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7. 10 TI1K MORNING OKECOXIAX, THURSDAY, titcc ember 2, 1020 p ' V.' ' .' : KST.4BI.IHII KU BY HENRY i F1TTOCK. PubliHhed bv The Oresonian Publishing Co.. 13,5 Sixth Street. Portland. Oregon. C. A. J40RDEN. E. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Oreffonian is a mpmber of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the use- for publication of ail news dispatches credited to it or not etherwi.se credited In this paper and also th local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches here in are also reserved. Subscription, Kates Invariably in Advance. (By Mall.) Daily. Sunday Included, one year $8.00 raily. Sunday included, six months.. 4.2. Daily. Sunday included, three months. lafly, Sunday incluuea. one roonm Dally, without Sunday, one year. . i Daily, without Sunday, six months. ' Daily, without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year Sunday, one year 5 6.00 3.2.1 .fiO 1.00 0.00 (By Carrier.) 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Each day adds to the accumula tion of evidence that the federal constitution should be so amended that the president and congress should take office as soon as possible after the result of the election is known, and that a retiring congress should cease to function from the clay on which its successor is elected. The first effect of the defeat of the democratic party is that the admin istration has ceased to function on the most important and urgent mat ters, and that the government is al most in a state of suspended anima tion from November 2 until March 4, and at best is merely marking time. In fact, it has not done much more for two years. After depriv ing all other officials of initiative by setting tip autocratic power. Presi dent Wilson has practically suspen ded all except routine operations while he was In Paris and during his long illness. Defeat of the ad ministration party aggravates this state of torpor by discrediting the administration in the eyes of the people, by removing its incentive to effort, and yet prolongs it for four months after a new administration has been chosen. The - constitutional provisions for change of administration were, adopted for stagecoach days, but they are extended into the days of motor transport on land, sea and in the air. It should be possible to ascertain the result of the election in time for the inauguration of new of ficials, on January 1 at the latest. In fact, an efficient system of col lecting, tabulating, canvassing and certifying returns could make inau guration in the first week of Decem ber possible. As matters stand, the dying ad ministration is saving up trouble for President-elect Harding. It cannot be expected to do anything toward amendment of the league covenant in the direction . that the American people desire, and the league as sembly defers consideration of the subject until Mr. Harding assumes control. Mr. Wilson agrees to mediate on behalf of Armenia with that gentle, reasonable, humane ruffian Musta pha Kemal and with the peace-loving bolshevists, but confesses that he has no authority to employ military force, which is the only means by which real relief can be effected. Extinction of all armed opposition to the bolshevists in Russia puts the question of trade with that country in a new light, but Mr. Wilson re frains from steps which his succes sor might be unwilling to follow up. Action on Japanese immigration is postponed, though it continues ir ritation on both sides of the Pacific ocean, and the whole question of im migration is to be shelved by total suspension until congress legislates further, provided Mr. Wilson does not interpose a veto which cannot bo overruled. Secretary of State Colby seems to be hastening recognition of the Ob regon government in Mexico and a treaty for arbitration of claims against that country, though the sen ate is not likely to ratify any act of Mr. Wilson which woilld limit Mr. Harding's freedom to follow his own policy. Adoption of a budget system, re form of taxation, amendment of the tariff, especially for protection of wheatgrowers and woolgrowers and financial relief to farmers should not be delayed. A shipping policy should be immediately inaugurated by a board having reasonable assurance of being able to follow it up through the next four years. All of these af fairs must wait until the Wilson administration is formally pro nounced dead, though mortification Has been in rapid progress since November 2. Mr. Harding and the sixty-seventh congress will therefore be confront ed by a great mass of unfinished business of the highest importance when they assume office, as the con sequence of a defect in the constitu tion, removal of which is long over due. This inherited trouble will not appal Mr. Harding, for a country editor has the habit of deciding and acting quickly on all kinds of trouble tie nas conceaea mat it is no one man's job by calling on Mr. Coolidge to help and by inviting the counsel of the best minds of the country. He has an equable temper which secures him against being "rattled" by con templation of the size of his task, he has that calm deliberation which en ables a man to get through as much worn as a man wno acts in a Hurry of excitement, and his habit of cou ciluation will prevent waste of time aner energy in conflict and will con . iuce to action. But Mr. Harding will begin with - several drawbacks as well as advan tages. He was elected by such an enormous majority, and his cam- - paigii was financed in such a man ner, that ho will be under obligation, either political or financial, to no particular group in his party. He will be free to appoint men because - they fit the office, not in order to please any particular group or man. But, being a compromise candidate, he has no strong personal following in his party, and It will be necetssary or him to build such a following largely drawn from the elements which opposed his nomination. The size of the majority in congress' which will generally support him will be a source of danger, for if breeds a sense of irresponsibility among; its members and tends to split into factions. Administrations backed by small majorities have been far more successful, an ex ample being that of President Harri son backed by the "Czar Reed" con gress with a republican majority of only seven. All the ability of Mr. Harding as a conciliator and user ot-l mild political discipline will be need ed to deal successfully with the great nneritance of trouble that Mr. Wil son will leav'e to Jiim. CANDID MOMENTS. " Senator Chamberlain, in the dead calm of philosophical reflection fol lowing the recent election, is dis posed to search for and to state the real reasons for the overwhelming democratic defeat. He gave out an interview to the New York Herald, the other day, in which he told ex actly what everybody knows and what every democrat in his candid moments will confess. He said: The country ha bv an unmistakable vote decreed a change In the aci'mlnlMra- tino- of governmental affairs. The unmis takable vote for Harding and Coolidge. it seems to me. Is not altogether an expres sion ofconfidence in them as Individuals or in the republican party; not so mu:n personal or party victory as it is a pro test against a one-man government. gainst a practical autocracy as distin guished from a government of the people, by the people and for the people, as de creed by the fathers of the republic and" voiced by Lincoln. Mr. Chamberlain was defeated for his association and identification with the party which had through President Wilson subjected the coun try to one-man government and practical autocracy. Only that, and nothing more nor less. It is not un fair to his successful opponent to paraphrase the Chamberlain inter pretation of the general situation, and to say that the verdict against Mr. Chamberlain was not altogether an expression of confidence in Mr. Stanfield or even in the republican party, except that it reflected a defi nite intention to give to the new president through a republican sen ate th& political, machinery to make effective the policies of his adminis tration. Senator Chamberlain promises to help President Harding in his great plan for a return to normalcy. Presi dent Harding will need all the help he can get. He will need the counsel of the best minds and the service of the best hands. It will not do merely, to surround himself with deserving republicans. He has a definite ob- igation to his party, of course; but he has a greater obligation to , his country. He knows it, and promises well. He can discharge his full duty, and at the same time serve best both party and country by making all thought of country first and of party second. The course which is safe, sane and patriotic for President Harding will be the same for Senator Stanfield. One of his difficult jobs will be dis tribution of patronage. He - can solve it by selecting the best men. It will be no disqualification that they are republicans, and have worked for the party's welfare: but they should have other qualifica tions. BREAKING OLT AGAIN. Mr. Carter has resigned as chair man of the joint fish and game com mission because he has been elected to the legislature and also because there was nothing for him to do. He has journeyed from his distant home in Ashland to the meetings of the twin bodies in Portland, only to find that the differences which are sup posed to divide the fish and game interests, and which it was his duty to compose, did not exist. All this is most strange. The pub lic ear has been hammered for many weary months with the loud lamen tations of a clique of sportsmen that the commercial fishermen had suc ceeded in a criminal scheme to sub ordinate and despoil the game re sources of the state, and the demand has been sternly made that their iron grip be broken. Now it appears that the fishermen for profit have been going their way and the hunters and anglers for sport have been go ing their way, and there has been no conflict between them, and noth ing for Chairman Carter to arbitrate. We repeat that it is very strange. Perhaps Chairman Carter does not recognize a row or discern a conflict of interests or a wicked conspiracy when he sees it. But evidently the public is to bear more of the old fish and game con troversy at the next legislature. There is a new plan to separate the sheep from the goats, though they are already fairly well apart- There is to be a scheme for distinct com missions, with the attorney-general as arbiter between them. Somehow the Idea persists that there may be some day something to arbitrate, de spite Chairman Carter's experience. The legislature is to be asked to re store to the governor the appointive power for the commission or com missioners. Last year the legisla ture itself named the commission and the governor signed the bill. Evidently the governor was satisfied. Doubtless also he will not lend him self to any new plan that proposes ejectment of the present commis sioners The latest news about fish and game matters contains the further information that the most recent compromise over Rogue river does not please Grants Pass. Nobody at Grants Pass, it is said, ever author ized anybody at Portland of Medford, or the Lower Rogue, to compromise for Grants Pass. It appears to be the idea there that any compromise project should embrace all interested parties and sections. If sonle are in cluded, certainly all should be. But why do not the interested parties get together and refer the matter to entirely disinterested authority? KEEP CP THE FIGHT FOR PORTLAND The remarks of Mr. Dodson at the Chamber of Commerce on the means by which the shipping board was led to undo its acts of discrimination against Portland commerce should serve as a sruide to the city's future action in similar cases. Only by per sistence and vigilance, by refusing to take no" for an answer, did he ob tain substantial benefits and relief from acts of favoritism to other ports. These results could not have been obtained by adoption of resolu tions and by sending letters and tele grams; they were made possible bv having a man in, Washington, con stantly on watch arid well equipped with information to push Portland's case before the board and to defeat the maneuvers of the opposition. Great fis they are, the battles that have been won were only the first of a long campaign. While Oregon is at present represented on the ship ping board, Mr. Teal will have to contend with powerful opposing in terests and the board is likely to be entirely reconstructed in a few months. Special vigilance is needed to insure either his reappointment or the appointment of some other man from the north Pacific coast who will stand firm for the rights of this port and against discrimination in favor of any port. Only a man on the ground can get results, and re cent results were well worth the cost of keeping him there. There are other matters besides shipping on which a direct represen tative of Portland can do valuable service river and harbor improve ment, location of naval bases, recla mation and other public work. The Oregon members in congress can and will do much, but a special rep resentative for the express purpose of watching over Portland and Ore gon interests could give assistance in many ways, especially by bringing the Oregon members together and into co-operation. The struggle with competing ports will be the fiercer on account of the points that Port land has won, and this port should not relax its efforts lest it not only cease to win but lose much of the ground that it has gained. SAMIEL BRICK HL'STON. I know that death has ten thou sand several doors for men to take their exit, sayeth the poet. It is a wise and beautiful provision of nature- that no one can fix. the hour when the great visitor shall come. Some die peacefully at home: some in the raging storm at sea; some in the fierce collision of battle; some through the unhappy Intervention of lethal accident; but none, or- very few, at any time or place chosen by them. Except for the sudden closing of life in the period of its full vigor and usefulness, we should say that Sam uel Bruce Huston died -exactly as most men and women would choose to die. There was no warnings and no pain. What a terror life would be if any one knew exactly when the curtain would drop. What a solace it always is to be .spared long and hopeless suffering. Mr. Huston had a wide acquaint ance in Oregon, for he had long been a prominent figure in public affairs. He was a lawyer of parts, a legislator of idealism and construc tive powers, a citizen whe sought al ways to measure up to his responsi bilities, and a friend who was es teemed by very many people. AMPERE. The centenary of Andre Marie Ampere, the French scientist who one hundred years ago outlined the laws governing the relation between the electric current and the magnet, and made an epochal contribution to the science which he called elec trodynamics, will call to the atten tion of many for the first time the fact that Ampere is something more than a common noun, employed as the name of a practical unit for measurement of electricity. Al though the technical nomenclature of electrical science is still a foreign language to most persons, there are' practically none who do not now en joy in- some manner the benefit of discoveries and inventions for which the researches of M. Ampere laid the foundation. The amazing practical results that have followed the researches of the orists like Ampere, Davy, Farraday, Lord Kelvin. Savary, Henry and Helmholtz to enumerate only a few of those who were not inventors in the modern acceptance of the term, but who made -possible the work of Morse, Edison, Bell, Marconi, Pupin and their colleagues in utilitarian fields illustrated the conditions un der which pioneers in science are ob ligated to labor. Ampere never was requited for his great discoveries, ex cept by the praise of appreciative savants, and he earned a modest liv ing as a professor of mathematics and an author. His avocation was the writing of verse. The versatility of his mind is established by his ex plorations in natural history, botany, chemistry, geography and languages. He found time while at work on the astatic needle, which led to the mod ern galvanometer, to produce a trea tise in which he demonstrated that the chances of play are decidedly against the habitual gambler. Living as we do in an electrical age, it is not always easy to realize that almost all of the benefits of electricity that we now enjoy have been ours only a generation or so. The first arc light was not exhibited until 1878 and the first incandescent lamp did not come until the follow ing year, while the first workable electric street car operated by trolley did not appear until 1884. These and other products of the science whose laws he,helped to codify prob ably were not thought of by Am pere, the dreamer, according to the principles of whose discoveries the entire development of electrical power machinery throughout the world is built. IS ALL MONET TAINTED? The abnegatlve gesture with which young Charles Garland spurns the bequest of a million dollars from his father, on the ground that the money is the product of a "system" which the young man abhors, is de prived of some of its dramatic char acter and of all of its economic force by the circumstance that Gar land, as the news dispatch says, is at present "living at the house with his wife and infant daughter as the guest of his mother, who supplies them with a maid and keeps their larder full. He plans to go to work eventually," but he thinks that it will be spring before he does any thing. Meanwhile the dollars of his mother, or of a stepfather, will serve in a highly efficient manner to keep the fire burning under the family pot. Nothing, it seems, is proved by the young mans refusal to conform to the established order, except that he is a visionary recalcitrant, and that he has no constructive pro gramme for abating the evils of which he complains. Refusal to play the ganle of life is more likely to be a symptom of fa naticism -than a demonstration of lofty spirit. The vow of poverXy is not without precedent, but it is not recorded that this young man, en joying the services of a "maid" and access to the maternal ice box, in tends to take that vow. In any di rectiou that he turns, the dilemma of the hateful system confronts him. Reaching one decision, he may, as has been hinted, qualify as a me chanic and go to work, exchanging his labor and skill for the means with which to sustain himself and his wire and Daoe; Dy another he may go on existing in unproductive idle ness, as he is doing now. No prob lem is solved. "It is the man who gives food to the hungry," he de clares, "who does good," but no food Is supplied to the hungry, and there is small prospect that there will be, unless the labor of some one first creates it. The opportunity to do I good may indeed be in men's hearts! Portland's greatest need at present rather than in, tlieir check books, but lis more suate&LoeT and Jets aioonsliiaet preliminary thrift is not without value in giving practical expression to good intention. Nothing in accep tance of the bequest in question de nies him the high privilege of living his own life, and nothing in Its re jection qualifies him for th-e spirit ual philanthropies on which his mind is set. All money, in the view of young Mr. Garland, is tainted money. He makes no charge that the legatory fortune proffered him is specifically unwholesome. He does not know how honestly, or dishonestly, it was acquired. Without doubt it will find its -way thnough normal channels in to possession of others, who do not share his qualms. Not a ripple on the surface of the "system" will be set in motion by his sacrifice, no worthy unfortunate will be helped, no sufferer will be relieved, and no body's hunger will be satisfied. If young Mr. Garland makes good his promise to go to work later, per haps in the spring, he will be c;on f routed by the intimate problem of his own future. If .he is industrious he will earn wages which he will not refuse to accept; if he is ordinarily frugal, he will accumulate something against the proverbial rainy day; and he may learn that efficiency in well-doing is enhanced and not diminished by moderation and thrift. Not much good has ever been done by men who only rail against "the times." Meanwhile it is fortunate for Mrs. Garland that she at least has an indulgent mother-in-law. The wives and children of these non-conforming egotists are apt to lead very unhappy lives. . BOORISH. A Chicago magistrate the other day fined two women for contempt of court because they refused to un cover in his august presence. "If," said he, "women can have equal suf frage with men, they can remove their hats in my courtroom." Doubtless this jurist believed for the moment that he was asserting a high degree of independence in thus daring the storm that his discourtesy might provoke among the newly en franchised, yet at this distance it ap pears only as the parrot-like repeti tion of the ancient confusion of equal with identical rights and privileges. There is of course no association of ideas between the franchise and the wearing or non-wearing of hats. but only an issue of etiquette which one less learned than ttie Chicagoan might have discovered with only a ittle research. Whereas the judge probably believed that he was up holding his dignity, he succeeded only in putting himself down as one of the most undignified of creatures, to wit, a boor. Prospective restoration of King Constantine to the throne of Greece may cause the many petty kings and princes of Germany to chirk up and polish, their rusty crowns. The pres ent ruler of Bavaria does not think the time ripe to show his hand, but he will watch his' chance to be a kingmaker. If you were an O'Brien now and living in County Clare you'd be step ping around on the side of your feet. awaiting a share of the estate of a man who died in Portland, Tou be- ng one of a thousand relations more or less; but alas, the estate is not heavy arid will spread thin. From Chicago comes the state ment that pinched feet cause wrinkles on the face. Suppose it's true; what of it? The woman old enough to have wrinkles does not worry about the size of her shoe. The last batch of "conscientious objectors" has been released from Fort Douglas, given new suits, 110 apiece and tickets home. That ought to clear the atmosphere around Salt Lake somewhat. The Portland boxing commission is making an effort to bring that sport back to normal prices. It is so easy to profiteer in this respect that the endeavor of the commission is commendable. An eastern college man is an nouncing the production of the per fect prune. That will bring a smile in Clarke county and up the Valley, where the perfect prune has long existed. If the Grand Ronde growers can put apples into Portland for a penny apiece, turn loose. 'omana aoes hot consume half enough apples. Eating red apples makes for rosy cheeks. When the Pilgrims' tercentenary is over, perhaps something can be done for those who trace back to the wheelbarrow limited and other pop ular means of transatlantic travel. All the vessels of the Pacific fleet were sunk theoretically in maneu vers. It would be just as well for Other nations to remember, though, that it was all theoretical. - A French girl has made the record high jump by clearing a bar over four feet; but any American girl can beat that twp feet if a gentleman cow is pacing her. No matter what reapportionment plan is followed for representation in the legislature, Marion county will get them all when the legislature is in session. This movement to buy seismo graph for Portland seems just a trifle previous. ' Who knows but the league of nations will abolish earth quakes? S The middle name of Secretary of War Baker is Diehl. That explains why the country has had such a poor Diehl since he took the job. When Leonard Wood gets recog nition for anything, foreign or do mestic, it will bo after the time of Wilson, Baker and others. Accidents at grade crossings can be greatly reduced in number by fol lowing one bit of advice: Don't try to beat the train. With Plymouth Rock restored to its original site, all can set foot on it and swell with Pilgrims' pride. Bill Hart surely is a thriller when he can pick up three quarters of a million in a Judgment. Nothing wrong with Mexico just now, but peaceful inauguration of a president is unusual. BY PRODICTS OF THE TI3IES O. W. IS. & V. Girls Club Diaciissea Entente, Cordial and Fashions. The proceedigs of the latest meet ing of the O. W. R & N. Girls Club is reported by the Pacific Semaphore: After having transected the routine business the president of the 0- . Girls' club asked: "Has any one any thing to offer under 'Good of the Order?"' "Miss President, What's "Entente Cordial'?" queried Kthelwyn, "Some'klnd of Niome brew, I imagine. Why?" "I read that they were going to have it in Washington, and I wanted to know what it is. But, never mind. Til ask Dick." "Has he been giving you any more political pointers?" - "A 'few. I can tell you all about any question. I didn't answer at the last meeting. Dick took- me to a musicale, and he talked all the time except when I was talking. He must have talked at least five minutes. But I know all about politics from pro to con. "What else did you talk about?" "The fashions. There were some swell folks across from us in a box. I asked Dick how he liked the cos tumes, and he said he couldn't see while the wearers were sitting down, but that north of the floating ribs there was no costume to criticise. "We also, talked about - the girls bobbing their hair and about the new jewelry ankle watches and knee bracelets."- "Going to wear them, Ethel"? v "Catch me. I've got a bracelet that I wear on my wrist and I ve got a wrist watch. I'm wearing them where they should- be worn. Girls ought to be a little more careful. I draw the line at doing things that are done just to attract attention." "How .about having your hair bobbed?" i "That is not a bad idea. When I think of the time we put in doing our hair, getting our puffs to match and to be even, and then to have our hair marcelled, and then having to be so very careful, I think it would be a great relief Just to run a comb through it, brush it some and then be ready to dress. I could sleep half an hour longer in the morning, and I am told that some girls put in more time than I do." "Miss President, if this club isn't organized for the discussion of poli tics and fashions, I'd like to say a few words " "Shoot!" came from a little miss from Disbursements, and Flora pro ceeded: 'I just want to say for the good of the order that I wish you girls would park your gum somewhere else than under the table tois and chair seats in the rest room. There's wads every where.. 1 left mine under this table yesterday, and when I reached for it a few minutes ago mere were iour Dieces risht there. How can I tell mine? I wanted to " Why didn't you? I wonder the boss stands for the perpetual motion of the chin and jaws that goes with gum chewing. It reminds me " Ladies," said the president, "Tou are out or order, une wouia tninK that this is a sewing society instead of a meeting where we are to learn something." "What have we been taught to date?" came from the interrupted speaker. "Miss President, I stand on a point of order," said Ethlwyn. "I've told you all about politics and I'm going to tell you about that new cordial as soon as I see Dick. If you haven't learned a lot it's your own fault." "Time to adjourn," said the presi dent. Ethlwyn, you get Dick to tell you the inside facta about the pro posed increase for gas and phone rates and be ready to report at the next meeting." Ida Rubenstein, the beautiful Rus sian tragedienne, who jilted Gabriele d'Annunzio In 1812, now wants him back again. A frien who called: in Paris to con vey to the actress news of the latest exploit of the Fiume dictator, stum bled into a curious eight. An entire large room had been transformed into a chapel, in which the central piece'of furnishing is a life-size statue of the poet, surround ed by photos and portraits of him in every conceivable costume. Daylight was carefully kept out of the room, which drew its only illu mination from pink wax tapers, the tall candlesticks dating from the fif teenth century, which is the poet's favorite art an furnitur period Night and day these tapers burn, while incenss from an urn sends pp its scented fumes toward the impas sive marble features of the towering statue. Dressed in a' white cassook. Ida Rubinstein thus spends her time in her extraordinary chapel, waiting for her Gabrielle's return. She has sent innumerable messages to D'Annunzio at Fiume, it is said, but all remeaincd unanswered. Now and then, in the last few months, she has interviewed friends of the poet and implored, them for every scrap of intimate news about him. They all told her the same thinjr: Gabriele has set his heart upon the fulfilment of a patriotic duty; his personal feelings are nothing: to him until his "sacred duty" is done. So Ida Rubinstein waits In her self- chosen seclusion, believing she may thus expiate for her act seven years ago, when she spurned the poet in the most flippant manner she could muster.' To Anatole France, the poet warrior confided he was driven to suicide by the jilting. A wealthy gentleman has a brother who is hard of hearing, while he Himself is remarKabie for Having a . ... . very prominent nose. Once this gentleman dined at a friend'j house, where he eat between two young ladies, who talked tc Mm very loudly, rather to his annoyance. Finally one of them shouted a com monplace remark and then said in an ordinary tone to the other: "Did you over see Buch an ugly nose?" ".Pardon me, ladies,' said the gen tleman. "It Is my brother who is deaf."-r-New York Globe. The famous humorist. Bailey, of the Danbury News, made his fame writ Ing an article about a man putting up a stove pipe. There is a garland for the funny man who will embalm the scene of a man getting out and under an automobile. -Los Angeles Times. ..-. At a wedding recently when the clergyman asked the bride, "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded hus band?" she, with a modesty which lent her beauty an. additional gr-ce, re plied, you please." Those Who Come and Go. "Devil's Den is in the Owyhee coun- I try, Malheur county, and it's all that the name implies." began Wes Cavl ness of Vale. "If you go to Devil's Den you want to wrap leggings around your legs from your heels to your hips; about three sets of leg gings to the leg will be about right. Then you want to carry a long, sharp knife, like a machete. Tou won't get far in the den, which covers several acres, before you'll hear the rattle snakes humming and singing and dancing on their heads. They'll be gin striking at you from all sides, and as they strike your legs their fangs will catch in the leggings. Then you want to take your long knife and slash right and left, severing the bodies leaving the heads clinging to the leggings until a more leisurely time for removing them. Excitement? Well. I'll tell the world. There is no better snake country out of doors than Devil's Djn. I've been in it' sev eral times ail I know. The snakes live near the Owyhee, but they never go into the water and they never drink water, either. And say, did you ever hear of Cougar Canyon? I'll tell you about it you won't wait?" "With hay that cost us $14 a toh selling at $9, the situation doesn't look any too good,"' declared Al Hen dricks of Cecil, at the Hotel Oregon. "The cattle business is in a bad way and it will take ten years to bring it back to normal. Some herds will never come back because the owners have gone broke and left the country. Many of the ranchers in my section have lost from $10,000 to $20,000 arm more this year. Young stock has been sold out and the district more or less depleted. Some of the stockmen are sacrificing their cattle because they need money and are unable to borrow from the banks." Mr. Hen dricks is here with his son Oral, who has been operated on for appendicitis at a local hospital. The young man had a pain in his side since being mustered out of the navy, and as X-rays showed nothing wrong, it was decided to cut him open to see how his inside looked. The appendix ap peared healthy but was removed on general principles. "With a rifle, I rode herd on 1500 head of cattle in 1878 in Lake county when the Bannock Indians were on the warpath and the few white set tlers in the region were forted up at Lakeview," said Frank P. Lane of Lakeview yesterday. Mr. Lane is a cousin of the late Dr. Harry Lane, United States senator, and grandson of General Joe Lane, who made the Indian treaty at Table Rock, In Sam's valley, whfn the Rogue River Indians were hostile. "I saw none of the Ban nocks," continued Mr. Lane, "but I saw some Klamath Indians, and when they would ses me they would stick closely, to their horses and ride like fury. A couple of years later I re tured. toLakeview and have been liv ing there ever since. We had a bumper wheat crop this year, but the market dropped, and our cattle and sheep business has been badly crip pled because of prevalent conditions. Every one in Grant Pass is inter ested in construction of the dam across the Rogue river, -a few miles from that town. The construction work started late in the year, and so when the river began ta act up re cently about $-10, 000 worth of work was swept away. The task of dam ming the Rogue is now being re sumed, and under the glare of pow erful searchlights the workmen are laboring as long as possible these days of short daylight. A tented city has been constructed? along the Pa cific highway, for housing the crew of the contractor. The dam is pri marily for irrigation purposes; but there is talk of having it generate enough power to illuminate Grants Pass. C. A. Linch is in town from the Pass and is registered at the Im perial. The best way to sleep in the enow when riding with cattle, according to A Roberts of Redmond, Or., who ar rived from the south at the Imperial yesterday and is headed for the Me tolius country, us to scrape out : trench in the snow, build a fire and thaw and dry the ground. Then place an old piece of canvas on the bared spot, next spread tarpaulin and then spread the blankets. This forms a snug, warm sleeping bag. if the blankets are double you slip in be tween them. Of course, it takes time to get wood and start the fire and warm the ground and things of that sort, but the results are eminently satisfactory. Ir. Roberts has been riding the range for the past four years, deciding that riding is better than trying to farm single handed.. "The county seat fight is a for gotten issue in Medford now," states Rev. W. B. Hamilton, who arrived in Portland yesterday on No. 18. "Med ford lost the county seat by itji own inactivity. People who wanted the county seat retained at Jacksonville went around the county saying that If the shift was made to Medford that an expensive courthouse would have to be built and that this would mean a heavy increase in taxes. Medford people considered the argument a joke and did not try to follow up the antagonistic speakers until too late Mr. Hamilton is registered at the Imperial. Military training for boys a a valu able asset for the boys and for their country in time of need, according to -Major A. W. Cleary of the United States infantry. Major Cleary is at the Multnomah and came to Portland for the purpose of inspecting Hill military academy. It being the policy of the government for a regular and thorough inspection of all military academies in tne country. Mr. and Mrs: C. A. Wick of Lone Rock, Or., are arrivals at the Hotel Oregon. Lone Bock is named from a rock as big as the hotel and there doesn't appear te be any special rea Bon why the rock got there as there Is nothing similar to it for miles around. J. C. Hostetler of The Dalles, who owns quantities of land around Chenoweth creek, where the Columbia river highway was once located and later shifted away to a straight course, is registered at the Imperial. Grace M. Stevenson of Fairbanks, Alaska, who has been at the Seward, has sailed on the steamer Alaskan for San Francisco to spend the holi day eeason with relatives. D. K. Hunter of ithe Hunter Land company and also president of the Central Oregon bank of Bend is reg istered at the Hotel Portland. H. N. Ord of Horst Ranch is among the arrivals at the Hotel Portland Horst Ranch is a hopyard down the Willamette valley. ft. Robinson, the chee.s man of Clatskanie, arrived at the "Perkins yesterday on his way home from a visit to the east. At the Multnomah is the football team of the Pacific fleet, marking time wr ttieir game wun tne Multno man team Saturday. Bringing stock to the local market W. H. Osborn of Spray, Or., ia at the t-erKina. Jiirs. (Jsoorn is with him. E. P. Mahaffey, banker of Bend, Or uieezeu into rurnana yesterday on matters financial. CERJIAX RATIONALISM FEARED People Most Be Vlcrilnnt If School I'cj.lls Study Ilelljiioi. 1 McEWAN, Or.. Nov. 30. (To the Editor.) The effort on foot In New York to get one hour each week for the religious instruction of the school children will commend itself as one worthy of consideration by thought ful people in many other cities. Ac cording to its promoter. "Instruction will be based upon Bible history. Christian citizenship and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ." This upon its face seems worthy of the best efforts of every citizen of America's greatest city, and also of every right-thinkinpr citizen of the whole country. It is said, however,' in Holland "that eternal vigilance is the price of life." and it is jilst as true that no less a price must be paid for religious instruction, other wise more harm than good may come with the teaching. There are today many things parading as religious instruction that upon a. complete analysis are far from being true to name. It is well known to all students of current religious thought that the study of the Bible has in the last three decades undergone almost a complete revolution. What is com monly called German rationalism, from a small start in the German uni versities a century and a half ago. advancing by a very slow process, has in the last half century, and more particularly in' the last three decades, advanced with ever-accelerating speed, until today it fairly covers the land. It is the dominant teaching in practically all the so-called "Bible" and "theological" schools, which has for its object the discrediting of the Bible as far as It is the revealed word of God. And if this system of so-called criticism is followed to its logical conclusion that result must inevitably follow. It is a well-known law of psychol ogy that whatever is learned wrong involves at lenst twice the effort to unlearn and then learn riprht, than if not learned at all. And further, all teachers of psychology agree that not to know a science at all is better than to learn it wrong. This is absolutely true of the study" of the Bible. And when we consider, as above stated, that our so-called higher institutions of learning are shot full of this de structive teaching denying the Mo saic account of creation, the origin of man. the introduction of sin into the world, the flood, the divinity of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the body, etc., we cannot be too cautious what the children are taught. In the present state of average Bible study the probabilities are much more than even that these children will fall into the hands of these destructive teach ers. It takes no keen insight to see that after being taught this destruc tive philosophy concerning the Bible that they will emerge practical ag nostlos and their religious life brought to naught. It is plain to the mind of the thoughtful that it were infinitely better that the children be taueht nothing about the Bible rather than (o be handicapped for life with this false teaching. Let us scrutinize carefully what our children are taught concerning the Bible. L. N. B. ANDERSON. FIXKD NLTRSB WAGE IS UNJUST Proposed Scale Too Hish Except for Exaction Cases. ' ' KF.LSO, Wash., Nov. 30. (To the Editor.) Kindly allow me space to express part of my opinion concern ing the controversy which has been going on concerning graduate nurses' increased wage charge, namely, $7.50 for 12 hours' time. I read all letters the "graduate nurses Contributed on said subject and as yet have not seen one letter that I thought presented a just opinion. I have had much experience and knowledge of graduate nursing,! and, as everyone knows who has ever had the services of a good nurse, 6he is, indeed, a blessing and an essential in time of sickness. In my case it was my good fortune to have as my nurse a woman of ex ceptional natural abilitv, thoroughly conscientious, Just and kind. I have reason to know that all nurses are not Just, or good, or kind, for in that profession there are all types of humanity, the good and the evil, as in ail walks of life. I say that I believe $7.50 a day for 12 hours' nursing s not a just charge. That prloe would be right in certain cases where very critical, 24 hours' constant nunsing is necessary. Then $15 for the 24 hours would be a fair charge, but I say to the fair minded person I know that he knows $7.50 should not be charged in all cases of sickness. What is the mother in childbirth days and nights to do? She of all persons in this world Is entitled to a good graduate nurse. Must eho be forced to do without such service or else pay the exorbitant price of $15 for her nurse? I hardly need say that the mother of a baby must be cared for both night and day. At the present rate of graduate nurse charge only the wealthy mother can afford such a nurse. It seems to me that certain, nurses are trying to play into the hands of a certain class of people the rich. For where is the average citizen going to find the money with which to pay all his increased expenses his house keep at $60. his nurse $15 for 24 hours, the food bill, rent, etc.? I think this matter should bo ad justed to all parties concerned. The price should be fair and reasonable $30 or $35 a week. In that case the nurse could live very comfortably and would be doing the fair, square thing. No person wants to ask charity, remember that. MRS. B. THANKS. Do not borrow for tomorrow And burden, grief or care; Live today as well you may While above the skies are fair. Let your motto be "Don't worry" Over any eudden flurry; Strike your pace, but do not hnrry. Ca.tch the troubles unaware. Wealth has always grot one guessing; Health is your most sacred blessing. Swim in sunshine all around you; Splash its spray; it will not drown you; Take your tonic from the ether That's distilled from autumn weather. Mix your food and smiles together, And you'll find in the end That this old world is your friend. MILTON C. ARMiSTIlONG. Talked Like a Tailor. The members of the choir wer practicing the well-known anthem, "A i! the Heart PantssAfter the Water Brooks." The rendering of the open stages was apparently not quite to the satis faction of the gentleman who wielded th'i baton. He considered it necessary, there fore, to tender some advice to the tenors, and caused great consterna tion and- not a little embarrassment among his little flock by the follow ing announcement: "Gentlemen, your expression is sim ply splendid, but the time is very poor really, your pants are far too lorg." London Ideas. , Carnegie Hero Fnnd. MARSH FIELD, Or., Dec. 1. (To the Editor.) Where can I get informa tion concerning the Carnegie life-sav init -,jnedal? IN DOUBT. Address Carnegie Hero Fund commission, Oliver building, Pitts burg, Pa. More Truth Than Poetry. II t Jamea J. Mostaft-ne. st,i.r hxi'rkssion. To discipline children prevents the self-expression by which they form their minds and discover their souls. An Authority on the Better Child- When baby, who ought to be dream ing sweet Hreams, Emits a succession of blood-curdling screams: When Fido turns somersets down the front stair And hides, himself nimbly behind the arm chair; When bath tubs run over and plaster lets go To land with a crash in the hallway below; And the cat is marooned on the top pantry shelf. We know it is Bobbie expressing himself. When the cook, in a rage, hunts ia vain for the cake And vows it's the last that she ever will bake. With neighborhood kids swarming round in a drove And grabbing it when it comes out of the stove; When father's new necktie is nowhera in sight Until it appears as the tail of a kita. We take it quite calmly, for that's how we find That dear little Bobbie is forming his mind. When we suddenly make the discov ery that We can't use the car, for the tires are I flat: When baby's new carriage is shy a front wheel Which Bohbie has nailed to his push- mobile; When the lady next door rings ths bell to report That three of her clothes posts art broken off short. We know that because oT our lack ot control Our bright little' Bobbie's discovered his soul. The Lessons cf Experience. If we were Mr. Carpentier we would follow the example of hs country and get a few allies before we went into the big fight. Good Prospect for a Tne of War. Every time the Greek king goes out he meets himself coming, back. Thoroughly Safe and Sane. They never have to put on extra police in Washington when the elec toral college boys are in town. (Copyright. 1830, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) John Burroughs' Nature Notes. Can Yon Answer These Questional 1. Are crow's noisy? 2. Does a chipmunk lay up wlnteg stores? 3. Does the hermit crab depend upon the sea anemone? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes, Answers to Previous Questional 1. Will a rattlesnake strike after its head has been cut off? Dan Beard, in his delightful "Ani mal Book," says that a rattlesnake which had just had Its head cut off, coiled and struck him with the bloody stump when he touched it as prompts ly as it would have done with its heaf on. So it is doubtless true that all creatures do many reasonable aud natural things without possessing ths faculty of reason. 2. Does a parrot know ths iBMnlnf of the words It uses? The parrot, of course, does not know the meaning of the words it re peats so glibly; it only associates cer tain sounds with certaiff acts or oc casions, and says "Oood-by," or "Come in," at the right time because it has been taught to connect these sound with certain sense - impressions through the eye and ear. 3. On what does the' young lchneu.1 mon-fly feed? The ichneumon-fly lays its eggs on or near some caterpillar or beetle grub. When the eggs hatch, the young ichneumon burrows into the body of Us host, feeding on its tissues, but not attacking such organs as the heart or the nervous ganglia. Injury to these organs might mean immedi ate death to tbe host, and consequent ly death to tho young ichneumon. (Rights reserved by Houghton Mifflin! company.) In Other Days. Twenty-five Years Aic. From The Oregonlan ef December 2, 1?!)5. Dr. J. B. Pioda, minister to th United States from the republic of Switzerland, was extensively enter tained yesterday by the local fciwioa residents. If four hustling managers can make) a baseball league a success, the suc cess of the Pacific league Is assured. They control franchises in Portland, Tauoraa, Seattle and Victoria. Mrs. Nancy Bates Atkinson, widow of the late Rev. Cleorge H. Atkinson. pioneer Congregational minister, died at her home, 3H5 Salmon etreet, yes terday. The Oregon Railway & Navigation; company's new light-draft river steamer Ruth, to run on the upper Willamette, has her machinery In and will be ready to launch as eoon as ths. boilers are installed. Fifty Yeara A no. From The Oregonian of December 2, 1S7IK New York. Over signature of Cyrus W. Field announcement ia made that difficulty with the Atlantic cable of 1867 makes it temporarily impossible) to transit messages to Europe. Ottawa The dominion government is reatly to take the decennial census and it is estimated that a populatioa of 4.U0O.O00 will be shown. We learn that the people of Albany are making itrreat preparations for celebrating completion of tbe railroad to that town. William Russell has left in our ofs fice some fragments of the tuskfl of a wild hog which he recently killed ia the Const range, near the head of tha Yamhill river. AUTUMN RAI. For days the sky was violet-blue. The sun shone through a haze Of Indian summer magic on the hills The silent pines stood soberly against the dawn andKunset blaze Now all the air a solemn tilence fills. Hey, presto! clouds of misty gray Come on the wings of the southwest. Bringing drops of cooling autumn rain; Here in our cozy Ingle-n,ook, besids a fire that God has blest. We list the drops a-beating 'gainst the pane. VERNE BRIGHT. "Machine-Made Citizens." PORTLAND, Nov. 30. (To the 13d-f' itor.) Please make correction of the typographical error in the naming of . the amount to be paid biennially to" the three colleges. The truo amount is $5,672,017.17. insfea of $05,672,, 017.17, as printed. W. H. ODULU. i - i i- , . - r - r i fr- ' 1 " t-.