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FOR A HOME-OWNED FLEET.
Pacific coast ports are awake to the
fact that, in order to make their com
merce secure, they must own the
ships, and that now is their oppor
tunity New shipping routes are be
ing established by the big foreign cor
porations and may deprive ' them of
the vessels which serve them. Vessels
have been placed on the market by
the shipping board which they may
buy on easy terms. Shipyard? are
open to contracts as they complete
work for the government, and more
are free to contract from week to
week, but a few months hence, when
they are freed from present restraints,
they may be fully employed. A home
owned fleet is the safe foundation of a
port's commerce, and now is the most
favorable opportunity to secure it.
The impression that the first requi
site in the shipping business is the
ship and the money to pay for it is
giving ,way to the belief that the first
requisite is the cargo to load the snip
Given proof of sufficient assured traf
fic, a basis of credit has been estab
lished for the building of the ship.
That is the principle which has been
end is being advocated by Victor H.
Beckman. It involves a conference "of
ship builders, ship owners and ship
pers of freight. The shippers show
how much inbound and outbound
ocean traffic they have to offer. The
f hip builders and ship owners then get
together and determine the cost of the
vessels and the rates which they must
earn. The freight earnings are the
basis of the credit l- which the vessel
Is financed. The whole transaction is
founded- on the shippers' agreement to
provide traffic at certain rates for a
certain number of ships.
Wood motorships or sailing ships
with auxiliary motors have been first
suggested in this connection, because
the greatest lack at present is tonnage
which can be operated at low cost to
carry lumber to the Atlantic coast
:ind abroad and because yards are
available for quick- construction of
:iuch craft, but the plan can be adapt
ed to any kind of craft. The main
purpose is that each port provide its
own home-owned, home-built fleet to
carry the traffic which can be as
sembled at its own docks. The plan is
ro longer in embryo, for it is actually
in process of execution. The purchase
of nine wood motor ships by J. E.
(Jhilberg and associates of Seattle is
part of it. Other steps in the same
line are the building of six steel steam
ships by Skinner & Eddy of Seattle for
their own account, of four wood ves
sels by the Grays Harbor Motor Ship
company, of four more by the Bloedel
c.- Lonovan company at Bellingham.
t le latter to bo first of a fleet of six
teen at that port, while New York
cipitalists are preparing to build six
teen motor ships on the Straits of
Kura.
A general plan for each Pacific
oast port to provide its own home
f eet in units of five or ten vessels is
in contemplation, and will be con
sidered at a general conference, soon
: be held, for which twenty commer
r al bodies are preparing. As one of
the leading ports of the coast, Port
I -ni should prepare to do its part.
The success which has attended the
lnes already in operation should dis
pose of doubt whether there is enough
traffic available to justify, the invest
ment. When the Pacific Steamship
company began loading its first steam
it for the orient, it was not expected
t' take a full cargo, but it was filled,
and lack of notice to shippers was the
only reason why it did not return
fully loaded. Every subsequent ves
s ;I has been fully loaded both ways,
t ie service has been increased to one
ailing monthly and is likely to be
further increased, and all space is now
contracted for until after the eDd of
'.919. Practically the only limit to
purchases by the Scandinavian mer
chants was the difficulty of securing
ships and the government restrictions
on exports of wheat and flour. The
Columbia Pacific company has sent
out many cargoes to the Atlantic coast
: nd K u rope, and could bring back the
,-essels loaded if the shipping board
did not keep them on the east coast.
Freight in the territory Immediately
tributary to Portland, throughout the
.country ind throughout the world is
seeking means of getting into the
hands of would-be buyers, and the lat
ter are seeking means of getting it
into their hands. Under such circum
stances there is abundant employment
for ships at high profits. Building up
of commerce requires only that Port
land use the facilities of its shipyards,
its docks, its railroads and its factories
to provide the ships and to load them.
By that course we shall not only earn
much immediate profit but shnll di
rect a great volume of traffic into a
channel in which it will continue to
flow and swell. If through neglect of
the present opportunity, commerce
j.hould become established in other
channels, its later diversion to this
Port would be doubly difficult.
Venus should be studied at leisure
but without delay by amateurs inter
ested in astronomy because this planet
is this week in the period of its great
est brilliancy, and will continue to
diminish until September 12. when it
will be in line with the sun and in
"inferior conjunction" with the earth
and invisible to us. On the latter date,
however, it will be about 15.000.000
miles nearer to us, at 26,000,000 miles,
than it is now. Atmospheric condf
tions around Portland this season have
been peculiarly favorable to this planet,
which has appeared to shine with un-
wonted splendor. A little later it will
become the morning star, with the
probabilities many to one against its
being seen by more than a small frac
tion of those who can now see it early
on any evening by simply turning
toward the western sky.
A MEMORIAL TO ROOSKVKI.T.
The American people will respond
generously to the call for funds to
erect a national memorial to Theodore
Roosevelt. Ten million dollars is a
lot of money, but it should not be dif
ficult to raise, when the object is unr
derstood. If the real heart interest of
America in Roosevelt and his memory
j could be suitably capitalized in dollars,
it would realize many times ten mil-
lions.
The design is to make it a popular
subscription. It is said that there are
rich men who would themselves sub
fcribe the needed amount, if permit-
i ed ; but they will be expected to con
j tribute onlv n share r'nlnn.l fr,,cc,
, -
velt was able to keep the esteem of
sundry millionaires, not malefactors
of great wealth. But the memorial is
not to be the tribute of any class, and
its purpose would be defeated if it did
not represent the genuine appreciation
of all classes.
Xo definite plan has been announced
for the memorial; and there will be
many ideas about it. Whatever it is.
it should not be commonplace, but
individual, permanent, solitary and
expressive of thtf Roosevelt life, ideals
and record.
There "was but one Washington, one
Lincoln, one Roosevelt. Each Is en
shrined in the American memory, and
each was the peculiar glory of his
time in America. Something that will
stand for all ages should be reare3
by the American people for Roose
velt, and it should stand alone.
SMALL AND PREJUDICIAL.
Chairman Benson of the state highway
commission held up the location of the
Eugene-Florence road for nearlv luun -e-ra
because the road does not lead directly to
Portland. This seems to he his mission
making the rest of the state subservient to
the metropolis of Oregon. Kugene Guard.
Here we have illustrated one of the
severe trials in the way of unjust and
malicious criticism, to which men who
have devoted themselves to the public
service are too often subjected. The
chairman of the state highway com
mission is accused of blocking con
struction of a road "because it does
not lead directly to Portland." Of
Course it is not true, and it may be
doubted if it will be seriously con
tended at Eugene, or anywhere.1 that i
it is true. Yet the statement is baldly
made. Why is it made? The reason of'
course is that Chairman Benson has
not favored immediate appropriations
of state funds to build a lateral road
in a mid-valley county. It is not the
purpose of The- Oregonian to say thaf
ne was rtght or wrong.. It is quite true
that the Eugene-Florence road is des
ignated in the original 1917 highway
bill as a primary road, and that the
state is definitely committed to its
construction. It must be built, for the
people have said so. But Lane countv
did not say so, for it opposed the 1917
road bill by an enormous majority.
while Portland favored it, and was
chiefly instrumental in securing its
passage.
All the proposed roads in Oregon
cannot be built immediately. The
state has definitely embarked in a
great road-making programme, and it
will not be finished soon, probably
never. The commission is giving first
attention, as it should, to the main
highways, for they serve most people.
Everywhere the plan is understood.
endorsed, and accepted, for the coun
ties for the most part are makine
their plans fit the general scheme.
Lane county is on the Pacific highway.
and will get as much of the state's
money as any other. Would the
Guard have work suspended on the
Pacific highway because it leads to
Portland as well as to Eugene?
The road question is not for Port
land, or Eugene, or any city or county
alone to solve for its benefit, but for
the state as a whole. The state has
had too many conclusive demonstra
tions of the large vision and con
structive ideas of the highway com
mission to believe that anything wrong
is being done in the interest of any
community, even Portland.
BTJVING COLOMBIA'S (iOOD WILL
At last there seems to be a prospect
that the long-standing controversy
with Colomhia will be sottled by pay
ment of ?2.-j,000.000 to that country bv
the United States, but without an apol
ogy for anything which this country
may have done or left undone. On
those terms "the treaty made by W. J.
Bryan is to be ratified by the senate.
The treaty as amended is silent as to
why the money is to be paid, leaving
us to guess for what we owe it. Per
haps the reason is that Colo'mhia is
poor and needs the money, while the
United States is rich and can easily
spare it. After all, what is a little
matter of $25,000,000 in these days
when nations are tossing billions
around K
But tket is not all that Colombia is!
to get. As the only thing that is ex
cised from the original treaty is the
apology Or expression of regret,
Colombia gets the right, in case it
should be at war with any other coun
try not even the LTnited States or
Panama is excepted to transport
troops, war material and ships through
the Panama canal without paying any
charge to the United States. It also
gets the right to transport any of its
products or mails through the canal
-or the canal zone exempt from any
charge or duty other than that to
which products or mails of the United
States are subject. Colombian citizens
may cross the canal zone "exempt
from every toll, tax or duty to which
citizens of the United States are not
subject."- Whenever traffic by the
canal is interrupted and makes use of
the railroad necessary, Colombian
troops, wai materials and mails, also
government officials, must be carried
on the same terms as those of the
United States, but not in case of war
between Colombia and Panama. Coal,
petroleum and sea salt produced in
Colombia and passing from Atlantic
to Pacific ports of Colombia must be
carried over the railroad at the actual
cost of handling and transportation,
which shall not exceed half the rates
charged on similar products of the
United States. Colombia recognizes
Panama's independence, and the
United States agrees- to bring about
diplomatic relations between the two
countries and adjustment of all ques
tions of pecuniary liability between
them.
What does the United States gain
for the $25,000,000 and for these val
uable concessions, which cannot easily
be reconciled with the canal treaties
between this country and Britain and
Panama? The only equivalent men
tioned at Washington - is Colombia's
good will. We may well doubt whether
good will that must be bought outright
is worth having or has any lasting val
ue. A further consideration may be
that Colombia has been for many years
the headquarters of a gang of Ger
man agents.'who successfully opposed
our efforts to buy the canal franchise
from that country and who fomented
hostility to us after we acquired it
from Panama. They have instigated
the disappointed Colombian politicians
to conduct a propaganda against us
throughout Central and South Amer
ica, representing this nation as aim
ing to destroy the independence of. and
to despoil, the I.atin American coun
tries, with the' result that a feeling of
enmity and distrust was propagated.
It may be expected that when the Bo
gota politicians get the money, they
will cast out the Germans and culti
vate the friendship of the generous
Americans. That would be most un
grateful, for the Germans helped them
to get the money, but what has grati
tude to do with politics, especially as
practiced in Bogota?
It is very desirable to have the good
will of Colombiaand the confidence
of Latin America, but they cannot be
won by paying hush money. The cir
cumstances strongly suggest that the
United States has taken something
which rightfully belongs to Colombia,
else Why pay anything? That sugges
tion" is resented as false by the Amer
ican people, except those few who
delight to blacken -the good name of
Theodore Roosevelt, but for whom the
canal..would still have been in the fu
ture. Far-more is to be gained by pro
claiming the truth about the canal in
reply to the slanders of the Colombian
gang and their German confederates
than by paying blackmail and thereby
giving a color of truth to Uiose slan
der:!. FOR THKCONSIMER'S BENEFIT.
City Commissioner Bigelow has a
wrong impression about the public
market and the .criticisms directed at
it. in an interview with an evening
paper he said: "People should not
expect to purchase vegetables and
other foodstuffs at wholesale prices."
Nobody expects it. The people ex
pect to pay more when they buy in
retail than in wholesale quantities, but
they expect to pay materially less
when they pay cash Mian -when they
get credit, still less when they spend
time in going to the market and when
they carry their purchases home than
when they telephone for, them and
have the goods delivered at their door.
All that the market man does is- to
bring his produce to town, take "your
money and hand you the goods. He
gives the minimum of service. When
he charges the same price as the store
keeper, he takes payment for service
which he does not give.
Mr. Bigeiow also says: "A fair profit
is the aim, and the growers are en
titled to that." The-public market
was established for the benefit of the
city consumers, who are Mr. Bige
low's constituents, in order to enable
them to reduce the cost of living by
buying direct from the producer for
cash and by carrying their purchases
hcrhie. He need not worry about the
producers' profits; the producers have
proved themselves amply able to look
after Jhat. There is strong prima
facie evidence that they agree on
prices and maintain them.
Entirely too much is said about reg
ulation of prices by the market mas
ter. That practice . does not accord
with the basic idea of a public market.
It has been for centuries and is pre-;
sumed still to be a place whero the
individual buyer and seller meet and
freely make their bargains without
restraint and in open competition.
Thus current prices are arrived at.
Hence the term "market price." A
place where sellers maintain agreed
prices, or where a market master fixes
maximum prices, does not answer the
purpose. The term "maximum price"
is deceptive in this connection, for it
implies combination which needs re
straint, and almost, if not quite, in
variably the maximum is charged.
The public market should be radi
cally reformed by being made to serve
the consumer in the manner described
or it should be abolished. The people
tolerate the obstruction of Yamhill
street with stands on the understand
ing that they derive some substantial
benefit. If they are to be deprived of
that benefit, as they have been hither
to, the farce should end and the street
should bo eleared.
SENATOR LODGE'S BOGIES.
Senator Lodge's speech on the league
of nations illustrates once more how
far discussion has wandered from the
realities of the situation. On the one
hand, in - defending the covenant.
President Wilson has indulged over
much in high flown generalities and
sentimental, phrases, such as that
about breaking the heart of the world,
which have not the slightest relation
to the substance of the covenant, and
do not answer any of the reasonable
criticisms. On the other hand. Sen
ator Lodge and his kind conjure up
bogies which evaporate when calmly
analysed and compared with the text
of the covenant. For guidance as to
the meaning and effect of the cove
nant, as to the obligations which it
imposes and the benefits, which it con
fers, we must turn from its extreme
advocates and its extreme critics to
ex-President Taft, Charles- E. Hughes
and such men as Senators' McCumber
and McXary.
Mr. Lodge foresees terrible conse
quences from the provision of the
covenant giving the assembly authori
ty to "deal at its meetings with any
matter affecting the peace of the
world." He imagines the league as
a new holy alliance exercising sweep
ing powers over the liberty of nations,
when in fact it -would be composed of
nations practicing all degrees of de
mocracy from federal republic to con
stitutional monarchy and when the
surviving autocracies can be counted
on the fingers of one hand and do not
possess combined military power equal
to that of Poland.. -Further, the man
ner in whith the assembly may "deal
with" affairs is plainly laid down and
restricted in the covenant and requires
resort to . many. . peaceful expedients
before there can be any resort to
arms.
He is unduly alarmed lest the
United States be called upon to send
troops to defend the kingdom of Hed
jaz. A liberal supply ctf arms and am
munition - to King Hussein and a
blockade against his" enemies would
probably dispose of the latter. -If out
side troops were needed, the British
would doubtless be called on to send
them from Egypt or Mesopotamia.
The most that would be required of
the United States would be to join in
the blockade, to supply some arms
and to bear a share of the expense,
which might not exceed tliaf of oc
cupying Haiti. Theie is no more prob
ability that the leagtie would ask the
United States to send troops to Hedjaz
than that it would ask Serbia to send I
an arm to Mexico. I
Senator McNary has already shown
how little substance there is in the
theory that the United States might
be compelled to arbitrate or mediate
questions of immigration. The cove
nant excludes from such action dis
putes which "arise out of a matter
which by international law is solelv
within domestic jurisdiction." Mr.
McNary quoted these words from a
supreme court decision:
It is an accepted maxim of International
law that every sovereign nation haa the
power as Inherent in sovereignty and essen
tial to self-preservation to forbid the en
trance of foreigners within its dominions.
A later decision upheld the same
principle, and it was maintained by
1 several successive secretaries of state.
a reservation re-atrirmmg this doc
trine would not be an amendment of
the covenant, therefore would be open
to no objection, and it would'calm the
fears of the timid.
There is as little - cause for Mr.
Lodge's fears foi- the Monroe doctrine.
The covenant says that it shall not ,be
affected, after its only dangerous
enemy has been rendered powerless. ft
is wrongly described as a "regional un
derstanding," but it is an American
policy, therefore this nation alone has
a right to define it and to act upon its
own definition.. . If we desire to annex
a definition to the treaty, no valid ob
jection can be made and other nations-may
be glad to know just what
it is in 1919, almost a century after it
was promulgated.
'The "applause -with which Mr.
Lodge's attack on the covenant was
greeted from the senate gallery shows
how thoroughly opinion at the capital
is out of touch with opinion in the
country at large. A far better index
to what the people think is the vote of
three and a half to one in favor- of
the league given by ex-soldiers in
Portland or the vote of the republican
editors of Oregon. So it is with the
rest of the American people. They
have always been in favor of A league.
Now that THE league, as provided in
the treaty, is the only possible league,
they are in favor of THE lensrno anH
they are growing impatient with the
faultfinders, and with the delay of
ratification.
BACK TO FiCHOOL.
The back-to-school campaign is re
vived in August because this is the
month preceding the one in which
school terms begin in most districts.
The underlying motive of the move
ment is the fitting of young men and
young women, but especially young
men who left school at the beginning
of the war. for their duties as future
citizens. The lure of exceptional wages
in these cases is in a way dangerous
to the future efficiency of the com
munity. Almost before the youth is
aware he reached an age at which he
deems himself "too old for school,"
although still the unfinished product
of the system, and thenceforth he
struggles aimlessly to fit himself into
the scheme of things. Timely self
traint at this time will be amply re
warded later on.
It was pointed out by the president
of an Ohio college the other day thatl
mere are a tragically large number
of cases in which aspirants for educa
tion are diverted from their main pur
poses because they have not used fore
sight in preparation. A candidate, for
example, presents credentials to an
entrance board and asks to be en
rolled in a college of engineering. He
is told that his preparation is not suf
ficient for this, but that he may enter
another course. "In a minute he per
mits himself to be switched from what
he wanted to be to what he can be
with his present preparation." The
result is apt to be a discontented
worker. The round pegs in square
holes represent one of the major
tragedies of the social life. It is highly
unwise to leave the choice of vocation
to accident. The preliminary steps
should be well thought out, and then
the youth should resist every influ
ence that would disturb his aim.
Youth is the age period for school
ing. Adult education, . necessary as it
is. represents at best only an effort
to atone for an earlier omission. Those
who are now hesitating between con
tinuing at work and completing their
high school" or college courses will do
well to decide promptly in favor 'of
the latter. It will in the long run pay
them richly in dollars and cent., and
in other and even more durable satis
factions. That which is true of returned sol
diers is equally applicable to others.
It becomes increasingly evident that
the demand of the future will be for
trained workers. Education which
no longer means mere bookishness,
but has been expanded to include
everything implied by its classic deri
vation is the watchword of the mod
ern time.
The advance in the price of canned
fruit is the first taste of what we may
expect when trade relations with Eu
rope are fully restored. There is a
great vacuum to fill, and the filling
of it will keep prices at a high level
until European production is again
normal. That time will be delayed by
destruction of many orchards in
France and Belgium, so that a period
of prosperity is ahead for Oregon
fruit growers.
Attempts to reduce the high cost of
living by seizure of cold-storage stocks
and confiscation at this time cannot
be satisfactory. Better let eggs for
which the holder would want a dollar
a dozen this winter stay where they
are until that time and then cut the
price.
American military police in'coblenz
hitherto have identified German girls
by their feet, but since those damsels
have begun wearing French boots the
poor "gold bug" has to look farther
for evidence to hang on the philander
ing Yank.
The motorman who fled toward
the river when his controller box ex
ploded was not taking chances, yet
he may become a better one for the
experience.
A summary of crop conditions says
everything is good where irrigated.
That's just it.. The man with the little
ditch never suffers from crori failure.
fomforting. isn't it, to read that
canned fruit will be 40 per cent higher
next winter. Basement burglaries will
be in order.
The prince of Wales is not to come
west, but if he knew about Portland
it's a sure thing he could hot be
stopped.
Funny to think of an American be
ing a foreigner anywhere, but several
of him have just been expelled from
Mexico.
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Stars and Starmakers.
BT Leone Cass Baer.
T UTH GATES EVERETT is a guest
J.W at the Benson hotel, havins arrived
Tuesday from New York, accompanied
by Miss Grace Brown, also .of New
York and its theatrical world. Miss
Gates has only recently returned from
London, where for five months she was
featured in A. H. Wood's production of
"Business Before Pleasure." one of the
Potash and Perlmutter series. She and
Miss Brown are to be guests of friends
on a fishing and camping expedition up
the Columbia for a fortnight before re
turning to Xew York, where Miss Gates
is to begin rehearsals In a new dra
matic play under Mr. Wood's manage
ment, and Miss Brown begins rehear
sals in one of the Winter Garden pro
ductions. Answer to T.'J.: Eva Olivotti is f
Italian ancestry, and went, to school to
the-sisters at Mount Angel convent,
near Portland. Her people live in San
Francisco. By a coincidence she made
her debut eight years ago as "Patsy"
with the Ferris Hartman musical stock
in "The Tenderfoot" and played the
same role in the same play last week
at the Alcazar.
Frank Conroy. formerly of the clever
team of Conroy and Lemaire. and later
of Conroy and Murphy, is now doing a
single in a comedy turn.
A photograph of a large harp almost
surrounded by an Indian girl in an
ultra modern buckskin Lucile model is
in this week's Variety, flanked by the
following:
"Kathleen Kla-Wah-Xa The first
eight years of Misn Kla-wah-na's life
were spent with the Chinook Indians
along the Oregon banks of the Colum
bia river.
"At that age she was taken to Port
land, where, her musical talent being
discovered, she was educated by private
subscription.
"So far as Is known, she is the first
American of such lineage and early en
vironment to attain proficiency upon
so complex a musical instrument as the
harp."
Maude Fulton and Myron Gay have
collaborated on a musical comedy called
"The Humming Bird."
Miss Fulton has written the libretto
and lyric and Gay the music. Miss
Fulton will go east next month and. ac
cording to report, "The Humming Bird"
may be produced on Broadway.
Joseph Weber's "The Little Blue
Devil." a musical version of "The Blue
Mouse." with a book by Harold At
teridge and music by Harry Carroll,
will open in Detroit September 7.
In the cast are Bernard Granville,
Lillian- Lorraine (who will play the
role originated by Mabel Barrison).
Jack McGowan and Ed Martindale.
There are but four principal parts. The
others are bits.
Ned Wayburn is staging the play.
Helen Collier Valient, who was a
member of the "Turn to the Right"
company at the Heilig here last season,
arrived from the east last week .in San
Francisco to press her suit for annul
ment of marriage to Frank L. VaiienC
formerly a lieutenant In the aviation
corps. ,
But one company, the original with
the Barrymores. will play "The Jest"
next season. There may be but one
company of the piece for many seasons.
Arthur Hopkins, its producer, at pres
ent has no plans on that point.
Publicity is asked by his mother to
6earch for Culbertson Stevens, son of
the late Loren Stevens of Chicago, and
heir to an $18,000 estate. Although not
actively in show business, young Stev
ens had a large acquaintanceship in
the profession. He Is supposed to have
accompanied the late Vernon Castle
when he was conducting a campaign In
America for recruits to the British fly
ing service.
The address of Mrs. Stevens is 1250
Montrose boulevard. Chicago.
Mrs. Wilton Lackaye. . wife of the
actor, died at their summer home on
Broadway boulevard shortly after 6
o'clock last Wednesday morning. At
the time of her death, which followed
an illness lasting between five and cix
months, her husband and son, Wilton
Lackaye Jr:, and a sister-in-law, Cath
erine Lackaye. were at the bedside.
Born in Sedalia, Mo., in 1878, Mrs.
Lackaye. as Alice Evans, entered the
theatrical profession shortly before her
marriage to Wilton Lackaye on Sep
tember 26, 189s. During- her brief stay
before the footlights, which terminated
at the time of her marriage. Alice Ev
ans attraoted considerable attention for
her ability, especially when she played
the part of Bossy in "A Texas Steer."
Wilton Lackaye and his wife first
met while engaged in their professional
theatrical work. While in New York
they made ..heir home at 261 West Nine-'
tieth street. ,
.
Otis Skinner ended his tour in "The
Honor of the Family" at Fargo, N. D..
last Saturday night, brining to a con
clusion one of the longest and most
successful tours lie has ever made. The
members of his company went on to
New York, but Mr. Skinner himself
went on to Estes Park. Colorado, to
rest for a month before beginning
preparations for the production of the
new play in which he is to appear next
season under the management of
Charles Frohman, Inc.
I.YXCH AJtD THE "DKCLARATIOV
RlRbt to SlKn Not Drpenilrnt on .A t
M of 3iew York Man.
EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) In your editorial "On Collect
ing." you say. speaking of Thomas
Lynch. Jr.. a signer of the Declara
tion of Independence:
It Is only by an accident of fare that he
was one of the signers. His place would
have been taken by Robert R. Livingston
one of the authors of the declaration, If the
latter had not been prevented from being
present.
There must be something wrong
about this, for Robert R. Livingston
was a delegate to congress from New
York and Thomas Lynch. Jr.. from
South Carolina, and the right of Lynch
to sign could not have depended upan
the absence of Livingston. The facts!
about Lynch as a signer, as I under
stand them, are: His father was the
delegate, but by reason of the father s
r-ickness. the son. then only 26 years
old. was appointed in his father's stead,
and was so servi.ig at the time the dec
laration was signed.
The connection between Livingston
and Lynch was probably this: Livjng
ston was a member of the committee
to draft the declaration and his ab
sence from congress may "have result
ed In Lynch's taking his place on this
committee, and bo signing- the com
mittee's report, S. D. ALLEN.
Those Who Come and Go.
From Eagle creek almost to Cascade
Locks there is a sliding mountain which
has caused long annoyance to the rail
road. The mountain rsts on a layer
of -water about an inch deep over the
bedrock. The water causes the moun
tain to slip and each time It moves it
heads toward the Columbia river. The
swift current of the stream, however,
carries the earth and trees away, so
that the river does not shoal at that
point. It Is estimated that the moun
tain slides about ten feet a year and
the railroad company has to keep shift
ing Its tracks. As an experiment, the
railroad drove a couple of tunnels into
the mountain and sinoe these drifts
were made and water released, the
movement has apparently ceased. The
rock is fossiliferous and enough coal
was taken from the drifts to keep the
shack of the workmen warm last
winter. E. H. Crosby ui Cascade Locks
is at the Imperial.
There are some people in western
Oregon who do not know where Jwrdan
valWy is located, though it is the trade
center of a district bearing the same
name in Malheur county, with several
thousands of acres irrigated - and a
project under construction that will
ultimately have 40.000 acres In produc
tion of alfalfa and root crops. Thomas
T. Kohout. a merchant of that place
who came to attend the buyers' week
events, has invited the stale chamber
of commerce to arrange a tour of that
section this fall and visit thi growing
community. He leaves for home today
by automobile and while in Portland
extended personal invitations to whole
sale men and jobbers with whom he
canve in contact.
Maybe she doesn't sing "A sailer's
wile a sailor's star shall be." or "111 be
happy when my ship comes in," never
theless Mrs. J. T. Hayes is waiting at
the Hotel Portland for her skipwr hus
band to arrive in a windjammer from
San Francisco. Captain Hayes is out
12 days from the Golden Gate, which
leads to the suspicion that he is not
sailing clipper. Notwithstanding his
present slow passage. Captain Hay.es
holds the record for sailing a vessel be
tween Australia and Port Townsend.
and from Antofagasta to San Fran
cisco, according to .Mrs. Hayes. Miss
Nellie Kidd, the captain's sister-in-law,
is with Mrs. Hay-es.
"We're proud of our war record in
Idaho," declared Monte Gw-inn of Boise.
"We oversubscribed $12,000,000 on
liberty bonds, which makes a good
showing." Mr. Gwinn. although living
at Boise, claims that he is an Orego
nian. for he made his pile in Oregon
and did a lot of development in eastern
Oregon. Kor instance, he was no small
factor in the building up of the Mal
heur Livestock company, which he con
siders one of the finest enterprises of
the kind in the world. Mr. Gwinn is
the only man on the face of the globe
who has been president of the Oregon
State Bankers' association and the
Idaho State Bankers' association.
John Dignan of the good ship Boni
fay. now being outfitted at the wharf
at the east end of the Morrison-street
bridge, is at the Hotel Oregon. Within
a very short time the Bonifay. a made-tn-Oregon
ship, will be sticking her
nose foj; the first time against blue
water. The Bonifay was originally
painted the disnial gray which was the
underlying base for the camouflage
coloring, but now that war is over and
the steamer is in commercial work,
plenty of good white paint has been
generously used.
"Steel for the Deschutes bridge on the
Columbia highway has been fabricated
ana is ready for shipment from the
eastern plants," says C B." McC'ullough,
bridge engineer for the highway com
mission. "We hope to see the 'bridge
completed this fall. tjood progress is
now being made at Rock Point, near
Gold Hill, where a bridce for the Pa
cific highway will span the Rogue river.
lne bigger t bridge project will be the
structure across Youngs bay. near As
toria, on the Columbia hichwav. This
job will be ready to let during the
autumn."
t
There is quite a bit of history con
nected with Prewsey. the town from
which Mrs. H. H. McLaughlin reg
istered when she arrived at the Impe
rial yesterday. Prewscy was settled
in lSo, or thereabouts. George Per
rington had the first store: Dr. W. L.
Marsden was the first physician; Thom
as Howard had the first livery stable
and Mrs. Howard ran the first hotel.
Mrs. Howard now lives on Mule creek,
on the site of an old Piute Indian camp,
where the aborigines ...ed. until a few
years ago, in primitive manner.
Pat Riley, an oid-tim r from Ante
1 pe. breezed into the t nerial vesitr.
day and told the world where he was
from. Antelope is on the ancient trail
between the gold licids of Grant county
and The Dalles, and once upon a time
the prospectors mushed over it filled
with high hopes. In those early days
antelope were right plentiful n st
ern Oregon, and that is how the town
got its name wished on it.
Although this is the natural market
tor i-ossn KiocKmen, frank Wrlkisjnn
took some cattle to Chicago and d
fairly well, he confided to Fossilities
he met In Portland yesterday. Mr.
Wilkison's ranch is about 30 miles south
of Fossil, in the John Day country.
His place is not as large as it was a
few years ago. for he disposed of a
considerable acreage when he figured
iai ne w ouia nave to go to war.
In three weeks' time Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Humphreys and daughter have
traveled by the gasoline route from
Memphis. Tenn., and landed at the Ho
tel Portland yesterday. Mr. Hum
phreys, who is a manufacturer in
the turpentine belt, has no complaint
to make of the roads, for he says he
found some good, some bad and some
indifferent, and he negotiated them all.
It is the business of W. W. McBride.
who is at the Multnomah, to. snap up
carload lots of Oregon fruits and send
them east where a concern puts a tin
overcoat on them. Mr. McBride com
plains at the high cost of living. He
says that a few years ago he could
get berries for his concern at one-third
or the price he is paying today.
It:s going to be a tough season for
fur-bearing animals, because their pelts
are soon to advance 20 per cent in
price, and they will have to be more
than 20 per cent fleeter of foot if they
expect to dodge extinction at the hands
of the hunters. This encouraging news
was brought to the Benson by A. Aren
son of San Francisco.
Rhea creek, in Morrow county, which
empties into Willow creek at the point
where Jordan postoffice is located, was
named after one of the first settlers in
that section. A grandson of this set
tler registered at the Imperial yester
day. He is Rhea Luper. who now re
sides at Salem.
W. H. McAtee of Tygh valley, is at
the Perkins. Tygh valley is chiefly
known among motor travelers as hav
ing about as mean grades on the roads
as can be found anywhere in the state,
but the settlers In Tygh valley are so
accustomed to these grades that they
sometimes take them on "high" and at
top speed.
Axel P. Ramstedt.-who was formerly
a member of the public utility com
mission of Idaho, is at the Hotel Port
land. At present he is associated with
the Days at Wallace, Idaho.
I ! I : :
In Other Days.
Tireoty-Klve Iran Aro.
T.r"'" The Oregonlsn of August 14 1!4
' J. Mulkey. rormerly special agent
of the treasury department, and con
Meted last December of conspiracy
has applied to the president for a
pardon.
Officers and delegates of the sov
ere,cn camp an(, h(,ad ca
Woodmen of the World are expected to
e'.K'r Po"l"d h-' mornlr. to
open their third biennial session.
finish 0,rk f Puuin " interior
finish on the new city hall is progress
mg rapidly and the building will soon
be thrown open for inspection.
Fifty Years Am.
. FTo'i" .r'"onl"n f August 14. 1sm
London Qut-en Victoria Keeps her
WLn Lhe'j" travls- The Prince of
nt Wh haS been "King for the
Past dozen years, has just returned
from a visit to Egypt.
cit' Y,,rk Thetversal Peace so
cet wm meet at AIvstj r
August IS. on
Owing ,o fhe iiTnTss of the leader of
the circus band no performance wa,
given last night but theiv will be a
grand matinee today.
Fires In the wods are getting more
numerous and spr-eading. There is now
a lire on the mountains just back of
the city from which a shower of ahes
was blown into the city vesterdav
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
THE OLD ALIBI.
to.IJ'vv,i?0'hr:nL0,:,'e,rn?day 1 -'
When Second-Story Joe made bold
To burglarize a grocery store.
And Bill the porter caught him cold
And knocked him senseless to the
floor.
He rose in court next day and wept
"I never would be here." said he
"On such an awful charge, except
A certain party lied to me.
A pal o'mlne. Judge, on the dead.
Is who should be arrested for
This crime they lay to me: he said
There wasn t no one in that store:"
W.hS'VSur"Thi" H-r.v sold a lot
Of bogus stocks in hog'us mines.
He was astonished when he got
.ssorted Prison terms and fines
This is an outrage." he exclaimed
I made a slip, i won't denv.
But really. I should not be blamed
1 was the victim of a lie.
A shady broker in the Street
Said: -Do not mind the law one bit
Just buk 'em. and if you're discreet'
loure sure to get away with it.'"'
When Dog-Faced Donovan came to
I pon the avenue at dawn
With both his eyes a rich dark blue
And seven of his molars gone. -He
said: "Chee whizz, dat was some fix-
1 got it worse than Willard, see? '
But 1 d not he in this here fix
Except a feller lied to me.
1 d took no chances on the scrap
That I was walloped in last ntght
But some strange geezer said the cha'o
That I'd insulted wouldn't fight'"
The Height of Loyalty.
,,.-,r- Burleson will not resign while
Wilson is president. He wants to spare
his benefactor h t ...... i.t ..
aim w orrv
ol finaing a successor for the head of
.nc i . v. oepartment.
at
He'll Remember What Happened.
The nw A.,..-,.-: ;; .
, ""- minister will not.
like the old one. write home that this
- - ito uim country on the sav-.so of
J. Bryan.
.
Dif Irrrsrn, So to Speak.
Renrt u-hnt I .. .1 . i -
v ouricSKi savs about
some of his opposing fellow country
men and you'll understand what "i-
mcunt I.,- t v- ... .. .. ...
'- ca)pi caMun as tne 1'oles
asunder."
nyrjght. 1;1Q. i,v n, sy,idi.a)o. 1tv. ,
To the Song Birds.
By (.race IE. Hall.
Sing in sheer Joy. of the rapture that's
swelling
Within your wee heart as vou unfurl
the wmg.
In wild exultation voice bliss that is
well ing.
In gay. shrilling notes let it passion
ately ring.
Perch by the nest where your babies
may hearken.
Fill their young minds with the talcs
you can tell:
Shriek of mad flight when the storm
clouds shall darken.
Lilt of your dips in the blue ocean's
swell.
Warble of sails you have made o'er
the broad fields.
Vlsioning the corn waving, greerr
plumes to you.
Joy. full niHl free, is the measure your
life yields.
Give of your music and stories so
true.
At twilight sail down, fold your wings
in the gloaming.
Come rest from your travels, the dav
has been long
Alight on the bough that fore'er waits
your homing.
And in the cool shadows trill lullaby
song.
Li nd lords Within Their Legal Rights.
PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (To the Ed
itor.) Notice has been served on most
of the renters in apartment houses that
their rents will be raised September 1.
This will be profiteering in an aggra
vated form. The prices now paid are
too high. There is nothing to warrant
an advance in rents. Fuel costs but
little more than it did last year and
the managers of the apartments who .
are raising rents from 20 to 50 per
cent are, at the prices now being paid,
making a profit of from 100 to 500 per
cent en their investment.. The price
of food is to be in vest'igated and
profiteers are to be forced to accept a
fair margin of profit. Ha3 the renter
no recourse? Please advise your many
readers as to how they may proceed in
order to avoid -being held up bv the
landlords. RENTER
We know of no way to prevent a
landlord, lawfully in possession of
property, from charging as much as he
can find people willing to pay. Those
who can acquire homes of thei
by thrift and sacrifice, will find the
present a peculiarly appropriate time
to plan doing so. Becoming landlords
In due-time, they w ill be In a position
.to "get even" for past exactions.
'alien Heroes Must ot Be Forgotten.
PORTLAND. Aug. 12. (To the Edi
tor.l permit me the use of The Ore
Ionian for a little thought and a little
criticism.
1 read every day of the return of our
boys, of the great weicome given tnerfi.
of the great things done and to be done
for them. This, Mr. Editor, is glad
rer.ding for me and, I do not doubt, for
a gieat many others; but am sorry
to say I read cr hear very little about
our boys who will not come back. Evi
dently a live hero Is worth many dead
ones. It may be true as fa.r as the
dead hcio, but how do you think lie
fnr.'ily feels ab tit it? Is it that we
think "Le roi est mort: vive le roi"?
Let us do all we can for the boys,
but do not l-t us forget that those,
who made the supreme sacrifice are
entitled to some consideration.
A FATHER.
Prunes are dropping, but not in the
market, or in the store,
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