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T - - - THE OREGON DAILY ! JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1922. v . . 'A ix ixnrpwiiityt xxwxpapeb , C t JACkJBOX . ,i . . . , PaMshcr I km calm, to cnnfldeartV be eheertnl and no yen-r Fneeahed ery aeeaday and Smixiaj Mrum : at The JwmI hesflamav namr a iw Ka nueeW Port Wad. OrrgoML ? festered at to eeetetika at Portlaae. Oaaa, for thrriwrt the mi la a i TITE S jamia at nsnranr C, I' .wire koilda. 21 Fifth avanaa. Saw lark; a- Halters boalamav. , Chseacnv . yACIFKJ COAST gXPR t&E-VTATIVK Jlaraaaaea !Cev. lne. .Saa Fnma ; Title Anaeese;) TflK ditGON'dfiXAL ana. . I r sdieuiminaf eewy wi Uh rich H lastas sv ewJaetoenMe. 11 earn ta a any ,,, macs I bat in my J shwolatan . , tr at that mini readily to - " StBStffclPTION HATES '!: , y Carrier City and Cauty t h DA1L.T gC.VDAT One wm .$ .15 One sao-iK . . . I .S UAIL.T t St'SCAT ttoa . .". . . .f .lSiOnn wt , .99 BI MAIL, RATES PATA1T.K IS ADTAXCE -i- PA11.X A1 HJiui tfcte year $.0iTaia months., .t 2.25 Sumoirttae. . . 4.2 5 (One month. . . I - .73 TJAILT ) iSCSDAT (WHhoeri Soadsy) ! iOaUjl nrm year. ..... ..H'non year. ttr snpeKhs..... S.25 Six month... Three aaoexbs. . . 1.7 S!Thrre months. . l.J . l.eo One month . . . . . -SO) WEEKLY KHXLT ASiD ? -- t SLSDAI fna iMr..'....ll.MOM yeari .- .:. . . $3-50 Jnnlb. SOj J Taa rata aooly only n taw West. , Rates to Eastern pnhtta forniatod on. appli. tiaa Ifaha remittances by - Money Order, Kansas Ordar ar Draft. If yoar potafTiec it tort amm p imh i mtficm. 1- or 2-caat ataawa rill to an-eptad. Make all rrmiuaaeca pay iM to Tba oarnal PobUaainc Cocapaay. Portia Bd. Oracon. iTZXCFROSB MAIM 71 M. I nacbad by tkia lrambwr. Ail deparUBBB ff A political nlwaa winch aamaot to eajv Ttad out exoept by aotoMera will not ba a parmaneat! ana. ' Uaarta Bernanl Kbaw. KNUCKLING TO THE TURK ifTiHE aliiee rhave f knuckled down a- to tne Turk. h got most -or i What ! he demanded ; and will get ! inore. At the close of the World war there remained fdf Turkey in -Europe the city of Constantinople and a strip ff land-about .the size of ah Average ' pregon county. And the allies were in control of Constant 1- ' Bople and the Dardanelles was open and free. f Under the protocol Just signed. the allies' give the Turks about half Of Thrace, including Adrianople. It Is territory that belonged to preece before the World war as aj result ef the Balkan wars. The allies j atrip Greece of this territory to pro pitiate the Turks and on their worthless pledge that the Darda . Belles shall remain open. v 'i, Ofi top of all this there are to be 'further discussions" regarding the neutrality of the straits. "Further J discussions" will .probably mean 'that the Turkish bayonets and Rus alan military alliance and the Mos lem renaissance and the growing .coherence in Asia insure further surrenders by the allies, further in- . roads into European solidarity by the Turks through a further driving ' in of ihe wedge that tears and dis- trusts and hatreds and territorial Agreed of European nations have al- r lowed to eniter Europe. . "KotKlhaJ tnore significant than I this; knuckling flown? to the Turk V bar happened in the world since i: the signing of the armistice. The t: coyote, of the nations has come iewe.aB esk as tie was caaaAwg ryuu with fangs, bared, and menacing tntea. "Turkey squealed lfke a etifck pig when armed pressure, became strong !in he World war, and cow ardly ' deserted the central powers to bide her1 time., r- Wlth the , cunning of the jungle he waited until the allies would fall Into feuds and plots and. counter-plots in the division of the spoils after the j victory. She was the wolf waiting for 11 the bigger beasts to destrey themselves in bickerings. ,: .'. She did net have to wait long. In less than four years Europe, bankrupt: financially, morally, so cially : and ecoViomically, was im potent, and the erescented wolf baa 1 come out of her lair to gather In Ihe fruits-of her cunning. Nor is that alL ' jhe planting of the crescent over a targe part-of Thrace la a; new outpost thrown forward by 1 the world-; of color tn that struggle that is toihave for its first finis the exclusion bf the .white frace from Asia, and, as its second innls, nobody now knows what; What we do know is that if the Is-hlte world continues Its hatreds. I it internecine wars and its regres jiion jjn human stocks, ' the second ttnis is (iiaeiyj'wy pe a. cnaiienge ny ne rising uae of coior 10 ine wnits raee. tor the rulershlp of 'the 'rorld. 'j -Jkf PROPER COURSE' ' . rHAlRMAN PORTER f the O house -foreign - mftairs-' eommit- tee has made a wholeaotm and wise ruggestion to -President Warding. Re advises a conference called by ihte 'government f among r Barcotie 'rodttctug natfona to regulate the, il- aclt distribution of drugs. A The drug traffio can be. tremen lously reduced -by searching and frigid 4 law,.enfdrceraent combined with heavier pen a tie for vendors. Uany a life can be saved front the horri habit by dueatloni Tb ajmpalsn i under way throughout th United States Z the present time : trill undoubtedly be reflected in ireduetioo In operationa. Butt the tratXie la most easily ad more thoroughly conquered by attackins It at its source. The sup ply Is not difficult to reach and Comparatively simple to regulate. There would be no grreat obstacles In the Sray of comparative control of supply. Hut after the products are distributed broadcast without control nd without interference it is a much harder task to keep the terrible drugs from the hands of illicit Vendors. The League of Nations has pro poised action against drugs. It in vited the United States to join in the fight. But because the league Is a fearful phantom Jn the eyes of a certain, political group this coun try took no part. Could there be any course more proper, under the circumstances, then, than for this nation, in. its own way. to. take the lead la attacking the nefarious traf fic? Certainly the end to be At tamed is worth while. A SPECTACLE IV HT do men to whom the public W commits, sacred trusts become recreant? What is more sacred . than the Oregon bonus fund ? ; The people have mortgaged Oregon and every thing in. it to cYeate that fund. It is money for the aid of Oregon boys who gave up everything to serve the nation in war. . There could be no higher trust than the obligation to so care for this free will offering by, a people that none of it shall be lost or diverted from its honorable .purpose. - Tet here are reports nf bonus money loaned on property at 50 per cent more than ; its sale value. Appraisers 'clothed! with 'authority to fix the amount of bonus money that may, be loaned on properties have been dismissed for alleged over-valuations.. There is a denial of the accusa tions, and whatever the facts in the case in point, it is known that there are cases in which valuations have been padded. What respect can there be for sacred things in men who deliber ately falsify facts , on which sol diers' money is loaned ? What is the spectacle when the free gift of a grateful people is frit tered away . by officials bound by oath to hold that gift inviolate? Having ceased toprotect people's bodies old clothes are being used 'to protect them from! rain and snow. Much of the patented roofing in modern use has a base of asphalt pressed into itiber made of cast-off garments. , , t . ONE HUNDRED PER CENT THE Standard Oil company 'California has announced of a stock; dividend of 100 per cent and an Increase in the capital stock of the company of more than 100 per cent. ' ;lt is an interesting announce ment, especially to the people who by oil and gasoline. It should be interesting to many other people arso 4 It is a'' well known principle of business that corporations do not pay 100, per cent Stock dividends unless they are making a. lot of money. They couldn't. Nor do companies ordinarily increase capi tal stock unless the enterprise is quite successful. In fact, the in creases of capital stock usually mean an expansion of the business, and businesses do not expand when they fail to pay. p The people who buy oil 'and gaso line may be interested in the 10Q per cent dividend. : Consumers may feel that they are paying a rather extraordinary jsrlce for the product they receive. A 100 per cent profit is an unusual-' profit A committee of the senate is Sin- quiring into the oil business. -They: might inquire a little into the oper ations of the Standard f California. And, incidentally,: the Standard of California is one' of the corpora tions that escaped payment of an excess profits' tax to the govern ment as a result of the repeal of that law by the late congress, j Also, it may be added thai, when a commodity is monopolized, with the power to fix prices lodged in a dozen men, no one need be sur prised if in a time of the greatest oil production in history the prices of gasoline aviate. AFTER TWELVE TEARS HE BUTTONHOLED the first man he met after the experi ence. "Say." he fizzed. "Tv9 found The most wonderful place, tight near Portland.; You? can take i he street car or you can drive an auto mobile. The view! I don't believe there Is anything "flher anywhere. Asked to be a little more specif; he described the hills above the west side of Portland. He described the great city oh the shores of its rivers as seen from the heights. He Introduced into the view that far cleft where the Columbia emerges from the Cascade range. He placed in the vast background the sum rnita ef " Hood. ...Adams -and - St. Helena, v .. Then he confessed that he had Hyed in Portland ij years and had Just made -his first trip to Council Crest and around Fairmount botile Not long ago a Portland citizen Suggested that local motorists in troduee to the Columbia, river high way those i port landers who, do not own - ears-' and v who .have ; not traversed the great '. thoroughfare'. It was good idea that wpuld have fine results provided there are enough automobile owners who will contribute their machines and their time to the'svtc-; t But doesn't the ; experience re lated above suggest that the "plan might include a trip around I the city for the possibly large number of Portland residents who, as yet. have not seen Portland?- VICTIM OF MONET WAR ANOTHER" great figure of fl nance seems to have paid the toll of Wall street. This time it is Thomas W. Lawson, one of the out standing market operators of the age and one of the cleanest. - His beautiful estate, reara woldr" in Massachusetts,-is to be sold at auction. The necessity of ready cash, undoubtedly created by the activity of his opponents in the market, is given as the reason. There, are indications' that the event marks the last financial crash in the life of Thomas Lawson. H has suffered three before. His first followed a successful pool operated by himself at the age of J6iWhen he and his fellow Office I oy made 960,000 apiece. A few days later a squeexe took all of the profits save less than $100. which Lawson expended on a dinner to hi youthful companions. Soon, however, he had won an other fortune. From smaller oper ations he rose to a market fight between service companies, . in which Lawson was successful, and a later conflict between Westing house and General Electric, in which the Bostonian again reigned supreme. The second crash-of the Lawson fortunes followed quickly, however, when he was cleaned out in a sugar plunge. Then came the copper operations, to which Lawson owed much of his I earlier fame. He purchased thou sands of shares of Butte &. Boston Mining 'company at 75 cents and -bulled" them to $? and quickly repeated the process with Boston and Montana Mining. His fortune was estimated at that time at $30, eoo.ooo. The third crash came as a result of Iawson's brilliant fight onHenry H. Rogers and Standard OiK He had operated with them. Then came conflict, - and an amazing fight on Standard Oil and its bil lions by Lawson in publications and the market.. But it cost Lawson dearly. And now goes the beautiful home in Massachusetts. It follows mil lions in cash that has gone back to Wan street. With it all has gone also much of Lawson's health. Thomas Lawson was once a man of giant stature and bulging mus cle. His physique compared favor ably with his financial genius. But his life was given over to a flght with the wolves of finance in steeled. Wall street, where few suc ceed and millions fail; where, life is nothing and the dollar God. To the frenzied conflict and the fever-f ish fight for dollars Lawson gave" his life. He gave his health. And now he has given his wealth, the: wealth for which he jso long fought,, to the: men who manipulate the markets by the aid of barrels of money and batteries of busy tele-: phones. He is another, and one of the most distinguished, victims of money war. Seattle civic workers propose a building to house the civic clubs and provide' a municipal audito rium. Portland has The Audito rium. Wouldn't it be a. most excel lent idea to . use its smaller rooms for j:ivic club headquarters? ANOTHER MOUNTING COST NOW comes a report from the East indicating that ocean transportation rates are soon to rise sharply and perhaps double as the result of passage of ' the Fordney - McCumber tariff. The enormous tariff-rates, it is claimed, will so limit imports that vessels carrying our exports to foreign lands will be compelled to return to this country with almost If not quite empty holds. It is an axiom of ocean trans portation that return cargoes are necessary if a line is made to pay. One-way traffic Is suicidal. But imports of. most articles are prac tically prohibited by the high tariff duties exacted under the new law. Moreover, it is a fact that most of our exports are bulky in pro portion to value. They consist, largely, of raw materials. Many vessels of large capacity are re quired for their transportation. But our imports consist for the most part of finely manufactured goods which, though of large value, con sume comparatively small space on th carriers. The result is that vessels will nature only partial If any cargo on return voyages and .that obviously steamer rates will have to be meas urably increased on the outgoing voyage to make up for the losses on the return trip. If the lines are o pay. To what extent the high rates will affect our export trade is problematical, but it . is certain that foreign : buyers under present condition cannot afford to pay much higher prices 'for goods com ing from America. . v And what will the result be on the American ' merchant-marine? Private. ship owners are not waxing rich now.-1 with higher rates and decreased I cargoes they are not likely to fare better. In fact, there ia everyrreason to believe -that the demand for cargo . space will be less.'.-' '-. ! " Undef these circumstances. Is it a wise course for the people of this country to invest - millions upon millions of dollars in' a ship sub sidy? is it good business to buy heavily into a. doubtful-enterprise? rise of taxes in Oregon!; Review of the Processes Through Which the State's Present Total Has Been Pyraraidsdr-Prom he Strat, Walter 1. Pierce at AU Times Warned Agaihat the Bad Effects That Wouldr Come from ithe Mounting Tide of Taxation. Tb writar tha hahjainad articW, a raai daat at CaMtiUa county, which ha los acrvod aa aasaaaor. enjoys disCtactioa as an authority a taxation in neral. and aa a ft ar tier Ore con in naaUraJar. Da is far tha post ant At Santa Craa. CaL, from which point ha wtstaa. la a mat to tha editor of Tho Journal, ae eosnpaayiec arbcia. ho aayi: fl knew Waiter M Cierea a few snea da. I was aaao eiated with him on tha ansae ticket in le2 wnea he was first elected to tha state senate, and I hare known hjs posiaoa on pnbiic qua tiona ail those tntarreniB yeass. and ajao I know eomeUtine; of his private nifalra. So I feet fluaaiwd ta speak far him. - Par sosae time past I hare been here in hopes (of bene fionc any tastily 'a health, hot I am soli a tuU fledsed Oreconian iat sympathy, and UU re tain, and aspect to rataou my fecal feuoa rata-n, my By C P. Strain Prior to 191? Oregon had no bonded debt. On . December 20, 1910, she had outstanding, and this is now approaching to full 4 per cent of the assessed valuation of the state, or up wards of S40.000.0O0. the limit for the state road bonds, exclusive of bonds for the soldiers bonus1 and- rural credits. Through the matching of state dollars with county dollars for state roads, the new bonded debts of tbe counties will also about j reach, this same amount, and may exceed it, since the county limitation for road bonds is C per cent-instead of 4 per eent of assessed valuation. Thus will be added approximately JS9,0O0,OQ0 of new bond ed debt for roads alone, created since 1917. I have not at hand statistic show ing the increase of bonded debts for school districts and cities, but it is obvious that here, too, the increase baa been tremendous, and perhaps the aggregate for these two purposes equals that of county and state - bonds. making a total bonded ' indebtedness against tbe property of Oregon $1(0, 000.000, or 16 per cent of the assessed valuation, the bulk or wtucn nas one- inated since 1917. and all pf which has been expended during this! era of highly Inflated prices, the effect of which is that these vast sums of money yielded only- from 40 per ceBt to 70 per cent In results. . During this period, the voice .Of Wal ter M." Pierce sounded warnings of the days to . come, when these debts, both Iirlnclpal . and interest, would, have to be paid in dollars that would each cost a f nil hundred cents and more in the primary products and the labor of the people of the state. But our gov ernor, vrho represented air of us and whose ioice might have been heeded. and whe could have wielded the veto power, failed to realize the waste, or to sense the disaster Involved in the existing I program. Instead Of opposing it officially, by word or by example. he gave it his sanction. e e It is now up to us not only to haft expenditures but to pt-eserve the state road system, which has been created at a cost of $80,000,000 of state and county money. For this Job we have a chance to elect a man who, although not wealthy, is yet a big taxpayer. Walter M. Pierce, all his life, has toiled, planned, created, conserved ; al way has been, and now is, onst of the his wide experience and his attitude toward ipublic affairs qualify him highly for the office of governor at this time. What he -stands 1 for ac cords with.- -the wishes and the needs of the people aa the records of candi dates rarely doX In his party affilia tion alone, be differs from a majority of Oregon voters. But With the excep tion of the power to fill a vacancy In the United States senate the governor has no authority that could affect na tional legislation and the office is therefore practically a business one that should be filled as are positions in the business world, solely upon merit. ; ! - This has been tried with success many times in the past through the sound judgment of the Oregon elec torate, when such men as Pennoyer, Chamberlain, West and many others have beam called to stations of public (rust. Arguments to the contrary such as emanated from the recent t Repub lican state convention are inspired by nartlsans who hope to gain office through Republican votes, and not by any sincere purpose of benefiting the rank and rue of Republican voters. Letters From the People ( Communications sect to the Journal for rmbueation in this department' snotua do wro ten an only one side of the paper, should not exceed 800 words in lenrta, and must to sicned by the writer, whose mail address in full most accompany tha eontnrnuon. j THE INVALIDATED MEASURES A Protest by One Who Speaks for the Grange Measure and Asserts It Will Yet Be Enacted. Portland. Oct. 4. To the Editor of The Journal In recent editorials you have called attention to a matter that may well attract attention. The in come tax petition Initiated by the grange has been attacked witn vigor Dy eoia attorneys, and enough 'names declared fraudulent to keep it off the ballot. But no investigation Is being made regard i&g the names on the flat income tax petition. The reason is patent, a iiat income tax is not so obnoxious to the recipients of swollen Incomes. If they can make the poor devil with a small salary pay the same rate as the. mad with a big business and big income, tne latter can pass his tax en to the eon Burner, or buyer. Just as he. does his other expenses. There Is. however, one matter to which attention has not yet been called. A large proportion of the names en the grange income tax bill were received without the aid ef a paid solicitor. while practically the entire list of signatures of the flat income tax meas ure were secured by these same paid solicitors who got a part of those for the grange bill. The committee having the nrenaration of the income tax bill Lin harnd was late in getting it ready. Had it been presented to the subordi nste granges 40 days sooner : it would Have received sufficient names "to. not need the work of the paid solicitors. As it was, quite a proportion' of the names were secured at grange meet' ings, but not enough : so the Old system of paid solicitors was resorted to. Not all of the. namea received by these solicitors were fraudulent w Ineligible; The irregularities practiced were ruled by the court to invalidate a great many that were absolutely all right, Tet the public would think, from reading newspaper accounts, that practically the entire list ia fraudulent. tA pre ju dice is being worked up against the tnv- eene tax Idea and against the iaitla tive system - of getting bills on the ballet. .. - i ; if - -!- The bill has! been, kept eff the ballot. But. let no one think this ends the mat ter. The grange has an organization which only needs to get down to work to put Ibis over. The initiative system will ride the storm, and the income tax will yet be Initiated, f it Horace 'Addis, - - A ST. LOTJ1SAN COMPLAINS ' Thinks Her Town Treated Too Harshly ' lr s. Recent Article in The Journal : " Portland. Sept. SS. To the Editor of The Journal -van exception to the ar ticle entitled "Sportsmanship in . St Louis. printed in- year last night's paper, on the editorial page, is taken by me, for : several reasons. Here is a flock of them; , How do you know a St.- Lottlsan hurled .said bottkt? Too know St. Louis li not very far from the Illinois hue. which would bring to St. Louis for Saturday or Sunday game, especially in a Uttle world series" as was being taxed in St Louis on this parucuiax day, quite a few people trees the other sioe. it may nam been one ox tneaa who threw said bottle. t Again, St, Louis sloes boast of a- few boarding schools Jf or boys, who) come there from every; state in the Lnion. It may have been one of these. Who knows but it mighK have, been a farmer Portland man who threw the bottle. I. being - a woman, am not up . on the sports as you are. but these was not a mention made in this severe crlti- cism of St. Louis, of the exoneration of the St. Louis team by the New York players.' Also no mention was made of the $500 reward fer the bottle tttrower. Tour editorial : would certainly nave been out of place? had you added these tacts. . . ..... Don't forget that maybe next season you may have the same kind of an editorial to write up for your, own fair city, and if you don't write it up right you wilt probably 'hear from me. I am a former St. Loulsan and proud to acknowledge it . P. A. H. THE MAN-KILLING HUNTER Suggestion That White Is a Better Warning Color- Than Red; Pen - alty Too Light. Asserted.. CoquiUe, ; Oct. To the Editor ef The Journal A toll of death has again resulted among hunters this deer sea son. Every year brings tho same re sult death. In spite; of all the warn ings issued, in spite of past accidents. never a seasons goes by that some hunter is not shot by a brother sports man for a deer There is no excuse for this. Nothing but buck deer are sup posed to be shot, and, therefore a hunter Should see his -deer, and see the horns, before shooting. He Is violat ing the law when he fails to dp this. There is ' one thing wrong wnh the whole business : the penalty for shoot ing another hunter for a deer is not severe enough. It should be the same penalty as shooting down a man on a city street, for there is no Trior ex cuse for doing so while in tbe woods. If every hunter knew ; he would be hanged or would receive . Hfe sentence for shooting a Jellow-hunter for a deer he would not be so anxious to blase away at a bit pf amoving brush or patch of red shining through the brush. Speaking of red. 1 really believe it is the worst color a hunter can wear. Every tenderfoot at the rjoeninsr of the season is told that a deer is red. lie dees not know if it is a bright red, or what shade it is, and the chances are 10. to 1 that he will, get excited at the first red object he sees, and very likely shoot a man instead of a deer. Why not wear white? There Is no animal in the woods that is white. True, deer will see you quicker, and may be come more easily frightened at white but supposing It does ; the hunter will be able to hunt with a Uttle feeling of security. The situation gets worse each year, and it is no wondei that old hunt ers are selling their gua.w rather than take chances with men Who value the killing of a deer more than a human life. Lans Leneve. WANTS . PIERCE ELECTED Portland, Oct 4. To ! the Editor of The.' Journal The . agricultural inter ests and industries of Oregon are over taxed. ' Many farmers and small In dustries face financial ruin. The prices they receive for their produce are not consistent with the prlceis paid by ulti mate consumers. . Various commissions and hordes of inspectors serving these commissions are spending state money like drunken sailors. State leglala tures have made appropriations out of whicn political pie counter aspirants receive superfluous salaries, and ex penses covering, not only their personal traveling needs but gas ana cnauxieurs as well. The right governor can ana will act as a check against future legis lative spending sprees, especially one who himself has been subjected to tne overburdening taxes which now exist in Oregon. - The Republican party and its press are not printing the speeches of Walter Pierce: they are trying to khi nis chances by deifying to the public what it has a right to expect in the news columns of any newspaper. The public demands v change ana it 111 nave jl despite rai tne unwn.g and misinformartion to the contrary in these cor oo rat lon-con troilea organs. Vote for Walter 3d. Fierce and ae feat as many hiighbinder politicians aa you can pick out of ther Republican party. Rainn l-t waiter. i A PROTEST . Feature of Sandy Boulevard Widening Plan Is Here Objected To. . Portland. Oct 2. To the Editor of The Journal In reference to the widen Ing and extension of Sandy boulevard from 28th street wert, note tea en sineers plan to cut diagonally through two' blocks of tuiit-over grouna west and south of loth and Sandy, and eno up as abruptly as "atl dressed up and no viae to fro." Being r a property owner and one who win be In line for assessments, I can't Understand wny East Davis street.w1ttk the only, nat ural grade, hi not followed to the river and two dangerous Tail crossings averted on 10th. street, at Couch ana Burnside. - X counted seven auios with broken Wheels In two blocks on Bum side street between 10th and 12th on a fraatv morninr mot over' two year ago, Conch from 10th to 11th is eh etHl heavier grade. I venture te say that on froatv mornings tae cfty traffic squad will have a gate aexoss both hills fer "safety .first," and aB sane motorists will (use Davis street, any way. and we will be paying for another city planning fiasco. W. Leiey. In 1925 By Anthony Euwer ; nelirered at a session of the M amber Forum el the Portland ChamOer at Oinuaarn September S5, 1822. . Bay. what's tha dope yri'ra hrtnsls. hoys. Mask wttft toot ears ran' Say what's the ward t What hara yen heard We're waiun to a nun. What's that yon aay- they're with Tan atreac What's Mat "Mo carry on -And w U stay by yon tooth aad naB, Three, aheem fer Oracon 1. ' s - The carry en's tha thins we'll da With hammer, taw and. as With two cood years to pa her threw And Sera take; the taxi With arehitecU and-arthnns Wall seoa kseok Into ahapo v A fair te a3 the skrpoe thrtlla And est tha. world aaa.- -We ll ran a little mnashow that . t May catch tha atMncer ere -. i With Crater Lakes and Marble Casne And yeaks that psseh the sky. . Th stm cn'i Ut IMnt wtl tt ' k With hammer.- aaw and ax i-: - ' ' . With tw rood yean to enst hec Aad earn taktftst tar. rXNT FORGET TREES '.'. ' TTiiiss the Ihaaon- FjBnsl ' Building good roads is a new In dustry tn this country. As far as. it has s-one it nas nerve nis xnar. can-, not be estlmaeed. iBut in sotae. re spects the country has lost sons thing by these improvements;, seme- thinsr or the rural beauty- inas Deen nacriflced -when so many - trees brrve been cut down In making new roada The eld-tirae ; country dirt are prettier now, even though thejrare not are comfortable to ride ever.-. And right here - we want -. to suggest to Lebanon property: owners the - great value of planting trees about their COMMENT AND SMAXL CHATQw . Now, for another r little lingering touch of summer, . . ' "... ' i f . Mtaasnrr bow hurt. Going " SO. fas that the wind cut blmt. 'Taint.! possible. ;..',.. Even after vou show 'em. it some times happens that the people "from Missouri can't see a thing. Now that tn Turks have brought It into the limelight we're wrotadertng who put .the mud in Mudania. , Grawa Barber to make sainment of berries by water. Personally we pre fer to. float, ours in cream ana sugar. r David Lawrence has discovered that Montana politics is in a muss. . Mr. jawrence nasn t yet been in urexon. probably. , . Is there any law axainst bifflrie- fhe bird who kicks your best crev fe dora out from under your seat in the theatre? a It's a xreat life, but one in ant to weaken considerably at the intersec tions when a fool in a fast automobile approaches. , , Of course, you had noticed what a sudden drop commodity prices took immediately after the new tariff be came effective! Neither did we. e . Hure waterspout seen off coast of Oregon." Ban, that was a mirage! it was only that irpoutlna- chan who tried to tell us a story in dose quar ters, -r MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town One of tbe most important roads in Douglas county, outside of the state highway. Is the road down the UnP qua river from Drain to Reedsport. The county is now engaged In the im provement of this road, but will not have sufficient funds torcom plate It on standard lines. George Neuner and a large delegation were in Portland Thursday asking the state highway commission to designate the road as a forest road, so that it can be in cluded in the forest system and receive federal aid. The highway commission took the matter under consideration. J. C. Potter, who is interested i in irrigation development in Central Ore gon, with headquarters at Deschutes, Is 4n Portland on business. He re. rxji-ts that good progress is being made on the Crane Prairie reservoir and that work is also going ahead on the Cres cent Lake project. see The wheat harvest of Umatilla counj ty .was about 1.500.000 bushels' below normal this year. . according to I. M. Schannep of Pendleton, county judge, who is in Portland on official busi ness. Seeding for next year's crop Is beginning . . . George K. Qulne. county judge of Douglas county, and Commissioners Weaver and Long are , in Portland on official ' business. C. R. Wade, county Judge of .Coos county, is making a business visit to Portland. i C. H. Knowles, lately of Bend but now or Klamath Falls, is 'Visiting friends in ths metropolis. e Among out of town visitors is Paul J. Brattaln of sSpringfleld. r Mike Dukeek ott Fossil is among visitors from Wheeler county. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN x By Fred Joseoh Parrot: raoBser and son of raenee. here tails of his. narrowest escape from eeath. He iso tells o tha came that early day hunters might hava for tha killins. and at hie wanderins hither and yon, away from tha old donation ' land claim and hack again. .Joseph Parrot, Oregon pioneer of 1S44, still lives on the donation lano claim taken up by his father, Joseph Parrot, in 1345. When I visited him recently at New Era camp ground we sat on the porch of his caom unaer tne fir trees and he told me or jus Boy hood. "What is the most vivid mem ory of your; boyhood V I inquired. He glanced up to the top or a loity nr. where a group of- crows were noisily quarreling about the best seats, stun ning his fingers through his abundant gray hair, he replied: "Seeing the Indians banged at uregon vy ror uw murder of Dr. Whitman and. Mrs. Whitman. -The reason I rememner mat so distinctly is that it came very near to resulting In my death in a similar manner. My father served on the Jury that convheted them, so naturally I was interested in seeing them banged. Joe Meek, -the sheriff, sprung the trap. All the settlers for aO miles around had coma to the hanging, for in those days there were no state or county fairs. Circuses or other gala days, and this was a red letter day in tne setuers- ealendar. . Luke Robertson, beorge Price, John Price, Gun Kllbourne. rea Medorum Crawford. Alfred Petty grove, Tom Hood and myself, had taken In the hanging. ; Hundreds of- Indians were gathered on the cliffs to watch-, the execution. After the bodies had been cut down we boys met to have a pow wow about it. Luke Robertson was very much excited about how the In dian had twisted ana twitcnea as tney danced on nothing at the ends of their repea He said. Let have a hanging.' Wn atl.Arreed. He found a rope in a nearby barn and in the absence, of a scAffbld ha said we could tie tne rope to a tree on the edge of the bluff, fix up s slip1 noose in the other end, part it around the victim's neck and push him over the bluff so he wnnld rl ancle ever the -edge ef the cliff where the others could watch him nancn in tha air and strangle to death.; He slsed up the group of bown and said. "Well hang Joe Parrot Come am. fellows catch him and put the rope around his neck. I was frightened nearly to death and fought like a demon. Jonn rnc ww part and he and his brother George h.nn n fic-ht. Tom Hood also stood tn with me and pitched into the fight to rescue me. I picked up the ! bona ef aa ox and knocked Alfred Patty grove 'out,' I started to run, and the rest tried to head tne off. I picked .... . M.v .n4 let fly at Gus Kilbourne. It hishtm on the forehead end he went .down for the count. We .fought until we were worn out, and the hang remtees. wherever there Is a een venieot and suitable; place for one. or wkerever one te removed by the elements. Trees, are not like flowers It takes a tree yesrs to become of sufficient sice te afford shade and beauty, and each year finds fewer . tawer Af them. So, regardless of j what happens along our roads as they are being -improves, tet v puwt mora trees about our property,' not only for our own comfort " and pleasure- but for Che comfort and pleasure of the generations that will come after ua. J ; ' ' " . ' THE GOVERNOR'S FUNCTION - i rrom Tbe Woodbura lodepcodent A governor does not make but ex ecutes the lawa- If an elector votes for the compulsory education - bill he or she can consistently support any NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS . J Qrmn nnrht ti have a PStna vmV She could" swinsr into the snu-it- of the occasioa. with easy grace, and no" shift ing of geara-Medford .Mail-Tribune. If thai Tnrka are an aiMVJMtsrfuI tin fighting as they are- in makinc- the nastiest smelling- cigaratte on earth. tnejy . wouta win a- war against au Christeudom. Corvallis Gasette-Times. - - . e. e, . ... t ; - With the return of a demand from the Orient for Pacific coast flour there is some hope of the old before-war mar- sets tor our mills being re-established. At mar, tnoee were tne good eia aaya for flour mills.---La Grande Observer, . . ., . -e Henry Ford advises the common people or tne country to buy as uttle ai as possible. Maybe Henry, who is the world s richest man. doesn't know It. but the- common neoole al ways buy just as little coal as po siDie. intrt i a gooa reason. eugeae Register. .-. e In proportion to population Oregon is one -of the most heavily taxed states or we union ana one or tne most heav ily bonded, it is necessary for the state's welfare that sometbinar ton done. Where agriculture has no buying power all business must slow down, Pendle ton hAst vregontan. . - At Is refreshing to find apriseflghter with a good, solid head one of the unbreakable kind, such as Is possessed by Sikl. the West African pug. This lessens tne chances for tne chamDion ship title remaining on American soil. Sooner or later it will go to Che sav ages, where it rightly belongs. Rose- burg rew-Keview. G. L. Dunning of St&nfleld and R..E. Bean of Umaplne. commissioners of Umatilla county, motored down from x-cnaieion to interview the state high way commission, along with . Judge benannep. The recent rain has im proved the road between Portland and Pendleton, they report, Otis Patterson, county Judge of Grant county, is in Portland to sug gest to the state highway commission that ths section of the John Day high way between Coles spring and Cum mlns creek should be placed on the program for improvement next year. bowing tne wheat for next . year s harvest will begin in Sherman county next Monday, says E. D. McKee of WaSco, county judge, who, accom panied by Commissioner J. M. Wilson of Kent, is attending the meeting of tne ; state highway commission. e e e H. V. Alley of Nehalem and H. M. Farmer of Cloverdale, county commis sioners of Tillamook county,- are in Portland to secure a contract from the state highway commission for grading tne coast nignway rrom stonier to tne Clatsop county line. e v, J. W. Tlx of Dufur, county commis sioner of Wasco county, la visiting In Portland. IC K. Hodgman of Med ford, high way contractor. Is transacting business In Portland. ' e Among outN of town visitors is J. Adkissoa of The Dalles! V. R. DennisXof - McMinnville Is among out of town visitors, . J. L. Calvert" of Grants Pass transacting business in Portland. - - v J. M. King of Madrai is among re cent arrivals in the city. ' - Loekley ing bee ' was broken up. For years afterwards I would break out in a cold sweat when I thought how near I came to being hanged. Sure, they would have done it. Boys are young savages, are imitative, are fond of the dramatic and , are' ready to carry out any wUd scheme "if they have a leader. ana .Luke Robertson, if the grown folks could stage a hanging, couldn't see why we boys couldn't follow their example. t av . "Fifty years later, when I was liv ing in Eastern Washington,1 I was- on my way to an Indian reservation, when I fell in with Captain MartJneau. a French half-breed. He Was accom panied br a full-blood Indian woman. Mrs. Miller, and her daughter. We fell into talk, and Mrs Miller told ma her ; father ' was one of the Indians hanged at Oregon City for the murder or tne. Whitmans. I told her mv father was on the jury that iried her xatner and the other Indians. e e. , ... T went to school In. Oregon City in 184S and U49. In 1S50 we moved to our donation land claim here at New Era. I killed my first deer when I was 11 years old- We had a mineral spring on our place, where great flocks of wild pigeons used to come. Lota of aeer also came to the soring. I watched by the spring and killed my first big game there. . A little later I killed two hears not far from the spring. I killed on on the ground. The other' took to a tree and X killed it as it was climbing toward the top. Joe and Louis Faquet. neighbors ef ours, used to keep m. pack of hound a The dogs "would run the deer to the river. As the deer took to the water I would go out In' my canoe and kill them I killed five one day that the dog had .driven Into the river. We lived en game in those days. There, were no game laws then, nor trespass notices. "When I was 17 I married Blanor Fish." She was 18. Our child, Ed Par rot, Is up In Alaska somewhere, -He is 2 years old. My folks and her folks broke up the marriage. We were not of legal age, but if they had kept their nanos on we wouia nave got along all right - X didn't get married again un til . i7. - x married Mary,. B. Jesse. Her father. - W. W. Jesse, ran the Orange store here in the '70a He lives at Barlow. Alary sad X had nine chil dren. seven of whom are still living. We stayed here until our third child was born, when X sold my place at 290 aa acre and up, and we moved to Gold--endale. Wash. Five years later I took up a nomesteao. Later i sold my nomesteaa and moved to Seaside. I raised garden track there and lived off my garden and on dams and crabs From Seaside I went east of the mountains, and new X ara back- where I J spent my childhood." t u-... gubernatorial candidate. : If :the edu cation, mu passes, the governor, re gardleee of hie opinion on the subject. must - issue a proclamation to that effect. Notwithstanding Governor Ol- cott has refrained from expressing his view on the "bill In. question, it is Ire- material whether be is for or against ft other than to lend his Influence ia arriving at a decision. This bill is a legislative, . not an executive, proposl lion, but the matter of high or low taxes concerns both branches . of gov ernmerlt. -' . - ' t CAMPAIGN NOTE -. rrom the Okie Cuts Jewnut ' We enter the conrressional camnaisrn with our customary indomitable confi dence, but the Democrats seem a tittle happier than we like to see them. The. Oregon Country; Sortie- Happening in Brief Farm tat the . . - Jiasy Reedety:--JiJ- s;; - OREGON Hillah i rsrhnle. Mvstkr Shrina .' Ashland Is 'planning the -erection i ef a Masonle temple in that city. ; - DuriBAT eeDtembar 1 41 buildlna? iv r- - w wuvifiiuiis v o.vw. Work am. IrlHf ta wmV nn Vtrww ' River's -new $20,000 creamery. The structure will ba of concreiA with granite exterior, - .o Hood Rlvar'n now lis AAA tnntu liirH school was dedicated Monday night. . The KtrUCt tire Mnlme . lAi1mvH by fire a year ago. . Pleading g-uilty ' to leaving a camp fire unextinguished on the Union crweic camp grounds, C B. Johnson of Gold m waa nned Sa and costs. Tne new WhlteaidA irMnfT-a In Pur. vailis Is rapidly nearlng . completion. The -structure wilt cost 1 15.000 and -a 20.00 organ ia now being ina tailed, .The-i Lumber Puel company at Hood River has begun the operation of a new three-story woodworking plant, including sash and door machinery and J. H. White of Canton ha a ti'ir kih vested four acres ef evergreen black berries, from which he secured 21 tons and sold to the Forest Grove cannery at cents a pound. i Making a mile of road ever five days at a cost of $450 per mile, the forest service is rapidly completing tbe Da vis-Lava Lake road on the west side of Crane, prairie. A factory, branch of the Columbia Tire company of Portland has been established in The Dalles with Rob- 4 err L. Good as manager. I g Editor George Pearce of the Madras ! Pioneer has purchased a half interest in the Bend Press and wilt take active -1 charge of that paper on the reeignA-. t uon m uu rt. tonway, vfctooer la. ; Pour Women have been nominated ' ! for efftce at the coming city election ; in Madras, mayor, two councilman and -; recorder. The slogan of the candidate j for mayor Is "Plenty of water for wash r day.'V . -i- . I, Monslgnor A. Hlllebrand returned j to .Oregon City Monday from his Euro-1 j pean trip, wnue in Kom,n paia an official i visit to Pope Plus X1L the pope giving him a private audience of' half an hour. WASHINGTON . ;i '. A heavy frost visited the' Eprague community . Monday, night, killing all vegetation. A levy of 16 mills will be required ' at Pullman, to raise the tt 1.069 which the city council estimates is necessary for expenses In 192S. v The assessed valuation 1 of" Pen d'Oreille - county decreased 290,000 la 1922. although .real estate : values In creased, more than f 100,000.' Nick 'Rohrer, a farmer living flve miles east. of Centralia, was seriously. Injured Monday in an encounter with a bull,; the battle ending when the rancher was thrown over a fence. . In the last two and : a half months the country banks of Whatcom county have made a 10 per cent gain in da-, posits, the most encouraging advance' In the past two years of readjustment.- Edward E. Gallagher pioneer farmer, and large landowner, i died Saturday at the home of his 'daughter in Pull-' man, following a stroke of paralysis. He came to Pullman from -California 40 years, ago. . . j J. Woolsey, aged tS, ended his life Saturday by taking poison in a BtSomtng house at Walla Walla, leaving aj note to his son saying that -his Ufa lead been one of misery and that he Wished to end it all. ; Drilling of a test well for oil on the Peter Hunley ranch about 12 miles from Hoqulam. near Tulips, will be under way within the next few days Jsjby a company of Harbor men,, headed ry A L. -Hale, oil. geologist. " Ahdy P. Anderson. - ona of the best known and largest property owners of -Kitsap county, died suddenly last week at his home in Charleston. - He was 88 years old and At one- time owned the entire town of Charleston. . A fragment of a meteor fell last Saturday night on the farm of A. C Runge, 10 miles from Bremerton. When dug up it was found to weigh 25 : pounds and was studded with genuine rubies and sapphires in countless num bers. . , . . i. IDAHO Application has been made by the V Boise Valley' Traction company for permission to-permanently, abandon its J Tenth street line in Boise. ; i. -J .i. -M 'I a" Mrs Gus Morris, living near Jerome, was badly bitten by ) their farm dogs last -week. The child's face was torn beyond recognition.. Breeders of Holstein cattle from all of Southern and Central Idaho met in Boise-last Thursday evening and organised the Idaho.- State Holstein Breeders' association.! f v Boise high echool vocational agricul ture team won the state championship and Kenneth O'Leary of Boise was hlarh indtvirliiet nAtnf.ft., .in' .v.. Smith-Hughes livestock Judging con- i testat the UU , fair grpunds last ' p ween, .-. Float) nar in )h In nl.. vr.. the body Of Elmer Chambera. ae-erl t t . was dragged from the water by ' ' Mrs. James Taylor, who had gons to ,H; inn mien ror water. The child, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chambers. !' f had not been missed from home. t ' ; Twenty Years Ago From The Journal of October . 190S Gervais is today a smoldering heap of ' ruins. At 10:20 o'clock last night a fire started In 'the building of McKin- 'i ley Mitchell; and before the flames could be controlled property to the alue of 2100.000 was destroyed. The only business houses remaining . are ' those of M. S. Pechner, general mer chandise; W. Scott Tayior, hamese maker; Depot' hotel, Barnes" livery . stable and; the City Flouring mills. I " Complaint has been made to the po lice by residents along East Burnside street . on account " of the excessive " speed at which automobiles are op erated. - - . - ' N : : -,. j a e e ; .' -t- - Arlington warehouses are receiving ' 2000 sacks of 5 wheat a day and ere paying 82 cents for club and (4 cents for bluestem. t ' . -.-. i i . , - v;i . Prominent residents ef the east side are clamoring tor more fire mains, i ... - , -e . . i Sportsmen complairi that game birds are not so plenty this season ss last. The birds are especially well cleaned out In Linn end Lane counties,, say -the hunters. - . i , - . a e '.. . i' -j . ' There ta trouble in Woodlawn, pied mont and- other suburbs of Portland because of lack of fuel. It Is probable a mass meeting Will be called to con sider the action of the city council in prohibiting the railway companies from hauling wood to those places. ! ; - . . e . e a ; . Harvey W. Scott, editor and part owner of the Oregon Uwi, is a candidate for the seat; of Joseph Simon in the United -, States senate.-: Mr. Scott is now traveling In Europe and will not" return until late in December,- . - i .. - . i .. e te . . ; '. i ! Early yesterdary morn Ine the steamer- Hassald collided with the British ship ! Cyproraene near Coffin rock. Both vessels were bsdly damaged. A heavy ' tog prevaueo. ; ; . , , -, The Portland RaOway ; cerapany Is reconstructing . its Washington street ' read west, and has reached St. Clair street, ' Ninety-one foot rails without ties are . being laid , on , a concrete -foundation. ., " ' ' s. . - . , , T e e s Holders of unimproved city property V are coming in for a large amount ef -. criticism by many Portland taxpayers, - j It is said they hold the land for epecu- ! Istive nurnnaan erntw. - j I