MONDAY, AUGUST (28, 1922..
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INTERPRETING THE LAW
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I
A MOST interesting construction
' has been placed on the enforce
. ment of the prohibition law in New
J York if the statements of enforce--,
J" ment officials have been 'properly
, construed. For ihstance, here is a
quotation from an Eastern paper:
When he (the prohibition director)
and his dry chief associates visited the
Broadway cabarets last night and put
out an anti-flask warning they did
J not mean, the director explained, to
- I curtail the pleasures of the respect
J ably discreet drinker. Under the table
.'.tor behind the door thirst was not the
, thorn in the prohibition , department's
I side, he said.
" J In other words, although prohibi-
J tion is. in effect, it is not in effect
tf a man sneaks behind the door to
j open his bottle. The crime isn't in
- having and drinking liquor; it is
- where it is and how it is done. The
. , violation is not in the act but in the
manner in which the act is
I formed.
per-
'I V That is a singular interpretation
t of law. Followed to its logical con
t elusion it might be all right to com
jnlt murder if properly done. Or
a burglar might be permitted to
rob a safe so long as he robberl it
- the right way. The essence of the
f whole matter seems to be that it
i is legitimate to possess and consume
jjliquor, even though the law says
1 you cannot, as long as you don't
J encourage some one else to do the
j. same thing or as long as you sneak
about it, 'but the drinker must be
certain Id. be a sneak as well as a
drinker.
J Such interpretations, of course,
by- enforcing officials encourage
respect for law.
If another official will come
-along now and tell the - robber's
5 fraternity to steal the safe of Mor-
gan & Co., but to be quiet about
it, the "United States can be prop-
erly known, even If not proudly,
as the "land of the free."
; With a water rate of tJ4 and
a rail rate of $27 to the Atlantic
r seaboard. Northwest lumber pro
it ducers scarcely know there is a rail
1 strike as the most recent totals on
f. shipments demonstrate. This is a
' s time when prophecy is verified as
' to the benefits of the Panama
j canal.
i
THE PRICE
1 TT AN insane person buys a pistol
' -wjnd kills somebody with it where
: V does the responsibility , lie?
;h v. On -the craxy, who doesn't know,
perhaps, .what he is doing? Or on
I the man who sold him the weapon
1 who knows that " he is selling a
-deadly pistol tfe somebody that he
t doesn't know?'
I a'worthy -man is buying a re-
- yjlver, he can easily obtain proper
I witnesses to vcuch for him. If such
, 1.9. recrement had - been imposed.
v. being a . strsjiger. in Portland, Re
" berio, who in a fit of Insanity on
. . the stage killed Price,-could hardly
have secured the gun used in the
K v killing. He would have been saved
from committing a murder and the
man who sold It to him would have
escaped the heavy responsibility In-
cident.to the of the run to a
madman.. r' ,
V . Our civilization has become too
I complicated tortus "to do things in
i the old lax way. We can't drive
automobiles at top speed "because
t automobiles and pedestrians are too
t numerous along the route. Dealers
ABnot be permitted to aell revolv-
erg indiscrf minately Cor there are
more crazies, more crooks and more
Irresponslbles in every community.
The true course Is to stop , the
manufacture- and sale - of revolvers.
The highest authority recommends
tliat coarse." We stopped the manu
facture and sale of booze. The de
structive effect of pistols, taking
into account the fact of how they
facilitate and , stimulate crime, is
probably worse. ?
But we shall hare to wait for
prohibition of pistols and until then
the most scrupulous car is neces
sary In regulating their sale. Price
is dead. Reberio killed him with
the gun ought,of a Portland pawn
broker who sold the weapon to him
without a license, without a permit
and without the slightest concern
about f whether the - buyer was fit
to carry a concealed and murderous
gun. " ' '-!' " .
- . . TRY IT
TJ7HY not try one-way traffic in
VV the congested district? Why
not settle the great debate by dem
onstration? ! '
Something must be done. Port
land's congested district is rapidly
becoming . worse congested. The
limitations of streets 60 and- 80
feet wide with intersections every
?00 feet are all too frequently
evident.
As things are going; the endurable
is becoming unendurable, the un
endurable is becoming impossible.
One-way traffic down town may
be the solution. It may not be. So
far as Portland is concerned nobody
knows with" certainty. It hasn't
been tried. v
Those who' oppose it do so for
business reasons. They say the
scheme wiil keep trade from them;
that one-way traffic will impose
injurious complexity and delay.
Those who favor the plan say
that one-way traffic is the solution
of continued successful business in
Portland's congested district. As
suredly it could not be said that
one-way traffic has driven business
from the. market blocks of Yamhill
street!
Give one - way traffic . a trial.
Trial will afford proof.- If it doesn't
work, if it handicaps business,
abandon it. If - it works keep it.
Could anything be fairer?
"Frank M. Goodwin, assistant sec
retary of the interior, viewed,, the
Columbia basin project and then
said, "The land is there, the water
is there and there are no engineer
ing difficulties of great magnitude.'
He joins-with others who have seen
the project in declaring that recla
mation of the great area will pay
in production and in home promo
tion.
BEHIND THE SCENES
WinPHE rail strike today developed
-- into a fight to a finish, when
the peace negotiations were blown
sky high," says a news dispatch.
A minority of the railroad presi
dents favofed compromise. A ma
jority rejected the proposals of the
Brotherhood chiefs. The battle is
to go on. But it is not the railroad
presidents, or the operating man
agers and officials of the companies
that are responsible. Behind the
scenes in the negotiations is the
New York bankingownership of
the lines.
Those great financial interests are
directing the railroad strategy, and
it is a blood and iron strategy.
When.' President Harding tried to
settle the strike he sent Secretary
Hoover to New York to present his
plan.
Mr. Hoover is under no illusions.
He is a man of affairs.. He did 'not
go directly to the railroad presi
dents. Where he went was to a secret
meeting f New York bankers in
the Equitable Trust building. It
was to them that he first presented
the president's plan. Being a prac
tical man he knew that if their
consent could be obtained the rail
road presidents would quickly settle
the strike on the president's terms.
But, according to Mr. Hoover's own
sr&mlssIonL- the bankers were not
for peace. They rejected the presi
dent's plan. They told him that
they could not "think of coercing
the executives Into acceptance of
the peace plan." ..:.! "
From the Equitable Trust build
ing Mr. Hoover; went to the meet
ing'ot the railroad presidents, but
It was only a perfunctory presenta
tion of President , Harding's pan.
The issue had already been decided
by the real masters of transporta
tion. The railroad presidents were
mere dummies in the negotiation.
carrying out the policies of the
great financial interests.
The Important thing in this bit
of history is not the mere fact that
the offer, was . rejected. It is the
higher fact that the president .of
the United States sought industrial
peace for . the welfare , of all the
country, that as the, head of the
government of the United States
he was compelled to send his per
sonal representative, not . to the
transportation heads ' representing
the gfeat common carrier system of
America, hut to a group of bankers,
whose interest is not in the move
ment of goods and products, but
in the, bonds and interest and divi
dends and coupons of the railroad
system as a side line to the bank
ing system of Manhattan island.
In the. situation, t you : have- the
explanation - of - - why there is cb
settlement of the rail strike. There
will never be peace in the railroad
industry so long as railroads are
run, not for transportation service
but as a profitable annex to New
York .banking, it f
: It is not .humanly possible for
men gorged with enormous profits
to look upon the rafiroada as any
thing but a means of more profits.
There is no common man in their
world' for the hig banker to see
and know and 'understand aa he is
understood by the operating f
ficials and manager of the line.? ;
They do not even appreciate that
they are subjecting pie traveling
public to '- the.' perils, of railroad
equipment out of repair. ' They have
no qualms about the bearing that
inefficient equipment" has on the
operation of the lines. Theirs is a
world of business in which they
have little time to think of belated
trains, accidents, delays, car short
ages. , disabled : locomotives, hot
boxes and incompetent shopmen.
And so "the railroad strike de
veloped into ' a ; fight s to a finish
when the peace " negotiations were
blown sky high."
"When Vancouver makes fiesta
to honor the prune she chooses that
subject which far surpasses all the
orgies of Bacchus on Olympus. The
Clarke county prune is delicious,
wholesome and yields no sorrow in
the cup to distress the day after.
THE REAL. CULPRITS
I
A FEW months ago a theatre in
an Eastern city was robbed.
It was a spectacular and daring
burglary. Tpe bandits escaped in
a taxicab. i
"Later a taxicab resembling the
one which had participated in the
robbery was seen moving down
another street. Instantly the driver
was arrested and charged with com
plicity in the crime. He was ar
raigned in pojice court and held
for bail.
Although the driver owned his
cab he had no money or other
property. He could not raise bail,
and, consequently, was remanded to
jaiL He was finger-printed and his
picture was placed in the rogue's
gallery. ,
After 60 days in jail the man
succeeded in obtaining lower bail.
He furnished it and was eventually
released.
When it came time for the trial
an assistant district attorney went
over the evidence to prepare his
case. He quickly discovered that
there was no evidence whatever
against the taxi driver and the case
was dismissed.
But the man had spent 60 days in
jail. His fingerprints were taken
and placed with those of criminals,
and his picture appears also' with
those of criminals' in the rogue's
gallery. It all came about on sus
plcion. '
Who is to make amends for what
he suffered ? The law. of the state
does not contemplate that any citi
zen shall be so unjustly , treated.
There are constitutional guarantees
under which the citizen is entitled
to protection.
But here is a 60 day period of
Incarceration, with atl the: ihigrff
tles that arrest, confinerrnt and a
rogue's gallery can impose, "it is
a wrong that is too often commit
ted against men, and for which
there is no way of recompense.
It is the fault of a lax official
dom. The man's case should have
been reached sooner. The officials
who permitted him to lay in jail
on a supposition that was not well
founded committed an official
crime against him. ,
The effect is that critics of the
American system ascribe the fault
to our plan of self government,
which is not to blame at all. The
Reds howl about it. . The bolshev-
istSi rave about it. They point to
Walter S. Ward, the millionaire's
son, who killed a man, and has not
been brought .to trial' and then di
rect an accusing finger at the case
of the taxi man, and say there is
one law for the rich and another
for the poor.
They are wrong., It Is not the
law. It is not the system. It is
not America. The fault lies with
the lazy, incompetent, time-serving,
salary drawing officials. The law is
one law for all. It is the official
crooks who strafe the taxi driver
and wink at the offense of the mil
lionaire murderer. '
The public crooks are a national
peril.
-What's in a name? inquires
Shakespeare. But that -was be
fore an exchange of Kelso . for
Longbell or Longview , involved a
giant lumber plant, and real estate
operation. ., 44
PROFITS FOR THE PUBLIC
rrVHEY say that municipal , owner
ship of ultiliUes is a rank, stark,
staring failure, but the municipally
owned car line in San Francisco
Is piling up a surplus while at the
same time holding down the fares
of corporation owned lines in that
city. : r i .d1-:-': -Kl
And here comes Tacoma's com
missioner f lights and water with
the announcement that nearly half
a million dollars appears on : the
credit side of the ledger lit which
Is kept the accounts of' that city's
municipal light and power plant.
July snowea - a prorit or more
than $31,000 in spite of the fact
that in "excess of $10,000 of ',the
month's earnings had been turned
into reserves ' for"- redemption of
bonds and sinking funds.' ; ;
" Yet Tacoma notably offers man
ufacturing plants the lowest power
rates in the.Northwest, if not on the
Pacific coast. - Tacoma household
ers are, likewise said to enjoy the
lowest lighting rates in the North
west, , i -. - '-. - u 4
Does this look like , failure and
inefficiency in municipal' feneration
of utilities? Do the Tacoma record
and the San Francisco record Indi
cate that a franchise is something
to be offered a corporation on a
silver platter and on' bended knee ?
GOiMlVIENT OF THE
. STATE PRESS V
Hot in The Dalles, but There's a Dif
ference Liquor the, National Gab
Subject Literary Digest Poll Cuts
: JOi Ice Pleasure Seekers Are
--"i Thoughtless After at1 Years ;
:;- Ain't Scientists Wonderful? ;
The Dalles Chronicle : ' The temper
ature attained a mark of 90 above in
Chicago . Wednesday, and they began
sending out press dispatches about the
heat wave in theptilddle West. Here
in The jjauea last June, it uan- negro
getting warm until the mercury regis
tered SO above and it wasn't long be
fore 100 above was considered fairly
normal. However, there's -a differ
ence. There is heat and beat. . In
Chicago you get the damp, sizzling
kind, with the air being hot, heavy
and moist, while here in The Dalles
the heat is dry and the nights are 'coo L
The hot blahkefcthat descends over the
Middle West in the - summer months
does not cool off at night. It just
sticks around, oppressive and enervat
ing, leaving one as dull and fatigued In
the morning as he was the night be
fore when he went to bed. Yes. there's
a difference all right- We'd rather be
roasted than' parboiled. . c. .
Blue Mountain Eagle t Just as often
as a few men get together they have a
little liquor conversation. They first
talk about it being hot or cold and then
it is wet or dry. It is the national
gab subject and the ' facts Ul show
that the most of it s gab. The Liter
ary Digest is taking a poll of 11,000,000
voters on the subject of wet or dry.
And this is all just mere gab and
whatever its tabulation might show it
will never amount to more than .gab,
Prohibition beCame part of the .consti
tution. "In order to change it an
amendment would have to be ratified
by three-fourths of the states. That
would take years at best and is an im
possibility for all practical ''purposes.
There would always be dry states
enough to 'defeat any change. - The
next chanre would be a modification
of the Volstead law. This could be
done by electing a wet congress. But
are there any, candidates who want to
risk their political ambitions on
wet platform? "We think not- A few
have tried it, and their vote was so
slight that It has scared all the politi
cians off. Wet candidates for . con
gress don't get anywhere. People will
gab about prohibition and vote against
every candidate who is even suspected
of being wet. And why should it be
otherwise? !
Coauille Valley 1 Sentinel: Those
.Oregon people who are voting for an
amendment of the Volstead law to
permit the sale of light wines and
beer in the hope that it would , loosen
up the screws here in Oregon are re
minded by a Portland paper that
such a change would have no ef
fect whatever on the Oregon bone
dry law ; that no matter how moist the
rest of the country might become
there could be no legal sale of S per
cent or any other per cent beer here
under the law we enacted in 1915 and
which no one need imagine will ever
be repealed. Oregon will ' still be
Sahara no matter what congress may
do. And the fact .that .976 voters in
this state voted for greater moisture
in the Literary Digest poll and 854 for
dry enforcement cuts no ice whatever.
as will be olalnly apparent if the
question is ever submitted here again,
Lebanon Express : Moses taught
the children" of Israel the art of camp
ing out. If he had not, they would
never have reached the promised land.
But apparently they did not hand down
tOj their, descendants the very Import
ant lesson of how to clean up every
camp when you are fixing to leave it.
More than one landowner around
Lebanon can testify to this, when he
visits the scene of a recent camp and
finds waste paper, pieces of meat that
have drawn an army of flies, dis
carded boxes and more or less filth
scattered about. Too frequently
shrubbery and trees have not received
as careful attention as they should
have had. The average camper does
not v mean to be destructive, and he
doesn't mean to ruin another man's
Property. He is just thoughtless, that's
ail. And yet. it would seem that if he
wanted to do the right thing and
make it more pleasant for the next
camper who 'comes along he would
treat property around him Just- as he
would want his Own treated and he
would clean up his camp before -he
moved on down the road.
- Roseburg News-Review X Here is an
Item that appeared in tJus paper 31
years ago: "Judge Riddle has had the
courthouse yard . broken and set out
to ornamental trees. . He has made
a varied selection, including the Amer
ican horse chestnut, beech, soft and
hard shelled almond, white and Eng
lish elm, Russian mulberry,' two vari
eties of birch, mountain ash, blue ash,
sugar made, red bud or Judas and
yellow poplar. In a few years the
square will present a handsome ap
pearance." Now if we get another
start like the Judge inaugurated in
pioneer days wonder what the result
would be 31 -years in the future? We
hope nothing like the present condi
tion of our courthouse yard would
result. It would be interesting, if Mr.
Riddle could remember, of what dis
DoslUon was made of his efforts to
beautify the courthouse grounds. Pres
ent day natives have a recollection of
a number. of tail poplar trees oniy
protected by -an iron fence and the
pasture-like appearance of the grounds
as uaey appear lousy-. .
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iSCorvallls Gazette-Times A bugol
ogist at the Smithsonian Institute says
that ants are away ahead of man
kind in civilization ; that theyv have
had a division of labor agreement
that settled the strike question thou
sands' of years . ago ; that they had
woman suffrage centuries and cen
turies before ? mankind developed' out
of the cave-man age. The Bible, it
seems, will , have to . rewritten to
read, "Go to the 'ant, thou political
seie. list. ., consider her ways - and be
wise. Ain't scientists wonderful?
; ' - . -, ' .
Astoria Budget; It is a good move
on the part of Astoria .business men
to plan for an excursion,, trip Into the
Nehalem valley. V There . are' a good
many merchants of ther city, and other
residents who have never visited that
valley. ? All they know of it has come
through the channels of hearsay. A
junket ( trip - would be - the means
Df securing -first hand, evidence of
the resources Of that fertile valley ' It
would acquaint those who go with the
geography ..and -topography - - of the!
country so that the problems of road
building and agricultural development
lean be - mora easily understood.. It
would bring city cWellers. in personal
contact f with the farmers of a ' rich
tributary of the city. "And, incidentally
but quite pertinently, it would - pro
vide a great day of pleaf-;j". for the
Nehaier has a beauty a taa charm
all its own. arid It is worth .visiting
quite without any commercial purpose.
Eugene ' Guard : Ford's - Dearborn
Independent says: "Except for 100
miles there is now a paved highway
from Los Angeles-to Portland, Oregon,
a distance of 1200 miles. In less than
three years the Pacific Wghway will be
complete from the Canadian line to the
Mexican border. And It might have
added, that Oregon is far ahead of
either California or Washington In
Pacific highway paving but it didn't
Oregon actually has the best roads
and California generally gets . credit
for having thenV ;
Letters From the People
f Communications sent to Th Journal for
publication in this department anon Id be writ
ten on only on aid of th paper, should sot
exceed - S00 words in length, and Bras be
aianad Tmf the wr-itar. whoea mail addraaa is
foil most accompany th contribution. 1 ..
IDAHO SCHOOL LAW !
Private Schools 'Are Not Prohibited
Portland. Aug. 23. To The Editor of
The Journal A letter in The Journal.
Aug. 21, states that the Idaho educa
tional laws ' do not prohibit- private
schools. That is right but the public
schools are so eminently satisfactory
the. private schools are few and far
between. "- ::
The Adventists have established a
private school recently at Caldwell and
it is fairly well patronised by max
sect. The tendency of their teaching
Seems to be more for sectarian advan
cement than public welfare. They
claim, if I can understand their litera
ture, that only a remnant of the human
family is to be saved in the hereafter,
and they are the remnant, the balance
are to be annihilated. And all those
who do not keep Saturday as a day of
rest have the "mark of the beast men
tioned in Revelations. If I read his
tory aright, the tendency of sectarian
ism is to breed strife among peoples
and nations, and when a sect becomes
numerically powerful it becomes dicta
torial and narrow-minded.
The Koran does not teach a bad sys
tem of theology and morals, but the
Mohammedans. becoming powerful.
h.vA Tnreri the "TJnsoeaKaDia TUTS.
The history of Christianity reveais
similar results, hence the Lutheran re
formation and its frightful turmoils of
lijron.
fh fatherhood of God and brother
hood of Man" is a long time in comma.
hut it will come. The Catholics nave
a. trood private school in Boise, but
thovO not meddling with the state
Rchools. Not yet. They have a virile
rival in the Mormoh church.
a 9ir of narocnlal scnoois can
hardly be considered an unprejudiced
critic, his personal interests don t lean
that way. The proposed law for Oregon
does not prohibit the existence of pri
vate schools, neither aoes me 'a u
Idaho. It is only a provision for a
broader and better system of training
for young people in the elementary
grades, and in this respect supplants in
a measure, the private schools. Even
Archbishop Christie In his pastoral let
ter recognizes the tendency. The prog
ress of the age In which we live re
quires better civil service than was in
vogue when the Pilgrims landed on
Plymouth Rock.
Appearing in The Journal yesterday
la an article signed by a certain com
mittee asserting that I stated that the
laws of Idaho do not permit children
to attend private schools.
I am glad said committee (wrote to
the-eommtssioner of education of Idaho
for the facts. His reply stating the
requirements of the law corroborates
every statement of mine and leaves the
committee, suspended as it were "be
tween the devil and the deep sea. .. It
Is. a faet worthy of note 4that the Jaw
as stated by the commissioner requires
that the private schools be brought up
to the standard of the public schools
and maintained there. -1 ' '
As to the constitutionality of the
proposed law, I will leave that to the
lawyers, only adding that the courts
have usually decided that where pri
vate interests and public welfare con
flict, public welfare prevails, "The will
of the people is the law of the land."
J. B. Wright.
TRUST TO THE PEOPLE
Public Would Settle Railway Strike
Quickly and Justly.
Hot Lake. Aug. 24. To The Editor
of The Journal Anent the present
crisis: "The locked horns of the rail
way executives and labor." Being a re
tired veteran of a railway, with years
in a position of trust, I can view both
angles of the present strike impartial
ly and with honest regard for the
"rights" of employers and employes.
Due to experience of the past, I see
but one speedy solution of the grave
problem : A complete surrender of
one of the battlers with an acknowledg
ment of error." Then, as does the man
Who chastizes a friend for a fault, the
warm hand of good-will should be ex
tended to lift the - beaten one to his
feet and a comradeship established that
would be lasting.
Labor cannot exist, today, without
capital. Capital cannot proceed with
out labor's assistance.
The twin elements of our great civi
lization. i
The annals of the past strikes, rec
cord "a whipping of the opponent." a
momentary defeat that but strengthens
the resolve of the vanquished for re
venge, and the spirit of retaliation
makes haste in building greater guns
for a new conflict.
Should the railways concede seniority
and accept returns of all the old em
ployes, never again can they expect
10 obtain men to take the positions
made vacant by strikers.
. Should the striking shop crafts yield
and return to their labors, agreeing to
accept the conditions imposed, it means
the present force which may be 60 per
cent in : number, ' with the same per
cent of old empldyes out of a Job.
But, considering the question a; a
draw, both sides could lay down their
arms tmd trust to the decision of our
great court of appeals: "The will of
the people." A board , consisting of
citizens neither influenced by capital
nor labor: men taken from walks of
life far removed from railways, would
settle the question quickly and with
justice toward all.! "
Neither the lone hand of the govern
ment nor the mailed fist of the gov
erned should rule the situation.
" Veteran..'
HUGHES ON j NEWBERRY 1
No Need of Elections. Says" Corree
- j. i pondeat. . . . - .
Portland. Aug. 22. To The Editor Of
The Journals Now that our Hon. Sec
retary Hughes has come out in bold
support of Senator Newberry, and the
method by which he obtained a seat
in the U. S. senate, does Mr. Hughes
think that the voters of this "country
are- ready to swallow the Newberry
pill, either with or without sugar?
If Mr. Hughes believes the people
are satisfied and have forgotten the
disgrace and scandal of the electing
and seating- of Newberry j -he has' an
other guess coming. .. . -
U Mr Newberry , is allowed to re
tain his seat in the senate, it" may be
the first step in a new system ef select
ing men for the U. S. senate. The
states could then 'advertise: for candi
dates to fill the vacant seats and for
spot cash sell seats to the highest bidders.-
The money would help out som
by adding it to the general fund. :
The much mooted convention system
would at once be settled, and the ex-
;C0M1IENT AND
1 SMALL CHANGE ' .'
The gun manufacturers helped again
to reduce the population by one Sat
urday night.
To be known to manhood only as
"the son of famous (rambler. isn't
much in the way of f am. j . .
- Anyhow.- summer won't turn : the
stage over to winter's show without
a protest fromacreat many people,
r TJ- S. army cut nearly in two," Prob
ably retired the rest of the wartime
second lieutenants.,
V Socialist, chief says "congress needs
a . left wins;." And a . riant one. too.
aa. well as a couple offeet toi stand on. J
--"Russia : assumes independent- air,
says the paper. And after -the other
nations have been' trying for so long
to give her the air.,
-
Germany's getting a 'lot of sympathy
because it fears - the cold of winter.
But sympathy should remain at home,
at least until our coal bin is filled.
Hiram Johnson is standing for re
election in California, We can't an
swer for California's whims, but it's a
good thing Hi doesn't Jive in Oregon.
There must be a wealth of good and
beauty in this sad eld world so long
as it harbors such- stalwart souls as
that of Hazel Hall, the Portland
poet. .
. -).."
While we're figuring on ways and
means for making our prisons self
supporting, we recall the promises of
reformers who promised us there would
be no more need for prisons when we
adopted their reforms.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observation About Town
G. F. Poggt, special agent of the
Atlantic. Gulf & Pacific Steamship
company, has left by auto bus for
San Francisco en route to Baltimore
and Washington - on business.
Transacting business in Portland is
A. G. Belsheim of Guler, -Wash.
L. A. TJUfer of Astoria is among re
cent arrivals in the metropolis.''
Mr. and Mra 8. Patterson of Ash
land are guests of the Imperial.
' ..
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Lewis of Albany
are registered at the Multnomah.
.
Among guests of the Multnomah are
C. F. Hyde and L. L. Baker, D. D. S.
Called tq Portland by business is
A. Voliver of Yakima, Wash.
a,--
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Collins of Al
bany are week end visitors.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley ,
This articl H largely the biography of a
pioneer to whom fate was unkind, but who,
despite hi own failure to reap hi well-earned
reward, contributed as substantially as on man
may to the upbuilding of two states.
George Thomas Burnett lives at 152
East 33rd street in Portland. He has
been a resident of Oregon since 1857.
He is a nephew of Peter H. Burnett,
who came to Oregon in 1843 and who
became the first American governor
of California, Supreme Judge George
H. Burnett is his Cousin.
"I was born near -Platte City, Mis
souri. April 3, 1850," said Mr. Burnett.
"Father started across the plains when
I was less than a month old. He went
ty".the' southern' route, going through
New Mexico and on into California. In
1857 my mother, Tom Burnett and I
went to California by way of the Isth
mus of Panama. My mother's maiden
name was Sarah Jane Turner. She
was born In Howard county, Missouri.
My father's -name was James White
Burnett. They were married Septem
ber 88. 1847J at Platte City, Missouri
My father was one of eight children
whose names were Constantia Dudley,
Pater Hardman, Glen Owen, George
William, Elizabeth Anne, James White,
Mary H. and Thomas S. My Aunt Con
stantia died at Liberty, Missouri, in
1846. Aunt Mary, wtjo married Dr.
Benjamin S. Long, died in Clay county,
Missouri, in 1843. Aunt Elizabeth, like
Aunt Constantia, was twice married,
and died irr California, leaving 10 chil
dren. Uncle Peter came to Oregon in
1843 and, with Dr. M. M. McCarver,
founded the town of Llnnton. Later
he went to the gold mines of Califor
nia and became the first American gov
ernor there. Uncle Glen and Uncle
Thomas also lived in California some
years. Uncle William came to Oregon
In- 1846 and remained here until his
death on Christmas eve, 1877. Father
and Uncle Glen were members of the
Christian church. Aunt Elizabeth was
a Baptist, Uncle Thomas was a preach
er in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and Uncle Peter became a
Catholic My Uncle Glen, and Uncle
Peter married sisters,' the daughters
of Peter Rodgers.
"When mother and the family joined
father in California he was running a
livery barn and doing freighting near
Stockton. Father broke up in the livery
and freighting business because the
Mexican teamsters he hired would start
out with a team and keep going. If
they were caught they" would claim
the team had been stolen and that they
were afraid to return. After quitting
the livery stable father took up mining
In Mariposa county. When one of the
workmen- was drilling" out an un
exploded blast it went . off. . injuring
father so badly that he lost one eye.
Father then bought some cows and
peddled milk to the miners. . A little
later he and a man named Captain
Emerson, an old-time sea- captain, be
came partners In a limekiln. - The cap
tain wanted to buy my father out. so
he gave him his note for $1000 at 8
per cent a month. Father received the
Interest for a few months,, when the
captain went broke and the note was
never paid. My father was a" good hand
to make money, but he was a very poor
hand to keep it- He was generous to
a fault. We always 'had our house
full ef free guests, -for- whom mother
had to cook. ;
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"In 1857 we moved to Portland.
Uncle .Glen came up from California
with us. The Panama, the boat on
which we -were passengers, grounded
at the month-' of the Willamette river,
and we. with - the other passengers,
were brought up to Portland In small
boats. "Che day after reaching Port
pense of buying votes stopped. Party
feeling would die out. and the cost of
elections would "ae.nix." , - v
' How would! this plan take with Mr.
Hughes? Figuring from the standpoint
that the best men that we have in the
country are those that have the most
mone-c, Mr. Hughes is quite right!
::v- .. ., . -. JV- G ProebsteL
K THJJ. WOMAN. SMOKER '
Gaston. Aug. 24. To . the' Editor of
The Journal. I saw - in the Sunday
Journal the news of Mary Helm, age
15, being fined $500 and given S months'
In Jail at Kansas City, Kan, en the
charge of vagrancy whDe Hrjoking a
'cigarette in a ' park, and upon- her
pleading for leniency the judge said.
"But women should not smoke in pub-
NEWS IN BRIEF .
. .SIDELIGHTS .
If the "valley was Africa,, si hunter
would be shot for a hippopotamus
every falL Bedford Mail-Tribune.
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One ef the worst things about these
strikes is that they give th profiteers
an excuse for ralauig prices on almost
everything. Eugene Guard. ii
Listen, girls! If you hitch your
wagon to a movie star the chances are
ten to one that you'll travel pretty fast
along the bumpy road, to the divorce
mill. Astoria Budget .
The senators who voted tor New
berry as a matter of party expediency
may discover that the voters do not
find the same expediency in supporting
them for reelection. Wsldport Pacific
Herald. - - - . . - ' '
For the "love of Mike take down
that sign over the lithia fountains at
the deoot announcing ' that- we are
going to have a - celebration on ' the.
je ourtn or juiyi we prouaoiy wui in
192-Aahland Tidings, v
News dispatches briefly chronicle the
faet of an earthquake that broke the
huge aqueduct carrying water to Lbs
Angeles. Such frequent occurences are
part of the "climate" the city of Los
Angeles fails to mention at length.
Roseburg News-Review. .
------
The most recent activity of Henry
Ford is an innovation ; as a mine owner
he has set a .new pace, xne men are
given a living wage, good homes and
safe places in which to work. This
might be held up as aa example to
stop trouble between miners 'and mine
operators everywhere.-"Coos Bay
Harbor. . , . -. '
While transacting business in Port
land George Stevens of Pendleton is
domiciled at the Imperial.
1 .
Ray M. Rogers of Rockaway
among out-of-town visitors.
C H. Stewart of Carson Is a late ar
rival at the Imperial.
'
Geary M. Clevenger of Burns is visit
ing in the metropolis.
Max E. Dixon of .Prairie City li
among out-of-town visitors.
).. .
Among out-of-town visitors is W. J
Meade of Bend. -
W. F. McGregor and son .ofAstoria
are among recent arrivals.
Mr. and Mra F. L. Matson of Marsh-
field are registered at the Imperial.
,
Among out-of-town visitors is C L.
Pollock of Tillamook.
land we went to Wheatland and from
there to Bethel, in Polk county, by ox
team. Father farmed there two years.
In June. 1859, we hitched the oxeij to
yio wagon ana started hack for Cali
fornia. Father settled on the Sacra
mento river and became a iitnr!rra.-ar
In those days we had no fences, and
so although I was but 9 years old, I
was in the saddle all day, riding after
the cattle. Father had not been in
the cattle business long until Califor
nia experienced a severe drouth. jNo
feed had been put up, water became
scarce, and the cattle all through that
country died by thousands.' That was
in IBM. jratner finally sold hfs hrand.
ing iron, with what cattle he had left,
for $100. The following year cattle
were very high and those who had been
able to feed and water their stock
through the drouth made lots of money.
"After losing his cattle father started
back for Oregon. We came overland,
driving our ox team, reaching McMinn
ville in the summer of 1864. Father
rented a place of Bob Kinney in Che
halem valley, which we farmed three
years. In 188T father rented a place
in the Bethel hills,, which he farmed
three years. From there we went to
Dallas where father did teaming. From
Dallas we went to McCoy where father
died in 1884.
"The first school I attended in Ore
gon was Bethel institute, from 1857 to
1859. WiUiam Galloway, later a cir
cuit judge, was one of my schoolmates.
Whenj I was a young man I worked as
a cowboy and farm hand for different
ranches. -1 worked for several years
for Sam Buret near RIckrealL
"On February 27, 187. I was mar
ried at Dallas to Emma Waymlre. . We
were married by Dr. T. V. B. Embree,
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. We have had, three
children. Minnie married J. T. Wiley.
She lives here In town. , George is run
ning a ' truck between here and Tilla
mook. : Our other child died.
i . -.;.
"In 1879-1 started to work for the
railroad and-pretty soon I became a
section foreman. For some years after
that I was On work trains on the Corr
vail is 4: Eastern, worjrtng between Cor
vallls and YaqUlna and, also between
Corvallls and Detroit, at the foot of
the Cascades. For eight or nine years
I worked for the Oregon Electric. For
some years I had charge of a section
gang out of Beaverton. "After that I
worked on legging roads."
"You are finding out all about my
husband." said Mra Burnett "I am
going to tell you something about my
folks.1 My .father's name was John
Waymlre. He came to Oregon in 1845.
My mother's name,, was Clarissa
Thankful Albro. My people came to
Oregon by way of Meek's cutoff, and if
you know anything about Oregon his
tory ybu know what a hard time they
had, wandering, around on the desert
without food or water until a great
many of them starved to death and
died of privation. I was one of 12
children. Fred Waymlre was my uncle.
He was one of Oregon's well-known
legislators In the early days. He lived
is Polk county. , He and Aunt Fanny
had 2l. children. -That seems'' like' a
lot ef children for one couple, -but a
good many of . the children came In
sets. I don't remember how many
pairs of twins they had, but quite a few.
My father worked on the first wharf
built in Portland. :-: If ou 'will look up
the histories - of the Burnett family
and the Waymlre. family yott will find
they had a. good dea.1 to do' with the
making of history in the early days
of Oregon." ( . -.- - " . r1
Kow.if a woman Is a citizen ef the
United States and has right Of fran
chise as well as to life-and ' pursuit of
happiness, why should ; not . eh : be
permitted by the state to pollute and
poison God's pure, free air in the park,
just as the "men are? The poisonous
fumes from the men's cigars and pipes
are nk less hurtful and injurious to
the public than from the cigarettes of
the women. They are worse, because
the men make more of the deadly
fumes. . , , -S. H. Carnehan. - -
' A PITTSBURG AMENDMENT '
Frost th Plttsbrrrg CxettThns ' ' '
The list of- "dont's" issued by New
York's polios commissioner as a means
of avoiding being- robbed might have
been condensed into one. "Don't ge to
New York.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings in Bnet yens tor the
."" ".- t' - Busy eada :t- v -
';- OREGON- '; -v ,r
Stanley Adams la the first Command
er of the Albany post of the American
WEiua..rcnuy Mi-uie(i. -
There will Ka l ,) Talnr "w me3m B
oration a t Kalnbir untl.r tha aiinnlcea
of Rainier post. American Legion.
Bldar are beinsr called for fnr . the
erection of n. now slormltorv at th it
Chemawa Indian school to cost $50,000.
A great dnll nf Intarost la Kelnar fi!i
is Ken in u Tillamook county tair. a,
which is to be held September 12 to 15. L
Ground Thaa HMn Thralram in TTttlsHAm L.
w.a uw now juiDiist cnurcn. wnirn is
to be of the stucco type, with modern
equipment
clothing of Mra W. A. Flowers, living
near ttanway. caught lire . and she
was rataiiy burned. . fc
A new ordlnanca at North Band nor.
mils the moonlight dance, but requires
iinung so mat tne cancers can be
seen from the sidelines. ,.
The State hlrhwsv. dunartnuint tha
begun a condemnation suit- la Marion
county to condemn land ih'J the city
of Jefferson for highway use.
With one of the hottest and dryest
seasons on record. Pine Valley, in
Baker COUntV- has had nUntv a water
for irrigation, making excellent crops.
HODDickinar In Linn countv Is Mtttn?
well under way. Early hope were
light, owing to the dry season The
late cropwill be exceptionally heavy.
The forward movement for Willam
ette university, to be commenced next
month, is to seek $1000,000 additional
endowment ana sz&o.ooD ror a new
gymnasium,
An effort is being made at La Grande
to Induce barbers to lower their prices
during the Dokie convention next
month. The present rates are Haircut
65 cents, shave 85 cents.
Rev. Harry Tucker of Tillamook will
succeed the late Rev. Roy Healey. who
was murdered with Sheriff Kendall
while making a moonshine raid on
the West farm in Llan county.
Work has started on the construc
tion of the new road on Shea hill, a
section of the Foeten-Cascadia road,
which is being jointly improved - toy
Linn county and the United States
forest service.
WASHINGTON
Walla Walla, as given out by the oun
iy ooara 01 assessors, are m per cent
lower than last year, "
So far this year more than 204,000
automobiles have been licensed in the
state of "Washington. .
Automobiles and auto trucks in
Walla Walla county have an assessed
valuation of Il.s89.856. . -.-T
Only 50 per cent of the taxpayers in
Walla Walla county have paid their
poll tax for the present year. - ;
Poplar street in Walla Walla, from
Fifth to Ninth, will be paved this fall.
Assessed valuations for the city ef
Gerald, 9-year-old son of C. D. Wat- -son
of Seattle, was killed Thursday
when a truck driven by Jacob Karasin
struck a bicycle the lad was riding.
Since January 1 last the Walla Walla
state penitentiary has made $10,350 oa
its hog farm. About 230 have been
butchered since the first of the year.
Walla Walla county has 9259 horses,
of which 7783 are work horses. They
are assessed at an average of $841.67
for stallions, as compared to $69.41" for
work horses.
A dangerous grade crossing at Rich
mond Beach, just north of Seattle, will
be eliminated by an overhead crass-,
ing, the county and railroad company
having reached an agreement on the
division of cost, v
, While attempting to walk the boom
at the mouth of the race above the
Seattle waterworks Thursday, "James,
8-year-old son of Mr. and Mra J. V.
Slmonds, slipped from the floating tim
bers and was drowned.
The Washington State Elks associa
tion adopted a resolution asking con
gress to grant to national agencies full
power to bring about and control the
resumption of freight and passenger
rates on - railways on terms just to
employes and fair to invested capital.
,' ' . IDAHO
A civil service examination " will be
held at Grangeville September 9 for
applicants for 'the postmastershlp of,
Kposkia, which pays $1600 a year.
J. H. Nash, Idaho state land com
missioner, has tendered his resigna
tion to Governor Davis.. He has been
connected with the office for 10 years,
A. L. Gordon. 65, a cabinet worker.
Was fatally burned at Lewistcm Thurs
day night when the loft of his small
shop was Ignited, possibly from var
nish rags stored there. . . , . ;
- So rapidly has the registration giown
at the University of Idaho, says Pro-'
feasor Dale,, head of the department
of political science, that next year's
additions to the faculty can scaroaly
take care of the existing teaching load.
Hope that an emergency rate for
Southern Idaho potatos shipped to
Middle Western markets will be grant
ed is expressed by George B. Graff,
secretary of the Boise Chamber of
Commerce.
Suit to recover $428 . damages has
been started at Lewlston by the In
land Meat company against A. and,.
Louise (Walters, it being alleged that
the defendants sold the company 24
hogs infected with hog cholera. The
company claims the hogs died.
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of August 28, 1903
Secretary Moore of the Board of
Trade has succeeded in raising part
of the subsidy requested by C. M. Ward
of Evanston, Wyo.. for the establishing
of a $350,000 meat packing plant here.
The drydock of the Port of Portland J f
will be built at Vancouver. Wash. This) 5
site for the building of the drydock - i
was decided upon by the commissioners !
at their last meeting, subject to a legal f
opinion that it can be built outside of '
Oregon. 1 -1
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Despite all that has been said and
written about it, Portland will be con
nected with Alaska this fall. The Port-j
land and Alaska Steamship "company
has chartered the steamer Indiana from -the
Empire Steamship company ) of
Seattle.
Mayor Williams has received a re- .
quest .from President . Mohler . of the
O, R. . - N. company for better fire .
protection in the company's Lower Al
bina yards. - - .
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The success of the river steamer.
Iralda, which last Monday started
using oil as a fuel, has been so marked
that several other boats are making
preparations to Install oil burners.
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. City Physician Zaa is maintaining a
quarantine against Woodland. Wash.
"All assertions to - the contrary" he
said, "there Is a lot of smallpox in the
Woodland district" - , , -
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An effort will shortly be made to
drain-the slough underneath the East
Morrison street roadway at Union
e-penue. The stench arising from the
stagnant water of the slough has been
the cause of much sickness in. the i
neighborhood. . v I
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The city officials of La Grande" are' f
waging war on the gambling bouses of - ;
that city. V t - j
A shoe mounted on a pedestal in
front of -a Third street 'Shoe store is "
attracting the attention M passers by.
The." shoe - has a cols -made - up of -
rubber between two pieces ef leather. .
. t- - - .. .
Dr. IL 8. Allen of the Tkum block
had the front wheel from his bicycle '
stolen last night : Dr. langworthy
of the Goodnpcgh building reported a
similar lose several days ago. '
The "shipping, business at Portland as
welt as at all other points 'along the
Pacific coast, is in a complete state
of - inactivity. Charter- rates are a
what is believed to be the lowest ehh
the average being about 2Ss 3d. v
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