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rcovy that in any way simulates reeding nut
ter r that cannot readily fee reeoniaed aa
advertising. . .. . .
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ble to The iaoxnmX Pnblishtnc .Company,
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tiXErHONE MAIN 7161. -
AU depart-
rertits reaebed by tots number.
I eeneeire a time when, by a higher
' eirUixaUon, formed on a political economy
; more truly, scientific, becaaae more truly -i
according to the will of God. -four human '
'refuse shall be utilized, like our material
refuse; when man as man, erea down to
; the- weakest and uust ignorant, shall be
found to be (as he really is) eo valuable, .
that it will be worth' while to preserve his
health, to develop hU capabilities, to Mrs
hint alive, bods, intellect and character,
at iny cost; because men will see that a
man- ia after alt the most precioua ami '
useful thine on the earth, and that no costs
apent on the development of human be- -inn
oui possibly tie thrown away. Charles
Kinysley. ......
AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE
A PPARENTLY the present ad
Uv ministration la not nlanntnp- tn
ienter the League of Nations, -even
fthrough the back door.' Secretary
Hughes is on, of the men within
administration . circles who usually
speaks specifically and to the point.
Answering the lette of Hamilton
Holt relative to "our foreign rela
tions, Mr. Hughes said: '.. .:.r ;
"I see no prospect for any treaty or
; convention by which we should share
in the maintenance of the eoort untii
wome provision is made by which,
WITHOUT MHMBERSHIP IX THE
LEAGUE, this government would be
able to have an. appropriate voice in
the election, of Judges, . - -
:lh other words, this government
will have nothing to SV with any
thing so long as entrance-into the
f
f League of Nations' Is a prerequh
i site. We will stay out of the league
at all costs. That is. the night
mare.; Tnat is the plague. That is
the thing, above all things, that
must be avoided.
But if that "is the case, how does
Mr. Hughes explain-his statement,'
along with SO other prominent Re
publicans during 4 the campaign,
that the way to enter the .league
was to vote for Mr. Harding? Do
the exigencies of politics permit a
man to deliberately mislead the
public?
: Is there no sincerity in campaign
statements? Is a system built up
here by which, a, man can publicly
say . one thing during a campaign
and another after election without
accounting to the public? Are
campaigns open season for-misrepresentation?
V f4'tv"'::
Mr.. Hughes has always been an
advocate of settling disputes by : ar
bitration, rather than by the sword.
There is no internaUonal clearing
house for disputes, save the League
Of NaUonai r Mr Hughes, Mn Taft
and various other prominent men
said a vote foV Mr. Harding was a
vote for the League i ef Nations:
Now Mr. Hughes says another way
has to be found to deal with Europe
"without entrance. Into the league.
-IE men of the standing of the 31
Kepubucan v. .IwiiQTiing i Secretary
Hughes, are to mislead the public,
what can be expected of less promt
nent Individuals?,; ' And what ia the
publio to do When the Word of the
republic's foremost men ; is found
10-oe misrepresentation? '
'It- Is - unfortunate'- that "Mr
Hughes didn't go farther into the
subject of the league and discuss It
as candidly as he discussed It in the
campaign. It does Injury to the
country when the distinguished
men of the nation make promises
that are not kept. .
' PORTLAND SCHOOLS
THE new Northeast , high school
is to sit on a tract of 40 acres In
the vicinity of East Thirty-seventh
and Thompson streets.
The new Chapman school Is t be
eurreunded by a tract of some IS
acres of ' the Goldsmith tract, the
long, familiar: scene of summer's
circuses. . -"
The school district will erect the
Vialdings. The1- city will develop
ground the "structures recreational
centers. Each public body will "do
its share to .g-ive the properties the
highest possible public value.
This is cooperation worthy of
praise. ' It has been awaited. v It
has been long desired. While school
grounds of ample extent have re
gained : unused, children have
played A" the street. Some of
them have been made sacrifices to
the perils of the streets. While the
city- has been handicapped by lac If
of funds and shortage of appropri
ate plaV areas, the possibility of co
operation -with the school board has
continuously existed. 9 , " -
The plandevised by the school
board and .. the. city commission
means that Portland taxpayers for
school : sites will be . assured of
larger returns an the money spent
for school sites.- . : v-"
' .Another commendable feature of
the school transaction are the. terms
agreed spori in securing the G01d
smlth tracV v The owners lf - the
property will accent other areas
and obsolete buildings belonging .to
the' scTtool district in exchange, the
basis of exchange being it feaCh in
stance the assessed valuAtion plus
one-third. "The assessed valuation
should be the guiding factor when
ever property -is acquired for public
purposes. .r . " -
MONEY DOESN'T WIN
IF WE retain presidential direct
primaries, the Seattle; Times ; is
afraid we shall come to the. point
where no man of modest resources
can hope- to aspire to ' the presi
dency' . ':;
The xperience in, the latest
presidential primaries Was that the
man who spent the big money failed
to .get the nomination: .General
Wood was a widely known public
man.- He had been for years in
the public eya as a protege of Theo
dore Roosevelt. Some- millions of
dollars fvere spent in the effort to
get him-: the , nomination. " , The
money was wasted. The nomina
tion went glimmering. ;
Another candidate in ; the . same
primaries was Governor Lowflen of
Illinois. He is a man of large
wealth..- He is a son-in-law of the
head of the' Pullman Palace Car
company. Some Missouri delegates
were bought for " him.! ' A large
amount of money was spent in gor
geous literature heralding his vir
tues, ' ' ; - " ..
As further assets, he was a well
known war governor, with a splen
did -administrative record. K He had
also the merit of a fine personality
and , keen intelligence. But the
money brought no nomination to
Governor Lowden. ; . !
The . nominee of . the .'convention
tha V followed those primaries was
a . little-known newspaper t man,
owner of dally -paper ' in a town
of 30,000 and having little of wealth
at his command.. He got the nomi
nation. All the millions spent in
the primaries . for other, candidates
did not defeat him. . Money was
impotent; A comparatively poor
man was "nominated and elected. '
, Woodrow Wilson was a poor col
lege prof essorvwith little of this
world's goods -beyond his library
and his college salary. - He was
known only as the president of
Princeton- and as governor of New
Jersey. ; In worldly goods he was
one of the poorest men who ever
ran for the presidency,'
, In the raceagalnst him wasjthe
late Champ Clark. He was backed
by some of the wealthiest men on
the continent, and very heavy sums
of money ,were spent for him in the
primaries. He was. In' addition, a
statesman of high reputation, who
had for years v been . nationally
known. '" - -.;
Again money was Impotent. The
nomination went . to Wilson. ; He
served for four vears and at the
end of his- term achieved the con
spicucus distinction of being nomi
nated, under the primary system
and reelected to a-second term, the
first Democrat to succeed himself
since the time of Andrew Jackson.
Money doesn't "win, primaries.
You can't buy masses of people. It
is in conventions where the buying
Is done. It is In electing delegates
to conventions under the old sys
tem" that phoney talks. ,
' It Is ideas that win tn direct pri
maries. ; " -
The one conspicuous Instance In
which a direct primary waa bought
was Newberry, , And if the senate
of y the : United ; States had. been
guided by the acts that convinced a
Michigan- court and Jury, his rotten
enterprise would have failed' and a
further example of the impotence
of money in direct primaries would
have been set.
In SO , years, eays Luther Bur-
bank, many of the . people In' the
United States will be going hungry
unless the productivity of the soil
Is greatly Increased. Soil which Is
being "mined", without replacement
of fertilizer will be in the condi
tion which Mr. Burbank fears. The
abandoned tobacco ' fields ' of Vir
ginia and the hill farms of New
England testify to this fact, but just
now it appears-, equally necessary
for the - number of producers on
the soil to increase, if America Is
to be fed.. .
WHERE THE CHINOOKS FEED
I AW seems to have overtaken
M , science la solving the mystery
of the salmon What becomes of
the famous food fish of Pacific
streams after they drift as finger-
ungs dui i iu sea naa long been a
question f or'which eo noted an ich-
tayojogisi as xa via Starr Jordan
had no other than - speculative an
swers." . - i -j -" " -li
But the recent litigation In fed
eral court on the subject of purse
seining brings -rather conclusively
to light the fact that he chinooks
of the Columbia, for initance, feed
and grow a fan-shaped area ex- j
tending some 29 miles off the!
mouth of the Columbia. Most of!
them will be found within s mile
and a half, of the" coast, although
Warden Shoemaker of the Oregon
fish "commission .says that large
numbers have been found in water
?5 feet deep a score of miles out
side. " - " , . .r
If this IS exclusively the habit Of
the Columbia chinooks an explana
tion is furnished. Incidentally, of
that' marvelous homing . instinct of
the cell which brings the fish back,
when theyaro ready to spawn, to
the , gravelly .-, tributary streams
where,, four years before, they were
hatched. The salmon never get
away entirely from the influence
and the taste of the water' in which
they were spawned. ' The accuracy
of their return thus becomes one of
the .most lucid , of natural phe-
rnomena. . -. . ;
;. Such explanation' of the ways .of
the chlaook also -strengthen , the
justice of Oregon and Washington
wardens to prevent purse . seining.'
The purse seiners merely 'go .off
shore, to the: feeding area, find a
school of small, immature salmon,
surround them "With tackle s and
draw' them into their, boats. The
practice is a good deal like, picking
greenapples. : -
Oregon has a-law, tested as to its
Constitutionality, -which not i only
forbids purse seining within the
three-mile area on s fro re, over I
which the state has control, but re
fuses to the purse seiners the privi
lege of landing on Oregon shores
the catch taken outside the three
mile limit. Washington has a law
which forbids purse seining, within
the threenile limit, but does "not
fosbid the landing of fish caught
outside the three-mile limit. It has
been "the practice of the Washing
ton .fishermen --to go "outside v and
Come- back by way of the mouth
of the Columbia? with their catches.
Warden Shoemaker undertook to
(forbid the: practice because! the
waters ' of i the Columbia at . that
point are ' under Oregon .jurisdic
tion: But Federal Judge Bean has
enjoined .the Oregon warden from
further activity against the Wash
ington fishermen - on - the ground
that .the Columbia is a public high
way and its use cannot be forbidden
to - those who are committing no
violation of the law, ef their own
state. ) .- .,- -: ;,j
Obviously, there are two reme
dies.' The first la for the Washing
ton legislature to pass a law which
will forbid purse seiners to land
their catch on Washington shores.
The second is for. the federal gov
ernment to declare the area out
side the three-mile limit f eeding
grounds and forbid all salmon fish
ing whatsoever; V-The- preservation
of the salmon Industry i demands
uniform-law and tho. entire elimi
natjon of purse seining where the
salmon feed. -"" '.'-
Samuel Vauclain. C the. Baldwin
locomotive works says "that Mathias
Baldwin, founder of the company.
produced the company's first loco
motive In 1852. olt would run Z0
miles an hour, but Its wheels would
do nothing bat spin' when the rails
were wet.'' He asked $4000 for It,
but reduced the ; price "to ,$3000
and also reconstructed the rails
In order to make the contrivance
satisfactory to the buyer. Then he
announced to the. shop) force that
he would never, never again build
another locomotive. And he didn't
r-untll another order came in.
THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT
PORTLAND, appears in enviable
A relation to the movement Of
apples by water, in the reports is
sued .by the federal "bureau of agrt
cultural economics. 2, '.,
is shown that p to March. 1
last thewatefshipments of apples
from Portland aggregated 443,306
boxes, and from Seattle In the same
period 806,801 boxes. !
Practically- no shipments had
ever moved from Portland before,
says the government report, while
the Seattle shipments constituted
an Increase of 220,393 boxes over
the 1920 movement -and SO 5.0 II
boxes over the 1919 movement.
In aot her words, Portland in its
first year outstripped its competl
tor by more than 40 per cent of the
Seattle exportations. The report
adds:
- With sufficiently low rates to permit
absorption of rail freight frota taitial
producing points to the Pacific sea
board, absorption of short-haui rates
from AtlaAtic-terminals inland for
nasonabie distance, frequent and reg
ular sailings, convenient terminals at
Atlantic ports of discharge, and an in
crease in the number ef discharging
ports,- this feature of thehandling of
the Northwestern apple crop is expect
ed to assume even greater proportions
ia the future.-. jy;,. .... ;.
.A' cftbat has been", in progress
-for some time as to the advisability
of providing in Portland public cold
storage facilities for fruit in transit
destined for. exportation by water
Many arguments have been ad
vanced' to show that the exportable
supply of the Columbia basin war
rants the action," But no argument
Is so effective as this simple show
Hps of the figures under govern
ment seal. The movement of ap
ples to Europe and to the Atlantic
is not a thing of the future. It has
commenced. Portland's exporta
tions the first year approached the
half million mark. , This year the
efficiency of this new mode for
transporting , fruit and? the . de
mand from distant markets will ac
count for substantial increase. The
cold storage, facilities cannot be
provided too soon";
Whom did the great men of the
past hold responsible for their mis
takes, when there were no news
paper reporters? Exe ha n g e .
Resurrect their wives and ask them.
ON THE WATER
PLAYGROUNDi
Automobile Can't Get Away With All
'This Touring and FicaickVig Stuff
MotorbOat, Yacht v and Canoe
Not to Be Overlooked An En ?
. thustast in River Rusticating
Tells of Delights to Which
the Koble Columbia and.
the Beautiful Willam
. ette Give Invitation. r. -
George J. Kelly in the "Winged M" BaUetto
Arriotijf the best of outdoor sports Is
that of yachting and motor boating.
Yachting might be said to cover me
sailboat family and inotorboatlng that
which Is driven by power other than
the wind or band, although hand pow
er method is often used in the very best
of both families. .::; r
Bo kindred are the Crafts Oti the
river, whether they be tnotorboate.
yachts canoes . or others when- you
speak of yone you speak for all- for
their playground is on the broad bosom
of the Willamette or the mighty Colum
bia river. '; ...-i
Although the more remote stretches
of these .rivers may be easily and more
quickly reached - by the fast-going
motorboat. given more, time the other
types of craft will get there just the
same, for the waters are invariably
safe.- and with a little experience in
seamanship- and navigation gained in
the sands and rocks of experience a
stood navigator is made in a fraction
of a ; season," and then ' the rivers for
almost , their entire length are his to
roam as he pleases.: , i -
He can drive his craft Just as fast
as the little old motor can make her
go,, for no speed cop lurks on his
trail : there are no treat volumes of
traffic ordinances -to be complied with
but' just the few definite navigation
laws of the government. He can park
bis bus almost any old place without
having a blue chalk mark placed on
the rudder and a calling card placed
on the- eeat; he knows not the sensa
tions of a pinch" or the stony stare of
"25 bones call ilfe next case."
Truly the rivet, is a haven of rest
for the pepfal navigator, where the ex
hibition of surplus energy reduced to
speed-in. miles is a quality to be ad
mired by all the grilles of law and
order.'
Again,'- unlike his gasoline - brother
of the land, our navigator eats no dust
of summer roads, cares not a whit who
makes the best nonskid tires Or what
they cost : the ditch worries him not.
Only when he fans " off a propeller
blade on a lonesome rock does he come
back to earthly affair, and, then only
for a moment, for he usually has two
more' blades to keep a-going on.
1 if another bus tries to pass him. he
turns, the - little old : lady loose and
then. .'Oh. Boy! with the -dash of the
spray and -the parr of the- motors, and
the f swish of the bow cutting through
the waters,' and the sway of the old
boat under him as ehe rambles, he ex
periences the Sensations of flying ; and
he rambles home With an --appetite
worth more than his gasoline bill. .
lie can load the little old shin .with
all the family arid most of the neigh
bors and drive her up to some little
inlet and turn them all loose on the
sandy beach to picnic and. frolic, to
Swim and -sunburn and have the tftna
f their live and still come, home
witt the price of ham and eggs in his
pocket. : .
r And this Is true: the cost of running
the ship if she is not of the ' racing
type is so small as compared to up
keep and operation of a motorcar that
there is hardly, any comparison. ,v
i The initial 'cost of the boat may. be
hundreds where the motorcar is
thousands, and the upkeep bears the
same proportion. But it is true also
that for class and speed there la prac
tically no limit to the cost to which
one may. go ; the large cruiser with all
its nttings may run into many thou
sands while the smaller craft may be
had for several hundred; but history
shows that the most real fun mav be
had out of the little boat,- - r - -
it Is said that the scone of motor.
boat is limited to a few miles of river ;
but the river road is several hundred
miles in length, with navigable side
roads up many of the river branches.
One never tires of the scenery and
is never at a loss to find a new spot
for picnicking or a new place to which
to cruise, even though he cruise every
tounaay m the year. The area for
cruising and exploration is so great
mat it would take a lone time to ex
haust its attractiveness to the real
lover or tne great outdoors. ,
- m--.r -
-There are several clubs alonsr the
river that are devoted to boating, each
in its own particular line the Motor
beat club, Yacht club and Rowing club.
Each has its own finely appointed club
house,, And moorage grounds within
easy reach of the center of town. These
clubs always. have a summer program
the winter season of river inactivity is
taken care of by the "Rocking Chair
Fleet,'!, around the fireside," with smok
ers, dancing and other entertainment.
A feeling of good- fellowship prevails
between the clubs, and interclub events
are of -frequent occurrence..
I Truly-the river Is, a good place to
get acquainted with. It fits right .in
with one's athletic tastes, whether we
are active comparatively or superla
tively, s We can usually find the degree
of exercise we like in one kind of boat
ing or. other. . .. - -v. - . . .
- The development of sports on the
river has not -reached its full irrowth
bat interest in this sport is -growing
year by'year. Portland needs to awak
en to a more general appreciation of
what, a wonderful . water: playground
the city ..really has right in its own
front yard. We hopeto' see the sport
continue; to grow and prosper, so- that
the Joys of the river may: be the joys
of the. many rather than the sport of
ue lew.: . ... ..
AN - UP-TO-DATE SHAKESPEARE?
From the Chicago Evening Poet
- -The London Times in a recent edu
cational number sets forth a proposal
having to do ? with- our antiquated
friend Will Shakespeare. It is con
cerned because his works are sadly out
oj date ! It admits that Will is all
right in his Elizabethan way. but if he
could only be modernized a bit, if we
might s have-, his old-fashioned - blank
verse translated into brisk, snappy,
present-day English, how much more
we would appreciate him 1 The Times
alludes to the fact that German and
French translations are couched in the
best of timely- idiom, -and argues that
it would be better had we a similar
version. . - i
.as ; ms proposal is rmaerstood. we
shall Abe pleasantly surprised by, a
Hamlet who ponders To be or not to
be . ; after this sprightly . and
Idiomatic fashion. "Now what the devil
shall I do about this; I'll be a fit
subject tor an; alienist if I keep this
murder to myself. Yet, if I let it out.
Til get the gate., Oh, d It!
That gets the' stuff over intelligibly.
Or " suppose we turn - over to George
M. Cohan' or Avery Hop wood the taste
of modernising Kalstaff. , When. FaJ-
staf f : addresses Prince Hal We - would
be convulsed with merriment by some
thing like this:: -Tome on. Buddy,
let's drop - In at Madame Quickly'a
place' and nave couple o' htghballa
eh what?. Clearly this adds sest and
conviction to Will s -character of
paunch and punch. - -
. Acala. let ws suppose Bernard Shaw
had the Work of bringing the court
scene, in The Merchant of Venice up
to the present mode of repartee. ' The
"Oh. noble judge '. . . most learned
Judge . very Daniel in his judg
ments" would come to our ears In this
guise:- "By George, that magistrate is
a clever fellow, an exceedingly smart
chap. A keen decision, that." .? -How
much mors terse and telling is this
Shavian version. - .
. Truly we would appreciate a mod
ernising - of Will Shakespeare's pi ay a
We might miss the. poetry and at
mosphere t lose the characterisations
and the flavor, but what are such
trifles when balanced against Romeo
and Juliet written in our very smartest
vernacular? v - - - -
We hope the plan has all the suc
cess of the. many attempts to- prove
that. Bacon -: or : anybody ' else but
Shakespeare wrote the play. .
Letters From the People
- T Communication tent to The Journal for
publication in this depsrtment should Be writ
ten n enly one side of the' paper, should trot
exceed 809 words tar length, and ..must be
signed by the writer, whose mail address ia
full must Accompany the contributioa. -
, MORE CONCERNING ETHER '
If It Is So or isn't. Scientists Needn't
Be Ashamed to Confess lg t r
- . norance Either Way. : -
- Portland, July lS--r-Xo the Editor of
The- Journal "Concerning ether,! 1
have thought for many years that the
theory of ether filling ail space was a
pure invention, of scientists, to Sustain
the wave theory of the transmission of
light.- . Some aviators tell us that three
or four miles above the earth's surface
It Is twilight only, the whole 24 hours,
and the farther from the earth, the less
the light." An increasing ratio. of dark
ness prevails. Therefore, beyond the
earth's atmosphere there -would be. no
light at alt Space would be as dark
as midnight at the tropics. .
If ether had a real entity it would be
subject to the law of gravitation just
as the invisible gases are. - If it does
not exist, the interstellar spaces would
be a vacuum, and the old saying that
"Nature abhors a vacuum" would not
Q tnie """ ':
When" God said, lt there be" light,"
there is no reason to believe he created
light. 'It was only one of the first laws
of adjustrrient of the heavens and. the
earth . already : created. Chemical ac
tion is the source of 'light, and anyone
can - make light ' through chemical
agencies. .:.-.-,-.: --
Gravitation partially accounts' for the
formation r and growth - of i spherical
bodies in the Universe rs;u-.5..; ' '"
It would seem . to be - reasonable to
consider light as a force thavt. passes
through space without friction or vlsi
bility, but meeting -with matter (as
the earth's atmosphere) it becomes
visible, causing heat In proportion to
friction and reflection. Scientists nave
discovered much tn the last century
to add to our knowledge Snd happiness.
but they need not be ashamed -of their
Ignorance ef .fundamental. There is
much. to learn, yet. The vista widens
as you get higher. J. B. Wrlght.
THE JOTS OP IGNORANCE'
Vancouver. Wash., July 13. To the
Editor of The Journal. Truly, Ignor
ance Js bliss. Verily, - the unsophistl
cated are happy. Some time ago I
overheard - one- lamenting the demise
of the saloon. . This savant stated That
he never patronised the barroom, but.
he asserted that as a source of na
tional revenue its loss was irreparable!
Later, one was heard to. aver thai bil
lionaires are national blessings, v be
cause they endow colleges and hospi
tais, establish libraries and "patronize
art. - .
Now what hope 'can there be for a
nation wherein stlch r psychic ..atfophy
maintains? " AncL to our shame be.it
said, more thnn ' half , our people jire
no less mentally obtuse than are-thes
specimens. IMd not the saloon? man
poison, ; degrade ; and demoralise: ':in.
order to pay his taxes? poes not the
billionaire, plunder defratrd and ex
ploit that he may t are sumptuously,'
enaew colleges ana nospitais ana . pa
trontze the fine arts? Truly, .ignor
ance is sin. ' -. . . Economist.
ADDRESSED TO "THE PREACHER"
Washougal, Waslu, July lJ To the
Editor of The Journal "The Preach
er", m Ther Journal of JulylS, -who
brands W. J. Bryan as "a prating
fool" fori his attitude toward the teach
ing of evolution in elementary schools
is rather absurd in using as his text
the quotation 'from Proverbs, "But
a prating fool hall fail," By what
logic does "The, Preacher"1 connect the
strong character of a man like Bryan
with the prating fool, and by what
faculties does the lay preacher perceive
that the nrovere , he otiotes is true?
Does he accept it on- laithi-wAftd tif ,
he accepts it merely because lt.-la"s to
the Bible why floes he not accept the
rest of the- Bible? , "Thelogi of thei
preacher does not seem to me cio
bear scrutiny, as there is no eviJence.
even by quoting science or the .Bible,
that Mr. - Bryan seeks notoriety. Let
"The Preacher" look to his own Jogic,
. i.,:,;.-:i -- . 7,, A - Lover of . Truth..
AT THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL -Portland,
July 1- To the. Editor
of The -. Journal A - states - that - the
city isolation hospital charges for the
patients- the city physician sends there
with contagious diseases. -. B says -no
fee Is charged, as the hospital is run
by the city and expenses are paid-by
the taxpayers. Which is correct? If
a .fee i is charged. :: please -state . how
much and why- i r;.'x A. Subscriber."
' The city's maximum ' charge for a patient
keiit at the isolation aeepitaL is S 15 m week.
This is. required from persona who are able
to pay for hospital service. . Inability to pay,
however, does not debar -one from this serv
ice.; ea in such aes the patient ia eared for
at the isolatioa hospital and -the city pays
the rUl.- If a personVis "enable to pay the
maxtmum charge he is vsrpecfed to . pay such
portion aa he can. .The health department
acts on - the theory that persons ; receiriag
the i services of the- isolation hospital should
pay for the service the same aa they . would
were they to go to av private. hoepitaX Were
the City to- undertake to pay the costs of all
petMnta- sent - to-' the isolatioa hospital the
total amount would ' be ehonDoua, and - It
undertakes only the casta of those who cannot
pax Ute charges. ,
- . EXPLORING SAHARA ' , "
from the LiTiog Age. ..'. , -..
Under Rothschild auspices, a ecolog
ical expedition,, composed of one Eng
lishman' and one Scotchman, Is forcing
its way deep into : heart of s the
Sahara desert,' a region Which Is prac
tically "unmapped soologlcally. -
At its head is Captain Angus Bu
chanan, a soologica) explorer of great
skill and experience. The expedition
has been sent to find and collect birds,
animals and plants wherever it is able
to" penetrate, to look for any '-aces;.of
Roman or other classical civilization In
the central Sahara, and to secure cam
era and motion picture records of ithe
habits, customs and - general ' mode of
life of the inhabitants of the country. - -,
The expedition, with , its -camel cara
van, is now r heading for ; the. desert
north of Nigeria. eCommunicat ions are
necessarily very irregular; for there are
only five main roads across the desert.
some of which' have never , yet been
traveled by Europeans. Once Captain
Buchanan- leaves the French post f
Agades,- there may be no news from
him for months. v
: SENATORIAL FKOBLEMS
From the Ohio State Journal ;
Our leading United States senators
seem te - have " been devoting a good
deal of their invaluable time lately-to
deciding W inetr; constrtrcllve ;jy
which of the great measures they have
under ' consideration they're least
afraid to put through first, with No
vember coming on and everything. .
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF ,
SMALL CHANGE : .
- Ganna Walska says Americans make
the beet, mates.' And, of course, the
best captains, too. ,. ;
If it wasn't more a matter of fishing
than fish there would be very few
fishermen on the streams.
- ; -;:&' iv W'V -. :...?-'.;;-';'-r';jS'
Tc? live do to its bent traditions it
should rain late this week for It is
then that our vacation starts.
Anyhow, ' Senator Stanfield ! Isn't
wearing out his trousers rubbing them
upon tne.,seat of his senate chain ,
Paris Professor savs JavellS water is
cure for mosquito bite poison. Is that
aayuung uxe tne ia snaae one cure 1
ThS Mivfnl nrantArit wTiYlll Tttt-va. si
fine, easy time of it if he didn't have
to anve lor all the - careless ones as
Every time v ret sour and out of
spirits we just have to think of Am-
Dassaoor liarvey ia knee breeches , at
the king's-: party. : - -
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Market editor ssvs onions have. ben
damaged to a large extent. Yet many
a kind housewife will weep over the
remains next winter.
Berlin - police to wear bullet-proof
vests, says a story, from Germany.
just leaas us !to the nope that there
may soon be a gravy-proof vst.v v
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mr. and Mr. J. F. Strause and party
of six of New York are gucsu at the
Kultnomah while spending a few days
In Portland viewing the highway and
other places of interest. Mr. Strause
is one of the owners of the Hotel Am
bassador of New York. - .
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Mrs. Ed JktcGreef of ' Ahtelope is vis
iting friends and shopping in the city
for a day or so, staying at the Inv
perlaL
Orln 1? Patterson, prominent citi
Sen and attorney at Canyon .-City, is
transacting legal business in Portland,
registered at the Imperial,
:"-ii'-k ', - .,i;iij-ii?-:;ijA ""
G. W. Byers of Pendleton,-, a well'
known business man of that-city, is
a Portland Visitor for a day or so, reg
istered at the Imperial. i
- Mr. .and Mrs. Al w" Hodgman Of
Waldport are visiting, in the city for
a short time, registered at the Port
land. - - .. . .. . 1
Mr. and Mrs, Milton A. "Myers of
Salem were ; guests at the 'Imperial
for a few days while visiting friends
in the city. , . . . -
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Mrs. W. H. Morton Of Nashville is
transacting business in the city, regis
tered at the Imperial.
AJ K. Peck, lawyer of Marshfleid,' Is
in the city for a day or bo, registered
at the imperial. - -
'Mrs. G. Mann,,' prominent citizen 0
Gales Creek, is visiting friends In the
city, registered at the ImpeniaL -
A-J j;. --i .-" . i-V" i.;. ' , :
" P. C; Garrison of Prineville is reg
istered .at the Portland whilevisiting
in the oity- for a short time. -. -
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... Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Dawes, and son
of Marshf ield , are at the Portland for
a few days, '
F Howard Turner of Madras Is at the
Multnomah while In the city on a short
visit. -"'
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
7 OF THE JOURNAL MAN"
By Fred
In this article Mr. Lockley attends to the
tourist interest. . He quotes s ceneral passen-.
ger agent and -the proprietor of- a hotel that
prospers in. a small town,- largely from touriat
patronage, He -appends valuable data fur
irahed by , farmer who farm intensively. f
A. 13. Smith, .general passenger aifent
ef the Northern Pacific railway, was
a recent Portland visitor. "The more
I see of Oregon and the West," Said
Mr. Smith, "'the more X am .Impressed
with ! the fact that the people of the
West do not realize . what a . wonder
ful asset they have in the"1 natural
seen! a attractions of their region. In
all our advertising X am Using the,
slogan. Two thousand miles of start
ling beauty, and. to an inlander or a
person. -Trom tne Middle west tne
beauty ot the Paclflo Northwest is
startling. I' have just come back from
a trip up the Columbia river- highway.
No i one can make that trip without
wanting to take off his hat to Samuel
C Lancaster and the others who had
the vision and the insight to plan: this
highway. The natural attractions are
unsurpassed, and fortunately man has
worked with and not against nature
in this oase in making this one of the
world's worth while, trips, . Mount Hood,
the majestie Columbia, a trip to Sea
side, Rainier park, the Yellowstone all
these scenic assets wilt mean a countless-
etream. of gold into the 'North
west for all time to come from beauty
hungry travelers, - In . all . of our ad
vertising I am - mentioning "not only
the commercial possibilities of Port
land" and the other communities along
our- lines, but I am playing up the
natural resources 'and the-scenic assets
so that investors -and : tourists will
know that' this is the place for which
they -have long been seeking.".
! Several- days ago I stopped at Kar
tell's hotel at Cottage Grove. "What
is the prospect for the tourist busi
ness this yearr I "asked. - "Twice
as many-cars are coming through Cot
tage Grove as came last year," said
Mr. Bartell. - Reaching under the desk
he pulled out a book, and said, "Just
glance over this record,: and you can
e what I mean. During the season
of 1921 I kept a careful record ef every
tourist who stopped at : my - hotel. I
asked them - aU about road .conditions
and also the approximate cost per day
while touring, Aa you will see, last
year I . had 257 cars from different
Oregon cities stay overnight; with me,
133 from Washington and 97 from"- Cal
ifornia, as well as cars from Montana,
British Columbia, Utah; - Colorado,
Texas, - Minnesota, "-New, Yorlv Ne
braska,, Illinois. Oklahoma, Ohio, Mich
gan, Idaho, Indiana and Arizona. This
year ; X - notice f there-, are many ; more
cars ! from the -Eastern-; and- Middle
Western states. It almost 'seems as
if all the i worid were - a-wheel. One
f the benefits, of keeping this record
is,- that ;when a tourist ; comes back,
from an occasional study of last year's
record I can : talk - to him about bis
last year's trip, telj him the number
of " the room he had, and when he was
here. They think I have a marvelous
memory,-, while as a matter of .fact, it
is merely a ' case of ,- studying last
year's register. . You would be sur
prised at the number of tourists who
made the trip last year who are com
ing - back. I doubt' if 1 per cent of
the tourists who pass, through here
stop at ' my hotel- - In. other words,
those who happen to come about sup
per time will stay overnight with me,
but hundreds of cars go by during-the
day in - both ' directions, anU a ;very
large proportion of these tourists, par
ticularly those who travel in : Fords,
carry along their own camp equipage
and stop in the . auto tourist camps:
so you will see . what a tremendous
business the tourist business Is,
SIDELIGHTS
: The man who ya loafing these days in
Oregon is doing eo from choice.
There appears to be work for all who
desire it. Union Republican. -
; - --l-l" ":'.. 'y?'-X-
- This Is going to be a prosperous'year
for Grant county,; for -vvhich all hands
are grateful. Peace, plenty and proa-
Serity reign In Grand Cvld 3ranC Blue
lountain Eagle. i -
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Mdre American tourists than ever be
fore -are flocking into France. The
French bave our gracious permission
to hold them up for enough to pay their
debt to America. Athena Press,
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- Congressman Fordney announces that
he wilt retire at the end of this term.
Ha does so voluntarily, buf -there are
others who will not know they are co
in to retire until - after election.--
Prinevule Central oregonian. - .
;
As to Yetuming good; for evil." the
American relief administration is- now
feeding 10,000,000 Russians, while if the
Bolsheviks had their way America
would soon be reduced to a condition
wherein it couldn't even feed itself,'
Weston Leader. ; ? ;
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When we hear about the amount of
money wastea by congress on tne tree
eeed distribution and, the little allowed
tor save our forests, we wonder what
to wrong. If this wasted money Would
only be applied In forest protection
what untold good it would do. Amity
, standard. - . .
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Stanley of Des
chutes are registered at the Imperial
while visiting in Portland for a day
or so. r
' C. H. Carson of The Dalles is-transacting
business in Portland, making
the Imperial his headquarters while in
tne city. -
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' Mrs. C E. Ferguson of Walla Walla
ia visiting friends -In . the city -for a
short time, tjiaklng- her headquarters
at tne juuitnomab.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bsfgstad and daugh
ter of La Grande are at the Multnomah
while staying in the city lor a few
days. , - , .- .
George P. - Wlnslow.' lawyer Of Til
lamook. Is transacting legal business
In' Portland,' registered at the - Impe
rial. -
F. P. Beals, prominent business man
of Tillamook. Is at the Imperial for
a short time while la the city attend
ing to business matters.
E. IL Chrlstenson of Eugene Is a
Portland visitor, registered at the Im
perial... .. .. .-.
- M. M. Boney of Eugene is at the
Imperial while irr the city on - a busi
ness trip. "'.' ' v - '
'Walter A." Denton, prominent busi
ness man of Salem, Is at the Imperial
for a short visit In the city.., .
- Kenneth C McCormick of Bend Is a
guest at the Imperial while in Port
land for a short time. . . -
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;' Mrs;' Robert G. Hall of Eugene Is -a
Portland visitor, staying at the Impe
rial. y:-u.; - i -: v- --' .l ':
- --' . - . . s.i-w.- ":;
R M. Young, business fnan of Sheri
dan, is a guest at the Imperial for a
day or so. - .
,
- Mr. and Mrs. C. V Clark of Eugene
are visiting frienda in the city,- stop
ping at the Imperial- . . ; ; .
Lockley
"The hotel man with any -vision is
glad to se such a heavy amount of
tourist travel even' though most of
them stop in the auto parks. While
they do hot spend their money directly
at the hotel, nevertheless they buy oil
and gas at the garage and groceries
of the .merchants, , and are bound to
leave some money in the - community,
all of which helps everyone In the
community.1 A good hotel on the main
traveled . highway between San Fran
cisco and Portland, if properly con
ducted and if tourists are made to
feel welcome and hot overcharged, can
become a regular mint, for travelers
pass- the word along to other tourists
where t stay, -and - a dozen or IS
cars, averaging from ' three to four
people to a car, stopping with you
very night means a welcome addition
to the regular business." v i " '
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Recently I . spent a day or two at
Lebanon, George Alexander, publisher
of the Lebanon Express, took me for
a drive through the surrounding coun
try. We stepped for a visit at the
Bates brothers farm, where Ora and
OrviHe liases showed j us over their
place. They specialize in raising and
shipping strawberries. These berries
always command a. premium on ac
count of their superior size, flavor and
keeping qualities. "Our berries av-.
erage - about four tons to the acre.?
I said Ora Batea --"We pay a cent a
oox tor picaing tnern, yve go over the
field each day. A good picker can
earn 92.B0 to $4 a dayBMany of the
women and young girls can pick more
than, the menu? : , -
We stopped -next at N. D. Keefhaver's
farm, four- miles southeast of Leba
non, on the river road to Waterloo.
Pointing to a patch of pie plant, Mr,
Keefhaver said.: "There is not over
three-quarters of an acre in that field
of. rhubarb. yet I took tons from
it in the first picking asd-wia get
that much or more from, the ; second
picking. 1 1 sold it to the cannery at
1 cent a pound, and aa I picked 16,388
pounds on the first picking I received
$153.28. ; I will get that much or more
from, the second picking, so the yield
of that three-quarters of an.! acre in
rhubarb wiu. make me over $300. Some
of the stalks Were as 5 thick- as my
wrist and as' lorjg as my arm. -The
Ideal way to raise rhubarb to send
it; to the Portland market when it
is large enough to pick and while
people are hungry for .something tart
in the spring. For the first - picking
you can get five or .six -cents a
pound. As soon as It begins to come
into the market you ean mell all you
can raise to the cannery at V cent
a pound. A man can make, good
money on five acres v of vegetables
raised for the cannery. - A man with
a 10-acre tract raising strawberries,
rhubarb, asparagus and celery can
not only keep busy but can make a
living and accumulate .a substantial
balance tn the. bank."
FromMr.- Keefhaver's we vwent to
Sol Lindieys farm. This Is one of
the model farms in the Lebanon -district
V Everything about the place is
in apple pie order. He has 10 acres
in 10-year-old walnut trees that will
yield a large revenue for a long: tints
to come. - Garden, - orchard and farm
yard are so: kept up that; it ; is a
delight to': visit his ftrm.-i;..-5!-";-
Prom.. Mr. Lrndley's we- Went ea
out to Waterloo, ; one ; a prospisrous
communfty but new one of the ghost
cities of tJregon. There is a splendid
spring of mineral water. In factthis
whole .--district..-,, including - Cascadia,
Sodaville end Waterloo, Is rich in min
eral springs. Snd some day some- man
of vision -will take hold ef -them and
build up a great health and pleasure
resort.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings In Brief Foraa for the
v- Suay Header. ...t .
- ' . " OREGON . '
A contract baa ttMn let tTi feftrinnl
board of Langlois for the construotloU
01 a new school building to cost $:o.
A Mrtilr'af' th rimitiu at Parifio
university has been ' leased to the--Standard
- Oil . company .: tor a campus .
xiiuBg eiauQn. , -
It Is estimated that about 1100 tons '
ef this year's pack of pears . will be
grown In the vicinity of Salem. Grow
ers will receive S0 a ton. " -
A new S 0-ton Baldwin locomotive,
costing $35,000, has arrived at Bend
tor tn Brooks-Scanlon company and
will be used in their logging opera
tions. ; - - .... ,-
Basil Hrav ' le. nnrla srvaat a t A.
Grande charged with the theft of li '
head of cattle from John Beinder. The
animals were disposed of to butchers at
Pendleton. .. - . -
Mrs. Alice . A. Whitoomb. ared 81.
wife of William Whitoomb, NO. 49 East
Ninth street, Portland, died Sunday
morning at Seaside after an illness of -
less than two days. . .
Albert Fisher, f 4S years old. born
and - raised in- tJnior countv. ' was
drowned a few days ago tn the Grand
Ronde river near the head ot the can
yon souui 01 js.igin. .
Stanley Jewett reports that during
the month of June in Oregon . more
than 360 coyotes - and bobcats were
killed. Only one case of rabies was -reported
in the state. , .
" Miss Martha Spring Is in a critical
condition at Foster, having received
a fractured skull when thrown from a
buggy when the horse became fright
ened at a passing automobile.. . ,
. The postoffice depastment Is calling
for bids to carry mall between Tilla
mook and Grand Ronde The service
is to commence September 1 - and a
round trip Is to be made daily.
' Twenty-six of the 12 organizations
of the Oregon National Guard showed ,
an increase In drill attendance during
the past month. The Cottage Grove
machine gun company led the list
Bright lights on a passing csr are
held responsible by trafflo officials
for a wreck on the highway near Barn-,
hart last Tuesday night, in which "
Lewis Kilka, a farmer of Fresno, Cal
was killed. - v . - . .-. -.- . ...
Diamond lake has been Opened as a
summer resort by the Diamond Lake
Improvement corporation, a company
formed chiefly , of Med ford business
men, 4o whom a franchise from the
government has been granted, -v
WASHINGTON
Howard Heath. 14 years old. struck
on the head by an automobile driven
By L Diehi, died at a Yakima hospital
last week...
The-Bumping- Lake Mining com
pany, at a recent meeting held Ta Yak
ima, increased its capitalization from
$300,000 to $500,000.- -
Samuel W. Hanna. 12, was Instantly
killed Monday afternoon tn an ex
plosion at (he Du Pont de Nemours
powaer plant at Dupont Wash.
The department of agriculture eat!-'
mates that Washington grain growers
last, year lost $214,000 on account Of
smui in tneir wneat. , -
Motor vehicle - licenses have brought
to Washington's state treasury- $8,006,
000 this year to date, while the entire
receipts tor 1921 were only $2,918,000.
Drouth In the Yakima valley has so
far burned ud oastures that demand is
already' keen for alfalfa or the first
cutting at prices as high as $16 a ton.
Seattle's municipal street railway
again went on a warrant basis Monday.
Receipts are needed to meet the semi
annual bond interest payment, which
falls due September 1. , . .. . ,
Federal Judge Cushmart at Tacoma
has granted a temporary injunction
restraining the Washington fisheries
board from forbidding purse seiners to
operate Toff the Columbia river..
Fir at Spokane recently destroyed
burned IS horses - to death and - con
sumed two automobile and five wag-'
viia, cauMiie,. Ji cgiunsieu loss -01
S4S nnn t (.'.... 1 ..
- South Bend business men have r?e
Cided to reopen the South Bend can
nery this wason and put up a large
quantity of small fruits, berries and
vegetables, c The cannery last year op-
SVV SV (USB,. .
Hereafter utility ' companies musi
give none of Intended rat . changes.
The law does not compel companies to
warn patrons, but the department of
public work has .adopted a special rule
governing the case, ? :
t Becoming crszed by ;i the "extreme
heat. David Young, son of J. H. Youns.
a Kache farmer, attacked his father
with a pitchfork, and after the weapon
had been tak nfrom him. . attempted
suicide by taking poison.
. IDAHO
- Idaho automobile men. 'In convention
at Hailey last week,- favored a state
tax of 2 cents a-gallon on gasoline.
Railroad officials announce - that
there will be plenty of refrigerator cars
this season to handle the crops raised
in Idaho. - - . . . ... . . ... ,
The $800,000 set" aside by the Secre
tary of the interior for construction of
the Emmett dam is now available and
work will start immediately. -. ;
- Henry Salsbury, ' Itinerant ' moving
picture operator, was fined $50 and
costs at Bandpoint for leaving a ramp
fire burning a few miles east of Hep.
, Despondent over th condition Of his
health, Harold Button ef Mountain
home - shot and , killed himself while
camping with his wife and two children
bear Atlanta. Idaho, ,
While visiting "at the home of
neighbor in Cour d'Alene, A. L. Prieh
ard was shot in the back hy Peter Man
nintfx The men had been good friends,
and if. Is thought Manning was insane,
t Wlien his horses became frightened
and tran away, . Clarence Kerr ef
Grantleville. $5. became n tangled In
th harness - and was dragged over
rocky It-round, saetaioing injuries jthal.
resulted in his death. - . - -
E, D. Ds Jardlnes of Bonrirs Ferry
and his nephew, Elsa Des Jardlnes, el
Sandpolnt, found each other at Sand'
point last week after th two branches
of th family had heard nothing ef
each other" for 36 years. f . i.
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of July 24,. 1902.
- The noted swfhdier who for years
bag used the name of J. i Coleman
Drayton, r the ,NW - York millionaire,
was ordered out ef Portland this after
noon by Chief of Police McLauchlin.
- Estimating the eity'i population at
100,000, Mayor WOliams la askd to
appoint IS delegates to the, "Interna
tional Mining convention to be held at
Butte, September . 1-6. Th apportion
ment ts. five original delegates and
on for each 16,000 population.
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' Berlin -Emperor William wilj not
visit Posen during the army' maneu
vers. It is feared that he might be
assassinated because of the . prnt
Polish agitation. ' . V .; .
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Consumers of wood had better pre
pars" for an advance In the price of
the article. G. G. Mayger of the My
ger". company, predicts th price will
go to $2.76 a cord within a week,
. . ....
At last night's meeting of th Elks
Carnival association. Chairman B. B,
Rich of ' the committee . on Ways and
means proposed making-the' award ef
$a00 in gold to the successful candidate
for queen of th carmvat,; His sug
gestion . was adopted,-.-t' ? '. .-2
. . w - . e v. -. - -
Chicago - Oats eatabllahed . a new
record today when th July, optior ad-
vanced from -67 cents to 70 cents, t
cents abov the pr lo Of i Jaljr corn.
-r- i;:-..'; 1 V :- V -.-.
-Postmaster Croasman directs public
attention to the fact that the recently
established postal stations on the west
elds are now fully: equipped and ready
for businesa