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TKLEPHONB MAIM 71S4. ,
menta reached by thia number!
All depart-
Truth is always consistent with itself,
sad needs aethina to help it out; it is
always near at hand, always vpeo oar Bps.
and ia ready , to drop oat before wa are
aware: whereas a lie U troublesome, and
sets a man's indention upon the rack, and
coe trick needs a great many more to
maka it food. Tillotaon.
ITS JOWBR
U A-TRONa public opinion is on
jXX the road to a notable victory
in the matter of the pending tariff
; ' bill. The most astounding proposal
-for big prof its. for the. large cor-
i porations at the expense of the
: consuming public ever put In the
form of s tariff law ia on the verge
: of revision if not! defeats . '
A. protective iariff .was a cam-
palgn promise.' A tariff affording
; a reasonable protection to lndus-
; tries m need of "aid during the re-
! coestruction i periods was expected?
; It would not hay e been bad policy.
But' Instead bjf preparing a bill
for the reasonable protection of the
' struggling industries, those who
wrote it'offered -an entirely differ-
- errfmeasure to congress. A reason
able protection was afforded the
hard-pressed producers. But the
bill did not stop there. It provided
i a heavy -tariff for most of the big
corporations tariffs-that not only
rendered ineffective . the aid given
the Industries that needed aid but
tariffs that would place an unbear-
' able ' burden; upon the. consumers
; of the country. , ; -
The tariff building business went
on. The political traders grew
bolder and. bolder. More tariffs
and greater ; tariffs appeared, but
the traders went; too far. A public
opinion arose against the new tariff
of abominations, f Reports from the
r home dlstrlcis came to Washington.
: The votes In elections were counted.
Then came Senator Lenroot with a"
warning 'that .the tariff makers
were going tOo far, and a threat (to
vote against the ibill. Various other
Republican senators, men who are
; ; far., stronger parity men than Ln-
root, followed suit,' and the rift was
on. "Publio oplnlbn was too strong.
' Now there: is question as to what
will become !of the tariff. Perhaps
I some schedules will be scaled down,
l There is evidence) that the bHI may
be delayed, until after- election It
. might even e beaten unless the
traders agree to recede from their
bold positiona j '
It is all evidence of what a miU
.tant publio "opinion can do. It is
evidence of the latent power that
an intelligent electorate can wield.
It Is evidence of what a thinking
and attentive publio an do with
affairs at Washington, and It all
promises better governments In the
capitol in the future governments
that take, their orders from all the
people rather than from a favored
few. "J - " - t
TH1T t-HDUR .DAT ?
fjmK status of the. Loyal Legion
A of . Loggers Lumbermen
was complimentary defined when
'Its president waa given tie privi
, lege of announcing ;;4he adoption of
; the 8-hour dayjby ; the Long-Bell
i Lumber company-,.
; This company 'has long had ? its
1 headquarters at Kansas City. It is
f know as on of the leading opera
j tors la Southern timber. Its coming
to the coast; constitutes the 5 first
step In the removal : of ' operating
! headquarters ; to i the a Northwest.
I where the nation's' greatest remain
i ing stand of trees is yet to be
found, i " i"- '. " " ' r
It has purchased some 30,000
, acres of Umber land, a vast estate.
It bas selected K-elso, a town on the
WasMngrtoa shore of the Columbia
at the mouth of the Cowlitz river,
as the site of laxgre milling- facili
ties. It has undertaken: totals
courage .the speculative promotion
of the adjacent district by acquir
ing: a local land control which ; U
intends to use for the benefit bf
its employes. The eamp equipment
provided for employes is .reported
to be of the best and most modern
type. ,
But the - Long-Bell interests
brought from their Southern oper
ations the Idea " that j. an ' 8-hour
day in the woods and mills is not
long; enough. They became an Im
mediately negative factor in the 8
hour . day campaign for - which : the
-"4LSa" was spokesman.- There was
trouble at Klamath ' Falls. ' . There
was trouble at other points ot Long
Bell .contact. .. This ; trouble could
have been averted by acceptance of
the general conditions which now
rule in the North west. There is
assurance of a future less beset with
trouble, because of the position just
announced - through the Loyal
Legion. ' ' . . "
The impression that the modern
girl made on Yellow Calf big chief
of the Arapahoe Indians of "Wyo
ming, was thus explained by him
self after a visit to Chicago, during
which he saw some of the cabarets.
He said: "White squaw heap
pretty, but heap crazy. Wilder than
Indian. Cuts hair like warrior.
Paints like big chief, v' Do big war
dance like warrior. Yip! yip t";
WHY NOT HOME CONTROL.?
VHY the persistent proposal for
Vt an absorption of the dock com
mission by the port commission?
Just .why should Portland, which
pays: for its terminals with its own
money, " turn- tne management of
them over 'to a commission created
by the state? .If the city owns Its
terminals why should it call in the
6tate to manage Its terminals ? Is
the city so poor in knowledge Of
terminal matters that it must go
to tie 1 Oregon legislature and the
governor of the state to find brains
to direct and control Portland-built
facilities ?;
-Should not a city of the size and
character, of Portland exercise at
least a partial factorship as a local
self-government? It has turned
over the control of public utilities
to state authority, and a sorry mess
has been made of it. Until a better
showing is made by the state with
Portland carfares, lighting charges,
telephone rates and gas charges,
would It not be well; for Portland
to direct and control the terminal
work in which the people of Port
land have Invested over $10,
000,000? .
' We are told that the vote of the
people on a Certain measure, was
a mandate for the absorption of
the dock commission by the port
commission. It was not. There
was a contingency in the text of
the measure, and that' contingency
has not been fulfilled, and should
never be fulfilled, for reasons above
stated. To claim that it was a man
date is to falsify the facts. ' ,
The present arrangement of port
matters is admirable. The port
commission is intelligently function
ing in harbor and i channel work.
The same is true of the dock com
mission in terminal improvement.
And they are working together as
they should. That is the' Way to
keep it, as Is remarked by a sub
stantial citizen of Portland in an
article on this page. ' '
The assassins of Dr. Rathenau
committed suicide ' when police
were closing in on tBem and escape
was - impossible. Their resort . to
force was futile. The 'cowardly as
sassination of an eminent states
man because he battled for; the re
public Instead of the monarchy re
acted powerfully against their own
cause. The pistol and the bomb
are not. in any court, argument
before the great bar'' of human
opinion. ; .;' '
HER BAD SPORTSMANSHIP
AM E R I C AN S are admired
throughout the world for their
sportsmjanishlp. They i have estab
lished records for being able to lose
as honorably as they win. It is be
cause of that reputation that many
people In thla country "view with
disappointment, the attitude of Mrs.
Mallory,' T the ' American woman
champion tennis player, before and
since her defeat by Mile. Lenglen,
the French star, if Mrs. Mallory
has been correctly quoted.
Before' the contests were to open
fcr the British championships there
was a question whether the French
player would be able to compete
because of a reported 'ailment, of
the heart. Immediately Mrs. Mal
lory issued a statement Implying
that Mile. Lenglen was endeavoring
to dodge the match with the Amer
ican champion. 'V '
But the French girl played, and
she defeated "Mrs. Mallory , with
more or less ease. ' Apparently
smarting under defeat, the Ameri
can, 'champion ' now issues state
ments declaring that the French
girl was playing above her stand
ard, that Mrs. Mallory herself was
off form, and that the French star
always plays rell, when whining. i) j
; It Is not a sportsmanlike attitude,
but Is one that will be viewed by i
Americans generally with chagrin,
America would be prouder of its
woman champion. - were ' she a 1
better loser. - .
? After climbing through; a second
story window Into a : h&use. she
chloroformed five persons and a
watch dog, ransacked the house, se
lected what valuables she wanted
and escaped.- She stopped before
leaving to use her powder puff.
which she left behind, and that is
how, they, knew she was a woman.
It happened at "Mlrmeapolis.
.ENCOURAQINQ
TT IS reported from Washington
r that Elmer i Dover Is to resign
as . assistant secretary -' of the
treasury. It is a vindication of the
public confidence in I the- purpose
and aspirations of Secretary Mellon.
Ever since Mr. Dover, came Into
office,.' last December, - there has
been : question as to why he was
appointed. It was publicly charged
that he was there -to provide jobs
for the politically! faithful without
any particular regard for the 'effect
on the service of that department.
Events since have tended to prove
the truth, of the public chargea
. Fortunately, Mr. Mellon Is rnot
a politician, ; He Is attempting to
administer the affairs of the treas
ury department as ' he .so success
fully i, administered jSjhis own af-
faira Mr. Dover's activities with
in the department were hardly
acceptable ?to the- treasury; head.
Mr. Mellon proposed to manage the
bureau in- such way as to give the
people the most " efficient service,
not tovemploy. it as a roost for
hungry politicians.
Naturally, there was aclash. The
question became a question ' of
whether the treasury departjrtent
was to be a treasury department
or a party roost. k :
It Is to the credit of Mr. Mellon
that he insisted on the treasury de
partment's - remaining- a- treasury
department. It is to the credit of
the president that lie did not over
rule the treasury head. And the
eountrywiii be encouraged to learn
that politics is to be adjourned at
the treasury, in favor of real public
service. ?'5&; . :f-
Portland is a wonderful . host
More" could not have been done in
entertainment of the1 visiting mem
bers of - the. shipping board. The
climax was. the dinner Wednesday
evening to' former Senator Cham
berlain' which drifted into a heart
to heart talk between members of
the board and a splendid company
of Portland's most substantial, citi
sens, it was a oeiigntmi iriDute
to the guests and a premier display
of refined, hospitality. '
WHEN THEY MEET
OREGON newspaper' men meet
In the annual session of the
Oregon State Press association at
Corvallis next Friday and Saturday,
An elaborate program of discussion
of newspaper problems Is to climax
In a trip Saturday by special train
to Newport returning to Corvallis
Sunday afternoon in time to catoh
the evening trains forortlaha.
It is not difficult to mentally pic
ture in advance the delights which
the members of the Fourth Estate
will get out of the excursion to the
sounding sea. A newspaper, life is
so constantly stormed and stirred
by a- world broadcasting its news in
upon it, that three days of freedom
from theV tales of" cataclysms.
catastrophes, deflations, holocausts.
lockouts, strikes, v assassinations.
proclamations and all the other tides
of trouble that surge" into newspa
per of t ices, will be more effective in
animating members of the f ater
nity than could countless barrels of
accredited moonshine; In, fact, it
is doubtful if any member of the
Oregon Press association would
suffer himself to be profaned by
moonshine.'k not so much from a
passionate devotion to the great
cause of temperance as from , a
knowledge and fear of the blight
ing effects of a moonshine illness
akd I attendant publicity upon e,
spotless reputation. T. ; '
Anyway, ; the Corvallis meeting
will be in a delightful city.' among
hospitable ' people, with ' beautiful
environments, and there will be
every opportunity for three days of
unalloyed pleasure for an - alert
company of men and women whose
lives are . of, by. and for the public.
ON WHEELS
TFTERB you on the ntghways of
Oregon, Sunday? Did you ob
serve, how interminable and un
broken was the procession of cars?
Did you notice the license numbers,
how Oregon and Ohio, Washington
and Wisconsin, California and Col
orado, Idaho and IowaNew Mexico
and New York, alternated? :
Did you' pause at any of the
streams and the camping places?
Did It dawn upon you that road
side spots were in much the same
condition -as the theatre ; which
hangs up the a R. O. sign? Did
it occur, to you that a remarkable
absorption of the public in outdoor
affairs had taken place, that bait
ing" a hook.' making a dive, climb
lag a mountain, inducing a camp-t
fire to spout its smoke another way,
c- constructing a bed of fir boughs,
interested more people than all the
other sciences, arts and avocations?
When you opened the pages of
your Sunday Journal did you ob
serve - how-doings and pictures of
the - outdoor , folks who constitute
the ! r present ; majority, dominated
new and feature columns how
splash of surf, song of stream, and
mountain peaks populated ; for a
day, attained , a truly - remarkable
printer's Ink crescendo?
In all this there is high" import:
The highways cost money; but they
give the people .a great outdoor
playground. .
MR. STANFIELD'S
'VACANT CHAIR ,
Critics Complain About a Senator on
Continuous I Vacation v Who Was
; Chosen to Displace One Who Was
Always at Hia Post and
There r Rendering i Valuable
Service to State and. Nation.
Astoria Budget:
Bob Staafield?
Where is Senator
A dispatch lit the Oregonlan' from its
own Washington news bureau is au
thority for the statement that he hasn't
been in attendance af congress since
April 1 and has been away from the
national capital most of the time since
he was seated, , j " - -
Senator Stanfield -is a sheepman by
occupaUon and he 'has extensive "inter
ests all over the West. - It Is 'no a&cret
that he met with -reverses ia the post
war depression which hit the sheep ana
wool market and that he suffered big
losses..: It Is a good guess that his al
most continuous absence from his sena
torial post has been occasioned, by his
.close application to the task of re
building his own fortunes.
. TheN Republican voters of Oregon
we're stampeded Into voting for Stan
field two years ago on the plea of "do
it. for .Harding. ' They1 dismissed from
office - the ablest - representative the
state has ever had in congress, a .man
whose seniority and abilities had won
for him high rank and influence in the
councils of the government.:.
'The seat, which' Chamberlain distin
guished has been empty, most - of the
time since the Harding administration
assumed leadership. A great deal of
Important legislation, has: come . before
congress in the past two years, legisla
tion Important to the jiation and . im
portant to the state! which elected Stan
field, but Oregon's! Junior-senator has
not been present to give nation or state
the benefit of his judgment and coun
sel. When : a vote has been 1 taken.
Stanfield has; almost uniformly been
paired with ; some missing Democratic
senator. Senator McXary has had no
teammate in looking aften the interests
of his state, for his associate tms been
giving the time for which the public
nurse is paying to the task of directing
his own extensive personal enterprises.
For three months and -more he has
not , shown, face in the national cap
ital. It may be another three months
before, his private business will per
mit him to make a flying trip to Wash
ington to register attendance. ,
Bob i Stanfield might make a good
senator if ' he worked at his job, . but
it ia all too apparent that he is not
working at his job.' He ought, then,
to surrender the privileges and title of
the office as be has its duties and ob
ligations, and permit Oregon to till its
vacant chair in the senate.
Koseburg News Review : This busi
ness of holding public office is - cer
tainly beginning to be a snap. Sen
ator Stanfield has not been -on the
job since April1 Fools -day and the
regular holiday vacation season will
soon be upon ua Some strenuous vo
cation that of a United States sen
ator from Oregon.
Eugene Guard : Senator Stanfield
has not been in his seat for three
montha according to dispatches from
the national capital. Living expenses
are very high in Washington and
somebody must look after the sheep
ranches in Idaho, anyway, so why
shouldn't it be Bob?i
Letters From the People
1 Conunonieationa sent to The Journal far
publication In this department should be writ-
tan on onur one side of the paper, should not
exceed 800 words in length, aad moat ho
ncaaa oy tne writer, whose mail address la
xou mast aeanasoany tne eoatntmnon. 1
STRIKERS REPEL CHARGES
Denounce Attempt to Show Them As
itesisting the Government: Alleged
Obligation Shown Non-Existent. .
Portland, July 18.-To the Editor of
The Journal During ithe past two
weeks I have noticed' advertisements
In the Portland papers in larere tvne.
caning ror shopmen on various rail
roads having shops in this city, most
of -which advertisements are camou
flaged under a heaermg, "Government
Attitude Toward the Shopmen's
Strike." These advertisements are not
paid for by any government official or
agency, and their conclusions are mis
leading. ;
Our government has never declared
a strike unlawful and has never, shown
a tendency to do so, except in case of
government employea The railroads
are privately owned and controlled,
and our strike is a contest with those
private; managers.. In such a case the
nature of our - government calls for
equal treatment ot both sides ; violence
is unlawful, but not strikes. Those
parties who commit violence or carry.
arms Illegally are subject to arrest.
but our' government is pledged to dis
turb no peaceful citizen. Violence often
results i from strikes, equally so does
it orten result from elections; but that
does not presuppose that all strikers
or all voters are to be stained with the
opprobrium of lawbreakers. The ad
vertisements referred to state that "all
patriotic and law-abiding citizens must
regard the strike as directed at the
United States government.!
Thia strike is not for the purpose of
gaining something; which never be
longed te the strikers. It is a struggle
with private owners to retain those
standardized working conditions which
the United States government media
tory ; tribunals have time after . time
afforded as justly due the shopmen.
There may be causes for fluctuation of
wages in accordance with prices, but
there can be no cause : for great
changes of working conditions except
following periods of national revolu
tion. The conditions of workers have
always gradually grown; better In our
land Instead ; of worse, , That is the
glory of America. And .this strike la
to prevent the backward movement by
those reactionaries . who look , . upon'
common men as creatures to be plas
tic in the hands of paternalism. ; .
It is conceivable that 400,000 citizens.
homeowners, heads of families, Jury
men, law. respecters, pextroiota. many of
whom served in the great war have
suddenly become outlaws and haters
of their government. If there Is one
thing' the vast majority of these strik
ers have sought, it is-that they may
know the- law and keep within that
law. - That man or that propaganda
which calls the public to consider tin
thought such people out of law. and
therefore criminal. Is by that ; call
guilty of fomenting trouble and dis
turbing the peace.
The Cuminins-Esch transportation
act. which created the labor board,
gave it Only mediatory powers.: The
railroads time and time again have
disregarded the board's decisions. I
have in my flies several hundred un
corrected violations of the board's de
cisions by the Southern. Pacific rail
road within the last two yeara These
are duplicated all ' over the fcountry,
while this strike is the first time In
two years that the shopmen have de
clared they would not abide by certain
decisions. The labor board in its reso
lution, purporting to be the opinion of
Chairman Ben Hooper, but which was
not signed by the minority - and which
Is quoted in the advertisement, admits
that ; the employes are within their
rl;htk when they strike. How. then.
are these strikers no longer patriotic
citixens? -
The board declares that strikebreak
ers are entitled to : the protection, of
the government. We most emphatic
ally agree with them; and state further
that we believe that the constitution
of the United States gives to every
man that protection. - But - no man
has the right to carry arms or to build
Bp an arsenal unless he be an officer
Of the law. i The supreme court in the
recent Coronado case declared :
"Bache, the coal operator by a hug
ger-mugger of his numerous corpora
tions, by his advertised anticipation
Of trespass and violence, i by warning
notices, by enclosing his mining prem
ises with a table and stationing guards
with guns to defend them, all these in
the heart of a territory that had been
completely unionized for years, were
calculated to arouse bitterness."
This the court could not disregard in
its review of the Case. '
The railroads are duplicating thia
Couple with this the wholesale employ
ment of, in many cases, men who have
been convicted as lawbreakers, men
who have not even a rudimentary
knowledge of the work ot mechanics,
but have made a profession of strike
breaking, and consider that these men
are being employed to fill the places
of skilled white workmen, good citi
sens and homeowners, and. you have
a combination which will arouse wild
passion In some, and which is diffi
cult of restraint However, regardless
of provocations, we propose to disown
any of our members who commit acts
of violence. t - ' ; : :
The board says strikebreakers have
the moral and legal right to go Into
the shops. They have the legal right,
but there is no man with tine moral
fibre and high patriotism who has
thoroughly studied the economic condl
tions in our land at this time, and
who has the sympathy of Abraham
Lincoln for the common people as
guide, who will say that moral right
is on the side of strikebreakers In
this strike. ? The strikebreakers them
selves do not talk of moral right. They
want the money; that is alt. Theb
will work under any conditions.- for
money. Many of them do not. expect
permanent employment, nor would they
accept it if it were offered. They do
not prepare for it. The majority of
them exhibit cowardice ; and that man
who has within his heart the con
sciousness of the moral ' righteousness
Of hfs cause is never a coward.
-"-. ---s-. -Walter Nash.
General Chairman Machinists, District
No. 89.
NO MANDATE ON THE PORT
Erroneous Statement by a Portland
Newspaper. Refuted ; Vote Only
" Permissive, and Port Spe- ..
cializers Best Judares. i
Portland, July 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Your ; edl torlal in ' The
Journal of Saturday last upon the pro
posed consolidation of the Port of Port
land with the dock commission has the
true ring. It Is In marked .contrast
with one appearing in the Oregon lan on
the following day. : So vacuous an
article as the latter seldom appears In
the columns of that paper. Its con
temptuous- allusions to the dock com
mission are entirely uncalled for, -and
its declaration that the people of Port'
land ever by vote called for the con
solidation of these two bodies is not
true. That matter was left entirely to
the discretion of the Port of Portland,
the dock commission and the city com
mlssloners. The undersigned has no
personal interest in preventing the
scheme to wipe out the-dock commis
sion, but be is greatly interested in the
development of the port and has for
years watched the record of. the work
of the commission and the continuous
attempts to discredit It. and block its
progress at every stage, and has noted
with satisfaction Jts absolute vindica.
tlon in the final outcome. - In. . the 10
years of 5 its existence it has been the
most effective factor in bringing about
the present prosperous conditions on
our waterfront. Tet today we are asked
nf the objections of four dock com
missioners are to be respected in pref
erence to the expressed wish of the
majority of the voters." This sounds
like an appeal from the soapbox. It is
a suggestion that after spending many
months of time during a long series of
years In immediate contact with and
study, of port problems, the opinion of
the dock commission on this matter is
worthless. It is further a suggestion
that the people of Portland, having
neither opportunity nor .disposition to
reason out complex port problems, and
not caring a tinker's dam about the
matter, are now on the verge of revo
lution, clamoring for "consolidation or
blood. Great is Humbug. There are
few students of port development In
any community, but there at-e many in
dustrious propagandists whose motives
are not wholly patriotic and if street
gossip Is to be relied upon Portland has
her share of them. - It -4s unfortunate
that certain elements, both in the
Chamber of Commerce and out of it,
have -made the commission of public
docks a special target ever since its
original organization. The press .. of
Portland has been friendly and Con
slderate, but Its news columns have
teemed with evidences of an unfriendly
disposition In many quarters. It is es
pecially unfortunate that for years
there has not been entire harmony be-
Ltween the commission and, not the
rank and file, but certain elements cf
the Chamber of Commerce. This be
came acute when the chamber, by for
mal resolution, notified the commission
mat it woum witnnoia its support xram
the last $5,000,000 bond issue, unless the
commission would pledge itself in ad
vance not to issue any of the bonds
or spend any of the money accruing
from their sale until a f ter the chamber
had passed upon any issue or any pro
posed expenditure. . This would -have
given the chamber absolute control of
the bond Issue aad of all expenditures.
If the gossip of the streets in regard
to all these matters Is true, why should
knowledge; of them be withheld from
the taxpayers? Every financial, every
personal, every local interest should, be
held subordinate to the interests of the
city of Portland as a whole. , and such
should be the test as to the merits of
any legislation, affecting this commu
nity. In this case the paramount ques-J
tion is as to whether or not the dock
commission has rendered efficient serv
ice and earned- the confidence' of the
people of Portland. Portland.
A POULTRYMAN COMPLAINS
Ridgefield.. Wash., July 10. To the
Editor of : The JournaL Considerable
has been said for and against coopera
tive marketing-- Now l think the prin
ciple is O IC but I wish t make a
statement regarding a shipment of eggs
made to the Pacific Cooperative Poul
try producers on June 20, for which I
received .my statement today. I could
have sold these eggs here at my place
for ' S6.S0 a ; case. There were four
cases, which would have netted me
$25.20. ': My net return from the associ
ation was $17.0, a total loss to me of
$8.14 on four cases ot eggs. Some
thing must be seriously wrong; with
the management when there is that
much, difference- It simply turns what
would be a profit Into a loss.
, , , EL E. Rogers. ',
AND THEN SOME
From the St. Joseph News Press
Mayonnaise dressing is of man's life
a thing apart ; 'tis woman's whole ex
istence, - , - -1 , . . '
WHERE THETCAN' SPELL -ABLE.
Prose the Asherilla Times v
, About the only ability that some peo
ple have Is gullibility. , .
COMMENT AND
SMALL. CHANGE -I
Arbuckle will find a great many peo
ple who cant see him even it he does
appear, on the stage.
Some happy day Klamath Falls -will
have a courthouse and be just as
peaceful as any other city. .. : s
! Having 'tasted the -fruits' of the
cellar, the Beavers, are doing . their
l-best (o get back into It this season, v
' At that It might be a pious idea to
collect tax for the soldiers bonus out
of the fortunes of a few war-profit mil
lionaires. e -
- Reading about the Horse Heaven ir
rigation project reminds us that Horse
Heaven must be pretty well populated
in these motorized days.'
The "deaths' aad revivals of Lenin
are putting tbat, turbulent Russian
into . a . class with Panctoo .Villa in bis
palmy days.. - .-... '-;;;.:; f :, :
Sometimes we find- humor In foreign
names. But we are assured that Julia
Williosuici is a dyed-iatbe-woot Amer
ican. .. i ,
Does the P. R. L. & P Co, mean that
8 cents is not enough for a ride after
a patron -has waited 40 minutes for a
stub car and then has to stand up all
the way to town?
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baad of Los
Angeles are guests at the Multnomah
for a few daya They have come to
the city to visit the highway and other
scenic: points in the vtclnity of Port
land and are being entertained by E.
V, .-. Hauser of the Multnomah. ; Mr.
Baad Is manager of the New Biltmore
hotel at Los Angeles, which, when com
pleted, will be the largest hotel on the
Pacific coast, costing $8,000,000 and
containing 1000 rooms It will be ready
for opening- in April, 192. t
a a
,Mr. and Mrs. Hossmelster of As
toria are spending a few days m Port
land, registered at the Multnomah.
a . :- . "-
rrharles A McKenzle.' prominent In
surance man of San Francisco, is at
the. Multnomah while spending a few
days in Portland on business. .;
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Cheshire Mitchell, former manager
of the Butler hotel of Seattle, is visit
Ing. friends in Portland for a short
time, making his headquarters at the
Multnomah. .- .
a a a
Mrs. B.; . E. Stoutemeyer of Boise,
wife of the attorney - for the United
States reclamation service at that city,
is registered , at the Multnomah while
spending a few days visiting in tne
city,-.:- v. ;; -'
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c " E. Walles. prominent banker of
Klamath Falls, is at the Multnomah at
tending the bankers' convention.
a a
j-mes S. Stevsart. good roads boost
er and former member of the legis
lature, is registered at the Perkins
while In the city on a business visit
from Corvallis. ; '
Dr. and Mrs. H. Zi Thorp of As
toria are spending a few days visiting
in the city, registered at the Oregon.
; . 4
Frank J. Miller of Albany, former
chairman of the public' service commis-1
- . i ... , -.i n l Hrv;t.' mm m Kre r
Sion, is at xne xintrrsi iai m,u. vu .
business trip to the city. ; ,
E. B. Kingman of Eugene is a
Portland business visitor for a day
or - two," making his headquarters . at
the Multnomah ' : '
a .
J. W. McCoy, i well known citizen of
Ashland, is at the Multnomah for a
few days. n - t
Miss Cora Talklngton of Salem Is
visiting and shopping in the city for a
few days, registered at the Portland.
vf www
B. F.' Forbes of Salem is registered
at the Portland while in the city for a
short business visit :
a a
Walter Bown, a well' known citizen
of Medford. is registered at the Port
land for a few days. ' .
Mrs. Peter Keegan of Astoria Is a
guest at the Multnomah for a day
or so. . " ' -.
WWW -
G. D. Brodie ot Dufur Is spending a
short time In' Portland, registered at
the Multnomah. " '
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Snyder nf Cor
vallis are at the Multnomah while visit
ing in the city for a short tim, i
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL. MAN
By Fred
Hem Is where Mr. Lockley makes a win
.lu, mn mr mooA ahot at tnat. us
brines in a brace of seed pioneers whosestory
is. of the 'resmi trail ana u mr yi
Santiam with intimationa of the rind relj.
gious and political phenomena that character
ized the eatly We m tnat secnon.
As ,1 Passed along the streets of Jef
ferson recently I saw on . a porch an
tnterestrng looking couple, I wondered
if they were pioneers of Oregon. I de
cided tha hest way to find out was to
go and ask them. S The woman smiled
and said, ... i-tion tc anow wny juu
asking, but I don't mind telling you x
have lived in Oregon 9 years. But who
are you, and why do you want to
know? After I " had told her who I
was and why -I wanted to know, she
said t: "Let me get you a chair SO you
can - be comfortable. If you; don't
mind, we will sit right out here on the
porch and I will answer all the ques
tions you care to ask." She then pro
ceeded:
. ! "
My husband's name is William M.
Bilyeau. As a matter of fact, his name
is William H. BUyeau. Due were are
so many Bilyeaus up in the forks of
the Sar.tia.rn by the name of William
H. that ha changed his name to" William
Mi so the mail wouldn t get mixed .up.
fMy maiden name was Mary L. Cala-
van. -; l was born July 11. 1853, in Linn
county. -a My f ather, Joel Calavan. was
bora- la Kentucky. January r XU -- 18Z5.
He was one of 14 children. My mother,
whose maiden - came was Parthana
Curl, was born la Missouri, November
27, 183?. - Oddly enough, she also was
one of 1 4 Children. Roosevelt cfluM
certainly have found no fault with the
numbers of children on both sides of
the bouse. ,
My father 'and mother crossed the
plains in the same company in 1847.
Captain Dtckie Miller was in charge of
their Wagon i train. My mothr was a
widow when she crossed theTIaina She
was married to James Wesley Tbomi
son September 14, 1840, She had three
children by her first husband. On Feb
ruary 20, 1848.: she married Joel Cala
van. They had eight children, of whom
am one. - Of these, bat lour are now
living. Beiley D. Calavan lives in
Portland. Lewis L. In Lebanon, -Joseph
W. In Arkansas, and I live here in
Jefferson.. - -,
"My folks settled in the forks of the
Ca i. tiara shortly after their marriage
NEWS, LN BRIEF,
blDELIGlITS
It would That rafhor riifftraitr hi make
the average editor believe that even in
heaven a paper could print the tMaole
BlnlUa1d.10fanS -
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George J. Gould was remarried, lait
week and , hus lost $3,000,000 be-
queathed to him by his fftst wife.' But
what's $3,000,000 to a widower bent on
getting married again? Eugene Reg-
ister. - t - .
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California ofTtcials do ' not aem to
take much interest in the construction
of the Roosevelt highway. Probably
they know the more roads there are
into -Oregon, the harder it will be to
keep California people and money, at
home. Eugene Guard.'
The. man who will during this dry
weather leave fires bui-nlmr or throw I
o( ,i general conflagration is eiUer
emfltw of crirntrual earalMioiess or hasn't
common sense enough to be at large. I The Bend Commercinal club's em
Oregon City Banner-Courier, u i ployment bureau placed 101 men last
..-., a ! i I week and the. need for labor in Des-
Th. man r wnan who la satisfied
i . v. - ... AMViwnmnt- m rtri aat-
isf led to remain in. the present location
a"rlia net onlv to
I contentment di auu
materially in the success and perma
nent substantiality or tne community.
Floaters are not so helptuL Woodburn
Independent.
Harold Olsen. well known in Jort'
land, where he was formerly connected
with the - Portland hotel, is visiting
friends ana relatives tn tne city .
has just returned from the government
oospitai i oaa itjo,
been undergoing treatment for injurlas
received while in een'ice. His many
friends will be pleased to team that ne
returns much Improved in health. He is
registered at the Multnomah. j .
of Astoria, accompanied by his family.
is 'at the Oregon, having come to the
city to start them on an extended visit
: as . -av "to laVii'i vvr
to the East. - i -.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. B.' Hays and son of
Pendleton are visiting friends in the
city, making their-headquarters at the
Portland while here. v
w, .. . .. a- a. a -
W, E Wilson of Sheridan is slaying
at the Oregon for a I few days while
transacting business in Portland.
W. Anderson of Toledo is spending a
tew days In Portland, registered at the
Oregon.
L. Taylor of Westportls attending to
business in Portland for a day; or so,-
staying at the Oregon in the meantime.
- a a
Leslie Butler, prominent citizen and
banker of Hood River, is at the Benson, j
haying come to the city to attend the
bankers convention..
Mr.- and Mrs.r William Vaughan of
North Bend are at the Benson for a
short visit ia Portland.
- :,, :.,, - a a
G.R. Perry of Roseburg is at the
Multnomah, visiting in the city for a
day or so.
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C. H. Woodcock, banker of Corvallis,
is registered at the Multnomah to. at
tend the convention.
. ' a
F." Lucas of Weston Is at the
Multnomah while In the city on a short
visit. .
W . .1
W. S. Ferguson, well known citizen
of Athena, is spending a few days In
Portland, registered at the Multnomah.
:C B. Duhl of Tygh Valley ,i at the
Multnomah f or v short ' stay Itl the
city. ' ;.:;.,.. - " ;-:-
JS.' Marvell of Helix Is spending a
day or eo in Portland, registered at the
Multnomah. - - -i'-
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Mfand Mrs. J. B. Nayberger of
McMinnvllle ' are visiting in the city.
stopping at the Multnomah while here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Fitts of Corvallis
are in Portland fori a brief visit, stay
ing at the Multnomah. i .:
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; JT-W. Hyatt of SUverton "Is trans
acting business in the dty, registered
at the Multnomah. ' .
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Mrs. Josephine Cook of Balem is a
guest at, the Oregon for a few daya
--.j a a j
' .John Todd, Insurance man of .Spo
kane, Is a Portland business visitor,
registered at the' Oregon.
,
. D.'-W."! Warnock of Joseph is transacting-
business in Portland, putting
up at the Imperial .while here.
Lockley
a at. m
In 1848. not 1 far from where Scio .is
now ' located. They were Missionary
csapusts. In fact, pretty nearly every
body In the forks of the Santlam in
those days was a Missionary Baptist
and voted the Democratic ticket. I was
born in Santiam and the first school
ing I had was in the flog schoolhouse
at Cracker's Neck. As , a- matter of
fact, neither my husband nor myself
happened to be on hand when they
were passing the schooling around, so
We didn't get much. My eldest brother
and two of ray sisters attended the
Santiam school.
. - tea a
;"T was 'married November 12,: 1871.
to William M. Bilyeau. ,W were mar
ried by J; W. Ostrander. a . Methodist
minister. 1 was rather doubtful
whether a knot -tied - by a Methodist
minister would hold Baptists together.
It did. though, for my husband and I
recently celebrated our -oidn waddinw I
recently celebrated our golden wedding.
"My son. w&o is visiting us, has a
farm near Taklma. Delia married G.
Eppley oj" Sheridan. Melvln is dead.
Lloyd is running a farm near Jeffer
son. ,
We ran aj farm In Cracker's Neck
until the fall of 1882. when we moved
to Jefferson. You had better- let my
husband do "some of the talking or
i oiks win say I am monopolizing the
story. .
Turning to Mr. Bilyeau I asked.
"Where, when and why were you born?
Are you a native of Cregon, like your
wuer-. ne shook his head and said.
"No, I am a Missotirian. I was born
October .;!, 1845. and came ..to- Oregon
la 1852. -I was seven, years old; when
I "crossed the plains, and as I think
back on those days It seems as v. If
everybody was on wheels and all bound
for Oregon. ; There was a continuous
string of wagons as far a you could
see- It lookedulike some unending dr
ew parade, we started with two wag.
ons and eight oxen. We got here with
one wagon, drawn by an ox and a cow.
My father took up a place. four miles
from Scio. Later he "sold this . and
bought a quarter section near Richard-
son's Gap. -
"Most of my life -1 have -farmed.
Nothing very . exciting- has ever hap
pened to me. I have spent 70 of my 77
years In Oregon, which Is pretty good
proof that, though. I. .am not an Ore-
gonlan by birth, I certainly am - by
adoption." f;-sr
The Oregon Country
Konhwest Uapprntncs in Brief Form for ti.
3uy Header.
' - - - 1 OREGON . - - ;
a 1 '.-rA J a. i war .1 .' Ma.
1 pmS ta" A. ,KnPnf,'
r wh'eef htfr!
I reiMiewnsi scnooi expenauures for
th. year just closed- were $125.4S9.S6
?01i,rIPts from all sources of $143.- -
882-4I. ... . --. .v ,
A large wind cave has been discov-
ered on the Jamea Dawson ranch in
the Plalnview- section . of Deschutes
i county. . . . .
I The State" IlrrvMtnriA fW1! Tilanf
I at Gold Hill, which has hn irti, th.
I last year, has resumed with a daily
output of 100 tona
The plant of the Eugene Excelsior
company resumed operations this week
after an idleness ot several weeks. Ex
tensive repairs . have been made.
The new tl'd nno n-ln. e
Oregon State hoepitat at Pendleton was
i&i
I "" msutuuon to l.UW.OUU.
cn" county is, decreasing rapidly.
I ' Walter. Lewis. - Tiesm. rjunHv
vJctd of manslaughter for the killing
itnua at aiimiui jp aus.
was sentenced Saturday to 15 years in
uie Miem penitentiary. , ,
Cottage Grove is enjoying the great
est residential boom in recent years.
A number of new homes have already
been completed and yet the supply la
not equal to the demand. :
Development work on an extensive
scale has started at the Bohemia mines
and the road east of Cottage Grove Is
lined each day with vehicles loaded
with machinery and supplies.
.The c'ty of Florence, at the mouth
of the Sluslaw river. Is making elabo
rate plans to entertain the rest of the
I people of Lane county at its Western
i Lane fair,. September 14. 15 and It
tsioa are being i called for by- the
regents of., the University of Oregon'
for the erection of a wing to McClure
jjf''- The w-lngw-iil b three stories
high and the estimated cost is $15,000.
.T11 campaign for the endowment of
Albany college, which has been quies- -
I cent for some time, will be pushed act-
I la V this - II Tf a. a a
ULtoT county na, arreadrbeen obV
J tained. - .
I waonuxuiua ..
I isareotics valued at $4800 were seised
1 Saturday at Seattle by federal customs
,, k vumis un astue x unnei
liner Talthibius. v -
Onion growers of Walla ' Walla
county have commenced to ship out
in carload lots to the bigger marksts.
Some loss is renorted dun tn ninir mr
and thrip. , , .
Great dinim hv haawn la Miuwf.'
from- the Touchet dintrict: nf TOa ll
Walla county,- where the animals are
damming streams and causing fields
and gardens, to overflow. ;
. The Tenlno school board has com
pleted jts high school teaching staff
for next year. Miss. Evsdna M. Har.
rison of Portland has been chosen for
history - and modern , languages. .
Fifty acres of scenic and measure
grounds at Whatcom Falls park, near
Bellingham. narrowly escaped destruc
tion: from forest fires last week, said
to nave neen star tea by careless berry
pickera - - '
Fire - at Tacoma Saturdav mnmln
destroyed the buildings of the Puget
oouna Aianutacturing comDanv.s, the
j Acme Pattern works and the Quality
Candy company. The loss is estimated
at $o0,000. , ,-. , . - -,
Less than: one-third of the numW .
of voters registered at this time in
1920 have fited for the fall elections in
Aberdeen, and of this number nearly
twice as many men as women hav
registered. -.; ; - " .. ; ,
Harry StelnhOldt 28. a mamhair At
the national guard now statinnad t
.j, so (-1 S AaLUIIMt JaVII.
.Murray, wash.; is in
f "r"86? .w'ta giving & bogus check to a
I j ,f " exenanga or Bible
and rosary.
J. M. Hunt is dead at a Saatrla linn.
pitat from injuries he received ,hn
struck by D. M. Baer, a-former mem
ber of the police department Hunt
was walking with Mrs. Roer on a.
down-town 'street. ,r,.r. , .. ,
Ezra Meeker, now S2 veara niri hn
is on a speaking tour across the conti
nent in the interest of .the Old nr-
I ftw.n I x l ... as . .
-,1-
ritory of Washington.
. v- IDAHO
Hog cholera is renorted to hava
broken out in several sections of
Northern Idaho
Idaho in 1921 spent 123.8f45.J96.S8. de
rived from taxation and other sources, "
for government institutions and high.
The state of Idaho is en a cash haala .
The last registered warrant has been
called for payment and there is cash
In the - treasury amounting to S3. 048..
371.50. . . - -- . ., - , .'
Federal hunters In Idaho, worklns-
for the United States biological survey, '
have killed during the east 12 montha
ending June 30 a total of 1833 preda-
'Billy" Kinkier, taken from a train
near. Montpelier, Idaho, Friday, has
been identified by Rigby bank officials
as one of the two men who held them
up and stole $3800.' . , ' '
! the Pocatello nubile schools waa elect ad
chairman 'Of the board of trustees of
the National Education association at -its
recent meeting in Boston.
Twenty. Years Ago
From The Journal of July 19, 1902
Seattle Tracy's whereabouts Is still
mystery.. ' The Dosses have m an.,
thentio clues to work upon.'
Charles Stinger is appointed to the
office of city ticket agent of the O. R.
N. company in Portland, vice Victor
A SchiUing-. ' ' .
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Cleveland; Ohio The 3 -cent street"
railway fare, for which Mayor' Johnson '
has fought hard and i long, -has been
knocked out by a restraining order
from the. common pleas court.
Hon... John Catlln one of Portland's
.rtaownu rW. rTn!
P?-?.r?WB l"ts, died this morning
m nis sixty-sixtn year,. Judge Catlin's
ailment was similar to that of hia lata.
relative. United. States' Judge Matthew
jr. i-eaay.
Charles J. Gray, who wlll arrive hers
from BU Paul In about 10 days, has
been aonointed traveling- ar fn, h.
Omaha to snoceed Henry J. Sisler, pro-"
moted to the general agency, vice WU
ilanv H. Mead, deceased. .
G, Y. Harry will preside at' the big
labor -mass meeting that will be held
tonight in, Cordray's theatre. Officers
of the American Federation of Labor '
will be present and deliver addresses
upon topics of Interest. ,
The Oregon Water Power Sc. Rallwav
company started cars across the Madi
son street bridge, today on regular
schedule.; Although the sidewalks of .
the structure have not as, yet been
built. . pedestrians will, be allowed to
Bicycle licenses' became dellnouent
April 1, and the sheriff has been au
thorized to seize all unlicensed wheels'
used on any of the bicycle naths nf i
the city. Up to date, 3188 license tags '
have been issued. .
Astoria Salmon here Is now sell in r
at 5 cents a pound as the result of the
run being largely Increased.
The question of the' site fo- the 1'tni
fair has - not yet been determined, but
j the directors seem to favor the ground
fat the foot of Wiuamette Heights.
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