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THE CONVENTION AND AFTER
- OORTTLAND views widened hori
1 A sons of faith from the eminence
to which tha General Convention
has led. No hither value than this
has been established by the great
Episcopal gathering.
Piety is not a small matter. Re
ligious practice is of more than lo
cal concern. Spiritual problems
are not alone personal problems ;,
, they are the" pressing problems of
, humanity. Christianity awaits a
universalized concept of its teach
lngs before the world can win en-
- during peace.
These, are things seen from the
-watch tower of recent Inspiration.
And was there ever a more urgent
i time? The peace of 1918 was fol
lowed by an orgy of wanton frivol-
ityV Recent writing and music have
In many censes commemorated rev
erly worthy of Gomorrah or Somalia-land.
" Though its need has been
v proclaimed by lonely figures, deep
religious conviction of general char
acter has been lacking. Yet with
'"out such conviction no great moral
reform has yet been attained.
W Now the peace is breaking down.
. Old - world reentahglements drive
the Iron wedge of discord into the
amity of former allies. Before the
- horrified face of civilization the
-hideous Turk swings his flashing
, scimitar to the dance step of hell.
- Inferno's flames burst from the
torch he sets to Christian property.
The Moslem menaces Christianity.
He waits until white races have
decimated themselves, in order to
complete the work of destruction.
'...- Nearer1 home a tendency to
- mingle church and state reappears.
, An injection of middle-age preju
dice Into politics rouses as fierce
. contention as though people hadn't
learned Centuries ago that religious
- Questions cannot be settled upon
-"prejudicial grounds.
Where in all this is the Man of
Galilee? Where is the applica-
tlon of that great rule of life of
which He was the author. "Do unto
' others as ye would that they should
do unto your How much of the
Golden Rule is getting Into recent
transactions?
, There would be discouragement
were It not for such a demonstra
tion as the General Convention has
afforded.- Speaking in spiritual
sense Christ has attended., the Port
land meeting. Hiawfil for mankind
- has appeared time and again in ut
terance rand' action. Instead of
V drawing denominational lines closer
the meeting which Portland has en
Joyed has drawn religious forces
closer. The convention has moved
on the track toward the broth er
" hood, of man.
. Thus It has set an example-for
other denominations. The time has
come for sectarian groups to cease
: their cleavage along denominational
lines and Join their forces against
plots for Christian overthrow.
Religion is so much more than a
text or a tenet. It Is so much more
than a ritual or . a . criticism of
scriptural composition.'.. It is so
much more than small town preju
dice or petty 'politics.
- It la not something for men to
make as small, as they are but for
men to strive to become as great In
spirit as It Is. it 1 of the essence
of life. It is the force from which
other forces flow. It hinges with
the stars. .. , - .
The Irvington. bootlegger really
shouldn't feel badly. While he lost
A SACRED COW? ; -
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T3EHOIVD the spectacle! ' 4
The grange income tax bill was ordered off the November ballot
In Oregon because 4231 signatures on the petitions were certified by
certain notaries. . , ' ..i-
The same notaries certified 7084 names on the flat income tax bill
promoted by certain Portland Interests under the cloak of the State
Taxpayers league. Is the latter bill to remain on the ballot after the
grange Itfli has been. .ruled . off by the courts?. Is the flat tax amend
ment a sacred cow because Portland interests who do not pay their Just
share of taxes proposed it? , v : ' ; I
There has not been in Oregon
The farmers. little home owner and blgr realty owners are. bjearing the
big burden of taxation. They pay nearly four-fifths of the taxes. , A
lot of owners of intangible property, with heavy incomes, pay little or
no taxes. Widespread sentiment arose for an Income tax Ho equalize
the burden. The state grange prepared and presented sl, graduated
income tax bllL .
The interests that largely escape taxes opposed. They appointed a
committee to fight it. They raised a big sum of money. They presented
the flat income tax, amendment to confuse voters. It ordains that the
legislature shall not have- power to pass a graduated income tax.
This was their game: They realized that there was a widespread
and powerful sentiment for an Income tax. and that one was likely to
be passed. They determined, therefore, to hare their own kind of
income tax bill enacted. That is what the so-called Taxpayers league
Income tax amendment Is. It is a stalking horse. It is a humbug. It is
an attempt to. put over on the electorate the same kind of legislation
that is often slipped secretly through the legislature.
The secret money raised by those who ought to pay heavy taxes but
do not has killed the grange bill.- It was an over-drastic MIL It had a
publicity provision that should have been left out.
But the principle of it was sound. It was a well-intended measure.
A measure of Its kind would make the tax system In Oregon more
equitable and better balanced.
But the fraudulent flat, tax amendment is still on the ballot. TJhiess
attacked before September 28 it will remain on the ballot
It is en the ballot by reason of 7084 signatures certified by the same
notaries whose fraudulent and false certifications caused the grange
bill to be stricken from the ballot. Why do not those who attacked the
grange bill also attack 'the flat tax bill ? Is the fraud on the flat tax
bill nothing to them. wien the virtuous howl they raised over the frauds
on Che grange bill was so loud and so clear?
Where are the authorities? Is therJhot one in the long list of
amply paid officialdom whose public .duty it is to attack manifest
fraud?
Can none but a private citizen attack the forgeries and frauds in
the signatures on this wicked bill? Why is government? ,
$1500 worth of boose? and paid a
$400 fine, his liberty hasn't, by Jail
sentence or 'Judicial "reproof, been
restricted against making it all back
again on the next two or three suc
cessful rum runs from Canada.
A CONVENTION TRIBUTE
TN FINAL resolutions, the two
-a houses of the Episcopal General
Convention praised the publicity ac
corded the sessions In ' Portland.
"These reports have been free from
the sensational and have been dis
criminating and fair," reads a sen
tence from one unanimously adopt
ed expression.
Why were these particular words
used? Bishop Beecher of Western
Nebraska explains. He says that
at no other General Convention has
there been such willingness to draw
the news of the meetings from the
meetings themselves; that never be
fore has he witnessed such efforts
to be entirely accurate, and that he
has not before seen so little disposi
tion to develop the sensational on
the basis of rumor at the expense
of the dignity of the convention.
These expressions from an emi
nent body of .churchmen familiar
with newspapers all over the world
may serve to accentuate the already
strong faith of Oregon people in
Oregon newspaper standards.
'KLAMATH FALLS. CALIFORNIA'
DO Portland business men realize
what, they are losing by their
failure to annex the trade of Klam
ath county?
Do they know how many million
dollars annually would be added to
the business of Portland through
a direct railroad connection by way
of the Natron cut-off?
Do they know why the Klamath
Chamber . of Commerce, months
ago, asked to. be annexed to Cali
fornia and bidTor a chance to join
the Northern California 'promotion
campaign?
Because 11,000 or 20.000 carloads
of products shipped each year from
Klamath Falls the largest ship
ping point in Oregon outside of
Portland go chiefly to San Fran
cisco.
Because the livestock of that
great ranching region Is marketed
on the hoof, largely in San Fran
cisco. Because the dairy products of the
Klamath district, which is ideal for
dairying, are purchased largely in
San Francisco.
Because the vast timber opera
tions of Klamath county are closely
related to San Francisco.
Because the money control of
Klamath county is in San Francisco.
Not long ago a group of visitors
on the streets of Klamath Falls
were talking with a Klamath Falls
citizen about the resources of the
immense country. "But," said one
of thm. "the deposits in your prin
cipal bank are only about $400,000.
The 'Klamath Fails business man
admitted the truth of the statement.
We carry very large deposits; In
San Francisco. he explained, then
added hesitantly. "We-a have to.
you know."
But communication, above every
thing else, explains the business
linking of Klamath Falls and San
FraYtcisco, and the corresponding
separation of Portland. t ,
FronT Portland to Klamath Falls
through Weed the distance is 627
miles; from San Francisco to Klam
ath Falls the distance is 4S4 miles.
The Natron cut-off would shorten
the distance from Portland nearly
200 miles. - The total distance would
be 328 miles. ,'fsi);.;
As It is, passengers who leave
San Francisco can arrive in Klam
ath Falls in 12 hours less time than
those who- come from 1 Portland.
Freight Is delivered In two days to
a week sooner In Klamath Falls if
shipped from San .Francisco rather
than from Portland. Telegraph
messages sent front Portland are
routed through San Francisco and.
of course, wait fori the' line to' be
a plainer- case of thimble-rrigglng
cleared of San Francisco business.
Letters and newspapers need more
time to go from Portland to Klam
ath Falls than from San Francisco
xet juamatn county is geo
graphically in Oregon. It Is geo
graphically nearer Sortland than
San Francisco. Geographically, the
trade of Klamath Falls- should
come to Portland.
But it doesn't. And it won't
while the Natron cut-off remains
unbuilt.
And until that time Klamath peo
ple will continue to feel that they
are literally a part of California.
And they will continue to pour the
millions of their trade into Call
fornia.
Ian't there something la the pres
ent railroad situation which spells
OPPORTUNITY to Portland?
What are Portland business men
going to do about it?
WHEN SOMEBODY CARED
POURT officers said the boy was
vt a pest. J ail was the place for
him. The reform school ought to
be his destination- In the end the
penitentiary should claird and tame
him.
So they opposed Robert Keating
Smith when he came for the boy.
Smith asked the judge to free the
youthful culprit. He said that con
finement would ruin any good left
in him, and that he would guaran
tee it, if permitted, to bring out
the good.
While the controversy raged the
boy smiled cynically. Much he
cared. All the other kids knew he
was a tough one. They envied him.
Hadn't he led the gang Into house
robberies worthy the skill of pro
fessionals? Hadn't their burglaries
netted in jewelry, money and loot
enough to make a first-class yegg
jealous.
Hadn t he engineered the dig
ging of a subterranean passage un
der the roots pf two giant pines?
Hadn't he covered It with brush in
such a way that the keenest-eyed
searchers had failed to find the en
trance? Hadn't' it served as the
best robbers' cave in all local mem
ory? And there was something else.
No bull had yet made him disclose
the place where the swag was hid,
and none would.
But with the officers against the
boy and the boy against himself,
Smith won. The Judge paroled the
lad on condition that Smith see and
be with him a part of every day for
a year. The contract was scrupu
lously kept. . But it wasn't pleasant.
The boy could pick a lock with
astounding skill. He was rapidly
on his way to , become a master
solver, of safe combinations. He
could use tools with astounding fa
eility to get in where he shouldn't
be. He Was thoroughly inclined to
interpret parole' as liberty to do the
things he shouldn't do.
But one day. after many dis
couragements, the boy surprised his
benefactor. He led the 'way to a
tree nearUhe cave. An arrow carved
into Its bark . pointed toward the
ground.' Cabalistic signs were trans
lated. . Ten paces -distant the boy
dug into the earth. Presently he
unearthed a box The box had a
ring in the ua: by which it was
lifted. Captain Kldd could scarcely
have done better. M . 7 : -Within
were watches. Jewelry and
a grand assortment o miscellaneous
articles. smita nas been in. port
land the" past three weeks-attending
the General Convention of the Epis
copal church. He - comes ; from
Massachusetts. Bad boys art his
specialty. He says that, when he
saw -the clever, ancient.- scheme of
concealment he laughed until the
tears : ran down his cheeka But
the boy. with a new idea, rebuked
him, "This." the boy averred. "Is
no laughing matter. .
' What - was the secret of f the
change in, the boy? Smith merely
did with him as with many others.
He found the boy on the lad's own
plane. - Without any sanctimonious
ness or gush he got the boy to doing
things equally as fascinating as the
mischief but without barm in the
foreground or a cop'a club in: the
distance. The boy was soon using
in .wholesome ways his remarkable
ingenuity. Today he is a young
advertising man who is succeeding
rapidly but who- is also touiidlng an
unusually happy home around a
wife and baby. I
There Is a sermon In the story.
That is why it Is told here. t has
a text. Only a little while ago the
boy himself unconsciously supplied
the text. To you knov why 'X
ch anged ?" he tasked. "IX Va j be
cause I found somebody cared.' -
Why doesn't some judge experi
ment with the following recipe for
the elimination of ' bootlegging:
Maximum fines, maximum Jail sen
tences. rockpUe employment and
confiscation of stocks.
QUIETLY DOING ITS WORK
nPHAT body of thVrught in the
JL - United States-that has clung so
tenaciously to the false 'poHcy of
Isolation from, the remainder of the
world is still strong in its condem
nation of the League of Nations.
Only the faintest excuse need pre
sent Itself for the loosing of the
guns. 'if . j
But while the attacks are going
on here, the league isgbing ahead
with its work, and during the last
two weeks it has apparently-accom
plished what a dozenVsjointed con
ferences failed to do -towit, pave
the way, to agreement. " disarma
ment and peace on the continent.
England, France and Italy all ac
cepted Lord Robert Cecil's plan for
an "international company for as
surance against war, a plan sub
mitted through the League of Na
tion His plan comprehends j an
agreement .of powers of Europe! to
maintain peace in Europe and pro
ceed against any nation that breaks
the peace. It Includes another
such organization for South Amer
t
lea and another for Asia. It Is
based upon the theory of mutual
guarantees of peace from a regional
standpoint rather than for the
while world.
Most of the conferences that have
convened have discussed disarma
ment. In each case France refused.
Under the Cecil plan, with guaran
tees of aid against aggression.
France, along with the other na
tions, has agreed to disarm.
The Cecil proposal is obviously a
concession to the United States.
Unquestionably it is offered to per
mit the Harding administration to
slip into the league without publicly
repudiating previous promises i of
isolation and non-cooperation with
Europe. -I
The critics of the league will ,con
tinue to criticize. They will; go' ion
blustering. But while they, cast the
harpoon at their chimera, - the
League of Nations is quietly doing
its work, and in the last two weeks
it has done something that all con
ferences heretofore have failed to
do. Moreover, there is indication
that It will soon be doing more.
THE TRICKSTER'S TRICK
ifSn
"PlECLARING that congress is der
cadent and that the direct pri
mary is the cause of that decadence,
the Oregonian says: TiX
As things are now, each candidate
makes his own platform, which mar' or
may not. conform to the principles j of
tne party wnose nomination he .seeks.
That argument will get nowhere.
If there is a discredited thing in
America it is the average, party
platform. j
A party platform is notoriously
an expedient on which to get the
offices. It is so phrased that it
can be read both ways. It is so
worded that it faces in all dlrec
tions. 4.
Take the party platform adopted
at Chicago In 1820. The convention
was about to split wide open on the
League of Nations. Borah, John-
son and other irreconcilables were
threatening to bolt. The , gulf
seemed unbridgeable. .- j
Then Elihu Hoot appeared on ti?e
scene. He wrote the Association
of Nations plank. It suited Borah.
It suited Johnson. It suited all of
the Irreconcilables. It was just
what they wanted. ;
It suited Murray Crane, uncom
promising League of Nations advp
cate. It suited Taft, devoted League
of Nations man. It suited Hughes.
It suited Hoover, who was one of
cue mosi pronouncea supporters of
the Wilson League of Nations, so-
called. It was just the thing all the
League of Nations men wanted?'
Everybody got on that plank and
waved the flag. The pro-Germans,
who hated the league with the fury
of fanaticism, got on it The aali
Sritish, who hated the league even
worse than did the pro-Germans.
got. on it. It was all aboard for
every antagonistic group, and It was
equauy ail aboard for almost every
friend of the league within the Re
publican party. There, for instance.
was the public appeal of the 21
eminent Republicans. Hughes and
Hoover among them, who declared
that "the only way to get a League
of Nations was by the election of
Mr. Harding.- ', " ' . -
There was no more principle in
that plank than in an astray notice.
It was a deliberate deceit, purposely
Intended to fool voters, and it did
fool them. It was a cowardly mis
representation. ' It' was rotten de
ception and a miserable double
dealing with, the citizenry on one.
of the vital issues upon which the
people were called - to decide. :X It
was a planned and plotted abortion
of one of the principal functions of
government : It is" a method that
prevents the people from getting
what they want and' that, ' if con
tinued long enough, will destroy the
republic
And as with . the Association , of
Nations plank in that platform, so
with many of the planks in every
party -platferm, ' Double - meaning
language is used to deliberately de
ceive the unthinking. Issues 'are
dodged and principles couched in
ambiguity. -.
Platforms are made by political
sharpers, and the purpose Is. not to
enunciate principles, but' tocatch
votes. The fact that millions , of
Republicans in the 1220 election
thought they were voting for an As
soclatlon of Nations, but now find
that they have 'not under this ad
ministration, the slightest chance
for an Association of Nations, Is
example of the duplicity and hum
bug of a party platform, t
. Many of the social and ecoaomtc
Injustices in America today are di
rectly due to the work of tha polit
ical tricksters, who so word party
platforms, that the people cannot
vote dipeojtly f or what they want
and. cannot get what.' they think
they are voting for. . : J
One of the great menaces to self
government is this barrier which
party crooks interpose through double-meaning
platforms between, the
people and their desires and ase
pirations. '
. One of the most demoralizing and
most, destructive spectacles in the
country is that of . duped citizens
walking up to the polls and voting
confidently for something they
think they are to get, but which
the thimble-rigging party trick.
sters who wrote the platform know
they will not get and never "in
tended for them to get. tx V
If you question this characteri
zation of party platforms, read the
Association of Nations plank in the
1920 Chicago platform, then read
the appeal of the 21 eminent Re
publicans for the election of Mr.
Harding as the only means of get
ting the League of Nations, and
then observe the aloofness of the
American .government in things in
which It could today do so much
for a troubled world.
THE STEPLADDER
MINISTRY
Reminder That the Master Not Only
Said "Come to the Sinner, but Also
Said "Go" to the Sinner-Seeker, and
Said It Decisively The Ungodly
Must Be Sought, Since They Will
Not Flock to the Mercy Seat of
Their Own Motion Why the
Layman Should Excel as
Gbspel Message Bearer.
From the Cbieaco Ereoins Fast
A bishop the other day preached to a
street crowd from a stepladder strad
died In the ..loo. The novel pulpit
served the double purpose of forming
a convenient elevation for the speaker
and securing publicity for a commend
able bit of religious enterprise.
The noon meeting inaugurated
summer campaign of outdoor evangel
ism under the promoting auspices of
1 he Chicago Church federation. Scores
of churches havo been enlisted in this
endeavor to carry the message of the
g6spel to the passing throng, and
thousands of similar meetings will be
held - throughout the : city while the
weather remains favorable.
Of course there io nothing new about
ruch Work. ; It is. m fact, the original
form of Christian propaganda. Jesus
was a street rand - Waside preacher.
His followers Mid most of their evan
gelizing in the opn. Paul found the
market plaee- an excellent forum for
the preectaTlon of truth. The in
door meetings of the early church
were largely-' gather incs of believer.
It was not expected that the. unconvert-
ed would seek out the teachers of the
new faith in its places of assembly.
The teachers were expected to seek out
the unconverted. And this apostolic
spirit this epir t of these who fait
themselves-' commissioned and dis
patched to 'Carry the good things of
God's concern for human life to men
and women everwhere has always
marked the periods of highest spiritual
vision and energy in the history of the
church.
' : - a a
It Is not clear rain that we have to
day a Christian faith which finds part
expression in great temples, where
worship: is made comfortable and at
tractive, where physical ease ana es
thetic enjoyment are among the es
sentlal s provisions. Spiritual enerva
tion has been one result. Selfish
Ugiomsm haa bee a another. The men
and women who rave tne message the
world needs gather beneath vaulted
ceilings, and, In the soft light of
stained-glass windows, sing their
hymns of praise, repeat their prayers,
listen to the discourse and hope that
some day the heedless but heart
hungry throng outside will come in and
be converted. -
The hope is vain. With every pass
ing year it becomes more clearly evi
dent that a waUad-ia gospel cannot
save -the world. The church must get
back to the original methods. If a
fishing-boat or the crumbling stone
circle of a well was good enough ros
trum for the Master, a stepladder or a
soapbox should be good enough for any
of His follower. "Street preaching Is
undignified." says the eminently re
spectable churchman, to whore religion
Is more or leas of a luxury, . But. if
memory serves ua. FauL when he listed
the fruits of the spirit, did not include
dignity. --
The first syllable of the word gospel
is "Go." xjo- 'if tt first word of
the marching orders which Jesus left
for His follow era Before the church
can mak much impression by saying
"Come r it must make a bigger im
pression by obeying "0ol" -
And this street-preaching work is es
sentially . work for the layman. The
multitude knowe the minister is paid
to advocate God's way of life, and that
discounts his message with many. . The
layman appears In a more disinterest
ed role when be mounts the improvised
pulpit. It Is a good tning to have a
bishop talk religion jin La Salle street ;
tt would be a better thing to have a
banker. ': If religion is to be brought
back again icta-everyday life, into the
life of the street and the mart, laymen
must' o it.
Lawyers, financiers and" merchants
talked patriotism curing the war; why
shouldn't they talk religion? Let them
talk it, not In terms of theology, but in
terms of experience. Let them make
Its application to the problems of -the
week-day task,- to the temptations of
office and shop and street, to the ques
tions which are concerning men and
women in industry. In citizenship. In
soclai customs, if religion cannot
stand, this sharp contact with life there
Is something wrong with It, If the In
dividual cannot, face bs fellows in hi
own ; home or business neighborhood
and make effective defense of his
faith-there Is something ' wrong with
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
i
What can we do with the fancy gar
ters when everyone wears long skirts?
- ' - - a e
, Odd ss it may seem, the flapper with
a runner la her sock usually jka't so
xasi. Lj.
" 'f ' " '
Strange how so many movie' stare
are made-from mere extras as soon as
they -get out ofsihtof Hollywood.
Now bring on tba : state fair and
after that well be able to settle down
to a rjeaceful winter of furnace stoking.
Trouble with lot of bobbed 'hair Is
that the barber seems to have clipped
what's supposed to be under the hair,
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The former kaiser is ready tof marry
entitled widow. There's one fallow
who never could learn anything from
experience. . . ,-. - - .
The Sasslans are trying hard Jo get
their financial system down to a sta
ble basis down to an irreducible min
imum, nerhaoa. .
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aw ciTuiaing inziuences - or uus
country seem to. be held in leash quits
a little bit by some elements that
seem not to car e about being civilised.
Somebody abbreviated - the ' presi
dent's name la t note to us the other
day. We fot quite a thrill when War.
ren - Harding became, . simply, "War.
Hard. - - ; , ,
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This high grade Imported - liquor I
should be. kept out bv wiarorous means.
we wouldn't, tolerate audi competition
with our home industry in any ether
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About ToWn
Advices from the Kelly deer hunting
expedition are to the effect that Phil
Metschan has ' abandoned the scarlet
cap which be took along as a precau
tion against being taken for a deer
and shot by some irresponsible - hun
ter. The first day he wore the cap
he ran into a nest of yellow jackets
and the red cap became, their target.
Immediately after he met on the trail
a cow coming on the run.. He thought
she was after him, but it turned- out
that the cow was on her way to a
salt lick and was In a hurry. While
getting out.i of the way of the cow
Metschan noticed three big birds soar
ing over his head, which he took to be
eagles getting ready to swoop down on
him, attracted by the , red headgear.
He learned afterward ' from Colonel
Kelly that they were only buzzards.
As a result of his experience Metschan
decided he could serve the expedition
best by remaining in camp. ...
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Among the first delegates to' arrive
for the Republican convention Tues
day are' J. C Kendall of Marsh field,
representing the Coos county commit
tee, and Ben S. Fisher, district at
torney. ' e
Charles Parker, secretary of t the
Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, is
visiting in Portland.
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A. N. Townsend of Eugene was
transacting business In Portland Sat
urday.. ' .
Among out of town visitors is H.
Gloesop of Anchorage, Alaska.
C E. Speaker of Salem Is a . week
end visitor.
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Among out of town visitors is T. L.
FeLk.es of La Grande. '
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W. R.. Hodges of Culver was among
arrivals Saturday.'
t OBSERVATIONS AND -IMPRESSIONS
' ', OF THE JOURNAL MAN
J3y Fred
A Ifathodist minister who has
faithful follower cf tha Master sine early
maahnod tells Mr. Loeklcr of bis life jotuaey
In this installment he relates experience
a sold hunter, in wMeh quest Be was mnr
than ordinarily soooewral. safferlac tsmniuis
meanwhile that were of tha severest. -
Rev. T. L Jones lives at East 44th
and Lincoln streets in Portland. He Is
a link between the old days, the days
of the pioneer Methodist missionaries.
and today. When I vial tea . mm. re
cently he said: ; V;
T have just returned from the con'
ference of the Methodist church at
Salem. I have never missed- the first
roll call nor the closing benedictiod of
the Methodist conference, which means
that I am there on' time and stay until
the conference Is over. I attended my
first conference at ejalem In' 1172 Just
au years ago. mere was not a, smgie
ministers at tne conierence just neia
wno was -at. tne conierence or iiti. .
am the only survivor of that confer
ence. The ministers I worked with
then FatheV Wllbur.Willlara Roberts,
Nathantat Doane,. J. F. DeVore, H. K.
Hines and his brother. Gustavus and
all the rest of the pioneer Methodist
ministers of Oregon- have gone to
their, reward. Tea. T still nreach,
though I lost my eyesight some years
aro. - I am to preach in Lincoln church
t ext Sunday. I spoke at McMtnnville
three weeks ago. I occasionally per
form marriage ceremonies V- so I am
still in the harness.
"My people were Southerners.
was born In pike county, Illinois, Feb
ruary 4, 1S41 ; so you see I . am over 80
years old. My father, J. M. Jones, who
was born 'in South Carolina, was
farmer. My mother, whose maiden
name was Polly L. Davis, was born in
Missouri. Her parents were natives of
Kentucky. They were married in 1SJ9.
I am the second of their 11 children.
?our of my sisters, jail widows, are
sua living end all are here in Oregon.
"I was 12 years olo when we started
for Oresron. in the spring cf 1SE2. We
came across the plains by ox team and
prairie schooner. I walked barefoot
from the Missouri river to the. Wll-
amette valley a JOOO-mile walk. My
job was to drive the loose cows. Father
drove the oxen. - Father took up a do
nation land claim eight miles south of
Eugene, not far from the present city
of CresweH, At that time there were
only tour houses in Eugene, Father
taught in a log schoolhouse hear our
claim. The school usually lasted three
months in each year. " .
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"In lStl- when 1, was to. with four
young chapeSfrom our neighborhood I
started on horseback for the Idaho gold
minea When we had got to -about
where La Grande was later located we
met some miners coming back from the
Idaho minea - They painted such a
rloomv . elcture of , the - prospects of
setting a claim there that my com
panions "decided the Willamette valley
was good enough for them, so they de
cided to return. We camped where we
were for three days to thresh the met
ier out. X could not argue' them Into
going on, nor could they argue me Into
changing my mind about 3 seeing for
myself the mines ; so I went on alone.
while they took the back track : for
home, i overtook, ar party bound . for
the mines and Joined them. The horses
became - frightened a few mornings
after, and ran away. la trying to stop
them X had a leg 'and an arm badly
strained, so I was unable to work when
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
A man can always see defects In a
law when he wants to do something it
forbids. Crane American.. . .
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Whether or not the miners or the
operators won the coal strike, it is car
tain that the public lost It. Ath ana
Press.
' Email town life is very pleasant
after yon learn not . to care a darn
how much poop la talk about you.
Haines, Record.- -; ;
- A . CorvaUis - man was complaining
about the government but confessed to
not having voted for five years. Peo
ple like that help keep the crooks in
office. Benton aunty Courier. , . : -
Appointing women as judges and
clerks of election is a mistake. It en
titles them to demand the ages of their
dearest enemies. Lebanon Express. -
Portland hat a heart, and tha
widow of Prohibition Offioer Price and
her little brood will be able to remain
together and press on up life's road to-
nether,
vAiooa iuver uiacier. .
It Is charged that war-time profits
are still being collected In the meat
business. The machine gun may be
laid aside, but the caefa register is in
clined to keep busy-rla Pine later
Mountain. , !
One candidate for state office who
has neglected to pay this office for ad
vertising space used during his cam
paign writes that he .cannot pay be
cause ' the amount fixed by statute
would be exceeded. -There la no law
which prevents a newspaper man from
being stung. Coos Bay Harbor. -
Among Polk county residents visit
ing in Portland Is Ross H. Nelson of
Independence.
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C. E. Gates, mayor of Madford. is
in Portland looking over the political
situation. - .
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. Among, week-end visiters is J. Gll
dlshelm of Marshfield.
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J. W. Mackintosh of Westport spent
Saturday in the metropolis.
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Visitors from Grand Ronde are H.
R. Goodwills and D. R, Smith, ,
C A. Hardy of Eugene is spending
the week-end in Portland. . .
H. W. Raught and family of Win-
lock, Wash, are visiting In Portland.
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Among1 out of town visitors la A. E.
Harris of Tillamook.
W. J. Edwards of MayvOle has come
to Portland for the .week-end.
-
George A. Gue of Tekima is In Port
land on business.
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Ft Samuelsen of Cathlamet, Wash,
was among visitors on Saturday.
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William Kyle of Florence is among
out or town visitors.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Psge -of Eugene
nave registered at the Imperial,
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Mr. and Mrs.' John Adair of Warren
ton are visiting Portland.
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Ray. I. Davidson of Helix Is a guest
or tne imperial.
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N. J. Vanskike of Milton is trans
acting business in Portland.
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F L. Harwood of Heppner is at
tending to some personal business Id
Portland.
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A. L. Reed of Woodburn s a week
ana visitor. ..
Lockley
die horse, my pack horse, what money
I had and my note for $250 for an In
terest In a -claim -which, strangely
iurno m 10 oe ricn. we took
out a lot of gold from H before winter
eat iu and iroxe the ground.
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Thet winter, with two other miners.
I struck out across the deep snow for a
new strike.- We started the day after
v-m "uiim. ADout new Tears day we
neavy storm and got lost
we soon ate ail our grub. The .snow
continued to fall until It was seven feet
deep on the level. We finally ream
across some other miners who had been
nowed in and they shared their food
with us. We struck the new diggings
broke and without food. -There was a
store there that was sellinar ,t
0 a pouna ana eorree the same. Bacon
was L60 s pound . and flour -. S5ft a
sack. I secured a aack of flour ant
a side of bacon for 187.50, on thne. My
twvuera auiu aug .aown through the
snow to the surface of the ground. In
uaeiy loomng gulch and then
tnrougn six feet of clay to the gravel,
which we thawed by burning wood on
t eacn nignt we soon took out
enough nuggets -and coarse gold to pay
for. our prorialona We happened, to
ricn piece or ground and
rocked out 81 00 to 8150 a day.
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"In March I started back for the
claim I had left I. went out with the
merchant who had trusted me for our
grubstake, and three other men. After
u-aveang a day orso we disagreed as
to the lay of the country. A terrific
storm came on. Two of the nartv
struck eut In the direction thev
thought right, while the other two men'
and myself went the way we thought
led to our old camp -One of the three
men,- a Spaniard, finally played out
se we iert some grub and blankets
with him "and hurried on. The storm
was., so severe and the sjolrg so bad
that after a while the merchant lav
down,, unable to go any farther. ... I"
finally got him to try It, by carrying
ma neavy saca or gold dust that had
been weighing him down. . Finally he
as all in and told me to 'go on. but I
knew if -X did I would freeze to death,
so I lay down with him.' During the
night one of my feet was frozen. We
started on at dawn and finally came to
an Indian wigwam.- They fed lis, gave
us Dunaio . nice moccasins, gave- us
exact directions to our destination.
snd went back to bring in the Span
lard. -:; - v."' l ; ;
At another time, when I . was lost
In the desert and nearly dying of
thirst, a Cayuse Indian saved my life
by directing me-how to get out of al
canyon ana nna a trau. ' ...,.
v -, e . e , e .
"X spent' the winter of 165 In the
Willamette valley, and while out here
I was converted. : 1 " spent two years
more in the Idaho mines, and in 1887 I
went to the mines In Southern Oregon,
and there I found a priceless treasure
She had red hair and her name was
Mary Baird. Her. father, Benjamin
Baird. came to Oregon In 1848. My
wife was one of If children. My wife's
father while hunting was attacked by
large grizzly within what are now
the city limit of Grants Pass. He
Climbed a tree. The bear attacked his
dog. He climbed down to rescue the
dog. when the bear attacked him. , It
bit off one of his arms, clawed off one
side of his face and bit a hole la his
chest and side. He made his way to a
miner's cabin, where he died In a few
hours.7
The Oregon Country
North west Bappenlas Brief Boss tor tae
-' k,' ' Basj Baa&aa ; v.. .-.
OREGON .... "
Bend's schools are overcrowded, the
end of the week showing en enroll
ment of 1309 students. It more than
a. 'week' ago,
. The recent recall election.' which re
sulted in the removal of Sheriff Ole
Nelson, cost Clatsop county a little
more than $2274. ,- ;
wjth debts aggregating only 8200.
the financial affairs of tha Salem Com
mercial club are in better shape . at
present than; for many years past.
J'roJFaX uard the public
5..' clty health officer at
Madford warna all residente to boll
drinking- water until further notice.
Je tt board of equalisation will
klli2-5,m,ona?'' October is. to
ifTr .t?)mp!int tht may be filed
year ml ""menl- tor - Jh
i.?, -P"10 Star, the trl-weekly pub
llcauon of the student body tot Mount
Angel college, will b run in newspaper
form thia vear. iha ti-mt t- .r
pear October 1.
With wthejWarrentori Lumber com
pany, the Prouty mill and the Kellv
Iuinmt.Iu blMt Warren ton la
Mix" to w
in the Umatilla county canning eon
f" held at the high school building
In PeTenrflstt-nn K a fiU .,
.vvm iv muwu wsyemm W VIC
0.rloy.nawU, rewarded with a
trip to tha State fair at Salem.
J&.'..JH?Bo,nala- !chutes oountV
asoulturist, declares that out of 27
potato fields entered for seed registra
tion. 11 had been rejected becsuee of
the prevalence of wilt and leaf mosaic
i..LbVa?n cnne"T' i now on the
last lap pf the season's run. having
5,vit-.UD e? ,yar more than 200.00v
worth of fruit enoT vegetables., Orow-
foOOOa?' PM - 1W'So. na labor
.Mrs. H. .Von der- Hellen. postrais
treas at WeUen, a village of Jackson
county, has resigned and. owing to
postmaater8hlp..the office wlU be d la-
con unuea. .:. ., .". .
-y. .t nooinsoo or Aisea, ze years
?nl TLl.s C4rSLM hospital
uia uocujr wouia oe aina
f?JE!,uu'tovcuJ bull8t out of his sys
i'"' h saving ehot himself la the
abdomen. The doctor complied, and
the young man Is recovering. 7T
'. WASHINGTON ,
h.Vn5anlJf IT ,weU yter is said by
health officials to be responsible for
5SSlr,W few near
flr?tcht,n' in Inland Empire for
ests this summer furnished employ
ment to 890 men through the forest
service office at Spokane; ?
A contract has been MmrAmA .V.
erection of a 40x100 buUding for a
fish hatchery at Hood and one of larger
proportions at Cooks in Skamania
county j t.
G E Cunningham, wanted at Van
couver for obtaining $3600 on a fraudu
lent sight draft, was found not guilty
by reason of being Insane by a Lewis
county jury. 1
The hop house of F. N. Camnbell on
the Yakima reservation, containing
oops valued at about 87&00, burned a
Jw days ago. The total loss is more
than 810.000. .
Deppondent over "domestlo troubles
and because his wife was suing him
for divorce, W. S. Taylor, 80 years old,
committed suicide In Walla Walla by
taking strychnine.
Ralph Jacobaon. driver for a Seattle
Portland stage line, was fined 860 and
costs at Chehalis for driving a stage
not operating under a certificate of
necessity and convenience, .r
Four artesian wells are now being
sunk on the White Bluffs-Hanford set
tlement project. Three are already in
operation and are furnishing water at
the rate of 1250 gallons each per mln-'
t- .. , i '
Ing conducted near Vancouver by B.
B. Cole, a Hazel Dell farmer. He has
harvested 200 plants," which' grew re
markably well as a result of the hot
weather . this summer.
. jura. v u. ABnoy reports to tne Bpo- ,
kane police that her husband left his
home at Sprague May 2 to consult a
.4 . 4 n , J . W . W, ,
since. She fears he has been murdered.
'. Construction was be run last week on
w aev ww a waavva wa iw bju saw vosv was av
lumbia river near Ken ne wick to take
the place of the present wooden struc
ture. The new bridge will be of steel
and will -be completed In 1923.
'V IDAHO. ',
The state of Idaho owns 700.000 acres
of land, estimated to be worth from
830.000.000. to 860,000,000.
Because he Is leaving Idaho to make
his home in California, Homer Reed
has resigned as commissioner of Madi
son county.
Four cases of Infantile naralvsla one
in Boise and three outside the citv lim
its, were reported Wednesday to tha
state department of public welfare.
X. H. Nash, state land commissioner.
reports that forest fires In .Northern .
Idaho have caused heavy losses, about
zbu.uuu.uutt xeet ex umber Having been
burned. . .
One of tha la rarest flrea at tha saaann
Is raging In the Net Perce forest re
serve, 10. miles south of Rlgglns, 800
acres cf. valuable timber having been
burned over. .
forest service from Coeur d'Alene ta
the head of Hayden lake will release
about 707000,000 feet of - timber. Sur
veys are now being made.
Twenty Years Ago J
From The Journal of Sept. Z4, 1802.
The races at Irvington opened y ester.
day. The weather was Ideal, the track
fast and the crowd enthusiastic The
band was there and thrilling muslo
enlivened the occasion..1 - The interest
in the events was absorbing, which was
shown by the heavy business of the
pool sellers.
. a a a
Twenty-three cents per pound was
paid for 27 bales of bops at Salem Tues
day, i. , ;
The Columbia Southern Is rushing
the survey of the extension from Shan-
Iko to Bend. :
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Portland has a steady, even and
moderately strong market today, with
prices generally unchanged. Creamery
butter, as well as eggs, keeps rising.
prime creamery bringing 27 Vic. Eggs
are held at 25 cents for strictly fresh.
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A plan Is on foot to have the City
and- Suburban" company run a trunk
line of cars over 'the Morrison street '
bridge instead of the long line as at
present. -
A long list of grievances is cited
against the Port of Portland commis
sion In papers filed in circuit court,
setting, forth the causes why -the dry-ilrv-k.
was to be eamirttrurt mi Van
couver instead o in Portland harbor.
The work of laying the 20-inch make
through Sunnyside is progressing slow-
'An effort will shortly be made by the
East Side Improvement association to
provide a high school for that section
of thecity nr'
Manny Howard, te noted stock rus
tler, has been sentenced at Baker City
to five years in the penitentiary.
, . . W - SB
The benefit for the forest fire suf-:
ferers at the Exposition building Fri
day night promises to be of . extra
ordinary Interest. The main attrac
tion will be Bob Fitzlmmons, Lbs noted
pugilist. - .. .(',
Omaha The Union Pacific railroad
has. obtained a temporary injunction
against striking machinists restraining;
them from tnterrfering with non-union .
men who have taken their places.
reached the mines. X traded my sad-
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