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' TJIE 3I0RXIXG 0REG0XIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919.
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passing or A GOOD CmZEX.
Everett Ames was 45 years old, and
had been but a short 14 years a resi
dent of this community; yet in that
time he had achieved a very advanced
position in the ranks of real endeavor
business, patriotic, philanthropise.
social. He radiated energy always
purposeful ways and for useful
ends. A self-effacing: man, he pos
sessed in a remarkable measure that
peculiar driving" power which enlists
the services of other men and brings
marked results. A successful man in
his personal affairs, he yet devoted a
very large part of his, time and ex
perience to public duties. He took
a conspicuous part in many move
ments to raise funds for worthy
causes, and it was through him, to
already had their plans laid before
the war ended, and are carrying them
out with a thorough knowledge of a
business which many of -our peopl
have yet to learn, and through long
experience they have worked out laws
and business methods which made
them owners of nearly half the ton
nage of the world in 1914. They can
build ships cheaper than we, which
puts one handicap on us and on any
nation for which we build. They can
operate ships cheaper, which pats an
other handicap on us. Our merchant
marine and our shipbuilding industry
are mainly an artificial product of the
handicaps of the intensely competitive
survival.
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dipatch. credited to it or not labors and wise in his measures, he addressed to them lies in the fact that
credited to this, paper, and also too iocju T, j utr f-nmr, hollo, thni th
lewi published herem. I " - ""wai uuhiuo auiuug x ui lioiiu I - - w.w -j --
Ail risnis or repuoiicaiion or nnuu I citizens in his ability to achieve theBen' nine-wnua oi ine executive ana
difficult and even the impossible. He financial strengtn 01 tne nation, .rjspe
had an abiding sympathy, besides, for cially in times like the present, their
the every-day worker, and it is the directing abilities cannot well be
grateful testimony of many men and spared.
women that' their troubles were never One mav question the accuracy of
taken to him in vain. ' I the estimate that full nine-tenths of
Mr. Ames set a fine example of true th "executive and financial strength1
Of an intense American- of tha country is exerted by men
"KEEPING FIT" AND "COMXNG BACK.
Walter Camp, who has written
book in which he describes two ways
in which a man may be young at 60,
makes a highly significant estimate
of the number of men In the country
who are over 45 years old and who
represent promising material for
"athletic redemption." There are, he
a very considerable extent, that the says, soma 8,000,000 between 45 and
success of the united war work, the 64 and another million between 64
war camp community service, and the nd 70 who have nf reason to give up
several liberty loan campaigns in Port- nope Decause oi ineir pnysicai conai
land was achieved. Tireless in his Won- The importance of the appeal
patches herein are also reserved.
PORTLAND. TT'ESDAY. MARCH M, 11S.
A CONDITION".
The round robin signed by the
thirty-seven senators some count
- ihinv.nin nWlnre ' the I citizenshin.
"constitution of the league of na- ism it is likely that he would have above 45 without doubting that the
. , " nn preferred to go to the front, for he Percentage, whatever It may be, is
. . T - . . , had the qualities of a soldier. Butlvery large. In the nature of events,
proposed snouia urn t.Pt:u u, fce ws required to satisfy his in. men who ever were worth while be-
the United States.". stinct for strategy and his capacity come more valuable with acquired
The objecting senators did not Is- for generalship in the more peaceful experience, if meanwhile they have
sue an ultimatum against the league and not less laborious service at home. not unfitted themselves for giving it
or any league: but they appear to He fell truly in his country's cause, practical expression. Old men for
have left open the road lor retreat for he was preparing to dedicate him
in case President Wilson refused his I self anew to the victory loan cam-
consent to any alteration or thelpaign.
present covenant. The president ap
peared to assume that the senators in
the end would be forced by public
opinion, or their sense of duty, or
their understanding of necessity, to
ratify the proposed constitution.
Is the presidential view of the sen
ate's position correct? It is import-
ROTALTY'S MATRIMONIAL DIFF1-
CrLTIES.
The heir apparent to the throne of
Great Britain has attained the mar
riageable age. and the sad combina- to -come back" after a period of netr
tion of circumstances confronts him lect The trainer is wise in empha-
the council, young men for war, is as
applicable to conditions of civilization
as it was to the needs of warring
tribes.
But one who reads the formulas of
Mr. Camp for restoring the efficiency
of oldsters will be struck with the
primary principle that it is after all
a great deal easier to keep fit than
ant, even vital, that he should make that tne war has greatly restricted the sizing the value of group exercises,
no mistake, if there is to be a league
either his league, or any league.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire,
in a public address at Boston, thus
defined the senatorial attitude:
We thirty-nine senators who slrned the
iieia irom wnicn to choose an eligible because it undoubtedly does require
spouse, tne many royalties included more moral resolution than most men
within the countries of the central
powers, who might have been con
sidered a few years ago, are obvious
ly impossible now. Princess Tolanda
anyi
round robin may not b the predominant oi itaiy linos certain religious aim-
partner In the enterprise, but at least we I
have Joint authority to sign the checks, and
. we do not intend to barter away our in
a.'tenable riant by dipplnc our bsnd Into
' the foul pool of European politics. No man
nywh're shall be permitted to lay upon
thirty-nine men the surma of betne;
opposed to a society or nations which win
tend to Increase the chances of the peace
of the world. do far as I know only one
member of the senate i opposed to any I the British people a future queen,
league of nations, but there are fifty-three I - T . . "
senators who will not accept the covenant
President Wilson has presented.
possess to persist in a lonesome regi
men of health lifts and dumb bells in
the solitude of one's room. He rec
ognizes, too, the psychology of ath
letics when he prescribes a great deal
culties in the way; tha Princess Helena of outdoor work, including long walks,
of Greece, who was once the subject graduated hill climbing and march-
of much speculation, is regarded as ing with weights, for companies of
having been removed from the list from sixteen to n nunrlreH TCiit tti
of possibilities by the recent turn of also presents difficulties. It is not
events. It is extremely difficult to I always: msv tn assomhia wrmm r
forecast what will be done to assure men who find it possible to suit their
e nruisn people a ruture queen. hours to one another's convenience.
Princess Patricia set a noteworthy The task of restoring 9.000.000 flahhv
example by ignoring precedent in men of middle aee and over to the
Senator Calder of New Tork. dis- favor of a "commoner," in which it state of nhvsical nerfertinn vfiirh Mr
cussing the Wilson plan to combine Is said she was guided wholly by the Camp promises is a big one, viewed
the peace treaty and the league con- dictates of her heart. It is worth from any angle.
stitution, made the following explicit while to observe, however, that she There would be a different story to
declaration: had previously encountered a good tell if so manv men did not nostoone
I shall do all In mv power to reject the I deal Of Opposition and that but for ini-cusrv nhvcioil avorolea unfit fKoo
enure proposition. 1 reiterate my state- the war there i nn tellinr- wh.lh.r I v. ; , J
ed to a league or i . , . i ut&iu w ttci auniuiiiuuiia ui
tins vtouia nave Deen witnarawn. short breath, creaking joints and pre-
The prince of Wales, still higher tn mature fatigue. These are signs that
rank, is correspondingly more rirriim- they ought to have begun training
scribed by conventions. It remains long ago. They ought not, in fact,
to be seen whether these, also, will Cver to have discontinued training. It
yield to the growth of the spirit of i sad but trim that soon after lea v.
drtlon confronts President Wilson, democracy, or to utter necessity, as line school most American hnrin fn
The course of events has clearly tended the case may be. enjoy their sports vicariously. Root-
to increase rather than to diminish I No doubt the latter consideration ins- in the mnHrf.nH .ff.-jir,-
Will be the more impelling in the an nrranlnn.il hnrlnr match i. fh.ie
end. The Supply Of princesses is all I nnlv ennrt until nmxthinr toll. thom
but exhausted. ThO world Will watch that nM ar-e i at the rlnnr InH thon
with interest to see what Albert Ed- the best that Walter Camp or anyone
i-nruiian ueoree Andrew r"at- olso ran dn fnr them a tnoro fn..
.. puuio ui iidira, aeciaes nient of that which they might hav
i u ,u. n t,e is a young man done for themselves If they had "kept
with initiative, he may decide that so nt" instead of waiting and trying to
iviih ia tic la ureaniug preceuents i come back.
racy has since fortified itself in Rus
sia, has gathered Hungary into its
toils, has well nigh wrecked Germany
and may yet succeed there, and has
sent its emissaries -all over the world
to plot for the destruction of the only
rival which stands in the way. of
world bolshevism namely, that dem
ocracy which most nearly approaches
perfection in the United States and
the allied countries.
The allies have made their task in
finitely harder by their refusal to
recognize in Russian bolshevism as
implacable and dangerous a foe as
German autocracy. They sent mere
handfuls of troops to ' Russia which
stimulated to greater exertion and
atrocities an enemy against which
they should have sent a sufficient
army to crush it. When the peace
conference met, it spent precious time
in preparing plans for a league of
nations when the most urgent need
was peace with the newly established
governments of the central powers, a
peace which would have given those
nations stability and the backing of
the allies against the forces of de
struction. They neglected to use the
league that already existed the league
of allies for that purpose.
Tha most forceful censure on the
allies from the beginning of the war
has been that they failed to grasp the
realities of the situation. They have
incurred the same, censure by their
conduct of the peace conference.
Present events prove that which they,
with their many sources of intel
ligence, should have known when the
armistice was signed that they bad
to deal wjth something far worse than
defeated armies and peoples which
had overthrown their rulers. The two
emperors had held together their
armies and their civil population as
military machine until the break
ing strain came, and all went to pieces
at one time. The all res then had to
deal with peoples in a state of social
dissolution, peoples which had lost
respect for any authority and for any
rights when they overthrew dynasties
which had lived for centuries. Bol
shevism, flowing in from Russia, set
the torch to the most inflammable
elements of this mass. With diffi
culty tha fire has been twice extin
guished in Germany, but threatens to
break out again with greater fury.
A conflagration has now broken out
in Hungary and may extend to Aus
tria and Italy. The only forces at hand
to quench it are those of war-worn
Poland and Bohemia, when there
should have been a strong army of
occupation throughout both of the
quondam empires.
Probably it will ba found that for
their own protection, the allies must
not only feed, but must pacify the
quondam central empires.
Those Who Come and Go.
TAXES ILLUSTRATES SOLON'S WIT
Calef Clerk Cochrane Gives Reminis
cence of Late Senator Dlmlck.
State Highway Commissioner W. L. I SALEM. Or.. March 23. (To the Bdi-
Thompson, passed through Portland tor.) In the passing of Walter A. Dim-
yesterday from eastern Oregon to Join
his colleagues on a Willamette valley
trip. Mr. Thompson recently met with
the Commercial club and county court
at Baker to go over details .or the
Baker to Cornucopia road, a stretch of
27 miles, mostly down Powder river-
Ick. state senator from Clackamas coun
ty, the Oregon state senate lost one of
its moat aggressive and effective mem
bers. Senator Dimick was a tireless
worker, at all times fearless in the
discharge of his official duties. He was
a loyal friend, an earnest, faithful and
and; by the way, "Powder river" be- conscientious legislator with whom the
came quite a battle cry for members interests of his constituency was his
or tne 91st in France a few months first consideration. His seal in op
ago. iwo years ago Mr. Thompson posing what he considered vloious or
took up the matter of this road, but useless legislation was equaled only by
mere were aeiays ana tne government his vigorous support of proposed legls
was slow in accepting the estimates. I lation he believed right. Frequently
wnen compietea me roaa win nave a during the five consecutive sessions of
water graae xnraugn to jsagle vailey the state senate in which he partici
and will also give Pine valley and -the pated as a member. Senator Dimick sac
cornucopia mining district a quicker rif iced personal friendships in his ef-
ouuei io me county seat. fective opposition to measures he did
One of the six democrats In tha not deem in. the interest -of the state
lower house of the recent legislature fnd lts ittenship. Those of his col
and chairman of the committee on nnh. leagues who differed from him admired
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years'' Ago.
From Morning Oreffonian. March 23. ISOi,
Washington. Secretary Hoke Smith
sent to congress today an agreement
made with the Coeur d'Alene Indians
providing for the ceiislon to the United
States of a part of the reservation on
which the town of Harrison and other
settlements are located.
Dr. H. C. Fenton. Dr. H. C. Wilson and
Dr. C. C. Strong have been appointed a
board of pension ex-rmining surgeons.
was the information received in a mes
sage from Washington yesterday.
Collector of Internal Revenue Black-
man yesterday appointed Lawrence
O'Brien, of Tacoma, deputy pollecfor for
Washington, with headquarters at Ta
coma. ,
Iio morals, W. P. Elmore, leading citi
zen of Brownsville, is registered at the
x-erxms. Tne boxing bill, which final
ly passed, rested in Elmore's commit
tee for a long time and his possible
him for his fighting qualities and his
strong convictions. He was a fair
fighter.
Aside from belnr one of the most In
dustrious members of the senate. Sen
attitude toward the manly art of self- ator Dimlck was a picturesque charac-
aerense worried supporters of the , . , " 6uu. otosier, jorueiui
measure until it was discovered that H1 Ma sty-e and resourceful at repartee,
years ago when he was a young man y his reaJy w't and appropriate re-
on the range, he could handle his two aPonse to the interruptions of fellow
fists with the best cowDuncher in the senators he frequently enlivened what
outfit. Mr. Elmore has the pen with othrwlse would have proven dreary
which Speaker Seymours Jones eigried a uninteresting sessions of the sen-
wie aocument ratitymg the national X
One of the many such instances in his
career as senator occurred at the 191S
session. A bill, indorsed by the coun
try newspaper publishers in the state,
which practically doubled the rates to
be charged for legal advertisements.
ments that 1 am not opposed to a leaxue
nations nor to anv scheme or alliance that
reasonably attempts to restrain and ftuide
human nature, but I find nothing in the
proposed league of nstioos that does not
make more for war taa for peace.
A third of the senate plus one, is
enough to reject any treaty. A con.
the senatorial opposition.
It is doubtful if there will he a
league of nations unless Paris takes
due cognizance of the present atti
tude of the Lnited States senate, or
some thirty-seven or thlrty-nino mem
bers thereof.
rnrrlTlnv ivn r. iu r .
The movement to persuade the anyway he might as well marry for
youth of the country to return to
school finds a supporting argument
in the conclusions of ari Indiana prison
surgeon. IDr. Paul C. Boweus. who
has made a psychopathic study of
2500 men convicted of crime and
whose findings are ..summarized in
the Indianapolis News. Association
between crime and illiteracy would
love and be done with it. Perhaps,
indeed, he already has formulated
some thoughts along that line. And
then the way to further democratiza
tion of the dimlnlshinir number of
royal families will be fairly open.
with everything possible within
century or so.
NATIONS IN DISSOLUTION.
Abandonment of the reins of gov
ernment in Hungary by Count Karol
yt to a so-called soviet government
of the proletariat, which begins by
declaring war on the allies and by
proclaiming an alliance with the bol
shevik government of Russia and by
inciting revolution in all surround
ing countries, is an event of grave
moment to the whole world. Taken
seem to be clearly established by the RACE FOR SHlrriNC AND COMMERCE,
statistics. For example, it is found With all minds in America turned
that 75 per cent of the number are I to foreign trade, the one requisite is in connection with events in Russia
without any mechanical trade or skill, ships, and in this respect the United and Germany, it signifies a complete
na aepenu ior a nveiinooa upon tne states occupies a peculiarly advanta- dissolution of all political and social
crudest forms of labor. Of the whole gcous position. Our losses during the bonds throughout central and eastern
number. 432 are absolutely Illiterate; war were only 601.038 gross tons, Europe, and the return of the nations
can oareiy read ana write, and while our tonnage under construction in that region to their original ele
should be classed as illiterate for all on November 1, 1919, was 3,380,709 ments. Among these elements are
practical purposes. tons, much more than that of any gathering together the most ignorant
as me educational scale Is ascended, other nation. Great Britain, the great- and the most brutal under the lead
the number of prisoners diminishes. I est commercial and shipping nation in I of a new educated, perhaps sincerely
mere are a wno nave reacned tne the world, lost 9,055,668 tons, and, in- enthusiastic but more probably self.
tourth grade. 49b who have made the eluding all its colonies, had under con- ishly unscrupulous, men, wiping out
cicntn grade, 82 former high school jrtruction last November 2,052,114 tons, all national boundaries to establish
students and only -5 college men. Thus during the war there has been communism by the slaughter or en.
That is to say, by comparison with! a large absolute increase of American slavement of all whom they term the
14 per cent wno are rated as illiterate tonnage, while there has been a large bourgeois, the capitalists or the im
mere are only i per cent of college absolute decrease of British, tonnage, penalists.
men. The proportion. Dr. Bowers and we are building faster. Under these heads they include all
finds. Is practically constant through- The effect partly of this shipping who possess anything, whether great
out the country. situation, though several other causes I lantVed estates like those of Hungary
Illiteracy constitutes a temptation erter, is that the British government and Russia deriving their titles from
to crime, especially eucn as petty still restricts imports of many com- the medieval reign of violence or from
theft, burglary, highway robbery and modifies. This is partly for lak of the fruits of frugality, industry and
other offenses against property, by tornage, which must be economized In I genius in manufactures, commerce
depriving its victims of earning power, order to keep the country supplied and science. In short there is an up
both as to rate of wages and con- with necessaries, partly to stabilize ex- rising of improvidence against thrift,
tinuity of employment. To be com- change by preventing other countries of idleness against industry, of ig-
pletely illuminating It would be neces- from establishing credits against Brit- norance against knowledge. It alms
sary for the data also to Include in- tin on account of goods which that at tha triumph of alj these evil ele-
formatlon as to the reasons why the country can produce, and partly to ments In an International commune,
prisoners lanea to omain tne neces- employ the people in supplying their of which the foundations shall ba ca-
sary fundamentals of education. It is own needs until the reopening of trade mented with the blood of the men
stated in general terms that "many routes gives them opportunity to man- who have made modern civilization
lacked opportunity." But a great u!"acture for export. Britain's case is and democracy. If Its progress is not
many more were tempted away from no doubt In soma degree typical of all stayed, it will sink Europe In a welter
opportunity ty evil associates or un- the principal allies except Japan, which I of murder and misery, and a second
wise counsellors. Many did not pos- is the only belligerent besides the age of darkness may ensue.
sess mental capacity such as to war- United States that has come out of the The inherent good sense of the free
rant belief that they would have been I war a creditor nation. I western nations can, most and, of
benefited by college training, but most This great radical change in the course, will avert this catastrophe,
of them could have been made self- relative shipping position of the United I In order that they may, it is essential
supporting by well-directed vocational
instruction. Ignorance, in the com
monly accepted sense of the term,
seems to be at the bottom of most of
the crimes for which penitentiaries
have to be maintained.
T . It will not be contended that even
majority of those who have left
school too early, for one reason or
another, and now fail to return will
s-o to prison some day. But it is plain
that one of the chief causes of crime
is removed by schooling particularly
that which fits the prospective student
to make his living. It. will be said
that opportunities now exist in plenty
for the determined youth to obtain
all the education he wants; it is un
fortunately true at the same time that
many do not see these opportunities
until it is too late. Those who are
endowed with superior resolution can
take care of themselves in any envi
ronment. The good which the back-to-the-school
movement will do lies
in persuasion of the wavering that
their best course tn the long run is
to get all the education they can while
the going is good. Compulsory odn.
States and Great Britain shows the I that they gauge accurately the causes
Freat advantage with which this coun- I of the present upheaval and the mo
try starts in tne race to capture for-1 tlves or its leading spirits. It was
eign trade. Britain still has a much conceived in Germany and in the
larger total tonnage than this coun- minds of the bolshevik leaders, for
try. but a larger proportion of It must very different motives. Germany
be employed In importing food and aimed to destroy Russia's power as
essential raw materials than in our a belligerent; Lenina and Trotzky
case, for- this country produces the aimed to use German aid In gaining
bulk of its own principal raw mate- power to establish communism In
rials, such as iron, copper, cotton and Russia. Both parties to the compact
wool. This country also is in a posi- hated the allies, Germany for" rea
tion to increase its tonnage much sons that are well known, the bol
faster than Britain. The ships to be sheviki because the allies represent
completed this year for the shipping the bourgeois or what they call cap
board will go far to do that, and italism. both parties because they be.
American shipyards have capacity for lieva in government founded on force
4S4 large vesaels. This should make as opposed to government by the votes
us steady gainers in the race. of the majority of a free people.
These facts show that we have a! The bolsheviki never concealed the
great potential advantage in the con
test for the lead in shipping, and, as
a consequence, for foreign trade, but
it is only potential. As yet we have
no shipping policy, the shipping board
is floundering around in doubt as to
what policy should be adopted, the
president keeps everything waiting till
the peace treaty Is signed, and our
cation laws reach only, the minority; I present laws are archaio. The British placable enemies.
fact that they were at war with the
allies, but the allies delayed to take
up the challenge because all their
forces were used against Germany and
because they looked to the' construc
tive forces of Russia to save the coun
try; also because they cherished the
delusive hope of winning over the
bolsheviki, who were their most lm.
That foe of democ-
DEPENDENCE VTOS THE PRIMITIVE.
Dependence of civilization upon
primitive peoples is illustrated by the
development of the platinum, mahog
any, balsa wood and fustic industries
as necessities of the war. One of
the curators of the American Museum
of Natural history, who recently re
turned from a tour of tropical Amer
ica, told of the important part
played in the winning of tha war
by tribesmen who are more, than two
thousand years "behind the times,
measured by present standards.
A large part of the platinum which
was needed when the world's stock
became nearly exhausted and the.Rus
sian supply failed, was recovered from
river bottoms in Central America by
natives who dovp for it, sinking by
means of stones tied around thei
bodies. Primitive labor was used in feet-
ting our mahogany which ts regarded
as indispensable for airplane propel
lers. Balsa wood, which Is twice as
light as cork, became a necessity in
the manufacture of life preservers
when the submarine campaign was
at its height. Fustic is a wood from
which a yellow dye is made and this
was the basis of the dye which the
government used in dyeing khaki uni
forms.
We owe to the Indians a number
of other products essential in both
peace and war. Quinine and cocain
are among these. In an earlier day
the Indians of the Pacific northwest
gave us cascara sagrada, but this is
now handled by whites. . There would
have been a shortage of rubber for
war purposes if it had not been for
other Indians who helped gather the
wild product when the cultivated
plantations became unequal to the de
mands upon them.
We have acknowledged our debt to
mese primitive peoples by paying
thera greater sums for their products
than they ever dreamed of realizing.
A few years agb, for example, they
threw away tha platinum which they
recovered in seeking for gold; it now
Is worth five times as much as gold
But it remains to be seen whether the
white man's money will prove a bene
faction. Everything depends upon the
use they make of it, and it would be
easy to prove by illustrations near
home that wisdom in the expenditure
of money is a gift that not all Individ
uals of the superior races possess.
prohibition amendment
"This isn't bootlegging stuff," boast
ed a prominent Portlander, as he in
vited two other p. P's to a room he
had especially engaged in a hotel, sa a
private drink could be had. "So-and-so had passed the house and was before
and So-and-so (mentioning a well- the senate for final passage. Senator
pnyoician ana an equauy wen- uimicK in one of his forceful addresses
known merchant) and me, we bought I opposed the measure. When Senator
ciem pints at. is ine Dot. - Tne cork JLumick was In the midst of his argu-
was extracted, and the liquid poured nient Judge R. R. Butler of The Dalles
Into a glass. It was plain water, col- then senator from Hood River and
orea- Wasco counties, a supporter of the bill.
Leaving his family In California. refeive Permission to ad-
E. G. McQuillin of Britten S. D., ar- .,M.hm i! 1 to fhe 8neaker-
rived at the Imperial on his wav home. ould.llke t? a8lt th senator from
He is stopoinir over to look ur, r,M . amaB 8am Senator Butler, ad
friends inPortland and Woodburn be- "B ""tor Dimick. "If he can tell
fore resuming his journey. The family I f the nate the differ
nag oeen wintering in California. Dre- " ' . . . primer."
ferrlng the climate of that state to the r . , U"R hesitated an instant
climate of South DaWnt, Just ,on enough to lend force and
effect to the realy that followed-
climate of South Dakota.
frank Sloan of Stanfleld was one of 1 o, I can't." the niocUo,.. ...
.1 , . . I -J : . -. , ... ; "wtftigr
it iniiy sneepmen wno were regis-l u""ea, out 1 can tell the difference
..tv ,v ma jjiujei mi yesieraaT. un uvmcoii ej.ou an n xr an inni
Sunriav anri WaHt,a-h-,.- i. tM i I Tha ill.u.. .
ways an influx of cattle and sheepmen! 'rely forgotten while the senato
from the ranges, particularly on SimTl Joined with the n.n.. 1" 1 .
days, in order to catch the market; at Jejy 1" hearty laughter which W. Lair
the stock yards Monday morning.
"This Is the best season for limlil.i
In years,- reports J. W. Kerr of Rich-
lanov Jsagie valley, out Baker way.
Mr. .err, being a banker. Is in close
touch with the sheep industry in his
section and predicts a highly prosper
ous year ior tne sheepmen.
nn.hi- V 17. " "l ln8 aenate. was
C.-,,; .. IQr 8BVeral seconds.
xaiiea to pass.
JOHN W. COCHRAJN.
BELIftS ARGUMENT
PaeiOst Ideas on Mint.-, tn
rn j . '
"''" X wrnun Observation.
tUUENE. Or.. March 23 it h
According to astrologers, the stars
are aspected to do dire things, but a
good breakfast wonderfully will heln
a man in tha day's work, no matter
now the stars are set.
If you failed to vote in November
and ears to do so in June, go to the
courthouse and register, or your name
will not be on the roll.
Nottho most ignorant are found
guilty of bootlegging nor the most
enlightened, but a healthy average can
be struck.
Government sells railway mileage
as it does stamps and tha mostgdlrect
Egypt is getting the fever inspired
by Mr. Wilson's points, though better
off than ever before.
Some of the home garden ground
is dry enough for tha spade without
waiting for the daylight-saving days.
Germany positively will not give up
Danzig, Ebert says. But she thought
the same about Heligoland once.
Small-fry democrats yapping at
Champ Clark may run up against a
real houn dawg.
Sheriff Stringer at Seattle has a
faculty of saying something when he
talks.
This is the time when the nice
man asks his wife to select his Easter
tie.
Captain Klopfer's sortie is a sample
of what the Mexican has coming.
Proud to learn that Oregon
second in the literary column.
is
There was a family welcome await
ing . E. Klmba 1
from Camp Lewis after service over- . t ,etter of Anna F- Garret
seas. Those who greeted him at th. ulea -turner, Or., March 16. is lust
-- ucinuui propaganda. The
Mrs. Walter Kimball and Mrs. C. NT . ? therein contained are harmful
Ravin, who came down from HnoH "'It .lo"u lo col tne national spirit
River for the purpose. I , " "ouio De engendered in the
. . . 1 mo American youth of both
Robert E. Strahorn. who is slowly I sexes. To Inlim.i. ii,.. .u.
hniMlT,r .. r,IIrf o ...k:i' t-if,i ' .V. " ""iary
Oregon, is registered at the Hotel Port- youth of our country tends to teach
laiiu. t.4ini oponane as nis resi- I us"iieH, terror and so forth is untru
aence, ana is .accompanied hv R .T I tor, to the contrary it win .
Danson, of the same place. The Stra- foster the national sp'irit of the bov as
horn rnaH la "A mil.. I lit ii-rn In .-1 .1 i . ...
...... . . "s nu wu ."c, cu in our toreiatners dur-
financed by the city of Klamath Falls. '"ST lh years preceding the war of the
A. Reimann, president of G. O. Ander.
son & Co., is in Portland conferring
wmi ioca.1 representatives and is reg
istered at the Benson. The company is
Interested in shipyards, boiler factories
ana has enjoyed a land office business
lor the past couple of years.
Roy T. Scolllard of Woodburn-is at
revolution.
ro kinder, gentler, more mmiv ..o
ever lived than the men of the great
soi., nu wie irontier boy and girl,
too, was brought up on fighting, some
times the Indians, sometimes the wild
beasts and often "the wolf at the door."
It was the some with nne .
Whoever advocates the theories as laid
the ImDerlal. The Rcollarri settieH ,. down in the letter Quoted Ik a lunin.i
French Prairie before there was any of .tn" worst kind, on a par with our
railroad In the Willamette valley atid'l lrlena. tne senator from Wisconsin,
tieiore tne town oi St. Louis was put "l i';iiit. tame, on a par with Eugene
on wheels and rolled over th nniri t Debs and others of that ilk.
become known as the town of Gervais. . In the schoolboy and girl, too, chould
,r . , I be developed love of country love rf
Merchants in town to replenish their athioti ,i, r" fl" , .. OI
stocks and registered at the Perkins words, "the naUonal spTri " Vnd ,hU
yesterday were rhaHa tr.i.nn t I . . . - . ' 11 1 B
Clatskahie,
Bandon.
George Graham of I not necessarily nvni v...
and John Nielson of exercises, man mi tlIo...' j ,2l
inousana ana one things which a child
George Gerson, for the last 12 1 wnen the Idea is properly taught
months with the 74th flashlight en- ,ar 18 a "orrlble thing and it is to
gineers in France, is now at Cimn .. war that we need to have the
Lewis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K0""1 tne country properly taught.
H. Gerson of the Tudor Arms apart- s J1 War come8 thy w be pre
inents. pared. Does any thinking person be-
. , ,. . llevo lnat 11 England and France and
A. W. Fischer, a sawmill man from the United States had been nr,n...j ..
Toledo, and W. H. Fisher, a merchant war that the beast of Berlin would have
of Roseburg, are at the Hotel Oregon, started the world war? No! a thousand
Their names sound alike but they spell times no! The war was forced upon
an unprepared world, by a nation that
was trained to the minute, and we have
them differently.
Mrs. W. H. Bowen and dauerhter
irom Eugene are at the Hotel Portland.
Mrs. Bowen is the wife of Colonel
Bowen, professor of military science
ana tactics at tne university of Oregon.
E. W. Haines, representative in the
lain session Irom Washington countv.
was at the Imperial. So also was W. W.
t-alklns, formerly a state senator from
Lane county
H. L. Gallagher of the Shell Oil com.
pany is at the Hotel Portland on busi
ness connected with the California con-
cei u s interests in tnis city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson, who
registered at the Imperial from Red
Wing, Minn.,- but who are old Port-
lanaers, are in tne city.
to thank providence that we are not
now staves or uermany.
ISiO one advocates universal military
service, only the necessary training
which will render the men and women
ready for an emergency, keeping the
body strong and healthy and the mind
alert and thinking and ready."
Again I assert that such thoughts as
are contained in the letter are nothing
In the world but German propaganda.
COL. WILLIAM H. C. BOWEN. U. S. A.
Professor M. S. and T-, U. of O., Eu
gene, Or.
Fifty Years Ago.
From Mornlns Orsgonian. March 23. 186a.
Captain Langdon of the steamer Geo.
S. Wright yesterday exhibited a boul
der of metal brought down from Sitka.
It is heavy and has almost the appear
ance of genuine gold. Upon applying
the acid test it was found to be copper
in large proportion. This is the first
appearance of that metal frorj Alaska.
The Hattie Bessie of the Mercer line
from New Tork to Portland has been
out about 130 days. The Osmyn, a
comparatively slow vessel, arrived out
in 160 days.
London. In the house of commons it
was announced the government did not
Intend to extend its clemency to other
Fenians now In prison.
Washington. The senate, committee
on foreign relations has agreed to re
port favorably, upon the adjustment of
claims in the treaty with Mexico.
CONTEMPT FOR SENATE JUSTIFIED
Of Course President mo Holds It, Says
Soldier. Who Tells Why.
CAMP LEWIS, Wash.. March 83. (To
the Editor.) In a letter appearing In
The Oregon'ian, Fred N. Perkins makes
two statements, both of which indicate
that our president Is a "dangerous"
man in his position. Tet he is the
same man whom we have trusted
through a period which is and has been
the most serious and dangerous one In
all our history. We have not trusted
in vain. Have his actions and the re
sults he has gained by them led any
fair-minded person to believe he is
"dangerous"?
So far as I can observe he has been
dangerous only to that element of hu
manity which we wish to be rid of and
the kaiser will probably Join with Mr.
Perkins in his sentiments that "he Is
dangerous."
Again the writer of the letter says
"he holds the senate in contempt." I
personally could not furnish any basis
for such a statement, but I think it is
true. For if President Wilson did not
hold' the senate in contempt, I should
be very much disappointed in him both
as a man and as a president.
The senate wastes its time debating
on the "league of nations." a propo
sition which is, as yet, uncompleted,
and furthermore, has not been placed
before It for consideration. In the
meantime the post-war legislation, so
badly needed now that business must
be adjusted- to a peace basis again, the
reconstruction bills that should have
taken form immediately after Novem
ber 11, not to speak of the ordinary
appropriation bills, are shelved. The
senate has not the time to look after
those things, for today there is before
the present congress a question more
Important than either the above men
tioned legislation or the "league of na
tions." President Wilson and his ad
ministration must be embarrassed and
repudiated. His admitted prestige with
the people must be broken.
The senate In its clumsy way is
trying to do it.
But It will not succeed while the
front pages of our papers are filled
with tales of the exhaustion of this,
that or the other fund leaving women
and children in need of the very neces
sities of life, while the senate argues
and haggles, but fails to pass needed
appropriations.
Not only our president, but anyone
who is not a shallow-minded partisan
must hold them In contempt.
WILLIAM H. CLIFTON.
42d Co., 166th Depot Brigade,
WHEN THE TROUT BEGIV TO PLAT.
There's many a pool in our winding
stream
Where the water gurgles deep;
But we pass them by with never a sigh
-nil tne trout Begin to leap.
Cherry Grove's population was re
duced to 1999 yesterday when J. M.
arfhe Ymnrrial. " pul up April spreads Its eoat of green
' I On field, and bank, and tree.
Looking ' over the sample lines of I The stream that roared throuerh wlntor
traveling salesmen, K. w. SXallerund, I oays
uurgies invitingly.
a merchant of Astoria, is registered at
tne censon.
Postmaster of Astoria, former mayor
ana pioneer ciotmng merchant of the
city Dy the Sea, Herman Wise looked
arouna x'ortiana yesterday.
There's a breath tn the air and a feel
in tne sod
That the heart cannot deny:
'Tls the hand of nature leads us forth
To our place beneath the sky.
James F. Corbett, who has eonaiit-
erable to do with the trains going Then what do the golden minutes mean.
Y. T 1 . I v- I . . . . . . . . . - '
w ttimw, wu in town yes-I nuuru mat ouiia me day,
terday and registered at the ImperiaL To the one wl knows that the ringlet
BUUWB
Interpretation of Revenue Law.
PORTLAND, March 24. fTo the Edi.
tor.) Your reply to Grays Crossing
March 29 brings up another question.
(1) When did the treasury department
get authority to interpret a law and
make exceptions to It? I was of the
opinion that our supreme judges In
terpreted all laws. (2) Doesn't the in
terpretation of t he treasury depart
ment make of the Income tax law class
legislation? Example: A draws a gov
ernment salary of J10.000 and pays no
tax; B draws a salary from private
source of $10,000 and pays a tax, and
how much? L. M. H.
The revenue law creates an advisory
tax board which considers matters of
ddubtful construction and reports its
findings and interpretations to the
commissioner of internal revenue. The
supreme court, however, is the final
authority, but pending its construction
of any provision a ruling by an au
thorized agency is obviously essential.
The preceding revenue law specifically
granted the exemption you mention.
The tax paid on a net income of (10,000
by a married person who has no minor
children is 830.
Mrs. W. H. Jewett. who
$1000 to the University of Oregon, is at
me notei Portland with her daughter
"win f,u&ene.
The trout have begun to play!
RAYMOND E. BAKER.
CoquIJle, Or.
It
INNOCENT.
was on a crowded streetcar, folks
were Bnainx in tne hirIa
When across the way I spied him. prac
ticing most vamptsh wiles:
With his head near to her shoulder h
was brazen as couM K
H. P. Myers of the legal nrofesaion Would the villain grow still bolder'
up xsena way is registered at the Per- ' cranea my neck to see!
kins. Then I'll share with you the i.hf.i
tt t. wAiii--7 : iv. , . ... or 'ar too good to keep
" "set sneep 11 oiscerned that he was noddinirmr..
E. N. Hill of The Dalles Is on a hn-
ness trip to .Portland and is at the
Miss C. MacCorkle is In the city
Seattle, visitinjr friends, fine la rfrls.
icicu jul inn iortonia.
owner in the Lexington section
rived at the Perkins yesterday.
Ralph W. Burgess of Pendleton is at
the Imperial. He is a son of former
State Senator J. N. Burgess, sheepman.
Dr. L. S. Hedges and W, L. Holland.
irom wesipon, are at tne .Hotel Oregon.
ly nodding In his sleep!
GRACE E, HALL.
Party F'enee tor Town Lot.-
PORTLAND, March 24. fTo the. V.Ai.
tor.) (1) Kindly inform me if It i.
compulsory for a fence to be built be
tween lots.
(2) Is the expense of erectlne- sum.
to be divided equally between lot
owners?
(3) Is the cost of repairs to be di-
H.
Appointment of Peace) Pelegates.
WALDPORT, Or., March 21. (To the
Editor.) Who selected the members of I Tided also?
the peace conrerencer How was it de
termined how many representatives in I tli No. (2) and (8) If you construct a
that body each cquntry might have? I fence so that It encloses your neighbor's
t-UKiOLS. jot, that Is, forms the fourth side of an
The number of members was decided I enclosure, you can compel him through
by the five great powers. The appoint- suit in equity to pay one-half the cost
ents were made in each country in I of 'ts erection and one-half the cost of
the manner authorized by the laws or I repairs, but not If It is merely a parti
Sounds asinine, but tha Hun must I customs thereof. Those of the United I "on fence not serving as part of an
be taken out of Hungary, J States were appointed by the president I enclosure.
Children's Home In Portland.
BROWNSVILLE, Or., March 23 To
the Editor.) Will you please give me
the addresses of some children's homes
tn Portland? A READER.
Boys' and Girls' Aid society. East
Twenty-eighth and Irving streets, chil
dren up to 18 years; Children's home.
Corbett and Gaines streets, between 3
and 12 years; Waverley Baby home.
1061 Wood worth avenue, ages to S
years; Albertina Kerr Baby home, 129
Fourteenth street, ages to S years; St,
Agnes Baby home. Park place, ages to
S years. For girls from about 6 years
up there Is the Christie horns at Oswe
go, and for boys and girls from about
the same age up there Is the St. Mary's
home at Beaverton.
Days in Employe's Month.
ALGOMA, Or., March 23. (To tha
Editor.) Kindly state in The Orego
nlan what the usual custom is on the
following controversy: A employs B
at a salary of J150 per month. B
works 12 days in February and claims
there is due him $64.28. A claims the
amount due is $60. Which one is right?
Probably in the greater number of
employing establishments such matters
are adjusted on the basis of 30 days to
the month, regardless of the month, but
the custom is not universal or fixed by
law.
Majority Like It.
PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi
tor.) It may be a very late time to
suggest, but I think It is never too lata
to do good, so wish to express my ap
nreciation and approval of the govern
ment's plan for daylight saving. I be
lieve there are so many more of us that
it benefits than It harms that it Is a
good idea to adopt this plan every year.
Representing tne sentiments oi a
number to whom I have talked, I
simply write this line to see that the
proper authority is encouraged. Tours
very truly, HAROLD S. GILBERT.
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