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rUST
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reached by this number. .
Man is the artificer of liis own asp
ptneas. Let him beware how he com
plains of the disposition of circumstances.
This was the pith of the inscription
on the wall of the .Swedish inn, "You
will find at Tjorhate excellent bread, meat
and wine. proTided yau bring them with
jroo!" Henry 1. Thoresu.
ARRIVED
THERE seems to -be no ques
tion that the senate of the
United States has won its place in
, the sun for which it lias so long
striven. At least, it appears to
; have its place daring this admin
istration. In his correspondence with Ham-
iiton Holt relative to the League
S . . . I . . it - -
vi. wauons, .vir. nugnea virtually
admitted that the senate is the
... body, that is making entrance of
this country Into t the league im,
f possible. He says that no matter
what hla personal desires might
jbe, any attempt to put this eoun
' try Into 'the league would have to
be undertaken in the constitutional
way. That is to say, even if the
secretary desired to make this na
tion member, the senate would
have to ' give its. approval. And
jtm" country is making no attempt
K to enter,- apparently because ad
mlnietratlve heads believe the sen
ate would block such an endeavor.
4;. It. was a long fight. Many a
- good measure had to be defeated
' before the senate could proclaim
to the world that it had a place in
the sun. But the senate under
took that task and the senate seems
- to have accomplished its purpose.
It is beginning to look as though
' the late Boies Penrose knew where
of he spoke when, he said "it makes
no difference who is secretary of
state, the senate will direct this
t nation's foreign policy."
Disabled war veteran with frac
tured' sfeull, diseased cheek bones,
leaky lungs, shattered back, bayonet-stabbed
stomach, seven ma
chine. gun bullets in left leg and
silver plate substitute for heel shot
away, was recently declared 10 per
cent incapacitated by United States
- veterans' bureau. What a marvel
ous man the rest of htm must be!
THE FERRY ACCIDENT
THE pilot on the Willamette river
ferryboat Webster last Sunday
afternoon had a permit which was
an evidence of his experience and
his ability to guide the craft.
The engineer had a similar per
mit. Without it he would have
been penalized for laying.his hand
upon the throttle.
-The ferry itself was subject to
Inspection and its operation to
stringent rules and regulations. It
.could have been stopped at any
moment that a. question as to its
safety arose. j
J But the driver of the autojnoblle
.which went backward off thfe ferry
slip had no evidence that his ex
perience or ability to drivethe ma-i
chine had been looked into. If he
was obeying the law he carried a
driver's license- which the state is
sues and which may be revoked
after infraction of law ha oc
curred, i
This man who threw the gear
Into reverse when he should have
gone forward; who crowded on the
gasoline when his foot should have
been on the brake he and a hun
dred thousand others in Oregon may
drtve a car without experience j
may take the lives of others into
their keeping and fail in the trust,
r' Three little boys were, left at the
bottom f the Vinaraett driver
wheii the automobile backed off
the ferryboat-: True, had the stay
chala ..beeo fcighwuitjstfgh t J&ave;.
been stopped. 'That Is a'matttr to
be investigated. Butj above! all
other considerations, wfay are peo
ple who lack experience or train
ing in the operation of motor ears
allowed to take lives in their charge
and perhaps sacrifice; them when
such a privilege Is allowed in no
other law-controlled function of
life ?
An annual convention recently
held in New Yoric '- will hereafter
bei held elsewhere, particularly in
some place where there are no in
tersecting subway stations and mod
ern traffic signals. Ntt only were
all the delegates worried in their
efforts to get about (the mejrop
olis, but two frOnv thle Par West
wandered two days, trying to find
the convention, hall and - finally
reached it just-as the meeting ad
journed sine die. The best place
for conventions - is , at Portland,
where the weather isj fit and all
meettngplaces- easy to find.
HJJS WAII
CONCETTA CORNACCIO is a
beautiful Italian girl. Although
only 18, she is in this country at
tempting to earn her living .by
working in an Eastern office.
After she came here, she met
Cosimo Coricelli.' He fell in love
with her and pressed his suit. Cor
icelli was not only very much older
than Concetta, but he falsified to
her about his age, and otherwise
prejudiced the girl against him.
She refused to marry him.
The girl was en route to work
a 'few mornings ago. : At a corner
she was stopped by Coricelli. He
again asked her to marry him, And
was refused. Enraged, the suitor
pulled a razor from his pocket and
leaped for the girl's throat. He
yelled that no other man should
have her if he couldn't.
When she was rescued, Concet
ta's throat was badSy; mutilated.
Several times Coricelli." had ripped
the razor deep into her flesh. It
was his way of gaining -the girl
he wanted.
Coricelli. of course, will go to
Jail. He will join there scores of
other men from his own and other
lands Who have come here with
European customs, disobeyed our
law, and slashed, hacked and shot
their way to a place behind prison
bars.
Fifty per cent of the inmates of
our institutions for criminals, delin
quents and insane are either pro
miscuous immigrants, mostly from
Southeastern Europe, or their de
scendants, recent statistics indicate.
And it is because of the slashings,
the hackings, the shootings, the cost
of trials and imprisonment, and
the waves of crime, that the United
States will do well to examine very
carefully the men who come here
to live before they are admitted,
and to employ every effort to as
similate them after they are here.
Wouldn't it be quite as econom
ical to put municipal match
scratchers on much used building
corners as. to pass ordinances which
are never enforced against promis
cuous match scratching? r
CUTTING THE ACCIDENTS
FOR the week ending Sunday'
;night, traffic accidents in Port
land fell to 214 from the 297 for
the week preceding.
The result is attributed at the
police station to the cleanup cam
paign of Lieutenant Ervin and his
squad of four motorcycle men. In
stead of eight hours, the squad has
been putting in around 16 hours
a day in the effort to check the
murderous list of accidents. A cut
of 93 for the week is the outcome.
The campaign is to be continued.
If future results are as 'satisfac
tory, we shall know that vigorous
attacks on violators of traffic law
can make the streets safer, and
life less of a hazard.
The thing that we must expect
is that traffic men cannot always
do two days' work in one. But
with the effectiveness of the plan
demonstrated, possibly enough men
can be kept after the lawbreakers
to still further cut the accidents.
The traffic men deserve the full
support of the courts and public
sentiment. Take away the licenses
of reckless drivers whenever their
acts end in a tragedy, or when
their recklessness brjngs them fre
quently ifato court. ;The jails and
forfeiture of driver's licenses are
a perfect cure for gentlemen who
cannot keep within the law when
at the wheel of a high-powered
car.
ONE CRIME CURE
PROMPT and adequate punish
ment has cut down the num
ber of crimes in Chicago .by one
half, says a bulletin of the Chicago
crime commission. r
A report of tlje same purport
came recently out of Detroit, where
swift and effective punishment was
reported to have reduced crime 50
per cent. .
The Detroit report said that as
soon as the criminals found that'
the delays and laxities had been'
cut out of criminal prosecutions,
they left that city for places where
the authorities were less prompt
and efficient in dealing with crim
inals. Keen lawyers who help a crook
escape punishment for & crime of
which he Is gulltyf help encourage
crime. Courts that permit techni
calities and hair-splitting Quibbles
to defeat the punishment ef crooks
likewise embolden, criminals to go
ahead with their burglaries while
laughing at the 'lw:: v'- - .': :,
The crime situation in Chicago
was appalling. ; There were more
Jiomicidesia Jthat jrcjty than in aU
of Great Britain. Every; form of
crime ran rampant. The first ap
plication: of the plan of quick and
certain punishment has checked
the carnival of lawlessness..
; A trial, that under our precedent
worshipping system of court prac
tice and procedure lasts weeks in
any American state, is disposed of
In as many days in Great Britain.
Our very delays in such matters
are an inspiration to the offal , of
Europe to come here to do their
dirty work. The opposite condi
tions in British courts are a warn-:
lng to the scum to give that coun
try a wide berth.
What else can account for the
greater prevalence of crime in the
United States? The average Amer
ican is better fed and better
clothed. The average standard of
living is higher here. The average
mental and moral standards are
quite as high in America. But the
British reeord for crime is near
the bottom of the list, while Amer
ica stands at the top of the ghast
ly muster roll.
IN A STREETCAR
SO MANY things have been said
about the joys of motoring that
a word for the lumbering, rum
bling old streetcar may not be con
strued as je voice of favoritism.
On an interurban car three Port
land men who own and are amply
able to operate their own cars
were talking. Said the first:
I don't drive my car to the office
once a month. Whenever I drive it
downtown and leave it parked on the
street it is on my mind more or less
all day. As I come p.nd go on the
interurban I get almost my only
chance to read the papers. I meet
and chat with my friends. I have a
chauffeur, the motorman, and a gen
eral manager, the conductor. If I am
hurt while driving my own machine
the chances are I will get nothing. If
I hurt somebody else I will pay heavy
damages. But on the car I am re
sponsible for; the safety of no one, not
even 'my own, for should-1 be killed
on this car my heirs would be paid
410.000 in the form of accident insur
ance. .' '
The second of the three business
men lost no time agreeing with
what had been said. He. too has
lived in the suburbs a long time.
But his testimony took the form
of a quotation from a paint manu
facturer, who had said to him:
The man who leaves his car on the
street all day has no business owning
a garage at home. Standing out in
the sun and dust kills the paint and
takes the life out of the rubber. One
day on the street ts far more injurious
than a week standing out at night.
This it was argued may show the
economy of using the parking ga
rages rather than leaving the cars
on the streets, or at home. But
the third man offered what he
considered the clinching point:
They tell me that when I estimate
the cost of operating my car at 10
cents a mile I am apt .to be under
rather than over the actual amount.
including gasoline, oil, tires, repairs,
repainting and depreciation. I live
nine miles from the office. At that
rate it costs me1.80 a day merely
to came and go. My commutation
fare on the interurban, round' trip, is
lees than 25 cents. I can do a lot with
that 1.65 a day that I save if I ride
on the streetcar.
A young engineer 100 years ago
was sent by the government to
locate the site of a fort on Lake
Michigan. xHe had practically de
cided upon the mouth of the Calu
met, when he journeyed- a little
farther north.'found the mouth of
the Chicago, a friendly chief and
the chiefs beautiful daughter.
Now, in preparation for Chicago's
pageant of progress, they are cred
iting an Indian flapper with the
location of the city. Otherwise
its name might have been Calumet,
A similar story is told of the loca
tion of Cincinnati. But Portland's
original location we are assured
was based upon the strategic ad
vantages since i extensively adver
tised after whjiCh they flipped a
coin to decide Upon the name.
REMOTE WALLOWA
OW IT is said that if the Wal
lowa region were made a way
station instead of a terminus oh
the scenic route thousands of tour
ists wculd visit the realm of en
chantment and revel in its stately
charms.
This may be th explanation.
The Individual who visited Wallowa
a dozen, years ago has constantly
wondered at the neglect shown this
center of summer dight by peo
ple who ordinarily congest every
spot where ' beauty is refuted to
dwell.
But in that more distant day the
train running to the Wallowa val
ley was a "mixed" affair composed
Of freight and passenger' cars. The
banker's wife who had driven her
automobile over the mountains
from the Grand Ronde to Joseph
was credited with the performance
of a remarkably daring feat.
Conditions have not changed
greatly in a decade. Wallowa lake
with its mirrored surface reflect
ing .a massive circlet of snowy sum
mits, is still unvlewed by the ninety
and nine who follow the beauty
trail. Tourists by train must still
follow a little exploited route with
slow and laborious connections.
Tourists by automobile mtfet return
over the route, still imperfectly
surfaced, by which they entered.
Tourists may endure flat tires and
empty gasoline tanks with little
comp!aint,butbacktrack? Neveri
If the proposal should win f or
a road leading from Lewlston across
the canyon of the Snake by way ef
Wallowa lake and then back: to
Grande Ronde fvalley, either over
the mountains or, preferably,
down the valley of the Wallowa
river and thence up the course of
the Grand Ronde, the tales brought
back bythe,Crstfewvro the
wonderland of Oregon's Alps would
suffice to divert a multitude In that
direction,,. -.. .
P
FREE SPEECH
IN KANSAS
That as Kansas Goes So Might Go
the Union if Henry's War on Wil
liam Should Win and be Carried
Into the Other States. Is the Ex
pressed Fear of Many Editors
Case La Funny, in a Way,
but Danger Lurks in Kan
sas Industrial Court
Law, Just the Same.
Daily Editorial Digest
(Consolidated Preae Association)
Because it is accepted that there is a
high constitutional question ' involved
the majority of editors discuss the
controversy between William Allen
White and Governor Henry Allen of
Kansas more imrJersonally than
might have been anticipiated. Of
course there are some writers to whom
the humor of the situation strongly ap
peals, and they have considerable
amusement in characterizing the break
between "Henry and Me". But most
of the writers very frankly, hold that
both the right of free speech and the
question of absolute freedom of the
press are tnvolved, and they consider
the subject from that angle.
"It certainly is no more illegal to
express an opinion favoring the rail
road shopmen's side of the controversy
than it is to express one favoring the
side of the railroads," urges the St.
Paul Dispatch. Vlf it were, this
would, not be America.." But' that
text, which is characteristic of much
of the comment, in no way appeals to
Governor Allen. - whose paper, the
Wichita Beacon, after declaring that
the sigjn complained of is a method of
picketing, adds that "the real issue
has little to do with such a case as
this. The real issue is whether the
merchants of Kansas may help to run
out of town the men who are working
in the shops. This has been tried in
some of the towns. On this point the
people of Kansas have, no doubts
whatever. They are on the side of
the law, and they will not tolerate any
encouragement of the forces that are
trying to deprive them of the necessi
ties of life." And Senator Arthur Cap
per's Topeka Capital argues further
that "the spectacular arrest of William
Allen White is therefore plain warning
to the strike leaders hoWthey express
sympathy for him in .his bout with the
law and the state. They may find
themselves venturing pretty close to
the sympathetic sidelines and in an
unhealthy proximity to ' the danger
sone. Observing the strike for more
than two weeks. White may have con
cluded that, if actual leaders could car
ry on their work without being molest
ed by law, enforcement, mere outsiders
were safe. ut if so,! he now knows
his mistake. It is a new object lesson
in law enforcement."
Considering-, these, and all other sug
gested angles, the Newark News in
sists that the situation is not one
lightly to be smiled over. "All Amer
ica, If not the whole world," the News
says, "ought to know" that the Kan
cas issue is "built upon the interest
ing question" whether "a state of the
union under the pretense of enforcing
the anti-pioketing provisions of a labor
stafute, can suppress, or even abridge,
the constitutionally guaranteed free
dom of the press and right of free
speech. If it can, then we are all In
a bad plight. It is a healthy and bene
ficial thing for the 48 states to func
tion as so many laboratories in the
testing out of governmental theories
for acceptance or avoidance of all the
rest. , But all sovereignty comes from
the people, whose liberties cannot be
wiped out by legislative whim." That
likewise is the viey of the New York
Post.-which suggests that "on its rec
ord Kansas should be the last state in
the Union to 'crib, cabin and. confine',
free expression of opinion on' matters
of j paramount public concern. Those
who truly value the constitution of the
United States accept not only Its guar
antee of private property but likewise
its guarantee of free speech. Too many
Americans Insist on the one but are
unwilling to be governed by the other."
And the Socialistic New York Call
points out that "if the governor wins.
Kansas will have a precedent in favor
of permitting free utterances of opin
ions favoring capitalistic combinations
and gagging speech in favor of labor
organizations."
Still, the humorous side of the inci
dent appears to many papers. Under
the heading "What's -the Clatter in
Kansas V the Baltimore Sun suggests
that the quarrel between the two lead
ers is "a stage quarrel, intended to
prove once more that Kansas is the
modern Garden of Kden. minus the ser-
1-pent. Let no one be frightened. Free
speech will not perish in Kansas : nor
is Kansas goinp back to her old habit
of bleeding. She is more interested
these Says In bleeding other people,"
while the Brooklyn Eagle believes that
"to be funny is not to be criminal In
Kansas. Oh- the other hand, as Jerry
Simpson's career and Senator Peffer's,
and even JohnJ. Ingalls' prove, It's
the best possible qualification for elec
tion.' And the Pittsburg Leader be
lieves that "Henry would be better en
gaged trying to pull ojt the founda
tions from under the Sunflower state
than to start a private . fight, with the
Sage of E&nporia when William Allen
Is so sure he Is right, as in this case."
The New York Kvening World, in call
ing attention to the fact that "times
change and- men change with them."
declares that' "the Kansas industrial
court is takjn an awful chance in try
ing to muazle Editor White of Em-pory-
First thing the court knows,
someone is likely to write an article,
"What's the Matter With Henry's
Court?' with no question mark re
quired." The Chicago Tribune insists that "no
matter what -view Governor Allen takes
of the legalities as interpreted in Kan
sas, the denial of the right to express
opinion is despotism. It is the first
Up. u CBpiIBIr.. a,. la tne
?riri!.rh,.-dh8W0l-
that rule with gun squads." Even
though the law may grant the right to
punish, as the governor claims, the
Springfield Republican suggests that
"the country will soon be threatened
with a new variety of political prisoner
if Governor Allan sends William Allen
White to jail. To enforce such a law
would merely raise up 50 sympathizers
where there was but one before. The
last place to put William Allen White
Is in jail." The Rochester Herald is
convinced that "it is quite as easy for
Kansas to advertise herself as a crack
brained and dangerous extremist by
the excesses of bourbonism as it was
three decades ago to acquire the same
reputation through the antics of Pop
ulist radicals. Indeed, that is what she
is now doing." But tbe .Grand Rapids
Press thinks the construction of -the
law may be as displeasingfto those up
holding it as to its opponents, and sug
gests that "a test cars upholding the
editor of the Gazette and voiding the
section would really relieve the indus
trial court of a white- elepnent.,;,- i
Victor Murdock'a Wichita Eagle as
sails the Allen construction of the law
at considerable length, .and then con
tinues: "Seriously, aren't tfre -driftlBg
toward some plainly charted rocks? A'
certain chart, called the bill of rights'
of the constitution ef th state of
Kansas, shows this little rock, for in
stance: 'Section 1L ; The liberty "of the
press .shall be inviolate and all. per
sons way , freely '. speak, write, or: pub
lish their sentiments; en aH subjects,
being responsible for the abnse of such
right, and in all civil and criminal mo
tions for- libel the truth may be riven
r.i.Jln evidence to the jury, and If it ap-
pears that the alleged libelous matter
was published for justifiable ends, the
accused party shall be acquitted. It
is the second clause of this sentence
that Is interesting In the present situa
tion. Isnt it a. rock? And are not
several lighthouses of liberty erected
on that rock? . f
w -
Letters From the People
I Commnnieatiana cent to Tbe Journal for
publication in tbJa department ahonld be writ
ten oa only on mda of tha paper, should not
exceed 800 vonSa in length, and mast be
atgned . by the writer, wnose mail address in
full must accompany tha contribution. J
STATEMENT BY MR. RUTHERFORD
Of His Reasons for Supporting the
Compulsory Education Bill and
Changing His Registration.
Castle Rock, Wash., July 29. To the
Editor of The Journal I have read
the letter of Stephen A. Lowell in to
day's Journal- , It has prompted me
to jtn importaat decision. I have lived
in Portland nearly two years but have
held my citizenship in Washington be
cause it had been my plan to make
the race as a Republican candidate In
Washington far the United States sen
ate at the coming primary election. I
have been a Washington candidate for
the state senate and also for congress
during the past 12 years and have
been defeated by the Catholic church
in both these instances. I would be
defeated for the United States senate
by the same agency.
Lam a member of the bar but have
given most of my life as an educator,
having taught in the public schools of
two states and In the private schools
of three. My last active service was
during the World war as president of
the oldest commercial college In the
Northwest
I have dec:ded to register in Port
land, Or., and support the "compulsory
education bill." I believe in free press,
free speech and free schools. In poli
tics I am opposed to "compass."
"cross" and "union label" alike. I am
an American. This is strictly an
American measure. Vote for it
Any private school for elementary
education is a protest against the
American public school.
I have no use for the bigotry or
mummery of "the Catholic church.
I have lesp use for a Protestant
preacher thanfor a Catholic priest.
One is hopelessly ignorant and the
other is ignorantly hopeless.
The dead Jew fable should have no
part in public education beyond that
accorded to other myths and fables.
I consider Masonic orders, Ku Klux
Klans and Knights of Popery all as un
American. The state wf Oregon should allow no
secret orders to meet at any time or
place where any officer of the law
would be barred.
It should have no closed institution,
no untaxed lodge or church proper
ties, and no private institutions for
the teaching of subjects taught In, the
elementary public schools.
We should not think of the "com
pulsory education bill" as a Masonic
meassre, no yet as an anti-Catholic
measure. We should think of it as a
pro-American measure and support it
as becometh true Americans.
Yours for the common good.
Calvin Rutherford.
IN REPLY TO JUDGE LOWELL
A Supporter of the Compulsory Educa
tion Bill Presents His Arguments
for the Measure.
Portland. July 29. To the Editor of
The Journal It seems inconsistent for
one to say he Is a Protestant and a
native-born American, and in the same
breath condemn the measure, to be
voted on this fall, the purpose of which
is to strengthen and safeguard "our
greatest American "Institution," the
public school. ?Th letter pf Stephen A.
Lowell In The Journal of July 29,
states: "Thei Bible has "been substan
tially driven from the public schools.
Are those Institutions where the Book
of Books still remains now to be
destroyed?"
Here Judge Lowell as good as says
Our public schools have been destroyed,
and thereby- proves tbe necessity for
the measurs he condemns. Does- he
realize that one oi the purposes of the
school bill 3s to put tbe Bible back
into the public schools? Can any
Christian American vote no to-that?
Judge Lowell says he- -is a - Mason,
and then tntimatas. or implies, that the
Masons, are against the bill. I am not
a Mason., and know- nothing about. their
ways, but I don't believe any one man
can speak for, that organisation on any
matter, unofficially. I believe that or
ganization can be depended on to back
up such an American institution as our
public schools. To allow secte and
classes to run private schools is as dan
gerous to our oountry as to allow pri
vate courts, private police departments,
private, fir departments, er private
postoffices. If this be right, then the
I. W. W. and all other radicals must be
allowed the, same privileges. As well
allow private armies and navies.
To my mind, the whole question is
boiled down to this : Our American
public schools are good enough for all
sects and classes who live in America,
or they are not good enough. Real,
honest-to-God Americans believe them
good enough, and if there are enough
of such, this school bill will pass. If
not. then indeed are the public schools
destroyed, as Judge Lowell laments.
The bill is purely American and protects
the cradle of democracy. Of New
York's 7,000,000 population, only 1.000,
000 are American born. Oregon is not
quite that bad, so we hope this Ameri
can public school bill will pass.
H. D. N.
Do You Know Who I Am?
From tbe San Francisco Chronicle -
Cpon what meat doth this oar Ceaser feed.
That he ia grown o gieatl Shakespeare.
Thinking men and women in this
country realise that we as a DeotJle are
.fcnf;endering contempt for law through
funfair discrimination and woTful laxft?
in its enrorcement. we are developing
a class of citizens who make a fetish of
special privilege. Under existing con
ditions "uil." "stand-in," "favor,"
"exemption!," "immunity" and "influ
ence" are Lhe most potent words in our
language.
"Do you know who I am?" has be
come the open sesame. Everywhere
one hears it uttered, shamelessly,
brazenly, ajrrogantly, and invariably in
connection with special privilege.
"Do you know who I am?"
The Implied threat is hurled at the
traffic policeman by the violator of
city ordinances.
"Do you know who I am?"
. The reckless speeder flings the queaW
tion at the "speed cop" wh has
stopped him on the highway. , ....... :
"Do you know who I am?.
The query -Is thundered at tnefflce4
holder who seeks to correct some exist
ing -evil. ' - ; i.
"Do you know who I amf - .
The menace meets the investigator
woo wouia uncover graft.-,
"Do you know who I am f
The salesgirl Is cowed ey 4he wordav
. '"Do yw know-who I am?"V. -.
-The street car' conductor is intimi
dated by the 'speech.' 1 " f (if ,
T yort know who I amf ;! ::
-The worker is put in his place by
fear of losing la job. .
"Do yo know who I am?" . - '
The- hoteiclerlt must truckle before
the portenitous words. .z ;,-
-Do youjtnow who I amT" T'--
The judge about to pass sentence
besttata,--r-:n -,.- ,x ,i -- , m,'.
;i So on- down the line; . - ,
. "Do jtmi know who I am? ; -V
? :.'Tes w know . who you , are. t Ton
COMMENT AND
SMALL. CHANGE!
How many wish-you-were-here post
cards hav you received thja vacation
Tis said the horse is coming back.
But the cows, as imikemoriallM, are not
coming home. j
Instead, of being the animal that
reasons, than is mostly the animal that
finds reasons.
e
Consequent upon the strike 'the coal
consumer gets it going and coming,
especially coming across.
Consrvas does . not move in a mys
terious way its blunders to perform;
not at aU its just politics.
When, in army maneuvers, they get
to playing the war game with poison
gas, what will the points" be? Lovely
stuff for any save fiends, even in
mimicry, isn't it?
It is cause for congratulation that
men as big as Augustus Thomas, Will
Hays and Judge Land is can be trusted
not to get gseen-eyed and go out after
one another's jobs.
...
Orchardlsts of Marion and Polk
counties are to make war on rabbits,
it is reported. But we rejoice to be
able to assure all the little readers
of The Journal that Peter Rabbit does
not live in either of those counties :
so if he doesn't hop too far off from
the dear old briar patch he'll be all
right
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
William G. Nesmith, who has been
visiting in Portland and on the Rick
reall. returned yesterday to his sum
mer home on the McKenzte near Blue
River. He reports that the prospects
are good for a heavy huckleberry, crop.
He also thinks- the young grouse are
doing well.
Prineville, recently visited by a dis
astrous conflagration. Is rising like
Phoenix from her ashes. B. W. John
son of Prineville is among recent ar
rivals In Portland.
...
R. L. Brewster of Brownsville is
among the Linn county folk visiting
in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs.- F. G. Addison of In
dependence are among Portland vis
itors. .
...
C. .T. Edwards, one of Tillamook's
prominent citizens, is visiting Portland.
Charles H. Haines of Bend is rusti
cating in Portland; also B. Reynolds.
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Thomas W. Clagett of Ontario is
among out of town visitors.
Lucy Robinson is registered at the
Imperial, from Lone Rock.
Among out of town visitors Is W. S.
Alleman of La Grande.
.
F. G. Lucas of Weston is transacting
business in Portland.
...
G. Hale of Albany is a guest in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Thornton
registered from Junction City.
are
Arthur Clarke, an attorney of Cor
vallis, is in town.
...
D. T. Gilson of Bend is an out of
town visitor.
L E. George and family of Eugene
are among late Arrivals.
-
L. Jean Cochran of Medford is trans
acting .business, in Portland. '
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
v First! attempt at founding -a woolen manu
facturing industry in Oregon are narrated by
Mr.- Iack5ey, wba quo'tt's' a pafticipaht in thoee
earty fforU and adds'inatter .obtained from
otfceTjourcas,. .toform altogether -s; story of
extcanrdinary interest. '; i
. :fh . - -.Among,
the 'pioneer residents of
Salerrti whom I remember with pleasure
are Captain l Pratt and Captain
F,-. J; Batoeoek. A Gay or two ago I
visile Mrs. J. H. Haas on North Front
street at Salem, Mrs. Haas Is slaugh
ter .fef .Captain Pratt. I have.; know n
Mrsi.Haa8 and her Bister.. Mrs, F. J.
Babc'olck rnore- than '30 years. ;
Thirty-three years or more ago I
was compositor on the Salem Cap
ital : Journal. r At that time tit was
owned by General W. H. Byars and
M. L, Chamberlain. That was long
before the days of linotypes. The case
at which I set type was. next to that
of Carrie Haas. As I sat on the porch
with Carrie Haas' mother we talked of
the old. days. 4
"My.Iather, Captain Lucian E. Pratt,
"was born at Webster; Mass., in 1S24,"
said Mrs. ; Haas. My mother's maiden
name was Nancy Lawrence. She was
born at Pittsfield. Mass. I am the
oldest of their six children. "I was
born October 1, 78 years ago. You
remember my brother Billy. He lived
at Oregon City. My sister Ida mar
ried Captain F. J. Babcock and still
lives in Salem.
"My father was a mechanic. He
moved from Massachusetts to Peace
dale. R. I., where he was employed
as superintendent of a shawl factory.
While he was there W. H. Rector
of Oregon Territory came to see him
to consult him about purchasing wool
en mill machinery for a mill they
were planning to build- at Salem. Or.
Father advised him to go to Davis &
Ferber at North Andover, Mass., to
purchase the machinery. Mr. Rector
consulted my father several times
about the purchase arid finally em
ployed him to select the machinery,
pack it and ship it to Oregon around
the Horn and come to Oregon by way
of the Isthmus of Panama, set it up
and run the mill He reached Ore
gon Jane 1, 1S57. He superintended
the construction -of the woolen mill
on Boon's island, aa North Salem was
theii called. The mill was ready- for
the . machinery, by the time it arrived
around the Horn. Father' installed
ibe machinery and the mill was ready
j for j operation, but no one- in Oregon
was. ramuiar with the work." My Bis
ter and r had worked irifather's shawl
factory, so he had s teach the girls
to do weaving and tend .the machinery,
f -wove -the first woolen blanket ever
made in CregoiL This blanket was
put up at-auction.- Joseph -Watt, the
nan mct largely responsible for the
construction of the Woolen mill, bid it
Inor 3260 . ,: 4 .
i Joseph Watt is1 realty the father of
the! woolen, -lad ustry;"i: lOregois He
was bosh in ! Ohio and came . across
the' plains to" Oregon in l5 Captain
Shaw,: one .of the- emigrants of in.
I had started across the plains,- driving
1 1 -K. t-s.r..
; r- v v. wwsHwiite. v am
4 !r
are a politician.- . Jabor leader, an em
ployer; at public official a banker, a
big business man, a - prominent club
weman. e. social leader, a minister- of
Jbe goepa, a "policeman, a -deputy sher-
iri, a pireniDmea enforcement agent,
an uto senile owner, a rich man. a
rich real jfc son,, .at,! prise -fighter er. pos
sibly a' Vartender. Of if are not
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS-
This may be an awful country, but
there are people over 80 who have
never missed a nte,ai. Albany Demo
crat. There Is little change in politicians
a cheap one is just as cheap aa the
kind that fretted folks SO years ago.
Crane American.
Inasmuch as the mlfitia of ' 17 states
are out to quell the strikes they might
practise up a bit by trying to chase
the junior Oregon Medaender1 off his
Idaho sheep ranch. Medford Mail
Tribune. '
Synchronising the JFordney tariff and
ship subsidy is a problem for the presi
dent to work out on the golf course.
What will the ships carry, save bal
last? Eugene Guard. (
A British Columbia astronomer an
nounces that he has discovered two
new suns- Maybe they'll com handy
next winter, but Just now they're su
perfluous. Eugene m Register.
Moneyed people are generally care
ful buyers. Being thrifty that's how
they became . ana why they remain
wealthy. A man who spends as he goes
gathers no interesL Roseburg News
Review. ...
Science has discovered a method for
making "gasoline" out of corncobs. If
the cobs are used for that purpose we
wonder what they will do for the
hotel mattresses. Corvallis Gasette
Times. From Rltter, away up on the middle
fork of the J,ohn Day river and the
postoffice of a well known hot min
eral springs resort, have come to Port
land L. F. Resing and C. P. Resing,
two stockmen.
. .
W. S. Caverhill, a Grant county
rancher living between Ritter and Long
creek, and incidentally county commis
sioner, is in Portland for a few days
on business.
R. A. Shaw, Lief Shaw and S. B. Car
ter, who raise stock in the Long Creek
valley of Grant county, are transacting
business In Portland,
A. J. Magladry of Eugene, nominee
for state senator on the Republican
ticket, is in Portlapd viewing the polit
ical situation.
...
Mr. and' Mrs. R. N. Dorr and. Ed
Baker of Richmond, in the John Day
country, are visiting in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ulrich of
Klamath Falls are among out of town
visitors.
Amend stockmen visiting in Portland
is tl. D. Beach of Paradise, Wallowa
county.
Among a number of visitors from
Grant county is Felix A. Johnson of
Range.
.
H. D. Graves of Roseburg ia one of
many visitors from the Interior of the
state.
M. J. Koltz and -son Charles, of
Mount Angel, are sojourning in Port
land. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Giles of Myrtle
Point are visiting Portland friends.
-
Visiting in Portland and transacting
business is "L. Maxwell of Wallowa.
...
H. P. Whitman of Pendleton is
among out of town visitors.
....
C. A. Moore of North Powder is
among out of town guests.
Lockley
them for food on the way. Buffalo
were so abundant that he. felt it was
unnecessary to. kill the sheep, so he
drove them through to Oregon. This
gave Joseph Watt the idea of bringing
sheep to Oregon. Watt went back to
Ohio, procured a band of sheep and
drove them across the plains to the
Willamette valley. He brought with
him on this trip a carding machine.
-
Not long after Watt's return to
Oregon gold was discovered In Califor
nia, so his plans for getting into the
woolen business came to naught.
Within the next. 10 years his band
of sheep had increased to such pro
portions that he conceived the idea
of building a woolen mill and manu
facturing blankets and woolen goods
in the Willamette valley.
-..
The first carding machine in ! Ore
gon was put up at Albany by E. L.
Perham. The following spring, 1855,
Barber k. Thorpe pit up a mill oh the
La Creole, In Pfjik county, to card,
spin and weave flannel cloth. The fol
lowing year, 1856, Joseph Watt organ
ize a company and erected a woolen
mil at Salem. This, by the by, was
the first woolen mill erected in Oregon
Territory, or, for that matter, west Jf
the: Rocky mountains. William : H.
Rector was employed as superinten
dent of construction on account of
his mechanical ability. He had made
the stamps and dies for the Beaver
coin mint at Oregon OHy. He had
also acted as coiner and was one of
the partners in the Oregon Exchange
company, which made $5,000 worth
of 5-doliar and 10-dollar Beaver gold
coins.
. -,
"The newly organized woolen mills
company soon became , Involved in fi
nancial difficulties," said Mrs. Haas.
"Some of the original promoters trans
ferred their interests to others, and
the newcomers did not approve the
methods of the original company. The
mill was mysteriously burned. Some
years afterwards a man who died at
Salem confessed on his deathbed that
he had burned the mill. In 1862 plans
were made at Oregon City to build
a woolen mill 'there, utilizing the pow
er of the falls. My father was em
ployed to go East and buy machinery.
He went in 1864, selected the ma
chinery, superintended the -construction
of the mill aad installed the ma
chinery at Oregon City. After serving
as superintendent for awhile he went
on the river, becoming captain of the
Fanny Pattoni. , ,
"On June 24.' when I was 20 years
old, I married J. H. Haas. He was s
member of the first orchestra and the
first brass band in S&lem. For many
years he was one of the "leading watch
makers of Salem. - I have three chil
dren. My son Frank is a harness
maker. Carrie married Dr. C. .
Beechler and live here in Salem. My
daughter Ida is a photographer ! and
lives In California. . If you will go
around- and . see my sister Ida, who
married Captain F. J. Babcock. she
can -give you a "lot of the early day
history of Salem. She has three child
ren Will, Grace and Mamie."
you have some relative or close friend
who levi: r - x
"Ot you know who 3. snT"
Ves. we know, but 'we also 'know
that whoever you are. sre whatever you
are, you stand on aa absolute equality
with" us, before' the law. : 5..,--,
Let's enforce th law without tear or
faver. '....-T';, ... ' . . . i
on Country !
ings in Brief l orn zor xai
Busy Header.
OREGON : -
Fifteen million rxMiruli nf nrune will. .,
it i esumaiea. oe nandiea tnrougi -Salem
concerns. On a basts of $40 a
ton for green prunes the (estimate of
the value ofl the crop is $l,850,0W to
growers. For dried prunes the grow-"
er will receive approximately 1.000,
ooo. - ...
Purchase ef .'40- acres' for a perma
nent fair ground site has been decided
upon by the Klamath county fair board
and citizens committee. The tract
selected is owned by Asa Fordyce, two
miles south of Kiamath Falls. The
price asked )a $12,000. ,:
Because they considered the business
management: of the Oregon Hay Grow
ers' Cooperative association at Her
miston unsatisfactory during its first
year of operation, 16 members of Ihe
association hive announced their with
drawal. W. R. Wiinans of Hood River, who
has just returned from tbe Lost Lake .
district, says the huckleberry harvest
there will begin about August li. The
long drouth has had no effect on. the
crop. ' - ;
Eight fine milk coirs belonging to
Elmer Raber of Coral)is were killed
by arsenic .which had been sprinkled
over the grass at the side of the track
by the raihroad company.
The silversldes are putting in an ap
pearance in the Columbia river this
year much earlier than usual. Trollers
operating outside the river are making
good catches.
A full time health department has
been made possible in Jackson county
by the liberal offer of $5580 by the
state of Oregon and the Rockefeller
Foundation.!
Plans arrd specifications ' for more
than $80,000. worth of improvements on
nine Linn county market roads have
been approved by the state highway
departmenti .
The United Contracting company of
Portland has been awarded the : con
tract for the construction of the stor
age reservoir at Crescent on its bid ,
of $31,811.
A forest road is being laid ,out on.
the west sidef of Crane prairies
Deschutes county. It will connect Lava
lake with Davis lake by way of Cultus
lake.
The Prouity mill at Warrenton will
soon begin operations. At first it will
cut only 75;000 feet per dav, but later
this will be increased to 120.000 feet.
V7 The l$-months-old son of Mr.' and '
Mrs. jacoo: t-i. rxey or uuiur- whs ,
drowned in an irrigation ditch a short
distance from the farm home.
Despite the poor condition of grass
this year, the sales of Tillamook
cheese in June were $225,000 compared
with $181,000 in June last year.
The Lumbermen's Trust company -has
bought $50,000 worth of Coquille
water bonds, paying at the rate of
$100.73 per hundred.
WASHINGTON
The department of public works has
reecived from the Chewelah Chamber !
of Commerce protests against the dis
continuance of two Great Northern
trains between Spokane and Marcys '
on the ground that It would deprive
the town of reasonable mail service
and hinder- the delivery of milk and
cream. J
An offer to furnish the Cities of
Tacoma and Seattle service for their
light plants for a consideration to be
greed upon has been made by the
Tacoma Railway &" Power company.,
The offer is made as a substitute tor
the two cities building their own. trans
mission line at a cost of about $160,000.
An unusually large wolf has ' been
killed on the Colville reservation by
! Hugh McShaner state hunter. The
wolf was known to have killed more
than 50 sheep this year from various
bands. . ' -
The office of sanitary inspector will
be abolished by the county commis
sioners of Walla Walla county, the
work being taken over by the state
board of health. , ,
Contractors for the construction of
the new Walllcut hill road In Pacific
county have begun operations and
plan o finish the work before the
rainy season.
Construction of nine miles of rail
road along the upper Sauk river, Sno
qualmie national forest, has been be- .
gun by the Sauk Lumber company of
Everett j
Camps have been established on up
per Mill creek In Walla Walla county
and 50 men are bulldinga road from
the present intake to Tiger , canyon. .
Records of the Walla Walla peni-.
tentiary show 1J90 convicts -on the roll.
Of these, (however, 444 are on parole,
leaving 746 in the institution:. ,-
A rattler six feet la length, with 1$
rattles, has been killed on the White
Salmon-Husum road. The snake was
as large as a man's arm. . -
" IDAHO
Unless the Idaho Central railroad
shows something definite In the way
of constructing a line between Roger
son, Idaho, and Wells, Nevada, rho
public utilities .commission wilj cancel
Its certificate of convenience.
Returns? on samples of milk from 26
dairies in Boise show 27 within the
ctyy requirements and the remaining
seven within the state requirements on
bacteria content.
John B. Broadbent, "Idaho pioneer, fs
dead after long Illness. lie was
reputed to be one of the wealthiest
men in Boise and was 87 years of age
Retail coal dealers of the state have
been requested by Governor Davis to
hold sufficient coal In their 'bins to .
supply the threshing needs of the state.
Packing companies near Lewiaton
will open a school for packers as soon
as apples can be obtained, whiph it is
expected wHI be about August L
I
Twenty Years Ao .
From The Journal of Augjbat 1. 102
At a meeting of the pa:
k Icommls-
slon. Rev. T. L. Elliot, a
the commission, raised the
member of
question or
the commission's authority
"to - grant
the Order of Elks the . privilege of
using the ' park blocks jon
street for carnival purposes.
New. York According to
circulation here today, the ci
tors have agreed upon
breaking the anthracite strik
t ember l.
Wenatchee Harry Tracy,
the . no-
torlous Oregon outlaw, has
ed up
again after absence from
riles view
for about a week. Com in
. outf of
Ight. he
the Cascade mountains last
held up the ferryman at Jenkins ferry
and compelled him to take him across
the Columbia river. j '
Multnomah county fcaid $7000 yes
terday of tbe second half of its state
t&xes Into the office bf the state trees-,
urer at Salem. " u
... . .
The scarcity of Chinese labor la a
condition that is worrying Uhe con
tractors who- furnish several . thou
sands of Celestials every, year to the
numerous canneries and, to hop grow
ers. . v .' . -. ,
V
J. B. Yeorr, a.- well known logger on
the lower, rivor. with headquarters rat
Rainier, is is town. - v. . - . j '
- i : -;-:. -
About 9.000,000 feet of lumber was
shipped from the mouth of the Co
lumbia during the month of, July just
ended. : ." -r ...
As a result Of the gambling law be-
ling enforced in Portland, the steamer
Oeorge W. Elder had among her cargo
for San Francisco a large, number of
nickel-in-the-slot machines. ' rf -
'' r.: .,(:,-,' v-i-w- if .-- " f - '':.'
Seven years ago Herbert Hoover
of Newberg was graduated from StarW
ford university. Now he Is receiving
an annual salary of 125 nfin v.t.,-
the passed through Portland on his
way iw an jT-ancisco, -where he will
take passage for-Loudon, -
ISeventh
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