THE OREGON DAILY JODRNALT" PORTLAND, OREGON.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1S22.
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A VOICE OF THE FEQPJ-E
TN the Teent election the people
X Of Idaho "answered those who
have been attempting: to sidetrack:
y the direct primary law.
? Purina' the last two years there
have been' trongr attacks on that
V method of selection of candidates
for office. 'The Old Guard has con-
eistently opposed that plan. Beac
; '. tionary newspapers have fousrht It.
S,The president of the TJolted states
j ha openly opposed it. The secre-
tary of war has spoKen against it.
i Various other men close' to the ad-
ministration hare denied its effec-
tiveness and counseled Its abandon.
merit. "And In Idaho the . old-line
politicians attempted to beat it.
- Efut Idaho had, tried both the
convention, plan and tha direct pri
mary. The people of tbat state had
seen the convention pass out hand
picked men for the voters to vote
f ory They had seen; tha deals and
the drAgroonery. They ijad seen the
candidates pt . their : choice barred
from the ballot by the party bosses;
' t They had meen that same of politics
played'In itsnotorious way.
; . They had also tasted their owni
power under the direct primary. I
i They had. found themselves select
Xinf their awn candidates for office.
They "had been consulted when
' names were to go on the ballot, j
Even whittled down by its oppo-1
t ' aents as the primary in Idaho had
been, the people found it far more.1
j suitable to their desires and their
j welfare- than the system by which
candidates were chosen in the back
4 room of a, saloon or at a private
confab of bosses otherwhere.
Even though they chose for their
J governor the man who opposed the
direct primary, they overwhelming
ly voted -for that measure. They
gave unmistakable notice that they
desired that plan , of selection of
candidates. They informed the
world that tha people of Idaho were
not i prepared to relinquish J their
j i power and hand it over to party
J: bosses. :. f' '
I " Tha vote ia Idaho is Che voice of
! the people of -only one sUte.: But
; the voters of Idaho are not unlike
voters in other states, "Tha electors
i In most . commonwealths will be
found unwilling to take the power
I of government out of their own
. hands and turn it over to political
I tyrants who in years past wielded
that power so disgracefully. ;
W,. ANOTHER TRTJLT GREAT ;
I R API TIONfi have all rone
X . blooey. A boy born, with. ' a
f gold spoon in his mouth, with, an
army of nurses, servants and maids
, to - raise him,- with a. steam yacht.
millions and mansions at his dls
I poaal. has accomplished something
V. with, his own hands and brain and
"aby bard work. - .
. This most unusual poor little rich
, boy is John Nicholas Brown. Be
fore ha was X 0 weeks old h had in
herited $5,000,000. . Before he was
II weeks old. he had inherited an
other $5,000,000. And' before he
' was g years old he' had Inherited
x other treasures, tncludter the usual
. predictions f a bad end.
'But John Nicholas Brown ia now
; ; looked ; upon as one of ftha truly
' great. And ha didnt becoma that
! 'way through the usual method of
being born of poor parents on a
small farm, tearing down trees with
his bare hands and selling the wood
f-to lift tha family, mortgage, and
1 ' thereafter becoming rich after
studying Into the wee hours of the
morning' by the- candlelight In- a
dingy room of a- quaint log house.
John Nicholas Brown Just went to
school, studied, learned and won a
fellowship for .travel and study in
Harvard, university. He did it by
doing .what. poor little rich boys
are not supposed -to do-rwork.
Many a iBoa of the eoll has risen
to the lielghts in spite of poverty.
John JNiebolasi Brown baa risen. In
spite of . wealth,? And thereby he
shattered one of America's favored
traditions.". : ' J "
WHO KNOWS?
A RE there not engineers la Port
land competent to design and,
direct tha building of the new Port
land bridges? i .
If so, other ; things beings equal,
they should have the work. . If
not, then it will be time to look
for foreign talent. '
,The sum to be expended is very
large. It will be publia money. The
public will be entitled to the most
modern and most effective struc
tures that the money can provide.
Local construction, will mean the
keeping sit Toma t of the largest
possible percentagewof the .money.
It will stimulate . home activity. It
is likely to have dona at home, fab
rication, of steel and other, struc
tural work that might otherwise go
to distant workers and distant
enterprises, v ;
There are those who think that
a foreign label means more than a
home label, pome are carried away
with the thought that home talent
Lis Inferior talent It isn't always
true, and it may not be true in the
case of engineering skill and engi
neering genius.
If we always go abroad for en
gineers In public work, there will
be little encouragement for. compe
tent engineers to remain in Port
land. If we go on the assumption
that none but foreign engineers are
competent to build bridges In Port
land, it may. become necessary for
competent engineers in Portland,
if we have-them, to move away in
order to get a Job of bridge build
ing in Portland.
Portland has become a consider
able city. She Is the center of a very
large territory in wnlch big engi
neering Jobs are being done. If
she hasn't competent engineers she
ought to have them.
If she is ever to be capable .of
building her own home bridges she
ought to be by this time. '
The old idea that it was on the
farm that the Reubens lived is shat
tered. It was a New Yorker to
whom a sharper sold the Pennsyl
vania railroad station for $1100,
and it was in Brooklyn that another
confidence man. sold the Brooklyn
bridge to a man he met' on the
street. Now another New Yorker
tells the police that ho gave a
stranger $1583 for the right to col
lect nickels at a subway station.
Apparently the place to sell a fake
is in the big Eastern citiea. .
A WILD aoOSE'ClUSE
DAD puffed as he climbed the
teen sIodr. "I know whv
it's easier to get through tha eye
of a needle than to make the ascent
to Heaven," he gasped, at a rest
ing point. "The needle is on the
level, and: these hills must come
within rope reach of tfye stars.'
But his companions, the young
ster and tha veteran x hunter,
laughed and - urged pad on. Pay
was approaching. Night was being
tucked - away i beneath ; woolly
blankets of mist tba( clung here
and there to the slopes. t. Already
a faint murmurous sound that was
not of water Tosa from the flat.
gravelly Island that divided the
swift current of the Columbia.
With; much hard breathing
tumultuous beating of the heart the
trio gained the top of the, rihv
Each, in his ; blind of Russian
thistles and tumbleweed they dis
posed themselves sweat-moist
ened garments f on raln-mbistened,
soil. To the south stretched the
endless folds' and rolls of the grain
fields for which Eastern Oregon
is famous. . Two thousand feet, al
most vertically beneath them, ap
peared tha tiny town of Rufus,with
its auto-dotted highway on one side
and tha : great , Columbia von the
other. Beyond tha river rose the
still higher wall that is the barrier
to" the northward ; valley of the
Klickitat. -: j- ?-; -::.. -
Two thousand feet below, too,
were the geese, the black Canadian
honkers and the gray geese that
dotted the low, flat island like
pepper and salt, .-
. The sun rose, found a rift la the
high" clouds an4" sent a flood of
light, clear and beautiful as golden
glass, down into the depths of the,
gorge. Goose voices clacked like
the ' blades of f reaper ? or -the
tongues of a tea party. With many
a circling swing they lifted to clear
the headlands between them and a
choice ereakfast of young wheats
lifted ao high, la fact, that tha
watchers began to accept as true
the story that since the highway
was opened the : geese give their
gassy, honking, couatna of the road
a wide berth.
All things come to him who waits,
even wild geese,. A noisy party of
wide-winged flier drew closer and
closer, i It was ' moreT:than - pad
could stand. He parted the bushes
Of , his blind to get ' a better sight.
Fifty keen pairs of eyes saw the
slight motion. They swerved in the
air like a skater who glimpses un
expected obstruction. Shotguns,
swiftly pumped, banged out a futile
fusillade. "But the youngster, who
didn't know any better, grabbed a
rifle, ; took such sight as he- could
get, and fired. , Out of Heaven fell
i a dark, heavy body. down. down.
until it came to rest deep' within
the .wrinkled draw. -
Pad said it must have peen -his
hard-hitting' pump gun that got it.
The veteran hunter contended that
it was tbe very goose he had drawn
& bead on, but the youngster smiled
when the prize was retrieved. From
breast to back it was drilled clean
with' a- single bullet. ; ;
"Well." acknowledged Pad, hey
talk about being wise as an owl,
but the wisest of all birds is the
wild gooee. The owl just looks, but
the goose Is." -
After a distinguished educator
had concluded an inspiring address
before a woman's club, the presi
dent of the organization said, fWe
will now have a musical number
a little innovation to wake us up."
It isn't women only who are tact
less. After several celebrities had
made speeches, a male presiding of
ficer, "introducing the next . one,
said,. "We have " saved the best for
the last,
AS HE SEES IT
THERE can be no answer to, the
plea made by J. N. Teal at Pen.
dle'ton for an open Columbia river.
Ills reasoning la beyond contro
versy. The case Is closed. The
only Question is,, the means,' the
time, and who. :, By the experience
on Irrigated districts in the North
west, we know that the whole cOst
of canalizing the river wouldl be fe
pald within a few years by the new
wealth created through agricultural
production ' on ; reclaimed , lands.
This more than happened at Yak
ima. ,It happened at Wenatehee.
It happened at Twin Palls. T: It
wduld ba-repeated on projects inci
dent to canalisation of the Colum
bia for navigation; power and irri
gation purposes. -
This should be full reason for the
federal government to, . be . con
cerned. What higher fUrictiort can
government have than application
of a wise policy of using tempo
rarily the credit of ihe nation to
prepare, for human habitation and
production, lands that are now un
inhabitable and unproductive?
And if the federal government
becomes an active force in the pro
posal, the problem is solved,, the
work will be done, and lands " will
be made available for thousands of
the landless who now throny the
cities because there is nowhere else
for them to survive, 1
People are slow to catch the vis
ion of these big things. Most of Us
live In our own little worlds. Most
public men are concerned, not with
the real things that might serve
large numbers of people and the
common weal, but rather with the
thought of how the electorate is
going to vote at the next election.
This is one of the blighting influ
ences of American publio -life.
Through the plan outlined .by Mt,
Teal a kingdom Of production could
be created Th bigness of the
thing, which causes so many to dis
miss it without a second thought, is
the true reason' for them to give it
a second, 1 a third,, and a. long se
ries of thoughts. And after think
ing it over they should become com
mitted to,, and enthusiastic for, the
plan. - -'
Decisions by the Interstate com
merce commission and the grow
ing cost ' Of transportation by i rail
ar ominous, r But here is the Co
lumbia river, and only a little dis
tance away is the ocean. They are
everlasting. No perishable roadbed
is required to enable them to carry
the products of the field, orchard,
mine, forest and grazing lands to
the markets of the world.
Po not Portland and the Colum
bia region glimpse it all as pictured
in the Teal address before the Open
River conference at Pendleton?
Gross Point, Illinois, is bankrupt
esult of over-Issues of bonds.
and Is offering the city hall for sale
to helo meet the debt. Other cases
hffave happened in which city halls
and other public property have
been similarly? sold." If Oregon
doesn't call a halt in the bondr busi.
ness the Salem state house may
have to go. ' K" , 1
THE BROKEN TEMPLE
TOnriTNG to. physical defects in
-IT American draft men. Secretary
of War; Weeks declared in a public
address for a broader physical
education in American schools. "
Fifty per cent of the draft men
were physically defective according
to war statistics. , it was a sorry
showing. It was significant, be
cause most of the blemishes were
such - as could have been removed
by early and intelligent training.
In the past little attention was
given to the physical side of school
training.' It waa-! assumed that
nature was taking , care of all the
requirements of strength .- and,
health. - Nor was it .ao well "known
as now that the physical condition
was so closely related to mental
and spiritual welfare.
But we are learning that a
starved body generally , means a
starved mind, that a full-orbed
brain cannot thrivo in a. broken
temple, and that spiritual life la
soundest and strongest in a well
organized physical home.
: A nation of physical weaklings
could scarcely hope to achieve pre
mier enterprises. The failure to
keep the body in condition while
the brain Is drawn on for the per
formance of heavy - tasks -means
earlier breakdown and prematura
decay. The of See man. who swings
in his swivel chair, overeats, takes
on excessive fat with no"' effort to
keep the body fit. is headed for a
prematura six feet of earth with a
marble slab to mark the spot.
The true rule is a well balanced
physical,. - mental ' . and spiritual
training.'
VERDICT HAS
BEEN GIVEN"
What Pierce as Governor Will "Owe"
ana to W hom He Will Owe It t
cossed by a Pierce Supporter Who
Speaks for the Farmers of Ore
gon as a Class Who Also Have v
b "Industry" Legislator Ad
rnonished to Heed the People's v
Mandate Other Comment .
. From Various Standpoints.
Pendleton East Oregonlaa; The Ore
gon Voter is distressed over, the elec
tion of Walter Pierce as governor, but
admits he is a real man with a rbig
heart. The Voter says that as a can
didate Mr, Pierce owes nothing to busi
ness or industry, but that as' governor
be will owe it to business and industry
to recommend Be drastic legislation
without granting a hearing.
Mr. Pierce owes bis election very
largely . to those affiliated directly or
Indirectly, with : the greatest business
in the state, the industry of agricul
ture, upon the success of which the
prosperity of the state depends. The
time is past 'for thinking v that ; the
broker . and the coupon clipper are the
"business men" of Oregon and that
the farmer is a yokel. As to the tax
subject, the bearing has already been
held . and the verdict given ; by the
court of highest authority, the. people
of Oregon. The verdict is that our tax
system is ill-balanced and viciously
unfair in its workings. The election of
Mr. Pierce is "a mandate for reform,
and the duty before the coming legis
lature is plain. It is their : task to
carry oat the will of the people, and
the legislature should not approach
the subject with faint hearts or shak
ing knees. -? tThey may expect shout
of murder and ruin from those who
have been exempt from taxation and
wish to remain ao favored. Let them
bowL A fair tax arrangement will
ruin no one, but tha . basio - business
of the state will be ruined if we do
not secure an equalisation of the load.
. Over the details of tax legislation
at tha coming session there; will be
room tor study and discussion, but the
general principles to be followed ar
clearly defined. When Mr.- Pierce was
elected his program of tax reform was
elected also; The governor-elect ia our
duly commissioned captain and his ma
jority is such as to permit of no quib
bling. The time for protest : is past
Let the legislators play balL
The people want tax reform and they
should have it. Let the coming legis
lator put the Pierce program through
with the emergency clause attached. A
desperate situation calls for a drastic t
remedy.- If the big tax-dodgers then
want .to repeal the measures passed
they can try their luck two year
hence.
The Portland Oregqnian seems to
want tha legislature to play peanut
politics in an effort to handicap the
new governor. That would be one way
of strengthening Mr. Pierce in public
favor and of putting the legislature in
bad. But it is rotten advice. The peo
ple voted for tax reform, and they
are in no mood to stand for piffla if
the Oregonian editor has not yet read
the- election returns he should do so
at once. '
Woodburn Independent:. Governor
elect Pierce after inauguration will be
able to cut down some commissions
and expenses, which he .undoubtedly
will, but will the legislature lend aid
in carrying out the economy program?
If the, members do not, theywill cer
tainly hear from the people, who have
learned the art of finding ot where
the blame for high taxes and large
appropriations rests, , It is considered
that as governor Mr. Pierce will keep
his promises, therefore we may feel
assured that any unnecessary- appro-,
prlation by the legislature will b re
turned with a veto.
a a
- La Grande Observer : ' We admit that
the' chance of reviving an organised
Republican party has gone glimmer
ing and need never be attempted again,
for after Republicans of this state met
and adopted a platform and a good
one not a single candidate would
mention that platform or convention
in his campaign.' In La Grande we
had several "party leaders" who made
political speeches and none of them
gave mention . to the effort made by
a large number of Republicans who
left their business and journeyed- to
Portland to construct a sensible party
platform. The reason probably was
that these man who spoke were like
Borah, ; products of the open - season
system, which never takes responsi
bility, and makes promises with noth
ing but personal backing.
- W admit that Oregon had a nasty
campaign one of that . kind when
speakers and newspaper say things
which should have been left unsaid.
We will admit that some of the Re
publican leaders and newspapers, in
their excitement, - attacked the man
who was elected governor in an unfair
manner. W will admit that a com
pulsory school bill carried at the elec
tion. We will admit that the next
legislature has some very perplexing
problems. v-
But, even so, Oregon Is still all right.
She has met the compulsory school
bill, it has carried, and now its status
will be legally determined. It had to
come some time. But we refuse to
think that Oregon is pulled 'asunder.
Oregon is composed of live citizens
who speak out ia meeting, who fight
their fights at election, but aside from
that she is solid as a rock, as right
as a golden cola, as peaceful as the
Pacific ocean, and her people will bury
the hatchet immediately, take on new
undertakings, " put up a solid front to
the world and be a great stater every
day in the year,
' Probably .i the- certain accusation
which will stick is that Republicans
of Oregon will not Join in organisa
tion. That wa demonstrated beyond
th shadow of a doubt at the last elec
tion. r
j - " '
Forest Grove News - Times : Th
election is over. Now let everybody
get down to business. Mr. Pierce will
not be abla to cut your taxes In two
next year, as the levies have all been
made, so lfs get busy and earn
enough to pay them this coming year,
then it will be lots easier to pay halt
of the bill next year, when he cuts
them in 4wo, s- ;VK-;Vtv,i.t
j Polk County ItemUer: Th election
is over, and, no matter how it went,
the country Isn't going to the bow
wows. Ther were men elected to
office whom a lot of us thought should
have been defeated, but the majority
expressed their sentiments and the will
of the majority should rule. The same
is true as to th measures adopted or
rejected. After all, our taxes ar just
what the voters say they shall be. If
th men r we elect to office see fit to
boost taxes -: and spend the people's
money ..with a lavish band, or If the
, people wt tor this or- that scheme or
appropriation, they bare no one to
blame but themselves if taxes continue
to remain high or even increase.
HOPE FOR THB NON-ATHLETES
. - Frees : Vam ' Seaabox Km Brit
I High school and college boys who
do not exeell in athletic feel them
selves small and Insignificant factors
in their student . life, at -this period
when the football player Is king. They
can give some help by rooting in the
bleachers, but th plaudits of tha crowd
will never b offered ,to them.' Many
boys try and try, but'they never win
success n athletic sports, - which : de-
mand a peculiar combination f manu
al skill, quick vision, and rapid action.
While these qualities are always use
ful, they are not the high winner la
the game of Ufa There is always
some form of activity open ia which
the nan-athlet can make good. If h
wia dig persistently ia that field, he
will wia result.
! Letters From the People'
- (Cbmstanicattoca aaak to Th JaomaVto
Sbiieatioa in thia department anookl ba amt
1 on only ana aida ol tha paper, abmld sot
exeasd SOO word ia iancth, ad xaaat ba
sisnad by the wrttar. wboaa mail addraa to
lull mast accompany tha caattibaanav 1 , v
T&E SELLWOOD SCHOOL CASE
Asserted That Its ' Outcome Ha 'Im
paired School Discipline Throughout -:
th City ; Need of Discipline Argued, '
Portland, Nov. I6v T the Kdttor ; of
The Journal This is no treatise: on
criminology or the phycliology f ! of
crime.; It isjsimply a plea for th pro
motion of the best Interests of th
younger generation for ; tha-chfldr!
the men and women of tomorrow. : v
Chief in news interest for the past
week, and therefor most prominent In
th headlines of your esteemed paper,
has been the cas of L. IL Morgan,
principal of Sell wood school, tried and
convicted in municipal ; : court on a
charge : of beating a pupil or that
school. . --" l -
. 1 hold nobrlef for i Mr. Morgan.
Cruelty if such there was in this case,
should not be tolerated. But this case
and . th prominence given i t In our
dafly papers is one certain way of
quickly and surely removing from our
schools the discipline which is neces
sary to mould children into th ways
of' good citizenship. "- :
I have taken pains to interview
number of teachers on the noticeable
results of this conviction with its at
tendant publicity, and their universal
statement has been to the effect that
since the conviction of, Mr. Morgan,
discipline has suffered, the : attitude
of the children being, "You don't dare
to touch us." i v
The writer believes , in moral sua
sion and the power of reasoning, but,
in common with our lawmakers, our
jurists and the chiefs of our military
forces, he is forced to tb conclusion
tbat it is not always possible to rea
son with those persons who fall to r
spect authority. Our lawmakers pro
vide penal institutions for those, who
fail to respect the law.; The law, as
represented by our courts, may reason
with a first offender, but that reason
ing is usually, backed by that power
ful argument known as th suspended
sentence. In tb army discipline is. a
necessity a necessity, mind you, for
men of mature age and Judgment. Ab
solute respect for vested authority is
demanded, and an officer is given
power to demand that; respect and
obedience. In court, discipline is
necessary discipline for the highly
trained and well educated legal lights,
supposedly the best minds of our civil
isation. The Judge therefore has tre
mendous power the power to mete
out "thirty days" to any incautious
soul who might dare question his wis
dom or the fairness of his decision.
Discipline then, is a necessity for
adults a necessity for tha best trained
minds of America. ' Grown and ma
ture men and women, supposedly
amenable to reason and in full pos
session of a sens of right and fit
ness, ar subjected to dlsiplin - for
"th safety of th state." r"jvhe honor of
th court," and "the good of the serv
ice' . -. .
.-Who, then, shall argue.-tbat a child,
undeveloped, unsophisticated and lack
ing balanced judgment, can ba entirely
controlled by reasoning or such mild
forms of punishment as staying after
school? "Contempt of courf and ''con
tempt of teacher" are, in the mind of
the undersigned, highly similar and
half hour after school has much .the
same "effect on a contemptuous child
as a dollar -fine would have on a dis
gruntled lawyer who had committed a
serious breach of court etiquette,
J. H. Thomas.
THE SUBNORMAL; PUPIL V
Considered In Relation to Teachers' and
v Normal Pupils Rights as ;
" - Well as HI Own '
Portland, Nov. 17. To the Editor of
Th Journal Perhaps the recent case
of th whipping of the subnormal boy
by Principal Morgan will do something
to Impress upon th publio th injustice
to ; both teachers and pupils alike of
having subnormal children placed in
the schoolrooms with normal children.
Courses of study and methods of teach
ing, as well as standards of conduct,
are designed to fit th needs of the
great majority, th normal - children.
and it is a great wrong to them, as well
as to tha subnormal child, to nave
th mentally weak pupil entered In
their classes. Precious little time has
th teacher to give special instruction
to such children when she has from
35 to 5 in her elaazea, and a program
tbat require every minute of ben day
to cover. If ah must stop to explain
e very-thin- to th individual, as sub
normal children Zr rarely abla to
comprehend class instructions, th n
tir class ar defrauded of Just that
much of their char of th time. Nor
can she afford to allow the i discipline
of the entire class to be upset by such
a child, and her time is too limited to
allow of th disciplining treatment ad
vised. It i difficult to understand;
though,' why, if the boy had th men
tality of a UXryear-old child, he was not
as capabl of understanding and obey
ing th rules . of th schools as si
the thousands of actual 10-year-olds in
school, and anyone will admit that it is
highly important that a mentally de
ficient person be taught the necessity
of obedience to authority, f Let us hope
that some time we may- be enlightened
enough' to provide enough, special
schools for such children, and that
they be not only allowed the superior
car and instruction provided there for
them, but that they be compelled to
attend such schools only. A Reader.' .
MR. HUGHES AS A MORAL ASSST
, From the Maw Tack World
Mr. Hughes put his moral Influence
behind defense of Newberry Tb
Newberry candidate in Michigan was
th first- Republican - candidate for
senator from Michigan who has been
defeated in 70 yaara,- . " t ' -
Mr. Hughes went to New Jersey and
put--hls moral influence behind Fre
linrhuysen. Th senator was de
cisively beaten. t .
Mr. Hughes went to Massachusetts
and put his moral: Influence behind
Lodge. Th senator ran 40,000 behind
his ticket and may have: to face the
humiliation of a recount. I
Mr. Hughes cam to Nw York and
put hi moral Influence behind Gov
ernor Miller- . and Senator C alder.
Miller was beaten by 400,000 and Cal
der by a quarter of a million. - - ,
. Mr. Hughes did not go to Wisconsin
to put his moral Influence -behind La
Folletta.'i And La Foltett won by a
great majority.- He did not go to Iowa
to put - bis . moral influence behind
Brookhart. And Brookhart won easily.
Only Beveridg of th more promi
nent Republican lost without ' Mr.
Hughes assistance. .
1 HOW IT SOUNDS.
'- I .- "From the Dayton Mews :
. Th trouble with most of the defense
of th Fordney-MeCumbcr tariff bill is
that it sound Ilk an apology.
T
QUIET ONCE " . 1
i . - From LoBdoa Punch ' "
Tourist Is this a quiet place?
Fisherman Well, it were, sir. until
folks began coming here to be quiet.:
COMMENT AND
SMAUi CHANGE
TJ. S. ' Will Stay 5 Out ef Turkish
Troubles" Headline. Including cigar
ettes? . ' . . , X .
If all th other Italians will keep i
their i shirts on, the Black Shirts may
oleach, in time. - . .
One automobile victim a day! And
one potential speed fiend bom every
minute 1 What - chance ?
Mohammed VI does not recognize the
Angora decree, -throwing him out of
th sultanate, but the goat feature of
it must appeal to him more or leas.
. a. a -With
Japan and the United . States
withdrawing from Eastern Siberia, we
shall see what we shall see. But if
we do, we shall be seeing a lot more
than we have been seeing for the past
few years, thanks to the pltntltud of
propagandists. - -:: ...-,-
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations" About Town
- P. B, Brooks of Vancouver, ' who is
Interested in a hotel at Bend, Is pass
ing through Portland on his way to
British Columbia.
" Visitors from Moro are V. N. Free
man. G. Av Mitchell and Edmund
Stephens. .
C. . M. Johnson of Hood River was
trancacting business In Portland Fri
day. ., '
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A. O. Hawley and Al Boyd of Wamic
are among ' business visitors from
Wasco county. - -
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W. Percy Folsom and family of
Pendleton are visiting-in Portland..
J.;.-: - - .: s
Among out-of-town visitors is K. B.
Spencer of Eugene;i -i
. : , .
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Graff of Eugene
are among recent arrivals in tb city.
-e;-'--'e'":ve '.''.
Mr.' and Mrs. Winiam Ross of Gari
baldi ar among out-of-town visitors,
v '" ' m . ' m: '- ' ,
Frank E. James of TJmatllla spent
Friday in Portland on business.
,
L E. yinlng of Ashland Is transact
ing business in Portland.
a .m' m.
Jay H. Husted of Ontario is among
visitors from Eastern Oregon.
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Among, visitors from Baker are Al
bert Huggins and G, A. Herope.
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Visitors from Pendleton are E. C
Oleen, B. H. Greullch and J. F. Jones
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
' Diffinz tmrnif the early files of the as
eiant Bhja UeunUia Kasle. . Mr. Ikly
turna tn a pocaa by Joaduia liillar that i
racy of tha olden Una. ila bare prevents it m
ita entirety to tha nadera of The Journal.
Jn the old days the stockmen of Kast
em Oregon, used to drive their herds
of cattle to California markets by way
of Lakeview and Wimmemuca. I have
talked with some of th old-timer of
Central Oregon -and listened -with In
terest to their recital of th big drives
and of the.big times they had when
they-had received their money from the
sal f their catOe, They had horse
races, and many a chap was, not only
strapped but was stripped almost to
the skin as a result of backing his
judgment and putting hi money on
th wrong horse, v;:
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Pome time ago at Canyon City 1 ran
across some early issues of the Blue
Mountain Eagle that contained poems
by County Judge C H. Miller, better
known . now as "Joaquin" Mtllor, 1
also ran across an old copy of a maga
zine called The ' California n," which
had a brief existence 40 years r so
ago, in which Joaquin Miller wrote
about the coming of th herds of
cattl from- Webfoor land and of a
historio horse raee that occurred , In
those long-gon days.' Tha poem la so
redolent of the early days of Oregon
and California that I am going to pasa
it on to journal readers. It is en
titled Sho6honee, and read as fol
lows:: . :'" ; ' : -S' -CuBiriB'f
Comanehea. Pintaa. Aparha
Cant tone him, I tU yet -. .We'd JPenad s
rich nine . ' ' .
Ia the faeart of Ins Taorae Baath tba. black
timber line . ,
That top tna Biarra, ia tha year forty-nUie;
And an aulu down. Wit op ahake town.
And aeeopad sold by the pound; when tiiia
. Bheahenea atieka - . .
What right bad we there? Wal, sow, that'
meUy-tiaieka. .
Tea,' atickt out pew sad wests pay for the
Wants a bogs for that land for the aacebroah
and aand. ,
Jackrabbita and liaardi the impudent hlis-
aardf I ' .
We paid . With a boot; yea. sad theiaaV
The. lait mother's eos of s mn. So they ot.
At leaat ao we Utoasbt: . . - -Bat
the heraes that aiht aumpeded wtrlzht
We followad, hot baaU, np a HA laszad waste;
We eavzht him, he waatad ta parley to treat,
the dead-beatl . . . .
A voDay of red. and the red derfla fled, v
Left end right, np the hUht as the black
Tultures fly;
Vp. up' up, the erase: n the etoodt; us
the akyi -How
wa iauahed where we stood for to sea
i tba red fly! .
So picked up aone pelt whipped a knift
- Isom tea belt,
Whea we found a bhtek bead, now sal the
aealped the dead, v j
And prepared to tide back down the rock-rlTaa
track. .
With eae loot ia the surrap, I toeaed back sty
bale
Turned my face np the erase ia th clear
.. noon tain air.
And, afar np the height, where the fin. black
aa nia-ht ,
Bait the eloada-batt the awawa lot a alsnal
aaaoke teael - -
Bnt, my do, smellinf round with black aoae
to the froand,.
Inat then 'can to bark, to leap dowe the track;
While taoe. black with race, half apnea
from . tba. aaae. s
And a hut arrow aped., and mf beet friend J
"T deriil" I cried. But Baa dashed aaide
The eald ataal Iron hia head, sad Unghint
aald:
Ket Zra (he black aeaap by his' acalp down
. to eamp -- .- --.',-..
Can't git I Sea ki ler , ; . "
TMd the wwandad ebief best - ' "
We leaned bin te hone; bat oarer sroeal "
bone - ' .
I that aliat broken leg.. . Bis taettf May
be eo. ... . -
Tat I a him look back np the monntatn of
As ww trodsed dews to eamp. shade hia eye
- ' far away. - .
As steady amoke curled np his tar mountain
world.
Where aU that was dear to hia aaraze heart
. v ky. .'" . "
and I knew there wa waitin far. far up
that beicht
Tbat there lone woaud be waltins. by day and
- by aisht: x . .
WalUot and waiting where hia lodges lay, ' -Till
toe world went eat in the Jadzmeot Say.
Bow the wttaere flocked sound where he lay
oa the SToand.
Kaath . a rope daarbns dews frost - the oak
near the town.
Wane hie life sank away la the aaad where
he lay. - .
"Let fcha sol . Spare ha Ufa for hia baJbe.
tor hia wiiei
By the mother that's in- you, by the father
of u, yew
Shall aet hang uua saaal gave hi Ufa. if yew
caai" -- - ,
Twas a woman that ipoke: the one Woma
Kot eomety, not spotlesa, sot ywathfxd, not fair;
A waif of the eamra. a eoaiwe. drunken
Bat aha wax a woman ail womi. by Jeonp1
NEWS )IN BRIEF .
. SIDELIGHTS
""Grandma Felton wilt b senator tn
name only.
WelL wcii : no manv are
ua uiau-
Medford Mail-Tribune.
-On of the difficulties Is that too
many people are not conducting their
own train , oft thought. Corvalita Oa
seUe-Timea i.. - . . -..
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The duck hunters are lamenting' this
summer weather-, but for every such
wail there is e shriek of delight from
a golfer- Astoria Budget.- - ,
After recalling Lynn ;R. Fraxier a
governor, the voters of North Dakota
have sent hlra to the senat. Maybe
that's- their , way . of expressing t their
contempt for him Eugen Register :
A new-, planet 'bas"ben" discovered
and named for Hoover. That is all
right, so tar, but we hop that Amer
ica will not b expected ta furnish food
for It this Coming winter Roseburg
News-Review. .., :r-..-- --
T. H. Crawford, manager of the
Pierce campaign for governor, has
come down from La Grande to clean
up th odds and ends. ?
- . .r ". ' a -.-a
Mr. and' Mrs. J. L. Osborne of Cath
lamet, wash., are making a brief visit
to Portland.
. -
Josiah Richards, an expert account
ant from Spokane, .to among out-of-town
visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa E. Schroeder
of Coquiile are in Portland on a busi
ness and pleasure trip. - .. '' ...
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" George A. Herbert, sheriff Of Baker
county, is in the metropolis on official
busihess. .
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F. L. Eberman of Tillamook Is among
out-of-town visitors. ' . .- -. '
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n. A. Stone of Astoria' was among
arrivals in the metropolis on Friday.
R.. W. KeJlow of Tillamook Is trans
acting business in Portland.
f a a a ,
F. .J. Johnston of Astoria" Is among
out-of-town visitors. ;
.a a
Fred Fischer is visiting In Portland
from Marcoia, Lane county. .
a
J. 8. Magladry of Rowe river Is
among out-of-town visitors
a
Clyde D. Davis of Grass Valley is
transacting business in Portland.
X D. Smith, a banker of Jefferson,
is transacting business in Portland.
Lockley
Oa o on hi back, while the butcher did
: hack '
And taw at him there, ho 1dm dowe by hi hair.
With crindine teatbs aet and eyee bright aa let.
He lay. aa that woman Commanded, and we
did obey.
We at last let him up, short a leg. Swift
hi eye
Sought that aian where his lored lodges lay.
And a smile blasted that fee. SDd a tear
dimmed that eye-
That terror and torture bad bat made the
mora ory. t
Ba got weU, limped abont, did chores ia sad
- Otlt. - ' j ' - : -
All for ber, lie would lay roBBd hey ioor,
nicht and day.
Like a dog, and keep watch a if she war
kid: - ' - . . ,. '
Bat ho never esoe (poke, never sulk-silence
.- prose,: , v .',
For all that men bantered or bullied or did.
So Ben tapped hia steel, turned sharp en his
neei. -
One alfbt. tossed bi bead like a bull .sad then
said:
"Borne day. without doubt, you'll try to strike
I - oot .
Make a aonjt try to paast drop you 0d in
the grass-" -Rt
peemed not to heed, toraed aaide, and big
yas
Caught a light like star. Jit by lev is the
' lea. . ,
B werer did spaak. Hia thin, swarthy eheek
drew thinner each day. '"He's an -etrU alway
That af he'd fit drunk," said Ben greatly
p-iaen ..... . - ,
Tor his stomach's endurance, h"d be cil
ltsed." "Wot sol" answered Sol; "here's to y but
;. say I .-. v -Ef
a feller won't speak, bow kin be tell lies
Aad af he caa't lie. why be cast drUixel"
There were races next year, sad he rode.
Why, he etoek .
Te a hoed like a burr I - He had knack, as
had pluck. , ,
But the great raee ef aUI Old Webfoot that
faU , r. .: : :-
From Oregod earn with hia cattle; and ail th
sage land -
Was white with the alkali duet ef hi wand.
That -bellowed and rawed ia the valley below.
While hie gay herders galloped tha. plain to
aad fro. ; . (
We ssinera had mustangs. Old Webfoot had
. said . .
He eouid beat ear whole band with hia oa
thoroughbred 1 -That
nettled old Ben: ft riled all the mem.
We'd match- Mm I Old Webfoot might saar-
ehal hia stock.
We'd clean him out eleaa ta the bottom bed-
rock! .
The riders are n! The whole tawa la there.
Holding dogs, craning sacks, leaning ia every
where. .
The si real amok earl fa the mountain of snow.
The spotted herd call in tha valley , below.
j-ne win, tawny ctuet sits ui tuoroognbiM
- mare; .
There is light ia his eyes there is prop Very
there
As it lifts to th sign ta that sjeuatai et
lies .
Before and afar like a light la the
Old Webfoot strides stalwart, stout-UmbH as
an oek, '
To hi mare; tame his cnidt then with trra,
harried stroke.
Smooths her trim, supple Sstbs with a bold
heavy hand;
Tests th girth, trie the tela, stroke ' the
proud flowing mas. .. . -
Rrip the nostrils a breath, the sharply lata so;
Slaps her flank, enapa hie f lasers in air aad
cries "Wheal" , .- - ,.. .
Bee bar y See ber. ear I - Caa a bees
understand?
Why, she quiver her length lb 1 eoakinz
with strength i .
She is sineer aad cocktails 1 gh spurns all be
neath Throwing 'nostrils lav air, toes foaa from her
teeUtl
Bow quick th man speak. -aa. with face lifted
high,
He saaete the firm swath and the black burn
hag eye. -. -"Win
the nee if yoa can I Win th race Hke
a man!
I've wife and three boy ta von vailer feelnw!
Jfoa've a wile and three boy in yon moan tain
oi anowt
Wia the race if ywa can! Win the raee like
e man. '
And tha half of yea herd ahall be year s
. . you zr , . . , .
Than, anddes. Bea erie te the black beaming
eye: ........,... .i
Throw the raeet Do -yea hear? Throw the
- race without fear!
Threw 'the race for year Ufa, "for your babe
. ana year, wire! . .
Throw the race est be frees be a free man
tonight.
Te return to roar wit, sad year babe oa yon
h4hl . ",.:...
If w wia cw year freedom, your babe aad
.,.:-, your wue. ' . ...
Tig four wife and your babes I - Tie-your trif
and your bahesi
D yea) heuf -
-'.:' - ; ':'-'i v-5;:;s':
B we win Hie year babe, if we lea "tie your
- uiei , -- . ...... . ... -
"Go. go!- They are genet . On. en I a
' - nsht enl ' . :
The brave blooded mare like a bird leap th
- air. - - "
"She wul win t She wd win!" . What a wikl
about and din! '
Ilea are dumb! What is tberet Bow they
atartl How they etare! .
"We have lost! W have leetr And the
- ewit mettled snare - -Aad
the brave hboahuoee fog bis babe two
and three,
Keep rigtt oa ta their flight, keep right ea
' no th beight!
Keep right on up the peak to the pines black
..- as nignij - . . -. .
Keep right on for the babe with . a back
piercing yell, -
And X hope to the Lord that he frnd 'em weD.
The Orejjon . Country
Noribwaat Happaninc ia Brief Forn tor tha
- Baay kadr. v
; - OREGON ! s
, A total of v 4300 men are employed
in the lumber industry in Coos county
arid the myig ae turning out 1400,000
feet of-lumber very. eight houra .
j MIK iWIt JJ. " - w - .
t-er was held in Albany last Sunday.,
Sh was born in 1854 on her father's
donation land claim near Jefferson,
The - Modern Irrigation and Land - ,
company- has bought 110 acres of
farm land near Stayton. to be sold ia
40-acre parcels for dairy and frutt
farms. ..-r1:--'.
Vernonia. In the K,Ki1.m niuv i .
ooubiea in population in th last six r
months, ' claiming', now more .than "
inoBsaaa people and new famUlea ar
riving every; week. ,
R. D. Lanib, custom inspector, has
been appointed deputy collector of cus
tom in charge of , the Astoria office,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Alexander Karinen. . . ..
Sigma Tau. national honorarx enrl-
neermg fraternity, ba offered a gold
medal to the O. A. C. freshman in en
gineering who wins th highest cho
lastio rank for the year.
Several -new eptinnl hnlMlnni av
been built in Marlon mumiv durinar t hi.
past summer and fall, notably at f
xurner, ssiivenon, Aumsviu. eroaa
acres and In the Han district.
Stat Treasurer Hoff on Wednesday
delivered J 1.600. 000 atate hisrhwav
bonds recently sold by the state Mgh-
way commission to th Security sav
ings Trust company in Portland.
'' Hundreds - of ballots were ? cast
throughout the state for Andv- Ouma -
for every offiee from" constable to gov
ernor. This, it Is said, will cost the
state f 1000 ia time consumed by tabu
lation. .-.-5. . ;.::::-- .
A new specimen of epiiobtum. or fire-
weed, found " in the 'Techiites national
forest by Jack Morton, forest exam- ,
iner, has been Sent to the bureau of
plant industry at Washington, i. C,
for classification. - . .
A valuable, team of horses '.was
drowned in th Willamette river near
Peoria Wednesday when - the owner
drove them to the riv,er bank to drink.
The bank was alippery from th rains
ana tne-corses ten in. ,
" WASHINGTON
Andrew J. Tash. aared 83. died last
Week on his farm near Walla Walla,
where he had lived for 67 years.
Th first stock show tnauxurated at
White Salmon was held last. week and -proved
a success. The show will be an
annual event.
Oliver Aune of Manzanita has rJur-
chaaed 400 acres of timber in Jefferson
county and will soon have a iozgina.
crew at work.
John IL Wiley, azed 81. who for 40
years has followed his trade, of black
smith in the state of Washington, died
Monday at Taki-oa, - ' ,
Seven- -dollars in . pennies - - was th
loot obtained by burzlars who blew
open the. saf of the Quality Market
in seatu .onaay nignu
A law book containing, reports oa
Cases in China has been presented to
the University of Washington law li
brary by Judge Lobingler of Shanghai. .
Installation of IT1 miles of automatic:
block signals between Fort . George
wrignt- and wenatehee is announced
by officials, of th Great Northern rail
way, v . . .-'v . ;r
A whole carload of cabbage seed,
70.000 pounds, valued at $24,000. raised
near' Mount Vernon, bas Just been
shipped from Seattle to a Detroit seed
house. . . . -i. -;.. - , -.-
A combined livestock, cerrrand pota
to show, in the nature of an autumn,
festival, will be staged by the To ppen
ish Commercial club November -, Zi
and 29, . .. ,
Two masked robbers obtained about
$400- in cash, when they held up a
fcunkhous at th Independence Log-
fring company's camp near Aberdeen
ast Saturday nigh t
'iFrancls H. Fassett. who has a cherry
orchard near, Vakima, has signed a
contract with Libby, McNeill : Libby
for IS years, at a guaranteed price of
0 cents, pound at th cannery.
- Tho -BUes-Coletnan Mm company of -
uratK pas purcaaua Tsss acres oc
timber from the United States Indian
bureau through the superintendent of
th Col rill Indian agency at Nes
pelcm. IDAHO
Mra Eleanor Blvins RusIl, -th
noted moving picture actress, has ar
rived at Boise to enter th Hugh Bark
er aviation school.
H. B. Whit of St- Maries,' aged
38, .was, fatally injured by a falling
tree recently while working at a log
ging camp about eight miles from
Clarkia. , - 1
T Miss Elizabeth' Ruesum. who "wa
chosen stat superintendent of publio
Instruction at the recent election. Is a
member of th faculty of th KUogg
ivgo acnooi. i--.-r. f- .,r.- .? -WbMa
nlavlna? with a VIMan at Mew
Meadows, Aionso Sonner bad the sight
of on y destroyed when the kitten
eeratched him. - Th other eye was lost
some years ago. . .
Jire was again discovered on the
Snake river bridg near Welter last'
Sunday. ' This ia the third tim. wHthi
a year that an attempt bas bean mad
w utiUTiy us orjoge.
A gang tbat objected to the .
per s stand on law enforcement visited
tha office of th Fruitland Banner
Tuesday night and - bombarded the
print shop: with rotten, egga s -
-Hvy rain followed by a hard
frees have put av atop to lettqc ship
ment from th Payetu district. Grow
ers on . both th . Idaho And ; Oregon
aides wr hard hit. They had ber
receiving L0 a crat.- -
Twenty Years Ajjo
From -Th Journal of- Nov. IS, 1902
Hundreds of representaUves, from al
most every county in th state, gath
ered at A. O. U. W. halt today to at
tend tn nrst annual . convention of
th Oregon Irrigation association.
e e
Th 'annual session of the Oregon
Bar-association was called to order
this morning by President J. B. Cle
land in th United SUte court room.
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Saturday was the - first day that
China pheasants 'were allowed to be
sold In Oregon this year, Th whole- -sal'
houses received - about 600 birds
this morning. . They wr -eagerly
bought up by retail dealers. ':..,
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Th rotten bridg ' situation is ' be
coming mor serious every day, and
people residing on th azt aid and on
Wuiamatt . Heights are urging , that
whatever is don be done at once, -aa
residents of districts reached by way
of th ; decrepit . bridges , ar i greatly '
inconveninc4. -.i
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The .shipping , business was never
mor quiet than at present, although
una is usuany tn Dusiezt season of the
year. - Out of the large number of
vessels In port but very few are doing
anything. At .least five or six of them
ha v not been chartered.
-The blanket franchise for. the Port
land Railway company, is to be adopt
ed by th common council. The rail
way company will pay th'.cify for
the - 25-year franchise the ' arum of
tJS.OOO, In annual installmtnts.
a e . - . -
The Boys and Girls' Aid society of
Oregon will present a bill to the next
legislature providing that county courts '
throughout the state may commit in
corrigible minora to the car of the
society, inat aad of to th reform school.
Th board of publio works today
ordered sewer Improvement from Flfjh
street to th river. ..
, , . . . e-
Southern Pacific officials ar In daily
conference with on another regarding
the demands of employes for increased
wages. - ,