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Oar thonsht haa been "I jet erery man
)eok out for hinuelf. Jet Tary cenerarioa.
look oot lor iMelf," while we reared fiant
machinery which made it impoarible that
any. but thow who stood at the It rent at
tacBuelTas. Woodrow Wilson.
A WORTHY
MEASURE
HTHERB are indications that
-. congress will approve the com
, mlttee report proposing an amend-
, jneni 10 ine ieaerai constitution 10
' nicipal securities. It would be in
telligrent action.
to Xazation of government securl-
" ties, but ithe drawbacks are far
outweighed by the benefits that
would accrue. Non-taxation not
' only permits many men of great
wealth to escape payment of a
rightful share of government ex
penses but it encourages capital
withdrawal from business enter
prises to be placed In the- tax
exempt . securities, thereby stifling
; business.
. There has not been a better il
lustration of the latter effect than
? in the last three years. There
t were lieavy war taxes on business.
But no taxes were levied on gov
ernment securities. The result was
ucttvy jiuw ut capital out 01 ousi-
ne88 and into non-taxable securities
and a corresponding decrease, in
capital available for productive and
necessary enterprises of a private
-nature. Consequently plants closed,
new plants failed to open, and
workers to the number of millions
were thrown out of employment.
,'And even when businesses obtained
nanital thv Wr rnmM1.jl
tremendous sums for it, necessitate
higher prices to consumers if the
business was tourvive.
. And tfrom a moral standpoint
why should a man who has se
cured a considerable sum of money
be permitted to Invest it in securi
ties and escape taxation, while. the
man who is working in overalls in
a sweatuhop, or a stenographer, or
-inm Tarmer. or the clerk, orothers
xrho are working diligently for
their dally, wage, is compelled to
pay? Should the man who lives
on ' his money not pay Jiis share
o the -government bills just as the
man. woodworks every day for Us
Jiving? : Does he not reap the same
. rewards from the government and
does hVnot enjoy equal privileges
and rights?
' Because of the effect on business
and the fairness ef the proposal
from a moral standpoint, the pro
posed .taxation of securities com
mends Itself as a worthy measure
for congress to place before the
country h and a desirable amend
ment to the constitution.-
WHO OWNS POBllxAND?
R" ' f-- ; , ' 1 "-- "V v
E PORTS from police headquarters are that special armed deputies
in full police uniform, wearing stars and paid by the employers,
have been acting under, orders from private employers in the Water
front strike. '.,
The statement I official. rlt U also officially noticed by. the maydr
in an .order directing that all police officers on strike duty must
be directed, by police authorities and not by private citizens. -
And this is in the twentieth century In Portland, Oregon! In the
mountainous' coal ; regions of West - Virginia the ''mine owfters have
also usurped ; the police power and have had command of special
armed deputies in beating; the miners Into submission.. There also
the police power,' which, in Hhe very nature f things, Is exclusively
a public prerogative, U exeircised and dirffcted by private persons.
There the mine owners became a sort of state government and a
sort of county gbvernment, usurping the functions and duties which.
mder constitutions, public officials, elected by the people, are under
oatn to exercise. J ,
The fact that private employers' In Portland have assumed andJ
exercised personal direction of; policemen, ordering them here and
ordering them there, thows to what extraordinary lengths the strike
cdmmittee of the Portland employers' union has gone. It is usurpation
of powers and authority that belong alone to the "municipal govern
ment. It is -use ot ft public prerogative by the employers strike, com-
Lmittee in its own private quarrel, in which the employers' union is
insisting that waterfront employers have a right to function as a
union. : but that the employes union has no right to exist. It Is a
case of the waterfront employers' strike committee settin itself up as
a part of the municipal government in carrying out its demand
that the employers have, & closed shop but that employes must work
under the open shop. '
It is all in'llne with the unionized employers strike committee's
refusal to arbitrate. At is in line with that committee's refusal" to
accept the impartial recommendations of the state mediation board,
which the Columbia-Pacific company, the largest employer of them
all, did accept. It is in line with that committee's refusal to make
any concession whatever looking to an end of the strike, which refusal
is costing the taxpayers of Portland $1000 aday.
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There is every evidence that the employers' strike committee has
been using I. W. W. in its effort to break up the employes union
while strengthening their own union. The committee claims -that the
men it employed were also formerly hired out of the employes' hall.
The employes produce strong evidence which the committee does not
directly contradict. ,
The Journal knows of no reason why I. W. W. should not have
the right to work. But the employers' strike committee declares
its plan is the "American plan. It has much to say about its Ameri
canism. But when its strike committee goes Into partnership with
I. W. W., who oppose the American system of government, who opposed
the war, .a.nd who have done so many things which the employers
are wont to denounce, you have an extraordinary situation. And
when this employers strike- committee takes men in police uniform
in busses, drives down to, the I. W. W. hall, and with policemen directed
by private employers to protect them, loads I. W. W. into the busses
to be transported, to the ships where they are to work, you have
a situation .rendered doubly extraordinary. It shows the length to
which the unionized strike committee, wearing the badge of-employers'
unionism, has gone in its fight for a union for employers but no union
for employes.
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With what little thought of the destructive consequences to the
government's merchant marine has .the employers' strike committee
carried on its private quarrel with Portland cargo workers? Take
the fact that the United States shipping board has 39 operating com
panies, handling S53 government ships, plying to -all parts of the
world. If the Columbia-Pacific company in Portland had followed
the, wishes and purposes of the employers' strike committee and stood
with the Idea that the employers may have a union but employes
must not, disaster, would have come to the whole governmental system
ot operation. The hoard has contracts With the International Long
shoremen in all principal Atlantic and Gulf ports, and what was
demanded of the Columbia-Pacific by the Pprtland strike committee
would have been a floifting by the shipping board of that contract
and the probable paralysis of the entire business of the government
owned merchant marine, as well as a deliberate violation of a sacred
contract. It had no such effect at Seattle and San Francisco, because,
on account of the radicalism of their leaders, the longshoremen's unions
in. those cities were deprived of Ijheir charters by Mjr O'Connor, ; then
president of the International Longshoremen's association, now the
shipping board's commissioner of industrial relations, largly named
for the place by reason of his fairness, at the request of the waterfront
employers along the Atlantic coat.
The disastrous consequences t$ the . nation's marine business have
been averted by the acceptance by the Columbia-Pacific of the find
ings of the Oregon mediation board. The disastrous consequences
dally apparent in Portland could be quickly ended by the acceptance by
the employers strike committee of the same impartial and entirely
reasonable findings, and through giving up its mad purpose to have an
employers union but no employes' union.
LET THE DIRECT
PRI1VIARY ALONE
Its Merits So Immeasurably exceed
Any Demerits That 4bere Is N'o
t Just Argument as Between Re- -.
tention and" Repeal or Serious
Modification Any Needed ,
Changes Should Be Made by
the ,i System's Friends,
tn Any Etent
Prom the Astoria Budget
Why all this talk about abolishing the
direct primary and returning to the
convention system of nominating party
candidates? .-.
It cah't be ' done, ahd it won't be
done ; so why ail the fuss and leathers?
i The citizens of the state Of Oregon
hare not going to surrender their tight
to Choose their own candidates,: and
there is no way of taking that right
away from them. ' ,j
Old guard politicians may scheme and
plan, and their party organs may , rail
and rant, but eventually any change in
the election laws must go before the
people as the final authority, and it
isn't on record that the people ever
voted themselves out of civil rights It
took them generations to secures.
. , . .
t The direct primary has not treen an
unqualified and flawless success, and.
as a system of selecting party nom
inees, it has its Objections. Any claim
to the contrary is just as much politi
cal bunk as is the laim of the old
gusrd that the convention is the most
representative and efficient way to se
cure capable candidates.
The direct primary has its objections
but, compared with the objections to
tha old boss-ruled convention, they are
as misdemeanors to felonies.
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One of the most frequent complaints
heard is "that the primaries permit of
the nomination of a. plurality candi
date; but the convention system per
mitted of the nomination of the choice
of a few men who controlled the ma
chinery of the party organization.
The primaries destroy the nominee's
sense of responsibility to his party, it
is said. Better that than settine ud
again a first responsibility to the little
coterie of bosses who make and -unmake
public officials. ,
The primaries break down nartv or
ganization, say the disgruntled ones.
Perhaps so, but just what is it that
distinguishes a Republican from a
Democrat in city, county and state af
fairs? Just where is the line of de
marcation? What does a Republican
stand for that a Democrat does not.
and vice versa? Are.there any prin
ciples, theories of -g-overnment or car
dinal Issues separating Republicans
and Democrats insofar as municipal.
4 county and state affairs are concerned?
isn t tpe perpetuation of party organ
ization down to the precinet more de
sired by the . leaders rof parties and
more in their interest than the citizens
themselves 7 Does it matter as much
whethar a candidate for county com
missioner or for governor is a Republi
can or a Democrat as whether he is
qualified by character, ability and ex
perience to give a sane, efficient and
honest administration of public affairs?
mne.- "In the Shade ef the Did Apple
Tree" and "I'm Afraid to Go Home
te the Dark,- o, Henry knew; that
lasf song. When he was dyinx In New
Tork he; noticed .that te curtains of
his room were drawn. He turned to
the doctor, motioned to1 him to raise
the curtains," smiled that gentle smile.
ami .whispered.-' I don't want to go
home in the dark." Harry Williams
was probably proud ef that, -i
Another man, on trial for robbery" in
Los Angeles this week, is also proud.
His name is Tom Sharkey, and be is
to be tried for robbing the postofQce
at San Jacinto. He told the officers
that he used to know O. Henry many
years ago, in the famous story-writer'a
dark days. That gets Tom Sharkey
into the news, that is more than local,
where he would never be if he.hadnt
known O. Henry. : ;
Letters From the' People
I Commaateatioai aent to The -Journal for
pobliratmn la this department ahonid be writ
tea ca only one aide of the paper, ahouki not
ezeeea i awa la jeacta. ana nw -a
aia-ned Ty the writer, i whose mail addreaa ta
tun must accompany toe contnbuaon. J
This Supporter Says if Elected He Will
Be for the Prodacers.
Portland, ' June 5. To the Editor of
The Journal Walter-': M. Pierce, Demo
cratic candidate for governor, doesn't
propose to be diverted, from the great
ussue oc taxation by any new-iartgiea
issues. The err eat issue is the relief
of the overburdened" taxpayer and the
failure of about half of the Wealth
of Oregon to pay taxes. Mr. Pierce
has made a comprehensive .study of
me taxation Question in Oregon and
has twice introduced state income tax
bills In the state senate, but both
times these bills . have - been -defeated
by the house. He is a real farmer
ana stockraiser and has always shown
a deep sympathy for the toiler. . If
elected he will do everything possible
for the producers, aad the big interests
will get just what is coming to them
and no more.
While Mr. Pierce is a Congrega-
tlonalist and Mrs. Pierce at Methodist,
he is strictly neutral in the religious
muss stirred up and believes in giving
alt organizations a- square deal and
equal rights to all, regardless of color
or religion or where they were born.
The only qualification necessary with
Pierce will be, "la the person a good
citisenr - i
The voters' of. Oregon have an op
portunity to elect a plain hard worker
with real ability to help them in their
troubles, and if they let a fight which
should not eater politics blind them
to the real issue they will have made
a great blunder. It is to the interest
of the taxpayers to get busy and work
for Pierce until election day.
J. w. Boya.
If lAhdis continues to land on us
what will become of the Portland
team's winning , streak ?
rT0O MANX SERVICES
IJJLtAM.H, CRAWFORD makes
-a, pertinent suggestion in Les
lie's Weekly relative to saving of
government funds. He suggests
that seme of the various branches
of the secret service be coordinated.
There are .several; such services.
In the treasury department there
are', two -that force, that deals al
together f with currency and
another In ; . the : internal revenue
bureau that seeks out men who
violate the prohibition ; laws, SAnd,
indeed.; there is a third .InveaU
gating force ' known as the field
Ferric in the tax division ' which
performs similar duty in checking
up taxes .due the governmentJ&Zie
department of justice has';a strong
secret service force, the department
of labor has' its inwnigration in
spectors and customs officials, the
department of the interior its for
est rangers, the army its intel
ligence bureau, the navy has a
similar bureau, and the postoffice
department a large force of in
spectors. Altogether, there are
11 such services.
There is some ' cooperation, but
on the whole the various depart
ments operate largely in the inter
est of their own organisations. - That
agents of one department seldom:
arrest a man violating a statute:
that comes within k the scope of
another bureau, even though theyjj
are all working for: the same gov
ernment. They have separate or
f ices, , separate heads, t separate
overhead. I '
The saving to the public esch year
by a coordination of the various
bureaus might not be great. But
as the years pass on, as the added
checks are passed out, and as the
multiplied expenses (continue, it is
obvious that the public would be
materially benefited;: by sv consoli
dation of at least soirie of the secret
service organizations. -
According to a certain foreign
dictionary the t ox trpt is an Amer
ican tribal dance. I
IF THE PORT BODIES MERGE
nrHE; arguments that favor., con-
-- soiidauon of the port and docs
commissions are, chfefly:
That , port cost to the public
would be reduced, . ; - ;
That duplicate positions, offices
and operations would be eliminated.
. That simplified, coordinated ad
ministration would : contribute to
efficiency and speed, f r -
That the dock commission has
nearly reached the limit of bonded
Indebtedness voted to It.
That the port commission : has
broader power to incur Indebted
nesa, .; . . . '; j; -?-'"v, ' :
. That the dock commission is re
stricted In jurisdiction.
That the port commission's juris
diction' extends Nto the sea. -I?
That the port traffio department
could gain ability It mow lacks, to
enforce Its agreements with ship
pers as to the satisfactory handling
bf freight attracted to the port by
the traffic department. ' " -
All of which - im plies but one
thlnr -that, in' the events of con
solidation the port commission
would swallow the dock commis
sion and the latter would cease to
be.
The appointing power as to dock
administration would be removed
from Portland to Salem, and there
lodge with the appointing power as
to port administration in its pres
ent narrowed sense.
Such, for that matter, is the im
port of the law now on the books
which permits the consolidation to
occur, when the dock commission
consents. '
ft is not the merger of port
bodies that arouses concern. It is
the method by which the merger
is to be accomplished.
iWhen the gigantic Swan island
development plan was to the fore,
the merger of the port and dock
commissions was included in mat
ters for people of city and state
to rote upon. But it was a sec
ondary consideration. Now Port
land people are wondering what
would happen if a port commission
appointed at Salem should have
turned over to It the Portland in
vestment of nearly $11,000,000 in
public dock properties.
The people of Portland wonder
if it wouldn't be better to keep the
control of their dock properties at
home and add to it the channel
work, dry dock operation, towage
and pilotage, which are the func
tions of the port commission.
They wonder what might be the
political entanglements in future
years if the method now outlined
snouia oe xouowea. They re
member the story., of hot so long
sgof that a whole board Of port
commissioners was Slated in the
private office of a Portland bank
and duly ratified by an obedient
legislature. While the appoint
ment is to be left under the present
proposed merger to the governor.
they wonder what Influences and
entanglements' future governors
might be -subjected to when ap
pointments were to be made. . : :
The foreign trade department of
the Chamber-- of ' Commerce haa
planned for hearings .which ..will
present ; both- sides bf the merger
plan. .. It is the logical thing to do.
Fullest consideration - should be
given. It is not the merger that
awakens .apprehension; it is the
prospective change in port control.
Portland's port must not become
a political plum. s , v
The direct primary has, for all its
faults, eliminated evils in our political
system which for many years were a
scandal and a disgrace. It has ended
the era of boss-rule, among . other
things,' and has turned office-seekers
to courting the approval of the voters
rather than the approval of a few' of
the high and mighty. dictators of politi
cal destinies.
It has not been a cure-all and. as It
how operates, it is not a perfect instru
ment, but any alterations and changes
looking to correcting those things
in it which are now most objectionable
should be proposed and sponsored by
friends of the direct primary and not
by its enemies.
Otherwise the people win refuse to
consider the amendments, but will .turn
thumbs down but of suspicion and dis-'
trust of the motives of the men behind
the measures
"Have These Dead
Died in Vain?"
From the Dalles Chronicle (May JO)
Today, the heads of the Civil war
veterans are bowed low with age, and
death has decimated their ranks as
no regiment was ever devastated in
facing the enemy.
Marching in their support today,
however, are the men of the latest
war, youthful, with , heads erect and
AN OPEN LETTER
Addressed to Mr. Burtner in Reply tp
His Recent Letter in The Journal.
Portland, June 2. Mr. M. M. Burt
ner, Dufur, Or. Dear Mr. Burtner: I
have scrutinized your recent letter In
The Journal, in which you "advocate
fewer occupants for the lands Of our
beloved state. - Since all people must
live on land and directly ot indirectly
from the use of land ; since it is plain
I that the greater the use of naturau op
portunity in production of raw material
the greater will be the volume of pro
duction, and employment of labor and
the greater the amount and variety of
industry and "prosperity, I question
your views.
You attacked the single tax by in
nuendo. Having attended the conven
tion of the now defunct Land and La
bor league, your method is not new to
me. . While I do not aarree with Mr,
McDowell. I take occasion to defend
justice, the single tax.
Tour argument, boiled down to es
sentials, means that you oppose restor
ation of natural and "inalienable"
rights the right to live" freely on the
earth : that slaves to - landlordism
should remain slaves ; that a non-pro
ductive, priviledgred class should be aid
ed and perpetuated ia their present pow
er over proucers ; that to allow all men
free access to the soli is unjust; that
there should be a privileged class ; that ;
collection of tribute from the masses'
lb justifiable : that a home for everyone
end the liberty to cultivate a-piece of
land is dangerous and injurious to
prosperity and should be ni-evented:
that prosperity is dependent on preven
tion or production; that prosperity
were best stimulated by. for Instance:
exiling the people to the desert, where
production 14 difficult and nearly im
possible; that if men are Drohiblted
from producing they will become rich
and the less they produce the richer
they will become.
You forget that when free land was
unlimited and open to free use the
.THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1922
i
COMMENT ANL NEWS IN BRIEF
; SMALL CHANGE ' j
tf the gypsies W old 2iave anything
ea 'aoim modern- automobile tourists
we've failed to see IC
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Man probably has reached the acme
of affluence when he can hire help to
Clip bis bond coupons, i - .
The fish that swims in placid waters
is the one that has sense enough not
to gobble up every piece of bait, that's
offered. , - - - - i .
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'Little boyi trying to be men and
little girls trying to be women provide
us with saps and flappers to fret
about. - -
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Judging from, the frequency 1 ot
their mention we'd say there are about
as many viscounts in Japan as gener
als ia Mexico. ..:.
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" It's about time to preface the har
vest rf rich and wonderful crops with
the usual assortment of "bear" stories
about ruined fields and orchards. .
The berry damage heralded in the
day's news doesn't concern the dam
age we did to several boxes at dinner
last night. 4 . .
'The devil and the deep sea offer
alternatives a sain. We aDDarwntlv
must either pay an increased price for
gasoline or foot the bill for a congres
sional investigation of the proposed in
crease. : . '
SIDELIGHTS
- The McComaicks call Max Oeer a
fortune hunter. Having seen a photo
graph of Mathilde. we think they are
rignt. CorvaJJJa Gasette-Timaa. .
e e
The , arrest : arlvantar Af mtr
head is that one cau Identify and
skip the too numerous news articles
relating to Max and Mathilde. Athena
rresa. ..... -
.
If one may judge by the- numerous
front page accounts of tneir activities,
the movie folk have adopted pajamas
as the standard uniform for social
affairs. Eugeae Register. -
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Long buried treasure In the old
caran of Saarta ia belnar unearthed.
Ore that yields f 70 to the ton is not
to be aneeaed at There is more Where
tnis came trom. Baker Democrat.:
It's a cruel -law which makes a de
feated -candidate file his campaign ex
penses, i oo mucn UKe maaing a man
confess to . investing: - his money in
worthless mining stock i Astoria
Budget. .
f - - e e '. . : 7
' "VailtirM la srnralIV rifSnrl mm
rnan' who tried to do something and
couldn't put it over, but he fills a far
more important nicfie in trie woria
than the man who does nothing and
makes a success of it. Ashland Tid
ings.
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The Ores-or. Country
North weat Happeaincs in Brief JTena foe tba
iiars Header.
MORE OR l&SS PERSONAL .
Random Observations About Town
iiwng wcic nt ieH.cst zov per cent reta
I tvely better off "than they are todav.
tour tetter indicates that von ira un
aware of the cause of things. YouT crew, and- we had two companies of SOl-
Next. P.ese FestiraL
their faces sUIl shlnihe with the liaht
of the cause in which they served. farmers were at least 250 per cent rela-
The veterans of the World ,war this
year, almost four years from the day
their biggest campaigns opened, are
in the same position as the youths
who went out in 1881 and who, in
186S, solemnised their first day of
memOriam.
Fifty years hence dare we prog
nosticate? Will the youths of today
be bent and failing veterans, venerated
and honored as are the members of
the G. A. R. now, and supported by new
generations of , soldiers or will they
still be the survivors of the "last"
war?
If. SO years hence, today's youthful
veterans- should still be in the fore
front of time as war heroes, we would
Indeed have supreme vindication 4f
the often expressed sentiment that
"they did not die in vain." The vet
erans of the Civil war did 'not fight
in vain. The price of their efforts,
even of those, who died in battle, was
the salvation of a great nation.
or did the men of the Spanish
American war die hri vain, for they
fought to throw off from the western
hemisphere an odious yoke of Euro
pean despotism, giving to other men
the right ot self-government that they
themselves enjoyed. Nothing can undo
their" .work And sacrifices. , -:
IV stilt remains to be seen whether
or not the . men : of the - World war
fought and died in a vain cause; They
were In ; the ranks f rom jnottves . of
idealism, so altruistic that the matter-of-fact
and self-centered nations of
Europe could not see it at all. France
and England are still looking for the
igger-in-the-Woodpile . of i American
participation. -Nations are still quar
reling over selfish interests, too- sus
picious to lay the foundations of true
friendship. This year ; no one --can
frankly sajr that the men of '17 who
died did -not .perish in vain, i Time
alone can. ten; s ' .-.
This fact, however, does sot detract
from the sincerity- of our celebration
of : Memorial day. m It : is up to- the
living to Insist that the men 'of 17
did aot die ln-valiw MemorUl day
serves to remind us of this responsi
bility te them, for the Ultimate achieve
ment of international peace and good
will, ther- things they strove and 5 laid
down their- lives for. '. jX i - '
vnr manr years Lawrence A. Mc-
Kary has been interested In the Blue
Bucket mine legend. His interest ta
chiefly due to the fact that his parents
were among the - Immigrants whom
Stephen Meek undertook to guide by
a new route from the mouth of the
Malheur river in 184 and whose wan
derings under Meek ended in disaster
and out of which grew the story "of
ttie fabulous diggings. Deep study
has convinced McNary that the Blue
Bucket diggings were in the vicinity
of canyen City, and he left Wednesday
afternoon to seek confirmation of his
theory and Incidentally assist in the
Whiskey Gulch celebration, which be
gins at Canyon City today. T can
tell when I xef there." said he, -after
I see the place,-Whether my idea about
the Blue Bucket mine Is correct or
not" '
a I
Herman Wise of Astoria is visiting
in Portland. '
tee
J. C. Hills, a wholesale furniture
dealer of Chicago, Is combining busi
ness with pleasure motoring to Chicago
from Pasadena by- way of tne wortn-
west.
Among the guests of the Imperial
are Mr. and Mrs. C' W. Myers of La
Grande.
i
From La Grande come Mr. nd Mfs.
F. L. Lilly and Mr: and Mrs. Hill W.
Templeton on a visit. - "I
R. E. Stites of The Dalles was trans
acting business in Portland Wednes-
dav- "... -
J. C. French of Dufur Is among the
guests of the Benson.
...
, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kent of Newport
ar. registered at the Imperial. i
A. R. Nichols of Corvsllis is making
a business visit, to Portland.
...
John McMullen of Eugene is among
those transacting business in Portland.
O. I Wilhelm, a merchant of Mon
roe, is in Portland on business,
. - - t ' I
't R. Church of Boise is visiting
Portland. " I '
Washington Shriners are going by
water to San Franclaco: to. attend the
Imperial council session. Among those
who have passed through Portland al
ready are Willis Hershey, assistant
manager of the Hotel Davenport. Spo
kane. He Is accompanied by - Mrs.
Hershey and Mr. and Mrs. John Diem-
Ung, also ef Spokane. Another motor
party is composed of Victor Dessert
and family of the Pacific hotel, Spo
kane. While In Portland they are
guests at the Multnomah.
'Business conditions are very bad in
China, reports A. Schurr, a guest of
the Multnomah, who is -on his way to
his home -in Newark. N. .J. He has
jast completed six montns travel
through the Orient and: Is now on his
way to San Francisco to take in the
Shriner show.
.".-. .
Colonel Ed Budd of Ilwaco, Wash.,
Is spending a few days In Portland,
seeking amusement.
...
A. Rennie of Corvallis is among out
bf town visitors. '
.....
Ben F. Dorris of Eugene is regis
tered, at the Portland.
... .
James W. Ford Jr. of Gardiner is
transacting business in . Portland.
y .....
Among out Of town guests is S. H.
Webb, an Astoria realtor.
...
Harry Porter of Halsey was an early J
arrival of Wednesday.
. .
. Dr. Alex Reid 'of Stanfleld is recre
ating in Portland for a few days.
...
E. Bailey Of Elgin is among, out
of town visitors.
...
H. . Royce of Klamath Falls,
transacting business In Portland.
T: M. Despot of Reedsport is a guest
of the Imperial. -
w m m .
Lloyd Lewis ef Yaquina is a guest
of tne Oregon.
Another Yaquina visitor, is William
tsain. .
. . - - .... ,e . i
Gail S. Hill, a lawyer, is registered
at. the Oregon from Albany.
OREGON
- Of .the 117 Wallowa county pupils
'ho have just taken the eighth grade
examinationslOI failed and 8S passed.
About 4 ex-service men of Hortw
county have petitioned for a local
fhPr of the "48 and I" to be es-
wwmwi. at iiepptier. , A: .fjf ?
f " . Toproperly handle the large number
Of orders earning In, a night force has
f-iedded to the crew employed by
the Dallas planing mill. -
Hailstones more than half an inch in
diameter fell at Bend Sunday afternoon
In the. course of violent thunder
storm. Jo great damage was reported.
fcRMTa.rTl'. ai8tant cashier Of
the First Jirthnal bank ef Albany, has
been chosen as manager of the Li an
caunty fair to be held in Albany the
coming October.
r?atUe and cheep raisers of UmaUlla
rounty are fast moving their stock onto
the forest grazing lands, where grasses
hv -rown rapidly eince ths break in
the cold weather. ,, -
W,Kh' Psvlnsr J program tor Uth i
which calls for the completion of 25
fe,es0 market roads at a cost ef
fif', a mile,, spring road work has
started in Marlon county.
tii fi?-emium. of 'iS60 was bid on
l 88,89a of Oregon irrigaUon district
bonds bearing interest at the rate of
Jtt per cent, which were sold last week
ty State Treasurer Hoff.
,A.IP,HeHl ;?f Per cent for oom--mercial
deuoKitom to . ...
et: denosltors has been declared by
v , i , c or vy neater,
hich closed last October 25. -
J1dlet?.n " cmP of Spanish War i,
fTi.nni,?J encampmewt of the de-hn,taQf.m,n-
wh,?a is scheduled
Ur be, held there June li, 1 and 17.
uJ?1 J a'Iy My and a conUnued
drouth throuirhoiit ti. ..w T.,
L JJJ-?"8 of ,he Hod River val.
ifSwi'rry 5rop-m,,ch 'below' that
shipped. r ' 85,000 crates
The ItMdnva rt.l. . .
Which lies rTortK J TC"! ,JS"?.r?F. "
lase ana which includes aa area of an.
vr2"?'jr 27,86, acres, ia Tbeing
velooed in lh, a -
these are completed T wl
MrrU1wI?I.CunB4n Jr- ef Mr. and
camDaiffn l '
WASHINGTON
W. B. ThamCn mrcA e .
crossed h. r,i,. r"' . r " urst
ffiw-JH l STS in WalSTwltlS ,
Tacoma'a lirht h.. .
profit of 160.017 ; r , wf " ' 'r.a .
967.39 in isio I U' -"?,':-
3,53,341.87. -urpiua is
Ijl R- StMlhamrMast w r . t - .
been narned dis rtoV ."TJX
arii .ufurer.oca:
m.w.IitV3r .to has ben caustid to rrow-
thmt ,l""- I"ar
tnlnh " narrn
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
?r.V.:'-.v O. HENRY"" ; , " .
r'' -Ptom- the Saa.rraae'vCair.;..'' f '"
' How -t names . andx incidents - cluster
about magnetic- figures of - the past!
The higher critics f literature have
been saying for some year now that
O. Henry ta passing, that one reads
him any more. "Ha has been dead only
it years, and who reads O. iHenrv
nowr? But O. Henry was Is the news
twice this week. -
Harry H. Williams, the song writer.
died in Oakland this week. He com
posed 500 songs, jmonr them "Navajo."
Bacf- Back to Baltimore, "Chey-i
have not yet discovered that our finan
cial difficulties are due to the inearai
table distribution of wealth. There la
no valid excuse f or misrepresentation
ci single tax. . Louis Bowerman.
TAKES A TEXT FROM PUCK
Portland, June 3. To the Editor of
The Journal So long as "Puck," tie
comic paper, was issued it carried as
Its motto an effective saying: "What
fools these mortals be !" and much of
its teachings went to prove it true. Now
that Puck is no more, the truth It 4n
sisted on proving still lives. I am dally
convinced of this as I read of the fool
ish belief which holds the multitude
that business is going to improve be
cause money has been deflated and
the earnings, or wages, of millions of
workihgmen. are to be- cut dowiu. Of
course, the banking fraternity. and the
industrial barons will get theirawho
ever else may suffer, and the parrot
utterances of their paid penny-a-Ilnars
will sound, forth the delusion; but for
the life of me I cannot' understand how
business men who depend upon: the
'spendings of the workers can join in
the " refrain, "Times will be better.?
Maybe selling will pick up" but, it
will be cheap stuff, and at less profits
on sales. Why is It that the business
men at their' cheap banquets 'at the
Chamber of Commerce wijl swallow the
delusive stuff ? It seems to me It can
only be accounted for by admitting
mere is still truth In Puck's old time
adage: "What fools these mortals be!".
When money was Inflated - people
speculated and got in debt. Surely, if
money- Is deflated it will be hard , to
pay up. Will not thU brine crest los
to debtors and add to holdings of cred
itors? v .k , John Williams.
"NEVER MIND ABOUT TAXES",
"Tf Education Does Come High, Let's
Have It, Says, in Effect, a ...
Heavy Taxpayer..-.
Portland, .June' . To the-Editor of
The Journal I. am a teacher; in the
Portland public schools, and one of
Portland's taxpayers surprised me ery
much .m ny , talk with her the other
day. She is a heavy taxpayer, her children-are
grown, and seemingly - she
would have no interest In voting for the
bond aad tax bills coming before the
people on June 17. But this was -her
statement: ' - ' -
r-Certalnly. I shall vote for the bond
and tax bills. - -1 have grandchildren
la the public achoolaT and the best is
none 'too good for- them." -
It seems to me this typifies the true
American spirit: the best in education
is not too good for their children and
Isam gomg to believe that on June IT
the taxpayers ar going: to vote Tea"
for the school bond and tax bills.
R. M. P." .
Few indeed ' are that, if en, who tap
telT-tha particular tale that Mr. IxeklT
present aubject tclis him. What ha aodM
mate did roald be dona onlj once. . This
article conclude, with the story ot a mys
terious disappearance that to this day ha
never been cleared an.
David Henshaw lives at Seaside.
He 4s a Buckeye, and was born Janu
ary 21, 1839, which means that he j is
83 years oldT r , i
"I started for the Pacific coast ! in
156," said Mr. Henshaw. "t took us
two and a half years to make the
trip. We started from near The Lake
of the Woods and worked westward.
Our job was to survey and mark the
line of the Canadian border. There
was a large party in our surveying
diers to act- as our escort. I was
civilian employe' and received $65! a
month. The , soldiers received $13 a
month. We carried flour, salt, cof
fee, beans and sugar and depended on
our hunters for fresh meat. Sixty-six
years ago the country through Which
we passed was a" hunters paradise
We saw vast herds of buffalo, in
numerable antelope, berds of moose
and elk. and while we were crossing
the Rockv mountains we lived on big
horn sheep and mountain goats. We
also ran onto a good many black
bears and grissllea. We erected mon
uments all along the border between
the United States and Canada, we
finally reached Puget Sound. From
there we returned to Fort ColvUle,
Where we t were discharged and paid
off.
t "We had no opportunity to spend
any money during our trip of two and
a half Sears so most of us had from
$1200 to 11500 coming to Us. We were
paid In treasury, notes. A lot .of us
came down to Portland, for at that
day there was no Seattle.' Spokane or
Tacoma. Portland was ;the . biggest
town north of San Francisco. We hit
Portland in the fall of 1859. W. SI
Lsdd-had started a bank a few months
before, so he discounted our treasury
notes and gave as gold for'them. After
looking about a bit I decided to get
a job at my trade.' so I landed a Job
with Governor A. C Glbbe in hU iron
works,, as a molder. Governor Gibbs
was a fine man- I liked him.
'" -. '. a.-.- -'
' Tn fhe spring ef 1861 I went to the
Idaho gold mines. When; the novelty
of placer mining had worn off I re
turned to my job with the Oregon Iron
works. .Captain Knighton gave me a
Job as second engineer ana i was on
the Iris" when 'she made her maiden
trip on the middle, river. She plied be
tween' Portland . and the Cascades.
Later" I - worked tor the Oregon Iron
works,'' Which- was located at Albinaw
Lord" Russell was . in cbarge ot tne
company.- His name ; was Edwin Rus
sell, and he was very aristocratic. He
had formerly served as cashier of the
Bank of British-Columbia at Portland.
... '- . " . a . ' ".
celebrated the centennial of the
Declaration ot Independence by get
ting married.--tThat was October, 12.
t87fc rx married Martha X.- Iphigenta
Johnseaw ; ,.r ;-i ;-; .- v -
"it's yourT turn now. mother. ; Tell
fcina your pedigree and history and
about our children.1 - ' ' "
... . . ; - . a . a --. -V -:-.. -' .
Mrs. Johnson said, We have only
two living children. -Our-' son .Albert
F. - is probation officer under Judge
Jacob Kanzler in Portland and our
other boy, David, has 'orked for the j
paat 14 years in the Portland cost
office. My father, A. F. Johnson, came
to Oregon in 18$L I was the eldest ot
his nine children. My father's father,
Nfcll Johnson, settled . on French
Prairie in 185L He was a Cumberland
Presbyterian minister. In the middle
"50s the people bf French Prairie sent
a petition tor the government to have
a postoffice established there. Grand
latner suggested that it be named
Groveland. The postmaster general
wrote him and asked him to name it
some cut of the way name, so it
wouion-tsget confused with other
places with th same or similar names
bo he suggested Belle PossL The noat.
off ice was established and was' called
ene rossi, and my uncle. Josenh En
gle,: was appointed its first postmaster.
wnen tne railroad , came the town
moved over to Woodburn, and now
the only reminder of Belle Possi ls.the
school district that retains the old title
and the graveyard where most' of the
oia pioneers of Belle Possi sleep.
.' a .
"t was born at Belle Possi. My f ath
er mother and Abigail Scott JDunl-
wajrs mother were sisters.
aft a a.
. 'The next time you are in Hillsboro
hunt up Dick Collins. He is bailiff at
tne courthouse. Have him take yoa
noma io meet ms wife. She was a
Reddick. When her father, Thomas
W. Reddick. with his family, lived hare
at Seaside that was in 1860 she was
about 10 years old. They had a place
one nair mile from where Ben Hoi
laday later built the Seaside house.
They had a log cabin, in one end of
wmcn was a big fireplace and in the
ctner end a home made bedstead with
s. trundle bed for the children. In the
spring of 1861 they moved to the Belr-
man place, a mile and a half distant.
and ob the beach. Mr. Morrison
owned x water power - sawmill at
onanna creek. -Mr. Reddick felled
lot of logs' and floated them down to
tne mill ' and had them - sawed into
lumber. He paid for the work by his
laser. He tied - them into a raft and
rtarted down the Ohanna, Intending
to land them On the banks of the Ne-
canicum and haul them about a mile
to his place, to build a good-houses
The . tide turned in the creek, so he
bad to tie up his raft and wait for the
turn of the tide. A storm came up.
His raft broke loose, floated ; down
the Kecanlctrm and drifted out to sea.
ro all his" wrork was lost. . The next day
the raft floated ashore at the exact
point wnere ne had planned to build his
house. He didn't lose a stick of ft.
and he was saved hauling It a mile
and a half over a bad road. - -
t . . . . !.:. ..
fAfter he had built his house I was
with him and his little girl-, who was
my chum, while he bought his. winter's
supplies V: in Portland.- - He- bought . a
sewing machine for, his wife. - It was
the first one I ever saw. Hls son-in-
law was a cook at the Western hotel,
That was before it was changed to the
Occidental. He ate breakfast with his
Boa-in-JaW and started for the wharf to
catch 5 the . coat. He dropped from
sight and i from -that day to this ; his
oeopte have never heard a word as to
what became of him. He did not drink.
and was very steady man. Years
later,, when the .old Mammoth saloon
was torn down, they found a skeleton
buried v underv the floorvThey some
times wonder if Reddick was not de
coyed Into the saloon and murdered for
his money; but of course they do not
know. He s still posted . as missing
and hts fate is still unknown."
.-.f.J ,s "sa'nst Frosear dty
resulteri,edi than - nrtIoVhich
we'r.1?.. ,ih tZtZV: "at Tbeys
mlng tank- ewim
The Crooks grade of the North Bank
h'ehway n Skamania county will be
f'os for the remainder of June while
Lumbermen in th. n.,.i. ,.r'f L"na
rn wages ofl
fr."cli' sed T. was knocked
l?m.,t T? festle 20 feet down
iJi2-tnwirn8r waters of the Spokane
river. esoapinf; without a ecratch and
losing only her poclustbookT
tUt111. M- Jrler, who hss been act- .
Ing postmaster at Brewster, Wash..
;Ktvra,,.n,on0w' will continue in
Pc,tZ having just been ap
pointed by President Harding.
Sara Sutter, a sewer contractor was
instantly killed at Yakima by a cavl-tn
&Jfnc.n h,w!, l?Bin. He was
not missed until his son-in-law found
bis feet sUcking out of the dirt.
e?"?? YT'. Blum of Tacoma; engineer
of a work train on the Milwaukee road,
was electrocuted near Cedar Falls
while making repairs to the motor loco
motive of which he was in charge.
Only 8000 people in Walla Walla
county have paid their poll tax this
year, compared with 11,000 last year,
and the delinquent list has been turned
over to the sheriff for collection.
Mrs. David J. Jones, who had resided
at Davenport for -43 yeara. died sud
denly Friday night She passed awav
so quietly that her husband, aleepinc
beside her. knew nothing of her going.
Kiwanlans from, Spokane, Colfax and
Lewiston nartidriated in th ,
monies attendant upon the presents- ;,
tion of the charter tn fha Pnilmart 1
fT?up. week. Covers were laid for -225
at the banquet.
J. LaLiever. a vnotti . Kn,f 1b i.
un?rw5rre8t at Okanogan, charged
with being on of the three bandits
who held UD the RtAt R.nlr n Tmi.
Labout a week aflo. Officers are on the .
irau oi me otner two. .
IDAHO- -
Operations . have been raanrMaA n
the property of the Elk Mininar mm-
any at Mull an. The comnanw haa a.
capitalisation of $1,000,000,. and is en- '
ureiy ooi oi oeot.
The University of Idaho will thla
summer conduct a state-wide cam
paign through its school of forestry
tO StWAB OUt all -lM-r-S of Whit. nln.
blister rust in Idaho forests.
Claim in r damases of tRft 0(10 fnr tn
juries received 14 years ago, when he
ieii oeneam a tram ana lost both feet,
Ray Albon of Coeur d'Alena haa 1rr
his case againsb the Northern Pacific,
the jury failing to agree. .... -.--.-
Mrs. Oscar Moberlv. 10. an hr
4-year-old son were Inatantlv klliwi
and her husband fatally Injured Sun
day night when a touring car they
were driving was struck by an Inter
urban car near Middleton. ,
fin rnturninp tA hsf t jm. Ct.. .v.
for the summer. Mrs. Belle A use tad L
whO has been spending the winter at
Priest River, saw 14 deer quietly feed
ing in a meadow near the house and a
coyote trotting about the edge of the
woods. . i
Once Overs
Is Dissatisfaction Spoiling Tout
You are never satisfied with the
things which happen to you. .
It may be th ar-ather, too hot or
too. coldj it may be your friends, too
much concerned in your affairs Or too
little Interested ; it may be your daily
work, too much and too hard ; or you
cannot get enough to make a living,
but. always you are dissatisfied. -
Do you realize the Impression you
make on other persons with whom you
come In contact? ; - : : ' !
It does not take very longxhefere
even the merest 1 acquaintance begins :
to notice your attitude of grouch to
ward the world In general. ' j . , .
it streets your step. . . ,.
It 'certainly affects - your features.
which begin to look down at the mouth
in very truth, a -
You shrill out your tones in av als- .
agreeable way in conversation. -
Altogether,-' your xrtenos begin to
avoid you." ' - ' .. ; ... ::' " ; J
You cannot be served satisfactorily
even at a restaurant, because the wait
er feels your frown and instinctively
knows you are not pleased. ,.- ... -
Jt is a foolish person who so ill pre
pares the way for friends and mats-
rial success. .:...!' ' '
(Oprrijht, I;2, Intm'lonJ ltt3?t
f -;r !, Inc.)