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UNDER; THE YOKE
A LITTLE lfss than a year ago,
Governor cott called a special
session, of the legislature to., take
steps for a fair iri- Portland!
While thajlegsiafure was in ses
'sion, the, "secretary of 4state came
forward witli a ktatemenf in which
he pointed but how about; Cl. 0-00, 000 '
could be saved from the then tax
budget. Nobody at that time dis
puted the stateinent. "but . the mo
ment Walter Iierce began to point
out how a million dollars or more
can be saved, ja.ll , the Olcott, sup-
porter letoyf A yell to the effect
that it could not be done.. Even
2frr.,.01cott said, in-a public ad
dress ."Takes may go higher."
Meanwhile, fHes to" oppressive
taxes, property ;5ias been for sale
alt over Oregon; often at a price
less1' than thfe assessed valuation.
Much of .it lias been sold at less
' t.har the assessed value. One of
every four vacancy ots In Portland
was confiscated for nonopayment
pi taxes in 1921, experts estimated,
- &nd tire confiscation has not ceased.
The burden of taxation on property
became so heavy that in April, .19 2 U
the, Pd-tland' Realty board passed
he following resolution:
--.Teras, the present load o? taxa
tion Is 'so great 'that It tends to depress
' the ' yale of rtl Jfopertyj to dis-
couragef home owning, home, building
and oiiper 'forma of inveetmei)t in real'
'estate. ' -si"
i The real estate men knew what
The tremendous tax increases werp
' doing to the state. -'; t was their
"business 'to know. ' They said that
the load of taxation was so great as
to depress the value-of real estate
"and to' discouiage ownership.
Mr Pierce lays he can and will
cut taXes. Secretary of State Kozer
'said they could be Cut a million.-
Mr.- Pierce has . given . a practical
plan to the public for the reduc-
'!tlon- The propbsais in his plan are.
in successful and satisfactory use
! ln many state ; M. Olcott does not
Iprornise" t cut taxes but says they
"may go higher." ' .. '
i ' Behold' the battery of great men
'and' near-great men, oratxjrs, spell
binders, , politicians and hot-air
artists outl on lha slump thunder
,ing in the. index and pawing the
valley in a combined onslaught on
;Mr. fierce. And -one lone man
fighting single-handed on the single
lubject of reducing taxes, and carry
ing.' on, a. gentleman's campaign in
.which he Has thrown no mud, has
proven himself ao powerful tn tha
rray-that all this host of statesmen
and neari-statesmen are barking on
His trail. . When a horny-handed;'
I farmer from the bills and plains of
- Eastern' Oregon is able all alone to
to fuss up and muss up his op
.ponents thaf 'a, whole, regiment Of
politicians are deemed necessary to
meet him , on the hustings it is a
pretiy good Showing for the farmers
of Oregon. :
pAR; shortage, serious. Apple
situation in Hood River i de
clared to be -desperate. -,
'- These are headlines from 8v3Por1?
land' newspaper of yesterday'. "The
news' Tstory under; these , headlines
The vref rigerator r shortage. - ac-
eordiutr to gut local applo shippers, ha
reached a serious stage. Unless relief
-comes tjuickly, very rtorage and ship
ptni? warehouse in the xaley VUl have
to cease deliveries. ;
-Tltli faculties for loading 40 -cars
... daily, we have been receiving on!yxan
:
average of five, can daily," said C.
H. Caetner, manager of the Hood
River Fruit company., "Our company
has rfot been supplied with a tear for
the last two days. We have 10,000 boxes
of Spltzenoergs at a shipping ware
house at OdelL and it will be disas
trous to leave this class of trait there."
J. C."Duckwall. an Odell shipper, says
lack of cars is resulting In cancellation
of orders because of inability to deliver
Lthe apples on time, .
Orders for alfalfa bay iren to a
Touchet, Wash., dealer two months
ago are delayed because at that
small station 4here, are' orders for
140 cars ahead of the orders for
Oregon shipment, according 'to a
correspondent, writing in TheJ
Journal yesterday; i
"The car shortage in iheorth
west is acute and i conditions, are
now" very V serious, said Arthur
Devers, chairman. oC .the executive
committee of the Portland Traffic
and Transportation association, in
an interview Thursday. , He Added:
Relief must re promptly iurnished.
to prevent great loss. Our iiforma
tion is both accurate and reliable, and
can be depended on. "VVe appeal to the
commission to do everything -within its
power promptly to relieve the situa
tion and save Ahe producers of thia
section .great losses.. ;
Why do not the railrcratas put to
work the 200,000 striking shopmen
whom they1 have locked out and
ijiave bad-drder oars repaired ad
relieve the car 'shortage? Wjay
doesn't' the Oregon public, service
commission take a hand in the situ
ation and advise- the roads to put
men to work and help. solve the
car shortage? " ;
One hundred of the railroads
have taken bade their shopmen.
The other roads, the roads center
ing in Oregon among them,' are?
stubbornly locking out men, whije.
iist Mr: Devers says, the producers
of the Northwest re thrsatened
with great loss. " -.
Near Portland 49 bad-order cars
are standing on a siding, while 14-0
cars are required at Touchet and
cannot be had.' Traffic is tam
pered, the processes of transporta
tion kre choked, the producers are
threatened with great loss. with
;200,000' idle shopmen in the country
and the railroads refusing to put
them to work.
What are public service commis
sions for? '
MORE TESTIMONY
CITY ENGINEER LAL'RCiAARD
has returned froi an extenffi'e
trip, in this country, and Canada,;
where he studied the one -jwayi
traffic plan. He" says, "One-way
traffic is jiot ohTy feasible but. in
many cities is highly desirable and
essential."
It may 'not be One-way traffic
that is essential iri . Portland, but
certainly something is essential to
relieve the constantly increasing
Congestion, arid one-way traffic is
the most practicable plan yet pro
posed.
There is Justso much space for
traffic In PortlaJLT streets. To re
lieve the 'congprion more space
must be provided or a way found
to -permit an easier flow of traffic
in the -present space, inasmuch as
the "number of vehicles that trav-,
erse the space is constantly mounting-
'
There have been attempts to
provide more room for traffic by
limiting and prohibiting parking.
But those restrictions have invari
ably been abandoned by the city
Council quickly afteadoption. It
was tlaimed that hardships were
pliaceal on business houses. Ap
parently that plan for increasing
the space-of traffic is abandoned.
It was proposed to widen the
streets. That " would cost a tre
mendous sum. In- addition, so.
many other obstacles would be en
countered that It is safe to say that
plan wiy not be adopted. No other
proposal, bas been made .to provide
more space for -the traffic- flow.
What -flse is to be done, then.
than to adopt a means of facilitat
ing traffic In he space now
allotted Ijyit? -Experts say one
way traffic will provide the solu
tion. Other cities have tried it and
fourid it Mgh-ly, satisfactory.
. Now the city engineer, after a
study of the problem, ' says Q1e
way traffic is feasible.
What then is there-left for the
council to ao but give tne plan a
trial? It has twice blocked' it, and
many times tinkered withv other
plans. All of them have failed and
the. congestion is rapidly increasing.
Is-' it not time for the commission
to .adopt a plan that will work and
Teep It in force until- it has proved
Uselpirnpracticable, if it is imprac
ticable ? , ' i
SHOOT, CLARENCE, SHOOT .
X - t
UNLESS they, jare careful there
"are rocks dead ahead for co
medians and near-comedians., They
will have to discriminate about the
names tbar -use J for the reason that
a mllkani group now in the course
Of organization', "is going to protest,
and protest vehemently, against
tscurrilous and wnat is to be''perU-
tous use of fthe names that members
received ajt biijh. , . ; '" . ' .
The Clarences of the country are
organ ix-'ng. A Clarence over In
Ohio became riled at fun poked at
the namel A , Clarence in Denver
has taken up-s the war-cry.? Others
have rebeled at what they insist is
not proper respect for their cogno
men. For instance, one" Clarence
Buys; : .-v . i. 4 .
Q.. i't a -v&uuwBiiQ .euueu come.
. an makes alleged funny cracks" aboat
.JW I"m riled. When I se - it 'used
in:.over-strained manner with Intended
humorous effect In a self-styled' comjic
paper. I'm mad. " ,r : . v. .-
? t don't want Clarence classed with
Percy or Reginald. The Percys and
the Reginalds -aremil" right.; no doubt
merely, unfortunate, bat if they want
to prove , it let them organiz as iwe
Clarencea are doing. i i , . "v. 1 1
" Another, Clarence points out .that
he received the name-without being
tnv.w a - . j i n t , , . r
consulted, -but' nevertheless, it is a
good name, he is proud of It, and
he doesn't propose to see a lot of
peoe casting reflections on it. So
thejo-ganizatlon is being completed
3' id fireworks is to follow. -
Thai campaign is aft right for the
arenceaj There are many, and
they can protect themselves. But
what- of the "poor few, burdened
down ' with Ichabod, ' - Zephanlah.
Hezekiah and kindred names, with
nobody else to help them fight their
battiest ,
Msrr. MeArthur says he bases his
appeal for i votes on hia record in
congress. Were-there enough gun
manufacturers, powder ; manufac
turers, profiteers, saloons and gi
gantic corporations ' In th.e Third
Ldistfict, Mr. ; McArthur would no
doubt be reelected. His record is a
record of votes in favor of Big
Business. Unfortunately for him, a
bisr majority or- the- reoile in his
district ar wage-earnerssoldiers,
drya, women and smaller taxpayers.
Starmding on his record is a ticklish
business for the Oregon representa
tivej under-the circumstances.
ISSUES AND ISSUES
SENATOR TAFIELL says the
, issu'e in the Oregon gubernato
rial election is .party solidarity.
; Where did .Mr. Stanffeld get his
information? '"Who told him that
those people . in Oregon who are
struggling under the greatest tax
burden the state ever saw had de
cided that -the most, important con
sideration in the coming election is
faith in any party ?
Tha may be Mr. Stanfield's is
sue. lis record ..may be Mr. Mc
Arthur 'a. Religious questions may
be the issue in the eyes of a certain
afternoon newspaper. The ques
tion of the possibility f a reduction
in taxes may be the issue' of a
morning newspaper. Certainly there
has been an attempt to make
everything from sandpaper to salt
the issue everything in fthe "world
but the escape from the crushing
burden of taxes.
But, after all," the voters of Ore-
kgon will decide what the issue is.
They know what they are interested
in, and it is neither a party, ft keg
of nails nor the state Of the weather
in Venezuela. They are much more
concerned about "how they are go
ing to' make ends meet after they
have completed their struggle- With
the tax collector, and in whether or
not his tolls ai,re going to be lower.
It is only, Natural that Mr. Ol-
cott's supporters, who 'admit that
they cannot reduce taxes, would
like io raise othfer issues. Thev
donike to taBc about taxes when
toe governor $imseir rrankly says
that they "may go higher." All
hands have been searching for
other 'talking points. But unfor
tunately each group seems to have
fallen in desperation on an issue of
Its own.
Sir Gilbert Parker, who will lec
ture at the Heilig next Thursday, is
the author, of 32 books, which ap
peared between 1S88 and 1920,
comprising poems, novels, books of
travel, plays and books of sports.
He has been for 20 .years a member
of parliament, is a prominent figure
in world politics and a conspicuous
f feader in reform movements' in his
own .country. He- is perhaps best
knowi teS Americans as author of
'The.;Right of Way." It is one of
the virtues of; lyceum circuits that
they bring notable men within
reach of their patrons.
IN THE, DARK,
THESE are days when pedestrians
have a heavy responsibility in
avoiding loss of life, and limb in
automobile accidents. .
After dark, and - especially on
rainy nights, it is extremely diffi
cult for automobile drivers to dis
tinguish a humjin being. 1 A pedes
trian traversing the .street can be
easiljtOverloQked under such con
ditions. But it is a' simple matter
for a pedestrian to see the lights
on an automobile And wait for the
car to pass. It is because of the
ease a-pedestrian thus enjoys in
avoiding a serious accident, that his
responsibility is great.
Moreover, ! ah automobile has to
be operated ih the street."Thorbugh
fares are for such- traffic Auto
mobiles are always there. How
simple it is t"hen for a pedestrian to
look -for the lights of an approach
ing motor car when preparing to
cross the street, and cross when
re re is no danger of a collision.
. Drivers, of course have to oper
ate more carefully in the rain and
dark than otherwise, . ' Such condi
tions are not an excuse for an acci
dent. But if drivers operate their
maciiines carefully under those
conditions, and pedestrians meet
the responsibility that rests upon
them, many an unfortunate acci
dent will be avoided, -i i ,
IN TIME
TTTTTH the beginning of the
"winter crime wave"' "and a
threat of depredations. Chief of
fcoliee Jenkins Is on the ' right
ourse, in directing Ue officers
under, his command to thoroughly
Investigate ' Idlers ; - and :' suspicious
characters. . . .. .i" . : ' s. i
c It is neither- humane nor good
public policy to bulldoze or brew-
-jbeat men who 'Are entirely honest
but unfortunate- g. -it Is absurd to
throw; men into jail who may be
temporary. victims of circumstances.
But, it is entirely proper for police
authorities to inquire into the whys
and ; f wherefores "of " the abitUal
Idlers, the streetcorner boys and
the 'poolroom- hangers-on..' It -is
good police policy to investigate
suspicious characters before1 rather
than, after the crime, wave has at
tained'ful swing. thoroughly
combinri the city at this time for
prospective or possible hold-up men
and - burglars the department may
avoid a lot of trouble later for the
people of Portland. ' -
THE BALLOT
MEASURES
For the information ,of the voters
The Journal will .present, from day-
. to day until ail have been die-,
cussed, a digest of tbe various pro-;
posals to be submitted- o popular;
vote on election, day. There are
six of these five proposed amend
ments to the constitution ant) onel
initiative measure. ' Two of them;
, we referred to the' electorate byi
the, legislative session of 1921; four;
have been put upon the ballot by
initiative petition. Each will be.
considered in the order in which it
is to appear upon the , official,
ballot. .- - - ; .
ARTICLE V
The "Compulsory Education Bill" is
the fifth, and last, proposal found on-
the state ballot. It is an initiative
measure. Should it be enacted by the
voters of the state at the coming elec
tion it would become effective,- under
the limitation of its terras, on the first
day of September. 1926. ...
It provides that "any parent, guar
dian or other person in the state of
Oregon having control, or charge, or
custody or any child' between theJ
ages of 8 and 15 years, inclusive, who
shall "fail or neglect or refuse" to
send such child to a nubile school dur
ing the period' of the school year in
the district where the child is resi
dent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
It goes further to constitute each sepa
rate day j during which such "failure,
neglect or refusal" shall continue, a
separate offense under the law.
The measure makes certain excep
tions to this general rule. It says that
any child- "who is abnormal, (subnor
mal, or physically unable to attend
school" shall Taot he required to at
tend public school. It also exempts any
child, within the age limits prescribed
bv the bill, who has completed- the
eighth grade accordance with tee
state ccurse of study.
Children between the ages of 8 and
10 inclusive whose place of residence
is more than one- and one half miles
from the school, and children .over 10
years of age who live- over three miles
away shall not be required to attend
public school unless transportation is
furnished by the school board, in which
case "the exemption shall,, not apply.
It is also provided that any child
who -is being taught by a parent or
private teacher euch subjects as are
usually taught in the first eight years
of the public school, and for a like
period of time, shall not be requirea
to attend public school. But the pro
viso is attached to this exemption that
the parent -or private teacher must first
secure written permissnon from the
county school superintendent, which
permission shall cover the, current
school year only. Such child is fur
ther required to report at least once
every three months and take an exam
ination in the work covered. Should
the superintendent determine that the
child is not being poperly taught he
shall order it to attend the public
school for the' remainder ofrthe school
year.
Tr la not srxtcified bv the terms of
the proposed law- who it is that shall
determine when, or whether, a child is
abnormal, subnormal or -physically un
able to attend school. Being a statute
penal in its nature and therefore call
ing for a strict construction of its
to be' indefinite in that it seems to
exempt children abnormal, subnormal
or physically unable to attend "any"
Tn nthsr words, a child mierht
be sufficiently abnormal or subnormal
or physically defective xo oe unniiea
for attendance upon the public school,
V1 of henefit and instruc
tion at home or Jn some special school
or institution. . this would raise tne
question of whether he was exempt un
der the law from attending the public
school, and. the law itself names no
tribunal which is to. oe tne juage oi
this fact.
The punitive sections of the bill,
however, are definite and rigorous. The
first paragraph particularizes that
"each day's failure" on the part of a
nnWn-'", ctiari'na tn Spnd a Child.
within the ages named n the bill, to a
public school ' shall , constitute a sepa
rate offense." And the last fixes the
punishment for the misdemeanor at a
fine of not less than ia nor more than
UU, or IU IIHitr lovuHiswv "V- --'
jail not less tffan two nor more than
30 days, or by both such fine ana im
prisonment in the discretion of the
court."
One day's violation of the law woum
carry a penalty of from $5 to. $100,
or imprisonment of $rom two to 30
days, or both. It could run from the
minimum fine or imprisonment to the
maximum, or to both together. .
In the school year there arc- 200
school days. A parent or guardian who
might "fail, refuse or neglect" to abide
by the law for the entire school year,
would be chargeable, with 200 separate
misdemeanors under the terms of the
bill. Conviction for these could, carry
., -n,ir from II 000 to 120.000 ;
imprisonment ranging from 400 to 6000
days, or both sucn line. uiu upii
ment combined, at the. discretion o
the court.
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The ballot numbers of the measure
are "31 Yes" ana "3to xo.-
who believe in the terms ana purpose
of the. law should voteM314 Xs Yes,
those opposed to it "315 X No." .
Letters From the People
, ICbmmnriieations sent to Tb JjttMl
publication In thi. department should be writ-
exceed ouu wo
tun muA CO)UH"7 V"- r
A TAX-WEARY FARMER
A Republican Who Is for Pierce. Re
. membering Records of .Two
Noted Predecessors. :
Hubbard. Oct: 26. To-the Editor of
The Journal I -have lived In . Oregon
more than 35 years, and have farmed
all that time. Our taxea have in
creased tsteadily unUl taxes are v now
simply rent . During that Um the
Republican party has been In power,
excepting when ; Pennoyer. Charfrber
lain and Oswald West served as- gov
ernors. X abaye' been a steadfast - Ret
publican and --did not vote for either
of theee ueo for goveraor. But I
remember; rtiuim Sylvester Pennoyer
told theljwaHrleof Oregon. If you win
elect me. governor of ; this state I will
put It , out of "debt" ? And he did it.
Then came - k Republican , governor,
and we were put teto debt 1 again.
Then Qeoirge E.. Chamberlain was
nomlnata by the Democrats, and he
told the pele if be were elected he
would' put the state oat of debt,, And
he kept his word, and the state was
once more free from debt; Then Os-
b had the nerve to use the veto power
mo I reel y uiat .uw u:V vu vt ucuu
ac.nA AKam w mfHt1' haa Jta4 k eiulla.
puted control of . the . stats In every
aepanmeui, . auu - siaiaj ww vwa uie
I am one i Republican, -who la going to
u j t mnrrr ,-aa , iw av aw . aacja.
four years 'and . see if he can relieve
us of this tax burden. - . ! : v :
Governor Ben Olcott and his man
Friday. Tom Kay, have not promised
us anything, only ! that they wilt give
us the ixinn kind of administration
in the future as In the past, i For theirj
informaUon I -will say that is , Just
what we don't want. Tom Kay baa
been- a millstone 'around the. neck xf
the taxpayers -for 15 years, and -he has
no record for' economy, that he can
point to with inach pride, and it cornea
In very poor grace foe- him to tour
the state finding! fault.) with Pierce
because he wants! this waste of the
people's money to letop. i i v -
Now what are we farmers going to
do "vote her- straight" and bankrupt
the state, or wiir jwe, lay party aside
and try . one more Democrat! who says
he will give us relief. The others
Chamberlain and! West-kept.? their
word, - and 2 am oine who i going to
trust Walter Pier it tc give us help.
. v j - A; Farmer From Jfuboard.
S aTNARI COXUtED
A Critic Points Out Salilenti Facts in
" the Senator'a r Own Potltical ..
i Ahtecedehcy. - j
'Portland, Oct. 27. To the i Editor of
Th .Journal Senator ; McNary is
quoted as telling his audience at Baker
on. October 24 thatf'the administration
of 'President Harding "must not be
jeopardized by the election pf a Democratic-governor
on November 7; that
there is no place fa! a Republican state,
such as Oregon, fo a Democratic gov
ernor unless the na4ority at '.Washing
ton is -to be embarrassed ; i that
Senator Chamberlain bUiJdf d bigger
than he knew, a ! machine powerful
enough not only to elect himself to
the senate with Senator Lane, but
Oswald West, was able to assume the
governor's chair 'under he iinfluence.
The election of Mri.ePierfce might put
him in a possible position jto embarrass
the administration." '
Many voters weuld like to have
Senator McNary - explain what injury
was done the state of Oregon by -the
election of Chamberlain as : governor
of the state and later to tbe United
States senate? What injury! was suf
fered by the election of . Harry Lane
to the United States-senate K If Sen
ator Chamberlain's " machine resulted
in the election of Oswald West ag gov
ernor of the state of Oregon, Senator
McNary and Governor Olcott should
be the last ones to assail that machine.
Soon after Oswald - West was in
auguarated governor ofj Oregon the
secretary of state died. Whereupon the
governor appointed Ben Oleott, M Re
publican, then obscure and unknown,
secretary of state. fA little later there
was a -vacancy on :the supreme bench
of the state of Oregon ; i although
there were then' six Republicans on
the supreme bench. Governor West ap
pointed nis mend, Charles N.i McNary,
then practically unknown outside of
Marlon county, to fill the vacancy.
If there was a Wesb-Chamberlain
machine, both .Qfeott and McNary. it
not a. part of it, t at least creatures
As the result of the election of Os-,
wald West, as governor of Oregon,
Charles N. Mcary is now senior sen
ator from this state and Ben Olcott
"is governor.
For either Senator McNary or Gov
ernor Olcott to condemn jthe so-called"
Democratic West - Chamberlain ma
chine is an exhibition of base ingrati
tude. Oglesby Young.
PIERCE AS TAX-PATRIOT
Supported Inheritance Tax Measure.
Which Would Affect His
n Own Estate,
Santa Cruz, CaL,, Oct. 25.-i To the
Editor of The Journal As a -sidelight
on, the character of Walter M. Pierce.
I would recall -that during h'is first
term in the state senate, back an either
1303 or 1905, he and Dr. C. j. Smith,
his colleague from , TJmatiila: county,
supported ah Inheritance tax Mil which
was one among the first to be adopted
in this country. The two men were
then well to dp. , with fine prospects
for acquiring fortunes large:' enough
to come under the terms of ;the new
tax. They j thus proved their adher
ence I to right, r&cardless of conse
quences to themselves. C. P. Strain.
DECLARES BATTLE WON '
Only Remains for Fierce Supporters to
Turn Out on Election Day and ,
Do Their Duty
Union, Oct, 25. To" the Editor of the
Journal The battle is wn. All that is
now required is for the voters of the
state to go tcrthe polls on November 7
and confirm with their votes the vic
tory. , But this is important : your Vic
tory Is not complete until you have
clinched It with your votes.
waiter M. Pierce-. will be the next
governor of i Oregon, If the voCers per - 4
form their last dutr on election An-r
Let voters and taxpayers not rely on
any political organization to .get the
vote to tne pons. Let verat Pierce
man consider himself a 'committee of
uiitj io urge voters to tneirauty. The
taxpayer Is not entiUed to relief from
tax. burdens unless he performs this
last duty, regardless, of weather and
regardless of other-business. The most
Important business of -the year Is to
go to the polls on election day, and urge
your neighbors to go. The bigger the
vote on election day the more complete
win be the victory and the greater the
assurance of the future success of our
efforts. The election off Pierce means a
mandate to the legislature jto put
through the Pierce program. Let the
mandate be of such character that no
member with loyalty to his constitu
ency can shirk nis duty. The slush
fund of the tax-dodgers and tax-eaters
has utterly failed in its purpose to de
feat Pierce, s "Dr. Pierce" is taken as
a fit name for Walter. M. Pierce at this
time. He is the only man who has pre
scribed a dose, that -twill kill off the
germs of disease with which these tax
dodgers -and tax-eaters are aff Mated.
He is the Only man who has prescribed
a dose which promises relief I to) the
patient. the overburdened taxpayer.
With one mighty last effort,, let? put
Dr. Pierce where he can adroliffster
these doses. ' B. F. Wilson.
A -SINGLE TAX STATEMENT
Exception Taken to The Journal's
Statement Regarding the Bal
lot Measure." ;
Portland, Oct- 25. To the Editor of
The' Journal I regret that In your
comment on the single tax measure
you failed to make iclear the; opera
tion of --that measure. Youujsay tt
will make the state the supreme, land
lord and the citizens tenants. ! I wfsh
to state that it will not make the state
the supreme landlord in any other sense
than the state is now the supreme
landlord. Iri fact, it will abolish land
lordism both by the state and the pri
vate monopolist and institute in its
place a supreme democracy where
every citizen can sit '.beneath his own
vine a&d fig- tree with none to molest
and none to make, afraid. It i Is the
only measure that tells the state where
it begins and. ends and also tellsc the
eitizen where, the line of demarkation
is between the public .and tne citizen.
Your statement is also, misleading- when
it is stated that there win bei no gross
earnings tax ion public tatiitie. That is
true. , but it taxes public utilities-on
their monopoly values, such ss termin
als ana rights of way and other land
values. Railroads today -are allewed
the value of " their land : holdings as
part -of the basis "of freight rates. The
people make the land values, and then
the people pay freight rates Obe the
land vsJues ."Wliile itliere wopld be
no severance tax, it does tax natural
resources just as we axe now euppoeed
to tax .them. - , Ail land titles are bow -in
the nature of a lease subject - to can
cellation in default of taxes. The law
la not changed, s r. R, Hertsaan. "
V! COMMENT AND
P SMALL -CHANGE
; -"Wilhelm' asks world trial." Oh. boy i
Make us the jury, please.' ! i -
postoffice has been opened near the
Nertbr Pole. How could a love letter
from there contain any warmth? -
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A phonograph company has declared
a 600. per. cent dividend. Where's the
man who said,. "What fools we mortals
be!" t: .:'. .-':
A "goofy"- second - 'lieutenant has
brakes into the news back in Chicago.
What other kind of second 'lieutenants
is-there? . ; . ' i
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The! thing we object tO! about this
weather is the seeming effort to make
up a seven-inch rainfall .deficiency in
24 hours.-, - ':--.;
Local phone company claims a loss
of. revenue. Maybe it can be found in
tn same place the service went to
some time ago. . -
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People who let good advice "go in
oiMTar and - out the other" usually
hadn't anything inside to . Interfere
with such a course
Now that1 some men have adopted
trpusers split land button-trimmed at
the ankle, may we not expect lace
cuffs and embroidered collars? -
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If you can tell us why publishers of
otherwise- interesting books leave the
pages iuncut we can tell yott why tie
moon is made of green cheese. .
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations Abpictt Tqwxi
R. W. Hagood has returned from ' a
month's trip to New York, Washing
ton, D. and Birmingham, 'Alabama.
He predicts that PlerceTwlll be elected
governor by 15,000. . : . -'
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Dr. James At Baker of Gaston is in
Portland attending the ' OregOn. Med-
ical association meeting.
Clifford fVan Metre of Grass Valley
was among , recent yisitors to the
metropolis.
' W. H- Lawson- and J.
Bowen of
Waldport are among
viRttnrai
out" of
town
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. W. D. Bowser of Monroe, while at
tending'" to business 'in the. metropolis.
Is a- guest of the? Portland.
Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, health officer
of Prtneville, is spending a few da-q
in Portland. . 1
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Mr. and Mrs. A- B. Epperson of
Klamath Falls are jyisiting in Portland.
" Dr Owens Adair is registered at the
Portland from Astoria.
.
Among arrivals from Cannon Beach
is C. Shaw. , -
W. K. Brown of Fort 'Klamath is
among out of town visitors.
-
Charles Hardy of Eugene Is regis
tered at "the Multnomah. -
D. A.. Kreamer of Independence was
among recent arrivals in the. city.
"
Carl Renstrom of Astoria Is regis
tered at the Multnomah.
IMPRESSIONS AND. OBSERVATIONS
"OF THE JOURNAL MAN
- " " By Fred Lockley - . ; .
In a -Clackamas county home 51 r. Lockley
makes discOYery of an Extraordinary relic, ones
the possession of an ' extraordinary man a
tmrlgator, diacoTerer and scientist, who suffered
a most tragic death-
It is a far cry from Captain James
Cook, who was killed and eaten-by
the natives of the Sandwich islands
on St. Valentine's day, 1779, to a peace-
fcil little farm in the Willamette val
.fey, but" when I visited Margaret Otty
Stevens at her farm , home midway
between Portland and Clackamas, re
cently, I heard the storyof the life
and death of Captain Cook and saw
Captain Cook's sword. She also has a
letter of Captain Cook among her
treasured possessions. r. i - -.
As you travel the main .highway
from Portland to Clackamas you turn
east from 82d street and follow the
Sunnyside ' road until you come to the
92d street rpad. Turning north on this
road,' you follow It to the jog that turns
to the west, and you are there. Mrs
- tvens has passed her ,80th mile
stone, but xioes not look It. In fact.
she looks younger . than her brother,
Charley. Otty;. Who .Is ight years' her
Junior. 'No, my sister won't tell yoaf
fher age," he said ; 'iut I was born tn
1S50, and Margaret 1 was 8 years old
when I was-born, 'so you can figure
her age for yoursett." Mrs..,- Stevens
smiled, amd said,'T don't. keep -track of
birthdays any more, but I dort'jt- mind
telling you I was born wlfhiu itearing
of Bow bells, in London. ,' Mjn people
moved to Canada about 75 years ago,
when I-was less than 6 years oSd. My
father was a carpenter and cabinet
maker. We . settled at London, On
tario, where I met William Stevens,
my i husband. He also was born in
London and: like my father, was a
carpenter. We Were married at Lon
don. Ontario. ' I have two . children.
Charley is 47, and George, my baby, is
45. jWe moved, to Oregon 43 years ago.
My husband built many of the houses
about here. There were six ' children
in our family. My brother, William
Otty. is 82 .and lives down the road
about half-a mile. George' -also lives
nearby, as does my brother. Charley.
My - sister Isabel, now Mrs. Arthur
Mather, lives near Clackamas. -
, . "That sword hanging over the fire
place mantel- belongs to my son-i
Charles. . Captain -Cook was Yorkshire-
lad He and Captain Smith mar
ried : sisters. When Captain Cook was
killed, while wintering iri the Sand
wich islands,, his 'possessions were
brought back to , England and turned
over to sis wife. Upon the- death, of
Mrs.: Cook, the sword, with other family
possessions,- was left to her sister. Mrs.
Smith. When: Mrs. Smith died She left
the sword to my husband's mother. She
leftjt fo her eldest son, John Stevens;
who dying without children. left it to
my husband, and he left it 'to Charley,
our eldest sen. Take It out of .its scab-''
bard. ' You will see it is s Very fine
sword. Yes, the scabbard is of leath
er, with metal -ornaments. I let Charley
play: with it when lie, was a little lad.
and he bent the scabbard, as' you see.
See; here on theblade of the sword is
the inscription. Tor JClng and Country.'-
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' I am not "going to quote Mrs. Ste
vens further, but. before 1 leave the
subject of Captain Cook's sword J shall
give a few facts about the wrrran who
once wore it Captain James Cook, was
the son - of fna-Urborer and was
born in 1728 at Marion. In Yorkshire.
At the sge-"6f "12 he was apprenticed
to , shopkeeper - h i the --- village . of
Stalthes ; NM liking the trade of shop -keep-,
i'1 -ibe landed a - place -: ss
cabin bojr-. ia"- shipping - firm, at
Whitby tsat carried coal to the Baltic
sea countries. He stayed with the sea
until he had become mate. At the
breaking iiout of war with France in
1735 he volunteered as an able seaman
in the i-ogralBavy. ; Four . years later
he wai given, a master's warrant and
put in. command of the "Mercury. - He
put . in all his spare time, studying
mathematics and . astronomical naviga
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NEWS EK "BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Our ancestors lived in"" trees an
average man of. today is up a tree nTjst
of the tune. Albany Democrat.
If they really want to increase the
value of thein marks the i . Germana
should print thorn on the kind. ofpa per
American publishers have to use. Eu
gene Guard. - f .-..
We notice tsat President Harding
praises the work of congress. ' It must
be admitted that it takes a lot of di-
Frlomaey to handle the president's of
icej La Grande Observer.
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Increased wealth in the state and bet
ter equalization rof taxes are 'advocated
as a means of reducing taxea. These
will have the effect 'desired to some
extent, but it Is Slot wise to overtook
economy in accomplishing the reduc
tion. Baker Herald. : i U
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We wish people would bring I us
things to eat arsd flowers to smell, but
when a feller, brings in av bunch ? of
chrysanthemums and we. have to write
a squib about 'em we always -have to
get out the dictionary and see how
chrysanth. are epeHed. r Roeeburg
News-Review. ! -'..;; '.;.,-
A coroner's jury in Calif ornla exoner
ated a man whofJtHled his philandering
wife and on the same-day a : Jury in.
Missouri' acquitted the girl who kiUedJ
tne periecD lcrver" who refused to
marry her. The unwritten law appears
to be there wth. bells on. Eugene
Register. ' j
Dr. Q. C Bellinger, superintendent
of the state tuberculosis hospital at
Salem, is taking in .the meeting of
the Oregon Medical association,
', ..., ; -Mr.
and Mrs Mark P. Miller of
I Moscow, wbo accompanied the Uni
versity of Idaho football team to
Portland, are guiests o the Multnomah.
Congressman jHawley of the First
congressional djBtrict .was among vis
itors to the city, Friday,
W. W. Lungejt of Lafayette was 'in
Portland Friday; sizing up the political
situation. , J -
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H. : G. Wallace is a recent "arrival
from the county seat of Deschutes
county.
Dr. R. - B Miller" of Lebanon is
among tnose -present at the state
health association meeting. r .
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. F. A. Leavitt of La Grande is among
out of town visitors.
.
L A. Duncan Is a visitor'from The
Dalles. -
Among. Deschutes county visitors Is
James H. jVail of Redmond.
A. R. Nichols of Corvaliis w-as trans
acting business in Portland Friday. -
Charles Hugglns' of. Hood River
spent Friday in Portland.
A K. Doty pf Kerry has com'to
Portland on s-business visit.
'Among out ofs town guests is Clyde
Kelty of McMinnvllie.
tion. His charts of the Labrador-and
Newfoundland coasts were so far to
advance of anything made up to that
time that he was employed by the
ioyai society to take command: of its
expedition . to the Pacific, to observe
the transit of Venus. Leaving Ply
mouth August 20. 1768. he reached Ta
hiti. Aprims, 1769, and on June "3 the
transit of Venus was dulv observed
.and recordfed. On his wav home he
fcharted thegcoast of New-Zealand and
also the eastern coast of Australia, He
discovered that New Guinea la sepa
rated -from the mainland of Australia.,
whichi fact had not : been known. He
rounded the Cape of Good Hope, . and
reached England rn the summer of
1771. On July J3. 1772; he sailed for
a .jnree; years' cruise And in a trip
of over bo.000 miles explored the Ant
arctic region from New. Zealand to
Cape Horn. The big thing he did .on
this trip- was to establish the fact that
tby .proper care and diet it was not
pecessary. to lose half, the crew f rom j
scurvy, as was the rule in those days.
During the. three years cruise' he lost
but one man ef his crew of 118, an
unheard of 'record at that time.' He
was awarded a gold medal for his dis
coveries and other" services to human
ity. Oil July 12, 1776, he again sailed
from England on a voyage of discovery
in the South Pacific Inx January, 1778,
he discovered the Sandwich islands and
made s survey , of the coast of North
America as far north as Bering strait.
He named the islands which lay at the
crossroads of the Pacific; the Sandwich
island's, in honor of Lord Sandwich,
first lord of the admiralty. Who had
been a loyal friend. Cook sighted the
island of Oahu on January x$, 1778.
He anchored off Kauai and landed at
Waimea. According to the Hawaiian
tradition, their god Lono had promised
to return some day.; so .when Captain
Cook landed the natives thought Lono
had come back.-, They-, fell on t their
faces, and paid him homage., ViThey
thought the. sailors were heavenfy at
tendants.'" 'rVhen the . sailors smoked,
that settledr it. r tio 'one - not dfvine
could,' breath .fire- and smoke as they
did. When they ?took flint and: steel
or a pocket knife from their pockets
they thought none but supernatural be
ings could take things ef .that kind
from openings in their sides as did
the sailors. The news-of Captain Cook
Spread from, island to island, and upon
his return from the Arctic he was met
by more than ' 8000 canoes, and thou
sands of natives "prostrated themselves
before him when he landed. The king
of . Hawaii . came , out -in the royal
canoe and offered to' turn over- his
kingdom, fu hlm. The .king -invested
Captain Cook iwith the-. Insignia of
royalty, placing a feather mantle "on
his shoulders ' and a, feather ' helmet
on his head.! The kmg also presented
him -with, six feather cloaks which,
even in that day, because of their great
rarity, were at almost priceless worth.
In return. Captain Cookjgave the king
a wmte snirt -. : sna . s-. cutlass ' The
a tlnra - o w-a rn at thai ' tha
priests, cut down and carried of fthe
wonderfully carved posts of the sacred
tempi ; and used; them for ; firewood.
On February 4 the Resolution and the
Discovery set ' sail, but, encountering
a severe storm, returned for repairs.
On February . 13 : boat belonging' to
the Discovery , was found to be Buss
ing, so Captain Cook went ashore and
tried Lto . take . the i king . aboard ' his
boat as a hostage until the small boat
was returned ' The ' natives resisted
and In the seuffle- one of the native
chiefs "--'-stabbed? Cook. ; "The : natives
thought Captain Cook was a god. sod
were greatly astonished" when he died
frorat being s, stabbed--- His, flesh i
stripped - r from ; his - bones . sad : was
burned with religious ceremonies. The
bones In part were returned ; to the
ship and . were buried st sea-s The
ribs, breastbone and feet were retained
by, the natives ana were placed In a
temple' and worshiped as sacred relics.
The death of Captain Cook caused uni
versal regret In England and the Tclntf,
in recognition of bis services,', granted
a .life pension to his widow.
The Oresron Coiihtify
KocUi-rest Haprnaioss im Brief Vbrlaj ir the
-OREGON
The bud-ret recently adopted i bv the
city councU of Reedsport callsvior 12,-
eou to pay the expenses or thej cuyxior
Ue -coming year,-. I- i i
' A' fine 14-passenger stage for th5 :
Unioh-La Grande run is being 1 eon-:
ftructed at La Grande by P. G. Delap r
and will soon be ready for service1 r.
The cost to Polk county cf the War-
ren murder trial, which resulted inhis :
acquittal, was $1587, -most of which,
was paid to jurors and ' witnesties. ,v
'Because of the- poor market, both u
growers and buyers dt potatoes ii !
Lane county are storing the crop -at !
Springfield and, other points along the j
railroad. N - - PH--- '-1 1
Morri"L5uaer, a resident Of lAgness'K
in Cutry countyKwas found dead in his !
home a few daysNigo by the nMI car- I
rier. rHe -had i evidently uhot hinvself
with.a .22. rifle. - . .-; p (.., "-);i;
Candidates fbr city offices In Silver- '.
ton failed to file .acceptance, of itheir ;
nominations within-the time prescribed
by law, and names' must be .written iu ;
u sue oiriciai oaaot. .- ; ; .-.rl.f j : :,; ,j i:
Residents of Harrlsburg oij.Noveiu- fi
be 1 will -vote '.on the propos jtion of "
issuing $10,000 in bonds to 63hipiet.e the -.
highway through: the lows and, SlS.vuO
for constructing sewers ' -: " ! I j
The drill in the Lower Cohimbia Oil ;
and Gas company's well near tAstorla '
has reached A depth pt 400 feet There i '
is some gas in the softer strata, .but ;
uo show iiig of oil colors. :' ; ;;: v : H j:
' Mas.: Kate Habson, widow of the lata ! -Captain
"Richard Hobson, an ' Oregoa
pioneer of 1849. died a few day ago at
Astoria. Mrs; Hobson was 86 years of
age and had lived at Astoria since 1854.
An election to vote on the proposal
to raise a lo-mill road tax in the Camp '
creek district .of Lane county Iwiil be
held November 4..- A road twp miles- t
in length is to be built in that district.
The S3t. Helens ShjPbuildlng company '
has secured the contract for the con
struction of two pile drivers to ibe util
ized in conjunction with dike work on:
the lower Columbia river. Eaeht driver
will cost S12.382. T ,
The purchase of a JlO.OOfP Enterprise
Diesel engine by -the F. J Shore y com- -
pany, recently granted s a ligiit i and!
power franchise for the city of Reeds-I
port, assures -the citizens: of that town,
that light and power will soon be in-!
staiiea. -y-i, "- . '
4 WASHINGTON
" Of 40 Indictments returned by k fed-,
eral grand, jury at Seattle, Wednesday. '
32 charge violations of the laws agamet. -narcotics.
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Plans have been complet-sfl If or the.
construction of a new men's dormitui-y-!
next spring at the, Ellensburg "State
Normal "school. The building I will be i!
financed by 7 per cent bonds, h , ' "j
A contract has been let for Isupply-v
ing and delivering Wilkeson cut stone
for the completion of the walls of the
state capitol building at Olympia, The
stone will cost approximately 2u0,000.
Still aonther political party has made
its appearance in - the state of Wash
ington. It calls itself the flndepend
ent" party and, .has put a nominee la
the field for Seattle city commissioner, j
Stanley Ballard, a .Yakima -valley t
rancher, hes struck" an excellent, flew j
of artesian water on his ranch at - a ;
depth of 400 feet. There is more than,
enough to irrigate his 40-acre orchard. '
While hunting ducks, Sunday, scat- 1
tered -shot from a companion's - gun:
struck Marshall , Ames, 17. eon of 1L :
a. xmes of Pomona, in the right leg : 1
and right eye. The boy may lose hit v
eyesight, ' j--; i - ",
A case being tried in the : superior -court
at Vancouver, Tuesday, was con- i
tinued when it was found that I the at- !
torney for the defendant, a juror and
two state -witnesses had walked away ;
during a recess. , '" j :. f.-.-.i, 1
Charles Hebbard of Seattle: 1 chalr-v
man --of the Republican state commit-
tee, hasf announced the appointment of
an advisory committee to usast m thel
work that remains to be done in the
present; campaign. - r 1 t
Harry "BroIaskL-serving a-term at
McNeil island "for violating: the prohi
bition law, urider-ajrent an operation for"
cancer In Tacoma, Thursday, in a flnl
effort to regain his health: BrolaBki
is ex-mayor of. Redondo, I Cal., aud -wealthy.
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. IDAHO . - : ' , ;. ; ' .,
Governor- Day ii 'has proclaimed No-
week in Idaho. ' . i i i - '
For the first , Ume! in many I years ' I.
there ia sk house shortage in many of I
the mining districts .of Idaho, the situa
tion at Wallace being particularly '
acute. ' - - :-.' !: .
: A contract has been let for construe- : . 1 '
tion of 10.2 -miles of the North and -
South big way running morth - from j r
Bonners Ferry. -The load will ; cost :l
9i,t?4. :'. ; - u:r i f.-, ,.N;u
" Oscar Aurehreith, residing near Rath-- -'
drum, lost his . barn by-fire Tuesday 1 ,
night together with a- winter's: supply , '
of hay, a wagon,- sled and a)l farm im- . i 1
plements. -
A loan of $1,500,000 to the Idaho i . i
Wheat Growers' association: hats- been i -.
approved by Eugene Meyer Jr., man- , '
aging d. rector of the War Finance, cor- j-', :
poration. ."''' --' - j -j j- . - ; ;: i ! 1
A contract for four SO-foot-span steel - ! i
bridges over the Coeur d'Alene i river t : " M
on the North Pacific highway hss been :
let to w. a. ityers et to. oi-a-ipoKane
tor -S45.U30.40. , A
The North Centf-al Idaho and I South
eastern Washington Teachersfl Inati
tute will, hold a' five days'' session next
weeit, Degmning .Monday, at the Unt
versity oi laano., -
1 . TJwpnty Years Ago
From The Jodrnal of Oct. 28, J902
Th committee to which was referred ;
the ordinance - to set aside . pertain
ground on the east side for thei.use of
the oil companies, Will report l-favor-
abiyi It is believedlthe council will '
pass the ordinance. - .f -- ! - ; j ;
Charges qf extravagance in the con
duct -of : the city .physician's I office, .
which. Councilman -Bentry ; preferred
against Dr., Zan, have been referred
to the committee on health and police
for Investigation. i f, i i .
The two pine needle factories of :'
Grants Pass are running steadily: aud
are -turning out. about 600" pounds of
pfne needle fiber and consuming about -a
ton. of pine needles each dayj ; t i"- ' i.
Representatives' of the Building - -Trades
Council- have, many unkind re- .
marks to make aboSt the: members of
the Portland school board "because a
SeatAeflrm was given the contract'
forthe erection of a number- of rmrta. ...
Ibis school houses on the east side. - -,
"After an absence of a '. number of ' "j-r
weeks .the Albina ferry steamer W. S. -Mason
has resumed her usual run.
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. Sellwood win have help, from : other "
sections of the city in her: ef texts to
secure a free ferry in that section of ' i.
town. : -. ' - . - - i
- The Oregon Water, Power 4c Railway -
company announces that on and after'
November 1 it will inaugurate a-10r
minute car service on its Mount Tabor !
line. . I , ,
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- J. B. Gilbert, a farmer on thef Base
Line road, was killed by ia. .1 vicious -boar
SUnda" evening.- j
Harbormaster - Biglin states 1 that
there is law on the statute books of
this state- wbach he intends to enforce -ins
the future so far as.lt applies-to -I
the sailor , boarding house proprietors.
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An effort is being made by residents
of -Seliwood -for- a better -car -service
Into that section ' of the .- etty. : t The ,
Oregon Water. -Power & Railway com- ;
pany now gives a 20-mlnuto schedule, ,
but a 15-minute service is wanted.
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