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This errmmun irk ting of a man's self
to his friend worfceth two contrary effects;
fo, it . redoubleth joys and cutteth- griefs
m Sails, for there is no man that- im
'partetb. his joys to his friends but he
Jjoyeth the more; and no man that im-jpert-th
his griefs to bis friends bat ha
iSnereth the leas. Francis Bacon.
WHAT RAILROAD MAP?
EVILl things are ' not likely to
ome upon Oregon or any part
of it as a result of the federal
supreme court decision ordering the
. ijouthern Pacific and Central Pa-
cjific divorced.
I If there were" menace of such a
thing, there ' is the. power of the
... Interstate Commerce, commission
to prevent the' framing; .pi & rail
road n?ap through which Oregon
'Territory ijyouM suffer. In any pro
posed separation of the" lines it is
.'.unthinkable- that ,,the commission
c cnarged with the responsibility of
conserving transportation would
antp lmnn a i4aottnMtra nAlCrr
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; " The .court decision is based on a
Supposed policy of competition,
when In fact America, by its legis-
. to uuuri & r iLtrin ui con
solidation and regulation. To that
extent the effect of the decision as
si policy has limitations. Among
these limitations are the ordairi-
. rpents of the Esch-Cummins rail
; road-act, which, provides for consoli
V dation of systems to be determined
.hVith Interstate Commerce com-
xfiission. Tentative plans for these
?onblidatlons are already under
. consideration, ; and among them is
conoluslon for the Central . Pa -;
olfic to remain in the hands of
toe. Southern Pacific, which owns
the Central Pacific.
c "The continued union of the Cen
. -tral and Southern seems to be the
deliberate view of sound policy;. by
the highest transportation body in
. America, supported by the best
technical experts with which such
a, tribunal would naturally surround
itself. As a large transportation
pTsricy and aa a pjan for the great-
- eft good to the greatest number,
this conclusion by the commission
would seem to have large value and
effect with the layman.
Coordinated -with this view is
this: The Union Pacific, by its
geography and connections, is one
of the most powerfully entrenched
railroad lines in America. It has
connection with Puget sound and
la reported to be adding to them.
. li has direct and peculiarly faVor-
- able connections with Portland pyer
route of extraordinary ' a,d-
Tantagea.'- 5 1 : has connections
' throTigh; traffic
the -Centrai. Pacific toSan Fran
cisco, It ; has connections ; of -a
- highly Advantageous character with
X-os Angeles. In its; map It is a
rajtroad pararaoont.
I Through, the Central Pacif ic, the
Southern : Pacific fnrnishes the
Union, Pacific with a connecting
lina to San Francisco.
! Against allJthJsthe Southern Pa
cific Is dependent upon a part of
"tho Central Padfle, which it owns,
to- reach, its lines in Oregon and
without which its more -than $90,-
000,600 of investment lit trackage
and facilities " In Oregon would be
. entirely disconnected witb South
ern Pacific lines in California. - -
. ; When an American railroad man
- landed: In Great Britain he found
his, brothers of the rails shunting
instead of Iswltchl
Inr reception yards Instead of re
ceiving yards'lxandingluggage In
etead of baggage-; marshallag
, freight instead of classifying it. ar
riving at" time instead of on time,
saying coaching equipment instead
of passenger &ar, goods wagon in
stead of freight m car and ; break
down train' for wrecking' train.'. So
he has come back home to a place
where English is spoken but with
understanding why, the.Ccar-perj
mile movement In England is so
much less than . in America.
.THE LINN COUNTY TRAGEDY
TTIS life had run smooth as the
a-JU : brooks beside which be sported
as a boy and hunted a-s a man.
Nature -was :his playground ''and
his king. Ho loved the-woods and
knew their language. The" chant
of the waterfalls and the murmurs
and ! mummery of the forests were
his favorite melodies.
'It was a life of peace and tran
quillity, with the ups and downs
always incident to frontiersmen
who divide their goings and com
ings between work and hunting
trips, into the mountains. In such
careers there is not always ..strict
observance of all the conventionali
ties !of law and life, but the devia
tions are always small and the gen
eral line of conduct well within the
boundaries of the social compact.
They were a part of the old border
life which had its own codes and
its own free ideals, until a more ex
acting civilization came on with
finer spun rules" and more drastic
regulations.
At last he had come to the 70th
milestone in his long Journey from
the cradle. A little 40 acre farm
in one of the garden spots of Ore
gon, on which he tilled and toiled,
was r his possession. - And in the
house there was the faithful rifle
withj which he still hunted in the
mountains and in the use of which
hfi was hiehlv skilled. It was a
life that should have gone on to
its finis with the sarrje tranquillity
with' which it had been lived.
One day a sheriff came to the old
man's house and there was a con
versation about a still on the little
40-acre farm, in which moonshine
whiskey was manufactured. What
the 'inward thoughts Of the old
trapper and hunter were, as the
sheriff and a clergyman went out
to look at the still, the world will
never know.
All we know is that the deadly
hunting rifle flashed and the sheriff
crumpled in death. Another flash
and the fleeing clergyman crossed
the great 'divide. As a posse of in
dignant citizens surrounded the
premises later there was another
flash of the deadly gun and, at 70,
the clock struck: -for the old hunter,
slain by his own practiced hand.
Booze plays no favorites. It re
spects no life. It is the fanged
monster that strikes with eyes
closed, laying low alike the strong
or the weak, the fair or the foul,
the innocent or the guilty.
David West. Sheriff Kendall and
Rev. I Roy Healey, dead in the trag
edy at Plainview, are a tremendous
expression of the havoc of booze.
- As! a moonshiner, West was an
outlaw. An outlaw in one thing
means an outlaw In most things.
And there is something Coldly ven
omous and murderous 'about moon
shine. It callouses. It chills the
morals. It makes men ruthless.
They: become kin to the tiger and
the wolf v It was as the ;wolf with
cruel fangs displayed, tnat Dave
West; seized his gun and rang down
the Curtain in the Linn county
tragedy.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
THE M etropolitan Life Insurance
company is preparing to erect
numerous apartment houses at a
cost of millions, of dollars to relieve
the housing situation in New York
city.
Undoubtedly , the move will-be
beneficial to the nation's metropo
lis and to the people who have dif
ficulty in obtaining homes there.
It will probably: lower rents and
meet a pressing demand. .
But it seems reasonable to ask
how big insurance companies have
so much money for investment;
bow it is that their profits are suf
ficiently large to permit the invest
ment! of-millions in -apartments? A
Insurance companies must neces
sarily have large sums in liquid as
sets, i They have to have quick
money. Yet they have sufficient
capital to-invest in New York real
estate, a more or less non-liquid
asset,; and carry on their business
without a slip.
Does it mean that the insurance
companies, have been able to pile
up untold -profits? Does it mean
that their premiums are too high?
Does j it mean that the public is
compelled to pay too much for in
surance, Or does it? - . - -
Tlierecan be no denial that, in
this" instance, surplus funds 'are
employed to an excellent end. even
though the . companies will, un
doubtedly derive a fair profit from
the expenditures. But it will also
be interesting to know more about
insurance, profits and' surpluses.
More l people could build their own
homes were they not forced to pay
enormous profits to so many big
concerns. k '.
Woman succumbed to Tiat, ap
parently died, was" packed in ice,
placed tn coffin and then sat up
and asked for a drink. Probably by
that time a hot drink. -
SHERIFF' KENDALL
SHERIFF' KENDALL, victim of
the deadly marksmanship-and
the mad fury of David West in the
Plainview tragedy, was a figure at
the, annual picnic of the Browns
ville Pioneer association last Fri-
I . 1 '' ' ' - :t.. - , ". 1' .
-In 1 the , fullness f vigor and
strength of ; mature manhood, he
mingje-d with the groups here and
there .of the. thousands , of - people,
on;j the grounds. 'There was a
cheery .a .greeting anda. smile for
all -as the then doomed sheriff en
gaged Jn' the .visiting which makes
gatherings ' in rural communities
both, pleasing' and famous. J
Orifbe" grounds that day there
were many? whisperings of moon
shine stills here and there in Linn
county, report that runs its course
in probably every county in the
state... if not 'in the United Sfates.
There .. was also an expression f
great faith in the purpose of Sheriff
Kendall to drive the stills out of
his county, and it was a common
surmise that he was at the picnic
to be on the- lookout for informa
tion as to where clandestine booze
factories might be located "and to
see first-hand any possible examples
of use of the output by callow
youth, who occasionally seizes upon
such occasions to make merry.
While the frank, open-countenanced,
businesslike, amiable sher
iff was at the Brownsville meeting
that day the moonshine still on
David West's place, but a. few miles
away, was in full operation, and it
is as if the officer were already in
the toils of the fate that fell upon
him a few days later.
When you reflect, is it not amaz
ing that human life must be beset
with the horrible effects of booze
which human ingenuity invents and
human appetite seems to demand?
As rubber disks are cemented to
leaky rubber tubes, patches are
to be glued to silk stockings as a
cure for "runs." But father and
hubby want to know whethef it
will cost most to buy an adequate
supply of patches or new stockings.
FROM THE BOTTOM UP
npHE International Harvester com-
- pany, one of the biggest Indus
trial concerns in the country, elect
ed a new president the other day,.
The name of the new officer is
Alexander Legge. 1 ' ':
Thirty years ago this same A.ex
ander Legge was a collector in a
remote branch office of the old
McCormick Harvester company.
But he was a good collector. He
sold agricultural implements on the
side to increase his income and to
afford him an opportunity to learn
more of the business.
Three years later Mr. Legge be
came collection manager of the
Council Bluffs office In charge of
farmers paper, and quickly rose
from that position to manager of
the branch at Council Bluffs. A
year in that, position sufficed to
warrant another raise, this time to
collection manager of the old Mc
Cormick company, with headquar
ters in Chicago.
Three years more and the com
pany was merged with the Deering
and several smaller concerns into
the giant International Harvester
company. With" the new corpora
tion, Mr. Legge became assistant
manager of domestic ' sales, then
assistant general manager of the
entire property, and six years later
was appointed to the place of gen
eral manager and vice president,
which position 'he held- until his
unanimous election . as ; president
recently. .. . .-,..
Mr." Legge is self-educated. But
in his career with ,he McCormick
company and the . International
Harvester company,-he never lost
an opportunity, to educate himself
in the details of the business. The
result: war the rise from collector
to -president of one of America's
giants of industry.
Samuel C. Lancaster cannot be
paid for the energy. and persistence
which more than anything else at-""
tracted public attention to the con
dition of the Columbia river high
way after last DecemberNstorm.
But he surely can be paid the com
paratively modest fee he asks for
actual work performed In saving
its viaducts from demolition under
snow and ice.
THE DEAD FIREMAN
rlS common knowledge that
Fireman Baldwin lost - bis
life through defective wiring.
It is common 'knowledge-that his
wife and child were left : without
a provider through unlawful wiring.
The wire that camein :contact
with his necic was a telephone wire,
never intended for conveying cur
rents foroise infighting. This wire
was put in its place . by some handy
man after the premises were in
spected August SI, 19X1.
This wire electrocuted Baldwin.
It was a case of kl!llngaa a re
sult of violation of a cityordlnance.
Section of Ordinance No.; 37,
682 provides as follows: :" .
The Inspector is hereby empowered
to inspect or re-inspect all wiring in or
about buildings and all apparatus con
ducting currant for light, heat and
power. And when any of said con
ductors or apparatus are found to be
unsafe to life or property the inspector
Is hereby authorised to disconnect said
conductors or apparatus from the
source of supply. He' shall thereupon
attach a notice which states that such
conductors or apparatus have been dis
connected because of having been found
unsaie to we or property, and it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons
to remove said notice of disconnection
or to reconnect such defective conduc
tors or apparatus until the same have
been placed in a safe and secure con
dition and have been approved by the
inspector. The inspector may,: how
ever, serve ; notice upon the persons
using or operating said conductors or
apparatus to place the same in a safe
and secure condition within 48 hours
or Jraca further time as may be deemed
necessary by the chief electrical in
spector. : . I ,
' - Violations or disregard .of ' the
ordinance carry a penalty of not
to exceed 5j& fine, or six months
imprisonment, or both. ; f
There are those who., protest
against building regulations and re
quirements. .Disregard of , those
regulations ; killed Fireman- - Bald
win. t The person who. did .the un-
lawful wiring, possibly in Ignorance
of the law; is subject to heavy fine
and imprisonment. A committee
of the city council is to investigate
the case. It may well consider the
more important issue of how other
killings of the kind may be prevented.-'
...
- "Traders with Russia these days
are bringing orders out of chaos.'
But what about the chaos of orders
for payday? .
POLITICS TAKES
STAGE CENTER
And Takes It With the Understand
ing That It Is More Than Likely to
Be Surprise Politics With the Ac
cent on the Pregressivism
This is Recognized and Ad
mitted by. the Hard-Belled
Editors as Welt aa by the ;
: Ordinarily Open-minded ?
4 x and the 'Progressive. S
Daily Editorial Digest,
Consolidated PreM Association)
With the congressional and state
campaigns about to open, political top
ics are more and more engrossing the
attention of the country's newspapers.
Editors frankly admit that, conditions
are changing very rapidly and that the
recent progressive successes are of in-,
tense interest. Comment is less parti
san than usual and editors of bota
parties are free in their declaration
that party lines may be found to mean
very little when the campaigns, get
well under way.
. . -
"A new wave of prog-ressivism is
beating against the fortifications of
the old guard not unlike that led by
Theodore Roosevelt in 1912." suggests
the Oregon (Portland) Journal (Ind.).
"Not since that tremendous year have
the bourbon leaders of Republicanism,
the" Watsons, the Lodges, the . News and
the Brandegees. felt the foundations
of Oeir fortresses so shaken by the
storms rolling over a dissatisfied
country. It is a splendid omen for
America. The people are thinking of
themselves and voting for themselves,
their homes and their welfare, not for
Big Business." The Knozville Sentinel
(Dem.) is convinced from the result
mv Iowa that Clyde U Herring, the
Democratic opponent of Colonel Brook
hart, "will make a strong run in No
vember." The Omaha World-Herald
(Dem.) feels the same way. insisting
that "the only way a Republican can
help make tie Republican party be
good is to help wallop it on election day.
And they are on their way, brothers and
sisters, to do Just that little thing. The
primaries are only stepping stones to
higher things." The Insurgent move
ment, however, the Christian Science
Monitor (Ind.) believes, is ' chiefly
within the Republican party. It is a
"most hopeful and encouraging exem
plification of true Americanism. The
word 'Progressive,' capitalized, has be
come offensive to a few, but the word
progressive,' used in its broader sense,
well expresses, the individual platforms
of the millions of voters, rnen and
women, in the United' States."
Even though Brookhart fails to re
nartiaan votes at the elec
tion, the Chicago Daily News (Ind.)
points out. "he can lose mousanus
Republican votes in, Iowa and still
;n ,t The nartv organizations,
state and national, have pledged him
thefr sunDort. despite his rainer un
critical radicalism. They expect him
to sober down after his election ana
cooperate with the majority." His
sweeping victory causes the Syracuse
Herald (Ind.) to suggest that there is
. M,n..fii mm nf unrest and 'dis
content in the Republican ranks. Some
shrewd observers say this foreshadows
an epochal realignment or pouucji
parties." But. after air; "three sig
naldefeats out of three for the admin-
.. . . , . Tf,l
Istration, ' tne sc. ijouis rosi-iisiiaiui
(lnd.-Dem.) contends, "ought to be no
snnncVi that it not the Inten
tion of the rank and file of the Re
nublican narty In 1920 to put reaction
in the saddle." And the Chicago Trib
une (Ind.-Rep.) is convinced that the
rank and file of the party has learned
n lAWinn frnm risiRt exneriences and that
now "the voters are getting what they
want done within the party instead oi
going outside." The result, also, Is a
distinct rebuke, the Wichita Eagle
(Ind.) believes, to those who advocated
abolition of the direct primary arstem
because "there Is such a thing as- rid
ing the best horse too hard and too
far."
a ' ' "
It was because the Iowa farmer be
lieved that "he has been discriminated
against, the chief victim of high trans
portation cost and the special object of
the machinations of a money power
vaguely known as Wall Street.'" the
Sti Paul Pioneer Press (Ind.) believes,
that Brookhart was successful. In
"case of election," the Cleveland Plain
Dealer (lnd.-Dem.) is , convinced,
"Brookhart will make himself heard
in the senate. The administration and
the .congressional majority are hearing
from home." The Des Moines Capital
(Repr"conslders the result "a personal
triumph for Colonel Brookhart," and
insists that "It Is the duty, of all Re
publicans to stand for the nomination
as made." The Springfield Republi
can (Ind.) believes this Is "the first
significant test of farm sentiment in
the Middle West." and considers that
It . foreshadows the defeat of Senator
McCumber in North Dakota. The
outstanding - result in Indiana, Penn
sylvania and now 'in Iowa, the Buffalo
Times (Dem.) says, "is a-' threefold
demonstration of the truth ' that the
voting rank and file can always, when
ever they choose, have the decisive
say as to what the party government
shall: be. Party government is popular-
government." The Washington
Star . (Ind.) sounds a note of-warning
that "if Republicans in these states,
or tn any state, take, their factionalism
to the polls in November it wlU be with
suicidal intent, and they will achieve
their end."
'
A distinct not of .warning to Dem
ocratic leaders is sounded by the Bal
timore Sun (Dem.), which says that
"the-practical question for the Democrats-
to consider is whether Hhls house
cleaning in the Republican party may
not hurt rather than help' them.- It is
of .the highest importance, therefore,
that they . should not ' misunderstand
what is going on and that they should
readjust themselves and their ; cam
paign to the possible influence which
the rise of this new Republican current
may -'exert.'
The Burlington Hawkeye Rep.) as
serts .that "credit for Brookhart'a
nomination must be given to organised
labor, with Jess help than was ex
pected from the farmers, while the
Davenport Times (Re p. suggests that,
"If Brookhart' joins forces with La Fol
lette and Borah .he will get nowhere:
but if he works effectively with other
Republican, as Kenyon did, he will
make progress.' i The fact that Brook
hart repudiated the federal reserve sys
tem and the Etch-Cummins law leads
the Cedar Rapids Gaxetta (Ind.) to
point oat that blsvietory "puts Iowa
Republicanism la as extremely un
comfortable hole.1 The Fort Dodge
Messenger (Rep.) believes that "Brook
hart, If elected, will have to be a poQti-.
cal Eymnsyt of the first water to keep'
- l - . i "
faith with the conflicting groups that
have supported him, but all power to
him." i
Arguing that the colonel was a mi
nority candidate, because many voters
did not go to the polls, the Ottumwa
Courier f Re p.) says "less than one
fifth of the Republican voters have
spoken t$r Brookhart. The outstand
ing f eatsres of. the election are the
utter futility r the primary system
and the deplorable lack of a sense of
civic duty on the part of a large sec
tion of the citizenship." The opposite
1 view is taken by the Sioux City Jour
nal (Rep.), which argues that Colonel
Brookhart "convinced a majority of
the 'voters that he would do more for
them in the senate than any other man
seeking their support. Voters Vila year
are' casting their ballots as they please,
and. not as they are told." The Sioux
City Tribune (Ind.) is convinced that
"it should become apparent that "the
cry of "radical' has been so overworked
that it no longer frightens the public;
that the people are a bit radical them
selves, and the tide -of progresslvism
leaps higher." -
Letters From the People
(Commnnicatlona sent to The Journal for
publication in this departaeat ahouid be writ
tea on cmry one side of the paper, abouklDot
exceed 800 words in length, and annst . be
eisned by the - writer, whose mail address in
lull must -c mpany the ccBmMtuaJ .
NOT THE TAXPAYERS FIGHT
And Its : Expenses Should Not. Be
' Charged to Taxpayers' Account,
Is Here Asserted.
Portland June 21. To jthe Editor of
The Journal It has been stated repeat
edly in The 'Journal that the . water
front strike is costing the taxpayers of
this city (1000 a day to maintain order.
Granted. .But why have the taxpayers
this expense thrust upon their already
overburdened shoulders? Have they
any quarrel with the strikers? Have
they any with .the other party to the
controversy? If so, I have ho knowl
edge of it. If, then, it is no quarrel
of the taxpayers, it necessarily follows
that the taxpayers are being imposed
upon by one or both parties to the
controversy. Such being- the fact, it
also follows that the expense of the
controversy should- be borne by . the
ones for whose benefit it is conducted.
This is only right and in accordance
with all controversies at law the world
overi I ,..
There should be some provision in
law compelling the parties to such
quarrels as the present to bear the
expenses of their troubles. The tax
payers should not be called upon to
protect the property of shipowners and
waterfront people. All such should be
made to defray the expenses of pre
serving order and protecting property,
pending the settlement, of their own
quarrels.
Apropos of this, permit me to say
a word on the subject of tong wars.
It has been agreed, I believe, by most
people acquainted with tong wars along
this coast that these things should not
be permitted in our country. Well,
then, the thing to do is to prohibit
them. Send all the warrimr elements
out of the country or to the rnitn.
tiary for life. These vendetta. con
stantly recurring are not only a dis
grace and defiance to our civilization
out aiso dangerous to the life and limb
of our people quite as much as to the
warring parties themselves, and should
be suppressed by any means that may
be necessary to accomplish the result.
E. E. Brackney.
CHALLENGES G.O. P. LEADERSHIP
Kirkford, June 17. To the Editor of
The Journal It is Impossible to main
tain the Americanism of 1778 and yet
sanction the seating of duly convicted
men in the United States senate. After
reading Creel's. Tumulty's and Prq
fessor William E. Dodd's books, besides
keeping,, a scrapbook for two years on
the situation, I am willing to do
Kmite in every way possible to gibbet
uie leaaers or tne Republican party.
The plain historical proof Is sufficient.
Take their, greatest leader, Roosevelt
He was most vacillating. In considers.
tion of the great office he once held,
every atom of self-respect and the re
pudiation of his own stands taken
previously, could go for naufrht if h
could only deprive Woodrow Wilson of
tne nonor Justly due liim, though not
sought by him. In an analysis of a
progressive Republican, is he not like
Pat, who was out of purgatory as far
as tne Knees and lacked courage to
jump the rest of the wav out?
I don't claim to know the rudiments
or writing,: but I have considerable in
dependent Scotch-Irish in me that will
go a long way to support the man I
think Is fighting for me or to right a
wrong, and if all the plain facts could
be placed before the people, my opinion
Is that their verdict would be the same
as mine regarding the Republican
leaders. Elwood W. Roberts.
REPLYING TO MR SHERWOOD
Mr. Ross Cites Irrigating Districts to
Illustrate His Original Point.
Portland, June 20. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of June
12 a letter appeared over my signa
ture In which I called attention to the
single 'tax amendment to be voted on
In November. H. R. Sherwood replied
In the issue of June 17 that unimproved
land In an Irrigation country has no
rental valne, snd he implies -that such
a country could not get enough rev
enue under the single tax. That state
ments reminds me of a fellow who
went to a friend and told -him his
brother was in Jail on a certain charge.
His friend replied: "They can't put
a man in .Jail for that." "He's al
ready in," eald the fellow.
If" Mr. Sherwood will write to the
Chamber of Commerce of Modesto, Cal.,
or tne secretary or the Modesto irri
gation district, pr the secretary of the
Oakdale irrigation district, or the sec
retary of any other Irrigation district
in California, he will be informed that
they raise all their revenue for irriga
tion purposes by a tax on the value of
land irrespective of - Improvements,
which are exempt. Millions of acres in
California are under this system because-
.the farmers got tired of being
fleeced by a lot of absentee land prof
iteers who bought land in the irrigation
districts and hefd it on speculation
while the farmers who populated and
built-up the districts increased the
value Of this idle land and paid nearly
all the taxes besides. They finally got
their eyes open . and drove out these
speculators 4y ; getting a law "enacted
that makes them pay the same tax on
each 9100 worth of land value whether
they use the land or not, The irriga
tion tax is the heaviest direct tax these
fanners pay.
In reply to my statement that labor
saving inventions increase the price of
land instead of wages. Mr. Sherwood
said his father worked 12 and 14 hours
a day when nearly everything was
done by hand and got for pay a bushel
of wheat a day. : ;;,.-..
Labor-saving machines made it pos
sible to reduce the hours of labor and
raisewagea; but labor-unions had toi-
fight for all the improvements and ad
vantage that have been secured to
Improve the- condition of labor.
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'- - NIGHT IJTE-:
FYota, XowsniUo CcarieTsJewrnal
. "John, have you been dissipating at
the clubr -
"Well some, : Maria, -1 : played -a
game of checkers and had a Irrass ef
COMMENT AND
, , rSMALL CHANGE .
' "Cheese advanced one - cent, says
the market editor. That man's care
less about his spelling.
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After ou get well into the story
you discover that Veronica is a steamer
and nQj a patent medicine -
A still in the barn is worth a dosen
In a sheriffs "storehouse, remarks the
bootlegger in our neighborhood.
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Most folks are willing to take the
other fellows word for the benefits de
rived from a cold bath every morning.
"Go to work" Is the latest erase
among French noblemen. Now what's
noble about working In weather like
this? ..'-j - .i - .. .. ..; .,-..
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London story says' Northcliffes pen Is
erratic. Showing how farwe will go
to find a goat to bear the burden of
our shortcomings. - .
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Nicolal Lenin was name enough 'for
the. copy readers to conjure with, but
his retirement baa only served to bring
on Commissioner Tsyryupa.
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See where General White has been
everything in the national guard but
corporal. So he haan't tsated the full
sweets of military power after sUL --
Every person In the United States
pays a quarter of a cent annually t to
support the president. We're through
knocking. Any kind of a president is
worth that.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
One of the richest Indian reserva
tions in the nation is. the Klamath. . In
area it embraces 1,019,176 acres, the
value of the tribal property being ap
proximately $27,000,000. On, the reser
vation are 1131 Indians of the Klanv
ath, Modoc, -Piute and Pit rivjer tribes.
The federal government .maintains one
boarding school, with a capacity of
118 pupils, and three day schools. Wal
ter G. West, superintendent of the
reservation, is in Portland as a. wit
ness before the United States grand
Jury. . i
e
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Reed of Cor
vallis are among out of town visitors.
e
Roll in F. Hatch or PrineviUe is
transacting business in Portland.
Among out of town visitors is John
Combs, former sheriff of Crook county
and a member of the "Irrigators."
. .
"Joe" Hirschberg of Independence is
in Portland on ' his way from San
Francisco.
, Mr. and MrsjG.'c Graves of Con
don are among Rose Festival visitors
at the. Multnomah. ,.'
E. W. SchaUer of -Bker Is giving
Portland and the Rose Festival .the
once over.
. . .
Mr, and Mrs. C. B. Cross of Salem
are guests at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Shugert of
Madras are among fair visitors.
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John Will of The Dalles Is trans
acting business In Portland.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
In th article Mr. Ixwkiey completes his
sketch f the career of Dr. Forbes Barclay.
takinfita details frust the recital of a daucli
tor of that rery early pioneer.
"My father, .Dr. Forbes Barclay,
graduated from the Royal College of
Surgeons In London, July 4, 1838," said
Mrs. Hat tie Barclay Pratt when I vis
ited her recently at her home in Ore
gon City. "Shortly after he graduated
he secured employment with the Hud
son's Bay company and was sent to
Fort Vancouver. . He left for the Ore
gon country In 1839,. and from 1240 to
1850 he was stationed at Fort Van
couver. Some day you must read the
book written by John Dunn. - He gives
a graphic picture of life in the Oregon
country when Dr.-John McLoughlin's
authority was supreme In the North
west. John Dunn was in charge of
Fort McLoughlin on Mill Bank slough.
In the early '30s he was stationed at
Fort George, or, to give it Its present
name, Astoria. He came to Oregon in
1830 with George B. - Roberts, as a
naval apprentice aboard the Gany
mede. "Wheff the Puget . Sound Agricul
tural society was organized William
F. Tolmie. my father and George B.
Roberts had charge of ' its organiza
tion. - ,
"My father for 10 years was closely
associated with Dr. John McLoughlin,
Sir James Douglas, Peter Skene Og
den, William F. Tolmie, William' G.
Rae, -son-in-law of Dr. McLoughlin,
Donald Manson, Donald McLeod.
James Blrnie, Archibald McKInlay and
other well known men of the Hudson's
Bay company. As you can readily see
from' their names, most of these men
were, like my father, cotchmen. They
had to be resolute and resourcefufor
they never could have made good and
controlled the Indians as they did.
Take Archibald McKInlay, for ex-
sample. He was factor at the Hudson's
Bay trading post at Fort Walla walla.
A group of unruly Indians came to
the fort one day and became boister
ous and . troublesome. The Hudson's
Bay company would not furnish liquor
to the Indians, knowing its bad effect
on them, but the, emigrants and free
traders did. These Indians decided to
attack McKlmay and steal the -good
of which he had charge. McKInlay
opened a keg of gunpowder and told
the Indians that if they did not. instant,
ly desist he would put the 'burning
Ditch nine which he held in his hand
into the keg of gunpowder and they'
would all be blown up together. The
Indians decided discretion was the bet
ter part of valor. McKInlay took
charge of Fort Walla Walla in 1840
after the death of my grandfather,
Pierre C. Pambrun. who had been
chief trader and was Jn charge of Fort
Walls Walla. 5 . -.
"My grandfather, Pierre C. Pam
brun, was born in .France and ' came
with his parents to Canada when he
was four years old. He served as "a
lieutenant with " the Voitlguers cans-
diens-in the war of 1812. If you will
talk to any of the old-timers you will
find be was universally loved. The
Indians as well as the white men re
spected him and loved him. - He taught
the Indians that they should have but
one. God and but one wife, and that
they must not lie, steal Or drink. He
said the Indians could understand these
fundamental , things, - while they could
not understand the differences of doc
trines and religious creeds.-:. For ex
ample, when the Indians were told
they could ' not - drink. vthey .; couldn't
understand the drinking of the sacra
mental wins oy the ministers. They
told my grandfather the white men
wouldn't let the Indians drink: liquor.
so they- could have it all for them
selves. "
"My father married Miss Maria pam
brun. May 12, 1842. They were married
at Forf; Vancouver' by Father Fti.
Blanchet. I nave their wedding cer
tificate. , It is signed by John 'Mc
Loughlin. chief -factor and magistrate;
James .Douglas, who was , of equal
rank in the Hudson's Bay service with
Dr. McLoughlin i-Dugald McTavish,
David McLoughlin and Adolphus .: Lee
Lewis. -All of these were at the wed
ding and signed as -witnesses, andof
course many more wf-re-rresent as
NEWS IN BRIEF
. ... SIDELIGHTS
Ttie doctor-has a cinch. If the pa
tient gets well he is a great doctor. It
the patient dies. God took him. Med-
ford Mail-Tribune.
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The , success of the initial Scotch
Broom Festival at Columbia Beach
gives promise of a festival featuring
this distinctive and beautiful- bloom
that will attract people from long dis
tances. Astoria Budget. .
The biological survey reports that
509 varmints were caught in Oregon
in May not including, unfortunately,
the varmint who stand on the street
corners and make remarks about the
women who pasa Eugene Register.
Five people died In Chicago Thurs
day of sunstroke. -Sunstrokes never kill
in the Willamette .valley. Lightning
never strikes here. Waterspouts pro
duce no floods. No .blixaards -come to
kill the stock and brock the roads' and
delay the mails.. Surely, this is the
land where every prospect pleases and
only man is vile. Cor vail la Gazette
Times, : - .
Hlllah Teracle must baVe cut some
swath in San Francisco. The Examiner
not only printed a three column pic
ture ot t. j. . weieenourger, trie aean
of Oregon Shriners, on its first page.
dui jjorotny Bennett aevotea ner en.
tire contribution to describing the gor.
ceous uniforms worn bv Hillah Tern
pie. which 'she declares -fairly daszled
the populace, and incidentally almost
aspnyxiaiea me police. AshlaflU aid
ings.
iioiei accommodation has been
scarce the past few days. "You may
register." says the clerk, "but we
can't guarantee you a room." Even
those who had made reservation had
to wait their turn. Among those who
nave iinany secured a room Is TT s
Wilson, chief of police : of Klamath
rans.
Dr. Pemberton and Mrs. Pemberton
ana Mr. and. Mrs. F. M. Langlois of
"yrtie ifoint are. among Rose Festival
The Prlnevllle colony has been in
creased by the arrival of Mr. and Mrs.
Q. T. Clifton and II. Baldwin and
lamiiy.
.
J. E. Stewart of Prlnevllle Is regis
tered at the Benson along with Cap
Fuller and a number of other "Irriga
tors." ,
. . .
E. W. Barnes of Burns has come
to Portland, attracted by the Rose
Festival. . .
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Among those ' witnessing the Rose
Festival events is Frank Patton of
Astoria.
.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Filer of As
toria are among- those who have regis
tered at the Imperial.
e
Dr. William McNeil and Mrs. Mc
Neil of Silvertouare among Rose Fes
tival visitors. .
C. E. Gates of Medford is visiting
Portland.'.
Lockley
guests. My mother was the daughter
of Pierre C Tmh,
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Umphrebell.
.
"Eight years after their marriage
my father and mother with their chil
dren moved from Fort Vancouver to
Oregon City, for at that time the Hud
son's Bay company had moved from
Fort Vancouver to Victoria and my
father decided to become an American
citizen and take up the practice of
his profession In Oregon City. There
were seven children of ua. My eldest
brother, 'John James, died when he
was a small boy. Peter Thomas, my
next brother, died In California. My
next brother was named Alexander
Forbes, but we always called him
Sandy. Katie, here, was the next
cnua. i followed Katie, My name is
uattie Barclay Pratt. The next child
is Charlie; and if ever there wa a
world-wanderer, it is my brother; Cap
tain Charles Barclay When he was
is years old he started out on a wind
jammer and has been following the
sea ever since. After a while I will
snow you his collection of curios. He
has guns over 300 years old. taken
from Chinese pirates. - He has weap
ons from many lands,- particularly
from Uje Philippine islands., He has
been in eight wrecks and has had some
very narrow escapes. He knows the
geography of the world from personal
observation. He was- here recently.
I wish you had interviewed him. -He
is now a captain in the United States
navy and is in the transport service.
We had a visitor recently. Dr. R.
Jamison. " He was with us last week.
He came from the Isle of Aron at the
mouth of the river Clyde. He came
here to see the grave of his uncle.
Captain Arthur Jamison, who was
drowned March 17. 1857, here at Ore
gon City. Captain Jamison was in
command of the steamer Portland.
In coming from Canemah to the basin
at Oregon City to discharge freight
the steamer became unmanageable In
me nign water and drifted out into
the current Just above the falls. Cap
tain George Pease threw a line and
told Captain Jamison and a deckhand
to Jumo overboard. Peter Anderson.
a fireman, jumped, caught the line and
was saved, but Captain Jamison and
Mr, Bell were swept over the falls
and -drowned. The safe they had on
board, : containing a considerable
amount of gold coin, is still resting
on the bottom of the river Jusf below.
tae rails. Dr. Jamison is a most de
lightful man. He has traveled widely
and could have given you a good
Interview. - - - "
Some time when you are at Victoria
look up the Tolmie family. John and
Dr. Simon, Etta and Jean and the
others can give you good stories and
they will show you some interesting
relics ol early-days of Oregon. An
other person, you can get a good story
irom in V ictoria is Mrs. Dennis Har
ris, a daughter of Sir James Douglas.
"My father died in 187S : my mother
In' 1890.' The doctors of today have
a very much easier time than the doc
tors who practiced- in the early. days
here. - My father had a - white pony
named Snowball which he rode all
over the country, going as far as the
Waldo hills to attend patients. - He
also kept a boat at the landing here
wtta two Indian rowers. -as he made
frequent trips as far as St. Helens.
rMy? father was treasurer of the
Masonld lodge of Oregon City from
185S until he died. SO years later.' For
seven - -years he served as mayor .; of
Oregon City and for nine years was a
councilman. For 18 years he was th
county r coroner, i and for many years
be was -superintendent of schools. - .
"Recently X ' attended the fifty-sixth
anniversary of the first graauating
class of (Oregon City seminary. -It is
rather a remarkable thing that after
52 years every member of the class
is stra alive. The -members of the
class graduating 62 years ago are Mrs.
Jennie Barlow- Harding.- Mrs. Mary
Barlow,Wi!kin. Mr. Kate Hunaaker
Nicholas, Emma Miller- Cochrane,- my
sister. Katie Barclay, and myself.
Clara Caufleld Morey, Who graduated
the following year, has been "adopted
by our class and" always meets with
us." - - - . . .
The Oregon, Country
Northwest Rapprninc tn Brief Vena fee; -the
. Utar Beaaec , .
OREGON , v.'-- ., .
Fourteen applicants, ah of ' whom
were women, took tne state ' teachers
examination at Fossil last week. ' " -
A city manager plan of government :
for St. Helens Is proposed in-a charter
.... ... . v .. v,U0 uimAtow .- .
consideration. . . , ; ; . i
Citizens of Condon at a special eleo-"
tion last week voted, about 20 to one,,
to authorize an Issue of water bonds
in the sum of I1S7.000. f . ; .
Little Interest wsb displayed lln the
school election at CorvalUs last Mon
day, less than one per cent of the
voters going to. the polls. .. .
Some think . that a standing army
costs quite a bit, and perhaps It does,
but seems to us that the silting army
is too much of a luxury. Amity Stand
ard. , .v :. . ... , f
One hundred and five men and ' IS
women - were furnished with employ-'
ment last week through the office-of
the United States employment bureau
at Eugene.
Work on the .construction of a di
version dam in the Deschutes river
and a canal to carry waten to the
Tumalo feed canal is expected to-be
started by July 1. .
Word has been received at Redmond
that the state game, commission will
bring sir moose to Central Oregon in
t V. a An . t .. ,.11 rr-i. : 1 1 .
wi en; 11LU UJVUH I WU& u-
shlpped from Alaska.
Work has begun on the highway be
tween Harrisburg and Junction City.
A crew of men Is clearing the right
of way and Engineer Melville Jones
has established offices at Junction
City.
Thomas Bowen. 8-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bowen of Salem,
died Sunday night from a bullet
wound accidentally Inflicted by his
own hand while playing with a re
volver. R. H. Baldock, division engineer of
the state highway commission, an
nounces that the new standard grade
between Hllgard and Kamela over the
Blue mountains la now open, for
traffic.
More than 1000 Yakima valley pio
neers and their descendants held their
annual picnic last Sunday near Wapa
to at the site where in 1847 the first
white man to settle In central Wash
ington built his home.
WASHINGTON
L. W. Hanson, state dairy inspector,
with headquarters at Seattle) has an
nounced his resignation. No successor
has been named.
Collections for May over the Bur-bank-Pasco
bridge amounted to $1508.
A total of 2448 auto- passed over' the
bridge during the month.
After a 10-days' illness with spotted
fever, caused by a tick bite, Mrs. Lil
lian Dyer, prominent Spokane club
woman, died Sunday night.
Public work now in progress or to
be commenced this summer in Yakima
will keep 300 men employed and In
volve an expenditure of 8720,000.
Buildjng permits issued for the IS
monwis enaea June l Drone an pre
vious records of the city of Hoqufam,
$292,487 being put iuto new buildings.
No trace has been found of Mrs.
Mary Russell, the aged woman who
wandered away from her home in
Spokane two weeks ago and dropped
from sight. Relatives fear she Is dead.
G. E. Beglal and Edward B. Cham
bers were killed and a son, Edward
Chambers. Jr.. badly injured in an
automobile crash on the Appleway,
five miles east of Spokane, Sunday
night
Officials of King and Kitsap counties
Sunday made a series of raids which
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two stills. 1500 gallons of moonshine
mash and two automobiles, one worth
$7000.
' Exceeding all forecasts, the cargo
movement from Seattle to Alaska
totaled 77,930 tons the first five TnoritTis'
of the' year, as compared with 34,410
tons for the corresponding period of
last year. "
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hoffman . near Yal-Hrla was entirely
destroyed by fire Monday evening. The
couple were sitting In t'je garden when
the blaze was first seen, but nothing
could be saved.
Investigation of the charge of drunk
enness on the part of delegates to the
Hepublican state convention in Ohe
halis two weeks ago is to be under
taken by officials of the Republican
state organization.
IDAHO
Steps have been taken In Boise to
organize a chapter of the Association
of the Army of the United States.
Defective wiring caused a fire that
totally destroyed the farm home of
Roy Morrow, five miles west of Boise
on the Nam pa highway.
Incessant rains In the Boise valley
are causing farmers much worry, A
large amount of hay has been cut
which. It is feared, will be a total loss.
Caldwell Is to have a third theatre.
E. W. Waddell announcing that he will
soon begin construction of a building
that will mr SO hv 100 feet nf
ground. ' . ,
More than 800 boys from Latah snd
Whitman counties are In attendance
at the summer camp of the Boy Scouts,
which opened Monday at Grizzly, on
the'Palouse river.
I,. A. Peterson of Coeur d'Alene, a
student at the University of Wash
ington, with an average grade, of 90,
has won the Beta Gamma Sigma
scholarship of $75 for this year, '
E. G. Fry. Cottonwood, Idaho.
farmer. Is in a hospital suffering from
serious injuries inflicted by a brood
sow while he was trying to extricate
a nis from a fence la whic'a it had be- '
come entangled. '
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Twenty Years Ago -
From The Journal of June 23, 1902..
La. Center, Wash.- Two more rob
beries have been added to the long
listof crimes perpetrated by Tracy
and Merrill. Saturday evening they
entered' the home of the McGee
brothers -near Pioneer and took every
thing in sight, -and early Sunday morn
ing broke into the Magulre house, 2 14
miles southeast of La Center, taking
among other things $20 in gold. It Is
thought they are now heading for the
upper reaches of Lewis river. ,
Baker City, In constructing a tun
nel to tap ' Lake Kilamaene at Us
head of Rock creek, 14 miles west of
Haines,, the wateH was let. out1 of the
lake and an immense scope of country
was flooded with water and debris. The
Hood reached Haines, covering thou-,
sands. of acres with, mud and slime,
causing great loss to ranchers.
The fire that started in the Phoenix
Iron Works, Saturday night, .caused
damage to the extent of about $411,000.
while tDe Insurance was only $83,000-
O. ' H- Fithian. . a ' leather k merchant "
of Chicago., is spending a few days in
jroruana. .
' . . "' -';. i " "
Members - of " the ' Presbyterian
churches and Sunday schools of the
city to the number of 625 left on the
Harvest Queen this morning for an
excursion trip to Multnomah Falls. ;
It has been decided by" the Oregon
Hopgrowers association to pool their
hops 'again. the coming season, the
satisfactory ' results wrtth-the, last sea
son's crop. being the cause. ;
At the r Rose show last Saturday
afternoon Master i Hamilton Corbett
was awarded first -prize for the best
decorated single "trap, Mrs. ' W. A."
Knight second and Mrs. T. T. Strata ;
third, . . - '
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