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' A thousand wbeela of labor" are turned
by dear affections., and kept in motion by
aelf-eacrifieins endurance and the crowds
that poitr forth in lb morainf and return
at nubt are daily procession of lor and
duty. Cbaprn.
WHAT A SUBSIDT MEANS
A LL Americans nrant an Ameri
S-f- can merchanjt jmarine None
jof them are fighting the proposed
3-ubsidy because they are opposed-i
gto American ships. An opponent
of the present proposal is not neces
5 sarily an opponent of an American
Ffleet, There is a vast difference of
opinion, however, as to how-tat
2 fleet is tap be 'operated and rnain-
talned. . , ,"-.".-
. The-iprop9'nerits.of the, present,
f bill insist that, tits defeat would
sound taps for a merchant marine.
gThat is not true. Tire fleet can be
"operated by the government in
. various ways, among" them, by leas
Sing the ehjps on contract. To. be
2 sure, that method has not paid
grreat dividends to the government,
but t haSf-not --cost -half what the
Vf merchaht fleet would cost under the
subsidy; proposal.
. Under present conditions, the
merchant marine, shows a deficit
. to the government pf $50,000,000 a
'year. T'he shipping business is how
at its lowest ebb. The demand for
Z ships is hot - great because trade
H has- steadfastly declined during the
last two years. There have been
J fewer cargoes to carry, and high
operating. costs. . Even under these
condition, the fleet Is costing", the
people only 150,000,040 annually.
)IJ But the 'purpose bt the subsidy
tisto sell ihat fleeV for 10 cents on
J tbe dollar, and then' to pay $7 5,0 0 0,
JiOOtt a year to private owners in the
;form of a subsidy, or something
Hike 125,000,000 a -year more under
, private r operation than - under the
' present; conditions, to say rjpthing
! of making a practical gift to private
; interests ; of the huge fleet now
? ; owned by the people. ..And in ad
r, a it Ion to that even," It Is, proposed
to loan the private interests 1125,-
OOO.OOOjto' refit the neet,' -, ,
, ,In other Swords, ' it" is pro"
i posed to gjve away the' fleet because
it Is not. paying at'a time when the
I i shipping business ia'-at- its worst,
-' and then to pay more for It than
, iseing paid under present circum
i stances.- Is that good business? Or
f is it a grab for the private shipping
interests lit ' the expense of - the
j people of 'the country?
: And going i farther, why - do the
private interests want the ships if
they can never be made to pay?
" -' If the fleet Is a white elephant.
what do they want with it? - And
I It it isnt, a white elephant, why
; give the fleet away and pay t more
; for its maintenance than is .now
paid?
-. An aged woman . of Marylebone,
England, was found- dead on ' her
bed with ' a cigarette at her side.
She was a cigarette addict. After
an inquest it was -declared . that
cigarettes hadweakehed her heart
and thereby brought on her sudden
death. Next we will -probably hear
of English women wrestling with
black and smelly-pipes-"
PROVING THEIR RIGHT
! "I TARGARET GOLDMAN is a Ht-
XIX. tie bundle of womanhood . 4
feet 4 inches high; She is of slight
" weight, but she is -one of the most
capable dee p-ea salvage workers
J in the country t
Miss Goldman has recently
f alvaged the cargo of a vessel sunk
in 1S5 feet of water In Lake Michi
waa in 1S63. "She Is now to ber'n
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WE ABE told that there is to be effort by a. bis Portland orgraniza
v tiott "to place the farmers and producers of the state already here
on k more secure- and prosperous footing. ' The organisation is the
Portland Chamber of Commerce, and a two years' campaignr'irtth
large sum of money available, will be devoted to the, program. . The
plari willle to so adjust things as to better the situation of farmers and
producers, already here, rather than seek: to" bring in new settlers. ;
i ; This is the sort of thing for which The Journal has long- argued." It
is one ot th,e sanest endeavors ever undertaken in Portland. 'f
i i The lty hasL cot understood the needs of the country. City people
have not known : the handicaps with .which the producers r haver;long
strugglealThousands of city folks have- not realized - that .if there is
prosperity on the farm there is -certain to je "prosperity , for. all n the
city, particularly m an agricultarat district like that which extends In
every direction beyond the city limits of "Portland. - . - ,
i . There is wisdom In thw proposal to make secure the. prosperity ot
farmers and. producers already here, rather than bid fpr newcomers. s It
t a prop6gal which deals with fundamentals. - If the present population
is contented by securing a? BUfficient,'hareof the- fruits of Labor and
investment, the problem Of newcomeiw will settle Itself. Cut' the taxes
so that theJ tax collector will not lake away all or half the rental value
ot thw farm once a year. Create such a market system that the pro
ducer wflt get more and the middleman- leas of the value of the output;
of the farm." Bring the farm and the town into closer cooperation for the
Welfare of both. These and a few other changes in present arrange
ments WiirrheJp malte prosperity general, and out of a general , pros
perity wifl.eenver such a contentment aa. Oregon has never known. ,y
The Other Cay 0n of the best farms in the' "Willamette valley was
sold to an Idaho man. There was & mortgage on it. For several years
the Owner Toad struggled with the mortgage, but In spite of all he could
do ii kept growing. He farmed "intelligently and worked like a ,slav.
He had atupJe equipment and his
the oeadiy mortgage wcrtaieu. inwt id
farm profits i 1 -'-""
" That is hot natural condition In an Industry that is basic. Every
city man must realise that things Sire riot properly' adjusted, must un
destand that agriculturft. is not On an equality, when the mourhful
story on that farm is the rule pn thousands of other farms. -
It is far better, as the Portland Chamber of Commerce proposes, to
seek to adjust things for the producers we now have than to seek to
bring in other farmers to go against the same hard game. Indeed, has
anybody ever proved to a certainty that a denser population brings any
more happainess or ''human- welfare to a region? , '
;'The present Is a'highl opportune time for Portland "ltd' have .a
thought for the great basic industry of Oregon., Tftis Is proven by the
late election returns In this state, when a dirt farmer was elected gov
ernor"by the blgf est farmei" movement ever seen in a Pacific coast state.
operations on vessel in Lake Erie
that divers'" have trasuccessf Ully -attempted
to ' salvage lor ; years.
Thereafter she hopes td' go down
into the deep after : the valuables
on the ill-fated,it.'usitania, "
Miss Goldraah is herself an ex
pert -diver, -"is an (inventor of appar
atus, and eohducts her operations
personally" to see that her.plans are
properly carried out. . W.
- Morand more women are doing
the work of men, doing it well,
and,, as In the case of Miss Gold
man, dolngwhat men , have failed
to do. . , ; V..:? :
They are steadily proving by
various methods and undeniable
capacity that they are richly en
i tn thi cnimlitv with men for
which -they have so long striven. -
"Golf, "'.sayr James Barnes, noted
! a thine: a fellow may
learn, but It is practically impos
sible to.teaeh it."! But are, there not
a greatijaany othr ; things in life
that cannot te taugavw pcuw
cannot Jearn by 1 themselves ?
WHT POBTIAND GROWS
THE Seattle Times says: ''Port
land's bank clearings are aver
aging larger than Seattle'a' ' Yet
Portland is the metropolis of a state
much less important, commercially,
much smaller- in, every way, than
Washington. If " Seattle is
ever to become.the. Liverpool of the
Pacific she must be backed by the
entire state of Washington." v
The fault with this appeal is the
narrowness of Its reasoning
It is not the duty of Washington
to establish Seattle as the Liverpool
Of the Pacific any more than it Is
the duly of Oregon to make Port
land the" New York of the North
west.
But it is the duty of Seattle to help
Washington develop, the resources
of that state that it may preside the
maximum number-'. of successful
homes, farms and industries -and.
the widest opportunity to 'the
largest number Of 'desirable people.
It is no less" Portland's duty to serve
in similar, capacity its hinterland,";
A city that builds primarily for
its own .sake father than, its tribu
tary territory Indulges in a selfish
ness which.;uj:ckly .renders it a
parasite "and "iri 'the end hobbles
both ltsj 'own" -as d the progress ;of
the territory it. should.serve,- . r ,
Seattle, too, forgets that her situ
ation 1? not comparable with' that
of Portland; -Tacoma ana Kposane
in Washington 1 ara .smaller than'
Seattle lut are 'quite -as conscious
Of the appeal f destiny. The moun
tain range that-eneircles Seattle has
constant tendency to. restrict the
significance of that olty. Portland,
on the other hand, is related by the
advantages of topography to an
area' many times as great.- ; Port
land by water grade transportation;
which means economical trans
portation. Is endowed with the ad
vantages of nature in reaching some
of the most productive sections of
Southwestern j and Eastern Wash
ington as well as Oregon. A recog
nition of the inalienable benefits
conferred uponPortland by natural
right - was i giVenNin the interstate
commerce "commission's decision of
the Columbia basin rate case. Ore
gon, too, is greater, not in developed
resources, ?.but potentially, than
Washington. , V "
'..If Portland grows Into greatness
it will be through her- contribution
to the greatness Of development in
the Columbia' basin. Her strength
must, be not as the overlord but
as the servant" of her hinterland.
It is no accident that Portland,
In many important activities. Is out
stripping Seattle. " -
HTJ. Langoe, editor of the former.
Northman, is continuing that pub
lication under! the -name of the
Western American, the first .issue
of which came recently from., the
press. The publication is a maga
zine -of. good citizenship, devoted to
crops were average But every year I
the cause ! of Americanization, as
similation of immigrants, and a bet
ter understanding between native
and foreign born for the benefit of
their corari on" country. The West
ern American . is an ably edited
magazine dedicated to a laudable
purpose. ! t " , ' -I
Seattle holds up hands in horror
at the discovery that the metropolis
pays, 85 per cent of King county
taxes, and that maintaining two sets
of city and county officials virtually
duplicates government. But Seattle
has nothing on Portland. We pay
90 per cent of Multnomah county
officials and . hire .two . sets of of
ficials to run our'.affairs at at least
50 per cent more expense that
would be : necessary with duplica
tion eliminated. . .
I OUR FAME
THE fame of Portland as a city,
of safety has spread. A The local
traffic k bureau Tis' in receipt! ef
numerous communications, "c" h .e
latest of which is f rofn- the? pes
Moines Chamber of Commerce! rel-.
ative to the automobile safe tar cam
paign introduced here ahd Its re
markable results. Other cities that
have not already emulated t that
drive are jwriting to: Portland for
details preparatory to tho Inaugur
ation of similar cam paignarif ,
'The year before the local rive
was undertaken,-' 4 2 ; people '-were
killed in automobile acldenta,?Th,e
following year the death rate Was
reduced by one 'third. And .Ithia
year, in spite of an Increase in ,the
number of- automobiles of more
than 40 'per cent over the number
three years ago,' a greater popula
tion and; added. ' congestion, the
death rate will-be slightly less than
after the first year of the campaign.
V Considering the Increase irr -the
number of Imachlnes, the population.
ana tne congestion, . tn: record: is
remarkable.. Had .the killings in
creased "with the number - of - ma
chines as j they ! had In-, the past,
the ', deaths Jn Portland this -year
from automobile accidents,- would
have been hear , the SO mark rather
than 28. " : . ;"".- . .- :
. The safety campaign paid. . Aside
from the jives saved and the . in
juriea avoided it has paid ten times
overA in. ; the favorable -advertising
that has -come .to-. Portland." This
city is now the safest , city from a
I traffic standpoint.: of - any . of Its
size in the United States. '
.The-campaign was merely a drive
of education and law enforcement.
Speakers -carried ;the message of
safety " 'to " clubs, . " schools ' and
churches. They went every place
they could get - an audience. This
newspaper ran a series of special
articles covering a - period ot v a
year explaining the traffic dangers
and Counseling , caution. Law. en
forcement j agencies were ; spurred
On'to duty and loopholes in enforce
ment were , closed; Some new legis
lation was secured to protect people
from, reckless and incompetent
drivers. And so, ' the campaign
went. V'i W'r'vJ"--
But It Is not over. - There Is still
need far caution. There are still
reckless. drivers and foolhardy "pe
destrians, j And there are still Kill
ings. Buti even more than that,
Portland Is rapidly reaching the
breaking point of congestion. Con
gestkm means-accidents, Unless the
city council soon discharges its duty
In keeping: Pprtland streets open to
traffic, the days of-rapid-fire traffic
deaths may return- Portland, the
city of safety, cannot afford to"re-
tura to those daya : ' :
After the war of 1812 and the
Civil war lit took prices about-to
years to drop to normal. The low
point' in prices occurs about every
50 years. The last low point was
in 1896.; jThe chairman of the
Harvard university committee on
economic research says prices wilj
not drop to the, level In effeci Je
fore the World war for at least 10
years,; "!,;L';..'f. " .JJL'-CrJT-
MEMOIRS ARE
CONFESSION '
Out of His Own Mouth Is the Ex
Kaiser Condemned,' in the" Opinion
of Tbose Editors of America Who
. . Hav Looked Over His Great
Alibw-Xot --BeingT at Any Point
" Cajfdid. His Work Is Worthless
as History ; a Xeplorable Fact
: in View of What He Cos Id
- Tell That Nobody Else
Can 'or Hver Cans.
t xjany manorial uigeato
Consolidated Freea Aiaoeiattep): ' -
The -much discsssed question OS the
German kaiser's ehaf lnthe responsi
bility fors the World war has ' been
settled, as American editors see it, b
so less an authority than the ex-kaiser
himself, - His memoirs, "written and in
tended as a defense if not altogether
as a vindication, have been almost 'uni
versally interpreted by American com
mentators as a - eonf eafion of - guile
And as a contribution to history they
fair equally wide ef the mark. Their
value, in the opinion of the press, lies
chiefly to the additional light they
throw on the mental make-up of the
man himself,- and even. that, a, number
of writers think, holds more interest
for the psychiatrist than for the world
at large. , - - - -
- .. o -. m . . t. . .!
There lias ' been criticism " of the
members -X the American press who
gave these so-called - recollections to
the people Of the United States, . the
Cincinnati Enquirer recalls. "Some
even have gone- se far as to declare
the publication to be a piece ot Ger
man propaganda. -Now that they have
been read arid digested, it is alto
gather likely that these critic will
thank the publishers tor rendering the
world a great service. , Because-' no
more -damning evidence ever we pro
duced against one arraigned- for, his J
misaeeas tnan tnai given, try the pen
of William of Hohenzoliern . against
himself- in justification of his errors.
In the writing of his memoirs he has,
the Wheeling Intelligencer notes,
"made the most' xf his opportunity to
justify" his own actions nd those of
tne uermany ne o tyrannically ruled,"
and the book, the Columbus Dispatch
adds. ia an appeal- for a reversal of
the judgment already rendered In the
great -court- of world opinion, .. al
though, the paper declares, "the an
swer to that appeal can be nothing but
an overwhelming negative." ;
The" book corresponds to the privi
leged statement of. a condemned crim
inal Delore sentence is passed upon
him, a practice of American jurispru
dence the v Sb. ,XioUia Olobe Democrat
regards it. The ex-kaiser "has made
his statement. It has oen . Presented
to the world without the change of a
word. : The sentence may now be pro
nounced Without the slightest Imisgiv
tng that it is either wrong or excessive.
For there is no better evidence of the
kaiser's guilt than tne kaiser's mem
oirs. Dethroned, exiled and disgraced.
rejected by nis own people -ana con
demned by humanity, he endeavors to
show that he was a poor, weak crea
ture, controlled by the chancellors 'Who
alone had the power and the responsi
bility ' of government, who alone were
to blame for whatever was wrong or
whatever failed, while still, with that
vanity which even now he cannot dis-
cara, claiming to nunseu tne- creau
for . whatever was good and success
tuL ' Undoubtedly if Germany had Won
the war the kaiser would have . ac
cepted all the glory as his personal
aue, dui new be amrts tne onus or
failure on his ministers ahd generals
and T on the German eople wfep aban-
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uvuvu ui aiuiy snu -luui. j?-
The Jackson MlchJ News quotes
Gabriel Hanotaux, "historian, academi
cian and former French minister of
foreign affairs, as .saying that there
is rot a line .or a -chapter in the -memoirs
that , doesn't display absolute ig
norance .or loss of memory." tlndeed,
the Binehamton Press thinks. "f he
could have reported accurately soma of
tne conversations r.e na.a wiui we
strong men " who really controlled ' the
policies of the German empire. . he
might ' have ' made ' an , interesting ; and
even valuable 'contribution to ' our
knowledge of recet.e history. If he
could even have reported precisely
what he saw and what he did on vari
ous important occasions, he might have
shed ' light upon the. dramatic aspect
of some of the great scenes In which
lie took a ' conspicuous part. - But he
does not do this, and so the only thing
which v n j could -contribute to .our
knowledge of the world tragedy, and
which, no one else can supply,, is left
unreported," The result, . the Phila
delphia Record " observes, is that "no
writer ever produced a more worth-
less- book. - It sheds no light on the
history of a great period except, so far
moral dimensions. ' - -.
It Is that illumination, however,
which the San i Frandaeo . Chronicle
takes up, although admitting - that
from 'that angle the memoirs are 'In
teresting chiefly to -the alienist. f' But
it is only by recognising Wilhelm's
"qualities of irrationality, : megalo
mania, frantic suspicion and delusions
of grandeur, to quote the New York
Times, that his work can be , under
stood, ths San Francisco paper . be
lieves. It la a - mass of misappre
hension ' and misrepresentation. . The
most obvious facts of history are . ig
nored and in 'their place we are given
the perverted imagination of a . mar
velous misunderstanding. The accused
of all civilisation turns accuser. - The
war lord poses as the apostle of peace."
.-.', f " "
- The vital point in Interest, however,
in view of many writers, the one
subject which his j -readers waded
through" the tiresome preliminaries to
reach, Is 1 the responsibnity for the
World ? war, v and that point, as the
Topeka Capital puts it, he "side
stepped.' -Howent rtnto great detaU
on many matters of minor interest in
his-- reminiscences, but r -that matter
does not. seem to, have Impressed him
as worthy of elaborate treatment.'
The question of responsibility must in
fairness "be divided into two parts,'
says the New York World, "the long-
run responsibility.: for -the division of
Eurotoe . into : two armed coalitions.'
and -"the Immedlafe responsibility in
the last days of July, 1914. .In the
first Place, the sWortd believes, ""the
fair-minded . opinion ;'of ' the world is
not disposed to. call -any great Euro
pean power, innocent.;--'' ne, militarists
of hnperiai " Germany -did not exist
alone "in 'a world eic'pacifists.t' The
kaiser however.- "not'only makes the
most wf tbisj- but ' he -makes too much
of.it. He sets out to prove me pre
nosterous ; notion - that Germany was
t2r iamb among -a paclcof welves. . It
la fair to assume that if the kaiser had
had even a tolerably good case for his
government hi July, 1914, he would "not
have hesitated to state it. He bad
nothing to-say, and thatv in all fair
nesa and strictest truth, is a plea
of guilty.vA man of bis temperament
would not know how to. make a more
candid confession than - that."
WHO CHANGED IT?
" From the Detroit rre Press.
Having blamed the United States for
all of the - trouble In Europe; because
this country did" not come into "the war
soon enough, and because' it did not go
Into the League ef Nations, and also
because It wants Us money back, some
people, over there are,' now indicting
this nation for diverting the guif
stream. - . , j
Letters From the People
(Comnianicationj sent to Tie Jocrnal for
SwbheatKm in thu departmnrt tumid be writ
ten on only o&o ide o llie paper, should sot
exceed 800 words in taosta,- and mxat bo
waned by Uio water, whose saail addreea iat
luU aibt aeroinpanr tn conrnhnrion 1 .
LONE FIR SITE DEFENDED '
Daughter of Grantor of This Historic
Tract Protests Against Proposed -!"
W s Action to Vacate It. , -
- Portland, Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal- In The Sunday Journal
oi . rnovemoer lz, 2 noticed an arucie
headed "Another Move Made to Re
move Lone Fir Bodies.! This article
states that the East Side ? Business
Men'- club, backed by, hundreds "of
central east side citizens, is appealing
to Mayor Baker to appoint a board of.
appraisers to determine the valuation
of the property contained in the Lon-s
Fir cemetery tract, as " if this . could
be done ; by ' three - disinterested per
sons. . No one can place a valuation on
six feet of property where a loved one
lies buried, except an Interested father
mother, wife husband, child or friend
of the deceased. ' X read further that
after the valuation of the property
is determined the plan is to transfer
tne bodies to a tract oris acres in the
Mount Scott Park cemetery and that in
exchange for the 12 acres the Lone-Fir
cemetery property is to be transferred
Jo the Mount Scott company. Here I
desire to uk the question. When did
the East Side Business Men's club er
any other organization obtain a deed
to Lone Fir cemetery that would per
mit them to transfer, even bo much aa
the space occupied by one grave, leave
alone the cemetery-aa a whole, to any
person or association?- ; - "
I - should .like to askxif the East
Side Business Men's club has also in'
eluded in its plan, the removal of the
Docies - tn su Marys cemetery, wnicn
is situated ' lust across Starts-street? If
Lnot, then why not? .Jf. as some misin
formed people claim, the hearth of the
surrounding district is -menaced by
tone 'ir cemetery, then also it must be
menaced- - by - St Marys cemetery. I
was born.; reared and - yet live within
two blocks of Lone Fir. an have never
had any sickness from that source, and
I am a 'grandmother. '
X should 'like, to ask if this club ot
business men has in its plan included
the removal of the bodies of the many
Chinese buried in their plot, separate,
yet still a part .f Lone Fir? I pre
sume they have, as they use the words
all bodies. I wonder if they are
cognizant of -the religion and customs
of this race and of the promises made
to them by the pioneer who estab
lished Lone Fir and set aside a plot
where, they might- bury their dead ac
cording to the religious rites of their
country. Because x this i broad-minded
man has passed on, "is his promise to
be broken? Not If I can prevent it.
As the daughter of Colburn Barrell
and Aurelia Jane Barrell. Oregon , pio
neers who established and - named : this
cemetery, Iam - asking these questions.
I shall strongly protest against any
plan to remove Lone ? Fir. : It is the
only, monument that, my -father and
mother can claim today.'' Incorporated
in the original -deed to this tract -are
the words, "to be used for cemetery
purposes forever. If used for any other
purpose, what then? Let . some - wise
judge decide. .Were I-.mercenary and
seeking to mcke a few thousand dollars,
as the East Side Business Men's dub
seems t$ be, in haying the property ap-
praisea iOT; resiaence. or business pur
poses, I should1 heartily approve their
or anyone s plan to remove the ceme
tery, for well I know -what I' should
raln.-therebwj-"- -- i
I have a war-ranty deed to a lot In
"Lbna Fir .cemetery f over the signatures
of my rather and mother. No one has
any- right or tttla to- it except myself
and my heirs after his. : I have three
children buried on; this lot and no One
has any authority to move their bodies,
If need, be I would - set a watch by
day and camp there by -night, I know
other lot owners who feel the same as
I do about having the graves pf their
dead desecrated.'- --
Colburn Barrell "had -respect for the
dead, and no one ever -came to him.
however poor, but he found a resting
piace ror tneir aeaa witnout price. .
The Lone Fir tract contains 30 acres,
where approximately "40,000 bodies are
Interred. In this cemetery rest pioneers
who biased the trail into this western
country, making this great state .of
Oregon a possibility.- There rest early
governors and statesmen and over. 500
G. A. R. veterans, Mexican war veter
ans and Spanish war : veterans. The
body of Sam Simpsons the rpoet lau
reate of Oregon,- for whom a monument
fund' is being? raised, .lies-there
I would suggest that lot owners meet
and formulate, a plan to beautify this
cemetery as monument ' to Oregon's
pioneer dead. It can be done, for where'
tnere is a wui -tnere wiuoe rouna a
way. Low" Ellen Barren "pnuips.
IM THE CASE OF MR..MORGAN
A Mother Defends the "School Principal
and Contends There Is, 'Merit in
j Reasonable Corporal Punishment .
" Portland, Nov. 17. To the Editor Of
The JournalWhy all this fuss because
an unruly and impudent schoolboy Is
spanked by the principal? I am the
mother of three boys, two of whom
attend schooL If my boys were impu
dent and disooedient to their teacher
I would expect them to receive! the
same treatment they would receive
from their daddy and myself at home
under the same conditions. All prac
tical parents know that conversation at
such a time is wasted, especially it
the disobedience occurs in the presence
of other children. A good Bpanking,
administered without malice or anger
is the most -eucceasf ui remedy. , After
a few 'such 'lessons, real disobedience
and Impudence becom almost unheard
of. I know, from experiencw. t -
Dr. Kjohs said George Clauaius bad
ness, was due to his subnormal men
tality. Then he never should have been
sent to a public school for overworked
teachers to devote precious-time-to.
He mofet certainly should be put in
an- institution where -the teacher can
devote mast of her time to hira and
ten him" "hundreds f times as the
court said, how to be a good boy.
I cannot but v feel that this isn't a
matter for Sellwood to be interested
in alone. I think when a man of Mr.
Morgan's upright ' and just character
has given 20 years to school work this
record should certainly mean some
thing to the whole .city of Portland,
To brand him as a "child beater" ia
the newspapers is a matter to be re
sented by all who are interested in
children, and schools. .: Mr. Morgan's
testimony, affirmed - by- the . boy him
self, that the boy knew why he was
spanked, that- he was not spanked in
the heat of anger- but couple of
hours after his impudence .was. re
ported, that he and Mr. Morgan walked
arm' in arm ' up the stairs after ': the
spanking and talked it over, certainly
shows (Mr. Morgan was doing what he
felt was right and to the beet interests
of he boy. v Mrs. U. S."Attix. .
CLERICAL HtTifOR
' - From too Boston Transcript
:Trhat ' Was an exceuent discourse
you delivered last Sunday, said an old
minister to a. rising young preacher,
"but I would hardly call it a sermon,
It had no text. " . .
." Don't you call a discourse a ser
mon unless it has a text, doctor?.:
"Certainly not. - - -
- How -about u the . Sermon , on -i the
Mount? It was no text."
On the tntrary;- my dear young
friend," said the-old minkster,: it is
composed entirely of texts. ; , ,
COMMENT AND:
SMALL, CHANGp
Most men ret a good Idea once In a
while but most of 'em let it go at that
"Bessie) Dollar Lies Helnleaa Before
Gale." say a another headline. - What,
a woman? "No, a ship!
. - - -.
A fellow naturalrv haa a Irfnd of a
sneaking feeling when he borrows car-
tare irora tne baby's bank. -.
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"Bab for public opinion V thunders
a pompous politician. Senator t?)
Newberry did not tug the- chorus. .
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Austrian money presaas have halted.
Now for a drive to collect blank paper
for the famished finances of Buda
pest. ;.
Politics being done with for the mo
ment, another side of life comes into
evidence in the Community- Chest
drive.'- , -
Too bad the postoffice -department
can't "get"- some of those who send
us too many bills, for improper use. of
uio mails. . - i ... .:. . ...
: c- ' .',' O .' O. .-!.'
Twenty thousand dollars stolen from
a Michigan postoffice. Somebody must
just ha boueht stamps for his Chirst-
maa cards. , -. - v
Headline save all roffers are invited
to see exhibition. " That's nothing !
Every time we get on the course we
make a show of ourself.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random. Observations About Town '
- Among out of town visitors are E. E.
Cummins of MeMinnville, S.'Bennett of
Monmouth. O. C Boggs of Medford, "H.
V, Alley of Nehalem, 1L.M. Farmer of
CloverdAle, Homer Mason ot niiamooK,
W. .T- Vinton, of McMmnville, Li N,
Roney of Eugene, E. H. Hill of Cush
man and'J.NeeIey of Mapleton. ; -.
J. E. Norton, a leading merchant of
Coquille, is transacting business in the
metropolis. .
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Among out f town guests Is C. -R.
Wade of Bandon, county judge of Coos
county,'
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Joseph Lyons, .an old-time resident
of Reedaport, is visiting in Portland for
a few days. .
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M. II. Jones of Ballston, Folk county,
is taking in' the sights of the metrop
olis. , .
Wf G. Robertson is a visitor from
Marshfleld,
C. L". Simpson of North Bend Is
among out-of-town visitors.
Among out of town visitors are Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Foster of Redmond.
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G. B. -Wallace of - Pendleton is In
Portland on a business matter. -
D. XI Fletcher of Independence is In
the metropolis on legal business.
J. H. Lane, a Silver Lake rancher, Is
a visitor from Lake county. ' "
Miles Lee of Baker is a guest at the
Imperial. --
Mort H. Abbey of Newport is among
recent arrivals in the city.
e
W. O. Robertson of Marshfield is vis
iting in Portland. -
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
.r. OF THE JOURNAL MAN -
By Fred
S story of danger and death ' oa the Old
Ore eon Trail is the -feature ot this, the first,
hutaUmeat e? atory. o!4 Mr. Lockley by a
tea of one who' passed through sn extraordinary
experience in 1853.-- This episode ia woren in
with a business adrentuxe that shows now tao
lone ehasos appealed in the days when a long
chance was iko)y to bo Tory lone indeed.
"My people named me 'William. but
most folks call me Bill," said William
P. Vandervert of .Bend when I met
him recently. People up Bend way say
that Bill Vandervert knows every bear
within-100 miles of Bend by its first
name and that he also knows its
home address. He is a native son of
Oregon, having been born in- Lane
county, not far from Cottage Grove,
April 22, 1854. His. father, Jackson
J.-. Vandervert, was born in Ohio, of
Hotlandlsh ancestry, and came to Ore
gon la, 1848. -
My .fathir- was born in : 1822 just
a hundred years ago," said Mr. Van
dervert. "He-was 25 years old when
he started for Oregon, In the spring ol
1848. Ha was in the wagon train with
Boliver Walker, W. H. .Walker, John
Purvine, Thomas Clark and- other
equally - wall - known Oregon- pioneers.
Diirtnr th winter ofr 1848 he worked
for-Dr. John McLoughlin in his mill
at Oregon City. The next spring, with s
Thomas Clark, and John Maglson, he
went to the -California gold, mines.
They went on horseback, leading pack
horses laden with their grub and out-"f
fit. -They had good luck In the mines.
Thomas Clark and my father decided
to invest the money they had made
from their claim in buying blooded
stock. At that time most of the cattle
in the Willamette valley were half
wild, long-horned Spanish cattle, They
figured that by bringing out ome
blooded bulls they could soon , bread up
a better strain of beef and 'work cat
tle. In the , spring of 1850 Thomas
Clark, father's partner, went east "With
all the money they had made, while
father stayed on the mining claim to
rock out more gold. Father returned
to Oregon in 1851. settUng among old
friends on the Santiam river. Clark
traveled throughout -the East, buying!
up good stock to bring to the Willam
ette valley. ; He bought a number of
Morgan mares In Kentucky and also
some blooded, mares in Ohio,
t
spring of 1851 he had 65 .horses and
62 Durham cattle ready to drive across
the plains. " He started for Oregon with
his blooded stock and was accompanied
by a. number of -his relatives.
"Thomas dark, was "an Englishman
and , had the Englishman's love of
sport. He was -a great 'hunter, both
of iargg game and of email, and was
also a j lover - of hu ting dogs. ' . He
wanted to bring bis blooded stock to
Oregon,.in good condition, so he drove
theot only about 12 miles a day. Usu
ally : Mrs. . Clark, 'with her daughter,
Grace, who was 19 years old, and her
eon,i,Hutchlsoo. ITyears old, .would
drivex ahead to select a good camping
place and prepare dinner for the rest
of ;the party. . One- day Clark,: while
riding ahead orthe eatue," said to Mrs.
Clark "There Is a good camping place
just ahead. : I have just looked it over;
There, is - good- water anrV- plenty " of
wood. While you are getting dinnerJ
will go up Raft river and shoot a few
ducks. He took his shotgun and his
does and-rode on. The others drove
Up to the-" trees on the bank of thel
river and started to prepare' the meaL
Soon Sperryand. Hoffman- came up
with' the horses. v This camp vaaLon
Raft river, : about 0 miles west of
Fort Hall. They had heard that the
Shoshone and ; Bannock - Indians ' were
stealing- stock .-from. e emigrants. so
when Mrs. Clark looked up and saw a
tarty" of Indians coming toward them
she. suspected, trouble. She told her
son and the others to drive the loose
norses back' to the main wagon train.
Hutchison Clark was 17 years ' old.
He" saw the Indians taking their" guns
out of their leather scabbards, so he
said, .'No, mother, I am jpt going to
NEWS IN BRIEF
'j; SIDELIGHTS
Some of the election' prephet have
finally got the weatherman tied, Ash
land Tidings. - - -. -
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In this era of the automobile, about
the only- use left for legs is to push
the - foot against - the accelerator.
Banks Herald.
.- America appears ' to be a country
bounded on the north by Canada and
bounded on the east by sea-going boot
leggers. Crane - American. , - -
If yon don't believe the farmers. are
getting their mad us, look at the solid
Democratic delegation from Republican
Linn county la house and senate. Hal
sey Enterprise. - ,
' Weather forecast A heavy cloud la
reported moving from the east "toward
the state capitol building. The atorm
is expected to break the first of the
year. Wheeler Reporter. . . ;
Simmered down, the,' difference be
tween -capital -and labor Is simply this:
the, fellow that has the money, has the
capital, and to ret It away from him
is where the labor comes in. Amity
Standard. - - ,.- - -'
I- . . .. . ..-.?.-..
It may be sometimes easy for a man
to read the- mind Of another in a poker
game, but It ia a hard job, especially
in these times, to read the minds of
the majority of the Mople in a politi
cal campaign. Woodwrn Independent.
R. H. Bunnell of j Klamath Fills,
county judge of Klamath county the
county that voted right," says the judge
is in Portland to meet with the state
highway commissions
Visitors from. Prlnevllle include W.
F. King, the hardware merchant; Joe
Lister, OvC Gray and R. L. Jordan. -
.' - . ."
J. C. McLeod of the state highway
department is among out of town vis
itors, - -i . r .-" - - --r,. .'. . . ;
' - - o ro -' "7' .
Among people from out of . town
transacting business in Portland is
George F, Stearns of Oakland, ,
. ". . . . .-.-.' . .
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keeney of Ar
lington are visiting and shopping in
Portland.
.
Mr. and Mrs.- J. K. Honk of Perry
dale are among visitors from- the Wil
lamette valley.
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v Mr. and Mrs. T, A. Richmond of
Gardiner are among out , ef town
guests.. ..
M. H. Harlow, county commissioner
of Lane county, is in the city on high
way businesa. r
- . ,
L. D. ' Beach of Kelso, Wash., la
among out of town visitors. -
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Flavel of Astoria
are visiting in Portland. "
Among out of town guests are Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Jenntags-of Roseburg.
J. H. Chambers of Cottage Grove is
transacting business in the metropolis.
Dr. W. Kuykendall of Eugene Is pay
ing a visit to Portland. .
...
.Among out of town visitors is M.
Jones of Brooks.
Lcckley
leave ypu- and' Cmc ; These , Indians
mean mischief. I am going to - stay
and protect you. He climbed uoon a
j-wagon wheel to get his' gun, Which was
tn tne wagon. Mra . Clark and Grace
were la the wagon. Sparry and Huff
man ran anov took shelter in the
rocks by the river bank. The Indians
fired and Hutchison Clark fell with a
bullet through his heart. Mrs. Clark
screamed and the Indians fired at her.
urace threw Jier 'arms around-, her
mother to protect her.. The bullet
went . through her wrist and went on
through her mother's heart, killing her
instantly. Grace started to get out Of
tne wagon. When one of the Indians
fired at her, the bullet entering just
oeiow tne armpit , ana passing en
tirely through her body, ,ghe fell bH
side her brother. The Indians tore
off her clothes and threw her down
ever the -bluff." She tell on thousand
beside the river, The Indians rolled
stones down on her, some of which
struck her, leaving scars on her fore
head that remained the rest of her life.
Thomas Clark, - hearing the shoot
ing, rode at ' full speed toward the
wagon with bia hounds, which were bay
ing loudly. The Indians, seeing him
coming,
thought be was leading - a
large number of ; whites, so they
mountea tneir norses ana ilea, anving
the blooded Kentucky horses with them.
When the main wagon train eame up a
party was organized to pursue and pun-
ish the Indiana- Charles Clark led the
party; They overtook the Indians.
who attacked them,, killing one of the
white men and wounding another. The
Indians fled, taking the stolen horses
with . them. The wagon . train waited
there a day or so for the wounded girl
to die, but as she , did not die, they
started forward slowly. ' The train
bore southward toward the Three Sis
ters, They were the first party to pass
ever- the "site " of - what is now Bend.
Thomas Clark named Pilot butte. They
came pretty well to the foothills of the
Cascades ar 1 then swung 'north, cross
ing the mountains by the Barlow trail
and coming. on down into the Willam
ette Valley. .,...:.;-..'" -.':-;, " v;,"
"Clark and my father of course; lost
all the money they had made in the
junior, wu uis juumiiB amva on
that his partner had brought to Ore
gon something infinitely better, for
Grace, Clark had - recovered from her
wou .da, though it was not' until the
spring of 1853 that the patch from the
bullet that had gone through her body
worked out, after which the wound In
her Side healed completely.;. . ;
- "In 1853 father took tip 320 acres of
land near Cottage Grove. - He rode on'
the foothills trail up the valley, as
the Willamette valley was under water
in places, to get Rev. Robert Robe, a
Presbyterian minister Who had - come
to- Oregon in 1848. Father loved hunt
ing and loved doga. While going to
summon the minister to marry him' he
ran across1 two fine hound puppies, so
he slipped one into each coat pocket
and brought them along. I still hunt
bears with descendants of one of those
puppies. " -
' "Father married Grace Clark In 1858.
I was their first child, born in the
spring, of 1854i Four of their seven
children lived 4o -maturity. K Tha other
three died of diphtheria. -Walter, who
was born in 1&5S. lives at Redmond.
Charley was killed in a runaway. Dick
lives . at Oakland, In Southern Ore
gon., Mother; died in 1875,: - -
Clark, after losing hts blooded stock;
at what is now , called Clark's grade,
went back East the next year-to get
more. He r came back to-- -Oregon in
1853.' While passing through Salt Lake
City he met Brlgharo Young and pur
chased from him for $1600 three blood
ed mares of trotting strain. If you
will look up the records of the early
state fairs-in Oregon you' will find
Thomas Clark won many a blue ribbon
for his blooded horses and
cattle,
Thd Oregon Country
North wee Happeniaas ta Brief gam tot the
Itaay Bander.-. - .-
-; OREGON' . , . ' -Hundreds
of acres are belner set ta
grapes in the vicinity of Grants Pass.
The mountain near Henoner were -
covered with a U-lnch snowfall last -Thursday
and Friday. ..j--.- -
Farmers of Marion and Palk Man.
ties have decided to stage a corn show
at Salem. December 14, 15 and I.
Ashland' Post Na.' 14. Amorlran La.
giOn, has elected Donald M- Spenoer as
ms now conunanaer , xor tne ensuing
yearv.-.. 4. ... !.".,j'.- - .
St fWaM la m1vmiA wv Via VnMa
a t "- vwm . vuttfivu Mia H"UI .'
at Woodburn with injuries sustained
November 16 in an automobile accident
on the pacific, highway. i
. Southern Oregon i has shipped this
Season 1450 cars of pears and 2&ft cars -
of apples and about half the prune crop
has gone to Eastern" markets. .
Two shifts of employes are . now
working at the Delta Shingle company
piani near Jiorenco, turning out a -total
of 225.000 shingles each working ;
day., ",-;': , . . y : -
Fred Stickels. Lane countv denutv
sheriff and traffic officer, has cauaed
to be turned In to the county treasurer
during the last seven and a half ,
months 82322.70 in fines. - i '
Charles Larson of Hood River, aired
17, paroled from the state Industrial
school at Salem,' haa been rearrested
on a charge of stealing clothes, gro
ceries and other items at Parkdale.
The Umpo.ua national forest 80 per
cent of which liea within Douglas .
county, contains 22,500,000,000 feet of
timber and la said to be the largest
national forest in the United StateB.
The Commercial Creamery plant at r
Haines la a complete loss, the result ot
a fire of unknown origin. A car of
coal and a car ot sugar were destroyed
with the building, bringing the total
loss to about 240,000.
Decision of the Hammond Lumber
company as to repairing Its plant at
Astoria, destroyed by. fire lat sum
mer, will be held In abeyance for at
least a month, according to -A. B.
Hammond at San Francisco. -
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WASHINGTON - '
The Buena evaporating building at
Toppenish, with all its contents, wsi.
destroyed by fire last week. - The loss
Is about 26500. . . f
James Wilbur Jr., pioneer of Wash
ington, Is dead at Wilbur, from an In
fection which appeared aa a small boil
on His forehead a few days before hla .
death. . :
While on his way horns front school
In Spokane Friday, Urban Slater, aged
7, was run down by an automobile
driven by Edward Dumas and suffered
a fractured skull v
Judge J. W. Llnek- of Taooma, 80
years old. will soon retire aftar a life
time in tha pubiio servico. Judge Li nek ,
founded one of the first juvenile courts
In the land, at Taooma, in . 1907. .
An auction sale ef surplus ' govern
ment goods valued at several million
dollars, is rtow in progress, at Camp.
Lewis. But a email fraction of the
cost of the goods is being received.
The sixty-second, wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Cook, -Washington
pioneers, was observed at
Puyallup last Thursday. The day also
marked Mr. Cook s ninetieth birthday.
Checks totaling 8102,00 were distrib
uted last week to sugar beet growers
-of the Yakima valley for beets deliv
ered to th factory at Toppenish up to
October 80. The beefs brought 26 a
ton. -. .
Tom Fife, 70 years old, known for '
many years to every hunter or woods-'.
man travading the Naches valley, shot '
himself In th mouth at Nile recently
in an effort to kill himself. He will
recover. -
John W. Reynolds, 74, pionaer lum
berman of the state of Washington,
died suddenly Saturday at the family
home In Tacoma. Mr. Reynolds was
founder f the Security State bank at .
Cnehalla . .
'One of ' ttar3fJ-mon the old -twin
daughters of J Mr. and - Mrs. Robert .
Clary, near- Newport, died Saturday
from drinking carbolic acid. The
parents thought the bottle waa out ot
the child's reach. . . .
Indicted for alleged frauds In land
deals, disbarment proceedings have
been started against Attorney W. B.
Mitchell of Spokane, and a hearing
will be held by the state board of bar
examiners November. 27. - v
. '. IDAHO. r .
-The-Boise city council has passed an
ordinance- prohibiting boys under 20
gears of are from playing pool in pool
' A. R. Stalker.- aired 7ft. whs! hari
lived in Idaho since 1859, died at Merid
ian last week from a malady caused -by
influenza. -1
Armour & Co. of Omaha have of
fered. t act as selling agents for
Southern Idaho honey producers, who
have 15 carloads of honey on hand.
. Through cooperation of the Caldwell
lodge of Elka and the Red Cross chap
ter - needy families In , the Caldwell
section will have plenty of food this
winter. .; -'"ii,?- -,-,: . .. :.
Vc,Surr representatives nrom
15 Eastern Idaho counties have organ
ised an association for th nnrM,. 1
ecurlng lower freight rates and elim
inating car shortaaea durinr ths .ki. -
ping season. . " r
Aooroalmatelv Iftn miim. nn.i.
liquor, confiscated during the past sev
eral months by sheriffs' and police
forces, was poured into the gutters at
the CSUtUr-day b3rmn,br of"
Twenty Yctrs Ago ' .
From The Journal. of Nov. 22, 1902.
East Siders are ud in arms ever Yh
oil dlsirict recenUy created by the city
council. Councilman John P. Sharkov
of tha Ninth ward, in which the district
is included, is Wrathv over tha awinn
of the council, which was taken when
out uk uie city. .
t m - n. uoira ivr
an hour last evening just above, the
Morrison street bridge because the
draw of that structure got out of work- "
ing ordes. - . vs.;
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B. LI Eddy of Tillamook county is a
candidate for. the speakership of the
legislature. :
O'-o-t mi-y .' ' . . '
? Tie potato market is causing quite, a
bit of uneasiness among the farmers of
this '. vteirrity. . , Quotations are much
lower than at thia period last year and '
tha. outlook is not very pleasant to nlc .
Uure.r;;:?..':V, v. - - " " ", - '
Turkey prices made a Urge advance
today on account of the small receipts.
Some more advance is expected next
week. Today's quotations are, live 144
l cents; dressed, ;17 18 cents per
pound. , ' - y- , - "
rs.'". f-.-'y- t t ";.''-''-:''?" J"' " " '
,At the next session of tha Oregon
legislature a monster petition will be
presemea tor. tne passage of a blU to
appropriate 9300,000 to pay the Indian .
I war veterans for. their services. ,it. is
w iwu, ,v7(af oonus witn
interest at 4 percent. '
.' A house being moved down Columbia
street by the aid of only one han '
causing considerable amusement among
"-.. ' r-.j-.s ,v y ;
? The Tailors union, is 'prosecuting' an
energetic campaign 'against the shops
in the city. which have been designated
as unfair as well as all members of
the union who have-violated their obli
gations to the organisation. t
"The largest- fly wheel ever" manu
factured in Portland was cast at the
Columbia Engineering works thia after
noon. The diameter of the wheel is 11
feet 4' inches, the circumference about
34 feet- It weighs about 14 tons and
has a 66-inch - face. The wheel la
for the Union Sawmills of Astoria, '