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" "Ti3 fortune gives us birth," says the ancient bard, "but God alone endues "the soul with worth." Honesty of mind mid simplicity of character were the ' ""outstanding qualities of James Withy i combe: and out of them blossomed the "rich flower of patriotism which oma ' mented his life and profited his state. I and nation before and during the re- cent war. He was a "worthy patriot, 1 dear to God." He will be always re t 'uiembered for his sturdy assertion of an upstanding Americanism when his country was threatened by enemies '. without and by stealthy disloyalists and : ; smirking pacifists within. He revered the Flag, and he scorned its open foes J and half-hearted friends; and he gave ' no ear to those timid advisers who i t nought to show him the way of politi I cal expediency. He might consider the ) welfare of party, or the convenience J of friends, or the interests of section ! or class in ordinary affairs of public concern; but when the stake was the ! ".national safety, nothing counted but ' "the supreme design of winning the S war, or getting ready for it when it should come. , ,,. James Withycombe was born in f Kngland, but there was no remnant ' of alienism about him. His Ameri J : canism was not thrust upon him; it "was achieved. He came to America I as a youth, and he worked his way J .forward through the toil and sweat of his hands. He was given an equal chance with others, and it is what he wanted and all he wanted. "Why should he have not learned the value of citi zenship in free America? -The primary interest of James "Withycombe was the farm and live- stock; and he was among the first to see that the old ways were not the i best, and to apply scientific knowledge - to them. To him and to others like him the advance of agriculture in the J past generation is largely due. A wide field of activity in Oregon, and a large t acquaintance with people and sections and their problems made the step into politics easy and natural; and in course I of time he became governor an J American governor of an American ; state. James Withycombe as governor had J many difficult tasks to perform. It is a fact of common note that he was the only republican governor ever re- J elected in Oregon. It is, or course, true that there have been other ei 2 cellent executives chosen as candi- dates of the republican party. If they I were not re-elected, the reasons were I to be found in politics. The reason Sir. Withycombe was re-elected is I likewise not to be discovered in party J politics, but in general public appre ciation of service, well performed; and that service, or that part of hi service which was mostly in the public mind, was patriotic. If he had been a mem. T:5r of any other party, it may be sup- posed that, with such a record, the ! result would have been the same. Governor Withycombe was loyal to his friends. If he made errors of L4.ciministratiou as he did they were y!ue largely to too great confidence in Incn he had known long. It was hid habit to think well of others, and they sometimes took advantage of it. But there was always the just intent on """"his part, and in the long run men do "ttot count; but principles and actions do count. Something should be said of the progress of Oregon under Governor Withycombe and under Agriculturist "ii Withycombe as director of the experi ment station at Corvallis. It was very """"Sfreat. He had an ardent and very intelligent interest in the work of the farm, and a well-grounded belief that it was the source and foundation of J1 proper progress. But he sought nevertheless to serve all interests business, scientific, political, educa tional, religious, social with equal fidelity; and his way was to under- Ktand tiicm and to be helpful to all Jjjf them. He was exceedingly active us governor in getting in personal 4 touch with all communities, and to J starve all of them; and whenever he " failed.- it was not due to any lack of m striving on his part. Time will record thut his work for his state was marked II i!y a high sense of his responsibilities. . .and by an earnest effort to do his full duty by all. i If emphasis has been laid herein on the patriotic service of Governor Vithycombe, it is because it most dis tinguished his administration. When Jlhe test came he was equal to it. He Avas equal -because of his character. Whatsoever things are true, whatso ever things are. honest, whatsoever .things are just," these were his birth 2'nt and are his heritage. mu. It will be easy to sympathize with Jhe plea of John C. Freund, editor of Musical America, for the Americani jtatioii of musical education, and there R-ni be widespread hope that he is not tovernptimistic in his statement that MBiusic lovers of this country stand Thready to devote millionw of dollars "yen hundreds of m.HHons to the s-pread of music culture at home. The "fashion of going abroad to study under renowned masters nas in ine past been ,j based only in part on real advantage ("to the student. It is not a secret that ,s many .of the famous teachers of En rope devoted their own time only to iu a favored few, and that the greater number of their pupils were instructed by assistants of jio greater talent than might readily have been round at " home. Revival of interest in music in America and the disorganization of the conservatories abroad at least furnishes a motive and a sturtiils point for ths new movement, which will be watched with interest, and will fur nish a test of the earnestness of Amer ican music lovers. THE NEW GOVERNOR. Mr. Olcott has been secretary of state nearly eight years. In knowledge of state affairs, therefore, and in nat ural attainments, he has the equip ment of a good governor. It is with belief that these qualifications will be usefully applied that The Orego nian witnesses his accession to the office of governor. In the latter days of the recent legislature there was adopted a joint resolution submitting to the voters the proposal to create the office of lieutenant-governor and to put that officer first in line of succession. Whatever general reasons there may be for creating this office the resolution was plainly inspired by factional politics. It was designed in cold anticipation of the fatal outcome of the known illness ' of Governor Withycombe to make it impossible for Mr. Olcott to succeed him. With any belief that" may exist that such a measure was politically oppor tune, with any expectation that Mr. Olcott will primarily attend to the making of one faction or one element politically supreme and secondarily to the broad requirements of the public, The Oregonian is not in sympathy. Mr. Olcott is intelligent enough to recog nize his obligation to the position of head of the state and head of his party which fate has thrust upon him. He is intelligent enough to place full value upon the circumstances that caused the re-election of his distin guished predecessor. The estimate expressed by the peo ple of the state last November of Gov ernor Withycombe was acquired from the same factors upon which the many tributes expressed by prominent citi zens of Governor Withycombe are now founded. Political preferment was not gained by Governor Withycombe through rewards of office- conferred upon friends or adherents or even be cause he was strongly devoted to the principles of party republicanism! and gave his political favors on the basis of outright party allegiance. It was no political machine or predominant faction that gave him his great major ity in' the last election, but a genuine public admiration for his unfaltering patriotism and for his definite policies in matters of public moment. It would be strange, indeed, if a successor profited not by his example. sMr. Olcott, as he enters upon his new duties, ought to have the helpful confidence of the people that he will, above all things, give the best that is in him to promote the welfare of the state, that he is not about to engage upon a general upsetting of state officialdom and that changes in ap pointive office that he ma-y make, . if any, will not be for personal- or fac tional reasons but because he believes the best interests of the state will ""be thereby promoted. ''"" CAVALRY NOT OBSOT-ETE.x The impression that cavalry had be come an obsolete arm of the military service, which was widely current when the opposing armies settled down into trenches in 1914. was effectually re moved by the events of 1918. The rapid advance of the Serb cavalry as soon as a gap had been broken in the Bulgarian line divided the Bulgar army hopelessly, severed its commu nication, cut up units of the enemy reserves and prevented them from combining. The chief honors of Allenby's over whelming victory in Palestine have been awarded to the cavalry. They swept northward when the Turkish line had been broken, and, swinging around the enemy's flank and rear, reduced them to a panic-stricken horde of fugitives, among whom pris oners were made by tens of thousands. In Mesopotamia also cavalry was mainly responsible for victory. It turned the right of the Turks ai Kut and forced them to abandon the town. By a similar flanking movement it enveloped the whole of two Turkish forces on the Kuphrates. causing all of them to be either killed or cap tured. Cavalry also came into action at .many points in the final advance of the allies in France, whenever the tjrermans were forced into the open, though its action was more restricted by the many villages which formed strong points at which the enemy could maKe a stand. The tank may in some degree have taken the place of cavalry, but any machine dependent on artificial motive power is more liable to breakdown than a horse and is more costlv. America Is peculiarly well eauinDed to maintain a. first-class cavalry force. Its great plains both feed and exer cise horses and form a fine field for maneuvers. The gradual enclosure of me public domain will not extineniish intrepid, horsemen, though the act ivity oi me cownoy may be more restricted A PRINCESS' ROMANCE. The marriage of. Her Royal High ness Princess Patricia of Connaught, granaaaugnter or yuncn victoria, to Commander Alexander A. M. Ramsey of the British navy, lacks some of the elements of sensationalism which would have attended the wedding of a princess and a commoner," but it is not without romance. For the bridegroom is merely the heir-apparent of an earl, and to become his wife the princess has relinquished not only her regal title but also a good many prerogatives which would be dear to the hearts of many young women. Royalty lias no monopoly of jealous regard for inconsequential rights. fatill. Commander Ramsev seems to be a-fit consort-even for a princess, The war gave him an opportunity to snow that bis nobility was not a mere matter of inheritance. Bestowal unon him of the Distinguished Service Order after the campaign before Gallipoli was concrete evidence that he is the kind of man in whose keeping the nonor or a navy is secure. The for mer princess no longer has the right to visit Buckingham palace unan-1 nounced, and her place on the royal reception committee will be filled by another, but she is doubtless happy in possessing the husband of her choice. It is not to be supposed that tlie step was taken impulsively. The auguries point to a blissful domestic career for the former princess, now just "Lady" Ramsey. It would be interesting to know how greatly the war was instrumental in leveling the barriers of rank. Princess Patricia, who all accounts agree is an exceedingly lovely young woman, has been much sought by suitors of high degree. Her uncle, the late King Ed ward, is generally credited with hav ing shattered a romance of her younger years, for the reason that the man of her choice wasonly a marquis. If hereditary rank alone were considered, the king might have done better to refrain from meddling; the heir-ap- parent of tlie curl o Ualhouiic rcpre sents one step down in the scale of nobility." But the news from across the water does not tell of any visible disappointment over the princess' re nunciation. Perhaps the blow has been softened by the fact that Com mander Itamsey. for all the titular impedimenta he carries, is very much a man and the princess has shown that she is all woman by following the dictates of her heart. - ALAS, I'OOR OLD KNICKERBOCKER. The war-time prohibition act Is a statu tory lie and a statutory fraud. It was con ceived in false pretenses and enacted In false pretenses. Kramed by the agents of the Anti-Saloon league. It was driven through a subservient congress by the leaguns lobby antl became a legislative act only because it was attached as a rider, to the highly im portant bill to stimulate food production. This caloric paragraph is from a 42 centimeter explosion by the New York World over the imminence of prohi bition. The World is making daily demands that congress repeal the war time prohibition act effective July 1, 1919. The only response by a dis tracted congress, buried under the avalanche of war and peace and other legislation, is to-do nothing. It was not to be supposed that the great metropolitan centers would ac cept prohibition calmly. The hysteria in tho World office has, however, not affected the hotels and cafes to such an extent that they have actually lost their presence of mind in contempla tion of the great catastrophe, for they have raised the price of all drinks on Broadway and everywhere. The price of a cocktail or a highball ranges from 30 to BO cents, where, formerly it was 15 cents. Let New York cheer up, for the worst is yet to come. Here in Port land, for example, not even a highball may be had for 50 cents not readily, at least. As a result, everybody who might have put his foot on the rail and asked for his favorite black bottle behind the bar has his 50 cents in his pocket, and also the other half-dollar he would have paid for his tippling companion. Of course, if he happens to know an accommodating boot legger, he may buy a shining red pint of squirrel whisky for nine or ten dol lars, and if he drinks it, be jumping around oftener and farther than any known world's champion. But the price of low drinking and high jump. ng is really becoming prohibitive In Oregon. Alas, the good old days. Even New York may become reconciled to the dreadful alternative of keeping its money, and letting the red stuff go into the sewers. SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS. An always fruitful topic of discus sion is revived entertainingly by Pro fessor George T. W. Patrick of Iowa university in an article on "The Next Step in Applied Science," which is printed in the Scientific Monthly. A good many persons will agree with Professor Patrick's statement that, al though our inventions and discoveries have made the world easier to li-e in. it remains to be proved that mere ease of living is beneficial. This is par ticularly true of so-called labor-saving and time-saving devices of various kinds. Observers of life as it is lived today will wonder whether the farmer. ror example, who harvests his grain with a "combine" is substantially bet ter off than his remote ancestor, who reaped with a sickle and threshed with a flail. That the former is wholly un willing to go back to the old way is not conclusive proof that he is happier than his forefathers were. Multipli cation of facilities for getting work done has at the same time increased our wants. It is the experience of most men that attainment of ttneir ultimate goal seems about as difficult as it ever was. There is, nevertheless, a good deal to be said in behalf of science, both theoretical and applied. It is not de nied by anyone that it has made the world a "decenter and more comfort able place to live in." If it had given us nothing more than open plumbing and hot and cold water in the humblest of homes it would have a good deal to its credit from the point of view of the seeker of comfort. It has, upon the whole, prolonged tho term of human life, and it has distinctly re duced infant mortality. It has fur nished anodynes and greatly amelior ated physical pain, and in these and other respects lias seemingly been in harmony with nature's fundamental law of self-preservation. It has re duced the hours of labor of those who once were "crushed with excessive labor," as Professor Patrick recounts, and who once were compelled to toil rrom sun to sun in order to rrocure tho bare necessities of life. It has given wide range of choice to indi viduals. It Is still possible in some degree to escape the complexities of the modern order, and to circumscribe our wants if we are unwilling to pay the price of our ambition. But happiness, as the poet has said, depends, as nature shows. Less an exterior things than some suppose, and the scientist who questions the ultimate benefits of scientific discov eries exhibits some of the imagination of the poet. He finds that science may have been in error in devoting itself so generally to making man comfort able when it might better have been employed in making him perfect. The biologist holds comfort in grave sus picion. "Degeneracy." he avers, "is its sequel." Work he regards as a blessing; he questions whether the leisure which has been afforded by time and labor-saving machinery is utilized to promote our spiritual- needs. It may be that, despite relatively greater opportunities for leisure, there isas a matter of fact, no more actual leisure than formerly, or that when there is leisure it is not devoted to the higher purposes which those who strive for it are supposed to advocate. "There have been epochs when men, released from labor by wealth or otherwise, have turned their thoughts to art, poetry, music and the drama." Or to religion, to philanthropy and the humanities. The pessimist will con tend that men do not now so employ their leisure. The issue is ODen for discussion. It would not be difficult to make out a case for the side of optimism. There are many who do not misuse leisure. The question is whether the race as a whole is yet ready to be trusted with it. The biolo gist fears that It is not. He is not ready to discredit nature's dictum that man must work or die, and he fears that, lacking the impelling need, man kind will permit its faculties to become atrophied from disuse. To the biologist, who reckons the history of man in hundreds of thou sands of years, the scientific age in which we are dwelling is but a mo ment. He fears the ultimate result of the sudden intrusion of comfort upon a people disciplined by a thousand cen turies of hardship. Nature, he savs. makes any race of animals strong or hardy, not by shielding them from their enemies, but by giving them power or resistance against their enemies. He raises seriously the ques tion vht liter "any possible develop ment of the mechanical and industrial arts, upon which we rely so fondly, will satisfy the desires of man." It is, as has been said, a fruitful sub ject for discussion. Probably we shall never exhaust its possibilities. But it is not likely that the world will be diverted from its pursuit of happiness by a biological bugaboo. It is more likely to regard tho scientific age as one of nature's inscrutable means of race protection. The ancient process of selection was wasteful, to say the least. It probably sacrificed a good many lives which would have been highly useful to tho fulfillment of a higher purpose. And data are lacking upon the point of the suitable employ ment of leisure, say, in the middle ages of mankind. We think that our an cestors upon the whole were no more aware of their higher destinies than we are conscious of ours. Not all of the good of the world died with them. The unscientific method at least had a thorough trial; the race can hardly be blamed if it calls for a change. TAKING THE JOY OCT OP EXPLORA TION. A good deal of the intimate, per sonal joy of exploration, such as thrilled pioneers like Marco Polo and Dr. Park, will be eliminated by the series of devices perfected by John Hays Hammond, Jr., but enough ro mance will remain to challenge the imagination of the stay-at-home. The proposal to equip an Arctic expedition with, the new scientific paraphernalia, as a memorial to Colonel Roosevelt, gives promise of adding more to our geographical knowledge in a single season . than has been previously ac quired by all the Arctic navigators since the times of Sir John Franklin and Dr. Kane. Tine pivot of Hammond's invention is a system of directive radio signal ling, accompanied by a direction finder, which makes it possible for a recording instrument to determine precisely the position of the airplane emitting the signal. The most com plete modern apparatus for taking aerial photographs will be employed as a check. The whole series of ap pliances will be operable from an airplane traveling eighty miles an hour. . It will be possible then for the avi ator, by following the previously de termined confirmation of a shoreline, and by sending signals at intervals, to convey to operators stationed on shore complete data for an accurate map. Thus will exploration be reduced to mathematical routine, further simpli fied by stabilizing devices which re duce the peril of flying to a minimum. Not only the possibility of error but the probability of danger will be eliminated. Captain Bob Bartlett, who has been chosen to lead tho 1919 expedition to the pole, will have a different story to tell than has any explorer of any other time. Yet he will miss, we think, some of the zest which attended the traels of the pioneers whom every day's adventure carried be yond a new horizon into an unknown world. No corner of the earth can escape the airplane equipped with directive radio signalling. But ex ploits such as attended the search for the source of the Nile or the mouth of the Niger, and such as those which made the stories of the wanderings of the Polos, father and son. in Cathay good reading for centuries will be missing. The explorer's log, reduced to a surveyor's formula, distinctly lacks the quality of human interest. The impending famine in fats, against which we are warned by the depart ment of agriculture, will be in part forestalled if the farmers of the coun try will continue to increase their peanut acreage in the future as they have in the past few years. The lowly goober, which was seen only on peanut stands a generation ago, and was prac tically unknown before tho civil war. has almost suddenly become one of our important crops. The warning that we now have "only 110,376.000 pounds on hand," which is regarded as considerably below the margin of safety, shows how the industry has increased. The peanut is not without possibilities aj an alternative crop in the Pacific northwest, where the for age value of the vines is worth taking into the account. Tho fact thai the shelled nuts contain from 30 to 60 per cent oil makes them our most impor tant potential source of vegetablo fat. The principal achievements of the session of congress just ended were tho passage of the revenue law and tho victory loan law both of them measures to raise money, one by taxa tion, the other by borrowing. Almost every piece of constructive legislation lauca, ana aosoiutciy nothing was dono to equip the nation for the period of peace and intense conrpetition on which it has already entered. The short session of congress jtist before its term expires usually produces little beyond appropriation bills, especially if the? ma jority party has been defeated at tho preceding election, but this ses sion has been barren as the Biblical f igtrce. Cessation of trench warfare left Hie war department with 6,000,000 cans on its hands which had been made for hard bread. It used them to pack candy, saving 5 or 6 cents on each pound. It will ship 1,800.000 pounds in March with an economy of $90,000. Since its liquor was cut off the army has cultivated a decidedly sweet tooth. Demand for seats to hear Wilson last night was enormous, and there could be no overflow meeting. He was not the solo attraction. Mr. Taft was present. The house adopted the Irish meas ure too late for senate action. All things for Irish relief seem to bo branded "Too Late." Butter responds promptly to pas sage of the wheat guarantee bill, though the butter men will say it is due to another cause. Mayor Baker is accustomed to ac tion, and the masterly inactivity of tho "Washington conference distresses him. "When you have read your maga zines, put them in the boxes for the soldiers. That duty still exists. A starving child is about the most pitiable-thing to contemplate, and Ar menian children are hungry, i Last thing you think of at night and first thing in the morning is that in come tax. Attend to it. Of course there is bitterness toward America in Berlin. A defeated Hun cannot lie down easily. Koch wants that German mercantile fleet and is showing his teeth. I-eave it to Foclit - Those Who Come and Go. "I'd like to know, what constitutes a good legislator," commented Cyril tS. iirownell, representative of Uma tilla county In the recent session. "I rise to ask the question because a democratic paper in Pendleton ran an article showing the number of bllis the members from that section intro duced. I offered no bills with my name on and so I was judsred a blank. The one bill I had I offered through a committee, figuring that if the com mittee approved it must be pretty good. If the value of a legislator is estimated by the number of bills he Introduces, then it is a premium on cluttering up the legislature, for anyone can turn in a hundred bills and have them print ed at. irrent rtnpnsK t n th k t n.t e and not one of them be worth the paper It is printed on. And there was another thing 1 discovered. There were cer-1 tain men whose bills I would not vote for because I discovered they frequently had a private interest in them." j Henry O'Malley, field assistant of the United Mates bureau of fisheries, tarried in Portland yesterday to visit Ills friend Carl Shoemaker, state game warden. Mr. O'Malley, a decidedly dis tinguished authority in matters pisca torial, is bound for San Kranrisco on official business and will continue his trip to Washington. IX C. where he will remain for several months before returning to district headquarters at Seattle. In discussing the life history of Pacific coast salmon, Mr. O'Malley expressed positive assurance that no salmon ever win back to the ea from the spawning beds. Their life cycle of four years ends with their run up the stream In which they were spawned, lie declared, and added that long - continued investigations have proved that beyond doubt Samuel White has severed his con nection with the late war and will re turn home next week to dally with Ulackstone. For some time past he has been in the ju.lco advocate's de partment at the Presidio, San Krancisco. Prior to receiving his commission a year ago which came at a time when he was on the verge of being a candi date for United States senator in the democratic primaries Mr. White had been an active figure in democratic politics and he served his party as etate chairman in a couple of campaigns. Along about midnight a man entered the lobby of a downtown hotel carry ing what appeared to be an Infant wrapped In a heavy hawl. Just as he reached the center of the lobby a bot tlo slipped from the bundle and fell to the tiles, smashing to mithereens. About 115 worth of squirrel liquor formed a pool and while the mysterious stranger Incontinently fled a dozen men in the lobby left their chairs and encircled the pond, taking deep in halations of the atmosphere. A big feed has already been ar ranged for Joseph Damain by the help at the Imperial when he returns from trance. Machinist Damain was em ployed in the house before he went to make a collection of iron crosses. For a time he was switchboard opera tor with the A. K. K. and at present he is with an aero squadron. Being a native of Belgium, he was particu larly useful owing to his familiarity with the language. Henry J. Schulderman. state corpora tion commissioner, was in the city yes terday on official business and "regis tered at the Benson. He says that the officials in the statehouse at Salem were shocked when they heard of the sudden death of Uovernor Withycombe. .Mr. t-cnuiderman was one of the closest friends and political advisers of Dr. v itnycombe. Discharged from army service. Dr. J. W. Sifton of Hood River arrived from San Diego yesterday accompanied by his wife. Er. Sifton. who was sta tioned at San Diego with the troops, was formerly a resident of Portland and Sifton orchard, back of Vancouver, is named alter his family. James J. Donegan. a landmark of Burns, Or., leaves toduy for Seattle. He has been in Portland since the legis lature adjourned last Thursday. Dur ing the session he was in charge of the engrossed bills committee in the house. For the past year "Jimmy" hasn't done much aside- from nuttins: in all his time and energy into war drives in Harney county. A carload of former shipbuilders left Portland last night for Minnesota. Some of them bad money and others had no more than they would have had if they had remained home and worked for $1.30 a day, for when they were making it In the shipyards they were spending it freely. scarcity of work caused them to leave hero for home. W. E. Haines, representative from Washington county in the recent legis lature, is attending to some odds and ends of business in Portland before re turning homei Mr. Haines was once president of the t-tate ernate. Roy Henderson, whose pecialty is telling what a great show "Killy" Kavershani and Maxine Elliott are giv ing, indited his name and business on tho register of the Hotel Portland. Julien A. Hurley, whose term an a state senator has expired, will leave for his home at Vale today. Senator Hurley thinks ho will be a candidate next time. Judge M. Ouheen of Pocatello, Idaho, arrived hre yesterday and is at the Hotel Portland. The judge has a broth er whq in here recuperating from a breakdown due to overwork. Mr. and Mrs. l.eo J. Falk rf Boise arc at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Falk is manager of the Owyhee hotel at Boise. Dr. G. E. Murphy, a well-known physician of Olympia, Wash., Is at the Seward. The doctor is accompanied by bis wife. J. K. Hlnton, a prominent resident of Shanlko. the celebrated wool center, is at the Hotel Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Haley of White Salmon are visiting friends In .the city and are registered at the Seward. May E. Peterson, finger, and Augusta Bates, accompanist, arc among the easterners registered at the Benson. Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Wennester of Pendleton rto at the Perkins. Mr. Wennester is in the mercantile busi ness. A. E. Robb from Hermlston is on a business trip to Portland and is stay ing at the Mulnomah. J. T. Terry, a logeer from Raymond, Wash., is at the Perkins for a few days. Everett Hicks, an attorney from Can yon City, is at the Perkins. How Blind Men Smoke. Philadelphia North American. That blind men do not enjoy smok ing is a belief as widespread as it is false. The reason is not far to seek. Try to smoke your pipe in a dark room, avoid using the glow of the bowl as a guide, and you will find It difficult to tell after a few minutes whether your pipe is out or burning furiously. The burning weed seems to have lost both taste 'and aroma. In the case of the blind there js prcbably a more acute appreciation of the fume than the or dinary man enjoys. At the same time, the eye being quicker than the palate in perceiving whether the pipe be lit or unlit, a blind man may for a short time puff contentedly at a pipe which has gone out. It may be to avoid that that blind men smoke faster than those bu liuve lueir sight. TAX SU'EltVIMKX WORTH HtlAI. Advisory Cork la Opposed by Til 9pendera Not Taxpayer. PORTLAND. March 4. To the Edi tor.) Here are tax spenders rising un in wrath against the bill for a super visory .commission which is to curb their schemes and case the burdens of taxpayers in Multnomah county. Those who pay taxes and have to toil and skimp to pay should bo re garded by Governor olcott. in the veto question, before those w ho spend. Thou sands of owners of property in this county right now are gazing uehast at their tax statements and wondering if it wore better to be wastrel bolshevlki. This bill leads to a necessary re straint upon the taxing power. The levying of taxes primarily belongs, ac cording to tho fundamentals ot" polit- ll'al experience, not to administrative officers but to legislative agencies. In order to safeguard this pow-i r. Ameri can constitutions have separated legis lative and executive activities and given to executive officers tho work of spending public funds, but reserved to lawmaking officers the duty of rais ing the "supplies" and cutting down the allowances. A thousand years of bitter and wholesome experience lie back of this lesson. Charles Sluart. King of Eng land, ignored it and the lawmaking body chopped off his head. Our city commissioners (who are both execu tives and lawmakers, tax spenders and tax makers! may not meet the fate of the Stuart king. but. as Patrick Henry in the Virginia convention warned tleorge HI. may our local kinglets profit by the example. Also our sehool directors, county commissioners, port commissioners and dock commission ers, all of whom together are playing the lidless game wherein the sky ap pears the limit. Each group of these executives, by virtue of a new- fashion in politics, which has been surrendering th tax power to them for reasons of alleged facility in public business, has its own separate scheme of taxation and its own Ideas of thinjes to bo dune, with out the old-time restraint which stat utes and constitution formerly pro vided. Our old city council, peace be to its memory, had faults, some odorous and others odious, but not the fault of allowing administrative officers both to run up bills and to raise the money to pay them. Our various brands of commissioners, through the steady growth of the new fashion, sit one day making expenses and the next day laying taxes wherewith to pay. In this two-fold capacity it is human to be ex travagant. The long history of polit ical experience cries out against the system. And taxpayers cry nut aeainst the results, though few appear to know the historical reasons why. Now since we are launched upon the commission method of government in many directions and have abolished the old curbs upon taxation, it is necessary to create new ones. Such is the pur pose of the bill before the governor. The bill will probably fall short of re quirements. Thero may be impossibili ties of Its full operation. It confers advisory powers where mandatory are needed. It was largely sterilized by the off iceholding lobby at Salem. But this bill or a later one will have to be applied and It Is well to begin now. The opposition of officeholders should count for nothirg. Not tax payers fight the bill at Salem, but tax spenders. The difference is plain. The moral is obvious. In the absence of a better, let us try this bill. We have alreadv done worse. FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE. Displaying the Flag. SHERWOOD. Or., March 3. To ;he Editor.) Please publish the usual method of handling and displaying the stars and stripes upon all occasions. SUBSCRIBER. The flag Is preferably to be flown from a staff. When it and another flag fly from the same pole, there should be double halyards, one for each flag. The stars and stripes should fly on top. When carried in pttrade with other flags, or when crossed with other flags, it should always be at the right. Used as an altar, covering the union should be at the right as you face the altar, and nothing should be placed on the flag except the bible. It is usually desirable that the flag should not bo used for purely decora tive purposes, for which bunting is to be preferred. If nevertheless it is so used, it should always be hung flat, not draped, whether on the inside or out side of building, with the union to the north or east. Tho flag should rarely be displayed in a horizontal position or laid flat. In no circumstances should It be bung where it can easily bo soiled. or draped over tables or chairs. Jt should never be worn as the whole or part of a costume, and when worn is a badge should bo carrrlcd over the left breast. StPRIl. There's spring In the air, O there's spring in the air. Around us the green grass is spread everywhere : There's a bird in a bough that is aing- ine: bis best. Each note that he utters swells out of' his breast. O there's joy in the sir. there's joy In the breeze. And the green sap seems swelling risht up in the trees. And the long lazy shadows fall past as the noon Slips on into evening all life sings a tune. There's spring in the air. O there's spring in the air. And tho angel of spring seems to dance everywhere. There's a bird in the bough that is working his best To build In the branches a round little nest, j O there's joy in the breeze, there is joy I in the air. For the angel of spring seems to float I everywhere. ' And all of the grasses and birds seem to say, ! That fpnng is coming is coming to! stay. DORA REEVES CROFT. Soldiers' llisrhnrge Allotment. IIARItlSBUnO. Or.. March 3. (To tho Editor.) Recently there was - an account printed in The oregonian re garding the amount of money to be paid soldiers when they were dis charged, also Instructions of the proper procedure for previously discharged soldiers to follow to secure the allow ance. If you could furnish me any informa tion "in regard to the matter it would be greatly appreciated, as I was re cently discharged from the service. I saw most of the Eastern papers and The Oregonian compares very favora bly with them and Etirely is a real credit to Oregon as. well as to the l'a citlc coast. Youes truly, RICHARD E. CARROLL. There is nothing to add to the in- J structlons you read. Follow them ex actly and you will get your money. Addresses Are Gitra, GRASS VALLEY. Or., March 3. (To the Editor.) O) Please give tne the address of Mrs. William Mac-Master. (2) Is there a British lied Cross in Portland? Be kind enough to tell me where it is. (1) Ardgour. Portland. Or. 2 1C IC Baxter. Spaulding building. Is secretary of the' British llvil Cross JtVrl.lu.ud biain.il. In Other Days. t Twey-ne Vrara Aao. From Tlie tirrconlin. Man-It S. Pt. Kio de Janeiro. liseovery of a large supply of whisky by the rebels in Bra zil resulted in their defeat by tho gov ernment forces. When the government troops attacked the rebels the latter were In no condition to resist. London. It is understood I.ord Rosr- bery baa filled all places on the British ministry. Mr. Gladstone ha written him a letter congratulating him on his accession to the premiership. Turin. Louis Kossuth, the Hunga rian patriot, is seriously ill. His phy sicians despair of bis recovery, us he refuses to take medicine. Danbury, Conn James Montgomery Bailey, the famous Danbury News ed itor and originator of "American Do mestic Humor," died here today. Fifty Years Ako. Prorn The Orvcor.lan. March 1! Washington. March 4. I'residcot Grant today received the following message from Berlin: "My cordial con gratulations on this solemn day. Bis marck. Victoria. The Victoria cricket club has accepted the challenge of the San Francisco eleven to play a match game in San Francisco next month. New Tork. Prominent Cubans arriv ing in New York declare the insurgents bold two-thirds of the island and all they need to insure victory over the Spanish forces is arms and ammunition and they are willing to pay cash for these. SCHOOLS LOSK STEADFAST FRIEND Late Charles II. Jones Long Identified "With durational Betterment. ORKtiON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, March 3. (To the Editor.) The death of Charles H. Jones of Salem, editor of the Oregon. Teachers' Monthly, marks the passing of one of the most widely known educators of the state. For -3 years he devoted the best that was in hint to the service of his mag azine and to the cause of public school education. Few- men knew the state as extensively and intimately. He visited repeatedly every county in attendance on the annual teachers' institute an enjoyed tho personal acquaintance of more public school teachers than any other man of his time. State and county school superintendents camo and went and the teaching personnel throughout the state changed repeat edly, but Editor Jones carried on. In the earlier days the hardships of travel and discomforts of hotel and lodging house were formidable, bu: nothing daunted him. By stage, bicycle and on foot, through fair and foil! weather, he covered thousands of milej annually and always turned up smil ing. Ho was first to report at the in stitute each day and last to leave, usually conducting the singing and cften assisting in the instructional work. Year after year he presented to the teachers the duty and privileges of subscribing for their stale educational publication, which his untiring cnercy and unflagging interest made helpful and inspiring. He selected with euro and good judgment the leading educa tional journals in the nation and through clubbing contributions with bis own periodical placed in the hand- of the teachers invluaM aid in their work. Mr. Jones was intensely patriotic ail his life and showed his devotion to his city, state and nation by In.t uncompromising support of law- and order and his activity in public and philanthropic movements. Ha was sin cere and single-minded in champion ing the causes he espoused and a hard fiRhter in defense of his ideals. Ho gave to his country his oldest child, u son who happily has returned saft from overseas, although too late to reach his father's bedside. The father memory will he an inspiration to thi- son and the two daughters who reside with the mother in Salem. E. D. RESSLER. r.rARiinn amritiov ".ssf.?stiai- The Indians with no lofty aims. No duties stern to face. Have fallen low. are pitied as Abused and dying race. Moundbuilders, dark cliff-dwellers, too. Inert, no love, n-t bates Wilh hopes no higher than their heads. All met :t common fate. Where all-prevailing spiri; is To build and not destroy Is progress peace anil pleti'.. lonsctily and j". Man at his tiresome da.il' to;l And woman at her grind Bresthe benven's vIImI atmosphere. With love of truth in mind. Attnke! climb out of gloomy vals! There's sunshine on the mount. Reluvenate In purity. Drink truth's eternal fount. Our trials are refining fires. Removing dross and scars. We row mid earth's vicissitudes To reap beyond ths star. The giant trees for centuries Grew little day by day. A single night's devouring fire May wipe them all away. j On guarit. developing In grace. Be hopeful, w Iso and true; (Till lovo and blissful harmony Enfold the faithful few. -L. D. WESTFALU Shedd. Or. MRCH ILITtT. Conies hostile March, with gusty mien astrul. Leading his hosts to afflct the quick ening iprlng. Making the tender saplings bend anil quail Before the onslaughts of his render ing. Halting the buds enshrined in shruVi and tree. His length of days, this mighty giant htamls; 'Gainst hill and wood, o'er field and vale he burls The volleys of the forces he com mands. Some souls of early season quells bo not. His boasted strength does nothing here avail Where golden dwarfs and purple seek tho sun As knights of old besought the Holy Grail. At times welcome armistice he grants. Revealing then his finer nature- fond. And, gently resting, wooes a comely maid Sweet April "cross the border. just beyond. EDITH J. 1'ERN'OT War Lessens Thimbles. Indianapolis News. The war is responsible for a dearth of metal thimbles. France. Italy, Span, and Portugal are absolutely without supplies. Before the war. Lille, Nurem berg and Vienna manufactured thimbles for all those countries, and there are only four manufacturers in England three at Birmingham and one at Ked dltch but the metal shortage lias brought their business almost to a standstill. The trade does not consume a great weight of metal, but the num ber of thimbles on order looks formid able enoutrh. France alone is in want of 1 -IjO.OU'J fcrcii.