i.a t i.ai I mren ne arrivea , ar th mnvantinn
lit lUe LUUCU OWir. 4V JUIWIU- 4 f,.- ,,. . ;.vawaa, .
mable, treasure chest for which llr- SnTtff'SS- TS2S3i
prevention , ana.' iorest, reproaucxion ivy tne press, etated that he had a con-
ar tho ohly ''guardian's. - , iiession to make;; that he had followed
Prevefttiop. ,-aav
! tented and serene.
.Th lant Pair from a lot of 23.000
pa I re of army shoes bought by a Rumor i again ss,Ht.th4tv Lloyd
Patll Creek sho dealer wag IS EE I Oeorge la to resign, but from past ex
In slice. Hopeless f finding ' any Plence it is doubted it ;th . busy
man with a foot so big. thedealer j 0, dam Is his official spokesman.
tdvertlsed that the shoes-would be
lvn to anybody who eould wear
Ihem. They wr a little tight for
ih man who finally wore them off.
It would be some sight to. see that
pair of feet In action on a ballroom
floor. ' -
LOST
'T'HE city of Portland has been more
-L, fort una la In nMalnlna :
prices for its bonds, than the state
highway commission wag; In selling
th large amounts of state read bonds
disposed of last year. The city sold
yesieraay sauo.sgn XiV-year 4 pet
cent water bonds at' SS.317. Last
T 1 1 K "i NTF. R M O U NT A I N. It p PO TiT
TVfOTlIlNO elnce the war haa In
i 1 te rested railroad and traffic men
ef the raclflc cost more than Ihe i summer, the state highway commis-
tentatlve report submitted by Ex-I1011 was continually selling long-
.amlner Dlsuue of th interstate com-llrra bonds bearing S ' and 554
merce.commlawlon. ;. ; 1 Per cent at prices not much better
It, In simplest terms, is notice tollnan tno" received by the city yes-
th railroads that they cannot In the terfla'r 'or its ; 4 per cent .bonds.
futnre expect to meet water compe-1 lM highway commission pursued the
tltlon at coast terminals, .hy rates j P,lcy .of selling bonds running, long
lower than to near. Interior points. I ""ms and bearing higher Interest
The railways asked authority to 1 ratM thn' It is now necessary to pay.
depart fiom the fourth long; and The Journal on several occasions
hert haul section of . th interstate C&1,1 attention "to the feasibility of
rnmmerce law sufficiently to meet selling, short-term notes while money
Increasing water competition b- wr high. t that could b re-
tween the coasts via Panama canal, funded into long-terrn obligations at
In denial of their application, the maturity.;" The test banking pinion
tuir lnr says: j available agreed-that the trend of
Ixi war rail rates to farther distant j Interest rates would ' be steadily
roini than ! mtarmeJiate points should downward, and this opinion has been
zzt water.!:;! ux ,r bnts- k1r
S an.t connrwiita policy In this rrxnect lll"' r loanable funds hav Increased
, rTiira. wtr lines are entmd tgteven more rapidly and Interest .rates
thrive, not merely 1 exl.tt. ' . ha dccl'n.d f..l.r IV,.. a-
The railroads hare ever expected
a-a.-.an .-.--. mmnt B m a X- . I TH lllia ia. ,-t OBCT. tl t!ila
4yau;aUV'.an..puwiiii..-a - - MM of ia mute's . iatestim.
t Portland ;rA'pWltTo''tnBaSaitoi'Of. asttUa ia the wilamaae nlk ini f his aw
The Journl--Th following. remarkabi l " : ""-i
argument on' thi income tax' appear in j
the - editorial columns . of Ths Sunday !
Journalr:"There is-a reason, for oppo-
V
: William L. Toney lives "at McMinn
vllle. - He is AS years old. He rame to
Oregon in Jg47. He has : been mlnerr
hotelkeeper. i. livery stable - proprietor.
farmer, boatman and j Indian .fighter.
' if. n m . A-a aaMwJ ' ,t nav " Tfr " la - ai a -r
that caninot,baWftd. It is a tax ot ' ' .SST" a-?"
merely on. a class but on all classes.'
The above statements are all interest'
ing enough, but the last statement is a
I direct contradiction of all that precedes
It, for if It is a tax on -all the people
in McMlnnTille, he said
1 We were pretty nearly out of -money
when w . got to Vancouver, so father
and. X' stopped there and worked for a
man- named Covington. He bad been an
J?iJZJ-'ittmjr employe of the Hudson' Bay company
if. it t!an be shifted It is neither difficult t ; -If houe ouf Vt
to dodgenor difficult; for those, most '?.t "-i"" w"'
I ahla. 4-a ny V -v t "
av.o w vJ, v-J . 4Vfif M Is 'at 111 miAim than
1LTvva n4va. V.ti7 ha jalriM, Is - Vka SiBaV 1 saw s.wucr as. viiu.iia vavaw w
of terms af wN1 0f
income taxf You say 'that a tax on a aahlngton.. ; Mr. Covington : wa. a
blinding can '.be shifted, on m .-tenant- I"". u .
- ,k;-j. President Wilson until he went to draft Granted. Then, whether that-.ax- i, "rSJ.1 1 .'T:.,,,' c'rea ulZ a
eg thousands , of th. . " JJS .ra ,hR bundinr value Or the IneomT from 1 fo?: him to build a fenc around
a . . ' . . , . . . j I . . . . 1 " - . I II. 1 . aa-.. inn Tn
raraar irrM.' vnpra 'inc:.4anrB8i auuirar r raunn nr iha aaa. !..., .... .. una hiTiiriinc it- amMiiit'- iA wA aamA a hvuvt. . . y.u u. aa - avv-
town ot- Orchards.. t And. by the way.
most : expensive fird . fighting forces Posed to the League, of Nations and ob- .thing, for the valoe of the bundinr is h J Hudson's Bay cojnpajvy
save' ten.'' 'Two hundred thousand to Platform ; plank Indorsing based on its income nd, if. that la true J"1 "f. VTtfTTJt
save,sien.. . l wo nunarea inousana President Wilson and the league. He buildings it also true of-any, pro- didnt . want them to gt Into bis wheat,
acres-wer burned overvin 191S in also declared his dislike for McAdoo and ductlve enterprise. Where re we 46 b Tiad tis makfe a, Uke-and-rider
nreiron and Washington. 70.000 in nromised tn .hnit' tha - iina !aii;aNiAi.ta' .a,i),. fenc nine rails high.; We-dido t care
V ,- " . l r "a.;-.MIl.', VWUUl. I M.". W.V ...... ..:.,. V, ,11, f . '. . . , . . , . ; .
1920 and 30.000 In 1S21. During tunlty. " , I of the name, 'even including some col- t",T naJ Jon "7" ""r
" -O
the three years menuonea J -Mr Purdy, as proved by" his own rec- tax that can not be shifted Is a Tandlw mde a good, substantial -fence and
in r costs were, respectively .v. I ora; proressed to believe one thing beforelyaiue Ux. for the simple and all 1m-1 ,ocke1 so, the cattle couldn't knock tt
(170,000 ana lej.uuv. ' . '-"' .' antet-eiec- iportant reason that a tax on land values 1 . - : ;r "TZr
A SENATE FRUIT,
lr.nAify -!J1' klll--.tl- speculaUve or monopoly yalue p n,td 15 acres. W
, , .-..v.. a..c .vwaj, uwrtu u- i lanfJ . whll' 1Uat th nnnnaitat !. riat I " "- r unvu ura imuuia ncu
.-limiting that "scte ea ralg.vre. ai tax.-oBnmerty,alld. br-'i)rortv. 1 1 ruary, 1S48.
tAittta ' Ma Yas.ii.iatAf XiW. BO ,..... a.J I - " ' ' w - 1 , .
...imm.ohvw ihcuxco, au i ntMn 1h rnwiiht ttvr human thil whinh 1 . i .
S FRANCE to become" the mad dog I his platform promiiws proved a scrap of je cau wea!thM and "caoit!; a I " y rotoec-in-iaw rame ana 8ot me
: f Europe? Js she seeking the ' - - on the product of Indlvlduallabor ?fx7 A-t
role formerly flayed by Germany? rec;rt oJu8ify hi," seeking t over
Her course at Teceniniernauonsa est ornce in th gift of the 9)oplT I whia.h nIil aiTT wr.th0--Indian tran,pa8t;Wapato Uk- anc
meetings and in her domestic policy inowever, there is this much to be aald toJ;, w TJZZI ! ' wher-- th town of Sheridan t
compel the suggestion. . At .Genoa
in his fa.vor. he does , not pretend that 1!?."!" . j. bjr incom 1 now located. My father took up a dona-
noni.lar nrMsiirw fnnaa. hi. ranM.a. fUX- e Blaa,nf XTIied incomes OT BIO- ii i.t, CkAij.. u .j...
that course Js not changed." : is , many fourflulhers canVoufilg'e nojly value created:by special pHvilege lUX Zf:
At the mention f reduced armies their candidacies. , . . ai",,.!!r
Two Kinds of Labor
. Organizations .
From the 'Astoria Budget
Ian opposition, which' Is aa subtle and I
cunning as it IS powerfully -intrenched,
way; it came about wa like this: A
young felkrw had taken it up, .but had
nil aaaivlaaa. Pranrh dalantM SO illtfl
convulsions.!; They; stand on their
feet' and wail rto : the world! that
. i' tutu uie adiui iaa ai:uiee. - : -a,- w vatwaa nuij
or bayonets, i sne tains in terms oi i ( , x . 1 Portland, April 16. To the Editor pf
militarism and military ppwer.t SKe I " Statistics published by the Loyal Le- j The Journal I have read the several
, ... . i ii.., gion of Lotreers and Lumberman and I article in : TTi r
tide-ci.gV'oVnot i-s-y
and. nobody , understands that better 1 . . . . - 1
fh9nthainutw- ' T r enlisted to fight the Cayuse war. This
I -.- .v.ui.ui, . 1 ....,. . M tt ... .V. w..i a .
land. :ZeA Martin claimed the young
fellow owed him about JjO so he took the
claim In setUement of the debt.' Father
gave Martin a yoke of oxen for It. . My
that there are l,2T jnen employed in J in .the matter ot the hanging of younir 1 ? ?ny foT a f in ,af of land
1 he told the worm not so- joog ago I the logging and lumbering industry of I Church. Tou may be fully Justified
that she feared Russia and that she! the. Pacific Northwest which number j outlet us look at the other side for a
feared Germany,, Sh feared an al
liance of the two for an attack n
Later we bought Zed Martin's place for
1800. , He had a good cabin nut up and
to equalize traffic by terminal 'rates
calculated to meet water competi
tion and inlermount;in rates aiml
i l.trly calculated to carry their "out
i nf pocket" ccn's. Kxairi'mer IMsque
I prvpounilj a new lKtr!ne. Should
' It be sustained by lh irterstliie
rrtinmrce coninii-sion the t.i:uatlon
npuld develop sacn.a!!on.il nsnect. .
Lacking simil.tr rc?u1ailci, Inlcr-
ri a -!l 'w a tcr ratr) in, fit be held
I recrr.rnt to bifher levels tl-.a
have declined faster than was fore- i
. ' . - r a . . ... .
cast. .'',: i . '- :' V-
This mpvemerit - is continuing.
John Moo the analyst, in Portland
recently, mild that .money: 'should
grow ateadilr cheaper turlng the
next sis or els;ht. jcara With possible
short 'intervals of fTuctuations.
The highway commission on. April
I last year sold 51.00!. 000 per
cent bonOn. having -Sri average term
of 14. years, at S7.SS5; on June
7 th ana,ml,e;.n ..I 1 a nn naa
n 15 per cent bonds at 100.04: on July
France.. ; She gpparently feara as
well Montenegro, Sicily and Iceland.
It is reported that a, Russo-Gerraa
alliance has been formed. But Rus
sia's chief demand is for a reduction
of armaments. Gerooany cannot pay
her debts, much e8S raise, equip and
maintain an army.'
? Germany Is on her knees, a She is
not likely to attack anyone within
the next decade- . And even in; the
event of a conflict, of insincerity on
is : m mor than -were employed by I moment. In one editorial you referred I? ffrfH .lafP0 took n claim
thaxaaa inalnstrtsa a vaar marn I ih.m a.. ...k.. a I in th fail Or 1I4S. ' . - -
vWhat would happen if all these men j wooden- hew -much better than the I the gpring of 114 S they decided to
were to go out on a strike? The an-j heathen Was this man in crime when I11" n2?re tr0P to serve in th Cayuse
swer 'can be easily Imagined and it can h nurnoaelv avnd lelihrtlv tnraw im I war. They raised three additional com-
be summed ud in , the on word "ca-1 wacefni. ! ljrw-a.hirtir.B- riiinna - into I panieevv '-. One company was enlisted In
lamlty." It would mean big losses to 1 basement and thpn -finnrtishi tnnaiwi I rout; ana v-iacxamas counties under J.
many operating companlea stagnation J them for paltry gain, a crime unsur-1 w- Nesmitn. Captain William P Pugh
passed in our history. -Th lw ef a?nr
people says, "An eye for an eye. tooth
for. a tooth," so these satne .officials,
appointed by th people, for the people,
went about -their; work of upholding and
enforcing that law. If tley had' let htm
eet loos ' the v . would harar hun rrtii.
So much, at least, is to be inferred from I cized If thev had let him starve, thev I Burnett father of Ceorge IL Eurnett,
strike questionnaire" which was sent I would I hav bea criticised. So they now supreme Judge, with th three Mar-
of the biggest industry of -the North-
witst, -increased depression In the busi-1
ness world and ; an aggravated une'nT'
ployraenf problem with all the woea lht
such a problem means.
: And yet leaders of th I, W. W: are
Striving to bring about such a -fetrike.
rafsed -a company t In Linn county and
Ml!ism J . Martin - r aised a company in
Tamhill and Tualatin. I enlisted In Eill
Martin's company. We were mustered
in about the middle of Aprils The dif
fereot men that knew eac'a other chippad
In. and formed different messes. G. W
seriooa condition in a wenatche hos
pital. . , . ......
Contract for a flO.OOO cold storar
warehouse and office building was 1st
last week by Ricbey t Gilbert, who al
ready own and operate one ef the largest
fruit packing and . storage plants la
Yakima. . . .-' .
Twenty-four ex -service me hav bawn -Selected
by th department of conserva
tion from th list of applicants to be
allotted tracts In the- White Bloffs-Han-ford
land setUmnt project. - With on
exception, 11 ar veurans of the World
war. . . .. - . . .
- In the MM of a discharged Seattle
conductor, th W ashington supreme
court ha decided that court have no
to- review the .action of local
carry our supplies. .Martin asked m if
would help row the boat from th r.a.
cade 'to The- Dalle -I, had had
fa. 1 - 1 aVWl aV- 7-B-saar IMC - -. a-BaaSBSa w laSVPl
aiderabl experience boaUng when I had I civil commissions, for th conduct ef
utw on in-river near -st. .Joe, Mo., I which rules and procedure ar pre-
irem me time i wasJTaiintii I waa 20, cnoea ry in cuy cnarwr. -.
so 1 told him J would do it. We por- ' ' ..'-'--. .'' . . " -
taged . the -goods around h Caacad. " IDAHO
Then thj man h. charge of the boats " The cold weather so far has done h
u-ieu io coroeu ,th boat .around th injury to th fruit. crop of Idaho, and
falls. One man 'was put Into the boat bountiful yield is promised unless law
with a piles pole to kesp the boat from fro com. '
hitting th rocks. The boat got cauzht Mr- KU A, Dobson, who crossed th
in tre current and cam hack iik rhaia Plains in 1159 and had -resided, la Idaho
lightning ni mlcln back like chain tr ainc. died last w-k at Boura.
algUtmng. - , . : . ,.. ai. aaira
T .was m, mtJml uTsantiri 'f h' mA 1 -Th stat of Idaho ha purchased on
k'nd of bashfuL but I saw rta-ht ...v r 1tt .tri" emergency chlorina-
J ie .k. a, J" . v ww.rht wy tor for nu la any part of th sut
tnat if they did not change their tactics wher water is temporarily too bad (or ;
they were going to wreck that .boat and people to drink, i .. v
lose our provisions a well aa their own. The Question of bonding the school dis-'
An rncer. named Coffin was in- charge trlct at Kootenai for th rum of StS.000
of the boat... They stood around talking was -defeated last Friday by a vote of
quite awhile about how they were going 100 for and 111 against. This ia the third
to get the boat through , the rapid, and election on th question. '
over the fall Finally ' I mustered up "-.''rank 'Kras, on f th earliest
courag. and, .tepplng 'up to him. .aid! ZJLi L'u?.
u, you ant me t0- I can rig up a den attack of heart trouble. H wa ?l
tackle oa that boat so ah will go up year old at th ttraa of hi death.
Ihk imw-. ' IT- . . Jk J 1 1 . . . . . ..
- ...... .,.uiin a.uu .ww i seats proposals win d recervea April
young- and: inexperienced looklnc I waa Its bv tha omntlaainnar of nnbllc works
and, turning on hta heel, said, tWhat in Iter paving and cradlng II S miles b-
nen ao you know about It? ' When 1 1 iw ur."rn a ' '.v.
want your advice Fll ask for If Well, j w" i'J? on wh knowa V? Xppi
sir,, I didn't like that very much, but he !' -.,;. ' 'al'L'. -r-a Ji
r , L ,P. .1 ' " will b paid to farm hands In Ada
p., ? f their way n4 let.th'm county, Idaho, this year. Heveral ranch
aim uieir uowwow. .- sinauy. wnen i nanaa can now b niarea in mnoy
they.'had all concluded they couldn't getjment. according to the Boise municipal
the bdat up on account of the rocks, he 1 empoymen Bureau.
came to me and said, 'If I should decide
to ask your advice, what Would be your
plan?' I knew by" the wsy they had
handled it that 'there wasn't a boatman
tn the crowd. . I showed him how I
would rig' up ropes from bow to stern,
H . said. I don't understand your
scheme, but it looks reasonable. -I will
put you; In ' charge and bold you re
sponsible for "getting the boat through
the rapid" I directed the men on shore
how to manipulate the ropea and I took
The Old Oregon Trail
..'.: NO. It- - -
A Final Tribute to th rioneer High
- way aa Personlfymg th Heroism -"
of Tho Who Traveled It
Br
the
out as ballot to ail IA W. W. timber! & aav-vt Vrv aiiv an4 a2 n-iari mff th t
I tin boy and Ksley Bean anl I made no
the part of Russia, and of attempted j and lumber workers In the Northwest Iter of the law-making him pay for bisjtt mess. Bean furnished -an extra
aggression by Germany, does France j during the month ef March. No state-1 crime. And now they ar 'heather.Jxedlhors or us to use for our pack horse.
believe- that ! she -would ba at the "'"f"1 ""TT wouiojusaiy
, . sunk, no btU ef rights for such work
mercy of the attackers? . Does she cause at all for a strike. 4s st
think the remainder of the world forth in this nueFtionnairc. Evidently
would tiuietlj' submit to the conquest the T. V. W. leaders take the attitnde
of all Kuropc bv the Bolshevists? ,,,at Uu,r en ( wuch peac and
v ... . fcarrpnnv aba-mt tllj -rat Kuelc ttvi'lttrv
t . . 1... A .. . E -. " - - . ........
Wilter R. ' Masi." lranJaBt. f
Okt . Orates Tiail Jaanratana. .
From -th "History of th Fur Trad
of th Far West." . by Hiram, llartia
charge of the bost and la 80 minutes Chittenden, we gather th following:,
w were ap'nd beyond th falls andl -As a highwsy or travel in vregoa.
above th rough water. ; ITraU Is th moat remarnaDie aoown t
-- ia . inistory. jonsiaenng -ura . ian mar ii
?-W went' uO 10 mile ' and camoed. I oririnatsd with th pontnou use of
We were afraid of being' surprised by j travelers; that ao transit had ever Io
the Indians, so they put out sentries. I c a foot of It; that no level estab-
Ther wer 1 of us with the boat.- Jess i,sna lw grao; wvai no nnewr
Goorge of Polk county and Jim Robblns sought out the ford or built any bridge,
from Salt Creek were selected to stand or aurveyed the mountain paaseti that
tie first watch. It happened that 1 was thtT w" grading to nor
th. only man In th party , with a gun. 'J. at 'Ti'.aiV..
Th others wer to get their guns at rxd "mLj llLr Tr,?Jl
Th Dalles. They borrowed my 'gun so highway mill seem most extraor-
as t Uke a-shot at any prowling in- 4taarJr' ' . tJ''' L.
dlans who should com around. I had "But not ao th Pra""taa Meemt
shared my blankets with one of the ry and parched, ta road filled with
other men and waa sleeping, with my stifling dust, the stream bed mere dry
boots for pillow. We were all sound ravine - or casing only as alkaline
aaleep whe suddenly w heard a gun tw whack coaild not Wustf ; the gam
discharged and our two puards called, go nor boPltabl ctlon and
Tha Indiana are en us Run for vour me sumrrxr k"-.... -v-a, . ui
lives V Tlie fellow that was sleeping
with me graabed : ths- blankets and
started for the boat I didn't want to
lose those blankets, so 1 hurg onto them.
He ran as fast as he couid end mat
a Jvmn for ttra boat, mlased It. and went
head first-Into the river.- I . was glad
I had held onto the blankets. -.'
trents is anything but pleasing. And
it recalls very vividly that she agreed j
to disarm once, but that cerfain
United S'.ates senators quickly iut a
stop to that movement.-
and 'that the "irood of th cause"
manns that a little hell be raised.
A repy of the questionnaire for - Lum
ber Worker -Industrial union 120 of the
I. W. W. has hen received at Tti
Budfrnt effice. It waa mailed fro:i Su
perior, Wis., and the inalrucxioria are
for-performinr What they honestly con
iderd ' their duty. - What solution do
you of fer? Should they have let him
starve and thereby carry out bis appar
ent intention to again foil and flaunt
the law, or should they have entncpd
him to st few years' lmprioT(mft. with
a pardon later, and let enrre increase?
Frank M. liauphcrty.
- : SHARP PRACTICE
Frvm Life.
A politician never buries thl
unla has an ax to grind.'
hafcht
Grandmother Cooper - had just brought
in - some groceries - from the - Sandwich
Islands to Portland, soe bought from
her some sugar, tea and coffee. We also
bought 109 pounds of flour.. We then
started for The Dalles. -Vben we got to
the lower rapids Martin thought the
road was too rough tor our pack horse
to carry our load. He fond? out that a
boat with rations "for the es'iliers was
about to start up the river to The Iailf
w T. ask?d the man in chair? if tby
would take our provisions. They aH
ifhe would furnish a hand they would
t
TVaklng men up at the dead of night
tn an Indian country makes them kind
of panicky. I figrured that if the In
dians wer coming "there-would be more
than one shot,' and there would be some
Indians yelltng. so I decided to watch
developments. But the ret of the men
beat it for the boat, except George. Roh
bins and myaiclf. tieorre and Robhin
couldn't go, they were laughing so; but
f'.nally they went down to the boat and
toi1 the rert of the bunch that it was
jjt a jike and they had been having a
!:' FV-.Tl wi'.h tint."
with torrid intensity, it .was tnen the
Trail avecam nignway of aeaoiation
strewn with abanaotved property, the
skeletons of horses, mules and exen,
and, alas, too often with freshly mads
grave and headboards that told tha
pitiful tale of suffering to great to b
endured. .If tb Trail was th cer. ci
romance, adventure, plaasur and excita
ment, so It wa marked In every mil
ef its eoars by human misery, tragedy
and death.'
And so it is through tragedy and deatk
that great t tun en are avcrowtpliahed. and
the Old Oregon Trail. wUh H hurryini
thousands, became th Trail ef History,
Sentiment and Tragedy over whicH ai
empire .waa - reclaimed and saved f-i ,
America. ,
Its nam hou1d gj.down In
ann and fab'.s as the greatest tv-rr-;s.
fare In history and Ita memory re rn.44
mperUhfc-i ty a grat-ful .j :;'-.
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