The Oregon daily journal., October 27, 1922, Page 8, Image 8

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fi.f.KPH1E MAIM 7161. All departments
reached by this nnmber. '
Tha history nf the p't is a mere pup
pet show. A Kttla man comes oat and
blows a little trumpet and goes in acain.
Totiilaok tor aomethinc new, and lot an
other' little man comes out and blows an
other : littla trumpet and (oao in again.
And it Is all oTer. Lonaiellow.
' HIS PLATFORM
l m 'yMunia9'UAii m. n. x nun
V says he Is- basing his appeal for
, re-election 6b his record. Under
rhw circumstances his record is of
unusual interest to the voters of
the Third district.
When rents were being Increased
from 100 to 300 per cent in Wash
ington, an anti-rent profiteering
WH wa Introduced In congress. Mr.
'McArthurVoted against th?till nd
in favor of the profiteers: Ha
thought the rent profiteers: should
be permitted to, collect all the traf
fic would bear,
, Mr. Mc Arthur voted, immediately
after the food control act was der
Clared uncotistltutlgnal, to return
their fines to- men convicted of
profiteering.
;1 proflta tax and thereby permit big
Corporations tot make all the traffic
II would bear. - '
lj ' The result of that vote was to
r fihrow the cost of government on
working men, clerks, stenographers
jjand th; masses, instead t collect
J J Intt a-Just share from the gigantic
Corporations making profits in ex
Meess of 8 per cent of the capital
Investment. And Mr. McArthur is
J ; asking the working men, the wage.
Mfaer and the masses In Mult-
l ' noman county for their votes.
Me voted to reduce the surtax on
j Incomes of more than $50,000 a
year; . The men whp.make I50.00Q
1st year were relieved of" much of
ithe'lr tax burden," but theymen who
make 15000 a year were not re-
meved. BtlU Mr. McArthur is ask-
-ing for the votes of, the latter class.
He voted for thTiotorious tariff
IjWll, the act that will cost the con-
lumers of the country more than
'any! other T piece' of legislation .in
recent years. But Mr. McArthur,
1 whoi voted to Increase the living
costl of- consumers for th benefit
of the big interests of the country,
Ta asking the consumers of Portland
2 Xor their--votes.
f iMr McArthur la in favor of a
anIP ttbaaay, which means to say
ihat he favors selling $3,000,000,000
f iworth of the people's ships to pri-
rate ship concerns' for less than one
lentfc ot their cost, and. in addlUon,
. o ,Jen4 th private owners f it 5,
'Jb 0,900 of the people's rmoney for
" Repairs or reconstruction, and on
r oi of tftat to make a gift" to the
private-. 'owners ijf $.750,000,000,
T; fnoro , of tha ' people's - money to'
guarantee th , private owners
against 'losses in operation. Yet
: Ir. McArthur is asking the people
frho put p the money to build the
rbips and who are to put up the
money for reconditioning and are
to pnt Up the money for the $T50,-
JB,000 gift, to rote for his return
0 congress.-,- " : '. '
iie -roted ato givr the railroads
i half a billion of th public noney
I, rnJ has voted to spend mora mil
; f.ons on big armies and navies. He
ciado. bo protest whatever , against
; th .allocation for development to
privata concerns of rich otj lands
" that belong to, tha public, v c
j ! f It was alV right, according to Mr.
- MeArthur's record, to giro money
to tha railroads, to tha munition
i rrtakeraand gun manufacturers, fo
the nig oil companies, to tha1 inter
ests prtvaeged.4 by the tariff taw.
' and to the profiteers even.; but It
Vastft all rfxhfeto give the aoldters
adjusted v compensation. Just 5 the
tame, Mr. McArthur is asking the
soldiers for their votes, and asking
tha publte who put up tha money
for - all - tha grabs to the ' gigantic
interests, for their votes. '
Mr. McArthur voted against, the
prohibition amendment. " He has
been a wet all along.TBut he is ask
ing the'drys for their Voteaw :
. He voted against the Shepherd
Towner maternity bill, whose pur
pose was to protect motherhood
and infancy. Yet ha is asking the
women - of - the Third district . for
their votes. '
He voted for the anti-strfke
clause in the" railroad bill.1 But. he
is asking the workers of Multnomah
couBfy-for their votes.
Thattis mucte of Mr, McArthwrs
record. : . It- is ,;'' record . indicating
consldefabie;; courage, . , especially
in asking for the votes, of . hte con
stituents. , Otherwise, it is a record
of strange "'fidelity to the Big Inter
ests' and 'little consideration for
working people women, drys, con
sumers, soldiers, .rentpayers and
taxpayers. .r ". '
Thl German mark,' far from
making its mark these days, makes
not so much as a dent in the cost
o living, ; :r ; -,
TAXES MAT GO HIGHER"
TN A two-column article in a Port
JL land paper the secretary of the!
official. Olcott committee attacks
the Pierce proposals for finding
new 'sources of revenue so the bur
den on property now paying the
taxes can be lowered.
The whole official family is now
in the anti-tax-reduction chorus.
They hoot at" the Pierce proposal
for the state to receive the whole
instead of 25" per cent of the in
come from forest reserve grazing
lands, which- amounts to $440,000
this yar, of which ' 65 per cent
goes into the federal treasury.
They pooh-pooh the Pierce, pro
posal to tax forest reserve timber
as it is cut and sold to buyers. They
argue that it cannot be taxed, yet
Jvery lawyer knows that the mo
ment a tree is cut down it ceases
to be a part of the land and at
once becomes subject to taxation,
to execution, or to any other process
of law. With timber increasing in
price rapidly, and with billions of
feet of it already being put on the
market, the forest reserve timber
can, by the Pierde plan, be made
a source of very large revenue.
They hoot at the income tax, and
their bigmoney supportera raise a
$25,000 slush fund "to beat Pierce"
because he favors a reasonable in-,
come tax. ,
They sneeri at the Pierce proposal
for a gross learnings tax, which-,
along with fees, pays all taxes for
state purposes in California with
out a cent of direct taxation;
Practically all of these proposals
are applied and are working suc
cessfully and satisfactorily in other
states. Yet the whole official family
supporting Governor picott says
they won't work-Mn Oregon. Even
Mr, Oloott himself says in his pub
lic speeches that ."taxea may go
Tilgher." . .4
There never has beenl an elec
tion in Oregon in which there was
so clear a division on an issue. One
side stoutly, and openly contends
that taxes must stand about as they
are. Senator Pierce points the way
by giving definite proposals, and is
leader of a vast; army of thousands
of oppressed taxpayers who are
fighting for lower taxes through tax
equalization and through rigid pub
lie economy and simplified govern
ment. Science says the earth wobbles a
little on itsxis. Is that also the
effect of moonshine?
A LIFE EXPERIENCE
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KNOW of no man in Oregon
so well equipped to administer
the office of governor as Walter
Pierce' said a well known" citizen
who has known Mr. Pierce $5 years.
He added: .
To begin with. Mr. Pierce is a scholar
and student of affairs.- He is very
industrious, always en the go. always
interested in doing . thinrra. He began
Vrte as a., school teacher, and ;then
studied and successfully practiced
at Pendleton. He was originally
farm boy, and as he prospered he be
gan to acquire farm land.
He loved the land, and in time that
love drew him back Into the business
of farming and stockratelng. in which
he is now engaged. ..
"As a lawyer he ws brought in
contact withall forms of business."
continued the citizen. "He also pur-
chasedr developed, andVfor a long
time- controlled the Hot Lake
property and sanitarium."
: The iijjsarrator went on:
.He served twice in th senate, and
there sained an intimate 'knowledge of
state affairs, the work of legislatures,
the processes of legislation, the rela
tions between the legislature and the
governor, and many other thing of
peculiar value In the governor's office.
Above all. his life experience, his as
sociation ynh agricultural and live
stock interests, and his close touch with
business in ail forms, have especially
quipped him with knowledge to make
Wm an all-round governor rather than
a one-track governor. No man is nr
Better position to be a governor for all
the people rather than a governor t for
a sotcalled respectable fw. , - '
Thl is important equipment for
a governor. People often forget to
consider it. and yet this experienca
is in valuable in a chief executive.
Ali INTERESTING SALE
tfTXIMHER comprising the Meto--a.
llus unit ot tha Warm Springs
national , ifprest, amounting to ; ap-
proximatdy 656.000.000 feet, $0 per
cant of . it yellow pine, will
thrown On tha market.! says a
Bend, Or.,-newa dispatch. :, ' :. i . '
Several billion feet of 'similar
timber in Harney county; has been
contracted by .; the United ,. Statea
government to investors from dis
tant statea The money from sale
of this timber will go Into the fed
eral treasury. , 1 -' . r-
The timber is in Oregon. -It Is
held by the federal government as
a forest reserve.' It yields no taxes
to the state. - , ...
The people of Oregon provide the
organized governmental system that
helps protect 'this timber. The
state . maintains;. a.boreaii ? and
spends money to protect 'the forest'
reserves against fire. - The people
of Oregon have a just cause in In
sisting that a tax be levied on the
timber as it " is " removed from the
forest reserves and sold. , ; - y
"'Walter Piercenoiainee for gov
ernor, as one source of .revenue by
which to lower the taxes on those
who now carry, the load, r prbpoees
such1 a tax on: each, thousand feet
of this timber as it is cut and seat
to the market. If this is not done,
not one dollar of taxes will ever be
paid on the billions of feet in the
Oregon forest reserves, comprising
nearly one-third of the forest prop
erty of the state.. Mm
" A similar tax is levied oa the nat
ural resources in other states, and
in some of them it yields a large
part of the taxes required for state
purposes. The proposal is One of
four- advocated by Senator Pierce
as a means of reducing, jthe amount
that must otherwise be collected on
farms, homes, city buildings and
other visible property. No other
candidate for governor - proposes
any plan of relief based on new
sources of 'revenue.
Why should not this extremely
valuable timber in the forest re
serves, as it is cut for the market,
pay somewhere, at some time, some
kind of taxes?
Someone wants to knew why cot
ton can't be cultivated so that it
will be green or red or blue in the
boll. Think what a marvelous es
cape America would then have
from the dye trust. And the next
thing might be red, white and blue
sheep. ' !
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THROUGHOUT America today,
.the anniversary of the oirth of
the late Theodore Roosevelt is being
celebrated.
Many of the speakers who will
laud him at functions this evening
will not have grasp of the big idea
in Mr. Roosevelt's career. The
biggest thing that Mr. Roosevelt
ever did was his refusal to follow
his party when an inner group of
it leaders attempted to deiiver it
into the hands of those whom Mr.
Roosevelt styled "malefactors of
great wealth" who hold revelry in
a few states in the northeast corner
of the United States where bonds.
stocks, interest, dividends, profits
and coupon clipping are the world
and where what Mr. Roosevelt
called "swollen fortunes" try Do run
the republic.
;In that courageous act, Mr.
Roosevelt risked his career. He
defied precedent. He challenged
party traditions and party code., He
became a party outlaw. He datred
everything prized by a public man
for a principle.
He split his party wide open and
whipped it mercilessly. But today
his act is approved by history and
his career applauded by his party.
A man in Seattle received a 90-
day Jail sentence for driving at
excessive speed that resulted in an
accident. Won't that three months'
penance stare liim in the face
whenever hereafter he is tempted
to exceed the speed limit?
A
COSTLY SAVING
XHEvflre at the Grandesta apart-,
JL ments was serious. It could
have been much' worse had it spread
to adjoining structures.
The fire at the Washington High
school resulted in damage to the
extent ,of $750,000. It could have
been worse had it spread.
The only force that stood between
spread of those fires -and further
destruction was the Portland fire
department. The main weapon of
that department was waerr With
out, water the. fire department
would be next to useless:
But at both fires water escaped
through gaping holes iq' the hose.
The result" was not only a limita
tion of the supply of water but lack
of force.
1 is much cheaper for the people
of Portland totbuy hos? than to" pay
tremendous fire . losses. It is
cheaper ; tb maintain an efficient:
department - than to stand losses
plus increased insurance rates that
would : undoubtedly follow a de
crease in the efficiency of the fire
bureau. But if the voters of Port
land failed ' to re-authorize the 3
mill tax and thereby reduce by 18
per cent the revenue of the city
government, the fire department,
like all other departments, would
be compelled to get along with 28
per cent less money than was spent
last year!' That would mean even
worse hose . and less efficiency in
the department. .
' Such aj course would prove eostly
to the people of Portland. r
' Scientists have already dene al
most everything believed possible
toward raleuildlng the human body
and eliminating diseases ' and de
formities. But now ; comes the
story of Berlin scientist- ' who
added 15 inches to a dwarfs height
by amputating tha , legs at the
thighsand adding more : bone. Is
the time approaching when human
bodies wilt be built to suit the indt
vidua! as clothes are tailored by
pattern? - "."'"".
' Ope of these'days the driver whs
runs down a pedestrian and then
runs away without attempt to give
assistance will be caught, and made
anewmple;"TWrah"-egalnst bis
coyote kind is rising, r - , ;- ,
THE BALLOT
MEASURES
Tor the information of the voters
iThe Journal will ipresent. from day
to ? day until all have been -diaV
eussed, a digest of the various prtP
. poaals to b submitted to -popular
vete on election) day. There-are
six of these five. proposed amend
ments to the constitution end one
initiative measure. Two of them
were referred to the electorate by
the legislative session of 1921 ; four,
have been put upon the ballot by
initiative petition, i Each .will be
considered in the order in which it
is to appear upon the official
ballot. i
. ARTICLE IV -
. The fifth proposal on the state bal
lot is The Income! Tax Amendment.'
It - was, . according 1 to announcement
and the record, drafted and Initiated
by "The State Taxpayers' League of
Oregon." Actually, however, it was
drafted -in Portland, by one or more
lawyers skilled in 'the crafty use of
words and, very probably, for the pur
pose of serving either as a foil against
the possible .enactment of the gradu
ated income, tax measure Initiated by
the State Grange but kept off the bal
lot by reason of fraudulent acts of the
petition circulators engaged to secure
the necessary names to put the meas
ure before the voters, or as a bar to
legislative enactment along similar
lines. i
The" amendment proposes to add -a
new section to. article 11 of the state
constitution, which J provides that all
money needed to be raised in 1924 and
the years thereafter to meet the ex
penses of the state 'shall be raised in
equal amounts from two sources, first
from a direct tax on"" real and personal
property and second, from an income
tax ."
It is provided that the rate of the
tax Shall be determined each year by
dividing the sum required to be raised
from the income tax by the total net
income subject to such tax. Th pro
posed amendment provides that the
personal exemptions for single people
shall be not less than $800 nor more
than $1000, and not less than $1000 nor
more than $1500 for, married persons,
with an additional exemption of $200
for each dependent. It Is, also provided
that all those corporations; associations
or organizations exempted fr&m the
payment of an income tax under the
federal income tax law shall xbe ex
empted In Oregon under the state in
come tax law.
It is also provided that 'no sum
greater than is now authorized to be
raised shall be raised in any one year
should the amendment be adopted ; in
other words, that the combined rev
enue from property! and income taxes
should not be in excess of the 8 per
cent tax limitation.
It is to be noted; that should the
amendment become a part of the con
stitution, neither the legislature, nor
tbe people by the initiative, would be
able' to enact an income tax law that
would carry a graduated tax rate. The
amendment, by the force of its terms.
would hold both the legislature and
the people unless it were repealed to
a flat rate income tax.
Afed not only that, but, under the
terms of the amendment, the " total
amount that might be raised by an
Income ta is limited to one half -of
the state expenses, no matter how great
the total net incomes of the state might
grow to be, or how disproportionate
to real and personal property values.
That is to say, should Portland Brow
to be a city of immense industrial and
manufacturing activity, earning enor
mous net profits in the aggregates
Hvia source of revenue could not be
charged with its share of the elate ex
pense above 60 per cent thereof.
There is no data available, at the
present time, by which the total net in
come from personal and corporate
sources in Oregon ' can b accurately
obtained. It is not known,, therefore.
what the "total net income- subject to
the tax" would be from which the rate
of taxation under the law is to be com
puted, and without this basis the rate
may not be stated with any assurance
of its being even approximately correct.
It has been estimated, however, from
such figures as could be obtained from
the federal Income tax department,
that had the amendment been in effect
in 1919 the tax rate would have been
something like 4.6 per cent of the net I
income.
This would yield a tax of $23 upon
a net taxable income of $500. The tax
payer - with a net taxable income or
$1000. would pay a .tax-of $46. Since
the majority of the income taxpayers
of the state- come within this range
these figures show, with some verity,
what the man of small income would
pay -tinder the 'flat rate provision of
the amendment. -
There is a pretty general suspicion
that the proposed amendment has been
put before the voters in an attempt to
write into the fundamental law a con
stitutional provision that would do two
things: First, make the enactment of
a graduated income tax law a consti
tutional impossibility 5 second, limit the
tax load upon the personal and corpo
rate incomes shoald they be taxed by
the provision that they should never be
liable for more than half the? state ex
pense. .
The fist rate provision would defeat
the application of the leoonomlc theory
accepted by the federal" income tax
law that the man or .the corporation
of large income should pay more; In
proportion for the protection of govern
ment than the humble man and the
small .corporation that do. not profit by
that protection to the same propor
tionate extent.
And. finally, it is to be noted that
there la-no necessity for any provision
to be written into the constitution in
orderthat an income tax law might be
enacted. , The legislature and the peo
ple possess that power, unhampered, as
the constitution now stands. .
I Letters From the People
ICfemaranfeatioas sent to Tha Journal for
MblJeatjoB is this department ahoald be wro
te oat only one tide of tha saner, shoui not
exceed 800 wonts in. leneta. and mnit ba
stsnjas by tha writer, whose mail address is
rail start accompany tha eoatnhudon. )
,f THE PARMER'S ATTTTUDB
Be Has Np Uiteeiori Motive, but Is
Actuated by the Motive ot Self --
Preservation
Portland," Oct. ?. To the Editor of
The Journal A stats giving its popula
tion a square deal governs Its public
service utilities in favor, of the -majority
f its people. Under such gov
ernment ne private interests may dic
tate what its policy shall be. When the
multitude of farmers in Oregon com
plain of burdensome taxes annulling all
profits on their Investments they have
no political ax to grind nor any other
ulterior motive that will hurt tbe stats ;
rather, they are trying to protect their
livelihood as well : as induce a ' more
general prosperity. It is inconsistent
to say that; the governor Is merely
a figurehead.' without control of prodi
gal legislative appropriations. To con
fess such a condition is paramount to
confessing that policies born ; ot some
baek-throne power blum. : -
When Walter Pvercer. expounds the
principle under which public service,
utilities shall bear part of tb expense
of maintaining tho public service com
mission he touches a tender spot be
longing to the very interests who- now
dictate the policies of the present ad
ministration.. Thus exists on ot the
reasons why the mud squad splatters
its filth roundabout. When ,he ex
pounds the principle of fewer: boards
and officials and more work- he touches
the tender spots in certain boards and
officials,' Inasmuch as they get their
livelihood as retainers of those v re
smonsriblA few present conditions. Let
the mud batteries , ot tha feudalistie
taxers streak the atmosphere - tney
wish As long as old Ansniss is- their
captain we should worry. . 5 ,
i t - R. UWattcjvu
" "WHAT CAN UK TELL THEMf , ;
Pertinent Question Put by an Oregon
: ' Citlaen in Relation to Stanfleld., -
CoquiUe, Oct. z4.To the Editor of
The f Journal- In the Coos Bay Times
of October 23 it was stated that JSeae
tor Stanfleld would - be la Coquilla,
Saturday night, to speak orr behalf, of
the Republican party in the. coming
election. - Now, ' for" the love ot Mike,
what can I he tell them, when he was
not at Washington. X. C: tor three or
four months while 'congress was sit
ting? They cannot Jiull the wool over
our eyes In this election, v Too. many
Pierce votes in this neck of the. woods.
I : i . Taxpayer.
THE CAR SHORTAGE
A Sufferer From Delays States ' His
Grievance aSd Charges
Mismanagement.
Milwaukee, Oct. SirTo the Editor of.
The JournaV-'-The present car shortage
means the 'greatest ; economic loss we
have endured since. ; the wan and the
most uncalled for The farmers have
partially recuperated from the effects
of deflation and now comes this un
expected hlnderance to an orderly sys
tem of marketing a crop which they
have spent a year producing: Two
months ago I contracted for a farmer's
entire crop of alfalfa hay at Touchet,
Wash. It 'Is now baled, and I asked
him to' begin shipping. Today I - re
ceived a letter from him stating that
orders for 140 cans were ahead of
himiat his little station. On Septem
ber 7 I ordered three cars of hay from
a" Yakima valley dealer for shipment
to Vancouver, Wash.1 This was arush
order. ' One car came through in about
two weeks ; the other two have not
been-'oaded, for want of cars. A few
days ago A. S. Edmond, assistant traf
fic manager of the Union Pacific, gave
through the columns of your paper his
reason f6r the car shortage. He had
figured out that 105,492 tons of
domestic .freight had moved west
ward through the Panama canal in
stead of by raiL This, he says, leaves
the cars of.Western Voads stranded in
the East. I would like to 'have Mr.
Edmonds tell us how those ships got
back East: Of the last five cars
billed to us, three were Eastern cars
loaded in the Northwest This, 'and
the large number of idle cars on side
tracks convinces me that their plea of
carsmarooned in the East-is all bunk.
The'r is Just one way the car short
age can-be solved. That is to charge
the railroads the same .demurrage for
failure to deliver cars within '48 hours
as we are compelled to pay if we fail
to load or unloaq" within 48 hours.. It
is up to the public, service commission
and the interstate Commerce commis
sion to provide for such demurrage.
- I am not uch of a believer in gov
ernment ownership, but it- is just such
outrageous mismanagement on the part
of the railroads that is converting a
lot of us to government , ownership.
The greatest crisis in railroad history
and the greatest tax on the railroads
existed in 1918, when more freight had
tp be moved promptly than at any
other time. ! There was no shortage of
cars to move the farmers' crops then.
Thank goodness, we haver the Pan
ama canal to aid us in getting some
of our freight hauled.
M. S. Shrock.
CHANGE &F VIEW ?
Occasioned the Course of Polrticians
Wlo "Disregard 'tbes Rights
- - of Free Men.,
Clackamas, Oct 24.Tb the Editor of
Tho Journal The cry Is going up from
some of our political aspirants, "Why
are so many of our old standpatters of
days gene by changing their polities?"
Perhaps their reasons are just Al
though they may admire the man run
ning for office, as a man, his political
views may hav4ecome disgusting. 1-
I may liken it tola case with whloh
I am acquainted. iWhen a man for
whom One has labored with the thought
to give a "just day's-work for a just
day's pay thinks that because he is.
the employer he can force down one's
throat things undesirable and one dare
(makes a man change his opinion of the
employer. Of like sort js the politician
who tries to force something down your
throatthat you can't swallow. When
you have gone i thousands of miles
away sad fought h the trenches, slept
In damp. 'Iil-snselline dugouts and
tramped t ardugh mud end rain just to
make this country" safe for your em
ployer and his wife and babies as well
as your own,f and you come back to
find placed" over you a man who dur
ing' the days you were- fighting la a
fereign land .was living comfortably
at home and; enjoying mgiwage. but
who was not a Cltisea of this country
and even now can hardly-.speak the
English language so you can under
stand hlm--thst is near, the limit. And
still these same employers call them
selves 100 per cent Americans. Tbis;
is not the only case. There are. hun
dreds of such eases right here in Fort
land. Then you wonder why some or
the old standpatters change their polit
ical views. It is because there are so
many .politicians who are like ' the
aforesaid employer. ' I might live tp
see the day .when I will regret th)s
move, but it sure cannot: be any worse
than it Is now. A" Subscriber.
OPPOSES THE SCHOOL BILL
Proceeding te Criticise Alleged Auto
cratic Ways of Public School .
Teachers and Officials. "
Portland; Oct. 24.- To the Editor of
The Journal at is to be hoped this
so-called compulsory school bill will be
defeated. Aswe have such a law al
ready, why stir up strife by mentioning
religion? What matters' it If the chOJ
dren take the public school studies la
a different? building? The private er
sectarian schools ' are anyway bettsr
heated and ventilated than "the little
garages, as the portables are gener
ally called. Let us be; sensible and
not make a religious Issue out of this.
If this bill goes through it will only
serve to give certain officials more
power, which power they have already
abused. The parents ihave precious
little to say about their children now.
There are teachers, principals and offi
cials of all kinds who give us to under
stand that - we. the parents, are only
a aide Issue; not in so many words, of
course, but, even health officers will
be so high and mighty that you feel like
a serf at times. Not Ions; ago a teacher
refused to excuse a boy to ge to the
state, fair and last year a child I know
was 'refused, permission to go " to hear
Helen Keller, ' who happened to be
soeakm r - during school hours. ' - New,
what : do you thin . of t the, front
trachSf or, principal r But more than
one- mother - has heard some such
remark as the following, "when she has
come to talk to the principal about
certain matters: Who Is running this
school you or I?" Most certainly not
the parents, but they always get the
blame for- - juvenile delinquency H i
t. :-' !-".'. Mrs,1 John Smith.
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THE RULE OF ECONOMICS ' I
Froaa ' thev, Kewjktai-Easla; .: i ' -:."
, "Talk. . will . be ebeep," remarked the
man on the' car, "just asr long as' the
supply is greater than the demand."
COMMENT AND
- SMALL CHANGE -
On and after November S the real
wild ducks will be the lame decks. -:
1 We-'can"t Imagine r anything worse
in (Russia, - than , the- way , some , men
have their hair-cut. . ,; X
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Trouble with so many opan minds,
they're just as open en the exit sider
as On the entrance side.
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The way' Jackie -Coo can is keeping
out of the divorce courts is atf exam
pie to all other movie stars. S
i Britain hasn't much mors to look
forward to than we : have. . Election
day . over there is only a week later
an ourowu. -m ;
More boxcars ,have been .ordered tp
the West Not enough rolling 'stock
for -a certain winter migration to ur
salubrious climate. 4
y . a ?- -.
"Montana cows' find? good call," says
a ' market page headline. Remember
the little boy on the pasture, gate call
ing the cows home?
.-.'
King Alfonso has given the fair com
mission a keg - of olives. Nov will
someone please donate a keg of "nails,"
a slab of cheese and a box of crackers?
e , e .
When k get caught in the deluge
with neither umbrella, nor overcoat it
would be a pleasant pastime to eiay
the guy who Bays, "I'm glad the rain
baa come at last"""
e
That old ; line, "He who steals my
purse steals trash." or something of the
kind, is obsolete with many of us, who
haven's been able to -afford a purse
since before tfie war. "
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
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Random Observations "About Town
The work on the Roosevelt highway
south of Gold Beach is going slowly,
reports W; A. Wood, M county judge 'of
Curry county, who is in Portland, a
few days on official business. North
ot Port Orford good progress is being
made on the new grade, but the -job
south of Gold Beach will probably not
be finished this year.
-
While doling business In Portland.
fX M. Keep of . Waahougal is a guest
at the Imperial.
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While spendlng4a few days In Pert
land, bW. Kuykendall of .Eugene is a
guest of the Hotel Portland.'
?
Among out of town guests is. Mrs. J.
R Skeela of Helloff. Tillamook county,
registered at the Imperial. ,
C JXiigan of Ben while transact
ing some business in Portland ' is a
guest of the Hotel Portland.
. .
D. C. Pratt of Veneta, Iane county,
is transacting some business" in the me
tropolis, t
Dr. and Mrs jhl. J. Clements qf
Salem are among "Portland visitors.
. ,
Xt- E. B. ckel.of Medford is among
out of town visitors. ; .
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P. P. Gullion of fugene is amorn: re
cent arrivals at the Portland.
A. Rennie of Corvallis is registered
at the Portland. ; "
.
F. W. Gebott of Astoria is-registered
at the Imperial.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. Starmer of nose-
Lb urg are among out of town visitors.
. m ' "
W. O. SeVedge of Medford is among
out of towrt visitors. , ' - ,
, L. Kohlmeler of Mount Angel Spent
Thursday. In tbe city on business. ;
Visitors-frwrrv Aiirla ar Mr. aad
Mrs. J. C. Smith and Mark Siddalk i
IMPRESSIONS (AND OBSERVATIONS
CTHEJQUj
, 3y Fred Lochaey . ' -
f) Theodore SooaeeeU'a birthday Mr. ocfc
lay presents an appreciation of this noted
American, with speeisl relereaea to nis ensir
aeter as Christian belieyee and as "doer at the
word." Incidents illnstratiTe of B.oosaTelt'
seal in' matters mligious are related alons with
those indicati&s.' his ardor ss a "muscular
Christian."
Today, October 27, is Theodore Roose
velt's birthday. He was born in New
York city. When I was a boy, back in
the early '80s. I. lived at Walla, Walla
and at Butte. Ia 1883 I went east and
attended public school at Albany, N. Y.
Because we lived not far distant from
the Dutch Reformed church we occa
sionally attended services There. It
was there that I first heard of Theo
dore Roosevelt He was then a man
bar of the New York legislature and
attended the services at the Dutch Re
formed church. Roosevelt was a Chris
tion of the muscular type j as was
proved when, at the old Delean house?
a well known hostelry of that day. Tie
was. attacked by "Stubby Collins, a
prizefighter who had been hired byt the
powers that prey, to do up the obstrep
erous member who was blocking" their
private grafts ia the legislature. "Stub-
Lby didn't know Roosevelt had been one-j
of, the beet boxers in bis class at. Har
vard, but he soon found out He last
ed just 30 seconds, and received a clean
knockout , '
J Reisner
In recent letter, Christian F.
r. pastor of the Chelsea Meth
odist Episcopal church of New York
city, tells me something of Roosevelt's
religious life. Dr. Reisncr has just
published a book, -entitled "Roosevelt's
Religion," that " shews ; how Roosevelt
lived .up to his early motto. . "B . ye
doers of the tvord . and not hearers
only. In digging . up material for his:
book Dr. Reisner wrote to the men who
had been most Intimately associated
with Roosevelt ' and he received some
mighty -interesting letters.-. General
Leonard Wood, who iwas'coloael of the
regiment later commanded by Roose
velt and best known as Roosevelt's
Rough Riders, In answering the ques
tion as to whether Roosevelt was a re
ligious man or not says :
' "Theodore Roosevelt was-. a.-true
Christian. He believed, in God, and
that all peoples must have 'faiththat
a nation forsaklns its religion is a de
cadent nation. He was a church-goer,
as an evidence of bis faith and for pur
pose of worship. His life, his ideals
and his acts , established his faith in
God. He was a reader ot the Bible. X
have no recollection of hearing htm
take the name ot God in vain. I be
lieve he gathered many of his ethical
Ideals from the Scriptures. His cour
age was maintained, by his - sense . Of
rigrrteeusness -and Justice. - He was'
clean in thought, and speech : a man of
broad sympathy, a nrmpathy, limited by
neither race nor y reed. He was aIoer
of good works and a strenuous advo-J
cats of those principles which are laid
down in the Commandments., v
Keosevelt - Joined ' the SC i Nicholas
'Dutch Reformed church when he was
1..-. i Years later, to! writing ! of rural
community betterment, he said : "The
ouilding up of a strong country church
or Young Men's Christian Association
in such a community often has sn as
tonishing effect ia putting such virile
life into them that their moral bet
terment ISiirmilatas a marked physical
betterment in their homes and farms."
t He had no use for dogma or religious
formalism.''-"He Qtought mors of prac
ticing the preaching of .Christ than of
NEWS IN- BRIEF-
. , , SIDELIGHTS '
. Anyway, one privilege that will nev
er be taken sway, from the American
rltiaen is that of. paying taxesvUnioa
Republican. '
- i A man named Cellars Is running for
city commissioner in Portland. '-, What
most of his constituents will want to
know, is. Is he twet or dry? Polk
County Itemiser. i 4 ' .-
:." - vj-; -k ' a ;Jj i '-''-' v':" " v--'.--1'-
tv"plrits leave hand prints, says a
headline, perhaps they do, but that is
probably in - addition to the "dark
brown taste- the ind'-ldual experi
ence the next morning. Roaeburg
News-Review. ; c ' ; . . .
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Portland is hauling her 1 W. Ws
to the city limits and-telling them to
"git" If they i rgit" down the river
to Astoria, well jTust naturally ask this
Portland caravan to haul - em , back
agaiq, arid start 'em in . another direc
tion. We ,'. don't; want v 'em. Astoria
Hudget - .
' If somebody hadn't ' murdered that
New Jersey rector. Hall. Tand, bis af
f imtty, tboee mushy love letters prob
ably never would have been printed
in -the newspapers. So if they catch
the fiend .responsible - for ' this outrage
he ought to be boiled In oil over a
slew jfira Eugene Guard. ' . ,
One Of emr emart daily papers con-
tuneai -wrueup ot tunerai tne otn-er-
f which we noticed the re-
poa-ter j mentioned the important fact
that "the i deceased lay quietly in his
cffinfrThat's a very unusual thing
for a dead man to do. ajid of ooum
had to "be mentioned in the daily.-
VranL uiumy journal.
, ' A. L. Mohler of New York, former
president of the Union Pacific, has ar
rived in Portland for his annual duck
shooting. -
A. Silverman of Skamokawa, Waah.,
in itransacting some business in Port
land, t . . "
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wootton of
Astoria are' among . recent arrivals in
the metropolis.
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Ash, one of the potential Cities of
Douglas county, is represented in Port
land by O. E. Baker. i ,
-"'-,-Visitors'
from Aumsville are Mr. and
Mra H, C. Lewis and Mr. and Mm.
ChaHes Calvin. "
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Jj;R. Reeder of Reedsport Is among
recent arrivals in the city.
"J . e r '
IJ. E. LHtiecbUd of Ashland is. among
thoe registered at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Walker of Stan
field, are amongout of town visitors,
Gny Ford of Tillamook Is In Portland
to combine business and pleasure. "
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Dale Tracy of Canyon City is spend
ing' a short vacation In Portland. -v
e -. e . .
Among out of twn visitors are . Mr.
and Mra R. C. Gleasoh of Baker.
e . -
' C. L. Crlder of Dallas was visiting
In' Portland Thursday.
' Ed I. Hudsoa-tof Albany was among
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recent viaiwra iq me inetropotB.
. .
Enjoying ; mstropolltan - scenery" is"
N. L Tartar Of Corvallis.
. Dr. R..Vehrs of La Qrande Is paying
Visit to Poftland.
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H. S. "Royee of Klamath Falls Is
transacting business In Portland.
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Atnonm other medical -raeti visl tins
Portland Is Je B; Bouvy ,of La Grandew
hairsplitting creeds. . Speaking of the
barnv done by religious formalism, he
sald "Nevertheless, a churchless com
munity, a community wheri- men have
abahdohed and scoffed at or "'ignored
tbeir religious needs, is a community
on the rapid dofwn grade. Even men
vvflo' are not professedly religious must
if they are frank, , admit that no ' Com
munity permanently prospers. -, either
morally- or materially, unless the
church is a real and vital element in
its community life."
.'
Roosevelt's criurch life was at times
as strenuous as his political life. When
a student at Harvard he taught a Sun
day school class in old Christ church,
where, in 177S, General Washington
and Mrs. Washington had been attend
ants. A new rector took charge of the
church and asked Roosevelt, to realign
as Sunday school teacher.; His-reason
for getting rid of Roosevelt was that
Roosevelt was not 'a member of the
church and that he had heard Roose
velt had commended a boy In his class
for using his fists when attacked.
Roosevelt did not take it to heart, but
at once hunted up another" church and
offered his services as teacher, and
was accepted. During the Spanish'
American war, Roosevelt heard there-l
was a rabbi Jn camp. He notified the
Jewish boys In his regiment and came
at the. head of his Jewish soldiers to
attend the services Roosevelt- once
said that it he had been borrt tnkn
earlier ? be would have liked to be a
Methodist circuit rider. .. - J j
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Roosevelt was always willing to give
a man another chance, and issued many
pardon-r-the exceptions - being ' Wife
beaters and wife murderers, v Thesex to
him. were the uuforgirabis sins and
he saw that Justice wss administered
without mercy. His attitude toward
women, is shown in his statement; v.
tThs woman who has borne and has
reared as they should b reared a fam
ily of children has in the mast emphatic
manner deserved well of the republic.
Her burden has been heavy, and she
bars been able to bear it worthily only
by the possession of resolution, of good
sense, of conscience and unselfishness;
but if she has borne it well, then to her
shall 'come the supreme blessing, for,
in the words of the oldest and .great
est of books, 'Her children shall rise
up snd call her blessed. r y
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f Bliss Carman, in the following lines,
draws a pen picture of Roosevelt that
Is a true likeness. He says :
fVTi9 it the-harfy flatjre
Of virile fishtias main. ;
With valor and eonietion
In heart, and band and brain;
Sprang from n aid ideale . i ' .
Te aerve war Inter needs,.
Be ia the medera Boundhead, f
The man who ridee and reads.
Ifo pomp -df braid end feathers. . .
-. jfo fUsh o hnraished sear. ,
He wears the wiajlssmsne outfit.
Rofficient asf eevere. -"WHh
no impertal ehevreailV ' ;
I'pon hie khaki alee, .
. He thinks by rae made doctrine,
t .He speaks by m mas's Jeara. ., ; v
- The "Breed and creed end eehoe&ax
' Of Buwd sod tbe vlaine,i
x lnuidrad ream of fishtins r - iKj
Foe freedom ns his veuaa, 1
Let so sm UOnk te vhwdk, -1
'- ,.1 - To btry, eoeme er chest ' ' ,
The man who lowea the open, j
. Tbe sas wh knows the street
fv ----- - i-"'-.-.-.--. -ir--v-i
; He rides net for rain-clerr, f . -"
' He fithts not for low ah.- '. '
:' Bat that the nutasj; of freedom ' -.
- ', fJnrsTssed ehell remain.
' - As plain as B-.ble lansuace. . ' i
j- And Opes' as -the- day, - - ;
:. .He ehaliencaa mrustise ' " ,
j - Ajid bias corruption stay. '
The Ore-jdn Country
XorUaessk lumpen is Is Brief Vorm tot the
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. J"' OREGON
. For tba first time, nines It Was oTwned
the -, Hotel Seaside will . be closed i this
winter from -November 1 1 to il arch 1,
Last Sunday Merl SelUfnger,- a high
school boy. 'killed a thre-poiru buck
In the mountains near Mill City that
weighed 2J pounds. ..-.i. , f A ;: ., i n -1 -
The Willamina 'brick plant ! is now..
operaung at cape city with 48 imeft on
the pay rolU- Orders are being received?
faster than they can be XUle4, 4. j i
The present run of silversldeJ salmon
;"- In -the UmpQua river -is the 1 heaviest
ever known. -Warehouse along the
river are taxed' to care for -thej fish. -'
; The estimated total valuation of the
tax -roll in Wasco county, is in the
reigtiborhood f ,20.860,000. or 1 about
1160,00, more, than the itl estimate
: The ! WaB WaUa Valley Railway
company has .completed -construction of
new. feeder line from the! Walla v,
WaUa rlvejr to Free water at a cost of ,
I6000.' : ; n - . . .- ,.. 1 (i-
Mrs. A.j O. Pound of Aumsvllfe is
searching f for -her husband, at years
of age. who mysteriously - droppeid
Jrom sight October 18 while oa a trip
to Salem. :. j 7 j (. .
D-velling cbnstruction In Bend has
reached its highest point since 1917.
During., the-- past month- permits -were
taken out for new buildings valued,
at 147455.,;, -. , . ' i f- - j ....
-Amos Hardenbrook, ' a' . resident of .
Klamath Falls for many years, -died
Tuesday while on hunting trip.,' He -
wss 68 years old and had been in per
fect health.. , , , . L.i
, A big log hotel being built at Elk
lake in Deschutes "County will be ready r
by next summer for, tourists, who are
visiting that presort In constantly in-
creasing numbers 'yearlyv :-i ,. ji 1 :. . : v
The expense of running the city of '
Astoria next year will be $13,587 less
than ir 1 Q-"0 n 1 . 1. . . - . . i i .
,tax levy will, be $50,853 greater h This '
is due. to interest on bonds, :, 1
tne tszz grape crop of Clackamas
county hsa; been the largest in years,
and the fruit is of exceptionally fine 1
quality. The grapes have found a ready
sale at to.S cents a pound. j. .-?-.
The fine 450-acre ranch belonging to
Isadore Irwin, located U mllea south
west of Roseburg. is to be subdivided :
and placed on the market tni tracts '.
ranging from 20 to SO acres, i i j s - -
Bids are being called for the erection
of the first unit ot the W.-O T.': U
farm home for orphans near. Corvatlin.
The cottage is to ktost about a $10,000
snd wilt accommodate 20 orpha na..
. " WASHINGTON " - J" .
' Wallaj Walla's total registration isj
5780, This IsnSOO less than wo years
ago. j '
The Ocean Beach highway has been :
completed through the town of Litteil,
which opens a stretch .of seve-i miles
of pavement west of Chehalial- .
Yakimalclub women have completed i
plana -.and filed incorporation i -papers
for a home for elderly women',!1 to be
managed exclusively by women j j ; '
Chelan is enjoying a bulldingboom.
several residences being I In course of
construction, and more than 1 $10,000
worth of cement sidewalks being jlaid.
' ' J. B."Siagle is In a. hospital at RTts-"
ville suffering from- a. broken i leg, "
caused by a bullet wound, and is un
able to explain how, he received Ws V
injury. : i'. . : . ;.- . ; . :
As th result of an sjvidpnt In ttiei
E. K. Wood rajll at Hoquiam.-the plant'
has beeq closed for. an indefinite time, '
during which 135 men are out jof em
ployment ! I
Jack Estrand, well known hunter of
Aberdeen, is at t liberty under ; $800
bail on a charge of shooting an elk and "
of having dogs in. the woods during
the deer season. - : .. -
Farmers in . the. Prosser vicinity re
urrenng from the car shortage. . Scores
of them have their hay .under contract
but are unable to move it because no
wu art ansuauis. " , . ;( . r .
The new high school, building at
Roosevelt made possible by tha, con- -i
solidation of three districts, will have
stiuiviieu y -eceraoer. i. , j a
While the agent was at dinner Mon
day - night, burglars- broke the lock "
In the office of the Spokane A Eastern
railway station at epoitane, obtained -$424.04.
and escaped without attract
ing attention of the crowd in the at-" .
tion.. .,-"; - ;VV; ,: !"' j
Fred Blske, 28 years, old, who" left i
Nennel t wo wflt aire, wlfh-a Inmii. !
load of apples and cider, has not been i v
seen sine, although Lhis ttrpcki was ; I
found parked on a Bitsviile street ! He
nas a oatance or several hundred aoi- -lars
at the bank at NeppeL j j '
i" idaho .1;
Two dynamite bombs, large enough i
to wreck the largest building. I were -!
found a few days ago in the attic of -the
Chamber' of Commerce building at '
Pocateilo. - ; i
Under a ruling of the Interstate 'com- ' !
merce commission, Idaho is to receive ':
daily 70 refrigerator cars in which to
move -the perishable crops now being i
harvested. , , -
,E- L. Wlggln, promlneht" merchant
dropped dead at Lewiston Saturday pf
heart trouble. He wan s wm nt Tjif .
Wlggin. pioneer mayor of Lewiston. ,
ana was born in that city 65 years ago. i
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A NATURAL MONOPOLY
a ot. Joeepa news 'resss t ;
; There are two, classes of people good
people snd bad people And the clas
sifying is don by the good people.
.' ' ' .. .'s " -ry t;
FANS, HOWvA-BOUT THIS?', (
From tha ntfitmr Snni j: HJi 'X
The limit London-acknowledged re
ceipt of vocal and instrumental wire
less program. h!s way ; "Heard music
and wpmsn singing." ' ,i
Twenty Years Ago j I
From The Journal of4Oct,27. 1902. j-
New York -Elisabeth Cady Stanton,
known all ever'-the world ss a Jeader
in the cause of woman's: rights, died
of senile -cecay at her home in this
city yesterday, j-; M -vrrhi;-
- w.- : m'l :. . -ill II -
The bicycle path Jon Fourth street
from : Jefferson - south is being slowly '
but surely ruined. Pedestrians walk .
on it horses stand on it and vehicles
run over it i Besides this, ; wood Is
being constantly dumped upon it j '
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Healths Commissioner Bsersdorf' ,1s
endeavoring to induce the! board of -school
directors to have the - public
scboorlulldlngs i fumigated once or -twice
each month.: I 4 -
- - a- i j--e je.-s !(-
t How. Yow,! Chinese consul general st "
San Francisco, 'spent yesterday with
his countrymen residing in Portland.!
Work has begun in -the driving! ef.
piles for the new East Side mill at tbe
foot of Spokane avenue. Sell wood. The
new mill will require several months to
complete and - will , employ about! 7
men at esch shift . . ,.w..i.y , tlr-. -I
The - Sellwood board of trsds ! nag
voted In favor of. granting the Oregon
Water Power -A Railway company s
franchise through that portion of the
city. , ' , - ' t
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T.- H. Crawford.-- a Union attorney, -i
is a guest of 'th Imperial. - i j
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" - The employment of convicts in 1 the
construction of modern highways' in '
Oregon is suggested by James W. Ab
bott commissioner of highways for the '
Rocky mountain and Pacific coast s dl- '
vision of th department of agricui- ; :
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-' Word comes from New York that th
passenger traffic agents of the big '
transcontinental Bnes - predict a tre- -mendous
sale of tickets for points la -Oregon,
and Washington . during Use
coming year.-?,. -.- . a ..
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