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the Oregon; daily "journal, portlaniv-Oregon....
THUKSDAY,: MAY, 11, 1922. .
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1 - The ntn apply only tax Ua west.
' Katae to iAstern potsta furnished aa applica
tion. Maka ranuttancaa by Kdikj Ordar. Kxpreaa
Order or lraft- If your poitof Hca ia - net a
aaanay-order offlca, 1- or 2 cnt atanipa will ba
acaapted. Maka all rrmittancea payabla to Tne
Jaarnal Pnbtwbiac Company Portland. Orefon.
To anall a f rash torf of aarth Is whole -
aaata tor tha body; eo toaa aia thotutbts of
saomfity cordial to the soul. "Dost thoa
art. and opto dust thoa ahaJt re tarn."
I Fuller.
MANX TAKERS NO GIVERS
Tjo DATE, little of a constructive
' j nature has come out of Genoa.
Tpie has been spent.; but It seems
largely to have been spent in a
scramble for spoils. "
Russia wants money, and, in re
turn for the money, the remainder
of Europe, or the gTeater number of
th nations at least, apparently "want
concessions here, and concessions
thfre and concessions everywhere.
There has been a dearth of give and
a Congestion of take,
f hat is the great trouble with con
ferencesthere are too many takers
and too few (rivers. ', There is too
litle attempt to cooperate and too
treat an attempt to grab.
After it is ali over, however, the
ground has been cleared. In some i
Instances it is cleared before the
gTfvnd is covered and constructive
work started. : In other instances
th first conference merely' clears
th ground, facts are brought out.
th demands of nations unveiled and
the conference adjourned, with the
actual construction work to begin
at a later parley.
perhaps the Genoa, conference will
Inaugurate some helpful measures.
Perhaps it will only clear the
ground. Certainly that is all that
cat be accomplished if the continual
dehiand for concessions, the refusal,
tot give, and the' threats tf with
drawal and military action do not
totntetime subside. There is too
mfch diplomacy and too little frank
ness and fairness. "
kew. issues of securities this year
ojfar exceed a billion dollars. Bond
les. foreiam and dnmacHc riov
thi only wide gategvay into America's
gold reservoir, while constructive
enterprises upon which prosperity
ultimately must depend squeeze in
as! through the eye of a needle. The
ta exempt feature accounts- for the
greedy market .for many of the se
curities. !
THE RECALL ELECTION
CpEAKING of the movement for
v"! recall of public service comrais
ctiaaiers in Oregon, the Oregonian
But accused officials I are not given
opportunity to meet the issues squarely.
It .is not an orderly process, bq. on
af Ascted by clamor, politics and person
alities. This is a conclusion reached by
the Oregonian at the end of a sweep
ing criticism of the i recall as an
implement of government.
Is the fact that there is "clamor,
politics and personalities In the
present "recall movement reason for
abandoning it or for abolishing the
recall provisiontv ij . -
rhere were "clamor, politics and
personalities'-. and i some loud
Oliispers of corrupt money at the
190 Chicago convention. In that a
reason 'for abolishing! the national
convention or the. Republican party
or the presidency of the United
States? . . .'i
, There Is some "clamor, politics
and personalities in the "present
contest for Republican national com
mitteeman "-in Oregon; Is that ' a
reason for .abandoning- the national
committeeman and abolishing Air.
Flthian and Mr.wmiaxas?. "
he claim that there should be no
recall movement because It Is at
tended with "clamor,; politics and.
personalities' . is not a sound conten-
tion. Orisnch s test almost every
public activity 'would be abolished.
Neither ;the " secondH hearras; nor
thf recall' was the true way of deal
IBS' with ' the ' original! order In the
SETTLE THE STRIKE
CO FAR as shipping board vessels are concerned,' the waterfront strike In
ortlandV is ended. -The longshoremen- declared tnelr. readiness to
handle cargoes itn shipputg board ships when the shlppiTir board asked
for arbitration of the waterfront dispute by the state board of mediation. -l
In exacUy the -same way the strike as to cargoes of jail: other vessels
can be ended In 15 minutes, if the Waterfront Employers union vrill follow
the example of the shipping board and .longshoremen and agree to arbitra
tion. This the Waterfront-Employers union has refused; to do, declaring
that it win accept the services of the state board of mediation for "concili
ation', but not for "arbitration.? v j .
The Waterfront Employers union, as its name implies, is aTunien of
employing stevedores. It is a union of employers in exactly; the same
sense that the Longshoremen's. union is a anion of employes. The Journal
stands ready to be corrected,5 but, from what it can gather, in; Us refusal
to'agTee tor arbitration the' Waterfront Employers' union Inesires to pate
a. '''closed shop for employers but' an "openl shop" for employes. " I I
' ' . But it Is not with "closed shop" or "open shop" for anybody, that! this
article Is concerned. The concern is with what will happen to the Port
of Portland and to the great shipping business which not the contracting
stevedores but. the people of Portland, have built tap, if the organized em
ployer, known as the, Waterfront; ExplOyers union, persist in action that
will prolong this disastrous strilce.i v
" For example, Portland is frequently an applicant to the .shipping bpard.
for the allocation of vessels. So long as Portland-had peaceful water
front, it had a splendid asset to point to for the 'award; of ships to this
port. . " ,
If the strike continues indefinitely and is internationalized by the
National liongshoremen's union so that there will be trouble in getting
Portland cargoes unloaded in distant ports, much of the prestigethat Port
land has In asking for shipping board vessels,r iexpecting ships gener
ally to come here, will be lost. - , -;- - ' 1 ;;'!' f
"By the stroke' of ai-pen the Waterfront Employers union can, end if
all and bring Portland back to the industrial tranquillity for which it had
become noted all over America. All it has to do is to submit .Its lease to a
fair tribunal, made tip of one representative of the employers, one repre
sentative of labor and one representative of the public ; I
The state board of mediation, before which the United States shipping
board has asked for the dispute to be arbitrated, is made up of representa
tives f employer, employe and public. Any tribunal not so constituted
cannot be a fair arbitrator. ; - "' ytj
If the Waterfront Employers' unio$ has a just purpose In this fcon
troversy, why hesitate to arbitrate? If its cause is just it is hrlce armed,
and, being so armed, it would seem to be glad, to welcome arbitration to
the end that the strike should be settled and-more and more ships come
to this port for the Waterfront Employers' union to load and unload?
' The Longshoremen's union has submitted its case to the state board
of mediation, agreed to.acceptUts findings, and has declared the -strike off
so far as shipping board Vessels are concerned. j
The longeshoremen have freed themselves of all responsibility if or con
tinuation of the strike and all disastrous consequences that may result.
The whole 'responsibility now rests on the Waterfront Employees uiiion.
telephone case. The true course
was to appeal the order to the.courts.
If, as many allege, the public serv
ice commissioners were under' cor
poration control, a court would of
fer a tribunal that Is not under cor
poration control, where there would
have been opportunity for an intel
ligent hearing and a Just decision
as to the merits of the case.
But that course was not chosen.
The recall is, here. Seventy-seven
thousand citizens petitioned for a rt
caj)l election. More thousands would
have added their names had the
petitions been within reach.
Those people have a right to be
heard. IiJlLme rates are very high.
They never g lower. They con
stantly go higher. Everything else
occasionally sags in price, but phone
rates never. Just how else can there
be a popular protest except by some
such process as the recall now-pending?"
And Just how can there be
any movement of protest unattended
by "clamor, politics and personali
ties?" a
When there were competing phone
lines in Oregon and when a measure
was DroDosedr for interchange of
service by , which a competing line
would have been preserved, the peo
ple were told to vote the inter
change measure down. The same
authorities that now denounce the
recall movement denounced the in
terchange measure. They said inter
change was impracticable, but just
as soon as the Bell company got con
trol of the competing system inter
change of service between the two
lines began, and Interchange Is now
going on every day. If there must
be ho recall movement and there
was to be no Interchange of service.
Just what can be done?
The Journal repeats that it thinks
the second phone hearing and the
recall were not the true remedy, but
that an appeal to the courts was the
proper course. But. the recall is
here. Some very good men have
been named as recall candidates. It
seems a very proper course for those
who are dissatisfied to select the
best of the recall candidates and vote
for them, and for those who are
satisfied to vote for the retention
of the present commissioners.
One of the reasons why the sal
mon catch is in quick demand by
the packers is that retail dealers
everywhere sold the stock off their
shelves and now demand, causes
them to be "urgent" In their orders.
TIME TO ACT
THE dock commission should not
cause the fruit growers of Port
land's trade territory to feel that It
is Inattentive to their appeal for
export cold storage facilities. '
. During April the agricultural com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
submitted to the dock commission
figures showing- that the exportable
surplus of perishable products in
Portland territory is 539,000 tons a
year and that: the cold storage ca
pacity ta Portland all privately
owned is but S 7,000 .tons.' i
r- Thirty-two representative "fruit
growers offered to contract at once
with the dock commission for the use
of a 5000 Refrigeration unit to be
erected .in connection with public
terminals.
J. W. Part of the Mersey " docks,
Liverpool, testified that apples ex
ported from Portland in refrigerated
ship space arrived at Liverpool in
splendid condition, but that. schedule
of sailings had. not been well Judged.
Consequently j the English I market
had been glutted a time or two and
looses occurred? which could- have
been avoided by shipping: the fruit
as, needed - from this port.
Showing that the need Is for more
than . fruit,- J. L. I Upson of the Co
operative -Poultry - Producers stated
that seasonal storage Is provided at
7 cents ar case for eggs'-at Seattle,
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where 12,000 tons public cold storage
capacity has been provided and 67
cents here. He saldxthat he could
afford to pay the local freight b-ate
to Seattle and the storage charge
there while awaiting Eastern orders
better than to use Portland! storage.
Public dock facilities were 'pro
vided to serve the public. Portland
voted $10,500,000 for terminals in
order that shippers, traders and
producers might get service as; ef
ficient and economical here j as
could be given by any competitor
A grain elevator was installed' for
the benefit of grain producers iand
shippers. Tanks were erected ! for
vegetable oils and molasses. Other
equipment was installed to encourage
the movement of freight of special
character. p j ; .
The same disposition to serve
should bring action in providing cold
storage facilities. The fruit move
ment to. "the Atlantic coast and
Europe is Just at its beginning. It
will expand. It should be cared for.
No rival port should be given an
advantage over Portland
I.
Federal taxes collected in America
for the year ending June .30 next
average $32.10 per inhabitant. The
average per inhabitant for 'England
is $128.90. for the Italian $18.93 land
for the Frenchman $91.69. We were
in the war but 19 months. France and
England fought 51 months. If! we
had been in the fight for the longer
period and spent money at the same
rate our annual collection would
be about $86 per capita.
RACING WITH DEATH
i
VER in Ireland a father
was
IHis
- lying on his deathbed
daughter was in America, j j
A cable capie to the daughter to
sail immediately. She purchased jher
ticket and prepared to go. It was
boat time. ' She had several jmattera
to close. A whistle blew and the
giant liner moved from her berth
out into the Hudson. j ,
A taxicab drew up at the dock.
A wisp of a girl leaped froni it and
ran for the pier. But it was too late!
the liner was on its way to jreland.
A tear dropped from the gill's eyes
as it was evident , that she had
missed her boat. On the deck was
the president of the shipping com
pany. He. saw the "rush to the pier,
he saw the tear, and he Saw the
grief id, a young girl's heari as she
watched the craft puffing Its way
down the river.- !;";- 1
There was a short coirversatilon
between the president' of the com
pany ad the girl. , Orderti were
hurriedly given and men hastened
here .and there. -t j':
Had a man watched all the pro
ceedings he would have seen a launch'
move out from a pier and steam
down the Hudson. He would have
seen an engineer put on ful( steam.
He would haveseen -a slip iofa girl
urging the craft forwardU. f A.nd j lie
would iiave seen, a few hous laer,
a girl lifted over the side of ia giant
liner, bound for Ireland. l r v
.The girl . caught ;i her boat
reached the father, 'and a : company
rendered a service that should pay
rich; : dividends.
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Henry Ford is reported to bo aeeki
ing. and possibly to have fpund ;a
substitute for leather. If successful
he will once more have achieved
where others have failed, and will
have disposed of that ancient maxim
of the leather- industry:
nothing like , leather. ,
"There
Is
THE SAME OLD MITT; P.
' -: FVara tha Toiads Rlada !
Lima Bean says the. hand that shakes
the -here's hand today; may be (the fist
that shakes under the here's nose 1 to
morrow. , i i if it
- "ABOUT 10 TO it V "
Froca'tha. Akma (O); Resxna Javrnal
A - correspondents autks - whether it) Is
rierht to say. The man vm hung or
"The -man was .hanged. The s modern
version Is. Tna Jury disagreed.'
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CANDIDATES 1 AND
. , PLATFORMS .
Additional List" of Citizens j Who Seek
-to Serve in the Lower; House .
" 1 'of the Legislature of Oregon.
John H." Carkint of -Medford. Bepubll
ean candidate for the legislature. Eighth
district. Jackson county, 'was bora, at
Bangor,! Maine,
November IS. 1883.
He moved in the
late '80s to the then
territory of Da-
i state ft North Da-
J Vkota. He attended
the public schools
of that state, the
U n 1 yersi ties : of
Minnesota and
North . D a k o ta,
..sWiii U.J the, arts and law
Joha H. Carkia . department., of the
University of North Dakota, and was ad
mitted to the bar of that state. He moved
to; Medford in 1908 where has prac
ticed law for" the last l years. . He was
a member of the ways and means com
mittee of the 1913 session and author of
the state budget law. He served on the
finance committee of the city council,
in: the city of Medford. 1917-f0 and was
appointed on the state consolidation
commission of 1318-1919. Ha has nn
platform or slogan. j
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Claude Buchanan, Republican candi
date for representative from, the Tenth
district, Benton county; is a native son
1 1 ...lUBjasinij i of nioneer . turmls
who settled in Beh
tOn county. With
the exception : of
four years spent
attending college,
the 38 years of '.his
life have been
mostly spent n
the farm. Last
December he was
elected president of
the Benton county
!saaaBawaJ eanization of
Claude Bnchanan members. He was
elected director in the Pacific Coopera
tive Wool Growers, representing Benton
and Lincoln counties, an organization
which includes 1900 members, j He is now
serving his, second term on Sthe school
board in the school district where he re
sides. He is a graduate of he Oregon
state agricultural college ; a imember of
the Grange, belongs to the fFarm Bu
reau and the Corvallis Commercial club.
His platform is: "Endeavor to promote
the best interests of Benton fcounty and
the state of Oregon." j
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R. V. Stockton . of Sheridan, Republi
can candidate for state rem-eaentatlvo
from Yamhill county, was born at Hu-
mansvillie, Mo0 May
S. 1884. liis educa
tion was! secured at
the Baliston pub
lic school and the
University of Ore
gon. 'He was inter
ested in the hard
ware business at
Sheridanj from 1906
to' 1909 ; (has served
as a deputy sur
veyor of Yamhill
county jBlnce 1910
and has actively
It. V, Stockton ' engaged in farming
for the last 15 years. His platform
says: "I will work for the reduction of
taxes, bond issues and appropriations of
public funds ; for a more equitable dis
tribution of the tax burdens!; VI advo
cate fewer laws and such laws as are
based on Justice instead of special priv
ilege. I favor the public school system
and the higher, educational institutions,
but believe they should be more efficient
in service and more economically ad
ministered. I believe there is urgent
need for better farm to market" roads
which will serve agriculture.) the basic
industry of the state." His (slogan is : .
"Reduction in taxes and appropriations."
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George G. Randall Jr. of Oregon City.
Republican candidate for representative.
Clackamas county, was born at New
vmi ....... iimaaii.iui a Era, October.
1881. Hia edueatKn
was secured in the
county grade school
and two) years in
Willamette univer
sity. He is a
farmer land still
lives on f the farm
w here. h was born.
He has been master
of Warner Grange
No. 117 for the
past three years.
In his platform he
Gee. G. Randall Jr. says: "I Yavor put
ting the state paid officers back to pre
war salaries. Will strive to equalise
taxation and lower taxes in every way
reasonable. Will strive to pui reforma
tory and penal institutions n a self
stiDDortina: basis : will sunnort arricul-
tnre and other productive Industries ir
every way possible. I favor holding ex
penses of educational institutions to
amount of mtllage tax." Hlsslogan is :
"Konesty, strictest economy, efficiency."
He is opposed to aliens owning or hold
ing lona; land leases. !
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i Sidney' Teiser, Republioan 1 candidate
fori representative. Eighteenth district.
Multnomah county, was, born at Wil
liamsburg. Va., Au
gust 30, j 1882. and
during his early
'A
manhood j resided at
Norfolk. Va., com
ing to pjortland In
1910, wbre he has
eince resided. He
was educated In the
i h
public schools of
.Virginia and at the
E. . is 1 J
University of Vir
ginia. He began
th Timrtir rt
in 1903 at Norfolk.
oiasey leiaer . v a., and practiced
(here for seven years and has ver since
practiced law in Portland. He has never
been a candidate for nor held political
office.: His platform Is as follows: "The
exercise of cautious care in authorizing
the; levy ; of taxes and in the appropria
tion and expenditure of public moneya
Every form of property should bear its
Just proportion of the public burden. I
favor good roads,' good schools and the
proper encouragement of raduitry.
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- James W. Mott of Astoria. Republican
candidate Tor- representative 4 from Ue
Nineteenth representatlvei dietrict, Clat-
j j -j sop .rt county, ; was
v- j born at New Wish
lngton, Clearfield
t county. Pa., No
wmberw li. riui.
1 His education was
'i secured, i In . the';
-- 1 'public schools of
; I Salem and the TJnl
- verstty of Oregon;
! j he Is a graduate of
! Columbia I - univer-
I slty. Newt Tork (A.
5 B- ajjd ojf WiUam-
eue university law
' James W. Mett school CLL.B.). He
has practiced- law in -Astoria since 1917
with the exception ef time spent in naval
Service in 1918; he was elected city attorney-
of Astoria in 1920. His platform
says; "l! will urge the immediate com-
t . - - )
f tk.V
Mi
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f- i ,
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. mnni n,M i ajll ipil
pletion of the ' Roosevelt highway, the
enactxnent of legislation f or the turthec.
protection of the fishing industry of
the lower Columbia river and, the state,
and for the better and more rapid de
velopment and utilization of our natural
resources; I favor the cabinet or depart
ment form of state government and the
elimination of alt overlapping and dupli
cations in departments, commissions and
offices; favor a revised system of tax
ation that will reach intangible as well
aa tangible property, and thereby lift
a substantial part of the tax burden
upon land; am opposed to the present
system of1 taxation Jn respect to public
utilities, which I allows a utility to . sub
mit one valuation on its property -td the
state tax commission for the purpose of
taxation and another and higher valu
ation on the same property to the public
service commission for the purpose j of
determining the so-called "rate case
upon which the utility bases Its- profit or
rate - of return.. I am opposea o me
ownership of land by Orientals ' or to
such control of land by tbem as amounts
virtually to ownership. His slogan is ;
"Real representation for Clatsop county ;
direct "tax reduction by spedfleV reme
dial legislation." ;
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James P. Stapleton of Portland; Re
publican candidate for representative.
Eighteenth district. Multnomah county.
was born in Wasri-
. lngton county Jan
: uary 4, 1875. His
education was se-
4 cured in the public
county. He was
admitted to the
bar of Washington,
May. 18, 1898 ; ad
mitted to the bar
of Oregon March,
1919. -He served as
city attorney of
Vancouver six snd
James 1. Stapleton one half yeara : dis
trict attorney of Clarke county, Wash
ington, two. terms of two years each.
His platform says : "I intend, if elected,
to struggle with all questions concern
ing the welfare of the people generally
in an endeavor to better "conditions and
reduce the misery of the" high cost of
government and living."
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S. P. Peiree of Sixes. Republican can
didate for representative. Sixth district
(Coos and Curry), was born at Fort
His education was
secured at common
schools, 20 months
J in all, while under
15 years of age. He ;
followed bookkeep- j
tng and accounting
In younger days ; j
bridge building and
engineering -of late
years when not on
his dairy and stock
8. P. Peiree farm. He served as
county clerk four years, representative
eight years ; has been school director,
school district clerk, road viewer, road
supervisor, port commissioner, census
enumerator three times and is at pres
ent appraiser for World's war veterans'
state aid commission.. His platform is:
"I will serve the best interests of the
state and my representative district to
the best of my ability." His slogan:
"Farmer and working .man, -my record
In the 'legislature is my platform.". He
volunteered for service in the World war,
was rejected by the United States and
Canada on account of his age ; then en
listed in the British imperial army and
saw 17 months of active service over
seas. .
fetters From the People
Communicationa sent to Th Journal for pub
lication in thia- depart an ent ahooM ba written on
only ona aide ol ths paper. . should not axceed
BOO words, in lenfth, and mast ba aUnad by the
writar, whose mafi addreaa ia fall must aceaas
pan? the contributing. )
BOOTLEGGERS VICTIMS
An Appeal by a Distressed Wife Against
Illegal Traffickers. ; .
Toledo, April 29. To the Edftor of The
Journal I am perhaps one of a million
who are - watting, alone or with chil
dren, for the homecoming of a husband
or son who has been detained along the
way oy tne jso-cauea bootlegger, or
moonshiner. Either name seems too good
for them. It is almost impossible ' to
find a name suitable for the persons who
prey on numan life and soul, as they do,
for money. My husband has been a vic
tim of this terrible, disease, if it is such.
thlroughout our five, years of married
life, and I have been hoping and praying-
that there would Boon be some way
to overcome this evil, but it seems to be
getting worse instead of better every
day, until life seems unendurable to
me.
At times I feel I must do something,
for better or worse. It has now been
five days and three nights that my hus
band has been under the Influence of
this terrible stuff. Night after night I
am awakened In the early hours of the
morning to open the door for some of his
so-called friends, bringing him home to
me. Isn't there something that can be
done? Surely there Is some way to deal
with these fellows. There are days and
nights that my husband la unable to.
ge home at all, leaving me here in this
terrible state of mind. Then when he
comes he expects me to meet him at the
door with '-a . smile. He wonders why I
am so downhearted, why I don't "cheer
up and be like other women." Why
should a little thing like that worry
me?. If he could only understand a true
woman's heart! ! ; - - .., j
Should I try, as others have done, to
drink with him, and be merry?; Shall I
take the so-called easy way out of it and
e&d It all? Or shall I try five years
longer staying , with ' him and. see how
much longer these degenerates, boot
leggers or moonshiners, will take to end
it for me? -si -
Why not make the- fine just as heavy
tor toe onnaer as lor tne sellerr What
:s going to be done? , Worried.
A PASTOR'S VALUED APPBJECIA-
' TION 4
-Portland, May: 9. To the Editor of
The Journal. We thank you heartily
for yoar editorial co-operation in our
Easter i plana "We; greatly appreciate
the Interest. which The Journal takes in
religious activity. I think I have never
before known a place where the attitude
of the press has been so cordial and
helpful ia matters religious. , '
' j ;i' L- BOwmaa.
K. K. K-j AT CHURCH DOORS
Controversy Thus Engendered Deplored
-By, One Who Asserts Klaa Is . .
..j. . Making a 'Mistake. ;
Portland. May ! Tp the Editor' of
The. , Journal On i Sunday, May 7, 18 or
more church rows were started in the
city of Portland, i In every case the
cause was a visit from masked members
or the Ku Klux Klan. What had.: up
to that date, - been . so raavny powerful
agenciea fori bettering i man's condition
are today having their energies diverted
from fighting the devil to fighting one
another iover the "merits" of a huge un
known quantity. '
Is this a deliberate attempt to paralyse
the power of the Protestant churches of
the city by introducing division, f or Is
It af stupendous blunder on the part of
the leaders 'of the so-called r "TrrTlsible
Empire?a Inviaible f U right.)
Did not the leaders of the K. K K'
know that where the .minister kindly
received the visit of the hooded myster- i
les. part -of his congregation would re
sent this method of acquiring publicity.
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i-hni urn i mi m i f
C0M1MENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The, only trouble about weather like
this ie that there are no pumpkins for
the frost. t be on,--
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' The hitching posts of the ' highways
Of ' the- past have become' the gasoline
Stations of the present.
j- - j i it t. '-. . i?i "?" ":
! Senatorial candidates "may well be
prepared for an increase in the pay-as-you-enter
fare to that hall of fame.
1 - To be knocked down by an automo
bile is' bad enough, but to be fined &
tor the pleasure ia another matter again.
! Ixoks front this distance like Pa Hop
kins spared the rod and spoiled, the
child in the case of Peggy Hopkins
Joyce, ,; a . .:-;.
I '.!-;-(' - a' : j .'.-.
; Our present automotive equipment, at
iany rate, crives ua a basis noon which to
decide what we might have if we had
xne price. ; ;,- ,
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Circus and the vegetable garden not
withstanding, summer will not have ar
rived - until the straw hat and white
trousers appear.
a -
i ' When we flnb the girT some of our
well known novelists acclaim as their
heroines well expect to have a little
domestic trouble.
a. a
; - Plahv George Burton has been Jilted
by his fiancee in favor of Count Edward
Z3chy de Zichet Vasonnykeo. You have
our permission to . try to write a better
joke than that.
a
Hotel men say they champion the
modem flapper because she's always
neat, f but isn't It rather because, she
always drags into the dining room
something with a laden purse In his
jeans?-
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
That Klamath county must require a
certain physical standard in its govern
ing body was the comment of one of
the peripatetic philosophers who make
their headquarters in the Imperial hotel
lobby, as Judge Bunnell and Commis
sioner Short were observed surrounded
by a flock of road machinery salesmen.
Though Short by name, his altitude is
between six and seven feet, correspond
ing to that of his colleague, Bunnell.
Under this great height both men carry
an avordupois of some 23 stone. I
assume," continued the commentator,
"that It" Is necessary to have big, strong
men to defend all three courthouses
owned by the county.' Bunnell and
Short ; are in . Portland to persuade the
state ' highway Commission to aid in
improving the road between Lamm's
miirand old Fort Klamath.
c
T. ,J. Sullivan, who is getting out
Port Oxford cedar logs in Coos county,
is a Portland visitor.
(T
J. L. Aasen. a Coos county logger,
la transacting business in Portland.
1 James Zanker. the electric sign man
of Seattle, is visiting Portland friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tucker of Uma
tilla are guests of the Imperial.
Colonel F. S. Ivan hoe of La Grand
is on a: business trip to Portland.
Allen A. Traeegott of Bums is among
out of town visitors.
P. OJ Farley of Heppner ia trans
acting business id Portland.
J. C. Smith and W. J. McCUtcheon
of MSshifield are Portland guests. . .
.
; C. H." Oxman of Jamieson, Malheur
county, iis visiting in Portland.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
VX Tllili J U
By Fred
A pioneer, who at tha aca ef IT eroaaed tha T
plains to Orarsn, is Mr. Locklera present sub4
jart. Ha . was onca an employe of .PorUaad'aa
oldest- bank, and later saw lone aerrica is
tha resTular army.
-The, old est bank clerk In Oregon, if
not in the entire ' Northwest, lives at
Tlaard.'; His name is William V.
Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer live at-
the home of their daughter, tyra. vir-
"arinia Hutchinson, on Walnut avenue, in
Tlgard, . Mrs. Hutchinson Is director of
the choir of the East side Baptist cnurcn
of Portland.
Mr,. Spencer was out working in the
garden when; I, called. We sat down in
the front room,,, where fee . told me of
his early "day experiences as, a bank
clerk in Portland.
"I was born in Virginia in- 1885," said
Mr. Spencer. "That was before the
state was divided : so, while I was born
in Virginia, my birthplace now. is in the
state of West Virginia. You will know
what the initial T in my name stands
for, when I tell you I was born February
14. My father, John Spencer, was a
Methodist minister. My mother's maiden
name was Julia Fell. - Both of my
parents were born in Pennsylvania.
They had nine children.
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'"I was 17 when we crossed the plains
in 1862. Our party assembled at St.
Jock ' My father was elected captain
of the train. I drove an ! ox team all
the way across the plains. We went
from The Dalles to the Cascades by
bateau. At the Cascades we boarded the
steamer Multnomah and came to Port
land. We leased rooms In the old Port
land academy building, where we spent
the winter, of 1852. They were clearing
timber from what are now the downtown
blocks of Portland, and I got a i job
chopping: cord wood on a block that is
located somewhere between Fifth street
and Broadway. In the spring of 1853
we moved to a farm near Dundee.
Father bought a squatter's right to a
half section and took It up as a dona
tion land claim.' In 1858, when I was
21, I went to Salem, where X secured
a position on a paper. The following
year X. came down - to' Portland and got
a job working for A. R, Shipley, who
had a book store, and was also post
master. ' I -acted as asslstsant poet
master. We had local mail to Astoria
and Salem each week, while Our Eastern
mail came in twice a month by way of
San Francisco.
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W. S-i Ladd had come to" Portland
in 1850 With .a small stock of goods.
Three years later he built - the , first
brick building in Portland. - It was a
one-story brick store opposite the ferry
landing, near what is now the corner
of Front; and Stark streets. . When the
streets were numbered, it was numbered
105 Front, street. - In 1857. while I was
working for Shipley, they added a second
story to this brick buUdingr. On June-1,
1859. W. S IAdd and Charles E. Til ton
started the Ladd & Tllton bank In ona
of the rooms upstairs - tn this brick
building, j i... . ,-. i-
" ' ' ' ' ''' Li ' a . x-'at.-'.y- -. r-Ji- ::t '
; W. S. rAdd ran the bank and hired
Benjamin F. Goodwin- as bis- bank
clerk. Goodwin was very experienced
at buying gold dust. ' He could '.also
chew more fine cut tobacco than'- any ,
other "man I ever, jsaw. . When Goodwin
wreat back - east to visit his - people In
Maaaachusetta Mr. ' Ladd' hired me to
aftd 'that, ;oti the Other hand, should he
dismiss ; them, at, the door he must suf
fer 'front a divided opinion? --;.: ' ; -3f,
'as ftheLK. K. . IC,- asserts, a great
calamity-' is about to befall . this country
of ours . because of lines, actrvtty. of the
devil in the guise ..of religious ' body,
what better weapon can the United
NEWS IN BRIEF
. : ; SIDELIGHTS ' j
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Some day they will learn to, levy taxes
without people finding- it out and every
body will be j happy. Albany Democrat.
It's pathetio how we try to make our
selves believe that we are waiting for
something to turn up when we're only
loafing. Malheur Enterprise, ;
. .The climate may not agree with a let
of ua. but there are a lot of us who don't
agree with the climate, so its a 50-50
split- Roseburg News-Review. j
. The per capita'circulatton of money In
this country is; $52.13, and the per capita
taxes in Oregon about 846770. Our legis
lators eeem Hie .have overlooked a . few
dollars. Kugtne Guard. . '- -j h
'.-1 v. it-'.-' i j' - i ;: ?';.-'
Mr. Bryan 'has given up bis! fight
against . the man-from-monkey theory.
Maybe he has been reading- about how
the. so-called i human race is - acting, via
the papers. Medford Mall-Tribune. .
:h j- : a - -; --v.? ji
One thing that Is clear about some of
these tax red action ista la that they would
be willing to. have their taxes heavily
Increased if thereby they could be sure
of killing off the schools. Eugene Reg
ister. . ; ; .
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A news item says they are disbanding
the woman police force of London, to the
number of 400, Rather dangerous turn
ing that number Of women loose on a
helpless world ail at once. Ashland Tid
ings. " .
William Hdhehzollern, well known log
sawer of Doom, Holland, is now i using
an . Oregon-made drag saw, made - at
Greshanv His reputation as a -sawyer
is now more secure than as emperor
and war-starter. Condon Globe-Tinies.
"I wish you would explain to me," asks
W. B. Barrett, the possessor of many
sheep on the hills of Morrow county,
"where the wool producer gets off,;; Last
year they, told us there - was- a two
years' supply, of wool in the country.
We were told this in the government's
official reports and in: our trade! jour
nals. It appears,, though, there i. Is i
shortage' this year and- that our in
formation is i all wrong. If we ican't
rely ' on our : government reports and
trade publications; whom can we trust?
I would like to know. ;
. .a
Twenty-five California " laundrymen,
most -of them; from San Francisco, so
journed at the Multnomah a few hours
while on their way to The Dalles to
attend the- laundry owners convention.
The party had itshyslcian in the per
son of Dr. F ,S. Pyle, who once rode
the range and busted broncos In Eastern
Or iron and Idaho. He had not.: Been
in Oregon for i( years and found, that
great changes had taken place -during
bis absence. . , J
M. J. Lynch. Who has returned from
a month's trip to Tia Juana, says he
had a fine time,
a
- County Commissioner Harlow of Lane
county is in Portland on official jbusl
ness. ', - . ;
-.?.!.' a a a I
Fishing Is . fine in the .vicinity of
Bend, reports Clyde McKay of the Bend
Press, : who is. visiting in Portland.
W. T. Kirk of Salem was taking In
the sights of the. metropolis Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. B. George of Eugene
axe registered at the , Multnomah,
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Among oot of town visitors is J. C
Johnston of Dufur. .
UKJN AXj IVliUN
Lockley
take his place during hisabsence. When
Goodwin returned he ttook" his! old
place as ' bank clerk, but the business
had grown bo that Mr. Ladd decided to
retain me . as bookkpeeper. If you: will
go" to the bank and look over the books
for 1860 yoa will see plenty of samples
of my: handwriting. You will- also see
in those days the borrowers paid any
where, from 13 per cent to 88 per 'cent
a year interest on borrowed money' The
bank used to get a pretty liberal com
mission fori collecting and forwarding
money, and also charged 4 per 'cent
exchange - when . money was sent.
stayed 'In the: bank -until the Civil; war
broke out, when I resigned, my position
to fight for the Union.
"Colonel Stelhberger opened a recruit
ing office in i San Francisco; where he
raised four companies, which he brought
to Vancouver.! ! ! Later four other com
panics were raised in California, Which
also came to Vancouver: -These troops.
although raised In California, : were
known as the Washington Territory in
fantry. .Two companies Were recruited
locally.. Company F, of which I jwas
captain, was largely recruited in port
land. Peter Fox was first lieutenant
and James HaUoran second lieutenant.
We stayed at Vancouver until December.
1862. when we were sent to The Dalles.
Part of the company was detached and
sen to .Warm' Springs and I was put
on detached duty ; and assigned to be
assistant commissioner of musters' for
the district of 'i Oregon. I " traveled
pretty nearfy all ever the state to muster
the men into service, . i
"While : on- detached duty I mustered
in many of the men of the Oregon com
panies. Colonel J.T., R."" Cornejius was
colonel of the Oregon regiment. He Was
a fine man. : His. lieutenant colonel Was
R. lr. Maurey. an old time West Pointer.
Later I mustered in Maurey as colonel
of the regiment.- Our company stayed
at The Dalles Until the end of the war.
t had been- detaued for service in ; the
adjutant general's offices Lieutenant Fox
was commander, of the. company, and
still later Lieutenant HaUoran had com
mand, r HaUoran later became a regular
army- officer, j . : H ; ,
' r "ft -?r'""'"- -- I-"--.
"At the close of the "war I decided
not to go back to the Ladd & TOton
bank, as I preferred army-life to civil
life.-.- I became a nrst lieutenant In
the Thirteenth Infantry fn the regular
army. We were stationed at Sun River,
Mont part of the time, our1' joV being
the guarding of the roads to Helena. The
Indians were restleae and. our work for
much of the time kept us on the go.
"In 1870 I resigned from the service
and went to iNew Hampshire. From
there I went to North Carolina, where
I published the Piedmont Press. I had
learned .the uprtnting trade as a bov
and I had always had a ieanlns; toward
newspaper work, in 1WHJ I returned to
Oregon. : -. .,.. i ' .1 .
"My wife's 'maiden name was Julia
Gordon. We have- one child;, Virginia,
with " whom ' we are living here in
Tigard.":,.vJ H !-,-;
, ATI the -old', timers oA Portland remem
ber the tragic death of Reno. Hutchinson,
the husband of Virginia Spencer Hutch
inson. He was T. M. CV Ai secretarv.
He received his training here In Portland
and was killed by an unknown assassin
at Spokane. .M !j'"M ' !-i:U K
States of America have and depend upon
for Its safety than a great, united Prot
estant churchTK: Today; the devil laughs
in Portland as he hearer church members,
bitterly quarrel over the suppoeed merits
of the K. K. :K. '.These .thoughts are
presented by a Protestant. - : : 1:
J Ralph Harris. :
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The Oregon douniry '
Sorthvaat Happauiaa ia Boat "orm (or th
. .... . ,v. Boay Baadar. j'.. . .... L v
.,' . OREGON. l:
Profeaaor J. P. Evans 'of PrlnavlH. '
Or., has been elected; principal of i the
Talent schools In place of i H P. Jewett, ,
reaigned..- f.,n,.v.,;.,t-?:..., ,fi.-,',: . .
Electors of i Eua-ene will vote Mayi U -
on an ordinance authorizing the issu
ance of 820.000 street! intersection pay
tobnda..t. ; , f:.- jj ' . . - y. ';
The new transmission line of the California-Oregon
Power company between
Springfield and Cottage Grove, was tin-
Bert Greer.! former editor of the' Ash
land Tidings, is now devoting his time
to promoting the building of Ashland's
new tourist hotel. : f- ! p-.
The 17-year-old brother :of Harry
Howland was drowned ia the Owvhee
river in Malheur, county last Friday
while attempting to ford the stream on
horseback. h . r U ., -.,---i.-.ti
- Following a ; week's strenuous effort,
a: large crew: of men - has. succeeded in '
opening; the road betweerf Bumpter and
Granite, and the first auto made the trip
Sunday In three houraj - jj '
Authorities at Washington have been
notified that the state Is ready to put up
$2,600,000 to match a like amount of
federal money for the construction! of
the Rooseveltj highway, jt ! '
Wasco county last week paid to XX! P.
Ketchum & Son $150 for 15 ewes and 15
iambs that were killed by doga The
biU was paid out- of money realised
from the. sale! of dog IlcenBeS. -t-T .
Affairs of I the' Coqulllai Valley Coal
company are, saif. tol be In excellent
shape. The mine is on tidewater and
will soon be shipping 100 1 to 200 tons. a.
day to the San Franc iaco fnarket, i
Nearly 500,D00 pounds' of Malheur
county wool was aoia curing the past
week at prices, varying from 80 toi 85
cents a pound. The wool clip of the
countyi is estimated at 1,500.000 pounds, "
Farmers In the viclhltyi of Stanfleld. '
Umatilla county, will try the experiment'"
of raising sugar beet a this year. Seed
has been supplied by the ' Utah-Idaho 1
Sugar company and Ihe i beets wU be
shipped to the company's plant at Top
pen tsh. : j ' . ) -
.Cost of buildinrs oh -w-hich Bermtta
have been taken out at; Eugene since the .
first of the year totals
mare than 8260.-
voo. .Among these is
annex to cost 8100.000
the I Osburn hotel
and an addition :
to the Bartle. Court apartment house to
coat fso.yuv. jj, - - i v .
WASHINGTON ! r-
!: Montesano has been assured a tourist -park
of three acres by, joint action of
the city council and county comrols-
ioners. ; ... . . 1 ;
The school board has awarded a con
tract for the construction of a " new
modern, brick school buildinar at Clark- 1
JSton to COBt $60,609. ' : ;...:.,.:.::..;:, I
Edward Merrlman. superintendent o(
the Cle Elum schools for beveral years.
fas resigneo to Decontt superintendent
f the Anacortes schools., j j -.,;., .v. I. '
The PoyaUup 't Sumner Fruit Grow
ers' Canning company started the season k
this week on rhubarb. . I Growers are
jpald one cent a pound. - j ' -i i
Plans for raising a $200,000 publicity f
fund for the Columbia basin irrigation -
project were formulated at a meeting-
held in Seattle Saturday ffUmoon,
D. C Dunlop. a salesraSa tor Schwa-
bacher & Co. of Seattle, .(was the first
traveler, to reach Dawson j this season
over the new Alaskan! railway route. .
I More than 190 pieces 6i real : estate
eelsed by tlie county for taxes were sold
at auction in Vancouver Saturday. . All
out in parcels, were,
county. .
bought
by the
i Raynard Laurlson; aged g, fell Inte a
barrel of tar at Dixie and was saved
by the prompt action of his 7-year-old
brother, who hauled him Out and called
for help.j,- r-;-,V! -I, l v .-j-. -I
The-Lynden Producers' planning eom-r
pany expects to handle 6000 cases ! of
cherries and 20.000 cases rt beans this
season, and every case mp , been con-
racceoxor. v" .. . ;. 1 1 . --. l,,.j .:
The Ryan and Allen Lortrlnr eomnanv i
as begun grading a flogging' road j of s
bout four -miles from Stevenson up
ock creek to connect rltli the .Spokane,
ji uauu at aeaiut line, ) -
The Tacoma Dredging Jeompany .has :
en awarded the contract for the ran.
ptructicn of the new transit sheds at
Tacoma. About 200 menj will be em
ployed and the work y-ijl cst $144,870,83.
I In keeping with the promotion fof
Bell Ingham as Tulip Town, local men
have organized - the Holland-American
(Bulb company;- with I Bellingham ias -headquarters
and. a capltuiization of
$60,000. . .- .i j s . ! -;
I Worrying over the fact that he had
hot been successful as art orchard mt.
W. F. Prausa. 4S. living seven miles
west of Yakima, fired a bullet into his
temple and died before tnedlcfV aid'
r'Uld arrive. t - w
. The body of D. "J. Bohneville. whn
committed suicide at Ephrata April 2,
was taxen irom Moees taae Saturday
by- Coroner , Probst and itjheriff Dny-
Coua. - Before drowning himself he sent
a money order for $170 to! his daughter
n an i-rancisco. :: j , . . i
mi ur
Shinments of nrunes from the Smith-
em Idaho, field last yean reached 2347
cars. ' The largest previous shipment
'as 1259 cars. . - , -i: li ; i -
Checks -were Mnt mif laaf walr 4rm
the first dividend of 25 peri cent to the
stockholders of the old Overland Na
tional Dame or Boise. The amount of -the
payment was $50,000. . j .
I Brigadier General U V.I Patch has
resigned his position as- adjutant-general
ef the state of Idaho and Governor
Davis has appointed Majori Harry Lewis
Of New Plymouth to fill the vacancy.,
J What Is characterised by! farmers as
?a million-dollar snowfall? fell in the
upper Snake River valley of Idaho Sun.
day.- The snowfall started early Sunday
morning and continued most of the day.
I Miss Rdth Rock of Weleer. 13 years
old, is winner ef the firstj prize in the
state highway essay contest, which car
ries a gold medal and cash! prise of $15.
She is now a contestant in! the national
contest. ' - v :? , ..v.; i ' i
Kin Kin Kf Pelican of Lewlto- mrmA
75. said to be the true hettediterv chi-r
of . theNes Perce Indiansj died a few
days ago at Pendleton. Ore., where he
had gone to attend a convention of the
Presbyterian church. ,:- ..)..
Joe Thomas an John Tabbaoo. two
Lapwal Indians, caused much excite
ment at Lewiston Saturday: when they -assaulted
a tax icSb driver.; put Up a
fiarht. when officers attempted to ar
rest them, and t inallv sett frm a .
jail In which they were confined. i
Once Ove:
X
Do Ion lack Xnltlitiver
T-
You have "riot xonet.verv far In a ntm.
merctal or material ,Vay in this world,
because ; you-lack lnitlattvei. i i i. .
Your brain-Is as. keen "and your per
ception i is better than t&at of "most
men, but when It comes tot actlnar Inde
pendently of anyone else tyou axe -at a
standstill. - . w J.. ; f. v ft. -
,J What -.are you afraid oft j . . '
i If youj have never acted en your own
Judgment. Of edurse yoii are- afraid : but
you appreciate . bow much farther you
might have gone toward j success If you
had-been leas timid. f I I
! Half, the battle is in knowing your
own faults and foiblea u . .
I You can see where you might have
benefited greatly : If you had taken the
i
Then iJwhv don't voti bramch m . iM
make up your mind that the next chance
you have you will- get Into t the game' In
earnest and lead off? t p ( :'i - I
If you re: not; willing to, lead when
you see- the 'opportunity, you have no
right to criticise others In the'; moves they
make. - - r ? -. j I ' ; - . .: .
i Make it your business It act first
when you see an opportunity, not in a
wavering, wobbly way, but straight from
the shoulder. Go ahead. ! i '
You will surprise yourself and gala
nfldence, and grow, -f r : ',
(Copj-nxht 1S32,,4 t o terns Uonal. yeatora tT
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