Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 26, 1919, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 THE MORNING OREGQNIAN, FJvJDAY, HEPTEMnKR 20, lnlft. ESTABLISHED BI HEXBT It. PITTOCK. rubUMhed by The Oregonlan Publishing f Co., 135 Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon. p. A. ilORDEN, g. Manager. E. B. PIPER, Editor. Th Ore&onian Is a member of the As sociated Prttts. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to he use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited in thts paper and also the local news published herein. Alt rightM of republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance. - itsy stall.; Tafly, Sunday Included, one year ... lj;illy, Hunday included, six months . f4ily, Humiay included, three months Jaily, tiumlay included, one month ljutly, without Sunday, one year .... laily, without Sunuay, six months Iaily, without Sunday, one month . . 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San Francisco representative. K. J. Bidwell. UEVEI.OI'MEXT OF THE PORT. ' The joint request of the Port of Portland commission and the Public DocU. commission that Colonel Slat tery, the United States engineer offi cer, recommend to the government Improvement of the channel from Portland to the sea to a depth, of 35 feet at zero and to a width of 600 feet expresses the sentiment of this community, as the two commissions state. The claim of the port to this improvement is supported by its ex penditure of $4,000,000 from local taxation on the channel and its readiness to share the expense of further improvement and mainte nance. 1 Of the necessity of this improve ment there is no doubt. It was es tablished by the fact that when the Pacific fleet came north the only vessels which came to Portland were a cruiser drawing- about twenty-two (eet and six destroyers drawing ten to twelve feet. When a desire that larger warships come was expressed the mortifying reply was made that it would be better for the port if they did not attempt to come than that they should make the attempt and strike a bar. That incident awoke us to the fact that, while we have been claiming a channel of thirty feet, we in fact have that depth for only three or four months of the year, during the period of high water. During the succeeding low water season the depth falls as low at twenty-six feet and after the sea Son's dredging that is, during the winter it increases to twenty-eight feet. .;' In not recognizing these facts we have deceived none but ourselves, and that to our own injury. - Ship owners knew them, and acted ac cordingly in sending or chartering their ships to American ports, and in fixing freight rates when they sent Vessels to Portland. Ship captains knew them, and acted accordingly by Hot. loading to full depth and in ad vising owners to what ports they should make charters and on what fisks they should calculate. When a ship loads to less than her capacity and runs the risk of delay while waiting for tide or of running Sground, the port pays in loss of business or higher cost of doing busi ness. If a ship can safely load only to a depth of twenty-three to twenty five feet, when she can load to thirty feet at another port, this port Either pays for the unused cargo ?pace or the ship goes to the other port and the cargo follows. Nor is H enough to have a thirty-foot chan nel part of the year or at high tide. Vessels running on regular lines must be able to come here in any week or month of the year, and without delay. A ship's time is faioney, and we must pay for it or the Ship will not come. In order to be fecognized as a port we must deepen the channel to r&ccommodate any ship of any size at any season and we must widen the channel to give two such ships ample room to pass In safety. ;' Portland has been congratulating Itself on a forty-one-foot channel, with ample width across the Colum bia river bar, and the- government has taken for granted that mainte nance of the south jetty or further firedging is unnecessary. Wise rrecaution seems to dictate that the south jetty be kept up in order that no sand may drift in to rebuild the bar, and that some dredging be done every year in order to keep the sand moving seaward and to main tain the depth that has been gained. T. '. Provision of a w ide, deep channel &cross the bar and up the rivers is Tthe first requisite, but it is only the beginning of the work. After we --have "brought the ship to Portland we have to provide plenty of room "3or it to turn, which requires crea "ation of a large basin. Then we must have piers, warehouses, fuel " elevators, tugs, lighters, flrydocks, in order to supply the ship, load it and repair it, all with quick dispatch and at the least possible cost. These things cannot be done unless we equip a wide strip along the water t ront for connection of railroads, 'trucks and factories with-.the docks. ,'jas a transfer area between land and .water transport. ' The best service :demands that the railroads connect ing with the docks be arranged and operated as a" unttand that streets "-be laid out so that railroad and street traffic serve each other, not get in leach other's way, and that both serve the ships. , : - It follows from these considera Itions that we need "what we have .Clever had a general plan for. de velopment of the port and its ap proaches a plan not only adequate for the needs of present and imme- Xfritklv nrrisnprtive commerce, but affording scope for expansion with out material change in that which is already constructed, without tear ing down to build anew. Such a plan would treat the work of port . and channel development and use as a whole." each part fitting into the other and each to be carried out in units as the needs of commerce "grow. Preparation of such a plan is a work for a qualified port engineer - who can bring to it deep study of such problems and wide knowledge .and experience of other ports, witli 1 a mind free from any predilections ! arising from local interests or pre- : i.l.. 'i c With surh A. r 1 :j n ' VUlItBlvcu . v i . . ...... i ' befor tbem, the port authorities eoulcj work to it through a term of years, and could avoid those hand-to-mouth methods of finance and construction which are always a fruitful cause of waste. Execution of such a plan would be possible only by a single commission. xne functions of the two existing commissions are so closely related and are interlaced at so many points that their proper, successful per formance requires joint sessions and action by joint committees. It speaks well for the public spirit of the mem bers that they work together in such harmony. The necessity of joint ac tion proves that the two commissions should be one. That will be more than ever so after a plan of develop ment covering the fields of both com missions without distinguishing be tween them has been prepared, as it would be by an engineer. Their tax ing power and earnings, their bor rowed funds and their bonding power would then be pooled and could be applied to any part of the plan." One commission should have jurisdiction over the charmel from the sea, the harbor, the facilities ashore and afloat and over the waterfront area on which land and water transport connect. Consolidation will require legisla tion by both the state and city. Prob ably amendments to the constitution and to the charter of Portland will be necessary to secure the proper laws. Enactment of one or more bills by the legislature should fol low. In order that the amendments may be submitted to the voters at the election of 1920 and that the bills may be enacted at the legislative ses sion of 1921, it is advisable to begin now .the preparation of all enact ments needed to consolidate the com missions and to widen and define the powers of the single commission. In the meantime work can proceed on improvement of harbor and chan nel, excavation of a basin and exten sion of the St. Johns terminal, though no new project should be undertaken which may interfere with the- gen eral plan which would ultimately be adopted. Nor need there be any de lay about preparation of the general plan; on the contrary, it would prove useful in shaping legislation. Portland has come' to " a turning point in its life as a port. The com merce which ' is coming in spite of the obstacles which exist is but an earnest of what may 'be gained after those obstacles have been removed. The world's shipping is wandering in search of new. homes that is, new lines of ocean traffic which -will prove profitable.- Now ie-the time to make Portland attractive to it. . Dei traction by rivals should not deter us. It is but re-coghitidn of our op portunity to - make- a port equal to any and possessing same advantages which can never bo taken away. It is expression' of fear that we may make the" most of that opportunity, and of hope that. we shall be too faint-hearted to make the attempt. Great ports have been made at points with far less ""advantages and far worse obstacles-than- Portland has. They were made by the courage, con fidence and perseverance of their people. By exercise of the same qualities Portland can excel them. BAD FOR POLITICS. It is illustrative of thestruggleof the man on fixed salary to make income meet outgo that the superintendent of schools of Grant county, Oregon, resigned on September 15, and that the district attorney of the same county has now announced his inten tion to follow the superintendent's lead. The pay of the superintendent in Grant county is $1200 a year; that of district attorney $1500. Both re signed because pay was Inadequate for family needs. The wage scale in Portland for restaurant dishwashers is, we believe. $25 a week and meals. Dishwashing is not a skilled trade or learned pro fession. Probably the necessary quali fications can be acquired in a day or a few hours. Whether that is the view of the dishwashers' union and whether a period of apprenticeship is required, we have not stopped to in quire. We are speaking of facts, not arbitrary conditions. It is beside the mark to say that teaching school or practicing law is much pleasanter work than washing dishes. In the long run the polite ness of a vocation will not alone in duce long years of preparation. Abandonment of the principle that man must be paid for his "know how" as well as the doing means an ultimate level of mediocrity and a halt in werld advancement." It is an unfortunate condition that " the sal aries of elective county officers are fixed by state law. The county has not even the bare chance given the college, which may cut off something here and there, and thus save enough to retain a valuable member of the faculty at higher salary. The county officer'3 salary is rigid until the legis lature meets again. There will be no session prior to the next election. Will there be any candidates in the smaller counties? Who can afford two campaigns, primary and general election, to win a $1200 job? What's to become of county politics? A YEAR SINCE THE ARGONNE. Today is a memorable anniversary in American history, for a year ago at 11:30 P. M. began the battle of the, Argonne and Meuse, by which the American army proved itself the superior of the thoroughly trained veteran Germans. The battle opened with an intense artillery fire,.' which continued till noon on the next day. At 5:30 the infantry went forward behind a barrage through the farms and patches of wood in Champagne until they entered the densely- wooded, ravine-scored, hilly Argonno forest. It was a battle to be ever remem bered by Americans, for several rea sons. It was the first battle fought by none but Americans organized sis a distinct army under American com mand. At Belleau wood. Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Rheims and the Hindenburg line, Americans fought and won great glory, but as units in French or British armies under allied commanders. At St. Mihiel the command was American, as were most of the troops, but they included a considerable French contingent. In the Argonne, though a French army fought in conjunction west of the forest, the fighting along the whole line from the Argonne to the east of the Meuse was done only by Americans. ... Only those who went through the battle know what an ordeal of en durance it was. For four years the French had tried from time to time to "break the German grip on the Argonne, but it was too strong. The Americans sought the hardest task in sight, and this was given them. For forty-seven days, with grim, de- termination they pressed forward through rain and mud, through woods and hills, storming fortified heights, sometimes ahead of their supplies, even ahead of artillery pro tection, with little aircraft defense, until they came into open country. Then the German resistance broke, and the Yanks had to go ahead on trucks to overtake them. They went on across the Meuse, and were first to throw shell into historic Sedan. The last push was being made up the hills near the city on the morning of November 11. when the armistice stopped hostilities. At the same time I another American army had begun an advance in conjunction with the French which would have cut ofl Metz. It was a battle which the Pacific coast has good cause to re member with pride, for the Pacific coast's 91st division held the center and distanced the divisions on Its flanks in the initial push. That battle, together with the one which the British, aided by Ameri cans, won on the Hindenburg line and in Flanders, broke the back of the German army. It cut the Ger man line in two, and the punishment which the Huns received on both flanks deprived them of all except one line of railroad for retreat. If fighting had continued, the way would have led through the fast nesses of the Ardennes forest. The Germans were so weakened and de moralized, the allies so greatly su perior in numbers and their plans were so well laid that within a month the once invincible army of the kaiser would have been destroyed, and only broken fragments would have reached the Rhine. The Argonne was America's great est contribution to the victory of the allies, and its story will fill the hearts of the soldiers' children and chil dren's children with pride, for the Americans "quitted themselves like men." BUT WHERE ARE THE JAILS ? There is one argument against legal inhibition of railroad strikes that we have looked in vain for in the press reports of Mr. Gempers' remarks and those of other labor leaders before the senate commit tee. That is the impracticability of enforcement. Great Britain attempted to abolish strikes by law in the early part of the war, but 40,000 Welsh miners laid down their tools and said, in effect: "Here we are, but where are the jails?" That strike was ended by an appeal in person by Lloyd George, not by attempts to en force the law. Some laws unpopular among a material proportion of the people may be enforced in measure. To make a showing on enforcement of prohibition in New York does not require arrest of thousands, but ar rest of a comparatively few manu facturers and bootleggers. While a lew men generally initiate the refer endum which results in a strike and might be punished under such a law. some strikes are spontaneous. There was an illustration in California only recently, when railroad traffic was demoralized by strike without the usual preliminaries. Imagine prose cuting or jailing even that fraction of the country's railroad employes. Yet a strike on a public utility is justifiable only in an extreme case. If it occurs when there is any other means of relief from undesirable labor. conditions it is morally crim inal, even if not made legally so. The thing to do is to keep on seek ing for an- acceptable adjustment process until one is found. But even if one is not found, what is accom plished by enactment of a law that is certain to produce resentment first and open derision and violation next? Wai THE BICVCI.B COME BACK? , How well the day can be recalled when bloomers, baggy and chic as a zouave's nether garments, wakened a storm of protest from the puritan simplicity of the nation. Affected by feminine cyclists, they furnished the scolds of a not distant period with matter for gossip and exhortation, and they gave to the paragrapher his pun. And this was when the sheath gown was undreamed of, the airplane a visionary prophec-, and the auto a two-lunged triumph that coughed its way to the first grade and declined to make the ascent. It was the day of the bicycle, rapid transit of twenty years ago. Of late there has arisen specula tion anent the future of the humble leg-propelled bicycle, a mechanism that has somehow survived the pum melling of progress and kept pace with the prooession. Not in the glory of old days, when it was the vogue of vogues, but with a persistency that has left. Its '.wandering trails on all the , roads of the world, plugging along in the. dust of the motorcycle and the automobile. ' There are prophets who say yiat the bicycle is strengthening for its .-"come-back," as. a, spent fighter returns from re cuperation to triumph anew. New York has noted, with the increase in street railway fares, a public demand for bicycles that has speeded the somewhat somnolent factories to full capacity. Let time turn backward just a score of years, when Dewey's laurels were newly won back to the day of the bicycle, the vehicle that first be stowed a pass to all country roads, and the brooks, fields and woodlands thereof. There can exist no doubt that in those days cycling was the supreme sport, with the automobile but faintly chugging out of the future. The automobile was scarcely more than a prediction. It had ar rived, of course, but folk were yet in the daze of its advent. Far-seeing men were saying that it must bring with it an era of better highways. But the sportive public, content with the present," -wes urging its officials toward the construction of cycling paths, mere yard-wide widths of graveled clay, packed down with a heavy roller. By mid-summer in 1899, Multnomah county had con structed .28 miles of such paths, at an average cost of $50 per mile, and was advancing upon a more detailed programme. . Paced, by a locomotive, on a spe cially constructed track, and riding in the lee of a moving windshield, Charles M. Murphy, a celebrated pro fessional cyclist, had pedaled the mile in the amazing time of 57 and 4-5 seconds. Portland had taken the bicycle as a boon, and pointed to the numbers of local devotees as proof that the city was not laggard in metropoli tanism. There were the inevitable traffic troubles, pale prophecies, un guessed, of the calamitous collisions that would come with the heavier, swifter auto. "Bicycle accidents are still numer ous on the steel bridge," recounts an item of July 3, 188s "Collisions be'- tween wheelmen are of constant oc currence as a result of carelessness, and many wheels are sent in a help less condition to the repair shops in the course of a week." Here the newswrlter appended the tragic tale of one particularly peril ous crash, wherein a "wheelman" collided with a "wheelwoman," barkr ing his nose severely and wrecking both bicycles. The front wheel of one cycle, related the reporter, was absolutely twisted into a letter S. There were professional riders those days, lean, lathy fellows with thews almost as enduring as the driving pistons of an engine. Arthur A. Zimmerman, an eastern rider, al ready crowned with the title of "the old champion," eliminated the half mile in 27 and 3-5 seconds on a New York track one July day in 1899. Oregon had its own coterie of speedy cyclists. There lives in Mc Minnville nowadays, his victories all but forgotten, a dentist who then was famed throughout the northwest for the nimble daring and powerful drive of his exploits on the cycling track. He put the miie behind him. Mercury-like, in but a fraction morn than two 'minutes. Distinct as a type, the professional racing cyclist passed with the hey-day of the bicycle. The newspapers carried full-page advertisements in celebration of the bicycle not later than 1899, and one Portland dealer boasted in print that he had sold, in but a part of a single season, more than twenty-six full ca rloads. Will the bicycle return? It cannot be imagined that it will return to the popularity it once possessed. The iove of ease and speed and cushions speaks for the motor-driven vehicle. With muscles of gasoline, strong as the thews of genii, the modern citi zen prefers to conquer his mileage. He has a smile of commiseration for the occasional cyclist, propelling his way by the piston-like performance of his own legs. Yet there never has arisen a substitute for the bicycle, nor will such a substitute be offered, in all likelihood. It gives to its rider the full play of muscular energy, the deep wind and stamina of an athlete, and the profound content of medita tive meanderings at a gait that con sumes the miles quite agreeably, and these motor-driven machines cannot bestow. Today there are hiking clubs, units of men and women who culti vate the joy of the red corpuscle. Firmly entrenched against total elimination, through the consistent demand for its services, it is not un likely that the bicycle may achieve its renaissance, through the same urge that sends pedestrians out to tramp the long trail to Mount Hood. These are halcyon' days for the matron compared with her mother's era. The vacuum cleaner replaces the broom on sweeping day; the elec tric washer ousts tub and washboard: the electric range -supplants the cookstove and the need of "packing" wood, not to mention splitting it; the kitchen., faucet has jinxed the fre quent trips to the pump in the back yard. It's great to be a woman and keep house these days! Permission has been given in New York for the operation of several grocery stores on wheels. They will well at the householder's door. A cut of 30 to 60 per cent in prices is promised, probably on the theory that a rolling store gathers no dross. If poor old Standard Oil had been able to foresee that German ships would at some time be confiscated by the United States .and the allies, it would not have put them under the German flag. It went to the wrong place for safety. The saddest thing of all is that all this row should have been stirred up by the covenant of peace. Now, if it had been a nice, gentlemanly prize fight, ' bare fists to a finish, there would have been perfect decorum. The effort to make Salem a; strike less city is commendable and if it ultimately shall lead to a strikeless Oregon it will be all the more worthy. But Altruria is just back of the millennium. The Ulster man and the Kerry man are as far apart as the poles and there is no melting pot In all Ire land. Yet another cablegram talks of renewal 'of effort to settle the Irish question. The woman who founded the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union is dead in Ohio at the age of 92. She started something and, unlike many men and women,' stayed with it to a great finish. More than a dozen years elapsed after the civil war before the mem bers of the Grand Army had in fluence in politics. The members f the Legion are stepping lively. Burleson denies interfering in. the rating and classification of postmas ters, and give him credit for telling the truth; but a subordinate always knows the old man's mind.- The men who have asked Senator Johnson to stop his anti-league cam paign seem not to know the man, thqugh he is their neighbor. Pro tests only stimulate him. - Good plan to keep the state house open all day during the. state fair, but the "boys" should be let out when the racing starts. Let the keads keep house. Those fellows around the city hall yelling Jor more pay because they can get more outside should grab those jobs and spite the city. The man who . marks up prices a dollar or two is the real profiteer. The one who sticks on a cent or two is a petty larcenist. Deposits in Portland banks in creased $30,000,000 in the ten-week period just closed. It is that we laugh joyously? : ' ': A - n rrrt Yi A ,1" 1 t waifl It Wfl J ca-few nv rw v. v " - - - . . - - - tired of war. If so, it has braced up wonderfully and got its second wind. The "horse" is on Woodrow Wil son when the allies seize American- owned steamships to be allocated. If the reds flock to Pittsburg, so much the better. It will be easier to catch them all in one trap. A world air Derby is in sight and there will be good jobs to give out policing the track. Another sign of early winter: horse chestnuts arc "dropping. the BV-rROUlTTI OK THIS PRESS. Next the Chinese Oyster l'a AdTontaKr In Burleson Family Connecticut oysters are disappear ing, says the Worcester Telegram and it is due to gasoline. For five years they have not "set" off the coast the young oysters to grow up for our amusement, and food. It was a mys tery until one of the leading oyster- men of the Connecticut coast Investi gated. He found that for five years there has been practically no "set" at all. The rakers have been gather ing the older oysters, and this fall. when the R came in September, they began to worry. There will be no oysters there in a few years unless a new idea develops In the brain of the boss oyster. The New Haven expert, by experience puts it this way: "I believe the sewage from this city Is in a large measure responsible, to gether with the increased use of gas oline and the nuff-puf f-Duf f of the motors that make the oysters so wild they do not set their infants up In business among the rocks and sunk en driftwood off the coast. We shall soon be Importing oysters as well as eggs from China, and they will be good and old, and some tough when they are sold for man to eat- m a m When Representative Carlos Bee, of the San Antonio, Texas, district went to a hospital in Washington re cently for an operation but first it should be said that Bee Is a brother- in-law of Postmaster General Burle son well, when Bee went to the hos pital expecting to have to stay some time, he wrote to have the San An-1 tonio Light, his favorite newspaper, sent to him daily. For awhile it came regularly. Then it was missing for a day or two and after that Bee never knew whether he'd ever see the Light when he awoke in the morninc Fi nally he wrote the editor, and asked how about It. To which the editor replied: "Dear Sir: Your paper has been sent to you every day. If you are not receiving it, why don't you ask your brother-in-law about It?" tt a Government foresters in Montana will begin in about two weeks hunt ing for squirrel caches of pine eones to be used in reforestratlon. Some times a single squirrel's cache will yield as high as 15 or ?0 bushels, al though the usual yield is about five bushels. Only a part of the hoard is taken, enough being left to last the squirrels through the winter. Larch and fir cones are the hardest to get, as the squirrels prefer the larger white and yellow pine eones. After the cones are gathered they are taken to a seed plant and then put in large revolving drums which shake out the seed. The largest seed plant of the forestry service is located at Priest River, Idaho. The seeds are planted in a nursery and the trees when three years old are transplanted to the sec tion it is desired to reforest. tt tt tt George Grey Barnard's statue of Abraham Lincoln, "presented to the City of Manchester, England, by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft, of Cincinnati, O., was unveiled Septem ber 15 with appropriate ceremonies. Judge Alton B. Parker of Nfew York, delivering the address. The respec tive merits of the Barnard and Saint Uaudens statues of Lincoln, both of which originally were intended for erection at Westminster in London, have been the subject of a long con troversy. The Saint Gaudens statue finally was awarded the coveted place, while the Barnard statue was given to Manchester. m u . Much has been written in the Eng lish press about the draughty condi tion of Balmoral castle, where King George spends his autumn holidays. A story is recalled of a visit to this castle by the late King Edward, who was once discovered sitting in the harness-room of the stables. Sur prise was expressed by the members of the household finding him in such surroundings. "Dash it man, I must go somewhere to get warm," was his reply. tt tt m The priceless stained glass exhibits of the Museum of Fine Arts of Mur anno, Italy, have been returned from Florence, where they had been trans ported for safety after the disaster of Caporetto. The celebrated tapes tries of Vivarinl were also taken to Florence for safety arid were re turned with the other exhibits. tt a n Did you read Mark Sullivan's story In Collier's about having his old suit of clothes turned inside out and made to look like new and are you think ing of trying the scheme, as eastern millionaires are said to be doing? "All nonsense," declares the manager of a. leading tailoring house. "That's like Armour wearing one pair of shoes for three years. It's bunk! "Tailors get from 75 cents to $1 an hour. By the time one of them has taken an old suit apart, turned and pieced It, he has to be paid, as much as a suit would cost." "Why couldn't a wife turn a man's suit?" "Why not let her make him a watch?" he came back. How ex-Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria was spanked by the ex-kaiser, once upon a time, is told in London. Ferdi nand was invited to attend a review of the kaiser's troops. The ex-monarch had on a magnificent uniform which fitted him tightly. He was leaning out of a window watching the soldiers march by when the kaiser came into the room, caught him bend ing and gave him a hard whack. Fer dinand turned around very indignant, glared at the grinning kaiser and walked away without saying a word. It was . some time before Ferdinand became "chummy" with the kaiser again. tt tt u The city-jail at Calexico, California, has a sign over it's front door which reads "Keep Out." Chief of Police Boucher says it would be hard to keep anyone in, as the last prisoner he had cut a big hole in the wall and escaped across the border into Mexi can. it tt tt Miss Mary Hall, of Augusta, Ga., 70, and famous as "the unrecon structed rebel," will march at the head of the Confederate Veterans' parade when the heroes in gray meet there in October for their annual re union. Miss Hall, despite her years, has never missed a reunion. Under neath her hat she always wears a miniature Confederate flag. She will lead the parade attired in a Con federate uniform and campaign hat. Those Who Come and Go. "There is some talk of creating a new county out of the northern end of Gilliam and Morrow counties." says H. W. Lang of Arlington. "Ever since Condon took the county seat from Arlington by one vote, the people at the south end of Gilliam have been afraid that Arlington will prosper and take away the county seal again. That Is why the south-enders would rather see the John Day highway go through Sherman county than permit It to connect with the Columbia high way at Arlington, where it logically belongs. The people of the north end of Morrow get about the same kind of treatment, so there is a sort of bond of sympathy which is leading -to talk of a- new county. The John Day irrigation project will start at the city limits of Arlington, and. in fact, will includfe some of the cipr acreage. This project runs across the north end of Gilliam and Morrow and takes In part of Umatilla county. There are 365.000 acres in the project. C. C. Clark of Arlington is president of the board of directors, and others are M. D. Clark, John Kilkenny and F. 11. Brown, all of Heppner." "Last June Ranger had a popula tion of 5000, and today there are be tweon 50.000 and 60.000. Reason? Oil wells," says F. L. King, who is at the Multnomah. Ranger is about 90 miles west of San Antonio on the main line of the Southern Pacific "It's in the midst of one of the greatest oil producing locations in the world." as serts Mr. King. "In fact, Texas is bringing in oil all over the state. Consider Ranger. It was a small burg with only a few small wells to supply water. These wells are inadequate for the present big population and water has to be hauled six miles to town. It costs $1.50 a barrel and is taken from a pool about 25 feet in diameter. There Is no comparison be tween that pool water and your Bull Run. The sanitary conditions are not superior in Ranger, but people put up with these Inconveniences for the sake of making money, and there's a lot of money down there." "Most people think we haven't any timber In Harney county," complained James Donnegan of Burns at the Im perial, "because It is a cattle country. We've got 518,000 acres of pine in the forest reserve and we've 72,000 acre in private ownership. There may be something up regarding this timber because recently inquiries have been made regarding It, the address of own. ers obtained, and cruisers are asking questions. Whether someone is plan nin to open up this timber and turn it Into money I don't know I've heard so, but of late years I am rowing more suspicious all the time, and I like to be shown. Since I've been in Portland a number of cruisers have been to see me, talking about the pine stand in Harney, and I've learned this much, that every timber cruiser knocks all the other cruisers." After traveling across the continent by motor car. . M. Ingles, a retired jeweler of Philadelphia, says that the scenery around Portland is the most interesting he has witnessed, and this notwithstanding the views he ob tained In the Yellowstone park. Mr. Ingles left Koscoe. N". Y., July 5 anil drove overland by the northern tier of states. He will leave the Hotel Port land in a day or two for California and will then go to Honolulu and back home by the canal. Some idea of the amount of travel is indicated by the "fact that the day that Mr. Ingles left Yellowstone park 1500 cars arrived, practlcaly every state In the union being represented in the mob ilization of motors. "Do you know me?" inquired a patron of the Seward of the man be hind the desk. "Sure," answered the clerk. "You are K. K. Wood, and two years ago you came to Portland from Los Angeles, had two barge built In Portland and sent them to San Diego." The clerk received credit for a good memory, but this Is the Inside of how he turned the trick: Years ago the clerk lived in an east ern state where a wealthy farmer had a number of large barns, each one painted red and on each barn Jie had his name in large white letters. The name was K. K. ood. -When the E. K. Wood of Los Angeles registered at the Seward two years ago the clerk remembered the red barns and had the Californian "pegged" in his mem ory. "Secretary of the Navy Daniels will recommend a naval base for the Co lumbia, that much we feel sure of. but what kind of naval base or what appropriation he will suggest we do not know." states Dr. Alfred Kinney, member of the port of Astoria com. tnislon. who is at the Hotel Portland. "Mr. Daniels was foraoly impressed with the Columbia as a propeetive naval base. We understand that more land will be asked than was recom mended for a site in the Helm report, the idea being, apparently, to have ample room for development and ex tension in the future. The cost of the site will be the smallest item. The matter appears to be up to con gress." R. D. Cooper of Alsea Is a visitor at the Imperial. Little more than a crossroads. Alsea is developing into an Important shipping point in Ben ton county and is an outlet for the Waldport region. Aside from dairy products and garden produce, quan tities of cascara bark are shipped out from Alsea and there Is a good trade in digitalis. This later plant is now almost a pest In the Al.sea district. The Irst specimens were planted in a flower garden in the village of Alsea and have since been scattered through 'he mountain pass to the sea. Standard Oil people are spending money searching for oil near Ho qulam, reports Henry Newman, who operates a couple of motion-picture theaters In that Washington town. The company has constructed a plank road to the top of a high hill where the drills are working and at the bot tom of the hill the oil is seeping, out. Mr. Newman directed the destinies of motion pictures in Astoria before going to Hoquiam. With Mrs. New man he Is at the Multnomah for a few days. Postmaater F. J. Welah of Beaver, is at the Multnomah wlt-h his son. The Beaver postoffice is on the highway to Tillamook and along this road to ward the Grand Ronde work is pro gressing day and night, double shifts being used on week days and one shift on Sunday under the pressing urgency to have the road put in con dition for winter traffic A. H. Meyers, E. V. Hauser and II W. Price will leave tonight for Spo kane to meet the California hotelmen who are making a tour of Washing ton and Oregon. The hotel delega tion of Portland will escort the visi tors to the Rose City. While here the Californians will have a busy time for two days. Louis E. Adels, president of the Art Product corporation of Los Angeles, is among the arrivals at the Hotel Washington. D. J. Nugent, an automobile dealer of Centervllle. Wash.,- Is here order ing supplies and is xt the Hotel Ore gon. Mrs. J. H. Kllburg of Stanfield, an officer in the pioneer society, la reg istered at the Perkins. Farmer and real estate dealer, XV. C. Barber of Culver, Or, is at the Perkins on business. CKBH1SI PCOPLB NOT sTAKVING Soldier of Occupation Ann? Saw No Cause for Organised Itellef. PORTLAND. Sept. 3. (To the Edi tor.) Once more we hear the wall of the Hun. This time it is In the guise of resentment at American "in terference" In the campaign by which the Austrian-German relief committee of Portland already has obtained a large subscription within the state of Oregon. Thia committee recently. Issued a highly colored appeal to the people of Oregon, expecting them to swallow hook, line and ail its story of the starving children and mothers of the vaterland. It even went so far as to elto pictures, pitiful In the extrera. said to have appeared recently in a national magazine. It Is well known to members of the Portland post of the American legion, which has suggested that the committee desist in the use of circu lars printed in Qertnan or turn the work over to the lied Cross or some other all-American organization, that Germany is not in the pitiable plight to wilfully pictured. Thre are. soldiers In Portland who have been all the way from Ber'.in to the boundaries of Belgium, Luxem burg and Alace. These men know that such statements are exaggerated. George Patullo in the riaturday Evening Post after an extensive in vestigation gives the direct lie to the food bugaboo in so far as it applies to CoLlenx. Neuwied, Mainz. Weia baden. Strasburg. Cologne and Bonn. "I passed six months between the cities of Coblenx. Cologne and Kevi wied and know the statement to be true as applied to these places. Where then do these so-called piti ful conditions exist? The Germans are not starving and never will. They are too crafty a people, ever ready to weep, even while they pave foodstuffs stored In the cellar. On the basis of wages, food Is as cheap in Germany, if n.t cheaper, than in the United states. The allies have been rationing Ger many and will not let her starve." In the hope that the statement of the Austrian-German relief conimiltea has been "salted down" materially tv this comment, let us not forget that the committee has failed to explain or answer the chartre of sending out' pamphlets in the German language and has ignored the main insnes con tained in the criticism the legion di rected against the manner in which the relief work is being conducted. C. 1'. 1'. Eighteen months In the A. K. F. and six months in Germany after the armistice. XATIOX-WIDE STRIKE XKEDKO Mr. Toomey Would Call Out Treaty Wranglers Front Senate to Plana. PORTLAND, Sept. :3 (To the Edi tor.) When great minds clash, like those of Pat Sullivan and Wouilrow Wilson, over the interpretation of covenants, mediocrit- is rash if it doesn't keep out of it. Nay, it is as culpable as for a buck private in the local demoerac- to rap on the door or call up on the phone when t"Ien erallsslm 3 Jack and Chief of Staff Oa, or Generalissimo Os and Jhief of taff Jack damnifo which is it are selecting a board of strategy or re ception committee of men who ran beam through' their eyes, grin with their faces, keep their mouths shut, truthlfy the truth with applause, make . iilent the self-eviden' with a claps,' whimwams and eclat and coo. purr, gobble, quack, cackle and chirp In the presence of the all-highest. Democracy, like the scriptures, is pure and undefiled. but it's a heluva thing in the hands of its apostles. Attitudinizing too is pleasing to the eye when Jack and Os are preclsfori lzing before majesty, if a fellow could keep his thoughts off the minds of the ehoved-asldes and sat-down-ons who would like to hurl a bowl of hot aoaip at their heads. But. to return to Pat and Woodrow: Declaratory laws, one would' fancy, are best explained as to the intent of the declarators by those who helped to declare them and the res ervation of the ratifying body are the best evidence of the understand ing of the terms or dubious terms of the instrument. Rut history, like rum, has its champions and detrac tors. On Kussell street In Albinn, history is interpreted for "ourselves alone," elsewhere for somebody else alone. Fat is history himself, but I wouldn't care to interpret what some of the historians are saying aloul him. Independence in Ireland under Grattan was won without outside help and lost by inside help. The charter of independence under U.-d-mond was won without outside help and suspended by inside help. Al though interpreting the treaty is a popular Industry from the senate to the uiicushiotied seats in the plaza here, if the Interpreters would go off on strike, very few would be bciiKing them to return to work. M. J. TOOMEY. TEMPLE HAS SERVED ITS DAY Writer Propooes It Removal In In terest of Truffle Conditions. PORTLAND, Sept. 25. (To the Edi tor.) Cannot some pressure or pub licity be brought to bear to have the now rapidly becoming unsightly liberty temple obstructing Sixth street at Yamhill, removed? The liberty temple was all right In its time and served its purpose full well, bat the war Is over now and It should be removed. Not only hecause It Is being allowed to de teriorate and become unsiahtly, but also because ot traffic conditions in this part of the city. During the rush hours of the evening traffic condi tions on Fourth, Fifth and Broadway are deplorable and the removal of the former liberty temple would do much to relieve this congestion through the opening up of Sixth street for traffic. I believa if this condition Is brought to the attention of the prop er authorities something will be done to remedy the defect, either by hav ing it removed or cleaning t up and putting it in such shape that we residents of Portland wul not be ashamed of It. '-e"l.UJDK. DUrhnrRf- of Soldier. GOLDEXPALE, Vsh.. Sept. 24. (To the Kditor.) Can a rejruUr sol dier, who has served his three year. b discharped n France? He has been In France two years. The answer depends upon the terms of his enlistment. Men enlist in i? in the regular service prior to November 1. 1916. signed up for a period of seven years service, four years' ac tive 4uty and three years on the re serve. If your son enlisted prior to that time he will not be subject to i t lease from active service until his four years are up. After November I. 191fi. enlistments were allowed for a term of three years or for the "tmer-a-ency." If your son enlisted after that date he will be subject to dis charge as soon as his three years are up, or In case he enlisted for the emergency" he is subject for d is charge at any time. As to whether a man that has served out his enlist ment can be discharged in France or must be sent back to this country to be rn utUe red out we are unable to say what the latest regulation are on that poiuU More Truth Than Poetry. II y James J. Momtague. THE PASSIONATH HOUSEWIFE TO THE 3IAIO. (All apologies.) Come live with us and be our cook; With favor on our household look. All evenings out. if you prefer. No children eighty dollars per. And you shall have a phonograph. ' Our private stock may freely quaff. And, when policeman friends drop in. Serve whisky, brandy, rum or gin. Two rooms and bath we've set aside. And. If you are not satisfied With these tor Quarters, you may choose Whatever rooms you care to us. Your bills, whatever the amount. May all be charged to our account. If you'll but join our ing'.enook And live with us and be our cook. THE NYMPH S RETLY. If every woman w hat I see Was not down on hor knees to me. If every better place was took I'd live with you ai.d be your cook. But Mrs. Watsername. next drwr. Will rive me tifteen dollars more. And she would loan me, I am tuie. Her ottymobile and cliafooj-. And Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown And all the rich, swell dames in town Would give nnj ticter pay than yj And not one-half to much to do. So inasmuch as that's the case 1 shall not take no piker place. Nor hang my clothes upon your hock Nor lic with you and be your oouk. m m m -Why AX orry f Even if doctors and ministers Co strike, there are lots of vcti rinai-U s and justices of the peace to be : vwi n in as ttrike In takers. It Is Kaay to Be Careless. A lot of army tractors were lost during the 1st division parade in New York. Somebody should pas the hands to tee if they have all their bass drums. Hamlet Was Ilisht. Denmark thinks wo are poinp to lend her iS'i.oon.i't"". but I'.nmHik also thoupht that old Ioc i'oi.k had dis covered the North Pole, dopyrictit. 101!. I.y Hrl! Syndicate. Inr In Other Days. Twenty-Ove Yeni-a Aco. From The Oreg.mi.iii f Sept. "J'S. lOt. The fourth annual convention of the Oregon State pharmaceutical as sociation convened hi Portland yes terday at the Imperial hotel. There is much speculation relative ' to tiovernor Lord's prohatde appoint ment to h:s staff as com in a inler-i n -I chief of the militia, with Colonel J Charles F. Beehe. most prom i neiit ly m n t ioned for the place. A force of 40 laborers were eni I ployed yesterday in the run.s of the I'aeitio rain elevator, searching for hoilies. and linally uncovered charred remains supposed to he tho.-e of Charles Anderson. The protracted strtiele between tlie I bricklayers' union m nd t h- coutraet 01 s j lias been ended by tl.-cisioii of tin I men to work nine hours at ." per da . Wnitlv AM STl liV A It I - TI1K (I Hi: lrnctlre of 4. ood Old American ir-tu-N Ih I'nnacra for I iirefct. rOKTLA.VP. Sept. (To the F.d itor.) 'i'ht dciiM' not ;iuc'. pt cj uuu a nl sc Hit- li ness of the a r.i& e woi k in mti i a of f art .fi n bin h are t In-Bi'iiVi.-t riH't::we to our civil ami oi tiomic st met u re tod;; y. 1" e peo ple who came over h-ro Kirn-ly for (! coital tiain have liuj;hl wiih Ibi-m a M'i::it-' ol iliM'nn t'ii t whu-h lias often been heightened by not li mi i p p: i n America the pai tit ular i-ort uf para dise they sought. Tin y have not be come A merit .t m zed a inl are out of s.wnpalhy with the bN.i's of tolera tion, m rvicc and fair play which ate f utitla m" n t a I 4tia lit i-,s of a real Amer ica ii citizen. They h a e not a i u i red a lo e of our country and at liea 1 1 are y 1 1 II alien. Their political and r-t'iom ic duc: t ion has bee li assiduously !- kfO h f -; e r by a lus t of rad ic;. 1 s-eea k i s vlr tell them i;it(Mu ally just what is w i'ii i ji he re and incite to strikes and "ll t act to It" in Oltler to f M-ee com - p 1 1 a lice with their wihIh-s. They a i re:idy soil for all kinds of pro;auanda and fail to ;.e T 1 1 : i f in many thm-s they a !rt adv have all and even more than they demand. Koi instance, thy f :i i 1 to prasp th essential democracy of our civic or pa n 17. at ion and its ready res po use to the will of the people. They do not appreciate how our tinccntored an-1 uninspired press can fo quickly formulate and sive voice to popuhir demand as to u uide, our of! icials it the performance of their duties with out waiting for an election. Kven shyster polit icians of ten became srood officials under the Fpur ar.d puidanc of publicity. So t hese poor d upes talk of revolution and cite Kussia as a model. Their frrasp of economic? is even les adequate than their prasp of t iv ics. They 1 h i n k bo Is lit 1 k pape r is real money and cite the hoce waues paid in Kus.-ia as an example of what ran be done w hen the w or k i nnie a "run the fouiitry." Just now they are feitile soil - for the agitators 4tainst profiteering and their general ig nora nee resu I Ik in their .'wallow injr the most absurd statements. For instance, the hiuh cost of meat is due to proliteering by the packets. The market page of any newspaper will refute thi5 statement. The high cost of production and distribution is to blame and the high wages of men engaged to plow, harves;, milk, haul to market and truck through the city is a large factor in t he cost. The indifference and inefficiency of a b-t of this highly-paid help is another factor. Last year, fo the a nt i-1 i. t. I, speakers tell us. the packers filched from the public $ bi.iom.etx.. a u i m jnense sum but only 35 cents per capita at that. Ar.d .15 cents will not seriously nick the annual income of even a. little newsboy. There are many abuses in merchan dising and manufacturing that need curbing, but they are of minor impor tance aud can be cured at leisure The big thing is to practice the good old American virtues of self-reliance, industry and thrift. liaise a garden and doit't worry about Yamhill street; shave yourself; buy your own home on the installment tlan if needful and beat the landlord ; don't buy an auto till you have an equal sum in government bonds; read good books, study sound doctrines in it hies, civics ami economics. Po these things and you w ill be happy and useful and per haps prosperous. These are the les sons our lore ig ner need d ri 1 led into them and they .will tot come amiss with most of our own people. They are not so bad at heart. "Where they need setting right i in the head. The man who talks revolution is that most dangerous of all things a fool. We- lock tip criminals whose activities ar.d t'enis are limited, but the fool runs at large and does unlim ited damage. Sound education is the only antidt for their poison. Kvtry educational agency available outsht io be used and meanwhile it would be a pood thing to clean up oh a U.l of the radicals and ship them back wtier,ce they came O. MOOJitL 77 Kast Terry street.