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XIBELINO OREOOK
1
rpsE New Tork Tribune of Xe
cember 13 says editorially:
What -Ttrould haDpen should th Kn
; Klux Klaa raise itself from a half-
j tnyaterioua, half -ridiculous threat into
:,a controlling force In a community?
3 Governor Olcott of Oregon gives a
partial answer in his interview in the
Tribune of yesterday. He records the
; passage of a iw in his stats outlawing
aJi schools a&ve only, the public schoola
. t After 192 it will be imnncnihlA for an
t i Oregon mother i to i' organize even a
neighborhood class fOS her small daugh
ter. . saucauon can come from the state
.alone. , Free choice is barred t
, Along with this successful gesture
,of prejudice there came In Oregon per
sonal and family feuds comparable
to those that, divided America in the
' iwad days of the Civil warv Passion sup-
planted reason in the most unrelated
; walks of dally life. On the Ku Klux
preaching families were divided. Old
t riends ceased speaking to one another.
Partnerships were broken up; Whole
communities were' divided 'against
. themselves. ,-. i ..
1 Oregon presents today the horrible
, . xample" of what &il . ultimate exten
Kion of Ku Kluxlsm means to aa Amer
ican community. We. hose that -Governor
Olcott paints his picture in un
forgettable colors before the conference
of governors at White Sulphur Springs.
I If' the above article were not so
damaging to Oregon it would be
runny. A greater Ubel was never
Uttered against sw8iteJ " i f
I To begin with, the Ku K3ux Klan
did not propose the compulsory
fsoheol biU. That bUl was proposed
and the principal campaign for U
v,-a made by Scottish Rite Masons.
As a general thing. .. Scottish Rite
" Masons are most excellent citizens.
The" Journal ( disagrees with their
tchool bill, but that bill does not
hiean,tgs ithe Tribune says, that
education can come from the state
alone," '. ' 1 '
I .The bin requires that six years of
ihe child's' school training shall-be
id the public schools. Two years at
the "beginning of the child's train
ing can be in a private sehooL -The
Vntire high school and college; life
t an be in private, institutions. 1T0
. feay '-that after the compulsory bill
goes into effect,; if it ever does.
" education can come from the. state
4 alone ,ls gross misrepresentation.
I The " campaign br slander; tow
leing carried on in the' East "against
Oregon through suck articles s 1 the
frbover fronx the Triburle;' fa -doing
, iitore . damage to i. Oregon than the
Ku'Klux Klan could ever do, Ore
gon is not, a "Ttorrible- example of
anything. The' Tribune's -direful
t icture of Oregon as a, ; horrible
example" bf .Ku Klozism is fabri-
; ration., .'5; ' ;".
I There Was a primary campaign
in Oregon "in whlch there was con
siderable heat. , But, with great
respect " for Governor Olcott; 'and
tv-lth a high appreciation of much
of his public work. The Journal is
compelled .to say. of that heat that
It was Injected tnto .that Campaign
by - Mr. Olcdtt himself. "He gave
undue prominence to the klan by
attacks on it from the governor's
office which made it an important,
if not the leading, Issue In the Re
publican primaries.. . -
After the primary election Klan-
1 -ni became less conspicuous. It
was scarcely discussed in .the gen
era election. It la dotibtfur tf In
that campaign there was more than
fhe usual bitterness incident to elec
tions in Oregon, and there was less
of it than in many. other states.
- Oregon people are ' now . going
about their business in orderly and
peaceful fashion. Tbeir ar aa busy
as the people o other ' states and
a buoyant in., planning5 for the
future. Ther went, over the-. top
first in every liberty,' loan cam
paign - during: . " His- war, -and they
would do it a?ain if it JbecAme
necessary : They tood at the head
of the Mat' of states in volunteer
enlistments at the: opening of the
war. and they Would, do It Over
L&ain were the nation threatened.
' Oregon people: are orderly;:and
welt behaved, with the best record
of school attendance in America. If
the '. Tribune wUl. devote more at
tention to the horrible sang- battles
on the streets, of New "York and to
the gang- murders in that city and
less space to slandering Oregon- it
will better serve its newspaper mis
sion. ' - V; i ' -.
It will take x good many FranK
Branch Rileys to nndo the!: harm
done Oregon by the Tribune's libel.
DRAGGED FROM THBJ 'HEIQHTS
THERE is UtUe need for further
proof pf the terrors of the drug
habit,. Case after case of pitiful
human wrecks has recently come
to public attention. But, in some
ways, none is more pitiful than the
case of Wally Reid, the movie star,
He rose from the ranks in his
profession. His life was given over
to- acting. He - became one of the
great popular -stars, riding high on
the tide of public popularity, idol
ized by movie fans, and well paid
by his employers. ' He had a faith
ful wife and a happy home'.
But the drug peddlers got him.
He used a little and then, more,
until his health broke, unable
longer to stand the onslaughts of
the poisonous drugs. He was com
pelled to leave his work, and, to
seek a cure, his days and nights
made miserable by the .terric
pangs that follow abandonment of
narcotics. He suffered, not alone
from the ripping pains, but from
the humiliation that was his when
the public learned the facts of his
plight. - V,:".
Other-people in .high place, have
undergone the same humiliation.
There was the noted English ac
tress who was recently; exposed as
a pitiful victim of drugs. Evelyn
Thaw , was another. Many have
been the untold tales of downfall,
disgrace and poverty due. to the in
sidious narcotics. .
. Fortunately, the-public is rapidly
visioning the colossal menace of
drugs and drug peddlera Rigorous
campaigns are under way in man)
states of the Union, campaigns in
tended to drive venders and their
wares from the nation. The cru
sades have started none too soon
and they cannot well be prosecuted
too vigorously. - ,
JOBS A3 CHRISTMAS GIFTS
A3 THE manager of the American
.Legion employment office says,
Christmas baskets with candies for
the. kiddies are fine. No one with
a heart would leave a single child
ish petition to Santa Claus unan
swered. No one-would deny to any
barren table its one-day experience
with - Christmas cheer.
-; But' Christmas "baskets do not pay
the rent, do not buy clothes, do not
feed the family, " and . do not fuel
a home until winter ends.
Jobs do. Half of the 600 ex-service
men waiting for jobs at the
American Legion bureau are heads
of families. Work is with them an
imperative necessity. But just at
the time when jobs should be in
creasing the rate at which employ
ment is supplied has dropped more
than 50 per cent. There ought at
least to be Jobs for the men who
fought to defend America. They
ask no better Christmas gifts.
If you own war savings certifi
cates falling due January 1, you
may even before the first of the
year exchange them at the post-
office for treasury Bavin ga certlfl-.
catea and thus at no cost whatever
make yourself a Christmas present
of some new, highly-desirable gov
ernment securities. The new sav
ings certificates bear interest at the
rate of 4 per cent compounding
semi-annually, which amounts to
4 "A- per cent at maturity.' five years
after date of purchase. The ex
change Is a good waty to perpetuate
your war savings and, besides, it
helps Uncle Sam refund a section
of the war debt. 1
' NATURE'S FORESIGHT
OPHERE is almost; romance in the
A "story of the -discovery of avail
able water in the- Fort Rock coun
try, Central Oregon, under which
irrigation is made . easily possible
nd at yeryilow -jcost.: , ;;U-.-'
The FOrt Rocki valley is a neaT
desert. Sixty thousand acres of it
is the bed of what was an ancient
lake, and Is rich agricultural land.
Once there were 3 Od families .on it,
but because of the arid condition
they- could ;not make a living on
their farms; 'and though many, of
them "have (titles "tr their holdings
they are elsewhere in .th business
of making-ar living, -waiting in the
indefinite , expectation that some
rUme there will be water available
to make blades of grass grow where
none grows now. Of the 300 fami
Uee fewer.- than. a dozen now.- oc
cupy their farms.
.There Is now a prospect of an
irrigation project under , which
water will be available at an. esti
mated cost of f z per- acre, j The
last 'legislature of v. Oregon . made
available ' sum of money for use
by - the Oregon bureau of mines to
pnake an - investigation of the "Fort
Rock , country-to ascertain if arte
sian water could 'be found. Three
blg wells In typical parts or the
basin were sunk to a den th of 200
feet. In each the water rose to
within 15 to-30 feet of the surface.
ahd the supply ia so abundant that
huge pumps bring it to the surface
at the rate of 900 gallons a minute.
Even" under this heavy - outgiving
of water, ' the water j level Is re
duced only about two and a half
feet, showing that the IsaPPly ' Is
limitless. " Either of these wells ts
capable of irrigating a farm of . 100
acres for all crop purposes
The secret of thi bountiful sup
ply of water is that the whole val
ley for 75 miles each way is under
laid .with, an immense saucer of
basalt rock which - sustains and
holds the wafer from the winter
snows of the near-by j mountains.
The discovery of this underground
water supply, is one of the achieve
ments Of geological science.
. ' - - - ' - -
" " THE NEW DEAD ' - -
YOtT- read In the paper : about the
new "dead from automobile ac
L '' -i'-
cidents.! f-;;":'"-
Tou don't think much about It.
It doesn't shock you as it used to.
It's too common an occurrence. .
There was the announcement a
day prttwo ago of th passing of
twp.of thenew dead. It was arvery
brief and very, matter-of-fact story.
giving a few of the -bare facts and
letting it go at that i. Just two more
dead among so many! didn't amount
to much to the public - or - to the
newspapers.
T Yet the two dead are not merely
two added bodies out in the ceme
tery.' Two funerals, two bereaved
families four fatherless children
in one two more to be counted in
the death list they are not the big
thing that' the two new graves
mean.
The big thing is this! new life
periL The big thing is this new
spirit In v men who don t' seem to
care if they kill.- The big thing is
the horrible disregardthis grow
ing, epidemical disregard of law,
this hideous defiance of moral obli
gation, this malevolent debauchery
of government by utter And wan
ton resistance to authority? and
bigger and more terrible than all
in this orgy of law-sbreaking is the
fact that nobody seems concerned
about it; that nobody seems to care
whether law is violated or not. 1
There are -men who boast about
how fast they speed over the roads.
They tell you In what 'short time
they make-a ' trip from point to
point in the city. They are enthus
iastic about the great speed they
have got out of their cars.
We howl at the I. W, W., and
they are wrong. We denounce the
Bolshevists, ; ' and they are mis
guided. But what about these men,
these ultra-respectable gentlemen
in their own minds who. boast
about how many fines they - have
paid for breaking the speed laws?
How about the Institutions whose
delivery trucks, fully Insured, run
over and kill people, which take the
right of way and crush other folks'
cars? - .. tr :
This rising tide of resistance to I
laws, this swiftly advancing? spirit
of trampling laws under. foot, is
worse than Bolshevism. "The new
dead lying in rows along the streets
and highways are token Sof- the
worst spirit of rebellion; and de
moralization ' - that eyerBwept
through a country, menacing its
institutions and .impsrillng Its very
existence. "V t T ' ' -
How about the hideous violation
by thousands of higher-ups, even
public officials In almost every sta
tion, of the dry laws V How about
the judge who made a speech when
he was so drunk that - he could
scarcely stand up 7 ,': ' -i " ;. h
Every burial service over one of
the new dead is a visible sign of the
orgy of demoralized law under
which we are living and which, with
the lack of concern 'about it, is the
worst menace that , ever stole its
slimy way through a country. "
NO QUESTION OF FAITH 1
FIFTT thousand dollars is a con
siderable sum to pay for a sin
gle strawberry plant. "But that is
the price paid recently by a Mich
igan grower for what isTcnown as
the Rockhill berry. ' : ' ' , -
The owner claims the plant pro
duces, more and larger berries and
berries of higher" quality than any
other early summer plant, and that
In the fall months Rockhill plants
are continually loaded with ' big.
bright berries until the. snow fall.
He claims that both the spring and
fall products have firm texture and
are therefore good shippers, and
that Rockhills exceed. In produc
tiveness and quality, ali other ber
ries. :' ,i : ' ; .4V:;v' 1-. .
All the things claimed for it -may
or may not be true. But, there is
no question about-a man's faith
when he is willing to Invest $50,000
In a single plant. . .
NOW FOR NEW SCHOOLS
SCHOOL bond - buyers " should - be
doubly reassured. . : They had
the strongly voted mandate of Port
land people directing that $3,000,
000 be used on their credit for the
construction of new schools. ,
-Whether or not all the ts were
dotied or all' the ls crossed,. the
vote left no doubt of the, public de
termination of Portland. - -
Now the Oregon supreme court in
Its decision verifies the legality of
the procedure. All the forms, the
motions and - the rigmarole de
manded by mper-technlcal minds
were complied with, says the court
In its decision of Tuesday.
'- This is a- conclusion 'superior to
the opinion of distant attorneys.
The-people authorized and the su
preme court has ratified. .. .
The building-of new schools has
been delayed long enough.
WAS IT WELL
TO LIBERATE
5. LLOYD? K ;
Clemency Extended to This Noted
Agitator and His 'Associates Is Vari
ously Viewed by Editors Estimates
, Ranging From "Indefensible Par- :
don" to fTunely Rebuke ; Those
Upholding Governor Small Decry
, Danger .... From Mere Words -
Though Wild Ones, and Reit
erate That "the War la Over.
-Dally Editorial Dlgest-
XCoaaolklatea rraaa AaaoeUtkw) '
In the disousslon of each clemency
as that just extended by the governor
of Biinois to William Bros Lloyd and
his associates, convicted under the
state . anti-syndicalist law, . there 1 are.
the i isnwlng State journal points out,
"two angles to be considered: the tight
of an executive to overrule the courts
and la wa and-too wisdom of sending
the Peds to Jail. .To this must b add
ed, the Peoria' Tranacript thinks, re
flection --en -ithe wisdom, of main tam
ing upon the statute books of IlltnoU
an- -espionage act in time of peace.'
Thia. in outline, is the discussion which
is carried on- in 'editorial columns fol
lowing Governor Small's Thanksgiv-
Ing gift of freedom to the Chicago
"millionaire Red" and his 1$ confeder
ates. Editorial opinion ranges from
the denunciation by the Port Huron
(Mich.) Times'! Herald of an "indefen
sible pardon. to the gratification of
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch In discov-
ing "one public official who realises
that the war is over."
" - '
- Pardoning the -convicted commun
ists before they have paid any pen
alty," the Rockfosd (111.) Star fears,
"will be accepted as a flat repudiation
of the law, which was passed by the
Illinois legislature to protect the state
against a special class or conspirators.'
And in., this -repudiation involving as
it does disregard of -the Icourt ruling
upholding the law. XJevernOr Small, the
ivaiamaxoo uazette.oeciares, naa set
himself up as superior to the laws and
tha cotirta. of tila own tCtm "Whan
Oovemor, BmalL took his oath to en
force the laws of Illinois," the Lin
coln (Neb.) Star suggests, "he was not
commissioned to interpret what laws
he should- enforce." He has. In effect.
the cuuahoma City Oklaboman,' be
lieves, "overruled the time - honored
American system of government, which
maras tne executive and judicial de
partments distinct and separata He
constituted himself the supreme court
of the state," a "Billy and autocratic
and czar-like attitude for; Governor
Small to take."
If, as the Duluth News-Tribune sur
mises, the governor was -merely mak
ing a political play, "the strongest kind
of bid for radical support two years
hence," he overplayed his hand, in the
opinion of the Rock Island Argus, of
his own state. He was "playing to
the mob," the paper agrees, but "the
state of -Lincoln never yet has been
ruled by -the mob, and it will never be.
and we predict that Len Small will be
given forceful evidence of this fact if
he -ever again gets-his name on a bal
lot where the people will have an op
portunity to express an estimate."
The governor's action "ought to be
an excellent argument for taking away
from governors an unrestricted use of
the pardoning power. the -Pueblo
(Colo.) Star-Journal holds, a position
which the Grand Rapids Herald in
dorses and amplifies. '"Super-auto
cratic control over penal sentences,
it declares, "is ridiculous," and "there
should be no such thing as 'executive
paraon' without the written consent of
tne original court in which the intimate
details at a crime were passed unon
and measured In the scales of Justice.
The existing system is a travestv.; Tin.
der it we cease to be .a "government of
law we become a rovernment of
wnims." i ;
There is. nevertheless, an lemnt of
doubt as to the strict applicability of
tne worn criminal" to the convicts
communists in the opinion of many pa
pers. 'It was not proved," the Deca
tur m:) Herald points out, "that these
men had committed a single act of vio
lence, violent as their opinions were.
In this country mere opinions, how
ever much mistaken they may be, are
not an evidence of criminality.' JThe
law under which the men were con
victed and sentenced, the Herald re
minds us, "was the sedition law com
monly known as the 'overthrow act,"
which "the Illinois legislature took
upon itself the task of framing and
passing to protect the United States,"
unaer tne urge or - war psychology"
While the Decatur paper goes on - to
say: that "the government is in as
much - danger of overthrow by Llovd
and hie band as it is from an uprising
of drunken reservation " Indians," i the
feona Transcript nevertheless sees a
problem ; of "greater Importance than
the pardoning of the Chicago commun
ists" in the question, "Shall citizens or
aliens he permitted to advocate over
throw of government by force?" Mani
festly. It argues, "the government has
the right to protect itself, but the prac
tical question is whether mere advo
cacy of force shall be inhibited as" an
overt act" - The, Xecatur Review also
sees a problem In the -proper handling
of radical views of ran ' extreme na
ture. "We. are 'told in a general way,"
fft says, ."that public discussion will
take care of them. But there is al
ways much .discussion along this line.
and at times it Is difficult to see. thatJ
it makes promising' . headway.' t
However,' "for holding and urging
opinions unfavorable i to an existing
form of society men cannot with good
results -be "punished, ; the Lincoln-
(Neb.) State Journal replies.'- "The
thing has been tried since the begin
ning of time. It has always, in .the
long rah, failed-"" Men's minds cannot
be changed' by laws and courts. The
effort so to change -them merely scat
ters the fire which It is sought to ex
tinguish." William Bross Lloyd, free,
"may still- have his dream of persuad
ing us to communism, but he will have
no conceivable chance for success,"" is
the assurance given by the New Tork
Globe, and "the older and wiser Ameri
can practice is to. accept" his type of
crank "with tolerance -and humor," as
one of "the burdens Of any genuine
democracy. -That the Ullnoln gover
nor's .action "marks a further return"
to this "older and wider practice" of
which the Globe speaks, is the view of
the Sioux City Tribune, for "whatever
excuse for hysteria may have existed
during the febrile war days, exists no
longer," and free speech remains "the
only effective remedy for7 a political
discontent in a democracy-." An anti
syndicalist law such as was Invoked In
the Illinois prosecution "can have no
object in peace times except the perse
cution of persons for their opinions,"
declares the St Louis Post-Diepatch,
"and that is precisely how such laws
are employed,: - lu Email's pardon,
therefore, the paper sees "more than a
gracious holiday gesture : it was , a
timely rebuke to prosecutors and courts
who persist in employing war-time leg
islation in hounding persons holding
radically different political and - eco
nomic vierwa".-'-
Possibly, the Rockford (111.) Regis
ter Gazette suggests. Governor Small
had In mind that philosophy "left to
the world" by another Illinolsan ; "Mal
ice toward none, charity for aOL" :
A; . THE TACTICAL ISADORA : t
- From tna Little Rock Gazette
. Isadora Duncan's orchestra leader's
name is Modest.' A concession to the
censors.
Letters From the People
IQoaiBiaBtoarf.aa. at to The Jmnai fo
wabUoaaaa ia Uue departmcst ihn id be writ
tea om only on aide ot tae paper, ahoaid not
exeeed (00 word in tragta, and am b
aignad Tay the writer, whoa aaail adiliaaa ia
in annaa ecco-npaity u ooautaaooavi
STATEMENT BT JUDGE MORROW
Regarding His Reasons for - Writing
Letter Kecoinmending Release of
La Rose. . "
Portland, Dec. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read with interest
your recent editorial urging caution In
the release of prisoners from the peni
tentiary, suggested by the case of La
Rose. . . It may, - perhaps, interest you
and your readers to know a little of the
reasons why my letter of recommenda
tion was made. -
lt me say. in the first place, that
the requirement of the governor for a
letter of "recommendation" from the
district attorney and the ' presiding
judge is, in my judgment, without any
reasonable . foundation, for neither the
judge nor., the district attorney can
know anything more about the case, or
more about the , reasons for - release.
man tne officials who nave been di
rectly in charge of the man for years.
In this case I had to rely on Mr. Ira
Martin, the chairman of the parole
board; on Mr. Varney, the parole offi
cer of the state on John F, Logan,
the special "prosecutor, and I also knew
of the letter that Captain Circle Of the
police force bad written.
- Mr. Martin and Mr. Varney went
Over with me in detail La Rose's earlv
life, bis poverty, his, ignorance, his
neavy nabtts of drink, and I recalled
the truth of much that they said. Par
ticularly that these crimes were com
mitted by a man heated with Uauor:
and you will recall that even while the
omcers were searching for him he was
sleeping off a drunken stupor In the
ponce tana. This Incident of the drink
ing recalled to our minds that the
temptation of liquor has now disap
peared from the scene, and w dis
cussed that subject, too, in, connection
with the possibility . of La Rose's
change of mind and his ability to get
along outside the walls of the peni
tentiary. The state officers assured
me that the- man was changed in his
attitude toward society and In his
views of life. I went over the ground
very carefully' and in detail, for I re
membered La' Rose's crime quite dis
tinctly. Every person connected with
tne case, who spoke to me about It.
urged me strongly to write-the letter.
pointing out that unless I did do so his
release, would be impossible, and that
eacn one of them believed that he ought
to do, reieasea, unless he was to be re
tained in a spirit of vindictive, luatirw.
which, as we all know, is contrary to
every enlightened view, and contrary to
wx3 wxiauiuLioa or our state. -
? Robert G. Morrow.
UNCLE SAM KIDNAPED
This; Writer Sees Him Wrested Front
'tne Feople and Enchained
by Big Business.
Ashland. tjum lSTn t -cvit..
7 r - . - MtnjkAt.jt vm.
The Journal Continuing my criticism
. r popular, nign-soundlng
worun ana parages in my recent letters
I Contribute th f.Mlnwlno- Tfca
lar phrase, often quoted from Lincoln's
jeii.yourg speecn, "Government of the
people, by the ceonle uxl tnr n.
nle." u now 1, nnlt. msia-i
- -- .w .a.a.cwAlu, III
that it implies or states that which was
put is not, namely, that our national
government; Uncle Sam, ts a child of
the people. When the 13 mnfariaratA
states ai&soived and the federal con
stitution was adontprt Tlnio Sim
reoorn, or oorn anew, and began to
function Anril 20.. 17o
that, barring the colored folk and some
wiuiea, k was germane to speaic
of the government as a government of
the Deonle. . for th nsArLck, anl hv ha
people. However, tvhen Chief Justice
"ifn 1 . ....
jhmwuui, ut xoiD, renaerea ma xamous
decision in the Dartmouth college case
low Kuvarnment waa nmnnui -f van.
Important powers, and private corpora-
uons, tnrougn their increasing, indus
trial .and .commercial fnfl
throuarh eanrt.mai1ii law. anj n, .
of pliant and corrupt legislatures? have
w iH-us oouii auu ne is iio longer
a child (government! of the people, by
the DeODle and for thif wnnl, Thn.
we see that, by court action, what' was
m not rynat is is that politico-Big
Business, having adopted Uncle Sam
(the) rovarnmentt. ha Hnmwvu,
ter father of him that was" the child
1 government) of the psople,and it is
misleading- to wak f him ' T-V)k yavvr
eminent, as being of the people, by the
people and for the people. It would
not no roisieaojng to assert that the
United ' Stftrpo n n nbram.nf w
and for.rjnlftifw -Tttir nminu, "iini.
Sam, the federal, government, does what
111a iwier zatner teus nun to 00. iJltto
the. 4 state governments. Many ex-
anrnlea of rt1a ahni1,fon a l- tnmtm
father can be given. As the above is
so patent, I refrain; I could easily do
m. 1 . . - . ,
bw u nssa e. xnus ws see now uncie
Sam. ' the Amsrican ' fdral m-nwn.
ment, which Lincoln loved, has not
pcruiwa r mm tae carta, cut nas oy
adoption -become a foster child of the
politician and his -spouse Big Busi
ness. Is my criticism sustained? Am
x wrong in my conclusions?
p. M. Brewer.
THE CASE OF JACK LA ROSE .
Portland. Dec IS. To the Editor of
The Journal Your r editorial In The
Journal of last Saturday regarding the
paraon - or jacK La Rosa most em
phatically expresses my sentiments
and, I believe, those of hundreds of
others. . The manner in which this man
went about committing his crimes
would show conclusively to any per
son with a semblance of . character-
reading ability that he was born with
a ferocious instinct and should b kent
where' fie could never . be tempted In
the least to commit a similar crime. I
do not believe in the death penalty,
but I do, most certainly believe that.
when an honest jury brings In a verdict
of life for such a class ot criminals as
Jack La Rose it should mean life im
prisonment and not four to eight years
in the penitentiary. I do not believe
there is a criminal today that believes
a life sentence means over 10 years at
the most, and the most shocking thing
about it la, he is right. Now X would
Just like to ask 'Judge Morrow, why
this farce? Why do the Judges no
sooner try and convict a man of a
crime against society, than they, some
times inside of SO days, use their in
fluence to liberate ti ls same criminal?
It is beyond my comprehension, and
although . my comprehension may be
very limited. X do know there are hun
dreds of others Just tike roc
v' - i , Inquisitive.
FROM GRATEFUL STUDENTS
Portland. Dec lffc To the Editor of
The Journal In behalf of the Wash
ington .high 'school- student body.- I
wish to thank you sincerely for your
ready cooperation In helping us re
place our books. Since the book stores
naa on band only a limited supply of
hooka, 'it would have been -very diffi
cult to obtain the proper text books tf
we had not had assistance, ' ' . -
, : i.v HelenMirier, Secretary.
GOVERNOR OLCOTT'S SPEECH
Portland. Dec 1?. To the Editor
of .The - Journal I wish to express
many thanks for your editorial on Gov
ernor Olcott's address to the governors
in the iast- It shows the narrow-
mindedness of the governor as - it has
In the past since he has been our gov
ernor, - The people of Oregon should be-
C0JVI3MENT AND
j SMALL- CHANGE
Now just- watch our undaunted
neighbors put the : "store" - back in
Astoria.
The place is all mussed up with
the shattered idols who were-movie
favor use. . ;
Wont that gob wbo-Inherited $200.
000 be a popular cuss when the boys
get -shore, leave? - -
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Of j course, you're powerfully glad
you ! did your Christmas shopping
early, and have the trials done with,
, !
: Whalebone corsets are coming back
Into style. Does that mean that the
women folk are losing their normal
backbones?,.'.,'.
Never saw' a confirmed bachelor who
wouldn't be glad enough of the op
portunity to exchange his estate for
wedded bliss. - .
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m Bird narcotic carrier. News- iljem.
Several- Portland birds have s- been
caged for this offense, and the peni
tentiary doors jawn jtor the ethers.
s How can we prate about women
having come Into their own, when we
contemplate, the position Sarah Bern
hardt has v ao long occupied' with
credit? :. - v. -
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There was. a time whenit didn't re
quire much inducement to win our
participation in- winter sports, but that
was before our favorite winter pastime
was reading at home before the fire
place. , . - t . .-,
iM0lvl5ipRLESS PERSONAL
Raridom - Observations About Town
Arrivals- from Eastern Oregon In
clude O. D. Teel of Echo, S. H. Board
man of Boardman, L. P. Shongle of
MUton .and Mr. and Mrs. George Mc
leod ot Condon,
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson - of
Astoria are among recent arrivals-In
the-' city- - '- v-i
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J. C Johnston of Dufur and M W.
Johnston of Corvallis are among Out
of "town visitors.' '--:- ,y:-
f . ,- - ; . " '
- Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Logan of Ash
land are visiting in Portland.
f
B. H. Claghorn of Astoria was trans
acting business in Portland Tuesday.
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Visitors from Pendleton are F. G.
Case, H. D. Percey and Li' F. Bryant.
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C. Li Dunham of Eugene was in
Portland Tuesday.
1 4
Among out of town visitors Is J. R.
Brown of Reeds port.
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- George A.' Barton of Albany Is among
recent arrivals in the metropolis.
J. H. Kbke of Eugene is transacting
business- In Portland. ' '
E. 'Barney of Scappoose was .visiting.
In Portland Tuesday.
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S. J. Bransoom of Kelso. Wash, is,
among business visitors.
mm.
Among out of town guests is F. E.
Wilson of Coos Bay. -
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M. J. Devery of North Bend Is among
out of town guests..
D. Van Gilder of Wasco was a Port
land visitor Tuesday. 1
.
R.'J. McCann of Bend has come to
Portland on a business trip.-
.
Among out of town visitors are Mr.
and Mrs. A-,S. Nelson of TamhllL
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
; x OFTHE .IOURNAL.MAN
By Fred
A nioneer iot alam telia Mr. LockIey of
that caVa -erohitton and of his pan ia that
procen. Hia atory begins with hia- boyhood
tn niinoia -and ia carried orer the Old. Oregon
Trail and thronsh Tariona Ticlaaitadev inclnriaig
aorrice ia the Indian vara of the '50a. It wfll
be concluded in a ancceeding InataUment,
Tnhn n Wriirhr hu livd in Salem
nearly 70 years. "There are only three
nAAniA-'nnw living hrA who were here
when I came to Salem 'in 1853 " said
Mr. Wright. . "These are Mrs. Lincoln
TXTca vhhu fa t Vic tTQ. ATI arlV dAV
gunsmith here ; Mrs. E. C. Srhau, whose
maiden name was cirange, ana - am.
Dave pugn.
"I was born near Clinton. 111., May
4, 1837. My father -died when I was
3 years old and my brother Willie a
year old. Will is-' now 83, If he is
alive. The last time I heard from him
Was in 1863. At that time he was
mining In Mexico. He was never much
of a writer, so he may still be down
there. .. !
"Mother died not long after father's
death. My mother's mother. Grand
mother Watt, took me to raise.
Father's brother. Huston Wright, took
Willie, y I had not long been at the
home of my grandparents when my
grandfather died, so grandmother sold
the farm and went to live with one of
her children, who had no room for me,
so ' I went to live with my father's
brother. Garrison Wright, at Randolph.
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"In 1853, when I was 16," my brother
sent word -to me that he was going to
Oregon with Uncle Huston. I did n't
suppose I "should ever see him again,
for Oregon : seemed : a long' way of f.
After bidding them goodbye I stuck
around until the next day, getting more
and more' lonesome, so I struck out
and overtook them at Bloomington; 111.
That was. on St- Patrick's day in 1853.
I made arrangements to drive - the
loose cattle across the plains, in ex
change for three meals a day and the
use of a blanket. Uncle Huston's wife
died on the Green river desert and was
buried at the side of, the road. I shall
never forget how desolate we felt as
we hitched up the oxen and pulled out,
leaving the freshly broken earth by the
side of the Old Oregon trail as the only
visible sign that one of our number
bad finished the journey, while we
must still travel on. v ' . .
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There were four families of us-that
stopped to bury my aunt in a blanket
m a shallow grave. ' with a few feet
of. earth and -the wide- sky over her.
One of these, the Harris family, settled
in Polk county, not far from the Wal
lace farm. -Pleasant Hill and hia fam
ily took up a ; claim on the Salem-
Eola-Dallas : road just - beyond Tom
Brunk's place, ' and Monti pool Fiske.
who married one of Uncle Huston
Wright's daughters, also settled in Polk
county. Uncle Huston's children were
my double cousins, for father and his
brother, Huston married sisters, -.Uncle
Huston went to work. not long, after
he got here, for Thomas Cross, Salem's
leading butcher in the days before the
Civil war. He was Cross' cattle huvee
and traveled all over the valley. ;
T landed s job with a Mr. Dorbtn on
bis farm north of Salem. . In the spring
of 1834 I rustled a bucksaw and a saw
buck and put tn a few months sawing
wood for Salem's leading citizens, men
like A. - Bosh . and other well known
thankful that we have elected a big
man in his place.
For his address regarding our state.
we ought to denounce him as cur gov
ernor, t May the Chamber of Commerce
of our.- city and newspapers point out
to htm- how he is knockine our state.
NEWS IN BRIEF
11
- - SIDELIGHTS '
'- Man has a new substitute for tea and
coffee, ; but restaurants have been
using one for years and years. Albany
Democrat.-;
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Don't be envious.'' The success and
prosperity -of a competitor cannot
harm you. -But his failure weakens
the whole business structure, Condon
Globe-Times. -
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Wouldn't it give a little spice to the
reading of an auto accident if it would
also include along with the- trip to the
hospital some being sent to jail? Am
ity Standard. -r e .
. - - r-.V:--.-" - iff . ,v
. Brownsville has discovered that scor
pions are native to the Willamette
valley. Unless the brand of the moon
shine consumed here lav changed we
expect sea .serpent to be discovered in
the Molalla valley. Molalla Pioneer.
' " ' .'
- The Hill roads will spend a million
dollars in the next four year boast
ing the Northwest- On account of a
needed recount ot old and telling of
new features and the appealing side of
the berry Industry, Woodburn should
issue up-to-date literature Woodburn
Independent. m ' . -. ; ... , :
If each legislator of Oregon will cut
a rick of taxes a. day, with Cut-Them-ln-the-Mlddle
Pierce in charge of the
gang, they should make a big showing
in so days. But we tear that many of
them are not familiar with tax-cutting
machinery and will not be able to earn
their a day at the Job. Pine Valley
Herald. .
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Parsons of
Wheeler are spending a. few days in
Portland.
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Visitors from Douglas county are
Mr. and Mrs. C L. Beckley of Rose
burg. 1
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W. J. Winslow of Caldwell. Idaho,
Is among business visitors ' to Port
land. w ' --' -
T. H. Woodcock of Wamio Is a guest
at one of the leading hotels of the
city.
, James A: Smith of Marshfleld Is
among recent arrivals in the dty. '.
" -
tf E. Bingham of Corvallis is mak
ing a brief visit to Fortland. -
F. W. Herri n of Ashland Is tranv
acting business in Portland. -
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R. M. Smith of - Klamath Falls Is
visiting in-Port and for a few days. .
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" Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Woods of Dallas
are among Portland visitors.
Mr. '.and Mrs. F. J. Haynes of As
toria are late arrivals -in Portland.
' W. M. Shoor of Hermiston ia trans
acting business In Portland. "
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W. R. Birgers of Lyle, Wash., Is
among recent arrivals in the city.
George Campbell ot Condon is among
out of town visitors.
.
, Roes W. Finley of Klamath Falls is
visiting in' Portland.
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' F. M. Compton of Suthcrlin is among
out of town guests.
, Among out of town visitors is G. M.
Stark of Prinevllle.
....
' M. L. Brown of Corvallis Is in Port
land on business and pleasure, v
Local ey -
Salemites. That summer my cousin.
John Storey, and I and a couple of
other young fellows struck out for the
Puget Sound country. There was noth
ing at Fort SteiUcoom buta handful
of soldiers, so we went on to Olympia,
a sleepy little village at that time. We
lanaea a Job with a blacksmith- there,
burning a coalpit and furnishing" h'im
tne charcoal for his forge. That fall
we returned, to 'Winter at Salem." I
landed a Job driving a team. I hauled
rreignt from Champoeg to Salem, Scio
and Lebanon. When the river got high
and the roads heavy 1 quit freighting
and landed a Job in a hotel run by
a man named Uubois. It stood where
,the paper mill Is now located. r v "
,-. ".,'!.:' '-' v-"-v .: '-"V".
"Ours Was the leading hotel, so dur
ing the winter I met most of the lead
ing men of Oregon such men as Gen
eral Joe Lane. Judge M. P. Dead v.
Colonel. Nesmith, George H. Williams,
irientenant i. ti. eneridan from Fort
Yamhill, Lieutenant U. tx Grant from
Vancouver, Captain Russell and scores
of other men whose names you will
see in history.
, - .
' "In the spring of 1855 Z struck out
for the mines and landed a job as cook
at the Indian Creek hotel at "Vreka,
CaL That fall X come back to Salem
to winter, X landed a job helping shoe
horses in Jim Chambers blacksmith
shop, but before I had been there long
Kamlaken started on the rampage and
the Yakima Indian war was on. ; On
October 11, 1855, Governor Curry is
sued a call for eight companies of vol
unteers to go up toward Walla Walla
and lick the Indians ; so I threw up my
blacksmithing Job and enlisted in. Cap
tain Charles Bennett's company. Colo
nel J. W. Nesmith was In command of
our regiment, I was elected first cor
poral. .We went up to Eastern Oregon,
where Major Chlnn built a fort. - -He
named it Fort Henrietta, for Henrietta
Haller. wife of Major Haller. It is
called Echo now, and is about 25 miles
this side of Pendleton. -We started
with Lieutenant Colonel Kelly from
Fort Henrietta for Walla Walla ft De
cember 3L ' We had a nuxup with- the
Indians on the Touchet. - Some of, the
troops, meeting stiff, resistance from
the Indians, sent for reinforcements.
Captain Wilson of Company A and
Captain Bennett of Company F four
company) responded. -Captain Bennett,
while leading his men .against a party
of Indians tn a log . house, was killed.
Dr. Belt, one of Salem's leading physi
cians, was In charge of the hospital at
The Dalles and he asked that I be de
tailed as cook at the : hospital. After
Captain Bennett's death I was trans
ferred to Captain A. J. Hembree's com
pany. Colonel Nesmith resigned- and
was . succeeded by Colonel T. R. Cor
uelius. Not long ' after-1 was trans
ferred to Captain Hembree's company
he was killed. I served 10 months ahd
wag mustered out,
; T then landed a job aa government
packer.1 X carried ammunition and sup
plies ; from The Dalles up into the
Yakima country, . When this job : was
finished X went back : to Salem and
landed a job as clerk in Westacotf s
store, where I put in the winter. .The
next spring, -tltar of 1857, X startod a
store of my own.. X was 20 years old,
and X figured it was time I quit work
ing, for other people and became my
own boss." ,
As you stated, after spending the sum
that our state has paid out to adver
tise, then a beaten candidate has to
go to a convention to knock bis state.
I am not m Ka Klux. and f urthermore
voted against the school bill, . .
- ' - " W; J. Young.
The Oregon, Country
Kartkwcst HajsMoinga 4a Brief form tot tbs
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OREGON 'Irfii'tlx
There are 528 pupils enrolled In the.. i
Woodburn schools, according .. la the '
December 1 report. i
Fines collected at Albany during the '
past month for traffio violations
amounted-to 1113.50. ,
- The berry pack tn the Woodburn dis- -1
trict in -1922 amounted to .3,988,694 "
pounds, valued at 3201.284.84.
Six new tracks are' neaiing com
pletion at the Southern- Pacific round- ...
house at Ashland at an estimated ex- .
pense of $35,000. -
Ashland lodge, A. F. and' A M-has I
Surchased for $10,000 a lot erfTEast
fnln MtrmM - ititrtn wkui. I. 4 1 1 -
m. new Mason io temple. -
.Smith Brothers mill at Grisaly, near -Prineville,
recently destroyed by fire,'- '
tm uciui ivuuut ana win oe reaay lor
operation about March TL -, ..
The school census of Wasco county- '
shows 3934 children of school age this '
year, com pnred with 4053 last year, a " ?
decrease of 118. - , '
On TWmW t la4 tK.u -
129 books In the Salem public library, 1
wwnung w a. report oy miss lora
M. Case, the librarian.
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West ia being developed near Hunting- "
ton ruf wrlll Ha tv iAn,ti.H - o -
500.000 plant to be erected In the spring. -
Charles Harding Turner, prominent
Mason and member of the Sons of the
A J. I . J - . . , .......
iwui ncTuiuuun, uieu m nut nome.
in Eugene last Friday, aged 72 years. -
bonds amounting to 12500 were ordered
retired and interest totaling $1025 paid
by the city of Albany at a recent meet
ing of the council. - -.
Frank Brobst, a farmer living near
Perrydale. was in Dallas last Friday '
exhibiting, the carcass of a red fox
which he had killed that morning on
his place. The pelt is said to be worth
Regular freight service four times a
week on the S. P. s. railway be- .
"1JJ. allridge and Bend h been
established. Heretofore service has -been
- irregular, depending on the
amount ot freight on hand. '
WASHINGTON
rules that there is no law providing for
appeal from Juvenile court cases.
ZMnbas, 12-year-otd son of .
Nick Zambas, was fatally Injured .
Biymond: ' 7 . "u ,n. .
Pleading gunty to a moonshlnlng
char8re at Okanogan, Frank Bartell
TiB? af, flna 500 nd given six
months in JaiL
Mrs. Margaretha Westerlund, Oregon
pioneer and mother of Carl A. Wester
lund or Portland 1--. -..w ?-
attle. aged 74 years.
James Percy Nevins, for 15 years
secretary of the Western Washington
fair and a business man of PuyaXlun.
died last aveek in Tacoma.
Ann! . fitttrina lm.. 1 .v
at Moose, died Saturday in a Raymond
uvoimuu nuonj no naa oeen tasen alter
being struck by an engine. -
. " -o " U18U 111 DpDKUie
since December 5 from a quick acting
" -j vm. Biceving Bicancss, ana
several others are reported In a critical "
condition. , , '
I- R Black, whose ear ran down
and killed Raymond Heathman, aged . .
5, two weeks ago, has been found not -guilty
of manslaughter by a jury at '
Wenatchee. ,
Benjamin R. Ostrander, a member
Of the first legislature from Whitman
Mn.m.w tl.Jt EUJ . . a 1 .. .
vuuvjr, uicu, mi r riujr at epoaane
after living . in Eastern Washington -for.
40 years.:-.-,-; t-.;-: -
As a basis for rate making purposes,
a valuation of $1,950,000 has been
placed on the plant of the Puget Sound
Telephone company-at Everett by the
department of public works. - -.
Relatives have identified the body of
the man found December 4 In an Ever
ett hotel as William F. DeLong. a
prosperous farmer of" Elmwood, Wla
No reason for the suicide is known.
- Robbers -who visited three Seattle
homes Saturday night made away with '
loot valued by the owners at mote than '
$5000. The heaviest loser was Georgo
F. Thompson, who lost -$4000' In cash,
clothing and Jewelry. ?-
1 The ranch home- of 'John Viebrock, .
five miles southwest of Watervtlle, a.
landmark of the Big . Bend . country,
was burned' -last week. The loss is
about $4500. The residence was built
by . Piatt Carbaley in 1882. .
The $500 cash bond posted at Ellens- "
burg by Robert" Oreer on his convic
tion of moonshlnlng has been given
to Mrs. Greer, widowed when Greer
was shot by Mrs. Nichols at Summit ;
Stage station in Klamath county.
"-" ' " U " , IDAHO . k -' . "
Ray Thompson, a painter of Moscow. -died
in that city Friday from drinking
perfume as a beverage.
David Grattan of Pocatello, for 12
years master mechanic of the Oregon ,;
Short Line, has announced hia resig- , .
nation. . .. , . ;
Mrs. Laura Buts. suserintendent of
the Kellogg schools for several years. . .
has accepted the position of assistant '
state superintendent of schools. .
About one-third of the business sec- '
tion of Fern wood, in Benewah county, .
burned last week, causing a -loss esti
mated at between $35,000 and $40,000. ,
Tea loads of turkeys raised by the
convicts in the Idaho state penitentiary.
were snippea last weea to tne eastern
markets. They will bring to the state
Admitting ' that statements he made -
to the Idaho supreme court to secure
admission to th Idaho bar were false.
H. J. E. Ahrens of Boise has been din- .
Darrea oy - oraer oi tne court,
Plymouth, : was found Friday uncon
scious at his home and died shortly
afterward from symptoms Indicating
mat n was suffering from ratnes.
. Twenty Years Ago
From The Journal of Dec 20, 1902.
The Lewis and Clark fair board of;
directors will ask the legislature for a ,
flat appropriation of $500,000.
Washington The funeral of the late
dent Grant, was held this morning. - .
Pendleton The " proposition to pro- '
vide an up-to-date sewerage system for
this city, on which the citizens voted -
yesterday, carried by a - vote, of . 183
to 65 - - ' . .
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An assessment of V mills will be-' --
levied on property within the limits ot
the Port of Portlands which embraces
nearly the whole of Multnomah county, ,- .
for the benefit of the Port of Portland. -
: At present there are very few cases
of smallpox In the pe'sthousenany ? -less
than aj; this time last yean - , -r
. -..,. ... .
, The past week In the produce market -has
been more lively than for the same '-"
period during the last year. -Business
on all lines has been extra heavy and
quotations have made more advances
than for many years. " - N - .' .
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With over 700 people present, the as-
sembly hall of thenew Sumxyslde
school Was crowded last evening. The .
occasion was an entertainment by the
pupils of the school for the benefit of .
the piano fund. '
The past week tn the real estate :
market has witnessed a remarkable -tendency
toward the purchasing f . -property
in St. Johns. ; - ;
' Furniture manufacturers In this city
are making preparations to ' advance '
the prices on their products after the i
first of the year owing to the increased -cost
of material and labor.
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: The coming of the holiday vacation V
was celebrated yesterday in nearly all V
of the city schools.- - ?