.
At the Observer office, Moro,
Disdain Officialdom and Pro
fessions, Says Writer.
RUSSIA INVITED TO ■ sees B ernard shaw uphbjj
" A Â .C 0 N F E R E N 0 Ê 1
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Step H
Regarded As Practi
Women Now Do the Courting— Princes
Become Plumbers or Raise Horens
and Pigs— Not Keen
on Literature.
cally Being Recognition
of Soviet
Cannes.— What In regarded by the
majority of the delegatee, h<ie an
amounting to recognition of the no. let
government of Russia wan dtv.de«!
, upon by the allied nupreme council
when the Brltlnh proposal for an In
ternational, financial and economic
conference with the partUipatlon of
Russia and Germany wan approved un
a n im o u sly .
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•
Borne time during the first two
weeks of March has been set for the
momentous gathering and Genoa, Italy,
has been designated as the place where
it shall be held.
An Invitation to the United States
to participate has been extended
through the American ambassador to
Great Britain. George Harvey, who Is
here as official observer for his gov-
ernment. -
Russia's participation in the Genoa
conference Is conditioned upon accept-
ance of a number i f condition,; name
1,. that abe cenae bolaho.lb propadmt-
da abroad, that she undertake not to
attack per neighbors and that she rec
ognise all the honorable obligations
entered into by preceding Russian gov
ernments.
Official announcement was made
that soviet Russia would be represent
•d at the forthcoming economic con
ference at Genoa. Thia information
was contained in a w|role»» dlgga^h
received by the auptspie coungft.be
fore » formal invttatidh t<\ the soviet
government had actually been drawn
up and ike speed with which the m »
eians have replied tP the ejuipnnce-
i + n« that they were to be Invited was
construed to megn
they V» J W
imuu U)|k^ V
desirous of Joining the nhtloas on
almost any term» acceptable to the
allies.
Notification of Indorsement by the
Peris.— A radical change had taken
place In the youth of Prance In * the
last decade, according to a w riter in
the Paris Temps, who sees them, toads
materialists by the late war, inclined
to treat the opposite aex as comrades
and caring little for matrimony or
„courting, and much more Interested^
In making money than in entering the
professi on a
J “A very brief observation of our
young men,” he writes, “reveals bow
I they have departed from the ways of
' their elders. The war and the moral
and material overturn that it brought
; —abrupt changes in our m3de of llv-
i lng that have come In the last 20
’ years, speed of communication by au
tomobile and airplane, the depreciation
! of currency, calling for lncreuse<f ram -
j lng»--all this Is acting upon thè young
folk and Is creating In them needs
and desires we never knew.
Disdain Officialdom.
One of the most striking traits, an
the most significant among them, is
their disdain for officialdom nn«l the
liberal professions. The recruiting of
functionaries officer», professor», and
<“
• » the c « "*™ « “ » »
saiary,
"
flcult.
At St. G y r (the French Weal
pointy the number of candidates Is
continually diminishing.
It Is Indus
try, commerce, finance, agriculture, col
onisation which attract young people.
The love of risk and action Is much
stronger In them than In their for
bear«.
“Almost no one at present can live
within his Income, and In the best fnm
llles of the aristocracy and the bour
geoisie the boys are going bravely to
work. The young Prince M — - r Is lit
a large plumbing concern.
Two of
his relatives live In Moydcco, where
they »re raising horses and pigs. In
another large family the three sons
ar« *“ banks »"d commercial firms.
Not Keen on Literature.
“Literature, It is eirident, attracts
youth little. Many nev»r even open a
book ; serious works, history, memoirs,
Henry P, Fletcher, under secretary
of state, who has been named ambas
sador to Belgium by President Hard
ing.
J
FGGEIGN BOTTOMS
GET BULK OF CARGO
Washington, D. C. — Foreign »hips
are carrying the bulk of, the cargo
between this country and the east
coast of South America, and are in
creasing their proportion, although
American ships are making a better
showing on the routes to and from
the west coast, according to » survey
,8l8Uod by the commerce department.
During the first ten months of 1921,
the survey said, trade with the east
coast of South America constituted
about 6 per tient of the total foreign
trade of this country, exports being
twice aa large as imports.
The small amount of cargo moving
between Pacific coast ports and the
east coast of South America, the pur
vey added,' was carried In American,
vessels.
American ships are carrying 62 per
cent of the cargo between the A t
lantic coast and the west coast of
South America, and 64 per cent for
the Pacific coast.
“ LINCOLN STATE”,, PLAN UP
Hi : JT ,»•>« K
Interstate Conference to Be Held ta
Consider Project.
Spokane, Washz— Plans for an Inter
they
state conference within the next two
m ilitary and. naval source a in cww about is the automobile, aviation, box weeks in Spokane or .Coeur d'Alene
ef aggression by Germany 1» expected jng, mechanics.
They marry young on the “Btate of Lincoln” proje«^ were
from London. The pact was agreed Bnd treat young womg r d a comrades, announced here by Herman fci Taylor,
upon by Premiers Urlaod and Lloyd as in England end the tJtlted States
a member of the "new state” commis
'
I t Is not rare at e bell to see one
of them Invite a lady to dance with sion authorised by the last Idaho
hlin by a gesture from a distance, and -legialatare and recently appointed by
to leave her when the dance Is over Governor D. W. Pavia.
The proposed plan would have the
without conducting her to her place,
and no one seems Jo be particularly new state Include 'the northern coun
shocked !
ties of Idaho and eastern Washington
“Tlie number of marriageable men to the Columbia fiver, possibly fur
' • being less than that of women, It Is
ther, with Spokane as state capital
Washington. D. C.—The Chinese the latter who take the Initiative and
Bernard
people w ill resist, by every means at conduct the " loveninklng.
Invite Germans to Cannes
Shaw,
In
'Man
and
Superman.'
devel
t^eir, disposal, ea attempt by the Jap-
ops the thesis that men never marry
Cannes.—The allied supreme coun
aaees to span direct negotiations with
women, hut are married by them. We cil telegraphed a communication to
IM .U over Shantung, representatives reproach the Anglo-Saxon countries,
Berlin asking that the German govern
in Chinees national and provincial or end yet see ourselves dally proving
ment send representatives to Paris
ganisations. who are here as unofficial the thesis of Bernard Shaw.”
with a view to their coming to Cannes
observers st the conference, declared
for consultation with the counoll con
In p statement.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
cerning .German reparations.
* Tho Shantung conversations between
CHINESE-JAPANESE
NEGOTIATIONS ENO
American supplies sent to the Volga
the Japanese and Chinese delegates
ware adjourned sine die when the section of Russia w ill save from 6.000,- Federal Probe of House Furnishings.
Washington,
Investigation by
lives.
Chl»«M declined to accept a Japanese 000 to 10,000,000 -------
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counter proposal for payment for the Au » reduction In the public debt o f'u h e federal trade commission of the
Ktao^hper-Tstnanfu railw ay by a 16-j more tha? >190.000,000 during Decern- house furnishing goods industry was
dlrected in a resolution adopted by the
pear lean redeemable by China la five her wee ennoenced by the treasury.
years upon elx months* notioe.
The national prosperity bureau, com senate.
Japanese delegatee found unaccept posed of nation-wide oommerclal or
able the two Chinese alternative pro ganisations, plans a drive to open Feb
T H E M A RK ET»
le “In their present form” provM- ruary 1 for stimulating business.
lag tor a single Immediate cash pay-
Unemployment Increased in the Unl-
Portland
or Installments covering 12 yearn ted fttates during December by a per
Wheat — Hard white, >107; soft
w ith an option to take up remaining centage which the department of la white and white club, >1.06; hard
«etoe wttkln • shorter period
The bor, in estimates issued, fixed at 4.7. winter, >1.07; northern spring, >1.99;'
Chi asm offer Included the appoint-
Mouthers
senators
. filibustered red Walla, >1.01. "
Gate— No. 2 white feed, >26.60.
of a Japanese chief eooouatsntJ ag«tnet the confirmation of Clyde B.
tc e
Corn— Whole, >22; oracked, >29.
Altcfcfson of Oregon and Henry O.
H ay— Alfalfa, >14.60 per ton; valley
M all of Colorado for reappointment to
AMBASSADOR HARVEY HURT
timothy, >14(®16; eastern Oregon tim
the Interstate commerce commission
m
• n
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othy, >16^17.
An
amendment
to
senate
rules
to
N errew iy Escapee Death When Auto
Butter Fat— 36® 38c.
prevent senators from “docking” votes
Axle Breaks.
was presented by Senator Borah of
Eggs— Ranch, 30c.
Cannes.—George Harvey. American
Cattle — Choice steer«, >7® 7.26;
Idaho. It would prevent recognition
ambamadot tp Grant Britain, narrow,!I
© C to fr» " between the senators when medium to good, >6.26<j>7..
escaped death here (e an aetemcAVe
Shetp — East of mountain lambs.
one Is absent, u n le e ^ ls absence was
accident.
Accompanied by Richard
>8®8.60; best valley lambs. >7.60®2.
caused by Illness.
Crane, former AmerleaA minister to
Hogs— Prime light. >8 76®9; smooth
The federal land bank of Spokane
Ceeeho-Blovakta, in whose car he was
fully completed, during the month of heavy, >8©8 60.
riding, and Wickham Steed, editor of
December, 429 first mortgage loans In
the London Times, Ambassador H a r
aunra aggregating 91,941,300, which
» tattle
vey wee on hie way for a round of
Wheat — Hard white, «oft white,
makes a total ef 99.097 mortgage loans
white club, hard red winter, soft red'
,h . « « b . „ br»»,.
in the total amount of >66,234,186, ac- winter and northern spring, >1.08;
Mr. H . r . „
th ro w , out. laudlo, ------------- -------------- --
eastern rad Walla, >1.07; Big Bend
eordfng to a report ieeu
benvtly on the road ^-He was able to
blueetem. >1.12.
grigs, bnt wag ^hshed beck to his
• ■* < Bubetitotea for Jade.
Hay— Alfalfa. >17; timothy, >22;
betel in a dased condition.
Recognition of the serious H ms lb
straw, >16.
Mr. Canne y e n qnhitored. ^u t M r. the eogt of Jade Is shown id The »e.>-
Butter Fat—39©41c.
gkat are being made for «t.
jr e e t b i> M b and shggk.
Eggs—
Ranch, 30©32c.
» . the allied gepranse I Thoheetf of tbeee is « comiMMUnoo >n
Cattle— Prime ate«rs, >7©TA9; m«-^
which
crystal
with
other
minerals
’■
at which Ambassador Harvey 1
need, and a beautiful materiel of e dlum to choice, >6.60©7.
gee acting ne observer for bin gnv-
Hogs-r-Prime light, >8 6 0 0 » , ameoto
beautiful, clear shade of green ie (.«•*
ornmonL eoat oxproeoione of sympa- reeulL
There are lmliat!«>iis. w l.l heavy. >7©7.16.
A y and aoagratu lattone at his
- ■„
pet)dants iu the forth of Jade oroii
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• » * -,T ; v.
asenta. made e f celluloid, colored •
Ora Finder is Invented.
deop
green.
Newberry Deelereo Hie Innooenoe.
/ Tucson, Ari»>~O. M. Butler, direct
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or of the Arisons bureau of mines,
Waohlegton, D. C.-^A sweeping deo-
Where Work la a Party. -
announced here that the organisation
M ratloa ef hie Innocence wee made by
The flax combers of l*ortngnl ere a ha« perfected and applied for patents
Senator Newberry, republican. Michl
happy people. It Is rhe custom on the
on an electric process for lociUlag
gen. in tho oonato. Taking the floor
tberlsn p
underground ora bodies.
for hie defease la the ouator pressed ( gate font ctlon
Oart»e<i In their beM,
togs bronchi by Henry Vtod^defentvd adorned with bright gold ernniuents.
69^50,000 F©r Dry Agents^
dsns errs tic candidate. Senator New their garment* sn array o f color with
Washington, D. C .~ T h e house ap
berry emphatically denied personal gay embroidery, men mid women meet
proved the provision la tho treasury
knowlodge ef tbs collection or ex- to carry on the onilnnry «telly voce
penditera of the large campaign fund tlopa In I'ofiugnl, that of winding appropriation bill for >9.260.000 for
flax la paneOy given over to the wot» ecforcemant of prohibition during the
In hie
en.— Popular Science Monthly.
(iscal year betlnnlng next July
er
m as
- v e
Bo much shipping Is coming to tb# .
port of Goes bay’s new dock that the |* 'Only •< Wet
port cemmlsslqners are discussing the for cash bonus
aeed for a turning basin opposite the by the world
commission have
209-foot frontage.
Thirty-one person» were killed Jn lng to a report
traffic accident» o « the streetg of H arry Brumbaugh,
Principal Em its
tta Wank
mmlsslon.
Portland i a the past fiscal. yea<\ ac
The Lakeview
Briefly Sketched far Infor
oordlng to tfce anhual report of the.
has
adopted
poiloe traffic bureau
matta« ef Bar Bendare.
derlvjtd
from the money to
The state sealer of weights and
road bond» the
•ale of Lake
mfMures offlse Inspected a total of
apart for e s«
Mra. Grece Cunalsghsm has been
■um of >90,000 ho
10,902 scales during 1921, according to
Lakeview to
struction of a road
aptstated postmestsf a t Cbletx Wallo
a report prepared by W. A. Dalslel,
w a county.
Klamath
Fall».
.
deputy sealer of w elglts and meas
Seaside probably w ill be the site e<
f. > Active preparations are being mads
ures.
the next state Elks' convention, eeeu r d
for the erection of a number of now
Baker oounty stock grower» are of
lng to a decision reaohed »6 a mooting "{
rastdsnree la Monmouth. -
the opinion that the Industry* has
of tho officers of the Oregon Btate Miks »
MI m Ruby 0- Bngelman ha» been
passed through the worst that can
association at Portland. Final ‘
appointed postmistress at lens to suo-
come to It and that 1922 will see much
■iqp was loft to George Collins of
oeed Mrs- Bari Blake, resigned.
bettor times for all Baker county stock
ford, president of th9 «moristlon
The Scottish Rite Chib of Southern
men.
W. C. Hondoraou. acting ehlef e f the
Oregon was organised hr 92d-degree
More than 1200,000 was disbursed by
United States ‘
Masons at a dlnqer la Medford.
the federal government among the
be in Portland
Approximately 110,000 less In taxes
members of the Oregon National Guard
with the attorney-
will be assessed In Baker oounty this
units during the past year as com
on the controversy
year than were collected In l i t i .
pared with less than half that amount
bird reserve, raised
'' Mrs. Martha A. William», IS years
for 1920.
the Harney valley
of age. committed Suicide at Salem by
Lane county's hop crop this year
Owners of automol
jumping off a bridge Into M ill Creek. 1
sold for nearly >600,000. The crop In crating between
During the year Just elueed Clatsop
A rthur Griffith, who led the fight In the county amounted to 9600 hales, Intimate that some
oounty bau agavi >92.264 for aew the Dell Clreenn for ratification of the and an average price of 36 cents a
will he taken in the
bridges and repairs to old structures.
pound, or >70 a bale, was received by test the oonatitutlo
treaty with England oreatlng the Irish
local growers.
T otal«fire lees in Astoria for the Free State.
two of the highway
yapjr I M I was >167,809. f»r which in
According to the records In the As approved at the
surance amounting to »22,3100 waa
loot objeetfen-
with Oevernor Olcott In which the doê- toria customs house, 669 veaeels loaded of tho legislature,
paid.
•old. le the
tor expressed the opinion that Abra at lumber mills In the Columbia river able of these lews,
Eugene property owners w ill pay
ham Mvaoa, under death sentence for district during the year 1921 and their one providing for an
taxes thia year ea a levy of 61.1 mills,
combined cargoes amounted to 637,682,- license fees.
murder, is insane.
which la an lncreparof 11 mill» over
*
Following receipt of
| Mxtremely heavy loads will be kept 067 feet of lumber.
last year.
With the Carey act contract with members of the state
off certain roads In Lane county, ac-
Except several fills and the bridge
eordlng to an order made by the coun the state executed and a definite allot- that they will not aga1
over Lake creek, the Oregon Cavee ty court The roads Included In the ' mcnt of water mad®
tha atate watpr the legislature in
blghway near Grants Paas 1» about
order ere mid to have been cut up board, the North Canal company le tlons, and a statem
oompleted
, now ready to proceed with develop- that the fishing lnd
badly this winter.
There ware a total of 242 accidents
The Oregon public service cotqmi«- 1 ment plana In the vicinity of Bend.
is at present imperil
_
reported to the etate indnetrlal acci
i elon has denied the application of fhe 1 Mrs. C. E. Copple, wife of a Hood sufficient funds to repair
dent commission during the week end
resulting
Southern Pacific company for an in River orcjmrdlst and banker, received hatch srl ss
ing January 9.
crease la fares on the lines of the Sa from D. Tan cred of Kent, Wash., a storms. Governor Oioot^ signed
H . J. Eberly, assistant state forester,
lem Street Car company and the Eu White Leghorn cockerel for which she bill No. 6 carrying an
while on hie way to Beattie Bunday by
paid >260.- This is the highest-priced »4.609.
gene Street Car company.
automobile, suffered a fraetured arm
First appraisals of propertg to be chicken ever brought to the valley.
Governor Olcott vetoed house M il
and other Injuries.
used us security for Ioans under the J- Portland Is to have a new Orpheum No. 21, providing for
During the peat season Clatsop coue-
so-called Oregon bonus bill probably theater. In addition to the four-day- on May 19, to be h eld ^n eoanoetlon
tjr operated five stataowned trucks oa
w ill be made this week. It is expected a-week show now running in Portland, with the tegular p rim a l) contents, far
highway Improvement work at aa ex that funds on these loans w ill be forth- a >1,000,000 structure to house «hows
to the vetere
pense Of >21.446.46.
under the junior Orpheum plan w ill of the etate two resolutions end an
eemlag about February 1.
Tho farmers pf the JUekreeU vtelalty
la response to a telegram announc I be opened within the next 18 month« enabling act, apjprt>y6d at the resent
w ill meet January 11 to toko action
ing the plan for breaking grt>und for
Methodist Episcopal chu. hm of the special session of the legislature One
w ith relation to acquiring flax acro-
the new >1,009,000 Elks* temple In Portland area, which Include« Wash of the resolutions, ,which was sched
age for the year 1922.
Portland, President Harding telegraph ington and Oregon, have set aside the uled to go before
ThO former Clatsop m ill In Astoria, ed the Portland lodge of Elks, con
first week of next April as “clean-up" clal election, auth
recently purchased by tbs Astoria Box
gratulating them en the coming event. week, when churches and parsonages gasoline tax with
compaay, w ill soon begin operations
A well defined plan Is mid to be un and surrounding grounds will be reno funds to finance the
with 110 men at work.
t o way at Astoria to form aa organ 1- vated.
exposition In Portland.
A black of .1169,990 6 1-9 >er
agtlea which w ill control the output - The largest gaJn la postal recsipta »olutlob Mbtkeriird L i
Tillamook coaaty read bonds was sold
a f the various logging camps In the ever made In Oregon City waa record counties to levy a tax
.a t TlUamoek ta a PortUad bead haaaa
Columbia river district and thus ed at the local postoffice for the year redeem outstanding v
a t A premium ef »976.69.
be prices at which logs shall 1921. The gain is 19.7 per cent over enabling act provided
A Jath m ill w ill be laatailed 1» A l
last year and places the office
* world’s fair machinery
bany this month by the Anderson Fuel
company, which wm alee eg «rat« a
lumber yard with Ms milk
^hs county agent work la Otoe «ran
ty has been cut from the eapewss ea-
count of the budget, aa well ea tbe
demonstrator appropriation.
A Short oourse for commervtal dub
secretaries w ill be offered by the Ual
ventity of Oregon during Easter vaca
tion tram March 2^ te April 1
The Pendletee Packing gempany has
nearly doubled its betput during the
few weeks it has heed In ««iatenea and
now bad 24 men on Ito payroll.
The Dragen Agflbd In the eeeeeg <
1921 won 19 ehamptenahfpa, broke two
coast records ap4 played < >regnn to a
secrets«» t)»tfef the « a te f totta» tW e
S M< CMM«9 <<
n r 16 years
reporter of the circuit «neort ef the dis
trict comprising Lane, Benton end Lin
coin oountlee, ban resigned Ws poet
tioe.
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A rotary dtamoad d rill capable or
drilling a 4 1-2 lack hole to a depth of
4000 feet has been shipped to Med
ford for use by the Western OB ooa»-
r.Tf. t
psny.
Arrests by the a eA easee eennty
sheriffs e:
ror ^ . . î f V <* 1M1*
more than
those tor IttO . so-
—TÜrttTt hw 8ber-
cerdiqg to *E
Iff Wfteoa.
Evidence ef Medferd*« eontlnued
prosperity Shd grewdfc ef poetefflee
receipts lies In the fact that the Med
ford poetofflee Is new In the first clean
of poaieffleee.
Thirty-five thousand oorde of white
fir wood to he used tn the togaafaeture
of paper bad been cut during the year
In the upper bedlu df MeDowei| creek
in Linn county.
Many of the email eawcnllla en the
lower Siualaw ftVeT end in adjacent
territory are reeunilnk operatten« af
ter an Idlanem lA-dboRd cnam d i »
year’s duration.
The Oregon Agricultural college
basketball teem opened the northwest
confs renoe season at Corvallis with a
victory spar the Whfttmaa ooilega ftwe
by a score of 29 to Id. '
- «*!>)« <
The la4u»trMd. reek gt Marekftotd
and atsrlpe pf demand dm large luto-
ber shlpwegfle during IB M era bring
ing Into the ©eon coaaty dlatrlet more
laborers than ea« get employment.
The state limestone pleat at Oold
»*D rn J
H ill, authorined by the legislature for
<
' r 4-'-X •
J;- T Z.
the purpose of euppiylag Dragee farm
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era with Umeetone fevtlllaer a t east,
has become, » .w h ite elephant Esti
m a te were thi^ /ram 19.090 to 99.906
tons of Hm m lMS fertiliser were need
ed a n n u a llira Oregon |a r^ » . wNuranu
total sales during the exbtanee e f the
plant have aggregated e g b
tn order to be sure Ut»d every fch!M
1» Le Grande e9 toy ege wee w *
forgotten Christmas, tw< ef the largest
io
v
stores of the d ty turned ever to the
Red Cross all toys left ea bands
Christmas eve.
The stele beard at eoatrei bee 4ko-
oepted fram the eentmetov the new
dormitory recently oneipteted at the
state home tar the feebleminded at
Belem
The etruotere east approx»-
matsly >69.999.
A d m is s io n 2 8 c a n d
Dr. W. Carlton Smith, phyeteton nt
W ill be presented th e 7 -re el -N a tio n a lly
A d ve rtise d colored film p ic tu re s to ry I
Illustrated by Reü. Henry
G. Honson of
M oro
T h is film p ic tu re o f th e L ife of. O u r S a v io r
,is sa n ctio n e d by a ll o f - t h e ’leadTng chig-ches
, o i A m e rica and is w o rth y o f y o u r p a tro n a g e
UNDER
QF
A M E R IC A N
THe
L E G lÔ tà » ^
M a tin e e 4 o ’clock
the etate pe»|toBt>em filed » »pert
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