TnE OREGON ? SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,
DECEMBER
3, 1S22.
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For tbe past week or more the three
men who eoniDOM the tax conservation
commission for Motnomsb, county, by-
grace or a - iaw
passed toy the 1920
legislature. ; have
been sitting la se
cret session to de
termine just : bow
and where they
shall slash Port
land's municipal
budget tor .1923
What baa been co
ins on behind the
closed ' doors tt is
impossible ' to telL
The newspapermen
' - onwbom the pub-
lio depends for its Information on each
subjects have been excluded from these
sessions..,- - .
ft Undobltedlr Senator Mulkey and
Messrs. Goldsmith and Sabln have a
desire to do the beat possible for the
; taxpayers., but it is only natural that
said taxpayers should want to know
Just what is going on, end it would be
a:. safeguard to the public to have all
tax affairs carried through without
secrecy. The American people are op
posed to- that sort of thing on genera)
. principles. :-v''-fl'bear
that there is definite prospect
that this state of affairs may not ex
ist -another year, and that a bill will
be. before the forthcoming legislature
amending .-, the act creating the tax
conservation commission so as to re-
, quire all its meetings and conferences"
u be open to the public : even as you
and I would have them be. - .
i One of those things ?that didn't get
: into the newspapers, and that the prin
ts pal of the incident may be surprised
to see here
now
would ha ve made
rajghty startling
reading ; If it had
terminated ' differ
ently. Anyway, it's
thrilly enough . to
send a. shiver down
your spine, even if
It didn't happen
yesterday. It has
to do with Fire
Chief Toung .and
bow near hd came
to being ' simply a
grease spot on the pavement alongside
the Yeon building. ;
Young Isn't the sort that Is affected
by scaling the heights, a trait that so
; many people have and that is so dis
tressing when they have to look down
from a tall building or precipice,, and
his duties sometimes require him- to
carry himself into positions that would
toe, Indeed, parlous to many a person.
He1 was inspecting the Yeon building
end finally reached the roof.- He
started to walk around the top of the
firewall, ,a width of something less
than IS inches. -All went well until-
"he passed, without warnlnff, the blast
that -sends out ' "used" air from the
building. It struck him with terrific
force, -The chief swayed outward and
looked down from the dlzxy heights to
the hard pavement 18 stories below'.
For a brief moment it looked as though
a new fire chief, for Portland might
be the next order of business, but John
thought quickly and to the' effect that
he'd been in the fire-fighting service
for more than a quarter of a century
and heTl be jingoed if he , wanted to
stop - his : career j in .this sort of way.
. He lunged forward and -. made out to
pass the blast and thri peril. 4 Chief
Young can laugh about tt now, bt just
then Ht ' -- ' i. .-'
. evr- MSssja 1-si--jfSBS1i.
-City hall folk, and, J presume, many
other Portland- citizens "are " watching
, with . deep, Interest - the movement
towards again sub
mitting to the state
legislature the mat
ter , of . 1 1 y ., and
county ,- consolida
tion, creating the
city and county of
Portland, Oregon
which is taking
definite shape, -t
. Indications .are
. that It will 'have
the Indorsement of
a eonelde rable
" n&mber -, of ' com
munity and Improvement clubs end
other civic organizations, and jthat
"when It goes before the solons at
Salem there will be substantial back
ing in the way of favorable sentiment
expressed In concrete form by citizens
-of Portland.. ,j-i:;rw..-;, x?
.' The ' proposed consolidation would
have to be In the way of an amend
ment to ' the state '-constitution to ' be
submitted to the people at the next
general election. Should the resolution
pass ; both houses of the' legislature,
there would be ample time for a gen
eral campaign of education, so that the
merits . or demerits of the proposed
change' could be fully considered.
The . consolidation movement has
. twice been before the, legislature, and
in 191.9 it passed the "senate. 'Iterate
under the new movement is bound to
be a matter of much speculation4 and
-win be watched with interest?-.
Between the city hall end the Hult
nomah county courthouse lies e block
fos ahe most part - vacant. It is a
property that any
person with vision
would readily de
clare should be ac
quired "by the city
pr county as a part
of Portland's civic
center, end unless
this is done neosla
"in after -years will
wonder why there
ires snch short
sightedness. But the city fath
ers are struggling
tor muft ituanciai ends meet ' and the
cqunty comini ssioners probably are net
particularly Interested. A part of this
property, is needed forithe,widenlng of
'Madison street as proper approach
to the Hawthorne " bridge. ; The re
mainder would make a moat attractive
park, embellishing- the smtuty of both
- city end county buildings until euch
time as tt is needed as a site for a
municipal museum building ' or some
otner sucn purpose' .
. i' But who is there who can show the
: way . financially? J , - -1 ... -
"Musie hath charm to soothe ft sav
age, rend a heart or bust a cabbage."
Thus we sang when we were kids. "It
also has proved Its
-" power to swing the
Ud ef-tbe city
strong tox sum
-J ciently ajar to let
lout J 9.8 for W
wae the monetary
- cost of Ututio week
' a the city haiL
if and-.the city dads
. nave agreea to pay
" The matter went
through the ,lst
i council session- as
i "mergeiM ; rdiaance introduced
1 7 Commissioner- Barbur, lie of: public
vorks fame. w it was the hard-earned
coin paid ie tribute by .-the property
O A-tiers, but, at that.- Barber contends
k 13 money well -spent ani I'll not be
A liM
j;; ?
the Gossiper-
and Gad ski s in the personnel of the
musicians who participated ia the pro
grams of Music week at the city hall,
and their daily- programs gave much
pleasure to many people. But none of
the money appropriated by the council
went to them ; it simply bad to do with
the prosaic business of drayage of a
piano to and from the council chamber.
Again the corridors of the city hall
furnish an item for the Goesipert A
woman came the other day to while
1 away some time in
m ...
viewing toe mu
seum, rwhlch Is
strung , along . the
corridors wherever
showcases can be
placed to advant
age She brought
with her three lit
tie children, , the
youftgest - in the
toddling stage and
evidently far from
being la the best of
e P irits. Opposite
Cftirnniinioncr Mann's office the bunch
located, while ; the baby . whined ? and
cried for this and that. fc ,.1
Finally just as the commissioner was
coming out of his office door, the baby
gave over iti small efforts at nolse
maklng: and began a series of tan
trums that would score close to 100 in
a contest. ; i.; -
"My, but that baby" Is spoiled," came
from John's lips almost unconsciously;
but the -words penetrated to the
mother's keen ears a she grabbed up
the shrieking child and began to feel
it ever to determine what was the mat
ter. She responded with
- '"So, 3 misters he Isn't spoiled : ell
babies smell that way sometimes.'
; Commissioner Mann went on his way
a sadder but wiser man. ; . '
: Out ef the union of six or seven com
munity, and improvement dubs for, the
purpose of carrying on the campaign
tor us xioss isi&nu
bridge, which was
a remarkably suc
cessful one, is all
probability, a
movement that
may mean a great
deal in the devel
opment of the dis
tricts east of the
Willamette r t ver.
To i City Commis
sioner'! A. Ii- Bar
bur must be given
credit for "father-
tnK" the -proposed, plan, of a union. for
" in.f . n that the east
side may act in full coordination when
some general project w w iul-"lc
to be put before the people.
D-Vw.,w ni.li miM kp.fi o the pres
ent organisation of .the districts south
. .a .n I I.I
or Jiawtnorne iwn - -
a similar organi ration among the clubs
in? the central east side .totrVft-o
reaching oot ta the eastern cuy ubuu
and still another union of the 'organ-
, in.M.vAsmAnt anil development
forces in the Peninsula district, with an
executive committee seiacisa
these three general districts. He urges
vr4h ich an organization, each
of the three sections could foster and
advance its district anairs, wnue ait
could unite in the large movements and
get decisive results as cibmui
those shown by the lesser organization
for the Boss island bridge. The Idea
Is being fell received and definite re
sults may be expected soon.
: "Unto everyone which-hath shall be
given." Sigel Grutse, ; who Is in his
33d year of continuous service, at the
city haQ, and who
knows , t h e city
charter and vari
ous other municipal
affairs from A to
lizard, has the
reputation of keep
ing ' a ' wonderful
amount of city his
tory tn his head.
.He has- Just won
new, laurels on that
line, but I learned
the real "low
down on the Inci
dent the other . day. just as I was maJt-
tng ready to -bestow great praise on
the man for bis ; wonderful . retentive
memory; -1 "ivr" V . V"
Came a man to the city hall and
wanted to know about an old ferry
deal wherein the city , had leased and
afterwards purehaeed e ferry. Grutse
dug up the records, ' Jotting down a
memo, so that he might give the man
the exact dates, amounts of payments,
rentals, final purchase' price, etc. -The
man. Vent his way and Sig laid the
memo, on his desk. ... -
About an hour : later the telernhbne
bell ranr at Gru tie's desk and by pe
culiar coincidence inquiry came from
the ' courthouse similar to the first
made. - i. f : - j;;, 'i::s
WeU,.lnow,' let's ' eee," responded
Gm txe as he reached tor his memo;
"Oh, yes ; the ferry was leased" end
off-hand he proceeded to give the1 Hat
of -dates, amounts, terms of sale, etc.
He heard the listener gasp.
"My goshl came the voice from the
courthouse "do you carry aQ that In
your mind?" ,
Why, sure,' was ; Big's response
Thafs easy;, esk ,,me something
nerd." -'----.
12th Evening Course in ,
SALESMANSHIP
Open Tneg.. Dec 5, 7:30
: Atsead.Free Opeaisg Iveetere by
FRED S..Y0U;;3lsnSTRUCT0a
: Oregon Institute -"
of Technology,
Kale SSee - ' eta mad Tayler Bts.
Dry Slab' Wood
Dry Block Wood
Green Slab Wood
. Green Block::
i Wood :
V. BELITERIIS TO All, t
PAB.TS OF TH CIIY -J .
; SUPERIOR
FUEL COe
E, 45th and Ilalscy
. - PH03TE TAEOB HZ)
COAIL
"TIGER'S V
OR
III U. S. IS HURT
BV SUPPORTERS
During His Absence Henchnien
'Are Doing AIL in Power : I to
. Embarrass Premier Poincare;
By Hsdses Hawley.,' ,'
TJnitfld New Staff Cerrupoadeat 1 '
Varis. Dec. .. a. While the "tiger' Is
away the cubs win play." " , k
As Georges Clemenceau is stumping
the United States. . pleading for - closer
Franco-Americans relations,,,, his hench
men here are doing all in their power
to embarrass 'the government of Pre
mier Poincare. : 'u
Unwittingly, according to Impartial
observers here, the adherents ' of
Clemenceau, in trying to knife the prest
ent administration, are greatly bann
ing the work of the Tiger. In Amer
ica. The resignation of Deputy Man-
Learn now about the new Xtnas
presetcreated by your Government
TF yon borre been ttttiitiitg
.,-JL" one '-a trid abroad,
blank today and leatr aboat the great gift deriaed
by vow GosrernmeorL
home on " Chrktmaa ay,
aotictpated joy of Coresa travel.
The U. Si Gorernmexxt
. v . Trayd Certificate
The U. S. OowrirsUeot Travel! CertScale
, be made osat for a txap to
ka to The Orient 4r to Haraa. k may be
by daa aaooseBt, ar tkaa. wicbia t!a next
yean, k maybe paid for :t&jUkmm;ti:To
htrad k ataoda the fetbd fakb and groanmry of yoor
Gamtzauaeat. i Leaoi the detailaof thia wonderfal
aft at once,? Tbjwsanrdsf of reelect
home wi3 gtow thiS Chmriina with the
of agistof ttaaei. Gftraam
let yoor opportunity slip bye' Dcs3t be too hbs.
Sand d bfonnaaoo blank today Yon wi3
be aodcr no' abfstiaa wbatareer. learnfhedetaSa
of thai ssnpraUcie4 iOiristmag opportsaasey.
.ToEorope
Treat urt i of patadrsz, of sculpture of tapestiya
and objeta d art; the bold, free soarirro; and ex
qnisxte detafl of the, perfect Gothic cathedral ; the
-v
quaint, color and amque
died OiSerealt coranttiest
iiiJwuaed suna ) the exqaaste aroma of 'romance .
; aboot ft thootaod atoned spots ; ever-preaent to
ken of the great men and women who helped to
create oar Western cmlizationt the. eatety of.
Efe
"fightr too trtany
: them m the added mterest of apoGtical sviiation,
iTtlie final. resuits of which no man aljre can ,
r enrately foretoTL If yom decide that a3 this ia fta
be yoor cut, yosi cannot
1 that of the erest Ui S.
- ased by the Unkcd Uates
Ssnsbhie Belt
-The Pacific Ma3-eeamabip Company's
J'
- Thoosaads
'mas
rwithoot any
.Government
0 V
o
del from the commission on foreign af
fairs, after that commission had re
ported to the chamber, that no' actios
be taken on the 'Washington disarma
ment treaties. Is causing widespread
discussion in Paris. I .a
; Members 'of the boose of deputies are
convinced , that the ' action '- of Mendel.
i Clemenceau spokesman. is net' only
due to bis opposition to the Washing
ton pacts, but to -his resentment be
i cause none of the followers of Clemen
f ceaii shared , in shaping the work of
the parley, v Only Arlstide Brland.
Rene "Vivlanl end ex-Minirter Sarraut,
opponents of the "riser." took part tn
-the deliberations. -
i The strongest .French ' supporters of
the Washington pact, which was insti
gated by. the conservative Republican
party m the United States, are the rad
icals and Socialists among .the depu
ties. . , -f ' : r,;. r B r
J M. Heriot, leader of the left, stated
to the United News : . , -
"We are for the Washington pact-in
principle, but desire .. to make a - de
tailed examination ef it, ? Handel's only
grudge is that his friend, Andre Tar
dteu. had nothing to do with the ne
gotiations." r- r '.'''.-':.t-.'v-'-..''
- The supporters of Clemenceau, it is
believed, are trying to force ' Poincare
into the : unfavorable ; position of de
fending . the ; Washington agreement.
The. prime- minister has- already an
nounced that An appeal would be taken
from . the decision of the commission
on' foreign affairs: 1 '
tend tb lazonraatioci
It wiu brins: mto
ia ; cuatci'ete form, aba
- Kobe,
Eisrope,
with
.There
charm of half
loog golden boars
rnores with so happy
to osmxiata I. .Vim,
find a finer mime
GovrermnenC ships
JJaat to Ejsrope.
6 Ths, Qiif;t
too
ships
- :
Write-To'day
"of
ZZJM
The United States. Gov
cTs
a f
obllaticjo. -i. Yom wO
Travel tertlkate.aod :
photographs cf both the exteriois and interiors
-j today I I Now.' Christmas is not far wokj.-: -
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rMI'SJilTEllECT.
GAIIIS 1 PER CEIIT
IH 25.000 YEARS
Cultural- Improvement, However,
y- Shows Improvement of 10,000
Per, Cent,;! Says Prof esson
'l-V (By tnUd Sewa-l -' - "
.' Berkeley Cat," Dec 2. The , human
race ' has only improved ' "1 per cent
physicallyv and - mentally In 25,000
years, according to Professor ,K.lfl.
Kroeber of the. department of an
thropology. University, of California.
- In the-same -period' -of -timculture
has progressed 19.000 perCent Jtitt de'
Clares. . J v'. V;.",V
. Tie.n"s brains are only about X Per
cent ' - betterthan- they were 'S5.00S
years., ago,"" 'Professor Kroeber said.
"We too frequently make the mistake
of - thinking -that because - man, uses
Belt to The Orient mmiu bhas
by way of the Hawaiian Islands.' A
stop is made at Honokiio, so that the traveler has
time for ft pJonge at die Beach at Waikiki, : a
view of the incomparable Hawaiian sceneryv and
a glimpse of the colorful ' life of thia city which'
' teems with men of every race. Then more sur
lit days at tea tmtil with: Yokohama the endless
mystery and fascination of The Orient begin ,
Shanghai, Hons; Kong, Manila
Short Route to The Orient
ts&boare also ocentad to The
byt&a AdmiralOriental line from Seattle. TMs
ia the fasaoroa short Northern route on which the
mriSt Goatguustnt vesaeb reach Yokohama in H
days txSnz- like fde ships operated by Pacific
12a3the AdnaVaUiental Line vessels are among
she fisacct afloat wiptemely hojrioo and swift.
Peats of ca3 are Yokohama: Kobe,' SlanehaL
ilamla.' . "V
To Scwrth America,
isnoteooagh space there, can never be
ice- to teH all the wonders of
This vasf-treasvre. land, .with
of prodoce, scenery, climate
i ia too fitne known I to Americana.
great Exposition at Rio de Janeiro this year, to
which men and women of aflnatiomarefiorJang,
doingsometbingoorrectd U.S.
operated by the Manaon
i make the.tr from.New Yockto
maaatUdaja sum speed record. .They ase also
thenost iuaisju ships to'Soeth America. "
The beaastaes of Hawaii the Paradise of " the
Pacificthe -ideal-wioter tn4 tumrner resort - '
;weu known to reouire mention.
Steamship Co. operates Coreinsncat '
Angeies to Honolulu.
Xsrstcnt wi3 -be sent yoa
J dacrjption of the U. S. 1
booklet showing actaal
'cf the sLia. Write for k
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his natural ingenuity or mental, ability
on - a ' basis ef discoveriee. already
made, and . makes s 'mv discovery,
that he is a superman of the modern
era that he is better mentally than
the '. man of ; 25,000 ' years 'ago.; Yet
sAthropotogy shows - that man's - brain
then 'was-99 -per -cent efficient.' con
pared-tt brains today, :. j
PHOBLEMS DirFEB, ,- " '
-They' merely used their, brains on
different. proUeros problems, which
seem ,, simple i today.', now that 'they
are solved, , but - which ' were - Just ' as
big then as .- many . of .. our . modern
scientific problems. ' m i . '- , ;
; "Man's physique has also ' improved
only about 1 per cent, despite all mod
em , knowledge of the body ' and Its
care. - V
"On the other hand cultural things
bays -.Improved ' easily byr 10,000 per
cent- , Our conveniences, mode of liv
ing: and the attributes of civilisation
have.' rapidly multiplied and piled up.
Until today, with' practically the same
brain and physique.-' we have inherited
10,000 times more then. we could in
vent, . , - . . '. ' 'r i
k:vlt is reasonable to believe" that this
improvement of, brain and body In
this past time , represents the mean
average of development' of the human
raceH sv
MOEE 4SPHQVEMEHT , - .
vftt.-is- reasonable te suppose that in
the- next 25,000, years we, will ihave
improved another 10 per cent, perhaps
Pacific.
day's
names
Orient
. . '. . ., ...... .- '.. "i i- iV-.L,-; ,. w
The Aip are . owned by dxe
United States Gora3me&iv
They are operated tyj rf . ' -j
Thb Unixsd SrArrav .LmBS from
New York so Eoropei
Thb AisciBvraOftiEfiAiJLom from
Seattle to , The Orient
Thb PAcvxlaiLSTBAsMmr. Goisy
South
ita in
and
The
Stearaw
Rio
The
Please send
the abina
,
i Orient,
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' , ' ' M '. ' ' . . . "... -. . '.p.s .. . . ' ' f . " . ; r
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even', a little more, because there is
more acceleration to life.
"On . the other ' band. . our - cultural
advantages should have improved -In
this time by a- terrific figure- If , the
proper t4o is carried out."
Professor - Kroeber declared that
birth control as av. means 'of .building
up the race is -nonsense. ; :
"There is " a popular " cult ." which
would , prohibit marriage of so-called
undesirables to preclude feeble mlnd
ednens. Now feeble mlndedness is a
hereditary trait. Anyone, however
sound, -may be an unsuspecting carrier
of . feeble mlndedness. On the other
hand., strong mind may come from
a supposedly .undesirable - marriage. -
.."Therefore-: pronouncing one person
"desirable', and : another undesirable'
might be utterly' false, unjust and .un
warranted.". -
Manls Fumigated, :;t
Rescued by Firemen
"Torkvllle, Ohio. Dec. 2. (I. it; S.)'-i
The' fire department. was called to the
home of Sam; Paptch." where smoke was
seen pouring from a room. The volvm
teer firemen i broke ; dow the - locked
door, finding a roomer in bed, i with
three", formaldehyde .candles euch as
are 'used for fumigating burning . in
the place. 'The "roomer was carried out,
none the worse for the peculiar -accident.
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ntfT from
from New
- Tbb Jjos
rAfnr from
" '- Are aS
ators and
which ia martrrg the
f-ss. 'as! 1 sasTn
INFOiaiATION BLANK
To U. S. S2sipExni Board
obZigatioa me U S.'
tore rrrdaimng the TJ. S. Gcvernment Travel
that eo to O DSc AoierKa. OThe
To liooobrie.
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Striking Miners
: Take r jo Hunting,
v.; To Help Piss Time
-'Charleston. WT.'Va, Dec 1. U. X. S-'
Resident and nort-reeident hunters paid
into the treasury of West Virginia
$69,a48. between January land October
tot the present year "lu sfees for hunt
ers' licenses, reports oD : county clerks
for the iine ononth- show. . A total of
64.S3S resident and SOS non-resident li
censes werer issued. .i - ,
During the . same period . e . total ef
239 4 persons -were arrested on charges
ef violating ' the fish and game laws.
Convictions numbered txt. , The ma
jority of the alleged violations had to
do! with the dynamiting of fish. With
Z persons arrested end 5 convictee,
Kanawha county led all other counties
vio arrests, and convictions. The total
of fines-collected fer violations of the
fish and game laws was $3595. ' -?r
. According to. officials of the fish and
game commission, the large Increase in
the number Of licenses issued was due '
to the 'coat strike ; During their period
of idleness many of the miners sought
relaxation In hunting.
- Hand operated. - a ' device : has been
Invented for serving bulk ice cream In
the form of individual bricks. ..
Sao
Tbb Mtomsotc STBAaiasnr
York to Sotair America
Amgbxjbb
Los Anedcs' to II
'experienced
bare made poaaiLee a
;
Etsa-,
OttiSort and i
f .. ... C