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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
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Troth. Spurgsoo.
BETTER JETTISON HIM
TJ1OR the sake of the Harding ad
X; ministration and the good of the
country Attorney General Daugh
erty should leave the cabinet. His
conduct- as head of the department
of justice has been such as to bring
only disrepute on the administra
tion and to encourage radicalism
within the nation.
There is no one to ueny fhe ef
fectiveness of his efforts in behalf
of Mr. Harding before, during and
a political manipulator Mr. Daugh
erty Was successful enough to land
his - friend in the presidency and
himself in the office of attorney
general.' But as, an administrator
of tone of the' most important de
partments, of government, Mr. !
Daugherty has done nothing but
stir up class feeling, encourage
radicalism and demonstrate his lack
Of capacity T for the duties" of the
high position he holds.
He has repeatedly - and without
a n aatlrf arinrv exn1a.na.tlon elimi
nated prosecution after prosecution
in cases where the evidence indi
cated prosecutions should have been
carried forward. After 18 months,
all the war -profiteers are at large.
Practically none of the huge sums
due the government from war con
tractors have been recovered. And
now comes the notorious Chicago'
injunction, the most vicious repres
sive measure brought forward in
America since the time of the old
Federalist party.
i, The Daugherty record is a record
ofi amazing action when there
should have been no action and of
an; amazing inaction when action
should have been taken. .
To protect the president against
his cabinet, Mr. Daugherty should
resign. . If not that, the president
will either have to remove him in
protection of himself or' accept the
responsibility for Mr. Daugherty's
cross errors of commission and
omission.
Twenty-five thousand dollars for
fnsDiratienn is one Item In Inez
Ford's breach of promise euit. The
"Inspiration, it Is explained, was
that, after looking deeply Into her
eyes. . her song writer fiance was
able to write f bis most popular
songs. Why not put In a claim for
another Inspirational of $25,000 for
those times he gazed on her curls
f made with anj electric Iron at her
t hairdresser's ? i
AS YEARS' ROLL ON
ttTTls word, is . as
.good as ills
. JUL
: bond," was a pari of the
tribute that judge' Henry 'McGinn
pall to the guest of honor at the
Joseph Braioh: Itrach eon.' - k
-,That!was-Jo Simon's reputation
i in' those. hwctic days of politic in
t Oregon, a generation ago. Even his
f political -enemies admitted- and-ac-
5 claimed it. - -
- There was a great deal that Mr
Simon stood for in those times that
: this era would not tolerate. There
i was a great deal that most men in
i politics accepted as legitimate in
f those days that would not be ap
1 proved" now. It was not so much
1 the fault of th men as' the fault of
i the system. The same men'in these
'.times with a background of public
t sentiment and public conscience
f that we now have would have op
erated on a higher plane. -
Public men in all times are pretty
much on the same level with their
constituencies. It is only now and
then that a. leader appears with the
intrepidity, nerve and moral stam
ina to vision and call ; tor an ad
vance 40 higher Ideals. Lincoln
died a martyr for that kind of ac
tion. Roosevelt split a political
party In twain In such an endeavor.
Wood row Wilson was crucified for
daring: to vision and strive f or
peaceful world. The poor rewards
that often come when men go
ahead of (he procession largely ac
count for the fact that constituen
cies and common practice usually
make public men what they are.
But times and men are changing-.
Ideals are higher. In Oregon, in
particjil&r, politics and public af
fairs are purer. A. lot of old po
litical hacks say not, but- they are
forgetful of things that were. And
there will be more and more ad
vances, particularly if the citizen
mass more and mpre.increase their
demands for an improving order.
It was of value to him and to the
public that Mr. Simon deserved
and had said of him that "his word
is as good, as his bond." And there
were other highly commendatory
things that could be said of Mr. Si
mon in both his public and private
life. His SO years of law practice,
along with his public endeavors,
have made him & part of the politi
cal history of the state. The confi
dence of friends and former politi
cal foes in him has never waned,
but grows stronger as the years
roll on.
ALL, OVER
A STEEL cell, a rope made of
-a- strips of the sheet on his bed,
and finis that is the final curtain
on the career of Brumfield.
Testerday, a prominent citizen,
accomplished and polished man of
affairs; today lone actor in a drama
for getting himself out of a world
in which he miserably failed!
Yesterday, In full enjoyment of
the confidence and esteem of his
community, surrounded with all the
appointments and comforts that go
to make life delightful; today con
victed and condemned as principal
in one of the most revolting mur
ders in state history!
Thousands will be relieved in the
realization that this hideous story
of the ' fall of a man .is all over
There will always be mystery of
why and how the mind of a man
otherwise sane could have planned
and executed the crazy scheme
that, starting with the preliminaries
to the ride he took with the body
of Dennis Russell at Roseburg, end
d yesterday in an Improvised gal
lows, a nooe and himself as his
own hangman.
The pitiful thing of it is that
there are always innocents upon
whom the fall of a man lays its toll.
Children, wife and other relatives
have passed under the rod In this
unparalleled case.
Theirs was not the fault, nor the
cause; and therefore it is not theirs,
on account of him, to be given fur
ther pain by the world around
them.
Man in the confidence and es
teem of his community is In lofty
estate. How can he be lured by the
vain and forbidden things of life
into the paths that lead nowhere
else but to a final fall?
She Is 60. She applied to vote
in the Kansas primaries. "What is
your age? queried an election
clerk. "I am over 21," she an
swered, "but I wear 16- year -old
clothes." Who could doubt from her
reply that ' she was perfectly ca
pable of voting, as women generally
are.
GOOD PORT BUSINESS
AT THIS moment the port's ar
rangement to do the sitrantic
piece of dredging for the Long-Bell
lumber Interests at Kelso looks like
a rare stroke of good business.
Credit is correspondingly due Chief
Engineer James Polhemus of the
port commission, who made the
plan and conducted the negotia
tions.
At this time Of year the dredging
season ends. The .port's dredgers
are usually laid up. Large fixed
expense' goes on without returns.
Under the agreement with the
Long-Bell company the port's
dredgers will be moved to Kelso as
rapidly as they are released from
purely public work. One is already
on the job. Two will follow in six
weeks. At a rate of $1000 a day
for each of the larger dredges and
$600 a day for the smallest the
removal of 12.000,000 cubic yards
of material will b begun; The cost
will probably aggregate $,0 00.0 00.
rendering it one Of 'the largest
dredging enterprises of public or
private character yet conducted in
this district. The port's treasury
will in the end probably be richer
by a large sum earned through usa
of otherwise; Idle equipment,
' - Private contractors, 'largely from
Paget Sound, were given the same
opportunity to make - use of ithe
port's- dredging equipment should
they i land the work. . Atop 'the
port's Uniform, charge they would,
of - coarse, have - added their own
costs and profits.; Thus the direct
contract with the-, port stands "to
save the lumber - company several
hundred thousand dollars. -"
The plan embodies high quality
of public service. Long-Bell in
terests were attracted, hither not
mora through their own ''investiga
tions .than by representations of
the port's traffic department, the
Chamber of Commerce ami other
civic organizations. .
The location at Kelso of a de
velopment that will cost .not less
than ,,000.000 was partially, de
termined upon in order to he with
in the zone of Port of Portland
service. The fine plan, prepared
and now about to be executed un
der direction of th port'a engineer
demonstrates the value of the port's
service to. industry. Its by-product
of good name for the Port of Port
land will be worth many times the
possible amount earned In money.
While it arouses an kinds of ex-
citment to hear that the first prize
beauty of Bordlghera on the Ri
viera is coming here to live we will
stake a Portland rose that after her
arrival she will rank only as one of
Oregon's many pretty girls. .
IF SMOTHERED
IN attempting to shot off discus
sion In the United States, senate
and otherwhere of the Infamous
Daugherty injunction, Senator Wat
son of Indiana made a very grave
mistake. He insisted that the mat
ter was not a matter for public dis
cussion and settlement, but could
only be settled in the courts.
s The right of free speech, free as
semblage and freedom of action is
not merely a. legal matter. It is a
matter fundamental to the rights
and liberties of the people of this
country. It is a question that will
not be solved by technicalities and
argument in courts, but that will be
solved by the solemn verdict of the
peoples of the country. - '
The people of this nation have
reared a code of law for the pro
tection of the public. But that law
is always subject to change if the
voters of the country decide that
changes are necessary, and when
that law can be so interpreted as to
abrogate the cherished right of
speech and assemblage to a great
body of the public, the public will
demand that the law be altered.
It is for that reason that the
Daugherty injunction is a matter
for public discussion. It is pert!
nent to the senate that the funda
mental liberties of the people of this
nation be preserved. It is pertinent
to the public that they be preserved
Their preservation is far more than
a legal question it is a question
that may ultimately be settled at
the ballot box.
Senator Watson and the attorney
general will find that the law as
it stands may be interpreted in
various ways. ' It may be so con
strued as to temporarily abrogate
the rights of great bodies of men.
But it cannot by any means. Messrs.
Watson and Daugherty to the con
trary notwithstanding, be construed
to still the powerful voice of the
people of the country.
The people are not yet willing to
give up what was guaranteed them
in the Bill of. Rights.
Lenin, Debs and Foster will
please take notice. At one of Port
land's business houses the boss
walks to work, his -salesmen drive
down in coupe flivvers and his ste
nographer appears at 9 o'clock in
a large and highly polished limou
sine. CRIMINAL DRIVING
AS everyone who drives knows.
te Columbia river highway
west of Portland is full of curves
and grades. It is a road not adapted
to speed or stunts at the best and
it calls for a cautiously controlled
speed in wet weather.
On this road a Portland business
man and his family were proceed
ing homeward a few days ago after
a trip to Puget Sound. They had
ferried the river at Rainier. On
one of the worst places in the road
they approached an automobile
traveling, at a decent speed. But
before they could meet the first
vehicle another swung around it
and despite the fact that the Inter
vening space was obviously too
short, attempted to pass.
It was a tense moment. The in
terloper car proceeded with not the
slightest slackening of its speed.
All three cars met. The Portlander
swung his car "to the ditch. He
had that paralyzing pre-vision of
how his children and wife would
appear hurled from the wrecked
car among the rockai In ' an in
stant It was all over. The speeding
car scraped paint from both the
other machines. This was the ex
tent of tbe damage. But the reck
less driver, whoever he was, does
not know how little barm he did.
As Is the practice ot bis kind he
rushed on too swiftly for his li
cense number to be caught.
On the Pacific highway south of
Portland a similar occurrence had
a less happy ending. The innocent
victim In this instance was forced
to the ditch and against the bank
when the three cars met abreast.
He was unconscious when taken
from the machine and is today in a
local hospital on the slow road to
uncertain recovery. The speeder
hurried on.
Any driver who. In attempting to
pass another going in the same di
rection, collides with a car coming
from the opposite direction, should
be sent to the penitentiary and be
forever deprived of a driver's li
cense. H la utterly without exr
cuse. His. is one of the high crimes
of the road. x, :
A New Jersey man has moved
five times within six. months, to get
away from his mother-in-law. But
every time he lands in a new loca
tion she moves in next door.. To
cap the climax, and to his great
consternation. She has Informed him
that she will follow him to the
ends of the earth. Unhappily for
him. mothers-in-law cannot' be di
vorceo. There " Is ' no r law for it,
probably because' most mothers-in-
law are the salt of the earth.
WAGE QUESTION
IS NOT ALL
Underlying It Is the Question
Whether Railroads Are to Be Oper
ated to Serve the Public or to Pro
duce Private Profit The Farm-;
-. er'at - Relation to the - Problem
iTha Anti-Strike Proposition
Watered Stock; A Family's
Needed Income Increase -tn
; Roads' Operating Income
From a Bulletin Prepared sad Diatrfbuted
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Enswaera.
. Even it the rail shopmen's strike
settled tomorrow and the men given
just wage for che time being, the rail
way problem wilt not be solved but
only deferred until a future transpor
tation calamity compels the Amer
can people to face the issue. The ques
tion is whether the railways of this
country are to be operated for private
profit or for public service. The rail
roads under private ownership have
been financed and managed mo that
they claim they cannot combine fair
rates to the farmer and other shippers
with fair treatment of their employes
and a reasonable return on their cap
italization. So long as 'deficits iin
stock dividends are taken out of the
wages of the employes and the service
given the public, there will be no per
manent industrial peace on American
railways. The crux of the whole rail
problem is the inability or unwilling
ness of American railroads under pres-J
ent management to, pay a decent wsge
to -the railroad workers. The railroads
come before the American .peopleand
say they cannot pay a Uviog wage
and make a 6 per cent dividend at
the same time ; therefore, they, want
wages reduced still farther. They have
secured an order from the labor board
fixing- railway men's pay as low as
23 cents an hour, or $1.84 a day. This
AAnlAK Via, V. ... w.ll.u. 1
dividends, coupled with the Inefflciency
Kifiuc icwivvu uj uruwrs. aviiu
other shippers, makes it necessary for
the people themselves to control the
(railroads of the country, just as they
control the dirt roads as a nubluvutil
ity operated for the goodf all. The
railroad workers themselves have come
forward with a constructive tilaa to
bring thia about, under which the roads
would be directed by technical experts
and managed by a joint board repre
senting the public, the employes, and
the technicians. Until some such set
tlement is reached and the principle of
puoiic service dominates the railroad
industry, there is bound to be recurring-
Industrial friction between the men
who demand a fair wage and stock
owners who demand the maximum pos-
si Die dividend. .Meanwhile it is to the
interest of the public at large to de
mand a' settlement of the railway
problem that will combine efficient
service with just treatment- of em
ployes. The present management has
proved entirely unable to accomplish
eitner. ,
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The Farmers National Council, head
quarters or the progressive farm or
ganizations of the country, has issued
a statement supporting -the claims of
uie railway shopmen and the miners
ror a decent human wage. The Farm
ers' Council advises its members that
their own welfare depends udoii the
ability of the workers to win their
strike, without which they cannot pur-
cnase me xarmers' products. The state
ment says in part :
1 he members of vour organisation
know that .labor well paid for honest
work is the farmers' best market. Few
miners and lew railway men were re
ceiving a lair living wage when the
mine ana railroad strikes were called.
These strikes were inevitable to prevent
miners and railway employes from be
ing sacrificed to the greed of the same
financial interests which have robbed
farmers of $20,000,000,000-during the
past three years by hammering the
prices farmers received "t or their prod
ucts away down below the cost of pro
duction, and are now trying to crush
labor unions. If the miners and rail
way employes lose their strike, their
power to purchase farm products will
be seriously curtailed, and farmers will
suffer."
An amendment of the transportation i
act prohibiting railroad workers from
striking to secure a decent wage would i
never De accepted by the public, let !
alone the workers. An anti-strike pro- !
vision in the present transportation
act was defeated by congress at the
time tne act was passed, and it can
never be enacted unless the public and
the administration lose all sense of
social justice. To tie men to their
jobs against their will and cempel
them to work under threat of impris
onment is contrary to every precept
of freedom and justice. It Is invol
untary servitude of the worst type. It
would be unfair discrimination against
the workers, since it would compel the
fixation of prices at which men must
sell their labor, but it does not fix
the price at which they can buy goods.
In other words, if the government, by
threat , of military or Judicial force, is
to compel men to labor for a given
sum contrary to their will, it must
likewise embark upon Erovernment fix
ation of prices covering not only what
tne woricer eats but the rent he pays
and the, clothes he buya Otherwise
fixing wages alone , becomes discrim
ination of the most unjust sort. If
the government once begins the fixing
of labor prices, it cannot In Justice
stop short of fixing all other prices,
which would be extreme state socialism-
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Experts of the Interstate Commerce
commission have finished their valua
tion of the Pere Marquette" railroad,
and find that nearly 40 per cent of
the value claimed by the road is noth
ing but water. The government engi
neers declare the Pere Marquette can
be rebuilt for $63,309,242 without any
reduction for depreciation, and includ
ing a generous allowance for increase
in real estate owned by the road, al
though these increased land values
were not created by the road itself.
The stocks and bonds of the Pere
Marquette have been Inflated to $101,
711,386, upon which both the public
and the employes are compelled - to
pay dividends. At ordinary interest
rates,. therefore, shippers and passen
gers -are overcharged and the wages
of employes are beaten down in order
to pay a- dividend of about $3,500,000
a year en the watered stock of this rail
road. The Interstate Commerce com
mission's valuation of the Pere .Mar
quette amply "bears out the iairrm 6f
tne railroad, labor unions recently made
before the senate committee of -interstate
commerce to the effect that the
railroads could never pay fair wages
or give reasonably' low rates "to the
public Until . fictitious . valuation I is
squeezed out of their stocks. Mean
while both the public and the employes
sutler, i- - --- . ..... ..
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The leading business men of Rich
mond. Va., have Just figured out what
It takes for the average American
family AO maintain a decent standard
of living. The Richmond Rotary club
asaea ach member to bring to thw
meeting a statement of the lowest Hy
ing expenditures on which . a family
could be, maintained : in . reasonable
comfort. One by one the-Items were
added wp and the estimate voted fair
by the, members. Clothinsr. Insurance
premiums, food, coal, rent and medical
attention bad been set aside, when
suddenly the man who was keeping
the books announced that the budget
already amounted to $5325, although
fire insurance, school bills. - amuse
ments, i replacement of furniture and
crockery, - taxes, .and, above all, sav-
ings, had , not - yet been considered.
"The discussion was about to end -la
despair.' the Richmond News Leader
states, "when some member moved
that the income of the unfortunate
head of the house be doubled. None
of the items In the budget discussed
by the Rotary club Included extrava
gances or luxuries. They covered Sim
ply the necessary living expenses oi
the average family. The minimum
budget for a decent American living
was the aim, yet none of them could
figure it out for J 5000 a year. The find
ings of the club are especially signifi
cant because of the recent order of the
United States labor board cutting the
pay of rail employes to as low as
$1-84 a day or $583.04 a year. Such a
sum Is so incompatible with an Ameri
can standard of living that the em
ployes are certainly justified In claim
ing that the board has violated the
provisions of the transportation act
in refusing to fix a "just and reason
able wage." There will not, and -should
hot, be peace in the transportation in
dustry until these men are given Just
treatment.
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The Interstate Commerce- commis
sion has made' public the reports filed
by 136 leading railroads showing s
net operating income nearly 100 per
cent greater than that for the same
month last year. The reports cover in
full the income and expenses for the
month of May, 192. and show a net
operating income of 46,967.700 as
against $29,393,000 for the same month
last year. This huge increase of in
come for the larger carriers was
achieved in spite of the heavy drop
In coal shipments caused by the min
ers walkout. At the same time the
net operating expenses of these rail
roads decreased 6V4 per cent over the
same period last year. This import
ant information is given to the public
at an opportune time, since it bears
out completely the-claims of the rail
way employes who are striking for a
living wage.
UJbetterS FrOlll the People
I Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed S00 words tn length, and must be
signed by tha writer, whose mail address is
full moat accompany tha contribution.
PIERCE'S RECORD AS SENATOR
A Statement in Refutation of Charge
That - He Has Hurt the Business
and Industries of Oregon.
La Grande. Sept. 9. To the Editor
of The Journal An editorial In the
Oregon Voter of September 9 says of
Walter M. Pierce:
"As senator, Walter M. Pierce did
his utmost to defeat, discredit and de
stroy the Oregon state highway pro
gram, and commission. Do the people
of Oregon intend to turn its admin
istration over to him? The next gov
ernor has the appointing power to
name an entirely new commission."
It is true that Senator Pierce op
posed the present large bond issue for
public road purposes and the present
state highway road program
First, because this bond issue would
place upon the people of the state
too heavy a burden of taxation.
Second, because the program provid
ed for a system of main public high
ways leading from all portions of the
state and from other states into Port
land, Oregon's metropolis, which would
furnish the farmer, stockraiser and
producer no means of transporting
their products to market, but largely
a means of automobile travel for
pleasure.
The people are beginning to see
that he was right In his opposition to
these measures. But, the bonds hav
ing been Issued and this program
adopted. Senator Fierce is in favor of
carrying the same out in good faith
and of obtaining a dollar's worth of
good roads tor every dollar expended.
It is currently reported I don't know
how much truth there is in it that the
engineering expenses in the construc
tion of highways, exclusive of bridges,
amounts to over 60-. per cent of the
highway construction costs .under the
present program. If this is true, there
is something radically wrong some
where. It might not be amiss to have
Senator Pierce, as governor, name and
appoint the state highway commission.
The editorial further states : "As sen
ator he was the author of numerous
measures hurtful to the Industries and
business of Oregon."
This statement is a libel pure and
simple upon Senator Pierce. He was
the author of the market road bill,
the only law upon the statute books
of the state that is calculated to give
the producers good roads to carry their
products to market. He was the au
thor of the soldiers' educational bill,
the first law enacted In any state for
the relief of our soldier boys in the
late war. Are these laws hurtful to
the industries and business of Ore
gon?
The author cannot point to a sin
gle measure fathered by Senator Pierce
that is hurtful to the industries or busi
ness of Oregon. We have too many
commissions, too much overhead ex
pense, too much duplication, too many
clerks, and subordinate officers, fat
tening on the taxpayers money.
If Senator Pierce is elected governor
he will undobtedly hit hard at these
commissions and this waste of the
money of the people and if Ole Hoff
should be elected state treasurer and
happen to be congenial with the sena
tor, this would undobtedly result in
great saving to the state. This could
certainly not be hurtful to the Indus
tries or business of Oregon. Should
a number of the supreme justices re
sign and were the Bertator then-gov
ernor his appointments would . undoubt
edly result in a non-partisan judiciary,
which would certainly hot be hurtful to
the industries or business of Oregon.
If Senator Pierce, as governor of Ore
gon, had to fill a vacancy in the United
States Senate. I ipprehend he would
appoint to that position a man with the
ability, honesty and worth of ex-Sena
tor George K. Chamberlain; which
would certainly not be hurtful to the
industries or business of Oregon.
, The people demand that tne affairs
of the state be conducted In the In
terest of the people instead of the
officeholders. They demand that state
affairs be run on a sound, sane, eco
nomic, business basis. They know
that Walter M. Pierce will give them
this kind of administration and they
are going to elect him governor on
.November 7 next. T. H. Crawford.
VICTORT OUT OF DEFEAT
Reedville, Or., Sept 6.T0 the Editor
of The Journal According to the point
of view of the railroads the , striking
shopmen nave lost out. The railroads
are constantly telling the public how
nearly 100 per cent efficient their shops
are running. It is a campaign of prop
aganda that reminds us of the days of
the World war. However, were the
shopmen to lose their strike it would
still be a victory for labor. Christi
anity went through the darkest night
on Calvary,- yet what seemed like de
feat turned out to be the greatest of
victories. The .striking shopmen are
but fighting the age-old battle of labor
for better condition. They themselves
may not harvest the benefit of their
struggle. It seems to be always, that
way. They may be. but the martyrs
of a cause that with the light of pub
licity turned on ft must and will tri
umph. I want to congratulate The
Joarnal for its courage in dealing with
the strike situation. . O. . Frank.
NO HARM IS THAT
" . From tha Houston Post . ..
f "But, daughter, I have , always
warned you against marrying a spendthrift.-
, ,
. "I know, hut you never advised me
not to be engaged to one.'
COMilENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Men who fear the toil of the '-law'
thereby very often confess their guilt.;
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Tou'd be surprised to realise bow
much honest, wholesome romance there
is in this fanny old, world.
A good many people are being kept
out of the taxpaying class by high
taxes. You find the answer.
a . a a
It sometimes so happens that if the
window displays drwTt get you the ad
vertisements must. j
Snakes with two beads' are mom or
less common even in communities
where the Volstead law is obeyed to
the letter.
o a
The nomination of Lodge in Massa
chusetts is proof enough that the Bay
State doesn't entirely agree with the
rest of the nation.
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The constant "predictions' of better
things andL better tmes might take on
the form of performance just tor a
change.
Along toward the first of the passing
season this winning streak might have
some effect on thd Beaver's baseball
hopes.
.
Just how muea of the blame for
murder should we attach to other ele
ments than the two teen age New
York boys who actually committed the
crime?
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Collector of Internal Revenue Hunt
ley, Phillip Metschan and Colonel
George H. Kelly left Wednesday morn
ing on a deer hunting expedition into
the Cascade mountains south of Eu
gene.
a a
William Pollman, whose postoffice
address is Baker, but who is seldom at
home, arrived In Portland oq the train
of Wednesday morning.
a a
Mr. and Mra L. E. McCllntock of
Roseburg are among out-of-town vis
itors. . a a . a
Visitors from Echo registered at the
Imperial are Mrs. E. W. Rhea and
Irene Rhea
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K. Gekeles of La Grande is among
transient guests transacting business
In Portland.
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C.W. Holmes of Pendleton Is among
representatives of the Round-Up City
temporarily sojourning In Portland.
II. E. Warner of Lexington is among
the most recent arrivals in the cjy.
...
Frederick Steiwer, attorney of Pen
dleton, Is looking after the interests
of a client in Portland. - ,
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E. P. Merrick of Medford is among
out of town guests.
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Among the guests of the Portland Is
Frederick Baker of Valsetz.
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Herbert Armstrong of North Bend
is registered at the Portland. -
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Mr. and Mra Roy F. Paula of Uma
tilla are among out of town visitors.
e e
M. D.. Shanks of Lebanon is a guest
of the Multnomah.
a a a
A Madden of Corvallls is transact
ing business in Portland.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By, Fred
:i- la this the ; third and"- eoandmr " tSiatafl
ment of hia story of the - Looney, family -in
Oragtm, Mf. Lockley inoorperatea snrJSiT. reml
nifloescei oi patriotic e Tents in tha '40a Ha
also quotes from documents : to., tha posses
sion of the Looneys.
"When" I visited Looney'S'stage sta
tion, four miles north of Jefferson, re
cently I talked with-Mr. and Mrs. Da
vid Looney about the old days when
their roomy old home was thronged
with the passengers coming and go
ihg between Portland and San Fran
cisco on the four-horse stages. David
Looney is a son of Jesse Looney, who
took up the place as a donation land
claim Jesse Looney settled on a place
three Allies south of Salem In the spring
of 1844, but, liking the country near
Parrish Gap better, he took a 640-acre
claim near, what is now known as
Looney's butte.
a a a
Jesse Looney was married in Ala
bama. March 16, 1827. His wife's
maiden name was Ruby Crawford
Bond. She was born March 18. 1808,
near Covington, Ky. In 1817 her par
ents removed to Alabama. They had
six children who came across the plains
with them, and seven more were born
in Oregon. The Looneys have not only
seen history made in Oregon, as they
came here in the days of Oregon's pro
visional government, but have also
helped make history. In 1846, when,
for the first time, the American set
tlers celebrated the Fourth of July in
Oregon, Mra Horace Holden and Miss
Looney presented a flag to the newly
organized military company, called the
Oregon Rangers, which they themselves
had made, in Oregon City a liberty
pole, which had been cut by Sheriff
William Holmes and presented to the
Fourth of July committee, was erected,
and the celebration was held. William
Flnley was marshal of the day. The
procession was formed at the City ho
tel, of which H. M. Knighton was
proprietor. They marched to the
Methodist church, where J. L. Parrish
opened the ceremonies with prayer and
was followed by A L. Lovejoy, who
read , the Declaration of Independence.
The oration of the day was delivered
by Peter H. Burnett, who, two or three
years later, was to become the first
American governor of California. , A
public dinner was served and toasts
were given, of which the one by A. L.
Lovejoy is a fair sample. He re
sponded to the toast:
"May the time soon come when the
lion and the unicorn may cease to go
about . the North American continent
seeking whom they may bite."
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At Salem, after the flag had been
presented to the Oregcn Rangers by
Mrs. Holden and Miss, Looney, an ora
tion was delivered by W. G. TTVault.
This was followed by a barbecue, and
in lieu of a dance a sermon was de
livered by. Harvey . Clark, who, with
Tabitha Brown, was soon to found Pa
cific university, at Forest Grove.
a - , - a .- -
Later in the fall of 1846 Jesse Looney
served as a member--of the provisional
house of representatives. He was a
member of the committee on Judiciary,
his fellow-members being TVault and
Tolmie. That legislature elected A. A.
Skinner circuit judge. H. M. Knighton
was elected marshal, John Hv Couch
was elected treasurer, but be soon re
signed and W. K. Kllborn was ap
pointed in his place. George W. Bell
was elected auditor. ' and Tbeophilus'
MoG ruder 'territorial recorder. The
members of the -house of representa
tives of the provisional legislature for
1846 were A. L. Lovejoy.1 W. G., TVault.
Hiram Straight, Joseph L. Meek, D. H.
Lownsdale. Laurence Hall, A. J. Hem
bree, George Summers, Henry N. Peers,
W. F, Tolmie. Jesse . Looney, - Angus
McDonald, A. : Chamberlain, Robert
Newell and Mr. Boone and Mr. Wit
llama, -
NEWS BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS -
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Hunt the bright side. If we knew
what the weather was going to be, how
could strangers talk t Albany Demo
crat. - l
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"Most of the good listeners are men.
Ex. Sure. And If you quia them
elosely enough you win find they are
married men. Corvallls Gazette-Times.
These Indian summer ays, when
you are digging your face into a nice
juicy ear of com. with golden butter
oozing all over, the rail and coal strikes
resolve themselves into mere .incidents.
-Ashland Tidings. m ' , .,.!
" Some of the ."boys' you read about
in "Ye Olden DSys" column of the
News-Review are stilf mighty lively
citizens in the community. It's a great
climate where old aee ts o alow edg
ing out youth. Roburg News-Review.
The Connecticut lawyer who believes
the only way to solve the national
problems is to" get back to as nearly
the way Christ lived as we can, offered
the remedy for all our ills. In the
language of Billy Sunday,: "Who will be
the first to hit the sawdust trail T" La
Grande Observer.
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In spite of some newspaper" opposi
tion, the idea of holding an electrical
exposition at Portland in 1925 s gain
ing Krounu. in eiectncai xair wiu
benefit the entire Northwest and ad
vance the development of Portland and
the entire state a jnundred-fold. Baker
Democrat.
M. W. McMurtrv. of Spokane. H- V.
Cole of Boise and J. W. Matteson of
i acorn are In Portland to attend a
convention of the! Northwest represen
tatives of the Johnson-Lieber company,
commission brokers. .
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M. J. Tierney of Chicago is regis
tered at the Multnomah. He Is in
charge of the extension work of the
Sunday school department of the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
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R A. Booth of Eugene was in Port
land attending a special meeting of the
state highway commission, of which
he is chairman. x
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D. O. Justice.) a prominent sheep
grower of Morrow county, is execut
ing a business commission in Portland.
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Among out of tbwn visitors is T. W.
Lusk of Falls City.
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C. P. Edwardsj of Condon is among
out of town visitors. . ,
S. G. Hayes of; McKensle bridge Is
visiting Portland; on business.
!
Among out of town visitors Is Lester
Williams of Condon,
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B. C. Hamilton, a- resident of Baker,
is transacting business In Portland.
aia.
Visiting In Portland are Mr. and Mra
J. M. Dolan of La 'Grande.
W. H. Booster of Woodburn is reg
istered at the Imperial.
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Fred C. Rltner of Hoskins spent
Wednesday in Portland.
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Among out of town visitors is Wil-
ford Aken of Grants Pass.
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Thomas Mackenzie of "Los tine Is
among recent arrivals in Portland.
Lockley
Jesse Looney Was one of Oregon's
first good roads advocates. He Was
also very much interested In schools.
The first schoolhouse tn the valley of
1 the Santiam was bUilt on his land. He
died March 25; 1869, and at the time of
his death owned over 2000 acres of
fertile land. For many years the old
Looney . homestead, in which David
Looney lived, served as one of the prin
cipal stations of the Oregon-California
Stage company, j
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Mra David Jjooney showed me.
among the old papers of Jesse Looney,
many interesting documents of Ore-!
gon's early days. Among those that at
tracted ' my attention was one dated
October L 1862. It was signed by A. J.
Richardson, superintendent of the Ore
gon-California Stage company, and by
Jesse Looney. The contract provided
that Jesse Looney was to receive $165
a month to furnish hay. oats and bed
ding for eight horses and board for the
hostler, as well as boarding the stage
drivers rtnA thA rno H afant '
drivers and the road agent.
1. a a
As I looked at an old chest Mra
Looney said, "See if you- can find the
secret drawer of that old chest of
jesses." I looked carefully but was
unable to locate! it. She showed me
where it was and said, "When Mr.
Looney was running the stage station
here a stranger who had been employed
to teach school saw Mr. Looney ' put
ting some bags of gold dust into that
secret drawer. This teacher had been
going with a young woman of the
(.vicinity. When Mr. Looney went to
the drawer to get his bags of gold
dust he had put: there he found they
had disappeared. Inasmuch as they
represented more than $3000 In cash
it was quite a serious loss. He found
out that the teacher had also dis
appeared, as well as the young woman
with whom he had been going. Mr.
Looney s brother followed the teacher
clear to -California, 'where he arrested
him and -started back with him for
Oregon. On the way back the teacher
made his escape. ' Some months- later
the young woman who had disappeared
at the same time wrote a letter to a
nlphhnr rtf tVi. iTitnnsin in m,-Vi 4 rK aha-i
said. Tell Ellen Looney 1 She , isn't so
much. I. have a silk dress and a fine
bridle andsaddla, just as pood as hers,
bought with, herfather's money.' f-. .
Another document that interested roe
was dated November 12. 1862. It was
a receipt for $40, being the fourth' In
stallment on two shares of the Oregon
Telegraph company. - The receipt was
signed by J. E. Strong. - An agreement
written in the painfully precise band
writing of that day, and dated March
8, 1353, recited that Jesse Looney was
to care for 20 cows for John C Looney
and In payment for the same was to
receive one half of the increase of the
stock. . . I-., ' , .- '- - --
; " ' ' ;" '
As we walked! through the roomy old
farmhouse, Mrs.;
Looney said :
"This old house -s built in 1857.
Tou can see by
Ahe large dining room
and - the large fireplaces that - the old
settlers believed in lots of room. This
dining room floor ha been in continu
ous use since 1857 and will probably
last longer than, we" do. As you see. it
is made of oak- not a veneer or oak.
but solid oak,' the planks an inch and
a hall thick. I-.,. ; .
"My maiden ! name was Lona G.
George. My father. Bentley C George,
was a cousin of M. C George. I was
married to. Mr. Looney at j little town
In the Cascade mountains named Nl
srarswsi, .?,. r -"5.'.'-. 4. i--- -.(. -:-
TXesfc'"X? am , Very fpnd ' of this old
place. I don't "believe there is a finer
view In all Oregon than of the valley
here. While the old pioneers had a
hard time getting to Oregon, they cer
tainly exercised - good judgment In
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings tn Brief Form for the
. . . ' - . Busy- Reader..',.''. -
" - OREGON r r
Hon nlckinar crews are at work In
the various yards about Sheridan, and
growers report one of the best yields in
many years. ; . . ;. .
Two of the larrrest lumber carriers
ever calling at North Bend are- now
loading ,0vd,O0Q feet of lumber at that
Port. - - - - , - .. .' , -
A night show will be added as an
attraction to the Ann mimtv fair.
which will be held at Albany Octo-
oer -. : -.. , - -. . .
It ts KtatenT at. RenMa that the
Crown-Willamette cam n south of that
city will close about September 20 for
an inueuniieperioa. - "
A huge bearj weighing more than 400
pounds, was killed Saturday on the up
per branch of Rock creek, within a
tew miles of Sheridaiu ,
The farm residence of Arthur John
son, one mite west o Coquille, was
burned to the ground last week, caus
ing a loss of nearly $4000.
. Roy Bremmer. deputy game warden "
In Marion county, last week placed
120.000 Rainbow trout in Mill -rir
Abiqua juver and Silver creek. . .
completion is announced of the new
bridge spanning Spring river at Har
per, thus cutting of f 10 mites from the
trip from Bend to Crane Prairie. -
The North; Bend port commission
has entered Into negotiations for the
purchase of the tug Pilot from San
Francisco parties. The price is $15,000. .
The svera? s yield of winter wheat In
Grand Ronde velley this year is a lu-
tie nettar tosn so pusnets to tne acre. ,
Spring wheat., is yielding about 19
bushels. ;- .... -,. , ' ,
The Brownsville cannery at Corval
lis now has in storage between 2.000.
000 and S.'OOO.OOO cans of fruit put up
this season, all of which is contracted
for. ! - ,' ' -, -
Myrtle Creek is now being supplied
with an abundance of Dure mountain
watep from the Harrison Young creek
mrougn a six; men concrete pipe ii.bis
feet in length.
Tom Calder and Ernest Eades. mere
youths, have pleaded guilty at Baker
to the possession of a complete U11.
840 gallons of mash and 10 gallons of
the finished product. . - j
Robert Ginther of Oregon City has
taught school continuously in Clacka
mas county for 28 years, and is now
beginning his 29th year. as . principal
of the school at Canemah.
ISSlng of the Crane Prairie reser
voir site will mean" the employment of
60 men, in addition to the construction
crews which win be st work next year
on the storage reservoir dam.
Crushed between two automobiles at
Corvallls, M.i Chappell, 70 years old,
father of County Recorder Chappell,
suffered a broken leg and serious in
juries to his arm and head.
WASHINGTON '
"Poll tax receipts in Washington up
to AugUBt 31 thi year were less than
half those received up to the same date
last year. . ,
A substantial gain in enrollment
over last year" Is shown by the schools
of Beliingham. which reopened last
Tuesday with: 4814 pupils. . . .
The ground-breaking ceremony for
the new Ravenna Methodist church was
held at Seattle Sunday afternoon. The
edifice will cost $35,000.
Contractors have completed the pa v.
ing of Third ' street and Central ave
nue in Pe Ell and the streets will be
opened to traffic in about 30 days. .
- The new budget adopted by the board
of education at Everett last week
shows a reduction of $40,000 over la6t
year's budget, , when it was $504,408.
Foreclosure: of liens on more than
4200 pieces of property in King county
because th owners have not paid the
1916 taxes was started In Seattle last
week. -
The Chehalls Box. Basket anja Veneer
company has -been adjudged an involun
try bankrupt.; and T. J. Long, mayor
QfjCThehalls, has been named temporary
receiver.
Civil service examinations have ben
requested, to select postmasters for
Creston, payton, EHensburg. Pasco,
Pomeroy. - Richland, . Starbuck and
Wapato. a, : j
The -Koamofl ehihgle mill, east -'lot
Morton, has resumed . cutting after a
shutdown . of , several, weeks.- Con
tracts are on hand that will- Insure a
two-montns run.
Grays Harbor county commissioners
have purchased from the government
a 15-acre tract at Grayland, seven
acres of which will be reserved for an
auto touring park.
Harold Toungberg' of Seattle suf
fered wo broken legs -and other in
juries at Tacoma Saturday when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by A H Schulzman.
Formation ;bf an association of
health officers from along the Pacific
coast was undertaken at Seattle Sat
urday at a meeting of health officers
of Oregon and Washington.
Three -claims for damages -against
the CitV of Seattle, e-rowino-
collapse of the Railroad avenue trestle
tinaer a truck August 10. when three
persons were Injured, call for a total
of $17.T93.70. "
Bids are to be" opened September 23
at Winthrop, ; Okanogan county, for
construction of the entire Wolf creek.
Irrigation project. A bond issue of
ii 0.000 was recentlv nrli at on ...i.
on the dollar, i .
I IDAHO ,
Idaho - is nrenarino- a u aaVilK
for the international show at Chicago
iu xwemner,
- School commissioners at Nampa have
fixed the tme: lew tliia vm, a ate
mills. Last year the levy was 35 mills.
Miss Helen Heart Of Ttniaa fa In a
critical condition at Twin Falls as the
result or her light touring car being
rorced off the road and overturned by
a larger car coming from the rear.
.Friends of Thomas Wright, 85. well
known resident of Boise, have received
uiauun mat ne was ijuied at San
fnairdm Ausat 25 by a fall from
a bridge. . .
largest vfeld of wheat In Idaho
this season is reported from Twin Falls
?oun?r' iw,here Archie Foe threshed
ii 42ab?sn?1. frm. 20 acres, an average
of 72 bushels to the acre "
,n snintervlew at Idaho Falls Sat
urday, W. Q, McAdoo, former secretary
of the treasury, characterized as "pure
bunk recent prees reports that he
would be a candidate for the presi
dential nomination In 1924.
Ljj? Farriri, wanted In connection
with the shooting of Joe Marsden. tim
ber cruiser, at Spokane, was captured
Saturday in the brush near Herrick,
Idaho, where he had been living on
berries and herbs since . the shooting,
August 4.
Once" Oyers
Are You One of the Easy-Goers T
It is difficult for you to, keep your
mind on anything that is hard and
practical. ) , M ,
Just why Is it that you .prefer, to
think of the things that are easy to
understand the duties that require lit
tle thought?
Are you mind-lazy, and going to keep
along that way? -.. ? ;
Are you just fluttering through life,
giving a little thought to everything
and no concentrated thought to, any 1
one thing? . -
And all through life you have been
of this sort, and yet you pronounce
your successful friends "lucky." not
taking , Into consideration the hard
study and continued, effort to get over
the top.. : . : - ...
Of course,-some day you intend to
buckle down and make real prepara
tion for the lean years tn sight, pos
sibly, but not how. :-. - - -,-
! Before- you realize it you will have
reached the time when old age should
have been provided for, and"pur Jog
ging, easy gait will be aUVsTiat you
can muster energy for ; and what then,
when it is -too late?
Are you' one of the ; easy-goers? ,
, Begin to hustle, before you rust out
(Copryrlght, 1822, by laUrnadooal ' restate
J-"" set-rioe, las,).. - - .