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iiv 12 TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1920 ESTABLISHED BY HESBT L. 1'ITTOCK- Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co.. Uu Sixth street, ortiana. uregua. A. MORDF.N- E. B. PIPER. Manager, jwutor. The Orernnlan Is a mmbr of the ASSO- blKted PrM Th AaiwMted PresS Inclusively entitled to the use tor publlca- r Inn rtf mil n-n,- rflinatrhM credited to it I - : 1 rr not otherwise credited In tnis paper . fei n I h m mih IchaH nf-rein. All rishts of republication of special dispatches rein are also reserved. ISabscriDtioa Bates Invariably is Advance. n Mail.) pally. Sunday Included, one year 8 00 aiiy. Sunday Included, si monins :al!y, Sunday Included, three months. . -t. aiiy. Sunday included, one month. . . .75 Jally, without Sunday, one year JOO ally. without Sunday, six months...... 3.2o ally, without Sunday, one month. . . .60 '.'eekly. one year 100 foundry, one year 6-00 (By Carrier.) allr. PundaT Included, one year $9.00 P'aily. Sunday included, three months. . 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Until now the public has not had convincing: nor Satisfactory nor even truthful reports .f his condition from the attending hysicians; but it has, on the contrary, been permitted to indulge In the ravest doubts and most disturbing ears, so that it has been profoundly k pprebensive of, if it has not actually helie-ed. the 'worst. The worst, it ppears, has come perilously near eing the truth. At the beginning-, following the presidential collapse at Pueblo, the I tatement was given out that Presl :ient Wilson was suffering from physical exhaustion" induced by I be stress of his long speaking tour. kni complicated by the after-effects f a previous attack of influenza. He Ivould need a period of rest. Then be phrase was changed to "nervous xhaustion," and an indefinite time In bed was prescribed for the public onsumption. At one time, the phy sicians lost their reassuring pose, and ! dniitted that the president was I'gravely ill." The specialists were pummoned. It was solemnly an otinced that his eyes were tested Imd the gratifying discovery was nade that they were sound. Then followed a time when it was admit led that there was some "digestive isturbance," and later prostatic ompllcations developed. It is obvi- bus now that these troubles were but tymptomatic of the president's real onditlon, for he was suffering from brain lesion, which the doctors with ompous scientific mystery call cere bral thrombosis, and from partial paralysis affecting his left arm and left leg. The country will not fail to recall I hat rumors which found their way nto the papers that the president I. ad had a cerebral hemorrhage and vas unable to control the use of his limbs met with indignant denial from the faithful Tumulty and with lofty refusal by the physicians to ( dmit anything not contained in their ill but meaningless bulletins. It may liave been politically expedient for fumulty to resort to the more than questionable arts of equivocal diplo macy to conceal the truth; and it bay have been ethical for the doctors lo hide the vital facts In deceptive official messages; but It was not de fensible from the standpoint of truth br the public's right to know the ruth. Nothing has beeni gained by the policy of suppression and ambiguity racticed by the president's advisers I- nd consultants. Something has been lost in confidence in medical Integ rity and in what remains of trust in politicians surrounding the White louse. It is hard to say why the eil of secrecy has at last been lifted, l.nless it is because the secret was lound to be worthless and no longer Iceepable. It is clear that the publics mind vould have been far better composed If the exact ailment of the distin- ruished patient had been revealed at I he outset. It is conceivable, too, that he waves of sympathy radiating from the anxious minds and hearts of a liundred million people, being based :i knowledge, would have been the luore helpful. There would have een hope and belief that he would recover; but instead there was a pre- iominant feeling of fear that he vould not. The world is afraid nostly of the unknown; it can ac commodate its thoughts and deeds hi ways to the known. I Above all, the president Is not a rivate person but a public personage .nd possession. His welfare, phy sical and otherwise, is the people's oncern, for it involves vitally their l.velfare. It is. a mistake it is worse -to keep the truth about him from I hem. exports in 1919 increased more than I in another an added syllable to make $1,500,000,000 over those of 1918, and I it more agreeable to the ear or easier the number of unemployed decreased I for the tongue, and in every case it from more than a million in May to I appears that the word formalists about 94,000 in January. Doles to I prevail only when their notions hap' the unemployed have now been I pen to coincide with the happier in stopped. I tuitions of the people who make our The traveling exhibit has evidently I language the potent medium it is for become an accepted device of sales-1 the expression of our thoughts. manship, and Oregon manufacturers will have to resort to it as a means of making their products known, if they wish to keep up with their rivals. LET TIIKM ANSWER. Mainly to emphasize the fact that the farmers have Ideas of their own and are not to be made the tailto the political kite of the labor party, HOW TO FIGHT BOLSHEVISM. Prescriptions of the best poison to kill bolshevism abound, and many of them deprecate criminal prosecution and imprisonment We are told that education Is the sovereign cure. The 1 primitive impulses of man." A world men -who onrms ieiral nenalties are made soberer by access to better wa- to advertise the purity of the water from- which they made their prod uct,, but people presently came to realize that water need not be brewed to make an excellent beverage. So that Dr. Mayo may -be right in crediting potable water with bring ing about prohibition, without hav ing given as much credit as is their due to other forces. Growth of com munity sense of responsibility for the health of all the people has gone hairH in hand with banishment of alcohol, which has done so much to loosen the "inhibitory control which civilization has imposed over the usually those who have a secret lean er any other party, and are not to be ln J ?n revolutionary rnove i o i.tm.. ment and who refuse 4o discriminate scheme of the brotherhoods to tie between lawful agitation for change ol taws oy constitutional means ana those who advocate and use physical force to that end. Different means must be used to up the railroads of the country, we reproduce two paragraphs from a memorial to congress submitted the other day by representatives of the National Grange, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Cotton States combat the disease of bolshevism at its various stages. The great ma- Ronrri an th a ssooiaHon of state Jorlty of Its victims are ignorant Farmers' Union Presidents: dUDe! of "en who ,teacn. falsehood. Tc-k.t ,,. k ,., - ' A systematic campaign or education pie If the farmers of the United States WM Cure most of them by proving should suddenly decide to go on a strike I their teachers to be liars, as Thomas S th..; , a . in . , t VZ - Edison says. They have been told ot those who are not In a position to pro- I .... . . duce food and clothing for themselves T I that labor produces all wealth and They would be condemned from one end J that capital extorts exorbitant profits oi me country o me omer, ana tne iaci i ik v,..Ae,...A i.t... would be pointed out that they, as owners I ' . and tillers of the land, had no right, either I seize the means of production. The moral or legal, to bring about such a c- I logger who showed his striking workmen all his expenses of doing business and just what profit he made gave the effective answer and broke the strike. The way is open to every man to make the same kind l&mity. If the farmers who own and occuny the tana nave not such moral or legal right, then why should it be conceded by anyone that those who handle the farmers' prod ucts have a right to block the transpor tation or industrial facilities of the country and thus Jeopardize the food and clothing of an answer to all the lies of the uppiy oi uio nation r n me tanners nave 1 ter is likely to give more serious thought to other problems of health. Introduction of "potable water" has a chain of far-reaching consequences, all desirable ones. The water problem has been. In- deed, the key to the whole system of modern public hygiene. With growth of population, it has been the one achievement that could not be left to individual initiative. Getting to gether to obtain good water to drink, people have become practiced in the fundamentals of community en deavor. As Dr. Mayo points out, "of all co-operative enterprises, public health is the most important and gives the greatest returns." He seems to believe that the movement that has been started will eventuate in even greater things. Americans who now almost universally insist on the purity of their water supply are likely to realize before long that they have a right to health, and to work as a unit to that end. no such rights those who handle their products nave no such rights. Will the gentlemen who purpose to paralyze the transportation system or the country please answer? botshevists. No haphazard campaign of educa- SIAKING GOOD CIDER. Apple growers who have neglected tion will suffice. The false teaching I their orchards in the belief that there has extended into every factory, will be a big demand for cider as the mine, camp and labor union and result of prohibition and that cider should be pursued thither with the is essentially a waste product for the truth. The foreign-born who cannot making of which any kind of inferior read English have read the doctrines fruit is fit will do well to consider of bolshevism in papers printed in the warning of the state rood com- BACK TO PACIFISM. Their vote against universal mili tary training proves that democratic their own language. These can bejmissioner of New York, who points rhembers of the house of representa- reached only'by pamphlets or speak-I out that to make good cider requires uvea are as mcuraDiy BourDon as I ers In that language, and should be consideraoly more care than Is com they ever were.- They were pacifists lonnmnpfl hv men nf their own ranplmonlv taken with the oroduct in the and opposed preparedness before the and class. Ry this means the red rural districts. It is not so well united States intervened In the war. Hinn- vn ha iienriv nf hin fni. known as it oueht to be that excel though each day's events made our I lowing, lacking which he would soon I lent cider is the product not only of mioi vcuuuu more certain. THeV I ri,m i jicot,ci l a nrnress hut of intelligent selection awakened when war actually came But this plan of attack is effective of raw material. By no means all and the majority of them voted for ony with the rank and file of revo- apples desirable for eating out of the draft bill, but a considerable lutionists, who have not attempted to hand are suitable for making cider number held out even then. The translate thoueht into action. It will that will stand competition. The war no sooner ended than they for- not serve for the leaders, organizers Knglish and the French have long got all its lessons, and they are will- Bnri agitators of revolution, for known this to be true. In their Ing that the nation shall relapse their treasonable schemes should be countries whole orchards of espe into its old perilous habit of trusting stopped promptly before they have daily selected varieties are main to luck. ,, h itioir arc inn ta.infid for cider Droduction exclu Republican COIfgressmen are un- confirmed in their errors to afford sively. derstood to be- generally in favor of hODe of conversion. Prison is the There is no doubt that there will universal training, though several of oniv remedy for them. Then the be an enormous increase of consump the leaders oppose that policy. No followers will be deprived of their tion of fruit juices in the country doubt exists that the progressive re- leaders, while the work of education within a few years. Both the logan publican sentiment of the country is m progress. Education is no sub- berry, which reaches the pinnacle of holds to the convictions of the late stitute for anti-sedition laws, but perfection in Oregon, and the grape, Theodore Koosevelt in favor of pre- should accompany them and finally which can also be profitably grown paredness, and the emphatic declara- make them seldom used weapons of here, will be active competitors in tion of the American Legion in the the law the race for popularity. Ordinary same direction truly expresses the I "farm cider," often spoiled by intru sentiment of the ex-soldiers and their I sion of decayed and wormy apples families. There is not a subject on r.unu,,.,. mt(J ltg composltioni win stand no which the renubllcans could with "be introduction of potable wa- -hanee when we become a nation of more advantage place themselves in ter- Dr- William J. Mayo, In connoisseurs. The elder orchard will opposition to the declared sentiment tn course oi an article on require spraying and cultivation and of the democrats. Physical develop- Bni to neaixa m me nonn Amer- attention to detail of production al ment of the young men and their lcan Review, "made prohibition pos- most as much as the present com nmaltramatlnn into one hodv for sibe. The explanation may go a merrial orchard. It will be false national defense are features of that ,onS way toward solving what to economy to neglect these. If any Americanism which should nrove many observers has heretofore been savinr is effected, it will be in har the distinguishing mark of the re- a mystery, umy a iew years ago, u vesting and preparation for market. publican uarty this year. " seems, tne aavocates or a cry na- Even this can be carried to extremes. Patriotism has reached its lowest llon werB lew ,n numuers. Recent experiments in New ork ebb among the democrats, and the wecs were no1 on'y numerous, out state showed that windfalls made warning of their leader about the were strongly Intrenched. Dr. Mayo s second-grade cider. Experts easily disturbed conditions of the world theory is at least an interesting con- detected the presence of immature, falls on deaf ears. But such belated tribution to the symposium of overripe, wormy and fungus-infected wnminn rnnnot undo the. teachim? tnougnt on tne . suDjeci. , iut it ts i fruit in the finished beverage, which he has practiced consistently more "a11 that- 11 holds out hope xil calculations for the future are with regard to Mexico and which he tnat when the importance of good based on so-called "sweet" cider, not was forced to abandon bv a sudden water is fully recognized other sub- the "hard" kind. The latter is not chor-k in 1917. "His lessons cannot I swnuai reiorms win rouow. Appre- so easy to make as some persons sup- soon be unlearned. ciation of the value of good water is pose, and is still harder to keep. Na- njceiy to ieaa to oetter unaerstana-1 ture's way of transforming alconoi incr of the importance of Dure food inin aotin oniH is iikelv to defeat the -BULSMe.4ia.ll- un -BUWHHVUUS1L- and srientifio diet and of imnroved j..i. .f k.n.f,,l "-oreta " -Vet there I ' r- UCSIKIIO Ul Jivwt-l. w '-' " The purist will protest in vain, we hygiene generally. i, merit in fruit juice, properly pre think, against the new work "bolshe- . Dr. Mayo mentions the fact that in pared, and conscientious apple grow vism" on the ground that its struc- Vienna the per capita consumption ers have it within their power greatly ture Is etymologically unsound. The of spirituous and fermented liquors to stimulate the demand for it It TRAVELING TRADE EXHIBITS. So keen is the desire for foreign trade that the nations are no longer ; ontent to organize great expositions xt some fixed place and to invite Deople from the whole world to visit ihem. Expeditions are put on wheels tr on board ship and are- sent tour ing the world. The first floating exposition of Pa- rlfic coast products will leave In May ror a tour of eight months to all he porta of Central and South Amer ica, the orient and Australia, and fill carry representatives of each exhibitor. . This Is the latest development of fisplays strictly for business. Lyons, '.'ranee, was one of the first to adapt the idea of the famous Leipsig fair, molding a sample exposition In the lidst of the war. Britain is now to iold a British industries fair at the ICrystal palace and has sent invita- Lions printed in seven languages to Lhousands of buyers In foreign coun ties, and will hold local fairs de moted to special trade at Birming ham and Glasgow. It Is organizing series of traveling exhibitions, one tour the British dominions, an other the United States, a third South America and a fourth India, China and the far east A series of perma nent continental show rooms is to be established in the capitals of rSurope. -John Bull Is evidently picking up I the broken threads of foreign trade, although he has been disturbed by strikes at home and by disturbances in Ireland, Egypt and IoAU. His General Wrangel, It is .reported, will succeed General Denikine in command of the anti-bolshevik forces. What they seem to need more than a new general Is a few fighting buck privates. City Commissioner Mann suggests a bull fight as a means of obtaining money for extension work by the I Oregon Humane society. May we suggest the city council chamber as la fit place for the arena? In refusing demands for extradl tion it may be Germany is hoping for moral and other aid from this country, but she is banking hope lessly on possibilities in "the German I vote" in November. Gambling pays too well at Mexi call to be stopped for long, so re building the joint burned four days ago has begun. The gambler may miss his meals but never misses a process of word-coinage 18 not always I was reduced 40 per cent following I contains practically all the mineral logical, in tne sense tnat it iohows the introduction of a pure water sup- constituents and health-giving "vita- unoenaing rules, it is interesting, ply from the mountains. "The fail- mines" of the fruit itself, and our nevertheless, to consider the analysis ure of Italy and France to supply dietary will be greatly improved by of the word made by an editor who potable water necessitates the con- its inclusion. But the ancient "worm has a Ph. D. after his name and tlnuance of wine drinking, just as in juice" with which we were familiar wno tnus explains tne aeveiopment Germany the use of beer will, con- when we were boys will stand littl (philological) of bolshevism in the tinue." If, he adds, one cares to chance with the growing number ol National News Bulletin, published at 1 trace the temperance movement drink epicures that the times are cer tne national capital. I through the states of the union, he tain to develop, iiolsnevik, he proceeds to eiucl- will find that it was not the appeal date, comes from the Russian "bol- to the self-control of man which was shol," meaning many. Bolshevik it behind this great movement "but the the superlative. Just as we say advent of potable water." This is a "great" "great-est" so the Russians reminder that "potable" is a relative say "bolshoi," "bolshevik." The final term as applied to water. One who "1" in bolshevikl is simply the plural has lived in Oregon and has enjoyed ending. The root "bol" in bolshe- the Incomparable blessing of pure viki corresponds with the Latin water flowing from its mountain "mul" in "multus," the "bol" and glaciers will be prepared to believe "mul" having the same meaning, that only the hopelessly vitiated namely, "many." Bolshevikl, there- taste could persistently cling to beer, fore, means "the greatest number." or any other intoxicant for thirst- But it will not be conceded that quenching purposes, while there was in forming a noun from the word the an unfailing supply of Bull Run (or American people "ignorantly" made other equally good water) available; the word "bolshevism" when it but a resident of Oregon, for ex should have been "bolshevikism." ample, will be apt to wonder how The contention that the latter word prohibition had previously made the and it alone is suitable to our re- progress that It did in Kansas, or in quiremfhts is based on the erroneous Iowa, or other states of the great notion that we do not have the right Mississippi valley. To an Oregonian, to make our own rules or to amend the water that Kansans drink is already existing rules, for a good likely to seem positively non-potable, reason or no reason, in minting The answer , is that perhaps, new words. . The rule that "nouns water of various degrees of palata formed from foreign comparatives bility may all be "potable." "Pure" if eiinerlntivA.e eliminate the final n-n f n- i0 huubhcIIv i,Tiamlnnn syllable and add the English pure," in the sense that distilled chance tophiy. binding on no one. "Optimus-opti- is pure. Some persons insist that tPl"bUPf m,lnlf,t,!r! pl,an t0 " UP mism," "major majority," "minor their drinking water shall have a churches to facilitate love-making minority." the examples cited, create flavor. Those who have been reared Good plan elsewhere Church steps no compulsory precedents; the Eng. on the limestone formations of the used be,fod B?U Untl1 aIf 11eMs lish words survived because they middle west have been known to were mamueu u n-oe xnnvenlent To hold that "hoi. m.,lol. -,. hvim" instead of "bolshevikism" WahiT,-tor, that th drlnHno- wof.J Scientists declare that plenty of is the etymological equivalent of the lacks "body," or something like that &ood drinking water Is the real se substitution of "pessism" for "pessi- They do not see why Oregonians cret of Prohibition. This makes 1 mism" is to contend that the people, should regard the water of their mora than ever a mystery how Lal1' who are the sovereign judges or their mountain streams as the finest in the lurul evcj.jij. own lane-nacre, do not have the rifirht I world Tt In A c-ood deal Hire rain I to rhoosA between a handy and a water to them: hut thev admit that The ex-crown prince is taking box clumsy medium. There is a reason it is cold at all seasons and if they inS lessons. Just possible he has why we do not say "majoty" instead stay long enough they grow to like it heard some gossip about the size of of "majority," while we abbreviate There is small doubt that by making I lnal uempwy-wiitnuer puiap, "bolshevikism" to "bolshevism." All good water more available the peo other things being equal, the word pie of Oregon did much to swell the will survive that rolls most smoothly voting strength of the "drys." on the tongue and is easiest to re- But pure water, in the hygienic member. Those who are the final rather than the chemical, sense, has court of appeal in matters of this done more than encourage prohibi klnd are governed by sound princi- tionlsts. It has eliminated typhoid, pies, and have been all the while that m association with community meas language has been in the making, ures for sanitation, and for that though those principles sometimes alone it has been worth all it has seem to conflict with the ultra- cost Kansas made its water sup purists' interpretation of them. ply more potable not only by tapping There was an illustration of this its deep reserves, but. by organized early in the war. It was then point- social action. There was a time in ed out by the professors that only communities whose sources of. sup "paclficlst" could be regarded as piy were all that they needed to be "sound etymology." But we have when people avoided water drinking made It "pacifist" nevertheless, and for sound reasons, having permitted so it will remain. In one instance the streams to be contaminated. Cer an elision to make the word shorter, tain brewers found it Worth while Promise is made of reduction In the national debt Just so.. Some body will liquidate the figures that follow the decimal point The ex-crown prince is typical Prussian in thinking he is as good value as all the wanted Germans. Will somebody please swing the wind pointer to southwesterly and produce that needed rain? A constable naturally expects -to be sheriff some time. Occasionally It works. BY-PRODUCTS OP THE TIMES Captain Dollar's Career to Success Harked by Honest Dealing. Robert Dollar, who climbed from a cook's 6hanty to the ownership ot steamship lines and a vast timber business, has been honored by elec tion to the presidency of both the chamber of commerce and the mer chants exchange of San Francisco, by selection as a director of the foreign trade council, by appointment as a director of the J50.000.000 American international corporation, by decora tion from "Peking and by receiving the freedom of the borough and the keys of his Scottish birthplace. While theT Dollar steamship com pany trades with India, Japan and thr Philippines, its largest business is with China, where Captain Dollar has come to be revered to a degree not easily understood by the untraveled American. "Never try to cheat a Chinaman," Captain Dollar impresses upon every one who would do business with ths Chinese. "Confucius taught them that honesty is the best policy, and the Chinese live strictly up to this ax iom." In addressing a meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce he said:. "In all our years of trading with the Chinese, Involving many mil lions of dollars, we have never lost a single cent never bad one bad debt. I wish we could say the same of othef countries, including our own." Time and again Captain Dollar, on going aboard one of his ships on the Pacific to inspect the outgoing cargo, has ordered thousands upon thou sands of boards dumped back on the pier because they were not in every particular exactly what the Chinese buyers had ordered. Sometimes the mills had sent better grades, but the Chinaman wanted just what he bar gained for and would feel aggrieved were the contract not lived up to scrupulously. There are no national holidays. The making of legal holidays is a matter which rests with the different states. There is nothing in the constitution clearly giving the federal government power over such matters. All powers not delegated to the United Ftates by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the state respectively, or to the people. It Is true that July 4 and December 25 are legal holidays in all the states, tut they were made holidays by sepa rate enactment in and by each state. The president of the United States does proclaim the last Thursday In November to be a day of thanksgiv ing. It is not his proclamation, how ever, which makes the day a legal holiday, but that of the governor in each state. This is only one of many nays in which the powers of a state government are superior to those ot the national government. The powers of the latter are strictly limited bj the constitution, the 10th amendment of which expressly reserves all other powers to the states. Long after the last cellar has gone dry and the last drop of whisky has been consumed there will remain a bottle of liquor that according to tra dition is entombed in the cornerstone- of the Universalist church at Mont gomery, O. William Swaim, 72, village histo rian, ai.d former schoolmaster of Montgomery, is authority for the tra dition that a quart of liquor is con cealed within the cornerstone of ths church, which was built in 1837. "In those days liquor was as re spectable as water," says Swaim. "Preachers . drank it just as other folks did. It was customary to place liquor in a cornerstone for the same reason that folks drank each other's health in liquor." Across the road from the church is a tavern that was a stopover for the farmers hauling their produce to the city. Whisky sold there for S cents a drink, Swaim recalls. Those Who Come and Go. When you see Wedgwood Ben, Brit ish "M. P.," you are not surprised that he should suggest the nickname of "Buttons." Though about 40 years old, he looks just the height size and age of the boy Buttons of the Eng lish household. Ha Is scarcely 5 feet blgh. His body is as slender as a boy's. His cheek is peach blossom and the expression of the face, with rather comic eyes, is exactly the look of the typical street gamin of Lon don, with its shrewdness, its Imper turbable good humor, and its readi ness to take on any little job. Wedg wood Ben might act the part of Petei Pan on the stage, or perhaps ths apter analogy la to Charlie Chaplin of the films. San Francisco Argonaut. The habits, mannerisms and meth ods of the great are always interest ing. Sir Joshua Reynolds used a spade-shaped palette, with a handle and without a hole. His brushes had handles 19 Inches long and he always stood while painting. His studio was an octagonal room 20x16 feet, ilium inated by a single square window of modern size, the sill about nine and one-half feet from the floor. He was a steady and consistent worker and frequently complained of idle visitors who did not seem to realize the value of his time. He ranks as the great est English painter of that time. He died in February, 1792, of an affec tion of the liver and was buried in St Paul's cathedral. For 35 years Joe Cunha has lived at Echo and he has prospered. At one time' he and another resident Just about owned the town between them. It was on Butter creek, near Echo, that the first alfalfa was successfully grown in Oregon, according to the wiseacres and stockmen drove their cattle miles and miles to feed on the alfalfa. It Is a common thing now, declares Mr. Cunha, for stock to be driven from Harney county ranges to Butter creek for feed. Besides being a stockman himself, Mr. Cunha owns the flour mill at Echo, with 150 Bar rels a day capacity, and yesterday his son, who manages the mill, sold 2500 barrels to the governemnt. This mill was huilt In 1885 and was a tan ure for Its successive owners until Mr. Cunha took it over nine years ago, One of the bis: Portland stores leie phoned to the Imperial yesterday to ascertain whether Mr. Cunha's credit was mad. "His credit" repnea tne hotel manager "is good for your whole store." Immensely pleased in Dr. C. H. Gil bert over the experiment wun som v naimnn at the Herman creek feed ing ponds of the Bonneville hatchery, Dr. Gilbert is recognizee: as mo u ino- aiithoritv on Pacific .coast sal mons, which he has been studying for the past 35 years. xnere are about 2,000,000 sockeyes, 16 months nirt. tlA five inches long, in tne ieeu Ing ponds, whereas authorities have contended that the socKeye cannoi be held and fed successfully In ponds up to the second year. Tne uregon hatcherv is the only one in the United whinh has been able to accom plish this feat and when ur. ouuen saw the demonstration yesterday he was delighted and enthusiastic Dr. Gilbert, who is with the United States fisheries bureau, is on his way south Seattle, where he has been at tending a meeting which is preparing new fishing regulations for Alaska. All next summer the fisn expert wi spend in Alaskan waters. After hearing the bleat of sheep for years, W. S. Farr now wants to hear the bleat of the ukulele In its n. wild, and is at the Hotel wo.h;no-tnn on his way to Honolulu hv his wife. Mr. Farr has-been in the meat and grocery . . -, . n In antn. business ana aaouims oumo nHii.a at Condon, and he recently sold out his business. He will devote part of the proceeds to a trip to tne islands. whoVen. N. J.." mused George mi oioric at the Perkins he read the registration of J. 1 Mount. ' "Years ago when I was a N-Tawker, they resurrected a lot oi old blue laws. You couldn t drive a carriage there were no automobiles then except to get a doctor, and you m.- n i-Me tti a carriage to uuuiuii . . ., church. New York Decame awiui c- i e those wno waniea i in a carriage or say 'here's how," want to Hoboken. Ho-num; Scouring out the bad men from the . i ..imtrv ana III ft in ii. for eheenmen is a stunt that McHenry . . - T.l-Un nnprnrnipil a Hand oi vv eiser, awo-wv, v number of years ago. Mr. Hand, who i. in PAi-Mmil conferring with R. N. Stanfield about wool and sheep and politics, doesn't looK line a p""" tious individual, but his record shows that he was a material iaciur m clearing out the chaps who tried to prevent sheep from getting on the range. The American people are speeding nn rtn their reaainK. w rie-mond Fitzgerald, who arrived at the Benson yesterday. Mr. Fitzger ald, who represents a New York pub lishlng house, says that he did more business in the Iirst z aays oi n.rv this vear than he did in the first four months of 1919. The books which are dealt in by Mr. Fitzgerald are both high-brow stuff and fiction. Anvona who thinks that Klamath county isn't well provided with tim ber and has a hazy- notion that it is all Bagebrush, should listen to W. R. Renner for five minutes. Mr. rtenner, who is registered at the Imperial, is lumber man with such strong re- nubllcan leanings that he came to Portland to boost for the republican league of clubs. C. K. Brandenburg, who used to be postmaster at Klamath Jails, ana who mav soon announce himself as a candidate for delegate to the repub lican national convention, arrived in Portland yesterday to attend the state league of republican duos ana tne Lincoln day dinner. He is at the Im perial. John Hut who has been one of the desk force in the stte senate for a decade, is registered at the Hotel Oregon. He came to town from Wood CARE OF TIBKRCt'LOSIS CASES Reason for Residence Rrqulrrmrnt and Remedy In Kmergency. SOUTH BEND. Wash., Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) Is It not proper to ap peal to the Red Cross tor aid for one who Is suffering from tuberculosis and la alone and unable to work and care for himself? We did. and were refused, on the ground thai the young man in the case had not resided in the state ot Washington for "six months. This strikes me as very unjust. The people give money and buy Red Cross seals under the impression that the proceeds will be ufced tccare for Just such cases. What difference does It make what state they happen to be in? Everyone knows that these peo ple go from place to piace li; search of a climate that will benefit them. Millions of dollars are sent abroad to aid foreigners, but when we ask for a few dollars to keep an American citizen in a sanitarium we are turned down. So we are forced to take up a sub scription among the mlUwokers, who have already donated to the Red Cross. How can tuberculosis be stamped out by a campaign of education? We find it prevalent in the best homes in the land. Anyone in a rundown con dition from other diseases is apt to contract it. Among the well-to-do education is unnecessary and among the poorer classes it is useless, as the members of these classes are unable to better their living conditions if they would. How can this plague be wiped out, when those who have it mingle with the well? Use the money to take care of the afflicted and restore tnem to health, if possible. " JULIA HOFLER. The American Red Cross does not administer the fund raised by the sale of Christmas seals; it merely aids th enterprise, which is actually under the direction of the national tubercu losis association. If the patient, how ever, is a veteran of the world war, the Red Cross chapter In the town should assist him. as It directs the rehabilitation of ex-service men. Oth erwise the patient should appeal to the local or county antl-tuberrulosla les.gue, which. Portland officials of the organization say, probably will care for the patient In his home until residence can be ectablished and he can be admitted to a sanitarium. Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, of the Port land branch, explains that there is n I reason for the residence reqnlrement Oregon, for Instance, had the first state tuberculosis hospital in the northwest and if a limitation had no been plactd on It the institutio would have been overcrowded wit DStients from the five states In thi section. Every community would hav sent its migratory patients to Orego; for care and thus a burden would have been created which would hav swamped it One of the purposes of the snti tuberculosis league, branches of whicli exist all over the country. Is to pro vide for those ill with the disease and unable to secure care. This is wher a portion of the mcney from the Red Cross seals is spent. More Truth Than Poetry. By Jamrl J. Mantngtie. IF If I had a mine that was rich beyond measure, Like the mine that a broker has offered to me A virgin deposit of mineral treasure With plenty of water and ore mill ing free, A mine that was certain to fill up my coffers With a staggering superabundance of pelf, I wouldn't go round making other folks offers To sell at a bargain Id keep It myself. If I had an oil well which flowed llh a geyser. Like the well whose prospectus has just come to hand. From the pen of a noted financial ad visor Whose expert opinions are much la demand A well yielding millions of barrels a minute Of hlKh-grada petroleum, ready to ship I never would part with the stock I had in It Unless I went suddenly off of mj dip! If I had the knowledge a broker pos sesses Of Just what the trend of the mar ket will be. If all of my various hazards and guesses Were sure to bring In a fat profit for me, If all of my tips were confirmed by the tlckrr, I would kei-p them all carefully un der my hat; I know of no method of getting rich quicker Thun to play them myself you con gamble on that! The Cirand Opnorlnntf y. When drueglsta chnrge no cenla for two cents worth of baking soda. what can you expect when they are asked to fill a whisky prescription? Method In Ills Patriotism. Now we read that D'Annunslo has got hold of the 1100,000 In the Klume treasury we begin to suspect that he Is not such an Impractical poet as we fancied. e A Tonsjh Problem. Charles Warren Fairbanks has passed on and the ). O. ', Is going to have a lot of trouble finding a candi date for the vice-presidency. (Copyright, 100, hjr the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) TREE DAMAGE EXAGGERATED, Favorable Weather la Enabling Bad to Recover, Soys Writer. THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 11. (To th Editor.) "Trees dead as a door nail, was the report that brought me to the ranch. So far I have not found trees that are dead, but blossom buds and twigs of peaches, apricots, al monds, nectarines and fewer cherries, are partly killed back. Some overbear any way and a fair crop might ye mature. Thinning of fruit, however, will no be burdensome this year. Last year's dry weather has weak ened all buds. Young figs are killed to the ground. However, apples, wal nuts, prunes, plums and some pears are uninjured, lloth European and American grapes are all right. I am old that one rancher on the low lands has dug out 100 peach trees. They all certainly are now dead. Cloudy weather and cool nights are holding back the overflow of say and enable many buds to recover. Stratification of tips In water in a warm room show moat or mlscel aneous twigs growing. Fruit growers must patiently and hopefully wait The higher the elevations, the less the injury. M. C. QEOHGE. Information on Land Openings. p a wnvirrr T r. tph a fTn burn to see what the republicans wer e j tf)e Edtor.)where could I'apply for Census year Is one time when everybody counts for something. When the workmen own th workshops; And the railroad men the rails; And the grocery clerks the groceries; Ana tne mall cieriu own tne malls When the preachers own the pulpits; And the pressmen own tne snops; And the drillers own the oil wells: And the jails are owned by cops When conductors own the street ears; Ana eacn driver owns nis Dug; Will you tell us common people w Hat men becomes oi uir Judge. The army camps were full of men who muttered and threatened dire things against their commanding officers the day civilian clothes re placed uniforms. So Irving Berlin, composer of popular songs, wrote: Johnny Jones was a first-class private the army last year; Now he's back to business In hi father's place. Saturday night t saw him with a smlllni tace; When 1 asked him why he felt so happy Jnhnnv chuckled with R!ee. He winked his eye, and made this reply: Something wonderful has happened to me. Tve got ths guy who used to be my captain WorVlne for me. He wanted to work se I made him a clerk In my father's factory; And by and by I'm going to hare him wrapped in Work lip to his brow: When I come Into the office be gets tip on his feet Stands at attention and gives me hie seat Who was it said revenue is sweet? I've got my captain working for me now." Irving Berlin, In common with thousands who did shift of K. P. and tour of guard duty, says he is glad he was in the army. He wasn't a captain Just a sergeant doing and to attend the Lincoln day dinner. A Kentuckyian and a Henry Wat- terson democrat is W. M. Duncan, dis trict attorney for Klamatn, wno is at the Imperial. Mr. Duncan did not make the trip to attend the republic an meeting, like City Attorney W. E. Wiley, also of Klamath Falls. . With her four little girls, Mrs. J. S. Thomas of Seattle was at the Im perial yesterday on her way to Long Beach, CaL, for a visit. Mrs. xnomas is the wife of Dr. Thomas, who studied medicine with Dr. Ben I Nordon and others. P. S. Keys, sheepman from the Fos sil country. Is back In town again, and is registered, as usual, at the Perkins. Mr. Keys wears a resplen dant beard that is known to every man, woman and child In Fossil. E. D. Cusick, banker of Albany, and formerly a member of the state sen ate, is at the Hotel Oregon. The Lin coln day celebration in Portland is the. mas-net that brought him to Portland. W. B. Broughel of Seattle, who la registered at the Hotel Washington Is attending the bedside of his broth er, who has undergone a serious oper ation at St Vincent's hospital. Lynn Howard Hough, president of tha Northwestern university, at tna cago. is at tne jtsenson, ttccuui.pa.nieu hv his mother. Eunice tiougn. President Hough is making a leisurely tour of the west. J S. Orth, banker of Medford, son of John Orth, a pioneer of Jackson county, arrived at the Imperial yes terday. The visitor was formerly a clerk of the county. T. T.. Paa-et. cashier of a Seaside honk, and one of the principal stock holders in the new hotel being erected there for the summer traae, is at tne Multnomah. We are experiencing dellghtfu? weather at Newport," says Mrs. L M. Baker of that Oregon seaport who is registered at the Hotel Washington. Will P. Fisher, who has a flouring mill at Seattle, on Elliott bay. Wash., is In Portland looking after business interests, and Is booked at the Mult nomah. One of the prominent sheepmen of Montana is W. W. Stables of Great Falls, who is registered at tbe Mult nomah. Engineer for the port of Astoria Is r, R. Bartlett who arrived yesterday at the Hotel Portland. Information regarding lands In the North Platte and Shoshone projects, which are to be thrown open to ex servica men in March, according to Tbe Oregonian, February S? Also Just what are the homestead requirements of ex-service men? , EX-SERVICE MAN. For the North Platte project write to the project manager. United States reclamation service, Mitchell, Neb. and for the Shoshone to the project manager, United States reclamation service, Powell, Wyo. Congress has made provision for service men In opening up. these lends,, but the local government land office has no copy of the text. The project managers will undoubtedly be able to supply you with the Information you seek. Jury Fixes Death Penalty. PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Edi tor.l I claim that under the law per. taining to capital punishment now ob taining; in the state of Washington, a Jury sitting in a firBt degree murder case must recommend tnat tne pris oner on trial be hanged in order to bring about that end. I do not believe the trial judge is empowered to Inflict jl more severe punishment than life imprisonment unless such a recom mendation is made by the jury. I would very much appreciate an elucidation upon this question. W. O. SMITH. ' The Jury alone has power to rec ommend capital punishment Commnnder of S8th Division. JEFFERSON, Or., Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) I wish to call your atten tion to an error appearing in The Oregonian February 8. In answer to an inquiry from Banks, Or., you give Major-General Frank L Winn credit for Deing in commana of the 89th division in France. I wish to state that Major-uenerai Wright was in command during all the major operations in wnicn mil division participated. General Winn took command after the battle of ths Argonne. bli-lWi.ll. Adequate Help Their Due, MALIN, Or., Feb. 10. (To the Ed itor.) We are grateful for the edito. rial In The Oregonian February 5, entitled "For the Work of Rebuild ing." This nation would belie Its true character were It to decline to render adequate help to bur European allies in the great war or to do this purely in a mercenary spirit We have writ ten to our senators and congressman commending the editorial and ex pressing the hope that congress will act hi the matter very soon. AN APPRECIATIVE READER. Doorways. Ry Grace 1', Hall. Processions pass before my eyes When doorways 1 behold, Nome folks therein are very young And some are very old; The youni- fare forth the world to meet. The old limp in to rest. And nurse the grate-fire's cheery heat When sunset paints the west. O'er me each doorway casts a spell. And starts a train of thought; Each has its trace. lies to tell. Though we suspect It not; Each pathway leading to a door Is vital with the life Of those who trod Its length before With memories each Is rife. Old forma pass out ths silent way. And now ones take their place; The doors are closed on scenes each day That time cannot rase; Not Just a panel made of wood That opens to our touch I would not think that If I could. For doorwnya mean so much! In Other Days. Twenty-five Tears Ago. From Ths Oresonlan February 11, tans. Salem. The absence of 12 senators was the only notable feature when the legislature took Its 17th ballot for senator. Dolph received St voles. Lowell 10, Hare 10 and the remain! were scattered. A throng that completely packed the Marqtiam Grand from gallery to pit last nicht gave a royal welcome to Messrs. Helllg and I.esster, ths new managers, and evidenced the popu larity of the Calhoun opera company In "Amorlta." Mayor Frank, who had ben sick for a week, was able to get down to his office yesterday. Samuel D. Smith, a well-known pio neer resident of Portland, died at his residence, Yamhill and Fourteenth street from a stroke of paralysis. Bishop Daniel (loodsell of San T'ran- elaco, resident Methodist blshnn of the coast, spoke at the Orace Meth odist church last night. pnornEcr. The singers of songs will eome, The dreamer of dreams appear; The chant in the Idol's house shall cease. And the hearer with ears shall hear; The glowing of breast shall keep ths quest, And stroking their lutes draw near. The builder of ships will weave A sail with a golden thread To go to the pomander isles of love Over the hateful dead; Over the hateful, hateful things The hate of the hateful aald. Cloth of the camel's hair and sweat Heads with their ashes gray; Makers of manners martinet. Tempering steel to alay, All forgot In the Great Forget Gone like a dateless day, Lost In the song which the singers sing. And the things which the dreamers say. GUT FITCH PHELPS. Foundation for Writers. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 10 (To the Editor.) (1) Can you tell me where I can procure Information on he "MacDowell foundation for writ- rs? (2) Is there an authority on coins of the Roman periods? Where can I reach this person? LOREN SPARKS. (1) Perhaps you allude to the Peter- boro colony Peterboro, N. H, en dowed by Mrs. Edward MacDowell as place where writers, artists, etc.. can find a naven at a moaerate charge. Address the MacDowell Col ony, Peterboro, N. H. (J) Hill's "Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins-' (MacMillan, 1S9S) Is n authority on the subject Consult also Dye's "Coin Encyclopedia." Ton Mile Costa. PORTLAND, Feb. 12 (To the F.d Itor.) Please solve the ftaloWlng problem and give rule for obtaining answer. If it costs 1294 to haul 222 tons 44. miles, what Is tbe coat per ton mile? It D. a. The cost per "ton mile" Is the eost of hauling one ton one mile. In the foregoing example the coat of hauling 232 tons 446 miles is equivalent to the cost of hauling one ton 102.472 miles. Dividing the sum 1294 by the mileage gives t 002K5, or 2 14 mills per ton mile.