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OREGON! DAILY i- JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
TUESDAY,! MAY 16, ,1922.
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That is true rultiration which a-Wes ns
sympathy with- every form of human life and
e rubies ns tf work most successfully for
Its advancement. Beecher.
WHEN DOES HE START?
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DAUGH
ERTY defends the,, failure of
the department of justice to insti
tute suits for recovery against firms
and individuals who made excessive
profits out of government war con
tracts on the ground thai the depart
ment w-as limited by men' and funds.
Failures almost invafiably are
charged to lack of funds. Always
there is - insufficient money. This
could not be obtained and that could
not be obtained.
. But men who are drawing tre-
i mendous salaries as executives are
iimen who can operate even with
fUmalt funds. That is one of the
i tests " of efficiency. r, Anybody, with
ft barrel of money,, can make almost
t "anything successful. But the men
Tl. . . . . . I . 3 .
j to neaa me Big government uepari
Sment where .millions are at stake
Hare the men who can accomplish
Hiheir purpose even though lack
JSIng some of the things needed
2-rwith which to work. But now that
iU congress is appropriating $500,000
fi'tor the investigation, the lack of
tifunna oblection is removed.
Vi And what of the Jack of men?'
"JTw men that formerly worked for
tythe department are -not worKing lor
f-Jtt: now because they couldn't bring
Jhelr cases to trial. The men say
3 they had the evidence. They say
they were ready for trial. But the
tit-ases never got to trial. They said
publicly and they were dismissed:
t?"" Moreover, was it a lack of men
twhen the suit against New York
gas. companies was abruptly halted
Vby the attorney general after indict -5,iients
had been returned, and the
attorney .general appointed other
investigators to investigate the
investigators?" That sounds like
ioo many rather than too few.
"tMr. Daugherty says he ia going
vfull length now in instituting suits
for the recovery of millions of dol
Liisrs. He says officials high In the
i"!Urevtous administration' will be con
1 nected with fraud. He says the
. jHnoney will be recovered.
. - I. That ia exactly what is . wanted
- ttand what is expected of Mr. Daugh
' i,rertys department. The public has
tng beeri waiting for that action.
rAnd if men In the previous admin
fiAKiration are guilty of fraud it is Mr.
t if TJaugherty's duty to convict them
oo.
There
is little question about
twhat is to be done or how or who
is hurt the only question is when
JiS Mr! Daugherty going to start.
4 :
international conference on
narcotic control is now the nroDosal.
' t tit is an evtl tha.t will scarcely be
f Completely controlled other than by
tnternatlonaI regulation.
FOR FRUIT EXPORT
1 1 rrxiE dock commission is fully justi.
fi--" fled in giving careful conslder-
i'ation to the application by fruit
f growers-for publicly controlled cold
.-storage facilities.
Jt ought to give thought to traf
l.fic i phases of the matter the
it sources,-routes, packing and delivery
iief .'perishable products designed for
I export. , .
It ought to overlook no Informa-
t Mot relative, to method of ebn-
'j --rw-Va A V a,aValsjB.a. s -twau9
plant, avanaoie tor otner commoai
ties. than fruit, when there is' let-ep
"ia;; demand by fruit shippers, might
; W- desirable rather, fiian refriger
:tinr plant. " J". T: -V ?j
Cost is likewise a subject which
" the public , will - expect the " dock
''Ommisswn iv.vunur - ilu care,
; Some porta have made the mistake
SETTLE TJEIE
DECAUSE of the strike, the West Isllt and. West Islets!, Shjppln Board
steamers, destined for Portland, were diverted' to San Francisco.
Because of the strike, the: West Katan, a steamer of the Neilson line,
destined for Portland, was diverted to Grays Harbor. I ' ' ' l
Because ' of the strike,- a Japanese steamer, destined Tor Portland,
was diverted ' to Victoria. !? ' '4.i j :; ;'';;;
Because of the strike, the Kinderdljk, of Holland, deajtiijied Wr Por
land, was diverted tf Paget Sound. Shipmasters and shipownei -a want
as little as possible to do with ports where there are waterfront dis
turbance. " -t ;,v;.-?, . ; ; : hit - : ILi
, The big: commerce built-up in this port by the exencutare of mil
lions of public money is sustaining heavy losses as a result of th strike.
The Journal does, not pretend to say
lies with one side! There are doubtless points in which
men have been wronir. The same is doubtless true of
A part of the truth is usually on both
But. the fault is now with the
with Portlandbound vessels being:
refuse to arbitrate.. "!'
The Unite"d States Shipping- Board, the largest of all
offers to arbitrate. j
The longshoremen offer to arbitrate. j
But the Waterfront Employers'
with employers in other Pacific coast
If they have faith, in the justice
refuse arbitration?
If the United States Shipping Board can accept arbitration.
Portland employers?
of spending- beyond their means and
beyond the needs tf traffic In such
cases taxpayers carry deficits.
But jrudence is not a synonym of
delaf. Representative fruit growers
of the Columbia basin have called
upon the dock commission to provide
export cold storage facilities. They
have offered to contract the use of
a 5000-ton unit. They ask encour
agement from Portlanc In a growing
export movement of Oregon apples.
They are entitled to that encourage
ment. A NEW PORTLAND INSTITUTION
PORTLAND is to have a joint stock
land bank.N
It will be an institution for fi
nancing farmers. The establishment
of such banks is authorized by the
federal Farm Loan act. The pur
pose of the government in authorize
ing such banks was to afford farm-
ers loans on-long time at low inter
est. The new Portland bank, under its
present capitalization, will be able
to loan $4,000,000 on farm mort
gages. The borrower will pay 7
per cent annually and in 33 years
principal and interest will be wiped
out. As high as $25,000 can be
loaned on a single farm on a basis
of 50 per cent o'fvthe value of the
land and 20 per cent of the value of
improvements.
A quarter of a million' dollars has
been subscribed by local capitalists.
Fifty per cent of the sum is already
paid in and the remainder will go
into the bank- treasury as soon as
loans require it. Under the law,
bonds to the amount of 15 times the
paid in- capital can be sold and the
sum be made available for loans.
Th bonds are issued on the same
provisions as the bonds of farm loan
banks. : -. . .
" Farm . mortgages injpre'gon and
Washington now total - $150,000,000.
Most of the mortgages are held by
insurance -companies. A Chicago in
surance company is making loans in
Idaho at 9 per cent and a bonus.
Much money is loaned on farms in
Oregon at 8 per cent and a bonus.
Two million dollars is loaned to
farmers in Oregon by the California
joint stock land bank.
Th organization of the new Port
land bank is by Portland people,
who, under the agitation for better
financing for farmers, are taking the
step as a means of helping build up
agriculture and establishing a better
working relation between farm and
town In the Northwest,
The plan, like the Farm Loan
bank, offers farmers loans at a
lower interest rate- and on such
terms as to payment that the fre
quent renewal of mortgages, the
charges incident thereto and the
hazard of having the mortgage fore
closed will be : obviated.
The new bank will be another
asset in firmly establishing Portland
as the financial center of the Pacific
Northwest.
A correspondent asks this ques
tion of The Journal: 'Tq wjiat. if
any. religious denomination does
Governor Olcott belong?" His
parents are Methodists. As The
Journal understands it, Governor
Olcott is not a member of any
church.
ONE OF THE DAYS
u
NDER the summery sun out on
the Columbia river highway, i
Sunday, children. -and grandmothers j
carried on nnrtmic snowball battles.
The snowfields1 of winter had become
the playfields of summer. The ob
struction of December was the scen
ery of Mayl
In the shadow of the dwindled
drifts a belated May Day was cele
brated. The trilliums. which have
disappeared from more open places,
offered their exquisite blossoms, con
trasting white petals with crystals of
snow. Aspens and chinquapins vied
in the blend of sunshine and shadow
which they were putting into the
delicately tinted green of their
leaves.
There is no region where .more
shadings of green can be found than
In Western Oregon.
Hood River valley, with -its rim of
mountains, had become a great bowl
filled with blossoms and perfume.
The high elopes near Mosler and
The Dallee wore a carpet of multi
colored flowers brighter and .richer
than any rug-' "of patient Oriental
weaving. -?.fM ' - "V
IMount Hood and Mount Adams,
towering against the sapphire aky.
answered the sun jfrom. their crystal
peaks, gleam for gleam, and were
a part of the day's joy, - '
But the climax of , music 7 and
beauty.- cam ..'with evening.-. The air
STRIKE
i
that all the blame f of the dispute!
the lorjgshore
the!; emjployerii.
sides of all controversies.
1 i-
employers. After 23
days of strike.
diverted to rival ports.
the employers
the employers.
union, an organ izati
;on
itt
league
ports, refuses to- arbitrate,
of their cause, why do the employers
krhy i
0t
.
was filled with bird song and suf
fused with the flush! of the set
ting sun, which also was spreading1
banners of glory across the I sky
It was, after all, only one! of the
Oregon days of which there ar
many to follow. -
A MOB IN MAINE
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OVER in Maine a few days ago, a
13-year-old 6hild i ran i to her
mother and informed the parent that
the minister of t,helr qhutch hid
held .her in his arms. " 1 ;j
The statement fjained circulation
around the villager and immediately
a group of parishioners threatened
the minister and forbade him to ever
again come within! th4 dodrs of. his
church. He was branded as 'a
lascivious faker, as a danger to the
community.
The following
day i the minister
w&s found dead.
He! had commit
ted suicide. But before! the act. he
penned the following note: j . i '
I have faced debt arid j poverty all my
life, but this Is more than I cn stand.
Before God, I araf innocent jof these
charges. j . j; f
After his death anj investigation
was started. The little girl 'retracted
her story. The minister j liad not
been free with her. , The child had
been on a ladder jiri the ji church!,
assisting in the decoration of the
pulpit and auditoi-iiiim. j J Various
church members were present. The
child tottered and wasj about to fall.
The minister caught her in his arms
and lowered her to the floor, j It
was that act that was the basis of
the charges. ' I j. ' I ' '
But the investigatjiojn w4 started
too late. The threat to jthe mini
ister were made by the mob without
investigation. There was ho inquiry
relative to the case, before the pas
tor was warned against reappearing
in the church. The mob apfSi, then
investigated.. After' the .death, the
investigation occurred, ' and after
the death too late-l t wiii discov
ered that the group of citiiens had
erred. ' ! ! ,''
The unfortunate incident- is illus
trative of mob rule. lit is illustrative
of the mistakes that, can
be made
when action is taken withoat search
for facts. The- law is the j medium
through which the facts Bhould be
obtained, and it provides ardiple pen
alty for those who err.
Have the Southern mobs fand
other mobs made similar mistakes?
And will there not be similar mis
takes when a country is given over
to mob action ? . : ill i :
In Italy tips have been
.boiisftiedj
but tourists who like
to be
served a
little more handsomely than cafe-
teria style still leave'
a tV lire ; in
! addition to the 15 per cent se
rvlce
charge which is the
; euecfessok-
id
the tip..
PORTLAND'S BAD BLOOD
rPHERE is an unusual situation
in
Portland. j
Angry groups are facing
ea,ch other
in division. It is a controjviersy 'otet
racial and religious issues.
and there
status has
is hate on both sides. A
been reached that!
would, be' de
scribed in a mining camp as "bad
blood." It is a statb in 1 which an
overt act on one side or! the other
might lead to serious trouble. ' f 1
Signs of this situation appear Mn
letters flooding in on Tti4 Jourrial
to be printed. They' artej in sch
number as to be an immolation. fOn
both sides they are filled with bit-
terness, denunciation, accusation and
invective. The issues !thjejy discuss
have been in controvejrsy for ! a
thousand years and may be in dis
pute through the next j thousand
years. . ! f ; " f
These things cannot sje settled
through letters in Th!:Journal j! It
would be a useless discussion. The
paper hasn't room , enough; to Print
one tenth of the flood now pouring
in. , ! U i- j 1.; '-'! 1
Recently The Journal admitted a
few letters from both sides. ,It jkas
in experiment to if the discus
sion would go forward within rea
sonable . limits - and j ia! 4 plril! iof
moderation. The fury: of, jdenuncia
tion in some of the ; eentrlbuted
articles. . - especiany!Lpraie that tweare
not' published. ' was amazing : and ( a
sufficient proof -of the folly of getting-
the debate continue. I It would
be1 physically impoesib.ei t, prlat aj.1
the -article .:'offered4;!t:ifj pn !:fre
printed, all wonld expect publication.
So. The Journal will' Iprtn nm4f1.
And there la-''ante:;relnj?4
Journal will not allow it? columns
to be used to throwy mdjre r brmda(
into the flrea of i "the S rellgio-raclal
hate now raging In l this i lown.! M I
; California' is strong fori; race j uI-J
cide among- its Japanese refidenta.
panes -l-e&i dentaj
CANDIDATES AND
PLATFORMS '
.Records of Nine Candidates for the
Legislature, - One for. State Supertn
! tendent of Schools, One for XMstrict
Attorney for jlMuItnomah County, I
j! Herbert Gordon of Portland lai a
candidatej for the Republican nomina
tion fof representative from Multnomah
I county. - Ha is lone
of the well known
business ! men i of 1
Portland. being
president : of I the
Lawyers Title and
Trust company.l He
was a: member! of
the 1919 and 1921
sessions of the leg
islature, represent
ing Multnomah in
the house. j He
served as chairman
of the ways And
means rnmmitt nf
the 1321 session.): He was recognize as
uiib oi tne leaaing members of the house.
He was 4 candidate for speaker at I the
1919 session butj withdrew in favorf of
Seymoar Jones oif Marion county, result
ing in his election. i
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Delbert S. Beals of Kiddle is a candi
date for the house of representatives on
the Republican ticket, seeking to repre-
sent Douglas
county. He has
Berved as manager
and cashier of ! the'
Riddle State bank
for three yearaj He
is a graduate: of
Throop College.
Pasadena, CaL, and
for six years rwas
connected with! the
First Nat tonal
bank of that city.
He is well known
throughout Douglas
county. i
Delbert S. Beals
f ! "" "ii" !
W. M. i Killinsrlworfh nf r.n j i
candidate foiti the Republican nomination
o- ;i euresentative in th. u.u..
from Multnomah
county. ne is a
pioneer resident 'of
the city and county
and well known, in
business circles of
Portland. He for
merly served as a
member of the leg
islature from this
county. He was a
leading factor - in
. 4 . .. .
b tl s e -peninsula ais
trict of Portland.
Killinrsworth and KlUIngswbrth
avenue i was naifaed in his honor, i
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J. Tf Lieualleii of Pendleton seeks the
Democratic nomination for representa
tive from the J2nd representative dis
trict, consistini- nf
Umatilla and Mor
row counties, j He
is one of the; pi
oneer -residents of
Umatilla county,
having been ! en
gaged in the wheat
farming and stock
raising business in
that county ! for
many years. He is
opposed to - j the
present high i tax
rate and Is running
J. TZleu alien for election on a
platform, of taxj reduction and the elim
ination of unnecessary governmental ex
penditures, both- in the state as a whole
and ih courjty government.
I i
Loufis Lachmund of Salem is a candi
date for the Republican nomination for
tne state seYiateifrom the First senatorial
district, of Marion
county. He seeks
re-election," having
" served during I the
i past four .years in
4T 1919 and 1921
,ajj, uau.a sa'kw OJViai
sessions. He lis a
? well known citizen
j of Salem and Ma-
' . rion county, having
been engaged in the
bop business there
for a long time. He
has served as
ijOtWii Laehmund mayor of Salem
and hjasibeen prominently Identified with
the civic life of that city for a number
of years. .
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Heiry Li Cirbett of Portland is a
candidate' for te Republican nomination
for the j senatpijship from the 13thj dis-
Tf jjssvfa" ' ' trict, and seeks to
t " JrJI "-j fill the unexjplred
T f ! , 'i term caused by the'
' ' i It I death of the late
VI - "1 1 Senator Humei He
t ...-. was born at Port
' , 1 T - 1 A( TOO,
i f if : was educated ia the
Portland schools
f and at Harvard
:f university. He is
' a director , of , the
First National
bank. He served as
state chairman of
Henry i,. Cornett the three Red Cross
drive.' -was chairman of the council of
national defense during the war and Was
president of the Portland Chamber of
Comriieree for Itwo-years, during which
time he took a Reading part In laying the
foundation tjpoti Which the present
ship-
ping
program of the Port of Portland is
being
developed. His platform is
"Tax
reduction and
economy in state opera
tlon.
WJ Ji I'a-Clark of Portland seeks the
Republican ! nojmin a tion for the
state
senatjorship from the 14th senatorial dis-
V trict comprising
fe-'V Clackamas, Cplum-
.': rti- init Vf Til tnoma ri
... counties. no
is a
busi-
i well known
ness man of
Port-
land, and. at the
last school
elec-
tioni was -elected a
m ember of the
board of directors
of Portland School
district L
. i. U. Clark
I Senator W iH. Strayer of Baker
candidate to succeed himself as tmator
from! the Twenty-third senatorial district
wmsSwvSaiSiaa of Raker countv. He
mzmjmmmmmi: "z , jz
ipttlfel office he now (holds
; ,L four years agy and
fcv-: 3 ' nas servea tarougn
? tne regular ana
I special sessions of
1919 and 19211 He
the only member of
that party ; ie the
senate. He has no
opposition at this
time. He occupies
a prominent place
VV. U. Strayer- , in the work; ef the
enate. being recognized as one -of the
hardest bitting .rough and tumble de
baters on the floor. He Is also a master
of irony and ! sarcasm, as well as of
hsirnor,. a : circumstance which always
assures him aa audience when he warms
t r -
Herbert Gordon
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JhkAk-'' b-MHH-a-l
up in debate. He fa a lawyer and has
practiced : tn Baker t county fori a : long
time, .being one of the prominent mem
bers i of . the Eastern Oregon bar. ;
...
Stanley Myers. Republican candidate
for district attorney for Multnomah
county, was born 'in Clinton,!: county,
;e"-wv . Ind,. : July-3 4,! , J.885.
v He tells the proters
t. 4 - 1 " j tus platform.
4 which consists of
nine wnMa "If
xi wiu con
tinue to' jdo my
duty." He was ap
pointed to ; the of
fice he now : holds
by Governor Olcott
in October. 1821, to
fill the vacancy
caused by the - ele
vation of - District
Attorney W a 1 te'r
circuit bench. He
' ... . .
blanley Miers
li. Evns to the
was: a candidate
for the Republican
nomination in the primary election of
1920, against Evans, but . was defeated.
He. together with : Maurice E. Crum
packerj was author of the state soldiers"
bonus act. and In conjunction with
Crumpacker, defended the -constitutionality
of the act before the supreme court
of the' state when it was under attack.
Prior to entering the district attorney's
office he was deputy city attorney under
W. P. La Roche,.
...
' J. A. Churchill of Salem, candidate
for superintendent of public instruction
on the Republican ticket, seeks renoml-
nation and reelec
tion to that post.
He. was appointed
to the' position July
1, 1913, to succeed
L. It. -Alderman,
who resigned to be
come superintend
ent of the Portland
schools. H ' was
elected at the gen
eral election f of
1914 and reelected
in 1918, and is! now
seeking a third
term. Superintend
J. A. Chsrehlll
ent Churchill came to his office from
Baker, and for, many years has been
prominent in the educational work of
the state. He has no opposition within
this own party, or on uio u-"""-
ticket.
Herbert Egbert of The Dalles is a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
representative in the lower house from
axnia .wiij:wmnaaewaawa me jweiiui iesio-
lative district, con
sisting of Wasco
county. He wias a
member of the! last
legislature ; and
served during the
regular and special
sessions, as !oije of
the representatives
of the joint district
of Hood River and
Wasco counties.
With the . division
of the district ihe is
Herbert Egbert now seeking ielec-
tion. from the new Wasco countyl dis
trict. He is an old resident of; The
Dalies and is well known throughout the
county. .
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to The Journal far pub
lication in this department sbouU be written on
only one side of fie paper, should not exceed
300 words in length, and must ba sicned by the
writer, whose mail address ia full ' must accom
pany The contributtAJ. J
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j THE RECALL !
AnrAdvocate Calls It the People's iiieas
; ure and Their Best Hope. : j f
Portland, Ma yl3. To the Editor of
The Journal ym it do any good?" So
inquired many persons when they signed
the- petition for the recall of the ptfblic
service commissioners, and so thought
mahy- others who, did not voice their
misgivings. ; But they signed, 1 many
thousands "of them, hoping that through
the means provided by law public isenti
ment could be carried Into action and
that finally they would be relieved of
the. excessive rates charged by tele
phone and other public service corpora
tions. Now, whn the recall law Is about
to be put to the test, smooth-tongued ad
visors arise to tell us of a different and
presumably a better way. They Would
have us abandon the recall, defeat it,
let j public service commissioners be ap
pointed by the giovernor. ' If the ap
pointees were not satisfactory, of course
the ; governor could dismiss therm that
is if he wished to and if he did not
wish1 to, we, the people, could "damor."
and'if that did not work, we could re
call, the governor that is. if we had not
already "recalled" the recall by failing
to put it into' effect' when we had a
chance. That is the different way, the
Oregonian way, the corporation way. It
is not attractive, plausible? Did we not
try this different way. the "if," "but"
way? in world affairs, with disastrous
result? And shall we follow the same
sort of "inspired"' advice in state af
fairs? ,
And that "personality" preachment
have w-e not heard that sort of thing be
fore, too? Indeed, "lest we forget," are
we; not constantly reminded of a cer
tain "autocratic, domineering personal
ily" the fearful concept of editorial
imagination and ; political hatred, while
hei.tne supposed counterpart, and the
seer of our day and generation, looks on
grimly and awaits the inevitable nemesis
of political conjuration?
!We are not to decide 1 on May 19
whether we like! this sort of Individual
or: that, whether In the human chemis
try we prefer sulphides or bromides, but
the question we are to answer is:' Shall
the people govern, ror shall, the orpora-
tions ruiei ir we. oeieai mis recaui, me
recall law in Oregon win oe yiriuauy
a dead letter, and the doubt as to
whether the people can or will control
their representatives will be strength
ened immasurably. If we understand
the issue, surely we will vote for the
recall.- the people's measure, and for
men who will carry out the spirit and
purpose of that law. - -)
i Bertha Slater Smith.
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SCHOOL BOARD AND PUBLIC
Mr. Shull States Views Regarding the
Establishing of Desirable Contact.
Portland. May 15. To the Editor of
The Journal I quite agree with you
that "t here must be some opportunity
for organised contact of the -member of
the i board of education with the school
patron." The j problems before the
board cannot bej solved without!: the co
operation of the ipeople. And the people
must be made familiar with the prob
lems before their hearty cooperation can
be had. Why not an advisory - board f
a dozen or more j composed of j men f
high standing, chosen by Use clubs of
the: city? Before their appointment is
confirmed, however, each one so chosen
should; be compelled to pledge! hlsiself
to give time and ' thought to his duties.
This committee. : through tmb-ctwanolttees.
would i be constantly ' informed! of . the
plane of the board and adbise with them
on matters of importance. - ; r j
t tThi Aboard ef i edocat!oa": Is entrusted
with propertietT of a value of $10,000,000.
and expends yearly from J4.0O0.0O0 to
$5,O00.O0. Its duty Is so to expend this
great isufrn . that: the product shali . be
trained, useful cltixens and without a
dollar i wjksted or1 diverted to any pur
pose other than i that which is intended
by the taxpayer.' i r . ) - -i
?' J:fe i?.:t Js"'fev-' Pi ;'.;:'A:4:v'-4:j:R-t::'-
COMMENT : AND
SMALL CHANGE
Prepare ! a; Wreath for a: new public
benefactor! The Palm Beach la passe
thip summer. - - j
After ;alfe there's notching quite so com
pletely .wonderful as normal spring
weather jih Origbn J'.j !jv '" . .: . .
Seems ; now jthat - some - of -next Fri
day's political landslides will prove to be
simple little mud Ungirigs.j : : : ;
Accordiilg to I those whol are swelled on
themselves, the) density of the population
is equally J-great everywhere;
A promoter is an individual who sells
nothing for something: to a fellow who
wants something few nothing, philoso
phizes anpOregott country editor. -
After surveying the new force of tem
porary traffiq police we are here to ob
serve that a lot I of ex-service men have
hitched their brjead wagons to a star.
The boys on the outside of the baseball
fence have a kink coming on the direc
tion in which om of, the : knotholes
slant.
The lad who
forgot to 1 turn off the
desk until ho had suf
steam near his
fered - through (he unusual warmth of
Monday Afternoon will offer testimony
as to the fallacyi of the weather bureau's
neat recora.
One reason- why newspaper funny
men's jokes are Ifunnler than (those your
friends force you to listen to Is that your
rrienaa. r$piy on, your politeness, wtute
the wrltet men have simply igot to get
some sortf or a kick in 'em.
T
More or less personal
. j Random Observations About Town
4.--
Foreign! companies which have estab
span
lished branchj factories tn Japan are
seriously considering withdrawing from
thiat country owing: to high taxes and
labor troubles; according to P. G. Fera
wck of London, a manufacturer of anti
mony, emfoute; t England after a round-the-worldj-tour,
"The Japanese 1 haye
levied enormous sums in taxes against
all these foreign owned j factories." said
Fenwick. "On top of : this; Japanese
labor has! refused to take lower wages,
and ' In : some j csases Btrkes for higher
wages are in pi -ogress. -Living costs In
Japan are as high today as they were
during tr, e war and the government 'is
preventing the entry of foreign made
goods by Imposing higher dutiea ' For
example, , American copper could be -laid
down Irk Japan for about half the price
of the Japanese article.! The Japanese
government raised the duty about 60 per
cent in ! rdert o force the use of the
domestic iarticle " ? f
!- 3- j ! : .
T. T. Bennett pf Marshfield, unopposed
candidate in ! the Republican primary
for renorplnation to the , lower house of
the legislature, is in Portland sizing up
the political ! situation. . AH the mills
but one In his section are In operation,
he says. I'M 'i i '
fRetuming from his 'Sherman county
Wheat f4-rm. If. Guthrie reports that
he will j- have only a 60 per cent crop
this year owing to the cold winter and
late spring., M M . "
v ! M i '
Mr. and , Mrs! Walter : A. Gover and
W. Loveiil Goyef of Halfway are visiting
lt Portend, j
P. D. Ott of Hebo is transacting busi
ness In Portland. . ;
Webster Hpljnes of 'Tillamook Is ;in
Portland on businesa
; Louis . Beah'of 'Eugene is transact
ing business - in Portland. 1
j: t -f , r '' '
j Mr. and Mrs, B. T.; Brace of Enter
prise are! guesta of the Imperial.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSION'S
OF. THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
j ne oiaest- i ji.uis fTMi.ut.vv. ...... j
.tnA.nr MlUa Mr ILockley of nis life as emigxant
and as youthful iioneer. In -a succeeding- in
stallment ihe wBI eoncludaj his story, which
coo tains - matter; of unusual interest.
I Mr. and Mrs JvA. Baker are among
Salem's bestf known and- best loed
citizens. I stent an afternoon at their
home iri Salem recently. Our talk
drifted to the uarly days of Willamette
university, r if
"I believe t am the oldest student ; of
Willamette uhiversity now living,' said
Mr. Baker. "When l ! went to scnooi
there It was Called the Oregon institute.
1 was a student' of Willamette university
1,2 yearsiago.l I remember in 1849 when
we were tf afvellng by j ox team f rom
Oregon City to come to Salem we saw
tfee signboard on the road which read.
To the institute, 47 miles The Oregon
hjstltutejin- thoie days was better known
than Saem itself. jj !-
' -My fither. Isaac Baker, was a Vir
ginian. My mother, whose maiden name
Was Blldabeth Ash. was born in Illinois.
I was the flrSt of their five cnuoren
ind wa4 bom
July 23J 1839, In Henry
county. 111. ,1
went to school In Iowa,
stands out most clearly
The book that
tin my nlnd;
fiack ' srielleri
Is the old Webster Blue
We thought we had: a
good ediicatibn when we -had gone as
far in the od Blue JSacK as uaaer.
Baker" was the firs'! word of two
syllable - ' i' V i'
; . F , :
; !In 18i8 wfe were living- at Oskaloosa.
Iowa, -blaitksmlth near our home used
to go oat near the creek and pick iup
4 basket) of coal every day for his forge.
He was! the.iopiy one inai ournea coai
around sbere We and
burned ljickory. ' Later
mine was opened up
Place, the shaft! house
till our neighbors
an extensive coal
foil my father's
being put where
our home stood." In 146 my father got
the Oregon ifejver. Hei Sold his farm,
bought two !wagons at Oskaloosa and
four yok of Oen and early in the spring
t 1847 j we , assembled with the other
emigrants and started for . Oregon. Our
tympany was railed The Oskaloosa com
pany. fSVylie Chapmah, father of Mrs.
Eades stnd Of Mrs. M. N. Chapman jof
Salem, was our captain, and, by the fey,
Mrs. Mfem Cliapman, who lives near
Peter DfArcy'i house on Church street,
4s one if the early pioneers of Salem.
There were about 40- families in flur
bartyv 1 part! ray across' f the plains we
separated on account left some wanting
to travel faster than otjiers. I remember
tur train .had to separate once to let
a big: herdj of buffalo pass through.
This hejrd : scared our loose horses and
IS of them ) ran off with the buffalo.
W stopped a !day to hunt them up, but
Could : find : only one. iof them, an old
Kara that could not; keep up with the
st. ; The SauBderses4 Ganflelds, Saw
yers and others stopped ; at Whitman's
mtssltmi just a few ' weeks before the
Whitman massacre. The rest of us went
on to The
m
lies, -i- ! H i ;r .. j' f
a,, a-j jWiij- 1- i j' !! 1;'
ao much ; snow on the
"Ther
mountains that father. decided to leave
lili cattle ' there and go i back and get
them tit the spring. He left 12 head.
The ' next:1! spring when he went! back
there' were only -threes of them left
The soldier from the Willamette valley
Srbo had gon up to ptraish the mur
erera f D. Whitman bad been com
belled j to tkilj loose stock; for food, and
It happened they killed nine of my
4-
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-f-
Fltnesa jfor the position, whether labor
er or superintendent, should be the eole
ground foir appointment to any position.
I .A definite iDrograrni - of development
has ' been adopted by ( the ' board. 1 The
NfeW$ IN - BRIEI
I SIDELIGHTS !
!
f-
f'M'i Sain
con Vic ted
ese, ' CaU judge sentenced a
ootiegger to drink nts own
this : keeps : up I the country
goods. I
will j run
of bootjesrsrers. and a tril.
Ilort office
forced to go back to work.
au-'iriDune.
1 The1 amvernorshiB race is rettin
i is getting down
to ja neck -and-neck race, f All eff -the
six j Republican candidates are claiming
victory! But It probably will not reouire
a recount of the primary election! votes
m eiscover me winner. xtoseourg
News-Review. a . ;! .... ;- j f j ; :i
j Mil- f . : !:- 4
The Russian delegates at Genoa: claim
50,000.000.000 rubies as damages due Rus
sia; beflauie of foreign ' Intervention. If
man means xuissian ruoies, someooay
ought to chuck them a half dollar and
wipe put aUie debt. Eugene Register. j
i " I." i i .: i- - - .: ' '- f... 'a . i : n
i Taxes are going to be reduced. There
are; i some; eight or 10 candidates for
governor and they all agree to use the
big; stick km the tax giant- These are
fine promises and we like them, -but If
some : candidate rorr governor would
promise ub some good weather We will
deliver! tw him the vote of our entire
fam!ly.j Blue Mountain Eagle. j; :j
i dongtesli Is lust ' now engaged- In the
Crazy Scheme of increasing tariff du
ties and making the tariff wall higher.
This, in spite of the fact that the na
tions of Europe: owe us billions of dol
lars and Islnce We have got coniirol of
tne greater part or tbe world- gold
supply! there Is ho way on earth they
can pay us except, irt gooas or their own
production. C'oqauie valley Sentinel.
The annual excursion of the Chicago
city council will arrive In Portland May
Z3 i under the chaperonage -of Alderman
ierinis) Horan. A reservation of two
double rooms has been made at the
miiiHioman., une party comes from Cal
iforniav and will return home over the
Canadian ' i'nrmc l
Wallace Baldwin, who sriehrln hl win.
ters la Southern Californial has returned
for I the snammerV which he Will nut In
fishing oh the .McKenslej and digging
claims
on
Yaqulna ba
Fourteen! Calif orrila railroad men are
registered at the Multnoni
while at
tending the convention of rati
iy claim
agents.
. Ole Nelson of" Astoria Is
visiting
visitor
Portland.. Another Astoria
A.i p. Plhneo
I !
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Dr. M. H. TallmanofBolse
is In, Port-
land to attend the course Of
lectures by
si Thomas Lewis, the heart
specialist.
ri A. UTilRnnnt. onfl'nf Bnda ntr-
land on pleasure and business bent
.'fie
i - .. -II
Monday With a carload of cattle for the
roruana maraet. v j
-irnA A fi.kiM t,f-fiAH L. ! tv-
4VfV,V, &VBUI1IS Diauuil iuv
chutes, is represented among Portland
visitors by Mrs. H. H Massey.
Included among guests from out Of
town are D. W. Et Balrd and E. Francis
Baird j of Baker. " '; . .
F. K. Wallace of Tumalo is making a
DuBtness rvjsit to i'ortiana.
Amhn? Ant nf rtiwn vtsttnrn
Wkllae, county judge of Crook! county
Mr. and Mrs. David fcervath of Tilla
mdok jar registered at tne imperial
V -Palme- of I.nT.riniln id vlaltfns' In
Pdrtland.
Lockley
rather 12 cattle. Father , never rei
gretted it. as he'said if they were Willing
to give their time, and risk their) lives
ha(
la-Baa Wi 11 Inn - 1.1. l li -
a.v we 11J1I15 f5 1 V 1119 VO-Vkaa-
1
We stopped for a day or two
Lion ton. From there we went ipn
-Oregon City. Father got work
Clackamas chopping wood, j I went to
school to! a man named Brush.!. Ih the
Spring df 1848 my father went to a
place known as Cutting's Mill and! took
ur a donation land claim. After father
had builtj a cabin and put In fa summer's
wora.j aootner man turned upi and
claimed lie had taken up the! claim ;f trot
He told father he would give him a
yoke of cattle and a" horse In payment
for the (ummefi work he bad doiie On
the place. Father accepted the offer
ana joined a party of men at Oregon
City whi were going to the California
gold fields. If you will look up this
party you will find that
lln addition
to! Peter H. Burnett a large,'
number Of
citizens of
wen known and prominent
Oregon 4--ere- in that wagon
train, ! j
r
f'My father had not been there long
wnen j hel began to make aj good deal
of; money. One day a man dropped into
hie place who said he was going to
the Willamette valley. Myl father put
about 8400 worth ot gold dust Into .a
biickskln sack and said. When you get
up to ciackamas look up my wife and
hand her this sack of gold dust.' I My
mtother Was very, much astonished to
have
total stranger harid her! tbis
CK.
i : M
After mining awhile father decided to
n a store. Everything sold , tar tl
pound; Sugar, flour, tobacco, j what
ever It was. he charred, $1 a rjound for
tti He brought in a bit; barrel nf -aatiatr-
aut one day and it happened i that
sdme German miners dropfifed lnt& his
stjore.: They weighed out their gold dust
ad bought the whole barrel at the rate
of -81 a pound. One day father bought
a pain off boots in Stockton for hmiself.
Paying 120. While driving hia ox Steam
his Store in the gold
diggin
mjiner by the side of the roid.sig
hali
in
ed
tor mm to stop. Pointing
byota fafther was wearing.
to .the new
he ' said.- 1
wfiU give you $75 for your boots f they
fit rne.'; Father pulled off hlsf!woU,
tossed them to the miner in the read.
wpo itottk off ; his own :wdrnout boots
and put father's on. and feud : i jThey
me line; nere is your money, and
he handed father 875 In aroid iduat
ia oust was so plentiful urthbse days
ey were not particular about a1 few
dollars One' way or th ntfier -' 1- 1 ' i .lr
jWhlle father was gone I jiug! potatoes
oh share, t We were living In a little
log cabin. ' Every other row of potatoes
Wat mine; so each night I would prijng
home my share of poUtqes. ! Motber
ppured ithem out in a corner of the
caoia aqa next morning to her astonish
ment! every potato was gone. This hap
Pfned several nights- in suiiceesiont Ve
couldn't isolye the mystery of who. was
stealing, our potatoes. Finally t crawled
under the' house and dlaohvr that
ooAHtM were caching them away for
.-. . ws ww suppiiea. T.
n the
rammer of 184
father
sold
store, his cows and his cattle
fl$,e00. iHecame from San
Francisco to!
Aiabard ,,,the steamer j Sllvle
1
- - i . ( i . .- r p-yn
writer solicits, and In fact believes it Is'
,xaui mat wo nave, tne connaence
ajnd support of the pubUc. lAn advlioryi
rrn rn!tse- miv Vvsa sm!..i.m t i. j j
w-""T """T - ' W a-aa DVIU UUIU r 'I
Fraek' 1 BhuXL !
Th3 Oregon Country
Sorthwaat 1 Happeninrs in Brief Form lor the
II . - ; 1 I uy aeader.;. -ji . j 1 -
11 ll M 1,
Elector at ltseeiinftrt' nsv sulhnelaaif
4 S 10.000 bond issue for the purpose of
eefundlng the clty'a debts, j t t t 1 - , :-
The hew cannery at Mount Angel was
formally Opened last Friday with a com-
unity dance attended 1T about 500
A black bear weighing 1 about 400
Unds and - meaiurlnr S i feat 1 Inchon
as sllOtlbv! Krank VlallaeafW last w.lc
t Elgin. 1 tf. , - :.'-...rj:,,. -n i ,-(-. :, I
I Tualltyi lodge. A. F. 1 and 1 AJ M., of
HuUboro has purchased a i site In that
V .upo3 wh,ch 1U 0, erected an, IU.J
r v r. - -i -t : - .
Plies moVlntr Into) 'the Rnhiml, mlnlnir
fistrtct indicates that the camp will have i
tua uusrepi aeaeen ior 20 years. 1 ; , 1
The J 18.000 issue of municipal bonds
ror tne purcnase or 'a water system WavS
fold lastj week bv the oitv irvminoil vJ
Drain to Roseburg parties at par. r 1
All available range for cattle, sheen
f nd horses In the Umatilla naUohal for- '
st has beeli taken, according to: Forest "
SUperyitxir J. C, Kuhn. j, , 1,., f. .1 ,
A permit has been taken out In tuJ ;
kene railing for the erection of a; new
building for the Eucene Farmers'
Creamer to cost-140,000. 1 i . fi! (. i ; j"
Baker county has ' unvirH nf ion fiftft
sheep, ,011 about 1,000,000 i pounds of wool, i
nearly nll of which has been sold at
bricea ringing from 80 to 36 cent a !
pound. I .. . . . 1 j 1 I ,
A. C. Ileyman, county agent of Linn
OUnty. reports that he! baa 1 rflatrlhutaul
B24J quafe-ts of poisoned grain thus far I
this Season In am ntte.rnnt tn nvtrm.
the squiijrel pest, j . ' 7 i;,r.u I- -
The Pacific TeleDhone Ah Telearranh :
bompanjH u spending J80.000 n new oon.
f'tructtorJ and Improvements iat Kua-enal
rhe work has been going on for: four
months 4nd la 74 per cent complete.: I
: Buversl are hnav mntiln. v, T-wl-1
bhutes oounty wool clip, with the est
bected result that relatively few; fleeces
rwu o ifit ior me annual wool sale In
Mend. Thirty-two : cents j is ;beiog- paid!
for flnerwool. T I--,- ... , t 1 1 '
The state library recently laanu a it..
containing more than 400 Oregon ati' 1
vuliw. ji inciuaes not oniyi writers of
Imaglnallve .literature but also writers of
history, botany, travel, geology and edue.
cational work. ' ; . li .7. 11- -. i r-
.uEvwry.?.n. l -Maho alnd Oregon alon
the historical Touts tn 1 thA-- vnr.r,,
country' will be represented at Baker
1 'S.t.P1'1 rfBn Trail pageant July
1. ... a (iia promises to De
event lii Baker's hlstorvj
the
greatest
WASHINGTON
hurcla sunners have! rwu.t4 nt.e-k
Fhe unfajir list at Colfax, they being de-
mcu uuiair cgniinuuon wit n hnt la
d cafea .. 1 , -.. r -i -i .
attle
venr whh IKaA
BlMdentsTwill receive their diplomas at
fcommencement exercises June 14. i i
Plana are announced at Tsuvima fhr a
snowball battle- between prominent resi
dents td mark the openhiir f the sea.
on at Rainier national : park on! June
": I .l !'! i - 4 -. : .
A iury at Prosser haa ratiim. k
d.lct,,t milt? against; John Morrison,
B. IX Porter and John Rnrii. h...J
wth attempting to rob the White Bluffs
bank M;krcl IS. ,'- - m . - i . F : , 11
I An -! exDendlttura of 12S0 ono w.
Interurbait lines running between Bell
Ingham and Skaarif towns wiir annn k
undertaken by, the Facifld Northwest
Traction company. i. i . i I, is
I An attempt to Institute 'daylight saving '
at Everett during the summer months
jauea wnen tne city hall this week went
back to normal time after working two
weeks under daylight saving, !-- i -4jjohn
P. Meads and Harry M. Smith.'
two defeated candidates for city com
mission r at the recent election in Ta
coma, are seeking the post of city clerk,
now held by Mrs. Blanche Funk Miller.
,i1:Jrf5or. of Agriculture French I states
that the damage by the late fronts -was
confined to the earlv ves-etahi. mnH
strawberry crops, and the loss will be
much lower than was at t lrat estimated.
wv jury at walla Walla haa brbught lr
verdict of assault tn, ih, flrM ri.r-.
against 4 Raymond - Dumf ord, - i charge.il
wittn i snooting John Smith, foreman of
Elmer Bryson's sheep camp, about six
weeks ago. - i .. i , , j i ' i.-
The (j. Se H. Hog Syndicate pleaded
gtiilty ait Yakima to using' the malls to
defraud an two of the. promoters and
their: wives have been sentenced to one
dftK.,n.. me county Jail, to 16 months at
McNeil's Island. ; i )-,;. - j - .
! ! When their automobile stalled n the
railroad track between Blynn and. 8.
qUiml squarely In front of a1 logglni;
train, Mr. and Mrs. N. Oi McKee of
Pprt i Angeles leaped to safety a moment
before the heavy train j demolished the
JjflnsteJd ;of; throwing ; up; her 'hands
Wlhen drdered to do eo, Mrs. W. H.
Brace, k partner In the Warren Loan
& Mortgage company's office at Seattle,
seized an alleged bandit and held him
for the arrival of detectives. The prls
oper gaire his name as Bert jEdwards. T
T . IDAHO
Thomas H Moxmnir
under arrest at
jyewision on a rna rp.
of forging a $50
check, was- fined 825
W 1, - triJt 1 -1. 1
ant) i oraerea to
M v ByvnJ uie viiets. i i
bv reducinr : the v salaries '. and th
numberjof teachers employed, ; the Ru
pert scdooI district expects to effect a
saving of $780 next year, i : , ! ,
JA report of the chief ! of police of
Bbise shows that 1772 arrests were made
in the fiscal year ending April 80. Qf
ese were ior arunkennesa. i
Pleading guilty to a charge of robbery.
anc onow or a win aiis naa oeen
ntenced to five to 10 Vearn In the rani.
tntiaryi after having been released by
the pardon ; board only a year ago.
According to H. M Adams, vice nreal.
dent of, the Union Pacific system., the
regon Short Line will soon begin the
expenditure of $3,000,009 ; on additions
a improvement or its lines in Idaho.
The Wallace Mining.! Milling-A Realty
rnipany has filed fn the office of the
secretary of state an amendment; to Its
articles of !neorporatlotn decreasing the
capital itock from $l,000!,000j to $160,000.
xne ipuersi isrm loan, poara, tnrouirrt
its agencies in the state of Idaho, has
loaned Lmore than- $13,000,000 .since the
law weit Into effect, according to Miles
nnonj state commissioner: of arrlcul-
tire.! I ; :'.,:; . .1; .1 I I-
TrlpWts,' each weighing i wo and m half
wre corn lastiweek to Mr. ana
" E. Stanaer of -A mpriran Fa Ha.
ajll dying shortly afterward. - There
ave uwii vwo set 01 twins in tne iam-
My and
only one child Is living.
Once Overs
How Do Vou Act When Ton Try, te
Turn a Rusty Screw? ; t
"Let
meee a man attempting to
start a
rpsty screw, which, is hard to
tlirh. and I will tell you
what kind pt
ow lias said.!
man hej Is," a wise old fl
i!-Whad
is your attitude when the first
twist', of
a screw-driver
falls to turn
a screw?
1 Put ojn-a little mora pressun and turn
the ! screw-driver point 1 out of the screw
lot? -,- -: Hl't -i - -. ':!'
!; Angrily' place the' screw-driver again
Ipto tha slot and give it a vlalous tarn,
which tears away the edgei of the slot?
jj. By ,t die '.time .you are in !a boiling
rage; a.nd you have ao) dantagad 1. the
screw slot that it won't hold the driver
When strength is' applied. '
i Now auppceing thaF eviter the first
turn you bad taken a position whereby
yoa mijght have lield the alrtver firmly
in the Slot, and had exerted a! powerful,
even pressure, j Doubtless you would
have moved it? but jyoii Jerked with
:temperj '-!:-:-,:;. '-il;;44"-. " j-'N- t! r -
! la most1 of the dlfflcdlt things you
Have to do; you yank and! pull- and twist
thing 1 out of shape 1 If; they ' do not
respond, lose your temper and, conse
quently, your prospect iof aucceaa i
J How 1 do you ! act when you haye to
liurw a! rusty - screw? 1 I 1 l i
rcopynaAt, , l22, 1b tern 1 JTaatare Serrtoa tan.1.
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