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WHO RUN8 AMERICA?
rrHE American Woolen company
has Just joined forces -with the
Consolidated Textile company. The
Bethlehem Steel corporation has
taken over the Midvale and Cam
bria companies. Armour & Co. is
swallowing up Morris & Co. Several
other steel and oil companies have
merged. In 15 years there has not
been a wave of mergers compar
able with those of the last 12
months. ;
Mergers mean" elimination of
competition. They mean concen
tration of capital. They mean con
trol of industries. They tend to
ward artificiality in supply and de
mand for the benefit of the colossal
ewrporations. They often mean
lower prices to producers and
higher to consumers. . They mean
difficulty in regulation. They mean
enormous financial, economic and
political power in the hands of a
few men.
.There are four basic industries in
the United States. They include the
Oiels, ; the; tructurals, the textiles
Mid that- foods. ' v
J The- American- .Woolen company
smt the' Consolidated . Textile com
jja:riycorn extremely close to con-tj-oUihs
the textiles.:' They can fix
prices paid to producers. They
ttn- raise or lowrr . the prices to
consumers. They dominate the in-
"I Jl$?raerfer of the steel com
jia4ilsincludlng the .late Bethle
lei jtnerrer, "..concentrating: con-M-oI.
of tha structurais. When may
the tTnlted Statea Steel corporation
and the ..Bethlehem combine, and
whett'they do, what T Operating to
gether they can control the steel
industry, the supply and the prices.
: Tb.e five big packers control the
'meat situation. The consolidation of
Armour and Morris means four big
packers, with Armour the largest.
The Armour Grain company .Is the
biggest cereal dealer in the world.
" What is, happening to the food
supply? What do the mergers mean
relative to food prices and contror?!
What does the merger of tie, 'on
companies mean to the fuel supply,
fuel prices, and fuel control? -
When' at few men get . control 1 of
the four .basic industries, when coini
petition is squeesed out, when enor
mous wealth Is . concentrated and
the supply of food. fuel, structurais
and textiles is dependent onHhe win
of ft few men, how will the govern,
ment regulate them t ; . Where- will
the people of the country be, save
at the mercy ' Of : the consolidated
financiers? '-- :iv " '
I When interests get too big, regu-
latiott Is near impossible. That has
been proven in th .case of several
big organisations? t is difficult to
get the proper laws passed, because
cf the power of the interests. When
passed, it is even more difficult to
enforce them. There is sometimes
question if the power of the gov
emment is stronger than the power
of the gigantic corporations. ?
Whither; then, are- we moving?
And wfly is It that .the, government
sits, idly by . and ' permits merger
sfter merger, and . even bargains
with merging companies oyer the
council table, as was done in the
case of the": Armour-Morris com
bine ?. .Is . that government by, the
people of the 'country, or govern
ment by tie money interests ?
'Tli ere was a horn e,for he Tr
itons for wayward girls.; But when
a family with a whole lot of hun
gry, shivering, tada arrived., in Port
land the. other' day it was -.found
there isn't in all Portland a refuge
for ft ' destitute mother ' and her
babies.. ' '
BUY WTI.TjA rr.TTK
TJTHT have so much money? '
, You can't eat it. i Xou cant
wear it. Ton can't put' it into the
furnace and heat the house. You
can't ' take it to the grave with you.
It wont buy yon a place In Para
dise. . - ; --' ; v -vv-x ;.: i a . k
, It is of use' only for what It will
buy, and there is not-a great deal
you can buy that is of service to
you. The biggest thing money in
large amounts in the bands of a
single individual can do is what it
will buy to relieve others and to
help the general welfare. That is
the only ecus there is for this
sordid, gluttonous, grinding, cease
less, heart-breaking, man-wrecking,
conscience-destroying race for ac
cumulated money. .But that is the
controlling motive of ' almost no
money-chaser.
. There is a drive on In Oregon
now for money for an educational
institution. All that is asked is a
stipulated sum that shall be irre
ducible and from which the Inter
est shall pay for instructing young
mea and women in those things
that make more useful and more
Intellectual citizens. It is from ig
norance, Illiteracy and unprepared-
ness for citisenship that most of the
ills of a country come. It is the
chief cause of poverty, and poverty
is a terrible national disease. Pov
erty means backward children, and
backward children mean unsafe
citizens, an exposed country, an en
dangered , self-government, crime.
wrong, injustice, discontent, war,
bloodshed, misery, want, pestilence,
famine everything, indeed, that
ought not to be.
These things -you combat directly
when you help diffuse school and
college training. Every "time you
Contribute a dollar to education it
is a dollar's worth of insurance of
the "title to your home; tie welfare
of your -community,, the safety of
the republic anal the perpetuity of
Christian civilization.
There, is no place, in. the world in
which you can better make such an
investment than in the new fund
for Willamette university, the drive
for which ends December 20,
In the -days dLf skvaeerv ebildrpn
the implacable deities r Of , hater and
vengeance! Today ' the-'fire' savage
exacts its burnt .offerings,, and the
five tots of EtigeneJ on" its altar are
but a whiff of. smoke to its lust.
HIS CAREER
TVTOT for his millions, not for his
t genius as a merchant, not for
his rise from a poor boy to a great
business" figure,' but for the example
he set as a Christian citizen, John
Wanamaker was-a great American.
Money was not his god. He was
not a mere golddigger.
His fortune eama- from his genius
as a merchant. . He had the busi
ness instinct, as disclosed in the
celerity with which he translated
himself from a poor country boy
into a position as head of one of
the earliest department stores in
America, and in which he revolu
tionised the mercantile business.
A distinguishing thing in his life
.yfas his opposition, as an old-line
Republican, to machine politics. He
fought Boss- Quay. He stood for
clean governjnent. His life was
a. great example -of the good citi
zen ia public affairs.
His career was the antithesis of
powerful men who want govern
ment to grant them special favors,
who use i government for private
ends, who expect the government to
function for an especial few. As
postmaster general, for instance, he
urged the taking over .of the tele
graph by. the government and the
transmission of messages at 10
cents. More Wanamakers to set ex
amples of high purpose in citizen
ship would exercise a wholesome
Influence on the national, life.
He did not amass fortune for bis
own enjoyment, but divided his
earnings with others through chari
ties and benevolence. His devo
tion to the spread of church work
and to the greater influence of re
ligious teachings was one of his
notable: endeavors, j His . whole
hearted' support of 'President Wil
son when America entered ' the
World Var was one of the signal
eccurrences of the time, a position
in. which he made good by becom
ing one of the heaviest purchasers
of liberty bonds in the entire coun
try",1 and by his enthusiastic support
of all war activities.
It was a good career for the youth
of America" to study. ' ' .
Styles in burglars change. Not
so long ago it was the talkative
second-story expert. - Kew it is the
tearful prowler, who wipes away the
Brief f ;his flowing; eyes with one
hand and keeps ighti hold of his
booty with the other. ! .:.;'
NTT WORTH THANKS
A JACIFIC coast woman is thor
oughly convinced thAt gratitude,
if it ever existed, is now dead. Sbe
saved a fair r yonng , thing from
drowning by towing her in " from
the. breakers with a tooth-hold on
her bathing suit. The next day the
mother of the rescued girl called
BP and wished to kna uh.n no v.
ment, would be made for damage
to tae tjatrung suit. . .'
W o n d e r f u 1 how -ecviror.iot
'--r? cr- "tepajices. She w.- I
" - ' I rat:1, if j J 1- '
there. Over5 here j she Is just one
of the : many , and 4not BOz vividly
handsome at that. , , -"; , ,
HIQHWAY SCANDALS
64rpHEY smeared the landscape
' -L with a thin streak of cement
coated with a veneer Of asphalt," is
the language 7 in which the San
Francisco. Bulletin describes late
highway building in California. The
particular reference ia to the high
way : commissioners, whom f - it
charges with playing politics in
road bulfdingv! It say:r;"vr
It looked impressive, tut .touch of ' it
lasted only long enough to take photo
graphs of ths jMw-'Joadwaysrvand te
make local .newspaper 'stories. . In a
very little time, and with cornparatively
little traffic, whoie tre4cbe of high
way proved to 3ev almost "worthless.
The Bulikfaiinsists ibit the high
way situitlOA figured largely in the
elwCoz-clieadW-tlUehardson
as governor of . the -'state. An In
vestigation made by .the .two state
automobile associations ; of California-was
critical : of the highway
management.. Another, by federal
officials is said;byj the Bulletin,
though mildfer" in ' tone',, to support
major charges 'made ; against road
building , in the state, .vThe - paper
goes on - to say: '-J,
Long stretched of bigbwaT were prac
tically .worthless. They-: had' gone to
pieces .because .hey were built for show
and net for, us. There was tro founda
tion for them except the political found
ation of making the best possible show
ing In the shortest possible. time.
Highway building, wherever car
ried on, .seeps to be a source of
scah'daV" In , the case in . Oregon,
there, is probably nobody who. ques
tions' .the honesty of the highway
commissioners who ' have "played a
part In the "work. Nor; is it; likely
that , there vis question about the
competency of. the eminent citi
zens who have served on the com
mission The feeling' seems to be
that in the magnitude of the opera
tions" and in the necessary re
sponsibilities that had to be left
to subordinates, a system of extrav
agance grew up and a failure to be
efficient in numerous cases ap
peared that has left highway opera
tions subject to wide criticism'.
No charge made by Governor
elect Pierce in the campaign has
been disproved. The roads that he
specified did go to pieces and had
to be. rebuilt as stated, always at
increased cost. The effect of the
charges is that a full investigation
of the highway department of Ore
gon by competentpersons and a
thorough reform of the operations
seem unavoidable.
It is assumed that, as governor,
Mr. Pierce will devote large at
tention to the highway department
and that, preliminary thereto, a
full investigation of all highway af
fairs will be provided for.
Now it's all as clear as a flash
of radiolite. They've been saving
the cloth left f rom-r the flapper's
skirts the past two years-to fjarnish
the extra goods needed. ;f Or the
flipper's peon pants; v . .; "
KEEP THE NAME - - '
WALLA WALLA proposes thit
the Columbia river highway
be renamed the Old Oregon Trail.
The historic route that stretches its
sinuous course from the Missouri
to the Willamette valley is the" Old
Oregon Trail. The Columbia river
highway is a unit of .the .greater
road. ' In its name the Columbia
river highway locates that, part
of the Old Oregon Trail where.ftre
massed the majesty of mountains,
the beauty of waterfalls and Ihe
thrill of vast panoramas "in an ac
cumulation of outdoor charrntr
Men and women who represent
an important part of -the world's"
power to think and appreciate have
given the highway an .identity and
a place in the plans of. travelers
that could not be purchased with
millions of dollars. It would be
questionable to blot out the name
and with it the Identity of the
Columbia river highway. The Old
Oregon Trafl 'is of far 'ioo 'general
andvertensivep nature, 1 to: advance
the specific attraction of the Co
lumbia river highway unless the
highway, as a unit of the trail, is
allowed to retain Its name.
;?But on the other, hand, Wall
Walla, or "any other 'Washington
town merits praise -for its, sagacity
when, with all . its might, J t gets
back of the Old Oregon Trail and
the matters pertaining to the mark
ing and improvement of the road.
No I other American , highway is so
rich in beauty and historic appeal,
no other highway is associated so
much with the shadowy, figures of
that picturesque past when Amer
ica was In the making. It ought to
be "put across big," and every
Northwestern community will bene
fit. ' -
; ' After his next fight the - boxer
who named himself Broken Blos
soms may put it in the form of an
appeal, thus: "Broken, Blossoms."
LOGS OR LURES ?
-pHE attorney for the log boomers
JL who want the use of Oswego lake
complained that too much attention
is given to things esthetic and; rec
reational In Oregon. ; 5 perhaps so.
But things esthetic and; recreational
bring . California' $1,060,00 ft day
from tourists, and no feature near
any large California city can com
pare with Oswego .lake with "Its
boating and fishing privileges and
its environment of pure -beau ty- t
'i-'A. man may be the creature or
the creator ' of circumstances, it
is largely up to him. -
4,-.t 1 v f'! the
KNIGHTHOOD AT
CLEVELAND V
Whether It Is to Remain tn Slower
or Is to Be Hastened in the Process
of Going- to Seed Is a Question
About Which Bditers Qive Tbem-
selves Time - to Oet Mildly Ex
. ' cited It Is Made a Question of
- Efficiency en One Side and
, : Chivalry, en the Other Re-
, suits, as Usual, in Hang Jurye
- ' Copaolidated Preea amrlaHnn) '
Into a tired world already far too
full of vital issues and unsotvable prob
lems the mayor f Cleveland injects
another. He has issued aa official re
quest to the male citizens of Ohio's
metropolis to discontinue tbe practice
of removing their hats in elevators in
mtmiclpnl buildings, in the interest ef
cemforti oonservattea of spavoe ajid ef
ficiency a;ene rally. Jta aa Issue on
which to turn editorial guns, this fur
nishes no less wide - a field for argu
ment, support and opposition than does
s hip subsidy or the eighteenth amend
ment. And apparently it is just one
more thing on which- the world will
never agree, for' the opposing sides
seem to be. quite nopelessly at vari
ance. .- 1 -
. - :
Tt's a" tradiUon of Cleveland. Ohio,"
remarks the Brooklyn Eagle, evidently
with some faint, far-off remembrance
ef s 3 -cent fares running through its
mind, this thing of having its mayors
"rush In where angels fear to tread."
Another writer in another large city
observes that a queer thing to get
excited atftmt is the question whether
men who chance to ride with totally
strange women in elevators should re
move; their hats or keep them on. yet
a lot of persons do get excited about
it." and thereupon editors all over the
country proceed to prove- that their
Chicago colleague is entirely right
about it by getting duly excited
' -
"Running a big city is a man's-sized
Job," observes th Toledo Blade, and.
it adds, in some particulars, that of a
fussy old woman.-" Nevertheless, lt
is one of the pleasant things about
municipal authorities .that they can
take time from distributing offices, re
fusing offices, dictating legislation,
vetoing legislation, scolding janitors
and policemen and electricians and
pipefitters, answering complaints about
impudent park attendants and dodging
requests for charitable subscriptions
it is fine, we say, ttiet they yet have
leisure In which to decide upon mat
ters involving the ancient laws of chiv
ftlryr Thus enters a new era, declaims
the Plain Dealer of the mayoral con
stituency: -old customs pass away.
Copybook precepts familiar - in youth
give way to new doctrines of what's
what In social usage. With lids drawn
tightly above the ears, we shall' rise, to
Etw levels of civic consciousness.
- ev '
While Mayor Kohler , "to ay 'have
thought he was going to change' matters-
by his edict, the Nashville Ban
ner thinks the chances are against such
n, assumption. Nevertheless, the Al
bany News sounds a can for "hats off"
to the intrepid mayor for, after all, he
is right; "it's nonsense removing hats
In office elevators. What. is i there
about an elevator that should require
the removal of the hatr. asks the Chi
cago News. -As a matter of Tact, an
elevator is virtually as much a public
conveyance as a street car; and much
cheaper to ride in. Yet men do not
remove': their hats when women center
street , cars. The. fact that elevators
travel a, vertical coarse while street
care ge - horizontally can hardly ac
count for the difference in the required
etiquette." The Topeka Capital is
equally, mystified over the unique posi
tion occupied by the elevator in that
regard,' and it looks in vain for the
Iogteof the thing. What reason can be
applied to the problem argues against
it.;:, for iwhen elevators are crowded,
a they, are apt to be. it is an annoy
ance, to everybody if hats have to be
removed The act of taking them off
in a crowded place Is awkward, elbows
are jabbed into backs, ribs and stom
achs, ' and persons are sometimes left
with hand in air, holding a hat aloft
and ucla to set down without doins
bodily m Jury to the. women or to their
hats." The Cleveland News agrees
fully. Crowded conditions do not "per
mit the carrying of hats at port, pre
sent or order," it says, and "intelligence
suggests that men Keep their hats orw
and try to make room for women wish-:
ing to crowd in." Anyway, so far as
ooru-tesy ; to "women IscoecernedU. what.
II asksj 'could be more Idiotic than the
pseudo-gentleman wh removes his hat
in honor, of the ladies In a crowded lift
and then blows tobacco" smoke in their
faces." w ' , - ;
... -;; - -i - s, ,
The Boston Herald ' adds another
complication. "If men should remove
their, hats when, woroQ eater an ele-
valor, should they remove them when
the elevator has a woman operator?"
it earnestly inquires. A woman toeing
a woman, why is not the lady of the
lever entitled to deference? Running
an elevator-is as honorable an occu
pation, is It not, as running a type
writer, or being ft secretary, or selling
wearing apparel, or attending sewing
bees?"
. .
Tbe elevator, it appears. Is one of
the-'few- places: that', have -stood out
against 'the kllling' onslaught of ad
vancing femininity. "Women stridently
have demanded equal rights, and they'
are' getting-' them," declares the Cin
cinnati Times- Star ; "they can vote,
and they also can stand in street cars
so far aa inOst men are concerned.
But the1 elevator remained a- place -of
chivalrous salutation. To remove the
bat was an easy " method of showing
medleval respect for a woman. - It in
volved no sacrifice of a Hat" But
even there a new element was Intro
duced, as' the Hartford Tiroes explains
it, - It . came down to a contest be
t ween chivalry, and efficiency, and ef
ficiency won." "Making every square
inch -count U no doubt a question of
life or death in the big cities." the Jer
sey City Journal concedes. "But if the
little amenities that give life color and
flavor are to be sacrificed on the altar
of the cubic centimeter, why not go the
whole bog? If space Is so valuable" in
Cleveland elevator, why not save a
few more inches by prohibiting shoes
urges than sixesT' . -From the Far
Western viewpoint of the Seattle Times
the amazing thing is that the "gentle
n ess and courtesy which prompts a
man. to show deference to a woman"
should be so prevalent as to need chid
ing, and "the inclination of 'the rest of
thi, country will be to congratulate
Cleveland instead of condoling with its
mayor." ......
--.-.
But H it, after all," asks the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. "a " serious matter
whether men take off their hats to ele
vators or not? It may be that we are
finding ether; ways of expressing our
respect for women. To give them a
larger place la tbe world ef affairs was
a tribute to their worth that exceeds
all the fine amenities of the glorious
days when knighthood was in flower."
CALL FOR MR. McADOO
- Froaa the Pwidiatan Cut Oresaaian
' The announcement by Senator Borah
that he will fight the ship subsidy bill
to the extent ef filibustering if neces
sary, gives an index of -farther trou
bles ahead of the Harding administra
tion. We jnay look for- formidable op
position' to the ship subsidy, for it is
not popular. Daring' the war we had
greit merchant marine. "What has
d "e wiii it?" the srerasre man
It is suggested we dig deep into the
treasury each year, to ' subsidize " tae
shippfng Interests te wbich . the -ships
were awarded. On - .the face - of the
thing it Is poor business. - The situation
Is not Improved by the fact that Presi
dent Harding has named a Chicago
advertising roan as head .of the . ship
ping board. ; Then there Is the new
tariff, which shuts the door on imports
and thereby hurts our export trade
Why cripple shipping and then spend
all . eur money : buying a crutch that
might not be necessary . if we would
leave nature alone? No one will ques
tum the need ef a merchant marine.
It Is necessary in peace or war. Tet we
have contracted to . scrap '- some 9300,
000,000 worth of brand new battleships
to seem peaceful, and now we are
asked to spend 1125.000,000 on a ship
subsidy so as to be prepared for trou
ble. ... The road to normalcy is com
plicated, and it is no wonder people
have become confused and are clamor
ing for new guidance.
Page Bill McAdoo. '
Letters From the People
' fCbmmnnleatTOna Mat to tfc Jornal ft
pehlieadoa ia Uda departaMSt afeoold be wrt
ten oa saly m aid al Urn paper, ahoald not
eaaetd SOO words ia leacth, and moat.b
aicnad by th writer, whose aaaB addraaf la
lull stnat accompany the eooUVuuo. i
ADVOCATES STREET 5 WIDENING
Proponent Reiterates His View Re
specting Yamhill and Sal
mon Streets.
Portland, Dec s-o the Editor of
The Journal The Journal in its edito
rial on traffic proposals says that pne
of the speakers' solution ef congested
traffic was the widening ef a couple
of tittle used streets, preferably Sal
mon and Yamhill,' and further adds
that such statement Is good reason
for questioning the good faith of the
maker.
The writer made the statement re
ferred to, and expected that it would
call for criticism from The Journal,
because it owns property on Yamhill
street. In a talk before the commis
sioners I stated that in my judgment
there would never he a satisfactory
solution of traffic conditions tn Port
land until we provided for . .wider
streets. The Journal has for years
advocated the . same idea. It has
called attention to the necessity of In
creasing the width of Burneide and
other streets In order to remove con
gestion. We may remedy present con
gestion by some other method, but
what of the future? Should we not
take some measures to provide for
traffic In the years to come? Portland
is going to grow. This we have a right
to expect, and our efforts, are along
that line. Is our present congested
retail district expected to take care
of all the business when we have grown
to twice' our. present size? Are Wash
ington, Alder and ' Morrison streets to
have a monopoly of the, retail trade Of
the city?;l am sure not. The future
growth-' of the city will be south and
wesf of the present, center. -Would It
not be wise by ordinance or agreement
of property owners on, say, Yamhill
and Salmon streets, to give notice that
all buildings hereafter erected on said
streets shall conform to an adopted
street line that will give us' at least
80-foot - streets r Widening streets as
above suggested Will . relieve conges
tion, at least in the future. It will
enlarge -the retail district, advance val
ues, increase taxable property, reduce
rents, remove the, necessity of high
buildings and distribute benefits among
a greater number of property owners.
Are these not good, logical reasons for
the,? widening of streets ? "The interest
of Individuals must not be -subversive
of the public interest. In the widening
of street; both Abe property owner and
the public are benefited.
. ' S. B Cobb..
DEFENDING SENATOR BORAH
A Citizen of Idaho' Lists Things He Is
For in Addition tolhe Direct Primary,
Weiser. Idaho, Dec. 9. To the Editor
cf The Journal I ' wish to say a few
words In defense of Senator William
E. Borah in answer to B. F. Wilson.
In the first place, it seems Mr. Wilson
misunderstood Senator Borah's mission
to Idaho this fall. It was for the ex
press purpose Of fighUng for the di
rect primary, as his party -refused to
have anything to do with this principle.
How many friends of Big Business
does Mr. Wilson know that are friends
of the primary? Very fewv I'll venture,
Mr. Borah explained that our govern
ment officials were spending money
more lavishly thanRome In its palm,
lest day, and the direct primary was
one of , his remedies. I have Borah's
speech at Weiser, and I wish Mr. Wil--son
might read it. . He would find Mr
Borah has a lot -of remedies for the
Ills, of today, and. to my notion, they
arei rood, sound ones. He was th
first to -ask for a -disarmament confer
ence. . Ho; wants the army cut to 100,
000 men and the, officers and enlisted
men more equalized. He is fighting
Tot the. restoration; of the excess prof
its tax; also for an inheritance tax. He
Is opposed to -w many bureaus at
Washington : also, he thinks both na
tional and -state officials could be re
duced one third and not impair the
efficiency of our government He is
opposed-to tne Bhlp subsidy bill, be
cause It would add about $300,000,000
to the -cost of government; also, be
cause it provides loaning money to
shipping Interests at 2 per cent when
farmers .can't, get it at any price. He
is opposed -to. the Esch-Cummina act,
because of the' percentage guarantee.
He says there are bonds held by rich
men in America to' the amount of
930,000,000,000 that are non-taxable. He
is working for a bill that . wilt force
these people to pay taxes. ' He voted
against the soldiers' bonus because his
colleagues had taken the taxes off
those that could afford to pay them
and had saddled them upon those that
could not, and he thought the people
had all the burden they could bear.
Mr. Borah' is not for Big Business,
but is a progressive, wofEfng for the
benefit. of us all- Percy Chandlery
-SOUL KNOWLEDGE"
Vancouver. Wash, Dec 10. To the
Editor of The Journal -J. J. Sanders
of the Arizona state prison, a man ef
wide experience with criminals, and
also a student of mental science, has
reached the sage conclusion that "when
the mind Is right the man can't be
wrong," Gautama reached this Identi
cal conclusion 650 B. C Mr. Sanders
writes:?-"If the men's forward and
religious i movement would insist oa
every one being efficient in the science
of psychology, what a character-bulld-ing
movement It would be! If the
children of the ' Sunday- schools of
America were taught how to overcome
each and every negative emotion, what
impregnable Gibraltar of character
they would become! Anyone Who has
acquired eelf -control and self-mastery
cannot be said to be a potential crimi
nal. Nothing can -swerve such a char
acter from the path of rectitude." Mr.
Sanders Is right. Gautama: was right,
Psyche-ology (soul knowledge) is the
one and only hope of the souL - ,
v ' ' . Amos.
TO LOJiELY PEOPLE
One Who Goes About Much Among
Strangers Tells How to Make " -Them
Friends. 1 "
Portland. Dec 9. To the Editor of
The-v Journal la recent Issues of The
Journal I have read .several letters
from , "lonely" people, . who' confessed
themselves at a loss bow to form new
and agreeable : ties among strangers.
To those, please permit me to eayt
Many men and women who are nat
urally of retiring disposition and are
not "born mixers" get the impression
that the lone!-ft place l tt or 13 is
a Sxrca ' ;; X.'-.-'nf ras t " --1 rne
(XMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
"Mexican crater Is active again. It
is reported. Meaning Villa ia eruption?
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Your heiress is to wed newspaper
man. Can't beat some of the birds la
this business for downright luck.
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Severer cold forecast by the (weather
man. But it's already been about the
severest . severer we care- anything
about. -- -.-"
We are told that lumbermen here
held a snappy 'meeting. Sounds like
there might have been a lot of pitch
in-the timber. -
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Just when we get full of Christmas
cheerfulness and feel that the world is
a rosy, wonderland, we recognise
toothache coming ojw --
In the face of costly and many times
useless gifts for men and women, we
are losing sight of th fact that Christ
mas la tne kiddies day.
- Reports of automobile price reduc
tions won't even get a spark of at
tention from us by the time we've fin
ished paying pending Christmas bills.
Having achieved ; painless dentistry,
bloodless surgery, t hornless rosea,
brainless men . and the like, why not
try for a moneyless Christmas shop
ping scheme? ,
m"What next?" asks an editorial.
Well, you figure that out to the satis
faction of the average human being
and you've taken the biggest part of
the kick out of the business of living.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random-Observations About Town
An effort will be made to keep the
state highways in Eastern Oregon open
this winter, all excepting the section
of the Old Oregon Trail over the Blue
mountains between Dead man's hill and
Kamela, says B H. Baldock. division
engineer of the state highway depart
ment. Snow plows with caterpillars
for motive power will be used between
La Grande and Huntington, between
Weston and .Athena and between La
Grande and Wallowa valley. A plan
for about three miles of snow fencing
will be recommended to the highway
commission to be erected in th vicin
ity of North Powder, where the snow
drifts worst. , ,
With the state highway commission
in session and the annual convention of
county judges and commissioners go
ing on, Portland hotel registers look
like an . official directory of county
courts. Among tnose present are the
members of the county court of . Doug
las county, composed of Judge George
K. Quins and Commissioners Edwin
Weaver of Myrtle Creek and B. W.
Long of Yoncalla.
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The members of the Lane county
court, consisting of Judge C. P. Bar
nard, Commissioners M. H. Harlow and
Emmett Sharp and Commissioner-elect
L. N. Roney, are among visitors in
Portland.
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On business before the state high
way commission is R. C Yon Lehe of
Corvallis, . a member of the Beaton
county: court.
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C. A. Galloway , f Elgin, who will
soon be -an ex-county commissioner, is
visiting-ln Portland with the state
highway commission.
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Mr. nd Mrs, William Lund of Cath
lamet. Wash., are among. Portland vis
itors. .' ;.--" -
County Judge CiW, James' of Lin
coln county is in Portland on county
business.
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Among out of town visitors are
James Crain of Prinevllle and B. XX.
Slack of Summerville.
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Among out of town visitors is R. G
Evans of Enterprise.
te. F. Johnson, county commissioner
of Wallowa county, is in the city. .
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John Wells of Alice!, Union county
is among recent arrivals in the city.
J. E. Tripper of Cove is transacting
business in Portland
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J. F. Hutchinson of Union Is among
out of town guests.
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C. G. Couch of La Grande is among
Union county visitors.
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M. W. Knickerbocker of Bend is
spending a few days tn the metropolis.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
: OF: THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
In the iwra ereir May atncw the AatorU fire
has been the name of a man whom Mr. bock
ley her quote raa-aenaf hto remarkably sasy,
raried and usebil career, sod about whom ha
aya a lot mora thiaai on fcia-own nnt
W. S. Gilbert was appointed chair
man of the committee of 10 to whom
has been delegated the duty of ad
ministering the affairs of Astoria while
its citizens take stock of their losses
and plan for reconstruction. When an
emergency arises usually there is a
man to whom people instinctively turn.
It is because they know him and trust
him. Not long ago X said to Chaplain
Gilbert, Tell: me about yourself.. How
did it come that you were elected some
time ago commander of the American
Legion for the department of Oregon,
an honor that has been extended .to no
other chaplain?"
"Tell you about -myself? There isn't
veiy much to tell," foe replied. "I was
born in Ohio in 1863. I came to Oregon
94 years ago, . I served as president
of Philomath college foar years. For
the next six years I was pastor of the
First' Presbyterian church mt Eugene,
t put in the next six years as pastor
of . , Calvary " Presbyterian church In
Portland.- From:JPortiand I went to
Astoria as pastor, of - the First - Pres
byterian church and am now- serving
ray sixteenth r- year there. . While i in
Eug-ene -I became acquainted with
Colonel George O. Yoraa, commander
of a regiment' of the Oregon National
Guard; .He. asked "me to serve on his
staff as chaplain. , When Admrial
George Dewey saftlt the Spanish fleet
at Manila, the -Oregon National Guard
received- a hurry-up eaU to saU- for the
Phfllpplnes .- to - capture ; -and occupy
Manila. T was commissioaed ; chaplain
with the rank of . captain in the .Second
United i States volunteer infantry, of
Oregoev 1 1 don't have to tU you what
splendid service wafe rendered by the
boys from Oregon, California and the
other Western States. . I 'was In the
Philippines 14 months, and because I
believed a chaplain's place .was - with
his men when they most needed him I
was on th firing line in "32 battles or
skirmishes in which the Oregon troops
two te a place, I went to church and
Y.V M. C A. servloea Almost Invari
ably people greeted me pleasantly and
I made many agreeable acquaintances.
If yea have found it hard to make ac
quaintances, go to church, almost any
where,' with ft cordial, friendly feeling
in yeur heart toward all. and someone,
or mere, will, be almost: sure to give
yeu the glad -hand."' : If In some
churches the people are a. bit careless
and seem cold to you. do not be dis
couraged ; there are plenty more, and
you will be almost -.eure to make friends
t'.ax w:.:i fit '''or. At ?," you
NEWS IN BRIEF :
SIDELIGHTS
. Astoria has had. a staggering blow,
but she wUl come back. That's the
American habit Bend Bulletin. '
Much has been said against the mod
ern girl ; it should be remembered that
she 1 th offspring of the modern
parents. La Grande Observer,
A newspaper says that brains are
to think with. We would judge that
sotuo people are simply keeping them
for sutuTKenclea. Hoaeburg News-Review.
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The world's . greatest optimist has
been found. He spoke at Portland the
other day and said that the world and
the people in it are getting better
Corvallis Gssette-Tlmes. ;
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County, courts are limiting the loads
that may be carried by vehicles, but
the ."loads" that axe carried by the
boOfleggers' customers remain as large
as evervEugene Register.
King Constantino of Greece is com
ing to America to abide, owing to tropi
cal, conditions at home, and will be
handy in case the surplus of native
nuts decide to establish a monarchy for
th present defective form of govern
raent -Medf ord Maii-Tribune.
- Now- some persons are saying that
education will make th world safe for
democracy. Not so long ago war was
going to do U but why worry about
th Utile old world, lfs always going
to be as good, and no better, than the
people .who live in It That's all they
deserve, anyway. Eugene Guard.
m Dr. Jf. W. Donnelly of The Dalles, but
formerly of Arlington, is In Portland
to submit to the stats highway com
mission a plan for. Completing the im
provement of the John Dry highway
through Gilliam county. There is an
unimproved stretch of 17 miles be
tween Shuttler fiat and Gwendolyn and
the plan Is to add to the 917,000 balance
which, the county hi, a bond issue of
940,000 that was voted for a road to
Lone Rock. The Lone Rock people
fc compensated with market
road. , If the state and federal govern
ment will match the county's 957,000
the highway can be completed.
There has been very 'little snow
around Ontario thus far, reports Coun
ty Commissioner Dean of Malheur
county, who is in Portland for a few
days. The frost, however, killed the
late lettuce crop and has f rosen po
tatoes that were not dug on account of
the low price .tat,: them.
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G. A. Gardner of JaekaonvtlU end
James Owens of Medford, respectively
county Judge and county commissioner
of Jackson county, are in town to meet
with the state highwsy commission.
Among county. Judges in Portland
to participate In the annual reunion of
judges and ' commissioners is Edgar
jnarvin or Aostme Wallowa county.
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-Among ' business visitors , to- the
metropolis are J. W. Siemens and C,
W. O'Nein of Klamath Falls.:
Blaine 11a 1 lock, lawyer, of Baker is
combining business and pleasure in
Portland.
Among out of town" visitors is pul
B. Feitrock Of Stayton.
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; Stanley Smith of Bend is transact
ing business in Portland.
.
F. E. Giidarsleeve Of Enterprise is
among visitors from - Wallowa county.
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Among- out of town visitors, is G.
Hale of Albany.
f
tDr. G. Price of Scio is among re
cent arrivals in the city.
Among recent arrivals In the city is
J. S..Dellinger of the Astoria Astorlan.
A recent arrival in the city Is Dr.
Andrew Kershaw of Wtilamina. '
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Isaac Knutsen of Chinook.' Wash., is
among out or tows guests.
W. B. Marcet of Powers is transact
ing business in Portland..
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W. E. Lamb of Salem was among
Portland visitors Tuesday,
F. I Hulery of Rufus Is transacting
ousiness in portiano. '
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Guests of the Imperial include Dr.
and Mrs. C. J. Tows of Silver ton.
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Another visitor from Bend is H. Y.
McPherson.
Lockley
took part For centuries the Philip
pines had been ground down under the
despotic rule of Spain. It was a seeth
ing hotbed, of rebellion. . The United
States has good cause to be proud of
Its administration of ' the Philippines,
for today its people have what they
sever had before, a right to life, lib
rtv,and the pursuit of happiness.
"Lp to the time of the arrival of the
Oregon troops. Protestant ministers
rad never been allowed to hold serv
ices in the islands. I broke a lot of
precedents while there. Not only was
I the first Protestant minister to hold
services in the Philippines, but I was
the first minister to perform a Protest
ant marriage ceremony in the islands.
Mors than this, so far as I know I was
chaplain of tbe first military expedi
tion ever sent by the United. -States to
take part in a foreign war.
"When the Oregon troops, were sent
to the Mexican border I went with
them. When our country declared war
on Germany I wawcommlasioned chap
lain of the l2d United States Infantry
with the rank of major. I pat in 17
months In France. .While there I be
came senior 'chaplain "-of the 44th di
vision. Later 1 became a senior chaplain.-
of the first army - corps. That,
I think, about covers my history."
Chaplain Gilbert has merely given
the high spots, of hie career - He has
not mentioned the faet -that-there were
1900 chaplains Serving with the Ameri
can expeditionary force and of these
1000 but eight held the rank of major
and he was one .of the eight. .He has
imt.mntlnnh that k. .. 1 ....
tha erpix da guerre on, the recommenda-
uon or ueneraj petaln. With his duties
as eaainnaa. of the camailuee . of 10.
who are meeting and solving a thou
sand -perplexing quesUonsv- his duties
a pastor of a forward looking and
progressive church, and his work with
the American Legion as well aa regent
of the University of Oregon, he is not
only rendering excellent service for his
fellow-man but he Is proving that the
Uvina; of a Christian life is a maa's
sise job for a virtle, manly man. -
may possibly be a more recent stranger
than.-you, and from then on you can
make friends and have no lack. Scrip
ture says. "Ha that hath friends must
show himself friendly." Ladles' aid
and missionary societies have many de
lightful socials functions at which all
are welcomed, and there are splendid
Bible classes for, both men and women,
where. not only spiritual benefits are
obtained but many ' cherished friend
ships are formed. Try - to make other
lonely ;, people happy, and- gather as
many of thrm tr.?ether as possible, and
rocn you v ;.l find yu tav riot time
. The Oregon: Country'
leTeitbwaaa nprniosipB Hat Fona fee 1
. . OREGON
Lumber shipments from the St Hel
ens mills for- the week ending Satur- '
day night, approximated 9300,000 feet.
Douglas county will carry over this
year more than 9140,000 in delinquent
taxes, a greater amount than for many
years past. ...,-,.,,..
" Floyd -B." Jenk. prominent citizen
and retired farmer, died a few days
ago at his home in Tangent, where he
The Shorey Light Te Power company
Is Installing a complete lighting sys
tem at Reeds port which will be in
operation by January i.
Three hundred fifty carloads of broo
coli will be shipped- from Roseburg in
January and February to Chicago and
other large-Eastern cltlea
' Receipts at the Bend postoffice dur
ing" November were $205)7.60, an in
crease of approximately one-third over
the receipts of November, 1921.
Albany's net indebtedness, including
the $99,951 Bancroft improvement
bonds, ia only 9121,494 91, according to
the third quarterly report for ml. .
Th Yamhill County Federation of
Community clubs has gon on record
against ths county fair tax and also
against a roadmaster for the county.
Harold Dobyns. government trapper
for Umatilla county, has been ap
pointed assistant inspector for Wash
ington, with headquarters at Olympie.
John Olldow, 99, died recently at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. James
Stevens, in Salem. Mr, Gildow was
bom in Pennsylvania and came west In
1949.
William J. R. Waters, 79 years eld.
died Sunday at his home in Hauser
after a residence of 56 years In Coos
county.
L D. Brown, attorney of Dallas, Is
the latest to loom up as a candidate for
appointment on the stats highway com
mission when Governor-elect Pierce
takes office in, January.
A consolidation bill which would
eliminate- seven state officials and put
five In office to take over the func
tions now performed by the seven is
being prepared for Introduction at the
coming session of the legislature,
WASHINGTON
William F. Berry, war veteran of
Tacoma, arrested on a forgery charge,
has been declared insane.
Owing to an epidemic of crime in
Seattle, Chief of Police Sevaryn is ask
ing for. 100 additional patrolmen.
Suit to recover 118,610.25 alleged
overcharges has been brought against
the PacTflo Telephone ac Telegraph
company by 195 Seattle patron.
Work on the Underwood-Lyle unit of
the North Bank highway, interrupted
about a year ago, has been resumed.
Much of the excavation is solid rock.
Reformation of the present state tax
system and a wider distribution of th
tax burden are the objects of the new
stats tax limit league. In process of
formation at Tacoma.
Construction work on several impor
tant state highway projects will con
tinue through the winter in the hope
of completing them by spring. Among
them are the Kelso and Raymond
orioges.
Supplementary articles of the Camas
Telephone A Telegraph company filed
at Olympla last week Increase the
capital stock from 96000 to 930,000 and
change the name to the Canute Tele
phone company.
Th headquarters of the W a h trip-ton
farm bureau, which has been at Yak
ima for several years, will be moved
to Spokane, and ths - annual meeting
of the organisation will be held at
Walla Walla in January. .
Carl Higer, 40, and Wallace 3. Ed
gar, 42, held in the Columbia county
Jail at Dayton, have been recognized
by Neal Zintheo. cashier, as the ban
dits, who held up th Starbuck bank
and robbed the institution of 9395.
. . IDAHO .
Owing to repbrts of scabies In Ore
gon. Idaho has laid restrictions against
the shipment of sheep into-that state.
The citv of Boise has started a drive
to raise 9400.000 to bring the main line
of the Oregon Short Line into that
city. .
The Callahan - company has taken
over the control of the Galena Mining
company of Wallace, paying 91,666,670
for the outstanding stock.
R, L. Rumsey of Eden Is in e Twin
Falls hospital - suffering from broken
ribs, a broken collar bone and lacera
tions inflicted by a maddened bull.
Idaho is said to hold the record for
the largest brook trout ever caught, an
eight-pound specimen, 29 Inches long,
landed by Eich Peterson of Rexburg.
Marry J. Dunlap. Twin Falls count v
farmer, has bean convicted of second
degree murder of his brother-in-law.
C. A. Russell, on the Dunlap farm,
April 30 last. . ...
The first wolf pelt of the season wa
brought into Twin Falls last week
by Jack ModreU of Eden, who received
a bounty of $20. Ha also received
$2.60 each for 27 coyote pelts.
The Payette Creamery company, or
ganized in 191. wow has 1400 mem
bers, and has manufactured this year
more than 900.000 pounds Of butter
and. 15.000 gallons of ice cream.
Chester - Post, -. a Weiser boy. w
seriously injured when an automobile
In which he wasVlding Friday night
turned turtle off the bridge over Warm
Springs creek near the entrance to the
springs.
. The American Legion national essay
contest for Idaho school children on
the subject. "How Can the American
Lesion Best Serve th Nation?" was
wo" -by. Miss Vaughan Simmons of
Soda Springs.
Twenty Years Ago
From Th Journal of December 13.1902
": Shortly after noon today Police Com
missioner Moore received Instructions
from Chief McLachlan to close up every
gamming nouse m the city.
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The Fourth street pavement ia giving
trouble again. - A "bubble" has been
found near Madison street, which has
pushed, the cement curb . back.; There
will be a general inspection aow to see
that there shall be no bubbles to any
other places. v - ;
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The situation in the local baseball
controversy remains practically un
changed.,. 'Manager Harris of tbe
Southern league says Portland and
Seattle will,, next season, be .renre.
sen tod on , the California cfrouit.
The raft of logs that was swept away
by the freshet from the Portland Lum
ber company's mill Thursday and
lodged under the : Morrison , street
bridge, broke .loose again last nisht
and the logs are now on their way to
we ocean,
It Is estimated that fullv 12.000 tons
of flour will be shipped from Portland
during the month of December. Of
this amount 7000 tons will arc bv war
of Puget Sound. t ' ,
Company D. Third regiment. O. N. O- -
entertained 900 invited guests at the
Armory last evening, the occasion be
ing the company's third annual ball.
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Caracas Ia "-replying to: (he ultima- -turns
of Germany and -Great Britain.
President Castro, at the head of the '
Venezuelan government, , rejected all
terms and declared his country was in
a position to ; defend itself and. would
do so to the very last. ..
commander of the Ladies ef the Mac
cabees, came Into- Portland, this morn
ing from the Sound and leaves Sunday
night for Bait Lake City, ..:- . ,
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The men of the First Baptist church
Invited all the members to a su.-jper in
tbe vestry- last-Right.' The Laf'. f-s Al-i
i-oote-ty furnished the menu. A' '..t I't
respond-! ard the - social 1 1