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5 : -x ': . f 4 10 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920 r" ( ESTABLISHED BV HESBY I- PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co. 130 filxtn street, roruena, uresou. r a unnc' li. B. piper. Manager. Kdltor. The Oregonian Is a member of the iuo dated Press. The Associated Press b vrlusivelv nflrl.1 to the use for DUbllca tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not omerwise credited in mis paper uu also the local nfvi nuhltshed herein. AU rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariable In Advance. (By Mall.) Dally, Sunday included, one year $8.00 Dally, Sunday Included, six months ... 4. Dailv. Sunday included, three months.. 2. Daily. Sunday Included, one month ... .74 Dally, without Sunday, one year 6 00 Dailv. without Siin.lsiv. sLit months .... 3.2 Dally, without Sunday, one month..... 80 Weekly, one year 1 "0 Sunday, one year - o.OO Br Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year 9 00 Daily. 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Those who still think that there may not be as profound a principle involved in litigation over a small amount of money as in a suit for pos session of a railroad will be inter ested in the outcome of a momen tous case just decided by a Jury in one of the Xew York municipal courts. The basis of the dispute was a charge of $25 made by a delicates sen dealer for a Virginia ham, duly beautified, garnished and otherwise made appetizing by an expert in the cookery of .hams. The buyer ten dered a check for $14 in settlement of the bill, saying at the same time that he regarded this as $2 too much. The dealer sued for the full amount. A judge, a Jury, several lawyers and what the reporters might describe as a cloud of witnesses devoted several days to determination of the weighty issues involved. Now the layman may wonder why the trial was so long drawn out and what issue could possibly have been raised to warrant the calling of many experts to give testimony. To most cf us a ham is a ham, and there are few who do not think that they could decide offhand whether any " ham is worth $25. But it seems that there are knotty technical points in the delicatessen business. The de fendant's cook testified that this ' ham weighed twelve pounds when it reached him; the plaintiff himself said that it weighed twenty pounds before he began to beautify it. This brought up the "shrinkage" issue so -familiar to those who buy their prov ender ft delicatessen stores. The commission merchant from whom the plaintiff bought his hams, being drafted as a witness for the defen dant, said that he had not seen a ham In a year that weighed more than seventeen pounds and he didn't expect to see one soon. The plaintiff spoke of "shrinkage" of 40 to 60 per cent in the preparation of a ham. Another dealer, however, and also a graduate of the Boston School of Domestic Sciences, who qualified as an expert, testified that no ham will shrink more than three pounds in cooking. Numerous others, also qualified experts, declared that $2 was a sufficient charge for the cook ing of one ham. even in the highest style of culinary art. The plaintiff lost his suit, the jury evidently taking the view that $1.18 a pound is enough for ham, even in these times of high prices, which would be at the rate of $1 a pound with a $2 allowance for the skilled work of preparation. Thus a prof iteer was discomfited, and the de' fendant was so happy that he wrote at once a check for $500 as a gift to a local charity, just to show that he had not been actuated by any petty commercial motive in resisting pay. ment of the tradesman's account. It was a glorious vindication of the right of a citizen who likes ham, and wants It spiced and cooked in cider and so forth, to obtain this luxury -at the risk of only a moderate goug ing by a conscienceless profiteer. But, however this may be, one of the incidental facts brought out by the litigation strikes us as the fact of chief interest, and that Is that the number of people who are willing to pay $1 or more a pound for bun, cooked down town, and for other articles of luxury and necessity in proportion, rather than shop around a bit and take their food home with them and cook it themselves, is growing amazingly. The dealer in this case testified that the charge that he made was the "customary' one. Probably it is true. If so, it only proves that customers themselves, though they complain of the high cost of living, are not doing all that might be done to reduce It. We think that, somehow, the question of how much the dealer wars entitled to charge for' his skill (which is not dis puted), or for the "shrinkage" of the ham (which undoubtedly is consid erable), is a relatively small matter when viewed beside the fact that great numbers of people were will ing to pay the price without cavil rather than be bothered with the menial tasks that our grandmothers would have deemed a pleasure and regarded as a domestic virtue. - The new practice is easy, but it f Is also expensive, and the more it is Indulged In the greater the proba bility' that the arts of household economy win become extinct. There could have been no suit over a $25 ham a generation back. People in those days did not carry gravy and salad dressing and whipped cream in - paper bags and that may be one of the minor reasons why profiteering was not so prominent a social issue as it is at the present time. considerable purchases have been made, so that as to locomotives and passenger cars the situation is about two-thirds normal, and as to freight cars it is a little better than that. Freight traffic is already about 50 per cent of pre-war volume, not withstanding handicaps. Only those who know how to work will appreci ate the great magnitude of the task the Belgians accomplished in a little less than a year. WHY NOT THE FACTS? The Oregonian holds no brief for ex-Postmaster Myers Heaven for bid! and it shares in the general sense of relief and satisfaction over his retirement from the public ser vice; but it thinks that his demand for information as to the specific charges against him and the find ings of the investigators is reason able. Who owns the government. anyway? The president giveth jobs and he taketh them away sometimes. Myers is of course on a fool's errand in his project of a hearing before the senate committee. About all he will get out of it will be the satisfaction of blowing off steam. The point of attack for him should be the White House. The only way he can be vin dicated and restored to office is to convince the president of his mis take. We won't say that showing the president that he may have erred cannot be done; only that it has not been done. the rise of sterling exchange. In fact, depreciation of British money Is slight by comparison . with that of other European nations, and British trade suffers in consequence. v , While shipment of the existing stock of gold from one country to another distributes It '. more evenly and therefore corrects depreciation of currency in some countries, it does not meet the -real need, which is that production of gold be Increased, that all of the metal now used for mone tary purposes be retained and that constant additions be made. This is not being done in the United States, for the mint price is at least $10 an ounce below the cost of production, and Jewelers and manufacturers are buying at the mint price in large quantities. They get the metal be low cost of production and deplete the reserve. If this process contin ues, loss of gold by federal reserve banks will counteract retirement of notes as a means of deflation. In creased gold production will be as effective a remedy for Inflation as will be actual reduction of the cur rency. speed of 800 miles an hour. .At'this speed New Tork would be brought within about nine hours of Portland; Chicago would be three hours from New York; Seattle would be within BY-PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES Hew Lincoln Converted the East Told By Melville E. Stone. In February, 1860, Lincoln spoke at five hours of San Diego. A point to Cooper Institute In New York city. be considered is that ability to find writes Melville E. Stone in Collier's and take advantage of favoring air weekly. In manner' he was not al currents of high velocity would mean together couth but In matter he was a great saving of gasoline, a matter a commanding influence. Aa the late of less especial concern on account Hamilton Mabie said of him: "He had of costs than because of its relation . ,Tle a distinctive individnaL fuel-carrying capacity to the pianes. his own way he gained an Insight Solution of the problem of feeding ,ntffl the gtructure of Enf?Ush and a oxygen to the motor will take care of fre6dom an akm ln tt- 8electlon and the personnel of the craft, for a Mmhltl - . . . . , modification of the same apparatus , . . w,,i(.K, mad hlm " most convincing speaker NOT BACK OF ANY ONE OF THEM. More than one-half probably three-fourths of the republicans in the senate are for the league of na tions with reservations. Fewer than one-half about twelve or fourteen are against any league of nations, with or without reservations. Nearly all democratic senators are, or have been, for.the league without reservations; fewer than one-half are now for the league with reservations. More than one-half the democratic senators are against the league with the president is against the league i . . ,. i HOW TO BE CONTRARY BUT HABM- 1SS. . It would be a Christian-like act if persons whose minds are hope lessly contrary would take their cross-purpose diversion in some harmless form instead of attempting to arouse prejudices against the con clusions of authoritative medical science attained after, minute and world - comprehensive .investigation. The urge that causes a person who has made absolutely no name at home or abroad as a contributor to physical wellbeing to pit his mere opinions against the concrete proofs that vaccination is a smallpox pro phylactic is inexplainable. There are many avenues available for finding harmless conflict with science and facts, but your anti-vaccinationist goes morbidly forward prejudicing the ignorant and leading them to re sist at the peril of loathsome disease and passible death or disfigurement the application of a simple and would furnish suitably compressed air to "pilot and passengers. Engi' neers, who are not given to overen thusiastic estimates of future pos sibilities, will carry conviction with of his time, but which have secured for his speeches a permanent place in literature." This Cooper Institute address. ready within the reasonable bounds of hope. . VANCOUVER AS A PORT. By asking the people of Vancou ver, Wash., to vote bonds for the their prediction- that the one-day which really made him president of journey from ocean to ocean Is al- the United States, was a remarkable incident ln his life. The republicans of New York invited him. But they who thought their governor, Seward, the logical candidate for the high of fice of chief magistrate had little re spect for their guest He had been reearded na a MmncrYi.Anritiimril erection of a public dock, the council sort of we8terner and . ,semrjied of that city shows its appreciation of to hear a typical unpolished back the opportunity of Portland's nearest woodsman deliver hlrasllf. The hall neighbor as a port. With a flour was crowded and William CuIIen Bry mill ln operation and with a large snt, the elite of the elite, presided. export sawmill and a sulphite pulp I They came to scoff and remained to mill in early prospect, "Vancouver is pray. The address was a master assured of ocean traffic, and the new piece. A veritable "Daniel had come dock would provide facilities for to, judgment" handling general cargo. Having a Robert Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln's son. channel twenty-five feet deep, it is once told a Rood storr of the effect safely accessible for ships of moder- or the speech. "I was responsible for ate draft, and it has assurance that my father's nomination." he said. "I the government will maintain and was at the SL Paul.s school at Con- improve this channel when it proves fcord N DreDarlne for Harvard. the need Of it T had failed In mv ttimi. When mv As Vancouver has terminal rates father came eagt to eak ln New York he arranged to go to Concord Those Who Come and Go. with the proposed reservations. If he would accept them, the treaty would unquestionably be ratified by a majority of republicans and a suf ficient number of democrats, prob ably one-half of tlem. The community of interest be tween the irreconcilable republicans Johnson, Poindexter, Borah, Pen rose et al and the president appar ently assures the defeat of the treaty. If the irreconcilables were to yield. senate ratification would be guaran teed. But there remains the presi dent Final "responsibility is with him. " Poindexter and Johnson, respec. tively, will go to the people for ap proval of their cause in defeat of the treaty any treaty embodying a league of nations any league. President Wilson, or his party, will solicit endorsement of his action in rejection of the treaty and league with reservations. It is inconceivable that the Ameri can people will stand back of Wilson, r Poindexter, or Johnson The way the Belgians are settling down to peace is impressively shown -by reports as to the restoration of her railways. Trains have been run ning since October, 1919, over all lines that existed at the beginning of the war, although some are running on temporary track. The Germans destroyed 932 miles of track, which , Is thus seen to have been restored ln about eleven months. Of 1419 bridges and tunnels destroyed during the war, more than half 746, to be exact had been completely restored and 594 replaced temporarily, a total of 1340. It has not been so easy to 'restore rolling stock, but some has been reclaimed from Germany, some lias been lent by Great Britain, and KENNETH MACKENZIE. "That life is long," said the poet. which answers life s great end. Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie was sixty-one years of age, but he had lived a full life. The memory which goes back for nearly forty years does not recall the time when Dr. Mac kenzie was not in the front rank of his profession. As a very young man he brought to the practice of medicine and surgery an extraordinary insight Into the causes of disease, a mature Judgment as to the remedy, and a highly trained skill as to its applica tion. He had singiAar graces of manner which were the outward marks of a wholesome and alto gether lovable personality; and he acquired easily the complete confi dence of his patients and of all others who knew him. There are families in Oregon to whom Dr. Mackenzie had ministered through three dec cades and more. From first to last he was their physician, counselor and friend. Dr. Mackenzie did not confine his abounding energies and generous and intelligent spirit wholly to the practice of his profession. He was in a fine sense a public servant and he identified himself with many ac tivities. In effective ways he made the Instruction of young men and young women in medicine and sur gery his avocation. He was associ ated for many years with the College of Medicine of the University of Ore gon; and there are hundreds of doc tors who will gratefully testify to the high quality of his preceptorship, which was Informed, unselfish, un remitting ajid scientific. He had a great Idea of a medical center at Portland for the Pacific Northwest and it took the physical form of hos pitals, laboratories and school build ings, erected by the state and county on the hill south of Portland. Now construction is under way and its completion Is only a matter of time. It will stand as a monument to the fidelity, vision, humanity and enter- i prise of Dr. Mackenzie. The doctors will miss Dr. Mac kenzie and the hospitals and various charities and hundreds of the ailing poor to whom he gave freely of hisH service. He was a true physician, for the welfare and not the wealth of his patient was his only concern. There is published in The Orego nian today a letter from an anti-vac cinationist which accepts the word of one doctor against the government's public health service as regards the truth of statistics obtained directly by The Oregonian from that source. It was this same Doctor Hodge, whom the writer quotes, who opened the door to doubtful fame for him self by publishing ISTa conclusions as to the effectiveness of vaccination as obtained from Japanese statistics. He discovered thJfc Japan had had sev eral distressing epidemics of small pox and that during the period of them there existed in Japan a law requiring universal vaccination. As seen from Niagara Falls, Where this doctor lives, here was conclusive evidence that vaccination is a- failure, i Now the same capsule mind could as reasonably argue that alcohol sdoes not intoxicate. . There is ln Oregon a drastic law prohibiting the manu facture of any beverage containing alcohol. This law also prohibits its sale and importation. Yet frequently the police pick up drunken men or arrest intoxicated drivers of automo- miles. Ergo, the culprits must be in toxicated .by something' other than alcohol. '""Does not the law..-prohibit the manufacture or sale of alcohol? In other words, the great author ity of Niagara Falls failed to inquire whether the Japanese - vaccination law was evaded. A Japanese physi cian and surgeon who was on the spot and did investigate wrote an article In reply in which he disclosed that the epidemic prevailed violently in districts where vaccination had been evaded by the populace and that in localities where it had not been evaded the beneficial character of its results was indisputable. Re liance on Buch writers as Dr. Hodge is characteristic of anti-vaccina' tionists. As heretofore remarked, there are available harmless diversions for the mind that Is habitually disputatious and contrary. We have, for example, the seriously written pamphlet of another aspirant for scientific fame, which proves to the satisfaction of the author that the sun, moon and stars do not exist The sky is an ethereal mirror and the orbs we see in the heavens are but the reflections of the radioactivity of the earth. Besides being enticingly contrary to accepted scientific facta and proofs, the theory has the advantage over antl-vacclnation of being perfectly harmless. A person may embrace it with clear conscience, confident that no other will ever bring down a curse upon his head for leading him astray in a matter personally vital as one's health. from the east and the interior, it has equal opportunity with Portland to engage in ocean commerce. It is on the Columbia river water grade from the Inland empire and, being a party to the pending rate suit, will have the benefit of the favorable decision which is forecast by the examiner's findings. It may reasonably expect increased ocean traffic when the In terstate Commerce commission makes an equitable adjustment of to talk to me. The people of the New England states learned of this and after his Cooper Institute speech asked him to address meetings ln several of their cities. Thus they came to know him and ln the end to believe in him a worthy candidate for the presidency." A story in which three former en- railroad rates. It will act wisely if listed men and a major-general of the It equips itself accordingly. I army shared the fortunes of a chow- Portland views with satisfaction line rush is related by the New York the healthy progress of Vancouver, Tribune. - for It recognizes that, though separ- A roarlns bllard wich recently ate municipalities and in different states, the two cities compose prac tically one port and are in fact the port of the Columbia. Whatever is done for the development of the one contributes to the prosperity of the other, hence the two can work to gether and help each other as good neighbors. ' The' Vale chamber of commerce n.nt.cta orrivnl nt th Portland train at Ontario half an hour after and with the othera he beS" a hunt swept the Atlantic coast had caused a delay of 18 hours to trains between New York and Boston, and among the hungry passengers stalled at New Haven was Leonard Wood, then on his way to fill speaking engagements in New England. There was no dining car attached and the station restaur. ant at New Haven was besieged by a cold, half-famished mob. General Wood had had no breakfast GOLD AND DEFLATION. Deflation of the currency is recog nized by the American Mining Con gress Journal as a necessary means to reduction of prices, but it ex presses alarm lest large exports of gold should cause the process to take place more rapidly than industry can adapt itself to the decrease of circulating medium. That alarm is founded on the diminution in the United States' stock of gold In 1919, through exports and consumption ln the arts, to the amount of $292,796, 000, which is estimated to be equiva lent to a forced credit contraction of $5,800,000,000. This loss has re duced the federal reserve banks' ratio of gold reserve to net deposit and note liabilities from 44.8 per cent on December 26, 1919, to 42.7 per cent on February 20, 1920, the latter figure being only 4.7 per cent above the legal minimum. Further decreases In this ratio will be checked by the export of about 50,000,000 in gold from Great Britain, which has already begun and the bulk of which will come to this country. As about two-thirds of the world's annual production comes from the British empire, there is not THREE HUNDRED MDLES AN HOUR. Speed of 300 miles an hour in the air may not be as distant as it seems, and the immense social as well as scientific importance of develop ments in aviation on which engineers are now seriously working will be understood by those who appreciate what it will mean to bring Portland, for Illustration, within ten hours' travel distance from Boston. The two most recent noteworthy achieve ments ln flying in this country, of Major Smith, who went from Puget sound to San Diego in one day, and of Major Schroeder, who reached an altitude of nearly 27,000 feet, have a direct bearing on the prediction that within a short time the conti nent will be crossed from east to west or from west to east in a single day perhaps in a single flight. Hopes of the engineers were re vealed at a recent session of the So ciety of Automotive Engineers held in connection with the New York Aeronautical exposition. Experts said that they had been working ln the direction in trying too hard to reduce the weight of motors. A matter of sixty or seventy pounds in a 400-horsepower motor, they point ed out, is inconsequential by compari son with production of motors with low head ' resistance and smaller frontal area. Smaller rather than lighter motors will be the aim in air plane construction during the com ing year. Only one other step in advance re mains to make a speed of 300 miles an hour seem reasonably possible. This is in the way of perfection of super-chargers, or air compressors, to feed oxygen to motors at high altitudes. With an altitude range up to 40,000 feet, which would then be entirely feasible, as the experience of Major Schroeder has shown, it might be .possible to pick a level .marked by a favoring wind blowing 100 miles or so an hour. This, with a the train leaves for the Harney country, causing a day's delay at the junction point. That Is an aggrava tion to the man in a hurry, but On tario must be a pleasant town in which to while away the passing time. Perhaps, too. It needs the for one as soon as he stepped from the cars. Every seat In the restaur ant was occupied, but three service men recognized him and offered, him their places. The three chairs which they had occupied . were placed to gether so that the entire four could money, which is more to the point be seated and their three breakfasts were reapportioned in the same way. If any man can drive over Polk county One man took a fried egg from his roads except in tne vicinity or aion mnnth nnri Ind.n.nd.nPA and not nraT for repairs, he has lost all his religion. In The second man parted with two slices one short trip over the highways the top of the editorial cranium struck the auto cover aa many aa six times. Dallas Ob server. Without visible effects, of course. of bacon and the third rave up a roll and butter. All three offered to share their coffee- General Wood got something to eat found companionship and went back Home-made whisfty killed a Med- to the train prepared to face the rest ford man in Reno, but one need not I 0( ardUous Journey. go outside tne state to get iiKe re sult Again it may be stated that the man who takes a drink out of a bottle flirts with death. Washington City feminists are hail ing Miss Mary Winaor of Haverford, Pa., as the Susan B. Anthony of the 'sraokes-for-women' 'movement In defiance of the senate rules com This Americanization movement 1 i A tm. t .n,, Kl a Winsor, who is a relative with servant girls here from the old . ' ... ' , ,. country Is that they learn American standards of wages and hours off too confounded fast What about children made or phans by reckless driving? Parents cannot be restored, but perhaps the lfvA rtt otriAra mnv bsi saved to t.hlr little ones by proper punishment of hu.l permit. men to blow smoke ln of the aristocratic Winsors of Massa chusetts, smoked two cigarettes ln the senate lunchroom. She announced that she would call on Senator Moses, chairman of the committee, to demand equal smoking rights. for women in the capitoL That the senate of the) United States offenders. women's faces and deny the women the right to blow back she branded Railway men in Poland think it s M outrage. foolish to ask for higher wages when MOre lr"-D "r w createa wnen the cost of living "Jumps five times sh lighted her first cigarette in the a fast." For foreieners. those Poles sena-te lunenroom. waiters who seem bright rushed to intercept her puffs wavered as she stared coldly at them and con- The Vancouver, Wash man who I tinned to blow smoke Into the air. changed his name from Gomulkie-I "Ladles don't smoke here," finally wicz to Gum could have got the same I ventured the most courageous African result by adding a little pepsin to the I among them. first one. I "By whose orders?" demanded Miss Winsor. The Spokane woman held for theft The waiter answered that it was by of an opal necklace worth $1700 wtlRthe orders of "Mi stab. Moses. be a believer in the superstition "Who runs this place?" asked Miss about that kind of jewel ere she is I Winsor. done. I "Senator Moses, Miss, of the rules committee," said the waiter. Mr. Hutchm has the contract for "Very well." said Miss Winsor. "I the floats.in the rose festival parades shall see Senator Moses about it" then and his work in other years assures c8jmly lighted her second cigarette. some great tnings tnis year. Feminists applauding her stand de clared that it was time to demand a The philosophy of the period is single standard for smoking;, and in- summea up in tour woras or tne timated that "smokes for women' current phrase "like everything may De made a campaign jsgUe. They else nowaaays. hinted that the reDublican nartv mav ha held resDonsitjle for Senator'Moses Mr. Miller, who Is getting "all the lf ha doe. ntt vield to Miaa Winaor'a money in tne world, says last year i protest was the most prosperous of all. word is good. His Now and then an alleged profiteer Is picked up to enable the depart- ' In the reign of William III -one John Houghton, who combined the business of apothecary with that of a dealer in "tea, coffee and chocolate," com ment of Justice to hang out the menced advertising paper which he Busy" sign. News dispatches from Germany announce that the Pomeranians are angry at Noske. Hot dogs; so to speak. motor ground speed of 200 miles an The kaiser may be said to have beneficial effect is already seen m ofitiaiisni, would give a total ground thrown his Kapp into the ring. lilrelv to be much, if an v 'not do crease ln the British reserve, and the 1 hnvr. which is not beyond moderate There is one idea of St Patrick's day that governs and that is it is time to plant for early potatoes. Heavy snows were needed in the middle . western states; otherwise they would not have them. The world now sees the effect of letting Germany lie down before' she was thoroughly whipped. Montesano is buying a $10,000 fire truck, but that 'has no connection with current events. Mesopatamia's new king is named Abysmal. He should get to the bot tom of things easily. Mr: Daniels might be induced to send the Annapolis cadets this way in the summer. called A Collection for the Improve ment of Husbandry and Trade. In those old days the editor of the paper and the advertiser frequently spoke in the first person singular, while the advertiser also often spoke through the editor. The issues of this curious publication contained many advertise ments regarding the musical profes sion, of which a few specimens taken at random will serve to give a toler ably good idea of the style then prev alent: "I want a negro man that is a good house carpenter and a good singer." "If any young man that plays well on the violin and writes a good hand desires a clerkship, I can help him to 20 a year." e "I want a complete young man that will, wear livery, to wait on a very valuable gentleman, but he must know how to play on a violin or flute." "I want a genteel footman that can play" on the violin to wait on a person of honor." . - - "If I can meet with a sober man that has a counter-tenor voice I can help him to a place worth fSO the year or more." London Musical Times. "A selected sample of ore assayed at. $35,000 a ton," says P. F. Chan dler, editor of the Blue Mountain Ea gle, who arrived at the Imperial yes terday from Canyon City. He was speaking of the mine which Ralph Curl and Al Andrua are opening up on Canyon mountain. "But then-" con tinued the editor - man, "people ln Grant county don't get excited over a little matter like gold. A few years ago I saw W. H. Johnson come into Canyon City with a lard bucket filled with eold nutrtrets. People Just looked at the nuggets and said 'That's nice,' and went their way. I saw Pete Mitch ell come to town one day with a slab which was Just filled with gold, and, although the rock was very rich, peo ple took only a casual glance at it. Grant county is full of ore. Canyon City was started as a mining camp and, although It Isn't much of a mln ing center now, the mountains are ready to yield fortunes." "We are planning a market road from Monument west to the Wheeler county line, a distance of 15 miles. which will connect the John Day high way. We also plan making a market road from RItter to Mount Vernon, 50 miles, but we intend taking out only the bad spots ln the present rouge t first," reports Judge George Hsgney of Grant county, who is at the Imperial. "We have $16,000 to match state market road funds with hia year. The highway com mis slon . allowed us about $11,000. and then canceled it temporarily, so we don't kn,ow at present Just where we stand in the matter." - "Platinum Jewelry is growing ln popularity, which should pleaee Ore gon people," said R. L. Wells, a Jew elry salesman, at the Hotel Portland "About 90 per cent of all the platinum produced in the United States com from Oregon and California most of it from California. Platinum ln Ore gon is a sort of by-product with pla cer miners, who find a little in the pan along with the gold, and, while the platinum they recover Is not a large amount, in the aggregate it is considerable. Diamonds have advanced the most ln price, and watches have gone up about 50 per cent" Joe Lichtenberger of Wolf Creek, Ot, la ainong the arrivals at the Per kins. Wolf Creek will be better known, beginning thia summer, than ever before in its hlBtory, because it is on the Pacific highway and within the past couple of weeks hard-eurface pavement was laid between Wolf Creek and Grave Creek, one of the slowest Jobs of paving that Oregon has yet witnessed, owing to local con ditions. The contractors have been working on the four-mile section for practically a year. Bhang" Laughrlgre. who has been a deputy in the office of secretary of state, has resigned and passed through r-ortiana yesteraay on his way back to his old stamping ground at Con don, where he will go Into the First National bank. Mr. Laughrldge was county clerk of Gilliam county sev eral years before tying up with the office of secretary of state. William J. Mariner of Blalock, who is at the Imperial, is largely respon sible for the open Columbia river. For years Mr. Mariner advocated an open river in season and out of season and finally convinced enough people that he was right that the open river became a reality. The river Is now open, but li shy the steamers and traffic that should be plying it, hut that isn't Mr. Mariner's fault. Portland looks so good to George Moulding, so much better than Moose jaw, anyway, waters he has his head quarters, that he may settle in the Hose City. Mr. Moulding, who is al the Perkins with. Mrs. Moulding, has been Insatiable in his demands for in formation about the town, this thirst for information embracing everything from real estate prices to business conditions. We've got the best town on the coast for a small town," asserts H. J. Vaughan of Marshfield, who is at the Imperial. "It's such a goo (J town that I don't know what to say about It, We've a shipyard that never has trouble getting contracts. It has three ships on the ways now. There are plenty of mills and a good mar ket for lumber." Air. vaugnan sens logging machinery. A four-foot snow storm does not suit the fancy of Leong Chew . of Honolulu, nor of Chang Kwai Cheong of Hongkong, China. These mer chants, who visited Portland a few weeks ago and scattered some large orders in this vicinity, have just re turned to the Multnomah from a tour of the east and it was in Boston that they encountered the super abundance of snow. Graduating as a mining engineer at Stanford. Porter Frlsiell Is now milk ing cows by machinery on his dairy ranch near McCoy. Or. . When he was a student at tne university or tre- ron and later at Stanfard he was one of the star football athletes. Mr. FriMell Informed friends In Portland yesterday that Mrs. Frizzell has Just presented him with an heir. An honest man was located at the Benson Monday night The oashier made a mistake and gave the patron $5 too much. A few hours later the latter made the discovery and re turned the overchange. The bellboys since have been paging Mr. Diogenes. Representative J. A. Westerlund, who runs a hotel at Medford when he s not legislating for Jackson county at Salem, was in Portland yesterday. Mr. Westerlund has the figures to Drove that there Is no better town ln Oregon than Medford. Postmaster A. McGregor of Hooper, Wash., is at the Multnomah. The resi dents of Hooper didn't need the cen sus enumerators to count noses, for they know that the population is something better than 100. Once upon a time Eugene France was mayor ot Aberdeen, Wash., but now he is busy looking after hiB vari ous interests, some of which are ln Oregon. He is at the Perkins. George Carmichael of Walla Wajla, Wash- whose wheat ranch is near Milton, Or, is at the Hotel Washing ton on his way to California to visit his daughter. J. B. Cornett, who owns a barnful of some of the best Shorthorn cattle ln the state, Is at the ImperaJ from his ranch near Shedds. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pennington of Tillamook are at the Multnomah. Mr. Pennington is in the dry-goods tradt in the cheese capital. To see what the Portland shops are displaying, Mrs. J. P. M. Calloway Is at the Hotel Washington from Astoria. C. W. Rowan, northwestern man ager of the Palmolive company, which decided to shift its base to California, is at the Benson. E. Friend, whose Initial may stand for Everybodys, is at the Hotel Wash ington. He deals in supplies for doctors. Mrs. E. P. Ash, wife of a Stevenson, Wash., banker, is at the Perkins. She Is accompanied by ner oaugnter. F. E. Needham, sheriff of Marlon county, was in town yesterday. WOMAN OPPOSES rsB OF VACCIXB PrevrBttoa of Disease He W"r Rrllaat Iaoculatloa. She Says. PORTLAND, March 16. (To, the Editor.) An editorial in The Ore gonian February 24 says that It is "shown by records in the possession of the public health service of the United States that there were 1J5.000 cases of smallpox In the French army, which bad not adopted the thorough Prussian method, ln the Franco Prussian war." Dr. J. W. Hodge, a homeopath In Niagara Falls. N. Y- has written two articles on this subject, reprinted In pamphlet form, one of them entitled "Is the Practice of Jennerlan Vac cination Perpetuated by the Use of Bogus Statistics?" In these articles he deals with the Franco-Prussian war smallpox statistics, which he de nounces as a canard. For years pro vaccinationists have used the alleged statistics of the Franco-Prussian war as their arsenal of ammunition. The German army numbered over 1,000. 000 soldiers and was well vaccinated, so the story goes, and, although ex posed to a severe epidemic of small pox, loyit only 297 men from that disease; whereas ln the French army, which was not well vaccinated, 23.469 men died of smallpox. He cites let ters from the war offices of both France and Germany, stating that no smallpox records were kept In either army, and shows that the French army was not only thoroughly vac cinated but revacclnated. The editorial admits that notwith standing stringent laws enacted in Japan ln 188& and 189S requiring uni versal vaccination, there were four severe epidemics of small pox soon after (one ln 1885-7 and another ln 1897), but extracts comfort In that each epidemic was shorter In dura tion and had fewer cases than those preceding It, the number dropping from 100,000 cases In 1885 to 20.000 In 1908. Which Improvement it credits to vaccination. At the time of the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5 there was no typhoid serum in use. What Japan accom plished in keeping disease and espe cially that scourge of camps, typhoid, in check In her armies ouring mat war was heralded far and wide ss one of the greatest achievements of the age and the credit given where It belonged, to her practical applica tion of sanitary, hygienic and dietetic laws. In an article in the North American Review, May, 1908. Dr. Louis Liv ingston Seaman says: "In that tltanle contest It was shown how an army which 42 years ago fought with bows and arrows and with coats of mall such as were used by the soldiers of the Emperor Charles V In the 16tn century had by adopting the sanitary science of modern days" achieved this wonderful result. This triumph of diet and sanita tion over disease attracted all the more attention, coming as It did right after the papers and magazines of the United States had been flooded with the embalmed beef and typhoid fever scandals of the Spanish-American war. Contrasting conditions In the Span ish-American war with those In the Russo-Japanese war. Dr. Seaman say further in the saSie article The crowning exhibition ot imne ellltv was reserved for the I nlted States .In Its recent war with Spain when 14 men were needlessly sacrl flced to iitnorance and incompetency for every one who died on the firms line or from battle casualties. . The number of hospital admissions on September 10. 1S98. was 90 pe cent of the entire force." He call the chuids "national disgraces" and charges "ignoniinous failure of the medical drpartment." He contrasts our army dietary with "the simple, non-Irritating, easily digested ration furnished the Japanese troops. No wonder our soldiers fell vie tlms of typhoid, with sanitation neg lected and fed as they were on cannea beans and canned beef In the tropics Whv aut here, too, In the four epl demies of smallpox In Japan referred to above, give credit to sanitary ana dietetic measures, instead of to vac cination, for the lessened duration and for the decrease ln the number of cases, just as In the case or ty phold In the Japanese army? Tha editorial concludes with chant Inr a refrain from the vaccinators' "Te Deum" about the safety of the vaccinated ln time of epidemic, in qulry among one's own acquaintances will Reveal that some of them took smallpox even though vaccinated. But when such a thing happens reuge Is taken In the explanatlonhat tne vac cination was not properly performed: HELEN DROLLING Kit, 6S2 Ravensvlew drive. More Truth Than Poetry. By Jaaaes J. MeatsuxM. I THE) CANDID CAXDID4T& "What are the kuer we mlldjy In quired. The candidate gave us a look of disdain; "What are the Issues?" he paonod and porspired. "Dont be so stupid! The snoss are plain. Our party believes la Uva good ot the nation. We're going to go In and untangle tills muss.' He waggled his finger ln stern Lndlr- nation. "What are the Issuss? Tne issues are us!" "What do you stand for?" ws waited his answer. He thumped on the desk wile, his sinewy hand, "Pray, rfb not oe foolish, no wotnaa or man, sir. Can have any doubt aa to Jost where I stand. No person dare make the tcsuUlnff URgcatlon That I lack convictions for wnlch I would fight Without reservations 111 answer year question. What do I stand tor? X stand tor tha rlghtl" "What are your views on the league reserval lone?" lie beat with his fuat on his opnlen vest "Why ask me. he erted, Tor renewed declarations? My views on that subject Pve ofteal expressed. The hlshest convictions of Doctor shall gul.le me My views are straightforward and honest and t;ijr, No matter thonih critics may toon and deii'le me. They'll be In the ptalform; Just look for them there." "What about liquor" He pounded the table. "I cannot," he s i id. "answer qrfe tlons all nlKht Out If I'm elected 1 know I n be able To settle that problem, and settle It right Don't ask for the details; I cannot disclose them To tell you about them would hardly be wive. But this much is certain, that when the world knows them They're sure lo delight both the wets and the drys." Implnrable. , The allies are dctermlnnd that Ger many shall pay that indemnity, even if they have to loan her the money to pay It with. I nlqne. A. Mitchell Palmer evidently doesn't believe the story that Ilia uly (real American who parted hi name In the middle was K I'lurlbus I t. um. (Copyright. IBM. bv the Bell Srndlrst. lnc ) VESSKI. BUILT ON IPPFR RIVKR. Captain Oray neeella PrwfltsMe Trip of Harvest Queen In 1S7B. PASCO, Wash.. March 14. (To the Editor.) The Oregonian .In reply to Mrs. William Reed says the Harvest Queen was built in this city iron landl In 100. The Harvest Queen was built at Celilo, Or., about 1878. and operated on the Columbia and Snake rivers be tween Celilo and Lewiston until the O. R. & N. company was completed to Wallula. when she was taken over h. fKiiio falls and through The riniie of tha Columbia. She was op- .ntvil a vear or two between The Dalles and then taken down over the Cascade rapids to Portland and placed on the Portland-Astoria run. The Harvest Queen has been re Invenated several times but Is practt cally ths same steamboat on which I was captain and pilot one trip when at 6 o'clock on Friday evening, in July, 1879. we left Celilo with 425 tons of merchandise and 46 cords of wood for fuel and about 100 passengers. We ran night and day and distributed the freight and passengers on the way to Lewiaton. where we took on 17 cords nf wood an d 150 tons of wheat We nicked uo 100 tons of wheat at Al- mota. 100 tons at Wallula and 100 tons at Umatilla and arrlvea at temo at o'olock Monday evening, making the round trip in 73 hours ana nananng 975 tons of freight and about 150 pas sengers. This was on xne two rivers, now opened by canals from Idaho to the Pacific ocean, but they are as idle as vhen Bryant wrote his "Thanatopals," except for a few ferry boats and draw bridges. W. P. GRAY. WASCO HAS UNUSUAL SCHOLAR. Popll Boy at That Likes School So Well He Forgets Satnrday Vacation. WASCO, Or., March 15. (To the Ed itor.) Last Saturday morning a boy in the second grade at the Wasco school came to the echoolhouse about 8:30 o'clock, and evidently noticing the stillness, inquired anxiously of the janitor whether the last bell had rung. When Informed that It was Sat urday and that there would be no school that day he was greatly sur prised as well as being relieved at not being late. He then said: "I like to come to school so well that I did not think anything about Its being Satur day." Is there something new under the sun? Or ln the son? Or is the mil lainlum nearly at hand? Thihk of a schoolboy forgetting Saturday morn ing;! It indicates that State Superintend ent Churchill was right when he stat ed during his recent visit that Wasco seems to take a great Interest In edu cation. Perhaps it reflects extra credit upon the teacher. Or possibly the ab sence of convenient fishing grounds Is a partial explanation. At any rate the writer has never heard or a similar cane and doubts If there is one on record. J. S. B. Poise. ny Grnrs K. Halt O, I have felt so sorry for myself that I have wept ln copluoa plenti tude The tears that for another's grief far better had been sr-Uled; for grieving o'er my reaj or fan cied woe I've furrowed deep my brow on which had better bnen a placid sur face, indicating to thosa other soula pei'l(ied That poise mid calm are possible to those who stronirly strive; and Unit, like shining halo, uch victory may spread Ha glow Until the countenance of such a on nay be a i:rlit to guide to s;i!er harbors of tbe aouL Yea, I have wept for self until my eyes were aa brown Islands, mii rounded Ly a aca of fiery hue. While my weak brain seemed nigh to bursting 'utfclh Its burden of scli'-plty and commiseration o'er personal hurts. The skies have turned llue-blnck and all the world lias held no gleam for mo, the much-abused, the much neglected! While aobs lllio mournful tom-toms on a drum have set the air a pulsing with an agony of dis cordant tones. And then tha nftermath when tent drawn nerves released have lnu;i;ing!y conn back to enne and normal action: While my sore brain or It a poor auhstltuto, which fxtled to funrtlon has slowly cast the weight of aniruixh Into the rtibblMh-h-ap of discarded error and mlatiaed energy. am bat human, nor Immune to wonknnMot such as beiall the averaue human atom on its mortal way; But I have won some victories over self, and thief of all, self-t'ltV has been largely vanquished, leaving me with clearer virion. Ilnnceforth I'll strive th more for that sure poise which la the marvel and the envy of the weak; And If of tears my eyes shall know an overflow, they shall be she.l for others' woes, In sym path ell" and kindly understanding of their Krlels, Thus serving a two-fold purpose the one, to soothe another's sorrow; and groater far than this. To leave upon my own serene coun tenance that brand which telH of calm and poise that shall be as a light to Inspire Those who, upon tbe sna of life, are tossed hither and thitlwr by every pasting; storm. In Other Days. Twenty-five Tears A as. From The Oregonlaa of March 17. lt. Particulars have come by the Aus tralian mall of a terrific hurricane which swept the FIJI Islands a few weeks ago, wrecking boats and dam aging hundreds of buildings. Among the resolutions adopted yes terday by the labor congress was one approving the free coinage of silver and another favoring government ownership of railways, telegraph lines and other Industries. The onlv special observance of this. St Patrick's day, will be solemn high ass and a panegyric of the aalnt hy Rev. Kather Newell at St. Patrick s church. It seems definitely ascertained that no lives were lost In the mysterious burning of the cottage yesterday oa Corbett street, near Lowell. Fifty Years A are. From Tbe Oregonian of afarcb 17. 170. Washington. K. J. Kolomnn of Illi nois has been confirmed by the senate as governor of Washington territory. Los Angelea Seed coffee has been received here from the Sundwlrh Isl ands and experiments In coffee cul ture will be made here this season. W. T. hanahan, who left Portland soma months ago. Intending to locate elsewhere, has returned and opened a fine piano wareroom In tha Odd fellows' temple. The tenth annual ball nf the Port, land Hibernian llenevolent society will be held at the Washington Guard armory this evening. .' 1 1 t ' I I I . 1 v