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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Farm Census Disappointing

According to statistics the number of farms in
Marion county increased from 3490 in 1910 1851 in 1920
and in Polk county from 557 to 761 in the same period
In view of the development of the berry and fruit indus
try in both counties, the showing is disappointing one
There every evidence of than per increase
an farms in Marion and Is percent in Polk The population
has increased much faster in the period Much land
has been cleared and put under cultivation the cultivated
area shows healthy growth
AS the fruit and vegetable industry deveopes it means
an increasing number of farms of small acreage The larger
tracts are being subdvded and this tendency with the in
tensled agriculture practced more population
and a greater variety of products.
NO farming region is substantial basis as that
comprising the two countless for there is more diversified
farming than in any other section of the northwest The
products are various that partial complete failure in
any one or two only slightly affects the valleys
prosperity
According to the farm census, the principal increases in
the number OF farms is shown in the eastern Oregon conn
ties and are due to irrigation although Lake county shows
loss Loss Of homeseaders who left as soon as securing
title has caused shrinkage of farms in Lincoln Grant and
Wheeler counties Growth of the dayng industry on emf
Off timber lands responsible for the increase in Columbia
river counties and Tillamook.
Only Clackamas with 1886 farms exceeds Marion in
quantity but ags far behind in quality for no county in Ore
gon exceeds Marion in productiveness.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Harding the DiplOmat

In a recent speech Senator Harding declared "Franc
has sent her spokesmen to informally asking Americ
in its realization of the situation to lead the for
j association of nations"
France member of the League of Nations for which
America long ago led the way, association of 43 nations
already functioning without America Article 20 of the
Covenant of the League of Nations reads follows:
"The members of the League severaly agree that this
Covenant accepted as abrogatng all obligations under
standings inter which consistent with the terms
thereof and soemny undertake that they will not hereafter
enter into any engagement inconsistent with the terms
thereof"
For France member of the League send her spokes
American candidate for office who is advocating
scrappng the League would be breach of the covenant
betrayal of the League and violation of international ob
cations Hence President Wilson asked Senator Harding
whether he had been correctly quoted and inquired of the
French to whether it's representatives had
approached Harding
The French government at denied having delegated
any spokesman to act for it in negotiations with Senator
Harding formally informally, officially inofficay
Senator Harding admits the correctness of the quotation
explaining follows
that o
French has anybody The thought
which they represented be manifest French people
prophecies of International relations France would never seek to go
high office chief American
citizens France Americans deeply friendly France explain
their understanding friendly
Senator Hardings assertions conveyed the impression
that France already deserng the League stood willing
to join him in scrappng it, and welcomed his leadership in
association and must have been intended convey such
impression No other construction could have been placed
upon it,
Senator Harding should inform the public who these
spokesmen Governor Cox says the representative of
France Maurice de Kobra of Paris the French hunors
md hints that Mr. Harding being dded" by practical
Joker At any rate Mr. Harding has proved himself con-
siderable of joke far international diplomatic etiquette
S concerned. If he makes such bunders as candidate
What will he do as president?
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
(To Be Continued.

he found in the pasture.
Then he looked at himself in a
pool.
TN a Long-horn now!' he eX-
claimed. And he was greatly pleas
ed a at the sight of himself - he
who had once scoffed at Kiddie
Katydid's horns and advised him
to have them trimmed.
Meanwhile the strange messen-
ger had disappeared. 1t was said
that he had gone to meet the 9TH
er travellers and guide them to
their cousin, Leaper the Locust.
And there was great excitement
throughout Pleasant Valley. A
good many of the field people stop
ped at Farmer Green's doroyard
and told Kiddie Katydid that they
thought he had made a mistake.
You might have had the honor
of receiving the guests" they said.
mo, thank YOU" he replied to
all such remarks. I'm willing
enough to let Leaper the Locust
do the honors. And unless I'm
mistaken, he's trembling in his
shoes this very moment"
Then the field people would
shake their heads and say that
they didn't understand Wasn't
everybody glad to have company
once in a while? And wouldn't
it be a pleasure to talk with stran-
gers who came from some far-off
place, and ask them how the
crops were where they lived, and
what the weather was?
But kiddie Katydid only said
mysteriously, wait a bit! And if
you want strangers to talk to.
there'll soon be plenty of them in
this -neighborhood, if I'm not mis-
AIKEN"
Well, kiddies neighbors couldn't
what he meant. They
made a good many guesses. But
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19

who Immediately cancelled tn,
orders.
Almost within the day of thi.
blow an agent of a San Francisco
firm reached Mexico City anC
heard of the cancelled orders. He
at once asked for them, got them
and in few hours received a mes.
sage from his firm that the or
ders would be filled and rushed
to Mexico.
AT the same time the San Fran
cisco agent obtained an order Of
silk thread amounting to nearly
100000 (American) and has the
promise of more, as the firms lost
to New York are the largest IN
this country.
A peculiar thing about the or
ders given to the California man
is that the goods are to be sent
by way of Vera Cruz which souid
be dominated by New York eX-
porters.
Need Credit lists
To help American business firms
to avoid such disastrous mistakes,
it is now proposed to establish a
credit mems association here's 1t
is admitted that in the first scram-
Bile for Mexican and South Ameri-
can trade many American firms
filled every order that came to
them from Latin America and lost
considerable sums, as all firms
in Mexico are by no means sound
This fact has been called to the
attention sof offended merchants
here, but they think that Ameri
can exporters should take the
trouble to ascertain the standing
of Mexican concerns before often
ding them by demands for cash.
The Chihuahua Chamber of
Commerce has proposed to the |
Chambers of Com |
merce of Mexico the preparation |
of confidential business direc |
tory of Mexico. 1t would include |
what would be a "black list con-
the names of unsound |
firms. swindling concerns and o.
Tiers houses against which Ameri-
can business firms hould be placed
on their guard.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
FOrewOrd.

On the Christmas-tide train whicl
carried homeward those Sain
James schoolboys who resided II
or near New York, Cleland Junior
sat chattering with his comrades
! in a drawing car entirely de.
voted to the Saint James boys. and
| resounding with the racket of their
interminable gossip and laughter
The last number of their school
paper had come out on the morn
ing Of their departure for Christ
mas holidays at home; every boy
had copy and was trying to read
it aloud to his neighbor; shrieks Of
mirth resounded, high, shrill argu-
ments, not disputes, shouts of APP
proval or of protest.
Read this! Say. did you get
this!" cried a tall boy named Girls
mer. "Jim Cleland wrote it! What
do you know about our own pet
novelist"
"Shut up" retorted Cleland
Junior, blushing and abashed by
accusation of authorship.
''He wrote it all right" repeat
ed Grismer eXultantly. "Oh, girls!
Just listen to this mush about the
birds and the bees and the bright
blue sky"
Jim, you're all right! That's
the stuff" shouted another. 1.-THE
girl in the storys a peach, and the
battle scene is great!'
Say, Jim, where do you get
your battle stuff? inquired another
lad respectfully.
Cut of the papers, of course,
'eplied Cleland Junior. ''AIl you
nave to do is to read EN-, and you |
,an think out the way it really
ooks."
The only master in the car, a
young Harvard graduate, got up
rom his revolving chair and came
,Ver to Cleland Junior.
The boy rose Immediately, stand
ng slender and handsome in the
lark suit of mourning which he
till wore after two years.
"Sit down, Jim,' said Grayson,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
The Restless Sex
Chambers Author of Barbarian The Dark STAR E

so busy over
| 'It's you - it's you, sir"
What of it?" retorted the young
master do you think 1 CAM
laugh at myself?"
He took the paper so reluctantly
tendered
Jack, you are a terror! You
Young rascal, you've made me look
like a wax-faced clothing dummy!
Tribute to your faultless appar-
ell sir, and equally faultless fea-
tures-"
A shrek of laughter from the
boys who had crowded around to
see Grayson himself laughing un-
feignedly and long; then the babel
of eager, boyish voices again, loud,
emphatic, merciless in discussion
of the theme of the moment.
Into the swaying car and down
the aisle came negro in spotless
white, repeating invitingly;
First call for luncheon, gentle
men! Luncheon served in the din
ing car forward"
His agreeable voice was drowned
in the cheering of three dozen
famished boys stampeding.
Cleland Junior came last with
the master.
Il hope you'll have happy holi-
day, Jim," said Grayson, with quiet
I'm crazy to see father" said
the boy. Pm sure. I'll have good
time"
At the vestibule he stepped aside,
but the master bade him precede
him.
And as the fair, slender boy
passed out into the forward car,
he breeze ruffling his blond hair,
md his brown eyes still smiling
With the anticipation of home COM
ng, he passed Fate, Chance, and
Destiny, whispering together in the
corner of the platform. But the
BOY could not see them; could not
know that they were discussing |
him.
~
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Frisco Doing
Big Business
With Mexico
BY Louis Il, Kirby

international News Service sta 3
Correspondent.
Mexico City. Mexico. Oct. 10
New York has lost and San Fran,
cisco has gained business her ae.
sregating more than $500 90,
lAmerican) annually through an.
parent ignorance in New York q,
business methods here. This is
surprising because great New yorl,
organizations have been making
Tor years an intensive study of
commercial ways in Mexico and n
'her Latin-American countries
a short time ago an agent re.
presenting a New York silk honss
came Il Mexico City. He was "a
eeiVed cordially. on the first dav
he looked for business he Obtain.
ed orders agsregating between
$4,000 and Se5.0eo from four ~
the most solid business here.
Delighted. even exultant tho
agent hurried the orders to New
York, expecting quick delivery be-
cause of the high names of the
firms that gave the orders ana he
cause the Mexican houses had a
greed to pay as soon as they re-
ceived draft accompanied nv
bills Of landing.
Orders Are Cancelled
lie received n cable message
saying that cash must accompany
the order He tried for several
lays 10 convince his firm that II
VAS safe to FIN the orders hut
nei with no success. Then he had
10 tell the Mexican business men.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Sign of FaIl.

| sign of tnll.
Trees all dressed in red an brown
Gray skies hoVerin' over town.
Early mornings thick with fog
Rising from the distant bog,
Grass so wet with falling dew
That your shoes get wet clear
through
If you walk across the lawn
To some bush with blossoms on,
Martin houses vacant now,
And the wren house on the
bough
Empty, too. These signs are all
Telling us that it is Fall.
Cattle through the early day
Closer to each other stay.
Keepin' warm, an right an left
Fields of all their wealth bereft
Where but yesterday was gold.
Now is brown and bleak and cold;
In the orchards all the trees
Seem 10 stand am take their ease,
We have claimed the fruit they
bore.
Stripped them of their luscious
store
And each bulging bin and stall
Tells us plainly IL is Fan.
Roses that were proud and gay
Seem to want to get away;
Like a man who's borne, the strain
OF stern duty's hard campaign.
An dworn out by heavy deeds
Seeks the rest he sorely needs,
So the plants and vines appear
Tired and wan this time of year.
lust as though their strength was
shriven
By the beauty they have given:
large on Natures wall
Now we read the signs of Fail.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19

that if your cousins family have
to go hungry they'll be pretty an
CRY with you"
II don't believe l need to wor-
ry," Leaper the Locust remarked
carelessly. 'If they don't like
what l have they can go without,
for all | care"
Though the stranger said moth
ing in reply to that, he glared at
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19

the master, seatinf himself on th
/ arm of the boys chair. And, a
. the boy diffidently resumed hi
seat: Mice little story of yours
this. Just finished it. Do yol
still think of making writing YOU
profession?
I'D like to, sir"
MANY are called, you know,
remarked the master with a smile
| Il know, sir. l shall have tC
take my chance"
Phil Grayson, baseball idol OF
the Saint James boys, and himself
guilty of several delicate verses in
the Century and Scribners, sat on
the padded arm of the revolving
chair and touched his slight NOUS
tache thoughtfully.
"One's profession, Jim, ought to
be ones ruling passion. To choose
profession, choose what you most
care to do in your leisure moments.
That should be your business in
life"
Inc DOy Sdlu'
II like about everything, Mr..
Grayson, but l think | had rather
write than anything else"
John Better, rotund youth, lis
tening and drawing caricatures on
the back cf the school paper, sug-
gestcd that perhaps Cleland Junior
was destined to write the Great
American Novel.
Grayson said pleasantly:
1T was the great American ass
who first made inquiries concern
ing the Great American Novel.
"Oh, what knock" shouted Os-
wald Grismer, delighted.
But young Better Joined in the
roars of laughter, undisturbed, say
ing very cody:
do you mean, sir, that the
Great American Novel will never
be written, or that it has already |
been written several times, or that
there isn't any such thing?"
Il mean all three, Jack" ex-
planned Grayson, smiling. Let me
see that caricature you have been
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Conpiction of
1. W. w. Members
Is Sustained

Sln Francisco. Oct. is.-con-
Niction OF SO members of the In
ansirial Workers OF the World IN
Sacramento in January, 1919. on
a eharse Of conspiring to violate
TIE selectiVe draft and espionage
aeiS was upheld by the United
stases circuit court OF appeals here
'edey- A group Of the defend-
irts were sent-aced to the federal
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19

Leaper in a threatening fashion
which haunted him all the rest of
the night.
II wish l had never heard of
this horrid message!" he exclaimed
AT last. Il wish l had never laid
claim to it. It's going to cause me
trouble, l know!'
The more he worried over the
visit of his unknown cousin, the
more Leaper the Locust wished he
were safely rid of the whole affair.
Il know, what I'll dol" he cried
at last, TN disguise myself. I'll
make my horns so long that people
VIII think I'm somebody else"
so ne set to work. And biting
orr some slender grasses, he bound
them to his stubby horns with
threads from spiders web which
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Just Folks r.... I. ?, Cues.

prison at Fort Leayenworth. Kan
sas Tor terms ranging from two
10 ten years, The remainded civ
en- county Jail sentences.
only three of the defendants
one of them woman, Theodore
Poilak,- were represented by conn
sci the remainder grouping them
selves into a silent defense"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19

HNtTNN SFat h1VNUHt 7 NVTFEt'Vs
kiddie katydid looked on happi-
ly while Leaper the Locust strug-
gied to free himself from the
clutches of the messenger. But
l.eaper was no match for the
stranger In the end he had to
accept the message as his own.
Now said the stranger. Your
cousin and his family will reach
here by tomorrow II the latest. So
you'd better be making arrange
ments To welcome him.
Remember Have plenty of
Ieed ready. IN warn you new
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19
Loganberry
Laughs
d. Rnhnrf OuiIien.
BY Robert QuiIIen.

It is hard to buytumlnous
coal.
Money is beginning to talk
a little louder.
y II Il y
The real desire of one who
howls for free speech is free
rations.
About the only quiet and
orderly place in the world
now is Mexico.
In these Volstead days most
of the jazz is furnished by
the contraband.
"a II II
Perhaps one tires Of living
in a flat because he can't give
a blowout.
In these days of wood alco-
hol the poet would write it:
"Woodman, spare that spree.
AS a rule a political organ
makes a sound closely resem-
bling a Tyre.
Demagogue: A candidate
who intimates that a life is
of more Importance than a
profit.
Whenever a great man talks
for publication, one wonders
what he really thinks of the
situation.
AT any rate, short skirts
have demonstrated that wo-
man is a biped instead of a
pedestal.
II It 4 IL
Germany seems to have
difficulty in getting to her
feet while keeping her ear to
the ground.
AS one studies political
speeches, he begins to under
stand why the navy values a
smoke screen.
1t may be that our profit .
GERS are the upper class, but {
the rest of us are well-bled.
The country may pay a lit
tie more attention to other /
speakers now that iris has \
finished the season. y
When a man discovers that T
he can't put anything over on
the world he becomes a cynic. c
Russia breads the coming +
winter, but doubtless Lenine \
will continue doing his best to II
make it hot for her. " "
s%*&
Europe reports that the "
wheat and tourist crops are Al
but 20 per cent of normal. but r'
the cain crop promises to be Il,
a bumper. Sc
e a.
One suspects that the next sa =,
few generations of taxpayers SO
will feel inclined to wreck the ~ ~
'irst chap who mentions "glo-
ious" war. ny
- ",
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was WAS Just another :.
and t,aa,,l, people might ~ = VI
solomon Sol, Owl s,,s' arTs.i W.
will tell" he sslsed ss,s
of his head. Sa'0 wlA3
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-19

It is hard to buytuminous
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
PROFIT.

Profit is the difference between the
cost. of production and the value OIL
the product. The cost OF produclioh'
when We get back to first principles
is the value of the labor that is put
Into the product. Adam Snlh lays
down the principle thai the three
elements Of cost arc the wages OF
labor, the rent of land and he prof.
its of stock, or capital. AS capital
is hut the accumulation Of the re-
suits of labor applied to land, or
natural thai factor may De
eliminated, and in connection with
most of our enterprises, the value OIL
the natural raw material, UNAFFECTED
bv labor, is so slight that 1t may al
most be left out of the competition
The savage who, by the days labor,
produced just goods enough to meet
the needs of the day, worked w'thou'
profit. He had not developed the
desire for accumulation. The bar
I. barian who labored vigorously, but
spasmodically, striving to produce
more in a short period than he could
consume within that period, in or
der thai he might enjoy a period OF
leisure. had developed III profit
making habit, and on that habit the
practices of succeeding generations
have been founded.
Whatever the purpose, whether II
be to save now in order to. spend law
.ishly tomorrow: to make reasonable
provision for old age to provide for
the comfort of dependents; to obtaln
social prestige: or for the mere graf
ification of the sense of possession,
civilized man is looking for profits
And, while the element Of profit
making is often perverted and twist
ed into undesirable forms, without
that element the human race Would
revert to the status of the stone age
and man would go forth in the
morning to seize food for the day
wherever he could find it, and re
tire to his den to gorge himself a
nisht-and be satisfied.
So long as man is not willing tc
revert to tina status, SO long will hi
refuse to accept the preachments o.
those who maintain that the making
of profits should be abolished.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
Answer him, madame"

Answer him. madame"
Eyes, SIR" complied Delight
steadily and gravely. =
You do not hate and fear Count
Balsic?"
NO"
HE does not secretly compel this
answer"
mo"
Sir Robert drew a breath. half
wonder. half relief. Rupert offered
no assistance; like Lesendra, he lis
tened with the ~impassivity of one
from whom interference would be
impertinence. Both were there as
witnesses, no more.
Countess, Lieutenant Michael Bal
sic has brought to Cetinje a story
that you were on your way to marry
him, when Count Balsic abducted
you and forced you to become his
wife against your will. He brought
Mr.. Rupert as a witness to your cap
tivity. He told the Kink that you
secretly wrote to him, imploring him
for rescue, since you were cruelty and
harshly used. your husband venting
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-07
SORGHUM,

The scarcity of sugar and it's un-
reasonably high price is having it's re-
suit in turning the attention Of. q
great many people to other sources
of.sweetening, notably to the produc.
tion&of sorghum. from which a very
useful and palatable syrup iB prepar-
ed. Persons interested are invited
to apply to the United States depart
iment of agriculture at Washington,
which offers to send information on
the growth of the sorghum plant, the
handling Of the cane and the prepa-
ration and use of the syrup. It il
not yet too late to do this for this
season, as sorghum is not usually
planted until late complaining time.
which is still two or three weeks away.
A few years ago sorghum was quite
generally raised by the farmers in the
states just south of the northern tier,
the states, in other words. which have
been recognized as the most satisfac-
tory corn-producins states. The two
plants require about the same sort OF
soil, climate and weather conditions
and respond to the same sort of treat.
ment. The processes ofIcrushing cane
expressing sap and preparing syrur
are all simple, and in the absence Of
large central plants can be carried
on on the form by means Of appara.
tus which is quite inexpensive.
Sorghum syrup is not a satisfactory
substitute for sugar for all purposes
but when sugar is 10 nearly unattain'
able as at present It will be found very
~serviceablei on many occasions. 4
goyernment bulletin places the YIELD
Of syrup at from rs to 200 gallons pc,
acre, and states that yields Of 40,
galions are not unknown II any
thing like the present sugar situatioi
;k~eontinuess m acre of sorghum WON'T
be = very desirable thing q have. N,
II the conditions change 80 - TO max,
III ASe Unnecessary, the plant M
VERY high feeding valne. and canJ y
saSsd~Sres1so
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