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THE. 1 OREGON . . DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,, OREGON., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER -4,; 1922. . AS IVnEPUKIikKT yEwsrAPEB C. 6. JACKSON. ...-.". 1: . . . lUbtisbeT - fBe cairn, be onf"idirt, be eileerful and do Ot other ee-yaa-would have un d unto rm.1 ' 1 fublished every ierk4 ud btuKUj morning " at The Journal bnildmc Broasra j at Xaav- nul street. Pormsd. Otnon. Watered at. the postoffioe at Portland. Oregon, ; for traaemiasian Loaasli Ue bmJs aa second eiasa matter. KATIOXAi ADVERTISING 7 lilKJi"E.STA ., TTV13 -Benjamin i Kentnoe Co.. Bruaar wti bmTdrng, 225 Fifth avenue, litw Xork; H ianr trauiira. cnicago. tACIKlO OJAST SPB8NTATIVK KL . iX Atsrawnsoa Co.. toe. Bxamiaer building. 8 a Francweo: Title toomct buiMins. La Attgeiea; eeoTie Miaaii, nearus. THK OHiON JOl.TiS-H. rerves tl right to tfject advartiOng copy which it deems objectionable, Ir . also will not print any eopr that in sajt way simulates jwlim mat it t ci twt eaoaat readily -,be teecgnised us aaveraetsg. 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Alt departments Statemeijtr ef . the ownership, management, cinculation.Jeto... required ti the art of con gress of uuat 24, 1912, of The Oregon . IHQly- Jonmal. pubBshed daily at Portland, ' Or., for October 1, 1922. ' State of Oregon, ) Connty of Multnomah, )S5- Before me, a notary public, in and to tSe attte and eoonty aforeiaid, personally appeared , El it Jackson, who. haTing been dnly iworn according , to law. despoiaes and says that he is : the associate pnbliaher of The Oregon laily Journal.-and that the following is. to the beat " of kta knowledge and belief, a true statement fif . Ve ownership, managenfeflt, etc.. of the afoEcesaid publication for toe date shown in the :.- boi captioa. required bef the act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal . Laws and Regulation, printed onthe rererse ' of tius tortn. to-wit: - That the names and addresses -of the publisher, editor, manjaging editor, and business : aoaJMgers are: " T Publisher. C. S. Jackson, Portland, Or. ' ' Editor, B. Y. lrrine, Portland. Or. ' Managing editor; I. J. Sterling, Portland, i Ore Business nfuwr, S. R. Winch.. Portland, On. u IT. That. the owners are: . J. S Jackson. Portland. Or. ; Maria C. Jack I an. Portland, Or. ; I'. V. Jackson. Portjaiid, ,rf;4 (Jordon Voorfaies, Medford. Or. : J. N. 'Teal, Portland. Or, r Bates Real Estate & In yeaunent company, Pcirtland, Or.; 8. S. Uor ' do, Astoria, Or.:fMs. Marftaret Cohen, Pen ' clleton; Or.;-D. J:' Starling. Portland. Or. 4. That the known bondholders, mortgagees ajidf other security liolders owning or howling 1 per eent er more of total amount, of bonds, : mortgages or other "securities are: C iS.. Jackson, Pbrtland. Or; V . 4. -(That tlie two paragraphs neit afow, giv ing; tine names of the owners, stockholder and secant holders, if ny, contain hot' only the hstf istockholders and security holders as-they appearl upon the books of the company, but L. atsot la cases .where the stockholder or aecurity holder iaipears upon the books of the company . as. .trustee? or in any other fiduciary relation. th? : naraer of the uerson or corporation for imaBom such trustee is acting, is given,- ajso that said ; two" paragraphs contain . RtatemefiTa em- - .. ...in i .. i as to the ciRiiimstancr a;id conditions under Which stockholders ami security holders who V t appear upon the books of the company aa.rutc8, bold stock and -Eecuritfes" in a " vpadty other than that ol riona fide owtt?r; . ! . V, . .. .ffl,n, U . .. . - . I. . . . any tither person, association or corporation has j any interest, direct oir indirect. in the said . atock. bonds or other seiarricsl than a's so .. ataivd hy him. :' 5. That the average number of ..copies f .- each issoe of this publication snlii or-" dis tributetl. throngh the : maih) or. otherwtae, to paid subscribers durinv-0e six months preced ' Big Uie date sliown-ao'ire is 77,71.' h ?- r. L. JACKSOV. "Assocutite Publisher, worn to and subscribed before me this" 2d day of October, 1922. (Seal) BERT C. ROE. (My commissioa expires Sept. 1, 1934.) i That which is pas ia gone and irrer oeable, and. wis men ha-re enough to do witn tne tnings p reseat and to come;; therefore, they do but trifle with tsem-l elves, that laboe ia past matters. Sirf erancis sacon. . NO OTHER WAY OpjEERE is widespread ; discussion !-- in tiiis.coitfttry relative to mili tary training:. sia of armies, num ber of . fighting" shlp3 and men to mail them, and relative to the ade , jutcy and tnadequaey of the air fleet. There Is strong sentiment for reduction in arms arid men, among those who believe war $an be end ed, . There is likewise strong senti tnest for (more training and more armament, among military;, men and, among those who "believe the banishment of hvar is impossible; i There Is paly one anawryto the preparedness problerrC ?TThat is the state of International relations.. It has been demonstrated only recent ly that this nation cannot remain aloof from a European war if tfcat . war Includes the great towers. We are,, part of the world, and thvefore havV a art in world af fairs. ' y.have.r moral, - financial and economic Interest&'In those af fairs. - Afid, obviously when- our in terests r Am JeoiAarly--n,d -they- ar trhen a world TR-ar iax mder way -wi jir ;: thxBa?en.ed 'with1 war. " . Efectlvaimeiores "have .never been, taken to prevent war,- The re - stflt has beeri. that a conflict has' taken place about so often. Unless measures are taken sto -prevent them-there is no reason to believe that .wars will ever , stap . If they are Toot stopped American boys should r b fully 'trained ', to : fighL' There should be a. big armyl ' There should be aa adequate navy and It should always be in fighting trim. There," should be an air fleet second" to none chemists should be at work, and munition iworks should ko turning out explosives, i It Would ail be a costly 'preces tremen 1 .. , " l - V . i: dously costly process a process that, would test the resources of the people to eodure biit war is war, and If jwe 4re to ha-ve it we must prepare fodit, costly as that prepa ration is.- " ; i On the other hand. If It becomes the policy of the. powers to end war by agreement knd suitable, guaran tees, war 'preparations are unneces sary. It is folly to-build armies and ships and planes if they are merely to : be I'1 built - maintained and scrapped. ;It fsi unnecessary to take several weeks annually out of the lives of our young men 'to teach them to fight. s It would not be nec essary to pile the tremendous bur den of armaments on the shoulders pf Amercaci; taxpayers. The whole question is a question of war, and war Is a question of whether or not the nations! will co operate to end it. If they refuse, America must be prepared ; to. take its part in another slaughter. If they agree, the American, people will be saved billions of dollars an nually. And unfortunately it is the American government that is just now blocking any agreement by holding to a false policy of isola tion. If that policy continues there is just one thing to; do prepare. An automobile on the Colum bia; river highway - pulled out around another and ran head on in-to a motor bus. The driver and a. companion on the front seat were cilt and bruised. Thrje on the rear seat were badly shaken. The ma chine was demolished. When will drivers learn not to attempt to pass unless there is room ahead? THE RICHEST STORY of -Tx blare of the bugles, the tramp of marching men, millions of Amer icans stirred by the destruction of the Maine in Havana harbor, the midnightl departure for sea, of ,a battleshipVout of San Francisco bay, the black! smoke flooding from her funnels aind leaving a lorrg black ribbon behind, steadily southward until Cape Horn was, doubled, and then northward, steaming on and on, while a nation waited, breath less with excitement lest something might happen to her and her gal lant captain and crew; on and on in time to be there to hurl death shots into Cervera's fleeing squad ron, stopping, never until, in the most conspicuous role of that day, she strewed wrecks and hulks ' of the Spanish 1 warships along the way that was Captjain Clark in the superb Oregon iri J898. . Naval annals carry ' io richer story., There had never. been such a feat beforehand there is hot likely to be again. The imperishable rec ord of those days returns to mem ory as a background for the solemn ceremonialjta which the cold clay of the great captain is returned to its dust. Is it not due Admiral Clark and his crew, for the high place in which they wrote the name Oregon, that what is left -of this sturdy old ship that was, be brought to perma nent rest in Oregon waters to carry tidings to youth and age. of valor and service, when Clark and his men sailed the seas? The "most Valued money in the world, it seems, is the American bank note. "."In. many European countries the gold piece is ex changeable only, at par, because of laws against .hoarding. But Unele Sam's paper in FraEn.ce, for instance, is worth more than twice its face. MELLON'S TESTIMONY MR. MELLON secretary of theH treasurv. . talks facts." He doesn't talk politics. He ls-,& good public official. , I He says" -farmers are not getting good" prices for-their products be cause they have no export :trad. That is true. He says Europe will be buying from us again soon, but how long is that.' to be and how is the change to be wrought? J Does Mr. Mellon mean that th United States is now ; preparing to take measures o aid in puttirig in ternational finances on a; stable bass? This country could speed the day when international credit is again established. It could have aidediln doing that a year and a half ago. To date it has failed to act. Mr. Mellon says that the farmers must have foreign markets if they are ito have good prices.. He knows that Europe teeds credit to buy those goods. iHe knows this .g?v ernment could assure that credit with full protection to this nation. Has he brought the -matter to the attention, of i Mr, Harding and urged upoa hlnv that this govern ment take steps V reclaim; our old markets If he has the presi dent could very well afford to follow his treasury secretary's advice! f Representative Mc Arthur says he bases his appeal; for votes for- re election fcn four terms of "continu ouservice at Washington. What will" : Senator t gtanfleld" base-his appeal on? . " . : , THE WAXKINS PUN - ; ,:": j g " " j - -1- - .y EliTON " WATKtNS. congressional j'cupdidateiia on-firm ground .in his H-iew of the : needs of the coun'. try jrelatfve to- iinTaigration- legisla tion and administration. i- 1. , Ho- favors' limited Immigration. That Is already m effect and la one of JLhe . few commendable pieces of legislation - the -late congress ea-a'cted.-e But -.Mr. Wat kins would change the-- plan; of admission to1 percentage oft naturalized - foreign ers, froaa each-country already here," rather than a percentage of those - - - - - here naturalized er otherwise. That would be an Intelligent amendment, oner calculated to admit only those who meant to make this nation their ideal , and their permanent home. .' -m -V ; Watkins proposes very desirable alterations in administration of the law; One is that -foreigners be ex amined as to fitness before they cross 'the ocean. Thai certainly Is advisable; if for- no other reason. in justice to the prospective Immi grants themselves. '. I He further suggests that meas ures be taken to distribute tite new, comers about the country, to insure easier assimilation and . greater de velopment of undeveloped lands. That is another important consider ation. . ;;ss.J(J... ' - All of the suggestions should 'bet embodied in thf present law and its adminIstraUon.i,rAfresent neither the country nor th immigrant is fully protected. 'And that means that alterations are necessary. The Far ist situation is bad. Election time; j Is always accom-. panied by "thrills. ; " The . business situation here and abroad is of interest. But for the next few days they will all be relegated to the background while certain events at the Polo grounds to the city: of New York are being chronicled and discussed. THE ATROCITIES "JVOBODY will question the ac count of atrocities by the Turks at Smyrna as given In an interview by Dr. Esther PohI-Ixveloy of Portland, just returned to Constan tinople from the scene of the out rages. Dr. Lovejoy says that several hundred thousand Christians are still in peril of their lives because the time limit for evacuation- has expired that the crowds on the quay are so great that many have been literally pushed into the sea; that women stand waist deep in the water, holding their babes on high to keep them from drowning; that the Turks are systematically robbing the refugees and wrenching rings from women's hands. Women have delivered babies while stand ing on the quays. Dr. Lovejoy relates, many of the infants died from exposure, and many women have committed suicide to avoid the fate' that awaits them at the hands of Turkish troops including ex cesses, that are practiced by the Moslems under cover cf nightfall. Families are separated by the Turks. The men are sent into the Interior! women are stripped of all their valuables, and in many cases children are taken from them. The hldeousness and Inhumanity of it all would be hardly conceiv able had a World war, with its horrors, not recently passed from the stage. But civilization is rapidly learning that i wars all wars, large and small--are a scarlet story of blood, suffering, horrors, brutality, lust and death. 'PORTLAND'S BRIDGES TWO '--years must pass before Portland can have any new bridges. During the period of its reconstruction Burnaide bridge will be out of commission. For the next three or four months Morrison bridge will be closed to traffic because of necessity foi?! repairs. What is -to happen in the mean time? Will traffic be blocked dpzens of times dally at the ap proaches to bridges in use? Will vehicles moving on streets that parallel the river be allowed h'un-j dredS of times every 24 hours to fimpede streetcars, automobiles and pedestrians- that seek to cross the river? Will a perceptible slowing of a great city's business be per mitted on account of the difficulty in getting from one side of the river to the other ? Will Portland submit to all this loss of time and money? v As soon m.i -one- of the bridges goes out of commission a traffic emergency will arise; but there is a way to meet It noV. Let the city begin at once to make 'the bridge approaches more accessible The Steel bridge carries 9000 vehicles in a day; Broadway bridge carries 18,000. The west approach of the Steel bridge, with Its landing on Third and Gtisan. Is like a bottle with a cork in it. Why pot put in an approach; from Second street? Why not carry the major traffic over Third street to Fourth? Vhy riot make the Steel bridge easier to reach from trunk thoroughfares on the east side? Broadway bridge carries now a heavy traffic load. But couldn't it be made more useful by hurrying Up the Lovejoy street approach? Wouldn't it -be practical to shunt eastbound vehicular traffic, - Or a part-of it, onto Crosby by means cf a curved roadway?. Couldn't the traf fic from Larrabee be handled on an easier" approach than the existing right. angle turn? j Much of the delay on Broadway bridge is due to the congestion of conflicting traffic at East Broadway and Larrabee streets. . 'f- ' - Hawthorne bridge carries soma S00 street cars a day more than any,'- other bridge in the city. Because street car tracks are curved to the outer runways of the bridge there - are always delays at both approaches. Would it be cheaper to relay the tracks than to permit the continuance of the present con ditlon? .V ; ' - Meanwhile, no new bridge should be built until complete approaches and adequate streets are provided to make them fully accessible and 100 per ent efficient. i i Jaek "Frost wiTl moon 1 begin : eol-lectlng- the cost of the -coal strike; n WANTED, BUT- Klamath. Falls Spokesman Interprets That City's Mood- " as Favorable Toward Cooperation With Any and All i Great Developing .Interests ' From, Outside. But as Assured of - Cominjr Greatness on Its Own I Independent Account, and That' . - tta 13estiny Will Best Be S Shaped by Itself. Working for and of Itself. ; From tba Klamath Fa Ha Herald ' ! Under the heading. "Klamath Falls; CaHfornia." The Oregon Journal prints aa editorial phsa. to Portland business men to awake to the opportunity for rich profits- in this territory,' tftat now are -being diverted into California be cause of i more convenient transports tioo - and : ! -communication between Klamath Falls aad San. Francisco than between Klamath Falls and Portland. The editorial" ,is an argument for the! Natron- cut-off, because it would bring Portland 00 miles closer to Klamath Falls 100 miles closer than San Francisco is now to Klamath Falls and give Portland a chance at the 20,060 carloads of products shipped annually from Klamath"county. As a matter of logic, the shortening of distance should reverse existing con ditions and Portland should get the lion's share of Klamath trade, for the same reason that San Francisco now gets it. , i , The Journal's argument is sound, but we doubt If it will 6tir the lethargic Portland spirit to a point where they will spend money to - promote the Natron cut-off. Certainly until conditions are rei versed and there are commercial and financial, reasons for a closer relation ship with. Portland, the 'majority of local citizens are not going to worry about the building of the Natron cut off. No one . opposes the building of the Natron cut-ff.- Our idea of railways for Klamath is like the bibber's idea of a now forblddeh beverage they're all good but ' some are better than others. We cannot close our eyes to some advantages that would, rise from a completed Natron cut-ojf, but the prij mary advantage is- not increased; ac cessibility to Portland.! Most trailers and manufacturers hereabouts are well satisfied with the treatment and mar kets .they are getting ih Calffornia. , i However, the Natron cut-off would give, stockmen access to another mar. ket and some decided" marketing ad- van tagea - And It would" develop the great feed Ing-in-transit to market possibilities of the Klamath country, and solve the problem of profitable disposal of the annually increasing alfalfa surplus. It woultj link us politically with the state of which we are a geographic part. It would put Klamath Falls on the main line and; incidentally make it a distributing, adjunct of Portland. - But it has not the potent powers for development of the Klamath couni try, the creation of a distributing cen ter for an empire, a city in itself and dependent upcm naught but destiny, that has a line ' creating an eastern outlet and inlet. . Portland may be looking for some of its development to Klamath Falls, but as a matter of cold fact Klamath Falls has ceased to look to Portland for any of its development. The day has passed when talk of Portlafid activities toward -bridging the Cascades awakens glad echoes in Klamath. For one thing, we have heard the cry of "Wolf, wolf:" too often. But chiefly, while Klamath appreci ates that the NatrOn cut-off would be a convenience, would probably give us the lower main line rates, and pro mote a number of advantages, the Modoc Northern, or a line approximat ing -the Modoc Northern, is th empire building road. We venture to say that 80 per cent of the Klamath population would sub scribe, to this opinion. Which shows that we have at least attained the knowledge that we must be the molders of our own destiny, -and the rapidity of the molding process de pends only on the ability to combine our strength in order to make it ef fective upon the powers that control transportation. . The next 'step is to transmute thought into energetic and coherent ac tion;: to cease ? trusting . in Portland and Providence for development, and hit some hard licks for ourselves. Not that We belittle the favors of Providence- ; Every fertile foot of Klamath soil and every towering pine of Klamath's forests would contradict the heresy.;" Not' that we' "would quarrel with Portland, or ' combat .any . laudable ef fort of the metropolis to ' advance the development of "the state. ' As good citizens, we would all be 'behind'1 any development program conceived in proper spirit. But back to the old fable the lark and the farmer. Our California neigh bors and our Portland cousins have their' own Interests, and their own plans to advance them. Klamath's in terests will be best attended to if -aire attend to them ourselves. Letters From the People I Communications sent to The Journal for publication in thia department should be writ ten on only one aide of the paper, should no exceed 800 words ia length, and must be signed by the writer, whose mail address " jn full must accompany the contribution.! j ; THE SECTARIAN SCHOOL, '-t This Writer Asserts It Is Foreign to .American Institutions.' j Portlknd, Oct. 3. To the Editor of The Journal -I consider it an insult to refer to the fathers of cur constitution as men that could possibly conceive the idea of making a constitution to give religious, political or any other kind of freedom to a thing that is ab solutely foreign to our beloved country. I don't want to ruffle anybody's feelings about the public jschools. but the public school is an Ideal American institution. Anyone ,that falls to sup port it in taVt is foreign, bat may not know it. Our public school is a po litical institution, not, a religious insti tution.. Politics made it what it IS American. 106 per cent. He who In jects religion into Our patriotic educa tional j institution Is part unconstitutional-in his! ideas. American - public schools do Ot teach religion In any form.; The American plan- is very ob vious" to any practical; student. - It teaches practical courses of study to prepare our 1 people to become good, loyal American citizen. After (that they can go to any religious school they may like. r Finally. let! me ask a question t Wittf so many churches, and each one "just right" and all the rest wrong, don't -I you know you should Keep your sec tarian creeds out ofT our God-ivea American" institution? t Your- children and sny children are all American chil dren ; then; cut out the foreign stuff and send all American children to the American schools. ; W- R. Hampton. . ," TO LESSEN CONGESTION -' A Suggestion in the Interest of Traffic Relief at East End of Haw- ; - -.- thorns Bridge. "-. . , -Portland. Oct, 32-i-To the i Editor i of The- JonrtisV-The owner at' the Inter section of East Water street ind Haw thorne avenue, is m ot the busiest in NATRON -CUT-OFF the city and seems to He retting more dangerous. It is almost impossiblav for a pedestrian to cross the street there daring rush hours, as there, is a (con stant stream- of automobiles passing to and from the " Hawthorne bridge, as well as numerous street cars and inter urban trains. There is a simple way of solving the problem- so that nearly all of tke auto traffic which now passes that corner can detour and avoid it altogether. At the; east end ot the Hawthorne bridge the street turns from a southeasterly direction--the' di rection of the bridge spn to a straight ieasterty- direction, and right at that turn is another- place 'where street catrs and automobiles frequently mix, and which could be eliminated. ; Instead of making a turn there, let the city build an approach or viaduct from the east end of the bridge, across the vacant property where the' steel yard or foun dry formerly stood, thus avoiding the turn and continuing in a straight southeasterly direction, the same as the bridge. Such approach or viaduct would come into East Water street right at East Clay, the street now used by the auto traffic, and would enable such traffic to use one side of a triangle instead of two as at present, and would run right back of the filling station now on , the corner. Such approach would cost comparatively H ttle and would require almost no elevation and only a slight grade. .4 : It may be years "befores another bridge south of Haw tnorr.e avenue; will be in actual use to relieve ttte present congested conditions at this point, and anything that would help in this -way should be given serious consideration. j' t J. E. Harvey. QUOTES FROM CHARTERS Supporter5 of School CM Appeals to Declaration and Constitution. Beaver, Sept. 28. To the j Editor of The Journal Many chargel that the compulsory education mil is un-American. The Declaration , of Independence reads: "We hold these truth to be self-evident that all -men are en dowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." In, the constitution of the United States we read, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion or prohlblting'the free exercise -thereof." Now this -is good Americanism from our forefathers, and I would like to know what i in this education bill conflicts or opposes true Americanism as given above; But on the other hand, is thene not In the stand taken by the- defenders ot the prlvatei schools a tendency to unite state and church or make churches with ' their private schools supercede the state and her public .schools? This tendency,. I say, is a violation of the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the ' constitution of the United States. When the state lets the church schools -educate her children, is not the state ."respecting an establishment of religion,", which is contrary to the constitution? Is there not danger in some private schools that teach an autocratic system of religion, of destroying the "liberty' our forefathers fought, bled and died to give us? Our public school system is the melting pot in which true Ameri cans -are molded, and If it fails, down goes America with all her boasted liberty. ; R. y. Elalook. IN REPLY TO "A STUDENT Portland, ept. 27. To the Editor of. The Journal "A Student" ini to day's Journal inveighs against " the compulsory, education bill. -..- There is not a sentence in' the consti tution of the state.- ot Oregon or in that of the United States that is out of legal harmony- - with . the Dregon compulsory education bill.' "r am speaking1 as an American lawyer and educator when I say that any student has had a poor instructor and has made noprogress who contends that the bill Is -out of- harmony with either i ter? or spirit of the American constitution.' Spiritually speaking, the' American con stitution is' at any and all times the major wish of the national conscious ness ss legally expressed. Any private school for elementary education in the state of Oregon Is ; an un-American protest against thej American , pub lic school. Any man who wants to be governor of Oregon and who opposes the -spirit and purpose of the compul sory education bill should observe Mex ico; where they show the .real fruits' of church education. Calvin Rutherford. - A STATEMENT BY MR DUNCAN Portland, Sept. 2f: To the Editor of The Journal During the primary cam paign The Journal repeatedly Stated that "the racej is between - Miller and Watkins," but your paper took meticu lous care to remind the people that "Duncan Is under indictment for-crlm-ina.1 libel," without. taking the pains "to explain that criminal libel is nothing more serious than -misdemeanor, I note that The Journal hurries to advise the people that "Duncaa's. election, will not be' legal." The inference In both cases is- plain. ' The Journal is trying to make it appear that a vote for Duncan is a vote lost. Congress Is the judge of its members. Jnst make that fact known, and tell the people that If Dun can is elected to congress he will prob ably be seated. Robert G. Duncan. : W.ORKINGMEN AND BOOZE Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 29. To the Editor of The. Journal The labor fed eration yesterday, .at Salem, recording a .vote In favor of boose - is beyond understanding. From this, one con cludes -that tabor In general is over paid and that . it is anxious . to recall the saloon, so It may have means of squandering its surplus earnings. If this be- so, then by all means let wages be reduced. Better by far that capi talists should fatten on labor than that its , earnings be. squandered In maintaining" barrooms -and developing bums. Through its penchant toward booze labor has sacrificed the sym pathy of our most Influential, intelli gent and respectable people. ; : . J: Harold. THE BRIGHT LIGHT DANGER Canby, Oct. 1. To the Editor- of The Journal I wish to say a word -In regard to what seems to me a criminal negligence. It seems ss if someone could enforce the law directing" ' auto mobiles drivers to dim their lights when meeting other ears on the highway.' I drive a great deal, so know what It means. This past week I was driving on the highway in the evening andjmet a constant tream of cars going toward Portland, and almost .every; one had bright lights. I early wrecked my car trying to enter a covered bridge witta those glaring Rights blinding me. There is also a rather bad detour near Aurora, arid one must drive Very care fully." But it is the same there bright lights,' with almost; no dimming.. Cars ar going into the ditch every night. just on account of those lights. I ask. may we nor. ror pudik; 'safety's sake, in - some way have this law enforced, with a heavy fine tlie penalty? v -u-A Woman DriverX' ' " ' ' W. ' ' i . i - ..'J v LEST WE "FORGET ' FTomJbe Chieaeo Eveninj- poet...' 'Ninety per ' "cent of the corintrv'a murders arTebmraitted;iwitli. r'st pistol, t statistics show. It, is the easiest and I safest way to end a human life that stands between a criminal ; and , his object, the hardest killing to prevent Or punish. American' custom aids and abets the murderer by making it as easy as possible for him to get a pistol. Then we careless accessories -to mur der. tike an attitude of righteous .in dignation toward the doings of: the Turks in Asia unor., , -r.- r . . Fortunately the" tide of Indifference is turning. W have: already recorded COMMENT AND f" S3IALL -CHANGE ""Congressman! ia home Lauds late session.".' Well, did ya expect him to kick his owa trousers? "Seek means to restore old world." Statesmen -pkease note the beauty par lor ads ia any edition of the paper, V- , .-.; - . - With lions abroad in -the woods of Ohio and. colored, gentry in our owe woodpiles, we seem to be enjoying a reign of big game and political terror. Dont recognise Russia says a re turned. - officer. ' No danger. Having never seen her, we woutant -recognise her if we did.'' ' : t . i The barber "charged with opera ting otx feunday mm have the sympathy of the dapper dude who bad to go to cnurcn with visiting relatives without one. . jv- . i " Pity the poor woman wb-iss current obligations forbid new fall styles, yet who neglected to provide hetti enough when, site ma.de ltfst spring's kilts to meet-the demand of present fashion. New that some of the leading colleges- have' banned automobiles among undergraduates jit will not be so easy for some of the lads to get "through college in record time. - "j New York's Annual war against world's series ticket speculators has been announced. This appears to us to be more propaganda by the specu lators to let the people know where tickets may be bought. MORE OR TaESS PERSONAL j I. -i , .. , - .".'. Random Observations About Town A party motoring down from Spo kane and guests at the Multnomah ia made up of Mrs. Q. Elmer Brown. Mrs, Ethlyn Grunmert and Mrs. E. W. Ed ginton. " W. T. Dement of Myrtle Point, a for mer commissioner of Coos county, is transacting business in Portland. - Mr. and Mrs. O. A.-?Jewett and fam ily of Medford are guests at the Port land. "- e Mr. and Mrs. S. T& Dickey of Prine vllle are included among the guests at the Imperial.1 - - Among out of town visitors is M. K. Biggs of Prlneville. t . Among recent arrivals in the city is Frank C. Hesse of Astoria. -'. Fred J. Brown" of Astoria Is registered- at the Portland. " ; e Ernest L. . Graves of Baker is pay ing a business visi to the metropolis. . , W. G. Robertson of Marshfield is among out of tow n visitors. Among "those registered at the Im perial is Mrs. J:-M Pigg of Spray. C. H. Stewart of Carson, Wash., is transacting business in Portland, 1 ' a a C. E. Stanton Arlington is execut ing a business mission in Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heyd of -Tillamook are visiting In Portland. i Joseph H. Smith of Bend is among visitors from Deschutes county. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN Tsy Fred ' Something of the history ;of New Era is here- told. Mr. Lockley quoting the son of a pioneer in that locality. There ia told als the- story of that pioneer's adventures while en Toote to the Willamette valley. Two- more installments will complete the story. "New Era is located on my fathers donation land claim, said Joseph Par rot when I visited him recently In his cabin on the hill near New Era. "About 50 years or so ago the Grangers bought seven acres from us, built a store, put up a warehouse and started a town which they called New Era Their plan was to supplant competition with cooperation and thus Introduce a "new era,' so they . called their , pro posed town New Era. But their plans never got any .farther toward realisa tion than a name." ' " "-I.- ... ' "Father took up M0 ' acres here as his donation claim, in 15. He donated five, acres on the. crest of the hill to the First Spiritualist . association of. Clackamas county. . They use It as their summer'cam,p each year. Yes, the grove makes a fine place to spend a month or six weeks In the summer. From the road tn front of the grove you get a fine view of the lake and also of the Willamette river as well as of the highway with its never end-" ing stream of autos and its occasional team of horses. . "You want o know about my father, my mother aad myself? All right. I will tell you about them in -the order you have bamed.. My father. Joseph Parrot, was born in 1808. He didn't know where, but in 1804 he west with his parents to Plattsburg, N. Y. His father's - name was Adonlram Parrot. Wait a minute and I will get you his papers from the war department." - Returning in a moment with a re port from the adjutant - general, he said: "As you see" by this pa tier, my grand father enlisted February 24, 1776. ss a private ia the New Jersey battalion commanded- by Colonel Ellas Dayton. He was in' Captain Peter Dickerson's company.. He reenlisted February 23, 1771, and' was assigned to Captain Jeremiah Ballard's company in the third New,-Jersey regiment. On Feb ruary 1, 1780. he was promoted to "cor poral. In March, 1788, ne was trans ferred to Lieutenant Colonel John N. Cummings" New Jersey battalion. He served al through the war, putting in more than six years, , Two of my father's brothers. William and Richard, served lnthe .war- of - 1812, aritfcrmy grandfather; though getting well along in years, shouldered his musket and picked off a few Redcoats who. by the, way, were veterans of ' Waterloo. f"My father -married a young woman of Plattsburg. They had several chil dren.' In the late '20s father and: his brother William went Up into northern Canada to get work. In those days the splendid work pf Chicago Judges In this cause. It Is carrying on .and gathering force. - The national con vention cf the American Bar associa tion recently went on record as favor ing the prohibition erf the Indiscrimin ate manufacture and sale of coneeal able. fu-eari-as. A convention of - the police chiefs of America gave the pro posal rigorous approval. Public inter- t is being , aroused ana -, some day. if we're s Pot all killed by criminals in fthe. meatrtimei we may get a con stitutional amendment confining the manufacture of, pistols to government arsenals.; .' --.., vHtS;-v -.- (V-y t-.-y-L Such a federal amendments is the only efficient way to -limit 1 the dis tribution of pistols. Local . laws, lo cally enforced or unenforced." are mere half measures. Some day, perhaps. some congressman will wake up to this greatr trutn an: WUJ - ,rll a-rolung. NEWS IN: BRIEF SIDELIGHTS It should : be understood, however, that even the college with the highest salaried coach maintains a . faculty also. Medford Mail-Tribune. r Her aid to the Turks gives rise, to speculation as to whether France's losses in the -World war did not in clude , her conscience. Athena Press. Germany's ; floating debt -increased 19.000,000.000 marks in ten day. At the present value of tne mark, that must be almost the equivalent of a $10 bill. Eugene Register. , ; -- v . : . -... . j Another hunter was shot for a deer day before yesterday. Statistics are lacking. . so it is impossible to ' say whether, more, deer have been -killed than huntera--EugeaewR ,-'- From the appearance of eome of these elongated dresses as they loom up In the magasines, the men folks will vote -.almost unanimously for let ting the flappers flap- henceforth and forevermore. Corvallis Gasette-Titnea And w-. fancy that a good many peo ple who are tearing their shirts about other people's children would hit the bullseye every time If they should give a little more attention to their own 'children. Sherman County .Observer. - . . Wo know a man who thinks carefully before he answers-a leading question. His Judgment is invariably sound. We know of another who answers "right oft tne oat." His judgment is seldom ac cepted. That's all--but it's a lot Lebanon Express. Frank J. Miller of Albany, former chairman of the public service commis sion, is transacting business in Port land. . " Visitors from Wallowa county are G. E. Long, Jesse Crader and A. Fisk, all of Imnaha. ,' -.-"' Among those coming to Portland on business Tuesday was Joseph H- Bow man of Pendleton. ' John W. Minto, former postmaster of Portland, is in town from his Clacka mas county ranch, recuperating. . - , Leland McCready of , Bickieton, Wash., is transacting business in Port land. H. D. Tuesday McDonald of Dallas J spent in Portland. C. O. Johnson" of Fossil was among the arrivals of Tuesday. Fred Pritehard of Heppner is one of many out of town visitors. - - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bloch of Inde pendence are registered at the Im perial. George Hagney of Canyon City is in Portland on business. H. L. Law of The Dalles spent Tues day in Portland. M J. A. Sibley 'of Dallas was a recent registrant at the Imperial. ... Tom Kitts of Bend is enjoying the sights of the metropolis. ... Among out of town visitors Is R D. Wright of Roseburg. Lockley people didn't write letters as they do today, so when five years had gone by am my father's wife had not had any from him, she put a notice in the paper advertising for him and saying that unless he notified her to the contrary . by s a certain date she would marry again. Father never saw the notice, so she got married. When father returned to Plattsburg he found his wife had a new husband. He saw a lawyer, who told him that his" es tate had been administered and that he had been officially proclaimed legal ly dead. Father figured that if he s-cs legally dead it would require a lot of work and involve considerable expense to prove he was alive, so he said-. 'Let it go. IH stay dead.' He. left his old home town arid went to work building locks on the Erie canal. When that job played out he drifted down into Kentucky, where he was engaged in slack water navigation. . . ' -y "In1 1889 father moved- from Frank fort, Ky., to Andrew county, Missouri. There he married Nancy Kindred. I was their only child, born January 18, 1844. When I was about 3 months old my folks struck out for Oregon. Colo nel Cornelius Gilliam was captain of their wagon train. My mother's par ents were members of the company, as well as two of my mother's brothers and a sister, with their families. They ran out of food and out of money. They camped three weeks at the Cas cades wafting for the Hudson's Bay company t to send bateaux'! up from FortVancouver to take 'them down (he Columbia, My father got sick of camping in the rain and eating boiled wheat and dried salmon skins, so he rigged up his wagon bed as a boat and started. down the Columbia, low ing his wagon behind him. He had a very exciting time of It and had to cut loose from the wagon to keep from being swamped. He found the Colum bia river a different proposition from the Erie canal.- - He got in rough water and finally rowed to the shore, land ing near an .Indian canto. One of the Indians waded, out and grabbed the wagon box by .the , stern: ' Father pointed his gun at him. The other In dians pulled the wagon box up on the bank and took father's ! gun away. Finally they gave back his gun. One of the Indians, who spoke some Eng lish, told father the Indians were very angry and might . kill him ; so. after dark, father shoved toff and camped aU night on a rocky Island. . He gave up his plan ot "paddling his own canoe' down the river and decided to wait, for the -regular boats. Some of the party drove i their oxen down, an Indian trail on the Oregon side of the river. They tan out of grub while" camped on the bank of a clear; cold mountain stream, and killed and ate a dog; so they named the stream Dog river. Many years later Dog river was rechristened Hood river . The Forest j Church" , Miriam Clark Potter n. Youth's Coin r - pan km. 1 The forest ia so, rraiet now; The trees all mleat atami With great dim assies aad organ pipes: "Tia eharch time tn; itbe land. A raw ef Httle bwshes Uiera AU trimmed with Sunday dew Arw whispering, and whispering, -Le children in a pew. 4d a mother faamloek tree - ' , w Who Ttsears what they! bare said Bends softly dpw to frown at Utem . Aad ahaae ber plomy bead. - i:al' ' ' '"'" "" "' ' ' ' ' -- LOSING PUNCH, . . Fnora" the Detroit Ifews- ' '-- The arm I of tba law would took bet ter"if It had more exercise.. - " , ... a j 1, ,i,,m ; AT ' LEAST OSCK -'- rrdw th Hanifwor J'atrk.1 ' IX - coffee . really . keej you awake, some people ought to try coffee. . The Oregon Country Northwest Happenings is Brief feral foe tba Busy Baadea OREGON ". The total enrollment at the Eugene high school at the close of the second i week i was 794. . -. . t' '8. A. Miller; aged J, died suddenly a few days .ago while working, at the; silo on his farm near Monitor. . Many cases! of stock dying because of lack of - water- are- reported from ' the Burnt River , section., of Baker county. ' : " ; x . .... :, . "The Oregon- Caves are now a major tourist attraction of the 'state, more than 10,000 -travelers having -visited the caves. this summer. I ; ,.- ' A movement Is being launched at Ashland to beautify the Pacific high, way both north and south pf the city by planting roses along the fences, ti Residents of Albany wilt vote No vember ijon the proposal to permit the council to sell 818.000 in bonds with which to build a new city halt. Opford Daisy Sweet Maid, a valuable ' Ji!r2,r ??w heionging; to M. ""DeGulre pf oilverton. died last week after ha -ing swallowed a large: piece of 'rubber -"re. . - ;-" , : i -;(-. -' Frank Branch Riley, noted lecturer on Oregon's scenery and resources, will be. the principal speaker next Friday night at the Oregon Irrigation con gress banquet In Bend. . Old Sam."; an 81-year-old Chinese ' who has i lived for many years In r Baker, was fatally injured last Friday when someone set his shack , on fire In an attempt to' rob him. . k k Believing all bids submitted to be-too high, the Linn county court has de cided to build the structure across the CiuP00l? between. Tangent and Khedd ou .the Pacific highway by day labor. Vaughan at) Bester, who - own and operate-tha sawmill at Acme on the lower Siuslaw river, will build- a loir ring railway several miles up HadaH creek to bring logs down to their plant ' The Lebanon Electric Light & Water company,, which furnishes light and watr- to that clty Is making exten sive I improvements to it plant and Is also putting in a new concrete head gate below the dam, .A ;SA e-nliV .1.. . e . w .... - Outliig company of Syracuse, N. Y., for States or Canada this year has been bv E. O. Ran a CnrnutUm k.i.. ber. The fish weighed more than seven pourids, ? WASHINGTON. V Taklma 4mtw rni4a wio. iki. . ss tts share, of state school, highway i and I general funds about 115,000 more i than; last year, i ' . The Grays Harbor ,Hog company held, a sale I of 150 purebred sows at Brady last week, the prices running : from 840 to; 390 each. . Car-sell Rogers. 19. was killed half i a mile south of Tyler Frjday after noon when ajhon owed automobile s he was driving) overturned and crushed him. . - - i . k .-. Tbe Northern Pacific has purchaKed 2 lots on South Front street in Yaki ma and wjll devote them to industrial purposes. The amount Involved Is Said to be nearly 850,000. Ji 'm t Tlje double track system Ion the Great . Northern railway between. Bluestem and Lamona has just ; been' put Into I service. The contract was started last-' April and cost $1,000,000. i i, -': About 200 loggers and f alters have ' started work in the holdings of i the Oreenwood Timber company north of ' HoqUiam, one of the largest, single tracts tn the Pacific Northwest. PBlBs received for construction of the I . vvuii screes, irrigation project on the Methow in Okanogart county were con sidered too high and the county will i" undertake the work by day labor. J H. J. Persson, boatswain's mate, ; first class, has -been assigned tern porary command of the United- States coast guard station at Westport to replace the late Captain O. C. Haw thorne. ' ,. , ,: , . ' , The shortage of cement at SesttJa has become so marked that 'city i au -! ihorltles have been compelled to cease' awarding contracts for improvements. ' The trouble is attributed to the with drawal of cars for grain, and fruit ' shipments.; ' ' . IDAHO Sixty - six 1 refrigerator Lcars for prunes, peaches and apples and 60 "box cars for potatoes arrived at- Nampa Friday. : j ' The Mineral Mining Milling com pany, with principal offices at Hailey, has Just been organized with a capi tal of 850,000. : . There were seven arrests last week" by the Idaho game. Warden for vio lating the game law, resulting In fines totaling 8208.10. . '- if i Harry Cdvui, 60, is missing from Coeur d'Alene after ? leaving1 a "note, sarying he would never be seen again. It is feared be has drownfd himself in the lake. . i , ... , ' Representative Smith notifies' the Bruse Chamber Of Commerce that he will push his bill at the nfext session of congress appropriating i$850,000 to" enlarge the Boise public building.. The United States land office at Boise has received notice of . further restoration - of homestead lands In Idaho amounting to 880 acres. . The land is now open for filing .under eol-f diers' preference rights. r I Harry M. Tresky. found near At lanta August 7 unconscious and With a fractured skull, is convalescing i is a Boise hospital and has no idea as to how he was hurt. His theory is that he was struck by a bolt of) lightning. Twenty Years Ago From The Journal of October 4, 1902 - The James Printing company has been awarded the contract for printing the ' 300,009 leaflets advertising . the Lewis, and Clark fair. The contract price is $300. .. - i1 t J a ,- .- , i . Front street Is showing ad unusual iy large number f street alterations and' Improvements. Sidewalks are be ing repaired and .numerous basement changes are being made. i t :'-.-;' -, ff ,,, . e ' , ; .. i i . j- Some "Portland capitalists' are ', think ing of starting a chair factory here. It is understood the Manufacturers as -soclation has a hand In the matter. ; ' .' . ; -" l .'!.-: livestock shippers have been through Marlon and Polk counties buying hogs from farmers. The prices offered are 8 to 6Va cents a pound on foot. e e - . T. A. '.Ieves!ey of Salem ' yesterday made an offer of 25 cents a pound for 90 bales of hops belonging to Dr. Fink of.Dallaa : . i. . ; .:-":;-;. The "county court has issued instruc tions not to allow any more fast driv Ing on Morrison street bridge. It Is said drivers of mall wagons violate, the law every day. I -''' -"'" -".--:?.: -''I :; ljr.: t--v; " hi 1 State Game' Warden Qulmby has re turned from a trip up the valley, where he has been inspecting the fall crop of birds. He reports a scarcity of pheas ants. . "' "T - .' . - This morning a large break -in- thai Front street water main occurred near: Stark street. 'The entire street re- celved a much, needed . flooding before1 the water was shut off. . . A-L, Mills was elected vice president of the Lewis and Clark Civic Improve ment association lor tha Second ward last night. f - ExJudee J. J. Balleray of Pendleton. one ot the:, very prominent jurists of liastern Uregon.- is at the Perklna - t - . The' Oregon a Water Power & rtall- waycompSny has Just built a new car to run on the Mpuut Scott division. It - constats of. two separate compartments. one for ladiea anti-one for gentlemen.