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Strike from mankind the principle of
faith, and men wooid hare no more his
tory than a flock of sheep. Bulwer Lyt
ton. WHEN CANCELLING DEBTS
ANE of America's big problems
V' is her war debts- It is certain
, that they will not soon be paid. On
" the other hand, their Cancellation
is entirely another matter.
The American Bankers' associa
tion has suggested at least a partial
cancellation. There might be some
'.advantage in partial cancellation,
:. but there is no obvious, reason for
cancellation of any debts at this
;: time. But even were part of the
debts to be cancelled, on what basis
would it take place"
European ow debts "to private
concerns in this country. They owe
s money to the government of the
: United States, much money. If
there were to be cancellations
- whose debts would be cancelled?
; Trie money due the government
t la money owed to the whole people
: of the country. When those debts
J are paid it means that much lighter
i burden on the people of the country
the whole people.
If those debts -are cancelled it
. means loss to the whole people.
' Ther-e will be effort to cancel the
5 people's debts and protect those of
J the private interests to whom
; Europeans owe money. Would
such a program be entirely satis
1 factory?'
; It is certain that Europe cannot
; pay this country now. Europe
i hasn't gold enough. If she paid in
foods immediately this country's
i producers would be driven to tha
, wall. And. indeed,, those debts
have a bearing on the relations be-
tween' this nation and othef nations,
s There can be discussion, and,
L perhapsi a. plan for caring for our
foreign debts. But in any such
plan, even if there is to be partial
cancellation" under the. proper con
ditions, should not the people's
money be protected ?
'.dgatettea. and celluloid collars
rnakei a., dangerous combination.
Jphn .Strode . of Philadelphia was
.burned to death while lighting a
cigarette .that set fire' to his cellu
loid nollar. : 'r
: -Hta "PRospERrrr
TOSEPH W. FORDNEY made a
I speech thei other day in: Michi
gan. -He is the same Fordney that
cooperated with Mr. McCumber of
North Dakoto in producing' the
present tariff law, and in his speech
he had. this to say of the law:
The new tariff la based on the sound
policy of protection and its enactment
clears the way to the widest avenue
of prosperity. .
i 1 There is no question about the
avenue of prosperity that Mr.
Fordneys tariff provides. It will
make prosperity, but the Michigan
representative didn't go far enough
nto detail. He didn't tell Just who
would be made prosperous by that
tariff. He didn't tell the voters Of
Michigan that the few who were
f favored in tariff schedules would be
the only ones to feel the wide
prosperity of which, he spoke. And
certainly Mr Fordney will not con
tend that the prosperity of the few
la going to make 'prosperity for the
many.-' ' : " - ,
It Is from the many that the few
Will extract- the, - profits to "make
them prosperous Inasmuch as our
foreign trade has already dwindled
more than $0 per. cent In a, little
more than, a yearv'. 'V . " .;.
j Who is going o pay the "high
priees that the, tariff makes pos
sible? - What are those) people who
pay them going to pay them with
Increased wages? The wage in
creases haven't - been, perceptible
since . Jtfr. " Fordney and his col
leagues have been in the saddle at
Washington. And if the wages go
down and costs up. as they bare In
the last few months, where is the
prosperity of , which. Mr. Fordney
speaks ? Is it for the faTored few ?
Or are the many to feel it, with, in
come on the. decline and outgo on
the increase? i;
WHERE IS THE COMMISSION?
rroiJSRE is a ) heavy ear shortage
-1- in Oregon.' Agricultural prod
ucts are waiting' at sidings for cars
that do ; not come.
The situation calls for action by
the Oregon JPtiblio Service commis
sion. One great reason for the
shortage Is that thousands of cars
are In bad repair, due- to the fact
that, save' the Milwaukee, all rail
roads "centering in the Northwest
are refusing to settle with their
shopmen. The, Milwaukee road has
settled with its employes on the
basis of the Wartieid-Willard mem
orandum. which, is a perfectly fair
basis. Eighty-two other railroads
have done the same thing.
But" the roads centering In Ore
gon have not. In conseqaence.
freight, cars by the thousand are in
bad repair and are getting worse.
And while the cars are getting in
'constantly' increasing" -bad repair
thousands of skilled shopmen are
idle. I
In thjls, the Oregon Public Serv
ice commission has one large-reason
for the car shortage. The striking
shopmen are ready to negotiate
with the companies for a return to
work on the basis of the Warfield
Willard memorandum. But, the
companies refuse to negotiate. If
left to the operating officials of the
lines who are present and realise
the situation, settlements would
probably be speedily made. But
the Eastern owners of the lines are
engaged in an insane purpose to
puniBh the shopmen, and refuse to
settle. i
Two ships were lost to Portland
last week because boxcars could
not be had to bring the waiting
wheat from the interior to this
port. More ships are likely to.be
lost by the same process, though
there is ready an army of skilled
mechanics who could quiekly put
cars by the' hundred In repair if the
1 railroad companies, in their mad
desire to inflict, harm upon their
employes, would give up their
policy of "the public de damned,"
swid set about to give the service
that it is "their duty to give.
The Oregon" Public Service, com
mission should take action. It is to
deal with just such emergencies that
we have a public service commis
sion. It should call a hearing and
take testimony. If the railroads
raise a question of Jurisdiction let
the Oregon commission transmit to
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion the set of facts that a bearing
would develop.
That set of facts would be this:
That thousands upon thousands of
skilled railroad mechanics could be
easily put to work repairing freight
cars; that the" companies in their
stubbornness refuse even to negoti
ate, with them; that all railroad
equipment except on lines at peace
with their shopmen is in bad repair
and going from bad to worse;, that
the car shortage under such condi
tions will become more aggravated
and that the public is- paying? the
penalty.
A Fort Worth, Texas, man
has r
equipped his fishmg launch wi
h a
complete radio set, and as he fishes
on Sunday hie listens In on the jser
mon of his favorite pastor. Is it a
device by which he hopes to aave
good luck, or is it an honest Sun
day devotion?
AND THE KILLED BE FEWER
Portland
I
will make a splendid showing In
the lowered aggregate of fatal auto
mobile accidents for the current
fiscal year.
In 1919 the number of killings
in Portland-was 47. As that fiscal
year was closing The Journal, co
operating $flth Captain Lewis of
the traffic j department, began a
vigorous accident-prevention cam
paign. In 19 20 the total killings
numbered 2 i. in 19X1 the total
was 31. With a little more than
six weeks to go the total for the
fiscal year of 1922 Is now but 21.
Meanwhile the number Of cars in
operation on Portland streets has
greatly increased. In 1919 the esti
mated number was 26,000. In 1920
It was 30,000. in 1921 35,800 and in
1922 around 40,000.
As is known, the chance of acci
dents advances in an increasing
ratio with the increase in, the num
ber of cars in operation. In spite
of an increase of from 28,000 cars
in 1919 to 40.000 in 1922 the total
of killings for the current fiscal
year Is only 21. Here la an extra
ordinary opportunity to keep the
list of killings at a level that is not
likely to be duplicated In any other.
city of Portland's class in America.
It would! be worth the effort of
every Portlander to keep this list
at the minimum. There la always
a nation-wide comparison in the
public prints of the totals of auto
mobile fatalities in the cities of the
country.: To hold the low record
in such a comparison would be an
expression; of municipal order and
general good conduct that would be
a fine advertising asset. It would
be a proud distinction tot every
Portlander to polnt"to. ; j V jr .
' And the killed would be fewer!
When they confiscate the auto
mobiles .snd th booxe of rum run
ners and fine hem all the "money
they poesee there will be only, one
thing- more to make prohibition. law
enforcement really effective, add
Pthat is to make it hot fonh? rum
runners" patrons. y.
.NATRON CUT-OFF, NOW
REGARDLESS of its other con
sequences the supreme court's
final decision ends the legal con
troversy that year ago. stopped the
building jot the Natron cut-off.
The air" Is cleared. t There will be,
now, negotiations on "a. new basis.
There w-jll be arrangements and
rearrangements. In? the confusion
of issues affecting" trans-state and
transcontinental -lines. Natron cut
off may be lost in the shuffle unless
Oregon makes it an issue too im
perative t'o be ignored.
This is a moment that Portland
should seize. It presents an oppor
tunity for Klamath Falls to grasp.
ti suggests to the intermediate ter
ritory a careful canvassing of pub
lic interest.
The great Klamath Country can
be brought 20jJ miles nearer Port
land. It can be put on the main
lihe, not only literally, but in the
figurative sense of accelerated de
velopment. Klamath Falls can be
given a doubled opportunity for
shipments and for growth. Rail
service .can be extended to other
points the prod activity of which is
Impaired by lack of transportation.
Various railroad groups will dis
cuss various eventualities "to follow
the filial divorce of the Central and
Southern Pacific systems. It is
Oregon's business to, make of the
Natron cut-off and what may fol
low its construction a matter which
cannot be deferred.
Klamath has too long been on
the sidetrack. " i
Ninety-nine of eVery 100 fires
are caused by carelessness. Some
one ought to be held accountable.
Bu the habits of 99 out of every
100 people are said to create fire
hazards. Better begin "with your
self, neighbor.
MARK THE OREGON TRAIL
THE OId Oregon Trail is the high
way of the greatest hegira in
human .history. It is the pathway
of. the most notable colonist move
ment recorded. A nation followed
the Old Oregon Trail to colonize in
a century a breadth of 3000 miies.
Hope and heroism marched from
the shores of the Missouri to the
valley of the Columbia and of the
Willamette by way of the Old Ore
gon Trail. Its sinuous course con
stantly disappeared into a blue dis
tance that beckoned onward adven
ture and .romance. Labor carried
the burden of progress from East
to West by way of the Old Oregon
Trail. The strong ahd the weak,
the young ahd the old struggled
over its weary miles impelled by
the destiny o.f America.
Then dreams made its outlook
splendid. Their tears "have grown
up in forget-me-not Their spirits
hover where some who fell could
not rise again.
No highway Is quite so dis
tinctively American as the Old Ore
gon Trail. Yet by name and byn
.destination it belongs to Oregon,
Thus it . should be marked. Let
no now-named "unit be impaired,
but let it be marked "where flows
the Oregon." Let it be marked as It
leads over the Blue mountains. Let
it be marked in Us course across
Wyoming and Idaho. Let It be
marked from the Missouri to its
terminus In Oregon.
Walter E. Meacham and some
of his fellow citizens in Baker have
taken, up the cause of the Old Ore
gon Trail. Theirs is a leadership
to be followed by all Oregon.
Fifteen years ago a Pennsylvania
mart dug- his own grarve. It re
mained in waiting for him until he
died the other day. '
IT PAYS
r'HE Pullman Car company is
another big corporation that
recognizes the fact that in this
day large business and" industrial
organizations, have to do more for
employes than merely to pay them
the lowest possible wage and work
them 12 hours a day. Wise execu
tives are more and more looking
after the welfare Of Ihelf'aids.
The" Pullmaih company, like othr
ance for 33,000; employe without
cost to the workers." Insurance Is
something that every man should
have for the protection of his
family, and every man cannot
afford to pay premiums from the
wages he gets.
When an employe is satisfied
with his work and his home, if he
is enjoying some of the sweet fruits
of Ufa along with his work, he is
a better4 employe, ne la a better
worker when he has some play. He
is a better worker when he Is not
worried over the present and the
future of his family. He Is a better
worker when his life is balanced.
Many of the successful executives
of the present day are recognizing
that fact. They are attempting to
bund up their organizations on a
firm foundation and the firm
foundation is a satisfied and loyal
working force. They find that such
a foundation pays.
And satisfied workers are not
only a paying proposition to em
ployers; they make a strong com.
munity- a community devoid, of
anarchism, direct action, and other!
forms" f social, political and eco
nomic, unrest . . ;
Now is the time to change the
address from Klamath Falls, Call'
rornia, to "Klamatb Falls, . Ore
gon. by building the Natron "cut
Off and shortening the-flistance be
tween Klamath Falls and Portland
20t miles. - .
ARISTOCRACY
OF BRAINS
Dartmouth President's Dictum Taken
Up by Editors of America. Who
Mainly See the Matter in a Dif
ferent Light Not So Much a Mat
ters of Too Many Men in College,
but More a Matter of Too Many
of, the Wrong Kind and Too
. Few of the Bight Kind.
Daily Editorial Digest
(Consolidated Association)
It was not so long ago," the Kew
York Times recalls, "that college and
university presidents were goina up
and down the country trying to interest
young r en and young women in higher
education. Like wisdom, in the Book of
Proverbs, they cited in every public
place., But they seemingly have been
too successful." Now. with practically
every: institution of higher learning In
the country crowded beyond its capa
city, the cry is raised by the head of
one such institution. Dr. Hopkins of
Dartmouth, that "too many men are
going to college." 1b so doing he ex
presses a sentiment which, the Lowell
Courier Citisen says, "has been present
in the minds of many, but it ha not
been fashionable to say much about
it." fFrom the editorial viewpoint,
however, the difficulty Is not so inuch
that there are too many men In college,
but too many of the wrong kind and
too few.of the right kind. And because
it is felt that the fauJt lies largely in
the college- themselves, Dr. Hopkins'
ideal of a scholasticaily fostered "aris
tocracy of brains" baasx nn- thjk tn
hat "education la a tsrTvileee 'not a
right." is accorded 85a nt sympathy by
most editors.
"president Hopkins." the New! York
Oloba; explains, "opposes wasting the
time of boys who are incapable of
profiting by a sojourn in the colleges
and at the same time he would enable
thai fit to do better work by removing
th( laggards.1" "This,," in the opinion
of the paper, "is a position which can
betdefended on the grounds of democ
racy and educational science. Because
so many sons of the rich are sent to
college regardless of their qualifica
tions,, higher education in many places
tendsi to assume tha form of a country
club." The Providence Tribune agrees
that "there are entirely too many men
going to college today, and the result is
that the former thorough and efficient
grounding Jn fundamentals as an aid
in the preparation for life has degen
erated into a mechanical, half-baked
smattering of this, that and the other."
"One of the reasons for this laxity." as
the "Washington Poet sees it, "is the
mistaken idea on the part of the public
and even of some educators that -the
true test of the success of an educa
tional institution is the crowded state
of its classrooms and dormitories "
"But this," the New York World says,
"is not an evil for which there is no
cure. The remedy Has in th h9.
of the college itself,"
Dr. Hopkins declaration that the nrvi
portunity for securing an education
by way of the college course Is defi
nitely a privilege and not at all b nr4f
versa! right, the Philadelphia Record
toiiceaes. "may sound to some like
rank snobbishness." but" it contends
nevertheless that "it la nothing of the
sort. Dr. Hopkins speaks good, sound
sense. He, is not an intellectual enob.
hut an Intellectual riam
the "working theorv' for vrhih v,
seeks ever attains perfection it will be
most hopeful to tha poor boy with
brains who is eager for an education,"
even though, as the Pittsburg Dispatch
i iwr an "aristocracy
or brains will not become nnimilnt saw-
cept after a long, bitter battle."
"Let us have an a wt rts roor t 4
brainsby all means." agrees the New
rork Tribune, "but before we establish
such a caste let usi first ar.w. ,
questions. What arefbrains? Just what
are the qualities to) be searched for?
U.ik, -"" 01 originality and lead
ership suggest the .ualities which we
have in mind and which ought to en
ter into any true test of real aristoc
racy. But examination papers that
really test Imagination are hard T to
conceive: and the auaiiH.
an?-a m.n srest leader farther on
... i c osro to isolate at 18." Tha
Boston Globe asks. ."How can we pick
For ?h T ,Can V ,Ck and chS?
or the decision as to who is and who
ikLTtl11? J hlher Question
like the lethal chamber for incurables
an excellent project until it comes to
h.mWho 8haU do the loosing and
fnr nVellSrmtln ! P0- basis
for choice the Globe is still reminded
Of certain men am
schooled, some unnrhnr.i.it
could qualify for any such aristocracy
A. ana yet whose
worth, and excellence, and t.,...i
and intelligence, and character, and
personality put tb. idea of an aris
tocracy of brains to Shame."
v.If f'dent Hopkins "means that
tne privilege of ml,,. -Qit
be extended to' aF who quaUfy aTlr.
tellectual aristocrats, then, the' Jersey
RintirnaAv?eedea' "" voices the
sentiment of those who believe that the
state ahould support more colleges and
"--w- iwnaiDie rer more of the in
tellectually bright and alert young men
Of the country; to attend them." Cer
tainly 'going .to college ought to be
.?as,er far the capable." the Kan
sas 1 Glty Star maintain, and "it ought
to be made harder for those who either
cannot or will not thereby confer bene
nt . ;",er on themselves or society."
Lr',Jthe Nw Yor,f Herald insists,
should not be allowed to go on for
years makimrfitself imoH fn, .
1 the way that is becoming notorious In
f
After alL, oh whatever basis selection
may be placed, "the college must ex
pect to work! with raw material." says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer : "it has
somB obligation in fabricating that ma
terial and irt character building." and
to attempt; to determine in. advance
who! wants tjo make good and who has
the ability to make good." requires a
degree of knowledge of human nature
which- the Worcester Telegram does not
believe "we) yet possess." There are.
as the Boston Transcript puts it, "so
many goats in sheep's; clothing, and so
many good (sheep who ia later life yield
much rich fleece of wisdom and useful
ness who in school are reckoned as
goats of an unprofitable, breed." Fur
ther, as the Transcript views the se
lective process, "every step toward an
Increased excluslveness on the part of
private colleges strengthens the con
clusion that there must ba in every
state a public university; with its fair
field, .for all and no favors. , The state
cannot pick an d choose. Ia its hails.
as 1 life" : itself, the "aristocracy - of
brains lives on. but J the right -of all
who "can meet its tests ts absolute. Un
derwits aegis no prrvUege can be' ree
ogrnsed.!- Indeed, declares' the Water
bury j Republican.. ' - '"democracy ' will
never admit that any young man capa
ble of 'prof i tic g In a reasonable meas
ure "front -college training should not
have that' training. ' It is indeed his
rlghcr though ha floes not -always
it '-.- .s I
: -HE'D .BETTER KEEP STILL
: l-rom the Dea Motaes ' T&eaister
" The farmer who admits he is making
money aowadays is running tha risk
of being regarded with suspicion. .-
Letters Frorr the People i
( CBnranieatiana aest: to The Joarmal for
pablioation in this departaeBl. chaoid be wrier
ten on on!y one aide of Use paper. saooJd sue
exeeed 3ut) words ia atnctk, and moat e
aicned by the writer, wboae mail addreaa ia
fuU aauss arctisnpsny the cento uUo, 1
CRITICISES TRAFFIC OFFICERS
Accuses Them of ijlemissnees. Espe
cially as Regardsrthe Headlight
, Fiend.
Portland. Oct. 9. jTo the Editor of
The Journal I have noted in The
Journal several letters recently on traf
fic regulations and traffic violation).
As to the enforcement of our traffic,
laws 'on" highways, through the state,
thete -ia not a biggerj fare perpetrated
on the taxpaying ppblic through ' our
present system. Our traffic officers
are drawing nice' salaries for what?
Some of them, for holding Jobs, not for
enforcing the traffic; laws. I read in
Saturday's Journal that the traffic
department is going after speeders
with a vengeance; they will demand
Jail sentences uponj conviction. But
why ionly the speeders? They have
other violators who icause more deaths
and accidents than, tine speeders. They
are the men who refuse to dim their
glaring headlights t nighte-who run
you into the ditch or onto rocks and if
you and your ifami" are not killed it
is because Providence is with you.
You crawl out of the wreck If you
are able, but the man who was the
cause of your accident- is perhaps a
mile away. You an not bring htm
to justice, for you iaven't his number.
Had it been a epeefler who caused the
accident his car would be in the ditch
with yours. Everyt morning we see in
the paper accounts of accidents caused
by glaring . headlights, but never
accompanied with the account of an
arrets Another gribss violation is that
of parting car on tour highways. This
is the cause of rrjany accidents, and
the offense Joes junpuniahed. What
would you tKink Chief Jenkins of
Portland if his forcse arrested only bank
robbers and let other crimes, euch as
holdups, go unpunished? All tlje laws
should be enforced, or none. Why
give traffic officers salaries for neg
lecting their duty?
CVL. Smith.
APPROVES EDUCATION BILL
Argues That, If Passed, It Wifl "Pro
vide "a Melting-.Pot for Oregon."
Portland,' Oct 8. To the Editor of
The Journal. The writer admires
your sane policy Of refusing to publish
extreme expressions of either side on
this vexed question of compulsory edu
cation. On fhe one hand, if American
public schools are such ungodly insti
tutions as the opponents of this bill
claim, then let us close them as public
schools and turn over .the educat'-oa of
our youth to the churches, the Masons,
Pythians, Odd Feilows, Ku Klux Klan
and kindred fraternal and secret soci
eties. It is true that' such course might
create a greater ' bedlam than that
which at present 'exists, but it would
sound the death kneal of tha state.
What if chaos reigns? It is also true
that Christ said, "Render therefor
unto Caesar the things which be
Caesar's and unto tJod the things which
be God's." It is true that we have no
melting pot ; neither have the Balkan
states ; hence wan and turmoil obtain
there. At present, in matters "educa
tional, it would seem a great Tower of
Babel has been i attempted by the
churches. Confusion of tongues has
been the result Ke effect on the nation
at large seems to fca that of the "house
divided against itself." If in reality
ignorance is tha mother .of devo
tion," why not strive to be ignorant
and devout? To the thoughtful per
son It should seem seir-evjoent mat
children attending scnools of any
kind should concentrate on secular
education only, while the church and
home should be, Jthe only places to
instruct childhood in religion. As in
the Balkans, hatred and strife will
obtain until there is a common melt
ing pot. The pending school bill will,
if it is passed, provide a melting pot
for Oregon. A. J. Martin.
THE NAMES OX THE PETITION'S
V
A Statement by a Circulator 'in F.e
lation to the Single Tax and
Other Measures;
Portland, Oct. & To the Editor of
The Journal "Everyday Citizen" in his
article of September 26 In . regard to
the measures that haVe been taken off
the ballot surely hit the nail squarely
on the head when, he asked why they
killed the income tax measure and
did not molest the single tax measure,
when the same notaries circulated both
petitions. Some f them took out no
tary papers so they could 'work on the
single tax petition. I was asked to
do the same thing. It was said that
"every signature would count on a no
tary's petition." I am not fighting the
single tax measure, but 1 am a native
Oregoniah and think we should have
Justice to all and partiality to none.
Near the close of the allotted time for
circulating the Grange petition the
manager here was- anxious to get
enough names before closing time, so
I took one sheet, containing space ror
100 signatures, and circulated it, but
before starting I read over the require
ments, and it aaidj "Any lepal voter of
the state of Oregon can sign this peti
tion." As I, kneiw that any person
who was a "citizen of the United States,
II years old and nadt lived in Oregon
six months was a legal voter, I went
after them, and when I sfgned those
five papers, I truly believed every
signer was a legal voter "of Oregon. But
when it went to the county clerk for
correction it came back with 43 names
marked "no good." .Some cS those
thus rejected I have known many
years ; one, especially, from boyhood.
He has lived an hlis life in Oregon and
has voted in Portland. Other circu
laters' petitions have 55 of the 100
names marked "no1 good." So you see
it looks as Iff this measure was
"doomed from the start. ' '
George Owens.
The Day V Work
By Arthur Chapman
The day's work count. It isn't whs
Ton mean to do- a iwt ahead ; '
It Isn't what you knew you'll xain
When all annoyances are fled:
It isn't what you dreamed and planned
Such hopes are but a, phantom band
The day's work count.
The day 'a work counts. It isn't much.
The gain of those few painful hours.
But be content if there ia shown
Some product of tftoss sacred powers"
Which guide each atind uphold each hand.
Strive with the belt at yanr command
Tha day'a work oonuta.
CONCERNING THE 1925 FAIR .
From, tha Uedford Mall-Tritrana
Julius Meier, who took a ran around
the globe. in the; interest of tne-192S
fair at Portland, - has ; returned, and
renders the verdict that it Is not prac
tical. This t Willi -knock the hot air
out of a caravan tor two, and leave the
ViUes .dea . Roees" nothing, to , do but
develop, the dormant resources of' the
state, get hones leads pencils In pri
maxy elections, land 'assemble : a .ban
team that wins at least once a week.
, THE SAME OLD SIZE t
'" From the Taw York' WecU' - '
The crops axe fhe biggest ever.. The
strike IS the biggest ever. The small
est thing is tha average pocketbook.
FOR MOTHE.;ANB THE CHEF
1 f ivn mom ia xBuie tsa .news ;e
One explanation of the. modern girl
is that she learned how to handle
typewriter Instead- of a frying pauu
COIYIMHSrr AND
; SMALL CHANG
Tbom rfsme with ' the f anCT eolf-
fures should examine 'em from bemad
before they parade. 'em in public
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One ohiect In this constant Improve
ment la the appearance of motor cars
is the prospective owner purse.
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Cham Dion Jersey cow is to have a
glass bungalow , all her own. Other
contenders for honors are urged not
to throw stones.
It's ierribls when a man spends his
last four bits for a manicure and theiu-
to nreserve its gloss, can t some nis
own shoes.
Madams Matzenauer hates "hvno-
crites, personal and professional ones.
worse man anyuirog in. tne woria.
Amen, madame.
An inventor la caid to have nrefected
a combination of the alarm clock and
phonograph in the same case. The
machinations of the devil have no
limit! ' . 1
Wild turkevS still wild" after beinar
raised in captivity, a news story says.
uivonx rejeorua inaicaw ma iruu 01
the same general dto position in the
matter of wild men.
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The showinar Pitcher Scott made aft
er being discarded as nearly worthless
is just one more proor that there s a
whole 'lot of bad in the best of us
and a whole lot of nood in the worst
of us.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Victor P. Moses, who, despite the"
cataclysm of 1950, yet presides over
Uncle Sam's posSofflce at Corvallis to
speed the departing postcards on their
way. has been visiting around down In
Portland for a day or so, accompanied
by Mrs, Moses. They have been mak
ing their headquarters at the Imperial,
doing a little shipping and talking a
little politics, as their respective
interests may appear. Mr. Moses, who
is something of a political prophet up
his way as well as a postmaster, says
there are going to be some surpris
ing things happen in Old Benton
county on election day. Olcott is going
to carry the, county, he says he gathers,
but he predicts that Pierce will carry
anything up to 64 per cent of the nor
mal Republican majority out of the
returns a"nd annex it to his totals,
which circumstance would be, all
things considered, a virtual victory
for the Democratic candidate so far
as that Republican stronghold is con
cerned. The taxpayers up his way,
Vic says, have got the idea that they
must have relief, and many are going
to vote for, Pierce, and a change, just
to see what will happen to them.
C. R. Mead of Redmond is in the
city on a? business trip, registered at
the Imperial.
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Mr. and Mrs; R. S: George of Hood
River are spending a few days in
Portland, registered at the Imperial.
. . .
Mrs. J. M, Peters of Salem Is at the
Oregon while visiting in -the city for
a short time. - ' '
C. M. Porter of The Dalles ia trans
acting business in the city for a few
days, registered at the Oregon.
-
L. M. Miller of Salem, Is at the Ore
gon, transacting business in Portland
for a few days.
.
Ralph Bartlett of Bend is registered
at the Imperial for a -few days' busi
ness visit in Portland.
Mrl and Mrs. R. L. Ireland of Prine
ville are staying at the Imperial while
In the city for a visit
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Incidents in the early history of Tillamook
county are recorded ba Mr. Lockley, who here
turns to public records for matter of unusually
Interesting character.
The first vessel to enter Tillamook
bay was the Lady Washington of Bos
ton, under command of Captain Rob
ert Gray, who four years later dis
covered the Columbia river. He an
chored off the mouth of Tillamook bay,
August 2, 1788. Here he was visited by
a number ef Indians,, who crossed out
over tha bar in their canoes. On Aug
ust 14 Captain Gray sailed on in over
the bar, anchoring nearthe present site
of Bayocean. The Indians were ex
ceedingly friendly, bringing out pres
ents of salmon and berries and ex
changing sea otter skins and other
pelts' for knives and pieces of iron.
Lopez, one of the sailors,' got into an
altercation with the Indians, claiming
they had stolen his cutlass. In the
course of the fight the Indians were
getting the best of Lopes .and three
other sailors, .when Captain Gray fired
his swivel gun at the Indians standing
nearby. The "innocent' bystander" got ;
his, for many ef tha Indians were
killed and the ones who were beating
the eailors fled ; not, however, before
killing Lopez.
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The first white man to settle in Tilla- '
mook county was Josepfi C. Champion,
who in the spring of 1851 took up his
residence there. Until the building of
the railroad to Tillamook, in 1911. that
county was isolated and its Varied and
rich resources were almost unknown to
the outside world. One can get an ex
cellent idea of the history of the early
day of 'Tillamook county by spending
a few hours looking over the records
on file In the county clerk's office as
well as in the iron vault in the base
ment Law was an expensive luxury In
those days, as it Is today. Among the
early records ia a case filed December
8, 1869, in which one of Tillamook
well known characters was fined $5 for
winning an argument with his fists.
He appealed the case -and the fine was
sustained and $33.95 costs added. In
the first book of chattel mortgages you
may find some v odd documents re
corded. One manwrltes: . "t hereby
mortgage my 4-yeaold red cow with
red sides, a line 690a her back and a
white- belly and ndT $ther marks.
J. C. Champion, the first settler to
come Into the county. t was the first
county clerk, and in the first book of
records the first 11 pages are occupied
with a description, in Spencerian hand
writing, of "the American art of tam
ing horses." Following this, in Mr.
Champion's handwriting, Isra. not
which reads as ' follows: .November
2a,.18oO. This book was written in up"
to this page and the leaves from page
37? and on were cut -out before) the
book was purchased for the county. J.
CJ Champion, county clerk." The first
legal record -is" that of James Quick,
administrator of the estate ef C Hen
dricksen, to collect a note for 340.4ft.
An. amicable aettlament was effected
December JO.. 180, The first book Of
the justice court record fori the pre
cinct of Hoquarton that I could flad
was dated August 17, 1868. On March
It, 186?.' there is a record of tb jury's
finding for the plaintiff to tha amount
of $1.60. iThe defendant demanded and
was granted a new trial. Again he lost,
when he asked and want granted a re
hearing. ; When he finally decided to
dig up the $LK he also had to pay
the following costs : Affidavit. 25
cents y issuing warrant, Etr cents ; sum-
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NEWS IN BRIEF
v SIDELIGHTS
We are now olujrriner along under the
new tariff bill, which will be a fine
excuse for the advance in prices of
everything. La Grande Observer.
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A Chicago chemist says anybody who
drinks bootleg whiskey is a fool. He
might go farther and say. a damphooL
Albany Democrat. , .
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The man who take off his coat be
fore starting to work doesn't always
accomplish the most ; that" may be
merely part of his bluff. Roseburg
News-Review. - . ' ; . r f: -
' The price of sugar is rising in spite
of the fact that the canning season is
over. That makes It hard to write a
snappy paragraph about it- Eugene
Register. . i ."
The man or woman who does not go
to the polls on election day to. help
select the officials who are to serve
the city, and later complains of the
actions of these officials, is a mighty
poor stick and a poor excuse of a
citizen. Coos Bay Harbor.
Those passenger agents last week
really enjoyed themselves. We pre
dict that they are not ever going to
forget their day on the Columbia river
highway,, the spin .through the apple
trees and the dinner and dance at the
Columbia Gorge hotel. We'll be hear
ing all about it next year when some
of their customers:- begin to troop in.
Hood River Glacier.
J. F. Gilpin, prominent contractor ef
Astoria, is at the Oregon while in town
on business in connection with the re
pairs being made to the Morrison street
bridge.
Thomas- T. Pankow, a prominent
business man of Tillamook, is regis
tered at the Oregon while In the eity
on a business trip.
Fred Williams, former chairman of
the public service commission, is at
the Oregon during a short .business
trip to the city.
Thomas Thompson, postmaster .of
Pendleton, is . in Portland for a few
days, making his headquarters at the
Imperial ;
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Harry C. Thompson, former mayor
of Brownsville and banker of that
place, ia a Portland visitor, registered
at the imperial.
L. J. Allen of Corvallis is In the city
on a business trip, making his head
quarters at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Xames G. Hornlsg of
Corvallis are at the Imperial during a
visit in x-oruana. --i
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Mrs. M. D. McFarland of Lebanon 5s
a Portland guest staying at the Im
perial while, here.
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Mrs. F. C. Medley of Cottage Grove
Is : at the Imperial while spending a
few days in the city.
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, John O. Bozarth of Bay City is
transacting business in Portland, stop
ping at the Oregon.
R. A. Williams of The Dalles is at
the- Portland while transacting busi
ness in Portland for a short time.
-see
C. A- Smith, prominent resident of
North Bend. Is at the Portland for a
business visit in the city.
J. R. Buck of Salem Is registered at
the Portland . while in . the city? for a
snort visit. ,
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C. Ai Perkin of Coquille israfc the
Imperial for a short visit in the city.
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Lockley
mona for Jury, 60 cents : subpetia, 25
centst; swearing Jury,, 60 cents; swear
ing witness, 30 cents; four subpenas,
81; entering Judgment, $4. To these
were- added the sheriffs fees, which
were : Serving warrant, 32 ; mileage.
35; serving subpenas, 31; mileage,
1.40 ; one day's Attendance at trial, 60
cents ; summoning Jurors, 31 ; mileage.
$1; serving subpenas, 3.1.60; mileage.
34.40; serving another subpena and
mileage. $3.80 : one ' day's attendance.
50 cents ; witness fees and mileage,
321.70; jury fees to six men ati 31
each, 36. -
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One runs across all sorts of Sun
expected documents in looking through i
this old book. Here a will is recorded,
an incorporation is filed, the record of
a divorce is given in detail, or as chat- j
tel mortgage appears on the record
There must have been a law in those
days requiring a wife to file a record
of her personal property, for page; after
page is given over to records such! as
the following, dated. July S, 186F:
"Know all men by these presents, that
I, Hannah Trask. wife of Elbridge '
Trask of the county of Tillamook and
state of Oregon, do hereby declare that
it is my intention from and after the
fifth day of July, 1861. to hold the fol
lowing described property as my sepa
rate property not subject to the -control
of my husband or any other person:
One yoke of oxen about 9 years old,
one of them being a brindle. spotted
and marked, the other a kind of blue
and yellow color, spotted and marked.
Witnesses of signing. Inman Walling,
James Peter Morgan. Hannah Trask
(her mark). J. c. Champion, counts
cJerk." '.- f . T
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Under the headiiig "Married Wn
an's Separate Property List" appears
the following : "Anna A. Upton's list :
One feather bed, gift of Mrs; Jones of
Colfax ; two set of bedding, gift of
Mrs. J. R. Shaw In 1869 ; one Ne. t par
lor ; range, gift of CV-B. Upton ; four
red cows; yearling the, gift of my
father. J." R. Shaw i . one 6 octave
melodeon, the gift of my. sister, Minnie
R. Shaw ; one white Indian pony, the
gift of Vincent Sutton." The oldest,
list of this kind is that , of Cecelia K.
Bayley, wife of Daniel E. Bayiey,
dated August 151859. . Among the pio
neer women of Tillamook county who
have filed, such lists are Catherine
Smith, wife of Joseph" Smith; Mary Si.
Day. Vh-glnla Talmage JBlen Meleoa.
Sarah Thompson. Baraa J. Lattie and
Alice A. Shortridge. . .' ;
: There are many Interesting docu
ments filed under the heading "Articles
of Incorporation.. Among them are
the Forest Grove and Tillamook Wagarq
Road company,-R. R Mills. CJT. Me
Kinley and J. M. Mills incorporator;
Wilson River Boom .Toll Road and Im
provement company, -Clauds Thayer,
W. S. Runyon and G. M. Runyon. I
eorporatora t the Tillamook Railway 4b.
Navigation company, William Squires,
B. S. Thompson and T. B. Handler, la
eorporators; Tillamook Lodg No. 84,
TL O. iO. F, N. R. Roberts. VTJ H.
Cooper and J. C.- Mawson. incorpora
tors. Scores oz filings on oyster beds
in Netart bay are recorded. On as
sociation gives as its Object "the forma
tion of a benevolent, literary, educa
tional, sculptural,: fine arte, musical,
scientific, - architectural, engineering,
religious, charitable and trade organ
ixationV On need hot go to? the
library for entertaining reading when
auca earry records are accessible. :
The ,Orejrn Country
Northwest Happening ia Brief
T Busy. Baeder. ;
ta toe
f ; Oregon ' . : -".
Found guilty of leaving hte' teaSrk
tied in a barren field for 44 hours. T. ; I
H. Axtell was fined 3100 and cost at 1
Corvallis. r . , - .,. t '
The CooiT Ceunty Teachers conven-;5r-tLM,lr8hflsid
la week elected
M-.S. Taylor of Marsh Held president
and indorsed the free text book propo
sition. -... i : , " r,
.JjW- Oakley, who has, a farm on i
Middle i ridge in Linn county, report !
th his seven Italian ' prune tree i
yielded 1100 pounds of prunes this'
season.. , ; . .
,J weekly ticket system'put into ef
rect on the Astoria street railway sys
tem has after a month's trial, proved
fj , satisfactory that it , wiule . con
tinued. . - v i. ,
7ith the listing and approval of
V to9t the total acreage
5.i -oco Proie lands listed tor
i?m.n atl subdivision Was swelled
to ; 4104.1 aofea
Plans andf specification) are now
Tli'et. nd work will soon begin on
Astoria m nw bete!, which will be eight
stories in height and of concrete and
tera cotta construction.
ln raid on the Pat Rollins noma at
Imbler officers found 40 gallons of
Cherry wine, which was confiscated,
and. Rollins was fined. 3310. .Rollins-
cum aota none-ox me wine.
Th coarse .of study used in the city
schools of the state is not adaptable
to one-room rural schools, according to
resolotlon adopted last week by the
teachers of - Douglas county. "
The Polk county court at the election
next- month will ask the voter to ,
Authorize an increase In taxes to pro- j
vide 340,000 for roads and 36680 for
county fair, county agent and county
library. ..
The 10.000 bond issue of Crook
county, necessary to build the Bear
Creek-road, was sold last week to the
Western Bond & Mortgage companv at
a rata ef per cent and a premium
of 321 a thousand. j
The entire, Baker police force, num
bering1 five ? men. walked out Fridav
when the city commissioners refused
to discharge Frank Littlefield, actinic
chief of police, who had been; charged
with misconduct in office. ,'
A flaming cross was planted in front
of the office of the Baker Democrat
Friday by five unidentified men who
rode to the office- in a closed ajar.
The Democrat has " been . carrying i on
a campaign against the Ku Klux Klan.
WASHINGTON J
The first frost of the season was
recorded at Walla Wal la Friday morn
ing. One week later than normal, f-
Mra W; D. Cully was severely
burned about the head and body at
Wenatchee when a wood alcohol prep
aration which she was using to heat
curling irons exploded. .
Plans for a high line canal to water
8000 acres of now arid land above) the
present Tieton canal have been ilald
before the directors of the Tieton
water users' association.
The state suDrems court which
has
just opened its October term, hast
190
cases assigned regularly for argument.
174 before the two deDartments oft
the. I f
court and 16 to be heard en bancj
Despite the lateness of ' the -season,
automobile license fees received byf the
Washington state treasurer during the
month of September totaled 375,083.15.
The total for the year is 33.352,856.50.
After an Illness of four days, Rob
ert Knox, a Bellingham resident! for
40 years and for 11 years deputy) col
lector of customs at that point, died
last -Thursday at the age of 93 year.
Governor Hart has Issued a requi
sition on the governor of Oregon- for
the return to Spokane of William Mur
phy, wanted on a charge of highway
robbery. Murphy is under arrest in
Portland. . '
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Poors of Cen
tralia were seriously injured Friday
when their automobile collided with
that of J. H. Russell of Tenino. Both
cars were wrecked, but Russell es-'
caped injury. . . , -. . - r
Washington apple' grower are fac
ing the most sertous ear shortage they
have ever known and will rose- heavily
unless railroad heads of the country
unite in assisting Western railroad in
getting refrigerator cars. ; -i i -
The superintendent of the Yakima
Indian agencv has received Word from
the secretary of the interior that all
persons employing aliens will be re-'
garded as undesirable lessees and their
leases will not be renewed. . :0
The proposed Carstairs Prairie irrr
gation project in Mason county has
been approved by the state department
of conservation, which finds that- there
la.,2ut 1000 acres of good graveUy
soil for which an adequate supply of
water can be had from .Bingham creek.
IDAHO ' "' !
From a 2A acre prune orchard near
FruitJand, J? B. Strawn nasalized
paid : Pne were
Owiner to the rrnei,J ,m !
the Frultland schnnia h.
. - , "" "aw dviiwi 'LrUaiU
has found it necessary to- build two
themgadea lags" te care of two
Mrs. Laura Conway Tueken a' nio.
geer of Southern fdaho,dled last
Wednesday at San Fwnclsco. Mrs.
Tucker was the ft rat wmrv i.
5fVtilto 1 l1ho. having had charge
of the Ketchum Keystone for many
Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal nf October 11, 1902
Renovated butter ia Wnn.ii. .
to State Food and Dairy Commissioner
Bailey and his deputy. George Cutlip.
About a carload of this stuff wa im
ported from the Beatrice Creamery
company of Lincoln, Neb., and sold to
uie aeaiera or this City, as butter jds
very scarce here at present. ; : i
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The work of sratherinir arut
hop crop close-around Salem is nearly
iiniaueo. oacK n me hills the, nriiniiH
wilt not all be dried for a w!e
Tteports that the fruit Is first class In
quality continue to be general and the
Italians seem to be .running: to lares
sizes.' " I 1
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The Mortis and. Whitehead nartv.inf
bankers and capitalists went up to Ore
gon City yesterday, where they spent
a pleasant afternoon looking at the
locks and mills. This morning the
party left for Lents via the Oregon
Water Power A Railway, company, l
-Aerry Jtvirnxey, . one of the -.XJaltedT
States grand jurors now in session lo
PorUand, has received a telegram from
his home- in Prairie Citv staf.ina- -h
fire has destroyed a drug arcre, black-
smitn . snop, . two : dwelling J and three
barns inuhat town: .,- , i i j
The i festivities at the Chlaaaa -laim
houses continue to be - vigorously- ob
served. Every : afternoon a retrtng I of
the Oriental worshipers can b : ob
served going along Second street, mak
ing ra noise, which -they aneae to bs
nnusic , , ' '
- SRas Bennett was instantlv lciiimT '
Yesterday when - the rotten, . bridge i at
oortew . ana dorter streets collapsed.
WIth.his team and wagwi na fell to the
guicn below, a distance of 60 feet." lie
wa a well known farmer of Hillaboro.
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-The free poblic baths havev been a
financial success. The total colieotiona
from all sources w'ere'3SS4L27,and the
total expenditures -leaving a
balance of faOXStc-V-:-.-; .'.' ' l'
v -Y: i. J-l '-.;4;:". -"j a '
t. The state board Of, barber examiner
has threatened to-close up several bar
beri shops of be. North End If they do '
riot-comply rnofe closely with the law
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- Today is payday with th toachers" ef
the school department, and Clerk 'Al
lan ' is busy distributing the warrants.
t .