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12 5 - ESTABLISHED BI HENRY L. PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co., 135 Sixth Street. Portland. Oregon. C. MORDE.N. E. B. PIPER, Manager. Editor. The Oresonlan Is a. member ot the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor publica tion ot all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights ot republication ot special dispatches nerein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance. (By Mail.) Daily, Sunday included, one year .. . Dailv. Kunriav tnltirii .is months . Xally. Sttnday included, three months. Jaily, Sunday Included, pne month. . Iaily, without Sunday, one year ..... Daily, without Sunday, six months ... Daily, without Sunday, one month - Weekly, one year Bunday, one year ......... (By Carrier.) ; Dally. Sunday included, one year .... Daily, Sunday included, three months. Daily. Sunday Included, one month . 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An enthusiastic former resident ot California, anxious to make the great state of Oregon a tail of the Call fornia political kite, determined the other day to find out for himself how his hero Hiram was getting along: mH all alone he made a house-to- house canvass of part of the Mt. Scott district. The result was most Eratifvinjr to the pride of the ex-Cal ifornian, who doubtless is in fact or in sympathy at one with that glori ous and very exclusive order, the Na tive Sons of the Golden West. Tim straw ballot was an entire success, for it showed the I-am-for- Hiram candidate in the lead. So gratified was the ex-Californian with the pre-primary decision of Mt. Scott that he caused it to be inserted as an advertisement in The Oregonian. Let us eive our enterprising former Cali- fornian and the public the benefit of reprinting the totals here: Johnson 11'JII.owden S3 Wood Sli Hoover A straw ballot is worth whatever you think you are getting out of it. It is good until the election returns come in. But we have no purpose to deny the verity of the ex-Californian's work. Not at all. Whether the fig ures are accurate or not, they surely illustrate a condition, exactly and impressively. To that extent they are certainly true. The vote for Johnson is 112, the combined vote against him is 184. Bo it is, throughout Oregon. The inti-Johnson vote is predominant but it is divided. If it continues to be divided, Johnson will carry Oregon ' If a man or woman has a good reason for voting for Wood or Low den or Hoover, it is that he stands for principles and purposes to which Johnson is opposed. Why, then should Oregon next Friday notify the world that it is in harmony with Johnson and the Johnson idea? What are the friends of Mr. Low den and Mr. Hoover going to do about it? raised proportionately more than would otherwise be necessary. The Oregonian submits that - the streetcar riders should not be re quired to pay charges from -which neither they nor the street railway company receive actual benefit. It submits that they should not be taxed to pay for things which it is the duty of the taxpayers to pay for. The Oregonian recommends the adoption of the three measures. TO THE FRIENDS OF MR. LOWDEX: If all the men and women of Ore gon who are for Lowden for presi dent vote for Lowden, he will not carry Oregon in the primary tomor row. But Hiram Johnson will carry it. Why should the Lowden -voter, by casting an unavailing ballot for his candidate, cast half a vote for Hiram Johnson? There will be no Lowden votes at Chicago from Oregon on the first ballot. But there will be Lowden votes later at Chicago, when they are needed, if it shall be clear that Mr. Wood cannot get the nomination. For Lowden and Mr. Wood represent the same principles, are supported by identical elements, have the same ob jectives, stand for warfare on for cignism, hyphenism, radicalism, bol shevism, repudiation of duty to other nations. Let-Oregon do its part in disposing properly of Hiram Johnson. Chicago will do the rest. variably in every position he has I value of college training have been j RECOMMEJiDATlos OS MEASURES? taken has maintained the attitude of protection and advancement for ' the paving interests." . Mr. Dennis unquestionably has the confidence and esteem of his fellow members of the legislature and of the better citizenship of Oregon. That the Telegram today repudiates what it said in its own columns about Mr. Dennis less than four months ago is sufficient evidence that the present attack is actuated solely by personal animus. ' AT LAST. Senator Chamberlain has generally been in accord with the Wilson administration but ' at times' he has broken away from the president's leadership. Whether he has always been right or regular is not the chief point Involved. His long record of service to the state entitles him to a re nominatlon and a re-election. The general assumption on the part of most people is that he will have both. It is to be noticed that the excitement over differences be tween the president and Senator Chamber lain Is mostly confined to newspapers that have never supported the senator and Just now are more interested in a partisan solution of the senatorial issue than in the matter of keeping a popular and expe rienced solon at Washington. Pendleton East Oregonian. Beine blessed with a more or less retentive memory. The Oregonian re galia that the Pendleton paper took I refuge in' a deep and unilluminating snence wueu iub mnrrj versy broke out between our revered Woodrow and our esteemed George. Being chided by The Oregonian ior its failure to tell .its readers which was right and which was wrong, it refused to do either but saia it wouia have something explicit and satisfy ing to say in due time. Now that the East oregonian nas ,..r.H it wind and its tongue, it its away. FOR A FOURTH TERM. Mr. McArthur has served three terms in congress for the Third Ore gon district and is a candidate for a fourth term. He has always had a contest; he has one now. The reason is that he .has positive - convictions, on public questions and the purpose and courage to make them effective Thus, while he makes enemies, he also inspires confidence and respect Mr. McArthur voted in 1916 against the Adamson bill, and .now he is against the Plumb plan for rail road control. On these and on simi lar accounts he is blacklisted by Samuel Gompers. There are not few persons who love Mr. McArthur for the enemies he has made. But the McArthur record is ' not one of mere negation'. It is con structive and beneficial on many oc casions and in many measures, such tor example, as the appropriation for a naval and submarine base at Tongue Point. He is active, aggres sive. Industrious, serviceable. He has reached a position of usefulness at Washington. There should be no change. TREE CITY MEASURES. Coincident with the primary elec tion Friday there will be, a special municipal election in which three measures haying to do with certain charges against the street railway will be submitted to the voters. These measures will appear on a separate ballot. The first measure relieves the street railway company of the re quirement that it shall transport firemen and policemen free of charge and it reduces the charge for crossing the bridges from three cents for each car to one cent. The second measure reduces new pavement costs now exacted from the company to a charge which shall be no more than the excess caused by the existence of its tracks in the streets. In other words, if this meas ure passes the company will be re quired to pay only for the re-enforcement necessary to carry its rails and will be relieved of paying for that part of the pavement which it does not use and which would be required were the tracks not in the streets. The third measure is similar to the second measure except that it per 1 tains to reconstruction, repairs and maintenance of pavements. Reduction ot the charges now made against the street railway com 'pany in these particulars will affect the general revenues of the city. The reduction of two cents on bridge tolls will reduce the income of the general fund. A charge for trans portation of policemen and firemen vhen on duty means that the gen eral fund must foot the bill. If the street railway company shall pay a lesser proportion of the cost of pave merit in streets wnere its tracks are located, or a lesser proportion of the repair and maintenance of the same, the general fund must make good the sum thus relinquished. Therefore in each bill a tax asses- sable against all property is levied for the purpose of protecting the general fund against the proposed relinquishments. These measures are described as relief measures in behalf of the street railway company. They are that in one sense and in another . sense they propose relief for the car riders. "V- These charges are all extraordin ary. They are In fact income profits, if you please now extracted by the public from the, street railway com pany. The public is making a profit from the street car company on the use the company makes of the pub lic's bridges. The public is requiring the street railway company to lay pavement and maintain it when the -company has no use for it and does not use it. If the company were making large sums by carrying passengers extraor dinary charges of this kind would be less objectionable. But the company is losing money. As its revenue is almost exclusively from car fares it must raise the fares. If the public in general continues to insist on de riving a profit or revenue from its - bridges In excess of a reasonable charge, if It continues to insist that the company shall pay for paving in which the company has no interest, the burden of these charges will necessarily be passed on to the tlreetcar rider and fares will be enrolled bv the state university and the ner-irultural collee-e. Welcome rrapouu r spiaiaF mma as they have been, they have created Advice Given by The Oregonian. the problem of how- they shall be The Oregonian herewith presents cared for.. It is for the voters to oneI explanations of tne nine met rioHri. h.lh omiot. far-ilitiK I u" l"" state oatiot Wltn shall be provided for them, and for other ambitious applicants, ori Constitutional amendment extend- whether those least able to carry out I ing eminent domain over roads and their nlans unaided shall be turned ways 300 yes: 301 no. xne purpose of this amendment is to give to any farming, mining or torest-product enterprise the right to ECONOMY IN THE WRONG PLACE. obtain road outlet to market through Tn hsv in the wronsr place is no intervening property owned by oth less to be condemned than to waste. ervS0pavnt of PPra4sed value yet mat is wnat uuiiKi eaa uuto ....... i the postal service. That service re- . Limitation of 4 per cent state in ciuires continuous employment of I debtedness for permanent roads 302 rv, . Tt used bv Adoption of this amendment will , . . . .. . , 1 enable issuance of an additional $10 everyDouy ana wnen it. uetUu. ,u- 000.000 in bonds for permanent road efficient everybody suffers. When improvement and vHHt n iua of vacancies occur they cannot be well $10,000,000 authorized by the special filled by any man who may be picked session or the legislature. Estimates up In the labor market, for 'nowhere ot the revenue to be derived from else are the required training and a"t,omb"? "cenB,e" "now tnat 5e net practice to be obtained. "7". "a.W" .Vh But the postal service is being de- iasue, authorized hv thi &mndmnt moralized by loss 01 tnousanas 01 its i vote 303 Yes. haot 'man nihn hnvn ontlo-ht othrl employment in order to earn a wage I i.iT" m; ; equivalent to the present cost of liv-I Thin mnHiY.n', .i,.' ,nt,i ing. A senate committee reportefl I iahment or life imprisonment optional last fall: with the trial jury. During the last year the committee is I Vote 304 lea fnfnrm,d rhf th n -1- 1 1 ( rl turnover in 1 parts of the postoffice service has been I Crook and Curry counties bonding several hundred ner cent. The result has i amendment 306 yes; Z07 no. been confusion and loss, and the postal I Permits a higher rate of bonded in service has been greatly disorganised. I nebt.nns. in th l -niinti than The cause of -this' demoralization I m others, but such bond issues must is that salaries have not been raised I be approved by vote of the people in the proportion that prices have of the two counties Those vVho Ccme and Go. risen or that wages in other occupa tions rm vp risen. The basic salary e-ivfis the public the results of its I now prevailing was adopted in 1907 long and painful deliberations. They and ranges from $S00 to $1200 a have" not always agreed; but ootn are year. In 1918 and 1919 congress right. Thus all is happily ended. i added bonuses which now total $450, The Oregonian said at tne time but for one year only, thus giving no that Chamberlain was right and the I assurance of permanence to a type of president wrong, in their dispute I man who looks for permanent em-1 president of the senate. Veto 306 Yea. Amendment providing - for a suc cessor to the governor in the event of his death or incapacity 308 yes 309 no. This amendment would make the president of the senate the next in line of succession and the speaker of the house next in line after the "It looks as though our $2,000,000 county road bond programme will carry at the election Friday." said M. II. Anderson of Cottage Grove, chairman of the road committee of the commercial club there. Mr. An derson is on his way home from Pen dleton, where he attended a meeting of the club secretaries of the state. "The bonds will carry 5 per cent in terest and there is a provision that they shall not be sold for less than par." continued Mr. Anderson. "We have a pretty good road system in Lane county and when these bonds are voted .and the money expended on further development Lane county will have a road system second to none in Oregon. Our county has, per haos. one of the most complete road Dlants in the state, ana tne rows are being constantly looked after.' At home Mr. Anderson is in tne ium ber business, that being the leading industry in Cottage Grove. Sixty-five ' dollars a day is what Charles D. Davis will have to pay for a Darlor. bedroom and bath In a Chicago hotel during- the Elks' con vention. Mr. Davis, who is exalted ruler of the Seattle lodge of k-lKs. will nav the hold-uo price and he will encace the room for a week, maklna- his bill. just for sleeping .nmmnHiitlnni. 1455. There isn't anvoni who can sret $65 worth of Merit in a. nicht. and the Chicago hotel" management knows it, but does not care. Non only that, out tne t-ni cago manager Is taking no chances on the Vnan from Seattle ana nas nutria Mr. rmvls Dav $196 in' advance, the rent for the accommodations for the first three days. Mr. Davis is registered at the Hotel Portland and after considering what the Chicago hotel is doing to him he reels as though he, in' turn, is robbing the Hotel Portland, the latter rate being so small in comparison with, the Windy City hold-up. over conduct of the war. It says it 1 ployment at an income which will now. Yet little partisan papers and I. not decrease, but may increase, asl petty politicians would have it that I an inducement to enter the service. there is no issue between cnamDer- i since- 1907 the price of all commodi- lain and the president. .They are I ties has. more than doubled, accord- Vote 30 o. Higher educational tax bill 310 yes; 311 no. Proposes an annual levy of 1.2 mills to pay for support and main ashamed, or afraid, to tell the truth, ling to a report just issued by the warltenance and to provide building and industries board, and salaries of pos- P. S. If Chamberlain carries the tal employes should be doubled and primaries tomorrow, the word will go out to the world and it will be the exact truth that Wilson has been beaten in Oregon, by his own party. should remain at that figure, at least until prices begin to return to nor mal. Congress seems disposed to side step the claims of these men by con tinuing the present bonus for one year and by rushing the nostoffice bill to the president before the end equipment' needs of the agricultural college, university and normal school. Income fixed on pre-war conditions is insufficient and the good repute of these institutions and of higher education in Oregon is involved. Vote 31 Tea. Soldiers", sailors and marines' edu cational revenue bill 312 yes; 313 no. MilIage tax of two-tenths of 1 mill Co carry out the purpose of the edu cational aid law- authorized at the special election June 3, 1919. The sum originally appropriated was in sufficient aqd this tax is to make up the deficit. Vote 313 Tea. THE WTNDMILL FIGHT. The charges of high crimes and misdemeanors of which Mr. Day has been convicted by the Evening Tele gram, in its furious warfare on the paving trust, are developed from the following facts: (1) The legislature in 1913 had under consideration a county road bonding act, and a proposal' was made to make unlawful the award of any contract for patented, or trade mark, pavement. ( 2 ) The bill was - amended through the efforts of Senator Day, so that bids might be received and con tracts awarded for all classes of pavement, patented and unpatented. (3) A scheme to change the law in 1915, so that patented pavements would be excluded, was vigorously resisted by the Evening Telegram. (4) Now the Evening Telegram charges that State Senator Day pro cured in 1913 the passage of an im proper law a law which it approved in 1915. (5) The law for open bidding has worked well, and should not be changed in the interest of any con tractor for pavement, patented or unpatented, or of any newspaper, honest or dishonest. The Telegram is just now. of course, trying to fit the facts To its warfare on royalties and the paving trust with which it stormed the leg islature last winter and is now ding donging the public ear. Chairman Benson was so incensed at the discreditable methods of the Telegram that he came forward yes terday to show that Mr. Day's course had been correct and most helpful to the commission, and also that the campaign of the Telegram and its allies had been most hurtful. People ask why more good men do not go to the legislature. The slanderous and perversive methods of the Telegram against fit men give the reason. DK.MOCRACV IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Th hitrher educational institu tions of Oregon, in behalf of which pf June, all in the name of economy. annpal is made for financial support It is not economy to underpay faith in riprrap that is not excessive in ful servants who cannot be replaced proportion to their plain needs, will and the people should express that be confronted, if aid is denied them, opinion to congress. : it. -n.ne.i-T nit Vinf rf trraatlv Ho. I , creasing their efficiency or of closing Jhe,N.ews Vttert Published by the state elementary 6chool fund ta.x their doors to numbers of ambitious federal department of agriculture is 314 yes; 315 no. h of both sptpb. There would be. a constant reminder that constant Levies, a 2-mill tax annually for 4. t . tv. f,,rfi,0 .ltomntiv. nf . vigilance is the price of crop pro- the (support and maintenance of ele- .0 Uc, J ,;.,, I duttion. We no sooner think we mentary schools. The measure is in thereby shifting to the students navfne Pest under ontrol than ,h of another one bobs up. The Hessian ;l v.?, tw. f oo.n to fly. for example, has withstood the v, otT,!! Q 1 winter and the indications are that as practical It will not be supposed l1 th'8 ye" wl that any thoughtful citizen seriously favors a policy which would foster "Prices are beginning to tumble." said Jack Magladry of now itiver. ."-1. 1. - . 1 ii,mkM hiiRinAllB. The market is off and the price nas dropped on common between ana $8 a thousand. Lumoer was mo ibi to go up and the first to go down. People who complain about the high price of lumber should remember that it hasn't advanced anywhere near the percentage of other articles, such as shoes, sugar, clothing, soap, flour and whatnot. The lumbermen have not made money from lumber. The money has been made by buying stumpage and waiting for values to increase. One of the biggest mill mnni9 in Oregon has never paid but one dividend, and that was when th nomnanv sold a piece of property Then consider how the costs of the lumbermen have increased. Labor has advanced and cables and all other nitlnm,nl used has none up 300 or moi"e per cent in many instances." GREY'S SERVICE AS AMBASSADOR British Particlpatlom Im Battle of St. Jallrm Is Explained. TILLAMOOK. Qr.. May 19. (To the Editor.) (1) Please tell me when bir Edward Grey served the British gov ernment as ambassador to Washing ton. 2) What part did ,the British play at the battle of St. Julien, France? CONSTANT REAUEK. 1. Viscount Grey, which is the pres ent title of Sir Edward Grey, came to the United States as ambassador in the fall of 1919. but owing to the illness of President Wilson was not formally received as such and re turned to England in January with out having actually served as am bassador. 2. The battle of St. Julien (in Bel gium, not France) began on April 22, 1915, and was the opening engage ment of the second battle of Ypres. It was noteworthy for the first use of asphyxiating gas by the Germans. They prostrated or put to flight the French colonial troops on a front of three miles eastward from the Yser canal on the northern side ot the Tpres salient, and reached within two miles of the city. The lert flank ot the Canadians, who held the line for three miles, was thus exposed and in order to protect their rear they swung their left wing almost at right angles to their main front. They were driven back to the village of St. Julien and to a line, running through it by -a new gas attack on the morning of April 23. and for two I days they, aided mainly by the French, bore the brunt of the attack. By counter-attacks they recovered some of the lost ground, but were again forced back and abandoned St. Julien on the 24th. A reargruard of 200 to 500 men was left in the village and fought until the last man was killed. On the afternoon of April 23 British reinforcements beean to take over this front and on the 25th the British charged through the Cana dian lines to retake the village, but could reach only its edge. They re peated the attempt in a combined British and French attack on a front from the canal to the ea.st of St. Julien on the 26th. but with no bet ter success. From tliat day the bat tle became general all around the Ypres salient and was carried on mainly by .the British, continuing until May 24, when the last powerful attempt of the Germans to break through failed. More Truth Than Poetry. By Janes J. Mantaame, MID-SLI.VCING EXTRAORDINARY, The Oregonian does not desire or intend to take sides in the election of a senator from the thirty-fourth dis trict. There are three candidates in that district. W. B. Dennis, a former representative, has been a leader in broad and constructive road legisla tion ana other wise laws. C. J. Ed wards, another candidate, was in the 1919 house and was a loyal supporter of the programme of the roads and highway committee of which Mr. Dennis was chairman. John U. Smith. the third candidate, is a native Ore gonian and a farmer with pronounced views in opposition to freak legisla tion and high cost of government. So far as The Oregonian is informed any one of these men would credit- aDiy represent the district in the senate. But The Oregonian does deem it proper to defend Mr. Dennis from a wholly unwarranted and infamous personal attack published bv the Portland Telegram in furtherance of its purpose to defame every man who has not voted in every particular for its personal programme of fish and roaa legislation. As late as February 25. 19 20 the Telegram complimented Mr. Dennis in its columns. The final link in the chain of tective legislation designed to keep the tentacles of the navine- ,-. from the $10,000,000 to be exnenrted on roads was forged last night when tne Bouse or representatives t.9i H. B. 518," said the Telo-rmm of ,, date. This bill was prepared by Mr Dennis and introduced by the high ways committee. "Dennis,:' continued the Telegram, "clinched the passage of the bill by a strong speech." The Telegram now denounces Mr Dennis, and nothing could be more contradictory of its own word than the following, which it published Tuesday: "Mr. Dennis in all his legislative record ' has prominently identified himself With road matters and ia- inequality of opportunity, or would favor the rich and the well-to-do as against the children of the less for tunate. Yet this is precisely the point at which we would find our selves if the contentions of those who hold that ."those who want to be educated ought to be compelled to pay for it themselves" should pre vail. The education of all is the concern of all, as has been so demonstrated in the history of our school development as to have at tained the standing of an axiom. It can hardly be possible that the innate injustice of making education a matter of class distinction has been apprehended by those who urge the backward policy. The interests of democracy are served by equality of opportunity both in vocational and cultural studies, and the future of education as a whole is involved in the training for efficiency and for leadership which higher education implies. We' are less concerned for the moment with details of curricula and of pedagogics than with the broader principle that ambition is a thing not to be discouraged an4 that the cost of fostering it is smaller than the cost of neglect. The tax entailed by the effort to maintain the state university, the agricultural col lege and the state normal school on a plane of excellence suitable to their needs and gratifying to our state pride will be a smaller tax than which will be indirectly paid if we either deny opportunity to all who are legitimately entitled to it, or drive numbers of Oregon young men and young women to seek education in the private and public institutions of other states. It is apparent that the schools cannot continue indefinitely to main tain themselves on a pre-war basis. Equipment is outgrown and becomes antiquated, and a personnel Is subject severe," while there is nothing that can be done about it in time to pre vent damage to this year's yield. New fruit enemies are on the ground, in cluding the pecan weevil, the peach I maintenance of a vocational school for the blind to do located m fort Vote Sl Yea. ; tended to equalize more nearly the ability of all districts to maintain a proper length of school term with adequately paid teachers. Vote 314. Yea. Blind school tax measure 316 yes; 317 no. Levies one-sixth ot a mill in 1921, and one-twenty-fifth of a mill there after for erection, equipment and fly and the California mealy bug. A Japanese Deetie nas invaded us from the orient. Sooner or later, as in the past, ways will be found for holding these predatory insects with in bounds, but meantime it is desir able to be on the safe side. The home garden may not be a complete frequently anfwer. tot'le food jroblem, but it .,,frro xiuu u. suiuLiuu. it was a recognized necessity during the war, when millions of men were taken DEATH PENALTY IS JUSTIFIED New Law Aiicmeats Teach Inns-of Old Test anient oa Subject NAHCOTTA. Wash May 19. (To the Editor.) Why is it that anyone tries to sustain his belief that capital punishment ie unchristian by quoting that man is created in the image of trom productive worn, and it ought God? In Genesis (ix:6) we read that to be regarded . seriously now. with I "whoso sheddeth man's blood by man millions engaged in about everything shall his blood be Bhed: for in the except the production of food. Image of God made he man." mis scripture seems to leacn tnat Tne Kentucky KJick is the real old I i,i, 7i Bourbpn article hereabouts. It can thereby forfeita hla own riKht in life. resolute" all other democrats out of This lav was given centuries before the party. Politics is religion with I 'he time when, for some cause, God the Klickers and thev desnise a rlem- I repeated tt when supplying a code ocrat who would accept a republican toLh hc, 'J1 ,pPla- vote. The funny part of it is thev think they are sincere, too. xne woria is aoout the same. wherever you are. All Madrid has gone into mourning over the death I abiding The beloved John perhaps had the most likable natural disposition of any of the apostles. In I John iii:15 he tells us that "whoso hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life him." It is also written of a noted bull fighter. And there are people in this country who would mourn the downfall of Attorney- tienerai palmer. that "although we give all our goods to feed the poor and have not charity it profits us nothing." Jesus said to "agree with thine adversary quickly let you be cast into prison." He did not try to eliminate the death pen Switzerland havintr coma into the alty, but taught his followers to obey tht teague of nations, the league council, ?'vil rule- 11 therefore seems that that I.. . . ' I the new law auirments the teaching mportant world question of how large the holes in ' Swiss cheese should be. of the Old Testament. If one rids his mind of hatred he will not be come a murderer. God passed the death sentence on Adam for disobedience. Did this de S. 1,1,.1,'t .1. i .iivi '"y nis image.' it so t-nrist will ,& UCOI. HllUl H lhoc. who Oh.,, him If God's law on' capital punish raent has not been abrogated, there is but one way for well-meaning people to vote on this matter if it is a ques tion of making God's word supreme rather than the human mind. Law-abiding people do not relish the Idea of passing the death sen for. her failure to make a good show ing in the census. Think of all the perfectly countable bolshevists Ole Hanson ran out of town. why not reetore the death penalty for murder in Oregon and let God take care of the results? . A. B. M. "BRAINSTORM" PLEA UNTENABLE There are just enough women run to the influences that tjrevail pverv- "ing for office in Oregon to leaven where else. New physical appliances the . lump" but the male voters are hence, but how can one do otherwise are required to keep pace with I diffident and the women worse. I without violating his own conscience srrowth and salaries must ho annroi. I wnen a muraer nas Deen committea mafoiv mmni.....nt. iti. .1 This politics is b. oiiAr- hnin. Most any mature mind should un l?L trAD,d. "nev a7.VClteL: oVrthoeTwho cnsTs'tently "c" geu, n oownere ap-1 . ; -"-- u.u mi teach the necessity of obedience to pears, mat instructors are overpaid, I " m paisii ottices. 'law. and it is widely known that the Ore- I I It is dangerous for one to presume gon colleges have not been able to I colonel Bob" Miller has a demo- to know more than the Almighty, enlarge their facilities in proportion fatic club that is designed to elevate If thf foregoing statements are true. to their increasing enrollment. Both ine Party, can the roll, Colonel quality and quantity enter into the Bob, out loud! practical problem of higher educa tion. It is realized not only that pro- I Secretary Houston fears to go in vision must sooner or later be made I debt to finance the soldiers bonus. for the greater student body, but Since when has his party become Chamberlain's Speech Regarded mat tne scnoois must otherwise keep euuuumicai ; Deliberate Attack on Wilson. -nrtT. V. . 1 . . . , 1 I states it -I PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Ed Oregon is to keep its place on the There is slacking somewhere. Only it0r.i The Journal is aeain attempt map. i iu icuuwa were cnargea yesterday ina- to explain Chamberlain's Man It Is incidentally interesting' to with violating the prohibition law. hattan Republican club epeech. It know how another western state re- pleads that he was not "normal." like gards a similar issue In education. Some of the candidates have the a criminal lawyer pleading "brain Montana, with less than two-thirds saving grace and power to cure man- storm" or "emotional insanity" for his ,. ...i.,i.. -, - . .i. i-j-j r n - . , client. President Wilson called it "an "-6"". m '" " """ unjustifiable distortion of the truth, naraiy a tnira 01 Oregon's student . and declared that it sprung out of enrollment in its colleges, now has Trouble with Seattle seems to" be opposition to the administration's before it a proposal for a tax levy for that it forgot to extend its city limits whole policy, rather than from any honest desire to correct evil. xne very selection of the Manhattan Re publican club as an audience indi cates a deliberate intent on Cham berlain's part to injure the adminis tration. It is not possible that the officers of the Manhattan Republican LIFE OX THE DEAR OLD FARM. When Farmer Jones observes the sun Is waning- in tho west. And wants the evening- milking don Before ha goes to rest. He rubs hi old gray head and blinka and then he cranks the can. And f livverea to the neighboring links To fetch the hired man. - When shadows, creeping o'er the land. To Mrs. Jones reveal Full plainly that the time's at hand To get the evening naeaJ She gives her hair a pat or so. To see if it's in curl. Then hurries to the movie-show. To call the hired girl. When all the cows are milked and fed. And when the yearling- calf Is nestled in his downy bed. Jones starts the phonograph; And in a gay and jaszy whirl. With dip and swing and eway. The hired man and hired girl Trip cark and care away. 1 used to rave about the charm And calm bucolic joy Existing on the dear old farm. When I was but a boy. I left the farm and went away. When still a callow kid. And with things as they are today, I'm mighty grlad I did. , Ilinf ranrhtaea. The weakness of Governor Edwards" candidacy lies in the fact that all his most influential supporters are now residents of Cuba. .ohody to Support. If come candidate with whiskers) doesn't appear pretty soon, the farm ers of the country will be driven to torm a third party. a Safe Aow. Edsall Ford is going to take a little time off to play. It isn't as necessary to keep at work now as it was in the, days of the draft boards. (Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndi cate, Inc.) In Other Days. Nearly ' every farmer In Linn eountv has a few sheep," says Clar- nce Coon of Albany. rney nave from 25 up. Sheep were Drmging a good price and the farmers began runnina- some and now sneep are ou. was in the stockyard today wnen heen were-belns offered and there were no buyers. ine wooi in m Willamette valley is coarse and the beat price offered that I've heard is cents. For fine, 52 cents a pouna is auoted. I had a chance to con tract mv wool on 400 sheep lor eu cents a pound, but refused, conslda-r- rng that I was as good a gamDier as the other fellow. I wish I had made the contract, for I can't get any where near SO cents now and the opportunity won't be repeated." Mr. Coon runs his sheep, some 600 head. back of Lebanon. He is registered at the Imperial. Twenty-four years ago everyone tn America knew of Canton. O. Today very few citizens are interested in the place, even though it is a busy burg. In 1S96 delegations used to travel to Canton, where William Mc KinJey used to address them on his lawn, telling of the iniquities of free silver and the need of a full dinner pail. The pilgrims thought so well of his remarks that tney maae nim Dresident of the United States and just to prove that the gold standard was right, someone discovered gold in the Klondike. Mr. and Mrs. Ned M Austin of the self-same Canton are browsing around the lobby of the Hotel Portland. "Morrow county, next to Multno mah, is destined to be the wealthiest county in the state," declares J. W. Morrow, sometimes of Heppner and sometimes of Portland. "The day wHU come when the John Day irrigation project will be realized and when water is placed on the land of Mor row county it will become wonder fully productive. The John Day project was considered visionary be fore the war because it will cost mil lions. The war, however, educated people to think in large sums and a project costing millions does not stag ger the - imagination now as It did four years ago. With water on the land of Morcow county It can produce enough food to feed an enormous population." CANDIDATES VIEWS ON ISSUES Important Questions that Voters Can not Afford to Ignore. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Edi tor.) Will you kindly give informa tion concerning the several candidates for the presidency, in regard to the followinig matters: What is their religion? What are their prohibition views? What is their stand on the league of nations? , We women and I am sure many of the men want the United States to ratify the same league as the allied and other nations have done, rather ban fix up another and new kind of league that no nation has signed - seen. Which of the candidates stand for this view? Which of them can we trust to uphold the sincere conviction ur wonderful and beneficent prohl- ition law that can save the nation from so much waste and wickedness? do not know of anyone but Bryan does any one? who will be strong and outspoken on this important mat ter? Are there others, if so which ones are thay? we can't anora to nave mis ques tion ignored or jeopardized. Bryan surely is a great man, broad minded, strong in leadership, a Chris tian. a prohibitionist, with a construct ive bent of minid that makes him re sourceful in all emergencies, familiar with state matters and world-diplo macy. Who is better fitted in all things for the presidency that Wil liam Jennings Bryan? MRS. C. E. BRECK. Twentr-Five Years Ago. - From The Oregonian of May 20, 1SP6. The Seventh -Day Adventist con ference and camp meeting of the Pa cific northwest closed yesterday and the tented city at East Sixteenth and Davis has disappeared. D. P. Thompson, one of the three men appointed by Governor Lord to attend the bimetallic conference at Salt Lake, has returned home. He was honored in being made perma nent chairman. A party of officers from the United States steamer Mohican were in town yesterday on an excursion, from the sound. The initial trip of the observation car just finished for the O. R. & N. company was made yesterday, the train leaving at It A. M. and return- ng at 6 P. M. All the candidates adhere to the Christian religion. No candidate that we know of opposes the letter of the prohibition law except Edwards (dem.) of New Jersey. Cox (dem.) is assailed by the Anti-Saloon league but is de fended by his supporters' as not op posed to bone-dry prohibition. John son and Poindexter (reps.) are op posed to the league of nations. All other republican candidates favor the league of nations with reservations. Bryan and Gerard (dems.) are for it with or witho'ut compromise. Palmer and McAdoo (dems.) are considered straight-league candidates. The ma terial we have on hand Is indefinite as to their stand on that question. ten years of 1.5, mills (as compared I to Canada in time for the census. with a 1.Z6 mills asked for In Ore gon) for support of its higher insti- i Acting-Mayor Bigelow is honestly I tutions, ana in addition to this for a decent. He has-been in office several state bond issue of $3,750,000 fori days and has made no big noise. construction of buildings. It is the plan m Oregon to pay for new con- I EI Paso dealers have cut the price club did not know beforehand what struction out of the proceeds of tho I of shops one-third, hut it's hnrcfoot Chamberlain was to say. His speech Was Careilliy irameQ to gruuiL uid republicans with a "distortion of the truth about tne on flue t 01 tne war. Why did he not make his charges from the floor of the senate? The Journal confesses that the sen ator was "over-caustic" and "made The Journal Has forgiven him, but- President Wllron has not. nor have the democrats of Oregon, outside of those few who hate Wil son. That tne latter are saaiy in tne tax levy sought to be authorized, I time in Texas. wunout a bond issue. The income I thus to be obtained is not in addi- IJovd Geortre's health is improved tion to appropriations formerly made The last dose of Irish medicine tor college support, but absorbs helped him. mem. aaomonai cost to the state will be negligible by comparison with 1 Why doesn't Carranza appeal now I mistake. the kaiser, for promised benefits. I to his great friend The issue las in large part .been i help? created by the war, but it neverthe less remains to be met. Nearly 1500 Mr. Mickle is stirring tip a muckle minority will develop next Friday. ex-service men impressed with . tie down pa Front gtreet . WiL S. HENBT. John D. Ryan, formerly secretary of the democratic state central com mittee, appeared on the horizon yes terday, having heard, possibly, that there is a contest anions his former colleagues in Oregon. Mr. Ryan, who iB a lawyer, is now located in Spo kane. On his arrival yesterday he began looking up "the boys" who used to make democratic politics in teresting and exciting and .in next to no time he had an earful about the clash between George E. Chamber lain and President Wilson. The Von Eschen family In Salem is strictly an educational one. While Prfofessor Florian von Eschen teaches science and a few other sub jects at Willamette university, his wife occupies the principal's office at the Lincoln junior high school. Professor von Eschen the William- ette university one was in Portland yesterday. Carl Haberlach. secretary of the Tillamook Creamery association, which has made Tillamook synonymous with cheese, is at the Multnomah. Osten sibly he came to Portland to attend the dairy council, but by coincidence there was a circus in Portland the eight of his arrival. O. B. Robertson, candidate for the nomination of state senator for sev eral eastern Oregon Counties, is at the Imperial. He isn't fussing over tomorrow's primaries, ror the simple reason that no one is running against him. Robertson's headquarters are at Condon, where he was formerly banker. F. E. Lewis, superintendent of the dining- car service of the Union Pacific railroad, is at the Hotel Portland. If you haven t bad good service on hi line, tell him, S. O. Rice of Mount Angel is at th Multnomah. He is identified with the creamery association in that Marion county village. P. S. Cutting is at the Imperial from Tranquillity, Cal. He has been In vited to visit Neverstill, Or. . H. P. C. Zanen of The Hague and J. Hahl of Rotterdam, Holland, were tourists registered at the Benson yes terday. S. Z. Culver of the state treasurer' office, Salem, is registered at the Ho tel Oregon, Chanice Kame to Bnrdoelc Avenue. PORTLAND. May 19. (To the Edi tor.) I am from the east and have lived in Portland over seven years. out on the Mount Scott line.. In going to and rro 1 nave noticed that many residents and owners of vacant lots allow the obnoxious burdock weed to grow, blossom and go to seed every year. Now some of the passengers on the Mount Scott line are thinking o getting up a petition to have the name changed from Hawthorne ave nue to Burdock avenue. MRS. L. TKOCK. Fifty Years Astw. From The Oregonian of May 20. 1S70. Salem The Gas Light company has bought two lots at the corner of Chemekela and Water streets and will begin erection of the works at once. A company has been organized here for the purpose of carrying on the hotel business, with John West. C M. Carter, Richard A. White and others as incorporators. The Unitarian Sunday school win hold its annual excursion and picnic tomorrow. The locomotive Pony, which was disabled a few days &go, has been repaired and was at work again as usual yesterday at the embankment opposite the gas works. Lives Greater Than Things. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Edi tor.) Ignorance is one of the great est curses in the world, and any agency that decreases ignorance and Increases knowledge ought to be boosted. Lives are of greater valu than things, and our children are o greater importance than the material wealth of the nation. Education makes for greater efficiency and helps our children to take their proper station in life. For our chil dren's sake we will vote "Yes" for the children's bill. REV. JACOB STOCKER. Senator McWary's Flop Unexpected. WOODBURN, Or., May 18. (To the Editor.) I want to thank you for your editorial relative to Senator McNary's recent flop. We did not look for such a move by him. There are thousands of- Hoover voters who will not be Influenced! by his advice, but, of course, he may succeed in turning some to Johnson. I have always voted the republican ticket, but could not vote for JoMnson, if he should be the nominee. J. A. AUSTIN. JOH.VSOX KO CLAIM OI PARTY Wood Is Hope of Those Who Would Defeat Hashes Defeater. HEPPNER, Or., May 16. (To Wis Editor.) The writer, who la a life long republican of liberal views, wants to see Hiram Johnson defeated at the primaries next Friday. The only way to make certain of this is for every republican who has the best Interests of the party and the nation at heart, to drop Lowden, Hoover and Harding and P8te for that great, typi cal American, General Leonard Wood. He is the people's choice, but a mixed vote may let Johnson win the stats of Oregon, and he is not entitled to it. Johnson will never . occupy the White House unless he crawls through, the window. He would be a danger ous man at the head of our govern ment, for the reason that he is en tirely too friendly with the fire-eaters and radical element. He seems to be the champion of all the denizens of unrest, and his biggest vote so far has been polled In regions where pure. 100-per cent Americanism la at the lowest ebb. President Wilson's unpopularity and Johnson's antipathy against a league, of nations are Johnson's chief assets, and every time Johnson lambastes the head of our government he hits a most responsive chord among these hyphenated, radical citizens of ques tionable loyalty. Johnson would bs able to elicit this same enthusiasm and applause from this troublesome element no matter who were occupy ing the position of chief executive. These people are largely against the government and they like a man of Johnson's views. The sane people of America are go ing to join a league of nations that is a cinch regardless of the views of such radicals as Johnson and Borah regardless of the autocratic, school master demands of President Wilson, and this league will be made just and equitable to all the nations of the world, great and small, and will be Americanized and made effective by President Wood. Does Johnson really expect us fel lows to forget or to overlook .such things? I'll say he has some gall to ask a presidential nomination from a party whose defeat he so abund antly contributed to only so short a time ago. He has no claim whatso ever to the republican votes of repub lisan Oregon. If he wants to bolt again, let him bolt. The nation has come to its senses and will refuse to follow, him. A REPUBLICAN. APART. As two who read within one book. We turned life's page together; Thus long in harmony we read. Through fair and stormy weather. Then thou impatient o'er old lines. Read changefully between them: You turned the pages lightly o'er I lingered to review them. No longer does ont book suffice. Two volumes two in heart; And O, the pages are so bare. Since we have read apart. JEANJilTE MARTIN. Woman's or Women's. ILWACO. Wash., May 16. (To ths Editor.) An organization of women has formed here under Women's As sociation of the Presbyterian Church. Please inform me how to write it properly. You had woman's auxil iary in The Oregonian, anil womem association. Could you say woman's association, or is women's correct? MRS. ED HAWKINS. Either LAUREL, Or., May 18. Editor.) please publish th the Rose Carnival, as pers, other state wish to attend. M.H. The Rose Festival will be held on June 24 and 25, the opening day coinciding with the closing of the IShrinere- celebration.