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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1919.
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SOME IMAGINARY DANGERS.
In the whole course of American
diplomacy scarcely a treaty has been
made -which did not require further
action by congress to put it in effect.
Kvery treaty in some manner restrict
ed exercise of national sovereignty, by
binding us to do something which we
should not otherwise have done or not
to do something which we should have
done. Because this was so, the con.
titutional questions as to the author
ity of the president and senate to ne
gotiate and ratify such treaties have
been raised, aa to nearly every treaty,
beginning with the presidency of
George Washington, and it has been
held that they acted within their pow
ers, and the supreme court has sus
tained that view.
These facts of history were brought
out by Senator Walsh, of Montana, in
a recent speech on the league of na
tions, and his speech disposed of much
false alarm about the league. It has
been said that the league would be a
super-sovereign to which would be
transferred some of the sovereign
powers that are entrusted by the con
stitution to the president and congress.
There is no such transfer. All decis
ions of the league Involving this coun
try would have to be followed up by
action of congress to put them into
effect. That would be true of any ac
tion requiring appropriation of money,
limit of armament, raising an army,
boycotting a recalcitrant nation, or of
a declaration of war. Nor is it true
that treaties have not heretofore been
made binding us to make war. The
treaty of Paris in 1898 bound us to
maintain the Independence of Cuba;
the Panama treaty binds us to uphold
the independence of that republic; and
we were formerly bound to maintain
freedom of transit on the isthmus, of
Panama, an obligation which we were
often called upon to perform by force
or arms. The validity of these treaties
has not been questioned. The differ.
ence between them and the 'league is
that they were agreements with one
nation, while the league is an agree
ment with thirty-one nations: the
principle is the same.
In giving authority to the treaty-
making body to agree to that which
only congress has authority to do. our
constitution is not unlike those of
many other signatories of the cove
nant. They restrict the war-making
power as carefully as we do, and all
of them forbid expenditure of money
without authority from the represen
tattve body, which restriction alone
nrevents unauthorized war, but that
does not prevent treaties which bind
them to war in certain contingencies.
Though allied with Germany and Aus
tria, Italy through its parliament held
that the contingency requiring it to
join them had not arisen and re
mained neutral for eight months. In
like manner congress would decide
whether Its obligation under the cove
nant bound it to declare war.
Danger is conjured up that the
United States might be bound to de
clare war or to proclaim a boycott by
the votes of other nations. perhaps so
insignificant as Liberia. That is im
possible under the covenant. Such a
ilecision could be reached only by the
i-ouncil. which would consist of the
five principal allies and four smaller
nations named by the assembly, and
must be unanimous. Tho vote of this,
country alone could prevent unani
mity and thus prevent a league war.
Our position is such that other nations
would vote with us, for only the ur
vivai of a narrowly insular view of
our national position continues to
draw a sharp dividing line between
America and Europe. If the war has
proved anything, it is that Britain,
France and Italy, to say nothing of
the smaller allies, are as devoted to
ilemoc-rary as we, and that the true
line of division should have been be
tween democracy and autocracy with
out regard to oceans and continents.
There is small danger that, if the
nine nations which will compose the
council should agree that occasions
had arisen for war on a recalcitrant
nation, congress would refuse to de
clare war on the offender or that pub
lic opinion would oppose such action.
As now constituted, the council would
include six European, two American
and one Asiatic powers. An offense
against the law of the world must be
most flagrant to draw upon it the con
demnation of all those nations, hav
ing diverse particular interests and
agreeing only on the general prin
ciples which should govern the na
tions. The real danger is that dis
sent by one or two nations might
shield some outlaw nation from well
deserved punishment.
The weakness of much criticism of
the league is that it consists of general
declamation instead of analysis of
the covenant and Its effects. Much
of it is demagogic appeal to prejudice,
like Senator Reed's vision of a com
bination of all the colored races
against the white race, and much
more is predicated on a bygone state
of facts. It is a smoke barrage.
Aneiican farmers have emigrated to
Canada in the past decade. The fig
ures show that, not (0,000 farmers
have left the United States for Canada
n ten years, and the department be
lieves that- this has been almost off
set by Immigration of Canadian farm
ers to this country. While consid
erable numbers of Americans have
gone to Canada, the bulk of them have
not been farmers, and have only add
ed to the gravity of the food produc
tion situation.
THE OTHER SIDE, ,
The indictment by the American
Federation of Labor of the courts for
usurpation of power in passing upon
the constitutionality of legislation re
calls to mind a recent Incident in Ore
gon affecting the rights of labor in
Portland. The supreme court of Ore
gon in December, 1317, pronounced
unconstitutional a Portland law loose
ly termed the antl-plcketing ordi
nance. The case had been taken Into
the, courts by a workman arrested for
violating the ordinance and convicted
in the municipal court.
The construction placed upon the
ordinance by the court was that it
attempted to prohibit workmen from
quitting their employment in a body
and thereby invaded constitutional
rights.
The incident is now recited to illus
trate the point that, whereas courts
may at times strain the constitution in
the estimation of the public, the legis-
lulu re does at times adopt unconsti
tutional laws.
We say the "legislature." In the In
cident cited the antl-plcketing law was
not the work of delegated lawmakers
but was referred to vote of the people
and was adopted by a majority of
those voting on the issue.
If courts are not to pass upon the
constitutionality of laws what relief
shall there be from operation' of laws
which in fact invade constitutional
rights?
Why does labor fall to recognize
that there are benefits obtained from
calm and judicial comparison of laws
with fundamental lights T Is it not
because the occasional deprivations
and disappointments are the more
conspicuous? The evils of child labor
are plainly before us because efforts
to curb it with federal laws have not
withstood the constitutional test in the
courts. Tet the evils from labor's
standpoint that would have accrued
from attempted enforcement of the
anti-strike law are only to be imag
ined.
It cannot be disputed that congress.
legislatures and even the people them.
selves at times, stupidly or thought
lessly, adopt laws that are proscribed
by the constitution. It is but little less
certain that courts sometimes trans
gress the bounds of reason in finding
constitutional objections to legislative
acts. But if we strike down the oeca
slonal evil of unwarranted court inter
ference we also strike down the whole
check and balance In the face of in.
numerable demonstrations of its vlr
tues. We thereby leave legislatures to
encroach without restraint upon the
constitution.
quite frequently if not always masks the rural districts. We seem to detect
the true reason for legal separation, here a reflex of the disappearance of
It is the commonest allegation in col- the old-fashioned spelling bee. The
lusive divorce cases. These two causes Burvey also Inquired into the home
account for most of " the divorces environment of the students. It was
granted by Judge Gatens and for 65.1 made plain that students from homes
per cent of all the divorces granted in in which both parents had college
the United States in 1916, There is training were better spellers than those
a similar parallel between the local I whose parents were not so well edu
flgures and those of the whole na-1 cated. But it is not determined
tion as to divorces granted upon alle-1 whether this is due to better home in
gation of adultery. Here fifteen men struction, or to the fact that college
offended, and only 10 women. In the I trained parents are likely to be on the
whole country the proportion was 68601 average of better mental stock than
men and 6616 women. But the figures I others. Relative Importance of hered.
In neither instance may be regarded ity and environment here remains un-
as final. It is the most often con- settled.
cealed fact in divorce cases, frequent-1 The remedy is more nearly ap
ly underlying the camouflage of "de- I proached when the words which were
sertion" and other formal allegations, misspelled are analyzed. The total
It also would illuminate our studies number of errors made was 1170, but
of. an important social problem if we the number of different words mis-
were informed as to the extent to spelled was only 581. Supposition that
which the attitude of cynicism, real I a large number of these were technical
and pretended, on the part of our pub-1 words is confuted by the facts. Only
lie entertainers toward the institution sixty-two were of a technical nature;
of marriage contributes to existing leaving the number of common words
conditions. Vaudeville songs of the at 519. Both as to the number of times
"I'm On My Way to Reno" type at misspelled and . as to number of stu
least do not emphasize the sanctity dents offending, "affect" headed the
of the tie. The motion pictures are list. Curiously, "effect" was nineteenth
far from guiltless in the same regard, from the top. "Lose" was third in
Easy divorce has furnished material order, but "loose" does not appear at
for many a gag, and audiences always all. Other words frequently mis
laugh appreciatively, if for no other spelled were complexion, Blmllar, sen
reason than to appear to be worldly Bitive, receive (nine offenses by nine
wise. If marriage and divorce are students), peculiarities, repetition,
Those Who Come and Co.
STt'DIES IX DIVORCE.
Anaylsis of a ten-day divorce court
record made by Judge Gatens recently
may not furnish material upon which
to base a conclusion, or through which
to .formulate a remedy, but it is
likely to help. There Is a great .lack
of precise information on the subject,
of the kind which Judge Gatens is
gathering, and to which he promises
to add in the future. It is now recog
nized that the proper groundwork for
reform is a "survey." and if" other
judges shall follow the example set
here in Portland, and Intimate data
shall be collected covering a wide ter
ritory and a considerable period of
time, it is possible that good will come
of it.
The United States census bureau re
cently Issued a bulletin covering the
year 1916 and comparisons with other
years, which showed an alarming in
crease in incidence of divorce in the
whole country. The rate in that year
was 112 per 100,000 of population, by
comparison with only eighty-four in
1906 and fifty-three in 1896. B.ick
1873, in the old-fashioned times.
it was only twenty-eight. But the
census, contenting itself with dull
and relatively i.ninspiring figures.
does not give even a glimpse of under
lying causes, such as may be obtained
from study of Judge Gatens' analysis.
The federal authorities, for example.
are unable to tell us how many wives
worked in gainful occupations after
marriage. These in Portland num
bered thirty in a total of fifty-five,
64.5 per cent of the whole. Only
seven who were employed before mar
riage, we learn, gave up their work in
favor of their new duties.
So it appears here, so far as frag
mentary figures show, that economic
Independence
made to seem amusing, of course It
is a platitude to say that they will not
be taken seriously. Tet we despair of
ever obtaining accurate data on this
heading through a "survey." The be-
Judgment, development, melancholy
anr study. There is a handy list of
"words often misspelled" to which stu
dents are urged to apply themselves,
but the survey seems to indicate that
ginnings of domestic infelicity are too this lkst is inadequate. It is proposed
imponderable to be traced in this way. that a list of 1500 or 2000 words be
It is nevertheless a good sign, so I compiled from those most frequently
far as it goes, that a beginning has used by high school and college stu
been made toward serious investiga-1 dents, and that every pupil in a high
tion. This will put the facts more or school be required to master it as a
less completely before the people con- prerequisite to graduation
cerned. It is auite generally conceded This, as the writer suggests, might
by the thoughtful that the quadrupling eliminate one "very prolific source of
of the divorce rate since 1870 is not I criticism of the college student s prep
a fact to be turned aside as a joke, aration." But it will be noted that the
Let the "surveys" go on always, of I student would be required to "master'
course, with a view to constructive the list. "Mastery" means close appli
reformatory action when conclusive cation and hard, dry work. Would the
data have been accumulated.
student consent to become a grind?
The modern tendency seems to be
awmw e m m Mmnlol. matlan rf anv.
ana irw-unra ana snruD-DeaecKea ., worfr. the effort? Or have we rone
Douievara promises to Decome one or too far in the process of finding the
the established Institutions of the I easy path to hope to find the old road
united states. Los Angeles Is no long- once more?
er to be the only "Mecca" for automo-
Klllc- rr" V. ..11 Ml.(,.l. 1 . .1 . 1
, T . v ",,,"""u HOMES FOR CHILDREN.
interstate bridge has caught the coun- ln iB 80 unequal as the equal treat-
try at large. Kentucky has taken up ment of the unequal" Is vindicated by
the plan. The whole south likes the the reports of the psychologists who
Idea. Coupled with the movement for have found that orphans reared In in.
Planting imposing snaae trees as .t;tntinn u a lnwer mental aver-
memonais tor soiaiers, it seems HKeiy thnn th. hrneht ,lr) ln the nor.
to result In such a carnival of outdoor
decoration as will make an automobile
ride on any good road In any direction
an esthetic joy.
The art of roadside decoration is
still young, but much may be expected
of it. The purpose to be sought Is
harmony of color and continuity of
bloom. This has been partly achieved
by choice of broom and roses for the
Interstate bridge approach. There Is
mal surroundings of home. After rea
sonable allowance has been made for
the probability that many public
charges are the progeny of parents
themselves unfit, it seems to have been
demonstrated that Institutional care
does not contribute to proper develop
ment of the young.
Two recent studies of the difference
between institutional children and
others have been made in Ohio and
no color so decorative as golden yel- I XT n.Li T ... ..,.
low. almost the exact tinge of the , thirty-seven per cent of institu
springt me sun. and none so dainty aa toal chlldren were found to be men-
me IJ111& ui uiu variety ox rose cnosen.
We need only an autumn red, like that
of the woodbine, to make the seasonal
cycle complete.
All possible colors harmonize in na.
ture, the super-esthetes to the contrary
notwithstanding. Flowers and trees
and plenty of them win be the goal
of the new roadside decorators. But
the aim should be to employ in each
instance a scheme of ornamentation
characteristic of the locality. There
are few localities in the United States,
even in the plains states, to which
some beautiful plants are not indig
enous. The automobile has immensely
widened the radius of travel of all
Americans, with consequences that
may be politically as well as econom
ically important. A journey from
state to Btate may in time become a
kaleidoscopic adventure of floral de
light, with every bloom nodding a sep
arate welcome to every tourist as he
speeds along. It will not detract from
the larger features of the landscape.
nor will the planting of flowering
shrubs preclude the programme of
planting slower growing trees. All
have their places. The esthetic move
ment is quite evidently popular. And
as localities develop. emulation in mat
ters artistic, it is easy to imagine that
they will be less keen for strife in
more sordid affairs. "Good roads,
and "beautiful roadsides" and
tally normal: ln the 4atter only forty
nine per cent. As the children' grow
older the disparity becomes more
marked. It is impossible even in the
best regulated orphan asylums to give
unequal children the unequal treat
ment which the nature of their sep
arate psychologies demands. Inequal
ity of treatment does not imply unjust
discrimination. But it is practiced
wit) good effect by the wise parents of
children of varying temperaments, and
it is possible in the present state of
society only in the well-regulated
home.
The depressing effect of association
of promising children with the less
hopefully subnormal is also a strong
reason for adoption of the home-find
ing policy ln the case of each normal
or nearly normal child. Importance
of favorable early environment can
not easily be overestimated. The point
is particularly worth emphasizing in
view of the experience of institutions
which are commited to the home
finding principle, that requests for
children for adoption exceed the avail
able supply.
"Pickers of loganberries are being
offered 2 cents a pound this year,"
says J. R. Colemarf, who has charge of
the federal employment- bureau at
Salem. "Some of the growers pay 1
cents, and give the extra half cent on
condition that the pickers remain
through the season. About S000 pick
ers will be needed and the season will
run about four or five weeks." Mr.
Coleman's father came to Oregon in
1847 and took up land in Yamhill coun
ty, where J. R. was born. In 1860 the
family moved over to St. Paul, on
French Prairie, because there was a
good school there, conducted by nuns,
the only school of Its kind outside of
Portland. The mission church, built
of brick at St. Paul, was erected in
1847, the year the original - Coleman
passed through after crossing the
plains. "The pioneers are about all
gone In that section," says Mr. Cole
man, "and it is the second generation
that is now found around the old set
tlement." S. H. Porshaw was the only reporter
Portland ever had who could speak
English, French, Italian, Spanish and
German. He used to display hts lin
guistic versatility when a member of
the staff of the Sun, in the '90's, and
when at the Seward yesterday with
Mrs. Forshaw a comedy printed In
Spanish protruded from his pocket. For
more than 20 years Mr. Forshaw has
been away fnpm the newspaper game
and has been conducting a florist shop
ln Pendleton. He comes to Portland
once a year to attend the Masonic
grand lodge, where his services as a
stenographer come in handy to report
proceedings, and then he spends a
week on a place he owns near Tlgard.
Half a million dollars' worth of road
bonds were brought to Portland and
delivered to agents for the purchasers
yesterday by Joseph G. Richardson,
deputy state treasurer: The bonds
bear 4 per cent. The Interest on daily
balances received by the state treasury
is 2 per cent, so Mr. Richardson made
haste to deposit the money for the
bonds in order that one interest charge
would aid in offsetting the other. In
about a week Mr. Richardson will
bring down from Salem $1,000,000 of
road bonds sold this month by the
state highway commission. The lot
delivered yesterday brought $93.58 on
the $100. The deputy state treasurer
is registered at the Hotel Oregon.
Clarence Cook, formerly chief of
service at the Imperial, arrived yester
day In his uniform, and at the same
time William Stipp, erstwhile bellboy.
breezed into the lobby. Stipp was in
the artillery section. These boys were
greeted by Ralph P. Boddy, who is be
hind the counter, and' the three fought
the war over and compared notes on
their respective officers. From Toul
to the Axgonne, Boddy went through
the war without receiving a scratch,
and he says he has a brother who was
just as lucky. Another former Imperial
employe arriving yesterday was Harry
J. Thompson, now proprietor of a Boise
restaurant, who has been motoring in
California. Mr. Thompson was -for six
years in charge of the dining rooms
of the hotel.
One way of getting automobiles into
the far-reaches of Oregon is for the
dealers to come to Portland and drive
the cars home. J. B. Auten, distributor
for a car, has been ln Portland several
days waiting for machines which he
has ordered. Pending their arrival he
went over to Tacoma yesterday to visit
his son. Mr. Auten will drive the car
home by way of The Dalles, Bend and
LaPlne. In a few weeks he expects to
return to Portland and chaperone a
caravan of cars across to Klamath
Falls.
More Truth Than Poetry
By Jaxaea J. Montague.
WINNERS AND LOSERS.
(Copyright by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Leander Jones bought Flivver Oil at
something under two.
He cleaned up seven thousand cash
before the market blew.
And all around the town his friends
discussed In awe-struck tones
The marvellous "investment" that en
riched Leander Jones.
But fifteen thousand other men who
bought the stock at five.
And planned to build new houses when
their profits ehould arrive
Are walking, busted, up and down the
city thoroughfares
And no one knows how much they lost.
ana no one even cares.
Philander Brown drew out the funds
he'd planted in the bank
And bought a little bunch of shares in
Bilk Buatem Tank,
And when he mads a tidy stack the
news went up and down.
And everybody bought the stock and
cheered Philander Brown.
But twenty thousand luckless chaps to
day are sore and sad.
They hocked their homes and jewelry,
and everything they had,
To purchase Bilk & Bustem stock; then
someone sprung the trap.
And no one knows how much they lost
and no one gives a rap!
The chap that's struck a run of luck
is sure of widespread fame;
The envious crowd will shout aloud
the happy winner's name
And every day with much display he's
featured in the news,
But not a word is ever heard about
the lads that lose!
It's Different Now.
"I lisped In numbers, for the num.
bers came," said Alexander Pope, who
never had used a government-operated
telephone system.
Not There.
Some of those recently discovered oil
wells must have been discovered by
Old Doc Cook.
Waiting the Day.
Full many a quart of purest boose
serene .
The dark, unfathomed depths of
cellars bear.
Full many a keg and demijohn un
seen
And unsuspeSrted are reposing there.
In Other Day.
Fifty Years Airo.
From The Orexonlan of June 21. l&fifl.
Boston. A grand military march, per
formed by 1000 instruments, markAC.lie
opening here of the national peaco.4ti
bile. The Emmet Guard's annual picnic was
held yesterday at Pleasant Grove and
was highly successful in all respec-s.
General Holman. superintendent c
construction of public buildings in Ore
gon, Informs us that excavation for tlm
building to be constructed ln Portland
rwill be started not later than next
Wednesday.
America first" are slogans holding un
limited possibilities.
People who think their troubles are
calamitous find them light in the face
of real tragedy like that of the wife
with 'six children who arrived at Ta
coma from Chicago to learn the hus-
see band and father was killed in a ship
yard accident three hours before.
Words are poor medium to express
sorrow in such a case.
POOR SPEIXERS.
A Purdue professor, G. C. Branden-1
burg, writing in School and Society, I
Governor Olcott has appointed Sam
H. Moore of Corvallis a member of
endeavors to find the reason for the the state lime board. This is a fit
low standard of. spelling by college appointment, for what Sam Moore
students which is generally observed does not know about lime in agricul-
does not promote bet-(by educators and which in this Instance I tural theory and practice is not worth
Canada's farm labor problem is
similar to that of the United States.
Recent drift to the cities has not been
quite so large in Canada as in this
country, but ln the aggregate it has
bn sufficient to be disquieting, as
is shown by the provincial labor bu
reaus which are now calling not only
for adult labor for the farms, but for
as many boys and girls as can pos
sibly be obtained for lighter work. In
this connection a report of the United
States department of agriculture is
illuminating, as disposing of the com
mon notion that vast numbers of
ter domestic relations, and that the
notion that women marry ln order to
be supported is a mistaken one. It
may or may not be true that where the
wife earns a salary the husband's sense
of responsibility becomes atrophied.
As to this, we shall be slow to dogma
tize upon the basis of isolated facts.
The same is true as to the theory
that the superior opportunity which
the wife who works, has for meeting
other men breeds jealousy in the hus
band and discontent on the part of the
wife. Thirty cases are not a sufficient
number upon which to base an answer
to a vital question
It would be profitable to know more
bout how seriously, and for how long
time, the marriage of particular
couples was considered before the
ceremony was performed. It is to be
hoped that this may be included as the
survey Is developed. But It appears
that 60 pel1 rent of the couples in
question did not like the same kind of
amusement, a point of incompatibility
which it would seem might have been
discovered ln a courtship of reasonable
duration. Diversion is not the sole
purpose of life, yet the time given
to it represents a considerable pro
portion of the hours which husband
and wife spend ln each other's com
pany. Doubtless other husbands and
wives differed in likes and dislikes
which do not appear In the record, yet
which ought to have been ascertained
beforehand. For Illustration, nineteen
wives and twenty-one husbands did not
want children. After marriage is rather
too late to make such an important
discovery as this. On the whole, it will
appear that the adage, "Marry in
h;i.ste and repent at leisure," has been
vinu'eated at least in part.
" A large proportion of divorces were
granted on grounds of cruelty and de
sertion. But these ln themselves are
meaningless words. Cruelty may con
sist of almost anything. Wearing one's
boots to bed has been held to be ex
treme cruelty, which we agree that
it la. But there are at least a thou
sand other forms of cruelty acceptable
under an elastic statute. Desertion
is confirmed by a painstaking survey.
The students under examination made
an average of one error ln spelling for
every 181 words they wrote. The rec.
ord of the examination papers of
class in psychology was kept for a
period of five months.
telling to the farmers of Oregon.
Baker and Bigelow have the right
view. The man near the' bottom of
the payroll must pay as much for
meat and butter as the one who gets
Attention was $150 or $200 a month and needs an
called occasionally, but not in an un-1 increase all the more.
usual manner, to the importance of
good spelling. But the average num- Austria will get nowhere by dis-
ber of mistakes was greater in the last playing either the black or the red
month of the experiment than in the flag as a protest against the peace
first. treaty. If she doesn't watch her step
That deterioration continues through- she will see a display of the red, white
out the student s college career is 1 and blue.
shown by the analysis of tests made
by the same writer at another univer- Even at the reduced rate of twenty
sity (Wisconsin) in which the students cents a word to the Philippines, the
were grouped in classes. Here spell- conversation of most of us will be
Ing performance grew steadily worse limited when we have business with
from the freshman year through the I that country.
junior, out improved in tne senior
year. Meanwhile some interior stu- There's a destrover "as is" in port
dents had been eliminated, and the and Bna is worth a visit. Seems ab-
writer concludes that if there had been surd to use that pronoun on a vessel
no sucn process 01 elimination tne .m(,d for a man. but anything Fill-
actuai race 01 spelling error wouia in- 1 nina e-rjea
crease inrvugiiuui me; oiuuetn a cuuesti
course." women as a wnoie maae a . .hn na much harmonv in
better record than men, but this was Oregon democratic committee as
One of the big grain men of the
Klamath country Is S. E. Martin, of
Martin Brothers, who is among the Im
perial arrivals. The Martins have the
flouring mills at Klamath Falls and at
Merrill, and they operate a general
store at Chiloquin, a shipping point on
the Indian reservation, which origi
nated thousands of cars of timber last
year. The grain crop of the Klamath
section was 800,000 bushels of wheat
last year and the prospects are that it
will produce a million bushels this
year.
Purple Ink is the favorite of Fred W.
Williams, of the state public service
commission, and he writes his name
with this ink on the Hotel Oregon
register. On the other hand, his col
league. Commissioner Buchtel prefers
green ink, explaining that it is thinner,
flows more easily in a fountain pen
and doesn t require a blotter.
George B. Small of Baker motored
down to the Hotel Washington with
Mrs. Small. For a large number - of
years Mr. Small and Mr. Bowen pub
lished the Baker Democrat, the partner
ship being dissolved a few weeks ago
when-Mr. Small sold out.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Haynes of Cadillac,
Mich., are at the Hotel Portland
making a tour of the coast. Cadillac
town was not named after an automo
bile but after an early missionary.
G. L. Balderree, lumberman of Black
Rock, is at the Seward. Black Rock Is
a sawmill town at the western terminus
of the Salem. Falls City & Western
Railroad and is located in Polk county.
A prominent sheepman, William
Slusher, of Pilot Rock, is here on busi
ness. Once upon a time he was a mem
ber of the Oregon legislature.
P. Blommaert, who has been a chap
lain in the Belgian army as a member
of the Church of Christ, is registered
at the Hotel Portland.
As You See It.
By Grace E. Hall.
Each morning as we ope' our eyes
To view the landscape and the skies.
Or think of what may wait to cheer
The dawning day, or make it drear.
There comes a most mischievous elf.
And on our pillow seats himself;
He opens up a deep, black box
By turning sundry keys and locks.
Then tucks beneath our eyelids tight,
Myriad pictures that delight.
Each one Is something that will please
Our waking sight, and straightway
tease
Our yielding spirit till we go
-And buy the thing which tempts us so.
Ten thousand times ten thousand slave,
And spend their wage on this sly knave
Of Impulse, which is but the elf
Who goads one on to please oneself;
And never do some realize
The trouble's all within their eyes!
Mere Money for Farmers.
Wheeler Reporter.
A cannery scatters more money
among a larger number of people than
any other Industry we know of. We
are sure the cannery will be success
ful and after the farmers realize a nice
profit for their berries this year they
will go into berry culture on a more
extensive scale each succeeding year.
s Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of June 21. 1804.
The Woman's Hospital and Sanita
rium of Portland, recently Incorporated,
will be open for the reception of pa
tients, September 1.
Chief Buchtel of the fire department
has arranged to provide the city with a
permanent fireboat which will be capa
ble of throwing eight stneams of water
at once.
George P. Frank, who will ln a few
days assume duties as mayor of Port-'
land, has decided upon Sylvester Far
rell, William Fliedner and H. S. Rowe
as fire commissioners.
The annual session of the grand lodge
of Oregon" Ancient Order of United
Workmen, was called to order in the
assembly room of the temple yesterday
morning by Orand Master T. C. Mackay
of Albany.
Bread Before Diamonds.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"John, there is no room in the safe to
put my diamonds."
"Leave your diamonds on. I gotta
loaf of bread in the safe."
GIRLS FOl'ND TO BU MICH ALIKli
French Bride Defends Both Her Una
and Americas Sisters.
PORTLAND, June 20. (To the Kd
ltor.) All hall to the American girl!
There is not so much difference be
tween the girls of the United Stat.'s
and those of France as some of the
returned Boldiers would have people
think. I am a war bride, but the last
person ln the world I would marry Is a
soldier, just because he is a soldier. If
he didn't have something else to recom
mend him. I have often heard the
American boy was very conceited and
since reading articles from the ser
geant and the major and others, I am
convinced of It.
I wish to defend the French girl, for
I am very afraid they are being put In
a wrong light by these letters. In the
first nlace the French clrls were moveu
to be kind and friendly to the United
States boys through patriotism; they
had come to help our dear country, jvna
next it was a case of entertaining the
"stranger in our midBt. Occasionally
we would see one who would have more
of an appeal to us than the others, but
I think the same thing would have hap
pened If French soldiers had come 10
America to be looked after by Amer
ican girls.
Most of our own boys had gone to
war and, sad I am to say it, never re
turned. Most French girls if they ever
marry will have to marry foreigners.
I think it is untair also to cau me
American girl a grafter. If the boys
wish so to get off without spending
much dollars why not hunt up the
small town girl or one from the coun
try? The French girls also were great
to spend before the war. Really Paris
was where it all originated. The cafe,
the opera and all such were very ex
pensive.
And, to be sure, should a boy marry
without much money? It is very diffi
cult to raise a family on nothing and
have even heard that some Doys do
even marry for money which very of
ten they do not get. I have had my at
tention directed many times since com
ing over to' this United States to the
way your boys love to flirt. In our
own country we regard boys the same
as girls as far as friendship goes. But
I will venture there are not many Pla
tonic friendships In thlH country. 1
married my man an officer because
I loved and admired him for the in
dividual qualities he possesses. If he
had been Polish. Fiji or Hindu, it would
have been the same to me. Only I am
glad that he is an American, seeing
that he cannot be a Frenchman.
A FRENCH GIRL BRIDE.
in the Weimar assembly,
of weakened morale.
It Is a sign
Dr. Morrow holds the cards and has
the money and what can those re
bellious democrats expect?
Surest sign of summer you know
the Saturday afternoon special to Sea
side goes on today.
not uniformly true in detail. In the
Junior class the reverse was observed
A good many efforts have been made
to fix responsibility for this altogether
deplorable situation. Professor Bran
denburg offers some interesting data
without attempting to draw a dogmatic
conclusion. Can the size of the family
have a bearing on the issue ? The pro
fessor finds that the highest rate of
error was found among students who
were sole offspring, while the lowest
was noted where there were four in
the family. The figures are 8.0 and
3.7 errors per thousand words, respec
tively, for each group. In nine cases
where there were seven or more chil
dren per family, the rate of error was
5.7. The table, as the professor says.
Is "only mildly suggestive," but there
the figures are for those who wish to
study them.
It will surprise many to be told that
students who obtained their prepara-l Germany will sign, and do it with
tion in city schools excelled those from yellow Ink If need. be.
Choice between . Miles Poindexter
and Hiram Johnson will be easy take
a third man.
California may be all that's bad and
unholy, but she still is hanging for
murder.
To vote or not to vote today that
is the question, and it's a burning one.
ARMY FITS ONE FOR CIVIL LIFE
Writer Credits His Success to Educa
tion Obtained in Service.
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 19. (To
the Editor.) When one stops to reflect
that one of America's greatest presi
dents was once a "buck" private in the
rear ranks of the United States army,
he can be thankful that today the same
army is offering greater Inducements
to the young men of the land than it
did in the days when William McKinley
was a boy. William McKinley, in the
civil war, enlisted as a "buck" private,
later secured a commission and then
years later became president of the
United States.
In his days there were no $30 to $124
per month paid to enlisted men, no
government insurance, no family allow
ances, no vocational training, no Y. M.
C. A.'s, K. of C.'s, Red Cross huts, Jew
ish Welfare clubs and Salvation lassies
to take care of his every want. The
food was poor, the clothing was noth
ing extra and the pay for a poor "buck"
was only $8.75 per month.
I am an American father and spent
over five years myself as a "buck" pri
vate. During that time I traveled over
50.000 miles of the world, including the
Philippine islands, Guam, Hawaiian
islands, Japan, Canada, France and al
most every state and large city ln the
Union. The Bon born to our home
who was to have been "buck" private
junior died before reaching the mili
tary age. One thing that the army did
was to fit me with an education equiv
alent to that of a college graduate and
that has made me very successful in
civil life. When I entered the army I
had just . gotten through the sixth
grade.
I am a staunch , supporter of the
"University of Khaki" and think young
men who do not take advantage of the
offers being made by it are making a
mistake they will regret in the years
to come. The greatest diploma, I con
tend, is an honorable discharge from
the army, which states: "Services.
honest and faithful; character, excel
lent." AN AMERICAN FATHER.
The St ory of Alcohol
What It Is, How It Has Spread,
How It Has Been Fought
and Fostered
It was high time that someone, seeking entertaining material for
the Sunday paper, should turn to a review of the long and lively career
of alcohol a yarn that, in the light of the present, partakes largely of
the nature of an obituary. In the Sunday issue appears the first in
stallment of the annals of alcohol. Were you aware that scripture
cites Father Noah as the first to plant a vineyard, to crush the grape,
and to drink too deeply of the sparkling wine that came of that experi
ment ? Or that the ancient Greeks dallied with the bowl until, as the
English translation runs, one of their poets was moved to write, com
passionately, "Last evening you were drinking deep so now your
head aches."
ONE GIRL'S TASK IN PARIS-Hundreds of Portland folk know
Elizabeth Bain, a former teacher at Washington High school, who
is now in service of the Y. W. C. A. in the French capital. A story
in the Sunday issue, written for The Oregonian by a Y. M. C. A.
lecturer, a prominent Congregational clergyman of the east, tells
of Miss Bain's patrol of the Paris redlight district, where she plays
the role of big sister to the boys from home, and turns them back
to cleaner, saner quarters of the city. A fine story, this, with
plentiful appreciation of the tact and humanity that the Portland
girl takes to her task. .
BOLSHEVIK REACTIONS A page of crayon pictures, whereon
W. E. Hill, artist extraordinary, has drawn to the life some friends
of ours who are caught in the tide-rips of bolshevism from the
society bud to the agitated lady member of the "Where Next" club
of serious cogitators, not forgetting the plaza park crowd. It's a
fine thing to have the gift of humor, with the additional ability of
transcribing it, by picture or prose, so that other mortals may
laugh at the madness of things and themselves. Hill has it, to
the ultimate degree.
THE ZERO HOUR FOR BOOZE Well, my gay dogs all, the time is
. near upon us. Booze, like the dodo, enters the limbo of old days,
the cluttered warehouse of time, the scrapheap of the ages, the
roster of the ever absent or wherever it may be that the things
that were, and never again will be, are tucked away for keeps.
Julia D. Gorton, writing in the Sunday issue, presents a vivid
prophecy of that last "big" night, and of the mad revels on New
York's white way when the clock strikes midnight on June 30.
WHOM IS THE PRINCESS MARY TO MARRY? Poor thing! The
Princess Mary of England gather round, you fortunate American
debutantes was awaiting her coming-out ball, anticipating the
courtly importunities of princely suitors, when the world war tossed
its darkest jinx into the matrimonial prospects of royalty. And
now, says Margaret C. Getchell, in The Sunday Oregonian, there
remain not more than half a dozen sprigs of royalty whose birth
commends them to the princess' choice. Have you any suggestions ?
Whom will the Princess Mary marry?
WITH THE MOTORING FANS Explicit and delightful stories of the
road, each with its quota of invaluable first-hand information, are
replete in the Sunday auto section, edited by Lair H. Gregory. If
you are seeking for motoring data relative to the Pacific highway,
and you are, of course, youH find it in the big Sunday section,
with illustrations to garnish the account of a recent tour of the
famous highway through Oregon.
All the News of AH the World
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN