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A firtncipa! fruit of friendship is the
ea.e ami discharge of the fullness and
swellings of the heart, which passions of
all kinds do cause and induce. We know
diseases ot stoppings siul th. suffocations
are the most dangerous on the budy: and
It is .not fallen otherwise oa the mind.
No- reritw openeth the heart like a true ,
fnend, to whom you may lmrart grief,
joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels
and wtistsoerer lietn upon the heart to
oppress it, in 7 a jul of ciril shritt or .
uonlesMon. Francis Bacon.
ENTERING ENEMY TERRITORY
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I IS reported that Henry Ford, in
conjunction with the Locomotive
Engineers, may carry his fight on
Wall Street to the very door of
Morgan & Co. It is said that he
may enter a plan, which, is the es
tablishment of a cooperative bank
ing institution in New York, by
placing o&V, deposit In the bank- a
sum in the neighborhood of $75",
ooo.ooo. The institution is to be coopera
tive in that the depositors share in
profits. Four per cent interest is
to be paid on deposits and after all
operating expenses are met, includ
ing dividends on. the capital stock,
the profits are to be distributed to
the patrons of the institution.
The banking- plan follows the in
dustrial plan of Ford. It is ba.se d
on the principle of partnership of
capital, workers and public. The
Ford industrial plan was strongly
fought by big Industrial interests,
and the cooperative bank idea will
undoubtedly be stoutly opposed by
Wall Street.
But Mr. Ford has a habit of being
successful. He is successful because
he provides always & product that
is within reach. He gives the pub
lic service and low costs, land
thereby jobtafns a wholesome and
lasting patronage. He gives his
employe a fair share in the busi
ness, and thereby, earns their loy
alty and their fullest coVperation.i
And the things men with money
neeil are cooperation of employes
a.nd; patronage of the public.
r The cooperative bank is very
.likely to be unusually successful. It
gives service and profits, and serv
ice And profits are things that few
people , overlook. ,
VOTERS' PAMPHLET
XTOT? have your voters' pamphlet,
, -a. f.ij you are a -registered voter.
The , secretary of state has dis
tributed the pamphlets widely, us
ing the registration lists.
V Have you read if?
'4 Have you familiarized yourself
witk t he measures appearing
therein? j
I It Is said thai not more than one
of ten voters faithfully studies
measures submitted.
;- But the election of November 71
ia less thana month away. With
out study of the measures election
day will' find thousands of voters aa
unprepared to vote as a baby for
war. Their ignorance will reproach
the initiative, it will lower the ac
cepted level of Oregon-intelligence.
Do you know-that there is to be
on the ballot ai measure which, ;lf
Adopted, would change entirely', the
present system of taxation? That
there is a. compulsory school bill?
'That th Grange graduated income
tax measure discussed in the voters!
pamphlet will not appear because of
fraudulent signatures, but that the
flat Income tax amendment, se
cured by the same methods, will be
on the ballot because there wag no
private citizen willing to spend the
money to prove the fraud ? That a
bill to abolish all salmon gear but
: 1 1 gill 1 nets coul d have been sup-
! pressed v had "the salmon. packer
. ,ten willing to btry off the ulrcula-f-.tors?
That because of legislative
t. carelessness, the JUnn county war-
TELEPHONE MAIN 7161. Ail departments
If reached by this number
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? WHY $25,000? : ;
TY7HY a single campaign fund, am on g others, "-of J 2 5.0 ? to defeat
" Walter Pierce f ' .
As .subscription after subscription to this mammoth, fund is sought,
the prospective contributor is told that Mr. Pierce proposes an addi
tional tx pa the timber Industry, or that he cannot be truisted la the
matter of taxation j .; . - j
- 1 this atUtiide of powerful business men in Portland xtot wbolly
wrong? Is it not very largely upon the prosperity of her back country
that-the prosperity of Portland depends? If you handicap agriculture
with' so heavy a burden of taxes that the farmer's nose Is. kept to the
grindstone: r if you tax him. so hard that his tax bills absorb a heavy
part of his income and deprive him of the power tovcxpand his business
and Increase his output, you are lessening the amount of business he
can do with people In the city.
It is notorious that .the taxes on farms are so heavy that in thou
sands of Caes they exceed the rental value of the land. -There are thou
sands of cases In which the taxes absorb half the income on the farm,
and in not' infrequent; Instances all the income for the year. Nobody
denies these things and nobody denies that , farmers, average home
owners and iwners of city real estate are bearing the chief burden Of
the taxes. Nobody publicly denies that some of this heaVy tax burden
ought to be shifted and a part of it placed on those who pay little or
no taxes.
But the very moment that a serious proposal is made for such a
change a huge sum of secret money is at once collected for the avowed
purpose of defeating the candidate for governor; who makes it.
This is neither good business nbr sound polley-. Of all the people In
the world -who ought to seek a close, harmonious and cooperative rela
tion with all the people in Oregon 6utside of the city limits of Portland,
it is the business men of Portland. They ought to , help the farmers
fof Oregon get a better system of
agriculture in matters of credit and finance. They ought to cooperate
in all things that tend to build up the agriculture of Oregon.
Every added ton of farm products grown In interior Oregon is a
direct boost to the port business, the banking , business, the mercantile
business, the manufacturing business and the professional business in
Portland. But added tons of agricultural products cannot be grown
if, the farmer's operations are cramped by a taxation arrangement that
absorbs his income and prevents him from increasing his productive
facilities and extending his operations.
Portland must have a prosperous back-country, or Portland cannot
be prosperous: Our commercial bodies tell us all thef time that we
need more population! in the.interior of the state. Many Portlanders
have been powerfully moved for a 1925 exposition in order to increase
that population, always laying stress on the point that it Is population
out on the farms that is most needed. The reason why there is not
more population out ion those farms is the very common knowledge
that agriculture is so heavily taxed that the profits on the farm are
largely swept away by the tax collections, which in turn are due to the
factathat our present tax arrangement is unfair. .
Now the real objective of ihis mammoth campaign' fund of $25,000
is not to defeat Mr. Pierce, but, to defeat the thing that he stands for,
which is. a i-easonable- and rational equalization of taxes in Oregon.
The men who are contributing this enormous slush fund have no objec
tions to Mr. Pierce as a man and citizen. They would not collect $25,000
to beat a mere man. What they are driving at is the iproposal, widely
approved in Oregon, to so adjust taxes that they shall je fair to alL
It is only on a desire toeblock any change in the present; tax arrange
ment that monied Portlanders would contribute so much to be spent in
a state election.
Their war on Mr. Pierce is merely a pretext. They name him as
the object of their attack merely because he stands for fair taxation,
while they want the present unfair system ; of taxation to stand un
changed. If Mr. Pierce stood xor no
Governor Olcott were in favor of the change that Mr. Jtnerce proposes,
they would probably be for Mr. Pierce. -
They ought to abandon their plan. For the welfare of Portland,
they ought to abandon it. For tlje sake of that harmonious relation
and helpful cooperation that Portland Ought, for her own prosperity,
to extend interior Oregon and the people in interior Oregon, they ought
to abandon it.
For once,4 fortiana oigni iu miuw
it OUght tO acknowledge- me poweuui auu iunuamcuu ii-niv-iijic uiai
the town ought to play rair Wltn tne
the town.
rant matter appears in two amend
ments? That the voters of all Or
egon are asked to give Portland per
mission to tax. herself for tne-aszt
exposition? That one amendment
proposes to reduce the contract
rate on money to a maximum of 7
per cent? -
Within the covers of the voters
pamphlet are history iraua ana
drama. Its measures related to -every
life In Oregon. " It is good reading.
Reaifl it before November 7.
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THE TRAFFIC CONFERENCE
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THE meeting of administrative
and traffic enforcement offi
cials of seven Pacific coast states,
now ' in session in Porland, is of
consequence to all states and all
motorists. It Is a conference that
can achieve much for the comfort
and convenience ' of automobile
owners. ,
The purpose of the session Is to
Sake traffic laws in all coast states
liform. That is an accomplish
ment worth while and easily attain
able. It prevents trouble in all
states and aids motorists to obey
the law.
It is neither pleasing nor wise
for Oregon to have a different code
of traffic laws from Calif ornia. It
means a Californian in Oregon is
likely to violate the law. It means
that an Oregontan In Washington is
likely to violate ther3aw; It may
mean accidents and it certainly
means trouble in courts and incon
venience to travelers.
There are certain things that all
motorists should do. There are cer
tain things they shouldn't do. It
is not a difficult matter to lnciuae
all prohibitions in one code and es
tablish the same code in all states.
Such an arrangement is better for
the states and It is far better for all
motorist, i
To that; end, the conference In
Portland should strive. -And it s
an end easily gained.
The secretary of the treasury
wants to sell $500,009,000: in re
funding bonds to take up war sav
ings securities and Victory notea
That's one necessary way of payl-g
f or the war, putting the debt out at
long time interest and leaving the
principal for the next generation to
pay. Wars must alway. be fi
nanced by the unborn.
WHOSE FAUX.1 NOW?
rrvvvo grain carrying ships were
-L fcst to Portland last week.
They had to go to other ports be
cause there was not sufficient ton
nage here. A part of the reason is
that there were not sufficient box
cars in good , repair to . bring the
waiting wheat in from the Interior.
It is bulk wheat and only ears In
first class repaid can be used. v --. '
- Here is the effect of the strike of
shopmen. The railroad companies
are claiming they have full comple
ments of mechanics-" - ,
They haven't. What Is more, they
are now locking their men . out.
marketing, xney ougnr. to neip
cnange in me present system ana
we w, uiu oun.. ii t,-.
uum u:me iaim v-i-s lair wuu
.
Many of the "men they have picked
up to replace strikers are not ex
pert. Unskilled men are kept on
hand to be counted, whe Inspection
officials appear to -take stock-
The Milwaukee road has settled
with Its shopmen. It has hot only
put them to work in the usual sin-j
gle shift, but is beginning to op
erate three shifts. Locomotives and
other equipment had so retrograded
in condition during the strike that
the Milwaukee is gathering up
every man it can lay hold of. Why
do not the other roads centering iii
Portland do the Same thing, and get
their cars in condition to bring the
wheat: to Portland that the ships
want?! j.
; The fact that shopmen on 83
roads have gone back to work
shows that shopmen on all the
Portland roads could be put to work
if the companies were not mspired
more by an insane, desire to punish
them than by a purpose to give safe
and prompt service to the public.
The refusal of the companies to seti
tie with their employes wh$e there
is a car shortage due to lack of me
chanics to repair cars and other
equipment, is holding back the busi
ness of the Port of Portland, and
handicapping the business of the
city of Portland.
Now they say that whiskey is no
good for snaHe bite and that a more
vicious poison,1 the venom of cop
perhead snakes made into vaccine,
is the proper antidote. Sounds like
Volstead sour grapes.
, FROM A COURTROOM
THERE has not been a bolder.
! violation of the sanctity of' the
couFts or a more flagrant and high
handed act than one recently en
acted in a New York court.
A prisoner was before the court
to plead. He was Wanted in an
other.atate to answer charges for a
crime "committed there! Suddenly
he Was surrounded by a group of
detectives from the other common -wealth
and literally kidnaped from
the courtroom and Jurisdiction of
the judge
It was a case of law admlnistra
tors fighting with law administra
tors over possession of a man
charged with law violation. The
men who kidnaped " the violator
themselves ' not only violated the
I law in 'obtaining him. but they did
it ; in,, a courtroom wnere, of all
places! law. Is to be upheld and by
men who, of all men, are supposed,
and sworn, to uphold it; " j
It was an incident that cannot be
condoned It cannot be defended.
It can in no way be explained. : And
certainly ; if respect for law and
court is to be maintained there
can be no rest until the directors
ana .perpetrators or the plot are
apprehended and punished in 'pro
portion to the crime they com
mitted, i
vThere is no enemy of low taxes
like expensive government.
COMMENT OF THE
STATE -PRESS
Oregon Pioneers a 'Superior Type
Better Day for the Oregon-Farmer
Predicted Inculcating Respect for
Laws Mood Proper for a City
Election Campaign Firefighters
Complimented The Citi
zen's Labor Duty The Cauli
flower Gouge The Food
Speculator Considered.
Enterprise Record Chieftain : Two! of
the pioneers of Wallowa county have
passed, away in the last fortnight, leav
ing the record of their lives in the
progress made during the brief period
of the white man's occupancy of the
land. Both men were characteristic of
the type of citizenship which settled
the county. .leaving an indelible Im
print on the community. An impress
ive fact regarding this imprint is that
the frontier west, at least this part of
it, had little In common with the wild,,
barumscarum, lawless life of the Old
West of fiction. These pioneers were
men of quiet life, of sober habits,; of
thrift and industry, who loved their
homes and were steadfast patrons and
upbuilders of schools and churches and
of every gentle and civilizing influ
ence. The underlying tone or color of
Wallowa county resembles that ot New
England more than it does the-devil-may-care
West of the stories. The
county voted dry many years ago.! It
always has been orderly and law-abiding,
and has had no tolerance for-the
bad man, who has had to leave or hide
beyond the reach of officers. The coun
ty has been fortunate indeed in the
character of its first settlers, good men
and true, who have eQ a rich heritage
to those who come after.
Aurora Observer : During- the past
few years the farm has reached its
lowest ebb as merchantable property.
The farmer has been stung in the re
action from war boosting perhaps
harder than anyone else. He has seen
his prices drop while his overhead re
mains extremely high. But there is
every indication that be will come into
his own again. Prices for most farm
products have shown an upward tend
ency. In our own Northwest many ir
rigation schemes are contemplated or
already uhder way. To enumerate a
few we may mention the Columbia
Basin ditch, the Priest Rapids project,
the Big Ilickitat and Carp Lake and
Walla Willa programs In the state of
Washington, and the Molalla district
in our immediate vicinity, -besides
others inj the eastern part of our own
state. These enterprises would not be
ttarted unless capital believed there
would be a demand for farm land, and
capital ! is generally pretty f arsighted.
We may therefore reasonably look forward-to
the. time when the farmer will
again, be chief of the clan.
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Oregon City Banner Courier: To
poke fun at law is a vicious practice
and altogether too common. Divorce
laws, for example, are paraded about
in much the same manner as a monkey
and clown on-a circus calliope, and the
result is a civic and moral disgrace.
The same thing is true of the prohibi
tion law. The boast that the law may
be broken with impunity and that
booze may be had for the price by al
most anyone, almost anywhere, is cur
rent and is one way, whether made
purposely or through misinformation,
to weaken the law and render more
difficult its enforcement, and whilo the
sincere, however biased in opinion,
should be credited for independent
thinking and expression, the flouter of
the law should be made to feel its au
thority. If a law is bad, .it will soon
be repealed through its enforcement.
Wfiat is most' needed, in social and
economic life, is- not to make light of.
but to cultivate, the demand or and
respect for wholesome laws, interpreted
and enforced for the public good.
Pendleton East Oregonian : There is
no occasion for anyone to get hysteri
cal, about the coming city election or
to regard 'it as in the nature of a
Grecian-Turkish war or anything of
that sort. Pendleton has had city elec
tions before many times and usually
everyone gets through without missing
any meals or much sleep. The thing
should be easy this year, because we
have osly one candidate for mayor,
and itls over the selection of a mayor
that people get excited at times. There
is never much kick in a race for posi
tions on the council. Therefore Pen
dleton is fortunate, much more so than
some towns that could be named. Let
us capitalize our good luck, go about
the business of selecting officials in a
sane, orderly manner, keep our shirts
on. and give proper thought to tOwr
unity and progress. We don't need a
tong war here ; there is plenty of that
stuff in the Balkans, and it is un
profitable. The Dalles Chronicie : Downtown
residents ot The Dalles who tumbled
out of bed at. the alarm of fir this
morning had opportunity to witness a
very neat bit of firefighting on- the,
part of the members of our - depart
ment The fire bell tapped twice be
fore sounding the district, but before
the district call started, the big truck
was out of the house and on the way
to the blase. In fact the truck's siren
was ringing down Third street before
most of us who heard the alarm had
time to get out of bed. Tbe depart
ment brigades in big cities do not do
better than that. At the scene of the
blaze, which wss full of dangerous pos
sibilities, the same vigor and dispatch
were manifested. The fire was quickly
surrounded. The building was a roar
ing maelstrom of flame, impossible of
salvation, but it is notable that within
a very few minutes the fire was under
control; and in an bbur was out. This
was excellent work by the department,
worthy of the appreciation of everyone.
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Woodbupsa Independent: Scarcity of
hoppickers was reported from Polk
county. It is certain that there was a
scrcity of; berrypickers. Growers con
sequently lose. The markets establish
the prices they can pay pickers. What
is really the matter that they cannot
get their crops picked? Surely there
are enougb2;pople in Portland needing
this employment, or are they too rich
or too tired to work? Growers are ask
ing themselves if it wilt be possible
next season to get a sufficient num
ber of loganberry pickers at 2 cents a
pound. It teems as if buyers should
be also Interested in the pickers' mar
ket proposition.
fa..
IRoseburg (News-Review: A Portland
paper complains that cauliflower that
brings 6 l?ents a head to the grower
In, that city's market, retails to the
consumer there at 2 bits. The editor
appears to think that 184 cents in
crease in the pries between, the grower
aad consumer is not far from profiteer
ing. The. grower will concur, and so
WiU the 'public, but the middlemen
will probably continue to divide the
profits and imlle over .their own
shrewdness. .
Lebanon Express: As usual, apples
have been rotting: on the: ground in
Michigan , and other states because the
growers could not secure, a price for
them sufficient to pay the -cost of mar.
ketingr. At the same time consumers
ia the cities have been paying fancy
prices or doing without. ' And still,
speculators " b l a n d 1 y disclaim any
thought of profiteering. .. And that re
minds us. Do you ever notice how a
speculaUnf.proflteer will squeeze every
penny possible outs of an atrticla . that
be . handle and then weep because
there ia no, more blood to be sucked?
Letters7 From the Peopfe
Co iraunicat ions seat to The Jenmat for
publication in -this department should be writ
ten on only one side ct -Use paper, aboulS Sot
eioeed SOO words, in; lengta, and must bo
signed by the writer, 'whose maU addrase ia
full m Hut accompany She contribution, j
' THE WCrRLD'S JSDUCATION i,
A Criticism in Respect of Certain -Articles
on the Editorial Page of .
The Sunday Journal. -Vancouver,
Waaft-, Oct. 8. To the
Editor of The Journal -In today's Sun
day Journal, under the headings, "An
Aristocracy of Brains," "Education or
Catastrophe,' "For ia Firm Foundation"
and "The News; value of Religion,"
you. print four kfcnfired articles. Each,
however, is a study in itself. The first
two "pair" ; that, is. Dr. Hopkins"
thought is completely nullified by Mr.
Wells' sense. - The third and fourth,
to some extent, also "pair." Mr. Fret
well's letter very excellent though--it
is is practically offset by the article
from the. Chicago Evening Post. This
leaves us but the college and the pcess,
as educational means, to consider. The
press is self-sustaining ; it pays its
own way, and over and above that it
educates graxis. ' Probably it 4s the
most potent of all ; educators, and" per
forms this great service free of charge.
On - the other hand, colleges can not
be self-supporting and at the , same
time -verve- the need of the public. The
higher (Scientific) education must be
free. to i ajlj otherwise "an aristocracy
of brains' will be 'our portion. In the
matter -of education, Mr. Wells 'is, as
he, is in all other matters, right right,
absolutely. The Chicago' " editor and
your Portland contributor would reach
one end, but through different means.
Methinks ye editor proposes the best,
surest, and must effective, means of
reaching this much desired end. The
newspaper man of today, whose con
clusions are empirical and . apodictic,
hence scientific, is; safe. to trust as an
educator. And certain It is, that any
form of education based on mysticism
does not and cannot stand the test of
present day analysis and scrutiny.
' Reader.
A CHALLENGE REPEATED
Portland, Oct. -S.---TO The Editor of
The Jpurnal."C. W. M." of Oregon
City writes The Journal regarding the
value of automobiles being increased
by good roads. What he evidently
meant was that good roads reduce- the
rate of depreciation of automobiles. If
he can tell us how much additional a
new $800 automobile will be worth af
ter the purchaser drives it one trip
from Portland to '.Salem and return, a
new discovery has indeed been made.
In the Sunday Journal he now inti
mates that Mr. Dienlinger has Jumped
to a conclusion in his contention thaH
the single tax will be an inducement
for outside capital ito come 'into Ore
gon. He marshals an array of state
ments regarding .the effect of over
loading the farmer with taxes, but has
jumped to. the ccfticlusion that single
tax will make the used and well im
proved, land pay a heavier tax.- Some
time ago, in reply to his first letter, I
made an offer tc send him, or any
one requesting it, some data gath
ered from public records regarding
land values in . Portland. Among
several requests which' came in re
sponse I have as yet received none
from him. I repeat the offer.
The state granges of Washington
and Maryland, Potter county, Texas,
and the New York State Agricultural
society and similar farmer organiza
tions in Canada liave all gone: on rec
ord as indorsing . the single itax and
urging it as the cmly ageney that will
relieve the farmew of unjust taxation.,
Also, many farmers . in Oregon are
working for its adoption. They have
investigated it fully ; that is why they
are for it. " C. A. McLemore.
TAXES AND RENT RATES
Portland, Oct. 9, To the Editor of
The Journal Through your valuable
paper I would like to speak to those
who do not go to the court-house to
pay tgcxes. I wws recently talking
about the 1925 fair to a man who owns
apartment houses' and store rooms.
The man has all the comforts of life,
including a good job. I asked, 'What
are we to do about taxes?".- He said,
"Raise the rent." But I asked him
about the poor man who has no rents
to raise. He tried to convince me that
I was not asking enough rent. I
preached against any raise during the
war, as that is the main incentive for
wars, in my opinion. I practiced what
I preached and have kept my rents at
the minimum.
Think what the following means:
In 1915 the per capita tax in Oregon
was $6.40; in 19SI at was $26.74- In
1914 the assesses valuation of city
property was $34,105,777 ; ; now it is
$295,000,000, despite the fabt that we
have taken in Johns and LinntSn,
which are assessed at $6,834,135. be
sides' claiming a ."building program of
$98,OuO,000 during this period. Then,
this week we read of $5,000,000 'or
more reduction. Who is getting from
under this burden? Judged from my
tax bill, it Is not the outlying districts
that are being relieved.
' Kate Bonb&m.
THE CAPITALIST'S FEAR
This Writer Says ;It Is Not Single Tax
t- But "Natonalization."
Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 6. To the
Editor of The Journal The fact that
our invisible government ignores single
tax condemns the measure. . If single
tax could in any way lessen the
burdens of labor, or transfer them to
capitalistic shoulders, Wall Street and
its subsidized prep3 would very quick
ly be heard from. ' Daugherty would
enjoin it; Fordney would interdict it
and Newberry would pronounce -on it
the black curse of major excommunica
tion. Capitalists do not fear single
tax."' They realize that It- can be
dodged, and this lack of dread en the
part of capital is proof positive that
single tax cannot, bite. Now against
this let anyone suggest nationalizing
a soap factory or sausage shop, and
bear the howl that the Wall street
pack will set up. Nationalizations does
bite, and all capitalists dread it.
A Thinker.
POTENT ENGLISH
Proa the Teooma "News Tribune . ,
Suen Teng, emperor -of China, wants
to cut off his pigtail. This news is
enlivening, first because few readers
have been aware that there was any
emperor of China, and second because
of the reason for such an unholy de
sire. , f ,
The young pretender to the Celestial
throne got along all right, it seems,)
as long as he adhered to the estab
lished education; provided from time
immemorial for Chinese royalty. But
three years ago the lad, then 15 years
of age. decided that he wanted to learn
English, and started in. He studied
hard, two hours, ja day, and made ex
cellent progress, i - And then he found
how one thing leads to another T The
first thing he knew, lie . wanted to
study ceographyf not the .established
Chinese brand, but regular geography,
with -modern maps ' of the': world and
degrees of latitude and longitude, etc.
Thus he found foa't that the rest Of
the world was bigger than China, and
in some Ways more important. From
that, he was lured on ,to acquire so
much of the modern Western educa
tion that now- he wants to ride" IA
automobiles and, trains and ships and
airplanes and go abroad and find how
'COMMENT AitfD
SMALL CHANGE
After all. he profits most who profl-
teernles ,.f . ... : j ,
Most of these Sweet Mama's the
young fellows rave about turn out to
be only Poor Fish. . .
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It's getting so well have to com
pute the exchange value of n arks for
good old "In God We Trusts" by the
ton. i ' !
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Now that the Turks 'have taken
brutality honors for the year we may
expect the leaders to ;Join the ex-kaiser
at Doom.
j
Wives are getting altogether too
finicky. Read about, another one who
had her husband haled into court for
beating her. ,
.i.aja- .
"Congress to see new faces," a po
litical survey promises. But, if past
experience is worth anything, well bet
thty reflect the same old minds.
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Wonder ; if the cheerf ul Idiot who
puckers up his face to whistle in view
of otherwise uivterrorized pedestrians
ever inspected his facial contours in
a mirror.
If every other mart in the world had
done his full share of the world's work
yesterday and the day before maybe
those who did more wouldn't have,
gone home with agrouch.
A In one column, to the exclusion of.
all else, last night appeared theae'
headlines : "Slew Rector and Woman
by Mistake," "Indian on Trial in Mur
der Case," "Boise Banker Is Shot Ac
cidentally" ' and "Bartender Is Shot
Dead by Publisher." Indeed a seemly
toll for the fool and his gun.
MORE OR TaESS PERSONAL'
Random Observations About Town
Louis E. Bean, former speaker of the
house and present member of the state
game commission. Is down from his
home and law office at Eugenev giv
ing the baby moose now out at Brook
lyn park the once-over and trying fto
help the commission make up its col
lective mind where to turn the chil
dren loose. Speaker Bean is of the
opinion that it is much easier to de
termine the destiny of a herd of moose
than it is going to be to put the pre
vious question in the house of repre
sentatives during the coming session.
He expects to have a lot of fun. he
says, sitting on the sidelines and watch
ing his former T colleagues struggle
through the; coming turbulent 40 days.
He is at the Imperial. -i
Mrs. E. L McClure of Marshfjeld is
visiting friends in Fortland for a short
time, making her headquarters at the
Imperial.
G. L. Baer of Baker is 'a Portland
visitor, registered , at the Portland
while here.
Charles Stewart of Roseburg is at
the Imperial while in Portland on a
short visit.
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L. L. Miller of Roseburg is spending
a short time in the city, staying at the
Imperial.- ,.
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S. G. Clark af Grants Pass is at the
Imperial while visiting in Portland for
a short time.
.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ellis of Baker
are spending a few days' in the city,
registered at the Imperial.
.
Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Phy of :La
Grande are at the Imperial while pay
ing Portland friends a visit-
Robert D. Lytle of Vals, is making
the Imperial his headquarters while
in the city for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Buckley of As
toria are at the Oregon for a short
visit in Portland.
.
Arthur Hallgarth of Elgin Is spend
ing a few days in . Portland on busi
ness and is registered at the Oregon.
George P. Cheney of Enterprise is
at the Oregon while in, town for a
short time on business.
R. ' G. Evans of Enterprise is regis
tered at the Oregon for a brief stay
in the city;
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
Indian tor is Mr. Lockley 's present sub
ject matter. He writes of the, Man dan tribe
and of Gwrs CaUin'a theory concern tug them;
also of Sandy, the waif of (the sea. who;
nearly two centuries ' ago, became a tribes
man on the coast of Oregon.
While looking through some old
books in a second-hand store at Salem
recently, I ran across a book entitled
"O-Kee-pa : A Religious Ceremony
Among the Mandan sndlana" The book
was illustrated with many full-page
illustrations in color, by George Cat
lin, of Indian sun dances and other
ceremonial dances of the jaanaana
George Catlih, the author of the book,
spent some time with the Mandans and
studied their language as well as their
tribal customs and costumes. He
found that in their social characteris
tics they Were markedly different from
the other Indian tribes. He came to
the conclusion that the. Mandans were
direct descendants of the Welsh. He
based his belief on the fact that the
pottery made by the Mandans is simi
lar to that made by the early Welsh
tribes ; that the Mandans are th only
tribe of North American Indians who
knew the secret of manufacturing the
type of bltae beads frequently found in
the ancient mounds of Wales, and
that the Mandans, instead of making
canoes, or dugouts, such as are used by
the other tribes, made "Coracles" of
exactly the same design as those used
by the Welsh tribes. The early Welsh
made frames of willow or other light
Wood, which they covered with the hides
of bulls. The Mandans also made
round coracles of interlocked willow,
covered with the hide' of the bull buf
falo. The Welsh, instead of paddling
their coracles from tbe sides, put the
paddle ahead and by drawing the paddle-
toward, the coracle pulled the' boat
forward in'" the desired direction. The
Mandans paddled in the same manner.
The wigwams of the Mandans were
constructed in the same manner as
the cabins of the Welsh peasants. The
name Man dan is a Welsh word and
signifies "red dye."
Early visitors to the Mandans who
understood" Welsh were astonished to
hear many -s words which they under
stood from their similarity "to words
in the Welsh language. Many of the
Mandans hd the steel-gray eyes typ
ical of the: Welsh people. Their tra
dition of their origin was that they had
wandered far to . the north from a
warmer country. Catlln. believed that
Prince. Madoe and some of the 10
vessels with which he set out from
North Wales in the ltth " century,
drifted or sailed to this country. land
ing pear the mouth of the! Mississippi.'
He believes that evidences of these
early Welsh sailors, who! had Inter
married with, the Indiana, are to be
found near the mouth of the Ohio. He
believes the mpunds and earthwork
the rest of mankind lives and 'what It
is doing and . thinking.-7 ', .
Yes, there's potency -In the English
language.. One feels like recommend
ing it to a lot of people la this country.
NEWS IN. BRIEF
" SIDELIGHTS ; -
- sawaw--i - V
. Knockers do not kill men they kill
business. The jam t ha nor sons whn
sift sand into the gear boxes of prog
'k iieppner uszette-ximes. ,
The foolkiller. who used to' ao out
with the proverbial club, now loafs
around home and lets the automobiles
ao the work. Crane American.
; "The meek may inherit the earth, but
at the rate they are now paying -rent
it looks like they were buying It on the
lasiaument. ptan. vernonta ,jagie.
. Washin ertem 1 ir fia-vi Smfl "Week.
Well that's good and all right, but here
in Oregon we go them one better; we
have "Smile Year' Amity Standard.
i "What has become of the old-fash
ioned family doctor?" asks an ex
change. What we want to know is.
what has become of the old-fashioned
family. Lebanon Express.
. Although the present styles of dress
make it easier for 'women to do the
housework.', it is not reported-that the
girls of Banks have volunteered to do
the dishes any more frequently. Banks
Herald. . - .
The editor is going to cut this issue
snort and get down to tbe blar barbe
cue, for it -may be that he will not get
anotner square meal lor anotner year,
He wiU take no chances. Blue Moun
tain Eagle.
The Episcopalians have cut out
"obey" and "serve from their marrlaae
ceremony. How about those, who have
already pledged? Some of the inter
ested male Episcopalians are needing
the information. woodburn xndepena
ent. ... i
Jim Stewart, - former legislator and
good roads booster, is down from his
home at Corvallis for a few days,
visiting friends and talking polltica
lie is registered at the; Imperial.
J. S. Van Winkle, prominent busi
ness man and politician of Albany, is
spending a little while in the city, at
the Imperial, on business and pleasure
comDlned.
Norman Elliott of Baker is transr
acting business in Portland for a day
or so, and is staying at the Portland
in the meantime.
-
Neil McGilvery, a well-known resi
dent of the Coos Bay country, is in
the city for a few days, registered at
tne imperial,
Newton W. Borden, Democratic can
didate for state 'senator from Jackson
county and well-known resident of
Medford, is at the Imperial.'
. .
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McCarthy of La
Grande are registered at the Irrfperlal
while spending, a short time in the
city.
,
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Lakin, well
known citizens of Prineville, are at
the Imperial while visiting in the city
for a few days.
II. A. Bowman, one of Pendleton's
prominent citizens, is at the Imperial
while transacting . business in the city
ior a snort time,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Benneit of Baker
are guests at the Portland while visit
ing in the city for a few days.
L. L. Stelwer, a well-known citizen
or ossn, is at the fortland tor a
short business-visit in the city.
. .
E. A Murphy of Grants Pass is in
the city for a short visit, registered at
the Portland,
William Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific, is registered at the
Multnomah.
, J. W; P. Moss of Klamath 'Falls is
at the Multnomah for a few -days
while attending to business in the city.
R. D. PIneo, well-known resident of
Astoria, is a Portland business visitor,
registered at the Multnomah.
J. J. Miller of Milton is spending a
short .time in the city, registered at the
Oregon.
forts of Ohio were built by the Welsh
sailors who were a part of-the fleet
that set out with Prince Madoc He
believes that in a bitter tribal war
most of the Welsh were killed, the
only ones to be spared being the half
breeds or, those with Indian blood.
Whether Catlln is right or not. it is
strange that tire Mandan Indians were
so different from the other tribes, and
it is also strange that they -could
build Welsh coracles and understood
many Welsh worda
Several years ago a pioneer of Clat
sop county took me to CuUaby lake,
on Clatsop plains. In the old days the
Tfllamooks made their home on Til
lamook bsy. The Clatsopa lived on
Clatsop plains and In- the surrounding
territory. Between these two tribes
were the Nehalems. As far as the In
dians are able to estimate the date.
It was about 1760 that a winter storm
drove a ship ashore near the base of
Neah-kah-nio mountain. One of the
sailors cast ashore was rescued by
the Indians. He had blue eyes, flam
ing red hair and a curly red beafd. He
was a native of Scotland , He fell in
love with the daughter of the family
that had found him unconscious on the
beach and asked her father for her.
A Tillamook brave, the brother of the
chief of the Tillamooks, wanted the
girl. v The red-bearded, blue-eyed Scot
had speared salmon in the streams of
Scotland, so he soon became one , of
the most expert fishermen as well as
one of the most daring and successful
hunters in the tribe. The Tillamook
lover and the Sfcot fought for the In
dian girl, and the Scot was the sur
vivor of the contest. With, her parents
and -her white lover the Indian girl
left her tribe and took refuge with
the Clatsopa They settled on Clatsop
plains near what is now known as
Cullaby Island, which Is located be
tween CuUaby lake and the wild cran
berry marshes on the other side of
this wooded island. - The , only name
the Indians ever had for the white
man was the. name- he' gave, them,
which was Sandy. When Lewis and
Clark wintered St Clatsop tlJey met a
red-haired, . red-bearded, i blue-eyed,
freckle-faced Indian, the grandson of
Sandy. . He was an, Indian in every
way except for his looks. In 1846 John
Minto visited Cttllabyv an' Indian
whose home was on .CuUaby. island. He
told Mr. Minto . that thai , red-headed
Indian who had met the r Lewis and
Clark party was his father.; - Cullaby
himself- had learned from, his father;
Che grandson of Sandy, the use of tools
and he had a workshop where , he re
paired - guns, and did other similar
work. He told Mr. Minto that Sandy
had left four children, and that he died
of smallpox, which he had taken while
nursing his friend, the chief of the
Clatsopa
THAT SETTLES IT'
:. .! rrfti th ftineinnatl w-nmrint '-
!- Turkey has adopted the automobile.
Headline. Armenia might as well give
un. '
The Oregon Country " I
North west Happenings to Brief form lot the
Busy Beadae , i
. . OREGON' ,1 " "t- i
-ntiy vw wu v i si sky -was pur
chased by Wheeler county, stockmen
v.., ciuwcri in unsuiia roungr xor.
$10 a toiv, . ' . . .. ' i -i
The Siiverton school board, at a re
cent meeting, decided to employ two
more high school, teachers .and three
grade teachers. - ' lr- i . ."v "--.' ) -
The salmon . run has begun in the
Sixes and Elk rivers in Curry countyl
, ne.weighing, 60 pounds was caught
la Elk river last . week. T T
. '-An auto chassis has been ordered by
the Corvallis city fire protection de
partment, the department to' pay $509
or the cost and the city the remainder.
Hood River's city council has
awarded to Garrow & Ward, Portland '
contractors, a contract fori laying con
crete sidewalk s the total cost ot which
will reach 53835,35. .... - 1 . :
A volunteer ii e department has
ben organized at Vale with 43 charter
members. The department is divided
into a hook and ladder company.! a '
chemical company and four hose com.
pamea . ' , ' , -1 j .
Mra H.-4W. Young of CoquUle died
few days ago following an Illness
brought on by partial paralysis. . Mrs.
Yeung was 8 years old and the wife
of the editor of the Coquille Valley
. Sentinel. . ,. - - -f -
The survey for the proposed 14 miles
of road in - Linn county from Whit
comb up the Santiam was completed
last week. This road Will cpn up the
rich i Quartxville mineral and timber
country.' : . -; j jj
At; a meeting of Pomona: grange of
Linn and Benton counties at Albany
last : week, resolutions were adopted
pledging the support of the organiza
tion to the strict enforcement of the
prohibition law. . ii
Of 182 cities in Oregon the highest
&rat,ls 10 Bnd. with a levy of
93.59 mills. OU-er Central Oregon
cities are Long Creek, 69 mills : Can
yon City, 65 mills ; Prairie i City, 56 .
mills, and John Day, 53 mills, j J
Organization of a new national
banking institution for Malheur county
has been completed and the Vale iNa
tional bank will open its doors i for
business within a few days. Rj H.
Dunlop is president of the new Insti
tution. 1 :- : : k t
' WASHINGTON f l
The public school enrollment St I Ab
erdeen has reached S015, a gain of 283
over; the attendance. last year. . jj.
, Government pay checks to the mount
of more than $3000 have been distrib
uted to Aberdeen company . No. j 489, -drill
pay for six montha .1
Raymond C. Mellish of Spokane! has
bees appointed postoffice inspector ito
fill one of the 12 new places created !at
the last session of congress, ". . jr i;
Travel to the Rainier national park
for the 1922 season totaled 17,149 auto
mobiles and 70,376 per-sons, an increase
pf 25 per cent over 1920. the previous '
banner year. .;
Corduroy trousers, both military and
long style, will be worn by the men of
the junior and senior classes of Wash
ington State college as their apper
class Insignia. i t
The mysterious launch reported slak
ing in Washington Narrows, 'near
Bremerton, last Thursday, turned out
to be no launch at all. but merely . a
huge biackfish. ' s - l j,
..Struck by a streetcar in Georgetown,
a suburb of Seattle, Mra AnnaT3ogiin'
65 years old. died at the city hospital
triday morning from brain concussion
and internal injuriea i f..
fsTheiTiaxsLlm!; leaue' organized! at
Seattle last week, is planning a cam
paign to limit to 40 mills on 60 "per
cent valuation taxes on real and; per
sonal property for all purposes.! ii :
Warrants have been served on! four
Seattle wood dealers for giving ith'eir
P-r?!? "ojerweight," it being charged
that they delivered from 60 to 100 -per
cent larger loads than required by law.
George Martin, convicted at Van
couver after confessing a. long string
of crimes, and ho escaped while ion
a,wa3 othe penitentiary at Walla
Walla, has been arrested in California.
The Washington supreme couri has
sustained the verdict awarding ' $2500
WHO WAS trtllr mnA l,i...j .
5 thw.' 5 UJ-L anUtomo-.
IDAHO
Labor Isjtcaroe at Namna ' r-w L.
waiting fo? 114 men at wages of $1.50
to $o a day. . j 7
Edgar Brown, a Boise youn marl is
in a c.rltinal rtnl t nn r - v. - , . .
having accidentally shot himself while
riAQnfn . . p-i i i -'I .!" . -
ea, ftuu.i lj
kuPJZZ? LIS t.wrlc Pitting khe
Tif r TnSi . Riverside on ihe
Idaho Central railway, four "miles
south of Contact
Twenty acres nf h.n.:-..J in.
fon by w-. Shelton. south! of
Hr' Waho,' yielded 60 bushel to 'the
wnu:iur a-.iu a DusneL If--Cutting
of the third crop of alfalfa
la in Dro-roaaf In h r., -
yield Is o.-the quality-exit li
i-ui( niau ai as a, ton. r
Contract has been let for the Idaho
Central RailrrvaH . .. V luno
Weiis. Nivr" ""V4rora "ogersonij to.-
Checks tAt-li-v .v.. L...
bave en received arBb.se'-frle
. . . & w . i ujii in. as pay for ith
m.of2.GUrd '-Ve i
Renreaent-tlvaia - -n -.'
coUe. .rthefed at" BoFriTay
and perfected a permanent organizl:
tion of the Idaho HoUtein-Frelsian
Breeders' association, with Harry i A
Padgham of Gooding president, jf I
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of- October loj 1902
Salt r Lake. Th iTn.nj.. ';..,
Charter of th Orerrm Khr.r-t t.i
. , vv
provide for engaging in the operating
of srtoamaVil-, 11-.. i7 . T
says the Deaeret News, by av consoltda-
tion of the Oregon Short T.iW -L k
Oregon Railroad & Navigation" com
pany- ' " ' . . J, -
The Morris . and Whitehead party; '
consisting of S2 prominent bankers land
CaDitaliStS from Punntvlmni. I
York and West Virginia, arrived 'this '
The Lewis anil flortr r9(- :
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will ask the Jeglslature for an appro-
yiiauuu Ui. SJVU.VW. i L
v'-:- i Ji:--i .
The demand for hnmA. nn
side has not abated but is getting
oio insn ever, xne reai estalei of
fices are crowded every day with per
sons who are lnolrinir ,- .-
cats their families.
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Baker fltv Is tn X, nv., i
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electricity Just as soon as the Baker
City Gas A Electric Light company scan
install a lot of new machinery, j
A London firm via. J l'sv .
- " -. . -.11,11 w uiv
board of - trade wlahirie? tn i-
the names ot business men who have
cascara,.Darie to export, .:
It IK rOn9PrVltivlv aflm,44 SttaS .
fully;-100 families, with five members
to "each family, are living- in scows on
the Willamette river t from one end off
roruana to tne other. . , i
H While in the East, Chief Campbell
tit the ffra i4narn Msf ,A . . i
ougrh InvesUgation of the fireboat prob-
sem, - xie nas securea putna, specifica
tions and estimates tt cost. - : -
.'Professor A. B. Cordiey of the agri
cultural college .at Corvallis was 1n
Portland for a short time last evening,1
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The directors Of the-Portland Rose
society have , decided to bring to the
attention f : the public the need of
autumn, gardening in preparation for.
next year's roees, - i ,
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