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OPPOhlTIOM TO HAII.BOADS.
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,
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