The Oregon daily journal., June 13, 1922, Page 8, Image 8

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TUESDAY, JUNE - 13, ! 1922.
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HUNDRED MILLION SAVING
TiHE International Association of
- - Machinists has placed a plan
before congress by which the gov
e3rnment can save $ 100, 004, 000 "an
, rjually.- This saving can be accom
Jjlished, It is claimed, by utiliza-
' Uon of existing government plants
: ' vox the manufacture of supplies
-1 that are purchased in" the open
- livarket at a price J 3 per cent
7 1$gher than it would cost the' gov
" crnmnt to manufacture them. The
proposal is, now before a congres
sional committee forrhearings.
v The army and navy control plants
.' and equipment, including manufac
turing machines of the most effi-
cient type.-valued at $850,000,000.
During the war, the plants were
busy g producing war materials.
Now they are running at 10 per
-;cent capacity, and the cost of their
maintenance, Idle or operating is
"$75,000,060 a' year.
;The proposal of the machinists
contemplates use of the now idle
plants to manufacture government
supplies. They could turn out an
annual product valued at $300,000.
000. In competition with private
bidders, these plants have averaged
33 per cent below the sums asked
for supplies by the private manu
facturers, which would Indicate a
. saving of $100,000,000 a year to the
publio if the arsenals were devoted
. to-peace time work. -
. This administration has shown a
v desire to reduce expenses. Re
trenchment was one of the prime
campaign promises. Can there be
an easier way to save the people
of the country a hundred million
a year ? .
The English exhibition ship
" ''British Trade" sailed from Lon
; don June 1. on a nine months tour
during which she will .visit South
American ports, Africa. Australia,
Jpan, China, India, Egypt and
. Gibraltar; She carries a remark
able floating trade exposition and
i - contains a moving picture hall
o:Vhere.. British industrial films will
be shown. Let's see. "Wasn't there
" something said about a Port of
vKPortland trade trip "to Japan?
THE SELLWOOD BRIDGE
ECONOMY applies not only to
... money but to ''time. In her
? 'trans-Willamette bridge system
. Portland is penurious with the first,
aad profligate with, the second. We
. have one of the most expensive
bridge systems' of 'any, city in the
country iecause they are among
the most overloaded, bridges.
Five bridges carry the traffic of
. ? a 'metropolitan district of $00,000
peopre and the Tery" heavy move
ment from points beyond. It would
considered absurd If the vehl
; cles-and pedestrians of hundreds
of streets and highways were con-
centrated upon five streets, not all
of full width. Yet bridges are only
streets over water. ;
The Journal's advocacy of the
Broadway bridge a few years ago
was dpposed on the ground that It
was -unnecessary. VTet the Broad
1 way bridge, is today so congested
at rush periods that traffic over it
is greatly delayed,. . -
' There, is . immediate ' need for at
.. least one more- bridge - over if the
Willamette. Every argument
points toward the building of such
a bridge at Sell wood, Hawthorne
bridge Is - one of - the most over
worked spans in, any city and a
bridge farther to the south would
not only-relieve it! bat accommo
date the large traffic movement
to and from the southeastern dis
trict and the west j sides - Because
of the natural height of the banks
on either aide a Sellwood bridge
can be built without a draw and the
expense of Its maintenance can be
to that extent reduced. . 0 ' m
The cost of t operating ; the Sell
wood ferry wouW probably pay the
Interest and furnish a sinking fund
for the retirement of bonds Issued
to build a bridge at j Sellwood. A
ferry is old fashioned and ineffi
cient. A , bridge that in -the ; end
would cost" no more for upkeep
woqld carry many times as many
vehicles. f
THE GRANGE AND MILLAGE
THE State Grange delegates were
almost equally divided on the
proposed repeal of the educational
millage laws Some delegates who
were opposed. torepeal had gone
home before the vote was taken.
If brought to an issue earlier in the
proceedings the decision might
have been-against repeal. -
Agriculture in America has never
had its just dues. That is because
human understanding has not been
sufficiently broadened by educa
tion for the people as a whole to
give agriculture that consideration
and prominence that Its service to
mankind deserves.
Thus the authorities limited the
price of wheat in war time, but did
not limit the price of agricultural
implements. Congress never gave
much consideration to agriculture's
demands for rural credits until a
lot of the great farm population
broke away from the party that
was dominant In 1913 and went off
in a progressive i political revolu
tion.
Most of the evils f of government
result from bad voting by the peo
ple wnom politicians rooi. It is
unthinkable that agriculture, the
premier Industry, with an invest
ment greater than any other three
industries in America, and carry.
ing a larger population than any
other group, should be one of the
least profitable of - 'all industries.
But Jt is so, and the cause is the
lack of the. mass to understand the
tremendous importance to the -re
public of a well sustained agrlcul
tural population.
The bane of agriculture is the
great Ignorant vote in the cities.
The one great group in American
life that should want all possible
people to have developed mental
power and capacity to think
straight, is the agricultural group.
The one great group that should,
above all other groups, be for edu
cation and s properly trained citi
zenship, is the group out on the
larms. . ,.".(:. '.
it has everything-' to gain and
nothing to lose by a well supported
system of education, to the end that
all people should come to know
that, for the safety of the republic
itself, agriculture should be icon
served, sustained and Justly recog
nized as the most essential in
dustry. The difference between a sales
man and a promoter is that a sales
man has something to sell for a
fair price to -those who need the
article and a promoter is a -person
who Is selling nothing for
something to those who want
something for nothing.
BEHIND THE WHITE HOUSE
A T FIRST glance the president is
-t- entitled to public sympathy ,for
the embarrassment caused him by
close friends and members of his
party. ' t
The Newberry scandal was the
first. It was extremely embar
rassing to the administration and
administration supporters in the
senate. It could have been avoided
by Mr. Newberry himself. But he
didn't choose to take the means at
his disposal to protect the presi
dent against the odium.
Then came the Daugherty
charges. . Even more embarrass
ing were they. , Mr. Daugherty.
the president's close personal
friend and political adviser and his
attorney general, was accused, of
gross misconduct. Again the presi
dent was forced to- face the result
of something over which -he, had
no control.
Following close upon that affair,
come the charges against Phillips,
the Republican state chairman of
Georgia and dispenser of .federal
patroiiage in that state. Again the
president is placed Jn a most f em
barrassing position, j
But the president could nave
followed a different course. "X He
could have taken a different stand
in the Newberry . case. He could
have relieved the . I party of. the
stench of the. purchased seat.
. He could .have encouraged the
Daugherty inquiry. He could have
required the facts to.be placed be
fore the public. Those facts would
either have convicted or acquitted
the attorney general -of - the
charges. . " ' , 5
.JTortunately. he! government is
acting against Phillip&l: Recused of
profiteering. In that; case, the pub
lic will commend the president and
the attorney general , for . not per
mitting political considerations to
have . a part lin the j movement of
justice. . But in the Newberry and
Daugherty casesf ; the president is
victimized by that; powerful influ
ence that demanded thelseating of
Newberry In:; a bought seat and byj
his attorney general who has clung
to Mr. Harding a skirts as a means
Of quashing the Republican demand
for investigation of himself. It is
regrettable that, men in high posi
tion will take advantage; of the
president's, friendship to hide be
hind the White House.' . , . ;
.THEIR DAT
AT BROWNSVILLE, this week,
i- the annual reunion of the
Linn county pioneers takes place. ;
These reunions have wdn a fixed
place -on the program : of annual
gatherings in Oregon. They are no
longer at mere countjr affair. ' Th
idea has proved so "popular thai
visitora" attend from all parts of
the state. Boththe character of
the occasion and ; the development
of the automobile have contributed
to these yearly, meetings. ?
Others than the original pio
neers and their families gather at
Brownsville. The old. chivalry of
the days of the emigrant train has
its annals and its glamour that all
kinds of people "journey to the pio
neer gatherings to hear about. One
of the gems of prairie lore is Jesse
Applegate's word picture of an eve
ning on the plains in J. B. Horner's
"Oregon Literature." No tale of fic
tion is more thrilling than many
of the actual experiences of sturdy
men and women who came by ox
team on the long six months' jour
ney from the Missouri rivey to
Oregon.
One of the great romances of the
world was the vast caravan that
struck out into the wilderness "and
for years moved steadily westward
in spite of hostile Indians, unchart
ed mountains, wide desert stretches,
unbridged rivers, shortened rations,
disease and the other perils that
beset progress at every step.
Only tie bravest souls dared to
set out on such a-journey. The
hostile country and at the end a
wilderness without its civilization
and almost without its government
and laws, with wild land to be
tamed and homes to be built amid
hardships and privations never half
described, was no place for weak
lings. Only strong arms and stout
hearts made the long trek, and
that is why the original Oregon
stock is so poised, substantial and
constructive.
They came here to build a state,
and they peculiarly sensed their"
mission. And they and their sons
and daughters are still at it, for
the Brownsville reunions, along with
reminiscences; are always keyed to
the thought of how fares it with
the commonwealth.
ABOARD THE MAUD
APOE. a Kipling, a Hugo ought
to be aboard the Maud with
Amundsen. What moody mystery
Poe would glean from the Arctic
waste! With what stately proces
sional in verse Kipling would- me
morialize this contest of' the mod
ern viking with the. great ice king!
To what tremendous periods in an
alysis of human emotionalism Would
Hugo arise! - -
A fleet of frozen ships manned
by frozen crews swings around the
North Pole, say the legends .of the
Esquimaux. Within blocks of Ice
the unreduced forms of Norse
warriors like Lief the Lucky have
for untold thousands of years been
encased.
There is a mystery about the
source and cause of the Aurora
Borealls that appeals fully as much
to tfie romanticist, as to the scient
ist. There are a thousand marvels
of life and death to enthrall the
hardy crew of the Maud in their
seven-year drift across the pole.
There is the likelihood that the
Jtfaud, with all her airplanes, lum
ber for houses on the ice and sur
plus of stores, may be joined by re
raorsejess. frost. to the mystery fleet
of "frozen ships, and never return.
Amundsen is setting forth on the
adventure magnificent. .
If Henry Ford runs for 'resident
will one of hts campaign promises
be a free fllvyer, for everybody?
FOR THE BOY'S . SAKE
ONE of the finest "of all achieve
ments. forkany, boy Is to learn
the use of tools. - To drive a nail
straight is discipline- in self-control.
To measure-- truly Is v" .lesson in
accuracy " To produce articles of
use - from wood ; and nails, namt
and glue is to nurture the creative
Instinct. -
The boy who InC.a manual train
ing department of a Portland school
makes a library - table has per
formed a man -size piece of work
that makes him more , manly and
that awakens interest in home
beautiflcation. He figures costs
and learns the relation of money to
life. He selects materials and ex
ercises that highly Important fac
ulty, -the power of selection. He
comes in , contact with :- merchants
and dealers and begins acquaint
ance which in . later .years win
stand him in good stead. From his
teacher he learns, th history . of
the sources.' natural Deculiaritiea.
uses and control of tooli textiles,
'metals, glass, paints, "acids, -glue,
abrasives and wtx.: v:s -j? V'- ",
The completed 'article' is an ob
ject of pride In any home and. an
inspiration to- further effort' .The
boy : who ; uses - tools develoos the
habit' of work; he "finda something
mora attractive than mischief; he
prepares the way for srmDathv
with toil, understanding of Indus
try, a broader, finer character and
greater. tniccesa.."-:v-;::-:i:v, . -
Unfortunately. however, manual
training In the grades was elimin
ated by the school board's retrench
ment program. . t" ' - ; ,
Ilought to be restored. A favor-'
able vote : next Saturday on the fi
nancial program for the schools
will restore it. ; - ,
QUIT TALKING
and cut rrr; .
r Advice, of Editors of America to
teel Magnates Relative to the
Shortening-of the Work Day in
Their Plants Posh Given by .
President Harding - to the .',
Cause Is Seconded or All -
Some Comment Slightly
V. Cynical, However
-Daily Editorial Digest-
Consolidated Press Association)
- tTnanimous Indorsement is voiced
by the editorial writers of the country
for the suggestion of president tiara
tag that the time has comewhea, the
12-hour day in the steel Industry must
go. Not a eingle critic of the idea
has developed, and 'the president ia
warmly commended for his direct ac
tion - method adopted to secure, the
change in industrial methods.
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i That in addition to the steel in
d us try the president has other employes
In his mind is the opinion of the Bos
ton Post, which suggests that "this
request may also be accepted as indio
ative of the president's intentions ' on
the order now before bim for his con
sideration relative to putting govern
ment clerks on an eight-hour day. The
shorter day in many employments has
proved its utility, both financially and
physically, and the president is acting
both "wisely and friendly in advising
the steel men to keep up with the pro
cession." Because industry generally
has improved, where the shorter work
day is in effect, the Birmingham News
is convinced that "it is therefore, ex.
tremely fitting that the great manu
facturers of iron and steel should
gather together- in one place on the
advice of the president, to discuss ways
and means whereby their Industries
may be readjusted so as to afford the
workers more opportunity for mental
and spiritual expansion and for recre
ation." Approval which the president's
suggestion received convinced tha
Washington Star that "public atten
tion now will be centered on this 4n
dustrial wrong as it never . has been
centered before, and , the steel mill
owners will find themselves spurred
on by a growing volume of public senti
ment. This is a use of the presidential
office which is coming more ind more
to be recognized as containing vast
possibilities for good. and it may ac
complish many things which statute
laws find it impossible to achieve."
e
"President Harding did a fine thing
that is a credit to him and the coun
try," the Duluth Herald declares, 1 be
cause, while "apparently past efforts
to abolish the 12-hour day had struck
a ' snag through the unwillingness - of
one or more of the magnates to have
it abolished," the Springfield Republi
can considers "it was a good thing
to have brought them together and to
have put the issue plainly ur to them.'
The statement of Judge Gary that a
committee would be appointed to in
vestigate and report is displeasing to
the Chicago Tribune, which recalls
that "the whole proposition has been
under Investigation for years. It is
generally condemned. Why not "stop
it now without more ado and make
the victory reallv worth eheerine far?"
Action is, however, possible so soon
as methods are made effective that
will "bring operations so closely to
gether that few idle periods are neces
sary for any group of workers," the
Detroit Journal explains. because.
"whether it has always been considered
a necessary evil or not. the 12-hour
work day Is doomed," and the New
York Post recall tharT "th. . i.rht.
hour daV has been found practicable
in ine .British steel industry," as well
as in a number of American mills.
e
The question of wages is an Import
ant factor, the Newark News feels
certain, asking whether, "under the
proposed eight-hour program, .is labor,
by its reduction in hours, to lose one
third of ita wage, or are employers
to pay half as much again for their
labor in order to keep the day's wage
up.' it is a good thing to have the
subject under serious advisement, na
tionally, but it will not do to assume
that it is easy of adjustment." The
very fact that the president was able
to present the situation so that action
was promised "deserves commenda
tion," the BaltimoYe Sun- says, because
the "Harding method of using sweet
oil instead of threats and compulsion
is not without merit in theory. If it
can be made to work better, than the
Roosevelt or the Wilson style of im
periously laying down the law, every
body will be gratified." but in this very
connection the Fort Wayne Journal Ga
zette suggests that the "steel magnates
dined by the president In the White
House no doubt enjoyed the novelty
and thanked God that Wilson and
Roosevelt are gone."
The method of approach by means
of a dinner is "thoroughly characteris
tic" of the president, the Detroit Free
Press thinks, because it is at a meet
ing of minds that the president is
most at home In the ' exercise -of his
talents, and where, as a rule, he works
most effectively.' The meeting also
"emphasized the overWehlming public
sentiment against the 12-hour day,"
the St. Lous ' Post Dispatch insists.
and this "is a factor with which the
steel corporations must reckon," while
the Cincinnati Times Star, following
the idea to a conclusion, points out
that " If and when practicable will
resolve itself into practicability and a
certain day. Any other course would
mean a strike that would have the
sympathy of the president of the
United States without any further
avowal from the White House." In
maintaining its present hour system
the "steel Industry places itself out
of alignment with other Industries in
this country and violates its high
humanitarian standards, the Minne
apolis Journal says, 'because, "with
some exceptions. . the eight-hour day
nas Decome the standard in this coun
try." In addition. the' Chicago Post
says, "it Is gratifying to feel that there
is in the White House a man who
recognises the- supreme importance of
human -values and who can champion
them with so much tact and force."
The steel industry already has made
material progress in doing, away with
the 12-hour day. the Wheeling? "Tntei
Ugencer points out, and it explains that
"the steel manufacturers., have bea
wanting to get rid of it entirely, so it
Is probable that for this reason. If for
no other, they will seek, to follow the
president's suggestion,; while it Is the
opinion of the Lexington Leader that
It U very improbable that a commit
tee, after a scientific and honest study
of the facts, can come t any conclu
sion except that at which the president
has arrived, . that the shorter day
should and must become effective be
fore the great revival of trade which
he sees just ahead 'of the country."
There is nodoubt in the mind of the
New Bedford Standard that 'Industrial
peace and prosperity in this country
depend to a very great extent on adop
tion, by the steel industry, of those
more liberal and progressive Ideas as
to hours of labor which it alone of ail
big industries so far has resisted.1
It also is certain, the Reno .
convinced, that "President Harding is
the friend of the laboring man. He
knows how to accomplish things, and
no euvs aooui ms work fn the right
way." The president and . the nnhiu
the Pittsburg Press says. -J'avre war
ranted in feeling that very much was
accomplished. The steel captains were
made aware in a most-Jmpressive way
of the condemnation ia which the en-
ii
lightened public opinion of the coun
try holds the 12-hour day. which is
longer than any man should be asked
to labor. The abolition of such a work
day in the steel thdasti ,'m any other
industry, where it, still survives, has
undoubtedly been ' brought nearer by
ine president s action."
Letters From tlaeT People
I Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be wrifc
tea on only one aide of the paper; should not
exceed S00 words an leactav-4 -..awe - be
eicned hy the writer, whose mail address u
uut am accosapany m contnpqnoa-a.
COOPERATIVE" MARKETINQ
A Plea for the. System.; With Special
Reference to Poultry Producers.
Dallas, June 12. To the Editor of
The Journal What are . cooperative
maraeung organizations for?
- To reduce to a minimum the costs In
distribution, avoiding all waste, un
necessary expenseand speculation. To
demonstrate that the membership, when
in control, not dictated to or interfered
with, can make this possibler--' -
To go scalp hunting among the
managers and directors." when they
continually, over the members' pro-
teat. Violate the members' rights under
the contract.
To save producers from ruin by ob-
tauning for the producer more than can
be cbtalned otherwise ; assuredly, not
less. " ' .
Assuring the consumers . the sam
treatment in fair dealing. . .
Put the spotlight of investigation on
the internal dissension of all coopera
tive marketing efforts and See where
the embargo comes from. , :.'W
Do those who are endeavoring in the
poultry producers to have matters ad
justed satisfactorily to thV members
wish to follow the path of the Dairy
men's league? Most certainly not. It
is for this reason they are trying to
get away from the influence which
wrecked the league.
Yes. the poultrymen'"have been paid
So were some of the dairymen until
they went broke ; paid, yes, but not how
much i. it is what has beenwasted that
counts. '
We are not dealing in rumors but in
facts. Ask the membership.
The .Journal states it holds no brief
for . anyone in the " poultry producers
Then why quote the manager rather
than the ones who have experienced
all the actual accomplishments? '
The issue is somebody's job, and be
cause the same old route to market Is
being preserved as befor the pro
ducers were organized did I hear
someone say exploited? let me quote,
for-the benefit of those who have not
received this information : "Those buy
ers.who are buying hennery whites at
23 cents are finding these eggs are
costing them 28 cents. ; - Why do you
suppose they are willing to pay 28
cents forggs which they can buy from
your association for 26 cents?"
! The question would naturally rise
'Why sell to the speculators in direct
violation of the principles of coopera
tive marketing?"
Some poultrymen have kept the main
issue in mind, as did the dairymen in
the league who went broke.
Members of the jjoultry producers
are not accepting rurtibr for fact. "They
have had actual experience, and speak
only from such. Nor are they listen
ing to false prophets now, which they
did when they accepted, on faith the
promises held out.
To avoid breaking the eggs on the
way to market, let the press assist the
members by withholding judgment. As
sistance to the members in assuming
control of their association is what is
needed. W. J. Garner.
THEIR MONET'S WORTH
Discussion of the Recommendations Pui
Up to the School Board as to
Funds Asked For.
Portland. June 12. To the Editor of
The Journal I have just been lntet?-.
ested in reading that the school board
feels that it has been insulted again.
A report which was approved by sev
eral of the civic organizations concern
ing the school bond and taxation meas
ures recognized the need for funds and
recommended a favorable vote for the
measures and gave these further
recommendations for the consideration
of the board :
(a) Before any money is expended
there should be made a careful survey
of school needs, followed by a program
as exact and definite as possible,
covering a period of at least five years.
tb) All estimates of proposed ex
penditures should be made In detail and
by persons of both general and techni
cal competence.
(c) A full and Informative budget.
segregating capital expenditures from
those of maintenance and operation
with a comparative statement for fu
ture years, should be published in ad
vance. '
d) The head of the properties de
partment should have related technical
training, including thorough architec
tural and engineering training and
competence suited to this work. v -
(e) An accounting department
should supervise expenditures in all de
partments and keep up an adequate
cost accounting system.
f) Cooperation with an advisory
committee representing civic and edu
cational organizations of the city. ' -
ssureiy there is nothing in these
recommendations that any business or
ganization would sidestep; but I have
not neara that the school board - has
taken any notice of the helpful sug
gestions, although the-" board was very
anxious a. few weeks ago to -have all
organizations study the need for school
taxes. .-..('
If the board needs money, now is a
good time for it to come out and as
sure the people the taxpayers that
they shall receive a dollar of value for
every dollar expended. In a business
like way. . Taxpayer.
INDORSES THE - JOURNAL'S VIEW
jroruana, June iz. To the Editor of
The Journal I have just read your
editorial entitled "Only Half Way."
Good! When good men bearin to de
mand this, we are certainly maklnsr:
strides In the right direction. May your
ecu 10 rial page keep up Its good work. -
J. M. McGavln, M. D. f
JUNE . V,
. From the Chicago Evening Pot
The poets have done well by June.
The subject supplies Inspiration enough
ror any rhymester to do his best.
If June is ordinarily well behaved
it deserves all that the great and little
poets nave sung about it. Occasion
aHy - the . month shows a rebellious
spirit, but so rarely is this true i that
the exceptions may be taken to Drove
the poet's rule of blessedness and praiee
Nature perfects herself in the sixth
month of the year. Perhaps soma per
sons wni hold that nature's perfection
comes at the harvest season which falls
well forward into the, hazy days. There
is; however, a harvest. Of flowers as
well as of fruits and trains, and the
abundance of blossoms comes In June
along with" brides, girl-c graduates, and
other things pleasant Ao look upon.
NO SURRENDER -'
' Fire the Pendleton, East Oregesnaa,
Those people . who - are- figuring ,on
doing unto death the Oregon direct
primary law ought to be advised- that
never in the history of the world have
the people surrendered the powers and
privileges which they won after long
battle -
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, COMMENT'.AND
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SMAIMV CHANGE
- At that, one cant keen cool la warm
weather with a radio fan. : -
Sometimes the traffic cop's estimate
of our .speed, is pure and simple flat-
terr'-.r---e,.,l,j
; Second payment of fatoome taxes due
June 15. Now and then we find it ad
vantageous to be poor. , , "
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Schooneris "JostT 'on ' Tahiti island.
The same loss made a. desert, of this
whole; blooming nation-. ' ; - ..
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; Amundsen plans to fly to the pole.
And the plans of many a high flier
have gone up in the air.
The world isn't as good as t We
thought. Police have-' found a man
who admits he is Orover Bergdoli's
friend.
. We're just lazy enough to get; a
big kick out of the mere thought " of
climbing icy peaks instead of actually
doing po." - .
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It's such an everlasting long way -to
Tipperary that the old song , on that
topic has just reached our neighbor's
player piano. -.
- V:'.'.'."
The fellow who wrote about the sad
dest words of tongue or pen hadn't
experienced a blowout and then found
he d left his spare tire at home.
j. . ...
; Canyon City has- discovered a case
where the airplane replaces the ox
team. But there remain a great many
pioneers wha prefer the ox team
method of trafeL
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
. The tradition that Canyon City pos
sesses the only house in Oregon in
which "Joaquin" MiUer lived is knocked
into a cocked hat by George Jtelvin
Miller of Eugene, who says the house
in which his brother lived at the Lane
county metropolis is still standing.
George Miller is visiting in Portland
to see his niece, Juanita, on her re
turn from the Whiskey Gulch celebra
tion, and incidentally is forwarding
some plans for the betterment of the
Siuslaw country.
Fred N. Wallace and G. W. Hobson
of Tumalo are in Portland on busi
ness connected wjth the irrigation
project.
see
Among out of town residents trans
acting business in Portland is W. T
Bell of Enterprise. "
M. J. Shoemaker of Roseburg, father
of Carl Shoemaker of the state fish
commission, is visiting in Portland,
see
C. A. Harvard of Coos Bay Is trans
acting business in Portland.
e
Mr. arid Mrs. It. 11. Tuttle of Walla
Walla are'guests of the Portland.
see
C. M. Bedford of Bend is among
out of town visitors.
e
Will Wurzweller, mayor of Prlneville,
is among recent arrivals.
a e
Ben Burroughs of Pendleton is on a
business visit to Portland.
see
Mr. and Mrs. R! F. Musick of Cove
are registered at the ImperiaT.
H. F. Heberger of John Day is among
out of town visitors.
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E. M. Condit of Tillamook Is a guest
at the Imperial. i
m
A S. Bennett of The Dalles is trans
acting business Jn Portland. .
G. Giustina of Vesper Is among out
of town visitors.
.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H, Keleay of Eugene
are guests of the Imperial.
OBSERVATIONS v AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred-
A woman- who has lived in Washinetcn
eounty nearly three-quarters of a century tells
Mr. -lockley of her family s Journey irora
Missouri to Oregon. Mr. Lockley then goee
to the courthouse and es homes an old record
book that contains history tUat is history.
Mrs. Henry Wehrung has lived in
Washington county 74 years. I visited
her recently at her hime in Htllsboro,
'My brother, Solomon Kmenck. drove
an ox team to Oregon for Mr.. Gilmore
in 1843." said Mrs. Wehrung. "When
thev first started, Peter IL . Burnett
was captain of the company, but later
William Martin was elected captain
They left tJaetr oxen with Mr. McKta-
ley. the Hudson's Bay factor, at Fort
Walla Walla. My brother, with some
others, secured canoes and went from,
what is now Wallulla, down the. Co
lumbia to ' Vancouver. At Ceiilo they
had the women and children walk
around the-' rapids, while my brother
and a man named Hayes shot the
rapids with their canoes. They did
not know what a dangerous thing they
were doing. Dr. McLoughlin was very
much surprised wnen they low nim
they had made no portage between
Fort Walla Walla and Vancouver.
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My brother Sol took up a place
where Forest Grove was located later.
He did not hold it king, but sold it and
took up a donation land claim where
Cornelius now Is. In 1845 he married
Miss- Licetta Zachary, who had cornel
avcra t-lic plains wua mm. mey were
married by Rev. Snelnng. At the
same time two other couples were
married, so that this was one of the
first triple weddings In Oregon.
"My father's name was Christian
Emerick. He was born in Pennsyl
vania.. My mother's maiden name-was
Catharine Vanning. There were : 10
children In - the family, but seven I of
them died long before we started for
Oregoiv-lh 1848; My mother: died of
mountain fever on Bear river. I "Was
born March 13, 183s, M l was 10 years
old when we crossed the plalnst People
Often; talk about coming across the
plains in a prairie schooner. I dida t.
I walked every aterj of the way.
"Father took, up "a place near my 1
urourer ovi b, uuv tsr uvm x- ureal
Grove. I attended Tualatin academy
three yeara. I Walked from our farm
to the college daily. On December 24,
18a5, I married Henry Wehrung. Rev.
Henry Sewell. 1 the Baptist preacher.
married . us. I was thinking it over
the other day, and I found that not a
single person who attended 'my wedding
is now alive. '."' , ' '
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"My husband was born in Alsace-
Lorraine, of French parents. It is too
bad he did not live to see Alsace-Ijor-
raine returned to France. My hus
band was a carpenter and cabinet
maker.. He was born June 19, 1828.
He came toAmerica in IS" and went
to California in - 18a0. Two years later
he came to Oreron. -He waat a charter
member of Tuality lodge No. A.- F-
and A. M. My husband built the first
courthouse in Washington county. You
know, in " the old days, Hulsboro Was
the eounty seat of Washington county,
which' la those days- included , Port-
lano.-- Munnoman county was cut von
from Washington county by the legis
lature-in 1854. - My husband also built
the first 'hotel - in Hillsboro. It was
called the Tualatin. He dressed all the.
lumber, by. hand.; , if built it in 1851.;
CNEWS IN BRIEF
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SIDELIGHTS
The earth may not be nhvsicallv flat.
but a good part of it is financially flat.
uaue .American, . --
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Lloyd George says we're soon to have
another war. Our boys had better
start. making out their bonus applica-
uuna -ow. iveoanonfcxpress. - .
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In the old days five or six men did
the candidate selection in Oregon.
Under the primary, thousands m&ke the
selection. Take vsur choice), but whv
not chance the greater per cant? ill 11s-
ooro Argus.
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Right now the candidates, both uc-
cessful and unsuccessful, are ' filing
tneir oiiis or campaign expenses witn
the secretary of state. In some cases
the boys are telling the truth, but
in most cases they are stretching the
truth to the breaking, point. La
"
With a Ford day celebration sched
uled on July 3 In Ashland, a Ford club
being organised, and a prospect for
Henry visiting Li this. park, it wouldn't
be surprising if we woke up some
morning to una tnat tne master or the
rawer naa a look-in for the presidency
Ashland Tidings,
According to the mighty United
State supreme court. United States
senators can spend as much as they
ctesi re in campaigns. it congress
does ' not put a limit on expenditures
it will . be . hard on McNary's pocket
book two years frpm now to keep up
with a wealthy competitor. Woodburn
lndejendeat.
Fresh from a trip to Pendleton, where
he delivered some members of his Ayr
shire herd. John U. Smith of Chehalem
is in Portland with a solution of the
primary problem. It combines both
the primary and the convention system.
e -
The existence of Range, a town In
Grant county, is recalled by the pres
ence m Portland of two cf its rest
dents, Mr. and Mrs. John Porter.
From Lake view comes to visit In
Portland a party composed of Gilbert
D. Brown, Edson Watson, Carrie H
Watson and Dorothy Watson.
.
W. T. Lee, who operated last sum
mer an auto stage from Klamath Falls
to Crater Lake, i3 in Portland on busi
ness.
e e
Charles F. Hyde and. S. L. Baer of
Baker are in Portland boosting the
Old Oregon Trail celebration to be
held at Baker, July 4.
see,
Mrs. H. R Wellman and Mildred
Debord of Var are among the guests
of the Multnomah.
Mark P. Miller, who runs a flour
mill at Moscow, Idaho, is transacting
business in Portland.
-
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Settlemeler of
Woodburn are among out of town visi
tors see
Among out of town visitors Is J. O,
Isaacson of Central Point,, Jackson
county.
see
George Walton of Merrill Is trans
acting business in' Portland.
. -
M. O. Lynch of Redmond Is among
recent arrivals. . .
I. D. Davidson of Bend la among
out of town visitors.
II. S. Dement of Marshfield
guest of the Multnomah.
is a
D. C. Melntyre of Helix Is In Port
land on a business mission.
Guy Roberts of Toledo was trans
acting business In Portland Monday.
Lockley
When I was married to him on Decem
ber 24, 1856. I moved into the -hotel
and we ran the hotel for the next
seven years. ,
i e
"I have four children two girls and
two boys. My son, W. H. Wehrung,
is a banker in Portland. Charlotte
married G. W. Patterson and lives in
Bast Portland. Mary married David
Corwln. She lives in Hillsboro. My
son. G. A. Wehrung, lives here with me
in Hilleboro. My husband died in
February. 1911; I have lived fn Wash
ington county ever since 1848 and in
Hillsboro the pa St 68 years."
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From Mrs. Wehrung's house I went
to the courthouse. County Judge J.
W. Goodin introduced me to E. C. Luce
in the county clerk's office. He showed
me an old map of Portland that had
been filed In Hillsboro when it was the
county seat and. Portland a place of
minor importance. - He also showed me
a lot of old records dating back into
4be early -40s. - Opening one of 'the
books at random, I noticed the date
March C. 185u. fhe Item read :"
"Ordered that the following named
persons, being duly selected by the
probate -court, be;, and are appointed
grand jurors from the body of the
County of Washington, for the next
term of circuit court: Jordan Saw
yer, Edward A. Wilson. Levi A. Rice,
Christopher C Mjller, Elijah Bird.
William Bland, L, b. Hastings. Stephen
Coffin,' - Fin Ice ' Carruthers, Stephen
King, ' Thomas B. Stephens, William
Berry, William Dillon. George Beale.
Ben H. Catching. Caleb Wilkins. Ralph
Wilcox, Eavid Hin, Thomas O. Isay
lor, Phil Harris. Barnes B. Robinson.
William Hall, Peyton Wilks, and the
following named persons being duly
selected for petit Jurors, for the next
term of circuit court: Richard Arthur,
Mark Sawyer, Hugh Burns, . James
Athey, George White. James "Miller,
William P. Day, William Bird, Daniel
Hearty, Henry Fuller, William War
fen, Stephen Holcomb, John S. White.
Edward Constable, Michael Moore,
Isaiah i Kelsey. Peter Shief. KlH.h
Williamson. Kii Davis, Charles Stew
ard, Henry Bloch, Henry SewelL ; ?
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"That's almost a roll of Who'i Wh
In 1850.' " I said. Mr. Luce Smiled and
said, -"Here's a book that will interest
you. it's a book that records the fines
paid by a lot of , the prominent citizens
70 or - 75 vears aeo for sellinar liouor
to Indians or fracturing the law in
ether wayev ' .No,, there are no fines
recorded here for exceeding the speed
limit, though some ef these old chaps
were -pretty speedy boyav ' There's, one
tunny case that I shall be triad tn Iaov
up for, you If you are interested. , It's
wnere ; lieutenant ; U. SL. Grant, was
arrested and his horse was attached by
a man, who claimtd that Grant owed
him money-for the horse. Grant w
traveling from Vancouver barracks to
Grand Ronde. Grant and some -fel
tow officer in the early 'sOa bought a
team of horses and plowed some land
I Clarke county, not far from Van
couver, and planted potatoes. , High
water washed out the potatoes, so they
had their year's work for nothing, and
I .suppose they were a little slow- in
paying for the horses they had bought.
The 14 records .in - this court house
are a regular source book of history is
the early days." ..
The Oregon Country
Northwest Banmtiti la Brief TToraa far the
. - Staty Beader. .
i -V '" - OREGON , .
The McVeigh overhead croeslnr.
which has been under construction for
the last year on the Pacific highway
east of Eugene, was opened for traffic
this. week. . ... ,
Reports from fruit grower la Polk
county state that the cherry crop,
which at first was thought to be un
usually large, will be but about one
fourth of a crop..
Fin,y ro,1r. living near Marsh
field, lost 11 head f his dairy herd a
few days ego from the- effects of
poison weed killer used on the "grass '
and weeds along the railroad track.
-rfltrye& the sedan In which
Miss Veronica McPherson was driving
alone from Klamath Falls to Bend, she,
reported on her arrival at Bend: The
fire occurred in the vicinity of Fort
Rock. r
At the last meeting of the board of
trustees at Pacific collere at New-berg,
an appropriation - of tbuOO waii made
for library and laboratory equipment
and three new teachers were em
ployed. 4 '
Forty gallons of moonshine. 00 gal.
Ions of ripe mash and paraphernalia
to match it. were contiscated by Sher-
iff Elllngsen near Marshfield Friday
while an Italian was busy running the
liquor.
The Oregon wheat crop is estimated
at 22.248.000 bushels by Agricultural
Statistician F. L. -Kent in a report
issued last week. This is a decrease
from last year's" harvest of 8,178,000
bushels. -
The Tumalo Irrigation district has
let a contract for the construction of a
feed canal from the Deschutes river to
the Tumalo canal at a cost of about
8300,000. the contractor to take bonds
In payment.
A three-day celebration over the
turning In of water In the main canal
of the Medford irrigation district will
be staged at Medford, beginning June
15. The district embraces 10,000 acres
and. cost 81.225,000.
At least 500,000 rainbow trout egss
will be hatched this summer at the
state hatchery at the Devil's Punch
Bowl in Hood River county, according
to M. L. Ryckman. state superintend
ent of trout hatcheries. '
WASHINGTON
Walla Walla Droflted to the extent
of 81060 as the result of misdemeanors .
during the month of May.
The Faulconer sawmill near Ska
mania was completely destroyed by fire
last Wednesday, ine loss is 820,00V,
with no insurance.
The class of 1922 of Spokane college
had added 82300 to the college endow
ment fund, established by the class of
1921, which left as Its gift 81700.
Robert Wlneckl, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tadius Wlneckl. was
killed accidentally at Oakville Satur
day while playing on a pile of logs.
Invitations are out for the 40th an
nual commencement exercises of Whit
man college. June 16 to 19, when 61
graduates will receive their diplomas.
Bryan E Warner, who escaped from
the prosecuting attorney's office at
Spokane after his arrest for burglary
March. 14, has been arrested at Butte,
Mont,
Ole B. Nelson, one of the beat known
pioneer merchants in Spokane, Is dead .
at his home in that city. He entered
the mercantile business in Spokane 3
years ago.
The United States bureau of fisheries
in Washington is planning construction
of a new fish hatchery on the Little
White Salmon river near Cooke, Ska
mania county.
Mr a. Ann M. Robinson, ntoneer of
Walla Walla valley and a descendant
of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass ,
died at her home on Blue Creek last
Monday, aged 82.
Ne'a-otlatlona with the T acorn a Rail
way A. Power company for a reduction
of streetcar fares In return for con
cessions by the city, valuable to the
company, have been opened by Mayor
r awcett.
Mrs. Roy Baker of Walla Walla.
charged two months ago with illegal
possession of liquor, was fined S2o0
and costs Thursday morning. Her hus
band, charged with the same offense.
was acquitted.
John Douly and Ira McQuary were
seriously Injured at Dayton. Friday,
when a building under construction
collapsed and caught the workers under
the wreck. Just as they were leaving for
the noon layoff.
John Slngbunh, 83 years old. em
ployed at the Black Diamond mine of
the Pacific Coast Coal company, was
electrocuted at-the mine Friday night
while repairing a broken trolley wire
at the 800-foot level.
IDAHO
Twenty-three members of the senior
class of the Northwest Nazsrene col
lege received their diplomas .oat week
at Nam pa.
Boise's Skyline drive was completed
last Saturday and dedication cere
monies were held Sunday afternoon on
the top of Table Rock.
Following Injuries received in an ex
plosion while blowing out stumps on
his ranch. A. Autson. 65. died Thurs
day night at a hospital in Plummer.
The assessed valuation of Butfe
county has dropped from 33.014,860 In
1920 to 32.948.716, according to the
annual report of the county auditor.
Concrete abutments for the new
bridge the city of Nam pa Is building
over Indian creek are in place and
the superstructure will be under way
In a short time. . .
Nine University ef Idaho students
have completed the four-year course in
the reserve officers' training corps, and
have received their commissions at
feoond lieutenants. ,
John Briscoe. Idaho pioneer and one
of the oldest business men of Grange
ville, was found dead in a street near
his home Thursday. Death--was at
tributed to heart disease.
Twenty Years Ago.
From The Journal of June IS, 190S.
. Tracy and Merrill, the noted convicts
who escaped ' from the penitentiary a
few days ago after killing three guards,
have Vanished.. The fugitives are re
ported to have been' seen at several
points today, but so far the reports
developed nothing, so the posse has
pent the day in the 'brush without
results. Chances of --immediate capture,
are now slim. The militia will be
ordered home this afternoon.
Dr. W. ,J. McDanlel. while making
an - early call this morning, fell In
.front of a City and Suburban ear
and was instantly killed.' The accident
occurred on Williams avenue between
Shaver and Mason streets. Dr. Mo
Daniel was riding a bicycle. -
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The Portland rose show has been
postponed from June 18-19 to June '
20-21. This has been done for the
convenience of '.the public
The Utah Press association arrived
this morning aad. will leave for Seattle
tonight. .
3. V. Beach, the school director, has
decided to permit his name to be used
for reflection.-"1'-."-'--.' " 1 .
.The Union .depot looked Ilk a mili
tary station yesterday. The Twenty-"
first infantry returned from service In
the Philipplnea, i
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- The T.- J. Potter win go en the
Portland-Ilwaco run June 28.
T Work on the Riverside road is pre-...
greasing rapidly and ir will not be
many weeks until Portland will have
one of the most picturesque and scenic
drives on thefPacific Coast, -
Grading . of the Columbia River 4b -Northern
railway began at Lyle. WashT
"sterday. , About ISO men are at wet-few,
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