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FROM ERRAND BOY THE Northeliffe career is proof l-- of the democracy of Great Brit ain. -In Northcliffe's case, titles with ered ;before the thrust of ideas. The uuK.uo wn oince poy on 92.au a ween at 15 so advanced until, in his late 40's, he wielded more influence on British affairs than did all the aris tocracy of England combined. Northcliffe's life was an assault on the old order of things wher ever a new order seemed advisable. The symbols and traditions of able and authoritative because of isge. were nothing to him. It was nothing to him that the intellec tuals, the highbrows and the exclu sfrves of England looked upon him and his activities as profanation and blasphemy of a sanctified or der. In his estimation, an idea was worth more to Great Britain than all the history and all the estab lished Institutions of the empire. -The house of lords thrust itself In the way of what he thought was progress for the people of England, ana he led the fight to batter down its ancient battlements. The strug gle ended in the practical over throw of the lords as a parliamen tary body, and made the house of commons the real ruler. It was action that enthroned the people of England as the real governors and reduced the aristocracy of England to a mere shadow. s 'It is entirely possible that North cliffe saved England from invasion by. Germany in the late war. Only the remorseless courage of a North cliffe would have dared, in time of crisis, to attack the conduct of the war in me way ana oy me means that he used when the fortunes of -the allies were sinking under the terrible thrusts of the then victo rious Germans. -. .Kitchener was using shrapnel against the heavy artillery of the Germans. The world now knows that It was a criminal military blunder and an impossible resist ance. The deep insight of North cliffe divined it, and after a per sonal visit to the front he began a relentless war that ended in the reversal of the military policy, in ' the reconstruction of the war cabinet, in the draft act, and prob ably in the saving of the British army from being rolled back upon th channel ports. ' At barely 30, Northcliffe', then Alfred Harmsworth. a young Jour nalist, became known on both sides of the Atlantic as a figure in the Venezuela dispute between Great Britain and the United States. The .menace of war between "the two , countries was ,on every horizon. The possibility of war was openly discussed by newspapers of both continents. Harmsworth came ! to America, and, In a series of concili atory and powerful . articles, exer cised great Influence la allaying the tumult ln-both Tfatloha.'-,.. 1 Northcliffe was one of the most conspicuous figures in the modern world. He made and unmade cab inets. He revolutionized British journalism. He largely decided the course for the king of , England to take. He battered down ancient privilege and democratized the in stitutions Of Great Britain. The errand boy of J J. 50 per week, through Ideas that he thrust upon an unwilling order, became a mas ter workman and fifty times a mil lionaire. ; Caught In the path of a moving automobile, a honey bee stung IW. T. Shannon of Cincinnati, - He lost control of the car. It turned over In m ditch and killed'MrsEhannoh and. two -other passengers. In another state, big. mosqnUo state, while Louis Leontt was .trying to negotiate Dead Han's cifxre, ",. big mosquito landed on hi8.BOse. " Hit carl-went Into the ditch but by a miracle no one was Injured. The Eastern brand of bees and mos quitoes have not yet functioned in Oregon. ' VICE PRESIDENT COOLIDGB I 'HERE has always been In Amer X ica a regrettable disposition to regard the office of vice president lightly, andto look upon it .rela tively as an unimportant position. It Is an inadequate estimate Of the office. Perhaps it.is due" to "the treatment accorded it in practical politics. V " -In the great national conven tions, it is the habit of the dele gates, after the head of tlie ticket is named, to treat the choice of the vice president as a purely political arrangement. A man is named that it is hoped will placate the element defeated In the major con test. Geography is brought in as a matter of expediency to the end that both the head of the ticket and the man in the second place may not hail from the same locality. Usually also it is accounted good strategy to name for second place a man who may have, hopes of swinging a doubtful state. In these things, the larger thought of the welfare of the country is made subservient to party expediency. However, it is the history of the country that in the majority of cases the vice presidents have been men of sterling quality. This Is so in the case of "Vice President Coolidge. The vice president , is presiding officer of the senate. He has no vote save in case of a tie. He has no hand In the organization of the body. Whatever influence he may have over its deliberations must be purely individual. He represents no state. He sits with no commit tee. In the chamber he is voiceless and powerless. Yet as the presiding officer, he is a most important factor in the direction of the sen ate's proceedings. Heimay, at any time, be called to the presidency of the republic. This has happened in five instances, Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur and Roosevelt were all summoned with little warning to take the reins of government. Only one was chosen by the electorate to suc ceed himself in, the presidency. Mr. Coolidge was a Vermont farmer boy who rose to the igov ernorship of Massachusetts. After one term as chief executive he was returned to the office by the largest plurality ever given a gubernatorial candidate in that state. He became a national figure over night, through the manner in which he dealt, with the police strike In Boston. Though a Re publican, Governor Coolidge re ceived from Woodrow Wijson, a Democrat, then- president of the United States, a telegram congratu lating him on his reelection as a triumph for the forces of law and order.) ; i As young men, John D. Shedd and James Simpson long ago en tered the employ of Marshall Field & Co., Chicago. They took their employment seriously. They were ready to do whatever would be of value to" the business. They did not hang around and complain that they were worth more than they were paid or ululate about being unappreciated. They hammered away steadily, and now they own the business. LA FOLLETTE LABOR is Bolidly behind Robert M. La Follette in his campaign for re-election to the senate. Mr. La Follette is entitled to. labor's support." He is entitled to the sup port of all classes of workers, or ganized or otherwise. If he is defeated, the common people of the country will lose one of their strongest supporters. They will lose a voice in the senate that is invariably and unalterably op posed to special privilege, to selfish interests and to crooked business. They will lose a representative who is always to be found, defending the interests of the little men. They will lose one of the few men in the United States senate who is cap tain of his own conduct and com mander of his own acts. The Journal did not and does not agree with many of Mr. La Toi lette's views on foreign affairs. It did not agree with his attitude in the war. But his championship of the interests of the common people of the country, his opposition to legislation ' proposed and initiated in behalf of entrenched privilege, his courage and capacity in defend ing his own beliefs, and his record in proposing and defending pro gressive legislation stamp him as the kind of man the people should keep in the senate of the United, States. . 1 "Stereopticonoscillograph.? That Is What they cill it. It is the newly invented device which Is said to project the human voice on the mo tion picture screen. Science is a wonderful thing, as is proven by the name applied to the new device. WITHOUT TRIAL ' A WOMAN was lodged1 in jail in the - East, on : April 18. on s charge of arson. A few days ago, she wrote; the following note: What eaa I do, to get out Of here? My little eon of IS is wandering about homeless. . My chickens and their coops hv been stolon, and my goats are gone, God knows where. Here I must ait whila ctty Ctb ploy es go on their vacations. It is a crime to keep people locked up for months at a time with out trial. No trial for me 'until October. I am toldj - ' , x .Can anyone deny the justice of the woman's words? Can 'anyone defend, a. system wherein a mother is . locked up without ball or bond for six months, without proving her guilty of & crime t t r-'- ' ' t Under eur constitution every per son ' is accounted Innocent -until proven guilty. Mere suspicion Is not .conviction. Yet, here is a wo man with a child,' locked up with out bail, without an opportunity to prove herself innocent, without abil ity to speed the day of trial, with out recourse save to stay in jail and wonder, abouti her child, hr home and Her 'Property. That Is not justice. It is not the intent of lawmakers to create any such status. It Is not the In tent of the people of this republic for such conditions to exist. The state, seeking to prevent crime, is itself committing a serious offense; whether on the statute books or not, , by placing a person in jail and keeping her there without af fording her an opportunity to de fend herself against the suspicions and charges against her. She is entitled to trial, and trial before her incarceration becomes life Imprisonment. NOT ON THE PUBLIC NOW it is suggested that the rail-, roads may ask for higher rates oh all classes of traffic from the interstate commerce commis sion unless the railroad strike is ended forthwith. The roads, it seems, are talking of presenting figures to' the com mission showing the cost of "strikebreaking," including adver tising and .publicity and extra charges for work done that are di rectly attributable to the strike situ ation. It is claimed that the strike is costing the roads several millions every week. Why not have paid those extra charges to the strikers in wages, maintained their loyalty, and avert ed the strike? Instead of spending millions annually to defeat the ef forts of workers to retain living wages, why not have averted the strike, its cost and its damage by maintaining a reasonable wage scale and working conditions for employes? Employers frequently make the same mistake. Many of them main tain publicity bureaus and spies. Many mine operators maintain po lice forces. Employers often spend very great sums- to put down strikes. But usually, if the same amount of money had been added to the workers' Income, there would have been no strike. And,, certainly, the public is not willing to shoulder the railroads' expenses in fighting strikes, main taining advertising and publicity bureaus, and in supporting regi ments of armed guards. The roads are inclined to seek profits that way y beating down wages If possible and otherwise, by rais ing rates. What the workers won't stand, they.seek to foist off oh the public But tire public is not willing to pay higher rates merely because the roads choose to spend their money fighting strikes rather than In avoiding them. . The strike costs the : public enough already in bad service and the diminished buying power of unemployed railroad workers. '' A Massachusetts, woman arose in a recent meeting and advised those present to make no more apple pies. She said pie-making was wasted energy that could be used for ?nobier things." Possibly. But what is to take the place of the apple cobblers or delectable apple pies overspread with rich cream, touching a spot in the inwards of hungry boys, with mother's hand and mother's smile as the setting for the old familiar picture? TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IF THE plan of an elevated or sunken central track In Port land Is carried out by the Southern Pacific, possibly it may be the be ginning of a movement for a con centration of tracks in Portland. A time has been reached in the development of Portland when use of sundry and divers streets in the heart of the city by surface rail road trains should cease to be. If the change should be made on the east side and not on the west side, might not the west side be the loser? The geography of Portland Is peculiarly suited to vf concentra tion of heavy traffic of the sort. Itis divided .near , the middle by the Willamette river, whose banks offer favorable location for artery lines on which heavy trains could movy with a minimum ' of incon venience both to the "-public and the railroad companies. The railroad, on its own ac count, wants passage through the city at the least inconvenience. It wants the opportunity for the very large expansion of its traffic that will ultimately . come. Everybody must know that the Portland .of 20 years; hence will 'make-larger de mands in the fway of traffic than does the Portland of today. , f The streets will , not; become wider. The automobiles v will not be fewer. "The products and goods that will have to move through' the city wilf not be of smaller volume. Men of intelligence and outlook must know that if there are to be no changes of 'geography in the railroad trackage the "problems of the not distant future In the way of traffic will become very serious. The Southern Pacific seems to sense the situation. Its plan for a non-surface .central line is very modern and very- timelyf : A MAN'S WANTS 1 - , - Froea tae Dulsts Herald . - J All a sensible man wants is a fair show, especially when he pays bis way at the box office, - I . REED'S VICTORY LEAVES LEAGUE : ISSUE IN AIR That la to Bay, So" Far as Missouri Is Concerned ; Also. So Far as the . T Editor Are Concerned Who Es - -y to Read the Kiddle of a ' Result Suspected Of Hinging on Cross-Fire r Voting. Daily Editorial Digest- ; ConeoUdate Press Association) : The question whether Republicans in large numbers participated as Demo crats In the Missouri primaries, espe cially In Kansas City and St, Louis, and thereby made possible the success of Senator "Jim- Reed In the Demo cratic contest, is agitating the country at large. 3 The majority of Democratic newsapers Insist this was so and that thereby suggestion that the result was a repudiation of the policies of Wood row Wilson must be without founda tion. On thei other hand, many Re publican papers take an, opposite view. They hold that the issue at all times was the League of Nations and that the result shows that the Democracy no longer considers it a paramount one. Insisting that It is impossible to con strue the result in Missouri as a "re pudiation by Democrats of the league," the New York World (Ind.-Dem.) In sists that "the Missouri vote was a re markable demonstration bf Mr. Wil son's Influence with the rank and file of Democratic voters. Had it not been for him Reed would have had a walk over ; yet, two brief letters from Wood row Wilson were sufficient to give the senator the fight of his life, which he won only by means of Republican votes cast In a Democratic primary. Had only Democrats been permitted to: vote he would have been beaten. A great many gentlemen In Washington would like to think that Reed's renomlnation means what they say it means, but they will hardly be so foolish as to act accordingly." Is addition. Reed's op ponent, Breckenridge Long, the New ark News (Ind.) believes. wasN "far from being the strongest sort of cam paigner. His eccentricities, though he Is a brilliant man, and particularly his tendency to look before he leaps, evinced by more than one utterance in the campaign, probably also mili tated against him." - And the Mil waukee Journal (Ind.) suggests also that the contest was without party sig nificance inasmuch as "Reed was a focus of the various emotions, preju dices and groupings of the years since war ! upset previous alignments and transgressed party lines. Senator Reed has rendered service to the anti-war crowd, the Republican crowd, the ene mies of the; League of Nations and the pro-Germane. With both parties broken up and discredited, with voting done so largely on past prejudices and grievances, rather than on present and future DOllcv. there Swtm M Httls e" nrul of getting sensible government in the immediate future with strength enough to at.ta.cK tne evns which now surround us, to say nothing of those which tnreaten. eaa Likewise, there need be no surprise at the result, the Syracuse Herald (Ind.) is convinced, because "It was a personal victory Tor Reed rather than an indorsement nf all that Via v . for and against, and the result proved kmi nis aaroitness in nniitini manirtuia.rinn m mnttiii,!.. " ' fe( VUfl seemingly antagonistic and in capital- "'B nio votes any considerable preju dice or fear." The Charleston Post (Ind. Dem.1 :. filiui rAfisMr. th. vUfnm personal, but suggests that "possibly me experience ne nas nad and the fire through which he has passed may have tempered him to other ways, and it is to be heped that his talents will be em ployed from now on in the service of the Democratic party, whose commis sion he holds." The fact that, under the Missouri ' primaries, many Repub licans may. have voted for Senator Reed is to be deplored, the Brooklyn Kagle (Ind. Dem.) points out, because "a primary law which makes such juggling possible Is pernicious. As for Missouri, the mix-up Is particularly unfortunate. The Democracy- of that state desired, we think, to declare it self for or against Woodrow Wilson's policies. Its position is as much in doubt as ever, since Republicans deter mined the result of the primaries." , In the view of the Pittsburg Leader (f'rog. Rep.), the result is "a sad blow to Mr. Wilson's ambitions and a deep dent in plans to restore his prestige. The Democrats of riissouri may again be willing to follow his leadership if he can grasp it firmly, lput the Tuesday primary is clear warning that he Is no longer followed blindry, and that Mis souri Democrats have confidence In other leaders." Tne fact that most im presses the Manchester Union (Ind. Rep) 4s that, despite the opposition of the organization. Reed won. .and It asks, "What Is to be the aftermath? Many of the "rid us of Reed folk must still be bent on getting rid of Reed. It was not done in the primary the elec tion offers another opportunity. On the whole, it looks as if the election campaign in Missouri would be as in teresting as the primary campaign, of fering more than a fighting chance for the election: of a Republican senator to succeed Reed." 'The intervention of President Wilson "was at least doubt fully wise," in the opinion of the Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.), but it does not consider the result a repudi ation of Wilson, holding that "a more accurate judgment would be that Reed is a more resourceful politician than is Long, and (hat a majority of Demo crats are less than a minority pf Demo crats when the 'Demoaratic minority is swollen by a. great number of Repub lican votes." " Another result, the New York Post (Ind.) is convinced, is that Senator Reed has regained leadership taken from him by the San Kr anclaco conven tion, although owtiP8lo her loose pri mary law the outcome In Missouri is susceptible of challenge, but this Is an exception in the long line of primary contests through which w e are passing. In Indiana, la Pennsylvania, is North Dakota, In Iowa, it Is manifest that the sentiment of the party was not re flected in the person of the candidate who under the convention system would have had an Immense advantage." The fact that his majority was so much smaller than he .and his managers had claimed it would be is significant, in the pinion ' of the Waterbury Republi can (Rep.), which afeo thinks that "the country at large can feel no satisfac tion in Reed's nomination. He Is a powerful orator, excelling tn the use of vituperation and epigrammatic fire works ; he has a quick and facile mind ; bet he Is a reactionary of little depth." The best; part of the result, however, the Dan viTIe i Register (Ind. Dem.) holds. Is that there has been enewed "the- right of local self -government, which is a fundamental of Democracy and one not to be lightly abrogated or easily alienstedff or It is as old as the i party Itself. It Is a quibble to contend that it was not a matter for local self government but a national matter, be cause a senator Is a part of the na tional and not of the state government. He is ' elective by the state and wilt represent It. in the senate, if elected, and his nomination Is a proper matter for the Democracy of the state. This, may sound a bit old-fashioned but It Is genuine and sound Democracy." ' Sharp Issue, ' however, "Is taken with this viewpoint by the Winston Salem IN. C) Journal Dem.), which asserts that Reed's victory was due to his friends, and Insists that "all the Re publicans in Missouri who hate Wood row Wilson were his friends, and the primary seems to have been open to all who for the moment called themselves Democrats. Reed was indorsed on the floor of the senate by Sraoot and Mc Cumber, Republican old guard leaders. There is hardly a doubt that thousands of Republicans grasped the opportunity to nominate an unpopular opponent for a senate seat." Letters From the People (Communications seat to The Journal lor publication! in this department' should be writ ten on only one side of the paper, should not exceed SOS words in length, and must be signed by the. writer, whose mail address in full must accompany the contribution. J CLASHING CLASSES -A Civil War Veteran Manifests Im : patience with Impatient Wage Workers. Soldiers' Home, Orting, Wash., Aug. 16. To the Editor of The Journal Anyone who desires just government has watched the gymnastics of the lawmakers to please a thousand differ ent classes of people all wanting special privileges to protect them against their fellow-men, who are all considered crooks, robbers and profiteers; they themselves being the only honest peo ple, who, will perish If the government will not protect them and their par ticular little class. " i One thing is dead sure, our fore fathers were a lot of old fools, and the bill of rights was ' a ' snare and a delosionu or else their descendants are a lot of asses or experimenters, trying to find a way to make everybody prosperous and happy with a large payroll in return for little "or no work. without taxes or other responsibilities. The result of this kind of policy Is ap parent, with representatives elected by all these different Masses all at logger heads. With their conflicting laws. there is no final authority. It is a fine spectacle when our nresi- ident has to stand before the people like an old granny with a cooky in her hand bribing a lot of ornery children to be good until she can settle their disputes, instead of being able to take a club and ' telling them to get busy until their grievances can be attended to. Some of us who did the dirty work in the "SOs received as our pay dollars worth 40 cents and lived on, a wage that these same kickers' children 10 years old would turn up their noses at, "a wage the amount of which many children these days daily spend for ice cream and candy and luxuries we never dreamed of. .Now, .these poor downtrodden serfs waste as much, money for pleasure as it tooki 40 years ago to support a family In moderate circumstances. No honest person desires to see anyone suffer for want of the necessaries of life, and if they are honest, . worthy people they are willing to take their chance with their fellow-man in getting an honest living; but When special classes are given special privileges and a. moBopoiy on me worn, to oe none, where- Is the justice In such . laws? How cam there be peace In any govern ment when one class of men have power enough to stop - all industries until their demands are granted. It is time for the people who have supported this government to get a commission appointed to settle all these labor disputes, men whose opinions' shall be final and to, be backed up with all the power of the government. The petty gangs, of self-appointed law-makers ought to be wiped out without further delay : or, if the people will 'not obey the laws unless they are enacted for the special class to which they happen to belong, then we had better dissolve the whole government and let every body look out for himself, which is the very place we seem to be drifting to at the present time the place of con tinual strife and misunderstanding. It is said that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,"5 and a jrobdly number of people are finding out now that their rights are gone. Stephen Van Scoyoc REMARKS ON PSYCHOLOGY Duty of Religion to Fight Certain Al leged Maleficent Manifesta tions, Asserted. Washougal. Wash., Aug. 11. To the Editor of The Journal- You would hardly suppose that certain remarks on psychology which I am Inclosing' had been taken from a farm paper. It is a hopeful sign. Farm papers formerly would hardly consider their readers able to assimilate or even be inter ested in such observations. There is unquestionably much truth In what "E. A. S." says, and .It is not nearly so high-prtced as that which psychologists are selling to business men, or would be business men, to make them suc cessful. Emerson's essays are, perhaps. as good food for the mind as any in this line, and they are not expensive. How many are engaging simply In the application of "black magic" to fur ther their personal success, as Madame Blavatsky remarked frequently some years ago while perfecting an organi sation for the transmission of these deeper studies into the mind and the development of the higher powers, or what we would generally call "deeper insight-" , What seems to have been overlooked by the public "In general has been the great Injury that may be done to in dividuals - where several deliberately direct their minds to that end. - It was well known ' to King David and to the gnostics, and is even now being used by "groups of . individuate (whether, with or without government sanction I do not know) to wreck peo ple's Uvea It is nothing- but conspir acy, in, such a case, but in too- subtle a form for the law' to reach; 'yet we must arrange to deal with it, as It Is the most 'dangerous form of attack. The i place where it touches the. activi ties of a newspaper. It seems to me. is in b-ringlng to light the part the secret service takes in the use of such methods of attack. We appear to be getting, rather mixed in our govern ment, to employ lawless methods to find ion if possibly someone has done an unlawful act. Ruling above - the law is the old tyranny returning in a new disguise. 1 The toad the form the devil took. according to Milton, to tempt Eve whispering in. the ear of the sleeping person to cause an illusion when that persons awakes, is typical of much of the new" practical applications of psychobogy, which it is the duty of religion, to fight,- F. V. Moss. . THE EMPLOYED WIFE Portland, Aug., 11. To The Editor or The Journal In the current Labor Press I read an editorial commend ins: married women who have husbands to support them but who -vacate the. home nest to still more clog the . already overclegged, industrial mart. .This ugly Phase of modern life has done as much to disorganise present day married life as any one thing, and.'' like bootlegging, It will have to be curbed by law. The average man would be paid better wages, wsuld not be out of .work- so often, and would not have to have a union get it. ' The self-supporting wo man, whether married or single.- would have a far better field for wages and employment. Then there arethedaugn- ters of weil-tq-ao- folks, filling offices as clerks and spending their earnings I ;f IT'AHTIITTAKT'T' A "KTT" ssjxixyxja.v jl ; x-lxj SMALL CHANGE An extra blanket along about dawn will overwhelm most of the discom forts of this rainy epeU. - . - ' .- ". 'Just wait and; see. After, the first successful - transcontinental, air flight the thing will be. easy.. The world likes men with the fire of ambition and the fighting prowess dis played by the late Lord Northcliffe. ... i .. .-.- . .. Wonder if there remain any i of that breed of men who would do or die to the last ditch for the sake of a- friend. ! M Fast driving and mist-wet streets have a tough, time trying to arrive at a mytuai understanding of natural laws. . ; . i Whatever of glory there may- be in the cellar championship seems to be what this Beaver team is trying to garner. . . .1-, . . Business page says "Financial World Withstands Blow." Teh. we drew our pay without giving the old world even a fluster. "Lawsuit is sequel to wine party," proclaims a headline. That's a new one. It used to be that a headache was the sequel. We might have asked former Ambas sador John Davis to show us while here about how present Ambassador Harvey looked irf knickers. . The fact that they have for so long been coached- on the products of the home brew maker makes it possible for us to disdain any ordinary American's opinion as to the quality of German beer. ' j ' MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observation j About Town The recent rain was worth a great many .dollars to J. rult growers, in the opinion of B. W; Johnson, who is in terested in orchards near Monroe and who is in Portland on business. E. O. Potter 'of Eugene, formerly county judge of Lane county, left for home Monday after a visit In Portland. He was accompanied ,by..MrSi Potter ana wrs. x1'. w. usDurn i iOeorge H. Guerin of Myrtle Point Is combining pleasure with business in the metropolis. N. F. Garson and Dr. Charles Bloom of Bend are among out of town visi tors. Mr. and Mrs. !A. L. Ray and Alex Ray of Walla Walla are among Port- iana visitors. Among the guests at the Imperial are Mr. and Mrs. R. R.aBowman and Ada line Yancey of Prineville. e e . Gerson Neuberger of Baker is a guest at the Benson. ' 1 Among out of town visitors is J. Watson of Eugene. Dr. A. Mount of Joseph is visiting In fortiana lor a few days., . . . Henry Bills and Dr. J. E. Reedy of Tillamook are registered at the Oregon M. K. Lang of Pendleton is trans acting business in Portland i, Al Youngeard of Wallowa is one of many out of town visitors J. A. Morgan of Condon business in Portland. is doing J. H. Dupuis of Baker is transacting business in Portland.. ) F. L." Haunter is one of the many out of town guests. . ... V Mr.' and Mrs. David Auld of Eugene are registered at the Portland. mm A. F. Landry of Kelso, Wash., is vis iting the metropolis. .' . Among out of town visitors is A. N Orcutt, an attornev of Roseburg. : Fred Misener-of : Fossil Is an out of town visitor.-'- - - s Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Coles of Haines are inspecting Portland shops. J. Blaine Kennedy of Pendleton Is among out of town visitors. ... Kirk Thompson of Corvallis is sight seeing in the metropolis. W. A. Carl of Pendleton is: a Put. land visitor. OBSERVATIONS AND ! IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred In a second installment of the letter of -T. Rhoten ef Chieaan. thj diU,hu sightseeing in the ' Portland area are unfolded. it wen supplements the tribute paid the city of Portland which constituted the installment published in this apaea yesterday. In The Journal yesterday. E. '' T. Rhoten of Chicago told how Portland Impresses the. tourist, and in this issue, in a continuation of his letter, he tells his impressions of the nearby scenic assets of Portland. He says : ; "Motoring out from Portland J is a source of pleasure hardly to be i sur passed in any other part of America. The well paved roadways In all direc tions ' Insure one'Sy comfort, and the beauty and great variety of the scenery along the highways keep the tourist in a constant. state of enjoyment. Going up the Willamette river, on either the right or the left bank, toward Oregon City. or out the Canyon road to Bea verton and beyond, it Is one scene of wonder after another, with charming homesltes everywhere. North, over the Interstate bridge, the majesty of the Columbia, theHiver of ..the" West.' dwarfs the Easterner's memory of -the Father of Waters.', aiiSt Louis., for in stance, into,lnsigrijflcance. The eight pf this great Stream is " worth crossing the continent 'to enjoy.- . - - ' - - ' - ' "Over in Oarke-county, Washing ton, the many large prune orchards at once attract the attention of the tourist, Out along. the Fourth Plain road these orchards are especially nu merous and many large drying estab lishments attest, the importance of the crop, The village of Orchards, in the midst of the prune growing industry, lis an interesting community. 'A primi tive religious service held ' there last rummer was a most peculiar manifes tation of human emotion ; strange, aus tere, almost v uncanny in some of Its elements. A little farther .east the village of Sifton presents a ? group of comfortable homes. Almost tevery dwelling there Is surrounded byVs. few acres for the crowing of : fruit and tilf age. In many respects the possibili ties of this town are the. beat of any In ihe jvatlley.-fS' - V f .r -4 -? on luxuries. All these things wlQ have to be: rectified isoooer" or later.- : y;.- j Mrs. E; U Hays. T GENE STRATTGN PORTER - Corvalus. Aug. 11. To The-Editor of ThJournJ Kindly-;, 'giver the true name and postoiitce address of Gene Stratton, Porter, the author, ."- " v:'Mra. Wayne Fits Morris. " The name Gene 8: ration Porter ia not a pen tKxna- Sirs. Potter's majden name waa Strattorc - Her address is .""sUmberloat Cabin-, Rome City, Indiana. " r, 4 .-.-.-,.. . " ' . BUT IT COULDNT."'. . " ' From the Gresham Outlook, Aug. 0 Grabbing; time, by the forelock, the "VTTn'tTro tat nrimn xnj wo UN. iLrjr v.., 1 SIDELIGHTS When a fellow finds that everything is going against him he should analyse his own mind. Chances are he is leading the procession himself. Grant County Journal. : ; F ' i- With a higher tariff scheduled for dress laroods there will be nobody to blame! but the Republicans If the girls have to shorten their skirts again. Salem Capital Journal. - ; Chief Justice Taft in England making a study ot the laws ! If would eeem to us jthat there are plenty of laws in the United States that might take a little (study. Blue Mountain Eagle. . Some men are proud of queer! things. A candidate tor the legislature boasts of th length of his eerviee in that body Which has loaded Ore-son with a.n I overwhelming bonded debt and multi plied taxes until iney are oanicrupung tanners. uaisey Enterprise. ! We would like to have seen the ex pression i on BUI Hanlev s face when he read; Carl Gray's statement that there would be no more railroad build ing in Eastern , Oregon anyways soon. Bill can swear when he wants to. and we'll bet; he did. La Grande Observer. , f e ' Deputy sheriffs In Umatilla county and soeclal federal officers have been doing some much needed housecleaning in the raids that have been conducted during the past week or two in which liquor violators nave been -caught with the goods. The work did not start too soon, land if the attitude of those who respect the laws is any criterion, this is a poor time io stop, fc.ee p tne broom out of the closet Pendleton East Ore gonian. i , v 1 ' ' Thei Garland family of Lebanon have motored down for a visit In the metrop olis. The entry on the Imperial regis ter spinas as sam A. Garland. Mrs. Sam IM. Garland, J. Powell Garland and jeanette Garland. . i Among out of town visitors Is A. P. Wilson of Joseph, The new grader down the Wallowa hill into the Wallowa val ley ia new 'open, to travel although the work .or graveling is in progress. , I County Judge Wallace of Crook coun ty is! in Portland on business. While his domus Is at Prineville, he Is regis tered, as usual, rrom "Crook county." C. M.; Crandall of Vale, who is the Republican nominee for the legislature from Malheur county, is among Port- land guests. Mr. and Mrs. James Swope of Pen " are registered at the Mult. dleton nomah Oliver O. Haga, a prominent attor ney of I Boise, Is transacting business in Portland. J Aniong out of town visitors are P. G. Elliott and baby daughter of Klamath Falls. B. L Beals of Tillamook is a guest at the Imperial. j . . . ; E. R. Lundeli of lone is enjoying the air qf the metropolis. TyraO. Black well Is registered at the Imperial Irom Herniiston. E. ' A., Rettman of lone Is among out of town guests. I i . Hj T. Botts of Tillamook is trans acting business in the metropolis. -, i - T R. Chauncey Bishop of Pendleton is a gi est at the Portland. Mf- and Mrs. W, H. Keimann of The Dalies are visiting in Portland. N. Bangs of Timber has been called to Portland on business. M and Mrs. F. C. Yergen of Wood- burn are arnong out of town visitors Rj B, Magruder of Clatskanie is a Portland visitor. AJ O, Wise of Cathlamet is an out of town visiotr. . Wayne Hull of Wasco is among the guests from the interior, v i P.i M. Leonard of ' Medford Is regis tered s-t the Imperial. I ' Another visitor from Myrtle Point Is ElliS S. Dement Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gape ef Salem are j among visitors from the valley. Lockley "In some respects the north bank of the : Columbia offers more entlnJnr kyiews for the interest of the tourist man the south bank of that river. The highway now buUding on the north .bank, when extended across the state, Willi form a very attractive drive, but whjf cripple- , its benefit by such a plebeian name as 'the North Bank high way?' The folklore and traditions auri rounding the name TVtuna' and its ap plication here make the name 'the Wauna highway' . most appropriate. The poetic beauty and historic signifi cance of this UOe would extend Its fame .jin future : and this highway, when completed, has a future Touring orej- it is now popular for pleasure, and the many attractive side trips along its course are interesting. The one Just beyond Washougal. to a point almost opposite the Vista house, on the ! Oregon side - of , the river, Is a favorite picnicking ground. Jev w, - "The Pacific highway, running north from Vancouver, has Interest different froijn the highways on either side of the j Columbia. It traverses a territory lessf rugged and more pastoral than the ethers! and runs through the apple orchard region of the north portion' of Clarke county.- Riding through this section in autumn, with luscious - ap ples offered at a dollar a box at road side stands aldhtr ' the wav fnwiM impresses the Easterner with ' the il ur j'ui -ne wui be asked for the same packages of fruit In his home town, At the crossing of the ' Lewis river. just before entering Cowlitz county, is' s, favorite picnicking camp on this drive. . . . - I , " - '-n--e Jv- ' j "Turning southward, v and back through Vancouver and over the Inter state -bridge again, we are off for a run! over the Columbia highway, along thelt Oregon side f the. river, Words tan on In attempting to describe its wondrous "beauty; a grandeur . without compare. . Beauty of river cenea. won der., of rock gorges, enchantment of waterfalls all these combine to , en thuse the observer." ; -i ; -':w ' Giharir fau Win open next Tuesday. Heretofore the bane of the Gresbam fair has been rain' at the wrong time, Ralq Is -needed, but it It can hold off a fortnight d give these Multnomah boosters a little- show, there will be an interval following during which the heavens 'can 'open 'and the rains -descend with Jittle harm,. .-hjUtTO TO HOOK 'EM I 1 From th HarrMrarg .Telegraph - They -caught a DO-pound shark near New York yesterday; but a lot of smart er sharks are still at liberty. ;-. .. ' ' - ."- The Oregon Country NorUiwest Happceiosa ia Brief form lor the i Knur Header-, , v OREGON - ,:;'. .The Eugene city council Is planning the purchase of a second modern fire pump truck to cost $13,000. A maternity unit, to cost JlS.ooO.' will be completed at the Salem Dea coness hospital by early winter. Mrs- Hattle Cormier of Lebanon has , been elected vice chairman of the Linn county Republican central committee. .Mrs. Isabelle Wheeler, who crossed the plains to. Oregon in the early '40s, died at Albany last Friday, aged 8. years. Africa will be the final destination Of a carload of lumber now being loaded at Bend . byi the . . W. Gates Lumber company. t The report of the Bend poetofflce for July showed a 72 per cent increase in postal business over the correspond ing month of 1921. Three new firms have filed Incor poration papers at Eugene with the object of erecting a new theater in that city to cost $180,000. J- M. Fcrley. a prune grower "of Dallas, was seriously injured last week when he fell from the running board of an auto truck. . .Invr.stl?tlon the appearance of the alfalfa weevil in Baker county has shown there is need of energetic action to prevent the spread and hold down the pest Rogue River will have a free fair Monday, September 11, according to plans being formulated by the Rogue River Community club and the Civic Improvement club. . Tony Zerh died at the Silverton hos- filtal Saturday from Injuries received n the wreck of a Stiver Falls engine at the camp last Thursday. Several other men were injured. Prime trays numbering 18,690 have been manufactured during the last few weeks at the plant of the Dallas planing mill, necessitating' the em ployment of a night crew While hunting rabbits near Terre bone, George Cox was seriously wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun, the ball entering his "feast and passing entirely through his body. News Is received In La Grande that Raymond J. Blystone. 34, pa-ell known resident of that town, was rWrdered at Fort Worth. Texas. August s. No details were given. Mrs. June Harper of Portland is a sister. WASHINGTON Robbers who forced the door of the Apple Way State bank, five miles east of Spokane, Thursday night, obtained $536 in money. A fire broke out in the Maccoleman music store at Raymond, Saturday, and destroyed the entire stock of goods be fore the firemen could subdue the flames. . The Pacific cranberry exchange, with offices at llwaco, reports a short -crop this year. Outlook berries are now quoted at $5 a box, with prospects for an increase. i Charles Camp of Winlock died sud denly from heart disease while work ing in a logging camp in Grays Harbor ccunty. He was born near Winlock 36 years ago. The decomposed body of what is said to have been a child of about 3 years Was found Sstlirtinv w rhllHr.n ahn were playing on the Fred Thompson ranch near Yakima. Accused of being short $1400, but admitting responsibility for only $40 of the amount. James Boland. 42. former secretary of a railway employes' union at Tacoma, is under arrest in that city. Members of the Walla Walla farm bureau have organized the Producers' Public market with a capital of $30,000, and are now negotiating for a site for the market which will be opened this fall. In 1921 the mines of Washington pro duced $128,488 in gold, 142,450 ounces ?f. 8Jiver' 251-5 pounds of copper. 143,553 pounds of leifd nt 4A sun e ieo ii uti ( usving a value or,. $332,313, For the first time in 15 years a United States senator visited the peni tentiary at McNeil Island Sunday when oenior roinaexrr inspected the in stitution. The population of the prison Is now 525, . ... , Vp to August i the state of Wash ington had paid 64042 bonus claims to ex-soldiers at a cost of 7-10 of one per cent. The amount paid was $12,359,468. Less than a dozen cases of fraud have been discovered. IDAHO 4 Apple growers of the Emmett dis trict are closing contracts with Boise dealers at $40 a ton f. o. b. A. smut explosion near Cottonwood. Friday, caused the destruction of a threshing machine and 700 - saeks of grain on the Charles Miller ranch. Millions of feet of - Idaho timber in the region of Payette lakes and New Meadows has been sttacked by the white butterfly pest, according to for estry officials. i "xT""?. Amer,'?n L!" will stage a "Frolic Week" at Coeur d'Alene. start in AUtUSt 28. v t.rr.,. Swiv." ?tfiJ'8rlon convention which .. .., 4iciu uicie jic.s.1 year.. , ' u ?liJ Ca.Bey; Proprietor of the Casey hotel at Clarlrafnfir T.K t?'l fL1ctu.rLof right arm. two' r inrn tnumb when pMuire. " e w Jng, to Nearly five vmm rt .... 'u'&'W Bo1serte' . J ? " " . " committed to th Idaho tnlltentlary. Retrials and in? peals have been going on since March. Twenty Years Ago From The Journal of Aug. it. 1902. Pendleton. Reports from Freewater today state that Keys' saloon was en tered last night by two muv who held up the barkeeper and five others. They took $140 from the till and $10 from the men. R. A, Booth off. Eu arena. linMnv.. state senator from Lane, Douglas and Josephine counties. Is at the Imperial.-' - w v uv uwat prosperous county in ' the state. " Congressman Tonsrue- of h xrir-m district is In the city today oo his re turn from a 10 days' trip to Crater Lake, aad vicinity. - "More timber land has Hm r.v.n during the past" -six months In the Klamath and Coos Bay countries than ever before," says R. C. Pentland, the mining man. . . . Passengers and steamboat men if. making strong complaints against the Willamette Pulp Paper company at Oregon- City for retarding navigation at the locks and at various nninta above them. -" ,-;.-:-... . i . James W. Abbott Special airenf thei United States department -f seri culture, will visit Portland -early next Wefts lr rt fmm ar H . j ant2ations relative to & monument ior uignway improvement in Oregon. ' - ' - -.-..- - m"l :. . - t "George Baker, the. popular' theatrical manager, has announced his intention of ! opening the. Baker ; theatre Au gust 31, : "fF'-:'i -i ."'I:--'-d? I'? to be well pleased-with the-Idea of the proposed new forestry , reserve." says B. F' Allen, nresident n fVi.t?!. -vr..' - tional bank of Prineville,-who Is at the Perkins,. l. .v' - r - -'. -j : -j. -'-':, JLumber shipments continue active. Several cargoes are tiow being" loaded at the various mills. ; . t. Good rains have fallen during the.-' last 21 hours In extreme Eastern Ore-v son, extreme Eastern Washington and in Nocthem Idaho. V