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' Thoreau.
HOW LONG?
rrUMBER has been removed from
'X 8,000,000 acres n Oregron and
Washington. 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
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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, .-
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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.
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Among out of town visitors Is Roy
Holmes of Condon.
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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.-,
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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. -