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Newspaper Page Textf. : THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, " PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21; 1922. ' y ?! ' Aj rsDEPENCIUiT NEWSPAPER I C 8. J ACKSOS . . .;! PnbHaneT - f Be calm, be eoafldeat, be cheerful ana do ut ethers as you would bare toem do ato . I'abUshed every -weekday and Sunday roominf at The Journal building. Broadway at Yam hill streets,' Portland. Oregon. Entered at the poet aff ice at Portia ad. regon, for ausraiealoa throughthe emails as-second etas natter. VATirNAt. AtVERTISlNOi BEPKE5EXTA Tl VE - BenjrniD' Kestaor Co.," Bntns , ..VirT Ira ii dine 225 Fifth sTenusv-Saw loci; 90 Mailers, building. Chicago. PACIFIC ' COAST B-EPKESEXTAtlVE M. - C. Morfnuoa Col. Inc., Euniint luildine. - I Sail Francisco; .Title Insm-ance building, jjam Angeles, Secnritice psrilding. Seattle. ' THE OESGON JOURNAL yeeerre the right to reject advertising eopy which it deans objectionable. - It also will not prist any t copy that ta any way atnniaias reading mat ter or that cannot readily be recognised as- Br -Carrier City and County DAILT - AND ; STNDAT Oaa week ,S .lolOne month.. ... .65 DAILY J SUNDAY One met. . . .$ ,tfOnaf -week. . . . . .68 Oner nwtith . . . v . .43!" . BY MAIL, KATES PAYABLE IV ADVANCE DAILY AND 8PSDAY One year . .;.8.omThree month.. .$2.25 Six moo tha. . . . . 425)One montii ,.7S DAILY- I ' 80NDAY r Without Sunday) I Only) One Tear. . . . . -..8.00',On year. 9S.0A Six months..... 3.25: Six months. . . . . 1.75 Three months. . . 1.7 5 (Three month. . . 1.00 One month .... . WEEKLT 1 WEEKLY AJiD fETery Wednesday) f SUNDAY - On year. . . . . . Jl.OO'Ona year f 3.50 Six months..;.. .60f ' ' These ratee apply only in the West. Ratee to Eastern point furnished os appli cation. Has. remittances by Money Order. -Express Order- or Draft. If yonr postoffice is ant a money -order office, 1- or 2-eent atampa will be accepted. Make all remittances pay able to Tha i Journal Publishing - Company, Portland. Oregon. . ' TELEPHONE MAIN 7161. All departments reached- be this nnmber. r Wondrous is the strength of cheerful ness, altogether past calculation la power of endurance. Thomas Carlyle. A SPLENDID RECORD IT IS encouraging indeed in these days of accidents, misfortune and casualties to get the report of the American Mining Congress. ' The report shows that in the last 15 years loss of life in mines has de creased 50 per cent. Fifteen years ago deaths reached the staggering total of 4.81 to every 10 00 men employed and 6.78 every time 1,000,000 tons of coal was brpught to the surface. Now, the figures indicate, loss of life has bten reduced to 2.83 per 10A0 men employed and to 3.39 per 1.000,060 tons of cOal' mined." i Had the ratio in 1907 continued until the; present deaths in 1920 would have reached 4463 killed, whereas losses Vers reduced to 2271, a saving of-,2192 lives. Mining, at its best, is a dangerous occupation. Thousands of feet below the surface of the -earth, men are exposed to cave-ins, floods, fires, and all the dangerous gases that so ruthlessly take their toll. It is only by the most careful pre caution that the lives of thousands are protected against the numerous dangers faced to supply the country with the valuable substances Im bedded in the bosom of the earth. The protection costs money. But as in all other cases it is money well r spent when a saving of 5 d per . cent , la human i life can be attained.' ; ...'' . If Uncle Jeff Snow were living to day he might observe; "The most onreasnable thing 'bout these here fellers runnin for re-eVection Is that they come home and blab out that they cain't accomplish' nuthtrr 'count of the other feller's opposi tion. ... And. t'other feller he goes home and tells the folks the same thing., funny that where there seems to be so much opposition there hain't some sane harmony." FORMALX."? OPENED VjpHE" college year has been duly ..A;' opened at the University of 'Pennsylvania. .Six' freshman f were knocked un conscious. , Twenty-five more were more or less seriously injured. A news dispatch describes the rest of the story thus: : : The casualty l?t was the worst that has 'followed' a Pennsylvania scrap in iyearsv So manly freshmen were te " Jured that It was necessary ta send several t medical studenas with first aid materials about the dprmltorios to drees the injuries; Legs were twisted. !. ,liamnts torn, ' ankles wrenchd. Sev eral freehmen narrowly escaped fatal injury ?whea ,thy were; draped . out of dormitory Windows- by sophomores. In the heat of the combat three first- . year stuSents were drarged out af the straggling-mass asd taken unconscious to the university hcepitaL Another was hysterical and unable to tell h!g name or where he livedo; Teeterday afternoon another was still in the hospital uffer iog from concassloa of the brain. Dormitories were-wrecked, win dows broken and clothes torn to jshreds. : But the fight went on - through most of the night..' ! . Of , course, those students who went to the" hospital with concussion- f tha brajn." torn ligaments, broken bones, and mutilated bodies had-- to do sera e ; suffering." ; ,:The 'buildings have . to be repaired and - new clothes purchased. - Many are he 'dara&ges to body and property that must be mended. ... . , ' But how would those young'men - go to school! wlthoutthe formal -opening tjy .tha clas fight? t How could those education seekers study without pummeIIng each other into insensibility and "wrecking a build- AS HERE Is. the situat.on: '' . , , ' t. f - The peoplo arc being told teat high tares are here? now what can you do about. It? . How are you, going to lower taxes? ' What are yon jroing to abolish? What are you going to ent down?;" That Is what newspapers supporting Governor Oicott say. That la the whole tenor TonvXayV speeches. He denounces Mr. Pierce for claiming that' taxes caibfe; lowered. He pooh-pooh Pierce's efforts to brin V?Uef to an outxageons tax situation. . vi -? ; v : " . Governor Olcott's speech are practically a defense of his adminis tration, and as such a practical defence of the present status. Be makes no promise to lower tveS T He argues that a governor can do little or nothing to lower taxes, overlooking- the fact that. By stirring up the tax question, a governor can do. a great deal to crystallise sentiment that will compel at' reducUoj of ; ULxe.: f'Walter Pierce has already done much to focus public attention on thebutrageous tast situation and Intdrawing the. people together In a concerted movement for tax reform, and that without power and presdge of the"governra office to back hint up. V ; Has anybody, anywhere, heard any : voice 'among- Governor Olcotfs supporters calling for a reduction f taxes? ' Has anybody Heard from the governors supporters anything but a blunt" view to the effect that, "Well, the high taxes are here; now what can you do about It? ;- "How is Mr. Pierce going to lower taxes? they coldly inquire, as if there were-no way to lower taxes. -TVTiat would he abolish f they un-i concernedly question, as if nothing can be -abolished, not even one of the three boards of health in Multnomah ; county, or any of the state owned automobiles. "What would he cut down?" they sneerjingly ask, as if everything in state' expenditures mu3t stand as It is. What is worse, because he has dared to go out over r the state pro posing tax reform and tax relief, Mr. Pierce is howled at, jeered at and hissed by them. They belittle the thought of lowering taxes, by personal abuse and attacks. They call him "WeepingSValter," and "Dr. PierceM and find fault with his suspenders. :They even went so far.as to drag out a 19-.year-o!d -and perfectly proper school fund loan to Mr. Pierce and tried to make it appear as a fraud i ,In attacking Mr. Pierce, they are! not so much attacking him as trying t beat the thing for which he stands. He is the representative and lea4er of the tens of thousands to Oregon who want taxes cut and want untaxed individuals and corporations to pay their Just share of taxes. Their attacks are not attacks upon a man. but upon a movement. What the taxation policy of Oregon is to be through the next four years will, be -decided in the coming election. The attitude of each side is definitely located: Oire- side -pooh-poohs tax reform. Mr. 'Pierce's side stands pledged o tax reform. ..; i - One side says "The high taxes are, here; now what, can you do about It?" Mr. Pierce's side says, "Cut .the high taxes to the bone." ing or two? How could theyj.get their minds on mere books until blood had been spilled? Now unaqubtedly, thel Pennsyl vania campus will be at peace, and those that are fortunate enough to be out of the hospitals will hobble into the classrooms, bandages and all. The college year can now com mence. Could anything be more absurd? BAD BUSINESS rpHE United States has war claims X against Germany, - including those of the Lusitanla disaster, of S415.O00.O0Q. In addition,, she has another claim of $240,000,000 for the. coet of the American . army of occupation on the Rhine, i There' has been, no successful at tempt to. settle the claims. There is no Immediate prospeet of settle ment. " ' ' i . But there are also claims against this country for , alien property seized during the war. . The peace resolution stipulated that there was to be no settlement of those claims until all tha war claims of this government were cared for. But,, now comes a report, that a resolution . already ; introduced is to be pushed through congress, providing for the settlement of 30, 000 of the 33,000 .claims against this nation. Before those claims are settled why are steps not taken to protect the claims of this country? Is the money of the American citizen to be paid to creditors who themselves owe the people of this nation much more than is owed to those credi tors without any effort beirg made to collect themoney owed to our people ? Are we to pay debts with out asking any! questions about what Is owed us? - A Spokane map was about to be committed to Jail for speeding when he pleaded that he had- Just been married. Whereupon the Judge ordered the automobile to be' im prisoned for a month. The result was 'Just tha same an to speeding. and the motor ate less' than human prisoners. HARNESS THE COLUMBIA CAR shortage threatens serious loss to all the great fruit dis-; triets of the Northwest. The waste will amount to millions. Grower! from the Yakima- valley say that; if they could sell the products which: will rot in their district alone be cause of the lack of cars they jbould pay the $7,000,000 6r more esti mated as the cost of the direct Takima-Portland railroad. But fruit . districts adjacent to the Columbia river have less fear. Though they? are subjected to the same-car shortage they know that it will .be possible to float their products to the ports of the Co lumbia for-loading aboard refriger ator ships, it is the open river.' so im perfectly f prepared .in the past for transportation, that they turn to now in their emergency. - "Despite the persistent antagonism to water transportation on the! part o the railroads the present situa tion proves, as the war Crisis proved, that the rail carriers are unequal to maximum traffic demand. Sup plemental water transportation is imperative. The World war halted plans for the utilization of the Co lumbia Just when the great stream could have"been made most useful to the nation for power. Irrigation and transportation, r Eight years have ' passed1 since really effective effort has been made to transform fcts wasted ' millions of - potential hydro-electric power into .useful energy, adjacent hundreds i of ! thousands' of acres into productive fields through diversion ! of j surplus waters and its silent stretches into a' busy thoroughfare of steamboats arid barges. " i . - But . the: : very lapse of " time emphasizes that thet river must.e fully employed or the full develop ment of Ihe Columbia, basin cannot proceed, t The idea, too. Is changing. Once- the - advocates of jfrransporta- IS x tlon, o$ irrigation and of power held their separate conferences. The meeting which is to be held in Pendleton next month on call of the Open River association will attract advocates of each form of the, Co lumbia's utilization. Only by irrigation can the vast areas of the interior be nrofitablv peopled. Only by., development of hydro-electric energy can adequate supply of cheap energy, light and heat be assured. ! Only by boat traffic on a stream automatically canalized by dams - for Irrigation and power, can rail transportation gluts be avoided. The harnessing of -the Columbia Is the price of the Columbia basin's fruition. LETTING THE MILWAUKEE. JN . ' ' . -i--- r IF THE proposed merger of West ern railroad systems is accom plished, as their heads have 'agreed in the offices of their New Tork bankers,' one inevitable result must bajthe entrance of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad into Portland. The proposed BurHngton'North ern Pacific group includes the S. P. & S., of which the Northern Pacific is half owner. The proposed Milwaukee-Great Northern system ulso includes the S. P. & SM the Great Northern being the other half owner. The Milwaukee lines would thus be privileged to operate over . the S. - P. & S. into Portland from Spokane. . Or it might -be possible to extend a line from Beverly through Yaki ma and around- the shoulder of Mount Adams, giving Portland the much desired short line connection with the fertile Yakima valley. One is left to conjecture whether by the merger true competition in service would be maintained or whether" equality of service would. onset any lack in energetic compe tition. - WHERE DR. LOVEJOY IS fTTHE majority of Portland women J- live their peaceful, abundantly supplied lives. But woman who not . long ago was one of them is having an experience that Jolts into smithereens all of her once placid routine. A cable bulletin from Con stantinople reads: U Doctor Esther Lovejoy, president of -re i narcritiii w omen s - nogplt-l, - ar rived from Smyrna on destroyer Litch field after days spent in, maternity work among women refugees awaiting embarkation. Kho wnrkui a- mA i.k - - ' - -. u u j -directing the birth of hundreds' of in- - . . .. sne suiu, was a group of babies brought into the world under stranger or sadder surroundings, many being delivered on planks of the wharf where a constant stream of panicky humanity surged around past laboring mothers who were ; protected from the crush only by the thin white line of American sailors, Others were - de livered beside- barricades where hun dreds of humans were fighting desper ately to pass barriers ; others alongside gangplanks of departingr-htpa. One baby was born -while its young mother waa standing in line, unwilling: to give up: heV place even for the birth of her first child. ' - j -Picture that scene, yoti peaceful mothers of J Portland- Picture that quay lined -with - its thousands of abjectly terrified refugees. Picture the fiends who dodged among the shadows robbing the helpless- and raping , the innocent, i Witness the confidence that In measure returned -to Ivoice and manner in ; the vicinity of the American consulate, j But beyond the - thin white - line of American sailors sea the hand of mercv. the hand, of an American doctor, of a Portland 'woman. , aiding in; the business of life .where j death "and horror, reigned. . j - r - Isn't there . something aboutlt that.warms the heart as well -as chills the "blood? . f ';-t- . . : - "1 4 yaudeilie : is popularly undeT- xtoodr .as ' French . Word Tnut : in irench It .means farce,' which,' In turn, means f practical - joke. ' .But after attending some of the Der- f ormances ihe original ' '"meaning doesn't seem to have - been lost. after alL - - - - f WANfED A BIG MAN And Big Men Ira Drawn to Walter Pierce in His Campaign to Cut the High Cost, of j State Government, and They Are Not to Be Diverted by Cries Intended to . Confuse. I. Tbem--Man Needed .Who. by ' : Koree of ' Character and With : ivCourage t Demand, Can , Shape Lesislatioa to the ' ' Common People's Interest Marsh field News; Oregon most cer tainly need a nigger man as chief; executive of this state. Detractorar of Walter -M. Pierce have not denied; that h is . big man,. They have not! denied (that he has a broad outlook and a genuine- grasp of the problems confronting this state. They have , not .denied ' that for years Mr. Pierce has worked wholeheartedly and sincerely for a bigger and better Oref s gon. - ' '- '":. ' ' Such denials would be ridiculous, as Mr. Pierce is too wetl known in his own-Oregon. The only arguments brought against Governor Olcott's opponent are based on indefinite: factors and . in many in stances reflect a prejudice for the pres-; ent "high cost" administration, favor ing, as this administration has, many of the pets and projects of the organs advancing' such' arguments. ' Surely a big man is needed. Mr. Pierce has attracted to his following some of the truly big men- of the state. These men are working night and day in the cause of bringing to the people of Oregon a realization of the 'true state of affairs. ! They are working in a faith that Oregonians will not be misled by religious propagandas nearby veiled and cowardly, thrusts at the per sonal character of Mr. Pierce and his friends. " ' There has beep no answer to the cl-ailenge to Olcott's supporters that they show cause for the raising of the $25,000 "boost fund" for Olcott's - re election, which was recently exposed by that Portland paper. ; La Grande Observer: The -Evening Observer printed an extract from a Salem newspaper Saturday and in some manner our comment was omitted. The article dealt: with figures on Ore gon's taxes and the newspaper insisted that a governor of this state can exer cise no power over the tax question. In a way this editor may be correct, but if he Is correct, let us- hasten to fix the responsibility largely on the governor in the future. " No man should be called upon to sit in the chief execu tive's chair who cannot, through force oi character and open demands shape legislation to an economical end. If we need statutes; for that, let us pass them immediately, so that- the gov ernor, whoever he may be, will know the moment he takes his office that the burden of responsibility rests upon his shoulders. Let him know that the people are going to hold him responsi--fcle for the acts of the state and largely for the acts of the legislature. Our system of government is entirely too much honeycombed with "passing the buck', from one to the other. Letters From the People Com mnnieatiooa seat to The Journal for publication in Una department should be writ sea ea only on aide of the paper, should not exceed 300 worda in length, and -must be sighed by the writer; whose mail address In tull must accompany the contribution. CLEAN POLITICS AND PIERCE A Republican of j Republicans Voices Demands of Himself and Others Wearied of Leaders' Tactics. Portland. Oct 2p. To the Editor of The Journal I am a Republican have :always been. I came from a family of Republicans. My father waa a soldier of the Civil war. My grand father was a veteran of two wars. My people and I were always called dyed-in-the-wool Republicans. I am not ashamed of thefact,. either. I am proud of most of th record the Repub licans have. made. 1 I believe it wcfuld be very difficult today to find greater leaders in any party than Abraham Lincoln. William McKinley and Theo dore Roosevelt; alio many other great men who have been leaders of the Republican party? j - If the United States is-the greatest country In the world today,and I be lieve it is, it ha attained most of that greatness under administrations of the Republican! party, and surely no one can condemn me for support ing the party that has done so much for the country : but I have never been so narrow-minded as to overlook the faults of many of those who" have preached but never practised the doc trines of this greatj party. I have seen and, perhaps through ignorance, have voted for corrupt politicians elected on the Republican! ticket When this happens it always hurts my American pride. In this respect I believe I am like all good citizens we want to see the country made better. One of the best ways to make! it better is to up port the party that we believe will do the most toward that end. Something is wrong in Oregon. The people are not satisfied with condi tions here. They realize they made a mistake when they traded Chamber lain for Stanfield and oh, how we would like to trade back r Chamber lam is eo good a man that even the Republicans can't do without him. Z This is inot the only mistake the people of Oregon have made. Many Republicans as well as Democrats, are dissatisfied wtth the present adminis tration, and f . I am not very much mistaken they intend to change it this falL Walter Pierce, although a Demo crat in a Republican state, seems to be very much in ; the limelight Just now. .-In other words, an emergency arose and the man appeared,- and -that man seems, to be "VValter Pierce and if ha is able to carry out the major por tion of his program Oregon will cer tainly havejua good man at. its head, t And rightniere let me say a word to the Oregonian and other newspapers Of the .state that seem to take great delight in ridiculing Mr. Pierces - J. a Republican, one among many, do not like their articles, t do not think their attacks are justified. Neither do I think they are in harmony with clean politics. Sometimes I wonder? If their attacks are not intended as a boost for Pierce. Remember. Roosevelt said, "You can never hurt socialism by fight ing it; if you want to fight evils do something good." If what Pierce-offers to do is wrong, offer, something better. ; J ,. reopw an over uie country, are waking up to themselves, f They want more is toilettes and Borahs and fewer Ne wherry. They want clean politics, and all the mud that can be slung between now and the, fth day of November can do them no good but is apt to do much harm. - I have voted in every election for 20 years, and I never voted anything tn'my life but the Republican ticket and I am only giving the facts as I. a Republican, see them. . i J. W. Himmoas.,' THE BEAVER AND THE DREDGE Statement by Captain Degerstedt of - the Beaver as to ResponsbiUity i for Collision. ., ' Portland, Oct; 20. To the Editor "of The Journal -ThW is -in answer to the statement made by J. J. Blake, master, and 3. J. Layfon, chief of the mechani cal department of ritto dredge" Port land, wherein, in an article in your paper, "dated October 14. they charge the riversteamer Beaver with failure to respond to the danger signal sound ed just before: the S- S. Santa Clara rammed ' into the pipelines, . of the dredge.'. These gentlemen say of .the Eeavers "Had they stopped when the danger signal was given 1 the lives ef three ; men would nave : been : saved." They also charge the Santa Clara with failure to lower lifeboats promptly or to throw out life buoys. While Captain Blake and Mr. Layton -make these statements ana cnarge ewers wita .neg lect and failure, where were their own lifeboats? Where. were their own life nreserversi Did they have none on board and why did the crew of, the dredae not know Where to find tmero? Were they not just as bound-to assist their own men as anyone? The Santa Clara gave four blasts of the steam whistle, a danger signal, a . warning that is given to another vessel to aid -it in avoiding a mishap whenever any thing unusual takes place, such as lesing control Of the ship, getting out of the main channel or when about to run down another. 1 "Every fie knows that three blasts is : signal to bring another vessel - alongside,' to speak or lend assistance, as the case may be. Did any .member of the dredge crew, or of ; the Santa Clara. . either, sound any signal o this-nature - When the signal of. warning Was given by the Santa Clara, Captain Passmore, noting she was somewhat eff her course and evidently not undera control, brought the Beaver to a stop. He kept the Beaver In the clear until the Santa Clara had come, to a stop and was In the clear ; then, hearing nothing to indicate that his assistance was needed or desired, and receiving no call of any ' kind, he proceeded on to Portland, leaving' the scene of the accident under half speed. Upon reach ing the bend in the river off the Port land Flouring mills, dock members of our night crew noted the lights of the dredge still burning, which fact indi cates she did not ink in two minutes, as stated by Captain Blake of the dredge Portland. ItIa a tradition of the coasts, har bors and waterfronts of ' the United States Indeed, the world over that one waterman must, in duty and in honor, to say nothing of humanity, assist and help another in dintreas, and no one is more anxious or more de sirous pf doing this than myself or any member of my, crew on the steamer Beaver, , , And i now, I ask every fair and un prejudiced person to again take up The Oregon Journal, dated October 14, and examine the dredge as she appears in the picture on the first page of that publication and decide for himseii ii Jthese statements are not true. Captain V. Degerstedt,, Master, Steamer-Beaver.' ""aLECTURER CONTRADICTED Allegations in Lecture at James John High School Positively Denied. Portland, Oct. 17. To the Editor of The Journal If .we had not been pres ent, we could not have believed that a crowd ef self-respecting American women would listen with such; appar ent relish to the rot handed out as a lecture by the person who styles her self "an escaped" nun." That such a fair city as Portland, Oregon, should permit a person of that ilk the use of one of our public school ouy dings for the purpose of diffusing un-Araericamsm and immorality, as the James John high echool was used on, Sunday last, is indeed a serious re flection on the intelligence and dean mindedness of those who allowed the "outrage, "notwithstanding protests of honest taxpayers ; and it was a delib erate. insult to all clean-minded men and . women. 4 Her talk was without either reason or Iogi5 simply driveling comments about paaochial schools, and about the lives of Catholic sisterhoods, containing allegations, .and innuendoes .that, ap parently, required no proof, judging from the avidity with, which they were received by a highly appreciative au dience; and which we know, from per sonal contact with Catholic sisterhoods, and also from personal knowledge of the "ex-nun." to be absolutely false.. - Eleanor Cramer Custer, ;. Emma Harvey, Mary LeDoux Beauchamp, Edith Carver LeDoux, ' Margaret Casey LeDouX SAYS PRIVATE SCHOOL CO SiTLY Compares It, Economically Considered, With Devices of Primitive Timea Portland. Oct. 13 To the Editor of The Journal It seems strange if, as claimed by its opponents, I the com pulsory education bill is unconstitution al, all the frenzied opposition to It has arisen. Private and church schools in this age are on an economic par with the tallow candle, the ox team and the , private carriage of mail, when it cost 25 cents to send a letter across the East river. Roosevelt received his early, education in a private school, due to the fact that as child and youth he was delicate and unable to stand the strain necessary in attendance at a public school. Compulsory educa tion -is being fought by the same ele ment that have ever opposed progress4 me people or Oregon did not begin to sit up and take notice until the advent of The Oregon Journal in the field of journalism, for the morning "oracle," then as now was in possession of all knowledge, all wisdom, j It used to spell the name of the masses thus "peepul" ; this in derision. I have sought in vain for any evidence of (religious persecu tion in this bill. A. J. Martin. , A STRANGER ASKS TO KNOW Who - the Republican Candidate for Governor of Oregon Might Be. Salem, Oct 13. To the Editor of The Journal Oni the way north from San Francisco I bought a copy of the Ore gonian, dated October 13, and noted that paper ; commented on and rather harshly dealt with Mr. Pierce, the Democratic nominee for governor. However, I was unable to find any mention of his opponent, the Repub lican nominee, and I got the Impression that this Mr. Pierce must be a very big man to be able to crowd his opponent's name entirely off the pages' of such a paper ,as the Oregonian. Not being familiar with Oregon politics, and not even having a vote here.'- may I inquire through your columns who the Repub lican nominee is; or is ' the Democrat to be appointed by acclamation? - t C C. Clark. f' ssmsawaBBSSw ' INDORSES MR. ROSS STATEMENT Beaverton. Oct ,13. To the Editor of The Journal I wish all voters who are in doubt about the validity of the single 'tax would read Mr. Ross letter In The Journal of October 2. When a person buys unimproved land .for speculation, . and not for cultiva tion, i that land - increases' In" value according to the . surrounding . im- l provementg, and - the - single tax would tax the. speculator in idle land the same as the cultivator, for it is the, cultivator's work that increases the value of the speculator's Idle land. I think the people who oppose, the single tax are people who own large; tracts for speculation. til think the land that is covered with weeds and brush should be taxed higher than improved land on account of the weeds , being such a nuisance, but as it is, the value Is much less, : and t why should the man who works and improves his land pay more than the tone who lets his land?: lie idle? jThere is nothing that will en courage Improvement more than slrgle tax.. Mrs. Maggie Herrod Williams. -i" 'ifer''- mil i' i. ivi sii l.. I' ni.li m .i - iii - ... m" '' , ' ' .THE COLD WELCOME " - rroaa Life. - - -i -.Another American explorer is plan ning to return from the Frozen JSorth this 'winter. , - - We,..advse him to bring' 'plenty of good warm clothing with him. COMMENT- AND S51AIX CHANGE',. J " Things, begin to look brighter now that the football season is well under way.:. t.,.. 'i.- : ' Burglar made away with 79 frying pans. But what's the! good of bait it you haven't any place to fish? .-x- - ' " -'-"-.; Just at this, moment congress ! is functioning to the complete aatia fac tion of 'moat people.! It'a adjourned t -.:. .:, ; re.jr v.. -';-'.-- j;7-'-' AH dreams have some point. Even love's young - dream sometimes en counters the point of father's' boot,; -it .-:.-: .... . - '- Electric light in Portland Is said I to coet four times as much as in Tacoma. And when it's out you'd never recog nize Portland aa four tunes as gooa a city. - t v. . t ; -.- ' e ; . .. . ..j , Home means ' so .'.many f different things to so many different people that it's powerfully 1 hard to get any concrete idea of what it really Is ; to any but ourselves, f t , . ... , 1 I - Well admit all this theoretic stuff about the power of 'the -press and the freedom of speech.! jut that- doesn't involve the ' newsboy whose Sunday morning shouting arouses us two hours too soon. , .:'-'e!',' - : " For those oi us whoi pay less atten tion than we should to the old home towh there is Information to arouse i us in the fact that Portland 'Is the na tion's twelfth port nd leads such oth ers as Loa Angeles and Seattle. i MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Eastern bankers who attended, a recent convention at San Francisco are returing via Portland to see the Co lumbia river highway and other attrac tions. Among those passing through are H. H. Bern's, of Curtis & Sanger, Boston, and C H. Martin, of Ester brook A Co.. Boston. They are guests of the Multnomah. e- W. W. Howard, who raises sheep and wool on Butter creek, in Morrow county, while visiting a few days in Portland Is stopping at the 'Imperial. : e Mr. and Mra William Clarke Reid of Glasgow, Scotland, are registered at the Multnomah. .''.' Guests of the Imperial incldde C.l W. Talmage of McMlnnviHe- and R.I C Koozer of Talent. ! e W. J. Meade of Bend while transact ing business. in Portland is stopping at -the Imperial. ! V- i e ' Jay H Dobbin, one of WaHowa county's leading stockmen, is in Port land on business - J. S, Magladry is in the city from Eugene on a brief visit which has no political significance. e ' J. F. Roth, a boniface of The Dalles, is on a busmess visit to Portland. ' s - ' Among out of town visitors is Ed ward E. Muecke of Aurora. t ! .A J. Bollons of Shanlko Is trans acting business in the metropolis, i - Dr. Melville G Evans of Clatskanle Is among out of town visitors. ' , Among out of town guests is R. G. Schwartz of Astoria. . Mr. and Mra H J. Young of Bend are guests at the Oregon. ' IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN ' J By Fred v i Smiim V.r. ..n, in ihe sixth in stallment of his story,-ef the Journey to Ore gon of his- family and their, associates in 1846 An extremely sinful Incident. Illus trating tha hararda of extttence under aborig inal conditions is a prominent feature of j this portion of ' Ma. Bonner's naratite. t i f Men, who crossed the plains to i Cali fornia before the discovery of ' gold there that turned the- eyes of :the world to the Pacific coast are few and far between, yet such a pioheer lives at Mulino. in Clackamas county, Oregon. He reached California in the fall of 1S45, having crossed the plains by ox team. He came to Oregon in the spring of 1848 and has resided here ver"since. When the Mjexkan government issued an ultimatum tat onfy those settlers who would became citizens of Mexico could remain -in California, many of the American iset tlers decided to move northward to Oregon. In telling me of the migra tion from- California to Oregon, Mr. Bonney said: . - I "Those Americans who were i un willing Co renounce their native coun try were required to move In the spring. We had always traveled!- by wagon, and it was a problem how to move Our famiBes and our possessions on horseback, Jn the party to Oregon there were 15 small children. Father and mother were extremely anxious to go to Oregon, because my eldest brother and my sister -Ann had died and were bufjed at Sutters Fort Among the Americans, the single Wen who were unwilling to take the, oath of allegiance to Mexico and wanted to stay in California took to the hills, deciding to stay any wart f .: t: , "Among tthe .youing children to be taken to Oregon . was my sister Ellen Francisco, who had been, born at But ters Fort and, who was only a ;-few months old. There were no roads to Oregon. . so the children would have to go on horseback. An bid Scotch man solved the problem by making pack saddles- with arms 15 inches high. ,He wove rawhide strands around the framework, making a regular basket. Two children dould be placed in each of these , pack saddles without any danger of falling out, I shall never forget the, exciting forenoon wejspent when we started from the fort. Many of the horses were not well broken, and when; the children were put into these high pack -4 saddles the horses would run and buck. At first many, of the' children, set up a terrible clamor, but when they found they were not spilled out they greatly enjoyed . the excitement. . The mothers of the children were frantic; After, running for miles ; the horses were rounded up by the Mexicans who Were to accompany us . on our ' way north WardU, ' V ,4 . l ': "t -'C - :. V i . -i I ,m p - -1 ' J. :i '"Captain Sutter furnished each- fam ily a fat beef animal and also sent 10 Mexicans with us to 'drive our loose stock and teach our : men to . pack. They ;were supposed ' to go With US about: 250 miles, to where Colonel Fre rnont iwas camped.: When we reached the camp we. found ColoneJ, Fremont had gone - to 1 Southern California to Join ; the American forces there, t JVe camped at Fremont s: camp while . the Mexicans killed our beeves and dried the meat They told ins we could fol low the . old Hudson's Bay trappers trail -northward to Oregon. ' After traveling a few days northward from Fremont's camp we came to a beauti ful lake beside which was a ' clover meadow. . We cam ped there - for the night "The young man who took the horses out to pasture forpd near the ;NEWS IK, BRIEF! SIDELIGHTS , "Our girls don't know how 'to love." writes an American singer.- But they are practicing. Albany Democrat- , It may cheer Unci?- Sam to I learn that he baa regained a measure of our respevt, now that he haa retired from the bootlegging business on the high seas. Athena Pre. , . t . -. Henry Ford and John D. Rocke feller are the richest men In the world, in the order named, k One makes the flivvers and tile., other supplies , the gasoline for- them. Eugene Guard. . The equality of the sexes is not thoroughly established by a long shot. An American woman , who marries a foreigner loses her American citizen ship, but an American man who mar ries a foreigner -doesn't forfeit his American citizenship. Sherman Coun ty Observer. The eager manner In which the gov ernment's $500,000,000 bond issue was snapped up by the big Eastern banks cannot bei considered an ' entirely en couraging; feature of this country's economic status. It -shows that mil lions of idle money awaits investment but, in tax-free securities and not- in industry. Weston Leader. ! The Odd Fellows association of North Bend is a most .courageous or ganization of the kind that builds up cities. At least, the announcement is made- that all is in readiness t to go ahead and within six or eight months a fine three-story structure will grace the most prominent business corner of the city. Coos Bay Harbor. . - Robert ; Johnson of Corvain. will go as far as any man to see a football game, passed through Port land Friday on his way to SeatUe to see the O. A. C. team defeat the Uni versity of Washington today, i 'Mr. and Mrs. Charles H Latourell of Heppner are visiting in the city, making their headquarters at the Im perial. ' . . Dr. J. W- Donnelly of The Dalles, but formerly of Arlington, is &' guest of the Benson while spending a few days In Portland.. ' , e W. W. Howard of Heppner is at the Imperial during. a- short visit in the city. ' ' Mrs. J. A. Taylor of The Dalles Is a Portland visitor, staying at the Im perlaL Mrs. W. II. Staats of Bend is at the Imperial while visiting in Portland for a day r so.' i F. E. Wilson of the Coos Bay coun try is at the Imperial for a business trip to the city. - ; -' j . i. . Henry Veach of Tillamook is regis tered at the Oregon during a short business trip to the -city. . . D. H. Barnhoff of Woodbnrn Is stay ing at the- Oregon while in Portland for a short visit 1 Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Stanley of Med ford are guests at the Oregon while in Portland for a few day a -i - I' : . : O, C. Sidler of Glendale is registered at the Oregon while in the city on a business trip. '- a Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Landers ef La Grande are spending a few days In the city, registerea at me uregonj ... Lockley lake an Indian girl about 8; years old. The little girl was perfectly nude, her long black hair was matted solidly, she was covered with sores from head to feet -She could-make only a pitiful moaning sound. Dr. Truman Bonney, my uncle, examined her and said she was Suffering from hunger and that the flies had almost eaten her up. Neayby we could see where two tribes had fought She had apparently crept to one side out of danger , and bad' been left. She had been living on clover roots and grass. A council among the men was held to see what should be done with her. My father wanted to take her along. Others wanted to kill her and! put her out of her misery. But father said that would be .wilful murder. I A vote was taken and it was decided to do nothing about it but. to leave her where we found heir. " My mother and my aunt were unwilling to- leave the little girL They stayed behind to do all they could for her. When they finally joined us t,he!r eyes were red and swollen from crying and their faces were wet with tears. Mother said she had knelt down by -the little girl and had asked God to take care of her. One of the young t men in charge of the horses felt ad bad about leaving her. that he went . back and put a bullet through her head and put her out of her misery. i A few days later we came to an. Indian camp. The Indians were' living on dried acorns and crickets. The crickets were very large. The' way the Indians- prepared: them was to catch the crickets, pull off their hind legs eo they couldn't hop' away, pile them in the sun and let them dry, then mix them-with the acorns, put them all together In ' a "stone mortar and make a sort of bread out of them. The squaws gave us children some of this black bread.' which looked Hke fruit cake, but bad a different -taste. Borne of us ate it, while others were rather squeamish about It and didn't care .for. it That evening an Indian came to camp, brlngfng an Indian boy about 13 years old. AHan Sanders traded a pinto pony for the boy. He cut the Indian boys long hair, bought him clothing from one of - the other members of the party, and named him Columbus. The first n!ghtM Columbus was very unhappy, but-after Sander' had given him a ; sound 'thrashing he seemed more contented.- H reached Oregon safely, but a few years later died of measles. A few days travel , northward from ' where Sanders had bought Columbus t we were I attacked by Indiana . When . night had fallen our parry moved" back into thebrush about 60 yards from; wher,-we had camped. The men put the j packs in a circle to protect the Women' and. chil dren. The nine men oi our party who had guns crept out to the bank of the stream, where they believed the Indians would- : cross. ' When every thing was still the; Indians started to cross the stream. Our men gave them a volley, and the other- men.i who had cut clubs, with a . loud yell splashed Into the stream after the Indians, who broke and ran. "Next morning vwe found plenty ef blood along the. trail where the. Indian had- gone, but . we didn't find the-bodies of any Indiana - W reached Rogue Rrveri valley In Southern Oregon early, in June. I never saw a more - beautiful . valley, i The grass-covered "hills were dotted with deer and elk. The streams ! were ' full of trout, and there was not only plenty of wood and water, but there were many little open., parks and prairies. Several i of our party decided to settle there." 4- The I Oregon Country m lor jh KortSwest Ijappenlnga in Brief Form Busy Reader. ins .OREGON :'.', :.. . pert: of th- manager , of the ro-nt Uliataon county - fair, show a total net profit of $1011.12, . J ; Pendieton la 'preparing to - welcome the delegalea to the, 'open river, con ference!' T which will' be held in that cityi November 17. u , ,;, '.',;. " TweBty 1 thousand case of canned salmon, Is Idue to move by water from the Portiiaf . Axnrii tcrmlnala witliin the -pew'few daya A- -. - 'it .- T I Last iFriday night the Mill City hllgh school gave a Amival and raised lii ta b used in financing various school 'activities during the year. I The postoffice department has t-' thorised the appointment of one addi tional jletiter carrier at Eugene. at $li00 d year.'effective October Jt. Oregon has 1424 attorney a or one) to every a60 inhabitants, a larger number in proportion to population than any state in the Union except California. ' Thirteen hundred and seventy-four pupils ar now registered in the Bend schools; an increase of 478 over ih attendance f for the same date last year. -j - - - - (t 1 Hood River now claims the cham- . pion encamber of the state, Mrs. J. F. Came picking on from her garden Tuesday that weighed an even einht pounds. S t.: v ; b The' assessment roll of Benton county shows property valued at $11. 614,140,! exclusive of soldiers' exempt tions of $51,085 and public service cor porations. ' " ' : - -; 1 State highway engineers are setting takes 'preparatory to grading about nine mites of The Dalles-California highway! between .Gateway and" the Cow canyon grade. i ; Dan I Bum ell. well-known ? veteran railroad engineer, died at Roseburg Tuesday, following a short illness. Bunnell began his railroad career ... I. n i J .. . T wuvm aw jvma vl. k e. i Auto stage service will be main tained fall winter into; Curry county. . stage leaving Bandon and Gold Beaten .. J A wr nr U.tl ...Ill 4. . maintained by light trucka , One of' the finest machine shop In " Roseburg by the Automatic Electric factory; from Portland .to that cityi C. Bj Kellogg, who ha been in the banking! business at Baker for mare than a year, has. purchased the- in terest of L. J. MerriU in the Mosler" Valley bank and has assumed manage ment gt in institution. WASHINGTON V ' During the' week-end . in Seattle. 11 residence were broken into by injr- giars ana more tnan zzouu in cash and personal oeionging stolen. 1 . ' The Paclflo Teleohone A- TeleEVahh company ia expending $44,000 in nuk ina auditions to ita toll line nlsnt - ivnn niierriui ana rsiarra. - x--, . The pacific Light Power company - i. uiaiuiiBR Li.n coiiairucunn or m. Tiew. two-mile flume .n the Walla Walla river that will involve an expenditure ' 7 AAA " i The yld Tacoma speedway,, that cost I tn ownersBBmore than -$100,000, was sold rkvntlv at ruMln.1! aol. fnr ' $3850, Ehe buyer assuming $12,000 in obligations. More) than (000 pounds of copper cat- : Donate .nave oeen purcnasea oy tn farmer of Walla Walla county for ex- . perlnnehtai fwork for smut prevention in the (wheat fielda t . ' j Mral France 'Mackey suffered a brokerw leg and Internal Injuries Mob day night when she was forced J.o leap through her bedroom window to escape a fire a In her horn at Seattle. , - , Custjoma officials at Seattle MondAy discovered 600 bottle of, morphine hV drochlorate, valued at several thousand dollars, in a box of surgical instrti- Search for L.H. Smith and Mlr-haipt- Kelly, tesca ped convicts from the Wanh-i .lift IV . I ' 3 l. .V milbVIIVI( 7 1 " . I ' t I , abandoned.. It I believed the con- victs I boarded an . eastDound . frelKOt. train. ' . ..." - . I ' , jarruen a uuacan. j.armer-iwoor can didatet j for ' the United States senate against Miles polndexter. is advocating in his speeches the adoption of a work ing day of from two and a half to fotir hours - n ,,- . . y ) Searching parties are combing trie wood (near Granite Fall for. Davi4 H. Anderson, cashier of the Granite Falls State bank, who ha been mis-. ing sllnce last Friday, when he left a short hunting trip. . 'Indictment charging 'Charles F . Wood' iKing county purchasing agen. and Wj A. watkins, printer ana mnaerr. with gtand larceny in connection with the expenditure or county funds, hav been dismissed in superior court at seattw. IDAHO An analysis of the domestic wate suddIV (of Boise-show that it Js an soiifteiy free from all fecal contami naUoaJj ..-, .; ; .. j ..t .x. f A slight epidemic of typhoidfever ha appeared at Nam pa and physician are advising tnat crinking water D' boiled before using. A dividend of 10 per cent.' amount mg to s2.otz.tu, was paid aurmg in last few day to 1(4$ creditor of th uvenana xsationai Dana ot-tioiae. William. J R. E. and J., S. Simnso- and Alvin Casey hav formed a whole. sal grocery organization - at Twin FaJli with a capital stock of $2M.ooo. Liirhthtng la thought to have fired a target tract of xas land which wa suil oiasing Tuesaay nignt over ground seven or eignt nones norm or unmetti Mr. !Iva Bruno of Eaarle ha beeri named fas. the Progressive candidate ror the! positron or Idaho state super, iptendent of public instruction, follow, ing the .declination of Mis Etta Brown ' Mis nee Mema and Gretchen Roe, who live int soutn . tiienoaie, near xeioaj were, seriously Injured when ' a horsW they were driving became frightened and ran away, colliding with a fenoeJ Twenty Years Ago From The Journal of October 21, 1302 Roseburg Engineers have returned from the reconnaissance of a route over the cascade mountains east oc herei for the Salt Lake-Coos Bay raii4 i-oadl -r They favor a route away from the (North , Umpqua river, where lowi passes through the mountain arel available a fw miles north of Diamond 'Oovemor Tift' ef .'the Philippine island ha denied the statement made by some of the teacher that favor it ism !wa being shown in the selection of berths in the common school there A "coincob oclal will be given by the Royal Arcanum at Auditorium hall! next Tnjursday evening, .v. ' A general protest ha been made by I residents of the east lde on account Of the closing up of the elevated road There Is discontent in St John over the jef forts to bring that suburb into the city of Portland by annexation. Some of the residents opposed to an nexation are willing to have the town incorporated. - - . - i : Ibut-n Bnrrell. an old resident of the least aide and an Oregon pioneer of 184?!,. died suddenly Sunday at the home' ef ;hls daughter, , Mra A. R. . The Port ef Portland commissioner meti late yesterday-afternoon and de cided to give an i official test to the nevi dridge Columbia tomorrow. , ', Eugene Th board ' of director of Eugenei choot district met today to discuss :the advisability of discontinu ing) the: sessions of the schools for tho preaentj on account of the prevalence of a cohugion called Manila-itch an'1 thenght by many to b a I'.ghi form of mall pox, - - .