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8 THE 3IORXING OREGONIAX, .SATURDAY, JULY 19. 1919. ESTABLISHED BY HESRT L. PITTOCK- Fublished by The Oreaonlan Publishing- Co.. 135 Sixth Street, 1-ortland. OreBon C. A. HOBDEX, E. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Orea-onlan ia a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press clusiveljr entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispalci.es herein are also reserved. . , .$8.00 4. a 2.25 600 .00 l.on 2.50 3.50 Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance (By Mall.) uailT, Sunday inciuoea, one year....y i-rauy, sunany inciuaea, six nioii.ia . . . riaily, Sunday included, three months. Tidily, Sunday included, one month,., Paily, without Sunday, one year Daily, without .Sunday, 6 months Ially, without Sunday, one month.... "Weekly, one year Sunday, one year. ..... : ............ - Sunday and weekly (By Carrier.) 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The government also has set aside several blocks of unimproved lands upon 'which returned soldiers will be employed in making them ready for settlement. After improvements have been made, the soldier will have first opportunity to purchase for actual set tlement, on easy terms, accompanied by a loan sufficient to make a start. The plan is, in many respects, simi lar to that now pending for soldier settlement in the United States. The striking point of dissimilarity is its stage of completion. Minister Masseys statement that "the good prices pre vailing for farm produce already are helping many soldier settlers to get well established" seems to furnish food for thought. It might be a good plan for congress to appoint a commission to discover the- secret of the New Zealand way. ment of the war rush. Will the people make the sacrifices which this condi tion is likely to entail, or will they begin at once to "retrench"? One test will come when they are compelled to choose between conven iences. Which of the many requisites of the ideal city, supposing that the purse strings grow tighter, will they decide to give up? Or will they con clude that the "ideal" is worth all that it costs and tax themselves accordingly? CHANNEL ZIKPTII, OFFICIAL AND OTHKKW 1st. It is no accident that whenever visits of naval vessels or transports to Portland are discussed, the Question is raised whether there is enough water' on the Columbia river bar or in the Columbia river channel. The facts that recent surveys have shown the depth to be abundant and that ships of equal draft with those which it is proposed to send are frequently coming to Portland have no weight unless they are "officially" known to the department concerned. The head of that department may unofficially know' the facts so well that he could recite them without error; but until he knows them officially they are un corroborated statements of unreliable persons and may not influence his actions in any respect. They may even be attested officially by the head of some other department or bureau, but they are not officially facts in the cognizance of the head of any other branch of the government until they are officially brought to his official attention. Nor may the head of a bureau which has properly verified the information bring it officially be fore any other bureau without solici tation. The head of the other bureau may wish not to know it officially and may resent the voluntary offer as a breach of official courtesy. This official etiquette admirably serves the purpose of any persons or communities which desire to prevent the government from acting upon facts which are well known to everybody except those who are officially igno rant of them. Such persons maneuver to prevent the facts from reaching the officials concerned or from being offi cially recognized. Thus it is that Puget sound ports have kept alive the belief at the navy department that there is not enough water on the Columbia bar or in the channel to float a big ship. It matters not that stir veys by the United States engineers have shown that the bar channel is far deeper and wider than the Am orose channel in ,ew York bay, or that the ordinary depth of water in the river channel is enough to float the largest ocean liner. By some mys. terious means these facts have been kept from the official cognizance of the navy department and, therefore, so far as it is concerned, they are not facts. Hence, the necessity for Har bormaster Speier to convince the de partment once more that warships can come to Portland with sufficient water under their keels. Fortunately it happened that the subject arose at a time when Presi dent Wilson desired to conciliate Sena tor Chamberlain and to win the vote of Senator JlcXary for the peace treaty. Otherwise the navy depart ment might not have been willing to take cognizance of Captain Speier's information, he being a mere munici pal official and, therefore, iot quali fied to convey official information to the federal government. When the ships come, their officers will neces sarily make reports showing that they remained afloat, and that fact will be an official record which none dare dispute. In order that the official records of the navy department may be kept up to date, it is advisable that the Port of Portland commission arrange for periodical surveys of the channel, at its own expense if necessary, by the l"nited States engineers and that re vised charts based on these surveys bo accepted by the navy department as conclusive in deciding whether ships can enter this port. Possibly this cannot be brought about without legislation by congress requiring that entrances to all ports be periodically surveyed and that the charts be ac cepted by the navy department as final proof. When half of the greatly en larged navy is stationed in the Pacific ocean, it should not be kept away from any port by false statements made in the supposed interest of rival ports, it will want to use all available ports. and it should have the latest accurate information in regard to them. The coming of the fleet argues further necessity that of unremitting diligence in maintaining and increas ing the depth of the channel and the harbor. Xo doubt must exist that there is the minimum depth which we claim, that depth should be steadily increased as the draft of ships dic tates, and all gain should be made permanent by means of permanent works to prevent shoaling. The energv and broad policy shown by the reor ganized port commission give assur ance that this will be done. CITE rs CANDIDATES. x Senator Borah wants a referendum on the league of nations covenant, but he leaves us in annoying uncertainty as to what effect the decision of the people would have upon his attitude as a senator empowered to vote directly for or against ratification of the treaty. As a close observer on a proving ground for special referendums the rare Oregon citizen who always per forms his electoral duty is likely afflicted with another annoying un certainty. It concerns the adequacy of any verdict so obtained. In a recent special election in Ore gon of great importance to every citizen, and on which turned the issuance of many millions of dollars bonds, about 2 2 per cent of the voters of Portland expressed an opinion. In a later special election involving the intimate issue of enlargement of public school facilities and election of a director fewer than 6000 voters out of a total of nearly 95,000 went to the polls. An election, in order to arouse a general interest, needs a candidate or two. If it can be arranged to elect a president of the proposed league at the same time, or say a mandatory Tor the whirling dervishes, there might be hope of a representative vote. By the way, who was it back in 1917 that gained enduring fame by propos- ng a referendum on the question of going to war? VERY CONTTNCING. A conductor on the street railway. who must be veracious, for he offers to support his story with an affidavit, relates the following incident in Watts Watt: Coming; oat of town In the mornlnc on the Kenton car a lady rJasaenger was sit ting In front of a window where the pan was entirely gone. Soon she seemingly grew too warm and she lowered the window sash. err carefully putting her hand on tha alaas (that wasn't there) In order to let the win dow down easy. Even when her hand touched pace, she seemed unsurprised, and con tinued operations. After having lowered the sash she sat down In the same place and appeared to be comfortable. On the return trip to town another woman sat by the same window. Rain began to falL She. arose, raised the empty sash and sat down in front of It again, quite com fortable. Tou see. It is all la the passen ger's mind. Watts Watt remarks that here is an apt illustration of the truth of Presi dent Wilson's theory that most of our troubles are psychological. Certain healers might also find proof therein of the supremacy of mind over matter. Also the medical healers need not be dismayed, for does not Doc Kvans assert that nervousness may cause a rise of one degree or more of tem perature? And what tends more to nervousness than to find the sash up when one wants it down, or vice versa? As for ourselves we shall merely suggest that the incident is a remark able tribute to the window washers of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company. PENROSE; REFORMER. Philadelphia's new charter will not in one particular seem startlingly pro gressive to Portland citizens. It does not establish either the commission or managerial form, but creates a council of twenty-one members distributed among eight districts in proportion to the number of assessed voters in each district. Yet it is a long step forward for Philadelphia which has had the federal system for more than half century. The lower house had six more members than the combined number of representatives and senators in the Oregon legislature, and the upper house had one-half as many, or forty eight. The charter, in spite of its conces- sion to conservatism in the one par ticular, contains numerous important features and offers several funda mental reforms. It establishes a bud get system, eliminates politics from the fire and police departments, Im proves civil service, requires official revision of the voters' list and provides for. municipal street paving and re pairing and for city garbage collec tion. Padding of the voters' list had been a conspicuous evil employed by politicians to increase ward represen tation. There are other election re forms in the charter and also a whole some curtailment on floating indebted ness. Perhaps the most interesting" inci dent in connection with the charter to those who have gained their con ception of Senator Penrose from local democratic publications will be his assignment by so unprejudiced an authority as The Outlook to the role of reformer. The Pennsylvania sena tor worked diligently with a represen tative committee of citizens and Gov. ernor Sproul to remodel the charter and to establish a series of electoral reforms. One section of the charter is intended to put an end to the rule of a coterie of contractors which had become notorious as the "Philadelphia organization." However, this light on the senator's proclivities may be unimportant now He is a small anatTiema to the demo cratic press of this distant state comparison with certain other senators since the league of nations covenant crossed the water. PLAJTNTNG FOR BUSINESS. Combination of the forces of the city, the Port of Portland commission and the dock commission to provide funds for an industrial survey gives assurance that the city is at last to move forward on an agreed, definite plan of development. With that kind of a start, and with the work in the hands of men of such ability and Pudiic spirit as are on the survey committee, the survey will surely lead somewhere. Hitherto the industries, docks and transportation lines have grown with out definite relation to any general plan. It did not seem to matter, for they apparently had plenty of room to grow. But the city has now reached the stage where they are beginning to get in each other's way. and this situation will be aggravated the longer it continues. Also Portland is engag- ng in competition for lines of business where a small extra cost may make the difference between winning and losing, and such differences can often be eliminated by means which nothing but, a comprehensive survey can dis cover. We have had several kinds of city planning under discussion in the last few years plans to make the city more beautiful and plans to group public buildings. We are now to have a plan to make the city more economi cal and convenient to do business, to attract more business and to found more industries. That is the kind of plan which will provide the people with the means and will put them in the mood to carry out the other plans for the city beautiful. Those will wait, for in the eyes of every visitor and every citizen except a few who have the jaundice, the city is already beautiful. submission to the auditor general, a budget bureau would be added to the treasury, department. Heads of de partments might be required to appear in either house to answer questions during budget debates. There is good cause to credit Mr. Frear's prediction4 that some such system would save hundreds of mil lions of dollars to the nation annually, also would save ranch of the time which is now wasted in debate on appropriations, . especially on District of Columbia appropriations, as to which congress acts as a mere board of aldermen. He does not underrate the opposition which he will encoun ter in the house, for about 150 mem bers of appropriation committees will be likely to fight for their jobs, but he may look for opposition from other quarters. The secretary of the treas ury may welcome his new duties, for authority to revise the estimates ef other heads of departments would make him the most powerful man in the government after the president. but his colleagues would strenuously object. During the last two years the sixty-fifth congress has been so ac commodating that the rule has prac tically been "Ask and ye shall recel'e." They will not relish having to run the gauntlet, first, of the treasury depart ment, then of the auditor general and then of the joint budget committee. One great effect of the proposed system weuld be to strengthen greatly legislative control over the public funds, and by that much to limit the growing power of the executive. There would be such close scrutiny of each item that each dollar could onlj" be expended for the purpose for which it was voted. There would be no more $100,000,000 funds for the president to spend at his discretion, hence no more Creel committees. President Wilson has recommended a budget system and consolidation of all appro priation committees of the house in one, but he will hardly like having all expenditures and estimates pass under the scrutiny of an auditor general in whose appointment he has no voice. But congress would be within its rights in creating the new office. It is the clear duty of congress under the constitution to insure that money is spent as the law provides, and to create the proper machinery for doing so.' Its waning prestige would be vastly revived, and members would find that the time and opportunity to distin guish themselves in general legislation would amply compensate for the little loss of prestige suffered by abolition of the many appropriation committees. But the real impelling force to carry this great reform must come from the people. They may awaken when they realize that it means money in the pockets of each individual. Those Who Come and Go. NEW ZEALAND'S EXAMPLE. l lie palm lor prompt action in pro viding for returned soldiers plainly belongs to New Zealand, as is shown by an interesting statement made by Premier Massey dealing with the plans of the government for settlement on the land. Although the armistice was not signed until last November, actu settlement has been going on for two years. The number of men provided for has not been large, since all but a few were continued in the service, but those who were invalided home and were physically fit for agriculture are already established to the number of about 1500. The number of acres acquired by the government for set tlement purposes up to March 31 was 473.000. New Zealand makes definite pro vision that soldier settlers shall not sell their holdings for a period of ten years from initial occupation. This has been done to forestall speculation, but where death or other serious EMERGENCY TOWNS. The town of Mussel Shoals, Ala., which is described in a recent number of the National Municipal Review, seems to have been a success from the city planning point of view, what ever may be said of the great power scheme which made it necessary. It was laid out in four square miles of cornfield, in a malarial district cov ered with mud. In seven months the population multiplied more than sev enty-fold, increasing from 300 to more than 21,000. Malaria had been elimi nated and the disease rate from every cause kept well within bounds. A community director established seven departments, those of super visor, commissary, business, health. education, real estate and housing. The. community director seems to have been something of a czar. He had only to order a thing, and it was done. He approached very near to the ideal In solving the garbage question, to illustrate, when he assigned an ade quate sanitary division to the job of keeping the city clean. Refuse was divided properly between the city hog farms and the incinerator. People were compelled to keep their premises clean and free from flies. Special precautions were taken as to the water supply and sewerage system, with the result that not a single case of illness was reported that was traceable to these sources. Hut the government paid the bills In this respect the experiment does not prove anything as to other Ameri can communities. It has produced community that the municipal, experts seem to agree is a "model," but it probably is no more than a model for other government-built towns. The real American town is the one in which the people have worked out their own problems, and in particular have shown their willingness to pay for the neces sities and the luxuries which the model town should have. The people of Mussel Shoals, becoming the arbiters of their own destiny, now that the town has been made permanent, will lie watched with interest, to see what they do with their opportunity. A good start is something, but it is not everything. It requires a high degree of co-operation to maintain a standard such as is said to have been estab lished there. Already the population has begun to decline with tho abate- A DEFINITE Bl'DCET SYSTEM. When national expenditures have grown to the point where a tax must be paid on every child's ice cream or soda water, interest in establishment of a budget system will be far greater than was possible when the tariff and internal taxes on liquor and tobacco raised enough money to run the gov ernment. When to stop waste means to secure relief from petty and vexa tious imposts and, finally, from tax on the poor man's income, there is some hope that the people will press their congressmen to support plans to bring system into national finance. Representative Frear of Wisconsin, who has waged relentless war on pork barrel bills which are a product of the present. lack of system, has taken the lead in the movement for a budget system which has been seriously begun in this congress. He has proposed a plan which seems to have the merit of providing an effective check on expenditures without taking control away from congress. That has been the sticking point with all previous attempts, and it has given opponents of reform an excuse for saying that no budget system can be adopted without changing the constitution. Mr. Frear proposes that the secretary of the treasury take the estimates of each department and revise them at his discretion in order to prevent waste, extravagance, loss and duplica tion, then submit them as a budget to the president. The latter would then send the budget to a new official, the auditor general, who would analyze it, compare it with former budgets, and revise it, cutting it down where advisable. All present appropriation committees would be abolished, and in their place a joint budget com mittee of senate and house would be established, composed of the house ways and means committee and the senate finance committee. Its account ants would audit the budget as re ported by the auditor general, then it would hold hearings In joint session and would make a report' to both senate and house, embodying in one bill all the regular appropriations and any new taxes thaPhiight be necessary to meet It. The chief difficulty in applying the budget system as practiced by other governments to the United States was that all authority to originate expen diture and to raise revenue is vested in the house, while in other countries it is vested in a ministry responsible to the legislature. It is impracticable to reduce the authority of the house, therefore Mr. Frear proposes that the auditor general be appointed by a committee consisting of the speaker, the majority leader and the minority leader. to hold office during good behavior and to be removed only by a two-thirds vote of the house. Thus he would be responsible only to the house. It would be his duty to audit the expenditures of all departments for each fiscal year after its close and to report on them to the budget com mittee, performing the functions of all the auditors for the several depart ments, whose offices would be abol ished. Congressional control over ex penditures would thus be rendered more effective than it has yet been. In order to prepare the budget for The French government has decreed a considerable increase of pay to all employes in the civil service, in keep ing with the decreased purchasing power of the franc and with the neces sities of the times. Butt and here will be noted an exception to the rule ns it prevails almost everywhere else) it has taken cognizance of tho fact that there is grave need of economy, that there are heavy war costs to be paid out of taxation, and that other than civil service employes will have hard ships to overcome. So it orders that there shall be more work (government employes being notoriously lacking in pep") and that they shall meet the government part way by speeding tip production. The French solution would seem to be a happy one for industry in general. There is so much work to be done in the world that there ought to be no lagging in the mis taken notion that tho way to create prosperity is to make more jobs, rather than to produce more wealth. And opposition to higher wages woti'd be completely disarmed by tho prospect of more work in exchange for them. The spirit of democracy In Europe must have been heartened by the re cent international athletic contests held in the great stadium in France which has kbeen named for General Pershing, and in which Americans, as might have been expected, came off with more victories than any other competing nation. The democracy of our sports was illustrated by the cheers which alike greeted the private soldier who won a jumping contest and the brigadier-general who took honors in a rifle shoot, and also by tho ready acceptance by the losers of the verdicts of the judges. The energy and enthusiasm with which the Amer icans entered into the games was typical. They went in to win; no con siderations of diplomacy led thein to do less than their utmost, but they hailed the "better man" with real joy. There were no Germans present, it is perhaps unnecessary to say, but it might have been well to Jet them In to learn a lesson in fairness which American athletes are in a splendid position to teach. "Is Every dry goods box taken?" asked one man In despair yesterday afternoon of the Benson clerk when ha was told there were no more rooms left In the hotel. , "Wo still haee the roof tin reserved. " the man behind the desk replied hope fully. This Is about the situation all the hotels in the city are facing, with sum mer travel in full ateam ahead. Thoaa tourists who have failed to make reser vations by wire get passed around from one hostelry to another and If luck is with them they may end up on a cot In a sample room or In a converted banquet hall. Nine assorted travelers roosted Thursday night in a dlalnr room at the Portland and considered themselves fortunate. One of the big factor In crowding the hotels since July 1 Is the daily ar rival of specially conducted tourlat parties of about SS people. Three of them passed yesterday at the Bin son alone. People have so much money to Invest these days that they are simply buy ing out all the bonds reliable companies have to sell, according to K. T. Harper of the office or the S. W . fr-traus Dona house of San Francisco, who Is to oe found at the Benson. Mr.. Harper his company has broken all Its records on recent bond sales and notwithstand ing an unusual supply. Is sold out at present. The government, he main tains, has taught people how to save and they now are eager for any Invest ment offering returns. Not so very long ago, when the war mas stirring everybody, down Salem way there was a certain good fairy who used to drive a car around for dnys'ln succession looking up unfortun ate soldiers' families who needed care from the home service department of the Red Cross. She was Mrs. B. O. Pchucklns:. who. with her husband, is stopping at the Seward. Mrs. Sehuck InK is an lndustrlgus person and since discontinuing her Hed Cross work has been connected with the state fire mar shal's office at Salem. "Tou ought to see the envelope full of tractor contracts I've got in r.iy vest pocket. It would make you arreen with envy." said Clifford Harold of Albany yesterday afternoon as he leaned over the desk at the Seward. Mr. Harold used to be In Salem, but now he has gone to the Linn county metropolis to sell Fordsons fc Vlck Brothers. George Vlck of Salem ac companied him to Portland and is help ing his salesman figure up the wealth he has coming to him. There are authorities on all kinds of subjects, but if you want to find one on paints and varnishes no over to the 1-tensori and ask for A. H. Krawnor of New York. Mr. Brawner is head of the W. P. Fuller company and will be In the city until Sunday night looking; Into his business interests. With him are Mrs. Brawner. Miss Maybclle Brawner. A. H. Brawner Jr. and W. P. F. Brawner. They are on their way north. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mostscst. In Other Days. FOR HOOKHOLD I SR. (Is New Torb. after Ju y 1 Honor was still sold to persona mho said they wanted It for COok.rv or m.iiiin.i n . . . When father comes home with a flask And a radiant gleam In his eye. Don't stare at him sternly and ask If he don't know the country Is dry. He hasn't bought bootlegger's boose By any base, law-breaking trick. This liquor was purchased to use In making a cake with a kick. When father the following day Appears with a half gallon flagon. Don't leer at him rudely and say. "The country has gone on the wagon." This la not contraband eau de joy From Some criminal liquor-man's tuns. It is boose he Intends to employ In building a few little "ours. - When father turns up (as he might) With a couple of kegs of mixed ale Don't tell him he's not doing right And stands In the shadow of jail. The sfff he will have In the kegs Is not Illegitimate booze. For blended with mutton and eggs It will make the most excellent stews. It'a o Murk Troable. Let the People Itule The New York Evening Sun. Whil'i the use? They simply will not do it. ... A Sweet feeret. It is reported that Ohio, the mother of presidents, hopes soon to have an ad dition to her family. Kvesi fcajperogalory. The average small boy may not agree with the ruling that tooth brushes are luxuries, but he is posstive that they are not necessities. TneBty-trs Years A aw. From The Oregoaiaa of July I. !. Nearly ITS persons are already at Government ramp or will reach there tomorrow for the big expedition 9o the top of Mount Hood, where the Maaaman will bold their meeting and send up a display of smoke by day and of f.re by night. The executive committee in charge of the Chautauqua meeilnc at ll Lao -stone are viKorous'v perfecting plans, for the opening of the assembly next Tuesday. The Stanford university baseball nine yesterday defeated the Multnomah Ath letic club team here by a score of .'t to . The First Baptist Sunday school will hold Ita annual picnic at Gladstone park tomorrow. Fifty Years Acs. From The Oreg-onlan of July IS. 1 New York. A few cases of cholera are reported In this city and the dis ease has also made Its appearance in Jersey City and lloboken. Work on the McMtnnvllle water din h Is progressing favorably, with abom 0 men and double the number of horses employed on the Job. A. S. Mercer, agent of the Pioneer line of vessel running between New York and Portland. Is In the city on business for his firm. General Stephen Coffin, one of th state's pioneers, who has been absent in the east for several werk&. arrive-! here Saturday. Organized labor of Portland has a good enough organ, without indorsing a much more radical paper of Seattle The Oregon I.abor Press is sane, which may be the reason the radical element wants something fierce. Not every body will agree with liditor Rynerson and that is to his credit; but of certainty they will keep out of jail if they do. That is more than can be said of other editors and other papers. Be it known to all men and women that no Portland teacher has been lured to become a telephone strike breaker. This is the statement offi cially made and relieves the body of schoolma'ams of the odium some would pile on them. The trouble between the loganberry growers of Marion county and the soft-drink makers would lead to civil war elsewhere. hile there is no "kick" in the drink, there is a sting this year and there will be next. "Hardboiled" Smith was .beaten up the other day at Fort Jay by men he had abused while in authority and went to the hospital. That was wrong, of course, but rather gratifying to the onlookers. Those senatorial knots, which are substitutes for heads, must contain some brains after all, else how could President Wilson talk to them? Tho week end V as made for pleasure in going somewhere, though in this kind of weather there's much in stay ing at home. With 95.000.000 tons of explosives on hand, the United States has almost enough for the next war. Bela Klin's reign did not last long. but he was "the whole thing" while he lasted. If you want to get wealthy go to Montana and raise wool, la the advice of Charles M.iKnu of Itlllon, who paid a visit to the Multnomah yesterday Ife says the Pnnoi in Beaverhead county are having a great era of prosperity and one of his friends sold his wool for $22.r.n"0 recently. Mr. Magnushlmelf has 2CQ head of sheep, The Round-up Is all Henry W. Col lins la thinking of these days and when he wrote his name In the Benson recis. ter he put that significant word there in plnce of the town. Mr. Collins is one of Lmatilla county's big grain men. Official at the Multnomah hotel are bemoaning the loss of the establish ment's famous bellhop. Joe Coughlln. who acquired fame by finding fluou worth of valuables and rcfusinir to take a tip for their return. Coutthlln hns resinned and will go to California with his brother Dick, who also was em ployed at the hotel. Maybe their shock absorbers are dif ferent or they wear air cushion cloth lnc: anyhow, II. A. Werner and W. IL Christopher, who ended up at .he Per kins yesterday after driving In from Kverelt. Wash., don't aaree with the general run of tourists from Seattle that tho roads to Portland are bad. They came by way of Goble and advise other motorists to follow the same route If they would avoid the much- talkcd-of chuck-holes. No small Journey is the one F. C. Hatch and D. K. Gilllngham of Wood stock, Yt., are making by automobile. Tiicy registered at the Portland after cross-country trip from their home city and are bound for California. The turn will lie made throutrh the south. Little difficulty was encountered on the roads and engine trouble and blow outs were nearly a minus quantity. Shriners jrroeted Imperial Potentate John I. MoGil vray of San Francisco yesterday at the Renson and enter tained his party while they were In the city, stopping over on a northbound trip. With Mr. McQilvray were Mrs. Mctlilvrav. Mrs. Jimi Brown and Mr. ami Mrs. M. J. SavaR. r. Hurley, one of the men who origi nally planned the Belmont hotel In New lork, with which he is still con nected. Is at the Multnomah. Mt Hurley Is accompanied by his daughter. Miss Ruth, and is traveling in the west. After service In France with the USth artillery George Fnderwoodrrnail clerk at the Benson. Is once more on the Job. He returned yesterday to his work, having Just received his dis charge from the army. On a flying trip to look owr the shipyards ho Is Interested in Bayley Ilipkins. vice-president of the Founda tion company, paid a visit to the Ben son Thursday nicht. He departed a few hours later for San Francisco. If there Is anyone who Is well known amon? the hooel clerks of the north west it Is A. C. Ocle Jr. from the Spo kane hotel, who ia passing a few days at the Imperial. He is traveling with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ogle Sr. of Wheeling, W. Va. I. Nishl. proprietor of the Japanese tea. Harden at Council Cnest, has Just returned from San Francisco and will remain at the Imperial through the summer. Although he has been in this country some time. Mr. Nishl alm'aya registers from Toklo. Cordova, Alaska, eounds like a cool place to spend the summer. But Mrs. W. H. Llntlisr. whose name is on the Seward register, and who halls from ) the northern city, evidently doesn't j know a good thing when she sees it. I for she Is here in Portland. ' Out In the Dakotas wheat prospects ; are poor, but corn and other grains are doing remarkably well, according to Charles Fitch of Sioux Falls, who Is j at the Multnomah. He Is owner of a 1 big ranch and Is on his way to Call- : foinla. with Mrs. Fitch. "ANCil.F." IX HIM HK.IRT A-l il li Krror l Ksitls Markham'i Karty Pvesa Rrovldea AserJele. PORTLAND. July 18. (To the Edi tor.) Edwin Markham. the author of "The Man With the Hoe.", who still rides Pegasas with credit at times, was once a resident of San Jose. Cal Ei. gene T. Sawyer, an old journalist of that piece, whose claim to literary Immortality is that he was the dis coverer of "Nick Carter." the detective. tells an amusing story of Markham In his "Reminiscences of An Old Time Reporter." published in the San Jose News last year. I paraphrase from memory In the following: Mr. Markham was associated with Mr. Sawyer In the publication of the Snn Jose Times, a daily paper, in the early '80s. and would contribute poetry when the muse was working, one day he handed in a little gem in which was the line. "Hope in my heart like an Anfrio la plnailng. The proofreader h:id r.ot been on the job that day. It oficn was ro In those days, and Is yet When the Times appeared next morn ing', to aa v Markham was furious but mildly expresses it. He was rampant -nd perhaps tore his hair. But the peeved poet was yet to hear from the ether paper. Tho San Jose Mercury was owned and edited by J. J. Owen, who was in it or r.oet hlmielf. But he was an urbane journalist w ith a keen sense of humor, as well. C.nnmentlnir on Mark ham's poetry, Mr. Owen said that In the line where the "angle was said to lie singing, there evidently was some thing nmiis. Perhaps the poet had ineent to say. "Hope In my heart like a rlaht-ani,lcd-trl.nsTle was slncinur No, that co'.ld not be. The meter was too lonsT. Something else was meant. May bo the poet meant "Hope In my heart like an ansle worm Is slnginit." and I He nrinter had omitted the "worm. That must be It. Yet. that Involved tho question whether ansloworms ever sing. It was too complex for Kclitor fwen. and he left it to the poet to elucidate. On reading the Mercury critics com ments Markh.tm's lie was renewed, bu after his giouco subsided he admittei that the vrltlc had let him oil easy .tkI hiil tiot heen nearlv so caustic as Jeffreys had been with Lord Byron. He met Mr. Owen on the street a lew oas a-.ter. they smiled, shook hands and from that time on no dotiht were sworn brothers. G EOlti ; r. r . m.h rvi .. Increase of rates by the doctors is nothing. The main thing is to collect the bill. .MRI f.t'lKI.L'S LAST LKTTr'.ll Farewell Writ few to Her VI ar rr la Hrastrls, nel.lasa. New York Herald. The American Red Cross has nuns in the Nurses home, 38 West Forty-eig hi b street, a framed copy of Nurse Edith Cavell's last letter written to her nurses in Brussels. She said In part : "I am writing you In this sad hoi-r to bid you farewell. ... In Bel gium all was new In the profession. Little by little one service after an other was established, graduate nurses for private nursing, pupil nurses, the hospital of St. Giles. We supplied the institute of Dr. Depage, the sana torium of Buyslnghen, the clinic of lr. Mayer. And how many are called upon ns may be. perhupa later to nurse the brave wounded of the war! ... To my reKret 1 was not alwaa abi- to speak to you Individually you know I had muvh to occupy my time but I hope you will not forget ot:r evening talks. I told you that devo tion to duty would bring you throuxh to happthess. and that the thought that you had done your duty, earnestly and cheerfully before God and your own conscience, would be your greatest sup port In the trying moments of life and In the face of death. ... "One word more beware of un charltab:e speech. In these eight yenrs I have seen so much of unhapplneM that could have been avoided If a few words had not been whispered hero and there, perhaps without evil intention, but which ruined the reputation, the happiness, the life even, of someone. My. nurses should all reflect on that, and should cultivate anions; themse:c loyalty and esprit de corps. "If anyone of you has a srrlevance asraiiist me. I pray you to foraive me. I may sometimes have heen too seven, hu I was never willingly unjust, and I have loved you all far more than u realize." The Dr. pepace mentioned In tho letter Is now In this country to promote a plan for a memorial hospital In honor of Miss CaveU; and of his wife, who went down with the Lueltania. UIKH' I KK.HT! a style or so It would l.leatenaat U( Osit of Service. CANTONMENT. Vancouver. Wash., July 17. (To the Editor.) The follow ing appeared In The Oregonlan as a dis patch from Waahlnston. li. C: I.leulensnt Kll R. T'ershlnjc of Portland. Or.. rrl.tive of timer! John J. I'cmhltiK. t-onimanur-ln-c-hlef of the American evpe lltionary forres, hns been dl.rharseu from the sisnal corps here and will rvlurn to Orecoa in a few sreeka. Lieutenant rershlns Is an expert ph,toaraph-r an,l posses.- some remarkable military pictures taken si the eanijs of tho easl. lie is liapoint e,l at failure to set overseas, his order, to sail reach!' a r-tm the ilav that the amil?Uie was HKntii last November. This is to Inform you that this article Is In error. Eli It. Pershina- was a first lieutenant In the fprure production til vision up to Aueust 1. 191S. at which time he Vas discharged for misconduct In accordance with orders then in ef fect and the approved proceedings of a board of officers before which he ap peared at Vancouver Barracks. CHARLES VAN WAY. Colonel. A. S, A. 1", Commanding. lafbrmatlosi mn to Koldler. FBI NEVILLE, Ju" 13. (To the Edi tor.) Can you Inform me where 1 might find the address of a friend who entered the war from Portland? G. M. It Is probably not possible to as certain, if you can furnish no other fact than his name. If he is still in the service and you know his rank and organization, write to adjutant-general, war department. Washington. D. C. r ap- to dispense with many innovations are called There Is pear For woman clothes. And startling "dear" No dotiht because they many charms disclose! And yet the little that she wears today Costs twice as much oh strange the talc and sari! As did her raiment In that yesterday. When style decreed that woman should be clad. Grace E. Hall. Obtalalsisi Marriase Urease. PORTLAND. July IS. (To the Ed itor.) What teps are necessary prior to the marriage ceremony In this stale and also In WashlnatonT What civil officers have authority to perform the marriage ceremony? What Interest does a woman acquire on marriage in her husband's property? A READEIt- It Is necessary that both parties be of legal ase. not first cousins in other words, no legal Impediment to their marriage. In Portland the girl must be a resident of Multnomah county. The man must present to the county clerk, when he appears with a witness to secure his license to wed, a certifi cate of health from a regular practic ing physician. The medical certificate is not necessary In Washington and residence In the county Is not strictly required. - (2) Any Judge or justice of the peace. (3) None except her dower right, which can be claimed only st death of the husband. Real estate and Hood River apples i are the chief topics of conversation i with C. N. P.avlin. when you get him , wound up. Mr. and Mrs. Bavlin are : here from Hood River and are regis tered at the Benson. George C. Fulton, Astoria attorney, and B. F. Stone of the earne city will he at the Portland today while attend ing the railroad rale hearing. Mr. Stone Is interested in a cannery. F. A. Gsrretson. Cottage Grove tlm- berman. spent the night s the Seward. Pacific Armada in Pictures Photographs of the Pacific fleet, including the Texas, the battle ship Arkansas, and others of the bifr Yankee armada which helped whip the Huns, will be one of the leading features of The Sunday Oregonian. The battleship Arizona, one of the most successful dread naughts ever designed, is shown steaming past a dock in an eastern port. The flagship New Mexico, and a picture of Rear-Admiral Rodman, commander of the fleet, with a little note about each of the ships, help to make this two-page feature noteworthy to those inter ested in the. fleet's visit to Portland. WHAT PORTLAND'S SONS DID IN WORLD WAR This interest ing, illustrated article tells of heroic deeds done by some of the city's boys overseas, written by a man who himself was seriously wounded in the Canadian service. Photographs of the boys, and of the decorations awarded some of them, lend the etory a personal touch. THE STORY OF ALCOHOL New and interesting facts ar recorded in this week's article, which is serving the purpose of John Barley corn's obituary. The East Indians offered sacrifices of wine to their gods, and the Good Samaritan used wine in washing wounds, but the Japanese, not noted for their moral teachings, acquired the liquor habit from other rations, asserts the writer, in story illustrated with famous pictures. WHERE MILLIONAIRES BLOOM OVERNIGHT Texas farmers who couldn't borrow a hundred dollars a year ago, have hundreds of thousands since the oil boom. A writer for The Sunday Ore gon i an tells fill about it- I A HUNDRED YEARS OF FUNNY FASHIONS They are illustrated with silhouette pictures. The variations of feminine garb are traced from the twelfth century to the present. TO CLEAR LAKE BY AUTOMOBILE Pictures taken by The Ore gonian staff photographer illustrate an nbsorbing account of a trip up the Santiam and into the heart of the Cascade mountains. 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