10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, wednesdat; APRIT 1020 Jttotntttjgi B&$Mmn J ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. ITTTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co., 135 Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon. C A. MORDEN. B. B. PIPKR. Mtnaier. Editor. The Oregonian is a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to tt r not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. tabacrtptloa Rates Invariably In AdYance. (By Mall. Tf!r. RunrtaT Included, one Tear .$S.O0 Imly, Sunday included, six months ... 4.25 I'auy, unaay Included, three rnontns. . -o I'atly, Punday included, one month ... .75 Ially, without Sunday, one year ...... 6.00 Tmily, without Sunday, six months .... 3.25 Txlly, without Sunday, one month 0 Weekly, one year LOO Sunday, one year 6.00 (By Carrier.) 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It carries us back to the days when young men volunteered by hundreds of thousands and when dollar-a-day men flocked to the service of the country, to the ardent welcome ex tended to the allied missions, to the readiness with which all tradition was broken by passage of the draft law, to the rush with which the first liberty loan was subscribed, to the good will with which the house wives Hooverized. The people went Into the war, heart and soul, with just enough exceptions to prove the rule, and they were a nation of volunteers. The government gave a demon stration of a huge machine getting In motion with many creaks and groans, but finally made an impres sion of much action by much run iiing to and fro and many jubilations over the great things that it accom plished. The people made due al lowance for its unpreparedness and credited it with doing wonders. Not till the war was over did they learn the full truth about the blundering, muddling and inexcusable delays, as a result of which our men went into battle with guns, airplanes and tanks supplied by the allies. After the armistice unlocked many secrets we learned how near the submarines were to cutting the line of communi cation across the Atlantic, and by how narrow a margin the allies were saved from famine in the early months of 1918, while our govern ment was still pre'paring to get Into the war in 1919 and 1920. We have learned -that the allies almost lost hope in the German drives of 1918. and how the Americans went into action just in time to stop the onrush on Paris, to revive the drooping courage of the allies and to break the morale of the boches. After reading the exhilarating Btory of the American battles which began In May and continued till the German surrender, we have realized that the victory -was won by the soldiers." There were no great feats of strategy, but the soldiers were taken to the place where the Ger mans were, were turned loose at them and did not stop driving them till Sedan was reached. . When the armistice was signed, natural exultation was tempered with apprehension lest' we had stopped before the job was finished. The cry for "unconditional surren der" was sounding through the coun try when Germany was granted an armistice before an allied soldier had set foot on German soil. That feel ing Increased the revulsion of senti ment from the high pitch of idealism which had been struck at the be ginning to concentration on national and individual affairs which fol-' lowed Armistice day. Before fight ing ceased President Wilson jarred national unity with his appeal to partisanship, and thus sounded the keynote for the jangled chords which have been rung in the treaty debate. By his assumption of autocratic power, his descent from the heights to which he had lifted the people's minds to the depths of party strife, and by his sacrifice of the world's peaco rather than let the senate tamper with . his handiwork, he turned us aside from the lofty pur pose with which we went to war. He made the opportunity for those who would have us close our mlnda to the lessons of the war, close our eyes to a chaotic world and busy ourselves only with our own national ' affairs. Before another war anniversary arrives the people will have passed judgment on the administration of the last four years and on the. issues " which the events of that period have raised. Such straws as now fly in the political wind tell us that they liave already recovered from the re action which peace brought, and are determined to vindicate themselves in the eyes of the world from the suspicion of supreme selfishness which defeat of the treaty has raised. They are now preparing to give such a decision next November as will reassure the world that the United States intends to do its full part of the work that is to be done for peace, for the rights of nations and for civilization, while putting their own house in order, that they may better do their part and care for their, own interests. They have not forsaken idealism, but they keep it ' in iu proper relation to realities. CHEMICAL LEADERSHIP. The scientific lessons of the recent war have not been lost on leaders of thought In Great Britain, accord ing to the frank statement made by a chemistry professor of Bristol uni versity before a convention of Ro tarian clubs in London. "Germany's chemical position," he said, "is still immeasurably superior to ours." He pointed out that If'Von Spee's squadron had not been sunk Eng land's supplies of nitrates would have been cut off and the war would liave been" lost. The most alarming outcome of the war he declared to be the new chemical arm, and the r. mmonta future of Europe, he said, lay with the Germans, who still aro in a position to supply essential fertilizers to the whole continent. It was an admission entirely free from chauvinism. Speaking as . a scientist, the professor added that It would take at least a generation to place Great Britain on even terms with her former enemy In the chem ical industries. That there is in the situation a warning for other coun tries also will be inferred from the further prediction that "if It were possible to create a fog for any length of time, the nation that first discovered it would have the rest of the world In Its pocket." The bearing of scientific progress on the industries of peace is only beginning to be understood in Amer ica. Independence of other nations in this 'respect, which almost gave the central empires the victory in the late world war, was due in large measure to a government policy of fostering research which It would be absurd to Ignore. British admission of continued German leadership In this field ought to mean something to other nations than Great Britain MR. TASDKRUP'8 VISIT. By entertaining Frank A. Vander lip, Portland will pay due honor to one of the leaders among the new type of big business men. Though satirized and cartooned as the im personation of selfishness and greed, many men of this type answered to the call for patriotic service during the war, shining by contrast with others of their class who seized the opportunity to enrich themselves further. Handing over to others his work as president of the country's biggest bank, Mr. Vanderlip took charge of the sale of war savings stamps and, while raising war funds, taught tha first lesson of thrift to many of h9 tellow-citizens at a time when they were surrounded by temptations to extravagance. Soon after that work was finished he went on a voluntary mission to study the social and eco nomic condition of Europe and he wrote a series of newspaper articles, which The Oregonian published, de scribing that stricken continent and telling what Americans should do for it from motives of humanity and self-interest. He Is the apostle of the new dollar diplomacy, which would apply Amer ican capital to the revival of industry and prosperity in countries which the war has deprived of the mate rials, tools and machinery with which to work and the money with which to buy them. He shows that we must combine business with mercy, since the people who need help have been our best customers, and will be again when put on their teet. He was among the chief of the leaders in finance and business of this and other countries who ad dressed a memorial to the allied supreme council defining a policy by which this and other countries which have surplus capital can help those which the war has left In poverty to resume and increase production. He is now going to the orient, in order to extend that work to China. Portland is pleased to honor this man and his work enlists the sup port of this city's cool business head and Its warm sympathetic heart. He has been most active in extension of American commerce, in which this port has renewed Its activity, and expansion of trans-Pacific trade should result from his voyage across that ocean. IF FRANCE SHOULD HOLD THE RHINE France's determination to occupy Indefinitely the German territory west of the Rhine signifies a relapse to the position held by France and Germany toward each other before the war a position of armed defense which may at any time change to offense, with occupation of territory for military reasons Instead of through choice of the population to which country they will be joined It suggests that. In the absence of any new agreement among nations to punish aggression and thus to prevent war, France and Germany will sit on opposite banks of the Rhine glowering at each other until, perhaps after another half century. they will spring' at each other for another titanic struggle. It means that during that . pfcriod each will form alliances with neighboring na tions and that the whole dreary story of 1870 to 1914 will be told again But the blame would not rest on France. After four assaults within a century France is justified in mak ing self-defense the first considera tion, and the part of Germany which would be brought under French rule must pay the penalty for the crimes of the whole nation. France had agreed to. accept other security in the shape of a general guaranty against aggression given " by the league of nations and a special guar anty given by the United States and Great Britain, each contingent on fulfilment of the other, but taose promises have not been kept and, in obedience to the law of self-preservation, France must fall back on the first demand for the Rhine as a safe, strategic frontier. Germany is in no position to pro test, for it has already violated the treaty of "Versailles .in many par ticulars and thereby has brought into prominence part , 14 of the treaty relating to guarantees. This provides for allied occupation of the Rhine provinces for fifteen years, with gradual evacuation of specified areas "if the conditions are faith fully carried out by Germany;" that if during or after that' period "Ger many refuses to observe the whole or part of her obligations with re gard to reparations, the whole or part of the areas specified will be re-occupied immediately;" and that if at the expiratipn of the fifteen years "the guarantees are not con sidered sufficient" by the allies, "the evacuation may be delayed." Then the decision which the World cor respondent says that France has reached will be justified if Germany persists in violation of the treaty and if .the league and the United States and Great Britain fail to give the alternative guaranties which France agreed to accept. If the territorial terms of the treaty should be carried out, includ ing the cession of Upper Silesia to Poland, France and Germany would be more nearly matched than they were in 1914. Recovery of Alsace- Lorraine would go far to compen sate In population for loss of men In the war, leaving out of account the German Rhineland people. The population of Germany would be re aucea to about 50,000,000, and it would have lost almost half Its coal supply, half Its iron output, one fourth of its production of grain and potatoes, much lead and zinc and its monopoly of the world's potash ana as to coal, iron and potash France would gain the greater part of what Germany lost. . France has lost Russia as an ally, but self-interest would probably lead Britain to come to its aid, and Germany has lost Austria and Turkey, and has no powerful allies In prospect. If affairs should continue on their present course and if the league should not become an effective farce to prevent aggression, Europe could only look forward to a new align ment of nations in preparation for another struggle to which from the outset the United States could not remain a mere spectator. EVERT BODY'S PROBLEM. The woman who in a letter today makes a pointless reference to sale of watered stock by the street rail way company, unwittingly confesses that she is aninvestor in the equiva lent -of watered stock. Her watered stock is the speculative portion of the purchase price of real estate bought thirty years ago which she cannot now sell for the price she paid for it. But the similarity between her case and that of the street railway company ends there. There is no proposal that the city help the street railway company to obtain a profit on its watered stock, whereas this realty owner wishes to unload her watered stock upon the public. ' The relief proposed for the street railway company will in no event enable the company to obtain a fail return upon more than the - value of Its property as appraised by the public service commission, a body elected and maintained by the people of the state. If at any time the profits are excessive upon that ap praisal the company will be forced to reduce fares. If there is water in its stock the company can not realize on it. There is another difference be tween the case of the real estate speculator and the public utility. The city or state has Clever under taken to regulate Individual profits on real estate. "Cut In effect the state has said to the public utility: "You make so much money on the actual value of your property and no more.'" If real estate sales were similarly regulated this corre spondent's real estate would be ap praised by an official body, not at the speculative price she paid for it, but at its actual worth. She would then be permitted, to sell it at a fair profit and no more. If she con tinued to hold the property and later desired to sell under changed condi tions at a still greater . price she would be required first to gain the consent of the official body. If there were such a regulation of sales - of real property, then and only then this correspondent would have a just demand upon the city to help her unload If she could not otherwise sell at a fair profit over and above the fair appraisal. But has the property owner who Is privileged to take a thousand per cent profit If he can get it-or any other profit and now complains that there is no profit to be had in real estate but still objects to extension of any form of relief to the street railway company, considered the ef tect of an 8-centfare or the possible alternative of a bankrupt traction company? Either one would further diminish the market value of unpro ductive real estate. The average owner of unproductive real estate needs to comprehend that the prob- lem of the street railway company which is not one of profit-making but of payment of going expenses, a problem of sheer existence is his problem as much as It is the com pany's. REFORM THE TREATY-MAKING " POWER. One effect of the treaty deadlock has been criticism of the constitu tional provision fpr negotiation and ratification of treaties, and discus sion of amendments which would clarify that provision and avoid .con flicts on ratification. The constitution gives the pres ident "authority to "make" treaties "by and with the advice and consent of the senate, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur." The word "make" is evidently used to include the whole process from be ginning of negotiations to ratifica tion, hence the advice and consent of the senate would be required for the first as well as the last stage of that process. Washington and his immediate successors followed this construction by seeking the advice of the senate before entering upon ne gotiations, though the Jay treaty was a notable exception, but this method had . obvious disadvantages. Witli.l tacit consent of the senate, later presidents, through the secretary of state or other delegates, negotiated treaties ' without prior consultation with the senate and then submitted them to that body for ratification, but there Were frequent returns to the earlier practice, notably in settle ment of the Oregon boundary. The later practice has been proved to have serious drawbacks, of which the present deadlock is an example. Not the least evil growing out of It Is President Wilson's attempt at ab solute control of foreign relations, which would rule out the senate's advice at a stage when it could have effect and would make Its consent a mere formality. Treaties have ah the effect of laws and deeply affect domestic laws, yet the Wilson Idea would constitute the president sole maker of them. Senator Owen pro poses that the authority of the sen ate be restored and defined and that deadlocks be prevented by adoption of the following amendment: The president shall have power, by and with the advice of the senate, to frame treaties, and. with the consent of the senate, a majority of the senate present concurring thereia, to conclude the same. Under that plan the president would be obliged to obtain and to follow the advice of the senate In the process of framing treaties. This would probably be accomplished by the adoption of senate resolutions defining the general principles and terms on which he should Insist and by appointment of one or more sen ators among the delegates who would negotiate. Objection might be made that the senate's well-known inabil ity to keep secrets would put the delegates at a disadvantage, and that It might extend advice to the point where it would lay down precise terms and would leave the delegates no latitude for negotiation. On the other hand, the whole tendency is toward open diplomacy, and secrecy has become well nigh impossible, as Lord Curzon practically confessed when he bewailed publication of the allies' decision to leave the Turks iu Constantinople. If the senate were a party to all the stages of treaty making, the way to ratification would be smoothed and many months of debate would bo saved. The proposal to abolish the two thirds rule Is In line with that which was made by W. J. Bryan at the Jackson day banquet. It would be in line with the principle of party responsibility, which is the founda tion of the party system of govern ment. This Mr. Bryan would uphold by having the democrats recognize republican control of the senate and vote for the treaty reservations pro posed by the majority. The change would make control of a party over foreign affairs absolute when it held both the presidency and the majority of the senate, and would meet the wishes of a president like Mr. Wilson by enhancing his power when sup ported by a docile senate. When the senate majority was of the opposite party to the president, the latter would be obliged to reach a basis of agreement with It before be could hope even to begin making a treaty. The effect would be to Introduce continuity in our foreign policy, a thing most earnestly to be desired. Some revision of the treaty-making power is certainly necessary, for as it stands it is an open invitation to such conflicts as the present, which work grave injury to the in terests of this nation and to the peace of the world. FRANCE GOES TO WORK. If it were proposed to reclaim more than 4,000,000 acres of arid land in the west as one project, that would be considered an undertaking of some magnitude. The work would consist of construction of reservoirs, canals and ditches, "clearing the land of small brush and plowing and har rowing it. In the devastated area France had to reclaim 4,285,450 acres, which when the war ended was "a wilderness of shell holes, trenches, barbed wire entanglements and all the hideous debris of the war," as described by a London Times correspondent. Its reclama tion Is a labor far surpassing that of arid land in America, but the same writer thus describes what has already been accomplished in more than a third of the ravaged land:' Over a large part of the ground trenches and shell-holes have been filled up, pro jectiles ana named wire havi been col lected and often on both sldea of the road as far as the eye can reach the land is under plow. Not only so. but even on the rich soil of the Nord there is abundant manuring, for competition is keen among the farmers as to the comparative yield of their respective plots. The area thus reclaimed totals 1,627,463 acres. There were but few horses available, for the Germans carried off 676,331 head of all kinds of live stock, and only 125.560 head have been restored. Transportation is poor, for only about one-tenth of the roads have been restored, and these are chiefly main highways, bui almost all the main railroads have been rebuilt and more than a third of the canals have been repaired. News of strikes in Paris and on the French railroads creates the im pression that France is given ovef to Industrial strife and to hysteria as a reaction from the war. In fact, i almost a million refugees have re turned to the devastated region, have patched together any kind of shelter, and have gone to work at undoing the ravages of war. While the strikers have attracted the attention of the world by their noise, the peas ants of northern France have been quietly at work. There has been an impression that France was sit ting down, wringing hands and call ing on the world for help. On the contrary, France has been and Is still at work and asks only a little time to pay its debts. y This is an example worthy of Imi tation by Americans. The one. thing needed to get relief from our troubles is work. It will automatically raise wages by Increasing output and thereby lowering prices, and It will pay debts. wnen twenty-seven men appear in municipal court charged with drunkenness and it is proved on them, it might seem that somebod is making mockery of a prohibition law, with no relief in sight. A young couple of Drewsey. Or.. traveled 209 miles to find a preacher to marry them. Very young folks, even in this age, will travel almost as far to get married as others do to get divorced. Detroit has voted $15,000,000 to fight its streetcar company by building a sival system. About the time they get the tracks built, street cars will go out of fashion. T Michigan democrats almost nom inated Governor Edwards for pres ident. Evidently there Is less froth in the governor's campaign than some people might think. In Kansas, where It is not only wicked but a crime to strike, a few thousand miners are "out." ' It Is a voluntary affair of units, to penalize whom will be difficult. Russia is described as a country of infinite possibilities,. Yes, it Is even possible that some enterprising firm will create a demand there for shaving soap. The democrat registered as a re publican signs the Hoover petition with much satisfaction and In this case will vote for him In November perhaps. One of twenty-seven culprits fined in municipal court for being drunk was named Luck. It's very plain that the judge didn't mistake It for Lucky. The criminal is a coward at heart, as witness the three car thieves cap tured by "Jim" Graham ofthe auto trade with pliers held gun fashion There are one thousand applicants for one hundred places In the Port land schools, and did somebody re mark on a "shortage" of teachers? Tou can keep Oregon out of the column of fool sisters by signing the petition to nominate Mr. Lodge to; vice-president. - Following excellent precedent, the seven Centralia slayers will have op portunity to confess after awhile in Walla Walla. The state of Michigan, which har bors H. Ford and other celebrities, is a land of surprises. , In these days it seems more blessed not to have a campaign fund than to have one. - - An Insane man who hangs himself may be saner than folks, credit him. SAYETH TUB OREGON NEWSPAPER nlscrralng Editors Discover L'aiaiUas; Sltroa of Spring;. lone Independent. One of the Infallible signs of ap proaching spring was noticed on Ione's streets several days ago. when three Indian squaws, riding heavily laden packhorses. passed through town bound for the mountains, where they will prepare summer camps for the coming of their lords and masters later on. Taxpayer Carrie the Burden. Eugene Register. The taxpayer these days Is the goat upon whom everybody's sins are cheerfully laid. Nature's Broom. Weston Leader. The March wind is chief factor in nature's house-cleaning method. Listen to the Lark.fi. Fossil Journal. The larks are singing outside of town in the meadows; it will put a song in your heart to walk out some sunny morning, to hear them. Menr al Pabulum Coejis More. j Pendleton East Oregonian. No family can live on its pre-war income and It is unreasonable to ex pect our colleges to do so. ' A Lawen Man for Luck. Drewsy Pioneer Sun. Scott Hayes of the Lawen country Is reported to have married a Wil lamette lady recently. There Is noth ing too good for Scott, and we're bet ting our last nickel the Mrs. will say so, too. Unfortunate Part of It. Eugene Register. These stories of free homes were spread as press-agent matter for po litical purposes by those who were backing? the Chamberlain act. Now, as a result, Oregon will reap a har vest of III will, due to the disap pointment and disillusionment of those who seek free homes and find none. Real Labor la Sane. Medford Mail-Tribune. The poll demonstrates that when staunch defenders of law and order like General Wood declare American labor Is overwhelmingly loyal to America, they know what they are talking about. The investigation should contribute materially to put ting down loose talk about the United States being on the verge of class war and a communistic revolution. One Who Waa There Knows. Eugene Guard. Marlon county taxpayers will op pose the millage tax bill for the sup port of the University of Oregon, Ore gon Agricultural colloge and normal school that is, a small organisation of taxpayers will. State Senator Alex La Follette. who never paid his taxes or took a bath except under protest. heads these obstructionists. John Cochran's Side Line. Heppner Gazette-Times. John Cochran has but one rival in eastern Oregon when it comes to rounding up the crafty coyote. The rival is Harold Dobynt. But Mr. Cochran took the lead this week by getting 12 pups out of one den while on his way to Heppner from lone. sasrbrsBh Humor. Harney Valley News. If Mr. Burleson ever resigns. It Is safe to say he will send in his resig nation by mail, in order to get the ad vantage of the delay. Bob Sawyer, Judge. Oregon City Enterprise. The new judge Is one of those cool ndivlduals whose courage never rat tles. Firm as a rock is he, but warm hearted to the nth degree. He will at tend the business of Deschtites county as well as he has minded his own. which is saying considerable, and we congratulate the people of his county In obtaining such a fine character to direct their affairs. There will be no recall elections for county judge in Deschutes while Bob Sawyer is on the job. Top-Hole Sarcasm. La Grande Observer. General Leonard Wood has been granted a two months' leave of ab sence from duty to conduct his presi dential primary campaign. Maybe a kindly government will now give Eu gene V. Debs a leave of absence from the penitentiary for the same pur pose. An Editor's Dream. Independence Post. Our idea of a good thing would be to own a good-sized cabbage patch next to a 5-cent cigar factory. PLIGHT HELD LIKE COMPANY'S Realty Owner Suggests City Take Over Her Unproductive Property. PORTLAND, April 6. (To the Ed itor.) I would like to have you ad vise me. I see by the papers that the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. want the city to help them ia regard to making a profit on their money invested. I remember when they watered and sold their stock for all that It would possibly stand. I have 18 well-scattered, non-productive pieces of property on which I have taxes, street, sewer and other expenses too numerous to mention, and is not there some way that I can get the city to buy or take over this property from me at a good price Some of It 1 have owned for more than 30 years, have skimped and saved to be able to hold it and keep the city from taking It by delinquency and today I can not sell it. If I cut the price below what was given for it when bought I can not sell for there is not a demand or well-located though non-productive property. I need money to spend; I want to send my children to college; I want to paint my house; I want to collect Interest on my Investment; I am los ing money every day and why should not the city sell some bonds to help me out? Do not you see that I can not go on- this way? I am losing money every day ana not getting any per eent on my Investment. I bought this property in. the long ago and. at that time I expected to make some money, thinking they were good In vestments, and so they were, but I can not afford to hold them, and please tell me how I can unload on the city and let the taxpayers take care of me. MRS. JANE J. The correspondent will likely never be able to unload if street-car fares keep on going up or if the company becomes bankrupt. Her plight is dis cussed more at length In another col umn. CAROLINE. Caroline! so blushing, pinkly sweet; will you, Caroline, deign to meet where the dusky shadows form Oh, Oh, Me retreat? I love you, Caroline, more than I can say ; You bow so gracefully, you bend and . sway Seem to encourage me. then draw away. Oh, Caroline! your fragrance charms me so It's ever with me. always where I go; Oh. Caroline, sweet Caroline Testout. FLORENCE PENNOYER. Aberdeen, Wash. Those Who Come and Go. "This country is in for a great boom and plenty of good times," predicts E. W. Wright, who has returned from Washington. D. C, where he has been trying to get some money from the government for the MacEachern ship yard that was at Astoria. "Cities In the east haven't been doing any building for the past four years and they have been waiting for materials to drop. The result is that they are now compelled to build to meet the housing situation, and every lumber yard In the middle west and east is bare as a bone, and the dealers are frantically trying to net spot lumber. I know of one car of lumber which was sold four times between Its start ing point in Portland and Its destina tion, and each time the price was $5 a thousand higher. The lumberman In Portland got his original price and did not benefit by the additional $S0 a thousand which the lumber brought when it was finally delivered In an eastern yard. I found, too, many peo ple coming to Oregon to make this state tnetr home. In the car I was In there were three married couples and two single men, all headed for Portland to live." Somehow the word has gone abroad I In Portland that Charles Hall of Coos i Bay will be a candidate for the state senate from the 1olnt district of Coos : and Curry counties. Yesterday when Mr. Hall appeared at the Benson he was asked a dozen times If he is a candidate, and he said that he Isn't. Just the same, there are a bunch of people down In Coos county who want him to run, and he may weaken In his resolve to be a plain citizen In stead of a lawmaker. Ira C Smith, who has been state senatoring for the district for several years, has al ready declared that he wants another term at Salem. Mr. Hall Is returning from a quick trip to San Francisco. He wanted to see a man there, so he long-distanced that he wouM be In San Francisco Saturday; then ' he hopped a train, got to Market street Saturday forenoon, fonnd his man waiting In the office, transacted the business and eausrht the evening train back to Portland. Mr. Hall regrets that the projected aeroplane passen ger line Is not operating, as he could have made the round trip In a day. For 49 years Joseph Hume has lived at Brownsville, Or., and he owns some of the " surrounding territory. Mr. Hume has decided to seek a political office which carries no salary, and he has announced himself as an as pirant for presidential elector on the republican ticket. For years Mr. Hume has been growing hops, and he ad mits that he has never lost money on them, although at times he only broke even. A couple of years ago when most growers permitted the hops to remain on the vines because they were so discouraged, Mr. Hume decid ed that. Inasmuch as he grew a crop, he might as well go through with It and pick them, and by the time he was ready to sell he made a nice little profit for an off year, when the ma jority of growers pocketed a loss. Manhattan Beach, one of the pioneer beach resorts on the Tillamook coast. Is represented on the Imperial regis ter by V. D. Walker. The beach has a beautiful, sloping strand and there is an unlimited amount of. driftwood available for campers, cottagers and beach fires. Also, the county is well supplied with huckle, salmon, thimble iyid blackberries. About three miles further south on the beach is Twin Rocks, where George J. Jacob, also registered at the Imperial, has a mill for turning spruce logs into veneer. During the war the spruce operators were busy the entire length of the beach and took out some of the finest spruce that ever went into an aero plane. . The proposed $1,050,000 road bond Issue In Coos county Is interesting J. E. Paulson of Coquille, who is at the Hotel Oregon. Mr. Paulson Is a con tractor and naturally interested. The bond Issue will be submitted to the voters at the election In May, and if it carries, the programme is to spread a network of good roads throughout the county, for the people who believe in Coos county are convinced that when roads are built and the harbor developed there won't be another county In the state better 'able, to take care of itself. Interested in the wool warehouse business at Boston are E. G. Stevens and G. M. Edgett, who, with their wives, are registered at the Multno mah while touring the Pacific coast. Boston is the greatest wool market in the. United States, and Portland comes second, as Portland is the mobilization point for most of the wool in Oregon, Idaho and Washing-' ton. From Battleground, Wash., com'es S. Christensen, to the Imperial. Bat tleground Is a settlement back of Vancouver where many Portland people like to go on week-ends dur ing the summer. It Is a good place for a picnic and there is a lake which affords bathing. This lake Is said to be a regular crater lake, like the big one In southern Oregon. When a patrpn of the Perkins wanted to leave his room yesterday afternoon he discovered that he was locked in. A maid had turned the key on the outside and the patron was a prisoner until Clerk Thompson could send a bellhop upstairs with a master key to rescue the cattleman who was Involuntarily interned. Positively the worst stretch of the Pacific highway is at Yoncalla, where C. E. Wise comes from. Mr. Wise is registered at the Imperial. The sec tion of highway between Yoncalla and Oakland is bad. and around Yon calla it is a sea of mud and rough ness. ' J. ML Devers, who gives legal ad vice to the state highway commission, is at the Imperial on one of his fre quent trips to consult railroad 'of ficials over encroachments. BaKom Johnson, assistant counsel for the American Social Hygiene as sociation, is among the arrivals at the Multnomah. Ha comes from Gotham. David S. Craig, who edits a pub lication for musicians In Seattle, is at the Multnomah, fraternizing with the songbirds who are holding as con vention. H. R. Gallagher of San Francisco and Don G. Fisher of Seattle, who are connected with the Shell Oil company, are registered at the Hotel Portland. A. Alexander, who is the president and general manager of the Columbia River Milling company, at Wilbur, Wash., is sojourning at the Mult nomah. C. T. Sanders of Astoria be.lieves in advertising, for opposite his name on the Benson register he tells his business: General contractor. R. C. Poe. who is a contractor and builder at Hood River, is in the city looking around and is at the Mult nomah for the present. Mrs. Ralph Comegys. wife of the cashier of the Comegys. Hanford & Miller bank at Thornton. Wash., is at the Multnomah. John Purse, general auditor for the Pacific Car & Foundry company of Seattle, is registered at the Multnomah. FAME OF" INVENTOR PRESERVED Originator of Gin Rickey Remem-1 be re 4 Drink All But Forgotten. CHEHAL1S. Wash,, April B. (To the Editor.) Under the caption. "Those Who Come and Go," The Ore gonian asks. "Where did the gin rickey go when It wandered away at the behest of federal prohibition T' 1 do not know where the gin rickey has gone, but I know what became of the man who invented the drink and who made it famous. Joe Rickey was a noted character back In Missouri when George Gra ham Vest and Francis Marion Cock erell represented that commonwealth in the United States senate. Rickey was a gambler and a politician from Calloway county. He was way and beyond the average gambler who ekes out an existence at draw poker or the faro table. He came from good stock, was a man of refinement and education and withal a perfect gen tleman with whom almost anyone would gladly associate. Rickey was always on hand at the sessions of the legislature and he had as much or more to say about the selection of United States senator as any man in the state. He had a following and he made it count when it came to the election of a senator. His Influence was potent in the suc cess of Vest and Cockerell and he was instrumental In keeping them in the senate through several terms or up to the time of their passing away, When not at the state . capital he made his headquarters at the Plant ers, the leading hotel of St. Louis and the mecca of all southerners. It was there that he concocted his famous drink of gin, sugar, bitters, etc., that became known as the gin rickey and spread throughout the land and to Europe. When the fame of Vest and Cocker ell was at Its peak In Washington, j Rickey shifted his activities to the national capital and It was said that he capitalized his influence with them. No man was so powerful with the Missouri delegation in congress as Rickey. He immediately assumed a position of commanding importance with the Washington lobby and held It for years. , He was one of the best known men In Washington and the associate of statesmen and men of influence. On an occasion he met the late John R. McLaln. then owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer. The meeting was in Willard's at Washington and Rickey, being intimate with McLain. said: "John, let us have a rickey." "No," said McLain. "I don't care for a drink, but I will toss you one flip of the coin for $1000." "It's a go," replied Rickey; and McLain drawing a coin from his pock et, said: "What is It, Joe?" "Tails," said Rickey, and the money was tossed into the air, and came down with heads up. Rickey pulled out a couple of $500 bills and handed them to McLain. and the two sauntered Into the bar unconcernedly, over what seemed to them a trivial Incident. Rickey remained In Washington until long after Vest and Cockerell had passed away and then went to New York, but never gained the prominence there that he had in the middle west. He made money rapid ly and was wealthy,' when one day he went into a hotel and, engaging a room, locked himself up and ended his career with a bullet through the brain. TOBIAS MITCHELL. ALLIED NATIONS NOT IGNORED No Attempt at Treaty Reservation Without Acquiescence of Powers. PORTLAND. April 6. (To the Ed itor.) In an editorial, "Japan Grasps Opportunity." The Oregonian says: "If President Wilson had assented to rt iflcatlon with the reservation which withholds American consent to the Shaatunsr deal and with the othet Lodge reservations, the United tates would now have been a member of the leag'ie and would have tieen able to use its powerful Influence on be half of China." etc. The league of nations was the final result of a long, serious investigation of world wars, by the leading diplo mats of all the leading nations of the world. The United States, through our president, being one to that con tract. I want to ask what right has President Wilson, or the United Stated for that matter, to change that con tract without the consent of the other nations who are bound by their sig natures to that contract? Suppose that England, France, Italy and Germany had each tacked on as many special reservations to suit their personal ideas as did the senate of the United States. What would we have said about that? Or what would the document have . looked like, or what would It have amounted to? Why don't you criticise Lodge's opin ion? The league Is a world document, conceived and designed by the lead ing Intellect, yes. combined knowl edge of the world, while the Lodge reservations are designed by only on narrow-minded politician for political purposes only. Yet you try to make us readers believe that the world must concede to Lodge ldeaa After concession after concession to American Ideas. President Wilson brought the treaty back for American ratification. I heard him admit in his speech here in Portland that it was not a perfect Instrument, and I do not suppose there'ever was a per fect one for that matter. Johnson is opposed to a league of nations and backbone enough to say so. Lodge is opposed to aleague of nations and kills it with reservations. After the treaty was signed it became a con tract. President or the senate has no right to change it. Ratify or reject Is all that could be done. J. B. KING. An agreement of any kind is always subject to amendment, elimination or cancellation by consent of the par ties thereto. .The resolution of ratification with the so-called Lodge reservations and understandings .provided specifically that the ratification should not take effect or bind the United States until the reservations and understandings had been accepted by the allied and associated powers. The reservations and understand ings were not the product of one mind, but were devised and concurred in y eleven members of the senate foreign relations (Committee before presentation to the senate, where they were considered by the entire body, debated and amended. Fl'LLV LOADED PISTOL BARRED Military Enforce Rule that Prevents Sura Results na Caaon Accident. PORTLAND. Or.. April 6. (To the Editor.) The accidental killing of young Cason by the discharge of a revolver dropping from a police man's belt could have been avoided if the regulations in vogue in the military service regarding carrying of loaded pistols were strictly en forced In the police department. In the military service it is consid ered a serious offense for a person to carry a pistol with the chamber on which the hammer rests loaded. It is customary to load all chambers ex cept the one on which the hammer rests; in this way the possibility of accidental discharge is prevented and it is not necessary to rely on the safety catch. It is suggested that a regulation of this nature be enforced In the police department. JOHN A. BECKWITH. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. SWEET ARE THE CSE9 OP ADVERSITY. A New Tork burglar lulled his vic tim into a false sense of security by reciting a poem to him. You poets who sadly avow. That these are extravagant times. And one cannot purchase his chow With what he receives for his rhymes. If you will abandon your futile en deavor To break into print with the stuff you produce. Tou'll find It no trouble no trouble whatever To put your effusions to practical use. But lately a clever young bard. Who couldn't make poetry pay. Caught a clothing store Juan off his guard. . And read him a lyrical lay. The clothing store man gave a terri fied gurgle, He faltered, and fell in a faint on the floor. Enabling J he bard, unmolested, to burgle The safe that reposed in the back of the store. The trouble with poets is this: Their work gets 'em highly v- thused. And always they take It amiss. whenever the same is refused. But poems, though printed on deckle- edged vellum. Or magazine features in heavy typed rhyme. Don't bring half so much when the verse makers sell 'em. As when they 'are used for the pur pose of crime. i So poets, no longer complain. That the metrical things you have said. Or written, are wholly In vain To purchase your beefsteak and bread. The way you can separate folks from their treasure. Will fill your young soul with de lighted surprise. You poets can all become rich beyond measure Your lyrical gift Is a gun in dis guise. Rush las Business. The railroads got back their prop erty Just In time to benefit by the candidate travel. The Value of Experience. The barber vote must have counted in 1916. None of the candidates this year has whiskers. .. Be Warned hy Vs. Before Chili and Bolivia begin their war they will do well to start draw ing up their peace treaty. (Copyright. 1920. by the Bell Syndi cate, Inc.) . In Other Days. Twenty-five Years Asro. From The Oregonian of April 7. 1805. At the meeting yesterday of the committee of one hundred Thomas N. Strong, the newly elected chairman, read an address which aroused un usual interest by its reference to favors shown certain delinquent tax payers. The total Insurance on the Portland Iron company's plant, destroyed by fire Friday night, is given as $45,000. according to H. T. Clarke, the presi dent. The question as to whether the county shall have supervision over bridges of the city was argued all day yesterday before Judge Hurley. Tillamook lays claim to having a population of 4500. Fifty Years Ago. From The Oregonian of April 7, 1870. San Francisco. Between 400 and 600 men with pushcarts were em ployed on the Yerba Buena plaza yes terday in giving employment through a $50,000 appropriation made for this purpose. Boise. Captain James W. Porter, formerly of the volunteer army and afterwards provost marshal of Wash ington territory, died here last week. According to announced plans the big ratification jubilee and torchlight procession was held last night, cele brating adoption of the 15th amend ment to the United States consti tution. V Captain James Welch of Astoria la in town with his schooner, Mary Bell, with a cargo of brick and other ma terials for Fort Stevens. NO CERTAINTY IN GOLD HUNTING Painstaking- Search and Luck Attend Efforts to Locate Lode. BAKER, Or., April 5. (To the Edi tor.) Some time since I was at a ranch and went for a ride. We came near a little stream and saw a man at work with a spade, and the wife of the owner of the ranch said. "Well, look at that, will you? I will have to go right back and have Jack speak to the foreman." "But what Is he . hurting fussing around there with a spade?" We went up where he was and he h;2 quite a little pile from a few honrT,' work. It was my first sight of gold panning and I would have liked to get right down to business myself. He did not get much from the top dirt of the stream, but when he used his shovel and then panned It one could see the shine. I began to ask ques tions and . the woman said to "come on" and shook her head .at me. I wondering why all the mystery. When we reached the house Jack went out to interview the foreman and when the man came in he waa told that they had to reduce the num ber on the ranch and he was paid and taken to the station some miles awa y. Nothing was said about the work of the holiday morning at the stream. I asked why they did not hunt for the vein from which that gold was coming, and was told in not over polite language that "our business is making money from cattle: we do not want this place over-run and a stampede in here ruining our streams." "Well," I argued, "but think what you could make from the gold." "We do not want to make money that way and any chap who Is known or is found to be panning on this place gets his time pronto." I learn that he was panning at a point seven miles from the source of the stream. Now is not there some way to find the vein easily compara tively speaking, from which that gold was washed, as that point was so near the source. The country is . very rugged and rough and might it not be washed down from a small tribu tary of this particular branch, or the side or tops of some of the rug ured rocks? How could I go about locating the vein? What would be required? I would certainly appreciate some sound advice for 1 "desire to prospect In there on the d. q. DIP. There is no asy or certain road to the finding of the mother lode whence comes placer gold. In some cases placer gold is from a disintegrated ledge or one destroyed by ancient eruptions. If the lode still exists the only course to pursue Is a search In which luck will be a big factor. 1