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UUU; VAILX: JOURNAL, FGTLAND, OZZGO "10; DAY, EUC. 11. i:.:. I It! i AS IXPKPEJTDKXT JiEWSPAFEB US. JACKSON. ..PwoUs&er - f Be eaba, be eoattdent, be cheerful and do ' ( oeto etbar as spaywonid,- here Uea do agate ' "-1 -- -.. .. T, t'ttbiuhed , efery weekday sud Sunday morning f st The Josa-asl buildina. Brwdnx, st . Taa f bill streets.-. PotUsjkI. Oresc-n. r Kateted at the pastofiiee t Iorti nd. Ontom, t tot tiumiauB through the sseiia as second - f - claae utter. ' NATIONAL ADVERTISING BJ5PRESENTA r , TIVK rWrJamm & Kjmtnor (X, Hmm ". wick bulging. 823 Fifth wiue. New Xork; . f 00 ML?r auifoma, dror. g ?ACirU5 C6AHT "REPaESEXTATIVHS M. - C Morremon C.. Ina, Esamiaer bdildinc. , Sea Franrteeo; Title Insurance baildins. toa Antelea; ScenrlHcs building, Seattle. -f i TH OREGON JOURNAL imitm Uia right i' to reject- adTertisiac copy which It 4anu I etrjectoortebte. It also ' win aot prist aay it copy UMt tn any way simulates madia mt jj ' tr or that eaoaot readily be reeosiiisad as it ad-ertieing: ,-v -. 'j ; 8 ". '.T .CBSCiTPTlO1 HATES - J' '.. l'trabla. in Aiiww - t V IBy malt in Ortqn, Habmto; Idaho od f Xarthcra CatiforB-s. : ,1- V r rear.-. . . . .8-ftO 8U months. . . . 4.26 l urea Oae month .... - SL'NDAT run t Without Ssadayj tOnU) -' Ana ver . . SS.OOfOne year .$. Ms mouth.... 8.25 Three month. . 3U7 Slxt atentns- ... A. ( o Thraa naaths. . . 1.00 Osa month . . . . .90 WEEKLT -' fErary Wednesday) WEZKLT AMD 1 UN DAT 12 i On year, . ..,.11.00 Oo Tl .9S.0 qix nantns. . . . .ou All Athae rjMttra in th ITnitad States: 1 Daily aa4 Sanday, (1.00 par raoqtb. Daily f without Saadar) , 75e par, month. Snndxj, J On per month. Weekly, $1.59 per paar. . Bliucla eopiea. Wly IK; Snnday, 10a. ' By Carrier City and Country Oa month $ .6610m .week. , .'. . ,$ .15 DAXLT I . SO-DAT fWithoat Sunday) I (Only) Osa month .4H0a week..... .08 Oae week 10 - Sow to remit: Sent ixtoTic money order. eares oraer or peraooal ; eoeca. 1 ptampa. eoinn or etureney are at owner1, rialf. TEI.EPHONE MAIK 711. AH department reached by thia anBiber. '.' Krery book that we take ux without a purpose u an cpportanjty lost of taking up a book with a purpose; erery bit of -stray information which we cram into our head without any sense of it importance. ia for the most part a bit of the moat useful information driren out- of our beads and choked off from our minds. Frederic. Uarruon. IN TIME l i"OLONEL, HARVEY, ambassador . extraordinary to Great Britain, V ys Europe faces the worst out- look in history. Unless something is done he does not see "how Eu :J rope can live another year." : The colonel does not go on to say fwhat would happen in this country i if something extremely serious hap ! , pened urope. Most men In of ificiai government positions are dodging-that same subject today. jThey are, not talking about how j closely conditions in America are ; I interwoven with conditions in Eu f a, rope, 'tiow a collapse there would J effect 4JS. how a war there would ' J affect jTaa or how any other catas 1. trophe there' would affect us. But there are several million peo jple who remember wnat happened tin this country when a European war broke upon the world In 1914. 5 We know something" also about i What happens when financial, eco 4 nomic and political conditions in Europe are in chaos. ' We have seen- our markets disappear from that cause. We have seen our J? products rotting on the ground! or held atbeavy cost in storage. We have seen unemployed and bank ruptcles; . Likewise, we , have seen threats I" of more - wan We have beard France talking of invading Ger fmany. We- have seen Prance and I England snarling. We have seen 5 the'Turks come back after an igT I noble defeat, to threaten the world's peaoe. We have even sent our war- ships over there and threaten again jUo use them t6 insure the freedom not the seas. And now we hear of a German-Russian-Turkish alliance against Western Europe. And we know what that wouldmean to us. The results of a false isolation policy have been so obvious that America is now moving to protect her interests abroad, admitting that, we have interests there that will be unprotected unless we protect them ourselves. We are moving to take our place in world's affairs. For tunately, it is not too late to .use our admitted power across the council table instead of on. the bat tlefield. By doing so now, the con ditions which Mr;.Harvy so. gloom ily describes can probably yet be remedied before Europe, and Amer ica with "her, is compelled to deal with conditions that are worse. J THE BRIDGES OF GOLDEN GATE ' J CAN , FRANCISCO has a new Is3 bridge idea. A famous bridge : engineer says he car span Golden Gat. . With two towers, each (higher than the Eiffel, he opines I that he can bejilcL a bridge 700 feet lions. , It would link San Francisco ' t with the rich couptry to the north Jf the bay which is now but par I tially developed i because of uneco- ' nomic transportation. ' . f : The normal San Franciscan is a feapabTe showman. ' He demon 'strated his abilities in, the 191 S ex J position. A part of the Golden I Gate bridire project is framed to ? appeal to the showman Instinct.: In fthe twin towers there will be ele vators. : These elevators will carry I totrrlsts o to majestic heights over lookin'r he bay, the" ocean And the pitarervje regions - north - mxA south. r Incidentally, the vlew'wlll leave fees that will help to pay for the bridge. . : .-. :ir:,: ' . 7 j It has not been Ion mince , San Francisco was vastly agitated ty a plan for a bridge that should join her to Oakland. That project seeme to hare gone to sleep. Per haps the cost was too heavy.. Per haps the f engineering V difficulties were too great. Perhaps the con trollers of -San Francisco realised that the bridge would ,be,, chiefly advantageous-. to an active ; and growing competitor. Perhaps, also, the new bridge will be favored be cause it will bring a -valuable traf fic direct to Ban Francisco without need to go through Oakland. Back: - of all.; these plans for bridges over San Francisco bay is an urgent necessity, San Fran cisco's greatest asset, on her ocean aide is her heaviest handicap on the land side. The bay Joins San Fran cisco to the ocean, but cuts her off from the land. San Francisco's "bedroom is on the north of the bay. Much of the country that feeds San Francisco la north of the bay,, . She needs for her pressing traffic something Quicker and of larger capacity than ferryboats. San Francisco with, a bridged' bay will be a San Fran cisco relnspired with growth. , A, CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION TN tha - . Christmas C rush, do you- XX ever, think of the Oregon writers ? v They have produced excellent literature. They have written books worthy of any library. But because these books, are home products, many book-buyers pass them by. It is a human habit to think the homo product commonplace and the distant creation better, 'But there is no reason for it, in books or any thing else. There is nowhere an environment to better stimulate poetry or story or romance than that in -Oregon. There is no richer past than those days when Oregon was the last frontier. There is no landscape so picturesque and so full of beauty to inspire the poet as that "where rolls the Oregon. Here are lofty ranges studded with snowy senti nels to make the imagination bold and fire the singer with enthusiasm. There isn't much , for inspiration ia the grimy cities and frowning smokestacks of the Eastern half of America. Industrial United States can be no poem. There is more to fire the writer's muse in a tiny Cas cades valley, or in the sweep of the Columbia , through the Cascades gorge, than in all New England. There ir everything in the Oregon outdoors to make writers, and not a few of them have donev their work, and done it so well that the distant East receives and honors them even if ihelr home state does not. ! We have drives and meetings and organizations to forward use of home products. If you are a book buyer, how about the books of Ore gon's own good writers? "American Education Week" brings to light the fact that Ore gon stands second among the states of the union in literacy that is, next to the top in percentage of citizens who know how to read and write and who are informed at least concerning the rudiments of citizenship. CITY-COUNTY MERGER SOME time ago the Lents sewer was built. The assessments averaged in the neighborhood of $40 a lot. Had it been possible to serve the area adjoining, which was just outside the eity limits, the dis trict would have been broadened and the assessments would have been reduced to approximately S20 a lot Had there been a merger of city and. county jrevernrent ..the wfcol Lents district could nave , been drained by the sewer. Service could have be'en given -where it is badly needed and wanted. The burden of expense ,on the average house holder could have been cut in half. In the recent successful cam paigV for Burnside and Ross island bridges i was found--, that law did not exist requiring "city and county commissions, tp. function together in the constructjon-of the bridges with adequate approaches. Before election day The Journal secured pledges from all concerned that the bridges would be built high, clear of ordinary river traffic, and with adequate approaches. But if city and county govern ment were one, law would have di rected the proceduro and would have taken the place of promises, which, no -matter how dependable, are subject to the uncertainties that beset all. human, affairs. r From time immemorial there has been a jangle and clash of conflict ing authority in the administration of county s roads within the city. A merger' of eity and county, gov erament' wouJd'seUle, these troubles automatically. 4 - Eighty per cent : of the auto li cense ! f eealpaid' by Multnomah county comes from automobile owners resident in the city of Port land. Yet. the fund returned by the state goes exclusively i to ;tho county and is' spent outside the cijy. There is no disposition to argue the value of the results thus obtained. But the jealousies aroused, by tak ing the money from one public cor poration and giving it to another woufd be obviated by the merging of city and county government. I v Just outside ,the ' Portland city limits are big business institutions that have all the advantages of municipal protection - - and service, without taxation proportionate to that jaid by industries in the city. WnUe , under merged , city and county - government taxation' zones would be created that would render imposts equitable, it is alleged that past effdrts to merge city and county government have been slyly throttled in the legislature by In terests that seek to evade taxation in 'proportion to benefits. ' - Multnomah county contains. 410 square miles, including Portland's SC.3 square, miles, 29 -square miles Of water surface and , 110 square miles of United States forest; the water -area ' and the f edeial . forest land being, of course, exempt from taxation. In other words, the merg ing of city and county government would affect aboot-2 00 square miles as a taxation proposition. But the measure of area can be onjy a minor eonaideration. Port land property Represent about 90 per cent ... of . Uultnomah county value. Jh it' to b" conceived that a private business would ; set up a board of- directors to handle . 90 per cent of its property and another board of directors, empowered with duplicate authority, obligated by duplicate duties and 'maintain ing duplicate executive staffs. Jn order to provide for the administra tion of the remaining 10 per cent of Its property? : " , The amendment providing that the people of city-and county may vote for -the economy inevitable' to a merging of city and county gov ernment, will probably be sub mitted to' lhe next legislative ses sion. While careful attention should be given !, th . proposal to Include h Port of s Portland within the merger governments, there can be no quarrel with the suggestion fa voring the appointment of a repre sentative commission to draw the charter necessary to merged gov eminent. And there can certainly be no quarrel with the proposal to end the necessity for our duplicate and conflicting "city halls." Lots Of the inattention to those who make announcements at our luncheon clubs may be due to the fact that the speakers exhort before they have completely swallowed the last mouthful. WHAT NEXT? WOMEN are every day invading fields formerly reserved to men. It is not altogether surprising, under the circumstances, that a lady has now become the head of a pirate gang. She got on a British steamer, bound for Hongkong. There were many other passengers. She seemed to be" Just an ordinary feminine traveler. A few miles from port, however, she .proved herself to be anything but ordinary and mostly pirate. With perfect poise and de liberation she ordered her gang to work. The gang was most of the passengers, and only a few minutes had elapsed before the boat had been seized, passengers and crew stripped of all valuables, and the contents of the safe looted. The booty was divided among the lady's followers. Women have recently assigned leading roles in politics, in science, in economics, and even in deep sea diving. But the case of the Bsit ieh steamer is the first instance wherein a woman has sought the honors of a Captain Kidd, and been completely successful. What next? ASTORIA'S REBOUND THERE is an amazing thing about the Astoria fire. It again dem onstrates the imperishability, the tenacity and the resiliency of hu manity. On Friday Astoria was prostrate before holocaust. On Saturday Astoria was starting to rebuild. Not a note of dlsoouragement. not a whimper of repining; came from the stricken city. But," instead, the first-statement was a boast: "We have the best lo cation for a port in the Paciflo Northwest, and we will build the city again around it." . f. With , such a spirit there can be only one result. The new Astoria will be a, fairer Astoria, a greater Astoria, a more successful and' a more prosperous Astoria. The con flagration, Instead ' of being the death knell of Astoria's fate, will be the preliminary to Astoria's climax. The finest accomplish ment of Astoria's picturesque his tory will be the vigor of her re bound from misfortune. . i Already a commission of 10 has been appointed, to guide reconstruc tion. The mayor of Astoria is at the helm in a smoke-stained, fire crisped city halL Telegraph and telephone communication with the outside world was restored with thrilling speed. Lines of party and prejudice that more or less agitated Astoria are forgotten. Astoria's thousands swept from the shelter and the machinery of their business and their . merchandise have , been merely mobilised into a' greater offensive. -,. - . --w t Astoria may in the past have doubted the neighborliness of her neighbors. But special trains loaded with fire-fighting equipment and supplies, boat loaded with enter geney workers, and automobiles burdened with . relief, have used every avenue of approach to pour into the city the tangible evidences of the brotherhood which disaster brings to the front. - Portland re sources were put athe command of Astoria,. ' Seattle i was no , less generous. ' - Beneath their rivalries there re sides in the cities of the Northwest the " strong- affinity f friendship and a common faith which will' let Astoria, suffer no loss beyond the combined power to repair, v- .-v.L- COMMENT OF THE : STATE PRESS . A 'Good Tip From the First Ser geant's Repertoire Halt (Tailed on ; Unrestricted Cutting of Christmas Greenery Comment Concerning 5 Clemenceau Railroads' Publicity -I Campaigne-A Good Citizen Com- mended A Boost for a Super- ; Booster of Oregon Good Stunt of . the American Legion. . ' Pendleton East Oresronlani The Pen dleton jost of the Americas Leirlon is just one of several patriotic ex-service men's organisations in Pendleton. It attracts a little more attention than some of the others, perhaps, due to the fact that it is younirer and has. a mem bership of about too men. But, never-J tneiese, it ia Just one of several good organizations. In common with other bodies, there developed in its ranks within the past few weeks what ap peared to be a schism. This division appeared to be so decided that the very heart might be cut out of the or ganization if some remedy were not applied. A ' remedy was applied. It consisted of equal parts of fairness and the sunlight of understanding. As a. result or tae remedy, the local post last night elected ticket by acclama tion. One of the biggest crowds ever in attendance at a meeting was pres ent, ana sausiaction with the accla mation ticket was almost 100 per cent. ; Ayery young organisation in Pen- awa nas pointed a, way that oleer bodies,' and ' the community itself, may follow with profit. Divisions in organ izations are costly. Yet these appar ent divisions exist in many bodies. If in same remedies that were applied ia the ease of the Legion should be ap. plied by these , ether orranizatlona. fairness and the sunlight of under standing, the organisations would awake with a start to find that they are at least 95 per cent of one mind. The moral of the action of the Le- gion.is not hard to find. It can be expressed in the two words of a com mand that the first sergeant .used to utter when cooperation on th march. a drill, or on the field was about to oe-canea cor: "Fall in!"'. Kugene Register? Seattle is upset ever Christmas decorations. There was a: pretentious plan 'to outdo all holi days, . m Seattle or anywhere el, In the matter of adornment. There were to be -evergreens everywhere. Every block was to have a- row of 10-foot fir trees, with 8-foot cedar and holly wreaths hung across the streets and with the street lamps festooned with young hemlocks. To this Governor rc cries -sname!7 and "Sacrilege!' Ha pleads with the nublln not tn wist so many thousands of young trees for mere wmm ot tne season, however pleasing the effect would be. and anka cltisens to consider what the result of such Uvtehness will be fO years hence i mr rate um standing: timber is dis appearing. Anyone who is familiar with the state of Wuhinrtnn hh h inclined to think Off-hand thatS enonrh erccuery coura do spared to make the lrfnj- a C ...... 1 1 , . . . vi cniuo noiiuay mat was con templated without leaving a very large hole ia the remaining- verdure, and ye ' ot mucn douot that Gover nor Hart has struck the right note. rvcsiern w asnington's greatness is built upon a foundation of lumber, and uu'r ia acing cut Dack from tide water and from the, tmnv mii.n. lines at a rather surprising rate. For icosrauons tne supply of these trees has ( seemed inexhaustible, but it la not. It is time to begin to frown on need less waste of growing timber. Oregon City Entaroris - r-iUrr,- : - w reason tor ais- counting the things he says. Among other things the T!b-t- lltical and economic affairs In Europe are approaching a crisis, that the friendly support of the United States uy ven a, crasn and that . If the crash is not averted, then the United States will be forced to mam ati participation, than otherwise would be ..eveowsry. ,io Tiger asks nothing but "stay by." He makes no concrete suggestion of what we are to do. But he seems to think that in some way the nation which made the war damage should be made to pay for it. Clemenceau makes no pretense of being here in any official capacity He is Just a Private individ ual speaking for a cause near his heart. He seeks to remind America of facts to which she was very much alive four years ago. but to which she seems to v .bcoma a ntU dulled. No harm should come from his speaking. in a country dedicated to v. v should- be accorded a courteous hear ing, xi m aavances the settlement of world problems by one sentence, he will have accomplished something worth while. , Woodeurn Independent : Georges Clemenoeau must have been given a ,P.btore ha ,eft tor America topeak plainly and get the unpopular senate mad. He has done so. Some things he said were the truth and ? 1. ., v- v ts 3,aA , truth hurts, but other remarks'! w" nave oeen irt unsaid and other statements would have been of a force ful nature if he had been backed by his own countrymen in France. He went to the verge of garrulousness, yet it was recognised that his sole object was to help his beloved and still threat ened France, which aided materially in saving England and now almost stands alone. America admires a fight er even if it does not agree in all his beliefs. He should have come out to the Pacific coast, where h would have been better understood, where there are fewer one-ideaed man and the at mosphere is more bracing. Men with born are applauded out here. ' ' - - a I Eugene Guard; The publicity cam paign about to be launched by the so called Hill group of railroads, includ ing the Great Northern. Northern Pa cific and Burlington lines, is sure to achieve big results for the Northwest. Better still, it is evidence that the spirit of that great empire builder, James J. Hill, till lives In the organ ization he built up, after 'all these years that his own activities have been stilted. The railroads purpose to pro mote business by promoting the growth of the territory they serve and they are Investing their own money and taking all the chances of success or failure in ultimate results themselves. Eugene and every other comraunlty in the state should show Its appreciation of this unselfish en terprise by their hearty good will and co-operation. . ' Lebanon Express : We know of a good citizen who makes a practice of casting his eyes ever his - house and erounds from day to day. If aa ,"mx or a spade or any other article have baa t left where last used he picks them up and puts them where they belong. It la the same with anything else that tends to litter up the place. and clean. anTererryarra aSraSiv. Toe result? HI place, is always neat, to the eyes of those who pas by. There are several other good citizens who do the same, - but there might be many'' more than .there are. , ' V Pine Valley Herald : Walter Meachem trying to persuad the Portland peopleLto modify the' X9ST world's fair and make it an Oregon Trail expo sition. ' This is the same Meachem that dumfounded the Portland- Cham ber ef Commerce by th smrgeation that the nam eJ the Columbia high way be changed to the Oregon TrafJL We . shall expect -to set hbn getting out- a map soon, showing Baker ia large letter,-situated on the trails and with Portland, quite subdued, off any real highway a day's . travel. Baker people should take off their hat to him as an advertising genius. 'lyjvr - - 4- a - : , La- Grande Observer: Mis Bath Scott of La Grande has taken the highest honor in the state of Ore gon n' essay - work ; n the- American Legion contest. La - Grande is very proud of Ihia young lady That she Is entitled to honor bestowed upon her is very apparent to those who knew her well,, for she is worker. l h did not just happen to get this distinc tion. It did hot fall to her. from a clear sky. She worked to get it, - She put her whole heart and soul into the effort. Just as anyone has to -do who accomplishes things worth while. The Legion is to be .complimented for en couraging work 'la this line. It I a fine thing for the young and develops the future writers of the country. More literary and oratorical contests will in time locate more of - the Ruth Scott 'type. ' - 1 - Letters From the People f Communications weat to Tba Jonrnai faa publication in this department should be writr. ten oa only one side of the paper, should ot exceed 800 words In lenctb, knd muav ba aienerl be tba- writer whnaa asail irtriraaa 1 I full mast aecompsny tba coeUiiwUion.1 . TO LEAVE THE LAKE A LAKE An "Appeal for ' the7 Preservation : of Oswego, mm Against the Project ot - Lumbering Interests. ; ' Portland. Dec . To the Editor and the 'People of Oregon There' I today a handful ot earnest people fighting for the preservation of a little body of water three miles long, known as Oswego lake. As a natural beauty spot of Oregon, it Is the one-and only lake within easy access f Portland where people may-go for recreation and to satisfy the craving for quiet inspiration. .Why this apathy and in difference on tho part of our thinking citizens? Why should It even be brought to Issue? Where is our civic pride Must we give way to this ever Inereasing'c9nnsrciali8m, this intense and narrow ;. greed for power ' ana wealth by the-few moneyed "barons of our fair state? Must we sacrifice everything in their . path? Must - we sit by. and see this wonderful .'spot desecrated by log booms, ' destroying the bathing, swimming and fishing so dear to humanity and so necessary to a well balanced life? With all that Oregon affords in the line of ways and means. Is it right to use this wonder-spot as a log storage pond? And again, do you realise what Is being done to Oregon by the whole sale grabbing of timber, this denuding of hill and . mountains ; these vast charred wastes left aa monument of man' greed, and for what? What sort of heritage are we leaving our .chil dren? ' Have you passed through vast areas of logged -off land and not been Im pressed ..and appalled with the awful waste ltf logs felled and rejected for whieh w shall ultimately pay as China has and is doing, and also why we are paying such prices for lumber right here where It grows?' Just because of this same condition. Building Is being retarded for this -very reason. I It not Um that we called a halt? Have you ever looked -around and observed the number of man engaged . in the lumber industry? Are they not for the most part overly wealthy and living in luxury? Who is paying .tha price? If this franchise is granted to this logging-company we, as residents in the various spots around the lake.. not only lose our ideals, but suffer finan cial lasses, to what extent we hardly dare conclude. We shall lose the at traction that brought us her and also a great and abiding faith in the eternal iitness or things. . I am appealing to all thinking people or this state to help us, tn your tnougnts at least, in this very .vital matter, or. better still, come to room 252, in the Multnomah county court house, Tuesday at 10 a. rru, and help us with your presence. Ethel M. Holdan. EXPLOITING WORKERS Some Strictures Upon Existing Frames of Uovernment as Functioning in This Wise. Ashland. Dec 8. Te the Editor of The Journal Continuing my criticism of misleading and confusing use of words, terms and assertions as per my letter of December 8, I say the word "politics" is often used when "party" or "partyism" is the word that should be used to convey the real meaning. Thus wrongly used, tt becomes mis leading. "Although we may and do have politics either with or without party, there are some that are so bit terly partisan they cannot even think we could have politics without a party, and they imagine they .are patriotic when in truth they are - blindly par tisan and would not 7 recognise a pa triot if they met one. Having-a polit ical form of government, all public question are political and all public officials are likewise. A government is eelitlcaJ If it ha a political form It ha a political form when the court recognise that it is the duty of the government to use its police powers to enforce exploitation upon the working people and to protect, sometime to aid. the exploiter and the profiteer as they cut out their pound of flesh. When such a government functions, politics, not party or partyism, is pro duced. Thus selfish . utilization and special privilege are upheld officially. This is why our political governments harm the governed,: This is why the working people so often become rest less and unruly. We often wonder that they are as docile- as they are. When they once discover bow they are and hav been deceived by the misuse ot words, - they may become restless enough to create a new non-harmful government We have heard of a Jew who, on being questioned as to who he thought was the greatest inventor, re plied, "Veil, the feller that invented interest was a great feller. As the Bible condemns Interest which fat one of several methods of exploitation, the "feller referred to must have been the devil. Thi conclusion 1 forced upon u when w see what a devil of a time mankind I having while exploita tion is carried on under polio protec tion. Had we not better put politics Into the discard? We may have oar- tie and partyism under any form ofi government but we can only have polities when exploitation is carried en under police protection. I not said protection the hurt that ia killing the present order?" Are my criticisms un just? -Are' my conclusions wrong or misleading? yf? D. Mi; Brower. . A CALL FOR MR. FORD f H I Suggested as m man to Head . -x- TBlra iart. r - . . vKewoonv Dst t-I the Editor erf The Journal -Under date of . December Charles Whitehall gives an interest' ing discussion on national Issue and the making of political parties born la ' VSSSXSSSJPJSL f bodies of dissatisfied people when the boiling point i reached. To all current rumor that a third party of national proportion is imminent in view of the recent ejections. Dr. Shipstead, Farmer Labor senator-elect jfrom. Minneapolis, said : "Until there are issues- devel oped to the 'boHlng point issue Which truce . at in weiiare z the nation, there can be no third party, but such issue are in i the making. -Then, again, speaking of ' Issues, -.. Dr.. Ehip steed said t "The plight of th farmer COMMENT AND .. SMALL CHANGS' Would - you call the ringleader in the senate fanr bloc a bloc-head? , Heavy i : windstorm hit' Portland. California must b blowing about her self. again - .-j'i:.,-:1--, - :w;-' The age of chivalry having passed on it lamented way, the age of shivers seem to have descended upon us. . The disabled soldier must get quit a-' thrill out of the Christmas present that bears the "made in irmrty" ,rk- ; eve There's tragedy In the case of the man who punctures a tire in a snow bank five miles from - the nearest garage. .. - This new stuff about "I'm trying to oemplet .your . calL doesn't seem to get any better results than the old form of "I am rlngine them. is. From the anxiety Senator Stan field show; in keeping out of itws must judge, .perforce, that his seat in.-the senate Is the of discontent, -j You couldn't hav convinced loi frith any logic in boyhood' nappy d9that we'd refuse now to -get "out 4n ,the now for a bitpf eurgetleport. We're strong for-f the .women who dye out the gray hairs, for we, like they, want all the youth that' coming to us, even If we have to fudge :llttl. Now that the peon pant seem to have run their course and bobbed hair no longer excite our Attention, what will we do tor something to fuss about? MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town T. J. , Cronln. on of Lake county' heap kings, is in Portland on business, from Silver Lake, -' William Stryker of McMInnvllle was mong Yamhill county visitors Satur day. ; ; e ' W. T. Phy of Hot Lake, Union coun ty, ia combining business and pleasure ia th metropolis. - : e a - V. Miller of Chapman has come to Portland on a business and pleasure visit. - :if e - ! e George Thatcher ef Lewiston. Idaho, is transacting business in Portland. . ... Mr. -and Mr. A. L. Averills were among week-end visitora .... - E. C. Metzger of iGervais is among recent arrival in th city. '!- . R. L, House of Tillamook Is spending a brief vacation in Portland. Julius Nissen of Carlton Is among recent arrivals in th city. . . .... . r . -. . - .- i - Among out of town visitors la "W. G. Gardner of Lafayette. e e: Visitors from Coo Bay are - J; p. Qulnn and F. E. Smyth of Marshfield. a L. C McCurdy Ot Pendleton is a guest of the Oregon. A. C Shive of Timber is among out of town guests. -e Coach Hager of Oregon Agricultural coll eg was in Portland Saturday. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred This la the etery. told by an eM-tisur. of the first Japanese student ' In ForUaad. This student, who later achieved some distinction among su own oouBcryBaea. came to America in bis rout as a political refuse, fleeinx for ss uxe. Today there are thousands of Jap anese students to ' be found in the schools of the Pacific coast - It ia rather interesting to review the history of the first Japanese student to attend a school oa the Paciflo coast His r.ame was Kinxo. Several years ago I interviewed H. C Leonard, a pioneer merchant and exporter of Portland. He said: . "Today on the streets of Portland you can hear Russian and Japanese, Chinese and Hindus, Frenchmen and Italians, Danes and Finland ei-s. end a score of other' nationalities, talking in their native tongue, but when I came to Portland English was th only lan- avnnsrsi ja-twlam KaSSS Swt : Awl 1 wlaa AWAal Tf tVT f taajfesj ay V" e W - VMrrMwa( of Chinook. I brought th first Jap anese to Oregon. -I went to California in is..' At San Francisco t met an old-time friend named John Green, who decided to buy ; a stock of goods and shio'thm to Astoria. - We arrived at Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia river, in i860. Two year later we startad a branch house hare in Port lands . We leased the only dock tn the eity. 3. This resulted In our being ap pointed th Portland agents of tha Pa ciflo Mall company,- In 1854 I bought in San Frandaco a bark named'' the Metro poUs for th pur pose ox trading with the Sandwich island a wall as with' Japan. China and Russia, We toolrcargoe of lumber and flour from Portland, wnicn we exenangea for raw sugar in the Sandwich islands, for tea and rice in China, for Oriental good in Japan, and for furs in Siberia, a e -.v ' "On one of my trading trips I met With parti oularly good sucees at the mouth ot the Amur river. From there I went to Hakodate. Japan. That was about 16 or lMOv While I was at that port I was the guest of Mr. Rice. He had under hi protection a young Japanese. Suzukis Kin so, who was a two-sword man ot Samurai rank. Kinzo belonged to the reform party, which had been put under the ban by the conservatives, who wore then in power. Klnao had ned from Toklo, and Mr. Rice told me that if he were discovered he would be executed by the party then in power. Mr. Rice asked me if I would take Kinzo to the United States. "Kinzo was smuggled aboard my vez- vel, the Orbit after nightfall, and we were soon under way. From Hakodate we went to Kamchatka, the Aleutian Is certainly one Issue which is gather ing 'heat. , Svery'dayvS Only lime is nscasary to furnish this Issue with sufficient Umperature to Inflame every farmer, in tne land. The unequal tax burden U another . Isu which la now rmouidering, and f- will conttnu 1 to smoulder unto, the breath of popular sentiment tan it into a mighty flam. And there are th usurpations of spe cial prt viler. They surely win become a burning issua." 1 am In perfect harmony- with th good doctor, but there are other issue, tn chief of which 1 above all Issues,' namely, th crim inal violation of th constitution and th people's law through th non-en-forcement of th Veletaad act The nforcmnt of this law and th tram punishment t . of all- violators should b mad a plank in th new party ptatiorta. tnsttad of brsakin th people's law. the violators should b breaking rock or serving time in tn penitentiary. In thi progressive Washington conference, this question was asked : "When all these Issues have caught fir and the "new party Is bom. who ehaTT lead it?" The aa- r was : "Th man who feels, thinks. hear th unspoken .- longing of h peop!,- and gives : them back to th people so - that they may aay. These NEWS IN BRIEF; SIDELIGHTS ' , A new-born babe said a few words directly after it birth the other day. The child's sex is evident at once. . Moro Observer. - " ' r - If It could only be arranged o that the Irate woman with a revolver couii? meet the speed fiend with an auto, Pine Valley HeraM. - e e - l " . It the United States senate ha noth ing else to do It might appoint, a eom miUee to find out , what th Greek and Tvrks are ilghthig about- Haines Record.' ' s . . - ' "We have often been told .that nothing Is sure but death and taxes, but ac cording to report from the sheriffs of fices, a lot of people manage to dodge the taxes. Powers Patriot. t ..,- . .,. - : .;;'' A foreign new headline in an Al bany papen tells of a "conclave for Balkan p tales." just add a gM to the third word and it'll describe some of the - states all right Halsey Enter prise. --The Minneapolis attorney Who se cured a judgment against the telephone company for loaa of . time due to baa service probably ha a warm spot in hi heart- for the familiar phrase '"Line's busy." OregonCity EaUrpris. Jn these doun dry flays there la much talk ot the fallacy of prohibition. It Is to the shame of some of us that we have not given prohibition a fair trial. For no law nor plan can be said- t bar been thoroughly tested until every individual has lived up to the policy outlined by such law. MarshXleld New. Mr. and Mra E. Flock of Dee were among those spending th wek-end in Portland. -.-.-'.. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rogers ot Pendle ton are among Portland visitors from Umatilla county. Mr. and Mrs. B. C Weaver of Mon mouth came to Portland to spend the week-end. - Mr. and Mra L. L. Harris of Albany are among visitors from the Willamette valley. - - , - . - G. H. Harvey of Boise; Idaho, la transacting business In Portland. . - . - Lane county visitors to Portland in clude W. Hayward of Eugene, -w- e e e . . J. Trullinger of Astoria is among re-' cent arrivals in the city. Amonar out of town visitors is CL W. Kellogg of. Henniston.- F. M. Morley of Silverton is trans acting business in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. J." Perry of Canby are registered at the Imperial. Among out of town visitors, is P, F. Joyce of Ontario. E. P. Dodd ot Hermlston was trans acting business in Portland Saturday. N. E. Croshong of Joseph spent the week-end in Portland. 1 Among out of town visitors is J."F. Bunch of Coquille. , " Lockley Islands and . on to Victoria, where we loaded with coal for Portland. My partner, John Green, and I were thei living at the corner of First and B streets, in Portland. At that time we owned and operated the Portland water system, as well as owning and operat ing the gas works. We installed Kinzo as our steward. He was remarkably bright, and administered our affairs faithfully and well.. H was very am bition to secure an English education. so we gave Mm work in the gas com' pany, while he attended school. I never hav happened to meet a young man who was brighter, more courteous or more agreeable than Kinzo. . "After. Kinzo had been with us six or seven years I took him to Ban Francisco with m on one. of my trips. That was in 186s. Whil at San Fran cisco we learned that Count Ito was in, San Francisco in chargs of a party of- SO young Japanese; men of high class families who were comjng to America to learn Western methods In our American colleges and universities. Kinzo met Count Ito and his students and had a most enjoyable visit with them. The next year Count Ito re turned to San Francisco and sent word to Kinzo that be, would like him to come down to San 'Francisco and meet him. Count Ito Invited Kinzo to go back to Japan with him. Kinxo would not go until be obtained my consent, which, of course, ! gladly gave. Count Ito furnished Kinzo . the money With which he bought a large amount of farming implements and other articles of. American- manufacture to take .back to Jaoan.- - . r -.i-.?'-- ::M . "A year later X received a letter from Kinzo. in which he tld me that he bad become secretary, to the Japanese am bassador at the court of St. James. It so happened that I bad ' business in England,' and so when. C went to . Lon don I -visited Klnao and spent a very Pleasant evening, with him.:: : A" few years later he was roads secretary to the Japanese legation, af- Washington, D. Cw. One day I received-a letter ask' tag ' mo to meet him at San, Francisco on a matter of, om Importance, - He told me the name of the, vessel on which be would arrive, and so I went . down to ..San Francisco to 'see him. When the snip pulled Into the dock the cap tain tola m Kinxo was not anoara: that he had died suddenly, just before the ship sailed.. .- - L . S . : .-.' w -. i - v "Kinzo was net only the first Jap anese - to attend the public schools in Oregon, but hoyas the first one to at tend the public schools on. the Pacific coast" are. just the 'things we've been thinking about for a long- time." ; That man will be the leader of .the new party." Ws have that man today,, th very man who embodies all the requisite men tioned by the great labor leader. Let him be nominated by th rwew- party aa It leader on -a platform ef strict law enforcement In accord with the constitution and the Volstead act and h will lead th party straight to the Whit House. - - - $ For convenience, we will eatl him Henry Ford. -i E. W. Durkee.' - AVE ATQtJB VALE ' From the Waxhinrton Star . "There Isn'J as .much sentiment in music as many people suppose," said Senator Sorghum. r' , i "Why do you think' so?" "The brass band - that plays 'See,' th Conquering Hero Comes 1 just a i cheerful about - playing - ''Farewell Forever when the election is over. NOT A BIT SPEED-FIENDISH" " . Froe tba Ohio State Jearaal . -: One person : who doe not. seem at all r affected b the- wnad passion for speed which characterises the present age Is th dear old lady ii the clectrki limousine right ahead-' of you in the traffic " The t Oregon Country WerUiwavJ Wappeaiact ta Brief rrt for th Boss loader. Enlistments hav been gradually faTW Ing off until It ha been deemed eco nomical - to close the naval recrulUng office, at ' Eugene. .;: :o r; n: . .- . - 'Kenneth, 10-yer-old son of Mr. and Mra. A- W Folok, suffered a broken it' Hood River Thursday when bia led collided with a truck on a steep grade. . . - . One hundred and ixty-f our coyote,' itXS? , oougar and other praatery 2 ,5,,.?r ktud during November J- i? mm uPoyd in the ute for that purpose. , .The many members of the Masenfe frtr vlng IrT AstorlaTbut bold-tf-I n2hrBh'pJ' e'wher, have pati tioned the grand lodge of Oregon tor charter for a new jtedge there - camber 80, tor about thraa weeks. iw wi. Hwin ri win r. nc I - .e1.!.? J&J' hotter eraploved at the Chrlstanaen camp near Mist, suffered a fractured skull Thursday while at work. He was taken to A toria In an unconscious condlUou. After 10 mile pf pipe had been Uld, winter weather has stopped work en the new conduit which will conduct Astoria's water supply from the head work on Bear creek to the city reser voir. ,- .;,-;.,,,:-,,..;..; ;;. ,. Jo Huff, who shot Joe West In th wood near. Bridge last Tuesday, ha been held to-the grand Jury at Marsh field on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Huff says he was shooting at a der , , , F, G, Frohmader and kit sister.' Mr. Catherine Riloy, formerly of Salem, now living in Oakland. Cal.. wer beaten into Insensibility and robbed by highwaymen on a street in the suburb of Oakland December I. , Marked reduction In the salaries of practically all state officials, both elec tive and appointive with the excep tion of secretary of state and state treasurer, will be proposed at the nest session of the legislature. .A landslide, 'two and a half miles he low Mapleton last Sunday night held up traffic on the Coo Bay branch ot th Southern Paciflo for nearly , t hours and baa completely wiped out th nSW Aail BKtea as, th.s j A th new county road at that point. .WASHINGTON Yakima women have started a earn palgn to raise 150.000 for a women's community home. Thomas Morgan. CO years old. was badly burned at Seattle when band age on i hi hand caught fir while he was lighting his pipe. ; Chester R. Hovey, who retired 'sa justice of the state supreme court De cember -1, has opened offices in Se attle for the practice of law.; Napoleon W. Ixbban, 77, died last week at Walla Walla? He had Uve In that region for, nearly 60 years, owning a farm near Presoott At the city election In Crest-on last Tuesday the question of Issuance of 811,900 municipal bonds for improve ment of the water system was car ried. 7 to 4. - . ..t;,- j , -.,.,,. Walter F. Cooper, cashier i of th Union Oil company, was held up and robbed of 95500 in his automobile at Seattle Wednesday while pedestrians and passing motorists looked on. Mrs. W. N. Landerkln. (0 years eld. was found dead in her home at Seat tle Wednesday night, having commit ted suicide by asphyxiation. She had recently separated from her husband. Seattle polio are investigating th death of Mra Irma Reardon, whose body was found In her horn Wed nesday night Jerry Reardon, to whom she waa married two weeks ago, ha disappeared.';':. " ' !: Harry ' Moore accused - by Sherif f Springer as th leader ef gang that broke into the Walla Walla county Jail In 1921 and stole 80 gallons of seised whiskey, ha been arrested at Fresno, Cal. Shippen D. West . prominent steam ship man of Seattle and a brother-in-law of Roland 8. Morris, ambassador to Japan during tha-Wilson adminis tration, died suddenly at Seattle Wed nesday from , heart rtrouble. M ... John Elliott Baker, who had been employed on th Bert Dewit ranch near - Dayton tor -seven years, com mitted suicide Wednesday . night by hooting himself In th tempi. He bad seemed well and In good spirits; Eight Alaskan dogs will soon ' b hauling mail and supplies from Bel li ngham to the Lone Jack gold mine In the Mount Baker district Th owner of the rain bv spent 80,000 in the last five months tn its devel opment - 7 . ; . ' '"" - . IDAHO : Eraatus B. Whit, aged 98, died t Grangeville Wednesday after a resi dence of 40 years ia that vicinity. Charles S RathSun, ex-auditor of the Boise Artesian Water company, convicted ot embessling from it funds, ha been paroled from th Idaho peni tentiary. Th fine farm home of . Thomas Price, near Kootenai, was destroyed by fire Wednesday night Only some clothing and a few personal effects were saved. .'K. .. The sudden cold snao. oreceded br a 12-Inch fall of snow, caught many or tne residents or tsanopoint unpre pared and frozen water pipes are gen era tnrougnout uh town. Th: Idaho unreme court has ' re fused to set aside the Indictment re turned against 8. G rover Rich and W. L. Burton, officials of the defunct Burley bank. They are charged with, felony In connection with th bank' failure, - -.,.-. t Twenty Tears Ago From The Journal of Dec 11, 1903. - London -:Private . Information from La Guayara states that after landing In i fore th Anglo-German allies at tempted to advance toward; Caracas, the capital of Venesuela, meeting strong resistance. - v ' ;..(. ,i - .. ' a :- 'of''. - ' The plumbers -of Portland are buck ing against th new ordinano which compels them to use a certain kind of sewer pipe. -?;,., ? ' ': 4A ;- o ;- "';'; ',: '5 ' Potatoes" are cheaper this year than they have - been for several seasons. Hawkers are around selling at abou 7ft Mnta e sack.' The laying ot the earbolineura block between the tracks on Fourth street I being completed by: the Southern Pacific ootnpaay and th street j again resuming the appearance of a publi highway,';'-:: -.a, ..'." - -. '- i:.: ' State Senator Charles Fulton of As-: tArlswhA Is tn Portland tndsv. eeid "I' am quite confident of my election to the efflce of United State senator, as 1 have practically, no opposition." , O.'. . e - --. MUton. a little Oregon hamlet tn the Walla Walla valley, is still in th hands of the Anti-Saloon league. At the recent municipal election th pro hibitionists won. They have been In power, there for yeara fV'-;'" - i - . - ? , Th Bidstoa Hm, which struck a sub merged rock near Astoria about a week ago and tor a -hoi in her hull. I at Columbia deck No. J ' diaeharging a cargo of cement and railway Iron. Th full extent of damage has not : yet bean- ascertained. . -jt-- -r':J - -.. - e - " Thsum of fS00 ws netted from th bazaar held by the Grana Army. Thi sum will b put Into th fund for th erecting of a monument to dead sol diers ia Lone Fir cemetery. . : , e . e iiS. . '" :.. tr.n T i , i ' , r it 1 , . mail vviwr ,cima wi. im javnta- vUIa station complains that he! has to . wade I mud over the tops of kls gum boots In 'order to reach some f th , patrons of the off lcv 2 "A ' few more sidewalks," said Jensma. "would rive the resident- of the suburb a much better service." '