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handled on a smaller issue of cur
lency, and that process might con
tinue until normal prices returned.
Then it seems that inflation of
currency is the reflection of inflated
prices. The one sure way to deflate
prices is to produce more, that is,
to do more work. The man who
works eight hours a. day instead of
ten, or six hours instead of eight,
restricts production and does his part
to raise pritt's for himself and every
ether man. Me has no right to com
plain of the high cost of living un
less he b:a.;ies himself along with
others.
TltAlTICKIXG IN NAMES.
Washington, Adams, Monroe, AVeb
ter all illustrious names in Amer
ican history. Three of them were
in turn prcsiden: of the United
States, ami one was fit to be pres
ident. :ind would have been, except
for the bitter factional differences
of his party and time. It may be a
mere coincidence that men bearing
these same great names arc now
offering themselves as candidates for
president and vice-president. Or it
may be that a desire to traffic in
the fame of distinguished Americans
has suggested to certain diminished
Washingtons, Adamses, Monroes and
Websters the idea that a grateful
people would permit them to make
political capital out of their geneal
ogy, actual or pretended.
A man named Monroe from May
wood, 111., caused his name to bo
placed as a candidate for president
before the democratic primary of
South Dakota. Probably we shall
hear more of Monroe in Oregon,
where eligible democrats are keep
ing, or seeking to keep, their names
off the ballot. It is a good chance
for Monroe. It is also a fine illustra
tion of the unaccountable workings
of the primary. It is a standing
challenge to little men to show that
they take seriously the school-book
fable that in America anybody may
become president.
One William Grant Webster got
the Oregon primary nomination for
vice-president in 1916, to the un
speakable humiliation of the state.
Now he is at it again, pursuing the
shadow of a great distinction through
a delusion that a national convention
may be caught napping. He is the
sole candidate for the vice-presidency
on the republican primary ticket of
Indiana, and will of course be in
dorsed. Is it possible that the republicans
of Oregon think so little of the good
name of their party that they will
permit it to be exploited by notoriety-seeking
nobodies like Webster
or Washington or Adams?
Is it possible that the democrats
have a like indifference to the fact
that no suitable nominee is yet pro
posed in their primary for president
TUE rUXISHMF-.VT OF THE SLACKER.
If Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has
any remnant of the instincts of man
hood, the contempt of tnose who are
no lonser his fellow-citizens will be
a greater punishment than the im
prison meat to which he has been
sentenced. To him came the oppor
tunity which has been offered only
once in a generation to American:
the opportunity to prove himself, as
it was expressed In former times, a
good, true man, whose spirit would
move him to despise bodily comfort
and safety when his country called
for defenders. He skulked away in
terror from the opportunity, and now
held in lower esteem than even
the criminals with whom he will be
forced to associate.
His offense is the greater because
under the constitution which he re
fused to defend he had enjoyed
wealth which he did not earn and
had had an education which would
have enabled a man of finer mold
to derive high pleasure from his for
tune. Other men with few posses
sions and laboring for a living an
swered the call gladly and fought
eagerly, proving their superior qual
ity to this slacker who doubtless held
himself above iliem, but he who had!
much to fight for let these others
do his share of the fighting. His
wealth now serves only to lift him
to a higher pillory before the public
gaze.
The scorn which Bergdoll endures
extends in a less degree to all those
who, though qualified to serve their
country, shirked their duty. When
asked what they did w-hen the great
test of manhood came, they will try
vainly to explain, for the truth will
be known and will make them ob
jects of aversion to all around them.
Happy is the man who does not need
to explain.
which aircraft played, their rapid
improvement and the exertions of
all the. belligerents to enlarge their
air fleets. Another outstanding fact
is that the United States was being
gradually drawn in. Yet the ad
ministration did nothing, or next to
nothing, to equip the army and navy
with airplanes.
The administration is between the
horns of a dilemma. It can only
defend Itself from the , charge of
having failed to produce aircraft
during the war by the plea that it
was guilty of remaining unprepared
before we were engaged. These
blind pacifists, trapped by their own
folly, plead one crime as apology for
another.
WOKR AXD CUBE INFLATION.
Present business and financial con
ditions are as favorable to the pro
duction of a large crop of amateur
economists, who have discovered the
precise cause and cure of the trou
ble, as were the panic years from
1S93 to 1S96. Notwithstanding the
paper famine, they have no diffi
culty in inducing some kind con
gressman to have their remedies
published in the Congressional Rec
ord. To that fact we owe an effu
sion from V. F. Newell in which he
places a large part of the blame on
the federal reserve banks and their
member banks.
In his view, high prices are largely
due to inflation of the currency,
which is continued in order that the
banks may make more money by
lending money. He points to the
vast increase in the volume of cur
rency, in rediscounts by federal re
serve banks and in deposits and
loans by the member banks during
the last few years as proof of in
flation and money-making, which he
considers especially wicked on the
part of federal reserve banks. He
says that this abundance of money
tempts business men to borrow and
hanks to lend, and helps to raise
prices. He insists that federal re
serve banks must start deflation by
gradually but steadily retiring their
paper money, and suggests that the
banks call one-fourth of their loans
in order to restore more normal con
ditions. The sure way to deflate the cur
rency is to deflate prices, for it
surely requires more money to fi
nance a sale of a thousand sacks of
potatoes at $5 than at $1. The surest
way to deflate prices is to increase
production, not only in this country
but in all countries to which we ex
port. There has certainly been a
large increase of production, meas
ured by quantity, not by value, dur
ing the last six years. That alone
justifies a considerable increase of
the currency, which is not inflation.
Before the federal reserve system
was established, it was said that we
had not enough currency to transact
the Business of the nation. To make
gooa that deficiency justifies a fur
ther increase, which is not inflation.
There remain the increase due to
high prices and that which is due
to the high production point of the
war as compared with whatever de
crease there has been since, if any,
6nd which is being reduced by rais
ing the discounts rate.
. Federal reserve banks are forbid
den to rediscount paper based on
any transaction except actual storage
or sale of goods, their note issue is
limited to the amount of such paper,
and as soon as the paper matures
the notes based on it are retired.
As that currency represents goods of
equal value on the way to consum
ers, it is not inflation. As member
banks cannot rediscount notes given
in speculative dealings, their loans
for that purpose are limited to the
amount which they can carry them
selves. Then the one great oppor
tunity to reduce the currency is to
reduce the volume of dealings in
commodities or to reduce prices.. If
prices should be sufficiently reduced,
a larger quantity of goods might be
TOO HASTY.
We are unable to follow the rea
soning of the city attorney in the
opinion in which lie holds that pur
chase by the city of the rails of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company would be unconstitutional.
It is true that the constitution pro
hibits any city, town or other munic
ipality from becoming a stockholder
in any joint stock company, corpora
tion or association whatever or from
raising money or icnuing its creull
to or in aid of any such company,
corporation or association. But the
proposition in issue, as we under
stand it, is not that the city acquire
an interest in the properties of the
street railway company by purchase
of shares of stock, or that it lend
its credit to the company.
The proposal is that the city buy
outright the tracks of the company
and that it then lease the tracks to
an operating company or contract
tor operation of street cars over
them with some individual or com
pany, presumably the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company, at a
stated rental.
"Such action," says Mr. LaRoche.
"would differ in principle not at all
from an original undertaking to con
struct at the city's own cost and
expense these tracks for the use of
the company. This would be. under j
me pian contemplated, raising money
and lending its credit to and in aid
cf this utility. Both the letter and
spirit of our constitution would be
violated."
Tet a proceeding, from which the
Portland proposal, according to the
city attorney, would not differ at all,
has been undertaken in Oregon and
it has been upheld by the supreme
court.
In February, 1914. the city of
Grants Tass voted to issue 200,000
in city bonds for the construction
cf ten miles of railroad. In the Sep
tember preceding this vote, the city
entered into a contract to lease the
railroad upon its completion to J. F.
Reddy for purposes of operation. In
an injunction suit brought by E. L.
Churchill, a taxpayer, the point was
raised that the contract with Mr.
Reddy was in violation of the section
of the constitution hereinbefore re
ferred to. The supreme court held
that the objection was not tenable.
If the city attorney had held that
there is some sort of distinction be
tween the Grants Pass case and the
Portland proposal there might have
been room for argument. But, while
he does not cite the Grants Pass
case, he in effect asserts that the
Portland proposal is identical there
with in principle yet unconstitutional
despite the supreme court.
The Oregonian is not prepared to
say that purchase- of the tracks of
the street car company is the best
way to avert the calamity of higher
fares in Portland. It is convinced,
however, that higher fares will not
remedy the plight of the company.
It would like to see the proposed rail
purchase considered on its merits
and not hastily shelved because of
an at least debatable theory that it
is unconstitutional.
THE RIGHT TO TOTE.
An opinion given by Charles K.
Hughes has done much to allay fears
lamong women suffrage enthusiasts
aroused by enemies of the principle.
It has been argued by those who
seem to have a special mission to
take the joy out of life, that ratifi
cation of the national amendment
will not confer the right to vote
upon women in any state where the
state constitution limits the suffrage
to males; that such a state in order
to confer suffrage upon women must
amend its own constitution; and that
in any event the national amendment
will permit women to vote only for
senators and representatives in con
gress. Mr. Hughes expresses the opinion
that the amendment will be immedi
ately self-executing and will render
invalid and therefore ineffective any
existing provision in any state con
stitution establishing a suffrage dis
qualification solely upon the ground
of sex.
If a practical illustration of the
effect of the amendment will further
allay the fears of ardent' suffragists,
they may be cited to a condition in
Oregon. Here there still exists in
the state's fundamental law a denial
of the right of suffrage to negroes.
Yet negroes vote for all candidates
from presidential elector down to
constable, and have so vote.d since
ratification of the fifteenth amend
ment to the federal constitution.
The equal suffrage national
amendment uses the exact language
of the fifteenth amendment, except
that in the earlier amendment denial
or abridgement of the right to vote
on the ground of race, color or pre
vious condition of servitude is pro
hibited, while the latter amendment
prohibits denial or abridgement on
account of sex.
It is a curious incident of history
that a few years ago an attempt
was made to eliminate from the state
constitution this apparent discrim
ination a"gainst negroes, on the
round that the section had been
nulliified by the federal amendment
and was surplusage. For an unde
termined reason the voters of the
state refused to repeal the amend
ment. Although thus reaffirmed as
a part of the Oregon constitution,
negroes still exercise the same rights
of suffrage as do whites.
the league covenant and the treaty
with Germany should be one instru
ment, though distinct in character
and purpose, and when enough sen
ators to prevent ratification declared
that they should be separated, he re
plied that they would be so inter
woven that the separation would
prove impossible. When he brought
back a treaty, he demanded that it
be ratified without change or even
reservation, and he made a speak
ing tour to intimidate the senate.
When some senators drew reserva
tions more moderate than those of
the majority of republicans, that
they might serve as a bridge to unite
all senators except the death bat
talion, Mr. Wilson denounced all res
ervations as nulllfiers and said he
could not distinguish between strong
and mild nullifiers.
Those senators who desired early
peace and a place for the United
States in the league with due safe
guards for American rights and in
terests therefore had the additional
motive of defending the place in the
government which the constitution
gave to the senate. The president's
insistence on ratification without any
beyond interpretative reservations
betrayed a purpose to drive it from
that place. The reservationist re
publicans could secure peace and
the legaue only by sacrifice of the
senate's co-ordinate share in making
treaties. This meant in effect to
tear out of the constitution a part
the importance of which has been
magnified by the larger place which
this country fills in world affairs.
It meant handing over to the presi
dent power to make treaties which
might soon become practically un
limited. By the exercise of just
such power Bismarck and the kaiser
formed the alliances which caused
the war. It therefore appeared to
these senators to be their imperative
duty to insist on effective reserva
tions, not only for the protection of
American interests abroad but for
the protection of the constitution.
They strove to save the treaty, to
make our position among nations
safe and at the same time to keep
the constitution intact at a vital
point. The obduracy of the presi
dent compelled them to sacrifice one
of these ends, and they sacrificed
the treaty in order to save the con
stitution, to save the country from
one-man rule.
TREATY
DEFENSE IS CONFESSION.
In his speech in the bouse de
fending the aircraft production board
from the attacks of the committee
which investigated its work in the
war. Representative Lea, the min
ority member of the committee, said:
When the -war in Europe began, the
United States was fourteenth among the
nations of this world in the amount that
it had contributed to aviation. We were
below China: we were- below Bulgaria; we
were below Spain. When the war started
In Europe th development of the airplane
followed under the Intense conditions of
war. The result was that when w
entered this war we were without th ex
perience, we were not even novices in.
building battle planes. When th war In
Europe started America In all her history
had never built one battle plane. There
was not a factory In America, there was
not a designer in America who had made
real battle planes. We .were not even
novices in th game of real battle-machine
production. We had made some small
types of engines, we bad mad some
training planes, we bad made a few ma
chines for the navy, but no battle planes
for the army, as they were known at that
time.
Then the best defense that the ad
ministration can make for Its failure
to produce aircraft during the war
is that it had done nothing to pro
duce them during the two years and
eight months of war that preceded
American participation. One of the
outstanding facts of the war during
that period was the Important part
LOST. BIT CONSTITCTION
SAVED.
Deeply as all Americans excert the
death battalion senators deplore the
senate's failure to ratify the treaty
of Versailles, that failure was the
only means by which all power over
foreign policy could be prevented
from passing Into the hands of the
president. As this nation has been
drawn closer to all others by the
revolution in means of communica
tion and as other nations have come
to look to this nation for leadership,
foreign affairs have assuuied a
larger place in the people's minds,"
and their importance seems destined
to grow until they may become con
trolling over domestic affairs. If the
Dresident had been permitted to
gather into his own hands absolute
direction of foreign affairs and to re
duce the senate's power to that of a
rubber stamp, he would soon have
become an autocrat, not only in for
eign relations, but over internal gov
ernment. This country might have
degenerated into an autocracy dwell
ing in the shell of a republic. It was
necessary to the preservation of the
republic that the senate should call
a halt to the aggrandizement of ex
ecutive power.
No doubt could be entertained by
one who watched the president's
course as to the direction in which
his policy tended. Before his advent
to power the senate had lost many
able members, who had been well or
ganized by leaders of strong charac
ter. When the democrats gained a
majority, the quality of the member
ship had already deteriorated, the
democratic party had no strong
leaders and they were so supremely
grateful to Mr. Wilson for having led
their party to victory after sixteen
years in opposition that they were
ready to follow his instructions as
those of a superior, though the con
stitution makes the senate his equal,
with whose advice and consent he
must act in making treaties. "Mr.
Wilson is the type of man that only
knows how to give orders and does
not know how to take advice and
seek the consent of an equal.
This reaching after dominant pow
er on the part of the president and
this spirit of self-effacement on the
part of the senate majority were
steadily impairing the character of
the senate as an active, co-ordinate
branch of the government. If the
people in November, 1918, had heed
ed Mr. Wilson's appeal for a man
date as their "unembarrassed spokes
man" in tmaking peace, the process
which had been hastened by the vest
ing of unusual war power in the
president might have-been completed
and the senate of the United States
might have sunk to that of Rome
under the Caesars. As it was, the
senate recovered its independence by
a bare majority.
Notwithstanding the adverse pop
ular verdict, the president still as
sumed that it had been in his favor
or that the patriotism which had
supported him in war would continue
to support him in making peace. He
ignored precedent by going to Paris
himself at the head of the peace
delegation without consulting the
senate or its committee on foreign
relations. He did not consult it as
to the general nature of the terms he
should seek in making the most im
portant treaty since the birth of the
republic one which must shape its
foreign policy, the size of its arma
ments and therefore the amount of
its taxes for many years to come. He
did not even appoint any senators
as delegates, as McKinley did in
1898; he did not seek confirmation
of those whom he did appoint,
though the senate was in session,
and at Paris he treated all of the
delegates except Colonel House as
clerks. He dictated to. the allies that
A BLIND HYMN WRITER.
The centenary of the birth of
Fanny Crosby is a reminder of the
progress we have made in intelligent
provision for the car,e and education
or the blind but it also calls to
mind that in all times there have
been heroic souls who triumphed
ever obstacles. Xo system of school
ing, however modern, could have in
stilled in this blind writer of hymns
and popular songs the quality which.
despite unfavorable conditions for
the blind of a century or so ago, en
abled her to achieve fame.
Fanny Crosby lost her sight when
she was 6 weeks old. She was edu
cated in a school for the blind in
New York in which later she be
came instructor in Greek and Roman
history and other branches, and she
continued to teach there until her
marriage to Alexander Van Alstyne
in 1S58. She was best known, how
ever, as the author of some thousand
hymns, many of which are contained
in Moody & Sankey's "Gospel
Hymns." Most of the elder genera
tion will recall "Safe in the Arms of
Jesus" and "Pass Me Not, O Gentle
Savior." Probably no hymn ever
written has been sung more fre
quently than the first of these. But
some of the old-timers wiU also re
member "There's Music in the Air'
aim riazei Jeu. uur taste in music
has changed, but it does not follow
that it has improved. Both of these
were quite as meritorious as any of
the so-called popular songs of today
It was easy to write music for the
Crosby songs. She had the sense of
rhythm in the highest possible degree
Her verses almost sang themselves.
bhe did a prodigious work for the
amelioration of the condition of the
blind, but she was also in her life
time a source of inspiration to mil
lions who, though possessing the
physical faculty of sight, saw far less
clearly than she did.
IT- PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES
Kansas Iarentor Frapoaea t Da
Away With Stereatyains;.
Charles H. Trapp of Topeka, Ksju,
a printer 40 years, has applied for
a patent on an Invention which he
believes will save 13 minutes in get
ting out a metropolitan newspaper.
He would revolutionize printing by
"printing from paper on paper," says
the Kansas City Star.
Mr. Trapp would eliminate the
metal molding of stereotyping by re
versing the type in universal use;
instead of the type letter being raised
it would be depressed, like a die or
a plate from which a calling card is
engraved.
The mechanical side of newspaper
making begins with the linotype,
which sets the matter, a line at a
time, in type metal. The type ie put
into a form the size of a page. In the
stereotyping room an impression in
papier mache is made of the page
and baked to give stability. This im
pression is the mat.
The mat Is put into a casting box
Into which molten metal is poured.
After cooling, the box is opened and
the metal impression, eemi-cyllndrical.
is removed. It is a negative repro
duction of the mat. The impression
then is clamped on a cylinder of the
press and away go the papers.
Mr. Trapp's invention would elim
inate that metal molding. He would
clamp the papier mache mat directly
to the cylinder of the press. Hav
ing used depressed type, his mat sur
face is raised instead of depressed,
making it possible to print from it
without going through the inter
mediate operation of molding in
metal.
New linotype matrices would be re
quired, a new device for taking gal
ley proofs and the process of making
pictures would be reversed.
Mr. Trapp has used a mat, made
from an electrotype shell for experi
mental "paper to paper" printing. It
works. The mat, be says, will give
more impressions without deteriorat
ing than the metal. i
Many small newspapers do not
stereotype because of the expense of
molding. With the ' Trapp process,
the inventor asserts the rotary press
would be economical.
The new German chancellor say
reactionaries will be swept out of the
army "with an iron broom." Still
the Old Prussian idea. The Germans
might get further if they would for
get this iron stuff occasionally and
try working with a feather duster.
If Mr. Daly wants a good start
in his new job, he might investigate
the why of the high price of pie in
some public places, pie being a
necessary article of food, even eaten
at breakfast by some and at all times
by a rising generation.
The move to put on road shows
during the summer is very good.
We have no heated term and
our playhouses, are comfortable with
scientific ventilation. The wise man
ager gives his patrons what they
want.
one court-martial sentence at
which the enlisted man isn't likely
to take exception is the one sending
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, rich draft
evader, to hard labor in a federal
penitentiary for five years.
The proposed wage increase for
the bituminous coal miners is $200,
000,000 quite a sum to be absorbed
by the consumers. Lay in your coal
early and avoid the shock.
Muncipal garbage collectors have
gone on strike in Chicago. This is
one case where we'd hardly expect
a rush of strike breakers to take
the vacant jobs.
Mr. Wilson's affliction, it is said,
borders on paralysis. That of some
oi nis wouia-oe party successors
borders on lunacy.
.One of the "beauties" of the pri
mary system is that a man who has
been in Oregon only a short time
can run for office.
President Wilson is going to
Wood's Hole, Mass., for a summer's
rest. . He evidently thinks there's
nothing in a name.
So accustomed are we to "April
weather" through the year we shall
not notice it tomorrow.
Warning to fools: Don't kick a
live wire tomorrow or pick up a red
hot stove.
Twelve cents as a starter for all
the Valley logans this year is a fair
otter.
To insure that life was extinct be
fore burial, Mrs. Clara Maney of
Hove, Sussex, England, gave direc
tions in her will for tests to be made
on her body.
fehe directed that a competent eur
geon be employed at a fee of 10
guineas, and that in order to ascer
tain that death had taken place, a
large darning needle be run to Its
full length into a fleshy part of her
body, preferably the thigh or upper
part of the arm, and allowed to re
main there for at least a quarter of
an hour.
"If on removing the needle any
discoloration be found thereon, it will
prove that I am not dead. After the
fact of death has been ascertained
in this way the surgeon is to sever
a main artery or apply any other test
that he may think fit."
She also directed that her husband,
sister or other relatives be present
to see that her wishes were carried
out. London Mail.
Denied the right of representation
in congress. District of Columbia
folks are going to have a "play"
election all their own, by way of
demonstrating their desire for enfranchisement.
A voting machine has been pur
chased as part of the campaign for '
district enfranchisement. It is be-
ing viewed with awe by Washington
people, many of whom never saw one.
District enfranchisement legislation
is pending whereby the district would
be represented in both senate and
house.
A romance that had its inception
in 1S62 culminated in Lexington. Ky.,
the other day, in .the marriage of
Bdward F. Haley and Mrs. Joseph
Bales, wealthy widow, who says she
is a third cousin of President Wil
son. Fifty-eight years ago Haley kissed
his cousin, Mattie Maupin, then 7
years old, and marched away to war.
About four weeks ago there was
a knock at the door of Mrs. Bales'
home, and she was greeted by a man
who said he was "Cousin Ed." March
18 they were married.
Robert Underwood Johnson's ap
pointment as ambassador to Italy re
calls the other literary men who have
filled diplomatic posts for the United
States. Among them have been the
following: Washington Irving was
accredited to Spain in 1842; George
Bancroft to Great Britain in 1846 and
to Germany In 1867; Charles Francis
Adams to Great Britain in 1861;
Motley to Great Britain in 1869;
George H. Boker to Turkey in 1871;
Lowell to Spain in 1877 and to Great
Britain in 1SS0; Bayard. Taylor to
Germany in 1878; Lew Wallace to
Turkey in 1882; Andrew D. White to
Germany in 1879 and 1S97 and to
Russia in 1892; John Hay to Great
Britain in 1897. If journalists were
ncluded the list would be longer.
Argonaut.
Why do you refuse to send your
daughter to a cooking school?"
"Because I desire her to grow up
to.be a kind, helpful and courteous
lady. I don't want her to be tempted
to assume the arrogance character
istic of the modern cook." Washing
ton Star.
Those Who Come and Go.
To get some authentic Information
regarding the steelhead of the Rogue
river. Dr. W. H. Rich passed through
Portland vesterdav on his way to
assist In exDeriments. Nothing defi
nlte has been planned, but in a hazy
war the idea is to attacn silver ias
to a large number of young fish and
turn them loose. In three or four
years, perhaps, the steelhead will be
caucht by fishermen, ana Dy ascer
taining when and where they are
caught some light will be tnrown on
the history of the fish. The tagging
will probably be performed at the
Applegate or the Rogue river natcn
eries, or both. In this connection it
mav be observed that the hatchery a
Rogue river. 30 miles above Medford,
was located there by the late R. D.
Hume as a result of tagging salmon
fry a good many years ago. These
fish tagged bv Mr. Hume returned
mainly to the Rogue, but some were
caught in the Chetco and on Portal
river.
A fellow never knows just what's
going to happen when he strays away
from his own "hum town." For in
stance. L. F. Conn, who tempers jus
tice alone with mercy, common sense
and other things on the circuit bench
down Prineville way, was strolling
about the Imperial lobby yesterday
when John McCourt, presiding Judge
of the local judicial district, grabbed
him by the arm. "You're just the fel
low I want." quoth John. And before
the astonished jurist from Prineville
could gather himself together he was
on his wav to the courthouse. He
was impressed into service as an
extra judge yesterday and disposed of
two cases before he called it a day
Judge Conn is in the city for a brief
visit.
"There must be a million or so of
herriuz swarming in laquina oaj.
declares A. C. Walters, who has re
turned to Portland after six months
at Newport. "I've been going to tnc
hav for eieht vears. and naver oeiore
saw such a run or herrings. xu can
stand on the bank and pull tnem out
th fish are so thick. I saw one
farmer with a wagonload of herring,
which he was taking to his ranch to
use for fertilizer. Fishermen are
pulling in herring by the ton and can
eet more than the storage plant can
accommodate.
Lone before W. Pollock, who is on
mm or his rreauent trips lu
Hotel Oregon from Albany, ever saw
that thriving community, it was
known as Takena, a name quite satis
factory to the Indians and the early
nioneers. for a while. However, some
one or other took a violent dislike
to referring to the young settlement
as Takena and laid the grievance
before the legislature, and in 1854 tho
legislature rechristened the place and
named it Albany.
Half a dozen Chinese in natty
uniforms marched into the Hotel Port
land vesterdav and came to atten
tion in front of the desk. Tom Fln
nigan, who was pres.iding over the
register and speared a commission
in the war, began giving the look
see to these representatives of the
Chinese army and then he discovered
he made a miscue, they were Y. M.
C. A. secretaries. The sextet con
sisted of Elijah S. Xich, Y. F. Lin, M.
Y. Chang, Chtng Fan Li and U S.
Chen.
There must be a lot of money in
the lumber business judging from
the way the lumber and timber men
are always coming to town, which
means railroad fares and sleepers
and hotel expenses A. R. Rogers of
Minneapolis, who owns far more tim
ber in Oregon than 9" per cent of the
natives, is an arrival at the Benson
and Intends Inquiring how the trees
are getting along, by a personal in
spection. "I do not intend being a candi
date," confessed K. W. Haines of
Hillsboro. who is at the Imperial. Mr.
Haines was once upon a time a mem
ber of the state senate and president
of that body and he was a represen
tative for Washington county In the
regular session of 1919 and the recent
special session. He intimates that
there will be no shortage of candi
dates ill Washington county.
Still denying that he has any desire
to "rvu Representative Hawley out of
his seat at Washington. A. W. Xorblad
of Astoria is at the Seward. Mr. Xor
blad doesn't deny that he would just
as soon as not represent a district
of Orenon at the national headquar
ters. but he is willing to wait say
until a new congressional district is
formed of the coast counties.
Jt must be rather quiet in IVml just
now. for A Whisnant. one of Bend's
limited number of editors, is regis
teied at the Benson. Whiz Is as
effervescent as ever and maintains
that if he ever has to leave L?end. the
only place that would compare with
it is heaven. 'Mr. Whisnant always
uses the initial "A." Rivul editors
say that it stands for Archibald.
A different idea of progress from
that usually held is given by A. Ed
ward Newton, who, in the Atlantic
Monthly, writes:
I was dining once In London, quite
Informally, with a great electrical
engineer, a very trig maid in attend
ance. On the table near my host s
right hand was a small block of
white marble and a tiny silver mallet.
When he wanted the maid he struck
the marble a resounding blow.
I was somewhat amused and asked
him if he had ever heard of a push
button for the same purpose.
"My boy, I have." was his reply,
but I get enough of electrical de
vices in the city; I don't want a
single one of them in my own home.
I've not come yet to using gas; I
prefer candles; they are not so likely
to' get out of order. I hate this
pushing a dimple and waiting for
something to happen. When I make
a noise myself I begin to feel a sense
of progress; that's what we stand for
in this country" with a knowing
wink "progress."
V. Kramer registered from a town
with a fancy name at the Jmperinl,
He is from Criterion. Yes, it is in
Oregon and is situated In Wasco
county. Its altitude is 2300 feet and
its population more or less than 100.
Anyone who likes mountain scenery
can get their fill at Criterion.
Councilman C. W. Loggan of Burns
is anion; the arrivals at the Imperial,
The neoule of Burns will never be
satisfied until they can get a daily
mail route from Bend and not re
ceive their newspapers when the
news is several days old.
Long an advocate of the "open
river," R. Schleicher of iewiston
Idaho, is at the Hotel Washington, re
turning from a trip to California with
his wife. The couple are visiting
friends in Portland for a few days be
fore continuing on to Lewiston.
J. H. Jeffrey of fhe Wheeler Lum
ber company is at the Nortonia while
in Portland on business. Wheeler is
a sawmill town on Nehalem bay and
was densely populated with "sprucers
during the war.
J. W. Wentworth, who is proprie
tor of a department store in Spokane,
is at the Nortonia with Mrs. Went
worth. They have been visiting ir
California.
Sheriff C. E. Terrill of Jackson
county is at the Imperial with Mrs
Terrill from Medford. The sheriff in
tends going to Pugct sound today on
business.
Rev. F. R. Leach is at the Hotel
Washington from Manistee, Mich., a
town celebrated In song in musical
comedy. He ia in the city on church
work.
R. H. Wright, president and general
manager of the Pacific Coast Devel
opment company of Vancouver, B. C,
is registered with Mrs. Wright at the
Multnomah.
A. A. Ryer, secretary of the Ryer
Grain company of Seattle, is at the
Multnomah while browsing around
for grain information.
Sheepmen at the Perkins are R. W.
Kevs of Fossil and T. S. Jackson and
l E. R. Carnine of Condon.
J. A. Miller, executive secretary for
the chamber of commerce at Belling-
ham. Wash., Is at the Multnomah.
TRIE OPINIONS AKE MOT KNOWN
Indignant Repnbllcaa Gives History
af Mr. Polnaxers Political Flops.
PORTLAND, March JO (To the
Editor.) I have been reading with
much interest in The Oregonian and
other newspapers of the candidacy
of Senator Miles Polndexter for the
republican nomination of president of
the United States. When I first
learned of his candidacy I must con
fess that I was greatly surprised, and
for good and sufficient reasons con
sidered it very unusual in view of
the fact that people generally expect
that the ensuing presidential election
will place a tried and true republican
in the White House. You will pardon
me for presuming upon your time and
Bpace to say something about the po
litical record of Miles Polndexter, but
I believe it ia my duty to do so. now
that he Is actively in our midst with
established headquarters and cam
paign manager to seek republican
votes to send delegates favorable to
rum to the Chicago convention
With many years of personal
knowledge of the man it Is impossible
for me to know what he honestly
stands for, and what party, If any.
he honestly belongs to. But I do say
emphatically that he has no right to
come Into this state, where his politi
cal record is very little known, and
endeavor to force his candidacy on
the republicans, who might be led to
think by his propaganda that he Is a
republican at heart and fit to be the
standard bearer of the purty in the
coming national election.
Miles Poindoxter. a Virginia demo
crat, arrived in Walla Walla a young
man in 1S92, and was elected by the
democrats prosecuting attorney of
Walla Walla county. About five
years later he moved to Spokane.
where he declared himself a republic
an, Spokane being a republican
stronghold, and later ran as a repub
liran for Judge of superior court, to
which he was elected. He served
four years until lKOS. when he re
signed and was elected to congress
on an anti-Cunnon platform. He bit
tcrly assailed the republicans, of
course, In congress, and everything
the great organization of republicans
had accomplished in congress. When
ever he got a chance to speak in
congress his pet bobby was to at
tack the members of the republican
party who did not agree with him.
In 1910, when no normal republic
n thought that Poindexter had the
slightest chance for United Statea
senator, he filed for that office Just
the same. Judge Thomas Burke and
former United States Senator John L.
Wilson were candidates end repre
sented the genuine republicans of the
state. A factional fight arose be
tween the two latter, and to the
amazement of everyone Polndexter
was elected senator. Two years later
he. Bull Moosed and fought the re
publican party to a finish In the cam
paign throughout the state of Wash
ington. In 1913 he went back to his
old love, the democratic party, and
voted for the Underwood tariff bill,
which the republican senators unan
imously opposed to the bitter end. In
1916 he was re-elected to the senate
by defeating Congressman Humphrey
for the nomination. The latter was
not popular, but Insisted upon run
ning for the senate, and the repub
licans opposed to him knew it would
be disastrous to force the candidacy
of one of their own men agalrat him
for fear of splitting the vote ngalnst
Poindexter and leaving Poindexter
alone with him in the race. Poln
dexter won by receiving votes of
hose who did not like him. but loved
Humphrey less, and the votes, alo.
of many democrats, socialists and
non-partisans in the primary.
With a record politically such as
Poitidexter's of a changed coat at
almost every election, and of re
lated attempts to prejudice the peo
ple of his slate aralmt the laipe
business Interests of his country. It
ecms that some one should at this
ime expone him to the American
voters, for the somersault nc una
ust made to get votes tor nimstii u
for president.
Poindexter is "oul-cannoniiina - n
on." Uncle Jne was a standpatter
rom Pitersvllie. nut roinuexier in
is platform and speeches this year
roves that ne is uinaina wmiv
gainst his old-time friends and for
he terrible enemy of "stHiidpatism
nri hlir bus ness. Hat nils lliun
really believes in no one ever knows,
and no one ever will. He hns no
political principles that will stand
the test of a day. He has his nerve
to ask the republican party to nom
inate him for any office. Out with
him for good and ever! Also with
his oily manager. Jonathan Bourne,
who has done more to destroy the
republican party in this state limn
any
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jajaea J. Maatagae.
NOTUING NEW.
From time to time a saga appear
(Aa sages every now and then do)
And loudly promulgate his fears
That women know far mora than
, men do.
And then ha gravely bowa his head.
Obsessed with an uneasy nolloo
That what he Just has gone and M
Will raise thundering commotion.
Bnt no protesting toIc Is raised
'To challenge his surprising state
ment; No man la puzzled or amazed.
No pleas are offered In abatement
And. though his bliloglral facta
Ar very solemnly attested
And proofs adduced, nobody acta
Disturbed, or even I rite rested.
The men have not a word to aa.
They cannot break a verbal deadlock
They entered in the very day
That they embraced ths stata af
wedlock.
They do not rage or fume or fret.
For, even though disposed to doubt
It
They're too experienced to get
in any argument about It
The women do not even heed
This stern pronouncement of the
sages.
But calmly knit or talk or read
The newest author's raev paces.
For, since first picrred by Cupid's
darts
The yearning brsast of Adam
panted.
The ladies, bless thetr Tittle hearts.
Have always taken It for granted.
Many Are Called, i:e.
Mighty few of the graduates rf
presidential primaries will ever gel
into the electoral college.
Tkey Always Are.
The party platforms will he plenty
dry enough without any prohibition
planks.
(Copyright 1920, by the. Fell Syndi
cate, inc.)
In Other Days.
Prom The Oregonian. March 81, UNI.
Washington. Kcceipts of the gov
ernment for the month of March will
again fall below receipts, to lh
amount of $231,000 for this month.
For the nine months the deficit is
J.16,000.000 for the fiscal year to date.
Bethlehem. Pa. The hardest fard
plate ever shot, at was tested today at
the proving grounds of the cornpanv.
and resulted In the government ac
cepting 6.'0 tons, for the two turrets
of the battleship Orecnn and 10
diagonal plates for the Iowa.
Marysvlile, CaL Sheriff Ret Bard of
Tehama county was killed bv a shoe
fired by one of the robbers ho hedl
up the Oregon express early this
morning at Itced n station, after he
had shot and killed one of the rob
bers. Fireman Nethercolt received
two wounds that may prove fatal.
TweKe applicants pasxed the ex
amination esterday before Ihe Htate
medical board and were llccnted to
practice medicine.
Fifty Tears Asa,
T'roni The Orccenlan of Jlarrh 3t, l,n
asliingtnn. The news of the
death of General GeorEe Tl. Thomas
has occH.sioned jrreut eadncs. It win
nnounced ye-terday in orders to the
rmy.
Elmlra. .V. T. The alorins In this
lefnity worVefl (Treat havoc In the
destruction of farm houses and other
ropcrt y.
I.ondon.
I dead.
-Green, the grrat aeronaut.
man who ever nveu uir.
J. II. MORRISON",
cu.m; svii'. om.y fair om:.
Intermediate Propert r-Ow arr HII By
I'.llmlnalion of Special ( barcrs.
PORTLAND. March 20. (To the
Editor.) In the case of the street car
fares there are three parties involved:
The street car company, the street car
patrons and the taxpayers. The street
car enmuunv needs more revenue. A
20 tier cent raise in revenue and
100 per cent raise in expenditure will
bankrUDt the same. I lie street ca
patrons see that they get alf for their
money they can. right or wrong. 1 he
taxpayer is liable to have to foot the
bill.
If wc bail more Panlel Websters to
whose words about Justice Mr. H. H.
Cory refers at the close of his uis
sentinn- minority report, the case
would be simple. We would see that
it Is not just that one passenger
should ride 12 or 18 miles for cents
and another pay the same for a one
mile ride.
If neoDle buy cheap lots in The sub
urbs they should not expect those
people who own their homes closer
In to make the loss of the street car
company good by paying the same
amount for lets service being in ad
dition burdened by higher taxation
to enable the street car company to
give outlying districts better service
than they receive. The cars are
crowded by the time they get In
town with standing room only. What
would we tiiink of a competitive busi
ness which would charge Its patrons
as much for a stale egg as for a
dor.en fresh ones Because tne patron
could u.-e only one? It would be
mnk iniust ce. The car company is
obliircd to do the same under presont
conditions.
Justice is not tne leauing motive;
it is expedience by which we are
mc. o-nirlcri in our affairs, and we
only too often make Peter pay for
Paul. We put the tiurden oi a con
venience by which the outlying ais
tricts and centralized business houses
are benefited on the Intermediate res
idence district. The latter is hurt If
e relieve the car company irom iixeo
charges and put them on the taxpay
ers. Let every man pay for what he
receives. If he wants to ride 12 miles
let him pay for it. No car company
should be expected to transport a
passenger for one-half cent per mile.
It cannot be done and pay expenses.
It would be easy to zone tne cars
with aia-ns and prices, varying as the
ear would come nearer the outlying
zone and in returning come nearer
the center of the city.
WILLIAM lSfc,.St.t..
H. L. Pit lock and 1? other resident.
f Washington street have applied for
lamp nt Ihe corner of Washington
and Klghlh si nets. The petition was
referred to the committee on streets
and public property.
m:i:i ftw.ti'Piw; imv itt: ai.i.id.
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Fxchanars Once Social l usclloa
Sarins; f Year.
POKTLANP, March ;! (To II,
Kditor.) This Is the season for plain
ing or preparing the Krouttil. and
those who have an Interest In their
homes and gardens are looking
through the attractive catalogue for
seeds and plants.
I wonder If some old-fashion-.'!
housewife remembers the sociable
times when the s;ick containing Ear
den seeds was hrouaht out for the
visitor, and seed 'swapping'' was
common! Also, ni this season, the
practice was not uncommon to "bor
row" seftinic hens, with a possible
exchange of pitch for setting.
The other d.iy I heard two visltois
rxchatiKliig experiences. They were
interested also In ttardcnlnff.
They were, enthusiastic and cheer
ful. One of them said she was keep
ing up her home and curing fur five
lots. She plants everything beside
saving the fruit from the trees on
her grounii.
The other had but one lot. There
are several fruit trees on It. The
ground had to he spaded, so she
bravely did all Ihe spnriltiK, plantinc
and caring for the garden.
These women are up with the tun
and the robins while others are tak
ing their "beauty sleep," Their llv
are full, they give a helping band
to others, less fortunate. In many
ways they radiate love and good will
They are both past 70.
They hare learned a valuable and
beautiful secret of keeping younit
without the aid of cosmetics.
MATTIK Kt'U.Ni; ROSS
lax aa Head or Family.
PORTIiAND. March 50. (To the Kd
itor.) My wife has been dead three
years. Am I claused as married or
single man? My daughter I l!ti; she
keeps houso for me. My son is SI.
He goes to college. They both ate
dependent on me for support. My
salary' lt year was t:60. Do I have
to pay income tax? J. (5. U
Tou are the head of a familv a
if your net income from all wiurces
was less than 2000 you are not re
quired to file a return or pay Income
tax.
Real Reason for Abstinence.
Exchange.
Tell me truly why you gave
drink."
"Well, dear, the last time your
up
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A. M. Williams, president of the I mother was here I came home late
college at Albany, Is among the ar-1 and saw three of her. The shock
rivals at the Seward. ' cured me."
IV CI.OTH AN! I.KTlir.R
HOI n FOR AM.
TO IllCAU.
Just books entitles that have
grown from tho fancy and
learning of many art author, to
please and to Instruct In paR-ea
more lasting than mere mor
tality. The well-read man or woman
dwells In a world that Is ever
broadening, as new books dis
close new horiaona. Or one
may step, throuah the doorway
of romance or history. Into the
glamour of old days.
All that Is best snd latest In
the book world Is discussed,
soon after publication. In the
page of book reviews, a fea
ture of the Sunday tasue.
If you follow the reviewer ths
choice of your next volume la
made certain and pleasant.
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