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nPHE recall to this country of Am
U baasador Harvey- to "discuss
European affairs' can hardly be
construed in any other light than
as the forerunner of active partici
pation of this nation in world af
fairs. It foreshadows the belated
end of costly isolation.
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fluence, and plays" its real part fh
international affairs. Jt wll all mean
a rapid readjustment and , stabilization-
of conditions that are ; now
threatening collapse, bolshevism
. and war.' j
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European conditions. We trade
i with t Europe, -when Europe" -caa
traded We flght with Europe when
Europe fights. Is it not of deep
moment to us, then;- whether Eu
rope la in a. position to trade, and
when war is threatened across the
'BOa?';;,...s .
Centuries ago we could! have been
isolated. When there were no high
speed ocean liners, when there were
ho cables, when there was no radio,
when there ' was " little coramunica
tlon, trade or intercourse between
"America and Europe, this country
was ?-; Isolated. ' But J with i rapid
transit ! facilities, immediate com
munication and . concentlation and
specialization in industry, the world
is hrought closer together. World
markets are our markets. World
conditions affect our conditions,
Werld wars have come to be our
wars. r Under thoso circumstances
there if cot and cannot be isolation.
'American Interests are not pro
tected ; when ; Europe la in chaos.
Our Interests are not protected by
"obsenreni sitting mute at council
tables.' Our interests are not pro
tected when our trade is disappear
ing. Our interest are net protected
when we do Tiot Taise.a hand to
avoid a war brewing across the sea
and that would undoubtedly era
broil.: us. - " i -".--
So far, the Harding foreign policy
has resulted In complete ' failure.
There Js yet time to avetd mere
serious circtim stances than we have
already faced. . By moving to take
our proper place in world councDs
and our responsibility in world af
fairs we are , starting in the right
Once Portland tots -in' hopeless
families who . wrote. pathetic
scrawls to Santa Claus came to an
enaptyrStockirged Christmas morn
ing with the tearful realization. that
"there ain't no Santa Claus." But,
Uncle Sam's agents in Portland now
turn Santa Clans letters all over to
the publio welfare bureau, and each
little scrivener is made a partner
in good cheer; --'. '"
GET RID OF PIED TRAPS :
MORE than two years ago a num
ber ,'of wharves and, buildings
along - the ; Inner') waterfront, were
condemned. They were obsolete. -They
had eurvived their usefulness.
They !v were unsightly, s 3 They in
vited rat Infestation i They were a
fire menace. . They were ordered
removed.. ' s,-rw"'-. ..-. .w
-The owners asked a two-year es
tension of time in which to obey
the law. The extension was granted.'
Thejtwo years have more : than
passed. - ' a : 1 ' 1 -. " .
"In the meantime Astoria has "had
a . catastrophic f ire. . Every city in
the nation in Astoria's terrible ex
perience has had an object lesson
in the value of fire! precaution and
fire prevention. The 'Portland fire
marshal reports that a fire on the
Portland waterfront . fanned" by
favorable conditions, Ynightbecome
a . dozen times more destructive, be
cause of the presence; of unsightly;
rattletrap, tinder-box' structures N
Can there be, in tle,red light.of
Astoria's holocaust; ' any further
reason for delay In removing the
condemned structures? ; '
Portland has a waterfront plan
which if put into effects would 'ren-t
der unprofitable portions1.; of the
waterfront and the older-business
district profitable and attractive
again. , - , f . -
WhAt better time than this to
dispense with the old and useless
and begin with the new and useful ?
A Portland lawyer insists that
we have arrived at a petticoat gov
ernment. The usual average 'on
juries, he says, is nine women and
three men, while in Kansas a 19-
year-old girl has been elected. Jus
tice of the peace. But do we seem
to be any the worse for the woman
factor in justice? ; '
l,00fJ PER CENT PROFIT
npHE Brown & Sharpe Manufac--i-
turing company of Providence,
maker of machine tools, has just
announced an increase in capital
stock from $100,000 to $16,000,000.
The increase was to provide a. divi
dend to stockholders of 16,000 per
cent.
The Wanskuck company of Prov
idence,, worsted, manufacturer, .In
creased its capital stock from $500,-
000 to $8,000,000. The new stock is
to be distributed as a 1600 per cent
dividend to stockholders.
The f New York Manufacturing
company of Saco, Maine, cotton
cloth manufacturer, doubled an
$1,800,000 capitalization -and dis
tributed the new stock aa a 100 per
cent dividend.
The Oak dale Worsted company
of Rhode Island increased its stock
from $60,000 to $540,000 and dis
tributed the -new. stock as an 800
per cent dividend.
The Morrimack Woolen company
increased Its stock from $750,000 to
$1,000,000 and gave . a dividend
from- capital and surplus, the
amount Sof , which was not an
nounced. ,
The New Bedford Cotton Mills
corporation increased its stock
from $350,000, to $1,050,000 and
distributed a stock dividend of 200
per cent. , '
It is not a new story. Fat melons
have been cut by numerous corpo-J
rations, great and small, in the last
few months. The companies are
taking advantage of the tax laws
and their administration, and of the
absence of the. excess profits tax.
And they are preparing, by increas
ing the capital stock, to evade pay
ment of taxes that may be levied on
profits in the future. The' bars
were let down, and the corporations
are hurrying through, :
There is another' angle to the
distribution of dividends, some of
which reach the enormous pro
portions of 18,000 per cent. It
throws a 'sidelight on the trend of
government. Under the present
policies the manufacturing and big
producing corporations are cutting
melons. Farmers; throughout . the
nation are making; an' average
of a little better ' ; than $400
a year for theirj ' efforts and
the -efforts of their -. entire
families. They are not, distributing
rich dmdendar'Keitlier are'' the
workers of the nation Isn't " it
about time the'. government: moved
toward measures to aid them ?."."
There is prosperity-in the' United
States. But unfortunately;' It is
mostly for the stockholders of cor
porations. ., -V" . . t Z
in , ' ' . i
, It isn't too early to suggest that
Christmas trees can . become.' fire
hazards if inflammable decorations
and lights are placed on them,
ONE FARMER'S STORY
rpHB present, day trend is from
larm tv-rawn. zsut occasionally
a courageous spirit tries' to reverse
the trend. --That is what a man who
formerly lived . in the Woodstock
neighborhood of Portland did. 1 He
cold his home. The sale left, him
a . couple of thousand dollars - in
cash.
, Fer years he had wanted to own
a farm. H had felt the; urge that
many a man feels, to sink the roots
of his home into the soil. So he
put all the money he had into land
near Mount Arigeli. ' f A v
-Thcil.haii the"i fertility char
acteristic ef xhe Willamette valley.
A- pavea read leads from Jiear- his
place all the way info, Portland.;
Saturday v morning; -last,''- 5i tiis
way to. townand.'the-public"-mar-ket
with. a tload of geese, chickens
ana -otaer products of;his farm; hel
Ptvavu mo peoestrian. As , the
flivver puffed and: rattled along he
told the stranger what was worry-
ing hinu " -- t .
, "I'm afraid 'rn nave, to . come
back: to town," he confessed.. "All
the members of my family work:
I have two as fine boysaa ever
made a father's'heart proud. The
conditions of farming are about as
favorable as a -man could : find.
The paved ; roads4a . wonderful
help. I escape the middleman by
coming; to public '. market. But I
can't get enough for what I sell to
pay the cost of living on the farm,
and make a living for my family.
The taxes are . so high, I have to
rob my family to keep from being
sold -out by the sheriff.. ,' t .
. This story of an actual farmer's
problem is a story that could fbe
repeated on "hundreds - of .'jbregori
farma The load of taxation is too
greit, the cost of supplies too much
out .of proportion -to the prices re
ceived for products. It is the pres
sure of such an overload that forces
the "farmer to town and a .factory
Job. It is ihe: same overload that
is forcing ; agriculture -Into ; bank
rnptcy and. threatening the1 future
food supply of the nation.' '
MORE INJUNCTiONS -
SEVERAL remarkable injunctions
have been handed dwn in Chi
cago, but now comes the proposal
of . a . new one that ? immediately
classes forerunners as pygmies.
A-Chicago judge believes he can
-regulate the heart and protect the
home. J by ' issuing . restraining
orders against third members . of
triangles. On complaint of a jeal
ous wife or husband he will issue
an injunction ' restraining the in
truder, from "seeing, talking to or
writing to the apex of the triangle
differing in sex." It seems that It
would make no difference how in
nocent or necessary the intercourse
between the two should be , they
would not,' under ' the 'injunction
procedure, be permitted to com
municate in any way, because a
jealous wife or., husband wished
otherwise. It .would be r judicial
recognition of jealousy and a con
cession to it. "; . : .
And just how would the injunc
tion work ; on the parties - against
whom it was issued? Would it not
break, up the home quicker than
any intruder? Would a husband
against whom a wife secured an
injunction not feel that his home
housed two people entirely incom
patible? . .. . '
"Law Is the basis of civilization.
Without it the world would be a
jungle. But there are things that
law cannot successfully control, and
the heart is often one. of those
things. - " , ' ' "" ;
Next we shall hear of a court reg
ulating the number of times a week
a husband Is to kiss his wife. If
it is too often the wife could readily
seek an Injunction f the logio of
the Chicago jurist. were to be fol
lowed. . .
An exchange remarks' that when
a vamp's arms fail in their appeal
she always can depend .on .fire
arms. " "
THAT MUTED BELL
A SHORT time ago a young
woman in a small enclosed ear
while climbing the hill at the west
approach to the St. Johns ferry
was struck by a train and killed.
Friday night a man was harried
to a local hospital dangerously in
jured after a collision, at the same
point, between a train and a truck
he was driving.
There have been other accidents
at the west approach to the t St.
Johns ferry. Some have- been
fatal. Some have resulted in pain
ful injuries. ' . 'All have been de
structive. Enough loss of life and enough
destruction of property have oc
curred to warrant investigation.
True, there, is a crossing bell. But
automobiles climb the steep grade
on low or second gear. The noise
may easily drown out the notes of
a bell. Obstructions to view and
intentness on driving, render It dif
ficult to see an apporaehing train.
Perhaps there ought to be a
crossing- barrier to stop motor
travel when trains are near at the
west approach of the St. Johns
ferry. Perhaps trains ought to be
slowed down as if for a stop.
In the light of all the accidents
it is clearly not enough to place
the blame on the dead or mangled
by saying. 'The crossing bell was
ringing.
Now we shall have a race. The
Seattle Chamber of Commerce also
has a state promotion fund cam
paign tinder way, X -T t , 4
A WARNING .
rpHE winter crime wave is ap
X parsntly under way. Fonr hold
hold-ups and robberies one night, a
taxi driver bound and hauled about
in his machine and a: service sta
tion robbery. , all - Within com
paratively few hours. Indicate that
the criminal; element is preparing
the winter onslaught on the city.
. On the . : police - department. . the
public is depending for"' protection.
It 7 no time or; petty" bickerings,
for internal dissension, or for divi
sion vrlthin the ranks. ' It is no
time for side issues or small-bore
politlca ' It is a time f er a eenselU
dated, vigoroua and effective police
department. .: . . . , .
.The deprecations so .far .have no
been Sseripus; prs wictespreadv There
la, no crime" wave yet.' But the
forays Of the last , few days their
nature, and Oiheir., rapidity are a
earning" Aof"vWhat v may .come, and
crime waves, cannot .be prevented
or - quashed by ; police department
divided and busy with its own in
ternal politics and ? personal jeal-
OUSif . r
FOR MAKERS
OF WAR TO
CONSIDER f
A Grire Sort of Acquiescence Charac
terizes Much of the American 1 Com
ment on the .Executions -ef - the
Greek Wars Leaders Who Failed,
Though Some Assert Their Chief
Crime Was Failure, s and 1 the
Prineipai Reaction of - Others
I That of Mer Horror One .
- Editor Would Add Profiteers- '
' to the List of the Executed. -
Daily Editorial Pfgest-
- (Consolidated Fresa Asaociationl .
- The shooting, following court mar
tial, of five former cabinet ministers
and a general for high treason because
they were held responsible tor the
crushing, of the Greek armies by the
Turks comes in for., widespread con-.
demnation ' throughout - the United
States. Editors, however, see in the
action a method to prevent wars, point
ing out that If such nunishment were
invariably to be the penalty of failure
to win complete victory leaders would
think long before stirring np hostilities.
'V . - "- ' . -ii j' ;
- rThe Greek method may be decidedly
drastic end have few precedents,' sug
gests ; the Elmira Star Gazette, - "but
thera la no question that it wilt have
weight with future Greek premiers and
cabinet officers who entertain ideas of
conquest. Greece has found one way
to .curb war,. . whether it meets with
the approval of the rest of - the world
or. notT; This point of view, finds no
sympathy with the Washington - Star,
which .asserts ; that "civilization goes
back a step when a nation turns in
rage against its mistaken leaders and
slays them for their biunders." At
tention, however, is called by the New
ark News to the fact that "it was
for high treason, not failure, that the
Greek war heads were- tried, j ; It is
always a shock to-governments to see
the political representatives of other
countries severely punished, although
Lloyd George was ready enough -to
'hang; the kaiser in an election cam
paign. -Whether the Greek executions
were warranted all depends upon . the
truth :t the . allegations against the
officials, and - this is not ascertainable
at present - in this country, if any
where. The Philadelphia Bulletin
feels that "unhappy Greece has again
been ill served by a government in
trusted with power in a; crisis" .
- The executions were "the penalty of
a ; tragic failure," the i New Orleans
Item points out in recalling many sim
ilar episodes of history, and then in
quires whether "after all, are the five
fprmer cabinet ministers and the one
general,, dead by bullets in Athens,
any more dead . than any equal - num
ber ef . Armenian or Greek villagers,
slaughtered outside Smyrna? j There
is a singular sameness about ! corpse
flesh whether it tumbles down from
the seats of the mighty, or rots in a
stable doorway." Although "the hu
manitarian spirit of the twentieth cen
tury does not sanction political execu
tions," the Cleveland Plain Dealer sug
gests that, "as must be admitted by all
who are conversant with the coarse of
recent Hellenic history, Gounaris and
his associates were unquestionably
guilty of the offenses charged against
them, and their punishment was lit
erally In accord with the laws of civil
ised nations. So Greece kills her fore
most citizen and at the same time
repudiates her only remaining advo
cate among the great powers. But the
eminence of Gounaris had brought only
suffering to the Greek people, while
the friendship of Great Britain has
proved tragically -worse ' than useless."
It is the opinion of the Utica Observer-Dispatch
that "the execution
shows that terrorism still prevails in
Greece," while' the Albany News is con
vinced that Greece "has not added to
her standing among nations" as a re
sult. Contending that you "can't blame
Allah for this." the Rockford Republic
insists that "Greece stands before all
nations pleading a brotherhood of
Christ and hiding bloody hands.' Be
fore starting any more crusades
against the hordes of Allah, why . not
clean up the corners of Christendom?"
In addition to the Immediate effect, the
Minneapolis Journal suggests; that
"the Athens-government stands to lose
materially at Lausanne, and after, just
as it loses morally by its ataviatlo vio
lence. Resentment over failures was
the compelling motive for inflicting the
penalties, the Dallas Journal thinks,
and It suggests, "that a country which
permitted a Constantino to go un
scathed should resort to wholesale
slaughter of men who had served the
Constantino regime, suggests a state
of mind that augurs evil days for her
future."
"Ministers 'ere deposed; they are not
placed before a firing squad." argues
the new Orleans Times-Picayune in
pointing ' out that there might have
been an excuse if the executions had
been committed during a revolutionary
insurrection, "but this was a legalised,
official act for which Greece will be
charged before the bar of civilization.
Mexioe's execution of Maximilian was
less reprehensible." The Kansas City
Journal also holds that "the . time has
not come in civilized nations when de
feat alone is treason. The time must
come when Greece, though frenzied by
aa, understandable passion of despair
and rage,. must realize that by! these
unwarranted official murders she has
placed herself, temporarily, beyond the
pale of the civilization of this day."
It is the opinion of the St Louis! Post
Dispatch that "there is only one re
deeming feature in the Greek revival of
barbarous policies. That is the execu
tion of leaders who bring a disastrous
war ef aggression on their country. If
that rule were followed m all coun
tries war would be unpopular. There
would be ho wars. We would suggest
as an amendment to the rule of death
for war-makers, the execution of war
profiteers. ' Under such a rule the hori
zon of the world would be brightened
with the dawn of world peace.! The
League of Nations to guarantee 'peace
would be a success." It was the "fel
ony ef failure" that was punished, ac
cording to the Lynchburg News.- and
"Greece has not helped her standing
among nations as a result" - This also
is the view ef the Buffalo Times, which
says the incident "reminds one of the
execution by the English, long ago, of
Admiral Byng because he failed to re
lieve a threatened fortress. History
has vindicated Byng's memory." .
-v. e , ; .. .
The Turk is the only being to bene
fit from the executions, says the
Roanoke World News. "In the contem
pieties ef them Smyrna is forgotten.
Athens, that city which has given-to
the world so much that is high and
noble in the realm of mind. Is today a
synonym for murder and red revolu
tion. Greece ia slinking about among
the nations of the world with fouL
rbtopd-erripping hands. And it will take
mankind a Jong time to forget" The
executions were "forced by public sen
timent" in the opinion of the Danville
Register, and "they ere vicarious sacri
fices to a resentment and a vengeful,
ness which had te be appeased through
legal processes in. order to avert a an
guUiary wvolntion.'-While r"aceerd
ins; to Western ideas, - the aecused
should have been tried in a civil eetprt,"
the 5f ew Tor kTriburie holds that "these
men unquestionably did the jreal Greece
an. J unpardonable i wrong -Jif.i their
Irven . acta amounted 'to "treason , the
Greek peeple-ire. cier tmni their
ri ?hts -m' exacting - the supreme- pen
alty." - While -the "grief with which
many .. Greeks regard their' nation's
present situation is easily "imagined,"
the New York Post believes "that situ
ation will be only made worse by such
deeds." On the other hand, the Snring
fleld Republican feels that the "meth
ods . may be drastic, bat perhaps the
West i too easy-going in not holding
its politicians to stricter responsibility
fomheir'acts." , Inasmuch, however, as
."public opinion was behind Constantino
and these ; ministers," ; the. Brooklyn
Eagle argues that "the British govern
ment does well to sever relations with
Greece, -as a protest against a mani
feetatioa ef vindictive savagery . which
is without a parallel in modern times.
Letters From the People
- t Com monies trowa wmrt to Tba Journal tea
SbUcatioa ia this department, shook! be writ
t on only one aide at the paper, ahonlA not
exceed too words ia lengtk, and mua be
aimed by tha writer, whose snail address ia
I fu4 must aomeapaniy tBo conUUmtion. 1 ,
DEPLORES- SECTARIAN STRIFE
Fears Controversy Will Offset Good
. 'Results of the Proposed "Adver
tising Oregon Campaign. - , -Portland,
Dec. S. To the Editor of
The Journal An unprejudiced survey
of the passing events of the last few
months is sufficient to cause the most
radical person to consider the inevit
able consequences of Oregon's violent
religious war. We see Oregon on the
front porch proclaiming to the world
her unbounded opportunities and re
sources, ' while In the back yard her
various religious sects are squabbling
and quarreling like so many children.
With one hand she is reaching for
prosperity and with the other she is
neatly cutting her own throat If it
is publicity Oregon is seeking, she
has secured it; she is notorious for
her radical movements. The persecu
tion of the Catholics 'will rather dimin
ish; than increase the Catholic popula
tion. On the other hand, will Protest
ants, 'hearing'the' clamor, rush Into
Oregon for the privilege, of being' par
ticipants in the inglorious melee?-" The
average citizen of anot-her state can
hardly believe that such degrading
conditions actually exist It is -so
directly repugnant to our American
ideals and principles, so opposite to
all ideas of fair play'and decency.- It
appears .utterly impossible- that fair
minded, decent Americans can stooo
so - low as to begrudge one another
rreeaom of religion. Religious tolera
tion is a fearful thing to, tamper with.
Intolerance does not weaken the per
secuted, it accomplishes nothing, and
can only . lead to discord -and failure.
It seems wholly incongruous that re
ligion itself breeds intolerance. -f
The men who at : the present time
are fanning the flame of religioue-hate
and who are trying to set up false re
ligious distinctions should be condemned
by any true American. AH that should
be rightly demanded of a man is that
he be in truth American and that he
unselfishly place the good of his com
munity above his own petty jealousies
and hates. . John Rouchette.
- MOB STATISTICS
Details of Lynchings and Other Law
less Violence, With Appropriate
Comment Thereon.
Portland, Dec. 1S To -the Editor ot
The Journal I was interested in what
C M Cutting had to say in yesterday's
Journal relative- to the mob spirit in
America. The American Civil Liberties
union has - just, published a report on
mob violence in the United States and
here is, in part, its report covering the
period from September 1, 1920, to June
1. 19t3: -. - - .. . .
"In this period of one year and nine
months 85 persons were lynched, .80
white and 55 negroes. All but: four
were victims of unidentified mobs.
Four were victims of groups whose
connections were reported. Fifty-one
persons were tarred and feathered. 49
white and only two negroes. One of
the victims was a white woman. Eight
of the outrages were attributed to. the
Ku Klux Klan and two to the Amer
ican Legion. One hundred twenty
seven "persons were flogged.. 90 whites
and 37 negroes ; four of the victims
were women, two white and two negro.
The Ku Klux Klan was charged with
24 of the floggings, including one of
the women, i The American Legion was
credited with only one flogging. Mobs
deported from 'local communities about
450 persons in this period, chiefly L W.
W and aliens. Public officials led or
made up the mobs in several cases.
In It Instances in addition, mobs forced
persons to leave town under threats
of violence. Th TCn innr m,n .
responsible for 21 of these. The victims
ot moos Kiueo total, in I act, more than
the 85 above, if account is taken of the
election riots in Florida, where 40 to
0 negroes lost their lives, and of race
riots at Tulsa, Okla.. where 30 were
killed. While most of the mob violence
took place in the South and the North
west it was also well distributed
through the Far West and the Middle
West with fewer cases in the East
The record totals ever 700 victims at
the lowest possible count, and .over
800, including: riot victims. The fig
ures are all doubtless low, because our
records are necessarily incomplete
based on inadequate press reports."
Anyone " wanting more- details may
write to the American Civil Liberties
union, 100-Fifth avenue,. New York.
If this report is true, -then it occurs
to me that the American Indian ' had
nothinsr on modern flHrintta n A mina n
civilization. Nor were the witch-burners
mucn more oarnerous than we are In
other words, it looks as if pur civiliza
tion is a thin veneer over a hidden
savage whose brutal animalism Is
ready to break forth at the least provo.
cation. Let us hope that the vast wave
of crime here reported is but the
aftermath of the world blood-letting
and that we have started on an up
ward Incline toward the sun.
- J. R. Hermann
REFORESTING CONSIDERED,
With Admonition to Conservators - to
Make Note of Logging Methods, i
Lyle, Wash,,' Dee. 12. To the Editor
of The Journal I note' a news item' in
The Journal stating J that ; Governor
Hart of Washington asks Seattle pot
to destroy so many trees to decorate
the streets. I also learn, from , the;
American Lumber Journal, that there
is a movement all over the United
States to reforest cut-over lands. - Why
do we spend good money to reforest
cut-over land, and at theeame time let
logging companies tear up 10-year-old
trees with their donkeys? I am not a
woodsman, but X fired a donkey at the
Western Pine logging camp at Klicki- :
tat." Wash., and saw the -donkeys up
rooting Of and Western pine trees by
hundreds every ' day Some -1 would
judge to be .29 'years "bid.;. Why not
make "m. law compelling - the logging
companies te log altogether by over
head cables? Twenty years more, and
this same ground could be cut ever,
again and the taxpayers be saved a
lot of money. If the bunch who gather
to have a big feed and talk reforesting
really mean business they should fight
the destruction of the young forests by
logging companies.
' These were enough fir trees suitable
for Christmas trees. destroyed here this
summer to cover all of Seattle's streets.
-. - - ; -.-s -. -; V. Trusty. : ..
NOT LIKE 1917 i - -
" From the Norfolk Pilot
Secioiegical fiction based on the ex
periences . of . the A- E. F. has become
a drug;.-ca the literary i market it
deean't pay any longer to be oversea
rious. v -.if'.5
. TWO JOTLESS JOBS .' :
-...-, f rom the Kilamasoo Gasette - -. ..'
Now comes the annual search for the
pawn ticket for the overcoat and also
the annual search for the ..janitor f
the flat buildinsi t ' -
COMMENT AND
m - - SHALIs CHANGE
Some bon heads, you may have no
ticed, rArs extremely soft!' " : i
e - v. .
' If our name was Pole Negri we'd
even be glad to marry Charlie Chap
lain to get rid of it. -
J-.. -'. : ' :.-:' - 'i'-.".- -.',.-'
Uneasy Is the - heart that beats In
the breast of an attorney general in
President Harding's cabinet ;
A few more of these' confounded -Ne
park
hang:
nans signs, and we'll aemana
ars m tne air tor tne zuwer.
Too many husky young - hopefuls
follow brilliant careers in baseball te
sallies into therealmof the highball.
Why make us say Every day in
every way I - am getting better and
better," when we're all right as -it is?
The' little hoy 'is right in believing
that-if father thinks the neck of the
turkey is so fine be . should delight
In eating it himself. . : -
The poor man used to say something
about the - theft of his purse being
trash. Nowadays it's a case of "He
who. steals -ray - motor car .gets a
Jonah.". - .- - '.:;:,: .--..-'..-f-.,..,--, -;.-S:.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tompkins and G.
RV Campbell of Eugene are among
those registered at the Multnomah
hotel. ; ... r:;--
Mr. and Mra R. N. MeCIure of Hllls
boro were stmong recent ' shoppers in
Portland. . ',-, -
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Among the guests of the metropolis
are W. E. Lamb and Addison Page
of Salem.
F. C. Schlegel of Banks was in Port
land Saturday on business.
- .. ,r i-: ' '.'-
C. V. Woodward of Walla Walla is
among out-of-town visitors.:.
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A recent arrival ins the city is J. E.
Rothe of Dufur.
S. S. George of Eugene was among
recent visitors in the cfty.
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Lafe Harpole-of Brooks was down
Saturday on a business" errand.
.i- - e. -
. H. Cox of Arlington spent the week
end in the metropolis.
Among out-of-town visitors is C. E.
Ingalls of CorvaUls.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Jones of Salem
are visiting in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Oliver of Cathlamet
Wash., are among Portland visitors.
" Roy E. Smith of Seaside is transact
ing business in Portland.
C. L. Chase of Newberg was among
late visitors to Portland. . ,
e "
, A visitor from Medford is L. Older,
wb.o is a guest of the Imperial.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Ooriona tacts about the Bible are here, stated
by Mr. lockley. who has collected them not
only because of their peculiarly la teres ting
character hot with the farther purpose ef cau
tioning intemperate deroteea by showing that,
no matter how absolutely the Bible as a whole
may be an inspired work, it has passed through
the hands of mere men, who are far from per-
lecoon eitiier iingmsticsity or typographically.
"I can protect myself from my ene
mies ; what I need is- to be protected
from my friends' -said an acquaint
ance to "ni. recently. "My friends
know my weaknesses. and in trying
to explain and excuse them to stran
gers or casual acquaintances who' have
received a good impression of me from
naving met me, my well-meaning
friends furnish theml with ammunition
to annoy if not to destroy me.'
aly friend is right There would be
less ill will and fewer misunderstand.
ings in this world If our motives were
better understood. No matter how un
pleasant it is. it is always worth while
to get at the fact, and seek' to clear
away misunderstandings when differ
ences arise between, friends. Ignore
ance is one of the prime causes of
misunderstanding. Do you remember
the man at whom men looked askance
as at an infidel and unbeliever? Fi
hally the . new i tfiinister risked" .con
tamination and sought fcim-out to see
why -he did - not believe in the Bible.
"I believe all the Bible but one thing,"
said the ' alleged 'infidel. ' "I believe
that Noah put two of each kind of
animals .into the - ark, and that the
ark after the flcjod grounded en Mount
Ararat and Noah turned the animals
out 'Did you ever go to a circus.
Preacher? Did a you ever figure ; how
large an ark it would take to hold two
of alt kinds of animals? Just size up
a couple ef elephants, and then figure
how many afge animals there are.
Well, I believe the account ef the ark;
but what I can't swallow is where It
says in the Bible that the Israelites
wandered - 40 years in the wilderness
and all that time they toted the ark
wttlj them. It stands to reason that
they would have used it for fireweed
long before the 40 years were up, or it
they didn't it would have been plumb
worn out being dragged around for 40
years." When the preacher explained
that it was the ark ef the covenant
that the Israelites -noted';, with them
during their 40 years' wanderings and
not the ark of which Noah was skipper,
be) turned an infidel into a believer
and took him into his church.
Someone once said that what you
are least up on you are most down' on,
and-that goes for religious discussions
aa: well as anything else. Recently I
beard a preacher in a smaU country
church; who was ?Iong en -exhorting
but short on book learning say, "The
Bible is the divine word of God er it
ai't If It is wrong la one point it is
all wrong. The man who says you can
change one word or even one comma is
destroying the - word of God and de
stroying the feith of "Our fathers,"
There is a case where the Bible needs
tot be protected from its friends. The
very fact that the Bible is able to
survive the defense of such - alleged
friends ' as .. this ,r preacher shows its
vitality and that in spite ef all faaati
clm it is a rule of life by which we
can not only die, but by which ww can
live. The words recorded in the New
Testament wore given by word of
mouth darwell as by written epistle,
and they were translated into various
tongues- All of these early records,
so-far as knowni .are destroyed, The
earliest document1 we new have pur
porting to give th words "ef the New
Testament dates from ihe middle of
the fourth century.- From the agree
ment "of . numerous written . 'records
made in many parts .ef .the Roman
empire in the", 6utth; and - fifth een
turies it.Ia' fair' t assume- that, we
have" "a fairly . reliable record , of . the
various' books of ' the h'ew Testament
but to say , that if eae word or syllable
or even a comma is changed the val
NEWS IN BRIEF
VT , SIDELIGHTS
i Manuel. the exiled king of Portu
gal, ways he is a democrat at heart
Judging from the results of the last
election, we can't blame him much.
Banks Herald. r
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When It comes to contending? In . a
court of law to establish the superior
charms ef one beauty over those of
another, as is the case in a New York
court ef law at this time, we think it
a ca use approacmng tne ridiculous.
Aurora Observer. . --i-i'..-..
Now and then I hear said, by those
with heads big as tubs and brains small
as fleas, .that the editor Is afraid to
puoiian certain news. Not on your life.
he is not afraid. He merely knows
more about the alleged news, and. be
ing mostly untrue, he does not publish
it iusmaui aua neraia. :;.
. Just think Of It ! Dividends 100 ner
cent clip! The farmer, the truck owner
ana tne average citizen who use either
fuel or motor oil or- both,, furnish the
juice for these delightful melons. John
D. and bis associates do the squeezing.
The public kicks but goes on exchang
ing Juice for rinds.Oregon City Banner-Courier.
While transacting aom hnnin in
Portland, Loyd . L. Low. sheriff of
Klamath county,. Is putting up at the
Imperial.
Among those transacting ' budnes
in rgruana rrom east or tne tdascad
is George McDonald of La GraEde.
" Ruben F; Chindgren of Mulinb t is
combining business and pleasure in
tne metropolis.
. - j
Fred Lockwced of Roseburg is vis
iting Portland on business and pleas
ure. -- .. ...
; A visitor in the city Is J. W. Mo-
MroBTBoa oi urass valley. ..
. . .
wnils Yoder of Woodburn Is a re
cent arrival in the metropolis.
T. T. Babbitt of Cape Horn Is trans
acting business in Portland.
Among out-of-town guests is G. F.
Snyder of Salmon, Idaho. . g-
e
E. J. Kidd of Ash ton, Idaho, fs a
recent arrival m Portland.
- .
Mr. and Mra Jack. Cok of Birken-
reia are among out-of-town visitors.
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. A. B. Christianson of Moro is' among
recently arrived guests of the city.
S. O. Newhouse of Bend is among
out-or-town visitors.
Melvln Willis , of Hood River was
among week-end arrivals In Portland.
. . .
W. C Bowen of Condon Is transact
ing business in Portland. .
B. Landreth of Baker is among out-
or-town guests.,
Leckley
idity of the Inspired word is Imperiled
is riotcuioua
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Seme day. when you have access to
some famous collection Of Bibles, just
compare the text of Wyckliffe's vsrslon
w lynaaie s Bible with the revised
version we read today. Look up Miles
Coverdale's, version, ver Matthew's
Bible,, printed in 1887, or the Great
Bible, printed la 15J9. Look uo the
Bible known as Tavemer's Bible, or
Craruner's Bible, or Conrad Badin's
Bible, probably the work of Will Whit-
tingbanv who was the husband of the
sister of John Calvin's wife. I need
not go down - the line of the early
translators teethe time of the King
james version, with which we are all
so familiar. If you know anything
about old Bibles you have heard , ot
tne ' Bible and the 'She' Bible,
Of the .."Bug Bible, the ."Breeches"
Bible, the "Treacle". Bible, and other
equally famous Bibles. The "Bog
Bible was issued in 1551 and is termed
the, "Bug' Bible because it rendered
the fifth verse of the 91st Psalm, which
we read, "Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night" so that It
read, "So that thou-shalt not , nede
to be arrayed for any bugges -by night
Probably, the: translator meant bogies.
Coverdale's and Tavemer's Bibles both
ase the word fbugs. which in: that
day meant terrors, not bedbugs.
In'lJSS Wyckliffe rendered Genesis
:7. "They sewed figge leaves together
no t made themselves breeches," so
that away back in the days of Adam
and Eve the women wore bloomers, or
trousers. In 1568 the Bishop's Bible
rendered Jeremiah 8 :22, "Is there no
tryaele In GileadT We ask "Is there
no. halm in OijeadTT '.What is known
as the Rosin Bible,' printed in lClO,
had it "Is there no rosin in GUeadT'
In about 1703 a Bible was . issued
known as the Printer's Bible, in which.
in rtaim ' llsr.Lavtd is made to say,
"Printers have persecuted me without
cause. 1 In 1S53. in an issue of the
authorised version,. 1 Corinthiana,
verse s. said, "Know ye not that : the
unr&hteous shall Inherit the kingdom
of neaven?" One of the Oxford Bibles,
printed in -1807, says. "Purge your eon
science from good works." In the cele
brated Geneva Bible, printed in 1562,
In Luke 21 It says, "Christ condemneth
the poor widow." Of course, what it
meant to say was "commendeth"- in
stead of "condemneth." In 17J7 i J.
Baskett issued what is known as the
Vinegar Bible, In place ef referring
to the parable ef the vineyard he kalla
it "the parable of the vinegar."; In 1805
the Cambridge Bible ' was- issued, .. It
is called the "To Remain Bible" In
Galatians 4:29 the verse readifPer
seeuted - bun that was bom after the
spirit, even so it is now. - The printer
sent a query to the proofreader ask
ing whether the comma belonged after :
the word spirit" The , proofreader
wrote on the margin of the proof
sheet. "To remain, meaning, of coarse,
that the comma was to remain wnere
it was.' The printer reset the line and
the Bible appeared -with the verse
reading. persecute; nun inaz was
born after the spirit to remain -even
so it is -now. rf What is known as the
Wicked Bible was an edition of the
authorized version and was printed by
Barker Lucas in London, " It made
Exodus 20il4 read. "Thou shalt com
mit adultery The next time you are
In New Yerk drop in . at the Lenox
library and ask to see the "Wicked
Bible." and "they will probably show
yoa a 'German Bible which also omits
tne '-jrov . ana reaas just as boss m
Wicked Bible. -- - .
in preparing the revised version that
we new use, ever 110.000 changes were
made ''from the King James version.
Most of .these changes are very slight
and do: not 'affect-the meanlng.ila a
subsequent article I shall take up some
of these changes- But to" say that if a
coirTn-a is changed the 'authenticity ef
the Bible Is destroyed is, of -course,
ridiculous. - - ' - ' '
The Oreron Country.
Nsrthwast Haprxmisgs in Brief form for the
Busy Beadar.
.' ' OREGON .-;"'. -
The annual T?d rrroslt roll call ' In
Umatilla county has added .-$8400; to
the funds, in tfce treasury. . .
Fire at John Ttmv imf Canvon Citv.
Thursday burned four business houses
and for a time threatened the whole
town.,. -. i -i .
At a meetinsr nf th Zn3rn Chamber
pf -Commerce Thursday. J. C ..Perry,
meal druggist was elected president,
T. M. Hicks is secretary, i-' - -
Georarai WmI. ami ut mV nm at
hemestead near Rock Creek In Doug-
county many years ago, aieu a
few days ago in Roseburg,
Qof e W. White, organizer of the
First National bank of JClamath Falla
end for several years its president,
died last Monday in Pasadena, CaL
- university of Oregon students work
ing their way received $10,813 a month,
this vear anlnut i!;aa immt-
onthly wages range ajl the way from.
u to ou. . . .
Assurance thai th ilhan nnr
Will operate next vear ia' s-1vn that'
chamber of commerce by the Faclfio
Northwest Canning . company, owners
of the plant -
The Southern Orearon Rvln RraM.
era" association waa formed at Grants
Pass Thursday when 35 breeders from
Jackson and Josephine counties met
at a banquet. -
r;ven mourn snow covers the wrvninri
and water pipes are frozen. Bend's
luurmi pars; sun nas one tenant
jamuy, , tnat oi . j. J; uimer. from
Muskegon. Mich.
The new medical dnaihnint rt ria
Oregon National Guard, recently or
dered established in Eugene, is now
beinsr recruited. The detachments will
consist of one officer and. 10 men.
Salem Heights received first prise
for the best community exhibit of
vegetables at the Marion-Polk corn
Show recentlv held In Kalm . Du.h
college In Polk county took second
prize. . ,
Patrick Bluhnn t. ' mfmm- -. s.
Francisco and returned to JOamath
Falls on a charge of passing, bad
checks, pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to three years In the peniten
tiary. Since the flwi rt Tun. i v.. t
business establishments were destroyed.
- 7 wumiiBss man nan leit
Prinevillo. Several modern buildinga
nave been nv.tii a.nt .. am,unrv
structures are all occupied.
WASHINGTON
Jacob Horwege. aged 90. died re
cenuy at Davenport, where he had re
sided for nearly 60 years.
J. F. Hawthorn, in charge of drillins
a well for the citv of Ritxvill. iwmrts
a flow of 1000- gallons a minute at a
uopia or a i leer.
Enrollment at the United States veti
erans hospital at Walla Walla has
reached 127, and new patients are ar
riving aimost daily. . f
Harry J. Lea of Tacoma was elected
president of the Pacific Coast Trav
elers at the second annual convention
Just closed at Tacoma
Patrons of the Point Defiance-Gig
Harbor ferry paid 827.788.8S in fares
for the first 11 months of the year. o
an, average of J2521 a month.
Spokane county commissioners have
decided to award $300,000 In road con
tracts January 5. when the bids on the
Trent road and other improvements
will be opened, . v v;
The new mill of the Humbird Lum
ber company at Newport has Just
ended the longest run ever made, Feb
ruary to December 2. with an aver
age of 200 men employed.
The first solid train of Spokane val
ley apples ever shipped, consisting of
48 new refrigerator cars, left Spokane,
Thursday, for,, the East The ship
ment is valued at $82,000.
Snowdrifts 10 feet high block main
highways in many parts of Whatcom
county, making it impossible for dairy
men to collect milk from the farmers.
There is 12 inches ef enow in Beiling
ham. . - . ..
Freida Bower of. , Ellensburg and
Gladys Latham of Wenatchee were
captured Thursday at Tacoma, leav
ing only two of the girls who escaped
December 5 from the state training
school still at large. .'- - - - ;
Word is received in Puyallup that
IT. W. Waldo, student at the Western
Washington 1 experiment station, who
left two years ago for Palestine to introduce-
American methods into that
country, has died of black fever. .
IDAHO -Fires
occurring in the Boise national
forest the past year totaled 68. cov
ered 164 acres and cost $1371 to sup
press. . .
The Central school at Kellogg has
been compelled to close - because the
Slant supplying beat to the building
i unabla to cope with the severe cold.
A burglar broke into Kseseys Cash
store at Kellogg a few nights ago and,
becoming alarmed while at work, hid
in the basement and was not discovered
until iour cays later, lie Is in Jail
at Wallace.
Nathan Fields, arrested at Wallace
a month ago as a suspect in the
Loomis bank robbery, has been re
leased after proving that he was en
gaged in placer mining- at the time of
the robbery. ..n-'
Realizing that nurehaaera of star
lands are having serious difficulty in
meeting their payments, the Idaho -state
board of land commissioners will
ask the incoming legislature te grant
further, relief.
Nick 1 Skflbred. 85. frosen' riw.enf.lv
when caught in the snowstorm -near
Adair, 'died Thursday night- He and
tour companions battled through seven
feet of enow for nine hours ip trying
to reach the Richmond mine. ,
. Twenty Years" Ago
From The Journal of Dec IS, 1902.
There appears to be no line ef busi
ness that continues to flourish like the
Chinese gambling houses In this city.
lice to suppress these places they are)
still in full operation.
e e
The recent cleaninar m-ocMa'a h-
county - jail has proved a good thing
for that institution, but It bids fair
to drive the clerks and others who
labor In the upper stories of the court
house to distraction. . The creeping?
population - of the Jail is moving ep.
stairs.. . : -.;- - , . -
Active work In preparing the wfta
for the Lewie and Clark exposition
will be begun tomorrow. , ,
, . a -
Rooms are being nut in raatina
the custom house for the on-nnuv v -
the United State engineera .. ,
Colonel - R. -C. Judson. industrial
agent for the Harriman - system, left
Portland" for Eastern- .Oregon - and
Washington , points today -. and will
pen a some time organizing a seriea
of farmers'- institutes. -1 . v ,
Although it la winter and the weath
. .-. .- er . er
er has been rather chilly, hundreds. of
people from all parts of the United
eiates ana loreign countries visit the
Clty,park., - .... .
At the annual meeting-ef the -Ore
gon State Poultry association the fol
lowing officers were elected: - Freei-
ucuw jc- iaua at x'oruana; vice
president, N. S. Wiley of Rex; secre
tary, J. Murray of Woodlawn; treasi
urer, B. - Lee Paget ef Portland.
After a lengthy and spirited discus
sion yesterday . Pomona grange, Pats
trons of Husbandry, indorsed the 1905
lair tex rA h.n In 'PaWIohjI -
It ia vvery ; likely that -some action
will be taken soon by the board of
eiiication to remedy the crowded con
dition, of a majority of the east side
Public scnoojs. .
i