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; - "SUCKER LISTS."
," Bankruptcy proceedings recently
- Instituted against a New York broker
. - -w hose clients trusted him without in
estimation, seemingly because lie
- promised unreasonable profits on in-
. vestments of funds entrusted to Him
' and gave guarantees that he was not
in a position to make good, reveal
as an interesting sidelight the value
placed on selected lists of "come
'. ons." About the only asset this
I broker has left is a book containing
; 25,000 names, of which 1200 are
rated as "live ones." A "live one, in
j Wallingford parlance, is one who
jumps voraciously at a bait. That a
. random list should contain nearly 5
; per cent of individuals so classified
indicates that there is still a large
deficit in the funds of common pru-
' dence possessed by men and women
who in one way or another have con
'. trived to accumulate some money.
; , Distant fields continue to seem
- ' greenest to a large class of Investors.
Nor are the rainbow chasers con
fined to the illiterate or uneducated
classes. An illuminating feature of
the list in question is the number of
"live ones" who were lawyers, phy
sicians, ministers, school teachers,
soldiers, sailors and the widows of
these. Professional men and women
who. habitually devote their energies
to helping other people seem least
competent to manage their own af
fairs. But there Is a sprinkling of
"officers of small banks," and small
merchants, showing that even pro
fessional money-makers sometimes
overreach themselves. The lure of
high profit is all-impelling. An am
bitious investor, for example, who
' sent $35,000 without question leads
one to wonder by what process he
got so much ahead. He will receive
" less sympathy than the widows and
m nltona n'Vin rrti ,m thai. Ttitllll ca V-
ings and the soldiers and sailors who
indorsed their liberty bonds over to
the crooked broker without question.
There are still a few maxims easy
for investors to understand. One is
that a legitimate scheme promising
unusual returns seldom if ever needs
to advertise in distant fields for
clients. It is said that every state in
-the union was represented on this
' broker's list. Some of these states
have laws designed to protect the un
r wary. But law alone cannot protect
some persons. Punishment of this
wrongdoer, it is safe to predict, will
. not greatly diminish the value as an
asset of this particular list of 1200
names of "live ones." The court was
told, in fact, that it already has been
appraised at $10,000.
WHERE ABE OCR NAVAL HEROES T
Secretary Daniels' explanation of
naval awards still leaves some things
, to explain. If the senate committee
takes them up in turn, be will be
kept busy explaining at a pace
which will tax even his mental agil
ity. It Is charged that even the naval
service does not understand the re
quirements governing award of the
different medals. Those requirements
should have been understood before
the war began, and a board should
then have been appointed to study
'- and apply them in the case of each
- incident of naval hostilities. Not un.
til later was the Knight board cre
ated. It was composed of naval of
ficers familiar with the traditions of
the service and presumably anxious
to maintain its morale. A very large
proportion of its awards was changed
by a civilian secretary according to
no known principle. He thus gives
ground for suspicion of personal and
political favoritism, and Impairs the
morale of the service.
Thft TCnirht board recnmmnrlfid
'220 officers for the distinguished
service medal, which can be given
for exceptionally meritorious service
in a dutv or great resDonsinmtv.
tnererore rareiy to any except an oi-
finer. Of these recommendations Mr.
108. rejecting 25 and raising one to
the medal of honor.
The board recommended 92$ of
ficers for the navy cross, but Mr.
Daniels accepted only 655 of these
recommendations, rejected 247 and
raised 24 to the distinguished ser-
vlfA mtirlal
Special letters of commendation
were recommended for 285 officers,
but the secretary awarded only 224.
- No attempt to explain these whole
sale revisions of awards was made
by Mr. Daniels in testifying before
.the senate committee on Tuesday. On
' the contrary he seemed to endorse
--the principles followed by the Knight
board, for he quoted it against Ad
jniral Sims as having "established a
precedent that officers of ships tor
pedoed or mined should be decorated
whenever their conduct was meritor
ious and reflected credit on the ser
vice." There may have been no dis
. credit due to Mrs. Daniels' brother
lUI mams oiii mtuuui. iiiiug a
ehot, but where is there special
The most mexpiicaoie iaci is mat
Mr. Daniels, who has posed as the
enlisted man's friend, could find only
one enlisted man among about 600,
000 who was worthy of decoration,
though the allies found thousands
nf such honor. The medal of
honor can be given only for acts of
heroism in action involving actual
conflict with the enemy. Only eight
of these medals were awarded by the
Knight board six for officers and
two for enlisted men. Mr. Daniels
substituted an officer for one of the new home there was approximate
enlisted men, thus in effect saying
that only one among half a million
"gobs" showed himself a hero. Thi.
though the records show 256 attacks
by American naval vessels and 22
encounters between American mer
chantmen under naval guard and
German submarines, in 139 of which
latter cases the attack was success
fully combated. Among all these en
counters, according to Mr. Daniels'
awards, only one produced among
the enlisted men a single man oi
heroic auality. Yet those fights be
tween single ships are precisely the
kind which give play to the inai
vidua!
There is also the navy cross for
heroism not in conflict with the
enemy, to earn which the war must
have afforded numerous opportun
ities. but not one is awarded to an
enlisted man by either the Knight
board or the secretary.
Are we to infer that the race of
naval heroes below commissioned
rank which fought under Lawrence,
Perry. Farragut, Dewey and Schley
has become extinct, or have tne navai
authorities become blind 'to heroic
conduct on the part of any except an
officer?
SUSPICION.
The lack of tangibility in the re
port of -the federal grand jury at
Spokane wherein it concerns Mr.
Houser, Mr. Hoover and others will
not escape notice. No definite
charge is made that Mr. Houser has
used his position as vice-president oi
the government grain corporation to
further his personal fortunes or that
Mr. Hoover is in collusion with grain
speculators. The grand jury merely
"believes" that manipulation and
speculation have been going on.
Its belief seems to have no firmer
ground than the supposition that the
positions occupied by these men give
them an opportunity to speculate
and that therefore they must be spec
ulating. Kven the charge that there
has been speculation in grain by any
body to the extent asserted by the
grand Jury is open to question. Ac
cording to Mr. Houser the grand jury
has not given the correct average
price which farmers receive for their
grain while the artificial advance
said to have been charged the mill
ers implies that the millers are
meekly losing $4 a barrel on all flour
they manufacture.
It has been the fate of nearly every
man of large financial interests who
sacrificed his own affairs to serve
his country during the war to have
the Tinger of suspicion directed
toward him sooner or later. Some
individuals are wholly unable to be
lieve in the sincerity of others, but
assume that he who has been suc
cessful in legitimate business must
necessarily turn to illegitimate ways
the minute the opportunity offers.
As suspicions seem to be in order.
it may not be amiss to recall that
there has been a long-standing jeal
ousy of Portland's position as a great
grain depot and milling center. The
indefinite character of the Spokane
report leaves an unpleasant inference
as to its real intent.
SILENT WEDDING BELLS.
In a year when one would have
had reason to suppose that the mar
riage rate would increase greatly,
there was, according to preliminary
estimates for 1919, only a slight in
crease in the country at large and a
definite falling off in the larger
cities. Yet the country has on the
whole been prosperous, unemploy
ment has not been widely complained
of, and notwithstanding general com.
plaints over the high cost of living,
merchants have found people willing
to spend more money for expensive
luxuries than ever except the lux
ury of marriage.
The reason may be two-fold. There
may be a hesitancy due to the cost
of living, and it may be that the
girls, who since the war began have
developed relatively high earning
power, are not so anxious to name
the happy day as they were when
marriage was their principal eco-
somc chance. Women who never
worked before 1914 are now getting
more than some of the men they
might have married before the war
began. It is not particularly easy for
girl to bring herself to the point
or marrying some chap who is mak
ing less than she Is, especially when
she realizes how soon her own money
is spent, .
Simple gallantry precludes the sug
gestion that the girls are less at
tractive than they used to be. The
fact is, as any observer may note,
they are even more attractive. It is
impossible to believe that the men
have stopped proposing. Some other
reason must be found, and we must
look elsewhere for the remedy. '
Perhaps it will be found when the
boys determine to speed up produc
tion, thus increasing the purchasing
power of their own wages and has
tening the return of the glad day
when the head of a family can earn
enough to support that family. An
important reason for the reluctance
of women to marry this year is
probably opposition to the idea of
marrying and going on working, and
there are, it seems, not enough mil
lionaires to go around.
order instead of absolute chaos.
Occasionally a householder uses
his head to similar advantage, or
thinks he is doing so, but high ef
ficiency is acquired only by much ex
perience. "The Indianapolis Starring efficiency of any of the churches. Tha oregonion upon its excellent edi-
which describes the smoothness with
which the Pennsylvania plan worked
In practice, suggests that the inci
dent ought to contain a suggestion
for owners of moving vans, that blue
prints ought to go with every dwell
ing, even the smallest flat, and adds
that "of course, the careful placing
of furniture by the moving men
would Involve an extra charge." But
it is not plain that system in moving
would increase the labor connected
with it There ought to be experts
in this era of efficiency who could
reduce the whole business to a
science, or even elevate it to the dig
nity of a profession. Present hap
hazard methods, by which the grand
piano is likely as not to emerge first
from the van, followed by the fire-
less cooker and the refrigerator, and
the carpets and linoleums, which
ought to go down first, are frequently
lost in the depths of a heterogeneous
pile, lend themselves neither to
economy of time nor to saving of
wear and tear on furniture.
It was the fashion a few years
ago to say that principles of effi
ciency had made progress every
where but in the home. The domes
tic labor, situation has recently forced
adoption of labor-saving methods in
this last stronghold of resistance to
innovation. The age of furnace heat,
of gas and electricity, of washing
machines, ironing machines and
automatic cookers has been ushered
in, while moving methods are as
anachronistic as they were in the
time of the ox-team. The Pittsburg
scheme ought to be capable of in
finite extension and adaptation. It
would do something toward alleviat
ing the horrors of moving day so
long as the American people, who
only think themselves a home-loving,
non-migrating people, continue
to be as nomadic as the Arab.
neighborhood to want a home of opportunity for ' 700 youths
t . siwn n a If i a initwiVAS to I 1
want pictures on the parlor walls. Northwest's Own Brigade In New Array
But the rivalries engendered in tnis Offers Educational Advantages.
manner have been largely productive CAMP LEWIS. Wash., Feb'. 7. (To
of waste without noticeably increas- the Editor.) I desire to congratulate
The Ohio survey revealed among otn- .,.-, -.,.,,, ..twih. TTnon a. Mill
er imngs mat in me region ancau, fju-y Policy." It is indeed hard to
referred to the death rate from I ,,,,,,, K . .,,,,, beiievine-
tuberculosis Is excessive, the number U Xrnerlcan institutions and with the
of illegitimate births is on the in-1 r t t fiv. vears be
fore him can fail to support a sensible
policy of universal military training.
crease, and illiteracy is far above the
average for the country as a whole.
fro.- 1 . J 1 1. , . I. a Bl.ie
i , . Had such an Institution been firmlj
, ,,tT,-t established prior to our entry into the
over-churched and under-ministered worl war In 1917 can anyone doubt
communities of this section." The that the war would have terminated
not nhirimiatir u fVir m.n. mther victoriously for us one full year be-
than for a surplus of buildings. More 'ore it did, with the saving to us of
than 4500, or 66 per cent of the billions of dollars ana tnousanas oi
churches in the entire state have a I lives, and with the further possiDie
membership of 100 or less, and 87 I saving of the European nations from
per cent have fewer than fifty mem-1 anarchy?
bers each. "Over considerable areas I But much as universal military
many of the ministers are unedu- training would mean as an insur-
cated; often they are entirely illlt- ance against foreign aggression and
erate and entirely unfitted to render domestic violence, this represents, In
service acceptable to the more in- rny opinion, only the minor fraction of
telligent of their people. it3 varUa to the nation. It chief value
There is waste not only in the sur- .... ,n It chara-ter-Duilding features.
plus investment involved in unneeded A3 your editon-j weu says, "Military
training would be a part of their (the
selected classes of young men) edu
cation." The army organization would
be utilized to establish a vast train-
buildings, but also in the cost of their
upkeep. The "great Protestant or
der of mendicant pastors and sisters,
unincorporated," to which Dr. Peach
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Once more we bow to the painful
duty of calling the attention of our
politically pure contemporary and
rabid opponent of ballot "skulldug
gery" to the shortcomings of its
presidential straw election.
Among the names on its presiden
tial ballot one looks In vain for that
of Governor Cox, democratic war-
horse of Ohio, who is an avowed
candidate, but finds that of his rival
for democratic affections, Senator
Pomerene; for the name of the in
comparable Bryan; for the name of
that great democratic leader and
teacher, Woodrow Wilson; for the
name of that champion in congress
of Wilsonian policies. Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska. And one looks in
vain for a vacant line on which 4o
write the name of any one of them.
In consequence the democratic and
independent readers of the great op
ponent of ballot skullduggery are
about to be committed to a choice of
either Republican Hoover or Charlie
Chaplin's lawyer.
"All elections shall be free and
equal," sayeth the fundamental law
of Oregon. The Journal's election
is unconstitutional. That's what it
is. Isn't the Jackson club going to
do anything about it?
STMPLII-YINQ MOVTNO DAY.
One wonders, on reading about the
success of a Pittsburg manufactur
ing concern in moving the house
hold goods of the families of some
hundreds of workmen from one town
to another with no disorder and lit
tle inconvenience, that the scheme
had not long ago been generally
adopted. If there is any department
of human endeavor that is still want
ing in efficiency, it is that of mov.
ing. The family that escapes the
ordeal is the insignificant excep
tion; those that piove as often as
once a year are numbered by mil
lions. Benjamin Franklin, who cal
culated that three removes are equal
In destructiveness to one fire, was
unable himself to dwell constantly
in one place. And the moving habit,
as cities continue to grow, shows no
signs of abatement.
The Pittsburg concern, which
transferred its entire plant to an
other city, taking its workmen with
it, built new houses for the families
of the men and these were assigned
by agreement. A blueprint of each
house was furnished to the family
that was to occupy It, and the latter
marked thereon the place that each
article was to occupy. A moving
crew packed the household goods,
shipped them in accordance with a
weli-thonght-out scheme and placed
them where they belonged. Noth
ing in the plan restricted the house
wife's inalienable right to move
things about afterward.'1 The point
is that when the family arrived In its
TOO MANY CHURCH BUILDINGS.
The New Jersey clergyman who
pleads for organic union of twenty-
two national church bodies mentions
as one ground for its need that the
physical property possessed by the
churches is greatly In excess of re
quirements. Thus, he points out, 86
per cent of the Protestant churches
In the United States have a seating
capacity of some 53,000,000, while,
as was shown by the report of the
federal council of churches recently,
there are a few more than 25,000,000
communicants of Protestant
churches in all the country. The
seating capacity of the churches to
which the Rev. Mr. Peach alludes is
fully three times their total mem
bership. This is providing for future
growth with a vengeance, but the
trouble seems to be that they give
small promise of growing in mem
bership in proportion to building
capacity.
It is in particular a problem of
the rural community and the country
town. The principal churches of the
larger cities are apt to be taxed to
capaoity frequently enough to justify
their existence; this Is probably not
true of one per cent of the towns of
less than 3000 population in the
United States. Occasionally as those
who have lived in a smaller town
will be reminded, one church to
which the community Inclines will
be fairly crowded, while other min
isters preach chiefly to empty pews.
Communities keenly feel aspersions
on their generosity when they are
charged with not supporting their
churches as they ought to do. and
then start new buildings when in the
judgment of a good many they ought
to be devoting the money to develop
ment or tne human side. If the Rev.
Mr. Peach's estimate that there are
probably 10 0,0 00 superfluous
churches, built at a cost of $500,000,-
uuu, is approximately correct, it rep
resents a sum which, invested at only
4 per cent, could yield $20,000,000
annually for other departments of
church activity. For one thing, it
would provide each minister with an
increase of salary of more than $100,
and each one now receiving less than
$100 a year an increase of more 'than
$200. The psychological aspect of
the almost empty church is probably
aiso or some importance. There is
reason to suppose that church-going
... 1 V. . ....
uuiu mure popular ir it were
not sometimes so depressing. The
inspirational effect on the preachers
of fewer church buildings but better
filled ones is well worth taking into
account.
The survey of church conditions in
Ohio, the result of which has been
summarized in a volume published
by Charles Otis Gill and Giff ord Pin
chot, and which showed that In one
part of that state, consisting of a
block of eighteen counties, although
the churches have been organized
for more than a century, "no normal
type of religion is really flourishing,
while the only kind which during
the past fifteen years has been gainT
ing ground is the cult of the Holy
Rollers," reveals a condition prob
ably by no means confined to the
Ohio backwoods. It is due at least
in part to faulty distribution of
financial resources, and. to a consid
erable extent to expenditures made
for lumber that ought to have been
made for men.
A point that some critics will over
look is that with a multiplicity of
denominations, no one has been par
ticularly to blame. It was as natural
for a denominational group in a rural
alludes, has been another result of lng. Bcnooi for our youth, combining
the kind of bad business management physical, moral, mental and vocational
mat nas permitted duplication or training; self-control, neatness, ciean
churches to go on. The call for a Illness, sanitation, respect for author
greater degree of organic church ity, self-reliance, patriotism these
union seems to have the support of are some of the lessons to be ac-
material as well as spiritual consid- ?uiref a'ons wil?r ,1
,.., tary tactics and some form or voca-
four months, as proposed of such
It is not unpatriotic to remind our a school will be worth for the aver-
own congressmen of the speed with I age American boy, in many respects,
which Canada has put through its more than all the rest of his school
hmo fr. T,o?nir.- it- .t- insr toKetheri it will prove a fitting
diers to make homes on the land, and ZFZ.J?'?1'
it is significant that according to re- " " " , fh. M,nE-. the war
cent reports of the Dominion author- aepartment is now launching a cam-
luea, nut oi bowb MD.uuu overseas paign to securer recruits in tne reg
men, more than 33,000, or 10 per ular army to fill the present defi-
cent, have already qualified for ciency of men caused by the discharge
homesteads or for farm loans in one of those enlisted for the duration of
form nr onnthtp Tt o hoUa-uaA that the war. For this purpose regiments
a total of 50,000 will be reached, but have been allotted to communities
it would be inaccurate to represent ''H.
the plan as wholly a back-to-the- .tarf r. nr,r nf thi hrteade
land movement. Many of the sol-1 has Deen assig-ned for recruitment
diers were farmers when they en- I to the Pacific northwest, from which
listed, and others had had consider-1 it will henceforth be recruited, so
able farm experience, a fact that Is that in a short time it will be com
taken into account in extending as- posed of men drawn almost exclus
sistance. Those without experience lvely from this section and may be
are helped to get an agricultural edu- f f graraea oy tne Pepie as peculiarly
Those Who Come and Go.
cation, and later find jobs, but the
regiment of the coast artilley corps.
government does not appear to be ToBu may. well feel proud of your
trusting its money largely to those ward, f0r this regiment partlclpat
who cannot give some assurance that ea with great credit in all three of
they are good risks. The city-bred I the major operations of the American
youth with vague cravings for the expeditionary forces Chateau Thier
Miuntrv still has a lone- nreliminarv ry. Saint Mihiel and the Meuse-Ar-
row to hoe. jgonne; and because of the record
tnere mode It is Deing perpetuated in
thA Mrvi(s as one of the historical
'inere is need or more details be- units that will make up the new
fore the census of farm animals just army,
completed by the department of agri- I We need about 700 men to fill the
culture can be interpreted. That it regiment's quota, and for these we
shows a decrease in number of horses I want young men of good character
and mules may indicate only that wtll an ambition to make something
farmers have been disposing of their "L "" " " ""
. , . t . . I fine opportunities for healthy phys-
poorer stock, for obvious reasons of ,nn, rtiX.,nnmBnt r fH min
economy. The increase of one-half and .ciothing free; free medical and
of 1 per cent in milk, cows, despite dental attendance and an opportuni
complaints of dairymen, is encour- ty for vocational training in connec-
aging only because it is not a de-1 tion with their soldier duties. The
crease: the amount is inadeauate to I initial (private's) pay is $30 a month;
the needs of a ernwintr nonnlation I opportunity for promotion to men of
and to hold out much hope of lower cnra"Dr' ""-rJr "
prices for dairy products. But there .-"- vZ. ..U!.
wiu uo uisuuuv uimtmuiiciH. m uw of radio-telegraphy and telephony,
snowing tnat Deer cattle nave de- surveying and map making, machine
clined 4.2 per cent and hogs 8.7 per shop practice, including automobile
cent in a year. The former cannot repairing and acetylene welding and
be quickly replaced, and the latter a large school for chauffeurs (truck
are a very considerable by-product of an tractor drivers). There is also a
rlairv farminir. and both together free n8"ht school including common
supply us with important quantities
of meat. It looks as if the flesh-eat
ers wouia do caiiea on to euro meir a!1 under competent civilian teach
appetites in the near future. I ef"s and enjoying a large voluntary
attendance. Recreations In the way
The under-dogs In New York are I of athletics, moving pictures, etc..
organizing into the Middle Class are ncouragea.
union, and when that plan is accom- I ,Th S7th regiment is armed with
u..i,. o,.,ti o 24 long-range slx-ineh guns, mounted
KTf hT.rVh- troX hT Vrwi on rubber.tired wheels and capable
a button but the cotton hands and of a speed c, 12 miles per hour; these
Indians. The Sam Gompers will do . a-. drawn bv 24 B5-horsflnowr
a day s wor every oay aeeping mem i Holt caterpillar tractors. The regl
under control. I ment is also equipped with several
hundred motor trucks, touring cars
Certain members of congress are motorcycles, etc., and includes in Its
attacking the weather bureau be- outnt a very complete traveling ma-
school branches, a business course
with typewriting and stenography.
and courses in French and Spanish
cause it sometimes makes errors.
chine shop, equipped with drill press,
nh ckonA- -a ah 1... . r ft
Despite, the old injunction, people 'r.
who live in glass houses usually are mounted on 24 large army motor
the first ones to throw stones. I trucks and trailers. In addition there
lis a full orienteur (surveying), radio
A teacher like that in Thurston and telephone equipment provided.
county who smokes. cigarettes before with over 100 miles of telephone field
his pupils certainly is not setting the w'J!e; ' ' ' ' ' .
best example, though it may be the tlSSS
fathers of those pupils "drag" evil- wldeawake vom, rr,n who d,lr tn
smelling pipes. I perfect themselves physically, learn
much of value in future life and at
That was the highest demonstra-1 the same time earn a tidy sum dur-
tion of motherhood in the act of the Inp their training. We would like
woman In Oakland, who threw her to have Oregonians come to Camp
wk o e.t,, . ,, wo -hit ,h Lewis and see our plant and we want
killed bv an electric car the other P"""" hearty co-operation in this big
killed by an electric car wie otnet L,OTement to provne yoP quoU of
"s"- i men for your regiment of tha nw
army artillery.
A New York schbol janitor who WILtilAM C. DAVIS.
inherited $80,000 say's he will not Brigadier General U. S. A., Command
give up his job. We should think lnff Artillery Brigade.
not. If it comes to a show down, he I
would do better to give up the legacy.
Iranniui joncsio me mmuy true.
river may be but the beginning of waa dyed,
big things In this region. Power, But he bravely smiled and himself
light, and heating possibilities are denied.
running to waste day and night. ' Through each wakeful hour his mind
I must piy
The Virginia legislature for the 'tHT?'tn." 'if.liT, VtIl
second time has rejected the woman
Hmifh
suffrage amendment. What's all this But he must be nt through some-
talk we have been hearing about
the chivalry of the south?
Apple pomlce from the cider mill,
with a coat of chocolate, will be the
made In Oregon" confection to
tickle the Oregon palate.
A two-foot blanket of snow in
New England is nothing to the
Yankee, except to tie him up on a
few days' swapping.
how, yeu know;
And Jenny must sing and play the
harp
Her tones must be changed from flat
to sharp.
A motor for Charles and a ranff for
Kate,
Bills to be paid both early and late;
And the gist of life for poor Dad
Jones
Was a matter of raising and spending
bones.
When at last he collapsed, St. Peter
knew
A oass waff ready, for Jones was true
It cannot be possible a few projects I But habit clings; from one too late
in these Pacific states are finding (When Jones had passed through the
favor in Washington, The knives peany g aie,
m.,f h rfiillinff. Came the call: "Hey, Jones, will you
T'll viva vaii ten thousand.' Pnnf
ML. , I t V . J .1 u, i I
4.ctj paiiuo suigai aeiiu me liyiug i Jones, alas!
squadron" after the airplane which I Thought of things ten thousand the
is bringing liquor here from Canada. I family would Buy
And retraced ma steps tnrough tne
t. i,-v,i.. ii- XT I gate wun a sisu.
Yorkers much to learn that they are A"u V.ifv Treed '
merely going through a silver thaw, Had bought a soul. Nay, hearken and
heed-
That is not a bunch of good sports I 'Twas force of habit, not Jones, that
In T7w Vnik- vhn am scmenling nvcr I sold,
a loss of only $35,000 at poker.' And the family's fate remains to be
The capital , city must have been a
forlorn place yesterday for hotel reg
isters in Portland collected a big per
centage of the names of prominent
folk from Salem. The Seward claimed
Governor Olcott and Mr. and Mrs.
John H. McNary.' Mr. McNary is the
brother of the United States senator
and Is one of Salem's best known at
torneys. J. A. Kapphahn, who ope
rates an express and storage company
in the same town, was also at the
Seward with his wife. At the Port
land were J. R. Linn, one of the big
gest hop dealers in that section and
Mrs. Linn, also L. F. Hofer, son of
Colonel Hofer of Salem. Another man
for a long time connected with the
hop business was Frank H. Spears at
the Imperial. Mr. Spears is secretary
of the Marlon hotel association and
has beea associated with Russell Cat
lin in handling hops. A T. Woolpert,
an officer In the national guard and
proprietor of one of the drug stores
on State street, was also at the Im
perial. Just on purpose to see the Pacific
International Livestock exposition s
new quarters, John MacBaln. one of
the country s greatest livestock pro
ducers, spent Saturday In this city.
Mr. MacBaln makes his home In Trini
dad, Colo., but his cattle ranges are
to be found as far north as the Ca
nadian border and as far south as his
ranch of a couple of million acres in
Texas. He has between 75.000 and
100,000 head of stock and Is particu
larly interested in that from Oregon,
having himself purchased the cham
pion car of Hereford bulls raised in
Baker at the big Denver show this
year. Mr. MacBaln is member of
the executive committee of the Amer
ican Livestock association and was on
the coast to attend the convention in
Spokane. He went from Portland to
Salt Lake.
When Robin D. Day first came
back from France he was the owner
of a deep bass voice the Germans pro
vided him with when he swallowed
some gas overseas. Robin didn't
twitter quite as gaily after his ex
periences in the gas and flame divi
sion of the A E. F., but he has since
practised up in the court rooms of
Salem so that his conversation once
more flows melodiously along. The
young attorney was much In demand
in Marion county as a patriotic
speaker after his return from France.
He registered at the Imperial yester
day. When Ilwaco was one of the grow
ing towns at the mouth of the Co
lumbia, Ben Wise's father opened up
a general merchandise store, which
his sons have been operating ever
since. Although the boats don't land
at the little village any longer, the
train to Long Beach still backs up
through there and brings consider
able trade to the place. However,
this Is the dull season and Mr. Wise
decided he could leave business and
make a trip to Portland. He was to
be found at the Oregon yesterday.
The name of John Straub on a hotel
register immediately suggests the
University of Oregon, for the dean is
known in every corner of the state
and has been with the school for
many years. He can Just about go
through a crowd and pick out every
U. of O. alumnus for the past 30 or
more years. Dean Straub is here
from Eugene and is at the Imperial.
"It's certainly hard to get hotel ac
commodations in California." is the
word that B. C. Kirkpatrick brings
back from the south. Mr. Kirkpatrick,
who is a Dallas hop dealer, and his
wife spent the week-end at the im
perial. They are on their way home
from a five weeks' trip through Cali
fornia, which he says is crowded with
tourists.
Once a year Robert Z. Drake comes
out from Omaha, Neb, to look over
his timber holdings in this state. He
is presiient of the Mountain Timber
company and Is making the Imperial
his headquarters while aranging for
the adjustment of Insurance on one
of the concern's mills at jiaiama,
which was destroyed by fire several
years ago. '
W. J. McCormack, who has part of
the contract for building the railroad
from Wilkesboro to Vernonia, was at
the OreKon yesterday. Mr. McCor
mack originally came here from Chi
cago and went to roadbullding at
Port Angeles, Wash, before moving
to Oregon.
Just to show what dry lands could
raise. J. B. Miner, who has a real es
tate office in Bend, always used to
have his windows full of all sorts of
enticing fruits and vegetables. He
likewise acts as helping hand In lo
cating homesteaders. Mr. Miner was
at the Imperial yesterday,
R. J. Monroe, a Detroit automobile
dealer, arrived at the Benson yester
day with Mrs. Monroe. The latter
has been in Spokane and while there
was stricken with influenza. She will
remain in Portland until fully recovered.
FOSTER ROAD TTSERS AGGRIEVED
Honnt Scott District Disappointed
Over Decision of Commissioners.
PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 7. (To the
Editor.) I read in The Oregonian that
the county commissioners have again
put Foster road in the discard basket,
claiming It could not be designated as
a market road, as It is the continua
tion of a city street but placed the
St. Johns road on the list, yet it is
the extension of a city street and
leads to no farming or gardening
country. "Consistency thou art a
jewel." With the exception of the
Bertha-Beaverton highway none of
the roads selected have half the mar
kettng travel over them that the Fos
ter road has.
After a two years' continuous hard
fight by the Mount Scott district the
commissioners did condecend to put
In this year's budget $43,000 to be
applied on the road from Fifty-second
to Eighty-second street, with the
understanding that the city take over
tne road and save them any more ex
pense on the road In the future.
The city engineer has made an esti
mate ofthe cost, after deducting this
allowance by the county nd after
making a district finds that It will
cost the property owner on the road
from $7.2a to $8 per front foot, count
lng 50 feet back; making It $14.50 to
$16 a front foot for a 50x100 lot, which
the property cannot bear.
We asked that the commissioners
grade and hardsurface a strip 18 feet
wide, which would make It so the
property owner could do the rest of
the work. They could not do that
but could spend money on the Kt
Johns road, or Greely street. One of
the commissioners said it would coBt
a quarter million before it was fin
ished, yet It leads no where but to St.
Johns, while the Foster road taps the
best farming district adjacent to
Portland. The road is now almost Im
passable. A square deal Is all we ask
J. ALLEN HARRISON.
told.
The world is coming to the stage 1
of need of revised commandments I
for men of more or less fame.
JANETTR MARTIN,
One week of fair weather of the I
six shows the groundhog is losing his I
power as a forecastor,
JUST A BCBBLR.
Prew my. pay cleck and I stood
Gaping at its magnitude.
Koucht some trifles puds a peck.
Now where is my whopper check?
-VY I L.I.I AM Vaj Uli-UUS.
Four stockmen from Idaho stayed
at the Imperial yesterday while ar
ranging for the disposal of four car
loads of cattle they brought in with
the.n. In the party were .'jol Dicker
son, Eldon Couper and Merrill Couper
of Weiser and J. O. Bouker of
Payette.
Condon is apparently not battling
with a wave or crime lor oncini j. r.
Lillie is lounging around the Im
perial. He isn't spending so very
much time at the hotel, however, for
his wife is at one of tire local hos
pitals to undergo sn operation.
W. H. Wralght, the general handy
man around the uavenpon uwi ,
Spokane, is registered at the Mult
nomah. Mr. Wralght helps manage
the big establishment with which he
Ih connected. He was accompanied to
Portland by Mrs. Wralght and Mrs.
C. Townsena.
The Perkins haThs usual quota of
lumberman listed on tha register for
the week-end. Among those from the
coast was J. O. Williams, who oper
ates at mill at u'luamou. a.
cren of Clatskanle was another of the
timbermen.
Hal Bolan, who used to be In the
hop business In Salem, has been at
. v.,. inmcrb the Oafl lew aas. u-J
caine here from Yakima to attend a
realty meeting.
fkincr railroad ties Is the busi
ness of Harry Foley of Banks, who
i at the Oregon. Mr. Foley runs a
sawmill in his home town.
Two Marshfield business men on a
brief visit to Portland yesterday were
W. J. Conrad and A E. Adelspergcr.
They were registered at the Benton.
Mr. Conrad handles timber.
Dr. C. B. Wllloughby of Eugene so
journed at the Multnomah yesterday.
Dr. Wllloughby is the kind of a doctor
one appeals to when one has a tooth
ache. County Commissioner E. H. Pierce
of Albany was to be found at the Per
kins yesterday. -
Best Ventilated Soldiers.
London Blighty.
Hygienic friend to unsympathetic
friend. It ain't no use a argifylng
with me. I 'ells yer that 'ighU-nders
are best ventilated soldiers in the
world, and yet can't deny it.
TJSE OF CEL1LO SPAN PROPOSED
Xorlk Bank Bridge Could Accommo
date Both Antos and Trains.
PORTLAND. Feb. 7. (To the Ed.
itor.) Why build bridges when thcrs
is no special need for them? Wh
waste the money to build a bridge at
The Dalles when there is one alreadj
built above at CellloT That bridge
was built by the S. P. A S. railroad.
All it needs is to be planked and it
Is ready to use. There are but three
trains a day that run over It, and twe
of those are at night. Build the high
ways to it and give some of our dis
abled soldiers jobs as gate-keepers
When the railroad needs the bridge,
let them push a button and have the
gates closed for autos. The waiting
for trains to pass would be no longer
than for our draw bridges to open snd
close in Portland. There has been
some talk of taking up one of the
tracks up the Deschutes river and
building a road from Bend to Burns
with the rails. The railroad bed
would make a highway Into central
Oregon, and on the north side of the
Columbia build a road to connect
Mary Hill and there you have a good
road to Goldendale and the Evergreen
highway to eastern Washington. Idaho
and Montana. When the highway is
finished to Celilo thousands of autos
a day would make the drive from
Portland and cross the bridge and get
a good view of the Celilo falls Just
a nice, easy day's trip. When the
highway is completed on the north
bank, the trip up one side and down
the other would be one of the finest
in the world."
But if a brldcre Is built, let It he
DUiu at Hood Illver and White Sa
mon with a highway up the White
Salmon to Glenwood and to North
Yakima. That would bring Yakima
to .Portlands front door.
CHARLES D. MOORE.
With a Kick in It.
By I.I a ton L. Davlea,
WHO'S FOR THR J1TXF.TT
(Eirht-cent rs Appears LOxetr
Headline.)
"Ahoy! and Oho! and lt' who for
the ferry?
The briar's in bud and the run go
ing down;
And I'll row ye so quick and rn row
ye so steady.
And It's only a penny to Twelrn
ham town."
Old song.
Ahoy! and Oho! and it's who's for tho
poorhouse?
The trolley gang's broke and the
fare's going up;
Our banking account is as dead as a
doormousn.
And we'll soon have to cease for to
dine and to sup.
We could walk to our work and vaojfe
back to our supper.
But footwear has gone op to twelvo
bucks a pair;
And it's up to the averse troUeycnr
duffer
To dive In his pockets and dig tu
the fare.
Ahoy! snd Oho! and let's pray for the
dawning
Of that wondrous day when tha
prices coins down;
For the epochal day when wo all oaa
quit pawning.
And It's onty a penny to Twicken
ham town.
a
Forewarned la Porerm4L
Editor the Kick: Jest a wurd uv
wornin to thco batchlrrs an nther
leep yeer refujeei. remember the ol
sayln. hel bath no fure llek a wiimon
skornd. OLE TIMER.
Albany, Or.
Discrimination.
"All Kinds of Ladles' Shoes Shlned."
announces a sign on Washington
street.
as
Ita si Qnentlon Mark.
The German mark has been marked
In the paper there.
Eleven thousand bucks will make
A German millionaire!
I.lttle Trasrrdlrs of the Great War,
He had been In the hoopgow In
the little. French town for three
weeks. In was his second experience
In the two years of his enlistment
and his fines aggregated nine months'
pay. The day was dreary and his cell
was cheerless. It seemed nothing
could Hdil to his burden of rorrow.
Suddenly along the corridor rams
an A. E. F. M. P. The srra of tho
military law thrust a sheet of paper
throned the door."
"What's this?" Indifferently asked
the prisoner.
"Fill it out," returned tho guard
briefly. "It's your income tax blank
for last year."
I.'Oenf.
"Gee, that girl is a regular Easter
tee"
"How do you mike that outT"
".She's hardbollcs and all painted
up."
In Other Days.
HOW TO 1LLUSTR ATK DIMENSIONS
Writer Suggests lfcat Hollow Ball
Theorist Try Opening Ills Month.
VANCOUVER Wash.. Feb. 7 (To
the Editor.) Regarding the Einstein
theorits to which The Oreuonlan re-
fers, if that "expounder" who creates
a fourth dimenalon through turnin
a nonow uaii wrong side out ' were
to throw his mouth open it is beyond
peradventure that change in dimen
sion would become appalling. Yet
there would be no creation, no new
dimension. Open a book of three
given dimensions and Its breadth Is
doubled at the cost of Its depth.
The sensations experienced bv Mr,
Cohen's Irishman who fell from the
tower of St. Patrick's cathedral have
bloomin' little to do with the force
of gravity. Probably the Hibernian
realised that the falling was a simple
process, but that the sudden stop
when he reached the ground was dls
comforting.
Lastly, If one moves away from a
clock at a greater speed than that at
which round waves travel he can't
hear It ticking.
Now that's all there is to that.
J. HAROLD.
Distribution of Purchase Price.
SCOTT'S MILLS, Cr Feb. 7. To
the Editor.) Please answer the fol
lowing question: Mrs. A owns a one-
half interest in real estate; eleven
heirs own one-half also. Mrs. A snd
ten heirs decide to sell to ths elsventh
heir their shares for a consideration
of $6500. What would be the amount
received by Mrs, A anil each heir?
SUBbCItlBEIl.
Assuming that $6500 Is the selling
price of the twenty. one twenty-sec
onds actually sold, and not the valua
tion placed on the entire property, the
sellers would be entitled to the fol
lowing sums: Mrs. A $3104.75; each
of ten heirs. $309.52. Owing to frac
tions, this leaves 2 cents for dlstrlbu
tlon as amicably as possible among
the 21 parties to the selling end of
the transaction.
Who Hatched Most Trontf
CHINOOK. Wash.. Feb. 7. (To the
Editor.) Lat some of your brlirht wits
try their hands on this: The last
biennial report of L. H. Darwin.
Washington state fish comnilMslom-r.
claimed that in 1D17-1U18 the slate
of Washington's fish hatcheries
turned out more trout than all the
other Pacific coast states combined
In a Eugene special printed in Ths
Oregonian January 30, 11. K. Clanton,
master fish warden of Oregon, Is re
ported as saying, "In 1917 the stats
of Oregon hatched more trout eggs
than all the rest of the United Stales
combined."
It would seem that the two states'
master fish wardens are Indeed mas
ters of all that the fishing science
implies, including the fisherman's
greatest accomplishment, the ability
to tell the biggest one.
E. K. DURKEE.
Boston Transcript.
Low wages In the teaching profes
sion, and high wages In othor profes
sions have resulted in a nation-wide
shortage of public schoolteachers.
According to a survey completed by
the National Education association
and oovsring the entire country, it
would take about 38,000 mora men
and women to bring the teaching
staffs to their normal slse. The
shortage of teachers has been so
acute that cities and towns have been
forced to relax the customary re.
quirements. and today there are In
this country ou.uuu learners wno nave
neither the ability nor the training
hitherto demanded of those to whom
the education of our pupils is in
trusted.
Twrnty-Mve Years Abo,
From Ths Orrgonlsn of February . 1AM.
Kev. James C. Heed, when arraigned
yesterday for attempted hold-up of
the East Side bank, waived examina
tion and was bound over under bond
of $-u00.
Following a brief but lively ses
sion of the State Horticultural society
yesterday the Northwest Krtiltgrow.
era association was called to order
by President Blajork.
Thero Is lively Intm-est hr In ths
story that 60.000 bushels of wheat has
been unlawfully taken from ths ware
house nf the Silverton mills, and It is
generally "pooh-poohed" as exag
gerated.
The second commencement exercises
of the Mount Tabor Villa school will
be held tonight at Independence hall
in the Villa.
Fifty Vears As.
From The Orrsnnlsn of Fsbmarr . 1TS.
Washlngto n. Ths house trrrl
torlal committee will soon report a
hill organizing a new territory In Ilia
Indian country.
The Portland Hibernian Benevolert
society, at Its annual meeting, elect
ed these offlcrrs: W. P. Uurk, presi
dent; Frank Catena. treasurer;
Thomas Kearney, secretary; John
Donovan, assistant secretary; James
Curroll, flug beurr-r.
A grand military snd social bstl
will ho Klven hy the Washington
Guard on Fclirusry 22.
The Commercial says the inmstri
of a house on Morrison, near Kecond
Htreet, are convinced that illHcmhodle-l
wanderers from the spirit realm ais
visiting them from evil motive.
Commander nt KDIh Division.
BANKS. Or., Feo. 7. (To he Fdl.
or.) Please set forth ths command
ing officer who nas put In charge r.f
the IDth division whrn It was sent
overseas This Is the division tht
Leonard Wood drilled and was said
to have been the best drilled division
hat we sent over. The war drpurt-
nient did not permit General Wood
to retain command, but tent him to
some camp
2 W list rommandlrr office hol!t
five miles of concrete pavement In
Huntiagn, Cuba for less than nne-hslf
mile had previously been built? Wsi
this officer a republican or rtcumcrat;
S. PAISLEY.
The 8!tb, division was In command.
In France, nt Major-General Frank !
Winn.
2. Ws have no information on this
subject.
Will ' ths M isp.
Mi-n.EnY. Wash.. Ki b. 7. fT
the Editor ) Kiinlly tell me just what
s a "Will o' the Wisp?" Is It imugl
nary, real or oihitwise?
Fit A N h. II. NIC7IUIJJ,
Will o' the Wisp Is a popular narso
for lanls fat mis, s llpht thnt appeaj-s
In the nlpht over n.aishy places. lis
chimb has never been scientifically
determined, but It Is believed to bs
due to the eonibuMlon of gss formed
In the decomposition of animal nr
vegetvbla substances. It Is a pale.
bluish colored flame, varying In size
and sli-nie and flouts In the air eboot
wo feet thove tl.o ground. it 14
sometimes fixed ann sometimes trav
els with great rapidity.
Nor Mrret Hims (suae Accidents,
YAMHILL. Or.. Fch. 7 (To ths
Editor.) In driving thrniiprh the eltv
Of Portland It haa many times been
almost Impossible lor me to read ths
names of streets in pansing, unless
compelled to turn around, as slans
are only m on" direction throughout
the city, generally speaking.
With all ths precaution necessary
to svold automobile accidents, why
do the authorities overlook the reccs
slty for tls:ns with the names of ths
streets that can be resd In elthi r
oitertlon? 1 f ' I sure many sulo
mohllUts will voice my opinion that
names ot streets should b distrib
uted -o that th u motorist can read
tl.em without danger to pedrstrlans.
1 am a taxpayer in Portland.
lias. F. C GILD.