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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1920.
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80LVLNG A TROUBLESOME QUESTION.
The Oregonian is unable to see
how two commissions will solve the
difficulties and meet the wants of
the sportsmen. The proposal is thai
one board shall have control over
all gtme Interests and the other shall
look after the commercial fisher-
men. If it were possible thus to
make a simple division of authority
all might be well. But It Is not. It
Is obvious to the most casual inquiry
that confusion and trouble will re
sult between the two bodies, unless
each is assigned at the outset to a
definite domain. How can it be
done?
Let us take Rogue river. From'the
reaches of the upper Rogue comes
a most insistent demand that there
be two commissions, and that the
sportsmen have complete control of
that stream. Obviously it will be
necessary, in that event, to make the
pa 1 11, 5 board the superior authority.
The warfare between the cannery
men and fishermen of the lower
Rogue and the sportsmen of the
upper Rogue might thus be ter
minated by complete victory for the
sportsmen. That is the goal to which
the spokesman of southern Oregon
at Salem, and others who have been
heard in previous years, have been
aiming.
Let us not say that th,e anglers of
the Rogue have no deserts. Un
doubtedly they have. But the Idea
that a great fishing industry must be
exterminated to give the sportsman
his holiday, on the Rogue, or any
where, is untenable and unthinkable.
It should not be done and it will
not be done, unless the people of
Oregon abandon the fair and de
liberate judgment of the year 1918.
They will not deprive of useful and
honest employment many hundred
men, and they will not knowingly
subtract many thousands of edible
fish from the sum total of the al
ready diminishing food supply of the
public.
The case of the packers and fish
ermen on the Columbia and other
streams of Oregon also merits proper
and appreciative understanding and
action. For the Columbia river alone,
the industry contributes many mil
lions of dollars annually to the
wealth of state and nation. Last
year there was distributed among the
fishermen of that great stream, in
pay for the salmon which they" took
from the water, more than $5,000,
000. These fishermen have families
to support; they are In the main
American citizens, and the fraction,
large or small, who are not citizens
must under the law In due time be
come citizens.
The packers are engaged in a
legitimate occupation, contributing
their share of taxes, supporting by
considerable sums the policy of fish
propagation and accepting and dis
charging the responsibilities and
duties of citizenship. They have
become involved in the dispute over
the fish and game affairs through
charges by some of the sportsmen
that they have been unduly favored
by the present commission, and the
proposal, which has somewhat the
aspects of a threat, comes from
southern Oregon that all public sup
port of hatcheries for their benefit
be withdrawn. There can be no good
reason why it should be withdrawn
after propagation has been carefully
and successfully fostered through
many years. By wise methods the
salmon industry has been rescued
from a condition of anemia and
bankruptcy until it is now stable and
flourishing, and it can do the state no
good, but much harm, if -It shall be
injured and diminished. If there is
truth to the contention that the pack
ers have had more than their share
which remains to be demonstrated
the remedy does not lie in re
prisals, but in a methodical and pro
portionate assignment to them
through proper authority of that
which Is their due, no more, no less.
The plan for two commissions is
fatally weak in its failure to offer
any method of co-ordination and
regulation between them. The 'pro
ject of one commission, with two
branches, one for the packers and
commercial fishermen, and the other
for the sportsmen, is more hopeful.
The legislative committees have by
a large majority reached that con
clusion, and the outlook is that the
legislature will be favorably disposed.
Governor Olcott has said that it
would be acceptable to him, so that
now at least one phase of a trouble
some question bids fair .to be ad
justed. The workers at the Bethlehem
steel works who have been laid off
because they find that they can
maintain by working less than half
time a standard of living that suits
them,v and who consequently refuse
to work more than about three days
a week, are doing, if they only knew
it, a disservice to their fellow work
ers. Others who have striven for
higher wages have done so on the
ground that they not only have the
right to a living, but to an Improved
standard of living; the public gen
erally, growing impatient with loaf
ers, is likely to overlook the fact
that these men elect idleness be
cause they are content with primitive
ways and lack ambition and know
nothing of thrift. The example of
Russia is still before us. In that
country, for example, it was shown
ree.-tl-.- tb-rt wrtTns in 1 9 1 it re.
I year to produce a railroad car, in
1918 It took 41.5 men, working at
300 per cent of the former wage.
to produce a car. "Whatever the wage
may be, nothing but increased pro
duction can make it substantially
higher in its relation to the cost of
living.
IMPORTANT. IF" TRUE.
If we were to offer a guess as to
what will be the "important com
munication" President Wilson will
send to the democrats at their cele
bration of the memory of the Immor
tal Jackson, it is that he will an
nounce that he is not a candidate for
a third term.
If we were to hazard a second
guess, it is that he will phrase a
complete and entirely satisfactory (to
him) vindication of the presidential
stubbornness in refusing to offer any
concessions or compromises on the
peace treaty.
We are encouraged to make a
third guess that the assembled demo
rats are to be told where they are
to stand in the coming campaign.
We venture nothing at all when we
formulate another guess that he will
mention the republican majority in
the senate if he mentions it at all
in no complimentary terms.
We guess our guesses now when
the guessing is good. We guess be
cause we do not know. Nobody
knows (except himself) what is in
the presidential mind. That is what
makes the presidential mystery al
ways interesting, not to say perplex
ing. We offer a final guess that none of
our previous guesses is worth very
much, being only guesses about in
scrutability itself.
A REVOLUTIONIST IN THE SKXATE.
The paper famine may have some
good results after all. Senator Jones
of New Mexico having proposed penal
postal rates on newspapers of more
than a certain size. Senator Smooi
came back with a proposal to stop
printing newspaper and magazine
articles and letters and telegrams
sent to senators In the Congressional
Record, remarking that every page
costs nearly $60 and that "we have
men now scouring the country daily
in order to pick up paper wherever
they can at almost any price that is
asked for it."
But it was reserved for Senator
Thomas to make a genuinely revolu
tionary suggestion. He said:
I think It would be a very good idea to
quit printing the Record altogether. My
Impression is that that would be one way
In which we could curtail the output nf
senatorial oratory; in fact I do not know
of any other way in which it could be done.
His objection to the Jones scheme
was that the scarcity seemed to af
fect only the legitimate press, that
no complaint came from the S00 red
publications, some of which have
Jiourly editions, and that the "scarcity
of print paper is largely due to the
fact that so much of it is consumed
in propaganda against the govern
ment." The senate must have been horri
fied at the thought of suspending
the Record until it realized that Mr.
Thomas must have been joking, for
he went on to announce that he
wished to have published a number
of letters from coal operators airing
their grievances against the railroad
administration. But if his plan could
only be adopted, we should be re
lieved from several burdens at the
same time. There would be no Rec
ord to induce somnolence, there
would be a perceptible decrease in
output of senatorial oratory, the red
press would be choked off and the
paper famine would be relieved. Mr.
Jones' scheme was later rejected, but
why, oh why! does not congress
adopt that of Mr. Thomas?
TIIK STRUGGLE BEHIND THE SCENES.
While a struggle goes on before
the scenes to win over enough demo
cratic senators to bring about ratifi
cation of the German treaty with
reservations, another struggle goes
on behind the scenes which will de
cide whether the democratic senators
shall break away from control by
President Wilson. It is closely con
nected with the other struggle, for,
if the president' should lose behind
the scenes, he would most probably
lose In front, democrats would com
promise with republicans on reserva
tions and the treaty would be
ratified.
Behind the scenes Senators Hitch
cock and Underwood contend for
democratic leadership, left vacant
by the death of Senator Martin. The
former temporarily fell heir to the
position as chairman of the foreign
relations committee,. and is the medi
um through which the president
communicates his wishes to his party
in the senate. He does not wholly
possess Mr. Wilson's confidence, for
no man who has ever opposed the
president is ever fully forgiven, and
he had favored prohibition of travel
on armed vessels and had proposed
an embargo on shipment of arms'to
belligerents. Though he has loyally
supported the president during the
war and during the treaty contro
versy, those evidences of independ
ence have not been forgotten. But
his position as chairman of foreign
relations has made him leader in the
fight for the treaty and has brought
him closer to the president. It also
suggests him as head of the party.
Despite his covert antipathy, the
president supports the Nebraskan's
claims as a necessary means to hold
his party in line on the treaty.
Hitchcock's rival for the leader
ship is Senator Underwood, whose
colleagues recognize his brains and
fighting skill through need of these
qualities in parliamentary combat
witli Senator Lodge. He has taken
a gradually more aggressive part in
the debate' ahd has admitted his
approval of some of the Lodge reser
vations. While not openly antag
onizing the president, he has 'shown
a degree of independence which con
trasts with the docile obedience of
Hitchcock. Under his guidance the
democrats might break away from
White House dictation, arrange a
compromise on reservations and
ratify the treaty, leaving the presi
dent to decide whether he would ac
cept ratification in that form or be
come solely responsible for the dire
confusion which would follow his
refusal. This course of the Ala
baman is the more probable because
the demoralized state of foreign ex
change has caused Europe to cancel
orders for cotton. Panic has struck
the cotton states, and they are press -
ing for settlement of the treaty con
troversy in order that their foreign
market may revive.
Selection of Underwood would
thus betoken breaking away from
presidential dictation by democratic
senators and defeat for Mr. Wilson
in his fight for unqualified ratifica
tion. As intimations have come from
the allies that they are ready to give
taeit nwnt -to some of the- Lodce
in a form so modified as to remove
any objection from that 'quarter
would deprive Mr. Wilson of any
valid reason for refusal to accept
them.
Formidable insurrection against
the president in the senate is an evi
dence that his power and influence
are waning. That process may be
traced back to the day when by call
ing for a declaration of war he was
forced to repudiate his policy of
pacifism and unpreparedness. It was
hastened by his clinging to a parti
san administration when the people
had forgotten party in their zeal for
war. It was much accelerated by his
call for a democratic congress, and
republican victory was a stunning
blow. His conduct of the peace
negotiations and his attempt to dic
tate to the senate have arrayed
against him the senators' loyalty to
their own house. His contemptuous
remarks about senators have aroused
personal resentment, which would
cause even fellow-democrats to take
secret delight in his discomfiture.
His term, is nearing its close, and
those who turn aagainst him have
little to lose In the way of rewards
or to fear in the way of punishment,
for the . patronage has been dis
tributed. If Underwood should win
and should compromise on the treaty.
Mr. Wilsons most signal failure
would be the work which he hoped
to make his most brilliant success.
Therefore he is compelled to strive
his utmost for success of the unloved
Hitchcock.
VANDALISM.
The destructive propensity ex
hibited by those who have practically
destroyed the Trails club cabin on
Larch mountain is perhaps not com
mon enough to destroy one's faith in
mankind, or serious enough to fortify
belief in' the doctrine of total de
pravity, but it is annoying. It is a little
early for stories of the kind to be
gin to come in; these are usually
reserved for the opening of the out
ing season, when we hear complaints
from owners of private grounds
desecrated by picnickers, from farm
ers whose trees have been broken
down and whose roadsides have been
strewn with the litter from - lunch
baskets, and from sundry travelers
discommoded by the practice of us
ing signposts as targets.
In a given body of men and wom
en there is always a certain small
percentage who are either openly
destructive or just thoughtless of the
rights of others. But the propor
tion is fairly constant; it is observ
able in about all the strata of society;
there is nowhere that we can go
that the anti-social pest has not been
there before us; and no monument
is so sacred as to be immune. There
is fortunately a law and a fairly ef
fective law enfefrcement body to pro
tect the national forests, else these
would have been burned down long
ago. But in a thousand other ways
and places, the work of vandals still
goes on.
There Is nothing to do about it
except wait for favoring opportunity
and make an example or two. It is
to be regretted, but only to have been
expected, that evidence sufficient to
convict should have been lacking as
to the Larch mountain incident. Yet
occasionally a vandal leaves a trail.
It is in the interest of all who vol
untarily contribute to the public
convenience, and to the beauty of
road and dell, and also of all who
enjoy the benefits of these, that so
far as possible the practice shall be
curbed. One vandal in a hundred
citizens can make himself a nuisance
to the other 99.
PRODUCE MOKE TO EARN MOKE.
In calling upon its members em-
ployed in the Standifer shipyard "to i
increase production so as to make
operation possible and profitable
under the increased wages," the
boilermakers' union has taken a long
step to remove a fruitful cause of
wage disputes. Of necessity, em
ployers must sell goods before they
are manufactured and
when they j
name a flat price, must calculate on
the cost of labor according to con- j
ditions at time of sale. If they are i
called upon to pay more, their profits
which are their wages shrink and
may disappear. If they get more,
better or more diligent work, they
will be inclined to pay more, and
some strikes will be avoided. 1
It is no reflection on labor unions
or on worlunen In general to say that
some men work no harder or longer
than is just necessary to hold their
Jobs and get a living. That is not a
trait of workmen in particular but of
some kinds of human nature. If a
man of that type thinks that his job
cannot easily be filled, he will be
less diligent than he would be if he
knew that another man was ready to
step into his place. If his wages are
raised, he may imagine that he can
loaf one day a week and still live,
though his absence may disorganize
a whole gang of men and seriously
diminish the aggregate output.
There are certain expenses in fac
tories called overhead charges which
continue undiminished whether they
produce up to their capacity or be
low it or are entirely idle. The
smaller the output, the larger Is the
proportion of these charges which
must be borne by each unit of pro
duction and the smaller the margin
available for wages and profit; the
larger the output, the smaller is this
proportion and the larger is this
margin. If when a workman pro
duces more, the employer tries to
"hog" the addition which he has
made to this margin, that employer
injures himself by removing the in
centive to Increase production. If a
workmen loafs on the job or takes a
day off, he injures himself by reduc
ing this margin. If all employers
and all workmen were wise and
would deal squarely and openly with
each other, objections to piece work
and stopwatch efficiency systems
would disappear. Those objections
are caused by the desire of some em
ployers to push production to the
highest notch and then ' to reduce
wages on piece work to a figure
which they consider enough for the
men to have, or to the rerusal of
some workmen to do an honest day's
work or to work by the piece lest
they be obliged actually to earn their
wages.
Most disputes arise over division of
the margin mentioned. They would
be avoided if employer and workmen
would get together, lay all the facts
, on the table, agree on the division
and then stick to it. Many employers
arrive at this division by means of a
piecework scale, rising or falling
with the price of the commodity, or
by profit-sharing or by paying a
bonus. Their methods may not be
perfect, but they are a recognition of
the right principle that the interests
of emplover and workman are
mutual, that neither can prosper at
tbe PTncnw of the other. Fight-
arbitration laws are not made for
such employers any more than laws
against burglary are made for honest
citizens. Those laws are made for
people who by secrecy and by stand
ing aloof from each other arouse
suspicion that the other fellow is
grabbing more than his share, .that
is, that he is taking out more than he
puts in.
Those who keep alive discord be
tween employer and workman pro
pagate the idea that there is some
magic in industry by which great
fortunes are drawn out by men who
do no work. Nothing can be taken
out of an Industry that is not first
put in. Overhead charges include
such recognized items of expense as
interest on borrowed capital, Insur
ance, repairs and depreciation, man
agement and selling expense and
must be earned by workmen and
managers together. These, together
with cost of material, labor and man
aging ability, are put in, and no more
can be taken out. The bolshevists of
Russia, have tried and miserably
failed. Output has decreased to the
point where workmen get a ration
which barely k?eps them alive,
though their day's wages may be a
bale of paper as big as their thighs.
If people would only clear their
heads of a lot of stock phrases about
capitalism, the proletariat, corpora
tions, the class war, and get back to
the original, simple facts of produc
tion, very little would remain of the
labor question and they would, throw
the writings of Karl Marx in the
furnace.
A valuable aid to extension of
Portland commerce with Japan is a
special export section of the Ore
gon News, a Japanese newspaper
published In Portland by T. Abe. It
contains an article on "Portlftnd, the
Port of the Future," by Sydney B.
Vincent, publicity director of the
Chamber of Commerce, which has
been translated and is published in
Japanese, and is illustrated with
scenes of Portland harbor and in
dustries; also an article in Knglish
on "The United ;'tates and Japan,"
by William D. Wheelwright. Plans
were arranged by Mr. Uehara, the
publication's expert on exports for
this section and for distribution of
5000 copies among the chambers of
commerce of Japan, which will cir
culate them among the exporters and
importers of that country. The com
mercial opportunities of Portland will
thus be made known to the men in
Japan who are directly engaged in
the trade which Portland wishes to
foster. NO more effective form of
advertising could be devised.
Southern Oregon lost a big man
in the death of Dr. Bernard Paly.
His career is part of the record of
that section of the state. He did his
best for- it and died comparatively
young only 62, and that Is the pity
of it. Oregon needed him in more
ryears to come.
Reports are coming that estimates
of damage by the recent cold period
are too high. While there must have
been some loss, by spring the buds
wiil be swelling and blooming and
Oregon will have a good crop, de
pend upon it.
Presence of women at Jackson day
banquets and prohibition will elimi
nate the "ginger" from the remarks,
which may be a good thing in the
line of reform. But what is a demo
cratic feast without drinks and
stories?
Women do ' not need to demand
"fair" representation in the national
republican convention. Let them
produce the right women and they
will get it. The job will be hard, for
the menfolk fail in it at times.
In the matter of censoring "close
ups," some of them are necessary
to teach men how to make love. It
has been said only the Irishman
knows how properly to do so. Why
allow him to monopolize the joy?
Naturally the grangers oppose
strikes. Being mostly farmers, they
fear them, for a strike on the farm
will be disastrous. There is none of
record, which makes the possible
situation worse mentally.
If It be true that the father of
those 12 children mentioned in a
divorce suit filed by their mother at
Mexico, Mo., has $50,000, as charged
by his wife, we rise to inquire how
and where he got It.
For .the first time In 45 years the
sun failed to shine on Yuma and
the people failed to appreciate a bit
of shade. One gets used to a thing
in 4 5 years.
Establishment of a night court 'will
save some fellows from spending a
night in jail. Sometimes one is
caught In the net who is Innocent of
ill-doing.
The first discovery of the year Is
in Canada, only 4 0 miles from the
Alaska line. To be sure, it's silver,
but who now can scoff at the white
metal?
Mann of Illinois would seat Berger
and Mann it was who aspired to the
speaker's chair! It is time the sec
ond Illinois district was American
ized. "Turkish losses heavy in fighting
Greeks," declares a headline. Yes,
several bales of Turkish cigarettes
no doubt went up In smoke.
Holding a democratic convention
in California might serve to unite
the republican party of that frivolous
state.
At any rate Mr. Bryan can hardly
say, like Clemenceau, that the people
are forcing the presidency upon him.
A government employe caught In
the dragnet should be given a little
more than the common radical.
The liquor interests will hardly
agree that the earthquake shock
was confined to Mexico.
So "near beer" is Illegal, Is It?
It's worse than that. It's a libel
on an old-time "food."
Nobody has yet proposed a law
limiting the height of the collar on a
glass of near-beer.
Champagne sold in this country
hereafter will have to be of the extra
dry variety.
Getting an auto tag in time is
much like putting in coal in summer.
Some of our best little brewers
BY-PRODUCTS OF" THE TIMES ,
Pinsrue of Locusts, as in Bible Days.
De-sjcribe-d by Syrian Missionary,
Syria received a terrible blow In
the first year of the war, which ac
centuated the increasing distress of
the following years and which dou
I led the Inevitable privations of a
country cut off by War, writes Paul
Erdman, a missionary, in the New Era
Magazine, official medium of the
Presbyterian church. This was the
plague of locusts which came upon
the land in the spring and summer of
1915. The striking picture that the
Prophet Joel drew of the plague of
locusts In his day was read again and
again by our preachers and teachers
to Christians and Moslems, which led
to a wider reading among the people
ttt'emselves, and with one accord all
agreed that no truer picture could be
drawn of their own experience.
Read anew the first chapter of Joel
and the first 11 verses of the second
chapter, only remembering that what
seem to be' four distinct insects or
worms in chapter 1:4 are in reality
merely four different stages in the
life cycle of the locust, as comes out
clearly in the names in our Arabic
translation. This cycle extends over
a period of several months and In
each stage the locust becomes more
voracious.
On April 10, 1915, we wa,tched a
flight of locusts over our city of
Zahleh, lasting two hours, when the
brilliant sunlight of midday was dis
tinctly dimmed and the air was as
full of shimmering wings as the sky
is of snow In a hard winter storm.
Hundreds of thousands settled upon
the trees and vineyards that com
pletely surrounded Zahleh, and the
fight to kill as many as possible and
Bcare off the rest began. This expert
ence was the lot of every part of the
country. In a nearby village over 30
tons of locusts were gathered by the
people in great bags, which were
then plunged into boiling caldrons to
Kill the insects.
The crops were good in the follow
ing years, but It took more than one
year for the vines and fruit trees to
recover.
a
Walk through Grand street from
Third avenue to Clinton street, which
is not a long distance, and you have
the types of the whole world before
you, writes Konrad Bercovicl In "The
Dust of New York." They are not
in concentrated form; they are di
luted. But if you analyze, even hur
riedly, you will soon be able to know
the components of each one of them.
A remote Tartar ancestor of one of
the push-cart peddlers is plainly seen
in the small sunken black eyes. In
another the straight line of the back
of the head tells you that his mother
or his grandmother had lived once in
Hungary. In another one, the Slav
type, the flat fleshy nose is mixed
with the Wallachian strong chin.
Some Teuton blood calls out through
the heavy cast of an otherwise typical
Austrian Jew. A Spanish grandee, as
if come out of a page of Cervantes,
is selling shoe laces and cuff but
tons. And a Morroccan prince, ill at
ease in his European garb, is offer
ing the passerby some new Burbank
ian fig-plum-orange combination.
The vendors call out their wares In
what seems at first a tongue all their
own. But a trained ear soon discov
ers that it Is Knglish, or rather that
English Is the essential component of
the chemistry of their language; the
rest being words of their own crea
tion, or scraps of a dozen other lan
guages which stuck to the people of
woe In their 2000 years' -peregrination
from land to land.
ess
On the opening day of the duck sea
son at Baldwin lake, California, a
strange craft was sighted In the eel
grass of the shooting grounds. Its
occupant was known to have ridden
a motorcycle in more than 150 miles
of mountain and desert road, and then
to have been so unfortunate as to
find all the boats gone. When he
came In that night with his limit of
birds it was seen that he had made
a queer but efficient duck boat out of
his motorcycle sidecar.
Wood plugs closed the bolt holes
where It was removed from the frame
and a can of pitch. Judiciously ap
plied, sealed all possible leaks. Rock
ballast of some 60 pounds steadied
the somewhat cranky craft and Its
inconsplcuousness aided the Ingenious
sportsman In securing an unusual bag
of birds. So well pleased was he with
the adventure that- now he contem
plates constructing a real combina
tion sidecar and boat. Popular Me
chanics. s
The London Times reports the Is
suance of a proclamation prohibiting
the export to any destination of sli
ver bullionv sliver specie or British
coined silver, except under license.
British silver coin itself was already
prohibited.
Measures for the conservation of
the supply of silver coins In England
were foreshadowed In the Times when
it pointed out that as the price of
bar silver had risen to 66 d per
ounce, silver coins had reached their
face value as metal for the first time
in history, and that If the price rose
perhaps another 2d an ounce, the
melting down of coins for export
might become a "paying proposition."
A system of school luncheons for
Philadelphia would save the city ap
proximately 140,000, according to a
bulletin Issued by the bureau of mu
nicipal research of that city. The bu
reau reasons the question as follows:
"In the school system of Philadel
phia there were In 1919 at each pro
motion period approximately 31,000
children who failed of advancement.
In 1918 It cost the city $32.02 for the
education of each child In the grade
schools.
"'It Is legitimate .to assume that In
this unpromoted group the average
proportion of malnutrition obtains,
which, if corrected, would insure the
normal advancement of these pupils
and an Incidental saving of approxi
mately $40,000 a year.
"As a by-product we should be able
to establish a practical and popular
method of Instruction in the funda
mental basts of health, 1. e., nutrition.
The additional sums necessary to fi
nance such an advance In education
would be money well spent."
s s s
Up to 1785 handkerchiefs were of
every conceivable size and shape.
Then one evening Queen Marie An
toinette. In a fit of passion or indig
nation at Versailles, said that all
"kerchiefs should be uniform If they
were to Indicate good taste. The re
sult was that Louis XVI Issued a de
cree early In 1785 that all pocket
handkerchiefs should hue right-angle
edges. So rlght-anorle they are
Those Who Come and Go.
Sugar refineries in Idaho, at least :
one group of them, have not sold
sugar for the last two years and may ,
not sen this year, according to w .
-tone, who is visiting relatives in ;
Portland. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars of sugar are stored, mountain .;
high, and the people owning it will
not release a pound, although they
could supply the entire United States
for several days with their stock. A
county commissioner In one county
is Molding 70.000 sacks of potatoes
for $5 a sack and the price there is ,
now
low $4.50. Mr. atone Is the highway i
r.an for Bingham county and last
year graded 100 miles of road. This
year it Is the plan to macadamize 70
miles and hard-surface 16 miles.
Among Idaho laws is one which pro
hibits an official from remaining out
of his county for a longer period than
21 days and another makes it an of
fense for an official to employ a reli
tive within the fourth degree of con
sanguinity. The latter law would
work a terrible hardship in some Or
egon counties.
"Pifty men are now clearing on the
14-mile section under contract on the
Coos Ray-Roseburg road." says W. E.
Chandler, district engineer, who is at
the Imperial. "The work la progress
ing well and equipment Is being
brought In, so that everything will
be In readiness for an early start on
this Job. If funds are provided, the
only 2V4 miles not under contract be
tween Coquille and Marshflcld can be
let this year and the two cities con
nected with a flrst-clase highway."
Mr. Chandler says that from, what he
can gather the proposed county road i
bond Issue will carry as he has heard
no opposition to it. Of the proposed
Issue, about $300,000 has been set
aside for the road between Coquille
nnd Bandon, a road which can stand a
great deal of improvement. Mr.
Chan-dler while a the Mate highway
office at Salem th last few days has
been trying to get more equipment
for his district.
C. M Fassett, who has been mayor
of Spokane year in and year out for
a lonir. long time, arrived at the
Multnomah yesterday, accompanied
by his wife, and is on his way to
California. Today Mr. Fassett will
speak at the Ad club luncheon. For
about seven years Mr. Fassett was
mayor of the city by the falls and
he laid down the cares of office last
Saturday. Being now a private citi
zen, he intends taking a rest and will
visit Portland for a ouple of days.
Mr. Fassett established a record for
civic progress in Spokane while he
was directing its destinies, and what
he has accomplished Is well known
In all the city halls of the Pacific
coast. At the Ad club today Mr.
Fassett will discuss the new condi
tions which have been brought about
by the war and the best way to' meet
them.
"I'm thinking what a good prophet
I am," said George Hyland. as he
stood complacently swinging his cane
on Broadway. "In 1913 when I re
turned from the east, I predicted In
the papers that America would be
dry within ten years. After this ap
peared people stopped me on the
street to Inform me I was crazy. Well,
I made good with three years to
spare. And also I predicted suffrage
for women' throughout the United
States and people told me New York
would never consent. The gift of
prophecy is one of the greatest." Mr.
Hyland was on his way to South
America from New York when he re
ceived word his youngest son was ill
and he headed for New Orleans. Ar
riving there, he learned the boy was
Improved, so he returned a couple of
days ago to Portland.
J. M. Batchelor of Lake county, at
the Imperial, is in town to see what
can be done about some road work
in his section. There is an irriBiiion
programme calling for about 1300,000
near Silver lake and the argument
advanced is that if the state high
way commission will build a road for
ten miles It will be of great assist
ance In the Irrigation enterprise. As
the district is spending so mucn
money for the development oi tne
land. It Is contended that the state
should be willing to help in the way
of a thoroughfare.
To look after his sheep Interests In
Patagonia and then go to Germany
to attend to his interests there. E. E.
Mulcke of Iqulqul. Chile, arrived at
the Multnomah yesterday. He was
accompanied by C. R. Mulcke of Au
rora. Or. -C. R. Mulcke was formerly
American consul for Bolivia. Chile
and Peru, serving three years. . He
owns a mountain of sulphur down in
South America, which contains enough
of the smelly stuff to equip several
billion matches of the old style.
The three sawmills at Baker are
loaded with orders and are working
to full capacity all the time, reports
W P. Grtner. who Is at the Hotel
Portland. The result of the activity
of the mills makes Baker in a pros
perous condition. There is not a
house to be rented In the town. Mr.
Grlner Is arrayed In a fur coat made
of coyote skins and Bays that It Is
certainly seasonable in Baker all the
time In winter.
J. N. King, the new county judge
of Jefferson county, who took office
January 1 by appointment from the
governor. Is in town to see if The
Dalles-California highway through
Jefferson cannot be lengthened three
eighths of a mile. The road, although
lengthened, will save the county
$4000, according to the judge, as the
location the Judge suggests would be
of easier construction.
A little known Industry In Oregon
Is the making of peppermint extract,
O. B. Marshall, who lives near Albany,
grows the mint and squeezes out the
juice. When he comes to the Perkins,
where he is at present registered,
carrying his samples, everyone in the
house knowe he Is there. The bell
boys never have to page him. for they
can trace him by the scent of the
peppermint.
C. T. Darley. engineer in charge of
the construction work In the Langell
valley district. Is at the- Hotel Port
land. He was formerly with the gov
ernment reclamation service. The
Langell valley Irrigation project will
embrace many thousand acres. . The
district was organized under the new
state law. The financing plans have
been worked out.
Henry Sangstacken, secretary of the
Port of Coos Bay. Is at the Hotel
Portland, registered from Marshfleld.
The port intends building a terminal
dock and may get the work under
way this year. The delicate task of
selecting the site will be left to en
gineers from Astoria and Portland.
One of the foremost cheesemakers
of Clatskanle Is R. Robinson, who Is
at the Perkins. Mr. Robir.r-on used
to be one of the Tillamook cheese
makers, but shifted his base of opera
tions to Clatskanle.
O. A. Peterson, who registered from
"His Ldg" 's at the Perkins. Mr.
Peterson has a boat landing named
after him down the river, and his
place Is a hangout for wild ducks.
W. M. Ingles, formerly prominent
in the Washington National Guard
and once a candidate for sheriff of
King county, Washington, is at the
Multnomah.
F S Lang, a stove manufacturer of
Seattle is registered at the Hotel
Portland, where he Installed a range
PRESS VIEWS OX TAGLED ISSUE
State Papers Discuss (-ovrrsor, Gsmf
Commission and Kinley.
Discouraging to ;ood lfs.
Oregon City Enterprise,
The governor has added nothing to
the situation by his.
ntimation tnat
the commission must go and his;
recommendation that tw o commis- !
sions should be named to handle the 1
fish and game departments. If one
commission is unsatisfactory, then 1
two commissons would probably be,
doubly unsatisfactory. The personnel i
di me i.-umimMun is me uesi mat ,
Ihp lies! Dint
could be obtained for a non-salaried
position. If public servants working
without salary are to be kicked out
every time they run contrary to some-
body's wishes, then we shall be
getting farther away from the Idea!
type of men who are willing to work
In the public interest for nothing per
year.
Result of He-ritual to Play Politics.
Portland Spectator.
The governor has got himself Into
a most unfortunate mess. Some per
sons have told him he can extricate
himself from the mire of his own
making by sacrificing the commis
sioners whom he called his friends.
But he can't. He ran. of course, ask
for two commissions, and if the leg
islature refuses to do his bidding, he
can remove the present commissioners
And nnnoint nlhorn Rut f i i nonnlo i
- - - ' r
of the state of Oregon have before
them the record In this controversy,
and they know that If the present
commissioners had been willing to
sacrifice the public Interest to serve
the governor's private political am
bitions, there would have been no
talk of two commissions, and nothing
but praise
for the commission we
have.
People Admire l-'trmnrs.
Medford Mall Tribune.
Once on record, against a s-pecial
session, for example, the governor
should have held the fort on that line
and let the opposition howl. If there
was no reason for it when the kov
ernor refused, there was no reason
when he complied. So with the fish
and game commission, etc. Nothing
is so fatal as indecision and apparent
weakness. Governor Olcott would
have been in
a much stronger posl-
tion now if he had taken one side
or the other In that controversy and
stuck to it even If experience had
shown It to be the wrong side. The
people always prefer a leader who
sticks to his convictions even when
he Is mistaken, to one who merely
tries to find out what Is popular and
has no convictions at all.
Sportsmen's Demands Mevsre.
Tillamook Headlight.
If the state of Oregon expects to
maintain the salmon industry it can
not cater to the whims of sportsmen,
for as we have Intimated it is ridic
ulous to spend money and effort in
the propagation of salmon and protect
trout, the greatest enemy of the
salmon industry. And (lovernor Ol
cott proposes two commissions, whl'jh
is absurd. We are inclined to think
that the best thing for the state leg
islature to do is to take the ap
pointive power from the governor and
undertake to appoint a commission
itself, remove the offices from Port
land, and locate them in some county
where the influence of the sportsmen
is not so strong.
Looks Had to V'nln formed.
Blue Mountain (Canyon City) Kagle.
We make no pretentions to know
all of the facts regarding the dis
missal of State Biologist Finley by
the Fish and Game Commission, but
from our angle of vision, would style
it a mistake. He Is the one man on
the commission, "who knows," and it
would have been better to have- dis
missed the entire commission "for
harmony" rather than Mr. Finley. The
state has lost a valuable officer in
order to preserve a few insignificant
politicians whose knowledge of ani-
rna. i.,e is .imiter, to i..e aonKey.
the elephant and the moose.
r i .... . ...
Commission Is Trustworthy.
Baker Herald.
The ousting of State Bioloeist j
Finley by the state game commission j
has our hearty approval. Finley is a !
great man in his line, but like many j
great men he has evidently become
cockney and arrogant. When any !
persons think they are larger than j
the tribunal that creates their Jobs it I
is time for a change to take place.
1 nd i -1 i .1 u-0 hnvM nprfpet eon- I
fidence In the game commission. That
body never ousted Finley without due
and sufficient cause.
Some One Must Contral.
Baker Herald.
For Finley to continue in office
"with a free hand and under a com
mission that will have no right to tell
him what to do" will mean in time
that either Mr. Finley or the entire
fish and game commission will have
to resign. Such a combination .of in
compatible men cannot serve the state
and serve it well, and it Is quite a
general opinion that the fish and
game commission is a body that func
tions well and is doing great work.
No Confidence Commission.
Aurora Observer.
The affairs of the fish and game
commission have been In more or less
turmoil for years with quarrels, dis
sension and near-scandals that have
lost It what little respect the people
of the etate ever had for it. If Gov
ernor Olcott can purge this body of
its maladorous repute he will accom
plish a real reform. If "It can't be
done." some one will come along one
of these days with an initiative bill
that will blow up the whole mess.
Both Right.
Cottage Grove Sentinel.
The way It appears to us Is that
the commission had all the grounds
necessary upon which to fire Mr.
Finley and that the governor has all
the grounds necessary for dispensing
with the services of the fish and
game commissioners and all he has to
do to find good and sufficient cause
is to hold up to public view the ex
travagant conduct of the business of
the office.
Ambidexter.
St. Helens Mist.
When Webster wrote his definition
of ambidexter and rave as the defi
nition "one who uses both hands with
equal facility; one who la equally
ready to act on either side." we j
wordier If he had a vision of the I
future and the manner in which Gov- :
ernor Olcott has handled the Finley
matter.
Mr. Finley "ot Indispensable.
La Grande Observer.
If he were a man who could show
how to raise more wheat per acre, or
how to turn more trees into lumber
by the same forces now used, or a
man who could make two blades of
grass grow where only one grew be
fore, then there might be reason for
this row about retaining him.
Wants New Game Warden,
Oakland Tribune.
While the gittln' is good, why not
get a new state game warden? So
long as Carl D. continues to advise
I hunters tO wait Until tney See the1
Ideer before loading the gun. it will!
be Impossible for tne sportsmen to
have any "confidence" in him.
Onr landing Optimist.
Capital Journal. Salem.
If Governor Olcott expects to secure
peace and harmony by the course he
! has mapped out in the fish and game
! controversy, he Is certainly our lead-
Irt- ' ':''.
Sunset.
lly I. race E. Hall.
'The sun shed its last lingering rays
across the vapored space.
i And sank from view; a bank of
fh'me-fluff rose in billows high:
The gulls furled wing and ceased
their irreefi-l m-r-
Torch-bearers flun rich hues on
yonder westering sky.
The shore .with all its brine-wet
sparkling gems
of bright carnelian. agate, jasper.
shells.
Dried quickly all the moisture on its
hems.
Thrown there so carelessly by
passing swells.
Trails on the sand a thousand rest
less feet
Had plodded there so happily that
day.
Were smoothed by silent waves that
swiftly beat
Upon their destined, even-tempered
way.
The far-out rocks that scatter and
dismiss
The fury of the breakers that at
tack. remained impassive to the
hiss
savage
ui whirling spray,
hurled back.
mpotently
1. i . .
t uc imze rnsr r-on mav nn ;.
de-
scribe came creeping in.
From distant zone beyond
this
mortal reach:
The moaning waves, convulsed with
grief within.
Flung out their wasted lengths
upon the beach.
A deeper gray. The gulls no longer
dipped
To search the brine. The West had
ceased to be.
Nisht drew its draperies; the ocean's
heaving line
Commingled with the earth-line.
mistl ly.
I . ....,j-ii,e- sears Alto.
j From The Oretrontan. January 7. JR98.
i The Virtue mine's Deeemher nninuf
j has arrived in Baker City. It is a
big ball of gold
and weighed out
abour 117.000.
Thursday It was necessary to send
a messenger to Mount Tabor for the
water department, and he was five
hours making the trip. His horse
gave out when about half-way and
the messenger had to cover the re
mainder of the distance on foot.
Two Chinese passengers on the
ocean steamship Columbia, which ar
rived yesterday, were taken in cus
tody when they were unable to show
their certificates of registration.
San Francisco. Advices brought
by the steamship China indicate early
peace between Japan and China.
Flftjr Years Ago.
From The Orejronian. January 7, 1ST".
Washington. The officers of the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railroads have not yet determined
upon the exact point that will he the
junction of the two roads; the act
says it shall be at or near Ogden.
For the first four days 307S sacks
wheat and 20,901 sacks of flour have
been brought down the river from
Oregon City. Much of this has al
ready been shipped to San Francisco
and other markets.
Yreka. Cal. The agent of the
Klamath reservation is gathering up
all straggling Indians and tribes in
southern Oregon and northern Cali
fornia, i
Summary of the report of the city "
auditor and clerk for 1869 shows that
there was on hand January 1, $14,-
i O0n.42. Receipts for the year were as
! follows- :nri fH sq laa-
clal fund.
. .u
$29,370, and street fund.
10 EOll I'll El It HOME PAPEU
torvallls Opinion in the League of
Nations.
CORVAL.LIS. Or.. Jan. 5. (To the
Editor.) We notice that that prolific
writer. Reader," very complacently
hands The Oregonian the decision in
I ,ts recent bout with our local paper
! tne Gazette Times. We want the
privilege of casting dissenting votes
for we are convinced that a large ma
jority of the readers of both papers
here are of the decided opinion that
the Gazette Times thoroughly vindi
cated its position. "Reader" sent his
verdict in before the local paper had
even had an opportunity to present
its evidence, which was quite charac
teristic of his kind.
We believe that a majority of the
people of this community stand with
the Gazette Times in demanding a
league that protects American Inter
ests without any guesswork about it.
The Gazette Times, in one of the best
edited pages in the Willamette val
ley, has strongly insisted on un
equivocal reservations from the very
day the covenant was first published.
It is not opposed to a league, but
prefers none at all to the present
covenant without reservations which
are vital.
JAT L. LEWIS,
GEO. W. DENMAN.
The majority of the people of every
American community are for a league
that protects American Interests.
Corvallis is not singular In that re
spect. If the Corvallis paper hae
stood for unequivocal reservations
from the first. It has taken that
course in exactly the spirit, and with
precisely the object, of Senator John
eon, Senator Borah and Senator Poin
dexter who want no league, and have
sought to load the covenant down
with Impossible reservations in order
to kill it. The Oregonian does not
belong In such company. The Cor
vallis paper of course Is free to make
Its own choice and take with it
whomsoever It can. But they are
likely to find themselves lonesome in
a nation which desires earnestly to
do Its duty by itself and by the
world.
Low nates. Poor Service.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Is the fact that the commis
sion disallowed the telephone com
pany's advanced rate the reason for
the noticeable reduction in quality
of service?
Our most Important business con
versations are invariably cut into by
central switching other callers onto
an already busy line, and other sim
ilar aggravations.
Incidentally, to show how fast
Portland Is, I am Informed by guest s
in our leading hotels that the phone
directories in their rooms are of the
vintage of 1917! Consequently num
bers of the present residents are not
In the book. P. GORDON LEWIS.
Mr. Oomners n I rthnl.ee
PORTLAND, Jan. 6 (To the Edi
tor.) To settle a dispute please state
where Samuel Gompers
also his parents.
was born;
W. V. J.
Samuel Gompers was born In Eng
land In 1850, whence he emigrated to
the United States with his parents
in 1S63. Available biographies do no
!-iriM'n the M"thrtnee of his parents
In Other Days. '