,THE -OREGON DAILY JOU RNAL, POUTLAND" OREGON.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER T, 1922.
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ttCBBCRtPTION RATES
Payable in AdriK . .
By malj In Oregon, Washington. Idaho and
Northern California.)
DAILY AND SU.-IUAI
On year.. $8.00
Hix . month. , . . 4.25
DAILY
Without inndi.T
Three tnontlii . .-. $2.2 5
Ooe gaonth .... .76
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fhu year. . . . l.00 One year. . , . . .13.50
(Sir Bot)th. .1 . .60
All other pninta in the United eutee:
DaUy and Sunday, $1.00 par month. Daily
(Mthoat Sunday), 73c per month. - Sunday,
Dike per month, Weekly. $1.50 per year. .
Smgle eopie-j .daily. Be: Snnday. lc.
By Carrier- City and Country
XA1LiX ANU Bl.MJAI
Ob aaoth $ .69
; DAILY
! (Without Sunday)
On month. . . t . $ .45
week. ..... .10
On
$ .15
SUNDAY
(Only)
weet......$ .0$
On
. Hora to remit: Sent poatoffle money erdar,
eg una order or person! checkvA . Stamsa.
rimaa or currency are at owwar'a rilt. J :
TLlEPHONE MAIN 71 1. All departaenU
reached by tltia number.
' Almost aS nan ara oror-anxioua. No
aooner da they enter the world thas they
low that taate for ntvtorml and abnple
tleaaarea ao ratnaxfcabto in early
Krarr hour 4o they'aak tbemselTea what ,
progreae Uiey liar made in the pursuit
of irealth or honor; and on they to a
theic '! fatheri went betor "them, till.
Veary and aiok at heart, they look back
mta a aish of regret to the golden tun'
at , their childhood.- &afrt. - .
; TftHt NOT CLEAN ilOUSB?
IT IS a most unusual and discour4
agringr state of affairs when thi
cWtff of poUc of Portland openly
imlta that 10 per cent of the force
is crooked. It is a situation that
demands, immediate Attention, not
only , of the chief of police and the
mayor but of the people who are
paying lartre um of money annu
ally tq aupport that department. 1
The - police bureau has been, a
aource-of sporadio and disconcert
ing , publicity for , several years.
First there is a shakeup, then
oliangre of chiefs; then ashakeup,
i then a removal from the city hall
to the station and a removal back;
then another shakeup, and now a
finger print and checking; system
on the -department itself.
Why not a real housecleaning
;ce? Why not at least one effec
tive move? It all past shakeups
and changes have not even cleaned
nut the grafters, why not a thor
ough and effective change?
It is always claimed that evidence
of wrongdoing sufficient to con
vince the civil service board cannot
be obtained, v But does the mere
fact that policemen : have -more
money than i they are supposed to
have prove that they received that
money by graft? Will the civil
srvic board be convinced that
that' Is sufficient evidence for" dis
missal? . It is certain that there is some
way In which the Portland depart
I tent, can be cleaned up. . ; The
mayor is la; charge of the depart
i fceTit.' He likewise , appoints the
civil service commissions If the de
partment Is wrong and the commis
sion reasonable " in accepting evi
dence, the mayor can act on the
department. If the department is
wrong and the civil service commis
i si on wrong' also, the mayor can act
on both. ".
I Chief of" Police Jenkina Is meet-
ing his duty In proceeding against
j the graftera ; He is correct in
frankly admitting that.,, the graft
Toes exist ; But to get rid of the
craft and grafters, stronger meas
ures must be. taken at Second and
Oak than have previously been em
ployed. ,'.
" The jpeople-.ef the ity are tired
of the continual; trouble at the po
lice station. They are tired of the
ever-present and ineffective shake
tips. ; : If--ethers cannot change con
ditions there the people themselves
can and probably will." '
- IN THE , HAX OP FAMST
RECENT invention 'promises to
ix do much for the comfort and
convenience of the people of the
country. It is a fly-killer. 1 '
There have been many fly-killers.
Some have beer comparatively ef-.
fecUve. Tefthe fly is sUU to be
found burring about, and in places
where he is never, welcome. How
ever, those who -.have sen this most
recent fly-exterminating, device de
clare it a be not only humanitarian
if that Is essential In fly-kiyinar
but nlgniy effective. .
The new weapon is a series of
wires hung" on a frariie. It can b
rilsr?! anj-where that ia convener1!
to an electrical socket, from which
a death current is sent through the
wires. , - ; , ' r j sf - .
The fly wings his way to the
wires, which are a convenient and
attractive perch. When he alights
500 ' volta 1 of electricity shoot
through his body, electrocuting him
and reducing his body to a cinder
the size of a pinhead. Other flies,
urged "on by, their scavenger v in
Uncta. fly to'the spot, to receive
the same fate, And. fortunately,
the device is not expensive, inas
much as the current is on only
when a fly alights on the wires.
Inventors have - done much - for
this world. Without them com
munication would still be carried
on by messenger, the motive power
for transportation would still be the
horse, and most of lif e'a conven
iences . would - never , have been
known. But if the fly contrivance
does all that is claimed for it the
Inventor must be given rank along
side the liaisons, "Marconi, Bells
and Fultons, for his great contri
bution to the peace of mind of those
who have formerly done battle with
pestiferous' flies. Another name
must be hung in the .hall of fame.
THE BEAK AND TALONS
OUT in Good Samaritan hospital
Is Robert Greene, 49, sentenced
to 60 days in Jail and to pay a fine
of 1100 on a charge of contempt
of court for alleged violation of the
injunction sued, out of the federal
court by the O-W. B. s N. Bail
road ' company ' in the shopmen's
strike. Standing; over him day and
night, as a guard, is a deputy
United States marshal. ,
Greene has a wife and four young
children and Is buying a home on
the installment plan. ' The . wife
asked for S15 the other day for
clothing for the children, but the
treasury of the shopmen's, benefit
fund contained but 2. 50, and that
was all tha could be spared for
the required clothing:, i
In the county Jail, serving out
a similar sen tehee, is George Char
man. 62, charged with the same of
fense. He is the sole support of
an invalid wife and a paralytic
brother. The shopmen will - not
have sufficient benefit funds to pay
the fines, and both men will have
to serve them out. The cost will
fall upon the taxpayers of the coun
try. Tho two men began serving
their sentences November 14.
Iawi should be enforced. Punish
ments should be adequate. Failure
of either is chaos.'
But the railroad company has
won the strike. The Shopmen are
locked out. Nearly SOO.OOO of the
locked out men are idle through
out the country, which is one rea
son for the destructive car shortage.
"With so many expert shopmen idle
it is physically impossible for rail
road equipment to be kept in good
repair. .
But in the railroad's cede, the
sick man at Good Samaritan hospi
tal and the aged man ia the county
jail must fork over their pounds of
flesh. If their families are crushed,
what's the odds? says this hard
boiled code of the company. -There
is no good in this law of
the beak and talons and the bloody
aw. 'It was all the law. that the
jungle knew, but it is"4 hardly the
code for a Christian era. The shop
men have always claimed that th
two. men in this case were the vic
tims of the 'circumstance that It
was payday and that they had no
intention Uf engage in violence. If
that is even partly true why dossn t
the company have some thought of
the children and invalids ; in ; th
hemes now maintained on charity,
and move for suspension of the rest
of the sentences? 'i-
Must these two workers and their
families be utterly crushed In -order
to protect one of the most power
ful railroad corporations in
America?
AFTER CANALIZATION
rroxBRB 1a need of -vision to realise
X why the Columbia river should
be .canalized.
Suppose " that dams had been
erected sufficient in number and
height to drown out the rapids of
the Columbia. Suppose that In the
pools thus formed boats with
barges were " operating , with the
burden of the - Columbia basin's
grain, fruit and other heavy com
modities. Suppose that from the stored-up
current enough. water had been di
verted to reclaim the six or seven
hundred thousand acres which lie
along the shores of the Columbia
but not includravg. - the Columbia
basin project or other large areas
the reclamation of which is being
promoted separately. ,
Suppose that the bead df water
created by the dams were passed
through machinery to generate
hydro -electric energy, a halt mil
lion horsepower at one point, a
quarter of a million at another, pos
sibly a million at another.
. Suppose that on the lands and
in the towns ''of the Columbia basin
were located, not the seven or eight
people to the square mile as now,
but the vastly greater number who
could draw life and prosperity from
the soil brought to real produc
tivity. ? --i A ' ' '-
Vision the whole operation, the
irrigating trenches webbed . over
newly bountiful districts agricul
ture and Industry energized by elec
tricity, trains and towns moved by
the same exhaustless power, boats
and barges taking; the overload off
the. railroads, and people -with, all
their - interests and attainments
woven into the vast picture. "
. Surely, once done, a work so mag
nificent in its dimensions and re
sults would never be regretted. The
comparatively small cost of the in
ver-tment would be frfrcttrn la i"
greater returns to human existence
to prosperity and to happiness.
This is a vision but it; is far from
visionary. It will take years to ac
complish "but it wiEt be done. The
binoffered to the senate at the in
stance of -the Ope nf River confer
ence' of Oregon, Idaho, and Wash
ington eommunltie which, was re
cently held in Pendleton is the first
step. This measure proposes a sur
vey of the Columbia with a view
to its canalisation for power, irri
gation and navigation. The bill
should be passed.. , . J '
THEIR GAME
T"HOSE who are plotting- inroads
X on the workmen's compensation
law ought to abandon their enter
prise." ' ' :'i.:ils!.," "t
. Back of the plan are the casualty
companies . and ambulance-chasing
lawyers. Effort is made to hide
them .under a smoke screen by a
claim that it is an employers' pro
gram. " i ' -
A few employers,' it is true are
in the plan. Some of them claim
they want to do their own insuring.
But what lumbering establishment,
for example, can guarantee to pay
death benefits for 45 years to the
widow and orphans of a dead
worker, killed in an industrial ac
cident? What assurance is there
that any present lumbering estab
lishment will ,be In existence 45
years hence, or 25 years hence,- or
even. 10 years hence?,, That plan is
impossible as a substitute for the
present beneficent, effective and in
expensive system. .
But back of these few employers
are the casualty companies. There
is documentary evidence to prove
it. All the talk about competitive
insurance by certain' employers Is
propaganda, with the casualty com
panies in the background.
Why have "competitive insur
ance when Insurance to workers
under the Oregon plan Is the cheap
est in the country? It I an insur
ance with no profit paid to any
body. How can a profit-taking
company compete, except for the
temporary purpose of getting in an
opening wedge, demoralizing ., the
Oregon plan, and then, when the
present system is scuttled, raisins
rates to the old costly level?
The casualty companies are not
in the game for philanthropic rea
sons, if they do not smell profits
in proposed changes in the compen
sation law. why are they so hot
on the trail? How can they take
profits in competition with a public
system which takes no profits ex-5
eept by ultimate destruction of the
law? . . !
The whole plan Is absurd. ; It is
so regarded by most employers, and
by all workers. It should be
dropped. "
It is impossible to believe that
any land -could be cropped more
heavily than some- of Oregon' tim
bered acres where the tree stand
almost literally shoulder to shoul
der. ASTORIA WILL NOT STOP
FIRE has destroyed the heart of
Astoria's business district but it
will not destroy the heart of-As
toria. ' s
The terrific blow has paralyzed
tor the moment the brave city at
the mouth of the Columbia, but it
will not more than stagger the
braver spirit which will set about
rebuilding amid the grief occasioned
by the loss.
Holocaust has visited more than
one American city. In the beginning
a disaster, such fires. have at I times
proved ro w messing in cusguise.
Seattle built upon the 'ashes of
shanties the proud city that domi
nates Puget Sound today. s Balti
more built again after her terrify
ing experience and found herself
rejuvenated- Portland began, to
build as a city, for the first time
after her business-gutting fire of
the early seventies. The fir that
destroyed a great portion of Chi
cago removed from that city an in
cubus Upon its growth,; and with
the old buildings gone the solid
city of today, was erected.: The
city that was" Is the beautiful city
that is San Francisco.
These things are recalled not to
find good in the greatest of de
stroying agencies, but as basis for
the vision of the city Astoria will
build on the ashes of yesterday.
. Astoria will set about the work
of "reconstruction with the sympa
thy, the applause and the substan
tial support of her neighbors. Her
disaster ia one that wipes out lines
of sectionalism and rivalry. Port
land will remember only that As
toria and Portland are on one river.
are ,at opposite . extremities of the
same harbor, have back of them
one great producing ( empire and
in front, of them one, great : ocean
which will alone bring mote than
enough trade to warrant building
better than before. -
Astoria has spent (our or five
million dollars for some of the most
modem, terminals end grain-han-
filing facilities on the Pacific coast.
She has created an area of upland
on what was once tide land. She has
bum factories, nomes, cn-urcnes ana
schools. She has paved her streets
and attended to municipal beautifl
cation. '
And she imbued others with the
confidence of her people that A
toria can be : recreated more than
once, if necessary, out. of the solid
assets ofher immediate hinterland.
She will again justify the strategy
of her . location, and the wealth of
her iiistory. - ' , j - -
"Coal short: many are in. dis
tress." Headline. Didn't somebody
predict something- of the kind hist
rcrr.n;? Lztx t- ten I ttrike was
AIMERICA AT
LAUSANNE
Ambassador Child's Speech Before
the Near Et Conference is Text
for Editorial Comment Covering AU
Phases from Oil to Isolation, in
Whicii the incompatibility of
i. "Representation' Without the .
. , Usual Incident of "Taxation" Is
. JN'ot . Overlooked Difference .
; Between "Full Partner" and
"Outside Dictator" Noted.
Dally Editorial Digest-
(Consolidated Preta Anociation) .
A very animated discussion has been
aroused as the result of the .speech of
ambassador Child at Lausanne In
which he Insisted that the United
States would .- not countenance shut
ting the "open-door" In Turkey and
the Near Bast.'- Editor deal with, the
subject; from , the standpoint of ma
terial benefit as well as from that of
national Isolation. It is agreed that
the oil situation has had much to do
with development of the American
position, and this. also. In turn, be
comes the subjects of criticism. .
. AU that we seek is recognition, in
our interest, of the 'open door policy,"
asserts the New Tone Tribune, but the
New ' York Times considers that "we
seem to be reversing the old American
maxim of no taxation without repre
sentation. At- Lausanne we demand
representation but. refuse to submit to
taxation." The "biggest stake in the
world today is oil.'! the Philadelphia
Public Ledger Insists "and this Lau
sanne meeting- 1 becoming more and
more heavily scented with oil. We in
sist on standing back of the players
and seeking out the hidden' cards. It
is a great embarrassment to those
powers willing to make peace by sacri
ficing our Interests, or any interest '
save their own. ; Europe wants far
more from us than we want from Eu
rope, There is the real force back of
the American warning aglnst deals
with oil and the 'open door and the
familiar silent and secret European
scramble for privilege." And the New
ark News wonders whether the admin
istration ' "would be represented . at
Lausanne now if there were no oil in
Mosul or mineral and other conces
sions in Anatolia?" LIkeiwse, the
New York Evening World ."wonders
if 4t ia really the 'overwhelming senti
ment of the people of the United
States that this . nation must walk
alone in conscious rectitude until all
the other nations become' Little Nells?"
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. "As boo p. as our own interests are
involved,' the New Tork Post sarcas
tically asserts, "we will meet the na
tions of Europe on their own low level
and see to it that we get our share."
The Chattanooga Times, however, feels
that "th American people will shortly
be thinking that if we are really to
attempt control of thesLausanne con
ference, we ought to be there prepared
to do our pert in carrying out the de
cisions and final conclusion." There
is a question "just how far Mr. Child's
speech will open the closed doors," the
Boston Globe feels, but it suggests
that "the news that the Russians are
to attend gives promise of more dyna
mite. The prospects are not at all
rosy for secret diplomacy." The ac
tion of the American representative
convinces the Baltimore; News . that,
regardless of what Lord Curzon say a
"it will not conceal the fact that we
United States, for all our Irresponsi
bility", has made the first definite hit
of, th conference. On the other hand.
the Brooklyn Eagle takes the enureiy
opposite view, insisting that "Mr.
Child's manner is sure to cause resent
ment. Certainly we cannot impose
terms noon the other nations without
being a party to them. And there Is
always the grave danger tnax tne na
tions will refuse to be dictated to by
an outsider. As a full partner in the
business we could, because of ur
strong world position, actually dictate
th right kind of peace. The 'self--righteous
monitor attitude" may seri
ously, hamper peace and cause more
trouble." The Peoria Transcript, on
its part. Is inclined to believe that "th
powers will heed America's warning
precisely as the Turk has acknowledged
our right to know what ia gouur on In
the Near East," wnue me
Journal insists that It "would rather
have the administration right than
consistent if it win but dare to be
right"
, ..-
"The doctrine is plain enough," in
the view of the Charleston Post. "The
United States will recognise; no secret
treaties nor understandings that con
flict with Its rights and Interests in the
Near Bast, and ths rights and Inter
ests are to be equal with those of any
other nation." This actios "mfks a
change to our attitude toward foreign
questions." says the Altoona Mirror,
which emphasises that "important
questions in the old; world cannot ?m
settled without affecting ' the new
world While "a benevolent spirit,
as well as concern for American com
mercial Interests, Inspires these poll
th, Snrtrurfleld Republican as
serts, that 4t these calculations em
to be vitiated oy me rara
,t.ik, t. mar) enr Russian policy
mainly firtue--the fallacy, namely, that
it is possibe to cooperate wita
while refusing- to cooperate with its
government." ;
Criticism because oil is an issue is
unwarranted th Hartford Times
holds, inasmuch as "there is no reason
is the world why we should not assist
our oil companies to obtain a square
deal anywhere m the world even if
w put the oil men ahead of the mls
sidnaries. This Is the age of oil. and
we will have to take the jage as we
find it. Trade ts said to follow the
flag. Why ehornld w .seek to hav
the flag follow trad?" i Inasmuch as
we are net actual active participants
in the entire transactions at Lausanne,
however, the WatertrarjL Republican
considers "it unfortunate that Ambas
sador Child did not content .himself
with the simplest statement of the.
policy and omit all suggestions ss to
the. desirability of its acceptance by
the allies. It is, the more necessary
that America should avoid all appear
ance of imposing- her will upon the
conference because she Is the creditor
of the ether nations there present.
Naturally, they are sensitive about any
appearance , of coercion - from such a
source." Inasmuch, however, as "secret
agreements have been - the bane of
European diplomacy," it Is the opinion
pf the Tuluth News Tribune that "if
something can be arrived at at Lau
sanne whereby there is less ef . this
form of back-etalr-- statemanship the
reform will Justify the action of the
Americana "Certainly - the United
States - is right.", the Albany Knicker
bocker Press asserts, in holding that
"a just and settled peace in the Near
East will be impossible if the powers
permit the proceedings to degenerate
into a scramble for exclusive rights.
And since one of the most important
things from a European standpoint is
an arrangement under which American
capital and influence may be enlisted
In Near . Eastern and "other develop,
men, it is probable that America's at
titude will be controlling." But ' we
bought' also' to take to ourselves -the
lesson of Lausanne, the Savannah
Press thinks,-' "and aslt how -we can
expect the allies to pull the chestnuts
ojt cf the fire for tt and to do thirds
In cur lre?t wt! :St we are not v-. 11-
1 - 1 y '" - f - Tv . It If - v
of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
that "both our old treaty and the old
Turkish government are back nussbera
The purpose simply is to put new wine
into new bottles. Nevertheless, we are
getting ourselves xanced about, and
somewhat wondered at. And the effect
on Europe probably will be whole
some." The St. Louis Post Dispatch
holds that "we do not believe now sad
never have believed that the American
people care more for the protection of
Standard Oil interests - than for the
rights of helpless-and dependent peo
ples, regardless of the official policy
of those - who ' temporarily - represent
them.' Oil rights come after-human
rights a long way after.
Letters FVom the People I
TOooimonlcsUaaa te Jaaroal fat
publieauan ui thi dapartsMBt abouid be wrh
m wa mi? on aw f to paper, ahouid not
00 eorda ia langta, and sua be
. ,T "1 " wnter, eaoa aaau aftrtreat la
iuU mxuA aecotopany the ooalnawtioa.) - .
ASKING WHAT'S WRONG
Criticising the Chamber of Commerce
, as Inert, and Offering Suggestions
Looking to Action,
Portland. Xec. 6. To th Editor of
The JournalWhat is wrong with the
Portland Chamber of Commerce? This
is not to be knocking, but Just to in
quire as to its real activities. There
seems to be a sort of deadness in the
local chamber, compared with like
bodies elsewhere. How would it be if
the chamber, when it raises the money
It is going to raise, used a good por
tion of it in buying land locally and
using it for factory sites? How would
It be If, instead of advertising Ore
gon, or rather Portland, it would
create somethlnr to advertise? Pop
ulation Is wealth, and without it a
country is poor. No city or state can
hope to bring people into it on scenery
and resources if these things are not
productive in making a living, There
is plenty of land that can be bought
at very reasonable figures In many
places In and surrounding the city that
can be used for factory sites, and
this land can be given outright to
people who come -to Portland for the
purpose of starting in the manufac
turing business. If the Chamber of
Commerce wants to make Portland a
real, live, productive city, it will do
well to follow the plan of other1 coast
cities. : What people with money want
is cooperation Instead of coming into
a city f and giving over their money
to . men who are to be of no help to
them except in relieving them of their
bank roll. Some inducement, if of
fered, will make Portland the best
city on the coast It has everything
except a real, live, wide-awake, vig
orous Chamber of Commerce on that
functions beyond having a luncheon,
passing a few resolutions and then
adjourning until the ; next . time to
lunch. Magazine advertising, as all
other . forms, is alt right It you have
something to advertise, and this some
thing must be a little better than
climate, scenery and resources. Have
and advertise free factory sites with
real facilities, and have site that are
worth considering. Fill in some of
the low land and make it fit for fac
tory sites. A thousand things of this
nature could be done with the money
that is yearly collected by the Cham
ber Of Commerce, instead of procras
tinating, and with7 the pep and punch
that should exist In a healthy chamber
it could do great things for Portland
and the community. Other coast cities
offer inducements, and that Is why, a
city that is far richer in natural re
sources, located far better in a geo
graphical way and has as good a cli
mate as exists on earth, has to take
a back seat while other places are
overrun with investors and men of
money. Shipping U a good -thing- for
a coast city, - but -the real thing that
counts is people just folks. -That, and
that only, can make a city, and peo
ple cannot live on scenery.. 'Men need
somewhere to work and something
at which they can make a living,; be
fore, they will inhabit a place.
. Xnnes V. Brent
ON THE "INVISIBLE EMPIRE."
An Expression in Deprecation of Gov
ernment Other Than That Consti
tutionally Established.
Portland, Dec. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal Why should the mothers
of men consent to be led into a secret,
invisible empire, thus aspiring to cov
ertly dictate policies for the "better
ment" of our American republic? All
thmgs truly American, in a free re
public that stands for freedom., liberty
and equal rights to all, must be open
and above board without prejudice,
suspicion or distrust, letting actions in
actual service in times of national
stress determine our estimate of the
trustworthiness of aU, totally ignoring
all party or .religious affiliations. I
fear for a generation from mothers in
fluenced by and in the ranks of an in
visible empire, totally out of place in
our, loved country, where our flag
stands for better, nobler, brainier citi
zenship, with no covert, hidden, under
mining; or officious meddling in either
the public or private business of our
neighbors. Ail acts and efforts for the
general good must be open and, above
board, to get lasting results in unity,
concord, and peace, in the pursuit of
happiness the real business of all 100
per .cent Americans, which all strive to
be who in a spirit of concord extend
the glad hand to all feUow-cittsena
What good can possibly come - from
such an organization? a
If any society of ladlesw or mollycod
dle gentlemen, should dare-to ask the
school authorities ux cancel a contract
with efficient engineers Ku Klux or
other for the construction of Wash
ington high, or any other, structure, I
would suggest this answer: For the
best good of our community, please let
us aU attend to our own business. ' I am
for a square deal to all. v A Citizen. -
- DBAF DRIVERS- - i
A Vehement Protest Against a? Recom
mendation That, They Be Refused
Licenses.
Portland, rec 6. To the Editor of
The Journal I wish to answer 'Robert
C. Wright, who believes the legislature
should pass a : law - forbidding people
Who-, have defective vision or hearing
to drive automobiles. For several
years- many a deaf person has driven
an automobile and -I haven't yet heard
of an accident ; so why should Mr.
Wright wish to deprive them of their
pleasure? The deaf are the most care
ful drivers, X believe. Two- states have
already forbidden the issuance" of - li
censes, to deaf people, and it would be
a sad day for the deaf if such a law
were passed in Oregon. -.Not long age
I was Invited on a motor trip to Salem,
and a deaf man drove the car. W
returned over the Pacific highway
when It was quite dark, and there
were several rows of automobiles. Did
we meet with an accident? I should
say not Most automobile accidents
are caused by drunken drivers, , and
they are the ones who should be de
prived of their licensee. They are no
better than a deaf : person, and if a
deaf person happens to b in an auto
mobile accident the law should find out
who is to blame, or some reform crank
may take the matter up and urge the
enactment of a law forbidding deaf
persons to run automobiles. -
, Mrs. Clyde Lttherland.
-. - ADVOCATES HOME BUYING
And Deprecates the Insistence That
More Land Should Be Brought
'Under Prod action
.Waterloo, Dec 4. To the Editor -of
The Journal From several Sate arti
cles in The Journal we learn that the
Fort! and Chamber of Core mere is So
il to raise ?"C3,0CO with tie circi cf
crt-at;- r a t'-'.ter martlet far .!--"
COMMENT AND
SSIALL CHANGS . -
- Now we can prove ourselves, from a
community standpoint, the big and af
fectionate sister of Astoria. , .
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A Callfornlaa will stop at nothing.
Here's one, tired of fish stories, who
says he got 608 ducke with one shot
That'e enough 1
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- What eympathetio word can" we say
In the faoe of such trae-edhr as ha en
gulfed Astoria? - it is a matter tor
deeds, not word.
That guy who's always taking the
joy out f life has bobbed up again.
Did you read that "November rain la
far behind record"?
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liThe only reason we don't outdo Santa
Claus himself is the fact that we're
naturally somewhat truthful and w
haven't the money anyhow. -
It's a bad state of affairs "when the
hind wheel of an automobile and the
front step of a curbstone get into .too
close relationship. .
' Small boys will accept any excuse to
escape school. Wherein do they differ
from their elders, who delight in a
enow storm that will keep 'em at home
for a day?
As a manifesUtion of our spirit of
fair Play, we seem to be about ready,
sjxkiriy generally, to charge Henry
Ford with the sins of his second cous
ins, unto the third and fourth genera
tions.. , . ' . ' .! '
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Thomas H. Crawford of La Grande
passed through Portland Friday on
his way to Los Angeles to spend bis
annual winter vacation; While In
Portland Mr. Crawford, who was sup
posed to have some advance informa
tion as to what Governor Pierce is
going- to do. wa heavily besieged. ;
Charles Bull of Mabton, Wash., and
Grant Bull of EUensburg are visiting
In Portland.
J. W. Smith of Reedsport and R. W.
Laos of Rose burg are among visitors
from Douglas county.
Rollie W. Watson of Tillamook is
mingling pleasure with business in
Portland,
J. G. McLean of Eugene is in "Port
land attending the hotelmea's conven
tion. J. P. Van Houten of Seaside is
among recent arrivals in the city.
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Among out of town visitors Is Ross
Farnham of Bend.
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George E. Frost of Corvallis is mak
ing a brief visit to the metropolis.
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W. G. Tait of Medford was a Port
land visitor Friday.
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Evan' Evan of Boise, Idaho, is
transacting business in Portland. -
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Mr. and Mrs A. C. Dixon of Eugene
are among out of town visitors.
C Y. Tengwald of Medford Is among
hotelmen visiting in Portland.
' R. W. Kelting of Ashland is among
out of town visitors. : '
Will Ellis of Bend is among recent
arrivals in the city. -
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Kenneth Thompson of -'Albany is
among visitors, from. Linn county.
Mr. and Mrs. J. CWolf of suverten
are spending a few days in Portland.
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Among out of town guests is A Shaw
of Sununerville. -
Among out of town visitors is 8. W.
Slgler of Dayton.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
' Continuing hie story ef the reqaibla
tobaoe tag. Mr. Croeefty tella how it became
th baaia of sn industry that grew to th
magnitnd ef S7.000.000 a year and then
awidenly baeam extinct on th aaoenaioa of
th tobacco trust to aupremacy ia that, field.
J. W. Crossley, an old-time resident
of Portland, was the man who invented
the giving away of premiums with
merchandise. He saw r the business
grow from the giving away of a few
hundred dollars worth of merchandise
annually, to a business that represent,
ed an annual expense of many millions.
In telling me how he started to give
away jaekknlves to Induce Southern
lumberjacks to buy the brand of plug
tobacco he was selling, he-said:
- "Next to plug tobacco, X found the
most popular thing in the . lumber
camps not counting whiskey was a
good, strong Jackknife. X wrote to my
company, asking them to, have stamped
a small tin tag on which should ap
pear the following words: Good for
one pocket-knife. L, Ss M. T. Co.' I
asked them to attach these tin-tags to
their plugs of tobacco in the ratio of
1 to 100, and instruct their dealers to
redeem each tag with a good pocket-
knife to be furnished- with the ship
ment of tobacco.-; -Thi . war a plan
that had never been tried before. The
company I worked for was rather
doubtful of it but decided to. take a
chance. The result was certainly sur
prising. Every ' lumberjack or long
shoreman that happened to get -one of
these tag and secured a jackknife
became a booster for: our tobacco "and
would buy no other 'brand. & He told
all his friends,: and they at once ..be
came, customers for Star plug. W
were almost swamped by order from
that territory..
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"i theen suggested that ' if we could
get the women interested, we could
capture the field, and I suggested that
we advertise through all our dealers
that the dealer would give a good pair
of scissors in exchange for SS tin stars
taken from Star plug tobacco. - After
that' the women saw to it that their
husbands bought Star plug, for they
wanted a free pair of scissors.
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rThe other companies had to get into
the game. Soon we were offering re
volvers, suitcases, watches, sporting
goods of all kinds, and numerous other
articles, la exchange for tin stars from
our tobacco. - '
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"At the breaking out of the Spanish
American war I-gave a sample of our
tobacco to every "-" soldier ' who em
barked to Cuba from Florid, ports.- I
had a log cabin made on wheels, which
was pulled by three yoke of oxen
through the streets of Houston, Texsa.
This log cabin was plentifully deco
rated with Star tobacco signs. X hired
a negro about feet 4 Inches in height
to drive the oxen that pulled the log
cabin. He had a voice that could be
heard half a mile, and. a person three
blocks away who heard him'-shout
Whoa, Blue knew that the Star plug
tobacco float would . soon be In sight
I got quite a little newspaper publicity
out of this, but decided to get more ;
so on one of the busiest corners, at
the busiest time ef the day, I had him
agxee. Is sorely needed. Jim a means
to this end I will suggest , that the
people of - Portland buy their supply
of potatoes and other farm crops from
the Oregon farmers. Instead--of buying
them -ef Yakima. Idaho or California
rairs. According to crop reports,
Crr l-as more ti'n e.-'tvri pn.-t:-?
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NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
International Interest appears to be
ImpartiaUy divided among the British
lion, th French Tiger, and American
bulL Medfcrd Mail-Tribune.
Professor Tiernan is insane, his sister-in-law
claims, it's charitable of
her; anyway, to put it that way Eu
gene Register.
How can the people follow John T.
Rockefeller's advice on .saving pen
nies, when they have to buy gas for
their fUwers? Salem Capital Journal.
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The senators ars having a heluva
time trying to pick out a leader for the
Oregon senate and if they paid half
as much attention to slashing taxes as
they do to that this would certainly
by a grand old state to live in. Rose
burg News-Review.
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Oregonowes little over fifty mil
lWna That wouldn't be much for
Henry Kord or John D. Rockefeller to
fir,ry'!,u.t u ,Jt n""hty big load for a
little state with a population of only
three quarters of a mUlion. Eugene
uuara. l . i
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The Republican" relief plan for farm
ers as announced Friday in Washing
ton. D. C, stresses a lower rate of in
terest That is all right as far as it
goes, but what we need most In the
agricultural -sections is a price for
products rather than a further induce
ment to become more heavily in debt
La Grande Observer;
A
Judge R. R. Butler of The Dalles
was transacting business in the me
tropolis Friday.
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Mrs. J. TL Hodes and Mrs. A.
Shurte of Eugene s are In attendance
on the state convention of hotelkeepera
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Among out of town .visitors are
Clarence Butt of Newberg and W. C.
Dobyns of lone.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy' Welter and A. J.
Marti neau of Grants Pass are among
out of town visitors.
George ' II. Detwiter and diaries
Britain of Summer Lake are making
a business visit to Portland.
A. N. Fierce of Salem is taking a
prominent part in , the hotelkeepera'
convention.
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S. A, ' MUler of Aurora was trans
acting business in Portland Friday.
Tillamook county visitors include Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Skeels of Helloff.
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Clifford Van Metre of Grass Valley
is among recent arrivals in the city.'
E. McCurdy of St Helens was trans
acting business in Portland Friday. '
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Peter Nelson is in from Bay City on
a business errand.
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W. J. Walsh of Newport is a recent
arrival in the - metropolis.
R Franklin of Eugene is spending a
Short vacation m Portland.
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H. C. Smith of Medford Is among
tne transient guests ' of Portland. ,
W. W. i Elder of Stayton is among
out or town .guests. .
Ed Snow and R. O. Y acorn are late
arrivals from Mosier.
, Another visitor from Mosier I Ed
gar A, Race. . . . - ., ;. ,
. A. J. Berry of, Fossil is a recent ar
rival in the city.
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Mr. and Mra Henry Keeney of Ar
lington are Portland, visitors.
Lockley
make - an . awkward turn and tip the
log cabin over on the streetcar track,
which resulted in a large amount of
newspaper publicity.
T went to work as a salesman in
Sduthern Texas and Louisiana in 1894.
Two years later I was made division
manager, with headquarters at Phila
delphia. . J. B. Duke organized the
American Tobacco -company and took
over our principal rivals the manufac
turers of Horseshoe, Climax and Jolly
Tar. -He wanted to get rid of all com
peting companies, so he organised, the
Floradora Tag company, to handle the
tobacco tag and premium business, la
1900 "I was made supervisor of depots
of the Floradora Tag company for the
Eastern half of the United States, and
I spent most of my time In Pullmans,
visiting my territory. During the next
five years the American Tobacco com
pany conducted an aggressive warfare
on all Independent tobacco companies.
It spent million 'of dollars m pre
miums in exchange for tobacco tags
taken from plug tobacco, or for certifi
cates packed in smoking -tobacco and
for cigar bands. The giving of these
premiums forced ? almost all ' of the
other companies put of business.
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"When this result was accomplished,
the American Tobacco company de
cided there was no further need tor
the giving of premiums, and it gave
notice that the giving of premiums tor
tobacco tags would be abolished and
that tobacco tags would cease to be
of any value in redemption for pre
miums after the clos of the current
year, 1905. Shortly after this notice
was issued, an avalanche of redeem
able tags were sent in for redemption
from all over the United States. 'Our
redemption tag depots, located in the
principal cities of the United States,
were choked with- tags. In Philadel
phia we had two redemption tag depots
one for mail and express packages
and one for local or counter business.
We employed 250 . girls to count the
tasra and file th atAm - tn .it
and express depot we had hundreds of J
strw- i wor counting tne tags and
sending out the orders, f When I tell
you that the premium business in
1905 amounted to over $7,000,000 and
that in exchange -for tags we were
giving baby buggies, bicycles, shot
guns, rifles, rugs, lace curtains, - type
writers, suitcases, parlor suites, pianos,
and hundreds of other " articles. - you
will get-an -idea of the extent of the
premium business. -j -.
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I had seen the Idea which I origi
nated, the giving away, of jackknives
a premiums, grow to a business
amounting to more "than $7,000,000 a
year.: Where the company I repre
sented consented, only after careful
consideration, to the spending of a few
thousand dollars for advertising, it
was now spending hundreds of thou
sands of dollars In telling the public
about our goods.
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"On December SI. 1905 .when the
premium business went out of exist
ence. X decided to come to Portland,
where I have been in - business ever
since. .v- -
distant market for his crop or let them
rot ' while Portland ' sends to other
states for its supply. . There ,1s in
some quarters a great hue and cry for
"rrore reclamation funds for irriga
tion, more people on the land. - And
right at present there is too much
land ia C'i:"!vat:-r., too r'j'-h pr;-jc-t'
: ? r ::,: eo t -. t 1 ' it fr- rr I
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings in Brief Forts for th
... .. aay Header.
OREGON
" John Glesy. who will enter upon the 4
duties of mayor-of Salem January 1.
has resigned as a member of the city
council, - . . ,
Work will start In the -prlng on "a
new edifice for the Court Street Chris
tian church at Salem te coait approxi mately
$30,000. .
Wallowa's new high school building.
erctd at a' cost of $17,600. was com
pleted last week aa& is now occupied
by the students. . -
'JDurlng the past season $400,000 has ,
been paid -out by the Hlusbore ran-"ry-
$300 000 for suppUes and $100.
000 for. labor.
The Grant Pass Chamber of Com
merce has .voted 110 to 1 against the
unmerging of the Central Pacific
Southern Pacific system.
A ' huge landslide at Sugar Loaf
mountain, between Bridge and Myrtle
Point has completely blocked Jthe
Coos county-Roseburg highway.
Because much of the equipment has
been delayed, the big ceremonial of
the Knights of Khorassan at Medford
has been postponed to December 29. ,
While cleaning turkeys at the Un- -derwood
hotel in Baker recently. Miss
May Stearns found gold nugget
weighing about $2 in the crop of one
of them. .
Fred Wiltshire, Corvallis man. who
left last - June for an extended visit
with - relatives in England, died in
London last week. He had . suffered '
from lung- trouble.
juuus E. Foss, Oregon pioneer or
1S62, died Tuesday at Ashland, aged
90 years. ' He was a veteran of the
Civil war, in which he served three
fnfntrjT Mrccl'lt' th First Oregon
' The Central Oregon Products com
pany plans to establish a creamery
at Prinevtlle. -v At Redmond a cheese
factory will be established snd a flour
and feed mill and cold storage plant
will be operated at Bend. -
The new mill of the Western Lumber
company on Lost creek in Lane coun
ty is now sawing lumber for the Mount
June Flume company. - When the
flume is completed the mill will be
ready to operate on a commercial scale.
; . r WASHINGTON
"Spokane county. commissioners have"
decided -on a 89-mile pavfog contract
for the coming-year, besides a $70,000
bridge on the Trent road.
Under the. auspices, of the Commun
ity club, a circulating library from the
traveling library has been established
at Kahlotu. There are U0 books.. .
Rasmus Gotfredson, aged 84. is in -jail
at Tacoma charged with manufac
turing; liquor. -A raid on his house
netted the officers a 26-gallon still and
a quantity of mash.
William H. Daniel, pioneer of Spo
kane county, having settled with his
family on a farm near Meadow lake
nearly SO years ago. died Saturday at.
his home in Spokane.
, Kent's new $20,000 city hall was ded
icated Tuesday evening. The building '
has an, auditorium, council chamber.' .
mayor's office, firemen's club rooms, -library
and other roomK-
Bert Lampher, who has about a four- .
years timber supply near Kelso, has
been operating on the upper Cowee
man and Is putting about 75.000 feet
of logs. into the water dally.
The death of the Rev. Father A, De
Malsche, well known Catholic priest of
Spokane, occurred on the steamer
Kroonland November 25, while he was
returning from a trip to Belgium, his
native land.
' One hour after he had' reeortad to
tne police that he had run down a man
In Seattle. H. E. Barton was perhaps
fatally Injured when his automobile
was struck by a Greet Northern pas
senger train. . ; , - ....
.The body of A. R.; Dever, aged
recluse, living , north - of Bremerton.
was taken Tuesday from the ruins o
his home,- destroyed by-fire. It is sup
posed he upset' a' lamp which caused
the fire.-. i- .- M-
Shot through the back when he and
two- companions operating a launch
loaded with liquor attempted to escape
capture, 1 Horatio W. Thompson. 87
years old, died Tuesday morning in &
Seattle" hospital. - ,
Jerry Hanley. BS years old. - was
Struck and , killed instantly Monday
afternoon by a passenger train four
mile east of CI Elum. Repeated
whistles of the locomotive failed to'
cause the man to leave the track.
Arthur Defoi, 29 years old, was
fatally shot in Seattle Monday night -by
two bandits, supposed to be - the
same ones who seriously wounded Pa
trolman J. F, Stevens Thursday morn
ing of last week, Defoi was robbed
of ,66 , ' , .''.--'
, . IDAHO - .
Harold Hlldreth accidentally shot -himself
at Kootenai with a .22 caliber
rifle that he thought was unloaded.
Th wound is serious. , . .
Because of weather conditions, the
barbecue to be held , at Coeur d'Alene
to celebrate the complation of the
Apple way paving has been postponed -until
next June. '
' The best yield of potatoes ever har
vested In the Buhl country is recorded
this week by Harry Leveke, who se
cured an average of S00. bushels from
SO acres of land. s
A reduction in freight rates from
Idaho points to the level of the 1914
rates ii asked in a set of resolutions
passed at a meeting in Boise of the
Idaho Freight Reduction association.
Twenty . Years Ago ;
From The Journal of December 9, 1902
- Portland has for her guests today
James J. Jeffries' and Robert Fitsslui
mons, who will give a sparring ex
hibition tonight
'.
A bill will be introduced in the leg
lslature permitting the city council to
levy a special tax not exceeding 1V
mills 10 purchase a fireboat
The City & Suburban Railway com
pany, announces that the electric cars
between Portland ; and St Johns will
commence running about Sunday next.
The steam motors Which havs been in
use for some time past are for sale.
The new cars will be among the largest
In the city and will be equipped with
airbrakes. ' :
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Sarah A Shattuck, an old resident of
Portland and wife of Judge 2. D. Shat
tuck, died yesterday at her home, Fifth
and College streets. She was 77 veers
old. , ,
The large amount of business done
by the railroads during the time the
settlers rates have been in effect has
caused them to resume th same, to
take effect February IS next and con
tinue until April so. -
Tempi Beth Israel was packed to
overflowing last night by both Gentiles
end Jews, eager to hear the address
of Rev, Dr. Jacob Voor Sanger of San
Francisco on "The Sabbath Question
and the Jewish Woman."
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, A horse and wagon belonging to F.
Dresser A Co., the grocers, came at
full speed down the Portland Heights
trestle last night, resulting In a badly
injured horse and a still worse broken
up wagon,
,A crew1 of longshoremen went down
to Rainier this morning to assist in,
loading the British bark Adderly, which
Is taking 'on a lumber cargo for Aus
tralia.. he will take 1,001.000 feet
The fight cn between the various
candidates for the proposed office of
labor commissioner is becoming Inter
esting:. It bids-fair to deve-Jop Into 4
political scrap, pure sad t'lr-'.s, re
rarcvs tf g'l cf.-' ti rr--:-t V.