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A STATE SCANDAL
ABIQ Busm tourlnr car, owned
by ptfTtA and aaaigaed to
th atate .penitentiary, was used by
two state employes on the state
payroll lat ; Thursday to convey a
stenoarapber from Salen to Silver
ton to f et stenorrapHj report of
a speeelf delivered by Walter
Pleroe, candidate for - governor.
. The car M In chars of a deputy
warden at the penitentiary and a
parole officer. ' . -
. ',. The trip nt this state-owned ait,
tomobil is mere epieode. In it
eelf, it-atnounu to nothtaff. The
thln about t fa. what It means. It
ia known that the state of Oreron
now owns and operate 435 auto
mobiles and -true. - Nobody knows
how many more may be owned by
th-e state and be in use by state em
pVyes. W see in this casea. ap-'
- uty pridB warden and a state pa
role officer iisinv a state-oned
( Car; for political purposes. ' ."v
; Everybody know what It coati to
own and operate ' an , automobile.
Everybody knows that about five
years la the lif e of an ordinary au
tomobile, and that at the end of
that time it U discarded or junked.
Everybody knows that the actual
owner j of art automobile is careful
In its us, because he has the hills
to pay; and eyerybody knows that
If th peronj 9Prtlf a cart is a
public employ with no bUls to
foot, there is far less tare in han
dlins; it. ; T
. Four hundred and thirty-five
stata-owned autompblles aiid. trucks
operated by jwstiy state officers and
employes under the conditions here
described i very -costly business.
Vhen these "43& automobiles -and
.trucks have been hacked about on
'fishlcg trips, trips to the seaside,
trips to? igirverton t- ct a steno-
araphic report of a political speech,
hunting: trips, week-end trips and
all the .other trips, Just how long
will it b:iintU th whole i435of
them will have to be scrapped?
And wilj the statie thereupon pro
' ceed to buy ahother 435 automo
biles and trucks to replace them?
, And. in thW 1 meantime, what will
- be the cost to the public in dollars
and cents in-repairs, in sasolinV, in
rtl," iBiV renewal of worn-out or
broken parts, in destruction by ac
cidents, and tha very piany pthr
costs and expenses Incident to op.
' eratin-r. not one, but 4. t machines?
; In4 an address at- Safeni. Friday
nlrt& Walter Pierce placed the to
' 4al coat of maintainlrig these state
owned machines vat; $160,069; to
.f 250,0')' a jreari vUis estimates are
probably too low.- To own and qp
crate an automobile hot infrequent-
- ly costs around .,$100 aj. month,
Many an owner operates his car at
' much less cest.He is something:
' of a maehtnist himself, does much
of his own repairlif and U frugal
and careful wii'lhJL jhit how many
public employes amf -poin? tOftak
'. '. as much; pains e-r-M as economical
J withan automobile as would " an
I owner f. It is not at all improbable
: that'the cost of operating these 43 S
state-owned -automobiles is above
: ;tha 3 which Mr. Plereo
jnamce the maximum. And this
v does not take Into account the cost
r ly item of deterioration. I " 1
; .11 rl .Pierce has beenT naed and
; hallenjred and bedeviled by the
.'Olcot "supporters to.,j(ttt his finyer
on ' places T'where" he t could - save
iuoney ; In pointing feut the ax
travaratitr waste 'and', oufrajfaous
abuse "in the case of t statevowned
automobiles. ; he baa given them
something that they aked, tor.
Why all this ; worry ut the
diminished size of ; ou - nationai
army? If . AmericaJa the peace
she seeks for herself and the world
there will be no heed of a bigr army.
If undeslred trouble comes we have
some, 4,000,000 World war trained
veterans who would, be first to re
spond to the call for their country's
defense. -:. - - - ' ' - ' .j
FIVE TEARS
t OAUli RIMEX is a . J2-yearoldl
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a ooy. tie nas aus. tone w
Leavenworth prison jto serve, sen
tence of vo years for forgjttf;
stolen postal money orders.
It is his second . sentence. Only
recently he completed term of
three years in a Iew Jersey peni
tentiary . - - "'r
At 22, Paul JUmel has tpent or ts
to spenflv years of his life behind
prison ! bars with, criminals,' dishon
ored and - banished "3by; society.
What was hi. age when.-5 began
his illicit operations?, Where did
he tret the idea? What was bl en
virooraent in early yeara?
A couple ef evening pest,
group of beys were gathered en the
corner of Beech 'street and .Union
avenue, to Portland, They were
loitering and passing remajrks, to
pedestrians between fpuffs of cigar
ettea JPwo llock i, farther down
th streetwaa; another group. A
few block faither was -another.
What is their environment ? What
are -they Jmliding for the, future?
Paul. Rhuel probably started on his
career in something of the same
-manner. 4
Thera-Js a national , movement
called the father and son idea. It
is a movement to cement relation
ships between parents and children.
It is a movement to make them
"pals." .It Is a movement to keep
children at home, at church and at
school It is a movement o .keep
them from the street- corners, the
poolrooms, the associations that
break down morals and morale, and
rsm the path of Psul Rlmel., It is
movement to eave young men to
a useful and honest purpose and
life.
November 8 to 12 Is national
Father and Son week. The T. M.
C. A. and churches are 'in' charge
of th program in Portland, which
will include a gigantlo Father and
Son meeting at The Auditorium on
November 10. It will be a week
given over to, bringing fathers and
sons closer together. '
It is . worthy movement that at
tempts to prevent cases like that of
Paul Rimel, It is a worthy move
ment that seeks to draw sons, from
the street corners to the home fire
side, the church an4 the school
room. It is.; si movement worth
while, whose purpose is to save to
the community and to themselves
th youth of the land. There is no
more "important business than the
"business of being the right kind of
father.'
Do you know that, if these were
father . and son yearSjit could ndtJ
be sa4dthat.18 per Qut .or crime
in -America is being committed by
youths under 20 ? The first decis
ion of Father and Son Week,! which
is to, be observed from November jU
to li, mign. : properiy oe io con
tinue th observance 62 weeks
year.
FOR HEALTH'S SAKE
THERE was a wonderful exhibit
at The Auditorium Friday eve
nine. The Oregon Health exposi
tion was in progress. Its ISO booths
UlUstrativ of bealth rescue were
pronounced th most vividly interV
eating yet seen in Portland.
" But the finest of all the exhibits
were the 7000 children gathered at
The Auditorium. ; Within them
selves they-constituted a cross sec
tion of the Portland child life which
has been'-declared by national
health authorities to be the sturdi
est among the metropolitan centers
of America.' ' " -
They were,childr.en of lo and' 12r
years' who, by 'their rosy cheeks,
their buoyant steps ; and by their
irrepressible mischief, .testified to
the life-saving Influence of thaJ
pur milk campaign wbveh jwas in
augurated in Portland about ' the
time they were born."
In their . glowing faces, their
bright-eyed 'attention and- their ap
preciative comment, tlfey showed
what" treasure a city amasses when
it begins building its greatest
wealth! in child life. , -
Several thousand grown people
completed the Friday evening: at
tendance. They, together with the
children; found tin the varied ex
hibits more than the -suggestion
"Live a little longer."- The greater
suggestion was that, if - prudence
and scientific knowledge 'are ap
plied in the care of health, one may
while alive live more richly, more
deeply and more productively. Vone
may : by an output of usefulness
build a great character, and by a
division of material possession con
tribute to a spiritual estate. ' '
Before its "close! on November 4
th . health exposition will have at
tracted an attendance of more than
a hundred thousand people. If its
purpose Is fulfilled, it will have
suggested directly to an equal num
ber th way to live more effectively.
Indirectly, the suggestion wilt go
to many thousands more.: To JL B.
Logsdon. City Health Officer Par
rish and Mrs. Jane Tears Dahlihan,
the real executives of the - exposi
tion, Oregon is deeply indebted.
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At the coming election Portland's
City council is asking enactment of
the 3 mill tax measure, pot to in
crease th tax burden, but to main-
tain the revenue which the people
by their previous votes recognised
as necessary to the support of city
government. .It' Is the saroe,extra
S miU tax hitherto authorized but
resubmitted because of a technical
construction insisted upon by the
tax supervising commission. ;
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THE .CAJrr CAMPAIGN 'C
DOES anyone remember when
there was a 'greater campaign
of ' "can't" t& Oregon? : 'According
to certain people and certain news
papers, nobody can do-anything;.
They Just carri?; ;
J ;iFr iBstaBc-j. Mr. Pierce says li
will cut taxes. Newspapers say he
"can't" Olcott supporters pay he
"cant,' . '
' Mf, Walking says he Is' for a sol
dier bonus collected from war
profiteers and those who made big
way.- profits. But . aft afternoon
paper says it cant" be don. The
profiteer,'' It say; won't presen
themselves to be taxed and they
"can't be found . '.r--- : '
Mr. Watkins says he is against
the repeal of th excess profits tax,
The same newspaper say,th x
cs profits taxv 'canf. be ; levied
because It would drive capital into
tax exempt bonds. And, of course,
the tax exempt bonds "can't' be
taxed,- " . r : . .
Mr. Watkins says he la opposed
ta wiling 2,000.000,000 worth c
ships to private ship operator for
less then one-tenth their cost and
is opposed to givtng-the purchasers
ITSO.OOO, 000 mors fjlhe people's
money with which tor run the ships
in addition to leading them $125,-
000,000 more t recondition them.
But the paper says the ships must
be practically given 1 to the private
shipping Interests, and $750,000,000
must be, yiven them because the
government' "canfl, io anything
else with the vessels.
In fact, nothing can be done. It
just "can- Everything has to be
as it is because it "can't" be.
changed. And there you are. That
is all there is to it and all there Is
to the campaign. Nothing can be
changed .because Jt Mcan't.M ;
A"DIFFICUI-T TASK
SENATOR McNARY of Oregon is
going lata Washington to aid
Senator Poindexter ba his fight for
reelection. WTfen Mr. McNary goes
over Into his neighboring state and
on the stunip, "What in Mr. Poin-
dexters record is he going to com
mend? ; . ?
Is it-going to be Senator Poin
dexter's vote to seat Newberry ? Is
it going to be Mr. Poindexters
silence when four men indicted
with Newberry were appointed to
federal offices? Is It gofng to be
Mr, Poindextefs silenee when rich
public oil lands were turned oyer
to private oil corporations?
Or. is Mr. McNary to praise Col
league Poindexter' vote against an
amendment to the railroad bill pro
viding that -the roads - should not
make more than -five and one-half
per cent Profit? Mr. - Poindexter
thought th roads should be per
mitted to make all the traffic would
bear, " -. ' - .,- '
Or can Senator McNary go fcto
lofty praise -of Senator Poindex
ter's vote for the anti-strike, clause
in the railroad bill? The Wash
ington senator voted to let the rail
roads make any profit they: desired,
but voted to make it unlawful for
th railroad worker to strike.
And 'is Mr, McNary, a prominent
farm bloc senator- to praise Sena
tor Poindexter's absence from the
bloc?': Will 4 tell Washington
farmers tha4 Senator Poindexter
wata correct in absenting himself
from' the organization that sought
to make he farmer's lot easier?
However,' Mr. McNary does-qjt
have, to: talk about the courses men
tioned. He can tel the small tax
payers of "Washington how Mr.
Poindexter voted to relieve the
gigantic coTPorationsof payment of
an 'excess profits tax. That was
indeed charitable action on the part
tof ' Mr. Poindexter. The corpora
tions of the country can now .make
all the profits they want without
paying; any additional excess. .
Or he can tell-the taxpayers of
the northern state how their sena
tor desires to sell ships the' people
paid $3,0Q0,0Q,O00 to build for
$200,900,000, and how in addition he
wants to lend the; private owners
$15,000,000 to recondition them;
and on top- of that to make a pres
ent to the private owners of $750,
OOO.Ov more of the people's money
to be sure the private own erg suffer
7o I oeses. in -operation,
He mig-ht also talk about Mr.
Poindexter's vote to let the rail
roads hve half a billion dollars.
And it might be suggested that he
tell of those votes, especially to ?the
soldier . who asked : for adjusted
compensation': and ' whom Senator
Poindexter voted against on eight
separate occasions, - ; L
1 It is a difficult task Senator Mc
Nary has undertaken;;
i UNSUNG HEROES
-,,:-4 -:":, .r-.i.
TJTHEN her . husband deserted a
VY Portland woman and "her child,
the mother wag' compelled to go to
work to support her Infant and
herself She temporarily placed the
baby in a home. - '
: Amtmth later, the mother called
at the home for the child,, hut she
met with, a refusal to give up the
baby until a board bill of $30 was
satisfied. Unable to raise the money
and '- driven to . desperation by
mother! love, th little woman at
tempted suicide. : : !
: ,Two Portland men read the story
in a newspaper. - An hour later they
had called-at the poliee station and
left envelopes enclosing $30 each
to b given "to the' desperate mother.
There . is alj too much of grief
and sad stories in the world today.
But day after -day . unsung heroes
appear above the trouble and aor
row. to distribute "kindness where
kindness is seeded. , That, is what
makes' life worth while. . ; -1
"DRY: SUNDAY
HTHIS ts Temperanch - Sunday,
Many, Oregon churches will ob
serve it. Many will celebrate' the
fact that America, by constitutional
enactment, is "dry. .- : " -
f- For sine the nation went dry
crimea due to- drunkenness In the
United States have '-decreased 40
per cent, - ' , i
In England,whlch has no prohl
bition law, crimes due to drunken
ness have, since the World war. In
creased 48 percent, ' I
It has always- been recognized
that a drunken man cannot com
pete with a sober man. " But now
realization is carrying around' h
world that-a drunken nation n
not compete with a sober iiation.
Iceland and Finland have voted
prohibition. Agitation against boos
is found,; in -England, Scotland and
Ireland. Some of the economic
leaders of Germany are declaring
that the salvation of that country
depend upon putting away alco
bolio drink. Wine aa well as ardent
spirits Is aimet at in . campaigns
wnico, . axe unaer way .m- Tance,
Switxerland and Italy; Strong; sen
timent against booze is, growing In
Cxecho-Slovakia and Austria. .
. It is true that despite th prohi
bition amendment to the constttu
tion and the Volstead law; America
is not -wholly dry. Fines, confisca
tion aid other penalties during the
fiscal year ended June SO, lt21,
amounted to $-3,000,000. - In the
same year the cost of prohibition
enforcement to the government
was $6,250,000. Obviously the at
tempt to keep the country -dry -is
profitable to Uncle Sam. j
But what the decent people; of
America want end they at in (the
majority- -is not snowrag that, ten
times as much money is . derjye4
from penalties as it costs to enforce
the law. They want enforcement
of the law consistent with its spirit
as well as its letter. The thousands
who will lend their presence aad
"support to the - church observance
of today do not want bootlegging
operations next door' to ' their
homes. They do not want petty
violators . fitsd for possession of a
quart of sightdestroylQST spirits,
while the big i operators with big
automobiles deliver "wet goods"! by
the case to the back doors of their
customers. They Iflo "hot want one
law for, little people who lack re
straint an likewise money to cross
official palms with silver. - They j do
not want another law for the well
financed who can bribe their way
with money received from well) to
do men who are the bootleggers'
customer-partners. H
It , Is; good f osin the churches I to
observe1 Temperance Sunday. - But
observance Is not all. One of the
Immediate needs is that church in
fluence shall follow Into the week
days and support honest law en
f orcement !
A CHANGE AND RESULT
A UJriio electric railway was
earning only enough income in
1921 to pay operating expenses and
interest on its bonds, nothing moire.
Officials of the road were searching
for greater economies of operation
and mere revejjue. At the time, the
road was operating heavy coaches,
weighing approximately 1600
pounds to the passenger.
Engineers of the General EIc
tric company were employed to
make a survey. They made it and
recommended the us of lighter
rolling stock. They said the change
would make a difference of 490,000
a yeary .
The road made the change on a
small scale. A few lighter cat's,
cars weighing 67 pounds to the
passenger, were placed in service.
They carried fewer passengers but
service was increased by the us
of more cars, and the road is now
paying, v "Officials say the lighter
cars make more speed, demand less
power, and cause much less depre
ciation on both the roadbeds and
the rolling stock Itself. From the
standpoint of economy, $50,000, of
ficials say, is a conservative esti
mate of the saving; even with few
light cars in operation, -Forty
thousand more will easily inure .o
the road, officials testify, through
added revenue obtained . by better
service. .' , . - " - f
Henry Ford, months and months
ago, Insisted that railroads should
employ lighter rolling stock. He
took over a railroad himself ; a rail
road on the verge of bankruptcy,
quickly made It pay and asked per
mission to decrease rates. He wa
able to do it, by "providing better
service at less cost, largely by use
of lighter cars. 1
But the hig roads of the country
hesitate to make the change. They
are carrying- capacity loads and yet
are constantly fighting.deereases in
rates and clamoring for decreases
in wagea.' They have inot shown
appreciable improvements, in serv
ice In years. . " .:.: ,' " ' j
Why not-lighter rolling stock for
them ? Why; not institute all post-
sible economies in ' operation and
provide the best possible service f
The roads would find," like Henry
Ford and th Ohio electric, that th
principle of the best possible service
at the lowest possible cost pays th
best possible dividend. v , - ; j
The people of "the country . hay
a right to demand that this princi
pie be written - into railroad law;
They pay the revenue of th roads
and they have a right to ask thai
service, good service, be jrovidej
them at the least possible-cost, 'i
CITYr CHARTER;
Seven - proposed amendmeuts-:to
: the city charter of Portland are to
' be submitted to the voters Novam
ber 1: Each of these -has been
, passed upon favorably by the char
' tor revision) committee appointed by
; Mayor Baker,, upon authorisation
of the city: coaaeit Originally these
measures were In tended to be in
corporated: i as a part - of ther pro
posed newtoiOr chartei, to -be Sub
mitted to the voters at a latef-date,
. but it was decided that they are f
; such Importance a to merit imtne
diate consideration, therefore' they
are submitted a special measures
at this time. Each will be consid
ered by' T"je Journal In the order
in which it twill appear upoa the of
ficJar ballot. . . , . ,
' I-THB 18JT rxoa v. I
: The. first proposed charter amend
men t- pertains to tae proposed 1927 ex
position. It authorises creation of an
exposition cam mission, prescribes --its
powers and -duties, and authorises, a
tax levy for exposition purposes?
- Prevision is' made that the exposition
commission shall be elected - by .- the
city council, within 30 days after the
council shall have declared by resolu
tion -that bona fide subseriptlain- to
the " amount ' of - $1,000,000 have been
made to promote and aid - the expoal-
tkWI. . , : t - ; .
The commission Is empowered to
""arrange for. conduct and generally
have charge of the representation end
parUcipation f of the city of Portland
tn aa exposition, to. be held within the
county of Multnomah, state of CfregoiLl
. After setting forth that It Is Impos
sible to hold the exposition during the
years 1925 and 1924,: the purposes of
the exposition are set, forth:
.To disseminate, knowledge With re
speot to the resources, products com
merce, industries . and general advan
tages -of tho.eity of Portland and-the
state of Oregrm, and through coopera
tion ief the people of the United States
and .foreign nations to generally pro-
mot the progress of science and the
useful arts, and to accomplish the ed
ucational, - social and economio ad
vaaoementof Bnankind.
The oouncilf is empowered and di
rected to levy a special tax' in the
years 1923. 1924 end 1935, whictt shall
produce $1,000,000 each year, - and
which shall be. known as the "exposi
tion fund." to; be disbursed on warrants
issued by the exposition commission.
The amendment 'sets forth that it
shall be the duty of the .commission to
attach such -conditions , on these dis
borsernents aavwUl insure to the -city
of Portland an equitable division . of
the act . assets remaining .after the
winding up of the affairs of the expo
sition. .. i .
i The aufboriity granted to -levy the
exposition-tax is contingent upon the
approval by tse voters-ef Oregon of. a
constitutional amendment authorising
the city of Portland to levy and collect
this special exposition tax.. . -
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Those who' believe the city of Port
land should levy this tax will vote
"500 X Yes" ; i those who-do not believe
the tax levy should be mad will vote
-501 X No." i. . ..' f.
f Letters Jfrom the People
1 Oammoniet,tten tent t Th Jtwunl for
pablicatioa in this deput-aeat sbonM M-writ-tea
on only Oaim idm ef th dum.. ithnoTH
sreeod : SOO word, in lnt h rf mu., ym
sirned bjr ti writer, hoH mil addiaef ia
tau ma aeeo-ppany un eontnbuOon. j i
: SATS '$B IS AMUSED
That He and Other Republicans Should
ts uaiiea Upon to Vote for Mr.
Olcott. tn Order to Be Regular
! Cites an Affidavit. ' j
Portland; Oct. 28. To the Editor of
The Journal As alRepubUcan, I have
notea with some amusement . the ap
peals to vote for Mr. Oteott on the
ground ; eif party regularity. Today
I read, in the producers Call the fol
io wing statement Of receipts of cam
paign contributions and their disburse
ment by a political organisation of
which Mr, Olcott , was treasurer in
1910. The statement is sworn to by
Bn Wi Olcott, treasurer, and Is as
follows: ;
Statement of recelnts and expendi
tures of West Boosters club:
. RECEIPTS !
C. V. Brown r.. rtSOOO
b. w. oicott -j v i50o!ie
James E, Linn .' S54.60
$33S4.0
K'X'PTHVrkTTTTTft'CiB i ' ? I
Contribution to- State Central !'
Committee j $33S4.0
sworn.v ueuose and nv. T ' am tk.
treasurer of the West .Booster club
and that' the above Is a correct tata.
ment of the receipts and expenditures
of th West Booster elub during the
recent, campaign.
Subscribed anrl ivatti tn ftrt
this 23d day of November, 1910.
p v Rotary Public for Oregon.
Mr.'Bawerman. a ReDublican. was
the then ; nomjnee of the 'Republican
party for: governor. On his own affi
davit. Mr. OQbott contributed - 91800
Ro the Democratic state camDaien
commljltee, and swore to ihe fact as
treasurer of an organization boosting
the Democratic candidate tor governor.
How Interesting-, under the circum
stances, that I and other Republicans
should be; asked to vote for Mr. Ol
cott iq order i to be- regular !
; A Republican.
FOR PIKRCK, VVITH REASON'S
Because He Offers Remedy for High
Taxes ; Because or the Salary
Grab That Olcott Did Not Veto. ;
Vancouver, , Wash.. Oct. 27. TO the
Editor of The Journal I am a Bunnk.
lican voter- atitaanby, but temporarily
in Vancouver. JWash and .1 am going
to vote for Walter Pierce. I am a-o-
ing to vote fori Mr. Pierce because he
points out ways by which taxes can
be reduced, while Governor Olcott and
his supporters (claim that ""taxes may J
I am gofng to vote for Mr. Pitrca.
also, because Mr. Olcott. whle in. of
fice, accepted i 50 per cent addition
to his officia salary.4 Most men j in
office would save vetoed the salary
grab by. which Mr. Olcott profits
I250O a ysar. Fijtfr. OIcavK did do
so. He waxited' the money, and arocit.
No other governor of Oregon has done
such a thing. : 1 1 George' H. Graven
A lifelong Republican but not a salary
graoung oner
WOULD TAXLJCHURCH PROPBRtT
Portland. Ocft. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal The tax problem thus fat
least been solved, f The article - !in
Thursday's Oreonlan sigued-A. -R.
M." suggests tbO only Intelligent meatiM
of. lowering taates. Thia writer advo
cates the taxation of Ail church prop
erty. , . If the; i members- of - these
churches have millions of dollars to in-
vetla their church buildings, surely
theyAre finandally able to pay taxes
on them. This would lower tha property
tax to such an extent that most ef the
working" people i might be able to own
little homes. Some of them, w-ho now
owjt their homes, might find, it-poael-
ble to keep them bon belne -swallowed
for delinquent -taxes. And, after ell,
do- fine churches meRe better i Chris
tians? Isn't It more often as Cowper
says, , Bilt! ItGod i a - church. And
laughed his word to . scorn." Let us
have plainer churches, lower taxes and
more homes, and bettir.tizenship will
follow. ' , OYerburdesied Taxpayer,
COEMENT AND
, SMALL CHANGE
Wonder -what the crime waves-are
Saying.
Who ever heard of a politician nasa
thg out cigars, after, election?- '
DidJaever hear of aayone belnr eon.
sumed la a fire of his ambition
i Some i of - our' neighbors really are
rnusical. Others just thinlt. they are.
j ;....!. -. ' ...'
! The "bells ef wedlock aren't always
the ones that, ring oat glad tidings -ef
! Know a- man with $10,000 worth of
Qermea marks, bought . before marks
were 3a00 for a dollar, r , ,
-1 How can anyone4 nowadays leave
footprints on the sands- of time when
be . never - takes a vacatiqa at the
beach? - ' . 1 . '
i The turkey . la a proud and-hamghty
bird, bat, like all such other "birds."
he's certain to lose bis head sometime.
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' ' Leave your; wife; an extra dollar or
so of pin money Monday 'morning, and
then marvel at the funny look you get-
We should "get all, wrought-up, - In
th: parlance i ef the . Capper's male
counterpart, over the governorship on
the day. ef a football game 1 -
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rJuit watch thei old boys go -in for
strenuous exercise,, now that a doctor
has - discovered - overexertion- often
causes a condition: of intoxication. . i
!The compositor setting an editorial
utterance - about "purifying - the
jmovies," may be pardoned. Inasmuch
ae just saw an impure oae. Tor making
it read "putrtfying the movies." A ;v ;
:Ran8om-pbsi
. ) Jim Becklky. who has spent ' the
summer and fall on. hia catUa ranch
near Fort Klamath, has raturned to
Portland for the winter. The outlook
for the Seattle iadastryi' is not vary
f bpght, n ,say.
-
Among guests from out ef town are
Mr, and Mrs. Gaylord Adam of H
qaiiam. Wash. . . - , ,.
j . . .
1 Visitors from Boise. Idaho, ieelude
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crump and Mr.
and Mra Ei li Ixve.
T . a - '
1 L EL Watsop and 8. O.. Sherwood
of Medford are spending the week
end ia Portland. 4 -'
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i Mr. and Mrs.- I " W. I Trumbull . of
Tillamook -are visiting in Portland. -XT
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iDr. M. Day of ' Eugene' visited
Portland Saturday! . !
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1 Among out of town visitors Is O.
W, Ford Of Toledo.
Iwhlle transaatlng some business In
Portland. P. Bchults of : Pendleton Is
stopping at tha Imperial.! .
H. I. Copeland ef Walla Walla
la among out of town Visitors.
lS.B. Crouch of Roseburg Is' among
recent arrivals In the metropolis,
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'Richard M. 4 Rice of Pendleton is reg
istered at the Imperial, j
. .Henry Peterson of Junction City Is
a;j week-end visitor, - ''
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iMr. and Mrs. J. A. Churchill of Sa
lem are among week-end visitors. - , -,i
An out of town-visitor la W, S.
Powell of More. - ; .
Mrs. CharleS H. Castner of Hood
River is a guest of the Imperial.
J. A. Syfers of Pendleton Is traa-
acting business In Portland.
: .... . ;
Mr. atid Mra R. A. Tork. of The
Dalles are among out of town visitors.
J. E. Kennedy of Wamle is among
the guests of the Imperial. ,
Jtfr. and Mrs. N. Oi Anderson of
Skamania are visiting In Portland.-.
!- IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
;i ;, . ' By Fred
nam AMTfe. looka to a dweUw ia Jenualem
U pretty daerlr Indicated ia Mr. Uoeklej'e re
port ot aa attmn wita a-enBuatiF niammr
man Athanusiadet, who ImpUSts the eaatio
tirwi that at leut there are two title to tha
preposition tlm.t America Imda the world in
e-enrthn-c. : ... . '. . ...
Panteleimon Athanasaiades Is arch
bishop of Jerusalem. He is tall, portly.
dark-eyed and has dark hair and a
dark beard. He wears flowing robes
of; silky texture, aad two heavy gold
chains ' around; til necjc jp-rom iw
ia suspended a crucifix and from th
other an oval ornament , bea-vUy en
crusted with jewels. When I met him
hoj had with him as his traveling com
panion and secretary Archdeacon
DSvid- Zjeentarides. -We sat down, to
gether for a few minutes' chat. ...And
the few minute lengthened to-4two
hours.
Hiy English is not -so :goed said
Aechbishop Athanaaslades as he eat
across the table fj-om me. Toa are
i Writer, so of- course ;you spoak
Fiiench. I shook my head. VThe
arcBblshop looked sad, but said hope-,
fully, "Greek, perhaps?' At a more
decided shake i of my head he said.
"FTmssianf No? :, -r LAtlnT - Arabic?
Then we shall have to hide our
thoughts In EngHh. and i know it
not well, for I have been in .America
but a, few weeks. ........ -. .
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When I asked the archbishop what
most. Impressed him in America, he
said: " - " - .-
1 likenef ?ew York city, ilt ' is
toe vastx All people there, are in a
hurry all the time and run perilously
across the streets through great dan-
Here in Portland .they do not
hurry . Quite eO much, but even here
on waits At the artssing with, hesi
tation before Adventuring the crossing
of the street. Here I was struck with
the great beauty, of the mountain of
snew that stands overlooking the city.
Tof see that great i-mountain Heed,
yon call it always so cool and , serene,
With its looks 4 of purity and ) white
ness, is very inspiring. Then. too4the
street so smooth and-wonderful that
goea i along your.' great-' river t the
falls-of the Multnomah la something
one - for all. time cannot forget. ;4 The
J elimate of Portland ts greatly to' my
liking. : Whaf -ao a tmnK oi, your
women t . Pirdon me4 If : I laugh. In
Jerusalem the men are what d you
ca it l here In America?- boea,-- that
Is ahe,wdr: bait here 1 see la your
cars women . going . with men, th
wotnair in command land driving the
car. the man in subjection going where
the woman wills. 'Tea, it is different
la Imy country.- ' - "v-
What do I think of the food .in
America?. Ah, the food is excellent
and. varied, but the cooking terrible !
Nov4 X cannot eat .youn' Cooking, : so X
rwit an apartment and : hire a cook
who .can 'cook as I direct. . I -am in
this country to work for amity and
serenity between' the Greek - Catholic
church -and the Episcopal church,
-What do I think of the Turk? I
was -born in Greece, so yo a know what
I think of hiru. He should ' not he
allowed to come back Into Europe., for'
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS '
Every once in "a while you meet a
man who doesn't think he is public
opinion. jaeutora Mait-'jLTtoune.
.
- Oae difference between Henrv 'Ford
and., the editor of this paper is that if
the editor refused to buy coal he'd
Creese to death. jjebanon Express.
From the number ef automobile sales
reported, it would seem that the public
has made un its mind that the only afe
way is to get a -car and not have to
waut. Sanaa ieraMLa . ;
' We . where steel ' railroad rails
have dropped $3 a ton. But that
doesn't help the - Crane " family that
hasn t 'cultivated an .appetite for steel
reus. 4jrane American.
On Monday snowstorms visited Mln
neaota. Tv'orf h and Kouth Dakota. Ne
braska and Wyoming. .v While here
well, sunny Callforpia isn't 4 In it
traue American. ..
Pardon for referring to- the .guber
natorial fldht. but we are under the Ira
pression that when the big silent vote
Is heard from we will know who will be
the next' governor. Woodburn Inde
pendent.
Yon don't have to so to war to be a
patriot. Improve your locality, uphold
r ' , ----'
your town, enlarge Its interests andf
fend a hand to help your neighbors, and
Tm trln, In.nM,F. njlitv . uAhAld
you are a patriot.' We are here for the
same purpose, and'we pass this way but
once. Orant County Journal.
Judge Coad is to be -commended for
handing out jail sentences to violators
of the prohibition law. That' is the
only kind ef punishmenr that the meon-
shlnar and the bootlegger really mtna.
Fines are charged tn the "Overhead" of
the business Polk County ltemlser.
Town
Oeorgi H. Colter of 6lenads Iaoo
county, la registered at the imperia
while transacting business In the me
tropolis. -.. v . , ,- . - . .
Visitors from Salem Include T. A.
ifoBrid o the supreme eourt, and A.
N. Pierce of the Hotel Marlon.
Mr.-, and Mrs. Henry 'Wlckman et
The Dalles are spending the week-egd
,ln Portland. -
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' Mrs. Edward Ebeh, Mannl K. Eben
and Miss Esther Eben of Joseph are
guests of the Imperial. ;
H, Barto of Eugene spent Saturday
In Portland transacting "some- bust-
Paul H. Hauser ot Salem 1 a guest
of the Multnomah. . '
Vernon H. Vswter of Medford IS
registered at the Multnomah,
rimsnt out Of town visitors ts
DeSjti
H. Walker of Eugena i t
. f
Visitors from Vale are C M. Cran-
dall-and Ray D. Moe. .
Chris Christiansen of Grand Ronde
Is a guest of the Oregon while in
Portland on buslnesa .' ..
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X R. Cotterell of Sheridan Is among
week-end visitors; .
Mr. and ' Mrs. W. Cravatt of Salem
while visiting in Portlad are guests
.of the Benson.
J. A. Murray of Pendleton Is ampng
t nt tAvn visitors. 1 '
Among the guests of the Imperial
li N. A. Babler of Iiwaco, wash.-?
C' T. Terrtll of Bead le among bi
of town visitor. "
M. Pritchard of Dufur ts transact
ing business In Portland -
H, McGowan of McQowan, Wastu,
IS registered at- uia riinperuu,
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A. XJ. Brtgham of Eugene was visit
ing in Portland Friday.
' -
Mr. and Mra J. OHolifer of Eugene
are guests of the Imperial.
it will mean the planting of the seeds
of future war. Read In' th histories
about the Turk, and I need not tell
you more.
;. je. ee
: "Sometime I will be glad to sSe'you
tn my home city. Give me your card,
and I will entertain you In Jerusalem.
There ate many things there that win
make your : tears f low Oolgotha,
Gethsemane, all the holy places where
ourr Savior lived . and where he' was
crucified and burled. Tea, fyoVr tear
shall flow- when -you : com tq, visit
me In the Holy. City of , our Lord, -,
,- - - . . -.' e '.e ci ...
"Where have I beenT ; In many
oountriea . I learned Russian hv Mos
cow.. I. lived for some years In .Con
stantinople. Ah, but that Is a fair
and beautiful city. Doj -I rid in auto
mobiles in Jerusalem Tt No, la car
riage. We go more slowly thera-W
Jiave not- the need of 'racing from
place to 'place to save time. In our
streets. In place of cars of great dan
xer to those who pass w have don
keys, goats and camels, and they do
not run over you. Our. streets are
not as yours, but are of, cobblestones,
so cars could hot hurry, so."
, He ; and Archdeacons David Ieon
tarides - told - mo many interesting
things relative to -the history and cue-.,
tome of Jerusalem,; but . 1 am going
to condense what 1. learned info a
few paragraphs. The, .Hebrew jforrh
of-the name of Jerusalem4 is "Teruuha-
layim. . The city .was founded mr the
Jebusites and 1 is : referred . to ' lit As
syrian clay tablets that are known to
date from at least 1400 B. C. Jerusa
lem Is but $3 miles from the Mediter
ranean -. sea ' and 15 mile - from the
Dead ' sea.. The city , has four -main
quarters. The Mohammedans occupy
the larger quarfrr," which Is in the
northwestern part of the. city. The
Armenians have . the southwestern
quarter.. the Jews the southeastern
and. the Christians ' the northeastern
The Streets are very narrow and are
not well paved nor well kept. "The
population Is around' ?5,0. David
captured the city from the Jebusites
and made It the capital : of . , Israel.
David's eon Solomon spent many years
in bauUfy!ng Jerusalem, building th
temple, a palace and many other build
ings of. stone. Or.; of. eedar from the
wooded hills .of Lebanon About 87
B. C the people grew restive under,
the . government : Impoeed upon them
from without and Irebelled. After a,
siege lasting nearly t months the-city
was captured The temple was burned
and thq' city laid in rams and the
people4 were deported. F6r 60 years
th Jews, meerned thebr captivity. At.
the end of that period Cyrus ret them
come' back and they rebuilt the tem
ple, but not en the scale. of Its former
grandeur. 4
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A -most fascinating story is that of
the vicissitudes Jerusalem has under,
gone r during th - past . 20 centuries.
Some of . these, . days X would like-to
accept the Invitation of Archbishop
Pantelelmon Athanassiadcs and drop
in and visit him at his heme in Jerusa
lem. for. as lie says, "your . work Is
to write, and in Jerusalem I will show
you much about; which you can write."
"2
The Ofegron Country
KMlbtMM JUppMitaa-, im Brtat Tim
!:. Oregon . v
Satd U ..theflrat city In the Stat
iu paas ner quota ox tne Armenian re
lief tund. - , ;
Jesae Smith ssf fered ' fractures of
both legs recently when he fell frora a
load of hT hit wll drlvinr icrou a n
LrrigaUon ditch near AnhUnd,
'With the- arrest at' Salem ef B. A.
vjun, me atiei trr think, he has li
custody a eoi)fldnc man that haa
victimised many merchants and farm
ers. .-. - , i ... .'
" Chaclle Maxwell, well known Salem
negro ' and taxpayer -for many years,
received' a .letter Wednesday slrned
"K. K. K.." In. which he is dmonihd
to unload." j j .,,'.... , ....
. - A aerloua shortara of bnxi throurh-
cut the Willamette valiay is giving fruit
packers much concern. The biff crop
alls for more boxes than the mills are
ii wm cost more than $9000 per
month to run the publio schools ot
Ashland during the current scholastic
f r Of this amount $.7)4$ must be
raw oy taxauon.
Ssvi-iel A. I Robinson,1 79, was found
9a Tuesday mornln. at tha W". 11.
Lewis ranch, near Central Point. He
had Mm tnitK, mnlv rt Vt l,i.
I a . . ' . - - " "
me ptii lour years
. . . , , " .
tJ09 drinking aster has finally
teria and caa now be quaffed without
the necessity: of boiling, according to
a report of health official.
Geor-po R, Lyrnan has been selected
aa a bishop of the Latter Day Saints
church of L Grande, taking the place
left vacant by David I. Stoddard, who
removed from the district
'A cut of 10 per cent In Uie valuation
of wheat land, the withdrawal of some
unpatented land from the tax roll and
a lower assessment agalnut banks er
responsible for ajeut of H.J7I.007 from
the assessed - valuation ef Umatilla
Staging pf ' the ,blg Armistice day
eelebratloh at Pendleton- November U,
has been taken ever 'by th Commer
cial Association, member ot which de
clare that th ex-eery! c men should
not hav to stag th 'bservaace ot
yam wavy eacn year. t
4 v.-'- i WlRtmiflTni ' ' -''
Road" work aggregating It miles and
eosUng approximately $211,600 will
hay been don In Chelan oounty b
for th coming of cool weather.
Women ra ployed In state, county or
municipal InaUtuUons are lubteot to
the eight-hour day law, according to
mw luui w am atiorney generaL
Hnry IL Ramey Jr a SeatUe law
yer said to b In California, la accueed
In a suit filed at SeatUe by Mra Kath
arine; Reld Peterson of swindling her
out of $26,000. . , . .
, The high sohool at Qulncy has the
largest enrollment tn Its history.) A
new chemistry laboratory ha been lln
fiall,;$ ndi lT additions madej to
The Tscoraa municipal streetcar Itne
cam within $631.71 f breaking even
with all its actual expense in Septem
ber. This is the best showing
made by the line. ' - i
F. K. Osgood, I 45. walked Into the
police station at T acorn Tuesdat.
stated that h had passed two bogus
checks, and asked to b locked up for
th winter, j I . f..--..
Th new headquarters ef the Indian
agency, which has been re-ently re
moved from Fort Slracoe to Toppenlan,
is to be si : modern structure to be
erected at a cest of, $11,000.
Three acres hat been reclaimed as
an addition to th tourist park at Pull
man as the result of work don by 60
members of: thai narinrlnar unit itf
Vaabington Stat college
Menry Fournier, eX-poHceman. was
convloted at Hoqulam of Bailing 12
quarts of whiskey that he had seised
in a raid with ether policemen on. the
Jspanes steamer4; Clyde Maru.
"Schools, motion picture houaes and
Churches of the town of Granger, and
of the, Wendell Phillips school oistrtct
in Yakima county, .hav been closed
Lon account (pf an epldemlo of septlo
ULTOeb I. . . .
' Cattle rustline ' has ! beeema an com.
mon ln .Tskima oounty that a delega
tion of livestock , men; are aaklng th
corrrmlavionera for am -appropriation of
$1000 to bo used in an attempt to ap
prehend th thievee -
The battleship Oregon, which made
a famous run around Cap Horn at
the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war. was opened to visitors ait th
rum sound naw vard. Bremerton.
Wednesday. The old warship featured
th celebration of Navy day.
IDAHO '
Ausruatua S. Whltewav. nmmlnant
Bo la contractor, died at -a hospital In
that cltw Wedneadar after an lllneme at
only e few days.
Following: an examination at th
stat bacteriological laboratory in
Bois Wednesday the head of a dog
sent from Idaho 1 Falls was found to
b Infected with j rabies. :
Th Rev. Oeortre Tarsert ef Walaer
was elected moderator at the closing
session of the. 28th annual conference
of Idaho Congregations churches and
ministers, recently held at New Ply
mouth. - - i , : I .!-
Annllhatlon i has been anada te ' th.
Idaho. tat reclamation bond cam.
mission by the Mlchaud Irrigation dis
trict ior certification or 9200,000 worth
of bonds. About: $700 acres of land
will bs IrrlgatsdJ. : . ,
By winnlnar first else tn th live
stock Judging contest between Smith
Hughee high schools In Northern Ida
bo, th Moscow high school team will
attend the Western Royal l4vatock
show at Spokane and th Pacific In
ternational at Portland, ' r
-r
Twcnty Years As0
i . 11 1 .Hi,.!,
From The Journal of October It, 102.
Th final report of th grand Jury
that has been Investigating charges
of grafting in municipal affairs says:
"In the matter of gambling and graft-
I.. A lift.. ...mlnvl HA
has. been and is now grafting going on.
we are unabl to secure sufficient proof
to convict any party, or parties."
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It looks as If the O. R, St N. com
pany has abandoned th Idea Of op
erating the steamships Elder snd Co
lumbia for some time to come, at least.
This morning all the employes at t&
A in worth and Alaska docks were paid
off excepting; four At th former and
two at th latter, j . . i.
" .'.M.- ' " '-'''''
.Tli result .of having woodea side
walks may' be seen on the east side of
Third atreet, near Jefferson. Vhara
about JO feet of sidewalk has caied in
owing to th rottenness of -the board a
" Mayor Williams brought to th at
tention of th members of the toard of
public works yesterday th matter of
operating th elevators In th city hall,
but the board took no action. Every
body must, contlnu to walk tip4 the
stair. .. AJ ,a .:! .
'.'
Csptaln J,"l2Rperry, formerly chief
of polic of Portland, and W. M. Bayl
of - Pendleton returned this morning'
from Noma, Alaska, whe they have
been mining for a year.
,'-.-;. ' e. ' !:.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers
has added Its demand for increased
wages to th requests trad by th
other organizations of th Southern
Pacific railroad.4., j
,. . : :, ."--. -e i e ' '
V Th ' British ' bark Mtt'rhom has
arrived direct, from Hamburg.' bring
ing 1MO0 barrels of cmetbt, ' .'
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Third street Is slowly but surely be
ing clesned Up by the City Suburban
Railway compgpy. The compsny lias,
completed the work of replacing tracks
to Stark street, and the street up" to
that, point presents an improved ap
pearance. - . f -