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10 THE JTORJflXG" OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, APEIt 25, 1919. ESTABU9BE BI BIBI L. FITTOCK. ruilnrd br Tha Ortronlaa PuMlahlng Co.. J..J lath strict. Pori.and. union. C. A. JaOHDEN. Ji. B. 11 PER. Jaaaaxer. fcd.tor. Tha Oraroalan la a membar of tha Aaao e.attd frtsa. Tha Aaaociated Praaa la -c.ualic.r entitled t tna uaa for repubilca tiaa f all nem a distcbea credited to It or r.ot otherwi-e creai.ed In thia papar. and a tba loc.il naaa pubuahed herein. All r eh?a of republication of apaeia.1 diapatchca r.-rin are a.ao reaerved. . uuacrlp:ion ratea Invariably In advanca: (By Mall.) T'al'y. Sunday Innu.led, ooa year H.0 1.i . Suml.y Inciu-lcii. lit monlht ..... 4. -J Lm;. huiuay In. luded. Ibrea months ... 2 ;5 l'a.. onilay lnclul?l. one monta ...... .'3 L i y, witnout .-urnla . one year ........ 6. GO lui.r. w lhoul jnld. i:i inon'hi ...... 3.-5 Ii:y. without Sunday, one tnorth " ekiy, on year - 100 unty. one tjr ..0 Sunday and eek'y " S-50 By Carrier.) rai:jr. s-jnday Included, one year $9. On n.i'y :inil.v m! ii.ImI nnemnntK ..... LiaI Sunday Inc.'u-l-d. thraa month ... 2 13 Ji y. a it bout Sunday, one year 7. HO la ;y, without Sunday. Ihrca months ... 1 n: ltA y. without Sunday, ona month ...... .o. Hew tm Keiwtt Send poatofflca mobey or. tr. capresa or peraonal check on your local aana. ;?t.mP9. coin or currency are at own er a r:?lc. Oite po:offit addreaa In lull. In c.untna county and atjte. I'nlaiv Kalea 12 to 14 pairs. 1 cent: 1". t t-ca. - centa. 34 to 4s paea. 2 ceau; to so pares. 4 cema: to n paces. . -ats: 7s to ft- paces, o cents. Foralsa post axe. doubis ratea. Esatrra Baalneas Of flee Verree Conk- lin. Firunawicic bui.dlna. New York: Verrea m O.nk.in. .Meer bul.d.na. 4'hiraao; Varreo A rink .D Vrea fru bulldln. tietrtrlt. Mich baa Vrancisco represantatue. It. J. BldwaU pave the way for other and longef flights: but if they fail their experi ence will be an instructive lesson. The Atlantic is certain to be crossed by airplane, and probably within a very short while. AS AX INVESTMENT It is an illuminating phase of the rictory loan drive that whereas those in charge find it necessary to spur the public they also find It necessary to hold the reins on the bankers. The hanker is the investment oracle of his community. . There are many citizens who make no Investment without first consulting him. The banker today tells you that the vic tory bonds are a good investment, lie is willing: to back his Judgment with the money of the bank. In some communities where there has been less restraint than in others, he has been permitted to take practically all of the quota. In some counties he stands ready to subscribe for the entire bal ance after popular subscriptions have been filled. The victory liberty loan is an ex ceptional investment because of its perfect security and the fact that it yields a greater interest than tho pre vailing rate on the stock exchange. That rate is 4.10. The victory loan bonds the present issue yield 4.75 at par. The banker therefore figures that the bonds now offered will either remain at par or soon sell at a premium. As pointed out a day or two ago, it would not be difficult to place the entire issue with the largo 'investors. But that would not fulfill tho purpose of the government. If individual sav ings and surplus earnings are Invested in the bonds the financial institutions will be left at greater liberty to back enterprises that arc needed to restore industry to a peace footing. " That which appeals to the man ot who makes a business of investment, ought to appeal to tho ordinary individual. PLEASING PROPHECIES. City Planning Expert Cheney offers to Portland a happy prospect of con tinued growth, when, he says that Portland will likely pass San Fran cisco in 1933. or thereabouts. That is fourteen years hence not long in the story of American municipal progress, but long enough for many miracles to happen. Men not yet old recall the-days when Cincinnati and St. Louis were the great cities of the west, and the fierce rivalry of Chicago and St. Louis every school boy knows about. But where is Cincinnati now? And St. Louis? Chicago has more people than both of these historic American metropoli together. Probably they -will tell you in St. Louis and Cincinnati that quantity, not quality, counts in a census report. True enough; yet population is the best measure to be had of progress; and Chicago is surely entitled to its laurels. . Just why Kit pert Cheney thinks Portland will grow so fast, and San Francisco so slowly, is not clear. Probably he relies on the figures of the past, which show that San Fran cisco has relatively lost ground in the race of Pacific coast cities. Los Angeles, for example, had 319,198 people, according to 1910 census, but now the estimate for that southern California marvel of boost and climate in 600,000. It is doubtless correct, for it Is Los Angeles' own estimate. Who knows better, or will know until 1920, when the United States will make new census? In 1910 San Francisco had 416,912. and now, according to estimates, the figures are 650,000. Statistics for 1918 compiled "from municipal sources" by the reliable World Almanac, give Portland 810,000, a considerable gain over the 207,214 of 1910. The same authority gives Seattle 356.000, ns airainst 237,194 in 1910. Possibly Mr. Cheney has taken these totals aa the basis of his inter esting calculation for 1933. But if Los Angeles has passed San Francisco, and Portland has in view that gratifying probability. In four teen years, where, will Seattle be in the contest? If Seattle wants a prophecy to tickle its vanity let it follow Portland's example, and hire an expert. t ROWING THE ATLANTIC. The attitude of semi-Incredulity which a large part of the public holds toward pending attempts to cross the Atlantic by airplane has a parallel in the skepticism with which, 100 years ago this month, people looked upon the approaching initial voyage of a steamship across the same ocean. This vessel was the Savannah, which had been built in New York in the previous year as a sailing packet. Fulton's Clermont had made a successful trip on the Hudson river eleven years be fore that, in 1807. Owners of the Savannah caused her to be equipped with engines and paddle wheels, but the prophets of that day pointed out that no vessel could possibly carry coal enough to propel her from Amer ica to England. The story of preparation for the voyage was similar to that of the pre liminaries for the now approaching flight. Tho Savannah lay for some weeks in harbor at Savannah, Ga, watting for favorable weather. She availed on May 24. 1S19, and made the voyage in twenty-seven days. She was tinder sttram only eighty hours of this time, however, and this fact was pointed out by the I-toId-you-so breth ren of that time In confirmation of their prognostications of failure. But the Slrius. a 700-ton steamship, cut the time to seventeen days in 1S38 Progress of ocean navigation since then has been steady, if not always rapid. The aviators now about to set off on their pioneer undertaking will be pardoned by the thoughtful, however. for exercising even a little more cau tion than is commonly expected of men who take their lives wtth them every time they go aloft. Their en gines are no mere auxiliaries. Thev must make the entire vovage under their own power or fail utterly. And uccess Is vital in many ways. The starting point chosen, St. Johns, N. F., Is on a bleak and Inhospitable shore. Only the coast of Labrador, of all the Atlantic littoral, perhaps, would offer worse conditions at this time of year. The Newfoundland banks are notori ously otervast. But here the distance to be traeld Is reduced to a prac tical minimum. If the flyers succeed In negotiating it. they will be able to estimate the margin of safety which la left to them, and this will prepare the way for later voyages from points isrthcr south. A step at a time, con fidence will be gained, shortcomings orrccted. and probably In much less Time than it took to reduce steamship navigation to a routine flying across the Atlantic will be regarded as a jnaMer f course. The YVrtqhts thought they had ac complished something worth while when they succeeded In making it flight of only fifty-nine seconds in 3 903. This was within the memory of most college boys of today. The longest right made in 105 only four teen years ago was one of halt as kour. Lack of Interest in the approaching ocean flights may not be due so much to disbelief in -their being made as to our growing habit of taking everything for cranted. A fine souadron of sur- raft gave a truly splendid exhibition In Portland the other day. and al though it aroused some interest It elicited no expression of wonder. Pco I'le. Indeed, were Dot able to forget that watching them gave them an un comfortable weariness in the neck. There was nothing awesome about the exhibition. As to the momentous cx Terlmrnt about to be 'made on the other coast, there is already a feeling f iniliriir over delays. But the aviators undoubtedly are serious men. well aware of the ri.-k they are taking and willing to dare it. but nevertheless possessing a wholesome longing to en Joy the fruits of success. If they sue tied, as fcu beca S&fECitxJ, tity. wi CREATING A SYMTIIONY ORCHESTRA. A home without music is a sad place. There aro only a few such in America, though the vogue of the cottage organ, or the accordion, or the fiddle, has given way to tho vlctrola. tho piano and the violin. What music has done for the people of America and the world Is beyond estimate. The better the music the more advanced the civilization and tho more rational and beneficial the religion. If a home is a cultural waste with out music what about a community? It is as backward as a people without a national song. The need is felt and known and is sought to be supplied in a thousand ways. The church has its pipe organ, tho theater its orchcS' tra, the moving picturo house its or chestrion, the school its gleo club, the lodge its piano and every group its own method of appealing to the hii man instinct for sweet sounds. So music is a part of the lifo and thought and desire of all the people, with al most no exception not even the Indian or the wild tribes of Thibet. Yet, strangely enough, it has been difficult to establish music in its proper position in public entertain ment and education, such for example, as literature. Wo have a public library for the benefit of all, but no real musical center. Yet, who has failed to note that in private hands, for the past winter and spring there has been a remarkable emphasis on musical attractions? In no equiva lent period have so many artists of high repute come to Portland; and they have been greeted uniformly by large audiences. The Portland Symphony or chestra languishes. Tho reason can not be that its programmes are what are regularly known as "high-brow.1 for the same class of offerings has met with approval in other cities. Nor can it be thut the skill of the musicians is below par. for it is of the best. .It is equalled only by the zeal which they have shown in the sup port of real art, for art's sake alone under many discouraging circum stances. Nor can it be that the public taste is vitiated and that it is In different either to classical or mod ern compositions, for it has-many times shown that it appreciates the best. What, then, is the matter? Prob ably it Is the basis on which the symphony orchestra Is founded a co-operative or volunteer scheme without a permanent endowment, or fixed leadership and psoflssional busi ness management. It is all a mere makeshift, a hand-to-mouth arrange ment. which is content with partial results and augurs poorly for the fu ture. There is no reproach Or criti cism to be made of the devoted men who have made up the orchestra, or the Indefatigable and generous wo men who have tried to keep It on its feet; only a statement of the situa tion which all will recognize to be correct. Now it is promised that the sym phony orchestra finances will be un derwritten by a group of Portland citizens who will aid in devising a plan for permanent organization and support that Portland may have such an orchestra as any educated com munity should have, and that many other American communities have. The plan should succeed. - ing districts. Farmers' daughters used to be ridiculed by the story writers and paragraphers when they came home from boarding school to demand napkins and finger bowls and chintz curtains and cheerful wall paper, but the fact Is that the daugh ters quite often won their point, as the sons will win theirs in the time to come. It was a great day for farming when the young folks began to travel. Ventilation and open plumb ing and hot and cold water, in tbsl rural regions date from that time. Except in the isolated sections populated by the pioneers, a normal community life for farmers is not im possible. The department of the in terior has recognized this in formu lating its reclamation plans, one of the significant phases of which is the community center. But there is grow ing demand everywhere for greater social development. Union of rural churches is one of the steps in this direction. Opening of district schools to civic activities is another. Every once in a while the rural press tells of the building' of a new community dance hall in the farming country. Local libraries grow apace. Good roads, the automobile and the tele phone are annihilating distance. If further impetus is needed, it no doubt will be furnished by the return ing soldiers. The conservative old boys might as welt stop complaining of hifalutin' ideas and line up for the coming change. Mahomet was a wise bird, as he showed when he went to the mountain. If farm life) as it is now being lived doesn't suit men who have grown fond of the society of their kind, it will be changed. Presen prices of products of the soil argue against the Idea that husbandry is going to become a lost art. to lltOM THE ARMY" TO THE l.tKM. It does not follow, as the pessimists seem to believe, that because our sol dlcrs have become accustomed to hav ing much company, have grown to think in terms of squads, platoons and companies, and have been working under orders, they will necessarily make discontented farmers after they return to civil life. There hiay be ground for the supposition that they will not return to the old way of liv ing without having thoughts ot their own upon the subject, but there are plenty of precedents for reform of an institution from the outside. Prac tically every modern improvement now found in the farm home can be traced directly to the influenco of younger members of tho family who have been away to school, or have lived for a time in tho city, and who return home insisting that hardships and deprivations are not indispensable to farm life. Instead of expecting farmer -etoya to abandon farming because they have been won by the gregarious spirit of the army, we ehotiid expect to see a CiiftngcA stimniunily. life in tha Xurm-j RAINY EASTERS. The apparently well-established be' lief that if it rains on Easter Sunday there will be six rainy Sundays follow ing, seems destined to go. the .way of other superstitions founded, as Profcs sor Conklin of the University of Oregon would say, upon "willingness to gener alize from a few affirmative cases.' There is this difference, so far as the records of the Portland weather of fice are concerned, that even the few affirmative cases are lacking. In tho twenty-five years, 1894 1918 Inclusive, there were sixtee Easter Sundays on which it rained and nine upon which there was no rain. Of the Eusters classed as rainy, there were three upon which only .01 of an Inch of rain fell, and three upon which the official instruments recorded only a "trace," which is less than .01 of an inch. But those who cling to the raln-on-Easter superstl tion will look in vain for comfort to any of these records. Only one rainy Easter in the entire quarter century was followed by six Sundays on which some rain fell This was in 1917, when there was .0 of an inch of precipitation on Easter and the record was completed by a scratch, the sixth Sunday following producing only a "trace." The wettest Easter of tho period, that of 1904 when .35 of an inch fell, was followed by three Sundays on which no rain fell, two on which there was .01 of an inch, and one on which there was only a "trace." The next wettest Easter in these parts was that of 1914." The rainfall on that day was .25 of an inch. It rained on the two Sundays following, there was .01 of an inch on each of the two Sundays after them, tho fifth Sunday was entirely rainless, and there was .05 of an inch of precipitation on the sixth. The sixteen Easters on which there was rain were followed altogether by thirty-six Sundays which were en tirely without rain. The nine Easters on which there was no rain were fol lowed by thirty rainy Easters within the six-weeks' period. It is impos sible to twist the record in a manner that will give the slightest support to the ancient tradition. Those who enjoy examining crop and weather superstititions in the pitiless light of statistical research are commended to the unassailable records so carefully kept by Fore caster Wells. No doubt the equally prevalent notions that it is unsafe to cut hay in the Willamette valley un til after the Fourth of July, that it always rains when the hops are being harvested and that we can count on storms when the bloom is on the prune would go In the same direction It would be interesting in the same time and the same manner to ex amine that other hoary superstition that the weather changes with the moon's phases and particularly the one concerning "equinoctial storms. Availability of accurate data spells death to the practice of drawing er roneous conclusions from casual and nearly always mistaken observation ITALY'S BOLT AT PARIS. Withdrawal of the Italian delegates from the peace conference will force on Italy a final choice between the old practices of Europe and the new principles for the triumph of which the United States entered the war. Italy claims Flume by right of con quest, and supports the claim by statements as to the nationality of the majority of the population, which are disputed. President Wilson declares for the principles for which Ameri cans fought, and his statement will be approved by the American people. The principle on which he says that the Adriatic question should be settled is indorsed by the British and French delegation at Paris, although the treaty of 1915 ties their hands and prevents them from joining in his statement. This crisis well defines the sharp change in the purposes of the war which was effected by the interven- ion of the United States and of the nations which followed our lead. While the allies went to war in order to resist German aggression, they also planned conquests for themselves which were open to the same con demnation on principle as those which the central powers sought, although they would doubtless have given the conquered people more just, humane rule with a larger measure of free dom than Germany and its confed erates would have given. They made secret treaties parceling out among themselves the territory which they hoped to conquer. In order to induce Italy to join them, the original allies mudo a treaty with that country con ceding to it almost the whole east coast ot the Adriatic with its fringe of islands, but mention of Flume is significantly omitted. Since that treaty was mado Russia, ono of the parties to it, has withdrawn from the war and has renounced its obligations, the United States and other nations have joined the allies to fight for purposes directly contrary to the splrU of the treaty. Italy bus accepted valuable aid from this country and has acclaimed tho principles for which America fought and gave this aid. New gov ernments have also come into power ia Eritiii and Fioucc, I14V8 adopted, 'the American principles and have ac cepted those principles as applying to themselves. As regards Flume, Brit ain and France are free to support the American position and to decide the question in accord .with it. As re gards Dalmatia, Italy is morally bound by its acceptance of American aid and by its approval of American aims to renounce its claims under the treaty of 1915 and to let those claims be judged according to the new dis pensation of the league of nations. There is small room for debate as tp the justice of Mr. Wilson's conclu sion that under the new diplomacy Fiume should be a part of the new Jugo-Slav state. For many centuries it has been a part of Croatia, by turns under Croat and Hungarian rule. Although the majority of the people in the city proper are Italians, they are Slav and Magyar if the suburbs are included. Hungarian census fig ures are notoriously unreliable. Until recently Hungarian policy favored Italians against Slavs, a person who speaks the favored language was counted as of the favored race, and Italian is the common language of all races on the Adriatic. As the presi dent says, Fiume is the natural outlet to the sea for the Jugo-Slavs and for all the peoples to the northwest, but under the plan of open highways to the sea which is to be adopted it would be free to Italian use. Italy's claim to Dalmatia and its islands on the plea that they are needed for defense, shows that it has not yet changed its point of view to suit the. new system which is to be established. The Jugo-Slav state will have at best 14,000,000 people to Italy's 36,000,000 plus those redeemed from Austria. Jugo-Slav territory is backward in development, and the part of it comprised in Siberia has been ravaged by war. Italy has nothing to Xear from such a country. Kacial hatred will prevent alliance of this statue with Hungary or German Austria unless denial of access to th sea on equal term3 with other states should supply a motive for joint ac tion. AH military defenses are to be razed along the Adriatic coast, an if Italy will follow a policy of live and-let-live with Its neighbors it will be in no more danger of attack than is the United States In danger from Canada across the great lakes. Italy's policy is still dominated .by the ideas and conditions of the nineteenth ccn tury. Italy does not yet realize that the greedy, tyrannical Hapsburg em pire has passed away, though Italy was the chief instrument of its de struction. Italian statesmen may be pardoned for reluctance to yield, for the Italian people are intoxicated with victory and their hopes of realizing the dreams of national greatness hav been raised high. It would have been political suicide for Premier Orland ana Karon honnino to accept th proposals of Mr. Wilson without de terrained effort to realize those hopes, and politicians are no more inclined to suicide in Italy than in America- Some- time may be required for the Italians to revise their views, and no doubt secret emissaries from the enemy will urge them to resistance in the hope of splitting the allies. But the allies need scarcely fire a shot in order to bring Italy to reason, if it should prove obstinate. A naval blockade of all Italian coasts and an economic and financial boycott, such as is proposed by the Paris covenant. woum soon have its effect. Italv produces no coal or iron, ,is largely dependent on imports for food and essential raw materials and is defi cient in capital. Unquestionably, the three great powers would exhaust all means of persuasion before they re sorted to coercion of .a gallant ally but if they should be driven to such an extreme measure Italy would yield, provided the powers exercise the needed firmness of purpose. When Amundsen and Shackleton read that John Cope has flown to the south pole, they will think how much trouble they might have saved if they had only waited a few years. But then your born explorer can never wait. Enduring hardships and facing danger are the fun of the game. Those Who Come and Go. No legislature ever thinks of pass ing an eight-hour day bill for the sun. He never works less than eight hours a day in this latitude, and in summer his time goes to sixteen hours. If anybody ever had a good excuse to go bolshevist, he has. A league of nations framed by the Huns would be in the same class with the web into which the spider invited the fly, with this difference, that the character or the Hun spider is so well known that no nation would be such a fool as to play the part of the fly. Just like the boche. Admiral Straus no sooner had laid his mine field in the North sea than he had to sweep up again, because the boche quit. Put a man to all that trouble for nothing. The clergyman is about the last to get an increase of salary, when he should be among the first. "The laborer Is Worthy of his hire," but the stewards are neglectful sometimes. That long distance telephone wed ding was a most unsatisfactory affair. The preacher had no chance to kiss the bride, nor the best man to lose the ring. Why should it be necessary to ap peal to people to buy the victory bond? is patriotism a failure and has Amer icanism run out? Some of these hysterical fellows who shoot at short notice will kill somebody some day and a lot of peo ple will be sorry. Near Lebanon the other day a farm home burned forty-eight hours after the insurance expired. How about yours? Twenty-five million pounds of pota toes are being sold in Portland by the government, and scarcely anyone in the town knows about the transaction. Major Tingley, of the quartermaster's department, who was . a resident of Vancouver before the war, was sent here from San Francisco to dispose of the hoard of spuds the government had accumulated. He met George L. Burt at the Imperial, where both were regis tered, and the upshot was that Burt, who is in the potato game, became in terested and. Is handling the transac tion for the major. Hundreds of car loads of potatoes are being distributed without affecting the local market and the government is getting a good price. Seattle was anxious to haye the credit of handling the 2o,000,ooo spud deal, but Major Tingley has performed the feat and Portland has received the credit, notwithstanding that Seattle banqueted the major which is more than Portland has done. 'T can make more money on my 100 sheep than I can on the crops on my 400-acre farm. I don't understand why the farmers in the Willamette valley do not go In more for sheep," said Thomas B. Kay, who runs thje Salem Woolen mills and was, until January 1, the state treasurer. "Next week the government is going to have a wool auction In Portland. The government has between 12.000,000 and 15,000,000 pounds of last year's wool clip stored In Portland. This is as much or more wool than is produced annually in Ore gon.; The .layman does not realize how wool shrinks. The fine wools which the government will auetion shrink as much as 70 per cent when they have been scoured. In January we couldn't get the cost out of woolen- cloths, as dealers thought wool prices would drop. Instead of dropping, wool is holding its own and dealers would be glad to pay now the -prices that they could have bought at three months ago." "If it ever comes to a vote, the cattle men will put the sheep industry in Klamath out of business," asserted C. V. Stone of Klamath Falls. '"However, I am informed that the sheep men and the cattle men are getting together and will soon agree on a division of the range. The cattle men have been there a long time and the sheep men are more recent arrivals. Sheepherders were hard to get a few years ago and the owners adopted the policy of giving some ' Irish lads an ' interest in the bands, and under this system the sheep industry improved greatly, and the boys have benefited well. The sheep, however, have used up much of the range and the cattlemen have not been satisfied. There is a prospect of an harmonious settlement." Walter Gleason, formerly a Portland attorney and now a Captain in the reg ular army, is limping around the city on a cane. Captain Gleason, who left Portland as a lieutenant, was promoted overseas and his commission for major had been issued when the armistice was signed, and it was recalled by telegraph, at the same time that hun dreds of others were held up. The cap tain is an instructor in the school of fire, at Fort Sill, where ho was sent few weeks before the war closed, afte being gassed in France. His orders were to report in 16 weeks to his bat tery overseas, but the armistice cam along and stopped that. Captain Glea son is a son of the late James Gleason, who was a prominent figure in the Oregon bar. Time was when the Irish mail, pro pelled by the motive power of husk Hibernians, was an important feature on the maintenance of way of rail roads. The handcar cost about $40. Now the railroads think nothing of ordering 60 gasoline motor cars costin about 1460 each. The gasoline hand cars can cover, of course, a great deal more mileage in a day than when Jerry had to oil the car. A. A Taylor, gen eral manager of the railroad depart ment of the Fairbanks-Morse company, tlte biggest motor handcar concern the world, came to town yesterday t talk things over with Emery J. David son, the local man in charge. Novel-Reading. By Grace E. Hall I'd like to know just what you think each day, dear. Without disguise to make it seem less crude; I'd like to read each thought along the way, dear, Each one to smile or sigh an inter lude; Each one an introduction to another, dear. Til there's a volume large and fine and true; I'd like to read each page, however long, dear. And And each filled with love for me from you! It isn't hard to write a thrilling book, dear. When you have the story in your heart to tell; So assure me with at least a tender look, dear. That YOU sure could write a story that would sell! He is a bachelor and owns a lot of property and Has been the despair many mothers in Tacoma has Frank B. Cole, who is in Portland on a trip. Mr. Cole is the founder of the Snail club of Tacoma, which Isn't such a slow or ganization as the name implies, for it composed of the live wires of the town, and when they have lunch coffee is always served for and with the Snails. He owns a rattle-trap car and has other worldly possessions and is, taken by and large, a prosperous citi zen of the hamlet which the late George Francis Train christened the City of Destiny. O. G. Mclntyre, who is hoarding water at the outlet of Bull Run lake, is at the Imperial. Mr. Mclntyre's post office address is Brightwood. A tern porary obstruction was placed at the outlet and the water of the lake was raised nine feet. Now a permanent ob struction will probably be built. This Is of particular importance to those Fortlanders who sprinkle lawns in summer time and are always being ad monished about the shortage of Bull Bun water. In the matter of first roses to bloom there is glory for alh Just now it's the lilac and the coming snowball. The coming luxury taxes will not affect tle ordinary run of people, and the others can stand them. Buying a bond is also a matter of conscience and a real fellow cannot get away from it. As the Roumanians draw near, Bela Kun does not sound as warlike as his name. Davis. Darby or Dickens, whatever his name was, probably expected what he got. Mexico not recognize the Doctrine, eh? Mexico cannot spill tho frijolcs. It's easy to beat the Beavers ia the befiinnins, jyfti ajyhUc I sold 50,000 worth of land of the Lewiston Land & Water Company in the past few weeks." announced James Snipe, at the Imperial. "I was made manager of the company today, pos lbly because I accomplished the feat. The company was in the hands of a re ceiver, but is getting along nicely and recently I received a nice dividend. Mr. Siiipe was formerly a miller at The Dalles. Mrs. J. L. Van Dorm and Mrs. F. D. Thleken of Salem are registered at the Seward. Mrs.. Van Dorm -has a brand ew home in Salem and it had a house warming during the legislature, which was attended by about 20 members tho senate. House and third house, and member of the fish and game com mission played the player piano untir ngly. Mr. Van Dorm is a fruit packer. The Shasta limited should be 1 stored," confided Clerk Hermann, at the Hotel Portland. "There are people n the hotel who frequently have to re main over two or three days in order to obtain a lower berth. Restoration of the Shasta limited would be of great cnefit to the traveling public." After a month's illness, Joseph Mat- tey of Lafayette. Or., came to Port land and is registered at the Perkins. He is an old-timer at Lafayette and has a ranch near there called Hereford Farm, and he registers from McMinn ville. Everyone in Yamhill knows him. T. G. Randolph of Seattle, who takes motion pictures, was at the Hotel Ore gon on his way to Walla Walla, where he will reduce to film the tractor show. He intended snapping the victory pa rade yesterday but conditions were not favorable. Blind Slough was represented at the Hotel Oregon yesterday by Jack Koski. Blind Slough is a station this side of Astoria, in Clatsop county, where the Larkin-Grcen Lumber company gives employment to hundreds of men. Georgo C. of Chicago was the signature on the Imperial register. There was a debate whether tho asterisks meant his name was Star or what, until someone had a happy thought. Tho traveler's name was Hen ncssy.' ' B. L. Eddy, state senator from Doug las county. Is registered at the Im perial. Senator Kddy Is one of the sponsors for the reconstruction bond measure which the people will vote on June 3. , LIGHT CAST OS . BLUE BUCKET. Gold Found In Small Stream, Probably Tributary of John Day. PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Ed itor.) I am not able to answer tha title of your editorial of this date, "Where was Blue Bucket?" but may contribute something to historical ac curacy as to time, while discussion of this Eldorado of mingled fact and fic tion Is proceeding. The gold finding referred to was in 1845, and the discov ery was made by a party of immigrants of that year who left the main road in the vicinity of the present town of On tario on the Snake river, and, following the lead of Stephen Meek, turned west erly in an attempt to reach the Wil lamette Valley by a more direct route which since has been known as "Meck's cut-off." The party proceeded for a number of days, crossing a divide separating the valley of the Malheur from either the Silvies or the John Day, and some where near the end of this digression encampment was made on a small stream (more probably a tributary of the John Day river.) Bither while fish ing in this stream or in taking water therefrom for camp purposes numerous pieces of yellow metal were found in the stream bad or crass roots, the character of which was debated and tests made by hammering the nuggets Into different forms on the wagon tires. No doubt specimens were brought away by some of the immigrants and may be individual possessions at this time. My Information came to me from my father, who was a pioneer of lS4i, a member of the party and at that time 18 years of age. He received letters or inquiry during a number of succeeding years as to the location in question, and he often -spoke of the incident. Both the Durbin and Herren families of Marion county, referred to in your editorial, were Immigrants of 184o, as was also James Terwllliger, who lo cated a donation claim in tho southern part of Portland, and from whom the boulevard 's named. I am not certain that the Durbins and Herrens were members of the particular party rc ferred to. although I think they were, but Mr. Terwilliger certainly was. As to how the discovery came to be named there are several versions, not materially differing, however, and all having to do with a blue painted bucket or blue painted buckets car ried by one of the families. The late Joaquin Miller, poet, who was an in teresting recounter of both pioneer Oregon fact and romance, who also spent several years of the early 60's at Canyon City, where recital of the Blue Bucket discovery v.as heard by him near at hand, about the year 190 told the writer very definitely that the name originated from the color of the receptacle used by one of the families taking water from the stream and in which the golden nuggets were carried to camD. It may be stated that when members of the Meek party refused further to follow his lead and again started east ward from the vicinity of the gold dis covery, they did not retrace their steps back to the main road wnere it was left, but Droceeded around the north erly part of the Malheur valley and re-entered the main immigrant road some distance north of the point of de oarture. whence the members made their way to The Dalles and later, and in December. 1845. by raft to the Vil lage of Portland, where a number of them camped near w-nat 13 now xna foot of Washington street. SON OF A PIONEER. In Other Days. 'THE" WORK IS WASTED BY MEN Job In Which Toiler la Interested Is Conducive to Stability. ASTORIA. Or., April 23. (To the Editor.) Uppermost In the public mind just now are the problems of after-war changes and necessities (often improp erly called reconstruction in this coun trv. I think) and the greatest is un doubtedly the one of employment- Reading people are now so familiar with the efforts put rorth by the vari ous agencies to find work for men that I do not wish to discuss the ques tion, generally, but to bring attention to one side of it. Merely to find "work" for a man un less It is "the work' falls to stabilize employment or to bring about general industry, prosperity and contentment. and without these the restless condi tion now prevailing throughout the world will be greatly augmented. If a man Is given work, merely to sustain life, which is wholly distaste ful to him and for which he is not at all qualified, he is a reluctant and in different laborer, coming to work slothfully and waiting only for the blast of the whistle to quit. He drags himself to the camp or mill through dire necessity, is uninterested nd sul len and in a frame of mind ready to join any iem which offers escape lrora his surroundings. He shuffles along n this spiritlr-ss way until "pay day, and then begins the search for other work. From such a condition intelli gent men suffer- a' ' thmrsaTid times more than from any physical malady. But change conditions. Place this man at the worK lor wnicn ne nas a liking, and some qualification and he comes on tne jod in tno morning shaved and clean looking and eager for a chance to do something that day that hall send him farther"ahead. I do not mean the men only wno nave cican jobs, but those who work in industrial plants and get their hands and clothes and faces greasy and black. The fact that the agricultural sections are re ported by the United States Bureau of Labor to be short three million hands is a concrete illustration. How many mone this vast number Know any thing about farm work or could take the slightest interest in It, knowing that it is only short-term employment m keen them alive? Intermittent un employment is the greatest breeder of iscontent. Years of experience with working- cn leads me to feel that few men are lazv. They simply can t neip going ahead if they are working with head nd hand at the same time. i. s. A. Twenty-five Years Aso. From The Oregonian, April 23, 1S9 4. San Francisco. James A. Healey. aa oid-time actor, died today of apoplexy. He was well known In New York many years ago. Washington. Attorney General Ol ney today appointed John M. Gearin an assistant district attorney for Oregoo to assist in the prosecution ot the Chi nese and opium smuggling cases. 4 Kelly's army, now the largest march ing on Washington, reached Waiut, la, yesterlSay. It numbers H53 men. The democratic ticket for the cy and county lias been completed. Rob ert D. lmiian heads the city tit'het and Douglas W. Tivlor. lur sheriff, heds tho county tickrt. HOW TO PROMOTE lf,H OF MILK Writer Says Beat V4 ay la to Reduee Prices to Reasonable I-'Igune. PORTLAND, April 21. (To ihe Edi tor.) In reference, to tho limrtcd de mand for milk and butter It is ratber amusing to note that tho newly formed dairymen's association has suddenly come to the conclusion that our health, is endangered because wo are not us ing enough of their products. Even our food and dairy inspector Meiklc, a member of the association, tells us that it is absolutely necessary for us to use moro milk and butter and to cut out the oleomargarine. Also J. E. Dunne, tho ico cream man, another member of the association, has gone on a trip through eastern Oregon and is to confer with the school superin tendents with a view to boost the dairy interests there. Probably the next move will be a suggestion that the taxpayers be asked to furnish gratis milk for the dear school children. This new propaganda, financed by the J50 membership fee, which each new member puts up, seems rather far fetched. They now have their products altogether too high, compared witn other states, consequently tho demand is limited. If they get their prices right there will be no necessity of stumping tho country to advise us to use more of their products. We are now paying 14 cents a quart for milk, whereas in Seattle and San Francisco it is 10 cents. As to butter, it was $1 a roll during the debate in Salem on the oleomargarine license. and immediately tho bill was passeo. the price was boosted to 1.30, at wnicn price it still remains, although it is now nearly the end of April, with lots of grass and in one of the best dairy states in the union. Apparently a gentleman's agreement Is in force. What the public should oemana is an Investigation of the milk, butter and egg business such as was given the Front-street commission men, somo years ago. There is stin iresn in our memory the justice that was meted out to them. Our dairy business is apparently getting into a full-fledged truet. CITIZEN. LAW ENFORCEMENT 13 SPORADIC Correapondrnt Sayn Orliciala Deal br Sparta With Traffic Violators. PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Ed itor.) The Oregonian carries sin ac count of the murder of an old man on the Tualatin bridge by a speeding auto mobile. It is also stated that the driver was spooning with his girl and trying to drive at the same time. The only surprising thing about this accident is that It did not happen sooner. Anyone who drives about town considerably sees chances for fatal ac cidents, due to reckless driving, almost every day. Every little whilo the police wake up and make a lot of arrests for violation of traflo rules and then take a rest. 1 know from experience. About a year ago a traffic officer stationed near L,add avenue and Division street made 25 or 30 arrests In one evening for cut ting the corner. But what good did that do except to those arrested? The corner is cut as usual. The 'Sunday Oregonian gave an ac count of the swift ride of W. G. McAdoo from Oregon City to Portland In a Hud son 50 miles per hour nearly all the wav. The stato law says that 25 miles is the limit. Why has the C. L. Boss company any more right to break the law than any ordinary persons, even though it happens to have a somewhat distinguished guest? Arrests for driving an automobile while intoxicated are frequent. The Derson arrested, is given a small lino and turned looso to try it again. In stead of the police and sheriff enforcing the law at all times, they wait until a fatal accident has occurred and then do a lot of "spouting" about what they Intend to do. A RiiADJiK. WHY ARE MEN OK NAVY IGNORED? Sailor Discovers That Soldiers Are Get ting; All tbe Credit and Medals. PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Ed itor.) An article In The Oregonian Wednesday under the heading "Half- Holiday Is Planned" states: "Portland will have a nan-noiiday June 12 when the monster military patreant of the victory rose festival will take place and when at festival center tho 11,000 medals given by the city to returning soldiers will bo presented." Why Is it the returning soldier and not the sailor who always gots the credit and the medal? For 21 months 1 was a sailor in the United States navy and for 19 weeks of that time I was in tho submarino war zone on a mine carrier loaded with enough TNT, were it exploded in our harbor, to annihilate tho city of Portland. And all this time we were subject to attacks by the torpodo. But the mam fact Is we Had to got tno mines across so we could bettlo up the Hun. For thlH we get no credit. W e come homo without honors, parades or re ceptions and are requested to keep out of tho way. Of course, we aro not ex pected to be in on the medals or cred its for anything in tins war Decause we are in the navy " and navy men are outcasts to society and are tt be avoided by our city dadc and papers. Why ? J. i. MALKKS, C. M. M-. N. S. Xi. It. ! Class 2 (Relieved H 10S2 Belmont street. Second Wife Tskes All. BAY CITT, Or., April 23. (To the Editor.) A man marries and has chll- ren. His Wtte dies nu n marries again, iie and seconu wuc nmo iiinuo II they possess and nave a joint, ccca. Now, if husband -snouia uio wunout aking a 'Will wnat part wouio tne Its inherit and what part would the children Inherit? SUBSCRIBER. If tho property was held Jointly, the wife yould inherit all, , .... . CHILD SONG. The bluebird comes. Spring will come, too. Flowers and grass. Under the blue. Skies lost In clouds, Lightning and rain. Make us forget Earth lives a-galn. Winter's dark veil Once torn away, Karth. liko a bud, Opens to Matv. Sins, bluebird, sins' See what you've done Given u the flowers. Brought back the sun! RAYMOND E. BAKER. Wife of Alien In Allen. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., April 23. (To tho Editor.) If an American citi zen (woman), who has voted and held office and is serving in a county office at the time, marries a foreigner, is she less a citizen for this ad? A CITIZEN. When a woman marries sim takes tho citizenship of her husband. If she is American born and weds an alien ahq loses her right to vote, ,