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10 TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1920 ESTABLISHED BI HENRY L. 1'ITTOCK- Publtshed by The Oregonian Publishing Co" 13a Sixth Street. Portland. Oregon. C A. MORDEN B. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Oreronian is a member of the Aim. wl?d ,1'e- The Associated Press ' clusively entitled to the use for publication ot all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights o publication of special dispatch.es here in are also reserved. Subscription Bates Invariably in Advance. (By Mail.) pally. Sunday included, one year ? ?? L)al y. Sunday included, six months.. iJally. Sunday Included, three months .-3 al y. Sunday included, one month.. .79 I'aily. without Sunday, one year.... 8.00 ttl.y. without Sunday, six months... 3.-5 JJal,y without Sunday, one month .. . Weekly, one year 100 Sunday, one year 6-ou (By Carrier.) pa-Ilr. Sunday included, one yar...$9J5" JJaliy. Sunday Included, three months 2. 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In the first place, it marks an absence of jealousy for power and a desire to use in the public service all the energy and ability that are available in the party that will be re sponsible for the government. Mr. Harding- does not believe that the vice-president should fill a sinecure, waiting to step into a dead man's shoes in the event of the president's demise, and with very limited op portunity to prepare for that even tuality. He evidently believes that the vice-president should be both an as sistant and an understudy to the president, in sympathy and in touch with the policy of the administration, so that, if he should be called to the presidency, he may enter upon its duties without a jar or halt in the government. The present chiefly ornamental position of the vice-president is a consequence of politics. In the early days of the republic it was the cus tom to elect to that office the man who polled the second largest num ber of electoral votes, who was al most invariably the chief . defeated candidate for president, therefore a rival of the man who won first place. That fact forbade the president to take the vice-president into his of ficial family and confidence. The Convention system has not much im proved on this custom. Though it insures that both officials will be of the same party, political expediency causes second place to be given to the leader of a defeated faction in a party, or to be taken from a pivotal etate. The two men are rarely so nearly of one mind that they can work together for the same policy, and often the vice-president is a candidate for president while his chief looks forward to a second term. It fortunately happens that Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge are so nearly of one mind on questions of policy, and that both men are of such temperament that there is good prospect that they will be able to work together. Mr. Harding's elec tion was due in large measure to re jection by both himself and the peo ple of the idea of one-man power, and he has made plain that he con Eiders the labor of president so stu pendous that no one man can do it all. He intends to call to bi e.t tance the best men that his -party can supply, and it is most fit that he should include in this number the man chosen as next in line for the presidency. There are several ways in which the vice-president can serve as as sistant to the president. Foreign re lations have assumed such impor tance and will require such constant attention that they may absorb an undue proportion of the president's time. At tEe same time domestic af fairs of the greatest moment demand immediate attention. As an able and experienced state execuUve Mr Coolidge might well be given general supervision over the working out of the president's policy in some de partments at home, always of course in frequent consultation with Mr Harding. As a budget bill will surely be one of the first measures passed by the new congress, preparation of the budget, which will involve much detail work, might be intrusted to Mr. Coolidge. Reorganization of the departments will be closelv rnnni.j with the budget and the vice-president might collect the pertinent in formation and prepare a preliminary plan to be considered by president and cabinet before submission to icongress. Any work of this kind that is Im posed on the vice-president will nec essarily be a matter of private ar rangement between him and the president, for his only duty under the constitution is to preside over n a?D- "!Sv.deSlra,bl thatsuchchanan). Secretary Welles and Sec .Tr,,T,Sm7 i v"uiueni ZZ1 l'011 .to k 7 rT oTrfrr r, 10 mane " wen as prospec tive successor to the president. The need of this change is -obvious, for the labor devolving on the president has grown to such proportions that he can do it all well only by overtax ing himself or by delegating much (Of it. " The present situation also sug gests that more definite provision be made for the vice-president to as sume the office of president in case of the inability of the latter. While the constitution requires that he shall do so, it is silent as to the -method, especially as to who shall take the initiative, the president by announcing his inability or the vice-president by declaring it to exist and by assuming the office, with or without the consent of the president. Here are possibilities of an unseemly Quarrel which might throw the gov ernment into confusion. Some ar rangement is needed to prevent con fusion or disputes, the welfare of the nation being superior to the reluc tance of an enfeebled man to hand over the reins of power to another. The fame of Portland as one of the chief ports of the Pacific coast has been carried by J. F. Buckley, traffic agent of the Port of Portland and dock commissions, to the far Dutch island of Java. He has published- the Soerabaiasch Nieuws blad of Soorabaya, one of the great ports of the island, an advertisement of the port facilities of Portland with, a picture of terminal No. 4t which should enlighten Dutch mer- , chants on the advantages offered by I or, rather, for the Chamberlain sug this port. That paper devotes a j gestion as to the war secretaryship, long article to discussion of the Mr. Chamberlain is, of course, in no place which Portland holds in the j sense a candidate for the place, commerce of the Pacific. By thus There can' be no such thing as a spreading information the port and dock commission contribute to in crease in the market for Pacific coast products and to expansion of 6ur imports, which are essential to profitable operation of American steamship lines. CHANGING THE PUBLIC MIND. The student of public psychology indelicately called mob psychology by rude persons will find matter of interest in investigating the story of capital punishment and the law in Oregon. A reasonably - satisfactory explanation is to be had as to why, after abolishment of the death pen alty in 1918, it was restored in 1920. But why was it abolished through the initiative in 1916, after the peo ple by a decisive vote had voted for it in 1914? Here Is the curious record: - Ayes. Kofs. Abolish death penalty. 1312. 41.961 64.R78 Abolish death penalty. 1914.100.5Ti2 100.815 Restore death penalty, 1920. 81,756 64.534 If it be said that the women had the vote in 1916, and not in 1914, and voted against hanging, it is also to be said that they voted for it in 1920. So it was not solely woman's influence. Perhaps it will be said that Ore gon is willing to try anything once. Not true. For proof, witness the single tax. The real reason, possibly, was that the public, after the atrocious Olare mont tavern murders, was convinced that hanging for some murderers was pure Justice. A BIEJTNIAI. ABSCRDITT. Once more the time comes to call attention to one of the absurd anomalies of the constitution con tinuance in office of a congress after its successor has been elected. The congress which will meet on Decem ber is not the one elected on November 2, but that elected in November, 1918. The congress Just elected will not take office till March 4 and will not meet till called-! by President Harding. For this reason the session which begins in December is called by the Searchlight "the don't care a damn session." The name is appropriate. Many senators and representatives will have a hand in legislation who have been defeated for re-election and whose fear of consequences is gone. They will have their " last chance to get something out of the government, and their disposition will be to make the most of it. They may be expected to push jobs and to grab pork, and to obstruct useful legislation in order to force its sup porters to help their schemes. There will be endless talk and little work, and appropriations are likely to be wasteful. It may be' better that a filibuster hold up some appropriation bills for the new congress to pass, for by that means many hundreds of millions were saved in 1919. The congress which met in December, 1918, was about to die, like'thls one. and it did little that was worth while and much that would better ' not have been done. The next amendment to the con stitution 6hould correct this state of affairs. No congress should legis late after its successor has been elected, but the one elected in No vember should meet in the following January, when the new president and vice-president might well be inau gurated. Then it could begin work fresh from the people, and could fin ish the session before the dog days. CHAMBERLAIN FOR THE CABINET I The volunteer cabinet-makers have honored Senator Chamberlain by mention of his name for appoint ment as secretary of war under President Harding. The basis of it is that the president-elect is known to have a feeling of warm personal friendship for the Oregon senator, that he is familiar with his fine rec ord as member and chairman of the senate military affairs committee, that in the breach with President Wilson Mr. Chamberlain had the warm sympathy of his republican colleagues and that he (Chamber lain) has never been a thick-and-thin partisan in his attitude toward public questions. It is urged that the selection of Mr. Chamberlain would have a most agreeable effect upon the country in its disclosure of the president's purpose to place his administration above mere partisan ship. It is recalled that a precedent exists in the appointment of Jacob M. Dickinson, democrat, of Tennes see to be secretary of war in Presi dent Taftfs cabinet and of Luke E. Wright, democrat, also of Tennessee. to be secretary of war under Presi dent Roosevelt. To go a little farther back, Presi dent Cleveland had Walter Q. Gresham, republican, for his secre tary of state. It is true, however. that Judge Gresham had in the pre vious campaign renounced the re publican party and had supported Mr. Cleveland. President Lincoln had among his cabinet several mem bers who had previously been demo crats, notably Secretary Stanton at- x . ...... 1 . . .3 t" IJ . "'-. iretary Cameron; Dut tney had all, we believe, left the demooratio party be- ;fore the momentous election of 1860 The choice of a cabinet by a presi dent under a government by partyrl so far as it' is not controlled by po litical expediency, is purely a matter of personal preference and discre tion. A cabinet officer is not only head of an important department. with very responsible duties, but he is one of the president's immediate official family, with a relationship to his chief which calls not only for personal loyalty but for political loy alty. He has, or is supposed to have a voice in determining the policies of the administration, and in them the fortunes of the party to which the president belongs are directly in volved. Any secretary who regarded himself as beyond any such consid erations would doubtless find him self in a most trying position. During the late war, the demand for a coalition cabinet reached rather considerable dimensions, but it did not penetrate effectively the Isolated and sacrosanct walls of the White House. The president himsel had "adjourned politics" he said sldS thus distinctly recognized the fact, that it was not a war of any party, but or all the American peo ple; but his interpretation of his duty was nevertheless that all the people must win or lose the war through a democratic administra tion. He wanted, and had, the ser vices of eminent. Americans of all parties; but he did , not want their advice, and he vested in them no po litical authority. The Wilson precedent is rather un- fortunate for Senator Chamberlain, candidacy for a cabinet position. Any urgency upon JJhe president, or any campaign in anyone's behalf, would be offensive to him it would be, we are sure, to Senator Chamberlain and would defeat its own purpose. The initiative must come from the president. It is his affair solely. It may not be indelicate to say that any honor the president may see fit to confer on Senator Cham berlain, however, would be both gratifying and satisfying to the peo ple of Oregon. MR. HOOVER'S APPEAL FOB THE BABIES OF EL ROPE. Herbert Hoover, who has never in voked in vain the benevolent con science of the American people in an effort to assuage suffering among the helpless, makes an extraordinar ily moving appeal in his letter to the Literary Digest in which he tells of three and a half million children of central Kurope who now "call to the heart and resources of America for those daily supplies, not available in their own countries, that are vital to their survival and to the rebuilding of their physical well-being." The point to be emphasized is that the need is immediate, that a few weeks hence aid will be too late to be of value, that the specter of death even now stalks over a war-torn conti nent even as it did in the dark days of strife. In Poland alone children to the number of a million and a half wait in long lines before American food kitchens that are compelled by ne cessity to reject all but the most poignant cases. Youngsters of eight. with bodies of babes of two and a half, undernourished to utter anemia. prey to tuberculosis as well as fam ine, confirm a dreadful picture of the horror of war in its effect on those who had no share in the making of The scant minimum of one meal a day which it is hoped may be sup plied to them until their own lands have been rehabilitated, embodies the extreme of moderation in an ap peal to the charity of a prosperous people. Yet this, if furnished in time, may save millions of lives and spare lifelong misery to countless numbers. Mr. Hoover's indorsement of the work is a guarantee both of the gen uineness of the need depicted and of tactful administration of the fund for relief. The -statement that a contribution of only $10 will provide warm clothing and one meal a day during the winter for one child is a measure of the importance of small things. Mr. Harding's generous con tribution to the cause sets an ex ample that ought to be followed by every American, according to his means. FUTCRE OF TJIK DEMOCRATIC PARTY. vvnat is the future of uie demo cratic party? - The question oc cupies many minds together with speculation as to how well the re publican party will use its victory. Some rashly say that democracy's utter rout at the election has in flicted a mortal wound, but parties die hard. The New York World points to its survival of past defeats as ground for confidence that it will survive this one, and offers the further reason that it was right this time, while admitting that it was wrong in its advocacy of secession. slavery, free silver and anti-Imperial ism. It insisted that it was right after each of its former defeats, but the accepted verdict of the nation is that it was wrong on each of its old issues. x Some other reason must be found for its survival than belief that it was right and that an .un precedented majority of the people was wrong. Before four years pass the league issue will be as dead as slavery and free silver. What does the democratic party stand for? As cause for its continued existence it must have some principle opposed to the foundation principle of the republican party. In 1860 this was secession as against union. That gave place to state rights In its more restricted sense, but state rights have faded .into insignificance as progress has bound the states more closely together, and it has been virtually, though not formally. abandoned since the Wilson admin istration 'extended the activities of the federal government into fields which no republican president, bad thought of entering and has ex panded the government into a vast, overshadowing bureaucracy. Its fidelity to state rights is limited to defense of the unrestricted right of the southern states to suppress the negro vote. Tolerance of the practice is carried so far by the republicans that they do not attempt to enforce section two of the fourteenth amendment, which pro vides that when in any state the right to vote "is denied to any of the male inhabitants" who are qualified. the basis of representation shall be reduced in the same proportion. From this tolerance it follows that the democratic party goes into every presidential election with the assured support of a solid block of eleven states, and has . to fight only for enough additional votes in the north to make a majority, while the re publicans must fight for every vote that they get. If the north were to adhere as obstinately to the re publican party as does the south to the democracy, the country would be sectionally divided on party lines, and the democrats would be per manently excluded from office. Only the open-mindedness of, the north gives them a chance. For many years, during which the republicans refused to challenge the new interpretation of state rights, the democrats made their fight on the tariff by demanding a tariff for revenue only, and won half a victory in 1884 and a complete victory in 1892. Then it proved that a tariff for revenue only merely changed the" incidence of protection to favor some industries at the expense of others, that in doing so it-caused depression and that it was preparing defeat for the democracy. That party next took up free silver in hope of winning in 1896 by adding a solid west to the solid south. Having failed, it dropped that issue as quickly as it had grasped it, and in 1900 picked Up the new one of anti-imperialism. That hot being a winner, it was dropped or laid on the shelf in 1904, when democracy had practically no issue, and Roosevelt's prosecution of the trusts had robbed it of its sec ondary, issue anti-monopoly. So it went on picking up adventitious is sues until 1912, when it won, not by its own strength, but through division among the republicans. The only distinctive democratic principle which has . been put in effect by the Wilson administration has been the tariff for revenue. which was producing the predicted disastrous effects in 1914 when the war suspended operation of those effects for six years. It completed work that republicans had already begun by passing the federal reserve and rural credikjaws. For the rest, it has been chiefly distinguished for reversal of its -traditional policies, for experiments in socialism, all of which have failed, and for such vote catching legislation as the Adamson law. No defined principle is to be found there; in fact the war caused it to swing farther toward protec tion. - The democratic party has always until recently been the Little Amer ica party, shrinking from assertion of American rights abroad and from accepting the logical consequence of our growing power as a nation. Anti-imperialism was a sign of that spirit. Cleveland's Venezuela con troversy pointed the other way, but he chose the occasion badly. Since Britain won by arbitration, Wilson clung to Little Americanism in Mexico and in the first half of the war, persisting in unpreparedness and winning again in 1916 on the cry: "He kept us out of war." Driven to war almost by compulsion, he rushed to the extreme of the opposition policy. From his and his party's lack of a sound,' well-defined, well-thought out foreign policy have sprung unpreparedness, blundering and waste in war and the league controversy which has culminated in disastrous defeat. In the end the democratic party has no principles that wor)t, for its tariff policy has faiied whenever it has been tried, and it has been com pelled to abandon Little American ism and has shown utter incapacity to practice simple Americanism in foreign policy. It has picked up other issues which" seemed to offer a prospect of bringing in enough votes to fill out those of the south to a majority; then dropping them when they failed. Such a party is prone to elevate to autocratic power a leader who proves ability to win, as was the case with Wilson, and a leader with such a submissive fol lowing is too apt to ride to a fall, as did Wilson. Then his followers turn on him with such execration .as this from the democratic Siskiyou News of Yreka, Cal.: Wen! The democratic party has been smashed by egotism, vanity and bull- headedness. Several millions of democrat have voiced their protest. Tbe democratic party leaders could have averted the rout if they had repudiated one-man govern ment 18 month ago instead of kneeling before it, with their faces wallowing in the mud so deep they couldn't see, bear nor think. The democratic party will con tinue to live, principally because there is need of an opposition party to the republicans a party where all who reject republicanism may take refuge, a place for those who for any reason are antagonized by a republican administration, an al ternative to which the nation may turn when the republican party becomes heady with power and falls to interpret or refuses to obey the will of -iie nation. There is little need of proclama tion, for custom makes the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving day. The occupant" of the White House has not much, politically or otherwise, to base thanksgiving on, but Governor Ben Olcott has a whole lot and can be depended on to issue the document that puts tbe kibosh on the Oregon turkey and the punkin. - It is not wise to offer resistance to a burglar, for he has the ad vantage and might shoot. Preven tion is best and a good way is to keep a small dog or encourage the baby to cry all night. Either plan is full of disadvantage. Perhaps the best way- of all is to be too poor to be robbed, or quit pretending to be rich. Judge. Campbell at Oregon City gave a man two years for arson the other day. The man who commits arson is tentatively guilty of many crimes; for he does not care what happens The penalty never fits the offense, but a few years ia pretty good. Fokker, the Dutchman who made war planes, says the greatest im provement needed is something that will go from a standing start, but don't you believe him. What is needed more is something that will stop that way. Lloyd Riches, who is well known In newspaper and other circles in Oregon, has bought the Vale Enter prise. Mr. Riches is capable, com petent and energetic, and there is fine field for his endeavor in Mai heur county. Government the -other day refused to lend the Southern Pacific five millions for equipment. Govern ment ia counting' the dollars on hand just now, anticipating the day of reckoning, which Is dated March 4 A Warsaw paper predicts a new war with France, Belgium and Po land on one side and Great Britain and Germany on the other. It is to be hoped all of them pay their debts first. An eight-year-old boy defeated eighteen West Point strategists at chess. However, he should remem ber that the strategists still have some machine guns in reserve. Those deaf school' boys at Van couver are winning everything this season with their signals by signs. Contenders need to rood up" be fore tackling them. The republican national campaign cost three and a half millions and there is a deficit of 36 per cent But what is a million and ahalf, consid ering results . .Douglas county has a large crop of turkeys and buyers expect to start at 52 cents. Where the consumer gets off is in the pocketbook. In these days of results in science. a Burbank ought to make the horse chestnut edible or at least, fit for stuffing a turkey. Tumulty will be given a good job and vmany "lame ducks" must be provided for. tum s losers' pontics. Figures show that more girls than boys are being born and all signs fail in a "dry" time. - The baseball "war" is over and Judge Landis will be head. Fines will be"fierce." When snow falls at' Hood River, then winter begins. ' - Wonder how the ex-kaiser felt yesterday, - i - EASILY LEARXED, HIGHLY PAID. Another Physician Dlitcnases High Cost of Nursing and Remedy. ' PORTLAND. Nov. 12. (To the Edi tor.) I am pleased to,, see that he public is awakening to the extor tionate rates of the trained nurse. There is nothing in the nursing pro fession, neither In Its cost of acquire ment nor what it is capable of accom plishing, to justify rates anywhere like what is being charged today by some trained. nurses. As for acquiring the profession, any bright, healthy, fairly educated, moral girl may in three years qualify for the duties of a trained nurse. There is little or no cost in her college course, except her clothing and other strictly personal expenses and some of these" are borne by the hospitals, which in its final analysis, comes to rest upon the sick and dis abled public which' she will ultimate ly serve. After graduating the trained nurse hasn't the long "probationary period" to wait for patronage, that the young physician meets, when debts running into thousands of dol lars are pressing him on every haid. From the time a young person starts to acquire the profession of physician and surgeon, at least ten, years will elapse before he or she will have se cured a dependable practice. This gives the trainee, nurse seven years' lead over the physician, which means a balance so favoring the nurse that any young woman is un wise, financially, in choosing the long, arduous and somewhat uncertain course that looms before the young doctor. But there Is another and much more important phase to the sub ject the average family cannot af ford an outlay of 7.50 a day for any considerable time for a nurse, even supposing the attending physi cian is donating his services or is willing to wait an indefinite period. until the distressed family has emerged from its season of financial torm and strain. " , The f writer has often witnessed netances where nurses leave in the midst of severe sickness", either of their own volition or dismissed by the head of the family, whose money has given out and there is nothing ert to pay with. Of course, there is no comparison between the practical and the trained nurse so far aa skill is concerned, but the difference in cost to the hard-preseed head of the family often compels us to choose the former, though it denies the sick of the best and adds a heavy burden to tne medical attendant. The writer has no criticism to offer of the trained nurse. In scarcely an exception, she is a skilled, con scientious. pains-taking and moral woman, but her rates are so hi eh as to be beyond the means of the aver age family, where sickness is most apt to make Its unwelcome visits. me trained nurse is one of the most valuable persona in the community but the cost of, her serviees often puts ner out or. reacn or those who need her most. Either more girls must train for the profession, when com petition will regulate the rates upon a lower oasis, or the community must have its own corps of nurses, which it has educated and Davs a. fixed salary. Just as the federal govern ment provides Its doctors and nurses tor tne army and navy, or the erpat majority of families where sickness prevails must forego the great aid of me trained nurse. PHYSICIAN. WHERE POOR GET EVEN JUSTICE Visitor at Small Claim Court finds It Interesting- Institution. PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Edl tor.) One of the most Interesting and useful institutions of Portland is the small claims courts held by the district Judges. - In these courts any one, upon payment of a fee of 75 cents, can sue for small sums without lawyer or Jury. The writer had the pleasure of hearing Judge Jones try a number of cases. Each party states his or her case and defend their respective claims In an Informal way. These cases require tact, and infinite pa tience. Judge Jones has these quail fications in full measure, end en deavdrs to mete out even Justice, ex plaining his reasons for his conclu sions. The court of email claims Is school for the education of both claimants and defendants, and is one of the most useful and interesting courts. Best of all, the debtor is not forced to pay all at once, bur, in the discretion of the court, may have rea sonable time to meet his debt. Canada has gone a step further in her email claims courts and stands between the unfortunate but honest debtor and creditors who would oth erwise strip him of all resources and render him impotent to pay his debts even if so inclined. When a wage earner or small merchant, through illness or Dad management or other untoward circumstances, owes sev eral different firms money, all cred itors are called into court to file their claims. Then the debtor is asked what his salary or monthly stipend is. The oourt then ascertains the debtor's rea sonable cost of living, and orders the debtor to deposit a certain portion of his monthly wage or income with the court each month. This monthly pay ment is divided pro rata anions: the creditors, and the debtor is given a chance to live and get on his feet. This is real aid and gives a help ing hand to many persons who. under stress of heartless creditors, mierht otherwise give up in despair or .be come criminals from sheer despera tion. The wonderful co-operation dur ing the war should be continued in carrying out such measures. - F. b. CASSEDAY, M. D. Rock Writing at Snndale. PORTLAND, Nov. J.2. (To the Edl tor.? I was very interested 1 in an article about the discovery of Asiatic relics at Roosevelt, Wash. I'd like to advise you that there is another huge sunburnt stone with writings much similar to those of the photographs in The Oregonian which could be found at the- west end switch of Sundale depot building six miles west of Roosevelt) on the riverside of-l the railroad. My father, who died 18 months ago was ' very fond of such relics and spent much of his latter days in searching. One worth mentioning among nis gatnerings was an oriental bronze dragon about three inches in length. RAY C. SAITEAU. Resrlstratlon in Oregon. PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Ed itor.) Please publish the number of registered voters in the state of Ore gon and in the city of Portland. HENRY F. PADGHAM JR. State: Republicans, 221.392; demo crats. 89,446; prohibitionists. 3962; so cialists. 5008; miscellaneous, 12,064 total, 331,872. Multnomah county: Republicans, 22,188; democrats, 24,218; prohibition ists, 976; socialists, 643; miscellane ous, 3052; total, 101,077. landslide, Not Earthquake. ' PORTLAND, Nov. 12-(To the Edi tor.) Monday night I was awakened by 'a quite severe shaking. I thought I was having' a pipe-dream and let it go at that. But in the morning at the breakfast table in picking up The Oregonian I noticed an article stating that an earthquake had passed over the city. Don't you think it was vibrations from the republican landslide? I - CLAUDE COLE. Those Who Come and Go. . "I have 96 lots, vacant, and I think I will build houses for homes on a bunch of them next' year, providing material and labor are not too high," says H. F. Hollenbeck, who is at the Imperial. Mr. Hollenbeck, who owns a theater building in Eugene in addition to the 96 lot and a couple of houses nd his own home, says that Eugene is more prosperous now that ever before in its history. His personal knowl- dge -of Eugene's history extends back 80 years. Farms are changing hands he negotiated-a $40,000 deal a few weeks ago and a couple of farms, aggregating 600 acres, were sold to eastern people within the past tew days. People from A-lberta and else where across the line want homes in' Eugene and money is no object. A number of owners sold their homes at what Ihey considered good prices, only to discover later that they them- elves were uo airainst it in trying to find a place for themselves. Mr. Hol lenbeck says be almost sold his house wlce and is congratulating himseit that he refused at the critical mo ment. When the steamer John Worthlng- ton slides over the skids, leaves the ways and hits the river Monday, Mrs. John Worthingtn will be present to see the event.xthe boat being named in honor of her husband. Mrs. Terrell Johnson will smash the bottle --of loganberry juice which will christen this steamer of the Standard Oil com pany's fleet, now being completed in Portland harbor. Mrs. Worthington. Mrs. Johnson and her husband, child and maid, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Eb bert, Mr. and Mrs. Corwin, Mrs. Mc Feely, Mrs. Schleiter and Dr. Deggette all arrived at the Benson last night to participate in the launching. The party came across the continent from Pittsburg, Pa., for this purpose, otn ers will arrive from Oklahoma and California today to be on the ground. The Standard Oil company is building several steamers in Portland harbor and the John Worthington is ie first to take the water. Snuggled up In a fur coat which made him look like a bear, ua tu Kiddle arrived in town yesterday morning from Klamath Falls and left for Salem to visit the highway office yesterday afternoon. It is a splen dif erous coat the commissioner is wearing, but since Mr. Kiddle has been bouncing around the etate in automobiles as a highway commis sioner, the constant Jolting has been abraiding the fur. Mr. Kiddle at tended the lawsuti in Klamath county, where some residents are trying to prevent the highway commission from building the road to Merrill, the con dition being somewhat similar to the situation which developed a few months ago in Benton county and re suited in a delay in roadwork there. In the Klamath suit the petitioners are trying to prevent the county from giving the state highway-commission any money toward building roads in the county. ."But for the rain, the pavement be ween McMinnville and Sheridan would be completed. There are only 25 yards more to lay and one day s work will finish the Job. The "contractors were getting ready to do the- last worn when I left McMinnville this morning, but rain came and catased delay," said W. B. Clarke, division engineer of the state highway department, who regis tered at the Hotel Oregon yesterday afternoon. Mr. Clarke has just re turned from Tillamook and says the road there is good. "There are only two bad spots and those are a couple of Jobs which Tillamook county is do ing itself, continued tne engineer. The road in the Three Rivers section is like a boulevard." Mr. Clarke says i that the paving from Amity south eight miles has been finished, that Is, all that will be done, because for a way the grade is to be raised. Mr. Clarke checked out and returned to Salem last evening. Watseco is where B. J. Cooper reg isters from at the Imperial. Watseco is a sign on .a post along the railroad in Tillamook, a few yards from Smith's lake, about a mile south of Ocean lake and Twin Rocks. There are some queer trees near Watseco which every summer visitor between tsar View and Manhattan is expected to visit. A small sawmill has been built to reduce spruce logs to com mercial products near the Watseco post, and all around there are bushes, of huckleberries of the blackshot va riety. J. J. Cooper, who has accompa nied B. J. to Portland, is from Mohler. Fortunes have been taken from the Opp gold mine on Jackson creek, but the mine isn't working Just now be cause the owners of gold mines can only get the market price for gold. whereas the cost of labor ana other production has been soaring. John Opp of Jacksonville, and owner of the mine which bears his name, was a visitor in Portland yesterday. Years ago the Opp mine was known as the Beekman & Huffer mine and samples of the ore were displayed in the unique bank which the late Mr. Beek man maintained in Jacksonville. Along about 30 years ago when a policeman was about as prominent in Portland as the mayor himself, E. W. Morris was a copper on the force. In those days there were no civil service rules about policemen and member of. the force got his job through political favor. Mr. Morris finally quit tbe police department and went farming. He is' still ranching near Yamhill, but came to the Per kins yesterday to see how the city is getting along. - Outside of Condon is where Pat Blessington has his ranch. Mr.v and Mrs. Blessington are quartered at the Imperial for a few days. Mr. Bless ington, who has been In the Condon country for many years, runs his sheep in the Blue mountains, toward Mitchell. He doesn't like the sheen situation any more than the others who are in the business. There was an inch and a half of snow on the streets of The Dalles yesterday and about five inches on the hills backof the town. This was not the reason that W. E. Wann left The Dalles and came to Portland, registering at the Perkins, but Mr. Wann was attracted here by the live stock exhibition. Art Harris and Clarence Anderson did the same as everyone else. They deserted Tillamook on Armistice day: Everything was closed in Tillamook Thursday and it was impossible to buy even an apple, not to mention a cheese. Messrs. Harris and Anderson are at the Hotel Oregon. L. Jerry Simpson of Shore Acres Is an arrival at the Hotel Portland. Being interested in fancy stock, Mr. Simpson is in town for the show next week. He had one of his pets on dis play at the Salem state fair in Sep tember. For the purpose of appraising the estate of the late Harrison R. Kin kaid. for years secretary of state of Oregon, three residents of Eugene came to Portland yesterday. They were J. W. Shumate, John Baird and H. F. Hallenbeck. Coming as exhibitors to the live stock display are F. S. Stimson of Seattle and F. C. Stimson of Holly wood. Wash. The Stimsons are broth ers and each will have his own en tries in the show next week. Phil Metschan left last night for California to attend the conference of hotel men of the west, the object of . iJi- convention being to attrt iB-ts to tbe coast. John Burroughs' Nature Kotes. Can Yon Answer These Questions f 1. What birds Hock in the fall? 2. Do cattle and horses act simi larly in facing danger? 3. What is the origin of many of our rocks? , Answers in Monday's nature notes, a Answers to Previous Questions. 1. Does the woodcock have a song? Ordinarily the woodcock rs a very dull, stupid bird, with a look almost idiotic, and is seldom seen except by the sportsman or the tramper along marshy brooks. But for a brief sea son in his life he is an inspired crea ture, a winged song that baffles the eye and thrills the ear from the mystic regions of the upper air. . 2. Do animals commit suicide? I do not believe that animals ever commit suicide. I do not believe that they have any notions of d-eath, or take any note of time, or ever put up any "bluff game," or ever delib erate together, or form plans, or fore cast the seasons. They may practice deception, as when a bird feigns lameness to decoy you away from her nest, but this of course is instinctive and -not conscious deception. 3. How are cultivated plants han dicapped over wild plants? .All cultivated plants are handi capped by a burden the wild things do not bear; the wild things, are mainly bent only upon self -propagation; to this end their seeds in small and numerous; but the cultivated grains and vegetables bear a burden of food for man, aside from the germ necessary to their propagation. (Rights reserved by Hougbton-Miff lin Co.) GIRLS' HIGH WAGES IS FICTION That Factory and Shop Employes Are Adequately Paid Illiput rd. PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Edi tor.) Does the average factory and shop girl receive $30 a week In Port land? A letter in The Oregonian, November 6, signed -by "A Trained Nurse,", stated so. Not even experienced stenographers receive $30 a week in Portland. Until married women decide to stay home and keep house and "not be lonely" and allow their husbands to earn the living, I presume help will be so plentiful that wages will remain low, but, really is that a sufficient reason why employers should not pay their employes a living wage? Everything has raised food. fuel, rent, apartments or board and room, clothes, carfare dentist and doctor fees and now nurse's fees. How about the hundreds of girls in Portland earning from J12 to $18 a week? Their wages are today what they were 12 months ago and in many cases 18 months ago. Is that fair? Many of them have to support themselves and how can they do it nowadays ""On $15 and $18 a week? Girls have told me it was impossible for them even to buy warmer cloth ing for.this winter on " account of everything being so high. Many of uiem snocK tneir eiders by continu ing to wearthin waists of georgette crepe ail winter. Why? They can pay the price of georgette now, but they can't pay $20 to $30 for a warm, serviceable dress or even a coat. If girls don't earn enough to buy suitable clothing for the winter, how are they ever, going to save enough, for "a rainy day"? When they lose a job and while hunting for another, how are they going to exist? They can't get sick, because they haven't the means to. purchase medicine or aid. I say factory girls and shop girls are not the only ones in need of a living wage. Wha about the eleva tor girls? If they are supporting themselves, they can't dress suitably and live either on $16 a week. Who works harder than chambermaids? Many of them are elderly women and have a phild or more at home depen dent upon them. If their child or they themselves were to take sick and be at death's door, how could they hire a nurse when they earn but $2 a day? We pride ourselves upon Portland being a morally clean city. Let's keep it so and see to it that the women and girls who have to support themselves are paid more than $15 or $18 a week, so that they will re ceive a sufficient wage tor enable them to support themselves and live respectably. A WORKING GIRL. Should He Worry? Exchange. "TChere were you yesterday. Tommy Cribbs?" aeked the teacher. "Please, mum, I had a toothache," answered Tommy. "Has it stopped?" asked the teach er sympathetically. "I don't know," said Tommy. "What do you mean, boy? You don't know if your tooth, has stopped aching?" "No, mum; the dentist kept it." Definition ot Economy. Boston Transcript. "Economy," we heard a man say the other evening, "is a way of spend ing money without getting any fun out of it. World History Told By Stamps Perhaps you never were a stamp collector one of those numer ous enthusiasts who take as much keen interest in a canceled postal token, with its gay hues and famous portrait, as the naturalist does in a new orchid. But whether you are a confirmed philatelist, or merely one of those who regard stamps as postage, you are certain to find your interest quickened by De Witt Harry's stamp story in the Sunday magazine section illustrated. For stamps are import tant contributions to history, and depict events and personages that loom large in the story of the two hemispheres. And in Portland there are scores of very valuable collections. We Like Your Schools, Your Ice Cream and Yon. W. L. George is rather a noted Englishman, who recently paid his first visit to "the states," on a lecturing tour. . With him was the charming Mrs. ' George. Deny it though we may, at most times, simple candor compels the admission that we are interested in what our British cousins think of us. In the Sunday issue, interviewed by Margaret Graham Jones, the Georges give their altogether characteristic and delightful impressions of their American cousins. They liked us and when you have read the story youH like them. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Tells of Politics as a Career. America never lost interest in his famous sire, and from the outset it has betrayed the same lively concern in Teddy the younger. There is talk of a political career for the second Theodore, and already he has won his spurs. Hence the reader cannot fail to find timely food for thought in the interview with Teddy Roosevelt Jr., appear ing in the Sunday magazine. There are traces more than indica tions of his renowned parent in the views that he holds and ex pounds so forcefully. Illustrated. Took a Chance and Won a Bride. The Cossacks were riding down upon them. The big scout plane was trembling for flight. "Save me!" entreated the Russian heroine, and Captain Rose, the Ameri can aviator, bore her away on the wings of the wind. We'll say that's romance from real life. And it gains edge from the further revelation that she was the very girl the airman had sought for months. Narrated in the Sunday magazine. My Discoveries "Behind" the Screen. You all remember the "Stanlaws girls" as he depicted them on canvas, uvd as they were relayed to the public via magazine cove?3. Successful? None more so. Yet Penrhyn Stanlaws lefC inem for a new realm of art art through the eye of tie camera in motion-picture studios. Why? In an interview a the Sunday issue Mr. Stanlaws gives the adequate answer. "Xsall like it. Illustrated by himself. Bigger and Better Than . Most Magazines , THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. THE PAUiTER, Before the earliest snow-flake falls. But when a nip is in the breeze. Jack Frost pulls on his overalls And hurries out to paint the trees; And while still lingering in bed Are you and I and other folks. With yellow, brown and vivid red He touched up the elms and oaks. H paints whole forests in a night And when you see their brilliant dyes. You gaze upon the wondrous sight And gasp with rapture and surprise. You'll never see him ply his brush. For at the coming of the day. He picks his pots up with a rush And on the wind he Bails away. Tve meant to catch him many a time And find out how the thing is done. But In this chilly northern clime It's hard to rise before the sun. And when I've dragged myself from bed And dressed, as simply as I could. His lovely handiwork was spread For miles and miles across the wood. Perhaps you doubt this tale Tve told. Yet when you see the maples change, O'ernlght to yellow, pink and gold. It really doesn't seem so stranse. And, anyway, although, mayhap. It may seem fabulous to you, I heard it from a tiny chap Who ought to know that it is true. Canny. With barber shop charges where they are, the man who makes a bet to let his whiskers grow if his candi date Is beaten isn't such a sap, after alL e a He Didn't Say a Word. We'll have to hand it to Mr. Bryan. He has made the most popular cam paign of his life. Looks As If We'd Have To. Now that England's coal strike la settled, perhaps we can import our winter's supply. (Copyright by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) In Other Days. Twenty-five Tear Ago. From The Oregonian. November 13, 1805. San Francisco. It is said on good authority that Chicago acknowledges itself beaten in the contest for the national republican convention and that San Francisco will obtain the convention. The "municipal reform movement," which last winter forced the closing of many gambling houses then run ning, is being revived. It is directed by the ministers and churches. ' Richard J. Vincent of New York, 15 years old, and known as the "boy globe trotter," Is in Portland. He is said to have dined with the czar of Russia, to have shaken hands with the emperor of Germany and the mikado of Japan and to have met scores of other notables in his world travels. MAJT1V ACT IS HELD OXE-SIDED Male Receives Punishment. Although Woman May Have Lured. PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Ed itor.) A young man was held in the county Jail the other day under $2000 bonds pending deportation to Cali fornia to be tried for violating the Mann act. Should tfcls have happened to have been some woman who had "lured" the man away from his wife and home and traveled with him into other states, would her bonds be fixed at $2000, and would she have been held at the county Jail until the hour of removal to the home town for trial? The Mann act is a one-sided affair. The woman who does the "luring" should be punished equally with the man who "lures," and if the one "lured" happens to be a man, he should receive the same leniency that La given the woman who is "lured." I am a woman, and I trust some one of our lAiited States lawmakers during the next administration will make the Mann act such that It will punish the woman who comes In and breaks up a home as much as it does a man who "lures" another man's wife. FOR JUSTICE. Married Woman's Citizenship. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 12. (To the Editor.) A claims that when a woman from some of the foreign countries marries a citizen of this country she does not become a citizen until they take out their papers. B claims that any woman who marries a citizen of this country, regardless of what coun try she comes from, becomes a citizen of this country. Which Is rleht? CITIZEN. Marriage to an American citizen confers full citizenship on the woman, subject to the usual requirements as to votlnqr age. etc.