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KEEPING THE PLEDGE
has been 1 very isharp
- criticism
of thie president
and congress for failure to take
Decisive action In the fa.ll and coal
ptrikes. Th chief executive has
received the brunt of Ithe criticism
pn account of his failure to assume
k positlva and Cetermijned stand in
the disputes months ago.
r But why criticise the president?
ftVhjEsjiiot permit memories to go
back & few months? In 1920 Mr.
JHardlng was elected president be
cause he was not a leader. Much
jof the propaganda during the cam
paisTtr was leveled at jMr. Wilson's
Readership, at his so-cajlled dictator
ship, at his assumption of the reins
bf direction.
J' The leaders of Mjr. Harding's
party told the country that it was
jrong for a man to lead, that lead
ership' was the hated! tool of au
tocracy. So Mr. Harding genial
lund easy-going Mr. itarding was
Vnade the party nomiiiee. He was
hot sapposed to be ai leader. He
was supposed not to bp. He was a
Itian who was to gather together
the "best minds."
' But it would seem thatLbj"best
knlnds" have ot agreed. The lack
pt definite policy wuld indicate
that the "best minds" were at sea.
Ifaturally Mr. Harding could not
Assume strong directiosn. He could
Viot baeeme a Roosevelt or a Wil-pon.-
The people did not vote for
khat. They voted for Mr. Harding,
tnd)iow could Mr. Harding repudi
ate the voters by becoming a strong-i
j Of course the strikes have gone
ion. They have veered hither and
thither. Meantime the "'best minds"
have drifted with them. But Mr.
Warding -ia not to blame for jfhat.
51 is merely keeping his campaign
jpledge.
The biggest. broades-mnded and
jtruest-vlsioned editorial ever pub
lished In Astoria is reprinted today
son this page. It Is frojTi the Astoria
TBudget, and its averments should
Je made the platform on which
Jsvery resident of Astoria and Port
land should stand. Every seatence
n-thaj, article is aound," and the
whole very adrafrable expression
fcndr highly creditable to the very
excellent newspaper that produced
THEIR SHARE
TTrinq certain lean months in
rl-' Portland's business experience
reduction was proposed in the al
letment o charity. . When all other
xpen'aea , ! were reduced, it was
argued, : -why jpot cut down on
enevoleacetV; '".-'.!
Because, answered experienced
workers, hunger prepares the field
for discontent, disease and destruc
tion. Crime bobs up from squalor,
bitterness is bred in the hearts of
lh XMrOrly sheltered, clothed and
fed. . I :: - . H ;. l- ' . -
f The point ; was obvious the no
inent it was stated. - Jn time of un
employment. . business depression
knd industrial -staft of
need ; should 'be increased rather
than timtnfehed Otherwise the bljla
cf bene velence. will be Indirectly
3?ald througrh" courts. Jails, law of
ficers and institutions, - "
f t There would have been" I1A
call
i or naa Charta had iustic utA
old England. There would have
1 een no t French revolution had
there not been oppression, with its
attendant; misery j and ! revolt." its
class distinctions and Its attempt to
maintain unearned luxury and un
merited privation side by side.
The strongest armies and navies
have, ever been ; the best fed. The
most contented and productive peo
ple havealways been those allowed
the fairest share bf the product of
their toil. . j '
The most successful manufactur
ers in America are those who have
made the cost of living .he basis
of compensation.
Is it possible the railway labor
board does not know these closely
related, historic: facts?
GOUGED WATER USERS
COMMISSIONER ' MANN argues
thai various city departments
should pay the water bureau for
water consumed Just as private
water users are required to do. He
insists that all city departments
should pay for water through inter
departmental entries in ' order that
the 'water bureau may at all times
have a complete record of its ac
tivities. The Mann plan is the true plan.
It is the equitable plan. As mat
ters stand, Portland water consum
ers pay all the cost of maintaining
the Portland water system. But
there is a great deal of benefit that
the water system confers on prop
erties and interests that are not
consumers . and that therefore pay
nothing for the water system..
There is the non-resident prop
erty owner. He pays, nothing for
the water that, through the fire
department, provides him with fire
protection. The little home own
ers out in the suburbs are helping
pay it for him.
The non-resident owner of a big
office building pays nothing for the
water used in cleaning the streets
abouthis property. The water con
sumer pays it for him. The little
fhome owner out In the suburbs
helps pay it for him.
The water consumers are paying
everything connected with the
water system. They pay for the
water used in. irrigating the parks
and playgrounds; pay for the water
used in flooding the streets; pay
for the water used by the fire de
partment. The general taxpayer
pays for none of these things!
though there' are literal millions
worth of property Owned by non
water consumers.
It seems to have been the fashion
In an earlier day In .Portland to
fasten everything ; possible qn the
consumer. The streetcar patrons.
fdr instance, are required by their
fares to present Portland with a
rapid transit system, and to main
tain It. They are required even to
pay not- only for all the cost and
upkeep of the streetcar system, but
in addition to pay tolls for use of
city bridges, and pay street main
tenance and other charges from
which the general taxpayers bene
fit, while many of the general tax
payers pay nothing-. The non
resident property owner's property
is more valuable and he gets a bet
ter rental because of the rapid
transit system, but he pays noth
ing for that system.
Commissioner Mann's contention
In the case of water is .absolutely
sound.
A new street car placed in serv
ice In Denver has an arrangement
which prevents the car from start
ing while doors are open for the
entrance or egress of passengers.
The air brake control of the doors
Is, however, separate from the
brakes and the car starts and stops
without thejerks that throw people
to the ground or under the wheels.
The device, was perfected in fur
therance of the safety-first move
ment. TOO GREEDY
CANTALOUPES for which retail
dealers paid 3 to 3 cents apiece
are offered on Portland streets for
5 to 1 Stents apiece.
Twenty-five per "cent of these
melons are said to be soft, over
ripe or mouldy. There is a reason.
They come from freight cars.
warehouses and wholesalers where
they have been held over-long wait
ing for people to-buy at prices dic
tated by retailer greed. Twenty
five to 50 per cent profit is nothing,
t must be 300 to 600 per cent.
The supply of melons on hand
and the prices which producers re
ceive, and which i wholesalers are
willing to take Indicates that canta
loupes could be sold at the markets
from 3 to 6 cents apiece. 7 The
largest could be profitably sold for
a dime a melon. -
In the end, at lower prices, more
melons would be consumed, people
would buy and ' eat more. . There
would be fewer losses In melons
and In money. .
Why do : retailers . in ? perishable
products in such an instance make
themselves a blockade in the chan
nel between producer ' and con
sumer ? What . -.does their greed
profit them? . ' "
With a railroad the 7 country
around ernbnia will cease to be.
In the dtf mlad. an undiscovered
wilderness and probably, wijl be re
garded as, a suburb of Portland. :
'. ' A LIMIT ; V. ;.' '
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TEW people have gone far in life
A who have, net been. Drnoed f of
an escape from a talkative neih-
oor. x'erhaps it has-been In a
busy office when the friend desired
to teU bis life's history while the
work piled jup - to overwhelm : the
man who ftad to -corn nieta It. Per.
iXps it j has been on a' train, f It
may have happened., anywhere!1 "
In" England, however, a man's
right not to b talked to has been
established. ;"He was traveling. A
talkative, gentleman deposited him
self in the same seat. 1 He insisted
on chatting with the traveler.;' The
tatter's silence and! utter disregard
for the other's presence was '1 no
warning to the man who desired
to unload' hie- thoughts. - He per
sisted. At last the !ravelers ilence
gave way, to .heate?d words, j They
were answered, and' the talkative
passenger was arrested, convicted
and.; fined.. .:"": "' " ..'
Certainly, a man1 has the, right
of free speech. On, the othef hand
there is a limit and that limit is
reached . when the i addressee does
hot desire to bo addressed. I
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FOLLY, FISH j Alit FXfiR
rernmenl
I.N 1SS7 THIS governmen
paid
(7, 300,000 for Alaska.
A few days aro in Portland Com
missloner Henry O'Mailey f the
federal bureu of fisheries an
nounced that & reservation is to he
created embracing the IredT'ialmon
region of Alaska.'! Quite casually
he announced that the average pack
in the area is 2,000,000 cases a
year- -. ' ! H- . !
On the river Karluk of Kodlak
-island, which Is to; be included ip
the reservation, 3,000.000 salmon
have been packed in a single year.
Yet this ia only a small part of
the vast empire which includes
Bering sea. Cook's' inlet and the
Alaska peninsula.
The purpose of ithe , reservation
is to protect the salmon industry
against destruction; Government
regulation will be imposed to per
mit escape from the eager canners
of at least enough brood fish each
year to provide for reproduction.
So nearly have the annual runs of
red salmon been diverted from their
spawning-beds' into tin cans .during
years past that extinction is threat
ened, i : c
It is probable that strict govern
ment regulation of the kind pro
posed by Commissioner O'Mailey
will save the Alaska salmon from
destruction. If so an industry that
has already repaid many times the
original $7,200,000 purchase price
of the whole Alaskan territory will
continue to enrich this country in
the same proportion. ; j
Aside from the gold, the furs, the
coal mines and the fisheries, the
largest Amerjican oil interests find
a new interest in the petroleum re
sources of the Alaskan peninsula.
They "are said to have quietly gained
control so complete ; that even the
usual wild cat, stock selling promo
tion concerns haven'tfja look in.
Engineer reports : indicate that
under Alaskan soil may be found
"black gold" in value far more vast
than the fabulous sjms of its yel
low brother taken from wash and
drift and hardpan. ' j , !
Alaska is no linger, Seward's
folly. It is a vast, varied resource
which will be the grfib bag of greed,
the loot of politics or the beneficiary
or. ine nation in aqcorcancej wun
public knowledge and guardianship.
THAT IMMACULATE STORE
IT WAS such a nijde, shiny, paint
store. The f loo , was so . jdignl
fiedly extensive aiid beautifully
clean. On it' were carefully (Justed
desks at orderly intervals. I Each
desk had a brass plate, which said
"paint salesman" oi "glass Bales
man" or some othefj kind of sales
man. But the brass plates were
rrterely the product jf a seal to have
everything explicit .e.fd Just so. The'
devotion of the salesman in each
instance was such that he Bat at
his desk giving his attention to its
accurately trimmed corners from
the time he came Jn the morning
until he left in the! evening except
for the promptly beeded luncheon
'interval. ! l
' The cans, containers, jars, pack
ages and all that were arranged on
the shelves with Such loving care
that it must have jabbed the con
science to touch one of then). The
counters were likewise so spotless
that it would be, indeed, a rough
neck eleow that ; would lean on
them. Between th,er counters and
the shelves were attendants clad in
long and Immaculate white gar
ments and each had shave 4 that
very morning and
manicured his
finger nails, j
There were busy
conferences in
whispers between subordinates and
superiors, and the fornret showed
the latter the last word in respect
Where the distance
was too
great
between the desks
the lntercon-
necting telephone system' was used
and pne tnvolun tartly looked about
for a radio with ; hlch to adorn
this climax i scientific organiza
tion. . : . !'- ' 'H 4 ' :i-
It was an, so shin?- so, spotless, so
orderly and so. Imposing that the
would-be customer was fascinate
He forgot the pasering bf time in
watching the machinery of this per
fect'store operate. ! It was tike a
gleaming, greaselefcs motor with
parts exposed with which thef front,
office of. an automobile agency is
freq,uentiy decorated. .But preeentry
that little sb-conseioua.alarm1 Clock
that . all -of us ; carry breughi klm
up short. Though; there were half
'. dozen who might 1 accomplish the
condescension
waited on. s
he: ; wasn't Hieing
Ha !, Summoned his
courage, started ta remove his hat.
thought better, of Itiiwalked to one
Of ,T the iiplacarded
tracted H attention J
!su-insr "W throat
ealeaxneri, at
to himself by
and ;then most
diffidently stated his- needs.. 4 1 j
- "AhV answered jthd f salesman;,
ut we oo bt . can -y that particu
lar article In our stocks." So over
come was the would-be customer
that" he walked - out of the nice,
shiny store." feeling! as though he
had had audience with royalty and
utterly forgetting the .half : dozen
other articles Tie- had thought be
might buy at th tf same placed -.
Astoria Has Need of Portland And
Portland Has Need pf Astoria aid
gon Has Need of Both ia Sell-
P the River t the SbiD-
op" ! j Pjng jWorld. ' ij T
S.Vroim the Astoria ' Rmln4 i
Personal contact; is a great thing. It
is the short cut to mutual understand
ing and. appreciation, to friendship, fel
lowsnip and cooperative endeavor.) It
is so with Individuals and it is so with
communities. The) Visit of the Pbrt-
taiwi Chamber of Commerce rtpreien
tatives in Astoria
brought mat per-
eaal contact, and
whp shall Bay.hat
it ns rioi promoieffva oetter feeling
between these two citWs and a dejsire
to work tpgether for mutual advance
ment , and for the 1 dcvelopineBt of i all
Oregon f i - i i
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Old b tternesaes, I grievances, f a nied"
or real, traditional prejudices and petty
anunoenies have ne place in the Ptea
nt day era of building. Whatever ithe
root whatever the provocation, wftat
ever the justification i of past difter-
encee, they are a peeitive handicap
when they, are allowed to oaerate; as
a bar to a program which calls jfor
harmony and teamwork. Astoria" has
need j of Portland ! and Portland ha
need of Astoria, and Oregon has nteed
v ; iMur ooin., !i i : sneer iouy iior
Astoria to deny the advantages, which
Portland has as a port and is just
as foolish tor Portland to .deny Ithe
advantages which are ours. Each
should rejoice in the advantages! f
the mer, instead i of ? belittling tHem
as is sometimes dose; for each is
principal part of the great Columbia
river port which extends from the teea
more than 100 miles inland, and, fas
the whole is greater' than any of I its
parts, so should the ! development! of
the Columbia river as a waterway
and an artery of commerce hav a
prior consideration over the- interss
of either -the Port of Portland or ithe
Port of Astoria. What both communi
ties must realise and realize frarjkly
is that their big , Job is to sell the
Columbia river to the shipping world.
Nature made it the only water grade
route to the Facme ocean and made
it the natural outlet to a vast empire.
If It is not fulfilling its full destiny,
th fault is with-man. I
a
One by one the obstacles to recogni
tion and utilization of the Columbia
are Deing overcome and the commerce
records of the past few years prove
conclusively that the Columbia river is
coming into its own. It is not a mere
happenstance that 81 per cent of the
wheat exports from the North-west last
year went out through the mouths of
me nver ana tnat me flour shipments
were split 50-60 with the Puget Soand
ports. Whatever builds up the com
merce of the river will build Bp all of
me ports on it. The more ; steaeier
lines that come into the river, though
they are attracted by cargo assembled
at Portland, the more is the, Port! of
Astoria benefited. Ships cannot reach
Portland without passing Astoria .nd
practically all llnea that are now teo-
.ing to Portland make Astoria a Oort
of call. We should snot deceive Our
selves into thinking that all these lines
calling for or leaving Cargo here bfcve
placed Astoria on their, schedule I by
the efforts of Astoria alone, tt is fcer-
cause-many of them have business! up
the river that they can stop at bur
terminals for the business we have; to
offer. I
. .
Neither should Portland forget that
any growth and development at he
mouth of the river will be reflected in
her own community, for Portland; is
not only the metropolis of Oregon but
the financial and distributing center to
which all other communities are trib
utaries. The larger her tributaries,
the greater must She be. j
Little things are bound to arise r)ow
and then to disturb the harmonious
relations of any corrjmunities which are
in any sense commercial rivals, but
they should not be magnified nor inter
preted as a declaration of everlasting
hostility. The best thing to do isf to
forget them and profit by them through
keeping forever in mind the great com
mon cause. ;
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First let us develop the commerce
of the Columbia to its "maximum (ca
pacity and it will then follow as the
night the day that both Portland and
Astoria and all other ports of the
Columbia will get their just share, and
that the state of Oregon will take jits
rightful place among the states of the
TIT . .1 i
ww cm.
The Place of Perfect Dayi
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From the Eugene Register i
It Is the proud! boast of Western
Oregon that the average of its weather
Cannot be excelled anywhere on eath.
Admittedly there are times in midwin
ter when boastful Southern California
has a bit the edge on us, but these
times are compensated for the next
summer when the thermometer down
there begins to tap ; on the ceiling
while the dust storms chase each other
across the flats. i
The extremes of Oregon's' climate
lie in the winter, on those- infrequent
occasions when a cold rain : persist
for days at a stretch and when the
warming Japan current seems to Ifave
hied itself home in dudgeon,1 and in
late July and early August when
dearth of rain gives lease of life; to
fires and dust. ' At these times even
Oregonians "hone"; for a change j in
the weather.
The golden mean, is to be found in
those days of August; and September
when light rains have put out the
urea, ccasea away tne smoxe ana oant.
lshed the dust. In the mornings i at
this season the fog ; creeps over the
hills from the beach and washes the
air as dean as new linen, puts the heat
of summer to rout and provides fo a
favored i people afternoons that are
sparkling and bright and full! of xgest
and nights that are1 made according) to
the favorite recipe of , Old Man Mor
pheus, the god of sleep. - j
The myths of ancient Greece and
Rome tell of a favored spot on hgh
Olympus where the immortals de
ported themselves , amid surroundings
that were perfection itself. Geogra
phers -.ettnologists and the remainder
of the scientific tribe may disagree, but
We have not the slightest doubt that
this wondrous spot! was Western Ore
gon in the season after the first raiaW
Letters Froin the Peop e
I Commanicationa sent ta The Journal ;for
pobUcatxua ia tkia department: ahooM W Writ
ten on only eete atde at the paper, anaald toot
aresad SdO ' waeia fat i I irth. and nwt a
aiened by! the -writer, frauae mail addieaa in
full arast ;arrqiany the contribution.!
COMFULSORY SCHOOL BILL 1
Its i Un-iamerica5 Defect Is Alleged.
Portland, Aug. 29. To the Editor of
The Journal I -have, the. late voters'
pamphUt and , note ; the very czar-
Uke. ua-American compulsory eduea-
tton bilt .1 find this bill afflrma
tived . by on -and negatived by seen
arguments, including group-Individ tta!
Jcitixens. :troP- clergymen. private
cnool pnnpipais - ana aecominsJ.toaal
churches, all xt which preenU"t3nre
or less.' practical j argument - against
the ' bill. ' but- none of which gives, in
concise language, the -un-American de
fect ef the bill ; the ftearest being the
Seventh Day AdvenUsts. in the fol
lowing effect-expressed, but not eaaee
explained language! 7be government
that turns, its citizens into subjects and
makes them cogs to a j wheeJU without
any rights of their; wh, im a govern
ment that is tranaforrning itself Unto
ryranny and is sarisg h way! for
its donrnfall," "i I j f '
This, we say. Is the effect ef a
cause, the cause beifcg the fact that
o government has attained a : per
fection that cannot bf' pmproved upon.
Autocracy In government is govern
ment by a single individual. Autocracy
in j state ia when, the f state assumes
this prerogative and i denies advance
ment. ! This state at&acratcy is ' found
1" this bill- , It is Its; mortal defect
The affirmative argument speaks j of
"a true American" as f Americanism
were perfected and farther progress
was impossible. To admit this is-! to
defeat 'progress in Americanism- This
bill empowers the state to knead ! and
bake. without progress our future
citizenship. . it; gets Up! a standard of
Americanism not to be Improved upon.
It makes the government greater than
the peeple. Progress ( demands perfect
freedom of diversified) education. Any
certain standard of ethics, morals, etc.,
has only majority right. A minority
right to challenge must not be ' de
stroyed, as it is the i .function ef! the
minority to revel ut ionise- -Any seciesty,
sect or organization that assumes j to
itself the exclusive right. of dictation
is a most dangeroust institution.' ! It
destroys rather than stfpports govern
ments.; Until the suii shall burn out
and tlils old earth is no longer in
habitated, let's proclaim universal free
dom for any idea, tested by actual
worth, proclaimed universally to j all,
whether it be social, moral, religious
or irreligious. "If this be anarchism,
make the most of it C. W.Barseef
j SOCIAL CONDITIONS M
Athena, Or., Aug. 3t4-To the Editor
of Th , Journal---YoU say in an editorial
"Does conscience never smite us when
in our abundance we hear the troubles
of the submerged tentn'T Yes. it smites
us all i right, and some of us try j to
make ur part in the unfair conditions
of humanity right by building churches.
contributing to charitjj- and community
cneets,: ana tne HKei. I But; we can
never get very far that way, We are
under an economio I system that ! Is
opposing the poor more and more
every year. The wealth of the country,
now mostly in, the hands of a few.
is used as an instrument to put further
snacKies upon the hands of toil. And
he ' who toils must tail unceaalnsriv.
while the parasites of wealth squander
and waste. We can j never remedy
social -conditions until we remedy
wealth distribution. Until we limit the
power iof money.
We are all born n this earth Ttith an
equal right to live arid! live well, and
wun a ngnt to an equal opportunity to
worK and room to work; in. And why
snoHia inose who nave better fortunes,
or lucky chances, push their more un
fortunate brothers into the mire and
submerge them, and starve them, and
to a large extent degrade thousands
upon thousands, o a life of crime and
desperation? The cause is -written on
the wall in flaming letters and always
has been, all down through the cent
uries; the cause is selfishness unre
strained by an unfair economic system.
Those who preach ; agatnst it are
persecuted by the system. ad always
have been. Christ was a Jew, but be
cause he was not a Shylock and be
cause he heralded a new day of eco
nomic righteousness, the Shylock Jews
crucified him. And men are rotting! in
Jails today that were framed there
by the invisible powers, that -be.
I j J. B. Wood.
ADVICE TO -fIjUEVES
Portland. Sept, J .To the Editor of
The Jpurnal Through ! your valuable
paper we should like to , inform the
party who stole several dosen rose
bushes and rose treed from our Eose
farm near the Autotpdbile clubhouse
how to treat those bjuehes and trees
so that they may liv,
as it took ha
ture several years to
produce them
and as It was hot thi roper time I to
transplant them, though
we can recom-
mend the ve'ayJthey litasve been taken
up. Keep Siherrt. well watered, trim off
all the leaves .and cut branches back
and wrap around the Hree stem wet
moss end burlap so that they will not
dry out. We do not regret so mujch
loss of the bushes las the loss-jof
faith in the honesty of the nasslne
public, in which we still, believed when
we removed all the feaces from this
stretch of the farm hkng the high
way as they were not ornamental and
with the gathering ffj weeds would
only prevent the sightseers from admiring-
those wonderful roses which
have brought fame tq the Rose City.
What would become o Ian those rose
fields if every automobile party would
help themselves, and; jive are really
surprised that a flower4lover could do
such a mean deed ; we should thihk
you would enjoy, them ) much more j if
you had got .them in j the proper way
Instead of being- always! conscious that
you stole them. i
Mountain View Floral Company
DEFENDS NOTARIAL
CIR.CULATQRS
Portland; Aug. 31. To the Editor of
The Journal- Knowing; some of the
women notarial circulators of pe
titions personally. I thing it would
be hard tq find their equal for
everyday uprightness and honou
rable dealing The work is hard
They have to be out in ail winds and
weather: taking, frequent stams from
opponents with: good jgracc j gome of
them are unusually well! infbrmea. The
puMIe seems toiregard them as "rough
stuff." . Ona 'capable 1 yeoman almost
lost her' voice from ' standing on damp
street corners, i Another a gifted mu
sician, was : told by an irate gentle
man, who also threatened to arrest her,
that she should be working. In a laun
dry. In England the 'Lady Astora and
gentry frequently do political publicity
work. Circulating petitions i politi
cal publicity worc fort eandMates and
measures. ; As 1-understand it the law
requires signatures of legal voters,
many of whom Inever register, evident
ly, and X believe most, of the circu
lators were noaest in getting memi :
4 j- 'MrA,'1U. Haysi ;
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FRANCE'S WAY WrTtrYRAITORS
r-' - From the loeoMf ala3: - j I
" Among , the problems (that are more
swiftly and satisfactorily solved I in
France than in anjcother of the allied
countries is that raised by the traitors
within ber gates. Duval, manager jof
the ; newspaper Bonner Rouge. i was
sentenced to death at! the hand of; a
firing squad, and the sentence! was car
ried out the therf dajf.t'Noitiloag ago
Bola Pasha met the ; Isame fate. "A1
mereyda. editor of the Bonnet Rouge,
committed suicide when awaiting trial,
M b, too ' would no doubt hava been
executed, and now i LquU Malvy, f dr
meriy minister of the! interior, is be
ing tried. Next months Joseph ' CaSl
laox, formerly premier! ef :Francs wiii
facei his accusers In court,- Hi forroer
postiUon and great 1 Influence with f a
certain section of thai Socialist party
will- notj save CalHauX from I death if
be is found guilty of Jtevlng trarocked
with th enemy. Premier Clemenceaa
is absolutely determined to stamp out
treason, in whatever high places It may
be found. , j : I . j -.
i4.-i'-.s-yaw h Baatafi j3ahe j- j
The restaurant keeoerdf Of New York
citv have announced J, that thejr aire
looking for fc Will Hays to take their
business caarge. f ai f present, wnat
with the difficulties occasioned by the
Volstead act and the ! attitude of the
public, the restaurant- proprietor "baa
much to annoy him all ithe time. There-
SMJLJX CHANGE
.Wel maV tniut .-federal laws and
courts to take i the ligfct ut of Light-,
nerH wout eei.,
j For ! all the ettentio a great many
people P to them there might as well
' After alL in the course of true love
that iU-ordH -bev" is I a barrier that
doesn't even win the consideration of
a itopeght.
thit
a
The fact remains
motorists who
stopf their machines oh the
near side
of railroad tracks
tracks wjies
f -51-ewf :
a : the train is
coming neve
! One!
i
sure way to raake yourself a
mint 01
f money i on the i stage or screen
is to take a preliminarir course in ban-
aurj, p scanaai or romance,
Between the woman! who hastens .to
accept, the: lone skirt
edicti and the
flanoer who 1 refuses
the change it
won't be hard to maka
a cnaice.
1 The
seems
were
would
"standing of thg team 3" column
to indicate that! if the Beavers
any closer to the cellar they
fall n instead Of being pushed,
recentackea must be Installed at
i i i
Mail
all residences, save the iDOstm&ster. An
other (concession .to thqse who find us
so popular about the first iof every
tffl f ; !.; J .. j
i In; the ease of the black man who
turned white i as a reward for prayer,
wonk you permit us tp change our.
scene Of residence momprrtarily at least
tp Missouri? j i S - i
ii, ! .i
i If ; the house pf bishops actually un
dertakes to edit the Bible here's hop
ing ithey use more discretion in the
treatment of Its cotnpildrs than the edi
tors juse with: modern Reporters.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random
J ri
; Sain Thompson of Pendleton, who
gathers up the horses sand cows used
in the Round-Up and idoks after them.
announces a new feature this year
It will be a milking contest.: Sam is
veryi enthusiastic over. Ithe prospect of
an added sport. ' Each i entrant will be
given a horse and a helper, and the one
who ruia nis bottle iirst win ne tne
winHftr. - 1
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Mr. and Mrs. E. L. fmeed of Hepp
ner are among guests of the Mult
nomalu
: W, S. Royce of KIMnath i Falls is
among recent arrivals from the south
ern part of the state.
;i 1
Mr. and Mrs. . A.. J. Wilson and
Walter Leake of Roseljurg are among
out of town guests.
i iii ;
Among the guests qf the Imperial
are Bess Palmer of Fossil ind Mrs.
William Blai8 of Gateaf.
J. A. Link of Yamh$l was
in Port-
land, Friday,
to transact some busi
nesH.
A.'C. Mclntyre.of Hlix is transact
ing business in Portland.
3
Among the guests qf the 1 Imperial
18 A. M. Quince of v ajlace, Idaho.
A. G. Betlerfield of Enterprise is
visiting the metropolis.!
y ,
M.' B. Timberlake o
among recent arrivals
Newberg was
n Portland.
Roy1 South worth of
out ef town visitors.
Bend is among
Clifford JUiller of Miupin Is one of
Lnany
out of town vlsltlors.
.
Mr.
and Mrai J. L. Hunt of Tilla
mook tare visiting in Portland-
A. H. Hall of The Dalles Is among
recenti amvajs.
Among out of town!
visitors is A.
McLean of , Astoria.
OBSERVATIONS
! ! OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
: A wqman lrhff hss watcheji Salem crow from
vilimce f city tells Mr. Locfley about soma of
the changes ia the! year between, and of the
state fair and the (rood tinjes those attending
i1 in ; Its early years njoji. To thia Mr-.
LockJeyi appends certain historical i rtc tails of
the initial organization of tb state fair.
I Miss Henrietta Clarjk is a native
daughter of Salem, jl have known
Miss Clark more than 2j5 years. I also
knew iind liked her molher very much.
Her mother; was a. greajt lover of flow
ers. : She was SS years fold at the time
of her death. j
. ( !'. !
; "Mv! father's name was James Chris
tian Clark," said Miss ClaVk. "He was
born On the Isle of Man October 22,
1822. just 100 years agd. My;mother's
maiden name w-asu-Naniy Hayden. She
was born ; September 122, 1824. My
mother w-as a sister of Ben -Hayden,
the well known lawyer and orator.
She married Samuel Tticker whea ehe
Was ! 18. He died , September i 2, IMS,
within; a year of their .marriage
Mother met my father jin Eola. They
were married there Jajiuary !25, 1853.
Mother's first child,-Mary CI Tucker,
died when she was ninfc years old. in
the fall of 1852, while they were cross
ing the plains. Her net child. Chris
tian.' was born in the spring! of 1854.
Willam was born Match 16., 185. I
was born April 30, 1S56, and! was .the
first of their ; children born in Salem.
They moved from Salem to Eola in
1857. I am fjving on the same place on
which I was born. Teir'next child,
Naney, was born April 19. 1861. Ver
bena was barn March 4 1863. My sis
ter' Lena was born May 12, 1865. and
James, the! youngest bf the family,
August ft. 1167. ; j , -
I My; father was uinner. j He and
Joe Holman were partners in the Salem
tannery during the ciivil war. My
rdother's parents; weref born in Vir
ginia, but she was bom in Kentucky.
Her father's name was- William Hay
den, land mother was the youngest Of
his 10 children. , Here i an old. receipt
for tuition made out in i860 for my sis
ter Chrissy, who was a student "at
Willamette university. I She Was only
six years old at the tire. . During, the
more; than 0 years I have lived here,
I jhaire; seen! Salem grow from a small
fore be has come to thirfk that it would
be wQ for him to do fs the ; baseball
magnate, the : motion riicture producer
and ithe regular theatre owner have
dqasj get hold of a Laridis, a Hays or
as Augustas TBanaz I I his tenaency
tq employ Sn . interpreter between : a
business which serves the public : and
the public itself began pong ago when
the press agent was first invented. ; In
his primal incarnation the press agent
was very, much an errand boy.. In
time the press agent began to bring
messages from the pubic back to hi
employer. He told of what the public
did not want.! of why the public was
dissatisfied, j He ! was j working both
ways! and bis standing (Increased. The
bosmesf of I bossing the bosses of a
business which . depends on public fa
vor is 'in- ite inf ancy.,jWatch out- for
the press agent when he comes to full
maturity. H will tie bigger than the
chairman ofj the board tf directors, v ,
t THE WES'ATCHEE i GROWERS
v-t From the i Spokane -Spoiesaan-Reriew
. The advantages of aaadarity are ne-
SIDELIGHTS
aw Yellowstone geyser spouted
mud 300 feet. 1 This !wui make some
politicians, jealous Albany Democrat.
- vacation season 1s I about over and
people are returning home to enjoy our
beautiful weather and . rest up. Pen
dleton -East OregoniarU i ; . " - j :
There. Is oriel nice thinr about beinc
a good Icriticiser and that is one does
not have to have any ' brains to be j a
great j success at it. Rose burg , New;s-
xteviewj l !'!'- . i - . t
r
Some Iday the world may learn wfth
aationiehment that the solution of tta
problems is contained in the writings
ei Touri opscure men: aiattnew.r Mara,
t-uKe una John. Uedford. .Maii-Tsi-
i ;. I; ' .1 .4-- -- -;.! .!
.4 man may have art attack of buqk
ague arid rotas his-deer when hunting.
bus let Jilm mistake1 a man for -a der
ana . nis nerves are isteaqy ana e
seems tp ;gft ibeat" every; time,? Ba
ke. Herald.! F'-J J -j ' - j
Good roads and the, automobile are
bringing townA into Iclosar relation
sliip in a - business way and socially.
A better ! cooperationi- too. is belifg
lostereau ana seiiisni interests are z.
fast
being obliterated. Baker Democrat.
I I T 1 i i e
Perhaps! if the government buildings
at Washington were to be; put; under
fuel rations ttiia winter like other
folks, some of our public ran might
realize a little better the nud of do
ing) something to prevent ruiure c
strikeS-Power Patriot. j .. j
-NttennW ia thJ can
tional and international troubles! whiah
no one its i able I to settle. Money was
the cause of qujite a little trouble baqk
in those da.va When. Jesus Christ rain
the! money changers out of the temple,
wa it eotT La uranae Ubserver.'
Observations i About Town
John J. Gaifrity, farmer chief ef
ponce of umcago, was entertained Fr
.day, as he passed through Portland, by
local veterans Of the. Spanish war.
Among ut of. towa. Visitors is Mrs.
R. W. Sawyer, i wife ofj County Judge
bawyeir ; of Deschutes iCounty.
A. C. DiXon of the Bobth-Kellv r.um'
ber company o4 Eugene Is in Portland
on a Business Visit.
! .i i ! r '
Mr. ! and Mrs. E. H Watkins ark
among jthose registered at the Im
perial.;- ! I
jiraneacting- ibusinessl
in Fortland.
Friday.! was James Hj
Scott of Ante-
lope. .
. George E. Markham Of Pendleton
among out; of town ghosts. ;
J E. i Lornqiilst of
Birkenfield
Portland.
transacting business ilhj
O. H. Adams
the Oregon.
i i
of Kent is a guest of
E. L iStockstill of Athena Is among
out or town visitors. ; j
Among out of town "visitors Is fiL
Matthewson of 'pendleion.
a m i
J. As. Morgan of Condon and W. t).
Butler of Elgini ftre Pbrtland visitor.
An but of town gueat FT'ay was
w. Li. iroiand ef Hood URiver
Fleenrr Douglas of Pendleton Js reg
istered at one of the leading hotels.
Among out of town visitors are Mr.
and Mrs. G. I. Hea I
;
Martin H. (Andersdil of Cottage
throve is amongt recent arrivals,
O. o: May and family j of Wasco ark
visiting in roruana.
- i
Another family visiting Portland fis
that of R. M. Benton offMoro.
f : ! i
F;. G. Shown ef Fossil lis transacting
1 is
LI id.
some business in. Portaa
AND IMPjRESSIONS
Lockley
vniage to a metropolitiah city, Wheh
I was; born; Oregon wes tifl a terj
ritory.i The ox j team, itije pack horsi
the stage coach jand thej rianoe were the
popular .modes pt travelJ Today, theV
are; mere traditions, jahd the day's
travel of the tinie wheri I was a girl,
or ox team, isjcoverea by the yount
toiks or : today in their; automobiles li
less than an hcnjir. Wheh I was a girt
the great event; we loofcid forward tp
was the etate fair. The Jgirls of toda
have a hundred pleasures to our ond,
for in my girlhciod the ;rnovies end the
auto were unknown." j
In 1862 the tirie of hplding Jhe statfc
fair was changed from! the first Tuest
aay in October jto the laet Tuesday li
OTjJiciuijr. j. j vuinn i -rnornton was
the first vice 'president of the fait
board, Chester Terry jwas secretary
ana jonn Li. Moore treasurer. Ms.
Hen-en was thej first president and i.
t-. Wilson -thej first secretary. Thb
committee to choose the fair ground
selected the sua on the donation fan
frclaim of M. L. jSavagei. It Durchased
bu acres, paying! siooo Jn one year and
the remaining $1000 a year later, navl
Ing Interest at the rat of 1 per rent
a month. The committee who .raised
the f money, tq purchase the faif
groonua consisted, or J. GrimmL
JoseuR Fngles. icharle4 Svl T
Emery, Ralph cL Geer. J. B.' Plette. 5
. tayton.iA. jj Hunsaker, jr. M. Har
risoh,-- Samuel arker. j Samuel Head!
rieic and Thomis Shaw. Amonr the
jwell known members Iof the Marioi
i County Agricultural society, as " the
i r was men Known, were J. W. Her
roiv J. L- Parriah. H. Jf Geer, Norman
O. parrlsh George. Leslie, VirgH jd.
Pringle, ' J.! II.1 Wilson. ; Thomas CroiJ
Samuel Brown. Wiliam Jory. J, Maf
theny, John Mlnto, L. 4. Condit, T. li
Davidson. L. Savaee. Ji TT Mmr.
fjF. Harding. Asahel Bush, L N. cE
uwi, tt , nu, esoi uurnin, c. N. TerryL
C A Reed, Lucien Heath. Oeorn : XT
Eades. Fabritus RT Smith. S. WiT
en. wearies trrartJ M. L. Savaeel
M. .Hirsch, R. A. Gesner, John d
Peebles, L R. Moores. jj, D. Boon. U
F. Groyer. E. M. Waiti Charles Usat
i"'t". ?v.i n. uecior ana a aanra or
;mori or ptners.
where better illustrated 1 than amtmi
Ifhejapple growers of Ithe Wenatchei
airict. I a large part I of the growth
,ui i prosperity or. that district in re
cent' years is attributable to the man
ner In which the growers have worlcec
together jfor the! common good. Whcr
a major problem has (confronted th
district, Ithey have got together am
worked it out JProspeiiity for Wenat
chea has; usually depended on one ,01
iiww i uuugs water ana transportation)
Water was . the first requisite, and
united effort secured that Later, wheri
more water was needed, the growers
made their second project as much ;oi
mr success as their first. So the Wenati
jebe apple crop grew by leaps and
bounds, j But big crops! are useless if
mey cannot be moved to market; ; The
trannportatioa problem is stin far f rorri
a complete solution. Bnt toe Wenat-j
chee people are ! looking ahead.. They
have organised and are! ready to build
their own railway to the south, giving
them f oar : transcontinental - lines for
outlets instead of only one,
it
: ; - The Qregqn .Country
Northwest Uapaesinst ia BTief iTornt for the
IHisy seaoa:
I OREGON
Work " has Ibesun at! Astoria on ; a
new 130,000 iedifice. for thai Baptist
- The Korth I Bend Afijerfcan Legion
post 'is already making preparations
for the' celebration of UArmistice, day
in that city. ( r' ; f j . . I
Farmers of Wallowa, Union- and
Baker counties arav- bjtthiad a move
merit to launuh a cooperative creamery
in Union couiy. P ; .
Huckleberries are ptentlf ul t; in the
mountain regions near Albany; accord
ing to those vho i have made trips ta
l)icnes ipis 8euLSon . . i
Reedsport. lifter! loeing lighlless f or j
some time, wll have eiectricity again.
a company han-inaf been , formed to take i
over the plant and; operate it. -. -1
W. J. KingslandJ !89 years old and a
veteran of the Civil war, die at his
home in La Urandej las tj Sunday morn
ing at the close of a ahprt illness.. ;
Fire permit issued a.the office of
the Deschutes national! forest since
July 3 .total; Z2U I Perjmits are. sttU
required fordarnpfijres within ithe for
est. ; i ' I -i -r V
- Thirty-seveil forejst fires caused by
!
on the Klamath
Indian reservation
during - the rtjoent
storms. j
period; of - electrical
Tracks of she new lagging iroad of
Nibley-Mimnaugh
Lumber Company
have been laid some distance 'toward
Wallowa and I work; is jprogressmg on
the bridges., j fj f-- '
After -having .been closed down for
several months, the : Milton Creek Log
ging company: of Columbia county,' re
sumed operations ths week, thus, furn
ishing work tp 140 metjj v I -v
. John Bryant has 'beeM elected cash
ier of the First National bank of Al
bany and Wi K.i Torb;ett cashier of
the First Savings bank j to succeed the
late Ralph MeKechaie, who was cash"
ier of both institutions. i ,
The ferest service has begun werk
on a trail td lee I lakfe in Wallowa
county which beretaforehhas been very
inaccessible but considered by tour
ists who hava visited it as ona of the
great points of interest in Eastern Or
egon.- l , :l ; I
WASHINGTON
Aeoordiner" th entinriatai at the farm
bureau, the Wash ingtoni hay crop this
year is short jby 7a0,OO(' tons.
Lincoln cousty 411 start next Veek .
the surfacing pf tha Ceejtral Washing-.'
ton highway from Spregus to the ,
Adams county lin4 i ' i .
Harry Short .cashier Iof the I defunct
Withrow Stabi bank. " i$ making ar
rangements tq either reopen the bank
or.tj) establisii a new one. ... t
CharleeH. i4napp, w-fa4 died last week
at hi3 home at Paloluse.rKvas alveteraiV
of the Civil War, ehlithg at ithe age
of 17 in the Ifii Oifio ifantr.
The unknown man killed when the
Northern Pacific passenfeer train was
wrecked near) Weinier .i last Saturday
has been identified i as ill. H I Nichols
pf Yakima. j ; I
. The new high school gymnasium and
auditorium ats EndicottJI erected at a
crst of $30,000i is nearly completed and
win oe ready for tne opening 01 scnoot
next week.
By a' vote Of 165i to IPS' electors .ef
the Ritzville school diBtrlctj for the second-time
have refused 1 the directors
permission to levy.ah additional 5 mills
for school purjposeajj j ; '
As the result of ia "jiange war" in
Yakima county. Bud Eberhart, a range
rider, is under arrest tkt Selah on a
charge f shooting j horseB and mali
ciously mutilating animaa.
Alice Iaw, 1 little: granddaughter of
Mrs. E. - L. "Jehnsoij, liyiing nesr Elk.
Wash., suffered a fractured skull when
she was accidentally struck witH a hoe -while
playing with another child.
Bootleggers j are disposing ct their
wares among I patients fit the United
States , Veterans ihospitial at! Walla
Wnlln. desniteiief frirtla to! kirevent it. Sri .
cording to Major W.iD; judkinsL the of
ficer in charge. i
Mrs. Viola Ik. GIH, itife of Major
Edwin- S. GlHj active in! various wom
en's organizations, i$ dead at her home
near Olympia.j Mrs.) Gtlfj was formerly
a resident of Ashland atid a graduate
or tne uregpn Medical scpooL
4-
! ' . iDArio
Elizabeth Marie, S-ykr-old daugh
ter of Mr. arid Mr. Carl Bergstrom,
died at Sandntotnt Monday night from
spinal meningitis, after am illness of but
tnree tiaya j. . ' ,
Twe've; hrghtning fires; were started
this week by JeIectrical,storms in the
Nez Perc national forest! but generous
rains have relieved j what proriHSed to
be a liangerpuB sttuatio. s j . -
Jack TaggerJt. engineer in a thresh
ing crew near jstites,! Idaho, was crush- .
ed between an engine ;and separator
while attempting to locate at a new
setting and diod within kwo hours.
A committed from! the O." A. R. and
the Daughters of Veterans has let a
contract for the erectloip f aj monu
ment In. the Moscow cemetery as a me
morial to the soldiers of ! itKe.Ciyil war.
An automobile Ijielonging to Fred-
Jenkins was destroyed by fire on Main;
street In ' Lewiston i when thei . owner
struck a match to light his pipe while
the car was bilng filled! with gasoline.
Suit 'to. recover tuxes (amounting to"
123,556 on lands owned by thej North- -ern
Paeific jRaiiway company in
Boundary county has been filed in the
United States district clerk's office at
Boise, the company claiming the taxes
were excessive). i
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Twenty Year Ag
From The Joamai September
2, 1902
With the mesic of bands, the hit
-r
of trumpets aid a j dip eif enthusiastic
hawkers. : the 4 Elks j
carnival opened
yesterday afternooru
The coronation
of Queen May belle !
I was most lm-
pressive. T Today's
festf vities I
began
wflh a grand street parade. Manager
Rows estimated yesterday's attend
ance at 10.000J I
The C. F. Sergeant began discharg
ing her cargo 4f 34.000 cajses of salmon
from Alaska at Alnsworth dock this
raqrnlng. . ; ; ,
Paris A locl news agency bulletin
that a cable jfrora j FOrit do iFrance
says that more! than a thousand people
Were killed sd several) hundred in
jured in the violent eruption t Mount
Pelee Saturday night.
. i a era
Several thouzand people jwftnessed
the Labor day sports ait Multnomah
field yesterday afternoon.'
I. L. Patterson and family of Salem
arrived this mpming for I the -carnival.
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The duck seksbn! opened yesterday. '
vMany hunters i went
out
and secured
good bags. i
4
that
the iSouthcrn Pa-
cifie is to abandon
its iFourtlj street
entrance into trie -city.
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A JoUy; trolley party was given last
evening by Za well known society peo
ple at - Canereah- park.) where v- they
aancoa ana nan a most glorious time.
. ' - t " ;-; II t
The i schooner Wlmr and 1 Wins la
high, and , dry bn tho shore near Flor
enco, where she went while trying to
enter toe isiusiaw river. I!
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Baker City tusiness men have nr-
scribed iiberafiy. for: the bigi street
carnival tobe held at that place the
week, beginning September 15. J
Advice -is received from1 Eugene that
the Goulds are behind the movements .
of the Great Central railroad : in its
project to build a road frpm Salt Lake -to
Coos Bay. --v.- - .. ;. i -
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