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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
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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?
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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
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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 ; -.-
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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 ,
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- 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.
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Guests of the Imperial incldde C.l W.
Talmage of McMlnnviHe- and R.I C
Koozer of Talent. !
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W. J. Meade of Bend while transact
ing business. in Portland is stopping
at -the Imperial. ! V- i
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' 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.
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J. F. Roth, a boniface of The Dalles,
is on a busmess visit to Portland.
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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
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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
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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: .
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"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
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"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..
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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
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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 -
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: O, C. Sidler of Glendale is registered
at the Oregon while in the city on a
business trip.
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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."
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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
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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, - - .