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TUESDAY.- JULY .11.
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A NEW HOPE
A 1 NEW ray 'of hope has burst
, f forth - for a greater reduction
of the trnienlou burden of world
armaments and. an elimlnaUonof
the . constant" threat of war. ( This
time it;ome from the League of
Nation. . j
: The vleagxipr6po"eav. that IS
other nations, not signatories to the
naval treaty entered Into at Wash
ington, be ' included in the,, agree
ments .reached . there,, thereby extending-the
, scope of the Washing
ton decision, and 'proposes, that
till greater reductions in sea forees
be undertaken.. . f -. - i
It further . proposes that ' land
armaments, one of the matters the
Washington parley failed to act
upon, also be -reduced by agree
ment among nations and that? aerial
units be limited. Furthermore, It
proposes that natjopa bo bound, to
protect against invasion only, those
countries that axe in .the, same hexn
isphereV y . ;
The, proposals -are obviously an
other Invitation to the United
states to join fa" measures 'looking
'oward . disarmament and world
; aace.. i, They are" obviously at
tempts to bring about the end of
the crushing armament burdens
and to block . the, approach of an
other war. -. '
' The arms conference was , not a
failure. Although its accomplish
ments fell short of what was ex
pected, it laid the. basis of & plan
on . which the present administra
tion would enter Into agreements
for smaller armaments and less of
jvar. Now - it Is .proposed to make
the agreements rSeached 'at Wash
ington pot only of world scope, but
a forerunner of other agreements
to go farther in the line of arm
ament reduction. ' . " ,
And the costs of naval armament
are not the only war burdens under
which the people of the earth are
struggling. : Armies cost money.
Airplanes cost money. Both are
war -weapons, and wars can be
fought with them just as they can
be fought on the sea. 7
Obviously, the - proposal of the
league that nations be called upon
to protect the territorial integrity
of only those nations -within their
own, hemisphere Is a concession to
the .Irreconcilable element In the
United States. It means that this
country would be expected to de
fend only the boundaries of Amer
ican republics, a responsibility al
ready undertaken ' under the 1 Mon
roe doctrine. 1
The league - proposals open the
way for-the merging of the Pacific
alliance with , the League of Na
tions. They lead to strengthened
agreements among all nations In
stead of a few. J They' are another
plea from : Europe for this country
to enter Into a" program for less
of costly armaments and. an aban
donment of war. . ' .' '
Can ! this nation again refuse
peace? Can we again assume the
responsibility for a world struggling
to pay for war , weapons .and the
rush of another eonfliet?1 e
Or are we now to take our place
in the world as a nation desiring
peace and willing fo assume a lim
ited resp'onsibillty la maintaining
What about .the drivers, licenses
cf the numerous drunken drivers
hose capers Sunday were related
l : yesterday's Journal ? One Port
" -1 Judge lamented that the fine
1 imprisonment allowed under
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CHAMBERLAIN'S ADDRESS
TT IS the same George E. Chamberlain as shipping hoard member that
he was a United. States senator, as governor of Oregon and in all
other public capacities.
r, : It all stood out in the vigor and
members forum at the Portland
He is on the Job. 1 There are
with the Questions that come up
consideration. i " ,
He senses the Importance of
gives reasons for-It. ; He iinows thoee reasons, because,' on the shipping
board as in other public positions
the bottom of things. ' .r' -
A raror nf tntetrrltv and efficfenev Is a JCOOd Career and a full
career. ?'lgv!:
Those who Jxeard Mr. Chamberlain, yesterday" can perfectly realize
that the. great effort 1 establish . an'. American merchant marine 1
attended with trials and vicissitudes from every angle, in which mem
bers of the board must do hand-to-hand fikhUng all the time and
everywhere. The- complexity of . the , home problems i tremendously
complicated by the fact that foreign nations are using every endeavor
to obstruct the rise of the United States to a position of strong power
upon the sea, . -L ' ? , , '
There, can be no ouestion about this oppesition.- In- 160 years.
American Interests hav paid over
ing goods to and from the United
shipowners. They do not want America t rise In ship power to aiviae
that business. ' It iss to their interest to' fight an American merchant
marine.'.' . . ,
This Sum of " more than; 140 billion dollars is almost half the na
tional wealth of America, It is an incomprehensible sum. It came out
of the pockets of the American people to pay for ocean transportation
and went into the' pockets of foreign shipowners," foreign seamen, for
eign shipbuilders and ; foreign enterprise and endeavor of every kind.
What If a true share of all this colossal sum had been .paid , to
American I ship lines' and Ty them had been - disbursed to workers
and owners of American industry and American commerce?' It is to
prevent 4BW situation so f avorable to America from coming to pass that
the present great effort to keep American ships In; operation is fought
by foreign interests,; west and east.
The shlDPine board has a. tremendous problem. It needs the help
and confidence of the American people. It has never had a fair chance
It had' a new trail to blase,
endeavor to pioneer. : ; It had to
construction in war 4Ime when the
points changed - Its personnel - was constantly, changed by successive
acts of congress. Its chances and opportunities have been 89 hampered
and hedged about that it has almost become the burial place of good
men's reputation's. 1 It is now blamed because many government ships
are Idle in spite of the fact that hundreds of ships in every country are
riding at anchor with nothing to
If the present board is given
rreat endeavors deserve, it will probably find a final solution and keep
the American flag proudly flying at
shins on all the.oceana. It is already on the road to reduction of the
annual deficit.--- !
- The board should be given time to work out its plans an d be given
the confidence that men faithfully working with the 'biggest single
business In the world are entitled
the law were not heavy enough to
fit the offense. Then" take away,
the driver's license. Indeed, why
not take away the driver's license
of every person caught driving
while drunk, whether in an acci
dent or not T That is one protec
tlon of the , sober public and sober
drivers for which the driver's li
cense law was passeo,
TWO ADMIRALS
ACROSS I the table from each
other at the members' forum
of the Portland Chamber of Com
nrerce yesterday sat two men whose
lives hav run. strangely close to
gether. As they' touched -palms
across the' table in a greeting after
several' months of separation, eaoh
called, the other by his given name.
One was born at rMacon. Ga., and
the other at Burlington, Vt, Then
ships first touched as boys, when
they, met as cadets at Annapolis
Naval academy ; 1
That was 56 years ago. - Both
graduated, .and. in subsequent sea
service were frequently shipmates
together. They advanced In rank
together, and together ; wound up
their careers in the navy ; aa ad
mirals. '
One was Admiral Benson and the
other. Admiral Mayo. Mayo- was
the man who required an apology
and a salute of 21 guns to .the
American flag of the Mexican com
mander for, arresting members of
the crew of the American dispatch
boat Dolphin- at Tamplco in J J 4.
v: Together, they t occupied highly
responsible positions - in the , navy
during the World war. Mayo was
commander in chief of the Atlan
tic fleet, the 1 command - including
all vessels in American and Euro
pean waters, Benson , was chief of
naval operations with headquarters
at Washington.
...Mayo represented the .' United
states at. a naval conference of al
lied nations at London in Septem
ber, HIT. In lilt, he made an
inspection trip to all United States
naval activities : in Great Britain.
France and Italy. '
Benson was a member of a com
mission named by President Wilson
ts. confer with the 1 allied powers
m Europe in 111 J. He was a mem
ber of a special missftn abroad in
October, ItiS. was naval represen
tative of the United States in draw
Inv up "naval terms r of armistice
with ' Germany and "the Central
powers,; and : was . naval adviser to
the American .commission to nego
tiate peace. He continued as chief
of naval operations until Septem
ber 25, lalt, when he was retired
by operation of law after 4? years
of . naval service. -j " '"-.
Admiral Mayo, is now residing in
Portland, and Admiral Benson was
former chairman andv is now a
member of the United States ship
ping board. ,r: '., . ' ,
' As" men. the" names of the-two
boys from widely separated parts
of the country are household words
toj millions of American homes.
: STIIX MANUFACrmRED -
F' WAS July Fourth and all the
children of the neighborhood
were making noise to celebrate the
occasion. : Some used firecrackers.
Others had other .devices. Some
just yelled." One boy had a toy
pistol. - - - , ,
Little Tony Dlrusias and his sis
ter Maria didn't have anything with
which to join in the din. Tony was
5, laria 7. -They
rummaged about the house
' ?
versatility of his address before the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday.. -
no Jdle momenta. He i grappling
and giving them earnest and honest
,
-an American" merchant marine and
in which he has served; he goes to
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f-MfSi WW ) : '"."
He billion dollars to ships for carry
States. Most of. it has gone to. foreign
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new ground to break, new fields of
do a large part of its great work cf
world was on edge and all view
do. "
the confidence and support that: its
the masthead of American merchant
'!. "
to. . ; -
to no avail. At last, Tony felt
around In a bureau drawer. - His
eyes brightened. Out came a .St
caliber revolver, with one 1in ex
ploded shell. It . looked like the
one another boy had. . i
Tony -and Maria exulted as they
discovered something with which
to make noise. Tony pointed the
gun at Maria and pulled the. trig
ger. The hammer clicked on', an
empty .barrel, r ..-;..""".
T'Tou can't make noise,' little
Maria exclaimed. "Yes I can'
came the answer from the brother.
And the hammer came down again
But this time it made; noise,. --Maria
fell to the floor with a bul
let through the abdomen.. Tony
fell rt a faint. -The mother en
tered' to find: both children appar
ently dead. :
Finally Tony, came to and told
what had happened. But his little
sister failed to revive. She died
two hours later on the operating
table. - .- ' -
It is Just another story t of the
pistoi, a suirering xamuy and a
death, v And the . pistol manufac
turersy go on manufacturing.
In the numerous automobile' ac
cidents in Portland last Sunday,
some of the drivers seemed to he
using gasoline, but many Of them
booze. Will somebody rise up and
explain why an intoxicated man
or woman should be at the wheel
of a motor car -on any public high
way ? v Will Ut also be explained
why any driver caught drunk should
not. In addition to the limit of tha
law in' fine and jail sentence, have
his driver's license confiscated?
NOT "POISON"
SENATOR McCUMBER'8 defeat
was not due, as he says, to mere
"poison", circulated Ins his home
state against him. f It was tdue to
just one thing- the senator's strong
affiliation with the Old Guard.
Mr. MeCumber. In some ways,
was far more progressive than the
standpatters with whom he .was
associated. ' On some questions he
stood with the progressives in the
senate. 'But unfortunately for- his
political career, Mr. McCumher was
too closely identified with the
News, the Moseses, the Frelinghuy
eens, - the Bran degeea and the
Lodges. - He was a member of the
group of political thought that has
recently i taken over the reins of
government In this country, and
that ' group h&s failed signally ' to
give the ..people of the r United
States the government that they ex
pected and wanted. v . .
The dissatisfaction has not been
proved alone in North Dakota: it
has been proved in Indiana. in
Pennsylvania, and in Iowa as well.
in fact everywhere elections have
been held save in the confirmed
reactionary state of Maine.
Political' "poison" was only a de
tail in North Dakota. A new move-'
ment was started there, .a radical
movement, not because of "poison."
hut as ' a protest against previous
conditions. . .Mr: MeCumber - was
one of those that were in the band
wagon" while those conditions exist.
ed. ' And Mr. MeCumber paid the
penalty for his standpat positions
and associations in the recent elec
tion in his home state. The peo
ple want a different brand of gov
ernment. . - -
HIGH TIME . ' . .
S From tha Detroit Kewa
A landlord la reported to the no! fee
as rnisslns. : If he doesn't ehow up the
day the rent is due the police wiU in-
: NORTHWESTS
OPPORTUNITY
SUPBEME -.
Plea for a Federal - Investigation of
the Umatilla Kapids Project, 8up
, ported by a Showing of Its Im
. mense ' Potentialities, Absolute ."
j ly and Comparatively, with a ..
.' Visioning of What the De- -"..!
velopment Means to Two -
i; '. Great States, and - to--.-' '
Portland aa a Mat- J
- j A- ter of Course.
-n I FtM the Pendleton East Oreso&Ua
News reports from Washington show
that; Secretary Fall is favorable to a
federal investigation of . the Columbia
basin project in Washington. .That is
well, for there should be such an in
vest) g-ation. By the same token, there
should be an official federal invest
ration of the Umatilla rapids project.
It is presumed euch an investigation
may be had without legislation, but if
it be necessary for congress - to act.
then it would be extremely" appropri
ate for the Oreen and Washington
delegations to get busy in behalf of
our great. Columbia -river project. - If
the Columbia basin project is Worthy
of attention by .the federal government
the Umatilla rapids project is dis
tinctly worthy of consideration. Here
are a few facts that show why.
1 '
- The Umatilla-rapids, project would
reclaim lands in both Oregon and
Washington; the Columbia basin proj
ect is entirely a Washington affair.: -
The Columbia baein project would
require something like 1250,000.000 for
itgr construction ; the Umatilla, rapids
project can be built for S25.000.00O, or
one tenth the cost of the Washington
project.
The per acre cost under the Colum
bia basin, project Is 9145.
The cost of Irrigation -under the
Umatilla rapids project ranges from
per acre, up to- 9 80.58 per acre,
with one tract of 14,600 acres on which
the. estimated per acre cost, is 1109.75-
in,, otner woras, me ; mam part or
tne ' land under the Umatilla rapids
project may be reclaimed - for leas
than half the per acre cost, of re
clamation under the Columbia basin
project,: A total "of 335,400 acres may
be r reclaimed by i the Umatilla-: rapids
project xnrougn pumping.. ,
But that is not all of the story. The
Umatilla rapids project Involves a
very worth while improvement In nav
igation on the Columbia and the gen
eration j of 125,000 continuous horse
power in addition -to tha secondary
power needed for Irrigation purposes.
The; primary :power would be available
for electrifying Jhe W,R. VN. sys
tem and the North Bank road and for-:
much more.. The power would all be
within the transmission radius of our
principal Northwest cities, large and
email, therefore would be of extreme
Importance cin developing the' country.
Industrially and socially ,
The proposed scheme for Using this
primary power is reasonable and fair.
it is proposed to distribute this power
in rough the existing power companies,
they selling it at prices fixed by offi
cial regulatory bodies. ' In this way
tiies power "- companies would secure
power they need and It would be had
at. a generating cost lower than could
be secured by private capital. Instead
or being in any way, antagonistic to
power companies, the construction of
the Umatilla rapids project would be
a godsend to such companies. , r The
power companies " use 7 per f cent
money, while the government can e
eure money at half that rate of in
terest,- ! A private power 'project" Is
subject - to taxation, while a govern
ment-owned power plant would not be
taxed.. ;
Some critics of the Umatilla rapids
project raise the point that under - a
pumping project the annual mainte
nance, coat-of irrigation would be high.
But that is a difficulty easily solved.
Tee lrrigationlsts would make use of
the power plant during a few months
of the year only, while those using the
primary power would make continuous
use of the plant. ' Therefore it would
be logical and possible to assess most
of the overhead cost of the project
against, the primary rower. This
could be done, and we would still have
a 1 continuous power supply developed
at. a cost lower than any present pow
er in the .Northwest. By this course
the irrigatlonists could be required to
meet only the usual maintenance cost
and the whole Northwest region would
be the gainer by development of the
project. f
We have no quarrel with the Co
lumbia, t basin project, . for all wish
success to that project, but the plain
facts - are that" those who know the
country and know practical irrigation
conditions realize, that aa between the
two projects the arguments are 10 to
One in' favor of . the Umatilla rapids
project - -The cost of 1145 "per acre
contemplated underj- -the s-ColumbiaM
basin "-project is very high and $250.-
000.000 a very large sum for, the fed
eral government to expend in any sin
gle state. The Umatilla rapids proj
ect offers , a scheme of benefit to two
states, and the cost as compared to
the Columbia "basin project would be
negligible. . ?. . : y.;-.v-i T
The country has heard much about
the Columbia basin project, and but
little of the Umatilla rapid, project.
The explanation Is that the Columbia
basin project enthusiasts have had -a
total of $187,000 for exploitation pur
poses ana an additional 125,000 with
which the Goethals report was secured.
On the Umatilla rapids project the
total promotion expense thus far 'has
been $1400. There hits been no money
witn ; wwen to . secure -nigiuy paid
promotion experts or famous -jren-
erals. But the Umatilla rapids proj
ect is rich in merit and a candid In
vestigation will so disclose.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
Officials - realise, the- situation fully,
and theyj are , now sworking ?; whole
heartedly with our project association
to see that the Umatilla rapids nrolect
the Cinderella of Western projects
snaii . nave a , place in the sun. , it Is
right tnat : Portland - should be buav.
for the Umatilla rapid project will be
tne. opening sten In utilisation of the
Columbia river and 'Portland's destiny
is linked with the development of our
great river. Not until the Columbia
Is harnessed can Portland become the
great . City it should be. When our
power resources are developed 'the re
gion of which Portland Is the me
tropolis will become one of the great
manufacturing districts of the world.
and the possibilities all around are so
great as to stagger the imagination.
juet the Northwest senators and rep
resentatives give ev little thought : to
the subject and they will discover that
hv supporting the Umatilla rapids nrol
ect they will serve both Oregon and
Washington, and will be back of an
enerprlse that is practical at this time,
yet is :Bo wonderful in scope that it
would be a crime against nature and
against humanity not to give it first
class consideration.; -
s FORD IN THE COAL MINES -
Frr the Ka Fraaefeee Call
Though the- coal miners went on
strike in other places they didn't cult
work in the - Banner '. Fork mines of
Kentucky, owned by Henry Ford. " Ford
has made a considerable number of
serious mistakes, dangerous ones even,
but never, In the treatment of the men
ahoi worie ior Aim.'.-. (.'The New . Repub
lic explains in a paragraph:
"The local union was anxious when
It licard Henry Ford had bought the
mines. What would he do? ; Down
eame-a new manager and asked if
there were any complainta - Tesi piere
was no place to, meet, except in the
eompany-ewned i echoolhouse. - t Well,
meet in the schoolbouse. Then; other
Kentucky mine owners began to cut
wages. Would Ford do it?. Ford him
self - came down to Banner Fork.
crawled - through the - mine, made
speech to the men, and told them the
wages needed - -readjustment" not
downward, however, - Coal digging
was harder and more dangerous than
assembling Fords at Detroit.--. The-re
sult, writes President Keller of jUnited
Mine Workers' district 19. is: f "Ban
ner Fork mine pay ' 3 more on the
da-vr than anv other mine In this dis
trict, and Ford sells his coal for 60
cents less on the ton." .-
Letters From the People
- I Caaaaninicationa east to The- Joweal far
pabUcanoB is Una department abonM be nt
tee a etuy one aid ol tbe paper, abauld aot
axeaeii o0 worda in laaath. and aauat be
aicaad by the writer, w boa nail address is
luu .sntat aoegaasasy ut cosuumaon. j
THE DEATH SONG OF A FELON
A Picture of What Occurs In 'Prison
- When a Doomed Man Is Hanged.
Portland. July -To the Editor of
The Journal It U ' a wordless; song.
yet.it permeates the atmosphere of a
prison and penetrates to the hearts-of
tmen and . women.;: The music Jbf the
oraut song sweus line tne Dooming or
tne universe and beats against the ear
drums with the noise of breakers. L
who have passed through the little steel
door that shuts out the sunlight from
men's lives, know the death song as if
it were a hymn. My heart ch&nts it
as i Bit alone in my cell. 1
When the band does not playtin the
yard at San Qu en tin prison, the death
song of the felon begina - And' it hums
through the consciousness cf ad those
incarcerated in the tomb until n Fri
day a soul shrieks heaven ward tn ex
piation of a crime. I have the jfeelihx
of being hurled through space from a
great - height. Unreality suffuses my
being and deadens my mind, i walk
endlessly through the- courtyards How
many paces from the headstone! to tha
foot of the grave, and how many paces
fom the foot to the headstone;?: The
days pass. Hours are spun out end-
tesaiy, irutuessiy spent, wasted.; uays
are aeons. Other women arrive and
oui sorrows are intensified by their
sufferings. : They are sunk deep- in
apathetic misery, these new arrivals.
We read, write or crochet. Wht lines
of suffering are interwoven into the
filet crochet! 'Each pattern is isancti
fied by woman's tears. Each design Is
a protest, a crying out Of humane- in a
cage.;- - A if etv" alone in .bee room
after-lockup, sings ad little folksongs
in Spanish, i Soft and -low she ; croons
themsongs--that ? comfort': her and
seem to -deaden, for an instant hs in
sistent Doom or the death song , beat
ing on our nilnds. Wretehedneaa, per-
ereion, nopeiessneas I s. ..
It is Thursday. We liBten for the
band.- A woman soba If it does not
play, a man will hang on the morrow.
We sIV silent in the assembly- room.
Crochet needle are stflL The Spanish
girl ceases to croon. Eyes, are, down
cast- The women are sad.,' resentful.
oeayv . A? - hundred .' yards r away
tnrougn nrick and concrete walls is
condemned row. In a stsel-doored cell
sits aomeonei who may have to die.
Tet he might be- In the same room
with us. We are ther death watch as
we listen for the blare of a slide trom
bone. This is the imessaere that the
silence brings to - Death i rln' the
morning by Force! It Is a Sinister
thing that bars . music from human
lives. - ;. -sv
He is one of us, this condemned man
a numoer. a cipher. ' , r
The matron comes ln. s All eves are
turned toward her. She shakes her
bead , and lowers her eyea The band
will not play. A murderess goes mad
The booming of the death song fills
the jrCom. - The soul, of the condemned
man is reaching out to us. He also
has been listening for the band to
play, '3('r,f
In my cell. locked in, I cannot sleep.
The death song Ts running through my
mind in a- monotone. There are no
high notes in this song. , it Is all mono
tone. Xdke the - singing of a great
eiectnc dynamo that seems to unravel
the mysteries of the "universe and
translate them into light, so is this
death song of the condemned man. It
is Inevitable-, ; penetrating, aH-pervad
Ing. Wide-eyed. I stare out into the
courtyard, , J am praying listening , to
death song ana? praying. Throusrh
the roaring silence it was as If I could
sense the man's agony, could bear his
last heartbeats. Shadows seem every
where. The" gray" Wings of death en
velop ma I am smothering. 4ut still
that' song flows on. - , ;:
The dawn breaks. We come-out of
our cells. Still the- shadows crowd in
on us fold us In. fold by fold. Break
fast is a sad affair,, like: rites for the
dead. In a few our the death song
will cease- with the shrieking of -the
condemned souL ; , .... ,- . ,
Seven, eight, nine o'clock I At 1 the
man hangs. The- prison Is devoid of
hope. The hour of execution is ;-at
hand. The booming of the .felon's death
song is deafening. Suddenly it ceases.
Silence. :- "rr- .
A sinister sound penetrates Into the
cloister. What ia that rattling a of
the bones of the dead? A forger curses
and spits on the t floor. - - A negress
crumples up on a couch,: whimpering.
Do not cry, my friend. That is only
the dead wagon rattlms: through the
prison yard. The body , is being taken
to the little cemetery on the hillalde
this cemetery forsaken, forgotten.
The chaplain comes into our quar
ters. .He is pale, distraught, Christ s
words, "Forgive them." " Noa life for
a Ufa "Hung by the neck until dead."
What had the chaplain seen that pho
tographed a lambent horror on his
retina? Had the noose sltnoed? Was
the man. Still Irving, jerked, strangled,
dragged to the platform, again to be
shot .through the.' little hole into ob
livion? Thirteen steps up to the gallows-platform
bad walked this man.
his? hand clutching, at the coat of the
condemned man, chanting words of
sympathy and -prayer. With palpitat
ing heart and ' downcast eyes he had
stood there,- speaking pioua things
while- the turnkey adjusted the black
cap, . Nor did he raise his eye -when
the . executioner pushed - the prisoner
onto the treacherous trapdoor and
slipped the noose over his head with
the knot on the left side. v ; -
When the chaplain looked up there
was no one on -the. platform, but the
officials. - Down 13 steps from the gal
lows platform he had walked alone.
The law had not been cheated. The law
had been satisfied. - ..
Who remembers who this --. man
killed? Who remembers why this man
is killed by the state? ,' Only, those
bound by blood ties.. ' v ' " " .
Atonement ! Expiation? Yes, for each
and, every one when a hanging takes
place. . ! v - -
Humans? Ao, no dehumanised, de
graded, brutallsed through man's inhu
manity to man. ... .:..''.' . .
Mothers of men on this side ! Suf
fer, until you are dulled, brutalised
through pain keen, stabbing pain.
Turn the knife in our wounds day. la
ajid day out. year in and year out.
Suffer, shut in, locked In. : Suffer-you
for me, and I for you. in. this House
of the Living Dead. - --
r. Marie D. Equi- ,
RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD .
'rmn tb Mmkcrca (illrfi.J CbTonarle "
Now they brew young acorns.- Great
soaks from little acorns grow. ... J
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COMLIENT AND
: , SMALL CHANGE
Portland's baseball team seems to be
again- getting anxious to play on the
old cellar door. . ,,,-..,,....-.,
. A man doesn't have to be unusually
nui to permit his acquaintances to
see the meanness sticking out,
-
We'd feel better about It. anyway.
If wed had --airplane forest patrol to
protect our timber this summer.
The difference between 'necessity
and desire is what- keep most young
fellows pushing' away at the grind
stone. "
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Stranger that some of our own
churches hadn't thought of letting the
pretty girls in the congregation oass
the collection plates. - " - .
.There are jobs enough in Oregon for
all our people. The trouble seems to
be that they don't all provide swivel
chairs and shiny desks. .
, -Studies
In color composition show us
that when a man 1 yellow, an ordi
nary attack of blues will make him
turn green with envy,
ExpecUng WUls to whip Dempsey in
that talked of pugilistic encounter ap
peara about as hopeful a expecting
the -Beavers to jump to the leadership
of the league. - .
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Charles Whltesldes, who tells people
where to go and when, down at the
Imperial, has about made up his mind
that he had better forsake the positive
truth for the superlative, for fear his
tourist clients r may pass - the v word
around that he is krfoekng the scenic
attractions of this Northwest country.
He has -discovered, lie says, .that scen
ery- seekers' come hack and reproach
him, not for having -urged them to go
view the Columbia highway and places
like - that, but for having failed to
start them when they didn't Jump at
the suggestion of the trip with avid'
Uy. Not long ago, Whiteside relates.
a blase and weary journeyman : came
to his desk to discover, the best way
to see the fabled roses of Portland.
He didn't want to see the highway, he
explained, because he was fed up on
scenery like that, from the Alps to the
Cape of -- Good Hope. Whltesldes ex
plained that this was different, and
a voluble New Yorker who had Just
made the trip, seconded . the v motion.
The . globetrotter went, reluctantly, it
seemed, and when ' he came back he
marched right up to Whltesldes. -
"Why the devil." be demanded testi
ly, "didn't you tell me the truth- about
that - highway trip?" . : ' i " ' ';
"Why. Whltesldes said defensively.
T did.T" - '--i-Af :;iv- - --
TNo you' didn't, the tourist contra
dicted, "not -half- of' It. When' you've
got a show place like 1 that, If the
truth -won't' get the dumbbells - who
come to town headed out to It, lie to
am. Tney-u thank you tor it when
they come back." ,
Arthur M. Applegate. manager -of
the Harrington 'Milling company of
Harrington, Wash., is in Portland on
business In connection with his' mill
and is visiting relatives and old-time
friends J here.. Time- was, before he
got Jto 'be a -flour, mm magnate, that
he used to be i generally known as
Mac, or " Mike, r whichever you - chose
to call him, and was one of the hard
hitting amateur boxers and all-round
athletes of Salem, swapping amateur
and genial wallop with John. Farrav,
now postmaster: Harryr. Albert, now
one of t the federal reserve system's
examiners, jantJU - other, of the . well
knowniunoId-tSmerstfef the Capital
city. While he eull retains his sym
metrical - and . sinuous form, he - ha
cloaked it about with, the dignity of
the prosperous business man, and uses
his mitts to sign checks with rather
than k. o. s, -
, a :. .-'.v.-.: . -i. ! . -::
Julius P. Wolf of Ashland ii In the
city on a business visit, staying at the
Benson.-!, .. '. - :
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIOlSTlS
. OF THE JOURNAL SLAN . -
By -Fred
It ia ia the auin a storr of filial derotioa
that Mr. Locklay tella today. - Incidental to
the chief tname are renUnlaceacea raUMM PX
two pioneer of HarTisbers. , -
Not alt the heroes are Awarded dis
tinguished conduct medals, f Many a
man, many a woman, 'unknown 'and
unmarked by associates, has done
braver things than charge an enemy's;
machine gun nest. I met such a one
at Harrieburg a day or so-ago. This
Is Miss Emma Love. Notice that pre
fix? It is "Miss," not Mrs.'" She ts
bright, witty "and ' attractive., A - long
time friend of hers' said.' "Emma Love
certainly had a '-way with her. Jphe
Was pretty as a picture. Many is the
twain who came courting 50 years age.
Why' didn't she marry? Because she
felt It her duty to -take care of 4her
mother. She knew she could not 01-
vide her allegiance between her mother
and a home of her own.- She sacrificed
her own future to care for her mother
Whether, a - mother has a right to
make her child give up - a home and
children is another matter.- You, will
never hear Emma Love utter a word
of complaint or repining.
X decided to pay Emma Love a visit
"Come right' In,1 she said, when I
had told her who I waa "They say
that all things come to those who wait
have been hoping . to: see you for
many a year. Where and when was I
bom? , Myl Jut you ask leading ques
tions. 1. .was.: born January -H.-I85S.
on tne donation land claim taken- up by
toy father, John D.. Love, a mile east
f here. To qualify - a ? an Oregon
pioneer you must have come to Oregon
prior to December el, 1859, so you see
can qualify. I have epent my life
here or hereabout.'. -
"My father was born at Jackson, Ten
nessee.- in 1324. My - mother, whose
maiden name was Mary Jane McCully.
was also born in 1324. : Ohio- was her
native state.- They met and were mar
ried in 1852,' and the following spring
they started for Oregon by ox team.
Their first child. Mary Louisa, mar
ried Edward Maxson. I was the next
child. -John D. came next, born on
December 4, 1857. Alice J. arrived
December 29, 1859. and if she had de
layed her eomtng-by three ; days she
would net have qualified aa an Oregon
pioneer, jy. Douglas was ; born ; February
0. 188L, and Carrie Gertrude, the last
of the- children, July 26. 1814.
"Wben my father took up his dona
tion claim a mile east of this place
La1 the fall of 1853. there was only one
store here. It was not called Harris
burg then. It was Thwrston. and had
been named for -8. K. Thurston, Ore
gon's delegate in congresa They found
there was another settlement here in
the valley .called Thurston, so they
decided to name it. after Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania,
When I was a girl 1 went to school
where. the Metheist church now stands.
My uncles, -Asa and David McCully,
with Wesley W. Brigg and -John
Waters, built a grist mill here.' The
boats wouldn't deliver their freight
here, -so my uncles got.-peeved, and -
NEWS LN BRIEF
, fclDEUGUTS -
The flappers of Burns may not be
familiar with historical dates, but they
are certainly accurate in remembering
their date with the boys Harney
county xsewa !
A few cows a' band of chickens, sev
eral hogs and Intelligent selection and
production of crops will make this the
most desirable section of the North
west. Mainour Enterprise. -1.
About tills tiane of year the city
folks come out to the country to try
farminarr fully fitted out with pleas
ure "cars, hammocks -and ' reclining
porch chairs. Banks Herald. '
Perhans the reason so manv fisher
men "go wrong", in describing their
catches - is because they permit the
fish they catch to weigh themselves on
their own . scale. Jacksonville Post.
That Immortal remark of the gov
ernor of North , Carolina to the gov
ernor of South Carolina anent the
"long time between drinks' seems to
have v become . nearly obsolete these
days.-Condon Globe-Times, .
We understand thereil now be a
United States of China patterned after
the - United States of America. Be
fore the Chinese take our congress as
a model, w hasten to warn them that
it isn't a model congress. w oston
Leader.
Mr. and Mrs. C R. Shom of Wash-
ingtonviile, N. Y are at the Multno
mah while visiting Portland and the
varied points of Interest nearby. Mr,
anon is an apple buyer and is mak
ing an investigation into the promise
of the coming apple crop of Oregon
and Washington, not only on his own
account but for other New York apple
Duyers as well. :--:.. -
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A. A. Smith of t Baker, formerly
member of the house from that country,
where he, though a Democrat, was one
of the leading figures of the sessions
through which he served. Is transact
ing legal business hi Portland for a
short time. - He is registered : at the
isenson. . . -.-r
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Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Patterson, Mr.
and Mrs. C. t Sweek,;: and ' Harry
Duncan, all of Hepnner. are at the
Multnomah while en route home from
a motor trip to Victoria, Vancouver
and other Canadian and Washington
points of interests
: J. D. Cheatham, superintendent of
the Western Union at Nashville. Tenn
is -a Portland guest.' . staying - at the
Multnomah. . He came c to the North
west to view Its scenic wonders and
1 departing full of enthusiastic praise
for what he has seen. .-:- .
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George Kohlhagen, one of the prom
inent business men of Rdseburg and
stockmen of the Southern 7 Oregon
country, is registered at the Oregon
for a few days while transacting busi
ness la the city.., .:.',. .- --
t y -Ti' - " : ' '.i: "-" I -'-.- .
f T. M. Rlggin, now of Seattle but
formerly a business man of Portland,
is at the Perkins for a short visit-. In
the -city, transacting business and re
newing old friendships. ; t - v
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B. D. Plnneo, manager of the Port
of. Astoria, ia at the Multnomah, -in
Portland to attend the hearings , be
ing conducted, by the shipping board
oommittee at the old - postof fice. 1? ,
W, BC -Thompson ' of Nenalem, ' a
Well known tlmberman "of - that sec
tion of jthe state, is registered at the
Perkins 1 while in the city on a busi
ness visit. ......
J. Fred Larsen. former well known
resident of Portland but - now located
at Astoria, is at the Multnomah - for
a short business visit .in the city.
Mr. and Mra Earl T. Hones of
Wasco are visiting in the city for . a
short time, making their headquarters
at tne jduitnomaa.
a.
Lockley
organized th People's Transportation
company. They ran the other boats
clear off the run. They employed my
father. For years he served either as
purser or as captain on th Echo, the
neiiance or tne Alice. ' The Alice was
named for Alice McCully, my Uncle
Asa s eldest daughter, , Her name is
Alice Crane now, and she lives in Port
land. The . McCullys my mother and
my uncles Ham, Asa and David were
Scotch-Irish. They didn't let anyone
run over them. Uncle Asa was a strong
Kepuoucan. When the Civil war broke
out he put up a flag over his home. A
neighbor ' whose sympathies were with
the South tore the flag down during the
night and then bragged about it. Uncle
Asa hunted him up and made him buy
a new flag and climb up and put the
flag on the flagpole. He knew If he
didn't the South would be short one
sympathiser. - for Uncle Asa was In
deadly earnest.
"My . grandmother, Mary' Capp Mc
Cully, was born, at Eastport, - Maine.
She was Scotch. My grandfather, John
McCully, was born in New Brunswick.
His parents were J bora - in Ireland.
David and Asa McCully moved to
Salem in 1863 to manage the People's
Transportation company; for they soon
built or - bought a big fleet of . river
boats. , j.-pi;-',:,,r-j-.,: .. . -
"My mother asked m ;t- promise
her: I would stay with her as-long a
she lived. She also asked me to prom
ise her that X would not get married
until- after her death. I made and
kept both of these promise. She lived
until J 902. I was nearly 50 years old
when she died. , '
"Yes, when I was .'a girl X met the
man X loved, but X had given my word,
and I couldn't break it." , ; .
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-. Francis Marion Hyde.J pioneer, of
Harrieburg, is speaking;
"That's right,", he says. "J am the
oldest settler' hi Harrisburg. - 2 came
here in-1851, and that's over. 78 years
ago. 'My .mother Eliza Tyler, married
my father. Perry Hyde, at Ash Grove.
Mo, in 1849. 1:M born April If, ;
1850.- They started across the plains
for Oregon when I was a year old.
My father took up his claim adjoining
Asa McCuily's, and Harrisburg is built
partly on Asa's claim and partly on
my father's 317-ecr claim.;- - j
."Yes, X am all alone, -1 lost both of
my, wives and all my children. When
my father died he was running six
farms. : Some time before h died he
turned his ranches and r alt his stock
over to me. He never bad a sick day
until ha was years old. Then he
had a stroke of paralysis that killed
him. r There were three boys sad three
girls tn our family. The rest went to
school, but X stayed on the farm and
helped with the work, so I didn't get
much education. Father and X used
to drive cattle to a ranch he had . in
th Applegate country in Jackson coun
ty. We sold beef to the mlnera I
have two sisters living here in Harris
burg and a brother in Canyon City, and
one in California, - '
"No, Z don't work any more. I stick
around the pool- hall to swap yarns and
discuss the new. '. I sild my property
and the interest keeps me."
The Oregon Country
KortAwea Ilappenlncs tn Brief gorat fos tit
Ifwy Batdar. ;
- . OREGON -. '
Five cars of esttle went from Prine
ville to-North Portland over the City
of Prineville and the Oregon Trunk
I In spite of the long dry spell, now
In its seventh week, with but one slight
rain. Clatsop bounty will produce a
normal crop this year.,,
- Walt Demaris of Prineville loat four
head ef hi beet horses recently wnea
hi hired man fed them oats that had
been poisoned for sage rata
The hew Beaver feed mill at Eu
gene is now running two shifts of
eight hours each and producing 25.000
pounds of prepared stock feed dally.
Beating the train time by an hour
and a half. A. K. Parker recently drove
from Portland to Enterprise. Wallowa
county, a distance of 360 miles, in 17
hours. ):. !sv;....-v .,.;.:.-.....,(, .v-,
Beys playing with matches at Bend
caused a fire at the borne of L W.
Leverett that destroyed a ' woodshed
and a fine automobile Leverett had
recently purchased. . ;V
The Oregon's: Western Colonisation
company is opening up a tract of 11,
000 acres In one body In Harney coun
ty, near Burna It is cut-over land and
plenty of? water. Is available, -
Th. etf.e t?,at.ra KiaTieA .... -
. " . 11 ... ... v v . , is
covered in the Willamette river was
found Thursday by F. W. Beard, a
workman In the Crown - Willamette
Paper roilL, The frog measured 14 by
6 inches. - - ; - - .. -v..
Much interest has been shown in th
tuberculin test of cattle in the Silver
ton district and l4 farmers have
signed, representing 1053 cattle. The
test will be under th direction of a
federal - inspector, .
The teat of the hole of the Lower'
Columbia Oil, as Ona company's well
having failed to show sands of pro
ductive - nature, decision. ha been
k. .v..a w . .
1 uy vne aireciors anq super
intendent to put the drill back and go
down to lower Ievels.-5j; rh v-;...,-;
.-Vn WASHINGTON ;.:".
"Only 40 per cent of those liable In
Walla Walla county have paid their
poll tax this year.
With harvest Just at hand, farmers
of the Waila Walla valley are facing
a labor shortage that la the most seri
ous, in. years.. .-? v.- -.- -. v-: .- - -
, Delwyn stiles, 82, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Martin Stiles of Walla Walla,,
was drowned July 4 while bathing In
the Columbia river near Wallula.
Because of long illness. Edwin J;
McCracken. T8 years old, took a large
dose of strychnine at his home near
Olympia, Thursday, and died almost
instantly. - -- -. . , , .. '
A Ijoran R. Gilmore, former employ of
the Spokesman-Review, waa drowned
Thursday while bathing In Newman
ak- near Spokane. The body ank
in .30 feet of, water.-v..--.,
- When the front wheel of his bicycle
caught In a switch at a railroad cross
ing in Pasoo, Angelo James waa run
own and killed by an automobile
driven by Andy Tustla. .
i Commissioners! of Cowl Its county are
considering . the sal of the county
farm, two miles west of Kelso.- The
place includes 109 acres and is well
improved with buildlnga . .
- Rev. Charles H. Davis, 75. died at
Elleneburg last Friday, the third vic
ilm S' i crossing accident In which
Mrsr A. C. Davis and Mrs Curtis Gage
of Yakima were instantly killed. :
- Tb most eerlou fir of the season
has- been burning for several days In
nauieanaae eanvan. ai-r m u -
Husum. The flame have swept through
more than 100 acres of virgin timber.
Loggers- throughout Western Wash-
Inerton are - eeneraJlv nttmulh, ,
Governor Hart's appeal for suspension
of logging operations unUl the present
serious; danger from forest fires has
passed.
. . Despondent over the recent death of
nrJ?H?.band.M. R- Dodds, mocr
Of Fabian H.-- Drwlrta immi...' e
kane- attorney attempted suicide by
ap.2?1tion at her home In that City
last Thursday..-. .
IDAHO.
Effective JulV 1. the nrte. nf mlTt tm.'
Idaho Falls was' reduced from 12 cents
to 10 cent a quart.-.'::
- .Yhe.-Colllster rural school district
voted Friday, 1 to 10, to become a
part of the Boise Independent school
district.-.-' x .-:
,Fre of an unknown origin Monday
night destroyed the pump house and
machinery of the Talache mine near
Sandpoint. :;,t-.-.;. ,. .
t George Bennett of Boise was instant
ly killed July- 4 when hi automobile
:?ftJthe road near Grime Pas on
the Payette river .and fell down a steep
embankment, . . . -
With the canceling of the Tegular
Mexican consulate and the transfer of
the consul to Kansas City. 1 Mexican
government plana to open an honorary -consulate
in Boise. . - , , f.
Committed to' the state industrial
School f St Anthony for incorrlgl
blUty, ina May Cal lender, 17 years
f 5' attempted suicide at Caldwell
by drinking aqua ammonia, -
IdAho hM delved a
check for 33000 from the federal gov
ernment, being 5 per cent of the pro
ceeds of the sale of public lands from
July L 1920. to June 80. 1921UT
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of July .11, 1102,
-'Johnstown; Fa. At dawn today the
bodies. of 40. victims of the Cambria
mine explosion were brought up., The
rescue party -counted - 40 mora but
could not reach them on account of
the deadly gaa It is safe to say the
loss of Ute will pass 150 and may
reach 200. . , - . -
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Goverhor-elect George E Chamber
lain has . declared against the City
park as a place for .the exposiUon.
- Seven crtlsens from Oregon City, two
from Sellwood and two from Mil-'
.waukie have - been in cenf erenc th
greater -part, of the day with repre
senutivesi of the F. C. A O. company
considering fomt plan by which the
etrike can be settled. - -
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A' petition ' 1 belnar nnnir.4 , v .
number- of women of tha .- .m- '
and will be in circulation in a few
un ma nqr council to take
atep in th matter of cleaning th
sidewalks on Burnalde street between
owwnu ana Tntru streets of loafers. ,
ThlS morninsr. th Natlnnal Amm.
atlon 1 of Food and i-nairv r-r,4--
sloners left on the steamer Potter for 1
Astoria, where thev win k .nt.rt.tn.
y-the aurens club.,- .
A number of bovs haa -t.
for violating the ordinance re-ni. ri .
suits to be worn br swimmer tn th.
river, . The ordinance provides for a
bathing suit which will cover the body
from. the shoulders to the knees. -
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:iThe trustees f Portland academy
have purchased from the W, s. Ladd
estate the Multnomah clubhouse, ,eitu
ated at Tenth and Yamhill street it
will b moved to Harrison and Thir
teenth street and converted Into a
gymnasium forthe use of the school.
A .movement Is' on foot among th
farmers Jn the vicinity of Independence
to establish a cooperative trading
company.'' -. ., ..... -;.:-,-,-., .. . '
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J - The young peopl of Woodstock are
becoming quite interested In amateur
theatricals and It '.is expected t hat a
new play will be staged every alternate
Thursday during the summer.
A little over $68,00O ha been paid
Into the LawIs and Clark fair fund,
and about 323,000 remains to be rtii