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'Though I may not bo able to inform
f men more than they know, yet I . may Biro
them tba occasion, to consider. -Sir W il
liam Temple.. .? ; t
4
- 'at his irrvrrATioi,
- '- . i
SPEAKING tn Boston, i Senator
Borah predicts another war
rithin two years, at the present
rate Of disagreement. - H blames
Jhe allies largely, and particularly
iprance, for the present situation
-1 There may " be another war in
wo years. Or It may be' five. It
nay even be ten.' But it' is as cer
tain as death that another war will
come- unless something ' is done to
laaltit: L . :j I
Oddly enough, Senator Borah was
no of the leaders who did muck
: to turn th tide away from peace.
l was one of the leaders' that
prought forth the dottrlne of Isola
tion, and who .fouglit,' tooth and
cail, the " proposal -of peace by
agreement between nations. On
- jblnl and his senatorial colleagues is
tba responsibility for the absence of
ihis eountry from the world's coun-
til tables and frpm an Agreement
Intended to pre-vent waf. :
Mr. Borah lays the blame for the
conditions that 'foster", war. on the
allies and particularly Prance But
iihe allies And France Agreed to en
ter a. plan by which the world's
power were- arrayed 'against war
instead of against one another. Mr,
Borah and hts colleagues kept
America 6ut Of that agreement and
(hereby made it far less effective
- from a isaeev standpoint. ' The al-
Vlies and France agreed to disarm on
- find and sea and otherwise under
that agreement. . But Mt. Borah
and his colleagues fcept America
frdm it. XTne sJHes and France
s greed to plAce Ihe power of the
world in the scales against war but
Borah, and : his colleagues kept
America from the agreement and
gid;inuch to destroy, its effective
ness.' ."'-."
If there Is a war in Europe with
- in two years or five years It is be
cause conditions In Europe--finan-cial
economic and political foster
war Peoples without money, with
out jobs and threatened by invas
ions of Turks and t Russians, are
ready to fight. Thejr would rather
fight t than J starve Thif nation
wielfls a financial, economic and
political power enjoyed by ho other
nation on earth, a: power that is
sufficient to materially aid in the
rapid return t to .normal conditions
' abroad. Europe has asked us to
wield our power fo prosperity ahd
reace. But we have refused to
turn' a hand toward altering the
conditions that " breed war. We
have refused to go te the council
tables. We have refused to enter
agreements; We have refused ev
erything. .And It Was Mr. Borahr
;ir. eTohntotl, Mr. Lodge. Mr. Bran
degee. Mi1. Polndeiter, Mr. McCor
. micK, Mr. Moses and their . com-
radefc In the irreconcilable group of
the United States senate that estab
lished the policy of Isolation and
tr ought about our, refusals.
' lit. Borah frankly : Infers that
mother European war would era
I roil this country". 4 He could make
i,o other Inference. Just as we were
compelled to enter the laat.vit .13
:;keiy we shall be compelled to en
t r the tieiC Tet,"we steadfastly
refuse to move a hand. to prevent
t:-.at'Wari.-
Mr. Borah, instead of jreachlnaT
; bout the war that is to come, had
i t better be back in Washington
f ndeavorihir to build up a plan -to
alt it, a war that, by their oppo
.....a to a Laae'tJf Kations or
anything like it, Mr. Borah and his
colleagues invited.
'In an announcement in his own
paper that he would build another
wing1 to the museum which beara
his name In San Francisco's Golden
Gate park: there was a curious in
completeness on the part of M. EL
De Young . of the San Francisco
Chronicle. : The " name, with - syn..
onyms and first-person: pronouns.
appeared only 24 times in the arti
cle. This reference ? is therefore
mads to round out the score with
an even 25. ' Such modesty should
really not pass unsung, or unchal
lenged, i .
,WHX NOT PORTLAND?
ONE, of -the things that James
Couzens. the newly appointed
senator - from Michigan, did ... as
mayor of Detroit was to maintain
a 5-cent far for carvriders. "When
the privately owned system moved
to increase the cost. Mayor Couzens
opposed the plan established . the
municipal system, and Is now leav
ing the city with a successful en
terprise on a 6-centl basis. .
Other cities in the country have
T-cent fares. They too have found
a way to supply urban' transporta
tion for a nickel. Some of them
are larger than Portland, and some
smaller. Conditions in. many of
those cities are not more favorable
to cheap transportation than in
Portland.; 5ut' in this city car-rid
ers are paying 8 cents for a ride.
Is there no way to reduce that
fare in Portland? Is there no wray
here, as in Detroit and other cities,
to provide people wlh transporta
tion at a lower .figure?
There were those who claimed
that it could" not be done tn De
troit They claimed that ItcoUld
not be done in other cities. But
i was done, and is still being done.
If otherwhere "why not here?
SHOULD BE BEATEN
PASSAGE of the ship subsidy by
the house - of representatives
means that the administration is
going to attempt enactment cjf the
measure peiore me next congress
convenes. .' 4x-' 'x.-.v-; -:- .
It is very certain that it would
be defeated by the men elected in
November. " Many of ? them "1 were
elected on .platforms opposing the
administration program. That pro
gram includes the " ship subsidy.
Few men were elected, or reelect
ed who belonged to that wing of
fheiparty represented by the ad
ministration. Yet, the ship sub
sidy, one of the policies that was
repudiated, is about to be jammed
tnrough congress before the new
members take their,; seats, and the
will of the people, as expressed at
the last election, defeated. . -
Fortunately the measure yet has
to ..run the gauntlet' of the senate;
That will be :a difficult barriers for
th subsidy proponents' to hurdle.
The'conibtned strength of the pro
gressive Republicans and the Demo
crats is - likely to postpone if not
defeat the measure. ' .
The ship subsidy should not be
passed. It is a measure detrimen
tal to the interests of the public,
but extremely beneficial to private
snip operators. It means that they
are to get ships at 10 cent on the
dollar, $30,000,000 a year in a direct
subsidy, more millions in Indirect
subsidies, and loans aggregating
$125,000,000, f. ,
If the ships are to be maintained
and operating expenses paid by the
people of the ' United States, why
give them to private, owners? Why
not let the public keep them? And
if they are hot worth more than the
private owners would give for them
under the subsidy program, why
do the private owners want them?
And if they are eventually to be
profitable, , why rive -then away,
pay the costs of operation, and then'
let the private . owners make the
profits when the profits come?
BEGINNING SOON
TECJfUSE it has highly con
A structive features the driVot or
the Portland Chamber of Com-f
merce for funds ; for the develop
ment of Oregon is of immediate in
terest to all Portland, people. . '.
There is no use to advertise for
people to come to Oregon and set
tle on the land if eyery farm in the
state is for sale and every farmer
discouraged.- The first step- td ifet
people to settle bh the laftd in to so
build up those already on the land
that every farmer shall be a walk
ing and talking advertisement of
contentment; buoyancy - and hope.
His mood will: make . ether people
want to buy and operate' farms. It
is the only way to fiU. the state up
with settlers, v . . .
Wisely . included - In : the Cham
bers program is the plan to make
a drive for better conditions, per
haps better credits, and other" f 6a-
tares to put farming in Oregon
On a paying basis. ' It is for that
purpose that a good percentage Of
the funds sought will be applied.
This .has never been done before.
The cart has always been put before
the horse., : The result is that lit
tie progress has been made. " a
' California did it the other way.
More than 2 years ago that state
began to Organise cooperative
marketing associations. By that
process it converted; poverty-stricken
farming: districts into highly
prosperous I communities. In - the
period just ended the population of
California increased 44 ' per cent,
Oregon's 10 per cent. " .
- An effect 1 or-the agitation for
this fund Will be the better 'edu
cation of people in Portland as to
What is going, on beyond the city
Hiriits.- The story will be told by
lips to which it has hitherto been
strange- l&tiguare.- Conviction wl'J
come- to many who have always
scouted the idea that the town owed
anything to the country, and in the
sequel a great deal can be done
to revolutionize conditions in Ore
gon. " ' '" - , '.I
.'The chamber is leading in a high
ly-Intelligent aad extremely deserv
ing cause and -it ' should be sup
ported to the limit..' - r.
When a traveling salesman at
tempted to sell 60-cent pieces tor
a quarter -on a New Tork street
the ether day, on a bet, he failed.
For IS minutes he trid to make a
sale, but : not N one person did lie
find who was ; willing3' to pay 26
cents for 60. The reason, of course,
for his failure to sell was- skep
ticism. There was fear of a trick.
Nobody expected any such oppor
tunity as to be able to buy 50-cent
pieces for a, quarter. How many
people, lsf (his country - pass up
golden v opportunities because of
skepticism? .'n .
SMASHING HIS WAT
-"A NEWS story from the Lausanne
-tX- conference savs:
Making common cause for their de
mands, the Russians and Turks threw
a bombshell into the Near "East cor&
ference today " when: they formally
asked -that the Turkish straits be
closed to all -warships except Turkish
and that the uard&neUen be fortified
by the Turks as they were, before the
great war.
The y tides of passion . and tur
bulence set in motion by the World
war still ebb and flow. At times It
seems.: as if they ; are gathering
strength. . -r
There could scarcely be a more
extraordinary . development - than
this demand for only Turkish war
ships to use . the Oardanelles and
foV the Turks to b permitted o
fortify , the . straits as before the
war. Is this what the allies fought
for? Was it for this .that rivers tf
blood . were shed and billions of
wealth burned up ? -Was it for this
supremacy of the Turk, backed by
Russia and Gerjnany,. thai Great
Britain piled up a war debt of 87
billion dollars, France, a war obli
gation of 23 -billions and America
a huge outlay of 23 billions.
What would Turkey dor with, the
power that would be embodied in
fortified . Dardanelles and only
Turkish warships admitted? 'What
Christian life would then be safe
beyond the Bosporus, and what
trails and roads on the way to the
Near and Far East would' not run
red with the blood of slaughter ? V
The war ( ended with ;the. Turk
practically expelled from -Europe.
The peace was made with the pro
vision for the Turk to be no longer
a figure in Europe.. . But he Is back.
with armed allies behind him. flour
ishing a bloody sword and pointing
a the smoke . over the ruin -. bt
Smyrna.
World statesmanship Is a pitiful
thing. The grand prize of the war
was within easy reach. vA new: day,
of nations working' together for
peace, order and intelligence' was
just ahead. ' . .; " " 1
But the leadership failed and the
prize was lost. ; America . backtracked.-
and fhe'criminal of the
ages, - the coward of the-war when
the Issue went" against him. is
smashing his way- back into Eu
rope,, " : -. .... :
T&SS FOOTMAlSfS SfDE IT
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GORONER' luries r have , tk' re
cent instances acquitted motor
ists of blame for collisions that re
suited in death of pedestrians.
The automobile dfivef is cot al
ways at fault. . 4
The, pedestrian is equally apt to
1 1 -t.. ... ' V, -
.Biindiy, engrossed in. tn ought or
conversation, the pedestrian may
step directly in front of a motor.
There Is a; thud. .'A bddy falla
A crowd, gathers. The ambulance
clangs 'amid the scattering onlook
ers. "Death; due to unavoidable
accident," a coroner's Jury returns,
a little later. " . 1
True, the accident was unavoid
able front the -Viewpoint of the
man jn the machine. .But it was
avoidable oft : the part 6r the vic
tim. Scores would be living happily
in Portland today instead of lying
inert under marble engraved with
eulogy, had they stopped to make
sure the crossing "of the street was
safe.. - - r --;
If we are. to have automobiles It
necessary to recognize that even
at reasonable speeds the cannot be
stopped in time to save the pedes
trian who steps without warning
immediately, in front of the motor.
Whent comes ,td contest . be
tween a mall add aft AtitomObUe the
tofmef is certain to lose. ; -
; Overhead walks for pedestrians
at street Intersections might remove
the danger, but an yet ho tlty has
found it practicable to Install tttch
walks.
In the . meantime, pedestrians
ought to be as careful as motor
ists Are asked to be. The Same
pressure of law ought to be brought
to bear to compel self-protection
against collision and injury;
Arresting motorist for traffic
la violation at Intersections has
been found effective. . - -
How ? would; it do td place Offi
cers at unannounced, jeorners . for
a few days to catch pedestrians for
the traffic law violations that 'in
vite injury or death to them
selves?; " ' - - . f v, - - .' .
; The National Rivers and Har
bors congress promises a debate en
the issue of water? competitive rates
versus the Intermountain haul, at
its annual session -at Washington,
D. C- next Wednesday and Thurs
day...' In view of the recent hsosi-
tion by the interstate ommefc
commission, won't the discussion
take on more the cast of a post-
ITS&rtertli ? U : :& -4' : & ''
HARDING'S SHIP
SUBSIDY CALL
; AS ECHOED : . ;
BInny of .the Echoes, and Those the
Loudest and Most Prolonged, Are
"Nay", to the lreident's "Aye"."
Subsidy. Denounced as Artificial;
and Bound to Prove Abortive '
-Sardonic Allusion Made to the
- Administration's Tariff Act in .
1. Relation to the. Proposed Sub
I : skry Measure What the v .
Pro-subsidy Editor Have,
to Say About the Matter.
-Daily Editorial Digi
. : (ConaoUdatad Praaa Aaanrtartonl
President Harding's message to the
speeial session of congress urging the
passage of the ship subsidy bill as a
mesure of economy to replace the ex
isting system, has been received with
varying opinions by editors. The dia
senaion in congress over the bill Is
reflected in the views expressed, concerning-
the merits of the legislation
generally. . , '
, ' l ,.-- -w v. .
"The truth la." aays ' the Newark
New (Ind.),' "that American labor
and American capital find more profit-.
able .-.employment ashore than afloat.
and any effort to lore them where they
will not tro' in -open competition, of
their' free volition, : is artificial-- and
bound to prove r abortive in the - long
run. The policies of high tariff walls
and. ship subsidies are .the opposite
poles of the economics - of trade. It
is the belief of the Baltimore Sun
iDem.i that -nhe trouble with Mr.
Harding's logic is that the ' course he
advises, ts largely experimental - And
tf Mr. Hajrdln 1 'toeatert tn' the' Sen
ate on hi subaldy policy; by . a combl-t
nation or democrats and progressive
Republicans, he- should certalnlv. on
his own showing,' call an extra session
of congress after March' 4 to deal with
this perplexing problem 5in4-its own
way." The New Tork; Evenings World
(Dem.) likewise Inquires Whether ths
president has stopped "te cOnsidei' that
some of the "resolute hostility" against
a ship subsidy may come from a pub
lie .capatle of weeing- that, granting
the arenwineneas of the' ship- problem.,
the Kordaey-McComber tariff and the
Harding foreign - policy : of Isolation
form a discouraging -eoaabinatlon
against American ships seeking goods
to carry." - Sharp opposltioa is voiced
by the Knoxville - Sentinel ,Dem.),
which believes nt is better tor the
American people . to bear the; Ills of
the shipping situation they have than
fly to certainty of greater ills thy are
sure to experience- if -placed at the
mercy of the ' ehip - subsidy leeches.
They know what,- it costs them for
their government to nut- the 'ships.
They will never know from one, con-
prress to another what it will cost them
tor the private Interests to ran them
at the government expense.
The position of the president, the
Syracuse Herald (Ind.) believes, is
"strong in points but weak in the sense
that . his appeal for government aid
comes en the heels of tariff, en
actment that struck- a damaging blbw
kt-our whole foreign trade." It Is the
opinion of the Boston Transcript find.
Rep.), however, . "that - the choice is
between government. aid, and, govern
ment ownership,' ahd It favors the
former. - The Petersburg Progress
Xlnd-V cnaracterUas the proposal , as
"fundamentally unsound." while the
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch, assuming a
-directly opposite position, cites the
letter of J. R. Howard, president -of
the American Farm Bureau Federa-f
Uon, arguing that the farmer "will
benefit by the proposed subs!dyVJ Mi
a proper reply "to the farm ' blO0-op'
position in congTesS. The facts cited'
by the president 4'outweigh heavily any
arguments in opposition," In the opin
ion of the Albany News. (Ind. Rep ).
which says three courses are pen to
congress, "one constructive,-; one Oh
structive and one destructive. The
suggested relief would not be of any
use. the Buffalo Tunes (lem.) says.
as "the subsidy plan, while Volsteadlsm
persists, is not even an experiment
with a chance of success. It is sheer
waste. It is throwing J J 0,000.000 a year
into the sinkhole of Volsteadlsm.".
: 1H''9... .'..a: - . .
As the Rochester Times Union (Ind.)
sees the proposal, "it lacks popular
support; is a measure for which there
is no demand ; would be an abuse of
authority and a breach of confidence,
and ought certainly, te be defeated.
Unless the opponent kave a better
plan, the Chicago News Ind) holds
that "the alternative Is either destruc
tion of the great merchant marine ac
quired by this nation at prodigious
cost, or continuation of govrrmnent- op
eration of some of, US ships la neco
nomks and unfair competition with
private vessels to the . detriment of
both so that congress can hardly hesi
tate as to -the-choice andlts plain
dutjr.f - This' is the opinion ar wetlof
the aarrisburg Telegraph (ind.), which,
says ' "the question to be decided is
whether the government Shall aban
don -the ships entirely, keep them go-
ine at a loss of 150,000,000 a year less
mail service and other charges saved.
But congress won t look on the' subject
dispassionately from a purely patriotic
and business standpoint, lor the simple
reason that congress isn't built that
wav"-The President wan is charao
terlsed; by the -Pittsburg Leader (Prog.
Rep.) as fine eoastructire way, and
it says that "the Obstructionists ana
destructioniets were given a bad half
hour by President Harding's address.MJ
TTnleaa ths -nresidtit Will "insist. On
laws .denjrU..!- right Of Subsidized
vessels to- form' combinations with, each
other ' and -: with- foreign transportation
concerns and compels them to meet the
lowest cororetJHen,' Juie Detroit News
(In.) thinks "the president wui have
lost,- by . sheers lack of foresight, the
battle lie himself made, and with the
battle more impertaar-things besides.'
Those who -"oppose the maintenance
Of the merchant - marine by subsidy
should not rirroofi the enterprise itself.'
the, Flint'. Journal sayAs "bat ; should
find sotoi practical ;af to keep the
Americans .flag "on; commercial ships.
America -.'Will -need the world's trade
from now on.' and It car get it, but It
cannot be the flominant factor without
shipping and financial facilities. There
is a rpiacing- ef the cart before the
horse" irr the subsidy pian, the uayton
News (Dem.) asserts, as "the Common
sense approach to this whole quesUon
is to give attention first to the crea
tion of markets, to an improved sys
tem of credits particularly in agricul
tural regions, to imposS business funda
mentals upon the railroads, and then
give unprejudiced attention to tfle ships
of the -seas. The trouble with the ad
ministration is that it fa apparently
at least, hot now aba te sense the con
ditions either national or international.
It has enmeshed itself into a perfect
tangle of economic incongruities. It Is
the opinion Of the Indianapolis News
(Ind.) that "the one argument in the
message that has weight is that based
en what is supposedly to be a necessity
resaltinfr from the existence of a mer
chant marine. This belief la indorsed
bv the Naehville Banner find., which
says -"the fact that we have already
the snips, not only totally useless as
now handled, but a tremendous ex
pense to the public treasury, and we
do not have to build them from a be
ginning, will secure support for the
plan it would hot otherwise have.
- o
Crsvracterliln the administration as
SxeaX" the LU' Lo-:a Pest Vlsz&l
(Ind.) argues that "the president has
not handled the question - of building
op a merchant marine with either sin
cerity, frankness or sound judgment.
The best minds on his staff can see
nothing but privilege and government
as a solution of business problems,"
and the Louisville -- Post find. Dem.)
feels that "the whole plan is -vicious
and should be defeated."
Letters From the People
rCommanieaAonn owt to Tea Joarnei'fot
pabHontiaai in tins department eaoold be writ
ten an onJy on r.do M tao paper, eaonid sot
exceed S00 words in . lencth. and muat be
aimed by tie writer, whoee mail addreaa ia
iuu aw accomiany ute cpctniwuioa, j .
SATS TERMS ARE COXFITSED v
XJovernraMit" and ''Administration'"
Same in Great Britain, Dif- .
-fering in America.
Ashland. Dec. 2. To the Editor, of
The Journal The student of the science
of government ' is Often contused in
reading the writings of political apolo
gists and teachers and - the political
propaganda he gets from press, plat
form and pulpit. Ia reading some ap
parently good writings and in listening
to some highly praised speeches I am
cften reminded of , a remark - x t once .
heard: . "I would rather know less,
than know so much that is not so."
Apropos of the above s the mingled
use f the words --"government";; and
administration." In -England; these
two words are synonymous, but .tn this
country their mingle! emeTS'conf using.
This confusion Is due to the fact that
England has na written consUttrtion.
while Americar has. -If 1 the -English
people -wish to-"chanre theiri kovern-
ment they do-so by changing the ad
ministration. They do this by holding
a parliamentary election, and- In doing
so..O. K. a prime minister who selects
a cabinet : that represents the victora
If 'the Labor - tjartv's nominees should
get a majority In parliament the Eng
lish government would be a labor, or
laboring man's government. In Eng
land the administration is the govern
ment. However, it is altogether dif
ferent in the United States. Because
we hare a written constitution, the
government, which was brought into
existence when, the people of -the orig
inal 13 states adopted the federal con
stitution, cannot be changed except by
amending the constitution, no matter
what party administers government;
hence, in this country the words "gov
ernment" and "administration" should
be differently applied, because they
have a .different meaning. - Neither
the administration nor the- people are
the government, but Uncle Sam is.
Being a legal, invisible , person. Uncle
Sam. very appropriately, exists in the
mind Of the judiciary; hence the fed
eral .government exists where the fed
eral court, holds a 'session. H0w ab
surd to speak of the government at
Washington, The federal government
follows the federal court, and its power
is felt wheresoever Its jurisdiction, ex
tends.. Have X erred in making the
above statements and criticisms?
. . ; . D. M. Brower,
CIVILIZATION CONSIDERED
Reviewer of History Aska, "Why Wor
ry?" Says It Exists From Antuj
- ulty in Ever-Widening Course.'
Vancouver, Waeh-i Dec 8. To the
Editor of The Journal The wail de
ploring the present-day decadence of
Civilisation is continuous and loud. His
tory says this lament 'is without war
rant. The "annals" - assure' fas - that
what IS is best, and what is to come
shail be better. Archeologk al research
sheds sotne light on the civilisation ex
tant -in Babylonia -anil .AEsvriA some
$500 years3. C. - Then a legendary be-
Ing.Bamed Marduk (probably the Yah
Wiijt Adam) was Supreme. This is -as
far bafelt is we can reach : therefore, we
may consider" this as the beginning of
clvUlzauon. However, it ; w&m not.
There appears even, then to have been;
very.; considerable philosophic sense
But approximately 100 ' years later
philosophy appears te have been a
ruling sense. This the "Code of Ham
murabi' proves. (Hammurabi is sap
posed to have been the Tab wist Moses,
and his "code the text of the Mosaic
Law.) - Some 1500 years later we find
Persia enlightened., by the flame of
Zoroaster s Masda lamp. This light
brought with it the sense ef both phi
losophy and ethics. -Five hundred years
pass, and- W India we find - Gautama
teachins the nobla Aryan truths."
There and then S rose he sun of civil
isation. . Those "truths' were basic and
fundamental to the teachings of ' the
Great Is'asarene, and in due time they,
certainly,: shall "redeem the world,"
The names of Western world reformers
who have been highly instrumental in
pushing civilization along are too well
known to heed mention here. They
range all the way from that: of the
Roman emperor Constantino, ini Eu
rope, to that of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
siowe. in America. i-reaa or decadent
civilisation Is groundless. Civilisation
W lhr duly accredited f efTstrar of ev
lotion. - Thus ir is carried forward by
the most: omnipotent and omniscient
force within the walls Of Space. i
-rvvi1:. :. : ' --- -y af;; Amos.- 5'
CONCERNING BIBLE'S ORIGIN ,:i
- Vancouver, Waslu, Dec- 8.-To the
Editor of The Journal An article In
The Sunday Journal today - regarding
the Bible story of creation supplies, in
degree, a long "felt want. Scholars to
day evince much mere interest m the
history of the Bible than they do 1ft
Bible history their hankering Is bio
logical ratner tnan theological, v Theo
logical methods of -handing, 'oet th
Boole- as if were a aoMatbinw that
had beem. pelted down upon ma, from
somewhere- overhead,-as areaeteor-'
ites, do not ; appeal to th intelligent
understanding. That, the Bible is here,
is a fact. How came it? Nobody
knowa" Now-the fact that it IS here
proves conclusively that it. once upon
a time, was written by some person
or persons, at some place or places and
!h some time or times.-- Who? "Where?
When? If the Bible could give a good
account of its own origin, that account
would at least 'satisfy the souls , which
the startling accounts of : Jonah ahd
Balaam, regarding their experiences
with ravenous fish and talkative flesh,
tall to satisfy and ..save.'; . Reader. .
BLACK TROOPS IN GERMANif
; Tangent, Nov. 20b To-the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of No- s
ember 24 C. B. p. criticises Senator
Hitchcock for speaking on Prance's
black troops in Germany. On page 2
of the same paper we read that France
has withdrawn her Senegalese troops,
but General Allen says she still has
Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan regi
ments there. . These "people are but
little better than savages, and some
are classed as savage.? Most people
will agree that they come nearer being
black, as Hitchcock says, than white,
as "CV B P." umpires. How France
subjugated these people and compelled
them to fight her battles is another
story. . -.- Tmthseeker, t
MEMORABLE GEORGE -'
From tba Rew tort Christiaa AdrocaU.
Elsie : 'Tilamma, George Washington
mint have had an awful good tnm
ory, didn't her .i - - ., -
Mother i "Why my -dear?
Elsie j Becausereverywhere X go 1
see monuments to his memory."
QUITE SO - -'
From- tbo Baatoa Tranaeript. -suburbanite
wanted to know bow
he could set his rooster an hour ahead,
whereupon a helpful friend advised
him to exchange it for a hen, as it was
easier to s:t a hea.
COMMENT AND
Governor Blaine Raps Mellon. To
see if he's thoroughly ripe. of jcourse.-.
.' "The Joy of Work ts the title of a
contemporary essay. -"Who ever found
it at 7 o'clock: on Sunday morning?.
.. . , ... -. - O1'"-"-
: There's no need to fret about a bone
dry speaker for the state senate. Never
heard a senate speaker who wasn't.
: Taking ,f; Clemsncean from- sunny
France . to -a "summer .- bome at St.
Louis in December well that's a good
one .;.; .. -:Kv ;-- r;: - - .;:: a-
"Da ogherty charges to be aired. the
papers say. .With the idea, no doubt,
of giving .Daugherty the air. if poa-
1We- i . .
Russians. another story comments,
"would control straits." Most of. us
will be satisfied if we can control the
flushes and thefull houses.. - -
' As -we've remarked before, present
day. stills have achieved a brand of
moonshine that will improve, the mo
tive power of en automobile. . : v
"Band of White wild ducks reported
at Summer lake." thanks to our search
for aomething more novel than a white
robin or a -.' red" ; workingmasL
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
The road between Portland and Cab
gary is good, "and there "Is; no snow,
reports George Lane, who has motored
down from -across the, national boun
dary.'! Besides" Mrs. - Lane, the party
was composed "of Miss Sexsmlth and
George Baley,
Mr.- and Mrs. G. E. Stevenson of
Enterprise are uniting pleasure with
business in the metropolis.
Other visitors from Enterprise are
A K. Thompson, C A. Barnettand
Asa W. Eggleson. . :
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Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Woods of Pen.
dleton- are among y Is 1 tors from East
ern Oregon. .
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kinnis of Imbler
are visiting for .a few, days ' ia the
metropolis. . ' -;-
George II. Foster of Baker was
transacting business in Portland Mon-
day- ; . r'' - -
Mr. knd Mr. E. L. Toung of Hepp
ner are on a shopping visit to Port
land. . - .-- - - i '
. : -
Fred Wallace of the Tumalo Irriga
tion project is on a business visit to
Portland.
'J. R. -Roberts of Redmond Is among
the many residents of Deschutes coun
ty now in the city. -
Among recent arrivals in the city
is, H. W. Swartwood of Joseph. '
- ,
Dr. W. H. Reynolds Of Pendleton lS
taking in the eights of the metropolis.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN ;
; By Fred
- Th eta rdatfoa that ba immeraortaUT
existed botwean th wia a4 tao war ia asaia
excmpUfted in the ceae of a Portland man
whoee etory Mr. Lockley relate ia thia and a
auoeeedins inatallsjent. t It a story oxtoil
and atruairle ami. atoady attaiomeat and final
arbiereaiens of b asnter -of alsaes aealuV
nan. . -;. -;
'. bid you " ever hear Vf Walter
Haynos? No, I dont suppose you ever
did, for he is one of the most modest
and unassuming men you will meet in
a "week's travel. - He -lives in Portland
and is principal of the technical school
of the Oregon Institute of. Technology.
He teaches radio-telegraphy and elec
trical, mechanical, and civil engineer
ing. Having learned that he' had been
offered and had refused a position at
a much larger -salary than he Is now
receiving. I dropped in to learn the
why of it. Here-is his answer to my
question, given in the most casual and
matter of fact way. as if turning down
the offer of better money were the
only logical thing to do in the circum
stances; . -;:':;t
"You see, he said, with An engaging
smile, "1 am tied In here, for 1 love to
help the fellow who wants to be and
needs to - be helped ; ahd. after au,
money Is too dear if for it, yo trade
life ahd its opportunities for service.'
That was a new one, to me, and I
had to stop and figure1 out' lust what
he meant. It amounted to this: If you
are getting $250 a month and are doing
something worth - while, .. it f is more
profitable to stay OA the Job than to
accept a place at siu.uwv a yew wow?
you will be of less real service to
ytyur fHrow-mant When I had figured
out this revolutionary and illogteai
attitude I put the question to him.. He
smiled and nodded, and said, "You are
quite . right. . That is exactly whattl
mean. When I started teaching poor
but ambitious young chaps here. $113 a
month was all they -could afford to pay
me. --: I was offered $3000 - a year; and
all expenses plus; transportation for
myself and family to go with a big
mining company to superintend tje
electrical eauipment ,in one of their
mine. Naturally'" t turned it down,
for all they had to offer Was more
money. When I explained the matter
they couldn't see 'my viewpoint and
Offered etllt more salary.' "Are there
any more like you?rl, asked. Again
that winning stnilo Illumined his face
as he said, "Thousands . an thousands
and there are: getting more 'all the
time. ; The -time Is coming when mere
money will no longer be the measure of
value of Ufa - "s -
-v t -. ft -...is-.-a e- ";,.-;;; , -; .
Here, In a more Or less connected
form, leaving Out my questions. Is
what he told me about' hie Work and
himsetfl :'-.-:- :-' "';:
"Tes, to AU Intents and purposes ; I
am a Westerner, for 1 X -came West
when t wai 7 years old. , I was bora
In Indiana, May ll. 180. My father
was a carpenter. We moved to Spo
kane id 1887. The following year Spo
kane was Almost wiped oat try de
etrmctive flre We moved to Vancoa
ver. Wash. Father followed .his trade
there. I went to the public school two
years. Then father bought a 40-acve
farm hear Battle Ground, 13 miles
from Vancouver. For the next ; two
years X went to school at the nearby
country echOOlhouse At Maple Grove,
putting in aU my spare thus helping
father on the farm. We sold our
farm at Battle Ground and bought a
farm : at - Brush - Prairie. -1 went ' to
school there three years. I got a
chance to do Chores for my board at
Vancouver, -where I .'put in the next
three years at high school. -X wanted
to graduate from the Portland high
school, so t saw the Janitor of the
high school. - In those days Portland
had. but one high SchoOL The janitor
was paid $113 a month. He sublet the
job to me at $10 a month. I did all the
work, while he retained the title and
acted as inspector. , It took Hit six
hours of hard Work a day to keep the
building clean, and X put la all day
Saturday of each week, washing win
dows. This $10- a month, "used with
the most rigid economy, paid my way
through high, school. ; .. v -.v,
T was 21 when f t graduated from
the Portland high school. William a.
Standley gave me a job as instructor
in the manual training school in the
old Exposition building. That was
Portland's first manual training s-hool,
acJ lii those days manual tralair.; was
NEWS IN BRIE?
SIDEIJGaT3 . - -
- One of the most disappointing Utter
In the world is for a person to a-efuna,
our advice, and then make g-ood.
Salem Capital journal. -
One hundred and fourteen speeders
have been Jailed in Los Angeles tn a
week. Los Angeles does do the right
thing sometime a. -Eugene Register.
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-i Considering " the - general triess of
things, it is probably just as well that
Thanksgiving is an exclusively Ameri
can institution. Medf ord Mail-Tribune
e .,- . v
' Now' that Professor and Mrs. Tler
narr each has proved that -the other
ia a rotter, won't they please grat otr
the front page? Corvallis Gaaette
Tunea. .
- Senator Roy Ritner ia now acting
fovernor of Oregon, and there is no
oubt he will make good. He used to
manage the Pendleton Kound-Cpv Eu
gene Uuard. m ,
- Lenin tells followers that the soviet
went too far and too fast. The ex
planation will do for them, but 85 per
cent of the Russian people and alt the
rest of the world will continue to think
the- soviet didn't., go at all. Baker
Herald. ;.;,'-:
Harry L, Gllham, a prominent basi
ness man of - Tillamook, is in the city
on a combination business and pleasure
trip. .
- C. -JT. Stanton ' of Monmouth
transacting business In Portland Mon.
day. - . . r
Late arrivals from Sherman' county
are' L. R. French and C IL. Eslinger
of Grass Valley. ;
' L, L. Peeta, a Sherman county wheat
king, is visiting in Portland a few
days. '
.: ..;
Among out of town visitors in the
city is F. W. McCaffery ef PowsU
Butte, - -. -.-
' . -
Herman K. .Allen of Prlneville was
among visitors from Central Oregon
Monday. ' ;.; - .; , ..
- , e ; a . ' - ' si'V
T. H. Foley of Bend isspending a
few days in .Portland on business.
"Ed Cnslck, a banker ; of Albany,'!
spent Monday in the metropolis. , -
S. Peterson Weldt of Camas. Waah
is among; out of town visitors.
- - t
Ed Gearln of White Salmon. Wash.,
is among recent arrivals In the city.
W. 3. Gilbert Is ia from Beaver to
transact some business.
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: Among out of town guests is W. R.
Asrawson of Milton. - -; J
U It Walker of Klamath Falls
among recent arrivals in the city. .
is
Lockley
looked upon as ' a fad. This manual
training school was later absorbed by
the T. M. C. A. and Mr. Standley and
I were taken over with - the rest of
the equipmeirt. One day R. C French
president of the Weston Normal school,
visited us to inspect the work we were
doing. He talked to me for a long
time- and rinaiiy said, Tou should ge
to college. If he had said,4 "Tou should
go to the moon, It would have seemed
just- as impossible of accomplishment.
Ha. . said I could readily- Secora" the
necessary credits. I didn't know -what
credits Were, but I : thought he meant
I could borrow the money, and I knew
how Impossible-that would be. I ex
plained that X was paying most of my
salary toward the support of my par'
ents. He said, "To the man of deter,
minatioa nothing is Impossible. Dlffi
cnUles are a test of character. " Diffi
cultles overcome, strengthen -charac
ter. Will you promise to go to col
lege? X told him my folks were poor
that college was only for wealthy peo
ple, end that all my friends would
think ; I was presumptuous even to
want to go to college. He said. Will
you promise to make every effort to
go?: X bodded my head in sign of
assent He said. That is a promise.
Shake hands on- it." . X shook hands ahd
instantly it seemed as if (he promise
had become an intolerable burden and
that my shoulders were fairly bowed
Under the weight of what I had nrom-
rised to do. ' I .weh't homO that night
with slow- and reluctant footsteps, and
at' supper I said, -1 have decided to
go-to college. My folks thought, X had
been working ; too hard, -t They said,
'Maybe you will feel better T In the
morning. They also thought college
Was a , place WhereS only - rich men's
sons went, to secure culture. .. Nope of
us had the leas - conception of what
a college was: or -of its tremendous
valua -: - -' --.v. .J ---- r-.-.; -
' TtwOuld M tod long" story to tell
you how I"- arranged -matters ."so . my
folks could";; get - along - without the
money X had been glvlng-them, but we
worked It? out 1 went to-Palo Alta
and started to go through college, with
a total capital nf 80. I landed a job
walUng on the -table at the WelakahOW
club,: for. my board, m X; went to the
Y. M.' C. A., i.nd they found Jobs for
me at -20 cents ah hour, washing win.
dovfs and . scrubbing floors,, so that 1
was ' able to "earn several dollars a
week for 1 -could always get tn five
r six ' hours' work on Saturdays. ' At
the dose of the first semester X went
to Palo 'Alto, rented a house and
bought mors than iiOOO Worth of equip
ment on- credit. X hired a good cook
and started a club, which I called the
Lotus - club. I - started with all the
students X could properly care for, as
boarders. X knew the' secret Of sue
cess. was to give plenty of wholesome,
well prepared food, served promptly
and at low coat. I called- a meeting ef
the college man and told them we
Were-partners and that the dost Of
board would b the exact cost Of food
and service plus whatever Sum they
decided tny services were worth as
manager of the club. X ran the Lotus
dub AH years. The freshmen who
started with me Stayed with me until
they graduated. We lived well. . at
much less cost than board could have
beengotafor elsewhere. Out of twhkt
they decided was a fair salary to me
as manager of the club t paid for the
equipment and furniture I had bought
on credit.
"Shortly after X had the Lotus club
running smoothly X went to a local
merchant F. W. Sherman, and told him
that in my work In the manual train
ing school at Portland 1 had become
an expert at the making, of picturs
frames. I made out a list of material
and ; machinery he would need, and
told him I would make picture frames
for him at a flat rate of 26 cent each.
Ho thought well of my plan, so he
added a - picture framing department
to bis store. I could average three to
four picture frames an hour, so I
dropped floor scrubbing and Window
washing and put In all my spare time
at making picture frames. 11 made
good money and built up a profitable
business, and I made good money and
was enabled to send money home to
my foTks. I stayed v.Uh tii.'s work t? o
years.' - . ' '
The . Crcjca - Ccantry
b'enoweat HjuMTiinrs ia BHtf yortm for tit
' Jstuy Eeaaer. . .. ;,;
Owinar' to the ctoslnir -wf the
Bay-Roburg fclthway, ptae-es run
ning over th roui, have ,bi, discon-
U41UOO. , . . . .
Veitur Tcalo TC isn T: Knlu
Nationale d 40 Hommea et 8 Chevaux. ,
was organised recently in DaUaa with
a charter msmbarshia- of 0.
The votera of Aitoria last Fi-v a r-
Proved tha school f v nt l , , 7.T a.
A special election was peeeiMiary be- '
cause of .the 0 per eeat limitation.
Thieves entered vh Warnalv hnrno
near Yoncalla recently while the fam
ily was absent and earned awty on "
a truck, mora than 4 00 worth of house
hold furniture. -
It la annotineMl ha tWm Jllu.U..
the Lower Columbia Oil Gas com
pany will "shoot" the well la about
two ka The tools hav sunk to
the 4800-foot lavet.
At a racemt mutln . iv. T
Grande " city commission. Sherwood
WiUiarr.s, elected , as commissioner at
t,A Aam.maI , . r . .
imoi gcunii rieciion, was -crrosen
president of the commlaitn.
The State land board ha a reclfl a
Judgment in the Marios huhIv circuit
court againat Ella S. Gray. Ths judg-
nieni. waa (or ox.BUh money borrowed
from ths Irreducible school fund hv
Mrs. Gray.
Members" ef tha Hood Tfv tt
Grove. Barratr,' Frank ton. Wysth and
vascaaa iocas ntrn ecnooi boarda
planning a union high, school district
comprising - more than half, of Hood
mver county. ; v
Adolph Walthar. is. bmth nf W v
Walther. general manager of the Wal-
tner-wuuams corripnny, is in a seri
ous condition at The Dalies hospital .
mm th result of Injuries received when '
thrown from a truck. ,
W. 1Zh ftrtnd oikn-lnt.uijt. AS 1-
Oregon, California 4c Eastern railroad
of Klamath Falls.nas let a contract
to Seattle people for the grading and
extension of the road from its pres
ent terminus at Hllde brand to fiprague
Mrs.' Jennie D. Pickett, who has re- '
Sided tn Prinavllla for mm v in
yir?AB "a,1 he a direct descendant -of
Wtlliam Bradford, the first governor
of Atasaaehusatta, who, In 1421, pro-
cie.imoa i.no urat Tnaaasgmng day
. . 1 washingto?? , :;, ;.'
Seven persons wer seriously injured
gt Tacorna Friday-when two etreet
cars collided In a heavy fog. :
The Seattle salvation Army last
Thursday served a Thanksgiving din
ner to more than 400 persons. -
Seattle' bank clearlrnrs for the first
11 months of 1921 exceeded those for -
me same period in iaai by more than
$160,000,000.
Contracts on sewer and pavifio con
struction of -a total value of fits.ooo
have been completed at Wenatcbee by '
the Inland Paving company. ,,
Gasoline busses have replaced some
of the electric street cars in Everett
and a 6-cent fare Is now in effect on
both busses and electric lines.
Henry Zarbuck. 46, having been
misBing from his usual haunts for sev
eral days, friends broke Into his house
at Seattle and found hint 'dead from
natural causes. .; .- .... -
Tha Emergency Fleet corporation Is
threatening a suit against the city of
Taeom to collect the money advanced
to double-track the municipal carllne -
4itr(ti tVteai ssr m . .
William Coleman, a lt-year-old Top
penish high school boy, has just mar
rled his secOnd wife, IT years old, after
having secured a divorce from his first
wife, who was 16. .
Ailed B Mari. 24. killed tn lA An.
galas, Monday, -by the polios. Is said
to have been on of the outlaws who,
on the night of October 1. robbed the
Colonial theatre at TaceraA of $1400
la cash. v:)--.;-. v,-:.--v--. r, -..-'. -
. Mrs. W. M. Gar. wife ef an electri
cian, reported ; to j the Taooma police .
Thursday night that Shs , bad been
robbed ahd brutally attacked by a
masked man." who accosted hey Within -4
block of hef home?' r'Zf: r'' '.
TWO cargoes Of ' ImpoKed whiskey, v
destined for the holiday trade and esti
mated to be worth $4000, wer seised -by
officials between Beiunghem and
the Canadian border Thursday night.
Two Seattle men were arrested.
IDAHO-..
Joseph B. ' Jones, 'veteran stag
driver, well known to all pioneers of
Idaho and Eastern; Oregon, died last
week at Caldwell, aged $2 years.
one Hundred Ahd eieved foreigners
are students. of English and citisenBhtp
classes conducted In Idaho, aocordlng
to a report of the a tat superintendent. .
The public utilities Commission has ,
suspended for 120 days the schedule
of rates Of the Capital Water com
pany of Boise, filed November 0 wii
the commission. .,,,,; ;:; .,;;.f, i.;sw 3 :
CJoswin Sievert who recently died at
Genesee, left an estate valued at $50,
000. With the exception of about $6000
left to chanty, -the estate goes to eight
nephews and nieces at Westfaled, Ger.
many,'- .... -..-;. v'-;-:, i; ?..-''", ' ; -.-
GusC Radef, proprietor of -tne City
meat mark at Genesee, was accident
ally shot by .Ttess Myers While the two
were huntiBgchJrds In the Canyons
south of. town, 'fader's .Wound is not
serlouavi:; ; :;Si " ',. -. ' '
i H. "F. Samuels, Vogresslve candi
date for governor in the late election,
announces that! he has joined with the
farmers In -the control; end .manage
ment 'of tha Idaho Kre "Press and the
Nampa Record, ahd, the two. papers will
00 . consouoate a. -
; r :.
Twenty Years Ago
From Tbe Journal, bf Dec 6. lioa
i CThi;busIriesS men" bt Portland "ere
thoroughly aroused t0 the Importance
of attempting "to get aw portion of ths
Urtlted' States army . transport service
tormkke 'this port a headquarttra
v ' ." '
It is" reported that Ndrtbefd Pacific
surveyors are working on a prokoeed
extension Of- the - road from Kalama .
down the nerth bank-of the Columbia
river tor the ocean. Opposite Astoria.
. . . ' '- e . - ,-
f hi new addition to the'Suhnystd
school has been - completed. - It was
occupied by pupils- for the first time
yesterday. The hew Section contains
six additional rooms and a large as
sembly hall. -i;, ...
Th City and suburban company
has begun the work ot tearing up the
pavement on Williams avenue between
Cherry .and Stanton streets, prepara
tory to laying a double track;
Salem The celtbrauon ""of ' the gold
en anniversary of Odd Fellowship In
the Pacific Northwest Will take place
In . this city. Saturday evening.
The O.'R. it N. steamer T.-i. Potter,
which has been In the boneyard for
some time past undergoing repairs,
will be ready soon to resume opera
tions between here and Astoria.
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The new steam . schooner Aurelia
has just been launched at' Prosper.
U)r, anl will entsr the lumber trade
between here and Ean Francisco.
e .
..The British thij) Olenestiin wAS'tne
scene of another very pleasant party
Uat evehlrg. About-15 of ia guests
were, in atundance. -
1 Gehferal Mali gar Kruttschhltt ef tha
Southern Pacific has announced that
la addition to the pension Scheme for
old employes the company has . ar
ranged for all employes to N;ure cc-"
cldent insurance at a e . premium.
Secretary Moor f the -feoard of
Trade has received a letter rrom a
New Jer?y caplti;t es; ? whether
the eetab;..-hme;-.t if a ? poIVi
fasc'ry I'ort'ar-i v ' I 1 a gml
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