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AFTER THREJ5 YEARS.
Another anniversary of the declar
ation of war on Germany invites
retrospect of the three feverish years
which have Intervened. 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.
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