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TH-EPHONE MAIN 711. All departmenu
reached by this number.
v Man's noblest rrt to man is his sin
cerity, for it embraces his integrity also.
Let him not dole out of himself anxiously
to suit their weaker or stronger stomachs,
but make a clear rift of himself, and
empty his coffers at once. Henry D.
Tboreeu. ,
NO INSTITUTION SAFE
A SEARCH for illegal signatures
on me nsn amendment petitions
is to begin this week.
It will take place in the hearing
of the suit to restrain the secretary
ot Btate from placing the measure
;on the November ballot. The legal
attack is partially resultant from
. the offer of Green for $10,000 to
show certain fishing interests
enough illegal signatures toUnvalt
date the petitions.
There ought to be a .similar in
vestigation of the Albright interest
bill, which Is also scheduled to go
on the ballot. If there is truth in
Green's statement to Frank War
ren, F. Barker and F. E. Seufert
in Warren's office the- morning of
June -24, published in The Jour
nal, there is little 0oubt that
the fish petitions 'will be barred
from the ballot.
In a curious way the name of Al
bright, sponsor of the interest-rate
?4 measure, appears in the fish
amendment case.
Speaking of the Green petitions,
.. Mr. Warren said in his affidavit: .
The next intimation I had of it
(Green petitions) was on May 27,
1922. when one J. W. Moffat of West
Linn. Or., was in my office ; and told
me that on the morning- before he came
to Portland he had met Mr. Albright
of Oregon City, who told him that the
said petition waa being- circulated and
; suggested that Mr. Moffat bring the
. matter to my attention, and that if I
would get in touch with Albright, that
' Albright would arrange, for a consid
eration, to have it straightened out.
It is, recalled that Albright sold
, one set of fish petitions to certain
packers for $3975. It is also re
pealled that he was the sponsor of
an interest-rate bill in 1930. Nego-
tiAfirinci cat nn fftrttv f-r, oaM 4 , ...
Portland financial interests, were
stopped through an exposure of the
facts by The Journal.
Albright has, on this year's bal
lot, an interest "rate bill, which was
" brought to the attention of the
bankers by an alleged inter -'
mediary ' of Albright as pos
eible of purchase. And according to
. Frank Warren and Moffat, Al
bright, besides Tanning his interest-'
rate petitions, had knowledge of
Green's petitions and what could
be done In the way of quieting the
... fish amendment with money.
When all these things are pieced
together, there can be a pretty safe
- guess that if the Green petitions
; carry4Uegal signatures the Albright
i petitions carry illegal signatures. It
la entirely probable that the same
circulators carried the two sets of
petitions in quest of signatures. If
so, the Albright measure ought not
v to, be allowed ,to go on the ballot.
Fraud ought not to be permitted to
succeed. It ought to be beaten at
- Us source. .This system of gather
ing signatures to be sold to Inter-
. ests that may be menaced by the
proposed legislation has apparently
become a gainful occupation,
rif th practice is permitted to
. " continue there ig no interest or in-
- stitution that mayinot at every
election be threatened by these
dealers in Initiative legislation.
, The woman who poured kerosene
on her bedding and furniture and
then set everything ' on fire con-
fessed, thai her belongings were in
sured for $750 but worth only J 2 50
Is it true? What then of the In
surance " agent who wrote the
policy T ,The worn ah wouldn't have
committed arson if usable to Unsure
for more than the property was
worth: This does not minimize her
offense or excuse her from ' paying
the penalty. , !
WHAT IT WOULD DO j
.v . ; , : -: .' l-fe-
rpHERE contention In the East
X era press 'hat prohibition of
the manufacture Mi sale of pistols
would have little effect on crime
waves and "murder. The discussion
has been stimulated by the resolu
tions passed by the' American Bar
association.
It Is the claim of those who take
issue with the effectiveness t pro
hibition of pistol manufacture that
there would always be murders and
robberies even though pistols were
beyond the reach of .criminals.
They say that clubs, stones and
knives would serve the same pur
pose. ft ' : "
There will be none to deny, how
ever, that the burglar and the mur
derer can do their work fajr more
effectively with a revolver than
with other weapons. ! The wide
spread use of the gun which was
the weapon with which 90 per
cent of the murders last Year were
committed is proof -of the . faith
murderers and gan'groen have in
pistols. With them they can shoot
at safe distance. With themlheir
work is surer. With them the
chance-of escape is multiplied many
fold.
Use of clubs and knives would
mean hand-to-rSknd encounter. It
would mean far more chance of de
tection and arrest. It would mean
a greater opportunity for the in
tended victim to escape.
Moreover, there is hardly la day
in which . innocent bystanders are
not shot down in the streets of some
American city. Whenever a gun
is spouting lead everybody within
range is in peril of death. And
without criminal intent, what of the
hundreds of people who are killed
every year by the accidental dis
charge of a revolver?
There is no claim that the aban
donment of pistols would change the
instincts of men, end all crime and
make the whole World good, but to
take the gun from the reach of a
criminal would mean that the haz
ards of his task; would be increased
several times over, and every hazard
placed in the path of the criminal
means less of crime, for most of
the criminals are cowards.
In his own consultation room, an
eminent doctor was shot at Duluth
by a man who was temporarily de
ranged, and who thereafter turned
the weapon on ,himself. Think of
a revolver in the hands of a crazy
man! And then recall that the
only , occasion for pistols ts the
profit to be made by manufacturing
and selling them.
NOW TO CONFERENCE
"jlTANT times congress has mud
died and dallied over tariff
legislation, but never before so long
and so hesitatingly as over the bill
just passed by the senate.
The house passed the bill one
year and one month ago today. It
gave six months -and two weeks to
the preparation and discusston qf
the ,Jlfl before passing it on July
21, 1921.
The Republicans on the senate fi
nance committee labored eight
month and three Weeks in making
changes in the house bill; On
April 11 last, the measure was
reported to the senate with 2082
amendments to the house bill.
For approximately four months it
was under scrutiny and debate In
the senate, during which numerous
additional changes have been made.
The bill now goes to tne con
ference committee of the two
houses. How long it will take to
get it ready for the signature of
the president is conjecture.
The bill has nowhere been more
roundly denounced than by Repub
lican newspapers and Republican
members of congress. If there had
been a way to avoid It the measure
would not have been passed prior
to the November election; becattse
of the reaction that lias always re
sulted from a high tariff law. No
body is more afraid of fhe effect
of the measure than' many of the
Republican members who voted for
it.
But the pledges to campaign con
tributors had to be met. The prom
ises to the multitude of interests
that besieged the Capitol had to be
redeemed. And so a bill that is
a mixture of fraud, corruption and
extortion, goes to conference.
A GREATER PORTLAND HERE
r-pHERE is good engineering
opinion to the effect tha the
traffic-carrying capacity, of" Haw
thorne bridge could .be greatly In
creased by comparatively inex
pensive changes. ; ! ! v
Street cars, this opinion contends,
should be routed in the center. The
cantilevers couid$e slightly .ex
tended, adding to the width of the
roadway. The sidewalks could be
narrowed, and out of these various
changes It would b entirely fea
sible for the bridge to carry double
lines of automobiles. The estimated
increase in the carrying capacity is
placed as high as 50 per cent.-
Of j course, along with : these
changes, there would be a. neces-
saryjiraprovement In; the streets
leading to the bridge, and certain
regulation of -traffic on them. It
is. for instance,; suggested that the
street railway; company . could
abandon the safety stops at the east
end. I ? iWHWMZ
' Portland ' is J in the' midst, of
change. New demands caused by
increased ' population are at hand.
Our bridges were built and street
approaches prepared with forge t
fulness in the public mind that
there would some day be a greater
Portland. . . " - ;
. The greater Portland Is arriving.
The increase in automobile traffic
which all can see. if they wiU stop
to think about it, is example of the
great . change that is coming on.
The cramped and narrowed status
at bridges and bridge approaches
that has been tolerated in the past
will not suffice for the larger Fort-i
land that is at hand. To be .con
vinced of this i,t Is merely necessary
to take a drlva about the city, note
the number of new dwellings, new
apartment houses and new indUs-w
tries. These mean added popula
tion and increased congestion at
strategic points. ,;
It is time to apply to the bridges
that intelligence that was over
looked as we muddled our way
through the development of the
smaller Portland. It was our policy
in the past to build bridges without
full vision of '" requirements, and
then, when congestion appeared,
build .another bridge. - As a result,
there is ho bridge in the city that
Is serving more than a fraction of
its capacity, "The river is a beauti
ful factor in Portland life, social
and economic. It can become a very
great obstruction. It will be made
so If our old policy is continued. It
is time now to change to an intel
ligent policy, and it is a duty that
devolves for its Inauguration upon
those at the head of the city gov
ernment. '
TONY
THE "snow birds" lost a pal when
Tony, aged 15, trudged stoically
out of the New York, children's
court, headed 'for the House of
Refuge. Tony's weazened face was
white, deathly white as the heroin
he had been peddling to the drug
sodden wastrels on the fringe of
Little Italy.
His dirty little fists, in anger at
his sentence, were clenched so tight
that the knuckles showed white
through the grime. He had been
dragged by the detectives up and
out of the human antheap, where
he peddled narcotics, and he
thought himself unjustly treated for
playing the game in the way the
dope Fagin had taught hlra the
high lights of the trade, as a seller
of drugs.
In Tony's dim little mind the de
tectives had taken an unfair ad
vantage. Tony's role ostensibly was
that of a little eggar, and it was
under that guise thJCt he sold co
caine and heroin to the "snow
birds." The detectives had ' watched,
but because of .his animal-like in
stinct they had never been able to
snare him in the "act of dispensing
dope.
They got Tony by subterfuge.
They half filled a peddler's wagon
Vith an assortnaent of ; vegetables
and wound their way through the
outskirts of Little Italy. For once
Tony was off his guard, and sold
them a package of dope for $1.50.
They passed on up the street sell
ing vegetables, and a little later
came back and bought more dope
from Tony. A third time they pur
chased, and after that Tony Cortefi
was the name entered in the rec
ords at police headquarters, where
the 15 -year-old friend and pal of
the "Bnow- birds" was questioned
and questioned. '
They got no information out of
Tony. Nor did the stern judge in
the children's court. Wouldn't he
tell the name of the dope Fagin
who taught him to sell and from
whom he got the drugs? Wouldn't
he do that and thereby help him
self, help his parents, and help all
those helpless victims in the claws
of the human birds of, prey, the
dope dealers? .
Through all this appeal to his
better self, Tony eyed the judge
with mingled scorn and pity. Then
he said:
Naw. What d you think I am? A
rat? I'll take what's comln to ma
I ain't goin to peach.
Tony, with his stocism, his chiv
alrous silence about the Fagins
who fatten off the wastrels of so
ciety, his hazy mind with its re
ligious loyalty to the demoralizing
traffic of an underworld, examples
a growing group that is coming on
in American life.
WINNING WITH FISH
THE layman would never think
of fighting fever with fish.
That, however, is what science did
successfully in South America.
A recent report of a board of
the Rockefeller Foundation tells
how it was done. 'An epidemic of
yellow fever-of two years standing
had spread with great rapidity In
Peru. Conditions became t ex
tremely critlcsal. The fever, it was
certain, was carried by the malaria
mosquito. To finally suppress the
disease it became evident that con
trol of the mosquitos had to be
obtained.';
Two local species of fish io de
vour the eggs and larvae of the
mosquito were selected. . They were
distributed with two to four fish to
a container holding from 10 to J5
gallons of water. In this way 750,
000 fish were distributed in the In
fected t region, 5 The i result was : a
conquered epidemic ' and a lower
mosquito Index than bad before
been believed TJOsaible.
The resourcefulness ef the medi
cal scientists in the South American
emergency again- emphasizes the
powers oti man. - His . mentality
makes it possible for him to fashion
most aU things provided by nature
to meet his own ends. That power
has enabled man to rear a. civili
zation never before known and is
aiding him , to find'-solutions for
practically all problems
GUNS TURNED
.. ON TARIFF
; FIXERS . ,
Members Who Framed Schedules for
Their- Own Private Benefit Are
Severely i Handiest : by Editors,
t- Who - Are Further Rising to ;
y Senator Gooding's Charge that
v Advertisers Influence News
paper : Opposition to the
Wool Schedule.
, ii. ii. i Pally Editorial Digest
(Consolidated fleas Association)
That the public is entitled to know
all of the motives Influencing senators
who are framing the tariff bill is the
opinion of - the majority of the news
papers of the country regardless of
political affiliations. Most of them
sharply censure Senator Gooding for
his charge that opposition to the
schedules, and especially the wool
schedule, is due to the Influence of
large advertisers in individual news
papers. Many of the papers see In this
latest incident a strong reason why the
Frelinghuvsen amendment creating an
actual tariff commission with actual
power should be adopted.
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The Baltimore Sun would "make all
of the black sheep-come into the open,"
insisting that "there are more black
sheep in this business than the sena
tor from Idaho. Nothing can now
paint this tariff biU white. It has
become the outstanding political scan
dal of the day and no explanations
can give 'it an air of respectability.
The Newberry purchase of a senatorial
seat from Michigan sinks Into sheer
moral and financial lnsignifieance be
side this sabs f the consumers of the
country to an economic and financial
plunderbund. The country would wel
come the opportunity to meet in the
open all of the members of the tariff
association for the advancement or
special Interests at the expense of the
general public." Indorsing this sen
timent the Springfield News insists
that "If tariff rates are being boosted
at the expense ot the consumer and
taxpayer, and senators themselves are
to be the beneficiary, itis high time
the spotlight was being thrown on the
subject No senajor has a right to
use his office for personal gain. He
Is chosen for the common good ef the
citizenship of his own and the rest
of the states which make up this
country. A thorough survey oufht
to disclose facts in the charges ithat
have been made." And the New York
Bventrrg- World, however, insists that
nobody Is left out of the proposed
Hnquiry nobody, that is to say, ex
cept the ultimate consumer. The
'black sheep senators are included ;
newspaper-owning senators are In
cluded, as well as importers, depart
ment stores and all other witnesses
who can testify as to the Interests
and individuals who will reap fortunes
If the pending tariff bill is passed by
congress. From the standpoint of a
wool senator from the sheep ranches
of the West the public isn't anybody.
Mr. Public and his wife can be left
out of consideration. The public Isn't
anybody when the black sheep are
gathering their wool."
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In the opinion ot the Syracuse Her
ald Senator Gooding, is an aspirant
for "the peculiar kind of senatorial
laurels" hitherto monopolized by Sena
tor "Tom" Watson. The Herald In
sists that "we cannot persuade our
selves that any man so Ignorant of
elementary economic principles as to
contend that this country, with a
productive capacity far exceeding its
consumptive capacity, would profit by
the absolute exclusion of foreign trade
la fit for service in the senate of the
United States." Likewise, the Kansas
City Star I convinced that "if the sen
ator wants : to Investigate Interests in
the tariff he should apply himself to
those interests that profit from It."
while the Chicago Tribune suggests
that "an effective tariff commission,
such as Senator Frellnghuysen advo
cates, would relieve wool raising Sen
ators from the necessity of furnish
ing the Information upon which con
gress determines the duties which will
determine the price of American cloth
ing." Replying directly to the Good
ing charge of Influenced newspapers,
the Springfield Union points out that
"even were it true that the tariff opin
ions of these Republican newspapers
which have Incurred the enmity Of
Senator Gooding are Influenced by
their mercantile advertising, they are
not officially engaged in tariff mak
ing. The Republican newspapers that
are thus put in the traitorous class
are ordinarily defenders of protection.
They are not criticising the principle
but alleged abuses of it that are more
likely to hurt than help its cause."
,
The Brooklyn Eagle argues that,
"after all, the issue between the news
papers and the wool growing mem
bers ot the senate is one upon which
the people of the United. States must
ultimately pass. Republican newspa-
per no less than Democratic news
papers, have made charges against
Republican senators which have yet
to be denied or disproved. They are
not to be denied or disproved by lurid
rhetoric or by a backfire of counter
charges such as Mr. Gooding would
kindle. Hla resolution Is an adventure
in stupidity which has few "parallels in-1
the records of a congress not Die lor
Its .foolish and reckless defiance ot
public sentiment." The charges that
the wool senators will benefit is
"gravely disturbing." in the opinion
"of the New York Tribune, which as
serts that "the wool senators have
been rather indecently conspicuous in.
behalf of schedule K. A 60 cents per
pound duty is obviously high. Their
activity has not lessened- publio sus
picion of the tariff bill," which brings
from the Louisville Post the statement
that "this is putting it mildly. Not
only are these Republican senators
willing to vote to increase the price of
clothing to everybody ia the United
States, while they would benefit there
by, but they even defend themselves
and each other in this procedure. They
do not seem to think there Is anything
reprehensible about it"
"If Senator Gooding,' the Memphis'
Commercial Appeal says, "wants an
investigation of every "Individual who
will profit financially by the defeat of
the robber tariff, then he ;hould in
clude about 90 per cent or more ef all
the men, women and children in the
country." : The popular erection ; of
senators has failed, the Baltimore
News believes, to eliminate men who
alt ''as the ambassadors of some great
economic interest. There is nothing
to do but to insist upon the Jefferson-
Ian rule that where the private inter
ests of a member are Involved, he is to
withdraw." i It if bard to understand
the aaitntion of the senators who favor
the bill. . the Hartford Times rather
sarcastically asserts, in view f the
certain passage of the tariff bin, and
it wonders whether "the Goedings and
the McCumbers begin to see that the
people are going to find out what bit
them after awhile and that a few red
herrings ia time may help .at the No
vember plebiscite V This also is the
view of the Fort Wayne Journal Ga
zette, .which, after discussing the bill
at length, asserts hat "all the people
are to be robbed to the end that theXtbey beSKu Kiux Kiam Scottish Rite
cotton industry may profit more.; that
the steel trust may gouge more, that
the silk Industry can take more; and
if cotton and steel and silk and sugar
are to be permitted the privilege of
robbing the consumer under the pro
tection ot the law. why not wool?" .
The newspapers oppose the bill, the
Altoona Mirror is ; convinced. - simply
"because -the duties are entirely too
hlg! and. win result In an increase in
the : cost of living - and the Philadel
phia Bulletin insists that without an
investigation the "way points clearly
to the Frellnghuysen amendment or
some similar plan for an active, tariff
commission, studying tariff effects, re
porting to congress tariff defects, as
the only actual remedy. v ,
Letters From the People
rCoesmnniratloua sent to The Journal for
pobuealion in this department should be writ
tea oa only one aide of the paper. should net
exceed S0O words in tenets, and must be
aimed by th, writer, whose mail addreaa in
full most accompany the contribution.
I REPLYING TO MR- WRIGHT
His Assertion Regarding Idaho School
Law Called in Question.
Portland, Aug, 18. To the Editor of
The Journal J. B. Wright, in a letter
in The Journal yesterday advocating
the adoption of the ao-caTIed compul
sory education bill, closes with these
words: "Let's all pull together
for 100 per cent Americanism."
I hope Mr. Wright does not wish to
stamp misrepresentation' as 100 per
cent Americanism. He 'misrepresents,
whether knowingly- or not is not for
me to judge, when he, speaking of the
proposed compulsory education bill.
Writes: "In Idaho, where a similar
measure is in force." etc T"he Idaho
law demands school attendance, but
does not prescribe the school.- The
school districts, prescribe the length of
school terms, but do not forbid attend
ance at a private or parochial school
during said school term. I have learned
from a letter from the commissioner of
education of the state of Idaho, writ
ten since this school measure has been
proposed, that essentially the same com
pulsory act is In force today that was
In force is years ago when I taught
in a parochial school in that state. At
that time my school was considered a
fit institution to rear 100 per cent
Americans, the truant officer of that
district being as much concerned as to
Whether pupils: enrolled In my school
attended regularly an he was about
the attendance in the public school
Furthermore our parochial schools In
Idaho are not closed on account of any
law prohibiting them. Mr. Wright
could 'and should have ascertained
tbeee facts before he made his claims
; The trouble with the proposed com
pulsory education bill Is that it is
unconstitutional and "therefore not
American. Its very title reveals the
un-American spirit behind It- We have
has, and still have, compulsory educa
tion laws. Every good American cit
lsen knowns this and willingly submits
to tnem as far as they relate to him.
At best, It Is camouflage when this bill
is entitled "compulsory education bill.
for Its intent and purpose are not to
increase or improve attendance at
School, but rather to tyrannize over
parents, depriving them of their God
given, constitutionally guaranteed, in-
anenaDie rignt to rear their own chil
dren.
Let's all pun together .for 100 per
cent Americanism"; that is, let us see
to-tt that the provisions of the national
constitution are lived up to, not only
by others but primarily, by ourselves.
Let us show our 100 per cent Ameri
caalsm by fighting in the open, up and
above board.
' My advice to Mr. Wrleht and nil
Others Is to calmly, dispassionately
turapars tne proposed bill and the pro
Visions of the constitution of the
United States before casting their bal
lots. I am certain the Americans of
yregon win ao the same as the Ameri
cans of Michigan did when the attempt
was made to foist a similar bill (this
to no misrepresentation) upon them
last November, namely, snow it under,
defeat it decisively.
H. H. Koppelmann.
THE CASE OF FOSTER
Prediction That Wcrsa Will One Day
neioi-ms JSOW Shirked i
bv Men.
Trout Lake. Wash.. Aug. 17. -To the
Editor of The Journal The statement
ef a Colorado general that there was
jaw w Keep Foster out of that state
is amusing, in face of the that
the state rangers ignored all law and
their oath to support the constitution,
thereby placing themselves in the di
rect action class. Unlawful radicalism
begets unlawful radicalism ; it does not
cure.
I. II is alleged that Foster was a rad
rveij, wnac or it? To some.
rrerary jrora is a disagreeable radical
It is evident that Colorado state of
ficers violated more law than did Vna.
ter: The state rangers, armed with
a degree of authority, acted .- the part
of bullies against one lone man. It is
surely something to brag about! It
Is claimed that Foster had seditious
literature. They always claim that,
but the public seldom sees the isroof.
Foster might have told some unpleas
ant trutns about the big Interests.
Facts are. a true history of the ac
tions Of Colorado's big interests and
militarism would read like fiction, "In
ma ino or tne free."
Tne over-zeal of some of our "100
per cent' Americans under very high
Bounding names is disgusting. . The
day is' coming when it will ba less
popular to interfere with lawful free
speech, or to carry out the farce of
arresting because someone pretends
to thina some one is about to violate
the law. The principles of our gov
ernment are too thoroughly rooted
lnt the hearts of all Americans to
let anything Foster can say affect
their loyalty. The average man al
lows we must send a different class
of men to our legislatures and have
better laws, more justice ' and less
favoritism la our courts, fewer idle
public officers drawing salaries, lower
taxes and a more just system' of tax
ation : but ignores the American way
to secure reform, namely, agitation,
legal free speech and the ballot box.
Some try to do it by shrouded and
uniformed mobbing.
r Some day the reforms that man has
been evading and quibbling over for
60 years and has not the moral cour
age to bring about will be brought
about by women. And they will prob
ably indulge In some lawful free
-speech that will make what Foster
might, say look insignificant.
f L 'i C M. Cutting.
i ' EXHORTS TO FAIRNESS
Hatred and Suspicion to Be Avoided
; As Generators Only of Evil, Argued.
Portland, Aug. 19. To the Editor of
The) Journal Only two powers rule,
jor I strive to rule., in this world- the
power of light and the power of dark
ness. The former is positive, the latter
negative. The positive light engen
ders and is upheld by love, good will,
goad fellowship, equal justice in the
pursuit of happiness. The negative.
darkness, engenders and ia perpetuated
by all will suspicion, strife, contention
and restricted just lee. Result, disunion
and unhappiness. The former orig
inates ia heavea. the latter Is prompted
froen its opposite. -
j- Those who hoist the banner of hate,
suspicion and disunion are to be pitied,
as they are unwittingly doins the bid
ding of evil when they strive to restrict
equal 'justice or equal rights of any fel-
lawra' Mtnen tinder our fla sr. whMr
Masons.; Catholics, or any other organ
Ixarton of individuals. -
When any individual or organization
attacks - Christian " education or the
Christian family r their constitutional
COMMENT rAND
. : SMALL : CHANGE t
-Wonder where ail the picnic parties j
went oeiore mere was any uolumbia
river highway, , -, ,.( .
' Men who. consistently avoid the
trials of steady occupation quits often
also avoid the ftuita thereof,
"Every honest dollar has a stain on
its reputation somewhere, if we roust
judge from, the, rule of averages. .
Women's : rights haven't necessarily
suffered a setback because a Kan
sas City judge fined and jailed a girl
for smoking. ,
The style and capacity of man's
pocket book, sadly enough, isn't altered
te conform to the changing mode in
women's dress. .
e . i
Wife aged 108 -milks seven cows a
day for exercise. Marvel at what
would happen if .she'd pitch in to do a
little real work.
'"!"
What your automobile can do when
you open it up isn't quite so import
ant as what the Jaw will let it do,
don't you know. J
Every time we read about the works
or a "caucus" we think of "circus,"
and It usually happens that the two
aren't so decidedly different
"Gowns of American women out
shine those ef Other nations: " a v-o .
headline. Same thing used to be in
timated about-the noses of some of our
mm. . -
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Tpwn
Countv Judge Schannep and County
(Commissioner Bean of .Umatilla county
are in Portland on their way to Pen
dleton after a brief sojourn at - the
coast.
Registered at one of the leading
hotels are Mr. and Mrs. C. .W. Oliver
of Pendleton.
VrA TTrkitxtrtn fit Mnrfh Tlenrl artd "P
1 Magnussen of the same city are Porf-
land visitors.
i Charles K. Davis of Powers Is reg
istered at the Multnomah, as la also
Lyle Stewart, also from Powera
...
L. P. Norvell of Pendleton is among
the many Umatilla county citizens
spending a few days in Portland.
G. Allen Brown of CorvalUs spent
Saturday in Portland.
-
Beard Kester of Yakima Is among
out of town guests.
James G. Boyle of Prosser is trans
acting business in Portland.
Dr. N. C. Nelson of Eugene and
family spent Saturday in- Portland,
R. M. Rogers arfd hla brother. Max
K-, are among out of town guests.
e
Among out of town visitors is J. A.
Link of Yamhill.
Emil Steiger Of Baker has
called to Portland by business.
been
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
v By Fred Lockley .
Here is concluded the narrati-re of the career
of John Wortman. ahowint his ad ranee from
UtUe farm boy raising a bi crop to prosperous
banker and man of affairs, all due to the in
teraction of the factors of opportunity and
tjie eye to see and the will to punas it.
John Wortman, Oregon pioneer of
1852 and long-time resident of McMlrm-;
vllle, started the first bank on the
west side of the river between Portland
and Corvajlls. In speaking of his boy
hood, days he said :
"In 1863 ray father rented a farm
from William, Barlow on what Is known
as Barlow prairie, just across the Mol
aila river from Canby. I remember
that fall very distinctly, because I was
only 11 years old and I drove our big
red ox. Buck, and our spotted ox,
Berry, day In and day out. until I had
harrowed In 80 acres of wheat The
harrow was too heavy.for me to lift,
so I would have to pry it up every
time I came to the end of the 80-acre
field, and clean the weeds and trash
tr-orr. th teeth. We' had a big crop of
wheat on that 80 acres. It ran over 40 'I
bushels to the acre, we sola, it to
fnrfB LaRocdue at 81.10 a bushel.
With about 83500 . income from our 4
wheat we were on Easy street. .
"We moved to Canemah, where I
went to school. One of my first teach
ers, Virginia Olds, who is now 88 years
old. is still living here In McMlnnvllle.
We wilt go and pay-ber a vUlt a little
later. I got my education along with
my work! For eight years I worked In
the Oregon City woolen mills, much of
the time serving 'as shipping clerk.
Later my father and I, with my broth
ers, Frank and Chris, went to Junction
City, where we opened a general mer
chandise store. This was in the cen
tennial year. We had not been there
very long when Milt Woodcock, who
had the store at Monroe, failed and we
bought bis Stock at 0 cents on the dol
lar. Chris and X ran the store at
Junction while father and Frank ran
the store at Monroe. We not, only
right the former the bulwark and
stabilizer of the nation, the latter the
primary, basic unit of t&'e state and
nation such attack Is against the
source of light, and against the state
and nation, through Its basic unit, the
family, and such act Is un-American
and un-Christian. Being blinded by hate
and suspicion they unwittingly lower
their standard of equal Justice and In
act (not intention) they become only
1 per cent Americans and zero Chris
tians. .'-
If we divorce the children from
father and mother, usurping parent
rights under our flag and constitution,
we weaken the basic units which coin
lectively constitute the state, and thus
weaken the state and nation, and when
we attack Christian education we thus
become anti-Christian and hoist the
banner of hate, disunion and strife,
which leads nowhere, and Mve who
stoop to such are blindly leading our
otherwise fair-minded fellow citizens
to follow under the banner of dis
union and darkness.
There is real need and ample room
for all teachers and schools., all work-?
ing along the line of union and eon
cord, and it is the duty of every .100
per cent American and 100 per cent
Christian to support and uphold " all
and extend a brotherly hand and good
fellowship to all and support the con
etitulion of our glorious country .by
upholding, and protecting . the consti
tutional, rights of every fellow ciUsen
as his rightful, due. as we would hay
our own -. protected. . :- 'H
Meeting -onr adversaries fairly and
convincingly 1& av Christian spirit wiD
cause fair-minded men and women to
Investigate for themselves, which will
redound to our good and Also to theirs,
and lead to further, deeper investiga
tion and Inquiry for the whole truth,
by many, -,- An American Citizen, A
K DEFINITION OF CHRIS
From the Nash Tills Tenneaaean -
Columbus the man who discovered
a place for Europe to borrow money.
NEWS IN -BRIEF
r SIDELIGHTS ,
We. however, are of the opinion that
civilisation is not on the decline. It
hss hit the bottom kerplunk, Grant
County Journal. - , t . ,,--,
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The worth of the cannery1 at Hiils
boro has been well demonstrated by the
thousands of dollars which that institu
tion has expended for labor and fruit
In 1922. Hill bo ro Argus, v
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When " the farmers r 'get ' through
threshing and feet like, playing a little
ft will be time to do other necessary
work and then get the plowing and fall
crops in. Woodburrf Independent.
' Some folks in this city cant see
why the bankers should be talking
of lending 1,000.000,000 to Germany,
when there are about 100.000,000 people
in this country who would like to
borrow. Powers Patriot. .
...
The Literary Digest poll is held to
show that a majority of the American
people want the Volstead law amend
ed so the boose camel can get its head
under the tent. The youngest reader
of the Sentinel will never be old enough
to see John Barleycorn come back.
--Coquille Valley SentjneL .
Sixi months aro there were e.000,000
men without a job, and now there are
6.000,000 jobs without a man. It never
pours but -It-rains. Somehow things
don't balance. When, wages get high,
then efficiency drops off and nobody
wants to vwork, and when everybody
gets broke - there are no jobs. Blue
Mountain Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Upton of Prlne-
villa, who found the Tillamook beach
a little bit uncomfortable, are in Port
land on their way home.
E. B. Sibray of Baker is among out
of town visitors.
es
Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Snodgrass ot Eu
gene were week-end guests.
, .
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle D. Tilden of Her-
rnlston are calling on Portland friends.
Among out of town visitors is E. L.
Graves of Med ford.
E. L. Payne of Bend Is transacting
business In Portland.
a
Carl W. Cook of LaGrande Is one of
many out of town visitors.
...
H. D. Grey of Klamath Falls is reg
istered at the Imperial.
...
Ed. Stnalley of Powers is temporarily
sojourning in Portland. -
T. P. Smith of Centralia is among
out of town guests.
Tftomas Palmer of Fossil is a guest
of the Oregon. ,
Among the guests of the Multnomah
Is G. F, Coates of Tillamook.
Among out of tJwn visitors ts R. G.
Johnson of Walla Walla-
j
F. C. McGuire of Tillamook is in
Portland on business.
made good money on our merchandise,
but we also bought grain,-bacoA, chick
ens, eggs, butter and 4other produce,
which was shipped to Portland and
made good money for us.
. . .
"In 1883 I went to Portland and went
to work for the Portland Savings bank.
From Portland X came to McMinnville,
where I opened the first bank on the
west side of the river between Port
land and Corvallla. My bank was in a
building 14x20. My brother Chris also
went to Portland and went to work for
D. P. Thompson In the old Portland
Savings bank at Second and Stark
streets. He was there until he bought
Into the Olds & King department store.
When I started my bank here, Decem
ber 3, 1883, I was a pretty busy man,
as I was president, janitor, cashier,
bookkeeper and, in : fact, everything
else in the bank. Now we have a dozen
employes doing the work. In 1881 I
married Ella Washburn at Junction
City. All three of my boys, Ralph,
Frank and Fred, are in the bank with
me. Now If you will put on your hat
we will go and see my old teacher
Aunt Virginia Olds, She came here
in 1852, the same year we came."
Arriving at the home of MISS Olds,
she said : ' -
"John was a pretty good boy. He
never made me any trouble. You see,
he has done well ; so 1 did good work
teaching. I will be 87 on September 4.
I was 18 years Old when I came to
Oregon. I taught my first school In
the Ruel-Olds neighborhood, near Carl
ton. I taught my last school here in
McMinnville. My mother died a few
weeks after we had reached Portland,
of mountain fever. She and the baby
that was born to her on the plains both
died. I helped rear the other children.
Mary Robinson Gllkey was one of my
students. If you will look Up the rec
ords of the schools I have taught- in
Yamhill, Marion and Clackamas coun
ties you will find that most of my
students -turned but pretty welL
"COLORADO AS A WEST' VIRGINIA
k " From the W to 'world
After Ahe rangers had. driven W. Z.
Foster out of Colorado aa a dangerous
radical. Adjutant General Hamrock explained-
that, as the- expulsion was
"for the best Interests of the state, no
law was consulted."!- So much was evi
dent; a more lawless proceeding was
never charged against the I. W. W.
Foster may have been "character
ized as an undesirable" because he led
the big steel strike two years ago. But
there were and are In that Industry
persisting conditions against which
men of the highest character not con
cerned in it in any way have protested
as strongly as f ; Foster conditions
which Judge Gary and other owners
have admitted to be bad by promising
amendment. -
- Or Foster may be Undesirable be
cause be edits a. labor newspaper in
Chicago. To the National t Association
of Manufacturers that fact might give
him an aspect horrendously Red., Yet
if he were Irr-JRussla he would prob
ably be facing's death sentence along
with other labor leaders now on trial
If Trotsky had .mot had him shot
already on general principles - as a re
actionary and a foe of the soviet.
Points of view differ.,,'. x..
But Mr. Foster record and opinions
are not the point. He was deported
to 'prevent trouble.5 A certain type
of official mind finds It easier to stifle
discussion -.of labor! troubles by brutal,
arrogant and grossly Illegal sets of
tyranny jthan to inquire Into the con
ditions complained of and find eut
what blocks a friendly' understanding.
Colorado seems envious of the fame of
West .Virginia as k community where
there is no law but the will of organ
ised Big Business.. . . ; . .
MENTAL" SUGGESTION "M
- '-" From1 Jadsa V -
New Thought Do you believe 2.1
mental suggestion? -
Old Thought Yes. Last week I told
my husband that I was going to start
housecleaning, and the next day he'
left town on business. -
The Oregon Country
Northwest Hppeninrs in Brief Koraa lor the
. Baajr Seeder.
OREGON .
Labor day. September 4. will be fit
tingly celebrated In Roseburg by a
big barbecue and picnic in Laurelwood
park.
There Is now a large force at work
t the staytoa woolen mills and it Is
- - - - u iwo wreaa ui
July the payroll exceeded $2600.
. ' .".. ure was siariea last
ek at the Kainbow mine in the Mor
mon Basin ; district of Baker county.
Efforts are being made by people of
Juutura In Malheur county to construct'
a mil", for marketing chalk from un
limited deposits in thst vicinity.
The barn of John Bran tana, three
miles northwest of Carlton, full of
hay. harness and machinery, burned
to the ground Wednesday afternoon.
Application for av- new postefflce has
been filed with the postal officials bv
Fox Hollow residents. Fox Hollow is
in Lane county, it miles from Eugene.
Injuries received three weeks ago
when she was dragged through a pas
ture bv a COW l-auitixl the il,th at
I HopdT River Wednesday of Mrs. H. H.
f Cu'p, aged 27 years.
More than 150.000 feet of lumber
has been removed from the deck of
the barse Waahtm-na tilil.-h wn
ashore at the mouth of the Umpqua
river about a month ago.
-The July payroll of the Cascade' na
tional forest amounted to $11,429. One
hundred and thirty-five men were em
ployed on trails and teleuhone repair
and as lookouts and tire fighters.
A rich strike of ruby silver -is re
ported from the Ajax mine In the
Granite district of Baker county. A
five-inch vein runs 172 ounces to the
ton and three feet of ore runs S1.43.
Reclamation engineers will be on
the Warmsprings project this month
to make a survey of the feasibility -of
the federal government taking over
the project and extending It to use all
the water available.
Harry E. Bronson of Hood River,
lineman of the Oregon-Washington
Telephone company, sustained serious
burns and narrowly escaped death
Tuesday wheri he came in contact with
a power wire carrying 6000 volts.
WASHINGTON
Members of the Moose lodge In
Walla Walla are planning the erection
of a new $150,000 clubhouse in - that
city.
Water plant extensions to cost"$285.
875 are called for In the 19- 3 budget
estimate of the Spokane city water
system.
J. B. Wilson, Ferndale "merchant,
has been elected president of. the Old
Settlers' association of Whatcom coun
ty for the 15th successive year.
A fire causing about $10,000 damage
to the business section of La Conner
broke out Sunday morning. August
18, and destroyed four buildings.
The body of Joseph P. Jumer. 62,
who disappeared from Spokane Au
gust 9, was found floating in, the river
Tuesday near the Olive street bridge.
Seattle will have the main office of
the Hama Ha ma Logging company,
which. hes Just been organized, with a
capital of $1,000,000, to log timber on
the Hama Hama river.
The 36 miles of paving in Cowlitz
and Lewis counties to be completed
next year will give a paved highway
in Washington from the Canadian
border to the Columbia river.
- Fourteen-year-old Thomas LaFond
ts dead at an Olympla hospital as the
result of internal Injuries suffered
when the horse he was riding threw
and afterward stepped upon him.
Injured when a trunk fell from a
baggage?-, reck at the American Ex
press company's baggage room in Se
attle, John A Carlson, B8 years old,
died while being rushed to a hospital.
Appropriation of an additional half
million dollars from the proceeds of
bond sales for work on the Skagit
hydro-electric project has just been
authorized by the Seattle city council.
The state treasurer's report for the
first two quarters of the present year
shows that the general fund received
$2,136,968 from taxes and $2,388,630
from Its Indirect sources of revenue.
Agreements have been made be
tween the apple growers and the por
of Seattle whereby 1,000.000 boxes of
this year's spple crop will move "to
American and foreign markets by
steamers.
Following an unsuccessful attempt
to kidnap two car repairers at the
Great Northern shps at Hillyarrl
Tuesday night, a negro shopworker
was beaten Into unconsciousness by
alleged strikers.
The Walla Walla Oil & Gas com
pany has closed a contract for the
building of a pipe line from its four
ens wells en the east slope ef the
Rattlesnake hills to Kennewick, Pasco,
Burbank, Attalla and Walla Walla.
IDAHO
Grasshoppers have destroyed nearly
all the second crop of alfalfa In Washington-county.
1
Ed Asher, a 15-y ear-old Buhl boy,
has confessed to three robberies of
business houses during the past week.
The first train over the new Home-
dale extension of the Oregon Short
Line arrived at Marsing Wednesday
irom ivyssa, or.
It is stated that, 1800 students will
be enrolled at the Boise high school
this fall, an Increase of nearly 400 over
the school year of 1921-22.
New hard wheat Is being received at
the Caldwell elevator at $1.35 to $1.45,
depending on quality. ine rso. i
grade of sofUwhlte Is bringing $1.30.
Registration for the new year's work
at the University of 'Idaho will start
September 18. From present Indica
tions the enrollment next year will ex
ceed 1500. .
Running out to meet herfather, re
turning from work in the fields riding
a heavy draft horse. Marguerite. 3-year-old
daughter of W. B. Foster of
Jerome, ran under the animal's hoofs
and was kicked to death.
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of Aug. 21, 1902
The Nelll Stock company has arrived
in the city to prepare for the opening
week at the Baker theatre. Rehears
als began this afternoon and will gum
linue until the season begins.
r ,
It Is very doubtful whether Portland
will have a steamship line to Alaska
this fall, for the reason that no busi
nesslike proposition has been made to
Portland merchants.
The number of roadways on the east
side of the river that are nearly Im
passable is increasing rapidly. Grand
avenue from East Morrison street --to
East Clay street is In such a dilapi
dated condition that it Is avoided by
all teamsters. ' North Union avenue
from Russell street to a" point about
half a mile south is in the same con
dition as Grand avenue. . v-
Work' has, commenced on' the new
hotel and sanitarium at Hat Lake,
Union county. : It will be ready for
occupancy January 1, and, the estimated
COat Will BOi SZ0.OOO. . . -. . v
... " ' ' . - - .
'Deputy sheriffs are seizing numer,
ous bicycles because their riders use
bicycle paths and pay no tkx.
. e . .-. . . . i
. The city attorney -saya that occupa
tion tax delinquents may as well make
up their minds to pay or stand suit.
' '. " - - s:
Construction work-. Is progressing
rapidly on the Columbia River &
Northern railroad from Lyle to Gold
endale. Wash.; but It will not be
ready to handle this season's crop of
grain, . i r - , - , '. .
: Thev annual ' survey of the channel
between Portland and Astoria has been
completed ,by the, river-pllou. - ... ?
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