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SIOXIAY,'Ai;JI!KT 21
PARAGRAPHS
By Robert Qullli
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Tim Kreener tlif! uilclier. Ihe ureuter
llie wiud-un. '
I At any rate, the railwny labor board
Known how an umpire fecit. , .
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' Itnttlea 'won't, be thq only empty thing
In the bafte-incut tnm .winter.
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' Thin row in Kimum may Inilicnte noth
hi more tlini) u second vultiinu of
' Henry and,iMiv ' .
f Tlio nuts protected by the tnriff arc
not thn only nuln connected with thai
incDMUre.
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) It'H parrying democracy n little too
far when every Nccoiid-rntc tenia Jmh a
Bom run king. - . . , ,
J ' i Ajitinul Instinct seems much less
1 J wonderful when you see a iog lion
i lug ubout a mule's hind leg,
f The industrial eomlmtnnH seem de
termined to fight it out wllli this lyin'
if it tukeH all summer, "? , ,
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Of eourno nobody knowH llio pxnet
i 1mifttnik if ihfill huh wi tiiiiiiiiit tit lti
-CV-inkftiivf) intli rttfJit diroptiuii,
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In weather liko HiIh it is difficult to
- Bynipatliizt with the jioor in Kiiroiut who
' - hovo no clothe. . : ,
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r AtJ(T so h in out iliet is nmldnjt the .Tiip-
J J ...ua a,,J,ti. l.ill,... . 11.,.'- ,1,1,1 If
ktHia un rill or t in UiIn roiintry, .
Tt in a torriblo ntrniii. this contost hi
twnon minora and oitorotorK. And thin
' ono .betwpi'n WilliniiiH nnd lloniNby.
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Tlio Riissinna may bo on almrt vnllona,
'biit at lt'OHt lliey nro not. rniiulretl to
litttoK to u niUDTiiiono wlillo outing. . '
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, Bitenkiiic of dismid fnlltireK. tliero'H
' " the imit.hei''H effort to witeuk Hvveet
)y to an imoudeut child when com
lany in tireHent.
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You never get tlio full meoninf; of pf
, ficieiiey until yon olwrve n tunull hoy
p luring JiiniHi'lt nroiiml iee cream cones.
-A-coflt BhortnRO will work Rrent hard
ship' or tho neighbor, llo wou't have
any aheH to wift when our clothes are
A on Uio line.- . v -
Love 1 the quality that permMde a
i -Wifii not to admit, even to Jierwelf, that
her hutibiimj id no smarter thou he ought
; :bo. ,
j. Tliey nay onr prenent roal fuipply will
Inftt four thoimnnd yenrf. and It appear)
likely that Uip public's put Hence will,
bIko. ....
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The reanon great men were grenter
in the old diiyH wa hern use they didn't
jplvfti no- imieh anxious thought to-space
un; tho firHt page. ' . '
RIPPLING RHYMES
By Wall Maso
LIFE'S ROAD
Along llfp'a road I benr my lond, wblrh
olmfcn my jndod ahouUlrrx: wltji little
wit I travel wont among 1Iip utiunpn
V and bouldi'rii. ( 8iunitinH'n I ntmp
' ' toanlro'pa ri'il, by wi-iiHiii'sk I'm muit-
V t")ii tlm.trlp'H n hnre, jiy li'gi.nro noro,
j Wbero country dojru. lmve biltMi. 'IIip
vt)iffht in dnrk nwl I miist 1'iirk miv pi'r-
Hou In a Rtublo. and ere I aloep 1 sonic
timed weep oh fiercely on I'm nhle. The
i.' niirbt Ik ibimp nml I liniKt canm where
- . rain and thntider pound me. t.lie night
i rold and I nuut fold n burin p wick
arouml mo. And mich in life; Its storm
and strife give me the pcagrecn willies;
a thonsmxl croun, a tlionnud inonn
- where two kick round like fillies. Now
comes a knave with hnnd uunle grave,
lie's strongly recommending; he enys.
'"Me here,, and .!! yonr four, and grief
' ' win liavo nn ending. Tills -rave," snvs
" lie, "I guarantee to finish nil vour tiou
I blesi just climb rlclti In, and voe and
sill and core will flee like bubbles." "I
want no tomb." ' 1 sav, "mv gloom is
merely grand sinnd playing; I'll hear my
1 pnek along the track, the sunshine on
nie playing. Men frown and sciwl, t'cv
lioot and howl, denouncing lifes dnrk
"" nllle. hut they nil bnlk when soles.
(( men talk tif lots in churchyards ferny."
' KLAN INSURGENTS ACTIVE
Atlanta. On.. Aug. 111. Acceptance of
iMldcrship "f til" Insuraenl forces of the
Kit King Klnn tlirouilmnt ttie country
was onnounccd here todny bv fl, 11. Kim
liro, Jr.. of Housnnn, denosed ernnd goh
lin of the Invisible emoipe, Klinro ile
' ' clafcd that he would figlit unlfl Kdwnrd
T. Clark. Imperii wizard, pro tern, and
li's associates, hnd been removed from
, i thla office. The movement, starting In
Tennessee several weeks age fnrorine
Clnrk'a removnl. has now spread to 2.1
llntea, Klmbro claimed.
The Denrfiorn Indeneiulent sct-ms to think the setting up
n . . . i i . e i r l 1 ? i.
or czars in America a uoudhui expennium anu u is noi
alone in that opinion1. Tliut joumal wupts to know what lias
become of tlio old-fasliloned insistence on democracy, on the
right and ability of tlio many to govern themselves. Jt was
not more than a few score years ugo.that the very terms
king, emperor and czar were anathema.
And now wo liave Czar Landis of baseball,' Czar Hays of
the movies, and ('zar Thomas of the theaters, and the end is
not yet. continues the Independent. As far as Judge Landis
is concerned, there seems to be no doubt that he czars with
vengeance. There is some question whether Will 1L Hays'
czardoni is vocal or operative, n'ml considerable doubt wheth
er Mr. Thomas will be able to inflict much absolutism upon
the theater men. But the power of these new czars is beside
tlio question; the point is this: the name is popular and the
prerogatives the "czar" would perform if he performed them
:.Te popular.
-Iieal Americans are not prone to' favor absolutism. They
have abundant though unassuming confidence in their ability
to "overn .themselves and conduct themselves decently while
they are governing. That confidence existed in 177i. It
existed even comparatively recently. ' But .mow persons living
in America are submitting without protest, even eagerly, to
the absolute decrees of one mini.
The only exulaimtion is that 'the populace lias become
adulterated, according to Mr. Ford's paper. Today's resi
dents in America include the old stock who knew they could
govern themselves fairly and honesty, and a newer stock
that can' The old and dominant stock has been roused as
never Ik ore by the trend of affairs in this country. They
have demanded reform so loudly that their represen
tatives have been placed in charge of reform. Landis,
Hays, ' and Thoniias arc of the old straight slock and
they have been called in to control the. movies, the
theatre i and baseball, three fields which a certain
other . stock conspiciously befouled. It remains to be
seen whether these men are reformers or "fronts." The
American will submit to dictation s long as he is the dicta
tor, but dictators for concealed groups will be found to be the
last phase of those groups' will to power.
"I'll removing the office of agents for adjustment of
income tax for Oregon and Washington from Portland
to .Seattle, the internal revenue bureau adds one more to
the series of acts by which activities of the government,
in these two states are concentrated i'ni the Puget Sound
metropolis. All the explanations that are offered can
not disguise the facts that the two states together are
. about O'OO' miles wide from north to south, that Port
land stands about midway of that distunce, that the bulk
of the population is within easy distance of the lino
drawn Jrom the Canadian boundary through Portland
to the California line nnd that Portland is more acces
sible to the people east of tlio Cascades, in Washing
ton' as well as in Oregon. Hence economy and comveu
,., jei'ico are better served, both for the people awl the
government, by having federal offices in Portland than
by having them in Seattle." Oregonian. ,
It is indeed a mystery why Portland and Oregon in gen
eral are so completely ignored bv the federal government. Of
course, if there was a hint of anything of the kind up to the
time President Wilson was in office Hie Oregonian simply
told ns that the Southerners were l'liuninir the government
and were putting the entire North out of business and
nearly everybody believed it, or pretended to. Charging ev
erything , that was not popular up to Woodrow Wilson
saved lots ot explanation and it went over 'big in the Ore
goiiiau's editoriul pages, being copied with approval by all
tlio littlo papers of tho same class to the intense satisfaction
of their partisan readers. . Now,' however, with Harding and
Coolidgo on the job, when they are mot golfing or taking a
vacation, it is indeed, as 'the Oregonian admits, a mvsterv
why Oregon and its interests nro so completely ignored at
Washington.
An independent caudi'date for public service commissioner.
T. M. Kerrigan, has been, placed in the field against Thomas
K. Uaiiipbell, the, regular republican nominee. Kerrigan also
is a republican, it is understood, and was ono ot the members
eleoted when Jiuehtel and Williams were recalled. Ho may
bo an honest and capablo man but wo are inclined to think
tlio people will make a mistake it they do not elect Air.
Campbell. For a good many years ho faithfully guarded
tho interests of the public, and it was only when Messrs.
Williams and I'mchtel came in, replacing Tom Campbell and
Frank J. Miller, that the corporations secured control of the
body, H. If. Corey, tho third niein'ber of the commission, hav
ing always 'been ready to rule against tho interests of the
voters who placed him in office. Cnnipboll, . therefore, is a
safe man and has had a great deal more experience than
Kerrigan, who as yet is untried.
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ITero is ono Oroaon wwsnnier advocatimr a newsnaiier
3(rike and maybe it would not bo such a .bad idea after
all. Tho Sheridan Sun savs:
"Tho newspapers of the country aro treading a
thorny path with oasis far between, and are justified
in their complaint of tho continued high cost of all nui
torials that enter intr. their business. For a brief spell
since the war caused the price ot news print to soar
skywiard the price declined n few cents per pound, but
this week notico was issued by tho mills that prices
wero again advanced almost to war time peak. Other
grades of paper used in the job offices have also ad
vanced to add to the burden and a strike mgainst the use
of paper seems the only alternative to combat the advance."
Safi'TrVFuy. It declared, now that Olcott was the legal re
publican nominee, it. would support his candidacy in pre
fdrence to that of Mr. pierce.
AFTER TEN YEARS
By MARION AL'HICAM
THE FIRST EVENT
Chapter 14,
All sorts of tbiiiKH did happen to Patty,
nnd to Millie too, and the started with
tiie arrival of Mr. Orunger-Munn.
"Yon npH imf meet aiiron. you
know,'1 Patty said the first cvenine her
Client wat iretM'iir. "I've a good exens
fr you. becnuxe you ore not welT. I've
told everyone that." ' ".'
iMr; Mutin ninilcd at her young host-
ph. Pattv thought she hnd the mont won
derful wniile in the world, it illuminated
her face -no. Klie wiia actually about
10 vears old. and wnce .tier daughter k
death' Klie had seemed so iiiih'Ii older. Hut
whey tthe Riniled he wan train formed.
bft wnx year younger, Ishe eemed
Kcureoly more than 4(1.
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"VHV xliouuln r 1 nje.i your iriiHi.
he ankcd, "I should love, it. I lik
people, oa you know.
Putty looked a little troubled.
"Ir KotimM (lrendful to nay no. nhe
aimwered. "But, doyo'i know. I'm not
wire thev are my friends Miner iney
are different or else I am. I was born
in Winsakeagan. and hnn'tr ever more
than AO milen from it until mother Bent
mo east to college. Now I've come bank
and thene neonle neem like KTranper.
I'm trying to make their acpiaiiitawes all
over aain. rpi trying in mane over mv
wnvK to unit- theirs Vm afraid they'll
eriHeize me for the difference I know
exist."
In Mra. Munns eyes Uiere wan n mix
ture of pitv and hnimtr as she looked at
Fnttv. .
"Tt's yon who have Hinngeii. sue re
marked. "I've notieg it rtav hv ;ly.
Ho gtnd of it. To Maud mill ir ro cue
least, to cease to know the fullness of
life.
"If I've chanced it's vou. nnd Mnrv.
who innroved me.' Pa't.v paid -softlv.
Vor awhile both were silent, both think
ing of t.he vountr girl they had loved so
-much, who was ore of the. strongest
bands between them.
Mrs. Oraineer-Munn hnd been o great
beautv in Iter youth. Slip was n great
beauty now when she wan feeling well.
Sh had belonged to a uoor family with
inordinate ambition w.lio looked nnon
her bb their one grenf asset. What
mnnnv thiv hnd was used to enhance her
nhvsicnl henntv with eood clothes and
her mental keenest with a goou educa
tion. ' '"
Sho repaid it. bv marrying at 1. tJie
man they wanted her to marry. He was
wealth v and wort bless. At 19 she had a
son, whom she adored. Ten years later
ti.,i i.nuhun : tin. tinted nnd the son she
wot. shipped were taken from her togeth-
er. They were in a yacht outside New
port Harbor, a storm came up and the
little biHt was overturned.
So at he fuund herself facing the
world again, free, and Wiildles. with
even greater beauty, a keener intelligence
and an enormous fortune. In those days
she had great gray eyes and silky hair
and a skin that was cream nnd rose. At
.'10 she found the one romance of her
life. She married tleorgc Jraimrer
Munn, and two years later, hec daughter
Mary was bom.
Now, in her fifties, fche faced the world
alone, again a widow attain childless.
In her first sorrow she hnd clung to
Putty, who had been her daughters clos
est friend at college, and now she was
beginning to feel that Putty was almost
another daughter. Her hair was abso
lutely white now, but her eyebrows and
lashes were silky ond black still, and set
off her fine eyes. Mien she hunrhed
Home faint ghost of the old rose odor
t-iiniH back to her face again. She whs
tnll and slender. t-Jie carried herself still
like a girl, and these days, she dressed
entirely in gray, which made her ex
quisite. She found Humnhrey nn endless source
of amusement. lie remembered nil his
best jokes ard storie.n onrl told her and
insisted on taking' her in his enr. to see
tli "hip.h Knots" of Wissakeugan and its
outlying country.
"Hp's genuine, nnd lie's rood," she
told Patty. "And he's worried."
"There's nothing to worry him." Patty
objected. "Hit business nlwnvs runs
beautifully, he never has to bother about
it. Peril ops MilPe worr!s him."
Mrs. Munn's quick intelligence took in
more of Milne's problems in a few davs
tiinn pven Millie was aware of. But she
said nothing, wnitinr for Patty to speak.
And Patty hesitated.
Meantime, the local paper announced
that a team of amateur tennis champion
from Long T stand was roing to plav the
locnl champions the last week in May.
"It seems rother eorlv for n temvft
tournament," Patty said, reading the
paper. "But quite often hoys just out
of olle(Te make nn tennis and go fhout
challenging local clubs like ours. "We've
three or four good nlnyers older than
these chnllengers T shooW think."
Mrs Munn looked at the names nf the
visitors.
"Paul Darlington!" she rend, "lint
he's' not n college boy. he's J5 at least
that is, if it's the Paul Darlington I
know. It must be they live on Long
Island." She glanced over at Patty.
You'll tuflet Mm," she added. "He's very
nice, I think you'll like him."
Tomorrow Patty's Problems
DURING Hlffi SCALE PIERCE HUGH
LOFTY NORTH SISTER
Tlio cartoonist, Mmiriec Kctten, is taking a vacation
ill is month ami that is tho reason his cartoons, "Can Yon
Heat Jtfn do not appear regular! v. (Inartl readers will ho
glad to know they will soon he printed in everv issue airain
also that the most widely popular of nil the comics, "Polly
and ller Pals" will lie a regular feature m this' paper he
ginning next Monday, August JS.
The rod-cedar shingle industry is facing ruin again, so
it is given out. No, it is not the tariff nnd Canadian shing
les this time, hut patent roofing preparations. Prohahly if
the shingle mills comhino had heen more reasonable in their
prices when it controlled the market it would not now he
yelping so loud.
That Tl'otskv is smiw tnii!di imv Tim nnwcmmi'V!-; li.no
lietMi unalde to kill him off after several years of effort, ami
quite recently a would-he assasin who tried to plug him with
a miuei goi only ins ehauMeur.
If your post card don't roach vou promptly, remember
there aro now nearly twelve hundred women postmasters
in the country, and have a little patience.
Pabe Until lias scored twentv-four borne runs in spite of
Czar Landis.
Think of nowspaiers in over-taxed Orcgom advocating
tlio ship subsidy raid on the national treasury.
The Oregonian sprung an awful surprise on its readers
. By IT. KJMVM MAXEY
After cliiubtnir all three Sislers, the
Husband .nimuititin nnd many smaller
peaks, exploring lava iieio, giuciers,
nionilftwu lnko nnd forests, the -'Ma-
zamas ended their twenty-ninth annual
vacation in the Cascaile rouge of east
ern Inline county Sunday. The two
weeks outing came off without a mishap
and veteran, members of the famous
mountaineer 'club declared it was the .best
outing yet, s'tfeiit in one of the most Won
derful mountain 'regions of the west.
The last official climbs of the Mnznmas
wero Friday when the more daring moun
taineers scaled the lofty pinnacles of the
North Sister and those who had not seen
the top of the .Middle Sister climbed leis
urely to the -top. Bv tho same route nn
"outlaw party" of five had climbed the
North Sister last Tuesday, the official
party, led by John Lee, old time moun
taineer, made the successful ascent Fri
day. Besides-Mf. Lee the party wos
composed of John Scott and Frank Red
man of Portland, nnd W, K. Newall and
ftlmcr Mnxey of Kugene. ' Mr. Scott,
who has the 'reputation of being one of
the strongest climbers in the country,
nnd Mr. Maxev left the party on the
great Collier glacier and set a new time
record for the ascent of the North Sis
ter. They reached the ton in four hours
nnd 15 minutes cliutlvng time. Only 11
people have ever reached the ton of the
North Sister until 30 Mnznmns this year
chinned the peak. The first, ascent of
the mountain on record was August 10.
1110. when a party led by Itarley II.
Prouty, whose ashes now are in a tomb
on the Obsidian cliffs opposite the neak,
reached the ton. With him were II. 11.
Riddle, Kdgnr K. Coin-sen. J, M. Stewart.
10. Louise Ahny, of Portland, and Jack
Benefiel of Kueene. The neak was scal
ed again in HMO when L. II. Weir reach
ed the ton on August 20.
Four Made Top In 1916
The 1010 Mazaiuas party sent tip n
party of four of whom Mr. Proudy was
again a member. With him were R V.
nnd Arthur Peterson nnd Thomas Jones
nil of Portland. The difficulty in climb
imr the mountain Pes in the last six or
eight hundred feet where a steep ice
I low, overlooking a tug i precipice must
he crossed and then o nenrtv perpendicu
lar chimney must he climbed to reach the
top. Steps must be cut in the ice and a
single mistep would hurl the mountaineer
to his death hundreds of feet below, in
a rocky cavern where his body probably
cou lu never he recovered. In crossing
this ice flow great caution must be ued
and ropes are used. As the top of the
mountain is continually shtf fing away
there is also danger from above as rocks
large and small shake loose from their
moorings everv few milmtes and dash
down the mountain to the snnwfield glue
ier three thousand feet below. None of
the 10 Mayamas who rea bed the top
ot (lie nioiiutoiu tins venr Have auv ilc-
t sire to repeat the perfortnant e. All an'
1 agreed thai it is th toughest mountain
i in j im it iiii-sieii, iii iriouiK no mouo-
Itain Fridav three members of the party
were estivht in the fog and were prac
tically bust on the Collier slm-'er. They
I did not ren-'h camp until nearly four
.hours after the two who had b-oketi the
time record arrived. Some of the st:nj
glers in ihe Sott'h Sister poi tv, led by
President Kiehard Moot ague were n!"o
:lost in the fog ami h.id built a f.re to
spend the night mi the mountain when
ja rescue imrty located them by firing
! off a revolver.
Broko Crmp Sunday
I Tanned and rugged and in mhiic c:is.s
sun burned from the win' glare on (In
ghicie-s It'it happy the .Mamnrs hmkc
iciimp Snndrtv morning and h'fcd -!v miles
' rloug the Skline trail to the MrK. iiie
I highway where automobile were wait
ing for then. They motored to Kugene
where the Portland members took the ev-
Ieivng tra;n for their bomvs.
Ninety. riuht men ami women were on
the twent v-ninth Maxamn out in t and
three-fturth of them spent the entire
( two ween in en nip.
, Tcal nifMn'ters of he Vnv.ama inrtv
( were lies-;,. i:1v, Harry B Yoiom. Wit
.Moil t ate. I .mma i . at i mi.vi,
Agnrs Dorothy Campbell, Nellie Heir.-r
I'lmrr Matev. Catherine B. Yotv
jCffYoran. J. K. Allium and W. K. N
TnsurA with UenrT T
OPENS AT If I
Ln OrnndefAug. -'1. Hearty applause
greeted the announcement at n PierVe-
for-governor meeting here Saturday aft
ernoon mat a survey ot eastern Oregon
shows all counties in that section of the
state will probably return n big majority
for Walter M. Pierce ut the November
election. Four times in the mist hnve
gubernatorial candidates from caatnrii
Oregon been nominated, only to find that
me voters in their imrt of tho state re
jected them, it was pointed out at' the
mcoiing, ana senator fierce s strong fol
lowing .therefore shows that the tax re
duction stand ho is taking incctH with
groat favor.
The rally this afternoon resulted in n
Pierce-for-tiovemor club being organiz
ed, with 75 charter members, prospects
being that there will bo 5(10 members
from all parts of Union count r within n
few days. Judge T. H. Crawford, man
ager of the Pierce campaign, acted os
cnuirmun ot tno meeting.
Republicans Join.
Tho membership of tho club is com
posed of republicans as well as demo
crats, all drawn to tho democratic nom
inee because of thn hope he holds out to
the people of the state actually to brin
about tax reduction.
In addressing the meeting Pierce said,
amid many interruptions of applause:
"The sentiment is strong for tax re
duction in nil ports of the state. I will
do all in my power to hold down ex
penses. "I will veto every hill carrying appro
priations that are unnecessary or ex
orbitant. "'Can we afford it? will always be
uppermost in my mind when considering
appropriation. The burden of taxation
must be lessened nnd readjusted."
Appropriations Grow.
Continuing, he pointed out how state
expenses had grown since he first enter
ed politics.
"Twenty years ago. when T was first
elected to the senate, expenses were
about $1,000,000." he said. "WJien I was
again elected to the senate in 1 !1(. thin
t urn hnd grown to $2,500,000 and now it
is $1-1.000.000. Deducting the gasoline
nnd nntomobile taxes, the expenses are
more than $0,000,000 a year.
"Fvery unnecessary official will be eli
minated if I am elected, and wherever
extravagance is found I will see that
this condition is changed.'
A resolution was passed by the meet
ing by unanimous vote, putting t.he
members squarely behind Pierced The
resolution says, in part:
"We. the members of the Vnion Coun
ty Pieree-for-t Jovernor club, view with
alarm the rapid increase in the rate of
taxation for state, county and municipal
purposes. Already taxation has almost
reached the point of confiscation, and
mony of our taxpayers are facing hank-
High Blood Pressure
Is dangerous. You owe it to yourself to km
and tha permanent cure, whlca Is by pro1Mr ei.,)!li't .i
Chiropractic
Is the new science of treating disease and ha
cacy when all other methods have failed. Proven it, f.,
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DR. GEO. A. SIMON
010 WILLAMETTE STREKT : OYUli intr,..
ruptey. .
"Wo demand an economical business
administration of governmental affairs,
both state, county and municipal, limited .
to the necessities of good government.
We demand that appropriations by the
legislature be cut to the bone ami Uin- i
ited to the necessities of the state gov-i
ernmenr. !
"We demand that taxes of all kinds be I
reduced to the lowest possible limit. We I
believe that Walter M. Pierce os gover
nor of this, state can and would do much
to carry out these demands ond reduce
the tax burdens from which the people
are now" suffering. !
"Be it therefore resolved, that tne
members of this HubwtH each work and
vote for Walter M. Pierce aw governor
at the November election. 1022. and thnr
we wil do all in our mower to promote
and further his election."
La Grande Headquarters.
Announcement was made that the cam
paign headquarters in this city would
have the capipaign under way by Sep
tember 5.
Benorts were received from many por
tions of western Oregon showing that
the interest in the Pierce campaign is
great there nnd that the candidate's vis
its there during the campaign will be the
occasion of enthusiastic meetings. Mr.
Pierce leaves for Portland .Monday ami
after a meeting of the tax commission
will spend several davs in western Ore
gon in the interests of his campaign.
Body of Mrs. Grpss
Buried on Sunday
Cottage Orove, Ore., Aug. 20. Mrs.
Jennie Caroutte Cross, who died nt the
Mercy hospital in Faigene following an
operation, was b.-rn in Ohio, Novem
ber 1, 1S-15, she moved wi'h he; par
ents to Iowa when Mie marri d John B.
Gross in 1S05 while he wos home on a
furlough from the army where he was a
soldier for five year, in tin I-'.v:i in
fantry. Kight children wero bom to
this union, four of whom arc living,
tis nnd Harvey n ( truss of Bandon, Fred
ol Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. Kittie Kime
of Cottage (trove. She lnvvs but one
own sister, Mrs. Lucy 'TToyt of Call
forma, and eight half brothers and sis
ters, Itoy, Verne, Mark and Alex Jar-
-vr.... t Mart f,f i. V'l
wna Mevensrui of Ur
Oross bans naule her t tha
'laughter. Mr. Kittl t- r:'"
Mrs. Knne was win, L"' br N
nivht ... ..r: " nii.fi... j
. " ' ii
("'jv:" .wuk ii'-wbi, .,
- "men
to Die W. t. V" Z h "t
Willi tho fnn .-..l"1 ' hiH, I
noon from il. ('hrU.i.JX .T1
J. K. Carlson of f i,.iat '""
and t he burial . j, , ,
Over Six Million DollI
Paid to Ex.Servi
bonu. fund on Auut uLSf i
oI...rvi,.n . . . .' k ii
and $,005.17 w to M
plirations for bomw loans.
(Jrniir. iin.1 .l,.ffa,... f
Kono to .Muliiiumah munty 11W
n tablo prciiuri'd by Kmer'
bonus far exceeds the b,,ni,K kw.
exceptions to this arc fdimd in liZj
.v., v..!........ nimii.iu, mi ,
owa nnd W heeler roiu.tin in it;..
iiiui .
TWO BANDITS SOIUIMt
Seattle. Aiur. L'l. l.'nnlil trn
of the beautiful girl bauiiit and br
lU'cqnipnce wiiu early yestenUr I
and ronueu .toe i n'gnr ii fHii,
were persisting in a city tut
The. couple robbed Cregor at the
of a revolver ami alter thp prlhi
lieved him of Ins ensh the i:ir
forced to keep his hamls upUfled
they Juki disappeared.
Falling Construction Costs
Give New Impetus to Building
..!--.'. . - -
j IQI4 1915 1916 1917 i9f8 1919 1920 1921 1921
i VK I I 1 ' I 1 I
2UO I I
g fBACHIN 1914 AND Y- CTnSul!?'EpT0
I MO 915 RENTS BORE. ji r
VS. SUCH A JUST RE- . LEVEI-i
, 210 lATiOM TO SUILD- T I 4 - -,
: 20D ING COSTS THAT' J J- ;t
W BOTH-COULD DE " '
J5 SHOWN BY THE .. J
160 SAME LINE -i -V -tt r?r
150 Vi y 1 f-f- 7V8UT RENTS V
Mf 7 Y ROSE 5LQWLV -
,f T ' AND BUILDING
?g-y 1 ... BECAME A POOH j
. 90l I I I I I I I ' -'
TTHE building boom that is sweep-
ing the country follows, logi
cally in the wake of falling costs
of construction. Prevailing rent
rates are again bearing a just
ratio to the cost of building, and
the erection of new stores and
. 'residences is once more a profit
able investment. These facts are
clearly shown by statistical studies
recently completed by a group of
nationally known economists.
The chart shown above demon
strates graphically the reasons
back of the $2,000,000,000 build
ing shortage which the country is
now beginning to make up with
new construction. At the end of
1914 the costs of building began
to soar. Rents rose, too, but not
fast enough to offer, a fair return
on the price of new buildings. The
erection of '"stores and residences
became a poor investment. Few
persons were willing to risk their
capital in vetures offering no pros
pect of adequate dividends. This
condition continued from 1915 un
til almost the beginning of this
year.
l The "peak" of construction
rosts came in 1920. For purposes
of comparison, the price level of
1914 is placed at "100." It will
bu noted that the curve in 1920
anproached "270." ln other words,
work that had cost $100 in 1911
A ONE MAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
was costing nearly ?270 sU J.i
later.
Rents were advancing mil
more slowly during the same pe-i
riod. While the average omul
building cost was rising from tml
i nnri so.7n. the average mil
of rental was progressing ft I
$100 to about $160.
TW. enmnarisons. founded Ml
figures drawn from the eatirel
country, represent national trtj-l
Ti,o.o ivern variations nl
given sections both above and
low the figures quoted.
In the latter part of 1920 It'
costs of-construction began to
cline. The fall continued shsW
throughout 1921. We find o
in 1922, that rents and buuM
costs are once more in almost law
normal relation. The tune W
come again when a man WJ
vui mnnov in building and expt"
. tir return on his inYOStBfl
i ,, reason 10
that this condition will couth!
indefinitely, and that the nert l
building activity as the counW
labors to make up its
stores and residences. "
man who is skilled in the Md
trades, there will be conM
and proniaDie nwi
years to come.
A??k 5So PV xtiar'-'
jTy- .. . . . .
I.- . -.-v.- ...
.well. Herbert J HoplfiBj, eno'irer. oi Ih. firr.lnrfrf.i-. n. ..v. .l. in lime. i "
mn,n. :! We,t Oth Sa." F't DcpjirrW m ht la. je Jcv.rago ,y,rVj. anS V't.''.nmJlr1 ?
! Tirrs 71 '.rUth . - ,m"V,n" "Wiaralus forJtan b. pit in-place, by vfmirf in a : ell 5.-lhjflarger g"- .
See Ohlsen (or I'