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The cut-over area in creases at the rate of about 175, 000 acres a year. Forest reproduc tion, by either natural or artificial tiieans, is carried on at no-such rate as forest reduction, i-These facts are set forth ;by Dr. Jl V. Hofmann, director of the Wind Stiver forest.: experiment. station in n article which appeared in last Sunday's iiyurgt. Dr. ' Hofmann rightly concludes that tne out stand tna problem of the North west. Is to save existing forests from fire and 1 to recrop forest lands to timber I when the trees have been removed, i-' The Columbia basin irrigation project is spoken of as ona of the ! greatest land redemption proposals t in all history. The Columbia basin 1 ifoject contains 1,750,000 acres. It 13,1,550,000 acres less In extent than i the cut-over lands of Oregron and i Washington. I v Had trees been, allowed to grow I a&ain as forest lands were cropped, the logged-over areas of the North west would today represent the fortune of a-king- They would con stitute an asset of growing value. But left in, barren, iunproductive ! state such lands are less than value I less; they are a positive drag on I development. S We are told that man's methods. I in the East, in the Great Iake states I and In the . South: have been .pre L dominaatly destructive. Original Vast forests have been reduced1 to 1 'woodlota. The sreat . pressure . of I national and world need for lumber i Is being exerted on the .immense f v irgin forests of the Northwest. We ! shall profit by this demand as Ions I as the supply lasts. Liogging methods and fire protection will -determine whether the supply shall fee temporary or perpetual. : People know. more about forest reproduction than they used to. They know thaf to keep out fires is the first essential for both young trees and - matured timber." They know that, if & logsed-off area is burned before1 younsTgrowth starts the ground nearly, always contains seeds enough to restock the land. i-t is fire after the young trees have started Xo grow that i causes most damage But to - areas where trees have been destroyed and the soil Is bar ren of seed there is but one thins to do, 'and that is to plant artlfi tlally. : Hundreds of thousands' of acres In the Northwest could .be made productive again by simple planting . methods. - Endangered watersheds, would be saved. Floods would be controlled Wealth would fee perpetuated. ' If a hostile army or a. pestilence should appear on our shores, eon stemation, would be widespread. But emjjires and kingdoms of lm niensely valuable forests are being: laid waste and a great instrumen tality of wealth, .is disappearing. seemingly without tha slightest concern. How long,, O Lord, how long until the public in protection of Its children will demand rigid re forestation! V - " i Will Hay made the great blun !er of his reign as "czar" of the movies when he pardoned Roscoe Arbuck'ejwJlhout .waiting Jo see .if the people of America had forgiven the fat comedian for that IndiTid ual's grossly immoral, death-invlt- ing booze parties. Unless Hays jproftts "from the xliscomflture of his blunder by learning in the future to. canvass public sentiment rather than his own sentiments, the. end of Haygdom. In the Kjovies is net far Off. !' ' "V , i ' f CKTING WOLF? ALBEADT.the cry; is raised in seme Oregon newspapers that In any proposed reorganization of the"stkte government Governor elect. Pierce wilt plan to build up a poliUcal machine. , " How, can state--boards and eom- missions be consolidated without betnr consolidated rJ ' "v How can they be, consolidated without limiting the number of bu reaus or. departments -and how can there, .be "bureaus . or departmepts without somfbodaft, at , the head '-of each? And. t is out of some such proposed change as this that the cry. Of "machine'' .is! rafsed. such basis isrithoughtlesa con tention. The whole purpose of con- solidation is to narrow down the numberef Bureaus,' lessen the num ber of employes, reduce? the amount of appropriations arrd put the sys tem on an 'efficient, business-like basis. .!-: A smaller number Of departments will not Increase the present "ma chine. -A smaller-number of em ployes Twill 'not' buHd ;ur a "ma chine, but partly weaken any .that may now exist. Small appropria tions will not add to a "machine," but will give It less "usufruct 'to spend.. If a smaller number of ap pointees under Pierce would 'be a machine, a larger number under Olcott is a bigger "machine. Indeed, the whole effect of con solidation of boards and commis sions is to weaken .the power ofa 'machine," if any there is or la, to be. . The seeming fright over a coming Pierce machine' is a bogie and doubtless, in come cases, will be used to help beat consolidation. An honest effort will be made by Governor-elect Pierce jto simplify government at Salem and to admin ister that government economically. The- overwhelming, majority "by which he was elected will compel the coordinate branch of govern ment to "treat h is efforts with re spect. In fact, it Is the opinion of The Journal that very many mem bers of the legislature will be en tirely sympathetic with, and help ful of, Mr. Pierce in consolidating boards and in carrying out any reasonable program. The people at home can help. The granges can help. Commer cial clubs can help. All farmers' organisations can help.' City coun cils can help. Any good legislator under real representative govern ment is always glad to hear from his constituents on such matters -as consolidation. . STILL WE BURN IT. SEEMS to have been a matter 1 of good luck that no lives were lost in the Lillian apartment fire. The building was of class 6 con struction. It was a thin brick wail around a wooden frame. As fire in such thickly occupied structures usually comes from the inside, the building might as well have been of completely wooden construction, so' far as safety Is concerned.' Remembering that in America we annually burn half as many build ings as we erect, a fire like that in the Lillian apartments must make us all stop and reflect. Remember ing, too, that the per capita fire loss in America is $2.48 against only 31 cents in some European countries. we have still further food for re flection. . And things we can reflect on are like this. What right have we to maintain f iretraps, in which human beings are huddled ; with little chance of escape in case of fire? And when public authorities are striving to lessen the fire peril and fire loss by reasonable building reg ulations, bow far should we In con sequence go in objecting to those regulations and in demanding that their severity be lessened? Is there not something In protecting build ing owners against themselves and In putting a. human life above a dollar? The firemen report that the Lil llan apartment fire was caused' by defective wiring in the basement. Why. is there defective wiring in basements? Who wired the base ment? Who were the inspectors of the basement? Why inspection of basements at all. if; the defective wiring is to be discovered only after the fire? - COUE, THE OPPORTUNIST DR. COUE Is not a physician. He is a Dhilosonher. H also is an opportunist. , Because of the latter fact he may prove to be a great American benefactor. , He has seised upon an. American need' The French pharmacit tells peo ple to repeat, "Day by. day, in every way. I am. getting better and bet ter." ,. There It no more value- in idw pnruB uiui; in any otner ai firmative, optimistic .. ; , statement cleverly -worded. . . The "self -euro comes from the environment which Dr.- Coue pre scribes. He tells people that be fore they begin their "daily twenty" they must be in a place of quiet and in passive state of mind and body. . : ' ' i. ' If there is anything - that the hustling American or the, nervous Frenchman ordinarily is not In ' it Is a state Of quiet passivity. Any hurried worker who begins to feel the significant buzzing at the back of the head, -understands the rest and Valuethat comefr6nf""eyeia a few minutes relaxation.- ; The words are to be repeated as rapidly as the tongue and lips can phrase them. ' Here the intent- is obvious. " The idea,, is to keep thought. of. .anything else from so much as flipping in edgewise, The recitation is to be in a mo notonous tone, of course.1 The repe tition becomes purely mechanical when no attention is paid to empha sis and intonation, and mental re laxation becomes 'more complete." Utterance is to be in a low tone. Naturally,, if - some protesting jpeV sen were near and the words were repeated In strident tones interrup tion .would break the spell. . The. only strain during the entire perjod.is tp be placed on the faculty of conviction.; You are to believe wnue j. you. utter me uuie pnrase thatyou are actually; getting better. As a man tbinjseth In his heart so is he." "I am the master of my destiny. MeaThave always identi fied themselves to their surround ings in Ihe terms of ' their confi dence In themselves. -3 !. The American eople hurr too much. They eat too fast. They do not relax often enough. If the Coue formula becomes nation-wide America will be the better : for it. net so. much because of the words as because of the rest. , . A COUGAR'S JOT RIDE TV7HEN a cougar attempted to VV' lumD from a hisrh hank onto .the car of Eugene man. missed his aim and then gave' chase to the moving machine, the i news story states "the driver opened the throt tle." , , ; , ; v, ." No doubt of it. That throttle probably was as wide open as if a million cougars had .been in hot pursuit. There was literally noth ing to be added or desired in any service by the throttle. In point of capacity -no throttle was ever wider open or got open so suddenly or stayed open more steadfastly, i The narrative goes xa to-say that the varmint kept up the chase for half a mile. That didn't take long. When any bloodthirsty cougar feels that he has business with a ' lone gentleman in an automobile on an unfrequented road,- no long time is spent by the gentleman in leaving the spot. It isn't merely a depar ture, or .a retreat, but a rout. The chase over that" halifinile -"streUh wasnt a ramble ok a stroll or "a promenade, .Ot two , streaks on a wiia tear aown xne nignway.- -at was no place forfa speed copr- Arid who could fail to sympathize with the driver in his earnest desire to quit the spot? A. famished cougar with no special, objection to eating a hunk of a gentleman's; anatomy Is not a particularly desirable com panion for a Joy ride. Eight dead from drinking moon shine is the roll of Christmas vic tims In New York. city. Nothing but man would risk the peril of out law booze in the face of the; grow ing death list ' ' WHY IS IT?- WHY IS it that ' whenever the freauent reoairs to .Portland bridge floors are to be made men are set to work ' when traffic is heaviest?- Between dodging motors. Bund ing aside for street cars and wait ing for a chance to get over to the sidewalk line where repair materi als are heaped, a workman Is lucky if he gets in 10 effective minutes out of each 0. Why aren't the repair crews put to work at night, when there are no traffic, no hasard and no delay. when electric lights could make the scene approximately as light as day, and when the job could be done for a part of the present cost? This asburd plan of repairing bridge floors is typical of much that has been .done -with Portland bridges. They were built with no thought of approaches, and . of streets leading to them, . ; The growth of trafflo was never taken into consideration. ' Broadway bridge was built with. out paving the streets leading to it. Weidler and Schuyler are still unpaved. Long lines of vehicles on that bridge are often halted be cause there Is no way for eastbound trafflo to get off Broadway Into parallel side streets. Bridge con struction and bridge planning in Portland have been a public disgrace. Millions of dollars have been squandered through incom petency. , And the same old process is still going on in the spectacle of work men trying to rP4.ir "bridge floors in the daytime instead of at night in hours when there Is no traffic. Post-Christmas sales come along just in time to' remind a man how much - he might have . saved If Christmas had;, only been deferred until New Year's day. : WHAT NEXT? TN A LOCAL movie theatre scenes X were flashed on the screen from seven quarters , of the globe. The Egyptian pyramids, the bubbling in ferno of - Vesuvius' .crater and. the Astoria fire were shown in rapid succession. , Except for noise, heat and peril, comfortably seated peo ple might have Imagined them selves participants In events that had already been chronicled in the news of the day. Before their eyes moved personages and miscreants in the daily march of human events around the world. ' - 'On Christmas eve people put re ceivers to their ears and listened in oh caroling that; might . have com from & - point : s thousand miles away. Such are the modern works of magic of cinema and radio. Now let a twentieth century Mother Ship ton . arise to ' tell us. Vhat ::wil be next. ' PIERCE AND THE LEGISLATURE Working J land in Hand Can Bring Belief to a Tax-Burdened People A Friendly Critie Discusses the Tasks of Governor-elect end Leg- islAtor - eleet end Admonishes --" Legislators That . the People of - , Oregon Have Set Them Their - -V Task and Will Hold Them te t - the Strictest Account for the rHsohsrge f - That - Duty. - - j From the Woodbura Independent. . On the second Monday in January the Oregon; legislative session will- begin; and : upon the actions of this body will rest the eyes ef the puelic, more watch ful than ever, in the history of Oregon; The people will not only keep tab upon the 1 members ' of -the' legislature,' but upon Governor Pierce, whom they' se lected by nearly 35.000 majority mainly upon, the promise of. aa economical pro. gram on his part,. Te carry out all the promises made by him on the stump Governor Pierce will, find uphill traveling, some of it of a mountainous character, and of a sheer type. He fully expects to meet with strenuous opposition from those legislators-who care little" or ' nothing for public opinion or the taxpayers. There is nothing of party issue to come before the coming legislature. ; Governor Pierce will'ondoubtedly re duce administration expenditures, but these will prove mere bagatelle if the legislature does not act in accordance with the expressed desires of the many thousands who placed Pierce in the gubernatorial chair.- Jn his message tne governor wtu probably ' advise, among ether - legislative, acts, radical changes in commissions and form of government, an Income tax, severance tax gross income tax. and It may oo cur to him to suggest an Increase of tax on gasoline : used by automobiles and lowering or abolishing automobile licenses.":. The people have been assured and feel that Governor Pierce will do all In his power to have the legislature prune right and left, remedy what ar glaring evils, and will have the temer ity to wield the veto ax unsparingly. He la under obliratlon to no man. na clique, no party, and answerable oniy to the. general public. If he does Jhot do these things he will prove a great disappointment to those who placed aim m. jjiie executive, cnair. . There Is not a particle of deubt that the members of the legislature and Governor Pierce could bring relief to an overouraenea people if they worked nana m nana, but this they will not by any means do. The governor will simply have to make good insofar as it is within his power to perform, but most ef the legislators will not be possessed of the necessary bravery te properly represent their constituencies. xne powerful lobbyists will not per mit the passage of . certain proposed nasurea. will threaten , the members with Sice political conaoquenees if they do .net act in- cenBonance ' with 'their wishes or demands, and1 thousands of the people, afe fools enough to Accept tne- jobbytstr- version f the incidents.' The newspapers of blsr Influence are also afraid of these legislative "ad visers,' and the little newspapers do not seem to hang together. legislator, or many of them, will go to Salem with the-beat. ef inten- tions, but the majority of them are liable to be cowed into pubmisslon y the different interests whose future might be dimmed if the lawmakers sated in behalf of the masses. The trouble Is that, the rank and file are poorly represented In the lobby and do not act in unity when they are. there. There iwill ;;be some display con structive citizenship, but we doubT if the major portion of the legislative body, i looking; ..avCtef -.- various sectional interests, will put up a brave front and continue to fight for what is justly due the taxpayers of the state. The beg gars and whtppers-ia will be bold enough and masterful, and so are the members in private life and as candi dates in a campaign, otherwise tney are political cowards. Those politically brave will , doubtless be found with thejnlnority. But let us hope fer the pest, xet us nrav that the majority of the legis lative members will prove stalwart champion of the people, not lay them selves open to adverse criticism, and have waiting for them at the close of the session praises instead of condem nation. r If they do well tney wtu oe rewarded by the people and with rest ful consciences. It is unlike the olden days, when . the rascals who obeyed their raacallv masters were renom inated In convention and reelected. It seems that the election of Pierce over Olcott is a Warning to all mat tne people of Oregon ere" awake and that this fact should not be venooK.ee. Letters From the People to Th ioarnal fa &TAt'V9. iKi J roams sun woraa is r- stsaaa ny toe www, wnoe euiinei ittU anus . aeeasapany mo awwiv' SAYS LET' BOUNTIES STAND A Plea for Retention of . Present Laws Against Predatory- Beasts.-7 . Suntex. Dec..' 24 To the Editor of The Journal In regard to the repeal of the bounty on predatory animals, I would - like to say that the people or Eastern Oregon, especially the stock men, are in favor .of the bounty. - I travel a great deal through this 'parlr of the country ana have nae. occasion to learn the sentiment or the people. Harney. Malheur and Lake counties are strong for the - bounty. Govern ment hunters, of .course, are against the bounty, because .without it they nave more money to , operate wjm. What the people wknt .i. to extermi nate the coyotes -and , the .cats.. - re pealing the bounty, law would be the hardest blow the state could deal the stockman. ' The stock Industry-' in Ore gon is large, and the legislature should do everything in its power to protect it. You hear people say there are more coyotes bountied now than there' were a few years age. This is true. Decause since the bounty went on there ar 2ft trappers out where there was only one be fore. Why not let the government trapper : work as he has been, ana leave the bounty as it is? One coyote has been known to cause f 1500 worth of cattle te go mad in one night. Young antelope, deer and game birds are de stroyed bv hundreds by coyotes. If the 'state . wants to protect its- game birds. Its stock industry and its peo ple, it will make a grave mistake If its cuts the bounty bnagei. .-'- ; -, W. I towe, i EXHORTS TO CAL&tSESS ' Portland. Dec. 83. -To the Editor of The Journal I should like to counsel the public not to get excited over Gov ernor Olcott s "famous", speech, where in he stated that better-class citizens were planning te leave Oregon. Be calm, and weigh the new item headed "Olcott May Be Offered Federal . Re serve Bank Job" against the one headed "Governor Olcott May- Refuse Federal Reserve Job." which goes-en, to explain that if he accepted1 he would have to move to California, and that he wishes to remain In, Oregon. With such a fine and needed induce ment it becomes a problem as to Why Mr. Olcott doesn't join the exodus of the - "better . class" but - we- should worry-. . . Another news item that should cause no excitement is the "pardon" of Fatty Arbuckle. That sentimental stuff con cerning a Bible his father gave him, and sobbed out by .Czar Hays on be half of Fatty may help draw the czar s salary and again, it may. not. Filmdom elevated Czar Hays to tne throne for the purpose ef dispelling a , haze then hovering over its kingdom, but things are getting more hazy than ever. It is now a question as to who s czar of Filmdom Hays, or the puo- lic Hays having sobbed his sentimen tal stuff, the public will now express its sentiment, and eventually evil win have destroyed itself.' Incidentally and personally, I would have bad more con fidence ta Fatty's reformation had he: planned to open a church in America instead of a saloon in Japan, according to news, reports, pending failure of ,re-i tnstateraent in Fusidem. - . -, - - , .- - All in the days news and. bound te bleach out. so we should worry. -, Let Hays do it. Uneasy lies the head, et. So, let us common people, wae pawi all the salaries, not get excited. - H. P. Northrop. . - . TRAFFIC CONDITIONS Discussed: by One Who Says There Is No Problem ; That- There Are -; - Merely Conditions. 'Portland, Dec. 16,-T the Editor of The Journal What is the matter with the traffic conference? I haven't heard from it lately. . Is it congested with proDiems"T perhaps if our mayor hadn't - warned them against the only remedy, not solution, ef the condition, net problem, it might have been set tled at one sitting. The street railway officials say auto traffic is the cause. They don't seem to understand what congestion ia.- 1 1 wilj try to ' explain. First, it's a condition pure and eim ple, and, not a problem. ; To illustrate : When eight or 10 . people . park just Inside a rear door of "an otherwise more or less - empty -street1 car and won't move, that's congestion, or hog ging the gangway. Do I make myself clear? The remedy: Spread the crowd to the vacant spaces. Isn't it simple? Here is the truth of the west side oohditiop (not problem). Portland has SI car lines, not including stub lines. Twenty-nine of these 23 . city lines and six interurban - lines run through, or touch, an area of five blocks long and two blocks wide, of short blocks and narrow streets. And our highbrows call this a problem. It Is simply the rear door condition en a larger scale, byt the same remedy would euro it. only one interurban terminates over in the hunting pre serves, commonly called the east side. It deesrrt belong-to the Portland Rail way, Light A Power company. If the railway would "solve" the rear door problem" first, it might Qualify for the larger task. To eliminate the effect, we must remove the cause. There ...is mo" other way. This is not highbrow stuff Just plain-, down to earth, ; logical truth. When a circus comes, , Big Business must have the parade in this 2x5 block area, and e? pne-horsor parade disrupts the schedules of the entire car system. Some parade, to de that 1 In other words, our town isn't big enough for a car system and a eireus parade at me- same time. I could take ; the street , car system and make a public service futility out of it without losing a win or sleep. li. jj. Northrop. A WORD FOR DOCTORS A Tribute Penned in Response to a. Re cent Editorial of The Journal. Portland. Deo, 15. To the Editor of The J ournal I . wish' to -..reply - ta an eauonai m 'me Journal or December 14 under tha caption, ?Cold . Weather Came." !; I have no means of" knowing wan urn uocwr is wnom you mention, there, but Lam .safe in saying there are very few doctors who do not" give. and give-some tfnaas until it hirtr, too," ior soa oays-or tne year, wnue sorne who call thernsaivBs -charitable, give i. few dollars Audjp-iaybe a. few days time and then sit on. eushioni the rest of the year. . --,. -r -: It ona were looking for atroexanrrjle.' to the minds of a grejit many folks the 'last one chosen" -would be- a. doctor. Read Matthew $ il-i.-ana then read the story of Peter-where he told the poor cripple, "Gold -.and stiver- have Inone. 1ut such aa I hava.'I Bfvej qntaf yop." ana tnen maoe nun whole. :. In .other words, he brought hint; into vital realization of his divinity, Which Jesus proclaims for ali humanity; - "I and the Father SK nne!" "That 'is veal char ity, for it leaves the -helDed able to Let some philanthropist buy up a few thousand copies of "That . Something" and distribute It to the down-aad-euter congregations, to the jails and reforma tories, and I am safe in saying he will begin to reap a reward here and' now instead of in heaven, by the loving thoughts wirelessed - to him by those who are awakened by the t wonderful message, dedicated to the Rotarlans by its author. I, too. am like the doctor you men tion, for my dollar will go where I take it. and 111 try to give a little of myself along with it ; in the past I have enjoyed this., and still expect It this time. Congratulations to one man who Is at teast living up to his honest con victions, ana I am sure there are many mere who desire their dollar to serve charity 100 cents worth. r t " - - - Eva Hardy., -' LABOR SHORTAGE? A- Working-man Denies the Allegation of the Immigration Commissioner. Portland. Dec lz.To the Editor of The Journal I -notice in the paper that the immigration commissioner at Washington - suggests .that the immi gration . law be modified so as to ad mit desirable men, to remedy the pres ent shortage .of -unskilled labor. . wonder ' what part of the country he refers to' when speaking of a .labor shortage. Being a husky shovel stiff myself, and having, just completed a trip irom tne .jast coast, a can trutn fully say the problem is more of un employment than ef a labor shortage. Three or four years ago there was rea son to; complain., but not now. Why, just yesterday -1' made a break at a dirt- farmer,, aoout my heme a. pretty good plow jockey and sort of hankering- to raise a sweat. Says the old sod-buster, "..-fWelV now, just about what do -you think you're worth?" "Forty a month and eats, says X. The old boy sort of grinned,, and said, "Boy, don't you know the war is over? Forty a month ! Say, them days is gone forever." Harry Judson. J QUESTIONS ABOUT BOLSHEVISM Clackamas, Dec. 22. To the Editor of The Journal-win your editorial en titled "The New Dead" yon say: "We howl at the I. w. w, and they are wrong. ..We. denounce the Bolshevists, and they are misguided." Further en in the editorial you say: "This rising tide of resistance to laws. Otis swiftly advancing spirit of trampling laws tinder foot, is worse than Bolshevism.' I would like for you to answer the following questions editorially In The Sunday journal; 1. What is - Bolshevism, and whom does It hurt? 2. Why de 'you compare Bolshevism with the. lawless auto driver? : , - . -- - H. H. StanardV . IWHY NOT TO THE CASCADEgf -: . ' From the Chieaso Daily New - One of the great railroad lines Is Bending a company of its ticket sellers and passeager agents West to the picturesque places of the Rockies in order that they, may know at first hand. what the country. is like. This not only will . please - the ticket sellers but will, benefit .the traveling public. that likes to talk with men who know. C01M1MENT AND SMALL CHANGE, Tf te1rsbB ta. efwAnrr iArtsltHlltInl A ffTl peat tome of the Uws Uiat being banked around it. we're sayin g: to eurselves, Curees ! vipr 9Bcnea uartvurtmm m&wua ' HifM-a! aMww . o.e ff rei ' miimA But Hays made ilSO.OOO worth of hay a year while the sun shined. , - In any event, there waen't so muueh leer in this year's Christmas cheer as there used to be before Volstead, Folks are getting down to the task of ' exchanging their Christmas socks ana. tnings zor somewng toar. sits. ,.- All the monewin the world wont buy the kick which "Peace on earth. good will toward mcn'Vputs into UXe. Bring' on the gladsome new ' year. We have to get at the business of sav ing up i next Christmas without lur- tner toss et time. . . r - -- - , ; a - - ;- ; . "School problems will be discussed " says a news notice of a meeting. Hope they don't flash that- school problem in algebra that stumped us a few years ago, - ... .... . . Incidentally.- the little boy who took on mora turkey, than was good for him can't be' made to understand that east oil is merely the penalty for his folly. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Winter conditions have - suspended traffic along the - McKenzle river and as result A. L. Parkhurst of the Nimrod resort has come to Portland for a few, weeks' stay. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Donnell ef The Dalles are spending a portion Of holi day week in Portland. JUr.'and Mrs. George W. Gray of Independence were among Christmas visitors in Portland. C. E. Mulkey of CoqalTle Is in Port land to attend to some business. A mtsiness .visitor In the metropolis is 8. W. Parker of La Grande. - v- ... i a a . Edward Oossen of Baker is a guest of the Multnomah, .- - - - - Dr. V. Henry' Cox of Canby Is reg istered at. the Imperial. Among out of town visitors Is 3. R. Martin of Albany. ... w . w . w Roy Entler of The Dalles la a holl- day guest of the metropolis. m m m , , A: R, Tohl of Wheeler was among recent arrivals ; in the city. Charles Carroll of Bend Is transact ing -business in; Portland. Among those registered at tha Port- land Is -W. J. Mishler ef Grants Pass. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS r T :OF THE JOURNAL MAN j i-- f "1 J' - ' By Fred Lockley T Tha infcectinn aad arowth ef Orecen'a atats library mtam i bare akatehad fer to. Lockley, who- besins at tha betriiualns. which waa a very early aa weH aa a" wry small one, ami brine tha- aubjoet BP to its peasant cnuMl dlTtaiona, tha auprema court library and tha stale library. ina isuar auiaaing iu psnafiu au "t tuta by neans of , -the "trTUn library" aystsBX,' . --. . ' ' FeW 'people, knew' that Oregon has neof the .most complete collections of law pooke in the United Statea The supreme court Jibrary at Salem has an itSMSheives. more than se.uoo volumes. Kdwn.rl: j. ";i111nehatn ia . .librarian. W'hen- bm f A-ogoat - U. JS4, cemgreae passed the act to , establish the terri torial . goveraroent . of .Oregon, - one or the -provisjqne of the act was that the territory should" be rtven an appropria tion of-5000 -for the purpose of pur chasing a -library and the ' governor was empowered, to expend -tne money, uen eral, Joseph Lane, upon the refusal of Abraham Lincoln. -.was offered and ac cepted the governorship of Oregon. The library -was" located at tha territorial capital, whieh at that time waa Oregon City. Aarorc Walt, whose con is the present postmaster at Canby. was of fered the position of librarian and thus became Oregon's first librarian. Later he -became chief justice of Oregon. On the resignation - of WaJt In 1850. Gov ernor Gaines became librarian. He was succeeded y W.T; Matlock. When the legislature met , it elected James JJ. Turner.-. The legislature that met , in midwinter ef M61-S3 elected Jurtiow Rector librarian and also appropriated $800 to pay for the expenses of the library during 1849. 1850 and 1851. It also passed a law which provided that the librarian should be elected annually and that his salary should be $250 a year - , i i At this session of the legislature a law was passed directing the librarian te have the books belonging to the ter ritory moved to Salem on or ; before January 1. 1851. Chester N. Terry, who was later to serve as eecrtary or tne constitutional convention as well as in many other positions of trust and honor in Oregon, was elected librarian for Jgfi2 and waa succeeded in 1853 ny Milton Shannon. In 1853 congress granted a special sum of 8509 to the Oregon territorial library, to be ex. pended under the direction of the gov ernor. By the end of 1854 Oregon's territorial library contained 1735 books. the larger part of them being law books or law text books. T T. Tieraey was librarian during 185. a - During Christmas week in 1855 the bitter rivalry existing among vari ous towns in the .Willamette valley aspiring to become the state capital resulted in the cap! to 1 building being burned down with all its records,' in cluding the books In the library. The partisans of Corvallis won out tem porarily, and the legislature met at Corvallis. After 12 days of acrimoni ous discussion the members . of the legislature decided to consider Salem the official capital, se they - moved back, bag and baggage, to Salem to continue the session , of the legislature there. F. S, Hoyt, president of Wil lamette university, was elected terri torial librarian and did his' best . to gather a few books together so . that he would be more than librarian - in name only. In the fall of 1855 the legis lature met at the Rector boese and. among ethers, ; passed an - act appro priating 829.32 to reimburse F. 3. Hoyt for his services as librarian. - .'Hugh Harrison served for. a short time in the fall of 1885. The 1S5S legislature elected B. F. Bonbam territorial audi tor and librarian. The few " Volumes owned by the territorial library were moved to toe errice ef the auditor. He kept hie books in his office in the old courthouse, but in 18138 he moved the books and records to the Rector house so they would be accessible to the mem bers ef the legislature, which met next door irr the :- legislative hall. B. F. Bonham served as librarian from the fall of 1855 to February 14, 1839. P. S, Knight then served as librarian until the first state legislature elected 'J. C. Peebles librarian. . B. F. Bonham had received no payment for expenses .in curred from February 14, 185. the day Oregon Territory became a state, until September 10. 1 860 ; so the first state legislature passed au act granting; him SicS in payment for cervices aad for NEWS IN BRIEF . 1 SIDELIGHTS : When the lower ekirts became a fash ion, ehy couldn't they lower taxes, rents, food, clothing, etc? Salem Caoi toLJournai, , , . One way te relieve ; congestion In Portland is to emulate other cities and return to s-cent carfare. Woodburn Independent, m The day ' seems t be approaching when the main reatUrement for college president will be a geeei t eetbaU ree ord La Grande. Observer.. . There's no mystery about one thing connected with that Denver mint hold up. It's as plain es day that the guards scattered around the building were rotten poor shots. Eugene Regis- : I "-,, r , . - . If It is true that bootlegging effenms may be punished twice, once by the stale and once by the federal govern ment, why not divide the job- properly, and hav one punish, the bootlegger aud the Cther his patron.? -Astorian. -. In the" interior of Argentine, it ie said that cattle are so plentiful that cattle are given to the butcher if he will re turn the hide. Here the butcher, not only keeps the beef hide but he aleo skins the consumer. Banks Herald --The United States senate "promptly 'pasned Senator McNary'n 3,000,000 As toria relief bill only cutting out the (3.006.000. More evidence the national government doesn't know whether Ore- fou is a part of America or Jug lavia. Eugene Guard. . - Miss E. M; Djupe, field eecretzrr of the 'Red Cross for Alaska, is at the Multnomah en her way, from Juneau, to San Francisco to attend a district meeting. , . , E. I. Brady pf Astoria and R. A Drury of Seaside are among visitors from Clatsoj) county. -' ' ' ' ''"''- Mrs. and Mrs. L W. Moss of Med ford among the out of town visiters. ; ' Jesse A. Flanders has returned from Washington. D. C, and is spending the holidays in Portland. While vlsituig in Portland, Mr. and Mrs. I. L, Wagner, of Corvallis are at the Imperial, J. C. Cooper of MeMinnville is seek ing diversion in the metropolis during the holidays, n w A. H. Ferguson of Roseburg Is among recent arrivals in the city. - f . " . Among out of town visitors Is Roy Holmes of Condon. ....... .. , . e a Among guests of the Imperial is -J. E. Myers of PrlneviUe. ; . - . Visitors from Wheeler are E. L. Parsons and R. A. Owen, , . e- C. R. Cameron of Kelso. Wash., Is in Portland on a business visit. money advanced by him to pay ex penses. The first, state lee-ialaturit ' i-lmnrMl the tanture of office of the state libra rian from one year to two years and provided thaf he should receive the salary ef 9150 a year. It also voted an appropriation of $400 a year to buy new books and pay incidental exuenaei or tne library. P. I Willis was elected state librarian In 1882' and was re elected" In 1864. He kept the library in the law. office ;f Williama A. Mal- lorv. In IMS Ptr H T-rat-h mnm elected librarian and was -given. 8S0A w"h wrucn to purcnase the reports, of Kentucky, Ohio, New York. Virginia and Massachusetts. In 1868 Hatch was reelected and moved the library t the opera house. When George J. Ryan was elected librarian in 1879 he moved me library te the old Grever. building On the death of Ryan. Sylvester C. Simpson, a brother . of Sam Simpson, the poet; was appointed to serya until the meeting f the next leeislature. The next legislature appointed Salem's firet postmaster, J. B. McClane. as librarian, and a fund of 750 a year was appropriated, to be expended by tne Chief justice for law books. A. F. Wagner was elected in 1874 but he ap pointed a young law student, W. D. Kenton, as his deputy. 'who served as librarian. In 1878 J. B. Lister- became librarian. An act was passed by the legislature of 1878 authorizing the chief justice to trade any duplicate law-books on nana for ether books that might be use tux to the library.. , , y , e . . From the time Of the loss of the library by fire, in 18SS to 1878 84100 had been spent in the purchase f law books. In 1871 the legislature appro priated flSOO to make the library "one of which the state might be proud" and by the close of the term of X? N. Bteeves, In 1880, there were 2288 vol umes in the library, s 3n January 11, 1889, a heavy wind . storm blew the roof from the library and many of the books were soaked by the driving rain uiat xouoweq tne pier wind. ,, In the early days of the ' library It was more or less ihe custom to give the position of librarian to seme young lew student. - Among those who studied law while acting as librarian and became lawyers were B. F. Bonham, p. L. Wil lis, 8. C. Simpson, W: D. ' Fenton. and X. N, Steevee, as well as .others since their day.' X. N. Eteeves, who served from October 21, 1878, until October 2, 1880. was succeeded by William M. Lyle, who after two years, was suc ceeded by Seymour W. Condon, who. en- February - 2L 188. was succeeded by J. B. Putnam,, who served many years, ; - ... a In 1913 new legislation provided that the law books be retained In one col lection, to be known as the supreme court library, while the documents and miscellaneous books should be created into a department to be known as the state library.. Miss Cornetla Marvin was made librarian, and under her guidance the state library nas become one of the best managed libraries in the United Statea Of the 190,000 volumes In-the. state library there-., are 88.000 that are kept in circulation through a large number of depository libraries. There are 76 rural libraries, or travel ing libraries, which bring in the latest and best literature to the most isolated districts. In eur state library we have over 82,000 federal or state documents, which are constantly In use as a refer ence library -and which wiU become more and more valuable as time goes On. If any department of the multt tudinous functions of our state govern ment for Which we are paying taxes Is close t the people it 1s tit state li brary' for it means an education and inspiration to the dwellers in the most remote and unsettled pertions f Ore gon. " It means Inspiration and oppor tunity for advancement to . those who are unable to attend eur colleges. It is one or tne expenses or our state gov ernment about which there is no com plaint from those who -know the good it ie accomplishing and Its value In the making of -batter, more intelligent and more useful citizens. In a subsequent article X shall tell more about eur state library and what it is doing to gratify the soul hunger and satisfy the book butrer ef the people ef Oregon. - The Oregon Country Korthwaat Uapprniosa ta Brief Farm (or the Buay Beadcr. " - -OREGON-. . . One thousand dollars has' been raised at Ashland by popular subscrip tion for a, community ambulance. - Snow has put a stop to all work at th Hyatt prairie dam in Jackson cone- -ty and camp has been officially closed for the winter. A ' -,,. , , The grand jury just discharged at Madras in Jefferson county not only returned no Indictments, but- had ne criminal matters to coasider. Charles O. Kupper, for several years ' manager of the Oregon theatre in Sa lem, died in that city last Friday ef . heart trouble, after thfee daya' ill-, pees.-.- - - . - , Lyman - Packteff "of -' Myrtle Point, " edgerman. at the Miliington mill, had his arm lorn off a few days ago when It was caught in the. maclunery of the edger. Fines aggregating - 332.998.83 were levied and collected by the courts f Columbia county during the 'pert year. -Of these, $9131.35 were for traffic vio lations. ' - i ;.,,.. . While resisting arrest at the hands of a special officer, John Graven was shot at Richland Tuesday, receiving a flesh wound in the abdomen. He will -recover. .... Tern Decker and a companion named James, who hai been in the woods for -several days, reported at Powers Mon- , day that they had killed 10 panthers and ope bear.' The total assessed valuation of Clat sop county, as fixed on values previ ous to tne recent Astoria tire, ta aaa, 124,202. This is more than 41,600.000 less than in 1922- . -'. Tha Benif school district nas iuat sold J70.00Q worth of bonds to a Port land bond bouse. - Rapid growth of the schools has necessitated the loan for running expenses. -.--- Aeoralsala of securities covering the application for loans totaling 9120,000. was made In &ialheur - county last. -week by Frank JMcKe trick, appraiser : for the Federal Land ' bank of Spo kane. -, , - , --.' A campaign against the spread of a contagious disease that has; taken a firm bold f Oregon dairy cattle will be inaugurated Immediately by the Oregon Agricultural college , and the dairymen of the state. - WASHINGTON . At the annual meeting of the Home Water Users' association in Wenatchee Tuesday an assessment or o per share was levied for 1923. Bv the will of the late Newton J. Flint, Tekoa becomes owner of an undivided hair or 200 acres of valuable land adjoining that city. Urden Prvor of Cusick.: near New pert, died Tuesday from an illness re suiting from having been overcome by fumes of an automobile engine. , - - Franela M. Glenn . farmer postmaster at Willapa, was indicted Wednesday by a jeqerai grand jury at wauia. lie is accused -of embezzling 92055 from the government. Lumber and other material are en the ground for a new depot at Harralv This has been one of the biggest ship ping points on the Yakima reserva tion for many yean, . ...'.,.'.,:....,..:-.', The body of Thomas Anderson was . found in the house on his farm near Davenport Tuesday by a neighbor. He was living alone and had dropped dead While getting his breakfast. At a mass meeting of club commit tees in Walla . Walla . Wednesday it was decided to proceed with plans for a historical pageant next spring de picting the founding and development of that section. Th death in Spokane Tuesday f Henry Muranda of the Portland Ce ment company makes the ninth victim of sleeping sickness in that city in the last two weeks. Several others are afflicted with the malady. v Seattle Is to have a Democratic weekly, the first number to appear January 6. 1 It is sponsored by George E. Byan, president of the King coun ty Democratic club, and Edgar C. Snyder, . .nominee last ,. fall ...fox;, congress.-, - ... " yj Barefoot aind Clad 'only In 'their night clothing. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Thoma. with their son 'and daughter, wr forced to flee into the deep snow from their burning home in Freeman Tuea day night. The house and contents were destroyed. - - 1 IDAHO - Frank Elliott Smith prominent at torney of Oroflno. has been elected president of the North Idaho Chamber of Commerce, -:. !,- . ? Stamp aales at the Namjpa postoftiee during November reached a total or 34093.72. aa against J3J38.39 in No vember of last year. , ,, " New loans amounting to 948.200 were made to Idaho farmers during the month f November by the state de partment of public -investments. F. E. Lukens, forsmer superintendent -of the Grangeville schools, has accept- : ed appointment as assistant secretary of state under Secretary-elect F, A. . Jeter. ' Professor Theodore Shank, for many years superintendent ef the. Coeur o Aiene scnooia, woumju "-la-nation to the school board. No rea son is given.: . Twelve days after th death of her husband, Mrs. Isaac B- Newman,- aged 70, died Tuesday at -Athol. j They will . ...i1. ,li Atha in R.ivr , in av. " - - - - - - - side , Park emetery at Spokane. , ; Permission has been granted tne six directors of the defunct Overland Na tional bank of Boise to pay 3,100.000 of any claim , he may have against tnem. , Twenty Years ' Ago From The Journal of Dec; 27, 1909 A Janancse bazaar will be on of the main features f the Lewis , and Clark fair, This bazaar will-occupy a space of 600 square feet , . . A meeting of the combined commit tees appointed by the Bell wood Board of Trade and tne soutn rwtuino im provement association has indof-sd the action, of the various organizations in asking that a ferry be operated rrom Sellwood to thewest side, - A' broken evlre in the power plant Of the Portland General Electric company at Oregon City -left Portland-In dark- ' new for three hours last evening. ' The residents of the little suburb of Lents are alarmed over the appearance in their otherwise quiet homes of aev era! cases of smallpox. . , ' ,' That Multnomah county is blessed with unprecedented prosperity Is amply demonstrated by the tax rolls of the eounty. Not In the history of the county have the tax receipts shown such ex cellent conditions. Good times com bined with good laws; are said to be the prime factor in bringing about the present conditions. The tax rolls show there Is -only 927,000 delinquent. One year age the amotmt du waa 9283,000. The blanket franchise which has oc cupied the attention of the common council for the -past six weeks received Its death blow yesterday.-' After a sharp debate the body adopted the re port of the street committee lndef t- , nitely postponing the v proposed ordi nance granting the City and Suburban Railway company a blanket franchise. The company would . not accept any thing less than the 60-year franchise. The American "continent will be con nected with Honolulu today by th new Trans-Pacific . cable .being . laid from San Francisco. ' . . , ... - - , 4.. h Patrons f the "Mount Tabor cars are complaining ; on account . of the chilly atmosphere of" the cart - AH th ears . en thie. line are equipped with electric heaters and the .company says that It the heat Is not turned oa it is the fiu.lt of tlie conductors. -