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If every town in Oregon which has railroad wrre to oppose extension of that railroad lest oUicr towns should come into competition with Its in . du.-itrics, we mignt as well record the n,I of railroad building and there. fore of development in the Interior ef the state, Yet that is the position taken by Bend in regard to exten sion cf the Strahorn road from the Kl.imath valley to I;nd. Bend appears to look at the matter sol-ly from the viewpoint or lis saw mills. The latter have a railroad rate nn lumber to Denver and similar points which is 6 cents less than the terminal rates to the Facino coast and only 1 cent morn than tho rate from Spokane. Baker and other points in the white pine group several hun dred miles nearer tho market. Kla math Tails pays tho coast terminal rate, and is therefore under a handi nn of t cents as against Bend. If the Deschutes road should be con pected with the Strahorn road and if the latter should be built from Lend to Klamath Falls, the latter town might cl-itm the same rate as Bend enjoys. The possibility that tho Bend rate would be revised upward to meet the Klamath rate seems to havo been the motive for the Bend Commercial club's vote against aid to the Strahorn road, for the only speaker was the manager of one of the mills. No consideration appears to hare been given to the other ways in which Bend would profit by construction of the Strahorn roads nor to the great benefit which would uccrue to the great railroailless area of central Ore Kon. The Strahorn road is projected not alone to connect Bend with Kla math Falls. Another line Is to run to Lakeview and a third to Crane, where It would connect with the O.-W. lu N. line eastward throufth Vale to tho I'nion Pacific system, opening the preat Harney valley. A wide airri rultural and stock-raising country would bo opened, and the Bend mills would have a more direct line, thus lortifyintr their rate position, which Is none too strong. In saying that "under the present railroad administration rates never go tlown, and the Bend mills micht suffer from an upward revision," Jlr. Keyes not only overlooked the very tcmpor ary character of the present railroad administration but the probability that federal railroad laws and the en tire rate system will soon undergo radical revision. When that change is made and when a general rate rt- vision Is effected, a town which felt the rate position of its chief Industries to be so weak that it found opposition to construction of a new road through a wide stretch of country necessary to fortify Itself would be an inviting object of attack. The interests of Bend are not wrapped up with those of Its sawmills alone. They are identical with the interests cf all of central Oregon, which can best be served by through railroads, north, south, east and west. These railroads will make central Oregon develop and prosper, and as it prospers, so will Bend. Bend will not fully prosper as a big sawmill town In an irrigated oasis in the midst of a. desert. Hence to condemn central Oregon to stagnation in the Interests of local industries is not only narrow and selfish but is shortsighted, for it Is to condemn Bend to restricted fcrowth. Thcic are days of progress, not of t-tagnalion. They arc duys of broad vision, not of parochial selfishness. liend should become imbued with the spirit of the times. It is up to Bend to reconsider. e'er felt the halter draw with good opinion of tho law" fits the I. w. W, to a "t." Local chambers of com merce are designated as "comical clubs." There are several phrases for destruction of property, especially while pretending to serve the interests of those whom they seek to ruin. "Turning the cat loose." and "wearing the wooden shoe" are two of these. A job on which no I. W. W. are em ployed is a "hoosier" job. It will be observed by the students of I. V. W. literature that practically all of the new words which It has found occasion to create are con cerned with crime and jails. It is un likely for this reason that it ever will contribute to the enrichment of the vocabularies of ordinary citizens. The proportion of our population which needs, or expects ever to need, a lingo of sabotag is small. in The Oregonian and other newspa pers in the United States on May 7. .six days later. To reach Washington, it traveled three-fourths of the distance around the globe. The' Pacific cable had not then been completed and wireless had not been invented. In two decades the days have been reduced to minutes. Distance has al most literally been annihilated. When the Germans sign the treaty of Paris, the whole world will know it prac tically simultaneously. A single wire less message from the high-powered Paris station, under 1919 conditions, can be picked up by receivers in every important capital of the world. DEMOCRACY SPREADS IX JAPAV The tide of democracy which has swept over Europe and western Asia has not stopped there, but has gone on to Japan. That country is the scene of intense agitation for wide extension of suffrage. The radicals are not content with extension from the commercial and land - owning classes by a proposed bill which would more than double the number of voters. They want household suf frage, which would moan about 10, 000.000 voters. Until recently Japan was still in fact an autocracy, and the premier was chosen by a small body of the when IT WAS. A rather cynical correspondent of The Oregonian writes to solicit a state ment as to the "exact day when it was learned that prohibition is a good thing in nation or in state?" "I seem to recall," he adds, "that The Ore gonian has not always, if ever, sup ported prohibition, until it was a iait accompli." It is sufficient to say that The Ore gonian became a supporter of prohibi- mikado's advisers who were called the tion when prohibition was made the eider statesmen. without regard to law of the state, and it will perform I whether thev were leaders of the ma- the same service to law and order 1 jority party in the diet. The present when it is the Jaw or tne nation, ii i cabinet is an advance toward democ is needless to give any other reason. I racy, for it is tho first party cabinet i'ernaps it win do jusuuaDio to say I backed by the majority party in the that tho citieacy or proniDmon diet, but the mikado is still regarded within the state has been demon- as the descendant of the sun, ruling st rated and many doubting and even Dy divine right. If the masses should hostile minus tiavo been convinced. cct the franchise and If the system Whether or not the same happy re- I Dr a cabinet responsible to the peo- sults will attend tho national experi-1 pe through tho diet should become mcnt. remains to bo seen, xuerc arc established, divine right would grad great metropolitan centers, such as uaiiy fade away and the mikado would New York. Boston. Baltimore, Phila- become a constitutional sovereign with dclphia. New Orleans and San Fran cisco, which have regarded prohibi tion as an invasion of personal com munity and state rights, and thcro will be trouble about enforcement. Yet with the manufacture of liquor mado unlawful everywhere, and its importa- all tho trappings but power of absolutism. none of the illicit sources. What then? .MOIST ROOSEVELT? About two months ago, in an entire ly helpful and charitable spirit. The -it,., rnn'nirin. -nut unHnr I Oregonian suggested that there was the ban. the supply after present an opportunity n the northwest to es storcs are exhausted must come from abliHh a conspicuous monument to ineodore jcoosevciL ana aiso bume a still smoldering controversy, by changing- the name of The Mountain BASE HOSPlTAt, NO. . to Mouut Roosevelt. The glad news of tho day Is the re- The suggestion was directed chiefly turn to American soil of base hos-lat Tacoraa. It was thought that as pital No. 4S, the Portland and Ore-vrtual loser in the controversy over gon unit that left early, and stayed the name of tho mountain. Tacoma late. It reached New York yesterday w-ould bo the first to express a willing and. in time that cannot be too brief, rress to compromise. Tho possible will be at home. Its welcome will be magnanimity of Scattlo was wholly the personal affair of every fellow overlooked. Therein a mistake was who enjoyed its ministrations and. made. Tho proposal has been received for the matter of that, all the rest ofjby Tacoma in cold silence. But Oregon. I now from Seattle comes the Post-In- The Third Oregon saw tho glory of telligencer with two columns on the tignung. somewnat scauereu, to be first Dago devoted to the subject. ure, but in the fight. Baso 46 saw Wherein the Post-Intelligencer speaks tho grind ot- it. ttacK ot the lines for Seattle. Seattle is for it. or well up at the front, its minister- Mount P.ainier acquired its name ng hands alleviated pain, soothed through a custom of early-day ex- he sorrow and comforted the sore af- niorers. The minor landmarks they flictcd. It gave a tender touch of named for their resemblance to some ome that aided toward recovery or common object or for some incident of lightened tne gloom or passing. It did I the journey in that particular vicinity. is assigned duty ana added' tne per- The major landmarks were called sonal sacrifice of time and labor with I upon to perpetuate the names of cheerfulness that was inspiring. friends whose sole distinction may Oregon is proud of its record and have been that they were agreeable awaits a time of showing it. A LANOCAGB OF CRIME. Almost every set of criminals has its distinct peculiarities of language, or argot, and the I. W. W. is no ex ception to the rule. Recent investi gations by the federal authorities into the workings of this body have re snilted in compilation of a veritable glossary of terms. There is this dlf- Icrenee between the slang of criminals and that which springs spontaneously out of the needs of particular occa sions that the former is devised to promote secrecy, not to give expres sion to thoughts for which existing language is Inadequate. Philologists are able to estimate the character and the progress of a peo ple by the development of their lan guage. From this point of new the I. W. W. argot makes an Interesting study. It will be observed that It is n vocabulary of disloyalty, unneigh Vorliness. inhumanity, and worse. There are no I. W. W. words for home, friendship, mutual forbearance, thrift, tj'th. hope or charity. It Is a vocabu lary of deprecation of the solid vir tues. The English language as at present constituted, for example, contains ne words to express the I. W. W. con reption of an employe who works ap preciatively for his employer's Inter est, turh an employe Is, in I. W. W. ese. a "Mr. Block." "Block" U em. j.lcvxcj In its sense of obstruction, as l illustrated by the verb "to block" by throwing obstacles in the way, and ty "blockade." There are "blocks" fehich are helpful, but these are not known to the I. W. W. etymologists. A "cockroach" in I. W. W.-ese is a rerson who Is loyal to his home town. Th Idea that loyalty in little thltirs hegrts greater loyalties has no reeling place in the wobbly mind. T'.e chief of police of a city is the "town clown." A "cossack Is a I mounted policeman. A "barbarian"! t-V-a-ortllnry joUccichi, '2o rpuc.rul Cur. fiS OC l lus, rinXJ.ua wiicn the, urnnaUq sas gigngd. MOW THE NEWS TRAVELS. When the peace treaty is signed it s safe to predict that we in the United States will know the fact within an hour of the event. It is interesting n fhesn timet nf Almost fnsmnt.inemi ransmisslon of the news of big events n f n mountains, meaning noming companions. Mount Tacoma got its name from the Indians. The aboriginal of the Pacific coast was not poetical and cared not a fig for history or great men. There is some dispute as to the meaning of "Tacoma," but a fairly competent autnoriiy asserts that it has a general application to 200 years ago we might expect the announcement of this momentous happening to reach us about May 15, 1920. Supposing, merely for the sake of a comparison of facilities for the transmission of Intelligence, that events were otherwise as they are now, we would today be reading about the negotiation of the Brest- Litovsk more than it." It would be peculiarly fitting to name a great western mountain for Theodore Roosevelt. It would recall at once his love of nature, his Interest and life in the west, his great stead fastness, his towering personality. As Mount Roosevelt, the second highest peak in the United States would not and it has continued to the impair ment of the country's economic power and political stability, both of which are vital factors in performance of the peace compact. Germans who should have been working to produce means of meeting the allies' demands have been fighting and striking. Ger man politics have been a rapidly mov ing picture, which is still moving. It was incumbent on the allies when they ceased hostilities to have such a firm grip on Germany that it would "stay put" till peace terms were ac cepted. Mr. Uoyd George cannot be ac quitted of exaggeration and misrepre sentation in his references to Russia. When the armies of Siberia, of Gen eral Denikin and of the Baltic prov inces, ill equipped and ill supplied, have been able to defeat the bolsheviki in repeated battles, it is absurd to as sume that Britain's share in the allied aid which would carry tho anti- bolshevist forces over the top to final victory would bankrupt the British empire. No person proposes that the allies "conquer" Russia or intervene in its domestic affairs. It is pro posed to help the Russian people in driving out the tyrants who handed over the country to Germany, and then to leave tho Russian people free to choose a government. We. have the authority of Ambassador Francis for the statement' that the part of Russia which is ruled by the bolshev- ists has only about 40,000,000 of the 180,000,000 people in the country, and that only 10 per cent of these are bolshovist by choice. All parties other than the bolshevists have joined in appeals to the allies for help in de livering their country from thee mon sters. Catherine Breshkovsky, the veteran revolutionist, says in "Strug gling Russia" that the constituent assembly met secretly in Moscow in April, 1918, and called upon the allies for help. It was the only body au thorized to speak for tho Russian people, and Madame. Breshkovsky says that its invitation to the allied armies was parallel to that of France to the American army. She says with ood cause: r Havinff watched the allied policy In Russia 1 may say that the policy has been undefined and uncontradictory; that I can not find a single principle which would 'explain it. Tho allied policy is an enigma to us. The allies have grave sins of omis sion to answer for. They withheld aid from Serbia and Roumania till those countries were crushed. They left Greece In the hands, of a king who sought to betray the country to the Germans, and they punished his peo pie for his crimes. Now they aban don Russia to its fate on the pitiful plea that rescue is beyond their re sources. That may be true of the na tions which bore the full weight of the burden for more than four years. It is not true of the United States, which had only begun to fight when the end came. This nation is pledged by its president to "stand by Russia' does that mean in irony, stand by while Russia perishes and not raise hand to save the nation which gave millions of lives to the cause of free- dom before it was itself free? Those Who Come and Go. Oxen furnished the motive power when James S. Cooper of Independence ran a pioneer freight line between Portland and Independence. Later Mr. Cooper speeded up his line by installing mule power, and still later, so great was the demand for rapid transporta tion, he supplanted the mules with horses. Independence looked good to the freighter, so he settled there, be came a banker, merchant and farmer, and now he is retired, with nothing to worry about but whether the fish are biting. Two sons-in-law and a son rep resent his contribution to the Ameri- A Change in Ideals. By Grace E. Hall. Oh. why should the shades of immortals be proud. Like Milton and Burns and the rest o of that crowd. As robed in their grave-clothes they roam o er the earth And find of real genius such direful dearth? Oh, why should the shades of immortals be proud. As dressed in their raiment of gossamer shroud They wander about, and In pain and dismay Discover real literature gone to decay can army In the world war. Mr. Cooper whjp Bhou)d the of !mmor was also a pioneer in discovering the beauties of Oregon beaches and for years he ornamented the Agate cliff at tals be proud. Like Billy Shakespeare and the rest o that crowd? Newport. He is a familiar figure on Who cares for mere shades that can Elk creek and manages to get a string now only stalk? He is at I vvno cares ior tneir poems; u s aouars mat taiKi on the McKenzie each year, the Imperial. "How many people in Tortland know 1 WHY POPPY SVRVIVED GUNFIRE that $5,000,000 is being spent on Jrnga tion Droiects in Malheur county?" de manded Julian A Hurley, state senator for Grant. Harney and Malheur coun ties. There is a $750,000 irrigation project under way in Willow creek. with lands now being irrigated. There probably isn't an equal area in the state to compare with this Willow creek sec tion for producing things. Three cut tings of alfalfa is not unusual. The Nature Provides Flower with Ingenious Device for Propagation. In Flanders fields the poppies Mow Between the crosses, row on row. That mark our place; "Immortalized by a soldicr-poct, him self buried in France, Flanders poppies already are symbols of tho nation's hero dead of the world war," says John Day highway, as projected, runs I bulletin from the National Geographic through no less than three irrigation .-, districts. Portlanders better get away . ,.., lfl. , .,, somethinir nhonf their state" Th ""6'"'""' J ""'8 f""' senator is at the Imperial. government parks of tho nation's cap! I tat as perennial memorials to in men Tm going after bear and may shoot wno sleep under the crosses and pop somo coyotes and a cat or two, said I Djes of Flanders. treaty, the activities of the Rainbow be .prostituted to the advertisement division in the Lorraine sector, and of a c"y nof Perpetuate the name of the taking over by United States comparauveiy uii,uuu ironiH of fr.nr unci a nulf mile. c.f tho man. American mountains for Amer front line. "Somewhere in France." leans, say we. These were outstanding happenings of March, 1918, in the great war. The Boston News-Letter was one of the pioneer newspapers of the United States. This newspaper --as enlarged in 1713, with the announcement by its editor; This time twelvemonth we were thirteen months behind with the foreign news be. yond Great Britain, and now less than flv months, so that . . . we have retrieved about elcht months since January last. In other words, remarks a corn- By the way, how do you go about it to change the name of a mountain? LLOYD GEORGE'S DEFENSE Once more Premier Lloyd George has put his critics to silence, again showing himself to be a master of po litical strategy. On the defensive he dilates on the greatness and difficulty of his task and demands freedom from nagging while engaged on it. But he quickly turns to the offensive and mentator, the attention of the Boston challenges his opponents to do the job politicians was engrossed on the siege themselves if they can muster a ma of Belgrade, when their contemnor- jority of parliament which thinks aries in the mother country were in- they can do it better. That was a line tent on the destruction of the Snanish but safe bluff, for the opposition con fleet on the coast of Sicily. By re- I sists ot a lot of tag-ends of parties, of trievlng eisrht months of the thirteen, which the strongest in numbers the the pioneer American editor had ac- Sinn Fein refuses to sit at Westmln compiished a wonder for his time. If ster. and the next in strength, the la- Improvement had rone no further, we bontes, has but sixty members. ln should now be reading about the Ger- dismayed he strikes back at the North man a clea for an armistice: nerhnnal curie press and denes it. to do lis we would know that it had been worst. His cabinet has been floun signed; it is doubtful if the terms dering in a sea of troubles while he would yet have been known In detail has been in Paris, but the fighting on this side of the Atlantic. little Welshman may be expected to It requires, of course, a certain take a firm hold when his work at taming of the fancy to imagine out the peace conference is finished. participation in the war upon a twen-I lfle American people ana au 01 ine tleth century scale with eighteenth allied peoples will feel reassured at century' facilities for communication. tlle British premier's declaration that At the outset of the war, however, I the allies have como to an agreement and long before we entered it, weon a" ' tlle Principal conditions of might have been expected to take a Peace, mat nis pieages xo exact, iuii lively interest In events. News of the reparation from Germany, to impose invasion of Belgium under the old punishment on the kaiser and others news system would have reached this! guilty of the war and to obtain com- continent thirteen months later, or Plete security tor France will be kept. about the time that Vilna fell and and that terms will be ready for sub- England, after much discussion, had mission to Germany by tne end of next decided to adopt conscription. On week. Having been a member or the the improved five-month basis, we inner council of the conference, Mr. should have been reading about the Lloyd George should know whether horrors of Pinant and Louvain while formation of the league of nations the English people were being made was a necessary preliminary to con, aware of the opening of the Russian I elusion of peace, and others should be drive into the Carpathians, the British wary about questioning the wisdom of victory of Doggerbank and the first 'hat course. German Zeppelin raid on their own But- being accepted as the right country. Later, when Germany In policy'and the delay of more than five February. 1917. was declaring unre- I months in dictating terms to Germany strlcted submarine warfare and Kui. I being accepted as unavoidable, the el-Araara was being taken by British I more cause exists for navmg taken forces in the near east, we would onlv tighter hold on Germany than the just have heard of the evacuation of 1 armistice gave to the allies. Marshal Galllpoli. I Foch spoke truth in a military sense Months of delay were reduced" to when he said that after Germany was weeks In the century following. The beaten in the field, acknowledged the battle of New Orleans was fought on I fa t and accepted the armistice terms. January t. 1115. fifteen days after thetnore was no justification for further signing of the treaty of Ghent on De- I fighting. He spoke as a soldier. It cember 34, 1S14. It was. however, I was for the allied statesmen to take prooaoiy worm naving Deen fought, I cogiii&auie ui mo uiucr weapons for It was the only battle of the war I which they left in Germany's hands of 1S1J which impressed Europe with I by not occupying the whole country a sense of American military lmnort. I or at least all or its frontiers. Ger ance. and it undoubtedly served tr I many has continued to use the weapon kindle the spirit of nationality in our of propaganda Dy spreading bolshev. own country. Weeks were reduced toiiom to weaken the allies will to fight days before the century expired, how-1 and to threaten to "go bolshevik" if ever, and news of Admiral DeweVs da. I the terms should be too hard. The structlon of the Spanish fleet in Ma-1 revolution in Germany had only be If the aviators now1 waiting for fav. orable weather for their transatlantic flight can make the average speed reported to have been attained by Major MacAuley, the American army flyer who has just completed his transcontinental flight from San Diego to Jacksonville, their success is as sured, with the additional proviso that they keep a straight course an no not fumble their destination. Th distance between St. Johns, N. F. and the Limerick coast is 1930 miles, and at the speed of Major MacAuley plane the voyage -would be made in fourteen hours five minutes, which is quite within the margin of safety. The aviators, indeed, have counted on nineteen hours, and will carry potential fuel supply for twenty-four hours. The entire crossing must be made in one jump, however, as it is regarded as improbable that the mn chines would be able to rise from the surface of the ocean if compelled to coma down for the purpose of mak ing repairs. Kipling wrote the best story of the transcontinental trip when he took Harvey Cheyne's father and mother from San Diego to Gloucester in "Cap tains Courageous," in record time. A Kipling will record the trip across in the air some day and make it as de lightfully thrilling. Since an auto cannot be rolled into the kitchen or cellar overnight, rows of single-stall garages will continue to disfigure the streets in the resi dent section where there may be a vacant lot. That scheme matches the apartment house. That's right, Mr. Forecaster Willis, run off all the rain, even to a rainy Easter, that Tuesday afternoon shall be sunshiny and warm. The fans yearn for that kind of opening day. Where is that erstwhile band of self-styled ancients 'known as the Forty-fivers? All too busily at work. probably, to grieve over present and future conditions. When those roads to Klamath and Lake counties are completed, there should be a welcome-home party for the benefit of the two isolated coun ties. The Hun squarehead is funny. He objects to soldiering at the peace time rate of pay since his war ex penence. The average German is lost without a kaiser. The war has done great things for women. London housemaids demand to be called "Miss," by their em ployers, believing a miss is as good a missus. Not every applicant can ride in the flying circus Monday and not all may go at the last moment. The feet of the novice get cold in the air. Put her over the first day. Let that be the Portland and Oregon plan. It is not hard to do and is easy if all are so minded. There's a show at a local playhouse called "The Better 'Ole," but "The Best 'Ole" is at the Auditorium tonight. Just like some soft-corn county of Iowa to grab the glory of first over from Skamania and hold it. Next week is "Humane week," when the well-behaved dog will not chase the cat. Sir Thomas will be racing for the America's cup as long as he lives, and may the time be decades! - George H. Kelly, late lieutenant-colonel of the American lumberjacks in tne American expeditionary force. Colonel Kelly left last night for the head waters of the Willamette at Hazeldcll, where his dogs, Casey and Music, await him. There's snow up in that region at present, but it doesn't bother the hun ter. Before leaving the colonel tried to borrow some of Highway Commis sioner Booth's foxhounds, Mr. Booth being an enthusiastic hunter and fish eruian himself, We've had to fight the world, the flesh, the devil and Master Spence of the state grange in trying to g t good roads in Linn county," explained Sam complexions and habitats as tho skins Irariana. democrat ana lormcr state ani homes of tho men whose graves It senator. Mr. Garland has returned to decorates To tho swarthy African, to Lebanon happy with the promise that a the brave Australian, to the crusadin survey will be made from Lebanon to I Californian. and to tho Asiatics em Cascadla, with the prospect of the for- ployed behind the lines, the poppies of estry department continuing tho survey I France must have nodded familiar across the mountains to Sisters, in Des- I heads in friendly welcome. chutes county. I "There are half a hundred or more hranehes for species) of the poppy 'I was in lower Broadway one even- I familv. It is likely the soldier-poet ing ana all ot a sudden I tnougnt olln.,nl.j above had in mind the most pro Oregon, ao I went right up to the office mie. one of the most common, and what "To examine the poppy is not to vio late its new-found sentiment, for it un folds its glories upon closer study. Moreover it has a symbolism uncx pected because of tho pure accident of Its association with America s sacri fices for freedom. "The poppy is a thorough-going al lied flower, found in profusion in France, but especially popular in Kng land beeauso it Is tho only scarlet flower In tho British flora, except tho scarlet pimpernel, and even that is more red than scarlet. 'The poppy family (genus papavcr, in botanical terminology) has as many and told tho boss that I was leaving for home and hero I am," reported O. C. Loiter to Manager Myers of the Hotel Oregon. Mr. Letter, who registers from La Grande, has been in newspaper work in New York city and of late has been activo in receiving Oregon toys on their arrival fron overseas. In the party was the mayor of New- berg, the undertaker of McMinnville and the president of the senate, who also comes from McMinnville. They motored down to attend the boxing ex hibition in Portland and were home again by 1 A. M. yesterday morning. That is what good roads and automo- many consider the most beautiful va- riety, the corn poppy (papaver rhocas) Tou will recall: NeatB the blue of the sky, in the green of the corn, It Is there that the resal red poppies are born. '"A hint of the reason why tho poppy survived the searing tramp of armed hosts and the churning of big-gun fire on the erstwhile grain fields of i lan ders is given in a farmers' doggerel When the poppy ripens be sure the seeds Will stock the garden as with weeds. 'For the same reason the poppy's hardihood is attested in Lngland by its hlnnm nlonar railrnail tracks hv tllA biles are doing for Oregon. Time was roadslde, and in the niches of stone wiitiii oucu u. (.ill w iju ill uuiiauuie a 1 wnlla couple of days instead of a few hours. H. V. Alley, county commissioner of Tillamook, who lives at Nehalem; Her man Farmer, another commissioner. and A. M. Hare, the county judge, re turned home yesterday after learning 'Nature provided the poppy with an Intricate and ingenious device of a kind which makes the study of even the simplest plant life a constant mar vel and delight. It is the village rheu matic of the flower community equipped with a miniature hydroseope, that a contract for paving five miles Long capsules contain the seeds of the from Hemlock to Beaver was awarded by the highway commission, the work to cost $112,803. This five miles is link on the road from the Tillamook beaches to Portland. poppy. Atop each capsule are valves. sensitive to moisture of the air, which close when the atmospnere is humid. When the air is dry the pores open to eject the seed upon warm, sunny soil. "Nor is that all. Jealous floral tribes might accuse this plant of 'pan-poppy' ambitions for expanding its place un der the sun. For it is no mere acci dent that the seeds are at the bottom. an. .I,., nnra. at lhA Inn of I Vi slender pany and Anderson went to Cottage ca,pauie. when the wind blows the Grove. where he began handling Btem8 gway over a wide area and fling logged-off lands an- as a consequence out the seeds for a far greater distance has been no small factor in the devel- .ha.n if th.v fell around the root. Martin H. Anderson of Cottage Grove, registered at the Imperial, was once a clerk for William Morrow when the latter ran the Palace hotel at Heppner. I Morrow went with the railroad com ment of the state. Tickled over the news in The Ore gonian yesterday was "Billy" Lee of Klamath Falls. The news article which "The poppy is thoroughly democratic in its hospitality to flies, bees, beetles arid all other insects. It invites them by its brilliant colors and offers no .n.niiil rharnii fnr nprmm nrivilenec in- appealed to him was the announcement eect8 as do somo more exclusive flow ers. It has no honey but provides pol len in plenty. In part the poppy is self fertilizing, but plants also are fertil ized by the pollen ieft overs' of the isects' feast which they carry to other flowers. 'A characteristic of the corn poppy. beside its brilliant scarlet coloring, is the large size of its two outer petals which hide the lesser pair until the flower has opened. Poppies of Flan ders, be they corn poppies or other varieties, are not of the oriental species from which opium is derived. The corn poppy, when cultivated, is known as the Shirley poppy. The flower is peren nial or annual, according to the vari ety. 'Travelers among country folk of England will encounter various names given to the poppy, such as 'red cap,' 'red weed and 'firenout. Tne more prosaic prefer "cheesebowl, on account of the shape, and even 'headache,' be cause of the odor of some varieties: Corn poppies that in crimson dwell. Called headaches from their sickly smell. 'And another poet is more guarded in his olfactory comment: No odors sweet proclaim the spot Where its soft .leaves unfold; 'But of all the poetic mention of the poppy, from that of Burns and Keats down to Bridges and William Winter, perhaps the most glowing and descrip tive is contained in the lines of Francis of the road programme in Klamath county made by the state highway com mission. To appreciate the full sig nificance as affecting Mr. Lee, it should be explained that he is in the auto mobile business. He owns a bank at Gardiner and he owns timber and a dairy farm and most of the town of Reedsport, does Warren Reed, who is at the Imperial. Reeds port is one of the most hustling little communities in the state and looks for ward to the time when it will have regular fleet in its harbor. Captain Harry Hunter, who was in command of the steamer Northern Pa cific when she went ashore on the New Kngland coast with hundreds of return- ng soldiers and wounded veterans, passed through the city yesterday and was at the Hotel Portland. He left last night lor San Francisco. Portland hotels are beginning to re ceive reservations from out-of-town people who will come to Portland Mon day to witness the great aerial show taged by the flying circus lor the victory loan. Major Kenneth Marr, advance man for the ''flying circus" which comes to Portland Monday to boost the victory loan, is registered at the Multnomah. Patrick Welch, who is interested in mining properties in the Coeur d'AIene I Thompson: district, in laano, is at tne Hotel Ore gon. In Other Day. Twenty-nve Years Ago. From The Oregonian, April IS. jspt. Baltimore. Ernest Knabc, plans manufacturer, died today. Astoria. The democratic convention has practically completed its work here. Compson has been nominated for governor and candidates for t1io lessrr offices have been selected. Washington. Five thousand men under command of Coxey are expected to survive the long trek to the naio.l capital and will he straggling in with in a short time. The police and militU hardly know what to do with them. Two blocks of Portland water bond.t totaling $500,000. have been sold. A premium of nearly $50,000 w as paid by the successful bidders for the bonds. One of Kelso's leading financiers, F. C. Stewart, is at the Hotel Oregon for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grissen registered at the Seward yesterday. They are a ewly-married couple. Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare. And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of lire from the erase It name. And the fanning wind puffed It to flapping flame. With burnt mouth red like a lion's It drank The blood of the sun as he slaughtered sank. Ana aippea its eup in tne purpurate shine When the eastern eonduits ran with wine. SOME CAUSES OF DIVORCE Kilt Higher Education, Kxtravaganrr. Reli gious Belief Among Those .Nnniod. POHTLA.VD. April 17 (To the Edi tor.) I disagree entirely with the con tention of "Student" when ho blames the "reduced degree of respect for mar riage" on the foreigners In our coun try. What foreigners does he mean? Certainly not the Irish or Polish or Italians or French-Canadians or Hun garians or Jews, for divorce is rare among all these people. If "Student'1 will carry his studies a little further he will find that all over our country the people for the most part who take advantage of divorce laws are of old American stock or are the second gen eration (therefore native-born Ameri cans) of European immigrants. Thcro is not a shred of evidence to prove that the Influence of foreigners Is re sponsible for tho large number of divorces. Just what is responsible la not easy to say. Jt is a complex question, this divorce problem, and very difficult to lay one's finger upon any one fiictor and explain all by that, l'rohably one great contributing cause is the higher degree of education afforded American women. Education always makes peo ple less satisfied with their lot. The American woman's gre.-ttcr restlessness and initiative and the belter oppor tunities for economic independence open to her In this country must not he overlooked. These conditions would inevitably tend to make marriage un stable. In addition it must not bo for gotten that American wives are, on an average, the most expensive in the world. They demand more In time and money than is expected by wives in any oilier nation jf friend husband does not make "enough of a fuss" over wlfey, she speedily finds ways ot rid ding herself of her stick-in-the-mud spouse. She is then free to embark on an independent career, taking her chances of finding the desired amount of flattery elsewhere. Or again, there are opportunities for paining economio ndependence In liberal alimony allow ances or favorable property settlements connection with divorce. Ives wno have a strongly acquisitive business In stinct never fail to see tho commercial possibilities of divorce. I do not by any means explain all divorces in mis wav. but undoubtedly a certain per centage of them can bo thus accounted for. Religious belief is also a factor. Ours s a secular republic ana many minions of our population have rejected entirely the sacramental view of marriage, to gether with other tenents 6f orthodoxy. agree with "Student" that tne cnurcn always excepting the Roman Catholic church) has weakened Itself by roceti- ng from the position tnat marriage is a sacrament. For purposes of a strong church there has been too ready an ac auiescence in the proposition that mar riage is entirely a civil, not an ecclesi astical, affair. Divorce is easy in the united fatates. but not so easy as in France, where it may be obtained by mutual consent. Yet French Immigration here has been neg ligible. Hence we cannot blame France for our divorce laws, wny we are not honest enough to allow legal separa tion by mutual consent and persist In keeping up th- pious fiction of an "in lured party," is another story. As The Oregonian once remarked in a witty paragraph, very little alleged "cruelty" n divorce ases can tie proved oy visi ble scars or marks. "Cruelty and inhu man treatment" has a terriDie ring to it, but in divorce proceedings, as a rule, it means little. Surely that is generally understood. "Personal Indignities ren- ering life burdensome" as grounds ior divorce Is another camouflage wnicn wi piously maintain to salve our Puri tan consciences, all tho while knowing that it may mean just nothing at all. I trust "Student" win agree wun me that If the divorce situation in tne ignited States were Influenced to any great extent by foreign standards, com plete legal separation would be either more difficult or frankly more easy. The fact that our divorce laws are what they are shows that they are truly American, arising out of compromises made necessary by public opinion pe culiar to the United States alone. La A. G. Simon Varson and Mr. and Mrs. John enson, creamery people of Skamoka wa. Wash., are at the Perkins. Residence Requirements for Divorce. PORTLAND, April 17. To the Ed Itor.) Can a divorce be legally ob tained in a different county than where stockman - from I the parties reside? t the Perkins A CONSTANT READER. John Sampson, a Thompson, Mont., is ii tne aeienaant resiaes ouisiae ot F. A Beggess, a cattleman from I Oregon divorce suit may be instituted Cheyenne, Wyo., is among the arrivals I in any county, provided the plaintiff at the ferkins. ha. fesided in the state for one vear W n A vrp , nrnmlnent .k... I imilicui.i.ciji riiui " of Baker, is at the Hotel Portland. have uvea a year in tne state tne suit must be brougnt in a county in which H. H. McFarland, a timber man from I one of the parties resides. There is, Aberdeen, Wash., is at the Perkins. W. A Sunday Jr. and G. M. Sunday ot Hood iviver are at tne Benson. however, no time fixed for acquiring a residence in another county for this purpose by a person who has lived one year in the state. The plaintiff may Refnnd of Rent. establish , a residence in a county on PORTLAND, April 17. (To the Edi- I one day and file suit therein the next tor.) If a party paying a month's rent I day. in Is it. advance is notified on the day rent paid to vacate house, as owner needs is he entitled to a refund if he oves before the month is out? A RENTER. In the absence of any understanding on the day the rent was paid that the I premises were to be vacated within The Beavers are feelins the way, I less than 30 days the tenant is not, a- Ousting ot Tenant. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 16. (To the Editor.) A rents a house to B. B don't pay his house rent and will not move ut ot A 8 nouse, x wwnig a uacK rent. L- C. PARRISH. If you desire to oust the tenant. bring suit- tor forcible entry, and de tainees ,. ,. ,. , BROTHERS I V EVERY REMOTE LAM) Britishers and Americans Help Each Other and Fight for Each Other. PORTLAND, April 17. (To tho Ed itor.) It was the custom in our Angolan hinterland for the natives who loved a white man to make liim a blood brother. The gentleman, made in God's Image in ebony, whose pointed teeth formerly were used in unholy feasts, pricked his arm, and then he touched his friend's skin with hiB knife so that their blood flowed in a com mon stream. Such a rite is held life long in effect. The American and the British have fought side by side to freo the world of slavery and oppression. They have builded a road, founded on blood and human tears, along which tho children yet to come shall marcn to sunn heights of quiet Happiness, oui mei is a strong and insidious movement set afoot to disrupt the friendship between the two great democracies, and if any feeble word ot mine can ncip to stay that treachery, no sacrifice would be too great. The action or Captain unicneeier Manila, and of Lord Pauncefoto at Washington saved a European war and staved Germany's bloody hand for a generation. Let history bear witness. In a score of far-flung settlements tho writer has witnessed tho American and the British helping one another, fight ing one another's battles, and closing the eyes of each other's dead. In Bra zil a young American engineer tried to wipe the floor of the custom house with a gold laced official. To tho calaboose went the handful of British who were there, their consul had a long talk with the governor, and finally the militant youth was set free. Ask the Methodist missionaries in Africa. India or South America. Tho Britisher is their best friend. And now a tide of red is rising to over whelm the world. Read that prince of writers, Alfred Noyes, in the Saturday Evening Post. Hammer the truth into our brains and hearts. The English- speaking democracies are the only hop of a sane and safe and peaceful world. In that hallowed ground in France your brothers and my brothers are sleeping beneath the poppies. Let us bury with them all tho petty animosi ties, bitter memories, and past mis takes, so that from that holy place may spring up flowers or peace and love and hope whoso fragrance shall forever fill the earth. Together we can save the world. Witli divided counsels wo shall see men Wade through slaughter to a tnrone, And shut tho gates of mercy on man kind." JOHN W, LETHABZ, ; ii ait &. JVCCK j or real cajj, J titles. So raiuna, 1 A