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PORTLAND. SATURDAY. APRIL 22. 1916.
BCBTOX ON THE ISSUES
Ex-Senator Burton clearly stated
the .principal Issues of .the coming
campaign in his speech in Portland.
In our policy toward Germany, Brit
ain and Mexico, in fact in our foreign
policy generally, tne ot-i-asiun t-vna iui
firmness and experience in place of
"the halting, the vacillation and the
hesitancy" of the present Adminlstra
lion. In our domestic policy we need
more than ever "a reasonable protec
tive tariff, which, while fostering- no
monopoly, shall give to industry
stimulus and support and afford to
labor its fair share of prosperity."
The vacillation of the President In
hi3 dealings with Germany and Mex
ico Is the chief cause of that confused
thinking -which has produced a serious
division of opinion in crisea where the
Xation should be united in sentiment
and purpose. It has been responsible
for the loss of many American lives
and much American property in Mex
ico which a firm and consistent policy
would have saved. His hesitancy for
nearly a year to make the demanXI
which he has now made, that Germany
desLst from lawless acts, has added to
the American deathroll and has given
the pro-German propagandists oppor-turiits-
to spread false impressions
based on misstatements of fact re
garding our dispute with that coun
try. To that propaganda is due In
part the division In both parties as
to the Government's duty to uphold
without flinching the right of our citl
zens to travel the sea and to trade
with belligerents, whether In war mu
ritions or non-contraband goods.
The President has at last taken a
firm stand against German lawless
vesa. and we doubt not that the great
body of the Republican party will
join all other loyal citizens in sustain
ing him. But we cannot close our
eyes to the fact that a considerable
body of opinion opposes him and will
render his task more arduous. Had
he done at the first what he has now
done and had he not wobbled from the
course marked out in his first Lusi-
Ltiiiia. nuiCi siiijl ui iiua ujiueiiiuii
might have been prevented.
The Republican party, throughout
the last three years, has always sup
ported the President in any action he
has taken to maintain, our rights
abroad and has sought to derive no
party advantage from his difficulties.
It has criticised him only when he
hesitated to take such action or when,
having begun, he drew back. It will
Jn the main support him in any action
against the probable enemy which he
may recommend. For whatever meas
ure of dissent there may be, he Is
chiefly responsible.
But our tangled foreign relations de
mand an Administration which has
been chosen with a view especially to
their untangling with a. firm, skillful
hand guided by a clear, unwavering
purpose. Mr. "Wilson was chosen not
with that end in. view but at a time
when domestic problems were upper
most In the public mind and when
there were no serious foreign prob
lems calling: for settlement. He and
his party have proved their incapacity
for the task which has been unex
pectedly thrust upon them, his party
even, more so than he. The people
should turn to the Republican party,
which has proved through a long pe
riod its capacity to care for the Na
tional interests abroad.
That party steered the republic
through the Spanish "War, solved all
the difficulties growing out of it as
well as those arising from the Panama
Canal, the Japanese dispute and the
Venezuelan blockade. It kept the
peace, but kept it with, honor, and
"without procrastination, hesitation,
evasion or scuttling. The party which
provided Roosevelt to mediate be
tween Russia and Japan. Taft to estab
lish government in the Philippines and
to begin and end intervention in Cuba,
and Hay, Root and Knox as Secretaries
of State is the party to guide the. Na
tion through the present world crisis.
The close relation of that crisis to
the tariff question has been borne
in on the public mind by observation
of industrial conditions in Europe and
of the effect of the war on American
industry. There is possibility of in
tensified competition with Europe
after the ar, the injurious effects of
which can only be averted by careful
revision of the tariff. Our industries
have suffered severely from lack of
materials, the supply of which has
been cut off by the war. Such injury
"a only be prevented by establish
ment of new industries in this coun
try under a tariff which will prevent
their destruction In peace times by
ruinous competition. The Republican
party is recognized as the party of
protection and is now- pledged to the
establishment of a tariff commission
which shall collect the information on
which revision shall be based.
The subject of preparedness which
is now uppermost in the public mind
is closely related not cnly-to our for
eign relations but to the tariff. De
fense of the Nation has come to be
recognized as requiring not merely the
organization of an Army and Xavy but
the training and organization of the
citizens for service In the fighting line
of in the production of war material.
It requires that the Nation be made
independent of foreign supply for mu
nitions, and that the physical and in
tellectual powers of each individual
be brought to the highest -efficiency.
By Its achievements the Republican
party has shewn that it alone is quali
fied for this great work.
This work involves Just such meas
ures against monopoly and .for the
encouragement of honest business as
the Republican party has been chiefly
instrumental in enacting and enforc
ing. It requires use as well as conser
vation of natural resources, while the
Democracy has been so zealous for
their conservation that It has pre
vented their use.
Reunited and reinvigorated. the Re
publican party- is ready; to continue b.e
record of achievement which reaches
back to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Its successes shine the brighter by
contrast with the failures of its oppo
nents.
JCST AX OCCrPANT.
It was pointed out by The Orego
nian the other day that North Yakim
is naturally in Portland's trade zone,
but that the two cities are denle
commercial intercourse by the round
about character of the rail route be
tween the two.
A branch railroad connecting th
North Bank road with North Yakima
is feasible. It would shorten the dis
tance between Portland and North
Yakima by 120 miles, or more. It is
reasonable to suppose that an inde
pendent railroad, situated as is th
North Bank, would long ago hav
built the connection. But 50 per cent
of the stock of the North Bank i
owned by the Northern Pacific and
the Northern Pacific Is quite con
tent with the arrangement whereby
it gets North Yakima business for its
own railroad leading to Puget Sound
A striking contrast may be obtained
by comparing the building pro
grammes of other railroads. Willapa
Harbor and Grays Harbor were served
by the Northern Pacific at the time
the Milwaukee was constructed. But
that did not prevent the independen
Milwaukee from building its own
branches to the same territory.
The Milwaukee also built a branch
from Cedar Kails to Everett, where it
competes for business with the Grea
Northern. It operates a ferry line be
tween Bellingham and Seattle in com
petition with the rail services of both
Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific. It has built several branches in
Eastern Washington and has others
about ready for construction work.
Likewise, the O.-W. R. & N. Com
pany, as soon as it had gained access
to Puget Sound, built its own branches
to Grays Harbor and Olympia, a.1
though both places were already served
by the Northern Pacific. Moreover,
tne .ortn uanK Railroad, itself, ac
quired the Oregon Electric, operating"
into the Oregon field of the Southern
Pacific, and extended it. It also built
the Oregon Trunk Railway up the
Deschutes, where the O.-W. R. & N
Company was also building. It does
not neglect construction of branch
lines southward into the rich territory
of its competitors, but opportunity to
get business out of the north, where
that business might be taken away
from its railroad owners the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific is
neglected.
There ought to be some way to
bring the owners of the North Bank
Railroad to a realization that they
have a duty to the public which they
are not fulfilling. The railroad oc
cupies a strategic route of tremendous
possibilities. But when one has
stated that the North Bank "occu
pies" that route there i3 not much
more that can at present be said.
ART, LETTERS AND PORK.
It is a far cry from art and letters
to Congressional pork; and yet not so
far, either, when one contemplates the
conduct of Congress the other day
when the American Academy of Arts
and Letters was up for Federal recog
nition. Although the House voted to
permit the Academy to incorporate, a
process requiring no appropriation, the
negative vote was a large one. Ninety
seven members voted no.
Such opposition is difficult to un
derstand when the slender basis of
opposition is considered. The oppo
nents feared no raid on the National
Treasury nor the playing of politics
in an organization which counts
among its favored members both
Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roose
velt, authors. But the failure of the
Academy to recognize sectional celeb
rities was what galled the obstinate
ninety-seven. Eastern men of let
ters and artistic attainments monopo
lized the membership. Possibly a few
of the ninety-seven were goaded by
the sting of personal disappointment
that their literary contributions to the
Congressional Record had not won
them recognition as men of literary
achievement.
It Is doubtless true that the Amer
ican Academy has not always acted
with the greatest wisdom in selecting
its members, when treating the pa
tient But that Is a shortcom
ing characteristic of such acad
emies. Did not the French Academy
reject Flaubert, Daudet, Maupassant,
Mollere, Descartes and Zola while ac
cepting a coterie of notables whose
names no one would recognize today?
But these oversights are the exception
rather than the rule.
An academy of this character must
maintain a high standard and an
eternal vigil if it would maintain its
integrity and worth. Artistic and lit
erary achievement of the highest
standard must be the one badge of ad.
mission. It is better that it should
overlook a few notables of real worth
than that It should recognize the great
horde of community notables and
near-notables who would clamor for
admission were Congressional pull of
any benefit.
WHEN GOLF IS DANGEROUS.
Quite a flutter of excitement among
golfers of mature age has been caused
by an article of Theodore H. Price in
timating that golf is dangerous for old
men, because he knows of a consid
erable number of men of fifty or over
who have died of heart failure, or
paralysis while playing golf or imme
diately after. In his paper. Commerce
and Finance, he publishes several
opinions of men who only partly agree
with him. Edgar C. Bradley, of Berke.
ley, Cal., tells of having benefited
greatly by following his doctor's ad
vice to "play golf three times week,
not more than eighteen holes at a
time." He says:
The trouble about arolf la that men overdo.
They play too many holes at one time.
They play what 1 known aa the "nineteenth
hole." They do not play leisurely.
The Cincinnati Times-Star ridicules
the game of the elderly golfer with a
sedentary past" by comparing it with
that of the man who was an athlete
in lis youth. It says that with the
former "the drive is redolent of the
swiveling office chair" and explains
that one of nature's "salutary re
straints is the deterring hand she
places upon the man who passes at a
mature age from the office chair to
the golf course."
The Hartford Times says:
Tho evidence at present la not sufficient
to make anything- like a clear case, but
It harmonizes with the senerai belief that
after certain physical changes which attend
advancing age the game may have real
danger. Tike any other form of exerolse
to which those attempting it have not been
accustomed earlier.
All of this goes to show that slight
exercise not too long continued is sa
lutary for men who have passed their
fiftieth year, but that vigorous or
long-continued exercise Is injurious,
especially for men of sedentary habits.
The trouble with the "old boys" is
that they become (warmed UR-jvlth, the.
sport, permit the spirit of emulation
to be aroused and go in to win, im
agining that they are still young boys,
Then they feel a twinge of pain.
sudden weakness and the full weight
of their years falls upon them. Unless
a man has been something of an ath
lete all his life, he cannot safely be
come an "old sport" after fifty. He
may play golf leis.-ely, but he must
not piay tne nineteenth ftole or a
match. He may take an hour's easy
walk, but he cannot enter a pedestrian
contest or run for a train. He must
ease up, out of respect for his heart
or his arteries, lest some part of the
human machine break. He may play
golf for exercise, but must not play
for sport.
CHEERLESS HOSPITAL ARCHITECTURE,
It is recorded that over Virchow's
hospital in the German capital there
is an admonition not to forget the
man when treating the patient. This
might be set down as the text of
pampmet issued by a New York ar
chitect who urges . a more cheerful
atmosphere for American hospitals,
He sees in the present hospital a mere
workshop for a methodical treatment
of "cases" brought in for professional
attention. Glittering white tiles, dead
white plaster, huge windows, their
glare undimmed by curtains; high
walls, their rigid lines unbroken an
gular, unrelieved bareness, inhospita
ble, depressing in its monotony. Such
is the picture that the writer draws
and it will awaken familiar, if not
pleasant, memories among those tvho
have been confined in such a "work
shop" of the surgeons and nurses.
In urging that the walls be tinted
tne iioors colored, tne windows cur
tained and the whole aspect made
more cheerful, the critic remarks upon
the curative benefits of healthful and
pleasant environs. While it mav be
true that the majority of those who
are sent to hospitals hafe not been
accustomed to pretty surroundings, the
fact remains that they are susceptible
to them. As the pamphlet says: "The
less educated, the less intelligent the
patient is the more he depends on
sensuous feelings for contentment.
Sensuous ideas, the first to emerge
from the mind, are the first to arouse
delight, and constitute primitive hap
piness and content."
Medical science will accept these
observations. The lay mind has
already seen the curative properties
of a cheerful sicjtroom, and put the
idea into practice by carrying flowers
In profusion to the sickroom. A wider
professional recognition of the value
of this field of useful endeavor is cer
tain to be followed by results. The
providing of cheerful surroundings
will be undertaken with the same
thoroughness and intelligent care that
has been devoted already to cleanli
ness, lighting, heating and ventila
tion.
PROHIBITION IN CALIFORNIA.
The California voter this year is to
have the choice of two prohibition
amendments with, of course, the pri
vilege of defeating both. Both come
from the same source. Proposition No.
would give California a prohibi
tion law like Arizona's. It would be
absolute. Mail orders for liauors to
be used in the home in limited guan
ines, such as are permitted jn Ore
gon, Washington and Colorado, would
be denied the Californian.
Proposition No. 2 prohibits the sale.
keeping or giving away of intoxicants
In any store, hotel, restaurant, cafe.
lub or other place of public resort.
Permanent residents of California,
however, would be permitted to buy
r the manufacturer in quantities of
not less than two gallons. Deliveries
would be confined to common carriers.
The exception in this measure is de
igned to appeal to those who would
save" the wine industry of California.
Proposition No. 1, if adopted, will go
into force January 1, 1920; proposi
tion No. 2, if adopted, will become ef
fective two years sooner.
The charge of political shrewdness
Is already made against the proponents
of the measures on the theory that
the dry voter need vote for but one
measure in order to register a vote
for prohibition, while the iw.et voter
must vote against both. The rea
soning is not exactly clear. He who
votes "yes" on proposition No. 1 and
falls to vote on proposition No. 2
does no more than offset him who
votes "no" on proposition No. 1 and
fails to vote on proposition No. 2.
On the contrary, we would accuse
the Anti-Saloon League management
of lack of shrewdness in presenting
two amendments. Smith, who is op
posed to all prohibition, will vote
against both measures. Jones, who
might have voted for absolute pro-
ibition if no other measure were be
fore him, but who sees economic bene
fit and minor harm in saving the wine
industry, is likely to vote "no" against
absolute prohibition and. "yes" for the
alternative. Brown, who is a radical,
would undoubtedly vote for the milder
measure If submitted alone, but will
vote against it and for the radical
measure.
Thus a certain element that might
ave been counted with the prohibi-
ion forces will be divided, while align.
ment of the strictly anti-prohibition
forces will be undisturbed. Of course
there will be some who would not
ave voted for absolute prohibition
who will vote for near-prohibition.
But standing alone the latter meas-
re would have much better chance of
carrying, w hile the other is practically
certain of defeat, even though Califor--
la should at heart bo for some form
of prohibition.
The situation provides an interest
ing speculative study in mathematics.
Tho total vote of California is about
900,000. It . must be conceded that
conservative prohibition measure
would stand more chance of adoption
tnan a radical measure, for the strict
prohibitionist is ready to accept a
half-loaf if a whole one is not of
fered. Assume, merely for illustration.
that a conservative measure will
arry, if standing alone, by a vote of
00,000 to 400.000. Then consider
the effect when a radical meas-
re is submitted with the con
servative measure. If there are 60,-
00 radicals represented in the 500,000
previously credited to the conserva
tive measure, they are quite likely to
vote against the conservative measure
for fear that it will have more votes
than the radical measure and thereby
displace it if both carry. What is the
result? The 400,000 wets stand net
gainst both amendments and the con.
servatlve measure loses 60,000 votes
it would otherwise have obtained. The
flna-l score stands 460,000 no, 440,000
yes, and the measure is defeated.
Assuming, again, that there are 60.-
000 voters in favor of the conservative
measure who are opposed to the rad
ical measure and one gets the same
result as to absolute prohibition. Tho
vote on that amendment also stands
60,000 no, 440,000 yes.
Certain tactics might have been
adopteA ibx- iap, Ajjxi-alopft League,
however, that would have convicted it
of the charge of shrewd practice. If I
proposition No. 2, the measure to save
the wine Industry under a prohibitory
law, had been put into the form of an
initiative statute instead of constitu
tional amendment, the radical pro
hibitionlst would have had no reaso
for not voting for both. No matter
how large the affirmative vote cast
for the statutory enactment, the con
stitutional amendment proposition
-o. 1 would prevail if it received
bare majority. Nor would there be
danger of legislative tinkering with th
statutory enactment pending the tak
ing effect two years later of th
amendment, for it is one of the won
ders of the California system that
the Legislature may not repeal o
amend a law enacted by the people.
But ignoring the confusion of th
issue, if California votes out th
liquor traffic this year there will hav
been indicated a large reversal of sen
timent. Proportionately this would
perhaps not be greater than that in
dicated in Oregon, when prohibition
carried two years ago. But in Oregon
the balance is assumed to have been
affected by the women's vote. Call
fornia had woman suffrage in 191
and rejected prohibition that year by
a vote of 355,536 to 524,781 a ma
Jority against of 169,245
Russian troops have probably been
sent to France as much for the moral
effect of their presence as for the!
value at the front. The sixty-days
continuous fighting around Verdun
must have been a sore trial to French
morale and staying power, besides
drawing heavily on their reserves
Practical evidence of Russian sym
pathy is likely to hearten up the sen
timental French. The Russian move
ment is also an evidence of pooling
or allied resources as an outgrowth o
close co-operation. Russia supplies
men, Britain provides ships to carry
them and France will provide arms
Germany is thus given a hint that
Russia has men to spare and that
the allies are pulling together
There are approximately 24,000
automobiles in use in Oregon thus
early in the Spring, and they do not
all belong to the larger cities. One
firm at Forest Grove reports sales of
twenty-one popular-priced cars, a Eu.
gene dealer -sells six in a weekend
t NVhite Salmon five have bought
cheaper vehicles. Thus it goes. Any
weekly paper, picked" at random, will
show that people are investing in the
means to take them to town and home
In little less time than required to get
up and harness the team. One sale In
a neighborhood makes the rest easy
ror the dealer, and in many cases
where the head of the family is dim
dent the wife is decidedly not.
More watchful waiting in Mexico.
out now it is in the heart of the coun
try with prospective enemies all
around and with a "thin line of com
munication to the base. The waiters
are no longer only in revolving chairs
at Washington; they are soldiers with
arms in their hands, with a heart for
a fight and with freedom to repel at
tack. That is more dangerous but
far more satisfactory to the waiters.
Count von Bernstorff seems to be
up against it. If he claims Von Igel's
papers as official, he will implicate
his government in the latter's plots.
If he repudiates them, they will prove
valuable ammunition to the enemy
and may be the means of his subor
dinate's conviction. In such a pre
dicament what can a poor diplomat
ao :
Only half a million Armenians have
been killed, it is now reported, instead
or the million as given out a few
weeks ago. That makes the Turk only
half as bad as he might be, but bad
enough to get what is due.
The editor of the Chicago Abend
post is so enthusiastic as to be "crazy
in the head." It's up to the secret
service to see that he disappears until
after the war, if such a thing happens
outside of fiction.
Competition between Sheriff Hodge
and the Seattle police has brought en
forcement of prohibition very close to
the Sheriff and Is causing much good
liquor to run down the sewers.
Von der Goltz says Irishmen were
in the plots to blow up Canada, but
that cannot be true. An Irishman in
them would be bossing the Job, and
that is not developed.
ine boutn Americans are very
ready with their pats on the back for
President Wilson, but would they line
up with the. United States if we got
into a fight?
These are palmy days for the lum
berjacks, for they can easily earn good
wages and cannot get rid of their
money with as much ease as a year
ago,
Part of the Atlantic fleet is being
put in trim at the Chaiiestown Navy-
yard, tor fapring maneuvers, very
likely.
Canada will get into trouble by
boarding Americun boats on the Great
Lakes and removing German seamen
Possibly in the next century ball
parks will have glass roofs a half
mile high; but it's a long time to wait.
Bryan is pretty much as the men
who tried to put drags on Lincoln, and
they were known as Copperheads.
Wilson is human, if President. He
visited his latest grandchild yesterday,
going all the way to Philadelphia.
In the matter of delegate-at-large
from Nebraska, Bryan shows up with
those "dragged in by the cat."
It is said that Germany's answer
will be dictated by necessity. Which
Is the Kaiser's first law.
It is a pity a film cannot be made
of the Commissioners touring the
Montavilla sewer.
The less a man says to his neighbor
about this crisis, the better for both.
The hunt for Villa stops until the
Board of Health locates the corpse.
It is not the war news nor the
scores, bnjti -will It rain tomorrow?
It may be that so many riding them
gave Hanry his pull in Nebraska.
Switzerland is making a start to-
ward a navy by chartering ships.,
Only in Seattle could a cashier get
away with 120.000.
Baseball and strawberries are not in
oason, in- AjnriU,
OPENING OF ROAD CELEBRATED
1 Parade and Barbecue Held in isai,
When Flanks Were Laid.
PORTLAND, April 21. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian gives an inter
eeting interview with F. W. Petty
grove, of San Francisco, son of Francis
W. Pettygrove, a pioneer of 1843, who
was associated with A. L. Lovejoy in
the naming of Portland in 184a. I say
"1845," because I knew both gentlemen
well, and that was the year they al
ways claimed the name of "Portland"
was given as a result, of tossing the
copper cent of 1835, as stated by Mr.
Pettygrove, Jr., That was the year the
first survey was made by Thomas
Brown.
While there are a number of errors
in Mr. PettygroveS's statements, I will
not take space to particularize further
than to say that the "red paint" al
luded to was used upon his father's
store at Oregon Gity, instead of the
Portland store. In proof of this I quote
from the Pettygrove advertisement
which appeared in the Oregon Specta
tor, February 5, 1846, giving an Item
ized list of the articles of merchandise
on hand "at the Red House, Oregon
City, and at Portland, 12 miles below."
And exception must be taken to the
statement that "The Canyon road was
built from the private finances ef Mr.
Pettygrove." First, for the reason that
in 1S48 Mr. Pettygrove sold all his in
terest in Portland to T. H. Lownsdale
for $5000, the deed to that effect being
of record in the Multnomah County
Courthouse. Second, for the reason
that the Canyon road was not opened
to anv great extent for travel until
1851, the year that Mr. Pettygrove left
Portland permanently and located at
Port Townsend, and therefore was not
connected with the "Portland and Val
ley Plank. Road Company," chartered
by the Legislature in January of that
year.
Under that charter the company was
organized for business on July 30, 1851,
a full report appearing in The Orego
nian, August 9, leal. In the same
paper there was a notice to stock
holders calling for the payment to the
secretary of 10 per cent of all subscrip
tions. On September 6, 1851, proposals
signed by Thomas Carter, Z. C. Norton.
A. J. Hembree, J. W. Chambers and
William M. King, directors, were ad
vertised, calling for 100,000 feet of
three-inch plank and for clearing and
grading two miles. On September 20
the announcement was made that the
first plank would be laid on September
27, and 'the contractor. Stephen Coffin,
announced that One mile of the road
would be ready for the plank that day
On October 2. a detailed account ap
peared in the Oregon Weekly Times,
descriptive of the celebration on Sep
tember 27.
This mentions a procession, directed
by Simon B. Marye, marshal, with Cap
tain George H. Flanders, assistant
marshal, "to a point one mile west of
the city," where, after an invocation
by Rev. Horace Lyman, of the F'irst
Congregational Church, Colonel Will
lam At. js.ing, president and superin
tendent of the road, laid the first plank
and-placed a gold coin underneath the
same, with a few appropriate remarks.
Frank Tilford. Colonel King. Beniamln
htark and Thomas J. Dryer, editor of
The Oregonian. At the conclusion r.t
the speeches, a spacious table was set
upon the new-laid planks of the rond
and all partook of the refreshments
placed thereon. Among the "dainties
observed by the reporter of the mo
mentous event was "a largo and well-
roasted ox." GEORGHJ II. HIMES.
Sweet Potatoes From Cuttings.
PAULINA, Or., April 18. (To the
Editor.) (1) Do such, vegetables as
cabbage, beets, carrots ad turnips ever
go to seed.' in what way If they do?
J ney never mature in this country f!l
How do you get a start of sweet pota
toes.- xjo tney nave eyes like other no-
tatoes or seeds? A SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Seed of cabbage, beets, carrots
and turnips is produced in this state,
particularly seed of the late cabbage
ana of the early varieties of beets, car
rots and turnips. R. W. Gill, of Gill
Bros., Portland. R. F. D. No. 1, has
been breeding varieties of these vege
tables for quite a number of years.
(2) It is possible to get suitable
plants by taking the sweet potatoes
and making a cross section of the
tubers and placing them in a hotbed,
which should be made up about this
time of the year, so that the tubers
may have the benefit of the heat of the
bed. After a few weeks the sweet
potato tubers will begin to produce
plants and you will be able to break
these off at the juncture of the root
system with the tuber, thereby being
able to transfer them to the field, for
transplanting. You will be able to get
two or three bulletins on this particu-
ar subject three by writing to the Di
vision of Publications, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C, asking
for the three publications on sweet po
tato culture.
THE WILD ROSE'S LAMENT.
Down the floral ages
I have budded and bloomed.
Sun-kissed into beauty,
And by soft winds gloomed;
O'er Oregon's green plains
My petals have shed
Their delicious fragrance
From my heart's deep red;
And in each glad May-June,
My coquettish wiles.
Flushed the landscape crimson
With blushes and smiles.
The pioneer maiden
Braided me in her hair.
Wreathed me around her waist.
So slender and fair;
And the blush on her cheeks
Juite rivaled the glow
Of my .brilliant crimson
'Twas her own, you know
And my praises were chanted
By both old and young,
"The queen of wild flowers"
Was the chorus sung.
My Jeweled crown is now
A thing of the past.
And Nature's proud flower
Is humbled at last;
Portland's beautiful rose
Has usurped my throne
The haughty exotic
' Is lovely, I own
It's bejeweled and feted.
Caressed with fond care.
And crowned queen of roses
At the Festival Fair.
J. T. FORD.
Dallas, Or.
Maybe Our Letters Bore Germany.
BAY CENTER, Wash., April 20. (To
the Editor.) One of my neighbors in-
ists that the German Foreign Office
Is clearly entitled to intimate to our
Administration that It is becoming
bored by our correspondence, and to
ask for its discontinuance.
Come to think of it, there may be
omething in this view. Our notes
have been admirable in courtesy and
phrasing, to be sure; but this Is Ger
many s busy day.
Ages ago a wise man advised: "Let
thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's
ouse, lest he be weary of thee." Does
ot the rule apply to correspondence
much as to personal visits? And
are we not then forgetting our man
ors?
Worse yet, we are materially help-
ing the allies by taking up the time
that His Imperial Majesty's privy coun-
II needs for more pressing matters.
Are we not thereby guilty ot gross vl-
lation of a pretended neutrality?
L L. BUSH.
How Much Looser?
England's occupation of Gibraltar
dates from, 1714t - . . .
SO POLITICAL TAGS IN CHURCH
Pastor Resents Request That He Clas
sify His Congregation.
ST. HELENS, Or., April 20. (To the
Editor.) The great bugaboo of our
Americanism is public opinion. It
stalks the hopes of all aspirants to fa
vorable recognition in "hall and
hearth" and menaces with impending
death those who would banish the
banshee.
This hobgoblin is admittedly psy
chological without being necessarily
ethical and as a minister and teacher
with a dominant interest in human -life,
I challenge the method of the Anti
Saloon League of forcing issues be
tween pastors and laymen in the mat
ters of its propaganda.
The league recently asked for a list
of names, politically classified, from
the pastors of the different churches,
and is now asking for a list of an
swered questions. As a minister I
have no right to furnish it. Men
should be able to attend church with
out being "tagged" or "buttoned" as
belonging to any particular party, pro
hibition or otherwise. Drink is far
from being the one alone vital issue
of life if we admit the evidence of the
history of ethnic faiths which stand
for prohilbtion.
These classified lists and questions
look like a species of blackmail thinly
veiled with the euphemism .of "sta
tistics." So long as parties or Individuals can
"use" the church for egotistic pur
poses, to the exclusion of minimiza
tion of the altruistic message of the
Christ, so long will the generality of
men be indifferent to the church.
JOHN FOSTER. Ph. B., B. D.,
Minister Congregational Church,
St. Helens, Or.
.
REASONS FOR NOT CHOOSING T. R.
Correspondent Nnntes Several Which
He Believes Spell Defeat.
SALEM, Or.. April 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Since Colonel Roosevelt seeks the
Republican nomination for President
it might be in order to secure from him
an ironclad bond of assurance that he
will not bolt if he fails to win. His
word will not suffice. He is on record
us having no reeard for promises
heretofore made. This Is one reason
why he should not be nominated.
-The wise custom of the fathers lim
ting the Presidency to two terms is
highly regarded by the neoiile. It is a
uilhcult matter to overcome public
opinion. These are two reasons why
he should not be nominated.
Ihe vituperation and calumny he
heaped upon the rank and file of loyal
nepuoncans in ii are another reason
why he should not be nominated.
Every Republican convention has
chosen a consistent, loyal Republican
as the party's standard bearer. To dis
regard party precedence would be cen
soring those who established them.
The Colonel's actions four years ago
were the cause of the present vacil
lating, spineless diplomatic hote
writing, deficit-increasing, job-losing
Administration. The people are weary
of it and want a change.
It the strenuous Colonel succeeds in
"butting in" he is liable to be "the
goat" that will cause history to repeat
Itself. w. O. BINNS.
EVOLITIO.V,
A swoory little pollywog lived in a
swalf ;
His only way to travel was by wiglin'
his tail;
He hadn't any hands, he hadn't any
feet.
But when he went a swimmin' he was
mighty hard to beat.
One day after dinner he swam around
the swale.
And found his legs w-ere longer than
his funny little tail:
This made him feel so jolly, he jumped
up and ran.
And always ever after, he's been just
like a man. C. E. CLINE.
Museums of Safety.
There are 26 museums of safety and
institutes for the study of industrial
hygiene in the world, 2a in Europe,
three in the United States and one in
Canada.
Easter From
-in-
The Sunday
Easter Sunday naturally turns the newspaper reader's thoughts
to the story of the resurrection and its related subjects. The Ore
gonian tomorrow will give it proportionate attention. The front
cover page will bear an allegorical picture, combining the message
of Easter Sunday arid the glad tidings of the presence of Spring.
It will be printed in colors.
EGG-ROLLING AT WHITE HOUSE To the children of the city of
Washington the ancient custom of rolling Easter eggs on the White
House lawn is one of the rare privileges of living in that city.
Elaborate plans are being made this year for the joyous event
which takes place every year on Easter Monday. The Oregonian
tomorrow will present a full page descriptive of this custom.
GROWING EASTER LILIES Originally the familiar white lily that
usually forms so prominent a part of Easter decorations was grown
almost exclusively in Japan and other countries of the Pacific seas.
Now many of the southern states in America are producing a su
perior quality of lilies. Pictures of these plants growing in the
fields and in hothouses will be printed tomorrow. A brief story will
tell of the progress American growers have made in raising them.
OTHER EASTER ITEMS A series of amusing photographs will
show the little folks that the Easter rabbit is capable of perform
ing many remarkable tricks of which he heretofore has been thought
incapable. The Easter rites observed in some other countries also
will be described in a brief story. Ben Hur Lampman presents an
original Easter poem. Other features bear an Easter flavor.
HERBERT KAUFMAN'S PAGE Don't miss the weekly page by this
optimistic writer. No one can read Kaufman's poems, epigrams
and editorials without gaining from the doctrine of success that he
preaches.
FAVORITE POEMS Another page of verses from the scrap-books
of Oregonian readers.
ROSE FESTIVAL PLANS The Rose Festival is less than two months
distant. Tomorrow The Oregonian will print pictures of the men
in charge this year and the latest plans for the big fete.
THE IRON CLAW The big Sunday paper will present the fourth
installment of "The Iron Claw," the sensational story now being told
simultaneously in The Oregonian and on the motion-picture screens.
THE ALASKAN FRONTIER Frank G. Carpenter tomorrow will de
scribe the resources contained in the 4,000,000 acres of rich farming
lands at the southern end of Uncle Sam's new railroad now being
built into Alaska. Other resources that help to make Southern
Alaska a paradise of wealth and opportunity also will be pointed out
with illustrations. 1
HOW WAR CHARITIES APPEAL TO BIRSKY AND ZAPP Here
is a timely topic with which most Americans have had experience,
described in an original way by Montague Glass, who speaks
through his newly created characters Birsky and Zapp.
TEMPLE'S SKETCHES All Oregonian readers are interested in
Temple's "Sketches From Life," which are finding weekly favor
through the columns of the Sunday paper. Three more pictures will
be printed tomorrow.
THE TEENIE WEENIES The spirit of Easter even has invaded the
sanctum of the artists. Donahey's Teenie Weenies tomorrow will
be. presented in an Easter escapade.
ALSO THE FOLLOWING Up-to-the-minute news from the realm of
sports, a complete review of the motion-picture worlds. what society
is preparing to do now that the Lenten season is over, activities
of the automobile dealers, owners and manufacturers; developments
in the real estate market, complete reports of marine, shipping and
the commercial world; full accounts from the public schools, plans
for observing Easter in the churches and other items of interest and
information.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian April 22, 1891.
Cincinnati The praises of Blaino
were shouted loudly and long at tho
Republican League' convention. Tim
President's name was not so noticeably
honored and Cole, of Indiana, showed
anger at what ho considered a slight
of Harrison by Foraker. Mr. McKinley
was boomed for President at the night
meeting.
Seattle The greatest steamboat race
which Puget Sound hs ever seen,
probably, was staged here yesterday
between the Bailey Gatzc-rt and the.
Greyhound. The latter proved the
better boat. The race was between
Tacoma and Seattle and return. The
Gatzert won going over but tho Grey
hound took the lead on the return
trip.
The streetcar lines of Detroit aro
tied up by a strike.
Miss Gabrielle Greeley, only surviv
ing child of Horace tJreeley. will b
married soon to Rev. Frank Montroso
Glondennintr.
Some of the Irish papers are an
nouncing that Buddhism will get a
convert soon in Mr. Justin Huntley
McCarthy.
The water committee will make river
soundings at once to locate the best
place for pipes to bring Bull Run
water across to the city.
Burglars visited George Blodgett's
rooms in the Multnomah block Mon
day night.
MR. WILSON I S NOT CA N DID.VTK
Corvallls Mnn Not In Contest for Mr.
Hartley's Seat.
CORVALIJS, Or.. April 20. (To the
Editor.) So many friends have asked
me and have written asking me if I am
a candidate for Congress in the FirHt
district that I will answer, if you
please, through The Oregonian. I am
not a candidate. I .was mistaken.
Like all faddists. I have thought that
all persons would be inclined to the
same fads that have swayed me. But
such is not the case. Very recently I
discovered that two bills in Congress,
embodying the only reason why a
should attempt to stand for Congress,
in ve been turned down by that body,
and further, that our beloved President
is unalterably opposed to anything of
the kind. Reason enough.
Next election, it is understood, Mr.
Ifawley will stand for the Senate for
the seat now occupied by Senator Lane.
Mr. Jones, of Newport, expects to try
again for the Hawley seat. I may be so
foolish next election. And I apprehend
that there will be plenty of candidates
to furnish a fair choice for the prole
tariat and others in that election. The
more the merrier.
I still believe my ideas on the sub
ject of the Government lending direct
to farmers on adequate security from
money created lor that purpose are
correct. Notwithstanding the solons in
Congress and watchful waiting. I am
thinking something else ngain. But, as
Blackstone says, more hereafter.
J. H. WILSON.
Metal Wall rapcr.
Thin metal plates, which weigh about
four pounds to the square yard, are
being used in France instead of plaster
and wall paper. The Technical World
magazine tells some of the advantages
of using this material: "it cati be
bought and placed in position at less
coFt than cah the old materials; the
room can be kept at a more even
temperature; workmen have little
troubje In learning to use the new ma
terial. Something to Worry About.
It is estimated that the annual loss
to agriculture in this country from
depredation of insects and rodents
alone is 110,000,000,000 about $1 a
month for every man, woman and child
in the United States.
Many Angles
Oregonian