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IN THE NEAR EAST
DESPITE the many suggestions of .;
another ffreat wrrld war. with
. the present Far Eastern situation as
its beginning, su.ch a conflict is un-
- likely at this tia?e.
J If there hat boen .no recent
i world war, were the . world not;
steeped, in debt, were the dead less
recently burled and the wounded!
not still in hospitals, were the eco
nomic structure of all countries not.
straining under the load of the last
. . war, th Grecian. Turkish crisis
might easily be another excuse for
tremendous bloodshed.
4 But the people of England,
France, Italy and other countries
are "yet to be reckoned with. They
nave seen sons, brothers' and fath
ers march" away as sacrifice to the,
lust of war. They have seen the
desolation wrought by conflict.
: They have seen the' tremendous
.financial costs and the aftermath
: of struggle. They are not only not
prepared; but they are unwilling, to
take up arms again unless it be by
V the compulsion of attack. They are
!not willing to fight for the spoils of
- si past war, nor are they ready to
- cover, a diplomatic policy of blood
and iron by a rush to arms.
Certainly, as the scars of the last
war- are 'erased 'by time, as the
wounds are healed and horrors f 6r
rotten, another such conflict and
worse, starting with a crisis in a
remote corner of the earth, is pos-f
albla. It is net only possible but
- " very probaDie; - unless a " different
. standard is st for the settlement of
International disputes.
i : At the-present time the -standard
- Is- power financial, economic and
military power. The world has
fallen back from the Ideals of 191S
to tho epplls syjjtem, of IS 70, before
ad -after. Little nations are mere
pawns of big nations to be used for
i " "the realization of selfish purposes.
Armies, and navies are maintained,
not so much Tor purposes of de-
fens as for purposes of coercion- ,
i If power continues as the rod by
which disputes are measured, and
no effort is made to 'supplant it,
there ywill be other and. greater
wars, and probably wars of races,
j : with the Occident running a bad
second from the standpoint of num
bera. '
" There is a way ta. remove power
as tha arbiter of disputea" That Is
vby puttine power on the side of
justice and . making justice the
standard' of measurement. Old
world diplomats will bef reluctant
to make the ehang. but! diplomats
can be changed. jThe peoples of
the various countries hayf a strange
influence over diplomats, for the
. reason that diplomats are diplomats
until ihV people decifle they are no
longer to b diplomats.
- Ona nation -cannjot easily change
'"world conditions alone unless that
nation enjoys tremendous prestige.
But. one nation can' exercise a pow
erful leadership, and. joined by a
- few more strong powers, can set up
-a structure that wciuld supplant na
i. tionai power as the supreme dic
tator of. affairs with the thesis
' handed down by th greaLNaxarene
for the settlement bf all disputes
: justice. - Until - that structure -' is
' reared there will be war scares and
' ',: war. .. . - K: V U
NOT EQUAL TO WS TASK
TTTHEN - Constantino - abdicated
;) tho Greek throna Ii wrota the
last page of tragip Greek history.
of; the past ew. years. - .
. tvhen war threatened the; ver
x!5tno ot Grec few- years
Mro, Coitetantlne was tmp-Iled ta
leave the throns and Vepitelflts, one
of ths sronr men of Europe, -'
iflven tfe rete. JPlis shlj t .stats
was-tbcik ila. perjJots position.
But Tiader skillful dlrsctioa Greece
threw ne toHmPi: allies
and emergred frotn ;;"'t j war aaf the
peace In the strongest position ahs
had tree enjoyed. ; . " -
..Then camo th hand of fata.
Venixeloa. th pilot, waa. dismissed
by an ovexwaelmtna Vota and Con
stantino, ttte former kinglet, was
returned to hjs palace
: .But Cbnstantine was not eaual to
his task. He was not 4 Venfzelos.
After a time he was enmeshed in
dipiomatie trouble and eventually
fin a war that not only; swept away
tron 'Greek support but the
Greek frontiers and Constantino's
throes. ' I
VeHteelos will probably be called
back-to take the helm. He will do
whatever can be" done to salvaae
what can be salvaged ; to Greece
from tka ruins. rBut even Ven
xelos win not be'L able )ov restore
totSreeee wfiat he left to Constan
tine. , 41 ' '
Now Greece probably rues the
day, that-.Constantino- was - recalled
to his -kingship, and Greek patriots
are having a taste of . what might
be called Jersey justic.
BRING YAKIMA NEARER
YAKIMA is a city of 20,000 peo
ple. It has industries, stores;
schools, churches, homes. .The
county of which Yakima -is county
seat has a population of 64,004). A
few years" ago where Yakima stands
there was sagebrush. -
Ellensburg is a city of 6500 peo
ple: Kittitas, of which it is the
county seat,, has a population- of
21.000. 1
Prosser is a thriving cjty of near
ly 2000 people. Benton, Aff which
it is the county seat, has a.popula-
tioii or more man io.ooo.- ? j
These towns are centers of the
Yakima valley. The valley is one
of the distinctively rich, produc
tive and beautiful spots of earth.
It is more than .125 miles, long.
Other valleys lead front; it, J They
are similarly beautiful and produc
tive where irrigation removes the"!
sagebrush.
Some. 300,000 acres are under Ir
rigation. Annual crop values prob
ably exceed $50,000,000. The .fruit?
the vegetables, the livestock of the
Yakima valley are famous. The
potatoes of Yakima are the stand
ard by which the potatoes of other
districts are judged. -
By the shortest existing route
Yakima is some 300 miles from
Portland. Geographically it is as
near Portland, as Puget Sound. But
rail routes tie Yakima valley' to
Puget Sound.!"" Rail rates, give
Puget .Sound the advantage over
Portland in handling the business
of this'marvelously fertilgregion.
By the shortest feasible route
Portland would" be' 'only 165 miles
from Yakima. The distance could
be cut nearly in two. An equal
opportunity in rates and a better
opportunity in time of transporta
tion could bjB won for this city in
bidding for the trade of Yakima
valley.
There are 100,000 people lust
around the shoulder of Mount
Adams from Portland who might
be in' Alaska for all the contact we
have with thena nowt There are 100,-
000 people now just beyond Port
land's reach whose productive ac
tivities result each year in values
exceeding $50,000,000 and who
from 300,000 acres already irri
gated look out upon some 320,000
acres more that by irrigation could
b4 made nearly if not quite equally
productive. ..
It is not surprising that the pro
posal for short routes to Yakima,
both by rail and highway, has
awakened Portland enthusiasm.
Similar enthusiasm is found in the
population centers of the Yakima
valley.
The proposal for a railroad to
Yakima ought to have the analysis
and the ultimate Support of the
best traffic, business and legal abil
ity not only of Portland but of . the
Yakima valley. Tpe- Yakima op
portunity is- ripe, jj -
NOT OVERWORKED
BEING president of the French
retiublie Mentis to be a little
different from any Job of presidertt
ing known. For instance, the pres
ident of the United States is. a very
busy man. He wields tremendous
Power. The president of a large
corporation is usually a busy man.
And. likewise he usually ia endowed
with, considerable: authority. But
here is the daBy j program - ef the
president 'the (French republic,
Mlllerand, '.during the summer
months: . ' ' j: , . . - Q
, Seven o'CIpck Wakes up. Break
fasts English style tea, ; milk,
toast, butter. fruit or jam. Not
fruit and jam- fruit Of jam. Reads
faris paper ana ; soma provincial
papers. There are- morning paf
pers ln Paris alotoe. Takes notes,
vNine o'clock Takes walk tn the
woods,- bareheaded, often alone.
Eleven-thirty Reads mail, dici
tates maili and talks long distance
to Paris. ' Even the president can't.
talka.10 minutes en a French tele
phone without being cut off at
least once: for each minute. :
Qne' o'Cloek Luncheon in the
magnificent ' dining hall of the
chateau. Discusses household ' de
tails. Eats " simply but substan
tially., r ' ! -
Three o'clock Receives callers
or plays dominoes with hts ehil
dren. i'
Four o'clock Tea Is served. .
Five o'clock Takes another walk
in the forest. r
,. Six-thirty Gets second mail from
Paris. Works with his secretaries.
Eight o'clock Dlnnsr" is served.
The president eats heartily.
Nine eCloek Plays bridga or
poker with family or friends. The
presidents is said to be a good loser.
Ten o'clock Retires for the
night. '. ;a - --r"
The French president, it appears,
ia not bterworked. . Nor does he
stoop tinder, the burdens of power.
In France, the reins of government
are in the hands - of the premier.
But the Job of living without great
diqtresa-or anxiety seems. to be per.
manently assigned to the president
t0 tka MAtinvm
Va XfV UU J e
INDICTED
COMMITMENT papers to the pen
itentiary for Chicago contrac
tors and union officials Had hardly
been signed after conviction 'of
bribery and conspiracy to defraud
when Indictments were returned
against officials of the school boards
a city prosecutor, coa dealers' and
various other persons, charging
identical crimes.
Union officials and contractors
entered into a conspiracy to call or
threaten strikes, raise prices to the
public, call off the strike aad divide
the- added revenue between the
union leaders and conspiring eon
tractors. - --
It'lte charged' that : members of
the school board and" other princi
pals in the latest indictment con
spired to raise a pot of 190,000 to.
be used in bribing legislators and
for other political purposes in order
to bring about their." "owh advance
ment. -
There, seems to beno end of the
graft plots and political conspira
cies for personal gain. They recur
one after the other, each dedicated
to the purpose $f plundering the
public. Apparently it is always
open season for such plots.
Fortunately Oregon has been sin
gularly free from such scandals in
recent years. The reason is undoubt
edly to be found in a more enlight
ened electorate and a better system
of government. Including the pri
mary law. The result has been better
public officials on the whole and
cleaner government, devoid of
graft.- bribery and conspiracy.
The scandals in other states
should encourage the citizenry of
this state to continues, in the course
of progress in government, a course
that is proving highly efficacious in
comparison with the corruption in
other parts of the nation.
BORAH'S NEW. SPEECH
BECAUSE Senator Borah has ap
pealed for the liberation of the
political prisoners, there will be
those to style him a Bolshevist. But
they will be wrong.
freed. The law under which they
were sent to prison' was long ago
repealed., ' It waa a war measure'
and is out of place in tirte of "peAce
If tlie law is improper in peace
time, the sentences Imposed, under
it are improper in peace time.
The , prisoners were sent to Jail
for their political opinions. It was,
of course, an abridgment of free
speech. It was Justified at the
time on the ground that we were
at -war. But the war ended nearrv
four years, ago. To continue to
hold them in prison now is an in-j
vasion of constitutional rights. The
other nations released their polit
ical prisoners Jong ago. ; ' Senator
Borah says we have released such
of ours as had personal or political
influence. It is those who are
without pull thatare still in prison.
The American people have be
come lethargic on the subject of
free speech. A vast bodyof people
Chihk free speech doesn't amount
io much. "They either know little
of the past r care little about the
future, or they would? treasure free
speech, free press and peaceable
assembly as the most preciods her
itage of the citizen. .
rvJf ia only in heedless times and
among a people little concerned
about--why and how there came to
be a United States, that the
Daugherty injunction would have
been brought forward. The
lengths to which that act goes is
ample . proof - that the .publig ties
lost much of Its realization of wnat
free speech means.-
And the same thing is meant by
the continued incarceration of war
prisoners four years after the war
ended.
RECKLESS DRIVERS PUNJSHED,
AT CH.ICAGQ automobile driver
--wnt to prison a few days ago
under a sentence of from one year
to life. He had been convicted .of
manslaughter after running down
and- killing a pedestrian.
- Just previously a 'New York
driver was convicted of the same
offense under similar circumstances
and given a heavy penitentiary
sentence. ; i
$The automobile, killings continue
ln all, states of the union. But as
people are ground down under ma
chines operated by reckless drivers
sentiment In'all communities is ri
lng and; prevenfive" measures- are
undertaken. , Various lews - -nave
been enacted in numerous states
recent fy. ,Law i enforcement is
quickening and sentence are' be
coming longer Arrests are more
frequent and greater vigor la evi
dent in J prosecution- -All forces
are ineving around the dangerous
motorist with such rapidity that
the day is approaching when there
will be "far greater respect for life
and limb' on 'the streets and high
ways,. " v - '
; The Eastern sentences " are f a
warning.' j They are omens of the
power of public .sentiment. ; They
indicate, what - reckless driving in
the pastv is to de to the reckless
driver ot the future, r , . ..
KLAMATH LANDS
FOR VETERANS
An Appear for Putting Reclaimed er
Reclalraable Areas in Oregon to Pro
ductive rrse and Jnto Possession
of the Comrtrye Defenders. In
stead of Letting Power Interests
-of California- liock Them Uir-';
The Personal Equation as It
Affects KJamata Fans People
.In -Their Relations with Port
land and San '.Francisco.
-. . -as;,." v; :RrFr4 VVearterfeld .. .
The - editoriatt- in The Journal of
September 25 enutled "hat Portland
Lose, " an the editorial in the Klam
attt Falls Herald of September en
titled Wm Want the ! Natron Cut-off.
But.-" me - before Klaroath " Falls
readers about the same time, and show
different angles of the subject.
It is indeed not jmere miles that
should be considered. ' When we go
o a gathering at Portland it Ia "HeIl !
When did you Into town?" -When
we go to San -Francisco it is 'Hello!
HbWs things . up your way? What
are you interested in? Are you
taking any special course? Have
you done anything in so-and-so?
Are you interested ? Come down to 3Cs
office; he has 'just returned from New
York and Is going to show a bench ef
the boys the latest Don't know him?
That's no difference. I'll take you over
and introduce you,"' etc. makes you
feel that someone is taking an interest
in you. . :
The same thing holds true in Legion
circlea Klamath Post, No. 8 has been
standing guard over about ,$3,000,000
worth of government land in t' the
Klamath; project, and that is thy ex-)
cuse for writing. First, the reclsumai
tion service .started- to Jests, It. for
25 and 30 year periods, and it was only
last summer that we .succeeded in kill
ing the , leases. The .land la "no, good
without' the water .in' proper' amount.
Your editorial- speaks of the hthd tn
LangeU valley. It should be remem
bered that the reclamation officials
took this land into.. the project after:
congress bad made an appropriation
of $3,113,000 for the project, and Instead
of putting the monay, which waa imme
diately -available, and. applying, it to
government land to make homes for
veterans, the reclamation "officials? in
Washington put a large part of it to
these .private lands.
Recently a report came that 10.000
acres-fn Tule lake -was to be opened.
They could have, opened up 50,000 acres
had the government so . desired. The
big trouble lies In the fact that the
water power interests want the water!
ror power, and officials are more" will
ing to cater to them .than to the
Interests of the public or the veterans.
When the Southern Tacific and the
Union Pacific railroad men were here
they were shown Tule lake, LangeJl
valiey. and Upper' Klamath lake, but
not Lower Klamath- lake, by the
chamber of commerce committee.
There was a good reason for this. At
$irst the California-Oregon Power
company and later the people 'of Shasta
valley. In California, wanted to flood
some tt.000 acres of marsh, land, -about
30,000 acres of which is government
land, to make a" reservoir to create
water power for power sites down the
Klamath river in California.
The lower lake marsh -lands are far
richer than the lands in LangeU valley,
and because they contained much gov
ernment land the leaders Of this post
have tried many times to get the
chamber of commerce and our Oregon
senators to help protect these lands for
veterans. When I became commander
I asked Governor Olcott to help us.
He very politely informed us that he
had "passe the buck" to the attorney
general. So nothing- waa done In the,
matter.
- We feel that Oregon senators and
the governor of Oregon should protect
the Interests of Oregon, even if they do
not care to protect the interests of
veterans.
A few days ago it transpired. that the
people of Shasta valley, instead of
needing a few acres of land that vet
erans should have, were Intending to
raise Upper Klamath lake, therebv
damaging a few lumber mills as well as
nooomg: some land fn Wood River
valley, and some of-ttae very men who
claimed they did not even Know that
such a thing was contemplated got
very active, and some of the leaders in
this post are anxiously watching the
outcome.
'The fact of the case Is that the
power companies down the Klamath
river in California need thef water for
power. The Southern Pacific wants
to electrify its road over the Siski
yotfsby getting -power from the newer
company: Shasta valley lies on the
Southern Pacific main line, far from
any possiouKy or railroad competition.
It should worry about flooding a few
agres on a branch line wide open to
oompetlng ltties In Oregon.
What -Portland needs.' and what
Kjamatn vans needs, is some men who
will see to it that we get a governor
ana some senators who will not let
vested interests eteal this vast wealth
and tonnage from ex-service men and
tne state ot Oregon. N. J. Sinnott i
taoout tee only man in public office
woe has helped us any. He has don
yeoman service. If we had a few men
like him and ex-Senator Chamberlain
Oregon interests would be aafe and
ex-service wen . would soon fall heir
to about f3.000.000 worth ef public land.
Oregon's tax rolls would increase
several t millions, ur tonnage would
grow from year to year, and instead
of one railroad we would in a few
years have three or four, tapping an
empire whose wealth is rich beyond the
oreams oi avarice? .
It is up to the people of Portland
to save this vast wealth"' for Oreroa.
The land without the water is worth
less. Will you help put it upon Oregon
tana, - or win you let it run down the
river ta Shasta valley and the water
power companies in. California, and
me eoutnern facinc
Yale's Ban on Automobiles
From the Worcester Tel egram
Yale Is net the first college to ban
the automobile for Undergraduates, but
it is the second large university to do
so by formal order. Yale does not
consider the automobile a necessary
part Of a young gentleman's, college
training." and the- undergraduates can
not keep er operate cars around New
Raven without special permission.
. The hardship this will Impose upon
the young gentlemen it to only pos
sible lor anyone whe has lived in a
college town te realise. What is the
undergrad to do if be can't toot his
car through the streets at. 40 miles an
hour i with a hatless crew of his fel
lowsi How can a senior make any hit
at all round the state If he can't roll
up in n big six? It is a positive crime
te have . to wait for trains. Think of
the .time lest. How are these doclos
who teach efficiency, in college going
to get round that? Gee,, ait there'll be
left to ido nights now is Stndy or bang
around the campus. What's the .col?
lege life coming to? The "boys who
went to college 20 years age. had the
real time, -
. Well; perhaps they did. at Tale and
etherreollegea. And' they bad the time
without automobiles, for autotnobPee
were then curiosities. "They had' -I te
hang, round the campus, and they
learned ' to -sing on toefenea Tbi
had time to cultivate- aeqnaintaneea
In ' their classes, .They bad rushes,
knock doAjj and drag out affairs that
cemented them closer as a class than
classes get nowadays. -There was not
that "Saturday exodus" which has
been the! problem of every university
within 160 miles ef a big city. ;; Men
entally liked' to stay in their rooms
and spend evenings in discussion. They
didn't think a M-mUe spin after sup
per; necessary to either health '-ett edu
cation and if they had they coulda't
have taken it. ;-
No doubt the order win cause a ruc
tion 'at Yale, but ..Tale , isn't the; first
college' to Issue the order. Princeton
did; It a year .or so 'ago. Princeton Is
still in existence.
Letters From the People
tCeanzasaieatioaa sea te Tbe JownaX Sea
pobueauaa a this sssartSMSi eseeld be wrib-
tea oa euy one sue e saar war, ems "w
exeeed SOO words to lenata, , and Mast e
aianed by tae writes, whose wail aifcltras is
f tut most eceanipan, the contribatioa.1 f
BUItiSlDB BRirXJEREPLACE3ENT
Ait Advocate of the 'Project Marshals
j Reasons for Approval by the
People on November 7.
, Portland, Oct, 3. To the Editor of
The Journal I submit reasons why the
proposed ' bond issue for the replace
ment of the Burnside street bridge
should be adopted. This city possessed
a iu4i nniJUr nnniiUriiw wham mnct
of; oar present bridges were con
structed, and tbe bridges are inadequate
and unfit -and becoming rapidly use less
and dangerous on account of the heavy
traffic due to rapid growth. . Burnside
street Is the nataral and logical bridge
street of this city, on account, of its
central location. IV being the only street
running east and west, entirely through
the city,- the immense area on the east
side of the river directly tributary to
the street, and. its peculiar accessibility
to west aide streets and the fact that
railroads do not interfere with the traf
fic. The Steel bridge and the Broad
way bridge possess, approaches on the
west side that ire very steep, thus se
verely interfering with loaded vehicles
and preventing . their use to loaded
horse-drawn vehicles a considerable
portion of the year. Before traffic was
restrtctedy upon tne present Burnside
bridge, statistics show it enloyed more
and heavier traffic than any other
bridge in-jjthe city. The proposed bridge
i to be 90 feetvide. almost twice as
Wide as any o' the present bridges.
and to., have a -grade .! hot aver 4 per
cent, with ample approaches on:both
sides-; further it is to be constructed
inj accordance with City Engineer Laur
gaard'a proposed waterfront project.
JThe said city engineer has provided, a
plan for widening East Burnside street
tov 80 feet from the river to Thirteenth
Street,, thence to Sixteenth and SandyJ
wnence sandy will be widened to 23th.
thus: making a great artery east and
I west through the eltyk0 feet wide. Our
otaie engineer ana tne said city en
gineer have mad very exhaustive de
signs and reports concerning the new
Burnside bridge, and have submitted
reports to our county commissioners to
the effect that the bridge can be fully
built, including the costs of condemna
tion of all necessary property, for a'
little less than 33,000, 0G.
The replacement of this bridge pre
sents a financial status different from
that of the construction of a new
bridge, for. the property owners along
Burnside pay directly and indirectly
,lr the new bridge. On account of the
street's importance as a (bridge street,
property owners along said street have
for years paid far more, taxes than ace
assessed against the property along the
adjoining arteries ; so that, after care
ful calculation, we have concluded that
this additional tax amounts to over
3100,000 each; year, s that if the bridge
wasf condemned Or not reconstructed
said property owners would pay just
$10i,Wa les tin taxes each year. There
fOrcy wte cam readily; reason who will
pay for the new bridge.
-The reconstruction of said bridgwill
be promptly followed by great building
activity on the east Side, and business
on the west which will greatly ini?
crease our tax roll and develop a busi
ness center of great benefit to this ciy
Street car tracks are now laid so;
that Burnside and Morrison bridgesi
form great arteries draining great ter
ritory in alt central Portland and to
the east thereof. Suppose Burnside
tsHdge was'" tcondemned and the old
Morrison hriage should be closed for
some reason as often occurs how
would the people of East Portland. get
across the river? We should have te
dig up a ferry beat somewhere. The
proposed 90-foot bridge will allow all
kinds of traf tic, and we have deter
mined, after careful investigation, that
the bridge can be built for far less than
half the coat ct- a tube, and will carry
over five times the traffic that could
pass through a tube, and said traffic
wilt be ef all descriptions. In the event
Burnside bridge is not replaced, or is
condemned, vast area like Parkroae.
Rose City Park and Alameda will be
paralysed for)ack of means of cross
ing the river, and the want of the
bridge will be a mighty handicap to
business conditions ion both sides of the
river. George W. Wilson.
THE SELLWOOD BRIDGE
Burnside Removal. Preposition Leaves
. Hope, Following Commission
ers .- Balet Action.
Portland, Oct. 1 To the Editor of
The Journal The people of SeUwood
have experienced a great disappoint
ment in the failure of the county com
missioners to allow tbe Sellwood bridge
to be placed en the November ballot.
But hope Ras been revived by the sug
gestion that tbe materials salvaged in
the wrecking of the Burnside bridge
might be utilised in building a bridge
at this location.
On the face of ft this seems a very
practical proposition. The petition of
the Sellwood board of trade to the
county commissioners was accompanied
by an engineer's . estimate of the, ap
proximate cost: of a, bridge at this site.
which waa in reund numbers &,-
000. Of this amoant IJOs.OOO was esti
mated to be the eost of the necessary
steel werk. . By Using the steel work
from the 'Burnside bridge the cost of a
bridge at Sellwood would therefore be
reduced almost tialf. Henry Blood,
consulting '" engineer, who 'furnished
these , estimates, is -quoted as saying
that by using piling-in the approaches
instead ef steel the cost .might be re
duced to 1 1 50,00 e. Even if a bridge
should be built sit Beacon street there
would still remain the necessity ef
some means of (crossing the river at
Sellwood, which is two and a half miles
farther south.: In the event of a fail
ure of .the Beacon street bridge to
carry at the fall election we shall be
just as badly off as we are now. A
bridge at Sellwood. while not relieving
the traffic congestion to any great ex
tent, would help some. . and "half . a
loaf is better than no bread." In view
of the fact that tbe Sellwood ferry Is
costing: -.the . county an average of
I25.W year ; for running expenses,
we believe - the, county i conuniasiesers
would lie" fully justified In- estng any
suitable materials made available -4a
the1 wrecking of tbe present Burnside
bridge .in constructing a bride's at Sell
wood and defraying the additional costs
out of 1 he county fands. The interest
on 1&VKK) would 'be muwh less "than
tbe cost of the ferry, and the coet of
maintenance of a bridge would be very
little to comparison. V
Kenneth Brown, '
OFFERED A3 A CORRECTION
Portland, Sept. "30.Te the Editor ef
The' Journal In The Journal ef Sep
tember 59 appeared a story from As
toria to the effect that a candidate for
irt- nriwnt hrMi MaTToyr " desh?ee, all the rain will fall at
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHAKQ5 .
Tie aaJd that the Scotch show no
signs of obeying the long skirt edict.
Isadora " Duncan: is admitted to the
United States again. Verily, an Im
portant step on the way to normalcy.
a w
orestrr Telenhone Is 'Being Ex
tended to Devil s Station," says a
headline We thought the service had
gone there long ago.
The kinar of ' Snaln ' has nlaced a
royal- edict, against garUc eating. How
under the sun can - be expect to find
hie loyal subjects in the dark?
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Henry Ford said to be planning an
entirely, new car. Hurrah ! Now. at
our wit's end, we'll have entirely new
sturx ror a weaitn or ongnt remaras.
Gerrftanv is about to take a cue
from Turkey, the .paper says. It would
do more promaoie, ir not at an sensi
ble, to take a "queue" or two from the
Chinese. i' ,
What could be nicer, on a bright,
sunny morning, than to discover, after
you're up and dressed, thst it's an
hour' earlier than usual?
-s a
l - wnen weatner is made ao
When weather is made according to
night when we can keep out of It with
out trouDie.
e
-Court holds that the Teiman baby Is
the only innocent party. The reward
Of innocence is that the child will have
to carry the burden of stigma for the
whole sordid affair. j
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations t About Town
It takes 20 hours by rail to go 'to
Mountain Home, Idaho i yet no sooner
had - the Multnomah hotel orchestra
started . playing Friday night in the
Journal radio broadcasting room than
Winston Caldwell : at Mountain Home
heard the strains of music The saxo
phone, solo of iA. F. ... Yoder was heard
very distinctly, as; well as the - (other
numbers. Mr. Caldwell, on his way
to the University of Oregon. Monday
stopped In Portland enroute to Eugene
to let them know how much he and
his friends enjoyed the concert.
Stockmen visiting in Portland in
clude W. R. Helmlck of Uklah. A. S.
Arbogast of Rltter. Brooks Hawley
of McEwen and D. O. Justus of Hepp-
ner.
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Among guests of the Multnomah are
Mr. nnd Mrs, V. P. Coffin ot Boise,
Idaho, who are enroute home on their
wedding trip.
Mr. and Mrs. 1.. L. Swift of Baker
are sojourning In Portland on their
way home from the State fair.
W. P. Tippet of Enterprise and Dew
ey Boston of Wallowa are transacting
some business, in Portland. .
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Among onst of town visitors fs Ernest
Wibern of Bandon.
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K. H. Hedrick of Heppner is trans
acting business in Portland.
: Among out of town visitors are Mr.
and Mrs., E. I. Stoddard of La Grande.
Regiered at' the Imperial is W. R,
Cunningtosi of Aurora.
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Clark Eanbrun of Tillamook la among
recenf arrivals in the metropolis.
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James W. Mott of Astoria la trans-
acting business in Portland.
H. M. Swartwood of Joseph is mak
ing a business visit to Portland.
J. W. Siemens of Klamath Falls is
aeaeng recent arrivals In the city.
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Visitors from Echo are Mr. and Mra
C. R, Lisle and Jr B. Saylor.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN ,
By Fred
The story ot the loeanberry's origin as told
by the jnu who pmdnced -it ia here recorded by
Mr. loeMay. , with detaila of tbe ear bar life of
tkia foryiaaLe iaaoratar.
Judge. J. I H. Logan, who originated
the loganberry, was a recent guest of
the Salem Commercial club. Judge Lo
gan Is tall athd, slender. He is smooth
shaven and his hair is white. He Is
erect and vigorous and looks more like
a- man of 30 than one who is past 83.
Hi wife is also tall and slender, with
dark hair and eyes. Her maiden name
was Mary Elizabeth Cousons. She was
born In England. Her father, W. B.
Cousen. was an officer In the English
navy. They earns te California and.
upon tbe breaking out of tee World
war., her father offered hlsj services
io the secretary of the navyj was ap
pointed lieu tenant commander and
served in the American ! navy through
the war. Gladys Logan, wTno is 11
years old and looks several years older,
had fallen In love with Oregon and
enlisted my help -to try to getj her par
ents to move te Salem.
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"My name Is Jaraea. Harvey Logan."
said Judge Logan in answer to my
qoeation. T was born in Indiana. De
cember'' t. 1139. My father, Samuel
MeCampbell - Login, was of Scotch
descent and was born at Lexington,
Ky, . The Logans came to America over
20v years age, settling at Rock Ridge.
Vajs My mother, whose matdcrt name
ws Mary B. McMurty, like my father
was ef Scotch," descent ane was born in
Kentucky. I was the seventh child in
a family ef eight. I went to a colle
giate Institute in Indiana.' from which
r graduated In June. -i860. I put in
the winter of 1860 teaching at Inde
pendence, Mo. There I secured a Job
sis bullvhacker for the Overland Tele
graph, company, which was construct
ing a line across the plains. . In those
days buffalo were abundant. I have
seen hundreds ef freshly killed buf
falo left to be'eateo by coyotes. Some
hunters would slaughter the buffalo
for their hides.- No, I never killed any
game larger than a porcupine on the
plains.. I wanted to get a mountain
sheep. We saw plenty of them In th
rocky bluffs but all we ever saw was
one eye peeking around the edge of
the recks, and I didn't have a gun that
would shoot around a corner.
We reached Salt Lake City In the
summer ef 1381, where we made our
headquarters for a month or more. At
that time it was one of the most or
derly cities X ever saw.; Most of the
Western 'towns were wide open, with
open saloons, gambling and carousing
going on 24 hours a day, but Salt Lake
City was a pleasing contrast. .1 went
to hearBrigham Young talk, bet was
not impressed with his ' eloquence. 1 . -"I
stayed with my job, driving oxen
for a. month after leaving Salt Lake
City, then drew my pay t and etarted
for California. I tried to engage pas
sage on the Overland stage, bat found
every seat taken. The driver told are.
he was worn out and if I would drfve
all night .1 could ride en tbe beet With
him. 1 accepted his offer and he curled
the legislature claims to have been
threatened.'. by Fred - L' Gffford. de
scribed In' the Item as being the bead
of tbe JCIan in the state and "a leading
officer- of the Federation, of Patriotic
Societlea-.;:;-:,,?:: -t-Vi j - Vf
I am avtherised by the Oregon Fed
eratjoo of Patriotic Societies,' to request
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS.
It looks like Europe was going to.
mix in another war. We suggest. that
they pay for the last one beforethey
start a new one Blue Mountain Eagle,
, f:':.-.-v : . j m - w as ... ,
The congress that has just adjourned
passed some 300 laws out of a total ot
more than 6000 bills introduced. Killing
off the ether 4700 is really something
to point to with pride. Eugene Regis
ter. . . i
A California roan 102 years of .age
defends the use of tobacco and says
he has aways chewed and smoked. He
will find that he can't keep up such
habits" much longer. Washington
County News-Tiroes.
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"Women will not have seats in the
house of deputies of' the Episcopal
church. News Item. But women will
continue to have seats of no smaU
importance In the bouses of the depu
ties. Weston Leader.. :
A chiropodist finds that President
Harding's feet are anatomically al
most perfect. Weill what is there re
markable about that? So are ours, so
far as we know, and so probably are
the feet of nine tenths of the 30.000,000
men in ihe United States. CoqulUe
Valley Sentinel.
a
Former Vice President Marshall
thinks what the country needs is
cheaper cigars. Vice President Fair
banks thousmt what it needed waa.
buttermilk. And when Vice President
cooudge becomes an "ex," very likely
he'll Insist that the way to salvation
is lectures on constitutional law La
Grande Observer. ;
Professor E. B. FItta and family,
registered-at the Multnomah hotel, are
stopping se few days in Portland be
fore proceeding to their new home at
the Pennsylvania state eoUege. where
Professor Fitts has accepted the pro
fessorship, of dairying. For the past
nine years he has been associated with
Oregon. Agricultural college as pro-
icoaur a airy extension.
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-nrHiB t-niuips or worth Bend, a
former eommissioner of Coos county, is
visiting in Portland on his way home
irom tne mate fair. He is verv en
thusiastic over the Coos county exhibit
at the fair. Which,, although not so
good as it might have been, was on
me wnoie .a very creditable one, he
thought , -
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Among guests of Uie Imperial are Mr.
and Mra Clyde McKensie of Sumraer
ville and J. J. MeMahon of Jackson
ville. "..-
H. H. Corey of Salem is a guest of
tne imperial while spending a few, days
in r-ortiana.
e
Grant Smith of the . firm of Grant
Smith & Co. is a guest: Of the Multno
mah. ;
: a Vi
E. Egll, a Harney counts rancher, is
visiung in f ortlana. -. ;
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Don Patrick of CorvIais, is among
out oe town visitors.
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Robert Wright of Imnh is, among
guests irom wauowja county. -
F. A. Mlnto of Salem was among ar
rivals m ne metropolis Monday.
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R- B. Rooper of Antelope ta among
out ot town visitors.?
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Visitors from Joseph, are L. C. Huff
map and Jake Marks,
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R- Folsom and son of Pendleton are
among out of town visitors.
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Geqrge Tackman of Prinaville is reg
istered at tbe Imperial.
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Among out of town visitors is N. E
Dodd of Haines, f . I
Lockley
up on the mail sacks in the boot and
wenv- io sleep., I stopped oyer a few
" t Virginia city to look around.
In the fan of 11 it was a wide onn
mining camp. I ran across a teamster
who agreed to let me travel with him
on bis freight wagon as far as Grass
v aiiey,, uai.. for 35. At Grass Valley
I took the Overland stage for San
Francisco, From San Francisco I went
to ies oatos to visit tny : mother's
brother. Dr. William S. McMurty. I
lived with him for the next year or so.
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"In December. 1863, I went ta San
Jose and entered the law office of C. T.
Ryiand, a son-in-law of Judge Peter
H. Burnett, who had crossed the plains
to Oregon In 1343. had 'come to Cali
fornia in the winter of 1343 to engage
m soia mining ana naa been elected
the first Americas governor ef Cali
fornia. -I was admitted to the bar tn
1355 and was appointed a notary publle.
which, helped pay my feb until I could
establish my practiced
a a a
"In 1863 I moved- to Santa Crus,
where I was tendered and accepted a
position as deputy district attorney.
In 1870 I was elected district attorney
and held the position until 1880, when
I was elected superior judge. When I
was 28 I married Catherine Murnhv.
L whose people lived in Massachusetts. I
met her while she was visiting her sis
ter in San Francisco. j
"In 1880 I purchased six acres on
what is now called Logan Heights and
began indulging my love of gardening
and experimenting . with shrubs and
vines. I held the position of superior
judge 12 years, when I retired on ac
count of Impaired health. While llv.
big on Logan Heights I decided to tr
to -produce a new blackberry by cross
ing the Texas Early, a domes tc early
blooming backberry,- with the . wild
blackberry. I planted a row ef Texas
Early blackberries and next to them
a row of wild blackberries, and In tbe
third row red Antwerp raspberriea
This was in the winter of 1880. When
the fruit came, in 188J, I found to my
delight, that -I had originated a new
and improved ' blackberry, which - I
named 4he .Mammoth blackberry. In
the first row I found a single plant
unlike any other berries I had ever
seen. I discovered that nature had
produced a new fruit by crossing the
red Antwerp raspberry with th wild
blackberry. I gave It to Professor
Wickson ef the University of Califor
nia for free distribution to anyone who
wanted it ; so I have never received
a cent ef profit from my discovery.
The honor of .having It named for me
t The honor of .having It na
J Is Suff lrient compensation.
The nam
ing 4t for me was? also-an accident.
James Waters, a nurseryman ot Wat-
sonvtlle, propagated and sold these
plants, and net knowing what toVterro
them he called 'them 'Logan's berries.
and soon they became known by their
present 'name. Say for me that I am
very grateful for the appreciation pf
Oregon, and 1 have been deeply touched
by the tributes peldf me by the men
engaged Jn the loganberry industry,"
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that yen make correction of this Slate
ment, Inasmuch as Mr.' Giff ord to not a
delegate or member of the federation
and has no connectjon with same 'or
any council' on committee thereof. -.
, I- " : - W. C. Elford,; t
Secretary. "'.Oregon Federation f
Fatriotie -Societies. .". .
The Oregon Country
NarUtwaet jdappeninsa ia Uriel t otal tor ti
Busy Reader. , ' .l .
OREGON. ;
Mra' Eleanor H. Dnnv aared S3.
died at Lafayette last .Wednesday. She
had lived in Yamhill county for 83
yeara ' - v, . .. ,, - .. r - ,. -i. ; - ,, :4
The state highway department an
nounces that the Sale of 81,800.000'
highway bonds, advertised for October
, baa been poatponed.,?,v.,sci;i.it-:.i- 1
The-Qeorge Ferguson drug store st
Union wss entered by burglars one
night last week and robbed of merchan
dise amounting to about . 8250.. f5 , -, '
Th'e-Mohlr cheese factory at 'Ttlla
mookv belonging to Rudolph Zwetfut,
with about 6000 worth of cheese.! was
destroyed by fire last week. The loss
is estimated at $20,000. .! -
The Twin Lumber company has filed
an application with, the public service
commission for permission to construct
a spur railroad track over Rose street
in the city of Vernonla."? s
The recent rains have extinguished
all forest, fires in Western Oregon and
the army aviation camp at Eugene is
being broken up preparatory to the
return of its members-to San Fran
cisco. - i ,
Mrs. Amarantha Nye, who died at
her home hear Prospect recently, was
$8 years old and had been a resident
of Oregon : for 69 -years. She was at
one time a teacher in old Wilbur
academy. - '!''.-
Eugene's efty building inspector has
Issued a permit to Thomas Mulr of
Portland, contractor on; the journal
Ism' building at the university, for its
erection. . The permit calls for an ex
penditure of $37,000. Si-
Agriculture wiill be taught In! the
eight grades of tbe public schools of
Lane county this year, and the pupils,
to get an eighth grade diploma, will
have to takei ah examination in this
suDject in me spring.
Br the Dremature exnlnalnn of th
charges of giant powder near Eugene.
Friday, Hugo Burman j suffered a
broken hip, leg and three ribs. Bur
man had charge of rock blasting werk
on the county highway.
Lemon Punch, the University of Ore
gon humorous magasine, rated .by a
New York publishing house as the
fifth beet college publication tn the
United States, will be published for
thesflrst time this year October 9. f
The chalk mines at Juntura In East
ern Oregon have been taken over artd!
will be workedxby a party of Porl-J
land capltalists.X IThe new company
has orders of morel than 840,000 for the
chalk, which is made Into flooring and
, Ail
i; was de
ego, the
WASHINOTON
The alfalfa mill at Mabton
stroyea ny rire a i few days ago,
raw mine nearly au,uuv. .
Belllngham will soon have Jta first
farmers' market. It is being built by
A. J.' Diets of Portland and will have
about 60 stands. . - V
.Albert Reynolds 20 years old .cT
w waa run over py a trair
at Lyman, Wash., last Friday and suf
icrea tne loss of. pout legs.
Peter Peterson of the Black Diamond
coai mines was killed in Seattlet Friday
nigni wnen strucK rjy an, automobile
driven by George B. BlackwellJa lum
berman. ; 7
The EL K. Wood) Lumber company
of Belllngham has purchased 800 acres
of timbered land from the Blue Canyon
Coal company and' wm start logging
operations within a short time.
Ito Ashiro, a Japanese gardener" orn
the Yakima reservation, has propa
gated a seedless ' cucumber and whan
discovered a method of coloring and
flavoring muskmelons as desired.
Mayor Fawcetf ! charges that' the
Tacoma Railway 6 Power company Is
baying jitney busses front their owners
In order to get them off city runs and
thus eliminate competition for ' the
streetcars.
: A robber who Thursday night held '
up Sam Koeky, Seattle Jeweler, ' near :
Renton, King county, escaped with
Jewelry valued at $15,000. Kosky was
sliahtly wounded I when y rohlwtt-
Kired at him. -j , . ,-
Increase of Kelfl in th nnmk, W
School children in the state of Wash.
Ington and a decrease of $80,882,873" in 1
assessed valuation from- last year;
necessitates a state tax levy for 1923 J
of 18.59 mills. - '
i By a vote of 227 to 222. children of
Green Valley district are denied bus"
service to attend Sunnyslde- echoois.,'.
Green Valley parents claim that with
out Ih Kill MnrlM th.l. nl.l!il...
. - - - . vuiiuicn vail .
not attend school.
P1 oiclal count shows that James
W" '"i'VL0"",,0' Taooma. former meoi
ber of the Washington legislature, was
defeated for renomtnatlon by A. Ohl
son by Just one vote. The unofficial
count gave Slayden a lead of 12 votea
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IDAHO " . J .
Although an unusually heavy acreare
of beets have been raised in Southern a
Idaho and are ready, for harvesting,
traasport' Is lacking end there is ifo
rate applicable for their shipment.
AT I am tfa.f c-. . m .
yille. school' supervisor for northern
Idaho, nominated? for state superin
tendent of public; Instruction on the
Republican ticket, has declined the
.?ihiated. wUh embezslement and j
maKincr falsa r.nnrl. ,A . i .
of the currency, F. R. Miller, former
cashier of the Western National bank
of Caldwell, has been Indicted by a
federal grand Jury at Boise. . -
w-0"4- v Woodmen of ! the
determine the . validity of $128,000
bonds issued - by Buhl independent
fhool district - No, 8, i which the di
PUdiate. ,,d -P""S o re.
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of October 5, 1902.'
iugene Arter two years' Illness ex
Governor John Whlteaker died at hie
home In this city last niht. He had
been in ao unconscious state two days.
. Tn portable school houses have ar-,
rfved and City Superintendent -Rlgler i
is placing them. One is being put'upi'
at Williams avenue school, one-tr1
South Portland 'and Iha mh.. -
. r- - -- '"w a
j.ignianu. , ;
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A postofflce haa been established
Troy, WallOwa' county.
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: Ten m H aiui. tn Tia.
w.-wm, . .. .-"..(I vtruiuy
are unable to open, for Want of teach
ers. ".'... : .
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The east side SgTtatlon regarding the
handling of elabwood by the street
railway has assumed acute features.
Petitions are being circulated at Wood
lawn appealing to the council not to
interfere with hauling by cars.
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In the eontast . Whloh TV,- in,,...i
has been eonductine- for tt M.Mnh 1
the Carpenters'. -upion and t the Elec- ')
trical Workers' union, have been voted y
the most nomtlaa-- nr.-r.t ... If-
enterprising unions in Portland. ' vt ' J
vuuiFiainis nave oeen made : hat ti
there is bad tnontr In rln-tiiitiM in
the city.: - Many a good looking, soldi
piece nas peen "sweated" until ltl is
short f rem , 25 cenu to a dollar f In
Welxhti- "There ari ninn a:)rrit' nun..
berl of bogus silver dollars. !' . .fl I '
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Owlna to the' overcrowded
fion ef f inrmmmnt I nna rirm ih, '
Weraen's Christian Association, nas
decided tn chtitca them. A xrr tk.v
have found no suitable building. .
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Settlers In. Grant and Harney 'coun-1
tlaa' aa i practically i-e) sr man
end child opposed to the proposed for
est reserve plan. - , ;,- -f:;. :- s: .-
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the city now is that of theJD. Pt and!
A. N. comoanv. Durlne that naatiweak
or 'two it has undergone a marvelous I
change,.! It, now Is supplied with 10 of
tne latest improved eiectna ughta,
r..
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