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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FKTDAT, JANUARY 16, 1920
J STABLISIIKD BY HKNKV 1- MTIOCK.
published by The Oresonian Publishing Co
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private capital unless there is a large
speculative profit in sight. That
would mean high prices for land to
settlers, which are contrary to pub
lie policy. The government could
sell the land at current Interest rates
and could collect the principal on the
long-term amortization plan that is
pursued in the rural credit system.
Congressmen whose minds are on
economy are staggered by mention of
hundreds of millions of dollars in
this connection. They overlook the
fact that the total expenditure would
be spread over a series of years, and
that before the last money was ex
pended payments on the first tract
5?..5ale' 0.fhi3!.?S.1.ti.0n-." They do not hesitate to finish an
vestment and return of the capital, j war as the result of the "clash of
Such an enterprise does not attract capitalist interests," and from its be
ginning lie womeu iui uie ucic
candidates of reaction" by the re
publicans "could place him on the
democratic ticket," is lair notice to
there should be an unmistakable de
mand among republicans for his
nomination for president, he is will
ing. If they should nominate some
other progressive republican on a
progressive platform. Hoover will
support that man. Only if they
should nominate a reactionary on a
platform of the same kind, would
there be any possibility of his accept
ing an invitation to head the demo
cratic ticket.
This is a bewildering blow to the
army camp in order to save what
has already been expended, though
they would not have begun it anew
at this time, nor do they balk at the
scrapping of a half finished wood
hull. .They should be able to see
the real economy of creating perma
nent, new, productive values where
none exist. If the forces combined
in support of the plan are imposing
enough, they will see this. Hence
the wise policy In combining all
1 ... 1 .a -. 1
democrats. They have been sizing 1 6cneme
up Hoover and praising his points in
the belief that he was a democrat,
and they were well pleased. He was
the one man who could turn the tide
AMERICA DRY.
A thought for today the day on
Which national constitutional pro
hibition of the manufacture or sale
of intoxicating beverages becomes
effective is that prohibition is now
the law of the land, and those who
pride themselves that Americans are
fundamentally law-abiding will abide
the event with such grace as they
may if they happen to be anti-prohibitionists.
But there are not lack
ing certain outward signs that the
situation will be accepted on the
Whole with more than a pretense of
cheerful acquiescence by large num
bers who did not vote with the pre
vailing side. War-time prohibition
has given opportunity to discount
many of the gloomy forebodings of
the alarmists: high prices for drinks
have operated in other . quarters to
curtail individual consumption; a
pood many well-meaning but
thoughtless young blades have found
out that they were all the better off
. for abstinence; and the country at
large has learned that it need not go
to the dogs just because its liquor
has been cut off. The lesson of the
recent mobilization, conducted with
unprecedented sobriety, and the ex
perience of an epidemic of strikes in
which bitterness culminated in dis
order in only a few instances, have
further prepared all minds for ac
ceptance of the epochal social ex
periment which will be formally en
tered upon today.
; National prohibition was invited
when, in the period immediately fol
lowing our civil war, the saloon be
gan to develop modern methods of
salesmanship, to seek deliberately to
make new customers and increase
pal os to old ones; to practice the
arts and wiles, in. politics and out,
that ultimately were to bring down
obloquy upon It. The vast money
Btake involved presently made it im
portant in an ecorfomlc sense, and
the manner in which it accomplished
its own undoing- is now History, jbui
other factors also were in operation;
the physical effects of alcohol came
to be better understood, and the
erowding of a complicated modern
social order left less and less room
for the liquor man. IHgh ethical
considerations which moved the pio
neer anti-liquor campaigners like
Keal Dow were mightily reinforced
by economic ones before the fight
was won. In the final analysis, John
Barleycorn lost because he was no
longer able to appeal successfully to
self-interest. Even the moderate
drinker came at last to realize that
the sacrifice demanded of him under
prohibitory laws was small by com
parison with benefits received, while
all but a few of the unreconstructed
have already stopped contending
that the nation in its entirety is not
fcetter off for being "dry." The Idea
tli at abstinence at least never did
any harm has -grown.
It has been estimated that prohlbl
tion will divert about $2,000,000,000
a year into new channels. We give
the figures for what they are worth,
but they probably are nearly square
with the facts. Federal taxes alone
on liquor in 1917 amounted to
5248,115,000, which, of course, the
drinker paid, along with other im
posts and the cost of the elaborate
appurtenances employed in persuad
ing him that he was he prince of
Kood fellows when he spent his
money over the bar. Accepting
$2,000,000,000 as the normal annual
pre-prohibltion drink bill, it is al
ready plain that this huge sum is
going to be diverted Into much more
useful, and certainly less harmful,
channels. We have already got over
our fright lest the coin that formerly
went for drink should disappear from
circulation. The home undoubtedly
is getting a goodly share of that
two billions, and traces of the rest
are found in a. thousand nooks and
crannies of trade. The people in
the mass do not seem to be worry
ing as much as a few of them are
over finding substitutes for the sa
loon. They are finding substitutes
for themselves, a fact to which
automobile salesmen, home builders
and others are -in a position to give
testimony.
The old order changeth, indeed.
It is safe to predict that former
conditions will not return. It is, pos
sibly, the finest example in history
of drastic reform accomplished with
out revolution. The people who have
made this possible can be trusted In
the end to accomplish substantial
onforcement. National prohibition,
effective January 16, 1920, is the
present generation's gift to the gen
eration to come.
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
A bill by Senator Lachmund at
of popular disfavor for them, and Salem, making it a felony for any
who could put heart into their public offlclal pay royajty to any
shaken and discouraged forces. Now road contractor for patented pave-
he has struck a blow at them which
ment, was defeated by the state sen
ilis own country in order "to turn
the imperialist war into a civil war,"
as the means of producing the unrest
which would be a condition favorable
to revolution. He owned allegiance
to no country, for he said:
The defense of the fatherland In an im
perialist war la a betrayal of socialism.
The working classes have no fatherland.
At the same time as he sought the
defeat of his own country as a pre
liminary to the civil war which he
planned, he sought to destroy the in
fluence of those socialists who
through patriotism fought for their
fatherland, classing them as socialist-chauvinists
and socialist - com
promisers, also of those who had
taken seriously the anti-militarist
cult that German socialists had
spread among Germany's enemies.
calling them socialist-pacifists. As
the kaiser aimed by war to over
throw democracy, Lenin aimed by
the same means to overthrow capi
talism in Europe. At the beginning
of 1915 he wrote:
The objective revolutionary situation
which has been created by the war and
which Is daily growing deeper and wider
Is giving birth Inevitably to a revolu
tionary sentiment, which Is penetrating
into the best and most conscientious sec
tions of the proletariat. It is impossible
to say whether a powerful revolutionary
movement will develop after this war or
during it, but In any case only work In
this direction deserves the name of socialist.
He outlined his policy a little later
in 1915 in these words:
We would offer peace to all the eofh-
COMMET OJf OREGO.MA.N A.VMA1
Every Festnre of Opportunity sad
Development Fairly Measored.
Warrenton News.
It must be comforting so the pro
ducers of a great newspaper- to know
that in an edition claiming to set
forth the advantages ot their state
they have measured up to the limit of
their .opportunities and have fallen
short.' neither in letter nor In spirit.
The Oregonian, In its wonderful New
Tear's option, has served the whole
state and every nook and corner
thereof. Anyone giving it the careful
study it deserves will not only be
entertained by the wonderful story,
but will know Oregon through and
through from Clatsop ; to Malheur
and from Wallowa to Curry. Every
nook and corner of the state has
been given its just need of praise and
the relative importance of every fea
ture of opportunity or development
seems to have been fairly measured.
Amazing; Compendium of High ways.
Hood River Glacier.
All of us were glad to see the New
Tear's annual of The Oregonian last
Thursday. We missed that customary
phase ot Oregon life and develop-
ent the year before a necessary in
terruption of the war. We have come
to look forward to the New Tear's
edition ot The Oregonian. We file It
away in our own libraries an epit
ome to be consulted throughout me
subsequent year. Thousands of copies
carry the message ot Oregon to far
away states.
The 1920 number's outstanding
Those Who Come and Go.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
counts as two, wniie me ttina vraraa ate yesterday. 20 to 9. The great
they have said for him may prove newspapeP and political campaign
good campaign thunder for the re- on paving trust has thus ended
puoiicau nominee. in faUure and waste, so far as this
The declaration by Mr. Hoover lesisiature l3 concerned. But it will
through Mr. Barnes helps to make bo contlnued. -me aevices of dema-
certam the nomination by the re- sogy and sensation are not limited.
puoncans oi a progressive w no wiii. g loTlg M the public will listen,
be satisfactory. It thus destroys the men like Thomas ot Medford will
hope of the democrats that over- make nolsy char&es. He may not
confidence would lead the m"- be able to prove them, but he will
cans to swing to reaction, and with continue to make them. Anything
it the hope that Hoover might be- to acnieve tt cneap not0riety of a
come their candidate. headline in & friendly newspaper.
Now twenty members of the state
A DOSB C PEDESTBXAXisw. senate will be branded by a Port-
The greater number of automobile land newspaper as tools of the
owners drive their cars year after "paring trust" Just as the mem
year without accident or arrest ' for bers of the house who by a large
traffic law infractions. Many have majority passed the bill for a new
had otherwise clean records spoiled fish and game commission are false
in the matter of accidents solely by ly and audaciously stamped as agents
the recklessness of other drivers, of the "fish trust." Under such dif
There are some automobile owners ficulties, with such humiliations un
who are haled into court time and conscionably heaped upon him, a
again. A few are notorious for the legislator who wants to follow the
number of the times they have been dictates of his conscience and judg
In accidents or have been arrested, ment must perform his duties.
The reckless driver and the per- ' Commissioner Booth gave to the
sistent traffic law offender are not legislature the unvarnished facts
popular with the general run of about the royalties of the bitulithlc
automobile owners. The law-abiding contractor. Over forty contracts
autoist would, we think, submit to were entered into by the state high
a mild Inconvenience that the law- way commission for patented ' pa ve
defylng autolsts might be curbed, ment during the past year. In every
Yet the licensing system now pro- instance, they were let to the lowest
posed could hardly be termed an in- bidder. If the bids had been re-
convenience. The main qualifies- I jected on the ground that they were
tions for securing a license would be I for patented pavement, or on any
five days experience as a driver and ground, and the next highest bid ac-
& knowledge of the traffic laws. But I cepted, the total for the forty odd
the reckless individual who held b contracts would have been f 250, 000
driver's license would have ever over I more. In other words the bitulithlc
him the nossibilitv of its revocation. I contracts, including the amount
That would be accomplished by a I specified for royalty, were $250,000
recommendation of the secretary of I lower than the aggregate of the next
state from any competent court of lowest competitive bids. There may
jurisdiction before whom an offend- be a further saving of $100,000 or
ing autoist had appeared an undue I more on the royalties, whicn are
number of times or under peculiarly I withheld pending determination ot
aggravating circumstances. Once de- the validity of the patent.
prlved of his personal license, the I Now here is a straignt-ctrt misi
automoblle owner or driver would be Inesa proposition, and the highway
eliminated as a traffic hazard. I commission considered it on that
A law of this kind is needed. I basis. The commission is deserving
Municipal and Justice court fines I of commendation, not censure, for
have come to be a Joke with many its action. So is the legislature. They
autolsts who can afford to pay for I will get commendation from all but
their recklessness. Jail sentences are the politicians that are interested
appealable and in the circuit court a I only in politics and from newspapers
strange and unbecoming leniency is (that think and act in terms of sen-
shown by jurors and sometimes toy sation, no matter now tne welfare
judges themselves. A good dose of I of the state is affected. It Is all very
pedestrlanism should cure a chronic I cheap arid sordid business.
case of disregard for law and the I
rights of Others. I WHXIAM AJtD tESly. KISDBBD
ISHKITS.
When the events of the present
epoch come to be viewed in the true
tion of waste land and other plans perspective which lime alone can give,
of reclamation have encountered an I it Is probable that the bad eminence
Obstacle In the form Of a determina- I to which William Hohenzollern
tion of congress to practice economy, climbed will be shared by Vladimir
When income and profits are taxed Ilyitch Lenin alone, all their asso
to the point where industry is ob- I ciates in crime taking lower rank.
structed, prices enhanced and a direct I They are alike in having planned.
impost laid on business transactions I plotted and prepared through many
and amusements and where there is I years to seize supreme power, in the
already talk of another bond issue to ferocity with which they strove to
meet the deficit, this disposition of I bring their schemes to fruition, and
congress will receive popular ap-1 in the world-embracing scope of
proval. But in deciding which ex-1 their ambition. They are unlike in
penditures to make and which to re- the fact that William's ambition was
fuse, congress should discriminate I personal, to become the sole ruler of
between the productive and the un- I the world, while Lenin strives wlthJ
productive. I the zeal of a fanatic to realize a
Reclamation and sale of land I politico-economic theory.
which now lies waste to men who I The latest of the several definitions
make it produce is productive ex- I of Lenin's position is given by the
pendlture. It increases the supply I bolshevists as an aid to the peace
of food and of materials for cloth-1 movement which they are indus-
ing, and thus helps to reduce the I triously circulating that he Is forced
cost of living. It would add to the by fanatical colleagues tdpursue a
number of independent, self-support- policy of violence and barbarism
ing, self-reliant, land-owning clti- from which he shrinks. That theory
sens, and thus would strengthen the serves to salve the consciences of
forces which oppose revolutionary parlor bolshevists, who are Jaunted
radicalism. It would attract men with the contradiction between their
from the cities to the country, and pacifism in face of Hun brutality
thus would help to establish a cor- I and their apologies f of the Russian
rect proportion of rural to urban I reign of terror. How false is this
population. Excessive growth of I definition is shown by a correspond-
cities in comparison with the coun- I ent of the London Times, both from
try is one of the chief causes of the 1 information obtained in the inner
high price of food, which breeds dis- I councils of the soviet government
content. Reclamation would add to I and from Lenin's own writings dat-
the volume of taxable property and ing back several years from the day
to the number of taxpayers, and when he attained power. This writer
would thus render an indirect return I says:
to the government. I In the Bolshevist Inner council ch am
ir not a dictator, is.
- . ..... . , . - , i raie. & miuLej nu ,iw
from a Deiiei mar. reclamation plans iikened to a professor with a group of
are sectional. exclusively for tne 1 intensely eager pupils. A member or tne
hotiofit nf ho woof wlisn in fan fha I national center party, wno had enlisted
same arguments apply to waste land ployed for several weeks as a sentry it
in almost every part 01 tne country, the K.remnn, once gave tne present writer
There is as much need of reclama- I n interesting account 01 tne vanous mn-
he had been present. The proceedings
were almost invariably ot the same order
namely, wranglings and disputes over
policy between two rival commissars, end
less discussion embittered by inter-departmental
Jealousy, and, finally, the inevita-
batants on condition of the liberation of characteristic, it seems to us, may be
the colonies and of all dependent and op- . , . . . , of
pressed peoples. Neither Germany, nor found in the amazing compendium ot
France, nor England, would accept these Oregon highway construction and tne
terms under their present governments, progress we have begun to make in
men we wouia nave to prepare and carry I realizing on our great scenic asset.
ou u. revolutionary war. mat is, not only
to carry out In full and by the most de
termined means all our minimum pro
gramme, but also systematically to stir I
up to revolt all the peoples oppressed by
tne ureat Russians, all the colonies and
dependent countries of Asia (India, China.
rerHia, eto,. out also In the first instance
to call to arms the socialist proletariat of
Europe against Its governments and tn
Era the Dyspeptic Interested.
Hillsboro Argus.
The New Tear's- Oregonian came
this morning and it Is a symposium
of all the best tor which Oregon
stands. It was a regular Chrateau-
Thlerry as a newspaper drive and is a
spite of its socialist-Chauvinists. There is I record-breaker as an expose of the
,V r pie- Oresron country. Its art work was tne
tariat in Russia would create exceptionally , . .7 , ' ,' . . 1 .mnn.tr.tlnn
favorable circumstances for the develop- last word m Plctrlal demonstration.
ment of the revolution in Asia and in I ana every page sensea ureson m "
Kurope. I is, and as we all love her. Even the
At th nrl nf tit ion , dyspe-ptio was interested and that 8
wrote revealing the motive for the oing some!
capitulation at Brest-Litovsk. He Cr Oregoalsa SfudanL
said that a month ago practically a Heooner Gazette-Times.
majority of his party had declared . -n f our readers.
against signing the treaty but that have prrybably seen the New Tear's
men me overwneiminjr majority! numhnr of the Portland Morning ure-
had to admit that those of us were! gonlan. so we don't need to tell you
right who Insisted from the begin- how fine It was. but those who did not
nlng that the cup had to be drunk get to look It over, we will say. you
to the bottom, that peace under the missed a rare treat. In word and
existing condition, had to be signed." paa?788rompe.VMbrouglhtK ou
The finest feature ot the entire num
ber is that section devoted to high
ways. It brings out clearly the fact
that Oregon is taking her place at the
head, in rapidly perfecting a state-
The reason was that the bolshevists
needed a breathing space between
the "imperialist" and the civil wars
that were inevitable. There was dan
ger that "some of our comrades are
going to protract unduly the famous I wide system of highways. The num
hh..ihin t . i I ber was excellent throughout and up
thlT n? ' " to the standard set by The Oregonian
in past years.
We have never disguised from ourselves.
or from others, that a revolutionary war
is tnevitaoie. tm creation of a new army
is. In our opinion, our chief task for the
moment. We fhall not cease beatina- the
Wort It 5, Sold for 10 Cents.
Banks Herald.
Th Portland Oregonian'B ew
alarm, we shall not cease to remind every ,.mh,. wa. WOrth S5. and sold
evitable, that we can only save our revo- I told by picture and accurate figures
lution oy creating a strong revolutionary I and reliable history. ierieci pnoto-
army In Russia.. And we are convinced I o-ranha from all sections, covering
that the moment la not far off h,n ti,. I '"
International revolution wiU become a face ta,rra f"1"3- J?" '
1 Trim, luwud. n.(iH -
Thus vanishes the moderate Lenin I ... T wnrlrUrenowned good
t bolshevist fiction. Like the kaiser. I rna and highways. We wish every
ne was a militarist from the first, I family In America couia receive ana
impatient for war to begin. The
pacifism which his admirers in this
and the allied countries professed
wj.s directed only against wars for
democracy, for when the war for
world revolution is concerned, they
become militarists. Far from shud
dering at the ruin which he has made
of Russia, Lenin longs to extend his something of the growing industries
work to other countries. I of the metropolis and ot the state. It
z I Rhowa what has been accomplished in
The United States prohibition com- the Bod roads movement in this state
missloner holds it to be against the teUS,.t"" nli Vture The
law for fruit Juice to ferment. He "":ce.lO.r.,nf,r"t0d Jith
is likely to get in quite a ferment photographs that tell the real story
himself If he tries to enforce this I it Is a fine number to send out t
literally. friends and relatives in the middle
west.
leans Mich to State Prog-ream.
Oresham Outlook.
Th Oree-onian's annual New Tear's
number was a eplendld paper full to
overflowing with stories or uregon s
i.j...t.iA Q.i V, nftnAm mean much
Some people seem to be spending I . th nroeress ot the state as they
money with the idea that the less I advertise the Industries of the locality
they have left the smaller their in- I and draw attention to the wonderful
come tax will be, whereas they are ( progress that the state is making
The discovery made by an Indiana
poultry raiser that music in the hen
house increases egg-production is not
new in principle. The idea is prac
tically applied - by old-fashioned
milkers, who croon lullabys to the
cows to Induce them to "give down"
more freely, and it is but a logical
reversal of the rule prevailing among
all keepers of animals that unusual
noises and undue excitement shall
he avoided as much as possible. Do
mestic fowls as well as animals
thrive best in an atmosphere of har
mony. But Indiana, now the
geographical center of logic as well
as of art and literature In the United
States, Is first to translate the theory
into practice. The farmer in ques
tion, after Installing a phonograph
In his hen house, reports that egg
vield jumped at once from 65 to 115
eggs a day. We await further experi-
tion Of swamps in the south and
middle west as of arid land in the
west, and there is logged-off land
in the south and the lake states as
well as on the Pacific coast. Prob
ably barren land in New Englud S? "vflS.?-""!;
could also be included. Those states I . tribute to the position which Lenin holds
Which have the smallest area Of re- I among his followers that these decisions
i,im,M lnrl a.v th mn.t. m.nn. of his given always more In the nature
' . " . : 7 I of a friendly suggestion than of a
factures, and settlement Of waste mand are rarely, if Indeed ever.
run wnnlil pinanrl their nomn mn.r. I tioned. Not only is lemn by far
1.- rr-l. .. , V, 1 1 nt-rtt- 1 greatest inieueciuin lurce wnicn tne KUS-
nC i"""'" "w (an resolution has yet produced, but he
directly, they would profit most in- 1 ia also the actual creator of the bolshevist
directly. I party.
.There are good reasons, both of I In substantiation of this statement
public policy and of politics, why and of the opinion that Lenin is now
arid, swamp and logged-off land I pursuing a deliberately thought out
com
flues
tn
should be embraced in uie same
scheme. The only real distinction
is that the first class of land is main
ly owned by the government, while
the two latter classes are in private
hands. ' But in all other respects the
same arguments in favor of govern
ment action apply. The work must
be undertaken on a large scale with
great capital, involves the exercise
of government functions and will be
slow in bringing returns on the in-
plan, reference is made to his books
and pamphlets published during the
last 15 years. The latest of these is
a book entitled "Against the Cur
rent," containing the articles pub
lished by Lenin and Zinovieff, the
despot of Petrograd, lrv Switzerland
from the beginning of the war to
their return to Russia. It was pub
lished In Petrograd in the spring of
1918, that Is, after he had established
soviet rule. He bad predicted the
study last Thursday's Oregonian.
Growtnsc Industries Revealed.
McMinnville News Reporter.
The annual New Tear's edition of
The Morninar Oregonian found ready
sale here. It is one of the best annual
editions which the great newspaper
ot Portland, has put out. It reveals
"After October 1.- remarked Colo
nel H, G. Newport yesterday as hs
leaned over the desk at the Perkins,
"I'm going to be able to eat break
fast at home in Hermiston, lunch at
The Dalles and dine at night In Port
land. Furthermore I'm going to bs
able to travel all of that distance by
automobile." Colonel Newport, whose
home is in Hermiston, beads the con
struction company laying the 15-mile
stretch of Columbia highway between
the Deschutes and John Day rivers.
Work has been hampered by bad
weather, but the contractor believes
It will be completed by July 1, and
the unfinished part this side of The
Dalles will be in by October, thus
making a paved highway through
from Portland to Arlington. The
colonel divides bis enthusiasm be
tween his road work and the suc
cess of the government Irrigation dis
trict in his county. "This year," he
Informed the clerk, "over half a mil
lion dollars' worth of alfalfa hay was
sold in the district and they are still
shipping it out. A dozen years ago
this same land produced nothing but
jackrabblts and rattlesnakes."
With a railroad ticket slightly less
than a mile in length to keep track
of Captain George W. Keeney of Se
attle has plenty of reading material
with which to pass idle hours in the
Multnomah lobby. It keeps Captain
Keeney. who is vice-president of the
National Association of Masters,
Mates and Pilots of America, busy
planning details ot his long cruise
around the various ports of this
country. He Is going direct to New
Tork then back home Via the gulf
and Pacific coast cities, reaching Se
attle about the middle of Kebruary.
The association he is connected with
has about 52 branches in the United
States, the largest, in New Tork.
having 1900 members. The captain
has to make his long trip twice a
year for the association and just now
he Is preparing for the 1920 national
convention in Washington, D. C.
Gus Newbury has lived so long in
Medford that at one time or another
he has tried out several of the im
portant public Jobs there such as the
county clerk's and the county school
superintendents. Now he says he
has to take the leavings in the law
business and by dint of great effort
manages to keep out of the poor
houra. He proclaims to the general
public that he prides himself on two
things on coming from the Rogue
river valley and on being the best
looking product from that section.
Mr. Newbury arrived at the Imperial
Wednesday night and found that the
only chance of his getting a bed was
by doubling up with C. F. Stone, the
Klamath Falls member of the state
fish and game commission. Both are
thin and neither snore, so they re
ported a peaceful night.
When Louis H. Compton came back
from France last spring his friends
just about blockaded High street In
saiem while they acted as a recep
tion committee. The T. M. C. A. has
the lieutenant's old job as general
secretary ready and waiting for him
to take up again, but Compton was by
that time used to taming wilder men
than the association could offer. As
a consequence he accepted an Invita
tion to become state parole officer
and has been holding down that post
ever since, air. compton or "Louie.1
as he is best known around the capital
city, was to be found around the Ben
Bon yesterday.
Nobody In Bend except the census
taKer would think of calllntr "Nie'
Pringle by anything but his nickname.
but when he stops at the Benson
hotel in Portland he always registers
as A. M. Pringle. He Is paying one
of his flying visits to Portland In
the interest of the large warehouse
which he operates In central Oregon
; , . 1 . . 0
1 uie oon 01 major iTingle, one
01 tne most famous American rhan
lains in France, whose name is known
to the reading public through Private
Peat's book on the war.
With a Kick in It.
By l.latoa L Davlea.
With fewer Industrial disputes
pending than at any previous time
in three years, it looks as if the
peak had been surmounted and as if I
we had found the easy grade at last.
only making it harder to pay.
Now it is the high cost of hogs, but
they must have them. A spotted
Poland China sold for $35,000 in In
diana this week. Hogs seem to be
more valuable than humans.
along all lines.
People Never Disappointed.
Dufur Dispatch.
Residents of Oregon annually look
for the New Tear's edition of The
Oregonian. depending on that lor a
summary of the activities ana prog-
of the state during the preceding
Captain Lewis, traffic chief, insists year. And they are never disappointed,
tor the annual appears witn tne
regularity of New Years cay. Ana
this year was no exception.
This annual edition, we believe, has
done more to keep the country in
r.n.nl informed as to the progress
Ruth Law, the avlatrlx. predicts I and development of the state, as well
that every doctor soon will have his as to its resources, than any other
own airship, or an interest in one. I agency. It is read each year oy tnou
that a Jail sentence is the proper
thing for the speeder. Sure thing.
too, but it's highly improper to put
some of them In jaiL
Great Scott, aren't their bills up
mgn enough now?
That investigation as to where last
year's flu in Portland has gone had
better stop right where it is. If
sands of people outside the stats and
has been the means 01 Dringing many
people and much capital to uregon.
Creditable to All.
Wheeler Reporter.
A credit to themselves, the elty of
they go digging around for it, they're! Portland and the state of Oregon;
likely to find it.
comnrehenslve and well written
story of our wealth and resources,
full 4t interesting advertisements and
well Illustrated Is the 1920 New Tsar's
edition ot The Oregonian.
Convincing- Message Carried.
Tillamook Headlight. .
Tt New Tear's number of The Ore-
The bankers say prosperity hat ronlan is another splendid pictorial
gone to the people's heads. They I production, which also gave a large
mignt nave added tnat the place fori amount or vaiuanie ana usetui m
Ever observe how the young fel
low you metrln a bank in a business
way and, appreciated his courtesy
goes up a step at each annual meet
ing?
prosperity is in the pockets.
Two youths of nineteen - who
robbed a feed store are said to have
been in trouble before. There's your
reform, school diploma.
formation about Oregon. It Is editions
like this that attract visitors ana
bring home-seekers to tnis stats ana
It Is safe to say that It will be in
strumental In convincing many per
sons In the east and middle west that
there are great opportunities lor cap
its! as well as home-seekers in this
"Low salaries drive teachers to sparsely populated Btata.
."ZZ- JJZ. " San Francisco Chronicle.
i . -, . .it,,.. rv,
ttib new xci a v.
it , n...nnla, nf Portland. Dr.'.
There never was anything meteoric . " ' !,,. nublication. consist-
in the New York Herald, nor will be I lns of ,ix sections of from 22 to 24
until it is absorbed by the Sun, I na.ea each. The paper Is profusely
illustrated with photographs of scenes
A whole lot of "sick" nnnrtl am throua-hout Oregon and Washington.
banking on the southerly winds and Many maps of value to those inter
conseouent rains estsd in the northwest are included tn
Consequent ra.m. I . . ,. rph .,tnrtl rar,n-Mi
t ri e iiuuin.."""-
n-xrnn. the development and the
The sad part about It is that sugar I o-rnwth of Portland and other matter
at 13 cents isn't a whit sweeter than) setting forth the advantages of the
at 10 cents. I district, of whicn ine uregonuo i
na of the acknowieagea newspaper
Portland resembles Mexico In its leaders, are features of the New
11 ttni veafher nn its .1.. I I or
tions.
not
Gelt Snot Crltlsised.
Boston Transcript.
Angry Farmer (to dub golfer, who
has driven Into his growing crops)
HI. vou! Tou've not no business to
January 16, General Prohibition's! bs there. Goiter I know. Rotten
birthday. 1 shot, wasn't it?
Intervention in Siberia
even interference as results go,
If any woman desires to take a
look at a man whom her vote forced
out of his original vocation she should
drop Into the Imperial lobby and give
Al Bettlnger of The Dalles the once
over. They say that as far back as
50 rears ago although that sounds
like stretching It some Air. Bettlnger
was running a saloon when The
Dalles was in its glory. He can't
refrain from providing the public
with what It wants So he Is now
proprietor of two of the three
"movies" the town has. He is In Port,
land booking up new attractions.
Wednesday night there was a very
anxious man around the lobby of the
Seward, a rod every time a bell hop
shouted "Long distance wants Mr. "
F. N. Woodry of Salem would hop
out of his armchair and look inter
ested. Finally the call he was wait.
Ing for arrived, and W. A. Clement,
who accompanied Mr. Woorlrv tn
town, breezed around and whispered
to the clerk: "Nothing's wrong with
my auctioneer friend except that he
Just learned the stork had left a nine-
pouna gin at rus home.
When automobile salesmen failed tn
snoot enough ttulck cars up to Bend
to satisiy tne demand for them.
Walter Coombs and H. S. Roves of
tne mdq garage came down to Port-
land to round up a few on their own
accord. With labor conditions in the
nest or order, Mr. Coombs says the
people have plenty to spend on gaso
line and tires, and there is a heavy
call for automobiles. Both he and
Mr. Hoyce aro at the Imperial for
several days.
A H. Powers, who Is ons of Coos
county's biggest lumbermen. Is one of
the many persons claiming the doubt
ful distinction of having a town
named for him. Mr. Powers' town
happens to be a genuine live one at
the end of the coast branch of the
Southern Pacific. The tlmberman is
here from Marshfleld and is at the
Multnomah with a party of six other
lumber dealers.
A. L. Brown halls from Astoria.
where the Warrenton Investment com
pany keeps him as Its secretary and
treasurer. Mr. Brown la one of the
people who is expecting Warrenton to
become a big city some day, and
thinks some recent big realty deals
the company has put over are going
to help it a lot. Mr. Brown was at
the Oregon yesterday.
Miss Bern Ice Fly, who has been
with the Ellison-White circuit on ths
coast recently, is hare with Mabel
Getterman and Kate Barton to at
tend a Chautauqua convention. She Is
making the Portland her headquar
ters. Mlsa Ely formerly lived in
Kelso, where her father was publisher
of a newspaper. She is a graduate
of tbs University of Oregon.
Prunes and music odd combination,
but Walter T. Jenks of Salem likes
it. Mr. Jones manages the H. S. Gils
company's warehouse and buys up
fruits around Salem, but every time
the Apollo club of that city gives a
concert he's around to help out on
the chorus. Mr. and Mrs. Jenks are
staying at the Seward.
Camas. Wash., is well represented
at the Multnomah this week. One
group of folk from that town who
are shopping consists of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Weatherbee, Miss Norwood,
George Greigg and Ben Belskie.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Houghton of The
Dalles are registered at the Norto
nia. They have just returned from
a trip to California.
THE SUCCKSS. I
The show's full of jazzes from Paris, j
So very well, call 'em grotesque
That seeing "em done would embarrass
An elderly queen of burlesque; .
And now we are patiently trusting
That when it begins its career
The critics will call it disgusting
And make It the hit of the year.
The costumes are charmingly scanty.
Just ribbons and gauzes and such.
Not even the Dancing Bacchante
Wore less and she never wore much.
The poses are piquantly shocking;
They'll Jolt the dear public all right.
And as soon as the papers start
knocking
We'll sell out the house every night
The plot though there isn't much
of it
Is culled from the time-honored
theme:
The seasoned first nlghters all love It;
And college boys say it's a scream.
The pulpit, of course, has protested.
They say that the show is a crime.
And if only they'll have us arrested
The piece will be made for all time.
Total Depravity.
There is honor among ordinary
thieves, but profiteers deliberately
gouge each other.
No Wonder.
The kaiser's six sons are still loyal
to him. He kept them out ot the war.
Quick to I-rarn.
The Prince of Wales picked up
American ideas so rapidly that imme
diately on his return he was promot
ed to the command of the Royal
Tacht squadron.
(Copyright. 1920. by Bell Eyndlcata, lac)
THI-N'GS OF WORTH GROW SLOWLY
Extravagant Expectations Unfilled,
bnt World Travail Produces Good.
UNIVERSITT PARK. Jan. 14. (To
he K.ditor.l The world-enders do not
wearv in their predictions, ana ir
their nronhecles are unfulfilled they
have done their part, indeed, in the
prediction, but put the breakdown In
the unfulfillment.
It was easy for the early followers
of Jesus of Nazareth to confound the
fall of Jerusalem with the end of
the world. Indeed, Jesus himself In
prediction the fall of Jerusalem leaps
in statement to the end of earth.
whatever it may be. Back and forth
spoke the voice before these events.
Many saw in the late war tne aawn
of a perfect pea.ee and good will ot
the nations, the world one and a per
fect neighborhood; and some beheld
the end of the world at hand. Neither
view has made cood.
Human progress seems to result
slowly from its antecedents, and also
catastrophlcally. All may discern
cataclysm in the periods of time from
1775 to 1783, from 1789 to 1815. from
1860 to 1865 and from 1914 to 1919.
But the aggregate from both methods
stretches over long periods of time.
But that which we receive quickly Is
not worth havinc. Time, labor, sweat.
tears, failure, make worthy results.
Nevertheless, what has been accom
pllshed by the great war is seen In
the betterment of 40,000.000 people in
Europe. Poland. Czecho-Slovakla.
Serbia. Roumania. have become real
states and Alsace-Lorraine has re
turned to France, as well as Trentino
and Trieste to Italy, and Schleswig to
Denmark. If bolshevism ia rampant
within Russia, the system that pro
duced it is demolished. If lawlessness
and the dregs of the old. self-centered
monarchy tarry in Germany, the re
public abides. Nothing comes out as
cnrnl iu we have expected, and notti
Ing is as bad as we may mini., a ni
13 nations of Europe nave i
lished a state of peace is a step to
ward the perfect society. mat tne
church of Christ tn America In a time
of gigantic war should solemnly re
solve to carry the gospel to the en
tire earth Is the surprise or nisiorj,
and that resolve carried the world
forward a thousand years.
So. as we move on, keeping step to
the music nf Ood's heart-beat, we con
tinue with open eyes looking toward
the rising sun. B. J. HUAUL,iii
VOICKS THRKE,
Now a flute hath life and a lilt to it.
As a blackbird fey with spring.
Shimmer and glitter and gilt to K.
And country maids In a ring
MtT.ry he ,iDS '"at are set to it. ,
Nimble the finger-bones, v
It sings with a frolic and fret to It,
Like water ,ver stones.
And a viol hsth soul and a way with It
a grieve or to make glad.
That all may be sober or gay with it
Grandsire and stripling lad.
Deep in its heart there's a sob to K,
Wraith of an olden pain.
And the strings of your own heart
throb to it.
For It bringeth dreams again.
But a trumpet hath voice and a shout
to it.
That rings in the ears of men.
With never a grief nor doubt of it
Over the hill and fen.
Sili',ern ,K crles 'n'uh an Dr8" to It.
Clanging against the sky
And footmen and horsemen sursre to It
Where the freed standards fly.
,T . L'ENVOI.
Z. heart 13 knave unbridled.
To laugh and to sigh with zest;
But bend ye near, my gossips dear
He loveth the trumnet best.
FRIAR TUCK.
lut, tut. Ferdinand. Thf
way Wilhelm used to talk.
Infringement of Copyrta-at.
"Foch-Saya War Was Won by Dt
ine Aid." Headline.
the
LIT Co-p.rat!osu Boys.
Shades of the demorntin miliar w
ead by the democratic dailv tht a
message written by a democratic st-
orney-jreneral and malleri tn v
at a Jackson-day dinner of democrats
in Portland was delayed and never
reached there because of the poor
mall service of the democratic sax.
master-general.
IJnKrrlna- IlaMts.
When pets -was fiahtlng over there
He feared the copper milltaire.
And now. at home, he will not stand
ur vop witnout an M. p. band.
jiu-k Burroughs in "Ths Homo
Sector."
WTie-n Bill was touting la belle Tranc
With French train guards hs took his
chance.
Does Bill pay fares now? Nix, not he!
ajs do to trainmen: 'Taw compreeT
What 1 a Kim Pint This Il
L. I D.. Sir: Misfortune brought
ne false teeth while vet in th nrims
of life. The other day. on a Sunny
fide car, I coughed violently. In ons
nana I carried 7 worth nf traV.
The other grasped the car-strap. I
coma not take the cUKtoraary pro
caution. I regret to fwty that my np
per porcelains catapulted directly Into
tne inn or a modishly dressed younar
woman, sliirhtlv laceratincr th, f3Hi-ie
of her suit. Chagrined beyond moaj-
ure. I seized my dental property and
ien rne enr at the nrst nop. amid
the Jeers of my fellow passengers.
nat should I have done? How pre
vent-a recurrence?
UNFORTUNATE.
Our Guide to Polite Conduct men
tions no rule In such a case. Evi
dently your mishap is unprecedented.
Why not snub your champers to your
nsht ear with an unobtrusive hawser
of hay wire?
Kmnnelpated.
"Exehanee Mostly new wringer
and washboard for chickens or female
Persian cat. Phone ."
Estrangement.
By Uraco I- IlalU
SHOWS FOR CHILDREN ADVISED
Why Censor "Sex" Plays for Cross"
Upaf Writer Wants to Rw.
PORTLAND. Jan. 15. (To the Edi
nr Mr. Pirsoii! is the tirst who
,. itruclc the rieht note in the
"tnnvlea" controversy, by recommend
ine- that children should be kept
:wir from unsuitable movies, rathe
than thn.t anything unsuitable to chil
dren should be kept out of movies.
i ia rvnt necessary to enforce a gen
eral diet of mental bread-and-milk
because young children cannot diges
beefsteak. The "sex" picture Is nat
urallr one which interests the ma-
inrllv nf neoDle. because it shows,
whether in a simple love story or
problem play, phases of the com mo
exnerience of us all. We are not a
hurarlaj-a. cowboys, actors, million
aires or erutter snipes, but we are a
men and women, and as such liable to
fall In love.
The obvious solution of the diffl
culty seems to be special shows for
children. Thers are wonderful tales,
such as "Treasure island." which any
child would prefer to those in which
men and women rant and weep for
no reason discoverable to a child's
mind.
I have been astounded to see chil
dren taken to see some of the films
which aro yet perfectly suitable for
grownups. There are vices worse
than immorality, and one is cruelty
to tho weak and defenseless. Yet
children were taken to witness the
wonderfully depicted lust of oruelty
In "Broken Blossoms, " anl the house
was full of children at "The Auction
of Souls," in which picture barbarous
rruelty was not even punished. Which
is the better picture for a child's
mind to contemplate, that of a wom
an as a person to be loved, or that of
a woman as a thing to be crucified
naked, or to be tied to the tail of a
galloping horse and drasged across
rocky country?
MRS. R. P. STRAHL.
There were two little playmates I
used to kifow
In the beautiful days- of the long ago.
Who gave an allegiance moet sweetly
true
That seemed to thrive as they older
grew ;
Each kept a faith in the other's truth.
As on they passed from their happy
youth.
And there came no cloud with its
rain of tears
To mar the love of their childhood
years.
Then came the struggles, tho strife,
ths woe.
To the two little playmates I used
to know.
But all through the sorrow there
gleamed the light
Of their perfect trnut. through ths
darkest night;
And It offered a haven where each
might rest.
And ask of the other which eo-nrso
waa best.
For there's need of a refuge for very
soul
When the winds blow fierce and the
etorm-wavea roll.
There's man and a woman who ttvs
apart
With a silent voice within each heart.
I see them both in the firelight's
glow
The two little playmates I used to
know.
In fanc I call to the tots I know
And tell them of. faith that is fine and
true;
But angry is one and tho othor won't
say
What might perhaps drive ths eloads
away.
So a brother and sister go on apart.
With a silent voice within each heart.
War Mothers and Pershlnar.
McMINNVILLE. Or., Jan. 14. (To
the Editor.) (1) Please tell us as to
whether the War Mothers of Portland
and other cities are to take part in
welcoming General Pershing to Port
land. (2) Will ex-service men be al
lowed to take a lady to the armory
to hear his address in the afternoon?
(3) Should ex-ervice men wear their
uniforms? SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Five seats on the platform at
tho publio auditorium will be re
served for war mothers, according to
P. Hetherton of the Chamber of Com
merce committee on arrangements.
(2) Owing to General Pershing's
own request that he be permitted
to address a meeting of former serv
ice men only, no others will be per
mitted In the armory, as there is not
enough space there to accommodate
one half the veterans living in Port
land, to say nothing of the entire
state. v
(3) Wearing of the uniform is
optional.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian. January IB. 1W8.
Butte. Fire which broke out last
night in two warehouses caused an
explosion of several cars of giant
powder which killed all but two'
members of the central fire station.
Between 50 and 60 mangled bodies
have been recovered.
Salem. Ex-Governor Stephen F
Chadwick died suddenly last nigh;
when stricken with apoplexy. Hi
became governor upon the resigna
tion of Governor Grover In 1&7S and
served two years.
Major-General O. O. Howard gave a
pleasing lecture last night in the
First Baptist church, speaking on.
"Grant at Chatanooga,"
Dr. Wilson Bowlby. a pioneer ot
the state, died yesterday at his home
in Forest Grove.
Ths total attendance in the city's
schools for the month ending Jan
uary 11 was 8512. and enrollment
8647.
League Details to Bs Chaore.
PORTLAND. Jan. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) Everybody wants the league of
nations and its acceptance should be
rightly embodied in principle In tbs
peace treaty. But what was the use
to spend -so much time and trouble
over its text, details and articles
when all that work will certainly bs
changed all over by tho league Itsolf,
when it will convene, with a repre
sentation of some SO nations of the
world, who have not had a char.ee
yet to give their opinion and will
have much to say about It?
The allies knew fully well this fact
In Paris, but their advice was ot no
avail.