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8 TTIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919. fit rimi vr r tftrcirirmfctn. ! ESTABLISHED BT HENRY L. PITTOtH. Published tV The Oreconlan Publishing Co.. 1.15 Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon. C. A. MORliEN. . B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Oregonlan la a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated press is ex clusively entitled to the Use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Rates Invariably in Advance: (By Mail.) Daily, Sunday included, one year Iaily. Sunday included, six months Daily. Sunda Included, three months . laiiy. Sunday included, one month .. . Daily, without Sunday, one year I-aily, witnout Sunday, six months . . . J laily. wi tli out Sunday, one month .... Weekly, one year - Sunday, one year Sunday and weekly (By Carrier.) 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There is a close similarity between the reservations in the league of na tions covenant proposed by Mr. Hughes and the interpretations pro posed by Mr. Taft. Yet there is enough difference between the views of the two men to preclude the thought by any reasonably-minded person that they have collaborated for political purposes in proposing a set ' tlement of the issue. Mr. Taft, it will be recalled, de clared his willingness, were he a member of the senate, to vote for rati fication of the peace treaty as it stands, including the league covenant. He proposed his reservations as a mat ter of expedience to settle doubts of others which he did not entertain himself. Mr. Hughes seemingly doubts the prudence, out of regard for our national integrity, of ratifying the covenant without making reserva tions or interpretations. Mr. Hughes has also gone further . than Mr. Taft by putting the interpre . tative statements he has in mind into concrete form. He has also given a clear exposition as to the effect of in - terpretations which are not in fact amendments of or additions to the treaty. Amendments or additions re ' tiuire the formal assent of the other ' signatory powers. Simple interpreta ' tions require no formal action by the other powers. After a reasonable ; period, in the absence of protest, their . acquiescence may be inferred. ; Mr. Taft, while expressing the con ; -ncttori that it is not necessary, pro ; poses a reservation denying the right ; of self-governing colonies and domin :. ions to be represented on the league J council at the same time with the mother government, or to have a vote , in the settlement of its major contro ' versies. That is the fair interpreta- tion of the covenant as it st-tnds, but .m Mr. Taft is willing to make it inesca- pable. Mr. Hughes, it may be in terred, does not believe that there is enough doubt concerning that phase of the covenant to make a reservation worth while. At least he makes none. In the matters of freedom of with drawal from the league, of definite reservation to ourselves of the right to settle matters of immigration and certain other matters of domestic pol icy, and as to a more positive declara tion concerning the Monroe doctrine, Mr. Taft and Mr. Hughes are one. There is considerable divergence between the two as to section 10, which obligates the members of the league to preserve against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all the members of the league. Under this ection,the league council, in case of any such aggression, would advise upon the means by which the obliga tions of the league members would be fulfilled. Mr. Taft suggests that the senate expressly interpret this section to mean that the functioning of the council is advisory only and that each member shall be left free to deter mine (incstions of war in its own way, the decision of the United States rest ing with consress. He, would have the United States reserve the right at the end of ten years to terminate her blisralions tinder this section. .Mr. Hughes would prefer to see section 10 wholly eliminated and he remarks that if it is not eliminated a limitation of its operation to a period of years would be preferable to the indefinite obligation proposed. As to this one section he also would sacri fice his opinions to the expedience of ratification and proposes an interpre tation similar to the proposal by Mr. Taft. that the functioning of the coun cil be considered advisory and the ex clusive right of congress to declare war for the United States be recog nized. His concrete interpretation does not suggest a time limit on the tertion. The interpretation of section 10 offered by Mr. Hughes is the one that would legally prevail so far as this nation is concerned were the league covenant to be accepted as itovtands. The senate by ratifying a treaTy can not deprive congress of exclusive pow ers conferred upon it by the consti tution. In the absence of an inter pretation, however, congress would be morally, though not legally, bound to carry out the recommendations of the council. If that recommendation was - for war, congress would be morally bound to declare war. Kven though we invite this moral obligation by making no specific reservation, it will occur to the minds of many that the representative of the United States in the league council, . where a unanimous vote is required to recommend war. would be guided . by the sentiment of the American people and the American congress at the time. The objection to a specific reservation regarding section 10 con- ; corns our good faith toward France. President Wilson and the other ' American delegates put the American finger into Kuropean politics when . they opposed the desire of France for " such a shearing of German territory and power that France would be for- . ever free from the danger of German aggression. Without a league of na tions strong enough to guarantee France's political and territorial in- . tegrity, .and in the absence of any al liance to the same end, France, in the opinion of her military leaders, would be left again exposed to German ag gression. France's exaction from President Wilson of a promise to sub mit to the United States senate a treaty of alliance between France, Britain and America to preserve France against German aggression. indicates existence of a doubt in France as to the adequacy of the league covenant, and particularly of section 10. There is a wide-spread objection in this country to the tri-party treaty, and it is a proper objection. Yet if France is not to have a guaranty, at least during the next decade, through the league, of armed support against German revenge, adherence by France to the league covenant is not a bril liant hope. France is more likely to prefer the policy of militarism as a means of protection, and militarism will not be permissible under the dis armament sections of the league cov enant. Powerful, self-contained, un injured by war, we have imposed our high ideals upon a weakened asso ciate. It is now a problem how we may keep good faith and preserve our traditional aloofness from European affairs. The issue is one of expedience, not solely as regards ratification of the treaty by the United States senate, but as regards the existence of the league. It is also one of honor of preserving the trust of France after having invited it. THE COMING OF THE FLEET. The Pacific . coast welcomes the coming of a great American fleet, not in the spirit of jingoism or war-madness, or sudden relief from fear of in vasion, but because it is a long-delayed recognition of the maritime im portance of this shore of the United States. We, who have not been lack ing in pride in our navy, have not heretofore had opportunity to show our pride by our deeds. The pent-up spirit of hospitality seeks vent. Hence the preparations to receive our ships and our sailormen with sounds of re joicing that the sharp-eared will be able to hear all the way from San Diego bay to Puget sound. The nation is commited to the pol icy of maintaining a fair-sized and an efficient navy, and the states of the Pacific coast, which are an important part of the nation and are helping to pay the bill, have something more than a sentimental interest in this branch of the national defense. They, too, have their dreams of trade on sea, of which the navy is a symbol, and great vessels riding at anchor in their har bors help them to visualize their des tiny. It may, too, remind the rest of the country that there are harbors on the Pacific side a fact of which some of them appear to be unaware. The Atlantic coast has the advan tage over us of earlier settlement, of development of a seafaring popula tion bred by stern necessity, but not in the spirit of enterprise. We, too, would be a maritime people if only inertia were overcome. Our contri butions to the emergency fleet showed our emergency capacity. By station ing part of its warships on our coast, the government gives us only that which is our due, and helps us to find ourselves. And on the principle that acquaintance breeds good feeling, sentiment in favor of an adequate naval programme is likely to be fos tered in this region by concrete evi dence that the nation is getting its money's worth. THE PEACH OITLOOK. The one fruit crop of which the Pa cific northwest this year seems to have a plenty is peaches. It has been an exceedingly favorable year. The slow-coming spring favored develop ment of the fruit and there were few untimely frosts. The only doubt is as to the size of the fruit, since orchard ists have done less thinning than usual, and the trees are overloaded. But there ought to be a market for the smaller sizes. It would be a pity in times like these to waste any fruit because ft did not attain an artificial standard set in the times when we could afford to be fussy about mat ters of no particular consequence. Our good fortune is shared by other peach sections. The federal bureau of crop estimates forecasts a crop of 32,000,000 bushels, or about 10,000.- 000 bushels more than last year. Half of this will be produced by California, our neighbor on the south, but every one knows that the Oregon peach has a much finer flavor. The rule ap plies to this as to other fruits that. the nearer to the frost danger line it is produced, the more delicious it is We do not always have a crop, but when we do have one, it is a "peach." Delaware, which once led in peach production, is far down the list now. but this is due to the enterprise of other states rather than to her own neglect. Oklahoma is entering the market for the first time with an esti mated crop of 800 carloads. The mid dle west had a complete crop failure last season, but now comes in with a big yield. There is ground for believing that every peach that is well cared for by the grower will find a ready market. High prices for all other fruits will steady the price of thin, but it is to be hoped that no shortsighted pro ducer will let his crop waste because of scarcity of pickers or for any other reason. It would be better to let down the bars to city folks willing to do their own picking and to furnish their own containers, at correspond ing prices. The peach crop promises partly to atone for the shortage of other fruits, but it will not do so un less it is consumed by a people who are hungrier this year than they ever have been for good fruit. ART IN MAMTACII RE. It is interesting to note that British workmen are beginning to talk of pro ducing articles of utility in artistic designs at the same time that the French are holding an exhibit in the United States of goods calculated to show the manner in which art can be applied to industry. There appears to be a forecast of world demand . for something higher and better than we have had heretofore. If the workers of these countries have guessed rightly, our own manufacturers will need to bestir themselves. The Latins long have been better hands than the northern nations at giving the touch of indefinable charm to the article of everyday use which, indeed, makes it a thing of beauty and a joy forever, but the English have furnished some noteworthy ex ceptions to the rule. Such an excep tion was llliam Moms, who was an idealist in the best sense of the term, and whose partnership with Rosetti, Burne-Jones and others for the de signing of artistic furniture and inte rior decoration marked a new epoch in our life. His idea that all things should be beautiful as well as usefui was a long time taking hold. That there should now be a revival of in terest in the subject shows that there is still work to do. Josiah Wedgewood was another noted English contribu tor to this line of thought. Though be borrowed freely from the Greek or Etruscan, his adaptations were so marvelous as to amount to creation. Thomas Minton was another idealist manufacturer. There have been a few others. The rage for quantity production has "been a severe blow to art. Yet it is not yet conclusively proved that there may not be both quantity and f artistry of design. It will not be sup posed that manufacturers sensing the popular craving for that which grati fies the higher senses at the same time that it ministers to the grosser appetites will insist on returning to medieval methods of manufacture. The point is now that, having achieved the summit of output, we may well inquire whether we may not have art as well. It is said of the French that they touch nothing that they do not adorn. This is particularly true of their tex tile industries. England and the United States, at the head of the metal-working industries of the world, may succeed in adapting French textile methods to their own chief industries. It is worth while to try. There is an unlimited field for practical application in architecture, for illustration. Probably we do not ack capacity we only have been too busy to express ourselves in that par ticular way. The pendulum may swing far. Reaction from the utter ugliness of war may bring us to a period of high art in industry. WASTED FRCITS OF VICTORr. The allies are almost ready to make peace with Hungary, Dut they can find no government that is competent to bind the people of that country. They concede that it is no business of theirs f the government is bolshevist, pro vided that is the kind of government which the Hungarians want, but they have no evidence that the people want it. The bolshevists seized power by force in Budapest and as far around that city as they can enforce submis sion, but there are rival governments in both east and west, and an internal quarrel among the communists has caused Bela Kun to be expelled and has put new men in control of the capital. If the allies should deal with the new oligarchy, it might give place to another any day. Secretary I-ansing spoke truth when he said before leaving Parts: "Concen tration of thought on world problems is weakening now when it is most essential." but what else could he ex pect, in view of the action of the allies themselves? They refused to occupy the conquered empires by armed force, although all the materials of anarchy were present. They refused to fight bolshevism in Russia effectively, al though it sent out incendiaries to set all Europe and America aflame. They hastily demobilized their armies, thus aggravating their unemployment prob lem and adding to the causes of un rest. They even made peace overtures to the Russian soviet, thus raising its prestige. When th-; Roumanians and Czechs were advancing almost unre sisted to end the Bidapest terror, they were halted by the peace conference, and the reds were given time to or ganize an army. A veil of half-secrecy has covered events in central and east ern Europe and the action of the allies in regard to them. What could the peace conference expect but re laxation of interest amid such secrecy and confusion of counsel? Relaxation of action on the part of the allies began with the armistice, and it has caused relaxation of thought among the people. It was not justified by the situation. There was need of continuity of action. though changed in direction and form. Allied troops needed at least to oc cupy all of Austria-Hungary and Tur key and all the debated areas of Ger many, to prevent anarchy, to Insure a free vote at elections, to direct food production and distribution and gen erally to hold things down till the peace conference had reached its de cisions. They should- have thrown the Germans out of Baltic. Russia instead of literally forming an alliance with them. The present world situation, the present relaxation of which Mr. I.an sing complains, is the result of the allies' own conduct, for they gave the cue. They acted as though their last ounce of energy had been used in bringing the Germans to sign the ar mistice, for they relaxed like an ex hausted runner, when they needed a new burst of energy to garner the fruits of victory. Those fruits are being dissipated, rotting, under their eyes, for they are a highly perishable product. SAVING I.VUISTKIAL CRIPPLKX. The dispatch from Washington which relates that more than 5000 disabled ex-service men are now re ceiving vocational training under the direction of the federal board for vocational re-education recalls the words of Dr. C. A. Prosser, director of the board, not long ago. in which he called attention to the possibilities of extension of the retraining system to the cripples of industry. A bill mak ing provision for federal aid to the states in educating the maimed has passed the United States senate and is now pending before the house com mittee on education. It was while this bill was before the senate that Dr. Prosser said: We hav come to rea'lze that this coun try has. from Its foundation, as hve all other countries, sent the disabled men of industry, the victims of industry, to the waste pile. We have had so much cheap labor to use that we have neglected our crippled and our handicapped In a most In different way. The peopie are determined that this shall not be done again, at least with the men who come from the war. Anything that can be done for a man through vocational rehabilitation that turns him from a wreck and a dependent and a social parasite into an orderly, happy and ucteisful wage-earning citizen will not only make for the eaftty of the country, but .in crease the value of our human resources far beyond the cost of the tl. -fining. Statistics of the toll taken of the workers by the industries are illu minating. There are each year about 2.000.000 industrial accidents involv ing some loss of time, 700,000 in which disability extends over a period of at least four weeks, and 22,500 fatalities. There are in the country as a whole with statistics admittedly incomplete at least 100.000 crippled workers. Xot all of these are beggars even under the present system of neg lect. Some have received private education,, some have been taken care of by their employers, and a few who had been thrifty in the days of their employment have been able to sup port themselves from savings. The number, however, who are not in some measure dependent upon charity is relatively small. The obligation of the state to the cripple was set forth by a representa tive of the National Association of Manufacturers, who appeared before a joint congressional committee at a hearing on the rehabilitation bill. He said: . To force them to become public charges is obvlouply as unfair to them as it is to the manufacturers seems to be thai the taireat way of rehabilitating woundeVJ men is bj helping; them to help themselves. As to the phase of vocational re education which leaves the choice of new occupation to the crippled man himself, which has encountered some opposition, it is believed that it is chiefly an administrative matter and - ne which will be solved by the exer- cise of a little tact. The middle-aged machinist who surprised his teachers by expressing a desire to become a piano player is being humored in his ambition and at the same time is be ing equipped to earn a living by being taught to tune pianos. He will have an anchor to windward in any event and may make good in both vocations. The figures furnished by the voca tional board show that a very large proportion of the men, left to their own choice, have acted wisely and seriously. Thus, 30 per cent are I learning mechanical trades, 25 per cent have taken commercial courses. and about 15 per cent have expressed a preference for agriculture. The last named are likely to help us greatly in solving the problem of pro duction. The extent to which ma chinery has made it possible for handicapped men to engage in farm ing is surprising to the uninformed. The 15 lot 20 per cent who have elected .to obtain a general education before selecting a trade or profession are perhaps the most far-sighted of the entire number. They recognize the value of a solid foundation for any occupation and are likely in the end to atone for the time spent in this way by greater efficiency in the field of their ultimate choice. The bill now pending in congress, one of the Smith-Bankhead series of educational bills, would authorize the federal board of vocational education to assist the states in rehabilitating their crippled workers, on the familiar principle of matching dollar for dollar such appropriations, within prescribed limits, as may be made by the state legislatures. It may be that this work ought to be entirely done by the states, which only emphasizes the fact that it ought to be done by some one. Considerations of expediency probably justify passage of the bill. It is found in practice that prospect of federal aid is a stimulus to local appropriation. So far as tt proposes to expand the facilities already developed for help ing the war-wounded to cover the industry-wounded, and to make the equipment built up for use of soldiers available for the handicapped of every sort, its aim cannot be criticised. Education of war victims will be completed within relatively few years; the cripples of industry, under the most favorable conditions, will be with us so long as industry continues. Farmers will receive with due con .Wvatism the news from England that high hopes are held for a process of electrifying seeds, by which it is said that increase in crop yield has been obtained ranging, in the case of wheat, from six bushels to as many as sixteen bushels to the acre. The process con sists in soaking the grain in a solution of some metallic salt, to render it permeable to electricity, and then sub jecting It for some time to an electrical current. It is based on the theory that every seed possesses an electric ca pacity, a fact not yet demonstrated, and it is now proved that increased yields were not due to the better culti vation which would be likely to be given to any especially expensive seed, the treatment costing about $3.50 a sack, in addition to the original price of the grain. The electrification process, at this price, has a hard row to hoe to establish itself in competition with the known advantages of good tillage, crop rotation and scientific fertilization. ' The body of a Chinaman was found floating in the river and the incident is dismissed with the surmise of sui cide. Xo doubt. It is said he was a stranger here from Seattle. Yet some time that dead "Chink" was some body's baby and hope in the far-off flowery kingdom, with all the ambi tions of a world to conquer in the humble way of the Chinese. The fall of a Chinese sparrow is recorded just as is the fact of the body of a white man being found floating in the Yantse-Kiang. The new sheriff of Columbia county, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by resignation, had been deputy for two years, and before that county clerk for two terms as well as deputy clerk for two terms previously. This makes his record of ten years In the courthouse and assures his ability to fill his new place. 'n these piping times of peace a sheriff must be an all-around man. Though the war is over, "Casey" is bound to "keep a-goinV Extension of activities of the war-work organ ization to the military posts In the farthest north will bring a feeling of relief to American soldiers who n.ight think they were off the earth. The little French bride has all the faith in the world to come the long way with her "Americaine" husband and she revives hope in an old world that would seem to be going bad. Austria objects to the financial clauses of the peace treaty. Her pro test would have sounded louder a little before the demand made on Serbia about five years Ago. Encephalitis lethargia is the name of a new disease characterized by drowsiness, lassitude and disinclina tion to work. It Is time for office boys to grow alarmed. Mrs. Bela Kun stayed out of the limelight until she went shopping: then she betrayed the fact that Mr. Bela Kun has not been dictator en tirely for his health. The United States at war with 'Japan and Great Britain looking on. is the latest dream of Gerrnans in Berlin. Don't they wish It. though? A minor boy smoking a cigarette is bad enough, but a minor girl is the limit and a nice judge will impose the penalty every time. Hawley has five days in which to get that luxury juice tax taken off in the house. He needs to be a speeder. Mexican border kidnapers strike It i pretty soft when Uncle Sam acts as collector of ransoms In their behalf. A local paper thinks summer is over, forgetting all the dogs have not had their days. Hogs were not so frisky financially at the yards yesterday, and it was about time. The Salem sucXer comes back, even for cold tea appropriately labeled In bottles. Those Who Come and Go. "Portland will eventually be the cen ter of the lumbering Industry of the Pacific northwest, although when 1 tell bankers in Seattle that they are peeved," says H. W. McPhail. presi dent of the Willapa Harbor State bank, who is at the Multnomah. "The rea sons for the centralisation in Portland are apparent. A large amount of Washington's timber has been cut. while Oregon has miles and miles of timber which eventually must be mar keted. Big lumber companies .are gradually establishing offices in Tort land, because so many buyers come to Portland. Buyers also go to Seattle, but not In such numbers. Then. too. there is the advantage of having an office where orders are available in stead of being off somewhere where three days are lost by the use of mails. Raymond now has 16 mills, most oi them running night shifts. The town has a payroll of J400.0U0 a month, and the population is 7000. The bank de posits are larger now thnn hen the government had 2000 soldiers getting out spruce and there were 1400 men In the shipyard. The last time I came to Portland was for the purpose of taking one of your prominent citizens back to Olym pia, under arrest, for violating our speed law." said Charles A. Foster, deputy secretary of state for Washing ton. "This cttlzen was arrested and on the plea of being In a great hurry a check for 25 was acceptea as Dan. When the Portlander arrived home he stopped payment on the check. To teach him a lesson I secured requisi tion papers for him. came here and escorted him back to Olympia. where he was fined much more than 125." Mr. Foster has charge of the motor vehicle division In Washington and says that next year new license tags will be issued Instead of the perma nent tag now being used. The perma nent tag greatly Increases administra tion costs and, after a test, is to be abandoned. Mr. Foster came to Port land to take the rest cure in a local hospital. It fs said that outside of Palestine, the only place on the globe where the tree myrtle is found is in Coos county, with specimens scattered In Douglas and Curry counties. Because of the presence of the beautiful myrtle trees, which look as thoueh they had been trimmed by a landscape gardener. Myrtle Point received Its name. When William Jennings Bryan was In Myrtle Point a few days ago the natives pre sented htm with some samples of the mvrtle wood carved Into nut bowls and the like. Speaking of Bryan, he was Invited to a basket picnic st Myrtle Point, but there was a hitch snd no chicken, save what one family had In Its basket. The chicken was bor rowed for Bryan's table, but by the time the plate reached the Commoner there was no chicken on It. W. C. Fensler and Mrs. Fensler of Myrtle Point are at the Perkins. From the bogs of Aberdeen came F.tJ Benn to the Imperial yesterday. These bogs, by the way. are held at a high valuation, for they are the nanttai oi cranberries. Mr. Benn. with T. 1 kus sell of Portland, pioneered the cran berry business In Washington when In 1912 they planted one of the bogs. The first crop was placed on the mar ket last year and was snapped up in short order, so that by Christmas time there were no Washington cranberries to serve with the Douglas county tur keys. It takes from six to seven years for a bog to get Into full bearing and then an acre will produce from 75 to 125 barrels. There are four boxes to the barrel snd 30 pounds to the box. The first few years the cranberry vines or bushes, or whatever they are called, require us much nursing and care as a new-born infant. Oh. joy! Think of motoring 5000 miles without a puncture. Such Is the unusual and delightful experience of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thrall and Mr. snd Mrs. F. B. McGowan of Jerome. Idaho. They toured to Tta Juana. Mexico, which is Just across the line and only a short ride from San Diego, and Is dandy place for Americans to mall postcards back home. The postoffioe at Tia Juana. consequently, does a land office business with tourists, but you can buy the cards with Mexican scenes cheaper in San Diego than In Tia Juana. The usual method of a tourist is to load up with cards at San Diego and buy the Mexican stamps at Tia Juana and mail them from that sun-baked settlement. The Thralls and McGowans left the Multnomah last night for home. State Game Warden Shoemaker re turned home yesterday from a trip around the state. lie was born and reared at Roseburg and claims to know every road in the vicinity. According to a yarn circulated during his absence. Shoemaker started to drive to the coast from l:oseburg and after driving from morning until early evening he dis covered that he was seven miles from Ro?burg. The game warden denies the story and declares that the man who put the canard In circulation be longs in the Ananias club and Is prob ably a fellow who never took out an anglers' license. John Hampshire left his Pacific highway job long enough to come to town and register at the Hotel Port land. Mr. Hampshire Is doing the con struction work In Canyon creek, which Is on the other side of the mountain from Cow creek canyon. The construc tion work will be roughed-ln In about a month and it Is rough enouih now. as tourists will testify. Traffic is per mitted through thx canyon only be tween 5 P. M. and A. M. and the pass age must be negotiated In daylight unless the tourists carry an accident policy, have their wills made and don t care what happens. "Nine hours a day is the new scale in the shoe factories of Haverhill. Mass. reports L. R- Tabor of Hilllard & Tabor, Inc.. shoe manufacturers, who Is at the Imperial. "There has just been es tablished a 45-hour wwlc. This means nine hours a day. with Saturday and Sunday off. giving the employes two free davs out of the seven. The nine- hour day and five days a week Is Drovinic so satisfactory that It will probably be adopted by all the shoe factories In Massachusetts. W. S. Richards of the K. K. Woods Lumber company of San Francisco. Is at the Benson. This company has mills at Bellingham and uriyi Harbor. The company may establish an office in Portland to facilitate its business as it not only sells but Is a large buyer of lumb-r and operates Us own vessels. The organization takes many cargoes out of the Columbia river. O. M. Kel logg. manager of the Hoquiam mill on Grays Harbor, the oldest sawmill con cern In that section, is also at the Ben son to confer with Mr. Richards. It was the fath-er of Tom Hoover who was one of the two men who founded the town of Fossil. The town received its name from the fact that some of the grearVst fossil brds in North America are in that vicinity, the country being filled with the remains of prehistoric monsters and the ances tors of the latter-day mammals. Mr. Hoover. -ho arrived yesterday, came as an escort to a carload of stock. North Bend will spend $100,000 for hard-surface street Improvements this year. Considering that t h-e population is about 40uo. or maybe 5000, this shows a great deal of eterprlse on the part of the little sawmill town on Coos Bay. S. K. Stevens of North Bend is among the arrivals at the Multnomah. Gleanings From State Press. Halcyosi Xlmrm Co sain a: for Lawyer. Aurora Observer. Since it usually costs from (1000 to J10.000 to prove that a fellow Is not guilty, there ought to be a lot of money put in circulation in the next year or so. Banker la Xieat AdiUer, Eugene Uuard. If you have money to Invest and you 1 do not know of any safe proposition that will Insure you an honest and fair return, call on your banker and get his advice before placing your all In the hands of some concern that has no re gard for you personalv nor for the methods adopted to win your confi dence, either through newspapers or personal letters. Nest President Republican. Medford Mail-Tribune. W WSPir T h -I t man H .A h.a lh n...h vote and the labor vote, who Is as dear to Sam uompera as he is to William ! Jennings Bryan; who Is a "man's man" and yet doesn't wear whiskers; who is a ladies' man. but never jazzes: who Is jovial without beinK fat: forceful with out beinir tiresome; tactful without be ing spineless: who has a future, but not a past: who has the fire of youth with the wisdom of old age: who "is de tested by Wall street, but has the con fidence of men of affairs: who is Just to capital, but fair to labor: who puts principle above party, hut never puts mush above meat: who is strong in the east, but can carry the west. Crotalna Adainnntena Atroa- Blue Mountain Ragle. The rati lesniikM is ..-,- r ,., v,t. summer. The dry weather Just suits mis venomous repine with a inzx ban. I 1 the end" of H i . fail 1 been killed riirht in town, with prospects for more. A hy the Haaor I'nlla. Harrlshtirg Bulletin. If the razor Dulls, don't kick. We saw Kelsey hacking down the evercreen berries around his shop, which makes up for a dull razor or two. Monrce? of lilsh Irlc-a. Woodburn Independent. We are told, sometimes by traveling commercial men. that prices are going nmner on everythinK. They receive their information from the Jobbers, the jonner rrom the manisf acturers, and the latter tell themselves. "And Kellr and Dsrke and Shea. Tillamook Headlight. How can the Irish who are clamorlnir for a republic expect to make rapid and successful strides with a man named De Valera as president? What has be come of the Sulllvans and Flannigans and McCanns? The Baneful Flivver. Baker Herald. This Increasing restlessness is not a good thing. The love of home Is the measure of society. While hack-to-the-land campaigns and the own-your-own-home campaigns doubtless are excel lent, what the people of this country need most of all Is a learn-to-'e-happy-at-home movement.. One liGnr or Ike Cither. Htllsboro Argua. Tf Senator Poindexter should run for president on a platform against the league of nations, he Is more than like ly to find a league of states against him In the next electoral college. The Argus would suggest William Hozen zollcrn as the vice - presidential run ning mate. Klraer Knows Him. Can by News. As an Illustration to show that there Is money in the business. Klmer Grihble received over $R last week for eags alone and tomorrow will have another $40 shipment. And yet they tell you that there la no money in the poultry business. None Broken Seven Times. Albany Democrat. Orvllle Montleth, who left for the east to visit his mother Wednesday, had the misfortune to receive a broken nose the day before his departure. He was swimming, when one of his friends swimming in front of lum happened to kick him In the nose, breaking that member. This is the seventh time It has been broken, football being the cause in the other cases. Trunk Line First. Pendleton East Oreitonian. 'We want the Interior highway built as quickly as possible of course, but the highway on the river route should be paved first, because it will serve the larger number of people and for the further reason that most of these coun ties. Including Umatilla, have bonded themselves in order to co-operate with the slate. ' Linen on n Box of Boiler Plate. Florence West. All this was sent to tis free of cost, and for what purpose? That we might publish it In the west and thereby strengthen the democratic party. When did a republican administration ever send out free publicity matter asking support In this way? During the war nearly every Issue of this paper con tained more or less free publicity mat ter relating to liberty bonds, the Ked Cross and other war activities, which was willingly given to help the coun try, but we do not see the propriety of giving free space in our paper to help build up and strengthen the democratic party. Two Byrds. Harney County News. The News and his son enjoyed the distinction of hauling and stackintr ettrht loads of alfalfa the warmest day ever experienced in the history of Har ney county. The mercury registered 105 in the shade. We've got good stuff In us yet. Perhapa Tumulty Told Him. Hlllsboro Independent. It is not out of place to Inquire how the president, after seven months' ab sence In Europe. Is suf f iclent ly In touch with the desires of the people to veto offhand repeal of the absurd daylight saving law. As the veto was practi cally his first art after attacking the mass of business which has accumu lated during hla absence, there la sus picion that It represents bis own Ideas and he has not taken the time or trou ble to find out what the people want a procedure entirely in line with his record In other matters. The Two Tlelale-Toeau Weston Deader. By gettiic together. Woodrow and George will have rm.de the United States a bit safer for democracy of the "unwashed and unterrified" brand. InluekT-'. 1-t. Sclo Tribune. W. M. Rhoda reporta that he has a Durocsow which a few days ago gave birth to 15 pigs. As tho sow- h as but 12 teats, he is raising one of the extra three by band; two of the three died. When Bryan Mlaned the thicken. Coqullle Sentinel. From Myrtle Point on Bryan day came a chicken story that has had very wide circulation. It seems that for rhe Bryan picnic the people had not thouirht of chicken and a plate of fried chicken on the table of a Coqullle-Nor-way party was requisitioned, along with a pitcher of cream while an un successful attempt was made to lift two cakes all without so much as a "by your leave" or a word of thanks. The worst of It was that before Bryan was finally seated at the table the last piece of tkat fried chicken had disappeared. In Other Days. Fifty Tears Ago. From The Oreconian of Julv 29. 1?. Washington. IX C. The Herald says Judae Dent and Governor Sharkey are about to go to I.onr Branch to Induce Grant to be cautious about General Ames inf luencing the Mississippi elec tion by means of his military powers. Heavy fires are burning over thou sands of acres of timber in the vicinltv of Olympia. W;ish. Telecraph llnl have been down most of the time for the past ten days. Miss Sophia Kverding and J. P. Claj were married Jj'.y 2S at the sesldence of E. Heebe. Twenty-Five Tenrn .las. From The Oreconian of July 29. 1S94. Honsrkonir A blue book Issued bp Sir W. R-'lunson. povernor of Honjr kone. reports thst ll'n.0"O have died of the black plague In the Canton district. Washincton Counterfeit K'f. a. - face value of ",,onn.0i!.i have stroyed by the treasury department The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club yesterday defeated a picked team from Seattle. Jacob McDonald, bill-collector, creat ed excitement on lower Washington street yesterday by walking up and down in front .if a busines house with a sign which read: "This man won't pay his bills." RATK CASK IH FAIOII.RV CASK Water-;rade Koada and Pnaet Sound Proflr- nt Pntdurrra' Ksprnse. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. July 27. (To the F.ditor.l In connection with the very important question of rail road rales, now pending before tha In terstate commerce commission. 1 am ven-urinar. as a citizen of eastern Wash ington, to express the conviction that the Interests of our section are one. with those of Portland in this rase. But we would wish to see the stress of the discussion placed upon broader Krounds than "doing anything" for Port land. Seattle or Astoria. This Is a larger question trShn one of benefit to any one city. It Is fundamentally a question of a just freight rate to the producers and of economic advantage to all parts of the northwest. Z. is obvious that if the railroads across the mountains to Pupet sound are receivins a fair compensation the S. P. i S. and t.-V. railroads down the. river are receiving much more than fair compensation. It follows that the high rate is just that much of a handi cap to the producing Industries: of the Interior and It is also a practiral theft from those producers by the rate-makers of the railroads. By both Justice and economic advan tage the grain .producer of the inland empire are entitled to the lowest rate to the sealioard. That must Inevitably be by the water-grade route. The rail roads across the mountains are pre sumably no the beneficiaries of tho unfair rates. It is the Ptiget sound cities and the down-river railroads that ar making the unjust gains at the ex pense of the producing sections by making ther.t pay more than transpor tation ought to cost. We of the inland empire are being sacrificed for the sake -of diverting transportation from Its natural and cheaper route to a nore expensive one for the sake of centering commerce on I'tlget sound. Thus, while Portland haw a perfectly good case, the big end of the ease rests after all upon the east side, the producing side. There is another tnost Important phase or the case of which little is said. Jt Is this: Portland and the grain raisers have in their own hands, right at their very doors, the means of liberation. This is wate transporta tion. After vcars of agitation the Columbia rivet was opened to naviga tion in l'.'l." by completion of the Celllo canal. -I has been practically unused. Why do not Tort land snd east-of-t lie mountains producers utilize the river? Dr. Smith answered that question be fore the commission by saying that there were no proper wharves or termi nals on the river. This is true, but why do not the great financial interests centering In Portland make the wharves and termi nals and put some real, serious steaner lines on the river? The United States government has put fie river at our disposal at an expense of millions. Win- do we not use It? Seattle would have "done It long ago. Are we not lacking in ente, -se? TUIUUHT SO-.G. The mocking bird is tinging in the gloaming And the evening's twilight shadows softly fall: Unto you. beloved, my heart is ever roaming Oh. dear heart, please listen to my call! . Now the surset's pennants are all gleaming Throuthhi- shreds of billowy clouds out in the west. While of you. In all your beauty. I sm dreaming Dreaming of the one I love the best- O'er the eastern hills the harvest moon is shining. Round and lull beauteous' golden light agleam: All the w hile for you my heart is pin ing In the summer's drowsy night a dream. While the whlp-r--or-wll in sweetly m Ping. Through the silent night thy form I see : While the larc'rons night o'er all the world is falling Come, dear heart, and nestle close to me MKRP.1I.L ARTHUR TOTHV-RS. Medford. Or. Educational Aid for Service Men. PORTLAND. July 29. (To the Edi tor.) I am writing to obtain Informa tion regrd:rg what the government has provided for returned sold-ers and sailors in the way of education. Is there a law which will send a person to some trr.de school or col'ece pro viding he lacks the nece.-sary finances? R. B. Oregon soldiers and sailors are en titled to aid from the state in an amount not exceeding 2"o a year for four years for payment of board, lodg ing and other essentials at any Insti tution of learning in Oregon. The fed eral government haa made no provi sion. Application for state aid should be made to the Institution the soldier or sailor desires to attend. , Marrta.e After Divorce. PORTLAND. July 27. (To the Edi tor.) Please te'.l me tf It Is a law in Oregon or Washington that a person must be divorced six months before marrvlng again. A says yes. B says no. Which is rishl? A SCBSCR1BER. It Is the law- In botSi states. In Or gon. however, two legislatures one of them the 1919 session validated mar riages previously contracted In viola tion of the particular statute when such marriages were otherwise regular. This 1S19 1" does not validate subsequent marriage of divorced persona who do not await the expiration of six months.