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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919.
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Fnbli!J by Tr OreaSniaa PuWthln Co.,
Jii Sixth 8in. fortiand. Oreso.
C. A. HORl'ES. E. B. flPER.
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Clate4 Freu. The AMoriated Prea ex
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m an th Iim a! n pob.lnhed htreln. All
rn.ite of tepbli' anon or apecial tuiatcne
bereln are a:' reeerved. "
changeable standards of right and
wrong;- If we do that, we shall often
find the trail of the Hun, and shall
learn that the super-intejlectuals are
consciously or unconsciously his tools.
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iMtUJirTi.a roots or the Hore.
Tire reply of American "intellectual
workers" to the address of the French
socialist. Henri Barhusse, and the
Austrian.'. Hugo von Hoffmansthal
Kichard Heer-Hcffman and others of
Vienna, which was published ia the
Paris socialist paper L'Hunianite, is a
fine example of the Jumble of pa
cifism. pro-Germanism and socialist
internationalism upon which the Ger
mans have played from the begin
ning of .the war to serve their ends.
It is natural that the reply should ap-
fear In the panef of George Sylvester
Yiereck. whose Fatherland was subsl-1 PAY CHECK CONTROVERSIES.
dized by Germany during the war. The suggestion was made in a pub-
That paper has been camouflaged as Iished letter the other day by Robert
the American Monthly, and probably C. Wright that salary adjustments In
is fed from the unlimited sum which the various city departments be sys-
the German national assembly has tematixed by subjecting them to the
voted for propaganda in the hope that scrutiny and recommendation of the
Hrrr Krzheiger's plan to win by such I commissioner of finance. There is, as
NOT LIKELY.
The candidacy of Senator Poindexter
fot president has excited in the breasts
of the Grand Old Party in Washington
a mild glow of enthusiasm. It is not
confined to the progressive element
of which Mr. Poindexte has been a
bright and particular star; but It ex
tends to the Old Guard, which has
never before been either ardeiaf or
vocal in its admiration for Poindexter.
We repress with some difficulty the
wholly gratuitous suspicion that the
Old Guard is for whatever Poindexter
wants and can't get. The explanation
of the new and general ardor of all
hands for the senator lies, of course,
in the grand idea of a president from
the state which has honored the father
of his country by bestowing upon him
its name. The rivalries of cities, the
natural and irrepressible Jealousies of
communities, the clash of factions
and ambitions of politicians, all are
submerged and forgotten in the great
conception. Poindexter of Spokane
for president! Great!
In our mind's"eye we have a vision
of the onward march of the Wash
ington delegation to the republican
national convention to urge the Poln
dexter candidacy. (We suppose it wil
be the republican convention.) But
we have also a jarring thought of the
possible perplexity of the delegation
when it is asked to tell what its candi
date stands for.
Senator Poindexter is against
league of nations. He is not only
opposed to ratification of the proposed
leugue, but he is, we believe, down on
any league. Is it conceivable that a
republican convention will nominate
any man for president, with a record
of unqualified opposition to a league
of nations, on a platform of negation
and denunciation?
which would come to the west, they
would get more eastern and middle
western votes. In order to put over
a scheme of this kind. Irreproachable
as it-is, the blanket must be strehed
to cover all sections.
Eastern Jealousy of the west has
been a main cause of delay in develop
ing the west. In the case of irrigation
it was overcome only by Senator
Carter's filibuster against a river and
harbor bill and President Roosevelt's
influence. Gifford Pinchot played on
it in order to force his conservation
policy on the country by holding out
the prospect of great revenue from
leases of power sites and coal and oil
land. The east, in common with the
rest of the country, has suffered im
measurable economic loss, most acutely
during the war, from the Pinchot
embargo on development of the west.
The war should have taught all sec
tions that whatever profits one .sec
tion in particular profits the whole
country in general.
mians the dominion which Germany
f;iild to win by war may yet stic.
toil.
When we strip away the wrapping
of wordy gush from the sentiments of
the appeal in L.'llumanite we find
Mr. Wright observes, now no system.
A commissioner recommends to the
council a salary change in his depart
ment; the other commissioners are not
familiar with the work of the employe
the result is that some employes re-
dosire for "union with you all" with ceive much less than other employes
the hat -killers of Belgium and for doing equivalent work
thoM; who sank ships without a I We are not certain that Mr. Wright
trace, by command of the kaiser who I has suggested the best solution of a
boasted that "the sword makes " us difficulty at the city hall which is
respected" and who would have "no likely In future to engender other
soft peace." We find regret that the I controversies like the one the council
tree nations have fought Germany, has Just passed through, but it appears
that the memories of the war "still I that some method of standardization
keep us asunder, that too close a
fraternity with our countrymen has
alienated us." It calls on the "Intel
!ctual fighters of the world" to get
is necessary.
If recollection is not at fault there
was a standardization of employes'
pay following a survey conducted
in touch and to extend their hands to about the time commission govern-
ne another, and lifts them on a I ment was adopted. That was in 1913.
vedestal as alone huving "courage to In the succeeding years there was an
preserve trust in the dignity of hu
manity and in the illuminating and
normal peace of reason."
Iteduced to plain Anglo-Saxon, this
stuff means that for the self-styl.'d
intellectuals there was no real dif-
abnormal shifting of employment first
due to the war in Europe, and it was
later accentuated by the entrance of
America into the conflict.
In the case of women stenographers
positions at attractive pay were of
Terence between Germany and her en- I fered by the government without num-
emies. that all equally are bloodguilty I ber and the growth of industry and
,,iul that the worst effect of war is business increased the demand for that
the setback it has given to interna-1 class of work. The city's ability to
lionalism of the socialist brand. Tholmcet Increased payrolls is less elastic
loKical Inference 's that Germany, be- than that of private employers. So it
tug no more guilty than other nation happened that when opportunity came
and being a brother, must not be to a stenographer to better herself,
treated with stern Justice in the peace I the commissioner, not desiring to lose
terms, but must have clemency and a competent employe, went before the
mercy, in order that the breach among I council and obtained an individual in
the "intellectual fighters" may be crease in pay.
. loied. though Germany's hands are The same condition affected techni
not yet cleansed of blood. I ca' men, clerks and other employes.
These superintellcctuals have culti- I Advance of one s pay led to demands
vated their Intellects to the neglect fr advances by others. Probably the
of their hearts and consciences until I most insistent or the most enterprising
they have lost all ability to distinguish! ln obtaining offers elsewhere were the
between right and wrong and between most successful. Those who were less
justice and injustice, as exemplified I independent because of family obliga
the war. They have harked off tions or because they had a smaller
after their various isms socialism I circle of acquaintances ln business or
nd its development, internationalism. I industry, were forced to plug along
!-tL'ifim and by a natural process at somewhere near the pre-war rate
have progressed downward to parlor I or Pay.
iM.lshevism. They have soared into a I There were other conditions that
Miioke-cloud of their own making caused discrepancies. For illustration,
until they have lost sight of the old a f'lins clerk might resign to accept
fundamental distinctions b e t w e e n a more attractive position. A stenog-
right and wrong, truth and falsehood. I rapher would undertake to do the
iri-cdora and tyranny, humanity and ming work In addition to her own
ALL'S WELL WITH THE SALEM ROAD.
The net result of the small sensation
over the midnight discovery of defec
tive pavement on the Pacific highway
near Salem is to vindicate the highway
commission, and to furnish also a near
vindication of the contractors. The
commission, it appears, has been on
the job all the time, through fls engi
neers and inspectors. There was no
collusion: no skimping of material;
the average required five-inch pave
ment was exceeded, and the contrac
tors were not trying to perpetrate a
fraud. But it is found that there
were carelessness and negligence lead
ing to considerable irregularities at
the edges of the pavement, which was
in places below the required measure
ment. These can be corrected, and
no doubt will be corrected.
The Oregonian does not assume that
Governor Olcott had any thought. In
making his disclosures, to do aught
but perform a public service. Perhaps
he has done it, in inviting 'scrutiny
everywhere of the work done by con
tractors in the extensive road work
throughout the state. But the farmer
or the casual traveler who makes of
himself a volunteer inspector, and who
unearths what seems to him to be
evidence of bad faith and bad work,
will do well to make his report to the
proper authorities the engineers and
inspectors for investigation, and to
ascertain the results before ho takes
too much for granted. It may be the
part of discretion and fairness also
for Governor Olcott to leave the task
of pavement inspection to the accred
ited agents of the state highway com
mission his own commission Until
such time as he has reason to suspect
that neither they nor the commission
are doing their duty. After-dark ex
ploration, with the aid of searchlights
and under the chaperonage of sundry
zealous and worthy citizens, has its
obvious drawbacks, even when under
taken with commendable motives.
But we are not inclined to cavil.
It Is quite certain that Governor Olcott
is anxious only that the state get one
hundred cents' worth of pavement for
its every dollar. That is what the
public wants and is entitled to have.
Co-operation of the executive with the
highway commission is a pretty fair
guaranty that it will be had. The
exposure has done no harm, except to
the feelings and patie'ice of the contractor.
bar, ln Improving the channel, in j
building' docks, elevators and dry-!
docks. To some faint hearts it seemed
that Portland could never reap the :
harvest from that which it had sown,
but it has come, and already is rich.
It amply Justifies the , efforts now
making to adjust railroad rates so
that the traffic of the whole inland
empire will . flow to Portland. It
assures constant employment for the
shipyards in building vessels to carry
Portland commerce, and buidling of
more docks for the growing fleet.
The commerce of Portland is grow
ing and will grow because the Oregon
country produces what the world most
wants, because Portland builds the
ships to carry it across every sea. and
because it is the natural port at which
the business should be done.
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Cass Baer.
EDNA GOODRICH is going to exploit
Edna Goodrich on the speaking
stage next season. Edna's bump of act
ing talent is a large dent.
iivagery, virtue and vice. As the
viermans have been trained for war
iy leing educated down to the same
; i.ige of moral blindness, there is
natural affinity between them and
the intellectuals in question, and the
latter are ready-made tools for Ger
man propaganda In the cau.se of
work. The arrangement would prove
feasible and an advance in pay would
result. It is not unthinkable, too, that
there was favoritism employed here
and there.
So it happened that at the time the
salary ordinance was under considera
tion there was as great a discrepancy
"soft peace.'" a peace which will leave!" $45 a month existing between some
Germany an open way to victory by employes doing similar work. It is a
Hie itussian rou'e, which will limit situation that does not encourage har-
renaration let Uermany be "crip-1 mony and it is one that promotes
pled," and which will admit Germany exertion of outside influence and
to the league without any period of Icreates constant trouble and annoyance
probation and repentance, thus giv-1 for the commission.
imp; opportunity to stir up dissension I I" I"s Angeles and San Francisco
and destrov it. I a standardization of municipal cm
Some of the names signed to tire ployes' salaries is under way. It is no
r.ply to the appeal go far to prove small task and it is one that requires
THE XEff TRADE OPENING.
A Portland man' no sooner goes to
the Scandinavian countries with news
that Oregon has goods to sell than
the merchants of those countries flock
with him to Portland to buy, not only
other products of Oregon but ships in
which to carry more and to establish
a direct trade. They want and are
eager to buy the very things which
Oregon has to sell wheat and flour,
barley, meat and fats, canned fruit
and vegetables, fresh fruit,, wool,
canned salmon and other fish. Thus
J. Fred I -arson has once more proved
the truth of the old saying that, if
you want business, you must go
after it.
Scandinavia wa well chosen as the
first field in wjiich the Pacific Inter
national corporation should operate.
Shortage of tonnage and the blockade
have left it
A1STI-LEA0CERS HANDICAPPED.
One of the influences which will
press the senate to ratify the peace
treaty, and to do so with slight delay,
will be the impatience of business to
be free from tho restrictions of war
legislation. The trading with the
enemy act will remain in force until
the president proclaims the restora
tion of peace, which he cannot do until
the treaty has been ratified. The
parliaments of the allies are likely to
ratify after a delay of only . a few
days, and as soon as three of them
have done so the treaty will be in
effect as to their nations. The bars
against trading with Germany will
then be down. So long as the senate
delays, the United States will be shut
out of that trade, and the forehanded
allies will have a long start.
Resumption of business with Ger
many means more work for American
workingmen, wider markets for Amer
ican raw materials of the farm, mine
and forest. The. people wilf not pa
tiently wait to engage in this business
until the senate wearies of talking.
They will view with impatience hair
splitting objections to the league cov
enant or bogies scared up by gross
misreading of the text. Men who have
fought shoulder to shoulder with Brit
ish soldiers will be disposed to ridicule
the old anti-British bogy which is
being trotted out again.
When the people see other nations
enjoy the practical advantages of for
mally established peace, while they
have actual peace without those ad
vantages, the pressure on the senate
will become irresistible, and the break
up df the anti-league forces will begin.
Something stronger than . fictitious
alarms or offended senatorial dignity
would be necessary to rally public
opinion behind unyielding opposition
n the senate, and that something can
not be found.
Farming is a profession. The boys
of the A. E. F. who have been attend
ing the National School of Horticul
ture in France while waiting to be sent
home have decided that it is so, and
have, organized themselves into a per
manent society of "agricultural engi
neers." It is no bit of craft snobbery,
but realization of a great truth, that
has moved them to stand on their
dignity as professional men. Thomas
Jefferson as far back as 1803 wrote,
in urging that steps be taken by the
states to produce a competition in
learning which would restore agricul
ture to its primary dignity in the eyes
of men: "It is a science of the first
order. It counts among its handmaids
the most respectable sciences, such as
chemistry, natural philosophy, me
chanics, mathematics- generally, nat
ural history, botany." Jefferson was
in advance of his time. The first
agricultural school was not established
until 1826. But progress has been
constant since then. Agriculture is at
least receiving the recognition that it
deserves.
Some of the several women I know
who think they are beauties and are
now whining for what they call their
chance, "might try the following, if
they have carfare to New York. In his
quest for "lookers" for chorus work
Flo- Ziegfeld Jr. has come forth with a
liberal offer.
Mr. Ziegfeld wants 12 beauties, and
is willing to pay them J50 per week to
appear in the new Frolic show an the
Amsterdam roof, regardless of whether
they have had experience or not. He is
willing to assemble this bunch from de
partment store or telephone exchange,
the only requirement being that they
be "there" with the "looks."
The extra inducement is that the
girls have but six performancesweekly
and will wear Lucille, gowns.
Candidates are to apply to Mr. Zieg
feld in person.
Now it is Walter C. Kelly, the Virginia
judge, who Js suffering from tempera
ment although he calls it nervousness.
Last week in London, where he was
doing his monologue in a music hall,
someone In the audience interrupted
him by making a noisy entrance and
the Virginia judge just walked off the
stage in the middle of his act. He has
cancelled all his bookings and is going
to his home down south for a long rest,
he says.
The Dolly Sisters, since closing their
tour in "Oh, Look," have refused an
offer of $2500 a week for a run at the
new Pennsylvania hotel. New York.
ThS girls may play a few weeks in
vaudeville this summer before taking
up another short tour in the same show
next season.
Bernhardt is touring France, giving
lectures on the life 'and deeds of her
beloved friend, the late Edmond Ros
tand.
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Charles Howard and Tyler Brooke,
who are appearing together in vaude
ville, have engaged with productions
for next eeason. Mr. Brooks holds
contract from Henry W. Savage for two
years, to commence with the eeason in
the Mltzl show. Mr. Howard goes with
the new Raymond Hitchcock produc
tion.
Those Who Come and Go.
"Prospects for oil are good or the
Standard Oil company would not spend
between $300,000 and (400,000 searching
for a flow on the Olympic peninsula,"
said C. W. Benedict, a Standard Oil
man, at the Benson. Mr. Benedict was
one of the first men sent by the com
pany to look into the oil situation. The
company handled its preliminaries as
quietly as possible, realizing what
would happen when word got out, and as
soon as the oil fever did develop there
was a grand rush. Land which had been
selling for $2.60 an acre has jumped
to $125 an acre, and people who owned
land which they considered almost
valueless are now expecting to realize
a fortune.
Judge Boyce of Jefferson county came
to town to find out when the county
court should sell its $100,000 of road
bonds, the money to be used for co
operation in constructing The Dalles
California highway' through that coun
ty. As there will be no ocension to
use the money for a few months, he
was informed that the bonds need not
be sold immediately, as by this method
the county can avoid paying Interest
In September it is expected that some
of the highway in Jefferson county will
be advertised for contract. Survey
crews have been ordered to make a
report on Jefferson county, but owing
to press of business in Deschutes coun
ty they have been delayed in going
north.
It isn't often that residents of Brook.
mgs, on the Pacific ocean, in lurry
county, get to Tortland, but Ortis
Miller has arrived at the Hotel Oregon
from there. One of the finest saw
mills in the state, electrically operated
is at Brookings. The town is only-
few miles from the California line, and
there is a Btage to Crescent City.
Within a few weeks the California
highway commission Intends exploring
Crescent City and Brookings, for, since
the $40,000,000 road bonds carried in
California, the commission is unde
pledge to improve the road up to the
Oregon line.
In Other Days.
Tweaty-flve Yearit Ace.
From The Oregonian of July 10, 1894.
As the first overland train that has
left Portland in ten days, the Northern
Pacific sent out No. 2 yesterday with
passengers and mail a'nd fully equipped
for the run to St. Paul.
Governor-elect William P. Lord cam
down from Salem yesterday with hi,
son and daughter and received maay
callers at his rooms in the Perkins ho
tel. Only last week he retired from
the supreme bench after 14 years of
continuous service.
Louis Winters, a young man em
ployed on a farm ten miles east of
Portland, narrowly escaped drowning
in a well when the planking gave way
and he dropped into eight feet of
water.
The sheriffs of Oregon will hold an
important meeting at tfte courthouse
Wednesday.
Emil Larsen of Nehalem is on a trip
to Portland and is at the Perkins.
Nehalem is anxious to know what the
highway commission intends doing for
that somewhat ancient village. One
Dlan under consideration calls for
bridge about 4000 feet long across the
Nehalem river, and this does not ap
peal very strongly to the commission
However Nehalem insists that it be
longs on the map. There are old set
tiers Ln Nehalem who went in there
by steamer and experienced such
routrh passage that they have refused
Lto go "outside" again, even since the
ranroaaa nave oeen duiii. into mo conn-
try.
The one big union's definition of
modern industrial society needs re
vision to read: Those who produce
and save, and those who produce and
waste or who produce to less than
their capacity. The alleged argument
for the one big-union idea is verbal
camouflage to hide loafing and
guzzling, and its real inspiration is the
Instinctive hatred of failure for success
More about the Joleons, Al and Hen
rietta, who are in the midst of a divorce
suit. The immediate cause of the di
vorce proceedings, according to Mrs.
Jolson, was Jolson sending her back to
California last March, after summon
ing her to New York with instructions
to sell their machine and come east
with the furniture. Upon her arrival,
according to Mrs. Jolson, her husband
told her to return.
Jolson has not made any statement
for publication since the action began,
but a New York paper says that Jolson
hastily dispatched' his secretary, P'rank
Holmes, to California to endeavor to
settle the case, offering his wife any
thing she wished if she. would discon
tinue the suit, but threatening to give
her nothing if she went through with it.
The Jolsons were married about 12
years ago while Al Jolson was doing
his blackface act in vaudeville, the cere
mony taking place while ho was ap
pearing at the Bell, Oakland, a small
time theater then booked by Sullivan &
Considine.
Manager Minton has issued the pre
mion. 1 : .- .t,A ..Ami,;.... fnl, hot, n 1.
, . 1 - IUIUU1 list 1U. .1 lUUIlUUlUttl
almost bare of many . . . , . .
tins interpretation correct. They are
::her scholastic, socialist dreamers or
n with a very definite practical
independent investigation and possibly
employment of munivpal experts. It
would seem that if there is any way
aim. Among a number of rrofessors to eliminate justification for jealousy
and authors we find l'adraio Colum. among employes and recurring contro-
j.resident of the Irish 1 Jterary so- versies among department beads over
rtety and former editor of the Irish the salary question the benefits to
Keview, Sinn Fein publications; Will- municipal service would be well worth
lain lUard Halo. Hearst s anti-all anv reasonable undertaking.
i orrespondent in Berlin and at one
nme in ocrmany s pay; t rank Harris. MAKE THE BLANKET COVER ALL.
eauor or i earm s magazine, an or-1 The easlern opposition which has
zan ot tne radicals: iavid Marr Jor- been aroused by western activity on
dan. Incurable pacifist after the hh.ilf of th Mnndell renin mat inn bill
I nited Mates went to war: Helen A.
Keller, whose infirmities' have led her
to dream: Fritz Krcisler. Austrian
iolinist. who somehow escaped in
ternment: Pr. Louis Mallinkrodt
Kuea'fner tf asaar, whose name ade.
quately classifies him; Max Otto of
the I'nivers-.ty of Wisconsin, whose
name smai ks cf the same quality;
Theodore Spiermg, violinist and of
evidently German origin: ITofessor
Frederick Starr of the Fniversity ol
I'hicago. the r.:an who went to Africa
to live among the monkeys and learn
their lai.giiaRe; and last George Syl-
enter Virrevk. whom it is not neces
sarv to describe further. What is
WilTiam Trufant Foster of Reed col
lege doing in such a group?
These pieces of pro-German propa
ganda aoi the names attached to
them convey a lesson. In these days
things are net always hat they seem.
Secfiingly elevated sentiments may be
covert apologies for the most hideous
crimes. Ijes may he dressed up in
fine phrases to look like truth. It be
comes us to look deep beneath the
surface, to consider the associations,
antecedents, sympathies and selfish
aims and purposes of the men Who
utter them, to weigh the practical
effect of what they suggest, then to
make comparison with the old, un-
might have been expected by any
person who remembers the adventures
and misadventures of former bills for
development of the west. The east
and south want to see something in
it for themselves or they accuse the
vest of "working" the nation for its
special benefit. The bill may be of
direct advantage to the whole nation
but if the west is zealous on its behalf
while the east snores, the east infers
that it is to be taxed for the good of
the west, and it wakes up to protest.
In order to head off this opposition
it is policy for the west to moderate
its enthusiasm, and to dilate particu
larly on what the east and south as
well as the west are to gain. It needs
a carefully arranged campaign, in
which, volunteer enthusiasts cannot
interfere with pleas and arguments
which do not agree with the pro
gramme.
The I-ane reclamation plan would
not be restricted in its operation to
the far west and south. There are
vast areas of logged-off and swamp
land in the middle west which need
to be cleared and drained. New Eng
land has much poor land which could
be made productive under -a general
plan, but ln no other way. Tf the far
western men were to dwell on these
joints rather than on the good resulu
suffered as severely in destruction of
ships by U-boats as even Britain, in
proportion' of loss to total tonnage.
In consequence, when the bars of the
blockade are thrown down, Scandi
navia looks to the selling country to
provide ships for transport of what
it buys. The visitors are as eager to
let contracts for ships as they are to
buy the goods which will constitute
the cargoes.
This new business is not hampered
with, the question of credit which ob
structs sales to the belligerents, for
the Scandinavian nations are rich and
ready to pay. During the war they
have made many great fortunes on
traffic with belligerents on both sides,
the blockade having failed to stop
trade with Germany through the Baltic
sea. They have run short of goods
because they were physically unable
to procure them, not because they
lacked means to paj They have been
much In the position of a man who
starves while sitting on a pile of gold.
By coming to Oregon the visiting
merchants establish' direct relations
with the producer and manufacturer.
Hitherto such Oregon goods as they
have had were bought through
brokers in New York, London, Ham
burg and other cities, a commission
was paid, and Oregon products often
have been disguised as products of
California. The established reputa
tion of California was thus used to
the advantage of that state, while
Oregon products were prevented from
earning a reputation of their own on
their merits. The middleman will now
be cut out. and Oregon goods will be
sold under the name of their own
state. There will be no chance that
business which should come to Oregon
will be diverted by some Atlantic
coast or English or German broker
to some other state or country.
This new trade will surely grow.
Oregon producers need only t6 deal
fairly and name reasonable prices in
order to insure that. A regular, direct
steamship line will make traffic per
manent. The shipping board has
allotted four steamers and will allot
more as business requires, the Nor
wegians are willing to send some of
their vessels and will build more here.
But Scandinavia is only one of the
new fields that are open. Holland is
as hungry for many of the staple
products which Oregon can supply,
and is as well able to pay, havirig
profited hugely by the war. Spain is
in the same position. Trade relations
can be opened with these countries
without awaiting the extensive finan
cial operations which must precede
dealings with belligerents.
The coming of the Scandinavians is
but the opening of a broad future for
Portland. It is the first fruits of many
years work in abolishing the Columbia
Gresham in September, and it is
comprehensive document. It indicates
the affair will be a "hummer" from
start to the day after closing.
Speculators are said to be manipu
lating the market on canned goods
and staple commodities to force prices
upward 25 per cent. This should spur
the housewife to can more than she
intended, though original prices be
high.
Nevertheless it was a mean old
"cop" who arrested the soft-drink man
who served him a drink of cool, hard
cider and also arrested the man's wife
when she interfered. It's a wonder
the drink did not make him sick.
No use in the local board's criticising
Burleson .for his inactivity in the tele.
phone and electrical trouble. The
royal Texan has a pachydermatous
hide that cannot tie pricked by darts
shot 3000 miles away.
The Nebraska supreme court says
that a man can drink the stuff if he
had it in the cellar before the law
took effect. No wonder supreme courts
are taking vacations. They need 'em.
When the huckster tries to sell you
poor stuff at fancy prices, sick the
dog on him. He's trying to profiteer
and he has few friends, anyway.
Indication of Portland's growth, is
given in establishment of more laun
dries. . Portland is bound to be clean
even at high prices.
The vacant lot with its crop of weeds
is an eyesore, but generally the owner
does not live in the neighborhood and
does not care.
The American diplomat agent at
Cairo appears from Dr. Ellis' story to
be one of Mr. Bryan's deserving
democrats.
Being between the two contending
factions, the French troops at Fiume
are likely to get more hurt than either.
Campbell of Kansas has a bill ln
the house to keep presidents at home,
but why lock the door now?
Try a Bull run thursday tVesh from
the tap this afternoon and see how
you like its flavor.
If we talk tunnel now, we may get
it m ten years or more, when there is
actual need of it.
A strike riot in Chicago in which
only two die is not running true to
form.
Nat Nazzaro started legal proceedings
this week to secure custody of his 4-
year-old daughter Dorothy. It is al
leged she was sent to Kansas City
without his knowledge.
The action is against Queenle Naz
zaro, bis wife.
The couple became estranged eome
time ago, when it was brought out that
they had squabbled over the privilege
of guardianship of Nat Nazzaro Jr., an
adopted son who is now doing a single
turn in vaudeville.
.
Geraldine Dare, who ca sing and
dance and act and is a beauty besides,
will appear next week as one of the
wives in "The Only Girl" at the Alca
zar -with the musical stock company.
Miss Wilber will appear in the role
Edna Munsey sang when that interest
ing musical comedy was presented here
a few years ago.
Rudolph Frlml, the composer, is to
marry Elsie Lawson, a chorus girl.
Friml made this fact known immedi
ately he sot his divorce from his for
mer wife, who was known on the stage
as Blanche Betters, and who accepted
$35,000 in place of alimony.
Ethel Clifton and Brenda Fowler are
collaborating on a play for production
next season. Miss Clifton returned
from overseas service last week. While
she was over there she wrote, staged
and played in a number of acts and
plays for the entertainment of the
A. E. F. She is well known as a vaude
ville writer and about 15 of her play
lets have reached production within the
past few seasons.
Both Miss Clifton and Miss Fowler
are former Baker players.
Driven, out of Idaho by the intense
heat, a party arrived at the Hotel Port
land yesterday. In the party were Mr.
and Mrs. G. H. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Cruzen, Mrs. J. E. Clinton. Mrs. F,
N. Coffin and Mrs. W. B. Waller. They
report that the heat is about seven
times hotter than the hinges of Tophet:
that Idaho and Montana are burning up
and the crops are in bad condition. This
is the fourth bad year in Montana on
account of long dry spells and the
farmers and stockmen are anything but
cheerful.
"The two miles of hard surface, be
tween The Dalles and Seufert will be
completed next week," says A. J. Wei
ton, who arrived in town yesterday.
"There is about 2000 yards more to lay
and the stretch will be finished. There
remain about 1000 yards to lay in The
Dalles, which will complete about a
mile and a half of hard surface in the
city. Grading has started on the sec
tion between The Dalles and Cheno
with." Mr. Welton submitted a bid for
the United Construction compaiu' for
the half mile beyond Seufert and was
awardedJhe work by the state highway
commission yesterday.
W. N. Whittenden, of Honolulu,-arrived
at the Perkins yesterday. Al
though, for the past two years gold
coins have been a scarce article on the
Pacific coast, the medium of exchange
being the common or garden variety of
greenback, over in the paradise of the
Pacific gold coins are as plentiful as
before the federal reserve board began
hoarding the metal and putting out
certificates.
Portland's climate and attractiveness
as a summer resort have attracted the
Samuel Simon family for the past four
years. ine aimon lamny arnvea at
the Benson iast night and will remain
through July, August and September,
by which time it will be cool enough
for them to return to New York. The
family much prefer Portland to the
southern resorts.
When William Howard Taft was more
in the public eye than at present, some
one down in Lincoln county selected a
spot on the Siletz river, 25 miles north
of Newport and named it after "him.
The population hasn't increased much
since and is one less at present be--cause
of the presence of Guy S. Will
iams, of Taft, who is at the Hotel
Oregon.'
'The girl who is lured by the briirht
l;ghts of Broadway stands a poor chance
ol itnding her name in the theatrical :
electric lights," observes Miss Mildred
Halliday, one of the stars of the Winter
Garden, who is a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Warner, at the Multnomah. To
strenuous work and avoidance of the
gay white way Miss Halliday attributes
her success.
Fifty Year Ago.
From The Oregonian of July 10. 1809.
Washington. The Centaur. Iron
lad, has been dispatched to Santiago.
Cuba, to inquire into the circumstances
of the execution of Speekman and de
mand reparation of the Spanish gov
ernment.
A committee of about GO prominent
citizens and firms has issued a call fur
a meeting Saturday evening to frame
methods of helping bring settlers M
Oregon.
The report of the high school for I In
tern- ending July 9 shows the total en
rollment as 62, 4(1 being boys and K
girls.
Work on the railroad is Kotna; "t
briskly between Oregon City and Cain. -mah.
More Truth Than Poetry.
Uy James J. Montague.
IT'S A GOOD WIn THAT BLOW S
.NOBODY ILL.
When we, over here, heard the Ger
mans had signed.
Our joy was beyond all expressing :
For we have contended, since time out
of mind.
That peace is a paramount blessing.
We shared the delight of ail peace-lux -ing
men
In the plight that tho Huns were re
duced to,
Which gives full assurance that never
again
Can they- menace the world as hey
used to.
"Hurrah!" we remarked, "for this glo
rious day;
Sweet peace has arrived and she's fl
ing to stay!"
But while with the glorious news
were thrilled.
While rockets were madly exploding.
The people who live ln the Balkan
were filled
To their brim with a horrid foreboding..
For war was the work of their labor
ing class, "
The sport of their people of leisure.
And flphUng helped all their dull hours
to pass.
In a mingling of business and pleasure.
The folks who reside on that part of
the map
Were never contented unless in a scrap
When a male Balkanese of a mornini;
had fed
The goats and the chickens and cattle,
He would load up his musket with pow-
- der and lead
And hurry away to a battle.
The talent for killing was native with
him.
With marvelous skill he employed it.
All day he would battle, hard visaged
and grim.
And jiminy, now he enjoyed it.
The be-all and end-all of this chap's
career
Was shooting down men, with a sinis
ter sneer!
But now that exchanges of wallops and
belts
Between nation and nation has ended.
And over the Balkans, as everywhere
else.
The pinions of peace have descended.
While most of the nations, with ono
glad accord
Have joined in a hymn of thanksgiving.
These people, whose only delight was
the sword,
Have got no incentive for living.
Poor devils! No future at all can thcy
see
But to sit round the house till they die
of ennui!
.
They'll Go I" p.
It's comforting to know that the
present prices for food cannot possibly
last.
a
Too Late Now.
Why didn't the conference think ot
making Mexico sign at the same time?
Much Cheaper, Too.
It is never wise to drop one habit
without substituting another. Former
booze consumers can now begin con
suming thrift stamps.
Oliver Morosco will produce early
next season a quartet of plays by Anne
Nichols, starting with "His Lady Friend,"
starring Charlotte Greenwood, and con
tinuing with "Seven Miles to Arden,"
"His Lucky Number" and "Married in
Triplicate," In the order named.
:
Ina Claire is being starred in a new
Belasco play called "The Gold Diggers."
Avery Hopwood wrote it. Jobyna How
land, Bruce McRae and H. Reeves Smith,
Beverly West and Ruth Jerry, Lillian
Tashman and Pauline Hall are among
the players. "The Gold Diggers' is
looked upon here as a certain Broad
way hit.
Muriel Starr, tne American actress
who is touring Australia at the head of
her own company, has been married.
The name of the bridegroom Is John
son, and he is connected with the Wrig-
ley Chewing Gum compa..y. He lives
in Chicago and Is wealthy.
.
A road show composed of five Or-
pheum acts laying off on the coast,
and beaded by Trixie Friganza, w'll be
organized to play the Giesa Houses,
embracing several of the smaller towns
ln California,
The acts will pla; the theaters on a
percentage basis, each act to. receive
half Its regular salary and an equal
division of the profits.
Bailey and Cowan and Bert Ford and
Pauline Price will be members of the
troupe.
When William Hollowell read in
The Oregonian that his brother was in
Portland, he was the happiest man in
the city. The brothers had left their
home in Philadelphia five years ago
ana naa Jost track of each other. By
a peculiar coincidence both arrived in
Portland at the same time. William
Hollowell is at the Multnomah and his
brother is at the Benson.
Little Erown Wren.
11 y Grace K. Hall.
A letter addressed to "Hob Nob,'
Multnomah hotel, kept Manager Camp
bell worried the past few days. One
of the old guests of the hotel, however,
recalled that "Hob Nob" was the name
of a sewing circle of permanent wom
en guests who held meetings at the
hotel two years ago. The letter was
sent to the president and the problem
was solved.
R. A. Booth, highway commissioner,
and State Engineer Herbert Nunn left
for an inspection tour op the west side
of the lllamette valley last night. Mr.
Booth intends making a personal sur
vey of the various routes suggested in
Tillamook county along the coast, and
later he will study the situation in
other coast counties.
Captain Philip' O. Jackson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. Jackson, will return
home Saturday. Captain Jackson went
to a training camp, was sent overseas
and was given a commission as cap
tain. He has been 18 months in the
service.
An advocate of cleanliness is William
Peete of Kansas City, who is staying
at . the Benson for a few days. Mr.
Peete is a well-known manufacturer
of soap.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wheeler of Hall,
Wash., came to Portland yesterday for
the purpose of bringing their baby
t- a local hospital. They are registered
at the Imperial. j
C. Kleinschmidt, who has been in I
the hardware business at Baker, was
at the Imperial yesterday, where he
met his father, G. W. Kleinschmidt of
Cincinnati, O.
Oh, 'little brown wren, in your plain
brown dress.
You're the busiest bird I know;
Do you sleep, tell me, pray? And at
what time away ,
From your tiny round nest do you
go?
You're forever a-flutter, forever alert.
You labor when all the rest play;
Don't you ever one moment your duties
desert
Or long to be foolish and gay?
Oh, little brown wren in your plain
brown dress.
You're the cheeriest bird of all;
But I want to explain that you labor
in vain
If you list to no pleasure call:
For while you are spending your very
best hours
In errands that seem to command,
You're missing the sunshine, the glo
rious flowers.
And joys that are waiting at hand.
Oh, little brown wren in your plain
brown dress.
You're the liveliest bird on earth!
But does anyone see all thy goodness
prithee!
Or pause to Inquire thy worth?
You may slave all your days and the
dear birdlets raise,
But alas! at the end of life's flight.
When you're frazzled and worn by the
burdens you ve borne.
They'll wish you were gladsome and
bright!
Oh. little brown wren in your .plain
brown dress,
You're a sensible bird, I'm sure;
But the slave never gains very much
for her pains,
For plain dresses but seldom allure;
I have seen it before, little wren by my
door.
And I warn you against sad delay;
Tuck a rose in your wing, cease your
worry and sing!
And learn, ere too late, how to play!
Breaking- and Korg-ettina;.
Washington, D. C, Star.
I am afraid you have had to break
some promises now and then." "I never
broke 'em," answered Senator Sorghum,
"I merely forgot 'em."