Morning Oregonian., February 23, 1920, Page 6, Image 6

THE 3I0RXIXC OREGOXIAX, 3IOXIW' ' FEBRUARY 23, 1920
MTABLISHKD BT HENRY l FITTOCK.
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the financial stability of the roads! some meat it is brought in an auto
and from their ability to maintain j bile?" She adds that "this is ex
a high standard of service and to travagance horrible for poor people."
extend their systems as the needs of and it will be noted that a board ol
the country demand. examiners has found that she is not
This adjustment of the relations Insane. Doubtless the members oi
of the railroads to the public is an ' the official board have reflected
application of the lessons of the last I somewhat on the reasons for the
few years. That i tha Ininre tt j hieh cost nf living- nnrl hnvA cnmA tn
jany one interest or industry injures the conclusion that part of it is due
tne wnole country. Owing to oppo- I to the perfection of service that rich
sition of shippers and politicians, land poor alike insist on, and that ab
railroads were formerly denied rates , sorbs a lot of productive power that
adequate to pay current interest on j ought to be better utilized. Nor is
their value and they were conse-1 ft to be wondered at that a young
quently unable to obtain the capital woman reared in an atmosphere ol
needed for service of the public, thrift should have been driven to
Not only the railroads lost by that nervous prostration by her exper.
policy; the public lost through in- j lence with American extravagance,
adequate transportation facilities, I"", the young woman certainly is
The Pacific Northwest is now expe- not crazy. It takes a mind of excep-
riencing that loss, for lack of cars
has condemned a large proportion
of the lumber industry to idleness
when there is unlimited demand for
its product. This loss does not fall
on the manufacturers alone: it ex
tends .to the thousands of workmen
whose Jobs are gone.' We are all in
the same ' boat railroads, shippers
LINCOLN'S "LOKT" SPKF.tH. .
It was well enough to print widely
Ion Washington's brithday Abraham
Lincoln's tribute to Washington, 78
'' years ago, but Lucien Hugh Alex
ander of Philadelphia, who gives
. the address to the Associated Press
as one long lost and long forgotten,
has not made-an important disoov
"f ery. The address was delivered be
I fore the Washlngtonian society of
Springfield, 111., and has not been
lost or forgotlen. We have it before
1 us at the moment in "The Story
Life of Lincoln," by Wayne Whipple.
page 172. It Is also found in an
other compilation "Karly Speeches
'.' of Abraham Lincoln," page 80 ana
doubtless in numerous other vol
umes. It Is our recollection that
extracts from this address were once;
printed In school text-books.
There Is more to be round in tne
" address that has been given a re
' newed timeliness than the quoted
. tribute to Washington. On the same
- occasion thus spoke Lincoln on the
subject of the temperance revolu
lion:
tionai capacity nowadays to grasp
the fact that when a pound of mut
ton chops is sent around in an auto
mobile, somebody must pay the bilL
CONQI EKOB OF THE NOBTH.
The death of Admiral Robert E.
Peary has taken away the greatest
and workmen alike. All must sink r Amecan explorers, the man who
or swim together, and a fair division accomplished the feat which seemed
of rations and labor is the best ; to be properly 'at of n American,
means to keep the boat afloat and Though the British had led the wav
to bring all on board safely to shore, j in north polar exploration, the pole
seems so much a part of America
that a sense of proprietorship had
grown up in our minds, and its at
tainment by an American seemed to
accord with the "eternal fitness of
things."
The one quality of Peary which
commands admiration is his ex
haustless perseverance. He seemed
to regard defeat as simply a lesson
to be learned in order to achieve
final victory. This quality drew
! around him a body of loyal friends
w-ho helped him to finance new ex-
Of ur political revolution of 'TtJ we
re all Ju-tiy proud. It lias given us a
degree of political freedom far exceeding
that Of any other nation oi the earth.
In it the world ha? found a Foiution of a
"-long-mooted problem a- to the capability
f man to govern liimclf. In it was the
germ which has vegetated, and still is to
grow and expand Into the universal liberty
f mankind. But. with all three glorl
ous results, psst, present, and to come.
" it had its evils, too. It breathed forth
famine, swam In blood and rode In fire;
and long, long after the orphan's cry and
the widow wail continued to break the
" sad silence that ensued. These were the
Jirlc. the Inevitable price, paid for the
' blessings it brought.
Turn now to the temperance revolution.
- Id it wo sha:l lind a stronger bondage
broken, a viler slavery manumitted, a
greater tyrant deposed: tn it more of
want supplied, more disease healed, more
sorrow assuaged. By It no orphans starv
ing, no widows weeping. By it. none
' wounded In feeling, none Injured in In
- terest; even the dram-maner and dram
seller will have glided Into other occu
. pations so gradually as never to have
. felt the change, and will stand ready to
.' Join all others In the universal song of
gladness.
And what a noble ally this Is to the
' cause of political freedom: with such an
aid Ua march cannot fail to be on and on;
till every son of earth shall drink in rich
fruition the sorrow-quenching draught of
perfect liberty. . . .
And when the victory shall be complete
when there shall be neither a slave nor
a drunkard on earth how proud the title
of that land which may truly claim to be
th birthplace and the cradle of both
those revolutions that have ended in that
y Ictory.
How beautifully appropriate if,
on February 12. Mr. Alexander, the
great discoverer, had transmitted
the foregoing to the commonwealths
of Rhode Island and New Jersey.
A DILEMMA.
The Woodburn Independent, which
recently devised a grand plan of gov
ernment finance through the issu
ance of non-interest bearing bondsk
has turned Its sagacious mind to the
problem of the governorship and its
succession. It is vastly dissatisfied
with the proposed constitutional
amendment to have the president ot
the state senate take the governor's '
chair, in case of vacancy, denouncing
it AK a "hnkhovit iilaa ' fn, it nrttl
not permit the people to have a pea,mons unt" s"ccess came,
direct vote. Adds the Independent: L bor a ,me, the indignation which
When a choice of secretary of state is ! i. . , , - . A . ,
made, the elector- l t.k. inln -IH- "eeil at IDB pole
eration the possibility of that officer be- tnreacenea to aim nis tame Dy lay
governor. i nc president ot tne ing mm open to the chare-e of ieal-
r - an... II Vw..t .. t ... n I "
ousy at the success of a rival. But
undeniable proof that Cook's claim
was unfounded cleared Peary of any
such charge. - His message from
Labrador was but the expression of
natural anger by one who felt that
one whom he considered an impostor
was trying to cheat him of credit
for his life's achievement. Peary's
fame is secure, for his claims were
fully established while those of Cook
were disproved.
coming
senate is seiected by a small body of men
it means that a possible jcovernor would
be elected by a legislative body.
THK VOTK OS THE R.AII.KOAIS BILL.
Passage of the railroad bill by the
house over the protests of the broth
erhoods marks a significant change
from the attitude of the democratic
congress in 1916. In the former
year, with a presidential election at
hand, the house bowed to the dicta
tion of the brotherhoods. This year,
with another election near,
house exercises its
Well, the people of the United
States have no direct vote on the
presidency or the vice-presidency.
They choose by states members of an
electora! college who make the offi
cial choice for president. If it bo
said that the function of the electoral
college is nominal, the reply is that
the college has fallen into perfunctor'
iness because of the party conven
tion which actually names the presi
dent of the t'nlted Stales and he is
indirectly ratified by the people.
Would the Woodburn paper, rathel
have the vice-governor named by a
political convention? Perish the ap
palling thought!
Just now when a secretary of state
is to be elected and no governor
through the 4-to-3 decision of the
supreme court there is a lively
scramble for the secretaryship. It is
a fine job. Just what candidate for
secretary, it would be Interesting to
know, has the public in mind as fit j
timber for the governorship? He
should by all means be elected.
though we sadly fear he may make a
poor secretary, in view of his constant
contemplation of his suitableness for
the higher office, and his knowledge
that the people know it too, and have
declared it.
Certain "recent events have, we
surmise, raised in the minds of the
people a question whether a good
secretary makes a good governor,
and vice versa. If they elect a sec
retary because he will be a first-
rate governor, they may get a bad
secretary, and he may never be gov
ernor. If they elect a secretary be
cause he will fill that office capably,
he may by mischance become gov
ernor; and everybody including him
self may have reason to repent it.
The dilemma is perplexing. We
fear we shall have to get back to the
old idea, several times voted down,
of a lieutenant-governor elected by
the people. But the people have said
they want no such prerogative and
no such official.
What's to be done?
Judgment as to the rights of the
employes, establishes tribunals for
just settlement of labor disputes on
which the public Is to be represent
ed, and refuses to delay return to
private operation for the purpose of
rivinr opportunity to make tne
l'lunrb plan a campaign issue.
The majority of the house has
refused to set the will of a class
above the interests and desires of
the people as a whole. Its aim has
been to do justice all around to the
owners and employes of the roads
and to the people whom both serve.
It could have shown special favor
to neither owners nor employes
without injustice to the other of
those parties, and to the public, for
any injustice as between inose en
' gaged In operation of the roads
could not have failed to impair the
service and probably raise the cost
to the public. Retention of unre
stricted right to strike when means
are provided for doing justice with
out a strike could only have meant
that that weapon could be used to
enforce unjust demands. While
strikes are not forbidden, means of
judicial settlement to be tried be
fore there can be a strike are so
fair that the deriding power of pub
lic opinion would surely be exerted
against any body of men which
(truck against an award.
By the temporary guaranty of a
fixed return on the actual value of
the roads half of them are saved
from receivership, which would do
as much injury to the public as to
their owners. That guaranty is not
to be permanent, as advocates of
government ownership pretend. The
Interstate commerce commission is
required to -establish rates which
will yield as nearly as possible a
return of SM per cent after consid
ering all the facts. Those facts will
include the actual not the capital
ized value of the roads and the
ONE OFF THE FENCE.
There spoke a true party demo
crat In Mr. Hamaker's open letter
to Senator Chamberlain. What's a
democratic senator for if not to do
the everything possible for democrats
independent and nothing at all for republicans?
Did not the great party leader the
democratic president call for the
election of a democratic congress to
help him wind up the war in a
proper way? Why should not county
chairmen follow the illustrious ex
ample? Republicans were good
enough for the trenches but not for
the seats of statesmen. So the Mult
nomah county party chairman en
larges the indictment against the
republicans. Those too old or too
proud to fight should have had none
of the war jobs, but Senator Cham
berlain helped some of them get
Miem.
Far be It from us to defend the
senator from party chastisement.
Sympathize we must with the diffi
culties of a democrat elected to the
senate from a republican state. Such
a man must have republican friends
or he would not have been elected.
But politics is politics, and repub
licans should be content with the
profound gratification of having
elected a genial citizen to high office
and with that alone. To the demo
crats belong the spoils.
But what we started out to say-
was that two years ago, when the
distressing controversy between Sen
ator Chamberlain and President
Wilson arose, there was an equally
distressing silence on the part of
the Oregon democracy persons aid
press. As at last recalled by
Mr. Hamaker, Senator-Chamberlain
charged that the military establish
ment had fallen down and the pres
ident retorted that the senator's
statement was "an astonishing and
absolutely unjustifiable distortion of
the truth." Among other demo
cratic oracles that promptly perched
themselves precariously on the fence
was the Pendleton Kast Oregonian.
It announced, however, that when
the psychological or appropriate or
some other sort of time finally rolled
around it would climb down and say
; character of the management, as to right out just what it thought about
whether It Is economical and effi
cient, Aftera further one-half of
; j per cent has been set aside for
Improvements and equipment, the
roads will have the opportunity of
retaining half of further earnings
as an incentive to good service.
While the roads will he relieved of
the risks of business up to a net in
come of 5 H per cent, they will also
be deprived of half of more than
average gains above the standard
return, and the public will be com
pensated for relieving them of the
risk mentioned by being assured of
the whole business.
May we not suggest to our eastern
Oregon contemporary that now Is
the accepted time? The senatqr's
hat is in the ring, the president is
the target of political shafts. Is it
for Wilson and Hamaker and a
world safe for the democratic party,
or is it for Chamberlain and non
partisanshlp and a yielding to the
importunities of undeserving republicans?
VERIFYING HISTORY.
The theories of Professor Einstein
as to the relativity of time and space
and the plan of Professor Goddard
to launch a fast-moving projectile
into ether may bear unexpected
fruit. Nearly half a century ago
Camille Klaqimarion, who did so
much to popularize science, wrote
whimsical illustration of the theo
retical results, that would, follow if
we should succeed in out-traveling
I'ght. In "Stories of Infinity" he
made his character. Lumen, an ob
server of the battle of Waterloo, and
t'.en made him travel away from the
scene with a velocity greater than
that of light.. Overtaking the ray
tnat left the battlefield at the be.
ginning of the engagement, he wa
able to see the whole fray In re
versed order, as if, in a later day,
he were observing a motion picture
film run off backward.
If, as Professor Reinhard A. Wet
zel explains in an article in Science,
he were at rest and the earth were
speeding away from him with
velocity greater than light, he would
see the battle in its natural, order
but "all would proceed with stately
slowness." Thirdly, if Lumen w
at rest, and the earth were speedii'g
tow-trd him with similar velocity, he
would again see the battle in reerse
order. With any experiment thus
repeated three times, Lumen would
be able to determine whether he
were at rest and the earth in motion,
or vice versa. But only in this man
ner, as Professor Wetzel explains.
would he be able to establish abso
lute motion, in contradiction of the
first principle of relativity.
Aside from its value in setting peo
ple's minds at rest on the disturbing
issue raised by Professor Kinste:n,
development of a speed machino
capable of outrunning light will ac
complish another and far more im
portant result by giving a method
of verifying the occurrences of his
tory. It is conceivable (to an Em
stein. If not to a layman) that if one
could travel fast enough and far
enough, he could overtake the rays
light that left the earth at the
time, say, when Hannibal-was cross
ing the Alps, or when the Homeric
egends were being enacted, or even
when the world was being made.
We should be able to separate the
true from the false in history, hav
ing accomplished which we should
have a new starting point for all our
processes of philosophy. The scheme
Is highly impractical; no one now ex
pects that It ever will be regarded
otherwise, but contemplation of its
absorbing possibilities ' will not be
altogether vain if it diverts our minds
from mundane matters and saves us
from despair.
There are types of mind that shun
every immediate and pressing earth
ly problem, but balk at no limitation
of time or space. To these the high
cost of living is insoluble, while the
secrets of infinity are on the very
verge of revelation. It perhaps is
fortunate for us all that there are
not too many persons who are able
to comprehend the momentous
changes in thought that Professor
Einstein indicates that his discov
eries imply. We need the services
of as many better-than-average in
tellects as possible in unraveling the
tangle of our every-day affairs.
to the orient, northern and southern
Europe it has established trade con
nections for this port which should
yield much business for our mer
chants and for the Portland fleet.
It has now applied for definite allo
cation of five vessels to run between
Portland and north China a far
more permanent arrangement than
that under which vessels have sailed
for single voyages with ties or flour,
not to return to the Pacific coast.
The arrangement for shipment of
phosphate rock from Idaho to Japan
by way of Portland gives assurance
of much regular cargo, to wheh
cotton from the south and lumber
from the coast may be added, with
general merchandise to fill up.
These bulk 'shipments will justify
regular sailings, which will facili
tate extension of foreign business by
merchants.
Success of the line through
prompt, regular service will be pro
moted by the excellent facilities
which the dock commission has pro
vided at the St. Johns terminal and
other municipal docks. An excel
lent record has been made In han
dling cargoes of rubber from the
Straits Settlements, molasses from
Hawaii and vegetable oil from the
orient. The wisdom of the voters In
supplying the dock commission with
funds has been demonstrated by the
readiness with which it has provided
tanks for oil and molasses and is
now building bunkers for phosphate
rock. The Port of Portland com
mission has shown its readiness to
co-operate by deepening the harbor
and channel and by sending a traffic
agent to Shanghai.
Portland is well equipped to han
dle its share of the world's com
merce. It has a good ship channel,
modern docks, enterprising mer
chants and manufacturers and a
great volume of traffic with the in
terior and the east and south. It
will now have a shipping company
devoted to its own service and am
ply able to expand with its expand
ing commerce.
ONLY SORROW IX STRONG DRINK
Evils f Alcohol Preelade Thought t
Permitting Ita Return.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) The people of this great Amer-
Those Who Come and Go,
I
Oregon is honeycombed with pio
neers of one sort or another. There
lean nation have decreed that John , ar pioneer bankers In some sections
Barleycorn shall die and be buried.
For the good of our nation, we trust
he will never be resurrected. We have
been looking over John's past record,
and we have failed to find any good
he has ever accomplished. Tet he ha
accomplished quite a lot In his day.
He has managed each year to fill 50.-
000 graves with drunkards in America
alone. John has caused more poverty,
more sorrow, more blasted homes. He
has made husbands brutes, wives
pioneer farmers, pioneer oreachers
and other trail blazers of the early
days. And there is still another pio
neer who earns his title, and justly
so. He is W. W. C'Wes") Caviness,
pioneer irrlgatlonlst of eastern Ore
gon. Wes Caviness went into that
section east of the mountains when
jackrabbits and sagebrush were the
chief articles of production. But he
had vision enough to see that the
slaves, and has done more to bring ' jackrabbits could be chased away and
man down to the lowest depths of
degradation and unfit him for life's
great work than any other cause.
that the ground whence sprung the
sagebrush could be used for the grow
ing of grain. That was back in 18 1 9,
John has taken our brightest men i and he has been one of the leading
"Why is it," sobs the French bride
of a former American soldier now
the good service to be derived from living in Iowa, "that when I order
A HOME SHIPPING COM PANT.
The one assurance ot continuous
service for the commerce of Port
land is a company controlled by men
whose homes and business interests
are here, for the interest of the
community as well as the immediate
profit to be made will influence its
policy. With a capital of $2,500,000
and with opportunity for further In
crease, the Columbia-Pacific Ship
ping company will be able to buy
ships and operate them either to the
orient or Europe, and no rival port
will be able to draw them away so
long as traffic is available to main
tain the line. Ita interest will con
sist In attracting traffic to Portland
and to no other port, and in expand
ing those industries which will snp
ply its ships with cargo. It becomes
a part of the essential machinery
for development of Portland com
merce. A good foundation has been laid
for the traffic of its own ships in
that which this company has se
cured as agent for the shipping
board vessels. By sending cargoes
The plan conceived by Mayor
Hylan of New York for relieving the
teacher shortage by letting down the
bars of examination will commend
itself only to those who believe that
anyone knows enough to teach their
children and that no especial prepa
ration Is required to enter the pro
fession. There was a time, however,
when this notion prevailed quite
widely in the country, and for a good
many years a large proportion ol
rural districts were content with the
crudest of material. It has recently
been estimated that about 120,000
teachers possessing less than mini
mum qualifications have been given
positions in the last two years, for
the reason that school districts could
get no others, but it remains to 1)8
seen whether the people of the me
tropolis will consent to putting theif
schools on this footing. ProbablJ
they will not. New York has a large
alien population, and it has been
shown by statistics that aliens are
even more insistent than the native
born on having their children well
taught.
and made them slaves to strong drink,
ruined their prospects for a useful
life and made them a burden and a
disgrace to their friends and to so
ciety. Yet they say John is a good
fellow if you use him right. I fail to
see where he has used any person
right who has had any dealings with
him.
Do you ever see John going to the !
drunkard 8 wretched home, sympathiz
ing with his broken-hearted wife,
then open his well-filled nurse and
assist her in every way he can? I
think not. John isn't built on that
plan.
It is also stated that the law can
not stand. It meddles with the work
of the great divine, that man has a
natural desire for nature's drink. That
is true. But nature's drink never made
a drunkard. Nature's drink is pure wa
ter, fresh grape juice, fresh apple
juice anything In its natural state.
But just let John have a hand in it
and he will take your grapes, apples.
barley and other ingredients and will
produce a drink that the American
people say by their votes must be
made no more.
We are teaching our boys and girls
in our schools the evil effect of strong
drink. We want temptation taken out
of their reach. We want our young
men to fill positions in life that will
be a credit to them and to our nation.
We have seen in the past what kind
of men John turns out. We want
change. We want a cleaner, healthier
and a better race of men.
Any man who desires to put John
Barleycorn !ack in business by re
pealing the act in order to satisfy his
lust for drink has very little charity
for his weaker brother, who cannot
resist temptation. If you can prove
to me that John will make me a better
business man, a better nsechanic, a
better husband,, give me a better
home, give me a better bank account,
make me more kind and loving to
my wife and family, give me better
health and make me a better all
round citizen, then I will vote to re
peal the act.
But I am from Missouri, and you
have got to show me.
H. A. HARTLEY.
494 Morrison street.
figures In furthering Irrigation sys
tems in that part of the country ever
since. Just now he Is heavily Inter
ested In the Star Mountain irrigation
project In Malheur county. He Is 1 and expect to get by with It.
VOLUNTEERS' RECORD IS CLEAR
Ns Lark f Bravery Shown la Many
Sharp Ea;aaBentBW
CAMAS, Wash.. Feb. 11 (To the
Editor.) I have just read an article
by Mr. Stubling In reply to one by A.
Barnes, in which he quotes. Mr. Barnes
as having said that only three volun
teer regiments were under fire In th
Spanish war and apparently Inferring
therefrom that these regiments war
inefficient and not very brave. Hav
ing been acquainted with a number of
Roosevelt's' Rough Rider personally.
I am well satisfied that on one count
they registered 100 per cent and more,
and that is in regard to bravery. In
the past 20 year a number of men
have let their jealousy of Colonel
Roosevelt lead thetn to make slurring
remarks against the Rough Ridra,
but I do not believe anyone with or
dinary good sense would make the
assertion that they were cowardly
stopping at the Oregon while on
visit in Portland from his home at
Vale.
W. J. McCorroick first gained fame
among railroad construction men
when, as superintendent of construc
tion, he constructed the Port Angeles
railroad for the spruce production
division in four and a half montha,
after the best engineers In the coun
try said It could not be built in less
than 18 months. He Is now construct
ing a piece of the railroad near Bux
ton for the Portland, Astoria Pa
cific railroad. This work will be fin
ished in about seven weeks, after
which Mr. McCormlck will leave for
China as construction superintendent
for the Slems-Carey company! largest
railroad contractors In the world. This
company has a contract for the con
struction of more than 3000 miles of
railroad in China and work Is to be
started early In June. Mr. 'McCor
mick, who Is stopping at the Oregon,
expects to be In China for at least
five years. Except for the work he
is now doing for himself, he has been
construction superintendent for the
Slems-Carey company for 12 years.
With, only six more states to gain,
the woman suffragists may yet w.in
the ballot In time to vote for presi
dent next fall. New Jersey and
Rhode Island, we suppose, will insist
that the southern states that refused
to ratify shall abide by the decision
of the two-thirds majority.
The bureau of internal revenu
rules that a bride's income- for th
year in which she was married
taxable, even if spent for trousseau.
The only consolation the poor bride-
room gets is that he doesn'c have to
pay tax on the wedding presents.
The Albany octogenarian reported
to have lived on beans, potatoes and
crackers for four years at a cost of
9 cents a day must have been mis
quoted. His statement evidently
should read that he lived on a bean,
potato and a cracker a day.
An agricultural college professor
declares a single ground squirrel un
der his observation destroyed 44
pounds of wheat in a season. This
was very selfish of the squirrel. He
should have left the wheat for the
married squirrels.
No legal way can be found I
prevent a married woman from
holding a job if her husband is able
to support her. The matter is not
legal proposition; it is purely a
moral one.
A headline in The Sunday Ore
gonian "Carey Raps Democrats'
inspires a whoop of joy in old-time
partisans who recall days when poli
tics was politics and of the proper
class.
California fruit, say trade reports.
will be half again higher in price
next summer than last. 'One Cali
fornia fruit we can think of that will
not join the party is the wine grape.
Thirsty burglars who broke into
cellar and drank a lot of whisky
were pursued by the police. Mere
matter of etiquette. The police were
providing the chaser.
Local. Shriners and their big event
will teach this city a great lesson
on dressing .up for the occasion.
Time . Portland had something of
that nature, too.
Clews in the Descamps case are
declared by the police to have
proved groundless.. Just another way
of saying they are unable to run
them to earth?
After viewing a photograph of
Jack Dempsey as he looks as a mo
tion picture star, we can realize how
the term "plug ugly came into the
language.
Choosing uninstructed negro dele
gates has begun in the southern
states. That's revival of the old
story.
Any little boy who failed to cut
down his father's cherry tree yester
day has deferred opportunity today
in the extended holiday.
About the meanest criminal Is the
man who gets money on a bad
check, yet the offense most times is
"squared."
.THE TOWN.
Don't you know the streams are call
Old Pal! old Pal?
Don't you know the moose the
moose and caribou
Are waiting on the barrens, on the
tundar by the lake,
Waiting where the tamaracks are
blue?
Waiting as a woman for her lover at
the gate, 1
For the coming of our little birch,
canoe?
Can't you see our fire gleaming in the
vastitude of things.
Where there's not a trail or cabin
to be found?
Where the fiends of isolation and
the dragon shapes of death
Hold possession for a thousand
miles around?
What have we to do with cities, old
Pal, old Pal?
What have we to do with sidewalks
and cafes?
We could give Bill Farnum lessons
in the tragedy of pain.
And could teach Bill Hart in forty
different ways.
What have we to do with churches or
with sermons, though they're
good.
Or the printed prayer the sober
parson prays?
Ah, I know a church that's open, old
Pal. old Pal,
Where the pews are granite ledges
worn and gray.
And its walls are mountain ranges
which go circling to the pole.
And Its organ keys a thousand falls
at play.
And the hemlocks are the preachers
and they give it straight and
true.
While the winds kneel in the aspen
glades to pray.
Where the rivers take collections
the hollows of the rock,.
And the wild fruit makes a crimson
sacrament;
Where the bars are missionary and
they give the world their all.
Every color, every dollar, every
cent;
And the bells which call to service
are the voices of the wild
Down the old cathedral mountain
ranges blent.
Don't you hear the gray wraith call
ing from the skyline faint and
far?
Don't you see the wan light beckon
mile on mile?
From the top of all creation; from the
great slaves west to Nome,
There are shining sirens wooing
with their smile;
And I know, old Pal. you'll answer,
and we'll track the waste
again
When the ice breaks in the Yukon
after while.
GUY FITCH PHELPS.
in
"Dairymen to sell fmilk," reports
a headline. Glad to hear that the
boys are planning to mend their
ways.
For a joke, why not search those
wandering Elks when they arrive
home tomorrow morning?
Origin of Proverb.
PORTLAND, Feb. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) 1. A says it will be 28 years
until another February with five Sun
days. B says it will be only 12 years.
Who is right? '
2. Who Is the author of the rollow-
ng quotation: "He who tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb"?
B says it is in the Bible. A says it
not. Who is right? And If not
from the Bible, who is the author?
1. February will not again contain
five Sundays until 1948.
2. It is not a scriptural quotation.
The saying, "God tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb" Is found in Laurence
Sterne's A Sentimental Journey.'
Older, however. Is a French proverb
recorded by Henry Estlenne, "God
measures the cold to the shorn lamb."
The proverb was also . known to
medieval England: "To a close shorn
sheep, God gives wind to measure."
MISS JAPAJT.
Svlnh-like maiden fair of akin.
Clinging garments, form so slim, .
Almond eyes, hair jet black.
ros-llke "Obr on her back.
Seldom smiling, dignified.
Gentle, childlike, satisfied.
Dreaming funny little dreams.
Moon and "Obi's" are her whims.
Gliding In a bird-like way,
Having nothing much to say,
Clinging, faithful, dreamy eyes.
Fairy garden ner paraaise.
Shy by nature, much like doll,
So like pictures on our wall.
Sylph-like maiden dreamy eyes.
Moon and "Obi's" her paradise.
ANNA M. GOLDEN.
Yokohama.
(NOTE "Obi" is the gay sash they
wear the only ornament and the
pride of every Japanese maiden.)
A. L. Demaris has laid enough by
In the old tin box to keep himself and
family in comfortable circumstance
until the final harvest. As a farmer
and stockgrower he is well known
throughout eastern Oregon and thous
ands of head of cattle have been
shipped from his ranch near Milton.
With Mrs. Demaris he returned yes
terday from a visit of two months In
Los Angeles, where they spent the
two worst winter months. It was
whispered about the Imperial yester
day, where they are stopping while
en route home, that the principal rea
son for his early departure from Los
Angeles was that he had to wait too
long at Los Angeles restaurants to
get something to eat. He said ne
generally had to stand in line for
half hour or more before he could get
seat. Any mat who has lived on an
eastern Oregon farm for a quarter of
a century gets an appetite tnat
"knows no armistice," so he depart
ed from the city of angels and wend
ed his way back northward. They
will visit in Portland for a week or
so before returning, to the Demaris
ranch for their summer's endeavors.
"I want to forget all about politics
and say something about Salem as a
manufacturing center." quoth Joseph
G. Richardson, deputy state treas
urer, who signed his name on the
Oregon register yesterday on an over-
Sunday visit to Portland.. "Salem'
fruit juice and jelly concerns are
getting capacity business, while the
woolen mill is -also humming from
morning to night. Then, work Is fast
progressing on the new paper mill,
and take It all In all. the capital city
is assuming a manufacturing aspect
which bodes well for Its future. The
old saying that Salem lives for the
biennial sessions of the legislature
is true no longer, if It ever was. In
other words, she Is now flying with
her own wings."
George Huntington Currey, editor
of the Malheur Enterprise at Vale,
stopped off at the Imperial yester
day, en route home from a news
paper men's session at the state uni
versity at Eugene, where he addressed
the journalism students on office ac
counts. When Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rodgers,
honeymooners from Chicago, arrived
at the Multnomah last evening, they
found a huge bouquet of Oregon roses
In the room which had been reserved
for them. The hotel received a tele
gram from Chicago friends of the
young couple asking that the roses
be procured for t'he bride and groom
and that they be given tne "nicest
kind of treatment." Needless to say.
the Chicagoan and his bride had no
complaints to offer.
Two university presidents regis
tered yesterday at local hotels. P. L
Campbell, president of the University
of Oregon, was a guest at the Port
land while here on a week-end visit,
and Dr. John W. Hoffman, president
of the Ohio Wesleyan university, ar
rived at the Multnomah last evening.
If this man. Mr. Barnes, made the
assertion that only three riment of
volunteers were under fire In that war
or that they were inefficient or cow
ardly, he is exposing a considerable
amount of ignorance of hi subject.
There were a number of volunteer
regiments under fire in the Spanish
war in Cuba and Porto Klco. a every
one who is ordinarily informed know.
Also anyone who has the tlnie to read
a little would find out that there were
a number of volunteer regiments un
der fire in the Phllllppinea during the
Spanish war. Mr. barnes apparently
ha never read the record of the 8th
army corps. Personally, I remember
pretty well a certain August day In
1898 when I rather got the Impres
sion that I .was under fire, although I
belonged to a volunteer regiment In
the Philippines. I had that Impres
slon confirmed when the bugler of my
company, who stood a few foet from
me, fell with a Spanish bullet through
hi heart I did not see anything
cowardly or inefficient at that time
In the volunteer regiments. I did see
one small regiment of volunteer from
a western state who had been on the
line the day before who were ordered
relieved when the time for attack came
and had to go to the rear while an
other regiment took their place, and I
never saw a sorer bunch of men any
where than those taken from the line.
I would feel like a quitter if I let
any ignoramus get away with any as
persions upon the records of the
brave, true comrade officers and
men with whom I served, many of
.whom are dead. A finer, braver lot
of men never served Uncle Sam any
where at any time than the 8th army
corps, which was made'up of regi
ments as follows: California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyo
ming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas,
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Minnesota, Tennessee, Pennsylvania
and Utah. 14th, 18th and 23d regular
infantry, six troops of the 4th regu
lar cavalry, two batteries 6th light
artillery and eight batteries 3d heavy,
acting as Infantry.
The regulars were a fine body of
men, well trained and well officered,
but I don't remember that they got
ahead of the volunteers. In fact,
when the newly-recruited regulars
arrived there were several things that
happened. Ask any of the veterans
what regiment was stampeded by a
water buffalo. Ask any Nebraska man
what regiment. 1800 strong, fresh
from the United States, ft wan that
was held up by the Filipinos at or
near Pasig until a worn-out volunteer
regiment with only about GOO men in
line walked wearily over them end
also all over the Filipinos. As for
their bravery. If Mr. Barnes itas any
doubt a to that he might ask some
one of the 2d Orepon about the coun
try between Caloocan and Malabon,
and as to efficiency, he might ask
any man of Colonel Summers' brignde
what he thought of the coioncl. After
this, if he still believed that I ho vol
unteers lacked 'courage, as a last re
quest he might ask any member of the
1st Tennessee regtirtent Rbuut how
cowardly they were. I would wish
to emphasize the words "last request,"
as I think It would be his last.
I wish to add. like Comrade Strtib
ling, that I. like many, If not most,
Spanish war veterans, am heartily in
favor of military training. But I
don't want my own comrades belittled
unjustly and .held up as "horrible ex
amples" when I know what they
really did and iter'. .
J. D. CUR R IK,
Veteran of 13th Minnesota, U. S. V.
More Truth Than Poetry.
7 Jaaae. Jf. hta.ta.
CKORGK.
Thing could hardly have ba pleas
ant for th folks among thos
prsaent
When the Father of his Country was
invited out to din.
If ha growled. "Good gracious ma dam I
Did these as- ooma dowa from
Adam?
Human Ueth won't dent that mnt
tonl Where d'y gat that awful
wine?
Call that coffee? I ananl risk It;
take away tho sodden biscuit.
I hav not a cow digestion, lis
1 had lo early youth.
Which I how ha would have pok
If hi pledg wa never broken.
That, no matter what might happen,
h would always tu th truth!
If, at some affair or other, there ap-
peared a loving mother.
Asking Oeorga to note the beauties
ol her little Infant child.
Did th old man mutter: "Mayb ya
ee merit In that baby.
But the pop-eyed llttla beggar ha
fce that drive in wild.
Why, the red and wriggling creature
hasn't got a handsom feature.
aioutn too big bis cheeks are
puffy, and his nose it all awry."
Did h talk Ilk that, w wonder? If
he didn't, why in thunder
Do men always keep Insisting that
h never told a He?
When th varloua elector from th
more Important sectors
Came to offer him their homag
as an politician do.
Did he murmur, "Pray ezcus n; I
would rather you'd abuse ma
I cannot afford to traffto with a
lot of crook ilk you.
Though you may control th voters,
you r a parcel of garroters.
I let bum like you support m?
You must think that I am
cracked!"
Which is what h must hav stated
If he never deviated
A folk tell me that ha didn't
from th realm of simpl fact.
Washington wa twice elected died
revered and much respected.
Never by his word or conduct wa
he known to give offense.
Fiction wasn't hi addiction, but I'm
nrm in the conviction
That he must have lied a llttla,
like all gentlemen of ensl
a
Ready fnr Anything.
Ccneral Wood will not resign. AI--
way an advocate of preparednesa.
-
Rubbing; It la.
Prohibition ngents now want to h
appointed dry law detective. Som
people are Insatiable.
a
low I.eara.
Some day It my occur to New York
bankers that giving Strang office
boys a million dollars' worth of bonds
to take to the bank Isn't exactly con
servative business.
(Copyright. !;0. The Bell Pynnlcate. tne I
My Ignorance.
Ry Grace K. Hall.
FAIR OREGON. THE BLEST.
When alien tongues and ardent heart
A song of praise shall raise.
With deep omotion which Imparts
Persuasiveness to praise, .
For that dear land where once thy
dwelt .
And claim its charms their cholc.
Then may my tone In music melt
And mold m:' love a voice
Which shall extol my own heart's
home.
Fair Oregon, the blest.
I strive so hard to learn and fully
know
About the miracle of life about,
when lo!
There seems to be a real light given
in r.
And In an ecstasy I claim to see.
In all the magic work that's don
each year
In nature' studio of earth, w hold
no fear
Of' mediocre skill; 'tis perfect rt
Within the grand ensemble ha It
part.
We speak of earth a earth, and ky
as sky.
And know no more than that, how'ir
we try;
The very things we seem to know
the best.
Are but In truth deep mysteries, lik
the rest.
In spring w say, "Ah, set the lovely
rose!"
But what know w of how or why
It grows?
We plant the hard brown seed, and
overnight
Its tiny heart I breaking for th
light!
The Eldorado of the dream
Of sturdy pioneey.
Who braved the torrent's
turbid
A. B. Thompson, well-known auto
dealer of Echo, arrived yesterday for
the auto show which starts today. He
is stopping at the Imperial.
G. M. Cornett, stockgrower ol
Prineville, arrived in Portland yes
terday from a visit to his son who
operates an alfalfa ranch In the Im
perial valley, southern California Mr.
Cornett has' lived In eastern Oregon
for vears and operated the first auto
stage line from Sbaniko to Bend just ;
prior to the construction ot tne ure-
gon Trunk railroad. He is stopping at
the Imperial.
'Walter L. Tooze Jr.. et ux & Son,
McMinnvllle." reads a line on the
Sunday page of the Imperial register.
Mr. Tooze is a lawyer, consequently
it came natural for him to use the
legal phraseology when he registered
himself and family at the hotel for
a week-end visit.
R. W. Caldwell, who grows apples
which are sold in New York and other
parts of the country for fancy prices,
is stopping at the Perkins. Mr. Cald
well, of course, lives in the Hood
River valley.
M. J. Dick, timber operator of Kelso
Wash., is in Portland on a business
trip and Is a guest at the Perkins.
P. L. Sinclair, who operates a bank
at Ilwaco, Wash., and who attended
the Washington legislature as a rep
resentative. is stopping at the Port
land. Another guest at the Portland
who leans toward things political is
H. J. Overturf of Bend. -
R. H. Mattison. a department head
of the Seattle chamber of commerce,
and one of the real boosters of the
sound metropolis, is a guest at the
Multnomah. Mr. Mattison formerly
was secretary of the Seattle chamber
of commerce, but it has grown to such
proportions that he now has charge
cf one of the various departments.
C. H. Woodcock, a Corvallis banker.
Is a guest at the Imperial. Mrs. Wood
cock and daughter are with him.
Jullen Hurley, lawyer, irrigation
booster and state senator, is regis
tered at the Imperial from Vale. Sen
ator Hurley is author of many of the
Irrigation laws . now on the statute
books.
Frank H. Clerf, whose stock ranch
In southern Harney county, borders
the Nevada state line at intervals, is
a guest at the Imperial.
stream.
The tomahawks and spears;
Who tramped the torrid desert
through
And climbed the craggy crest
Till like an Eden lay in view
The garden of the west
Which they extol, my own heart'
home.
Fair Oregon, the blest.
And with rare faith and fortitude
They did. a patriots must.
They kept for freedom' multitude
The land they held In trust;
And placed one star of luster more
To grace Old Glory's blue
And now their spirits free explore
A dream land fair and new
Where they extol my own heart's
home.
.Fair Oregon, the blest.
For where' the land, ran equal mine?
Where can Its like be seen?
Where fruits from bush and tree and
vine
Are grown in valleys green:
Where roses rare perfume the air
And rivers dimpling glide
Between the fields of fortune rare
Where patriots yet abide
Who now extol my own heart's home.
Fair Oregon, the. blest. ,
'Mid grandeur, beauty, plenty, peace,
Brave men and women true
Find wealth and comfort's sure In
crease Through laboring thought and thew,
While waerfalls and rapid call
And lofty peaks inspire
The praise of him who rules u all
'And prompts each pure desire
And bids extol my own heart's home
Fair Oregon, the blest.
JOHN L. VESTAL.
I strive so hard to learn and under
stand. But mysteries abound on every hand.
And though 1 claim to have om
sense of them,
Of Truth' real garment Tv set
touched th hem!
In Other Day.
X Passports to Russia.
PORTLAND, Feb. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) As there are some Russians
talking of chartering a ship and going
to Russia I would like to know if It
would be possible for an American by
birth to get a passport to go with
them, and If so, how would he go
about It. A READER.
The United States does not Issue
passports to a country with which
It does not have diplomatic relations.
A passport to Russia ean therefore,
not be obtained.
Twenty-five fear At:
From The Oreon(an. February 24, tea.
Salem. The first lgn of weakness
of supporter of Senator Polph wa
given in a conference called for con
sultation today. The republican
minority also caucused and an
nounced that the 80 member stood
ready to vole aolldly for Governor
trfrd for United Slate senator If th
Polph men will give them enough
vote to elect.
San Franclco. -Charle Frazler ef
Portland won th three-mile blcycl
handicap here at th Olymplo club
charity field day rai-a. In :02.
Portland celebrated Washington'
birthday yesterdny with the longest
parade and most showy pageant that
ever appeared on th city streeta tin
der the suspires of th Junior Order
of American Mechanic. Lieutenant.
Colonel Summer headed th first
regiment.
Th temer Alton, on her regular
run from Salem yesterday, broke her
shaft nd blew out a cylinder head.
The Kellogg will tak th plc of
the Alton on the upper river.
1ST
Wll-
. Xine the Five Zone.
- Bovs Msgszlne.
Teacher Name the five zones.
PuDil Temperate, intemperate, a-ar.
' postal and O.
Fifty Tears Asa.
From Ttie Oreonln, Februarr 7.
Wnshlneton. Representative
son introduced a bill authorizing the
secretary of war to iransier to m.
c-retarv of the Interior tor opposi
tion under existing law the military
reservations at Fort Lan and Wal
lace, In Oregon.
Washington. The bill w filled
up In the hous granting lana to in
in the construction of a railroad from
Portland to Astoria and McMinnvllle.
Buffalo. Commodore Stephen
Champlain, the last surviving com
mander In tne natti oi v....
who commanded the Scorpion, from
which the first and last shot of that
battle wit fired, died her today.
s nrlvat wire from Washington
brings the Information that th bill
t make Portland a port of entry
passed th senate January II and will
pass th house a Boon It can b
reached In th regular order.
Information goldler Homesteads,
NEHALEM. Or.. Feb. li. To lit
Editor.) 1'lease tell me whom to
write to and where to find -nut about
any government land that I being
thrown open for homestesdlng. espe
cially where former service men ar
given th preference of first choice.
Write to secretary of th Interior
Washing-tun. D. C