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TELEPHONE MAIM 7161. All depart me QU
reached -by this rramber.
Children generally bate to be idle ; ail
the car then is that their biur humor
should be constantly employed in some
thing of use to them. Locke.
THEN AND NOW
THE senate has passed the
Pomerene bill making It un
lawful lor candidates for the fed
eral senate to spend more than
$10,000 in the general election and
for candidates for the house to
spend more than $5000.
Passage of the bill; intended to
prevent another Newberry episode,
will, if concurred in by the house
and signed by the' president im
mediately, be law in time td apply
. In the present campaign. Its enact-
. rrjent will be widely approved by.
" the public.
But what of those senators' who
"voted for the seating of Newberry
" and who also approved passage'Of
this bill? When they voted for the
Pomerene proposal, they placed
; themselves on record as believing
. thai $10,000 is as much as any man
should spend in his campaign for
election. Yet they voted to seat
; Newberry, who spent $200,000 br
-. fiore for his seat. They clearly
; convict themselves of voting for
. something that they did not believe
was good practice.
- Such evidence of partisan action
is extremely discouraging . to the
voters of the country. The senate
14 on record as voting to seat a man
who spent $200,000 or more in his
.' campaign and only a few months
..-Iter makes it unlawful for any
man to spend more than $10,000.
, was legitimate then for New
' berry to throw $300,000 into the
'ejection but unlawfulfor any other
' Wan to spend more than 5 per cent
0(f that amount. Moreover, what a
- position the Pomerene bill puts Mr.
.Hughes in? He defends Newberry,
h Slnd within two weeks after his de
ft? flense the senate passes a bill say
Jjj; ihg that it is unlawful for any man
y tlo do what Mr. Hughes client, Mr.
ii inewberry, did.
Why is it made unlawful to do
hat Mr. Newberry did if Mr. New
berry was the white flower he was
painted by Mr. Hughes and by the
senators who so vigorously snon-
J j. '.40red him when he was about to be
i -s expelled from the senate? If Mr.
t, .vNewberry's acts were legitimate.
j hy make the same acts unlawful?
The "senate has finally taken a
,h proper stand in passing the Pom
m irene bUI. But in so doing, it con-
Yicts. Itself of a staggering act of
il political perfidy in seaUng' the
Michigan money-spender.
:. -J'r Which one of the major leagues
yiU be first to grab Miles Donnelly
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f tt-aief 13 reieBa irom a cnarge
; ' of manslaughter? Miles" inshoot
. was jo,, fast that it fooled and in
' , C stantiy killed a player on the op-
' t, posing team -at an amateur Sunday
S 1 ! game.
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AIDING HAITI
i i -tti excuse for American rul in
j i Haiti is to aid that struggling
I . country toits feet and prepare it
f .jfor self-government- We are there
-'as benevolent protectors."
J Our benevolence has " recently
j.-1;v andsd three editors in Jail for dar-
; .!ng to criticise the' governor. They
I- Sidnt agree with his acts. There
, , fore, they took the liberty of pub
' " Slcly-; expressing their ' own views.
; - That is one right the American pub
v iiCL reserves to Itself. But that right
' jis nQt reserved under "benevolent"
protection. . :
Down there people are not sup
L posed-to disagree with the gover
nor, He can rae - no - wrong. Ths
American commissioner says be
can't, .-,'-' ;-
So those editors who -were fool
ish enough to believe that he can
do wrong are sooa to find out from
a military court that he cant.
The commissioner knows-. He is
a naval officer. ' What naval of
ficers say to those under them Is
law. , Free, speech Is not permi
sible. : The Haitians' are to learn,
that now, whether the instruction
is approved by the American pub
lic or not. "
We 'shall soon learn thit Haiti t
ready for self-government. Will the
Haitian constitution embody In, it
an article declaring that the king
can do no wrong, and another ar
ticle requiring all citizens to keep
their mouths shut? fr-"'h "
Washington's poll tax has proven
so unpopular that in some counties
not over half have paid. There is
a remarkable unanimity In the sea-,
timent for repeal of the law. 4 But
repeal shouldn't permit the evaidr.
ers to get away without paying
their share.
IF MR. HALL?
THERE is a gloomy outlook for
the taxpayer in Oregon.
The religious debate persists. It
will not reduce taxes. We cannot
war over a 16th century question
and get anywhere in lowering the
tax burdens.
Taxes are eating up' the rental
value on many a farm in Oregon.
Taxes are taking away the entire
Income from some farms and most
of the income from many a farm
in Oregon. Taxes are eating away
the substance and confiscating the
revenue on many; a property in
Portland. There are forces that
are insisting that the next election'
shall be decided over-pro-Cathollc
and anti-Catholic issues.
This is exactly what is meant by
the proposal for Mr. Hall to be an
independent, candidate for. gov
ernor. It is a proposal for the state
to be governed the next four years
on pro-Catholic or anti-Catholic
lines. It is a proposal to divide the
people into two great hostile camps
and administer government along
the lines of whether this function
ary is a Catholic or not a Catholic,
and whether this law or that is a
pro-Catholic or an anti-Catholic
law. It is so understood and what
you see in actual progress is one
group which believes the religious
debate should be the main Issue en
gaged in a hectic endeavor to elect
its candidate, and the other group
in a similar endeavor to elect its
candidate.
Four yearr of this thing would
work further havoc on the taxpay
ers. For that four years tax re
duction would be adjourned. Leg
islation and administration would
be considered and decided on a
basis of religious fury. To the vic
tor would belong the directing, of
policy, and no power under the sun
could dissuade the defeated from
continuing the fight through four
years to a bitter end, only to be re
newed at the end of that period
with more bitterness than ever.
It is notorious tltat tlp appoint
ment of a United States district at
torney in Oregon is being held up
pending a hoped for settlement of
the religious controversy. Con
structive government is actually at
a standstill because of the pro
Catholic and anti-Catholic issue. It
means that some of the processes
of government are at a standstill
arvd that progress along construc
tive lines is blocked.
We talk about a 1925 fair to
bring population into the state.
The way to bring people into Ore
gon is not to meet them at the state
lines with a frenaled religious row
that, under the present ' prospect;
may be continued with unabated
fury for the next four years and
more. The way to get people to
come here is to cut the tax burdens
and hold up before them the pic
ture of a state with low taxes and
religious transquillity-
That the power to tax Is the
power to destroy is an economic
maxim. Rental values, property
values, income values In Oregon
will be destroyed If this rising tide
of taxation is not checked. It is
already going upward toward the
near confiscation of property.
Huge sums are being collected Jn
Oregon for use in the campaign to
prevent the equalising of the tax
burdens and to perpetuate the
surge' of fury that is now running
rampant through the state.
The taxpayer in Oregon has
reached a point where he has a
right to be considered. The time
has come, after years of neglect,
when relief for him should have
first place on the state program.
There was one place Sunday and
Monday that didn't yield to the
otherwise pervasive warmth. A
plunge into the cool, clear depths
of tlvs Willamette was delightful.
I
CALL OF THE WILD
r'.WILL be remembered that last
Friday was a miraculously bril
liant day with a spice of autumn in
the air. A man who looked as if of
fice walls would be to him shackles
and whose .brawny body suggested
the forest or the farm, paused on
the sunniest corner. " '
With uplifted finger he attracted
the attention of a friend. "I am
discontented," he said. His listener
imagined all sorts of things eco
nomic injustice. . religious intoler
ance. ' political unrest, radicalism.
bankruptcy., domestio fiasco, tooth
ache, all the ordinary destroyers of
Ufa's joy. ' ; - . '
Th man finally answered ths
puzzled face before him, 1 am
discontented, he said, "because
where I am X would not be andn
where I would be I cannot. -This
morning I got a glint-of the sun
across my.desi nd in it I, vividly
saw an old bald mountain down in
the lower TJmpqua country. I sat
on a log high up the mountainside
and watched the sun set and the
twtlighfcome. Just at the rim of
darkness I saw a splendid antlered
buck com quartering over the sky
line. '' i drw. a steady bead on him,
and . J-
'Real' grief blurred the reported
report "of the rifle. It was evident
tthatfin such day dreaming there
bad been no crown of Venison. The
man confessed that it had spoiled
the rest of the day for himthat
yetting away was something, he
could do anything else but, and he
couldn't be happy staying.
The two- talked, then, of life's
vicissitudes. They developed the
philosophy that what a man isn't
happy In doing is apt to be availing
missed. The listener argued that a
break' In the routine is frequently
essential to mental vitality. He
told of the chap who boastingly re
minded his boss that he hadn't
taken a vacation for 15 years, only
to be told that probably such a
blank fool policy accounted for
what was wrong with his work.
While the conversation went on,
changing expressions flitted over
the face of the man on the street
corner. Disappointment gave way
to determination. "Say," he said
abruptly, "I'll have to ask you to
excuse me. Vyt got to hurry down
to the telegraph office and get a
wire off to my pal to tell him where
to meet me for the start of that
deer hunt."
Fight the deVll with printers' ink,
propose the Episcopal general con
ventionlsts. There is nothing else
more effective, unless it is Holy
Writ, and that calls for printers'
ink.
IS THERE NO LIMIT?
IT IS now predicted that certain
big industrial establishments are
to 'campaign at the national capi
tal for a removal of the present re
striction on immigration.
Such a move would hot be un
expected. But to grant the demand
would be indefensible.
Millions of American working
men have been out of employment.
They are not all employed yet.
Wages have been reduced. Is there
now to be another stab- at the work
ers of the country by throwing
down the bars to aliens who will
work long hours every day for a
pittance, take the places of Ameri
can workers, and live as few
Americans would live' or would be
expected to live?
More workers than Jobs mean re
duced wages. Reduced wages mean
lowered living conditions. Lowered
living conditions mean suffering
and unrest, crimes and suicides. Is
this country willing to further de
flats wages In order to' further in
flate profits? -
The present immigration law is
one of the few protections that
American workers have. It is a
protection against cheap foreign
labor, hunger and suffering. Is
that protection to be taken away
when it is more needed than ever
before?
There have been drives and
drives upon workers. But there
have never been so many drives as
have been undertaken In the last
year and a half. Certainly the ac
tion of the government in repeal
ing the excess profits tax, in pro
viding the most notorious of all
tariffs, and in obtaining the Chi
cago injunction, will not be fol
lowed by a campaign against the
present immigration law. Even
madmen stop somewhere.
Modern biology has proven that
our boasted melting pot is a myth.
The races mix but do not melt.
The fine old New England stock,
biologists say. If let alone would
have peopled this country with a
magnificent Nordic race. Instead
we set up a melting pot and in the
population there Is a vast mass of
mongrels and. hybrids whose aver
age intelligence is revealed by war
statistics to be appallingly low.
Bearing in mind that some of the
foreign stocks have mixed well and
that the country has many splendid
foreign-born citizens, it remains
biologically true that immigration
should be stayed for race, if for no
other reasons.
"The auto camper Is really the
bird of freedomv" Sure, but he looks
like a bird with a broken wing
when he gets a flat tire.
THEIR VANISHING RANKS '
r7 the last census period American
cooks decreased 21.5 "per cent,
chambermaids 28 per cent, ladles'
maids, nursemaids and valets ,27
per . cent, launderers and laun
dresses outside commercial laun
dries 25.7 per cent, maids of aH
work 20.5 per cent, dressmakers
and seamstresses outside garment
factories 47.$ per cent.
Electric sweepers, flreless cook
ers, food manufacture and otb,er
household helps have taken their
places.". : . -
This li ths easiest generation for
the housewife in human history
but she still has enough to do.
They say yon can't put a quart into
a pint, But how about making
pint fill a quart? Ask the city
budget makers. They know.
pAssrxa moods y
From the Wsthinitaa Star
"A man in your position must study
the passing moods of the people."
i?Tes replied ' Senator Sorghum
and he- must took out for the moods
that pass so quickly that hell have to
revise the speeches he made in the
spring in order to- stand a chance of
being elected ia the fall."" -:. -A ; ,
SCHOOL GROUND
PROBLEMS
Mr. Woodward Discusses the Matter
of School Sites, Making Reference
to a i Recent Article In The Jour
J nil on the Same Subject-
Buildings Compared as to
Costs IapUsf Needs.
Br William F. ' Woodward. Member of : tea
Board of Directors. Portland .Public
I School.
That public, taxpayers '" and parents
may ' clearly understand, permit ! the
writer : to correct and amplify some
statements concerning our public
schools in your Sunday's issue :
Forty-two thousand dollars, not
$4250, has been expended toward the
Northeast high school site. .The ground
acquired exceeds actual building - re
quirements. , The-district.-though, has
entered in to, agreement with our city
commission whereby the district will
provide the ' necessary school bulming
and equipment, while the City will im
prove that portion of the 40-acre tract
not used actually for school purposes,
constructing a swimming pool, running
track, athletic field " and other recrea
tional activities, open to all our bolt
dren through the year. Insofar as the
expenditure of school funds is con
cerned, there will be an ultimate sav
ing of jnany thousands of dollars, and
for the first time in the history of our
city there is actual and active coopera
tion by and between the city, and school
authorities.
Tou say: "It has paid $8000 for
property at Erroll Heights and $10,000
for property at Kenton. The printed,
pre-election program proposed grade
school sites only for Chapman, Linn-,
ton. Oberlln and Sunnyslde schools."
Erroll Heights is another name for
Oberlin. The board negotiated before
the election with the owner of a tract
in Oberlin at an agreed price of $900
an acre. After the, election the owner
advanced the price to $1500 an acre,
agreeing- finally to accept $1250. The
board refused to consider the same and
bought, a short distance away, 10 acres
at $800 per acre.
Portable buildings sje already on the
site, and when this section enters the
city the board hopes that necessary
recreational features will be provided,
by the park department. If not, any
excess can easily be concerted i into
money. We could not buy a smaller
tract at the acre price ; the boardl was
a unit in all these transactions.
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Holladay school : Clearly understand
the board has not fixed upon any type
or cost of building for this site. Archi
tect's sketch has riot yet been sub
mitted to the board. All plans are
held in abeyance by reason of the ac
tion of - certain Individuals who are
seeking to prevent the necessary vaca
tion of two streets intersecting the pro
posed site of the ' school.
The printed program states that :
"Subject to change, the suggested pro
gram for the grade schools is as fol
lows :" New buildings of the cottage
type to replace portables at Beaumont,
Duniway, Gregory Heights, Scott,! Hol
laday, and a building of the cottage
type on a proposed pew site at Ober
lin." There is a good deal of confusion in
the minds of people as to what is meant
by a cottage type building. Room for
room, with similar material, it will
cost about twice as much to build a
one-story building as a two-story, and
where the building is placed upon ex
pensive ground, the cost in this respect
is practically doubled.
The factor of safety has been
stressed in favor of the cottage type,
and yet a slow burning, mill-constructed,
brick or concrete building,
with the heating plant apart from the
building, presents practically no pos
sible risk, and in many respects is
more satisfactory as a school building.
There Is no definite data as to cost
per room under present conditions.
Construction factors are rapidly chang
ing and no figure at this moment is
better than an approximation. l
The $10,000 purchase at" Kenton was,
in the judgment of every member of
the board, a desirable purchase. It
gives to a rapidly growing school,
ground facilities lacking since the build
ing was constructed. If not purchased
now the double block would have soon
been built over and then, save at
heavy expense, it would "have been
impossible to purchase, except by con
demnation.
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Let the writer make clear again that
the board in these matters has been at
all times practically a unit, determined
that the unhappy situation at Shat-
tuck. where the children are released
in successive periods because there is
practically no room for them to exer
cise, and at Lincoln high, where the
children cross the street to a half-
block for exercise and where pearby
residents have again and again ap
pealed to the police department asking
it to prevent the children from making
a noise, shall not prevail elsewhere.
The adjoining park blocks are ndt
available, because property owners
protest their use by. school children
for playground purposes "and are up
held by the courts.
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Look at the Couch school. Here is
half a double block occupied by an ex
pensive modern, fireproof school build
ing, crowded with t:hildren. In .the
rear is a concrete pavved'"?Court into
which the boys are herded "during re
cess and noon periods. They are not
allowed to run about for tear of per
sonal injury. Teachers are stationed
as monitors to keep them from exer
cising unduly ; yet accidents, minor In
character, average two per day. The
girls are sent out on the little graveled
yard In front. A double track carl Ine
passes along the south side of the
building, with older boys stationed
there to keep the little ones from the
menace of the swiftly moving one-man
cars.
The taxpayers paid Archbishop
Christie $142,000 for this piece of
ground. A blunder, too late now to
correct, and ever a menace to present
and future generations of children.
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. The old theory of school building
land site was simply to get ground
enougn to nota me mtuamg ana let uie
children play where they pleased, in
the street or on nearby vacant prop
erty. The growth of our City, incl
dental, congestion, auto traffic, i rise in
realty values, a better understanding
of the children's physical needs, have
changed this concept.
In a morning paper some individual.
hiding behind the good old namt of
"Taxpai--r." questions -the legal right
of the .oard to do any more than build
a schoolhouse on the ground : that it
actually occupies. Maybe he is legally
sound. The parents of our nation, how
ever, determine this question; when-
com to n iau' n fTorfeause for little If any alarm. Their
of duW e. m m m ' . j cause Is right and Just and in ths end
' T Interesting to note that in the
history, of this school district but two
citizens have, ever voluntarily con
tributed any. material earn toward the
creation . or - support of our! public
f schools. Pioneer James John gave his
modest fortune to the school and site
which perpetuates his , name. I Simon
.Sanson gave liberally toward the crea
tion of what is now one of the finest
technical schools in the United States,
wharfr-today over 1500 fine jroung lads
are being equipped mentally ; ana
physically as craftsmen and cltisetS of
the highest type. ?y
Therefore, the writer asks you
through- your columns to give to the
school board something other than
criticism which too often is not con
structive, , The writer is closing his
third yea? as a school director. At all
times it has been an absorbing task,
consuming the greater part of bis
waking- moments. At 69 years or age
and with but a -very brief span remain
ing, he is anxious to serve this com
munity in this elective, uncompensated
task in a manner which will ever
stand to his credit. With his reilow
members, ho d leads for helpful, sym
pathetic, constructive advice and criti
cism in behalf of our system" of com
mon public schools, and one true source
of American cltlsenship. v , -s
Letters From the People
lOmninriciliau vnt to The Jmrttal ' lOT
publiratiom ia this department shoVl be writ
ten on only ana aide of the paper, should not
exceed S00 words in tencta, and mast be
aicned by the writer, whose mail address in
full moat accompany tha contribution.)
THE TAX SUPER-LOAD
Union, County's Total Farm Output,
Less Cost of Production, lrtsui
ficient to Lift this Load.
Asserted.
La Grande. Sept. To the Editor
of The Journal The tax levy for state
purposes in 191S was 2.45 mills; in
1921 it was 7.51 mills, an increase in
three years of over 200 per cent. A
like increase for the next rew years
means what? Confiscation bank
ruptcy. Take, for instance. Union
county. In 1918 the tax levy for state
and county purposes was 10.3 mills ;
in 1921 it was 18.8 mills. Union coun
ty's share of state taxes in 1918 was
in round numbers $61,000; in 1931 It
was $198,000. Its tax burden for all
purposes in 1918 'was, in round num
bers, $440,000. In 1921 it was, in round
numbSrsfT68,000.
me people or union county are
largely agricultural and pastoral. With
the exception of a few lumbering
plants, we have little or no manufac
turing industries. The entire prod
ucts of the soil and range in 1922, at
present market prices, when the ex
penses of raising and marketing these
products are taken out, will not be "suf
ficient to pay Union county's tax bur
den in the sum of $768,000.
I apprehend that the farmers and
stock raisers in Union county are in as
good condition financially as In any
other farming and stockraising coun
ty in the state, if not in better condl
tion. With us this tax burden has be
come unbearable. T. H. Crawford
UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT-
Portland. Sept. 3. To the Editor of
The Journal Since the present nation
wide conflict between capital and la
bor began, represented by a vast army
of wage earners on one side and the
powerful financial interests of Wall
street on the other, the undisputed
fact has developed that the first 8tep
is yet to be made in an effort to re
adjust the differences between the two
warring factions. It has long since
become common knowledge that the
trite is not between railway mana
gers and their employes. It is not
within the power of all the railroad
presidents in America today to create
any form of settlement whatever. This
is evident from the fact that .when
President Harding sent Hoover to New
York to learn the actual causes of the
present strike he aid not interview
those connected with railway manage
ment. Instead Hoover wisely attended
a secret meeting of financiers who vir
tually own American rail way a Fol
lowing Hoover's report of existing con
ditions. President Harding adopted a
policy calculated to create a public be
lief that he favored a speedy adjust
ment of differences, and in an effort
to show his sincerity solicited and re
quested a series of conferences be
tween labor leaders and railway man
agers. It would be difficult to con
ceive a more flagrant example of Rou
ble dealing, knowing- as he did that
any "form of adjustment must come
through advisers from Wall street.
The determined effort to crush organ
ized labor backed by our present ad
ministration forms one of the darkest
pages in American history. As evi
dence of the stranglehold being ap
plied to our distinguished representa
tives, it is but necessary to point to
the recent injunction proceedings dic
tated by our illustrious Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty. This drastic action
will compare favorably with the open
ing guns at Fort Sumter that pro
claimed a determination to extend slav
ery throughout the length and breadth
of our country. Strange as it may ap
pear, the financial element directly re
sponsible for the present wage con
flict is immune from prosecution for
plundering the government of un
known millions when the clouds of war
enveloped the country, and are today
engaged in plundering the iwckets of
the men who offered their services and
their lives on the. firing line on the
battlefields of France. A non-producing
parasitic element, cursed with
inherited wealth, who with impunity
dictates the policies of our government
as illustrated by their lobbyists, who
framed a high protective tariff, pre
senting it to our United States senate,
demanding action on it. is one of the
chief reasons for the determined ef
fort to secure cheaper labor, in one in
stance alone. The C. & A. railroad,
wherein the interest and dividends On
their inflated securities has reached s
point $14,000,000 beyond the earning
capacity of the road, the "Wabash."
the C, R. I. P. and many others
present identical conditions. When
will the end be? The existence of that
invisible power that is threatening the
foundation of our civil government
is evidenced by the action of the fed
eral labor board. When Wall Street
demanded a wage reduction sufficient
to meet their requirements the labor
board, had they not been influenced by
a sinister motive, would have included
all departments in railway service.
Had they done so the reduction would
have been so trifling that a strike
would not have been justified. When
an injunction is issued depriving the
Amvican people of their constitutional
rights the man who hesitates to !g-.
nore it becomes a traitor to himself, a
traitor to his friends and a traitor to
his country. An American.
SIT TIGHT
Portland. Sept. 6. To the Editor of
The - Journal The evening papers tell
us that our good old XJ. S. government
has gone and "done" it. Enjoined ths
striking shop crafts, tied them hand
and foot. Even that wise old "round
house cat" that had loo much self
respect to stay on the Job when his
friends went out, is no longer- able to
purr or even walk along a railroad
right-of-way for fear some railroad
bull Will grab him by the tail and cast
him into the hoosegow. Ain't that
fierce? But to one who knows well the
class of men that- this order . of the
United States court affects, there Is
win prevail. As in all classes there are
men who get nervous and rock the boat
but there's enough of ths quiet, level
headed sort to keep Its head to the
waves, no matter how. rough the sea,
and to this latter class I would say :
Sit tight, and take for your motto the
good advice you will find In ths very
first lines on the editorial page of this
paper. - "Be calm, be confident, be
cheerful snd do - unto others - as you
would havs them do unto you." There
are strong forces out against too,- The
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Youngsters really aren't any wiser
than their elders. They Just think
they are. -, -- .- ,
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If everything were just exactly right
in the world little children would never
be mad to suffer.
Alleged plotters who would buy po
lice protection learn that sometimes it
isn't worth the purchase price.
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The Greek army.-wfctch has depleted
the ranks of our bootblacks, should
be a shining example, so to speak. i
At this happy season lots of men find
time to regret that their own school
days are over the hill and far away.
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Prices of wearing apparel to rise,
says a market story. An aftermath
of the fashion edict commanding long
skirts!
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The bulge In the summer pecketbook
is groaning under the weight of an
ticipation, for winter woolens will soon
be in order. .
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The irony of fate may again be ex
emplified In the case of the man wKo
spnt a whole day fishing for trout
and caught only a cold.
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The mother whose youngsters belabor
toe Jam jar in the pantry may appre
ciate something of the difficulty the
Beavers have in keeping out of tha
cellar.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
One of the most enthusiastic boost
ers for Klamath county is J. W. Mor
row, who after a two days' visit there
has returned with the seal of a new
convert. "It is a wonderful country."
he said. "I had never dreamed of its
beauty, its natural resources and its
possibilities for future development.
Take the Wood river valley, with its
great natural meadows, a great stock
country; then thero is the Tule lake
region, which ia being reclaimed by the
federal government. Why, I saw a
wheat field there of 24,000 acres that
will Yield 40 bushels to the acre. That
field was never plowed. The ground
Is silt and all that was necessary was
to drill the seed in. In a short time
a new tract of 8000 acres is to be
thrown open to homesteaders in 20
acre and 40 acre pieces. Ex-soldiers
and sailors will be given preferential
rights. Think what an opportunity for
a young man who can look into the
future and has the will to get ahead.
Another great resource of the county
Is it timber. The great need of the
country is railway development. That
will come in time, and then you will
see thousands of inhabitants where
now there is one. It is. a great coun
try." e a . a
Attending a meeting of the state
game commission Monday were Blaine
Hallock of Baker, Louis E. Bean of
Eugene and M. A, Lynch of Redmond.
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Among out-of-town visitors is Jack
Knowlea of Bend, who is, in the city
on business.
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Arrivals from Moro are Mrs. J. C.
Freeman and daughter. Hans Thomp
son and Georgia Thompson.
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H. P. Whitman and Felix A. John
son of Pendleton are among recent
arrivals from Umatilla county.
Among out-of-town visitors are Mr
and Mrs. T. O. Bla'ckwell of Hermis
ton. a a a
Mr. and Mrs. E Bauer Of Jasper are
visiting friends in Portland.
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- Among outof-town visitors are H.
C. Stevens and family cf Yoncaila.
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R. O. Goff of Sutherlin is transacting
business in Portland.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
t By Fred
The story of an Oregon family of 184S- is
here begun by Mr. Lockley. It will be con
tinued through two mare installments. The
mijrratory phaje of this history dates back to
a period whea the wagoa aa an Orecon eouV
trant'i vehicle waa stiil aa experiment.
David H. Looney lives on- the old
stage road between Salem and Jeffer
son. 1 visited his home recently and
Mr. and Mrs. Looney showed me over
the. house and told me something of
the history of the Looney family. Jesse
Looney, David H. Looney's father, was
born at Knoxville, Tenn.. in 1801. While
Still a young man ha went to Ala
bama. Like many residents of Vir
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, he
realized that slavery was an economic
mistake. The more he saw of the in
stitution the less he liked it, and so
he went to Illinois, later removing to
Wisconsin. From Wisconsin he went
to Missouri, but Missouri, having been
setuea largely Dy southerners, was
largely in sympathy with the insti
tution of slavery, so he determined to
come to Oregon.
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Mr. Looney, being quite well-to-do,
outfitted himself much more thorough
ly than most of the emigrants. He
purchased four- wagons and enough
oxen to haVe three yoke or more to.
each wagon He also bought 20 fine
cows. It is hard to think of the name
Looney without being reminded of fine
cows, for the Looney Jerseys and
Guernseys have long been famous. Jesse
Looney, before leaving for Oregon, also
purchased a number of fine mares and
also laid in stock a large amount of
garden seeds. He came with the first
large wagon emigration to Oregon, in
184S. The Or.egon emigrants gathered
at a point 12 miles west of Independ
ence, Mo. On May 18 they held a meet
ing at which a . committee was ap
pointed to; interview Dr. Whitman
about the possibilities of taking wag
ons through to Oregon. At the same
time, a committee of seven -was ap
pointed to inspect the wagons so. that
none should leave that were not fit
to make the trip. Two days later an
other meeting was .held at Big Springs,
at which Dr. Whitman was present.
William Martin, who later succeeded
Peter H. Burnett ss captain of the
wagon train, and Daniel Matheny -were
appointed a committee to secure a
guide. They chose' John Gant, who
agreed to take them as far 'as lort
Hall. ' "
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On May 22. 1I4SJ the vast concourse
ef wagons that had been assembling
several weeks broke camp and started
on the long, toilsome and hazardous
Journey for the Willamette valley. The
grass was green and luxuriant ; the
road was excellent'; the oxen were fat
and shining ; the wagens were new,
sad the canvas covers looked from; a
law when administered and used for
the purpose that it is being enforced for
this time, reminds me of "Jiggs in
last Sunday's paper, up In ths air as
high as he could get snd "Glad he
couldn't live forever." Indeed, none of
us would want to live always, if such
men as Daugherty can step Into a high
court of our country and in behalf of
the railroads get that court to use Its
power to enforce (enslave) 400.000
working men (freemen). .Politics! You
bet But -can they get-away with It?
SIDELIGHTS
A "dirt farmer" is wanted on the
tariff: committee. A -good idea. He
might be able to bring ths other mem
bers down to earth. Eugene Register.
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When a man ciamors loudest for
personal liberty, he probably wants to
do something that is not good for him.
Crane American.
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Taxpayers remind us of game fish.
They put up an excellent fight, but
they start it after swallowing the hook.
Med ford ilail-Tribune. .- - .
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A safe way to get good public offi
cials is to select men whom we eonosde
to be better than ourselves If . there
are any. Grant County Journal.. .
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Portland ! Beavers ' wouldn't mind
landing in the cellar, perhaps. If they
could be locked, in with Judge Landis
for a brief session.- Athena Press.
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The way the newspapers are jump
ing onto the, auto speeders leads us
to believe that most of the member of
the fraternity are still pedestrians.
joiiage urove sentuteL.
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Senator MeNary Is backing legisla
tion for government crop insuravnos.
What, has a high tariff failed to cure,
an the ills from which the farmer
suubtb : fiusene uuaroy
The country was never more beauti
ful as the trees bend to Mother Earth
laden with their golden fruitage and
the rainbow hues embellish the land
scape everywhere. Oregon City Banner-Courier.
Lloyd Riches, editor of the Malheur
Enterprise, is in tr.e city. He drove
with his family from' Vale In his ear.
Like other travelers, he found a bad
section of the Columbia river highway
across Morrow county and near Celilo.
Peach picking Is in progress in the
Brogan country, he reports, snd there
Is a good crop, also ,a good . crop of
appies.
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Among visitors in the city from
Heppner are Mr. and Mrs.' John . Bell
and B. F. Swenson.
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W. F. Foster Of Burns and C. C.
Berkeley of Hay Creek are among out
or town guests.
C. Brennen of Roseburg Is among
out or town visitors.
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W. T. Phy of the Hot Lake sanitar
ium is In the city on business.
Peter Farley, 'one of Morrow coun
ty's sheepmen, is visiting in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Dix 1
Marsnneid are visiting in Portland.
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J. D. Billingsley of Ontario. Is among
out or town visitors.
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C. L. Willaby of Condon is transact
ing business in Portland.
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- Mrs. L. F. Griffith of Salem was vis-
lung friends in Portland Monday.
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S. N. Prescott of Echo is taking In
tne signis 01 ine metropolis.
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An out-of-town visitor Is Leslie
Hope of Vale.
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Another visitor from Bend Is V.
1-JBrowning.
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Among recent arrivals In the city Is
J. m. Ainutt of Klamath Falls.
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Visitors from Prlneville are J.
Mays and r. Cordes.
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W.,L. Harris of post is registered
at one of the leading hotels.
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G. E. Rutherford of Malheur is
among out of town guests.
E. L Konklin of The Dalles Is trans
acting business in the metropolis,.
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Among put of town arrivals is Wal
ter R. Bilyeu of Albany.
Lockley
distance like a fleet of salmon boats
in the old days of sailing craft, com
ing into the mouth of the Columbia.
The first night's camp was more like
a picnic than the start of a long and I
toilsome journey. Visits were made!
from campfire to campfire. The young 1
people sang and skylarked while the
older ones told of their - journeys by '
wagon from Virginia snd Tennessee to
Missouri and discussed their plans for
the future.
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' On May Jl the emigrants, while
crossing the Kansas river, met Father
DeSmet and Father DeVos. wno wen
on their way to their mission among
the Flathead Indians.-. The next day a
meeting was called ang Peter H. Bur
nett was elected captain snd J. W.
Nesmith orderly. sergeant; nine others
were appointed to serve as council
men. On June 12 buffalo meat was
brought into camp for the first time.
A few days later they came into the
antelope country and feasted on an
telope meat. On July 14 Fort Laramie
was reached and herfe several days
were spent repairing wagons and mak
ing preparations for the rougher trip
ahead. Some of the emigrants, who
had failed to take along enough food,
were shocked to find they had to pay
$1.50 a pint for coffee, 3 a quart for
brown sugar, 25 cents a. pound for
flour, $1.50 a pound for powder and
76 cents a pound for lead. August S,
6 - and 7 were spent in crossing the
summit of the Rocky mountains and
there, for the first time. ih emigrants
drank from the headwaters of small
streams that would eventually" find
their way. to the Pacific ocean. -
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On August .12 .. Information was
brought to them that .Dr. Whitman
had sent word-that the Flathead In
dian pilot of the Catholic missionaries
had discovered a pass by wsy of Fort
Bridger that was shorter than the
former road. Fort Bridger was situ
ated on the Black fork of Green river.
There they overtook the Catholic mis
sionaries. They arrived at Fort Hall
August 27. Fort-Hall-was situated
on ths south bank of the Snake river.
At Fort Hall Captain John Gant left
the party and Dr. Marcus Whitman
served ss pilot from there to ths Grand
Ronde valley, where he turned the Job
over to an Indian named Sticks s. Oc
tober t. 4, S and C were spent in cross
ing the Blue mountains, and on Oc
tober 10 they camped not far from Dr.
Whitman's mission. On October 1
the emigrants camped at Fort Wall
Walla, a Hudson's Bay post in charge
of Archibald McKlnley. Here they
were 1691 miles from Independence.
Mo., from which point they had started
147 days before. During the entire
trip they had averaged a little less
than 12 miles a day.
For a time. yes. But don't- forget.
There will corns a day in the history of
our country when these same working'
men and their women folks will have a
vote and a chance to say If such men
as are now st the held of the present
political machine will again ever be
able to use their power to crush the
working class the men who mads this
land of ours The land of the .brave.
the home of the free. Sit tight, boys ;
don't rode the boat. Live right, , but
don't fail to vote. Anxious.
The Oregon! Country
Northwest Hapjwniaca ta iirJef form for tha
Bear Reader.
' OREGON
More than SO tons of Dears are beinr
canned daily by the. Roseburg cannery.
Work has beams on the new 110 000
union school building at Blaehly. The
structure will be completed in time for
apring lerm. . -
Miss Beneta Rtrmn) :; aont rT " tha
state bureau of nursing and financed
by the Oregon State Tubercu lost sasso
ciation. Is sow countv nuraa for Benton
county. - - - ' - -
Sheriff llAtiarta tmrnt WS-lAa aaluit
e first rye whiskey still ever oonfis
eated in Deschutes county. The plant
wbj uuna in me airaita section ana
waa runnmg run blast. .
The new milling plant' at the La
Bellevue mln nu, r.nii. it
r?T ,or operation. November 1- The
mill operates 10 stamps and will have
a daily capacity ef 0 tons.
, The lumber shipments by water from
the Columbia river during the month
of August, while 1.400.000 feet leas than
the preceding-month, were quite heavy
and totaled over 67,000.000 feet.
The Coatee Lumber company is' ar
ranging to reopen its mill at the east
end of Tillamook bay. Houses that
have bees vacated for years are being
repaired and made ready for occu
pancy.
Edward Worrell, one of the last
members of the pioneer Worrell family
of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors were
friends cf William Penn, died at the
family home in Albany Friday, aged
80 years, -
A gasoline caterpillar shovel has
been purchased by the Booth-Kelly
Lumber company snd is beinr used
I by that concern in excavating for log
sins railways in ine country aoove
Wendllng. - ,
Miss Bessie Agnes Dwyer, for 10
years dean of the congressional library
st Washington. D. C, has been secured
to take charge of -La Grande's public
library to succeed Miss Mary Nichols,
who recently resigned.
The Quicksilver Syndicate has been
organised at Central Point and will
take over the David Force quicksilver .
mine at Gold Hill, which wiU be re
equipped with extensive snd modern
furnaces snd mine equipment, - f -
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Fifty thousand cases is the season's
sockeye salmon pack on Puget Sound,
as compared with 102,000 cases last,
year. - - . ' -
Safeblowers at Seattle Friday night
blew open the safe of the Skipper Bar,
soft drink parlors, and escaped with
$2S00 in cash.
Mrs Fred Chadburn of Carlln Bay
was fined $10 at Coeur d'Alene for
burning brush without a permit from
the forest service.
One of the vaults In the office of ths .
Simpson Logging company at Shelton
was opened by burglars Friday night,
who departed with about $2000 in cash.
Grape culture is proving so popular
In the White Blufts-Hanford district
of Yakima valley that growers are or
ganizing to Induce the establishment of
a Juice factory.
Harold J. McCune. 34. a mechanic,
died at a hospital in Seattle Friday
night from injuries he- received when
he was struck by a truck which he had
cranked while in gear.
The Washington State Association of
Sanipractio Physicians was formed
last week at a meeting- of drugless phy
sicians in Spokane attended by 100
delegates from all parts of the state.
Just as she was preparing for the
final week of her campaign., Mrs. Clara -Bealer.
-candidate for representative
from the 4Sd district, suffered a broken
arm while cranking hr car at Seattle.
Harry Mueller, 22, an employe of the
Whiton Hardware company, was found
dead Friday in the basement of his
father's home in Seattle, having com
mitted suicide by hanging himself to a
raner. k -
Captain Siegfried A. J. Dora, deputy
United States shipping commissioner.
Is among three men arrested st Seattle
by federal drv arenta who auuert thav
have discovered an international
smuggling ring. -
Hundreds of tons of tha finest conte-
loupes and watermelons ever grown
in the Yakima valley are rotting in the
news Because growers cannot get a
price that will reimburse them for
picking and crating. -.
IDAHO 1
On September 1 the state of Idaho
had $190,481.41 invested in county
warrants. T - - . .
-Idaho's stats highway fund repre
sents the largest fund on the books of
the state treasurer, starting on the
first of this month with $1,106,625.60.
Owinar to tha rimt ralna and raxinn-
tlon irr the number of fires, the for
est service nas uscnargea au tne emer
gency crews in the Coeur d'AJene and
St, Joe national forests.
Miss Ruth Hahn. 26. a worker In tha
war department at- Waahinrton.' died
last week at the home of her mother,
in Coeur d'Alene. a victim ef nhr-
rfsulosls following an attack of Influ-,
ensa.
The Idaho state board rf au1iiratlnn
has gone ibn record- against legislative
appropriations ior dormitories at state
educational institutions, claiming that
housing facilities should be provided
by private capital.
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of Sept. 12, It 02
The fierce forest fires that are rag-
ing around the suburbs of the citv.
and throughout Western Washington
snd Oregon are Increasing in volume.
Near Vancouver three probable fatali
ties are reported. These are Mrs. Hen- '
derson. and her. two children of Fifth
Plains. At Oresham it looked for a
time last night as If the entire settle
ment would be destroyed. A ihumber
of houses at Russellville were destroyed
toosy ana MOntavllla is seriously'
threatened this afternoon.
" It Is reported that the cows In the
vicinity of Woodland and at other'
Lewis river points are affected with;
smallpox. The health office is investi
gating. :i- - j
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The smoke from the raging forest
fires made it so dark at St. Helens '
yesterday that it was impossible to ,
see indoors without a light, v
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City Engineer Elliott has ordered the
closing of the Alder street bridge from'
16th to 19th, and. the 16th street bridge,
from Alder to Washington, on account
Of their unsafe condition. -
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Louis Lachmund of Salem of the
firm of Horst aV Lachmund. large hop
dealers, .is in the city on business. He
says great things -are being expected
of the hop yield, the weather for which
rules favorable. -
The county commissioners nave cut'
down the pay of the' road supervisors,
from $2.25 to $2 per day. The -super
visors. - who were before ths court in.
a body, made a concerted kick but
It has been discovered that the statute
fixes ths amount at $2. --
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An outrage is being committed en "
ths residents of Everett street, between '
20th and 2 2d streets, by the devasta- f
tion of ths trees and ths littering of
debris in the street, in the moving of
a building. - ' : .
A great tnany people Interested In
hipping are complaining about the ,
Port of Portland commission because:
of its not keeping the bar at the mouth ,
of the river in good condition. The
Palamhslt left down the river this
morning with 4000 tens ef wheat. Had
the channel been in good condition she
could have taken 6000 tons. ! .
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The Belding murder case was closed
last night with a verdict of murder Sa -ths
flrsj, degree. .: , - .
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