10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL. 9, 1920 ISTABLISHKO BY HKNRY I PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonlan Publishing Co.. 135 Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon. C. A. MORDEN. E. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Oregonlan Is a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press Is oxcluslvelv entitled to the use for publica tion of ail news dispatches credited to it r not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published harem. All rights of republication of special dispatches . h-reln are also reserved. Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance. (By Mail.) . Tally. Sunday included, one year ... tal!y. Sunday included, six months . I'ally. Sunday Included, three months l'aily, Sunday Included, one month . T.iily, without Sunday, one year Lally, without Sunday, six months .. TJaily, without Sunday, one month . .. eekly, one year - Sunday, one year (By Carrier.) 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In practice it has proved perilous to break the continuity oi the education scheme to say noth ing of the circumstance that the years of youth are precious years of receptivity, and ought, not to be im molated on the altar of any sort of mere money compensation. It is realized that the high cost of living also accentuates parental temptation. Family income needs reinforcement in every practical way. Vet the parental instinct is after all the instinct of sacrifice to the com ing generation now as it always has been and it needs only to be estab lished that education pays to van quish this apparent obstacle. No exceptional acumen is, needed to as semble the data necessary in reach ing a sound conclusion. The vacil lating parent need only look at a list of those who are finding it hard to get jobs. There is till a dearth of trained workers. The jobless are chiefly the victims of early unfor tunate decisions.. NOT ALONE. The Oregonlan is airily asked by a flippant correspondent how it likes the news from Michigan? About as little as it liked the news from Cali fornia, when it was disclosed that Senator Johnson had, through his arrogant political machine, disfran chised a great party, stolen its name, maligned its candidate, misrepre ecnted its principles andset up a little political oligarchy of its own. About as little, too, as it likes the absurd and empty contention of this John Sonite, who pretends that the league cf nations nullifies the constitution f the United States. In no par ticular does it, or can it, set aside the constitution. It would not avail If it undertook to do it. Neither Wilson, nor congress, nor both of them together, can, through any league, or treaty, or in any way change a single syllable of that su preme document without the con eent of three-fourths of the states. Why offer an assumption or make an assertion so easily shown to be tvaseless? Yet from Johnson and his Infatuated followers we have heard a lot about a super-government through the league. They are trying to frighten the people with a highly ballooned bogey. They are not at all Tightened themselves. . Johnson is a radical who stands lor such socialistic schemes as public ownership of railroads. Or doesn't " he stand for them? It is reported that he has recanted. We should like to know. If he has traversed himself, it will be because it is not popular. Johnson will not commit the error of unpopularity if he can Jaelp It. No politician does. A. league of nations involves the United States in no entangling alii a rices. What is an entangling alii ance? It is an alliance which in volves us with the affairs of another Cation or group of nations, proiuot- . lng their mutual interests by ag- - gressions, or otherwise, against any other group. A league of nations, such as is now proposed, discrimi nates against no nation which is willing to qualify by subscribing to Its obligations, which are chiefly to promote the peace and welfare of the world by common action. It is aimed at no one nation except as it Is aimed at all nations. An alliance and an entangling alliance are not the same thing. If we are to have the isolation of our torefathers, let us take up every ocean cable, withdraw fast-moving steamships from the seas, supplant them with the slower sailing ships, drop all our great plans for a vast merchant marine, suspend our arbi tration treaties, build a wall at our borders, go back to the conditions Of a century ago, and go it alone. But can we go it alone, even then? ;'Vfe cannot, for we are not alone. . There are others in the world and it does not alter the facts to attempt 'to ignore their existence or their 'common rights to live, develop and prosper, or our duty to agree that 'they have such rights. books? It Is hard to tell. There is a story on the rounds that Henry Ford recently called on the editor of hts magazine for a report on how things were going. "What we need," said the editor, as the New York Tribune reports the incident, "is some good live fiction." "Why not," suggested Ford, "get some of the bright young men on the magazine to write fiction?" "It is not feasible," said the editor. "Fiction's a highly gpeclallzed product. Nobody on our magazine has the complete equipment to turn out successful fiction." "Ah. but that's where efficiency comes In." interrupts! Ford, triumphantly. "Get one of the yous -men to think up an Idea. Then let another outline the general structure. A third can do the descrip tions and another one the dialogue. And there you are you're the editor you as semble it." - We will confess that the tale itself has some of the ear-marks of fic tion. But it may not be such a mad scheme after all. It would include, of course, due provision for an eje Dert to weigh public demand a function now imperfectly performed decisive conflict between the two op posing principles of autocracy and democracy impended. Little doubt would have been entertained as to the place which this nation should take, and its policy should have been shaped accordingly.- Its influence could have been used to restrain the allies from making treaties parceling out territory contrary to their gen eral principles. - Naval construction would then have been concentrated on those types of ship which, could combat the submarine, great bodies of citizens would have "been trained and arms and munitions accumulat ed. The first attack on our rights at sea would have caused a declara tion of war. Probably the war would have been shortened, by two years, and millions of lives and billions of dollars would have been saved. What might have been done in the recent past should be a guide to w-hat should be done in the present. The league of nations has been formed, but it includes big nations exhausted by war and small nations which can- BY-PRODICTS OF THE TIMES Those Who Ccme and Go. Sons of Oregon Divine Brinar to Paaa What Father Thought Sacrilege. The Albanv Herald ia resnonsible for this bit of history: ,Anyne win admit tha . , . wind blows strong enough About 30 vears asro there was at I . . . - seea out oi toe grouna u ia noseourg a young scnooi teacner. un , blow. This has occurred not once, day he and his wife were entertain-j nor twice, but three times in the ing the bishop of the church denom- northern part of Sherman county d'ir iT,ti r ,i,;v. . v. v, ing past months, according to R J. , ........... n. n. J a n .. - Vl rx ( N when a to blow is some The visit of the noted divine was con it the V,rlrina fmm MArA VaI even siderable of an event in the some- the oldest inhabitant can remember what limited "housekeeping experience when there has been so much wind of the young people and if the truth nor such strong winds as have been were, known both of them were vers sweeping that zone the past winter, likely considerably embarrassed and I Three times the seed has been blown . from the ground and it cost one somewhat nervous. farmer ,1400 every ttme ne ad to At the evening meal the young host j seej his place. The wind blows and FOLICEMEN AND THE PCBUC; A policeman's lot is not an easy one. He is the guardian of the pub lic peace and the symbol of public order. He is nobody's friend, and nobody's enemy, but he is the friend of law and the enemy of lawless ness. Not every policeman sees the distinction. Some of them fail to understand that it Is their duty to serve the public, and all of it, and not merely to command or boss the people. The policeman's club Is just as much the emblem of his authority as it is his weapom of compulsion or defense. It is mainly for show; rare ly for use. Not every policeman un derstands that, either. The Cason boy was doubtless un ruly, quarrelsome, hot-headed, vio lent. Yet he was but a boy. Those policemen had as much a duty to protect him from himself ..as to de fend others from him. About all hey could think of was to rush him off to jail and lock him up. He de served to be locked up, no doubt, but nothing more. Why will not a police officer exercise suit-restraint, firmness, coolness, determination, without brutality, haste, bad temper? It should mean nothing to a police man that an intoxicated youth calls him names nothing that need ex cite or anger him. His office Is to control, not punish; to pacify, not to take revenge; to arrest,, not to beat up. A policeman is of course a human being, but he should school himself into the belief that he is something more. It is hard to do, but it should be done. No one can be a good policeman who is anxious to adver tise it, or who wears his feelings on his sleeve. hu- th roaftprtt for rjublishing houses and it ought by all means to take ; not stand alone, while outside of it account of the relation between , are menaces to peace in the shape of human interest and the cost of prim paper. There are nearly infinite possibilities in the way of efficiency and economy. A single Garvice, with genius for knowing what people want, ought to Jtte able to keep an army of literary" craftsmen working overtime. There is dearth at pres ent, judging by the spring output, of both publishers and authors who have the Garvice Instinct. : HK.H MONET WAGES. High money wages, as tfle New York Sun sapiently observes, are be ginning to intensify an old problem for parents. The problem is not- al together one of discipline, but partly of moral resistance to temptations Bet before parents themselves. Thers Js a crisis in the life of nearly every boy, associated with restless desire for adventure, for change of any i-kind, a time when he wants to get out of school and go to work. The fact that some schoolmate happens to be getting a man's wages for the half-baked efforts of an immature cub makes the pragmatic argument .all the harder to resist. Twenty-fivs or thirty years ago, when boys were 1 expected to "begin at the" bottom and work up" in any Industry, it was . not so hard to persuade them to 'tay in school until they had ab eorbed the rudiments of classroom education. It is different nowadays Nevertheless, it ought to be made as plain as possible that there never was a time in the history of the - -world when education counted for as much as it does now. The money measure of wages was never more deceptive. Fifteen dollars a week " -may look big to a callow youngster Jits father probably would have con Bidered himself lucky to get four foi doing odd jobs in vacation time but it is far less than four dollars " used to be, when measured by the relatively increased demand on every Bide for trained men, "men disci plined in their minds as well as - strong in their backs," and ,who - 'have the know and not merely the knack." The trouble about absurdly . excessive wages for boys is "that they represent an unhealthy effort to fill the gaps left by outgoing unskilled -workers with material that is far too good for the purpose, and that they take no account of the future. No youth possessing a promising . mind can afford to leave school per- . manently merely because he Has an - offer of wages that would have -(eemei princely in grandfather's . time. Nor will those versed in practical , 'affairs permit themselves to be per suaded too easily that William or John, as the case may be, is only temporarily abandoning the ambi tious plans originally made for his schooling. It is true that some boys ." II do quit school early, save money and AMERICA AS A SHiri'ING NATION. How much closer will be the in tercourse hereafter between the United States and the rest of the world is indicated by the sure iros pect that by the end of 1920 the tonnage of the American merchant marine will almost equal that - of Great Britain. According to a "book on "America's Merchant Marine," published by the Rankers' Trust company of New York, on June 30, 1919, American merchant shipping was 12,907,300 gross tons, of which 6,669,726 tons were in foreign trade, as compared with only 1,976.152 tons so employed on June 30, 1914. Ships since completed and to.be com pleted, almost all of which are for ocean traffic, will increase this total to more than 12,000,000 tons and the grand total to about 18,000,000 tons. The British total, including the dominions, on June 30, 1914, was 20,524,000. gross tons, but war and marine losses, after allowing for new construction, had reduced this to 18,208,000 tons on June 30, 1919. All British shipyards are occupied in adding new tonnage, which should enable the empire to hold Its lead at the close of this year, but the United States will be a close second. Hav ing lost all its ships except a part of those under 1600 tons, Germany, which formerly held second place, is now out of the race, and no other nation will even approach the two leaders. This revolution in the shipping business means that the American and British nations between them will do two-thirds of the carrying trade of the world and will be close competitors for the world's commerce. It means that the United States will be In close, constant commercial in tercourse with every nation, which should bind us in friendship and common interest with many of them. but may involve us in quarrels with some. The relations between other nations and their domestic affairs cannot fail to Interest us, for they will affect the extent and kind, of our commerce and the relations of our merchants and shipping men with those of other nations. This is a. proof that our former policy of isolation and of Indifference to the affairs of other continents cannot be revived. For a nation which does a large part of the world's carrying trade and commerce, isolation is im possible, for trade makes bonds which governmental policy cannot neglect, and foreign policy must fol lov the flag. JOHN BURROUGHS. The eighty-third birthday of John Burroughs is a reminder of the pecu liar debt Americans owe to this gifted naturalist. In a period in hich the trend of population has been all toward the relatively clois tered life of the towns, he has done more than any other student of nature to make the outdoors widely popular. He understands not only life but how to interpret it. Those who hve read his "Ways of Na ture" will have caught a glimpse of the manner in which he differs from many other scientists. His is the mind of the investigator, with the dry-as-dust left out. Mr. Burroughs has meanwhile found a good deal of joy in living. He has been able to view the twen tieth century struggle for existence with a detached interest that has fallen short of the self-centered egotism of the hermit, but has saved him from participation in the hurly burly that some people confound with progress. Perhaps this has contributed to the lengthening of his years; it has at any rate made life more comfortable. Those who wduld live long and happily and who does not? may be interested in knowing that Mr. Burroughs' secret consists chiefly in moderation in all things. He has shown that it is possible to be a conservative in life without being a "mossback." Like Pastor Wagner, he has not ignored the dif ference between simplicity and prim- itiveness. He has kept pace with the times, but he has not allowed them to run away with him. Ho owns an automobile, but he has the especial knack of driving slowly, and he sees things as he goes along. He is conspicuous among moderns who have not permitted modernity to en slave them. Let the literary critics continue to proclaim Thoreau, and the scientists to prefer their Darwins, and the poets to set Maeterlinck above all others. The Burroughs genius for seeing nature and also for describing it, and his poetic conception com bined with his striking faculty for setting things down in understand able and unmistakable prose, make him unique among American scien tists, poets and interpreters of nature to the common run of men. Germany, bolshevist Russia and the revolutionary spirit which the latter Inspires among all nations. Compara tively few oppose American member ship in the league on such terms as will properly limit our obligations, protect our rights, yet make us an effective force for world peace in co-operation with other nations. It is incumbent on the administration and congress to come to an understanding-on the policy to be pursued if we do, or If we do not, join the league, to form conclusions as to the allies we may expect' and the ene mies with which we may have to contend, and then to organize and maintain our armaments at the strength needed to give that policy effect. If -the league should elimi nate danger of a great war, we could progressively reduce our armaments to the point of safety. A continuous foreign policy, modi fied only, to meet changes in the world situation, presupposes that it would not be a subject of party con troversy. There wonld be such close co-operation between the president and senate that deadlocks would be avoided, and the work of the state department would be co-ordinated with that of the war and navy de partments. No more heed would be paid to. pacifists whose opinions are founded, on blindness to obvious facts, WRITING BEST SELLERS. Charles Garvice, who was to One British reading public what Harold Bell Wright and Robert W. Cham bers are to Americans, died the other day, leaving a single recipe for suc cess as a writer of popular literature It was: "Find out. what the people want and give it to them." The formula of a showman, certainly; yet there are successful as well as un successful showmen. Garvice had an instinct for appraisement that was worth all the genius of Robert Louis Stevenson if millions of copies sold constitute the measure of success in novel-building. Garvice, as a British reviewer frankly concedes, wrote for people "who hardly concerned , themselves over the niceties of criticism." His work was -not of high order, yet his rejoinder to a friend who seemed solicitous to disabuse him on the score of his attitude toward the per manence of his literary reputation was disarming in the highest possible degree. He pointed to the crowds on a seaside beach reading. "All my books," he said; "they are all read ing my latest." Iti probably was a true estimate. In an age that makes a fetich of efficiency he had made himself efficient. His Industry was unflagging, his ability to gauge the tastes of the greatest possible num ber infallible. Has the passion for standardiza tion taken hold on the makers of FOREIGN POIICY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE. Admiral Mayo struck at the root cause of American unpreparedness for war when he said it was "absence of a definite foreign policy except that of strict neutrality," for the armed forces of a nation were mere ly the instruments to support na tional policies. Every debate in qngress on army and navy bills shows members to have in mind to make provision for national ' defense on general principles. They have but a vague idea of defense from attack by any particular nation or group of nations or of aid from other nations in repelling attack. This lack of co-ordination between foreign policy and armament was not a source of -great danger until the great war broke out. There was no danger of attack by Great Brit ain; in fact we could rely on the aid of its navy in maintaining the Mon roe doctrine. Germany had a slightly superior navy and a vast army, de fense against which dictated greater naval strength .and military training of all citizens and plans to mobilize industry. But Germany's armament was evidently aimed at other Euro pean nations, not at us, therefore we did not prepare to match it. We have learned since that, though the war was between European nations, it involved us, and that German armament . was used against us. Hence it follows that our foreign policy must have regard for the re lations of other nations to each other, and "that our armament must be capable of giving effect to that policy. We may learn from the enemy in this matter. For many years before 1914 Germany had pursued a con sistent foreign policy and had adapt ed armament to It. The kaiser de parted from it in provoking Britain to fight before he had built up a su perior navy, but though the odds were enormously against him In ma power and wealth, his preparedness made him the victor on general re sults down to the opening of 1917. Later developments indicate that he would have been the final victor if he had not again departed from his policy by bringing the United States into tle field. On the other hand. Great Britain, by not keeping in formed on the real purposes of Ger many, by not adapting its policy and its armaments to defeating that pol icy, narrowly escaped defeat and would probably have been defeated but for American intervention. If the United States had followed I cioseiy Liie aeveiopments or Euro pean affairs during the ten years be fore the war, it should have realized that they were- leading to a struggle of such magnitude that, in view of modern means of communication and implements of war. it might be come general and involve this coun try. The Balkan war should been seen to hasten the climax, and the alignment of nations which was forming should have shown that a The disappointment felt by advo cates of the national suffrage amend ment will be only partly assuaged uy me circumstance that In more than half the states women will be qualified by local statutes to vote for president anyway. It seems to be conceded that Connectitcut will not act in time to save the situation and the outlook for a special session in Vermont is still dubious. North Carolina will have a special session in July and the governor of that state has promised to add suffrage to the list of subiects for considera tion. But here the victory in the' legislature is by no means assured, and the chance of litigation over the Ohio amendment is still at least mildly disturbing. In four important states, however Texas, Massa chusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania in which suffragists have . made the fight and won, they will not be able to enjoy the fruits of victory unless a thirty-sixth state is persuaded to get in line. The North Carolina session -will not be held until July. For the narrowness of its margin of possibilities. If for no other reason, the contest grbws more and more in teresting. Detroit did not help, a bad situa tion by voting $15,000,000 to build and operate a municipal streetcal system: Perhaps she will use Henry Ford's trolleyless affairs and the novelty of it will pay. But putting a public utility out of business bv municipal rivalry Is not the Amer ican way of doing things. jn a supreme effort to keep the con versation from lagging on his part, said: , "Bishop, don't you think the time will come when men will be travel ing through the air as now they do upon the ground?" Tise good man looked at his host In a disturbed and shocked manner and said severely: 'Young man, such a thing would be sacrilege. Only God and his angela can that." And yet the young man's prophetic question has come to pass! The bishop was Bishop Wright, one of the early famous divines of the Oregon country, who at that time was the father of two boys, Orvllle and .Wilbur, .who within a quarter of a century were to startle the world by their discovery of th airplane. The young school teacher was none other than J. B. Horner, later to be come head of the Albany schools and since then, for 29 years, head of the history, department at the Oregon Ag ricultural college. Eight years ago Herbert Hoover and his wife (they are both gradu ates of Leland Stanford) brought out a translation of the book of George Agrlcola on metallurgy. The transla tion was made from the first Latin edition of 1556. -For such) an ancient tome the text and the woodcuts are strangely mod ern in many ways. Today's industrial philosophy may be read in such a passage as this: "When anyone in an endeavor to increase his future meets the expendi ture -of a mine alone. It i of great Importance that he should attend to his works and personally superin tend everything that he has ordered to be done. For this reason he should either haye his dwelling at the mine, where he may'always be in sight of the workmen and always take care that none neglect their duties, or else he should live in the neighborhood, that he may frequently inspect his mining works." blows the soil away until it gets down to the place where the plow didn't penetrate. Wherever the plow was used the soil was loosened and be came a prey to the vagrant winds, and these whisked acres of pulverized dust and tons of perfectly good seed into the air, depositing dust and seed, probably, in the Columbia river. The worse stretch appears to be between Mora and Rufus. In the "Come and Go" column yes terday was a kittle story about J. S Stewart at the Perkins. The Ore gonlan arrived at Astoria at noon; the Chamber of Commerce people read the column and a couple of hours later there was a telegraphic request at the Perkins asking Mr. Stewart to be the speaker at the noonday lunch eon today. Mr. Stewart couldn't ac cept for two reasons, the first being that he will talk to the Lents grange on the road measure tonight, and the second is that Mr. Stewart is wor ried about his collar. It appears that up the valley somewhere Mr. Stewart lost connection with his suitcase and so has available only the collar he is wearing. He can't buy more In Portland because he wears an 18 and has to get them "special" from the east. He went to one store and the dealer told him that the only placc in the town he could 'be fitted was at a certain number. Blank street. Mr. Stewart went there and found it was a harness shop with display of horse collars. THK II. C. L. AXU THE BOSSES Mr. Greer Points Oat That People Are Now Seleetlasr Own Candidates. PORTLAND. April 8. (To the Ed itor.) I have never known the mean ing of the phrase skilley-skalley" until reading .an article . with that heading by Samuel Blythe in the Sat urday Evening Post of April 3. It is altogether likely that after reading his manuscript before sending it to that periodical he decided that, be ing "skilley-skalley, he would so name it. The article treats of the present disturbed condition of the world, and especially of higher prices and prof iteers In business In the United States. As long as the author con fines himself to this phase of the subject he is highly Interesting, as he always is, and quite instructive, as he generally is. But when he be gins to account for the situation and oroDosc a remedy, the title of his article becomes scintillatingiy' appro priate. He very properly attributes the outrageously high prices to the negligence of national officials or their Inefficiency but asserts that the situation, in turn, is the result of the-power of the "bosses" In politics, in both leading parties, over ."the masses." He recognizes the neces sity of political parties and holds that the remedy of the evils he so graphically pictures must come through either the one or the other, but says the people must unite in demanding their emancipation from "dictation," etc. This is certainly "skllley-skaney," all right, or. perhaps, shilley-shalley Why, even all the school boys In the United States know that in most ot the states we have a direct primary law under the operation of which every voter decides, for himself in dividually, his preference for the pres idency, and the "bosses" stand aside and wait for the declaration of the "masses." What boss decided this question in favor of Senator John son in Michigan, for instance? Was It not a. voluntary expression of the people of Michigan as to whom they preferred for president? And the peo ple of South Iakota declared for an other candidate. And other states for others. And ail the while the candi dates are sweating cold and hot in More Truth Than Poetry. Br James J. Moataarae. . . . . i." i' ....... i ,i unve upon a time -' a. ij vmo used to buy and sell sheep and make I anticipation of what the people, vot- his headquarters at Condon. Like most of the men who indulge in the sheep industry in Oregon, he made money. Then, casting around for something to do, he went into the hotel business by buyu:g the hotel at Guylcr, Wash., which is only 20 miles from Mount Adams. Mr. Guyler, after whom the place is named, was a Swiss and he just naturally headed for the snow clad scenery and picked out the site of Guyler, which is as level as a floor. There is' now a programme to build a road from Trout lake, which is next door to Guyler, to White Salmon, on the Columbia river, but there is some sort of dispute as to what kind of a highway should be paved or some thing like that; anyway, Mr. Reynolds arrived at the Imperial yesterday and began a hunt for a cook. About 70 per cent of the current The Eskimo of Greenland, no matter I travel in the hotel Is "commercial.' what his station In life may be. al- meaning that It is composed of travel ways has both a summer and winter '"S salesmen Business in . most lines t ... , , .appears to be better than a few home. The winter house is described j mVIltria aeo. f0r they are carrying by Roger Pocock in the Wide World more trunks. . The salesmen who deal Magazine as being a dugout with an tn specialty lines for women arc en upper structure built of turf and i joying the most prosperity, but the beams of driftwood. It has but one I cloak and suit drummers of late have window, as winter in Greenland oc. I pcen complaints . ' 2r," !" curs during the four-month-long Arc- Governor Boyle of Nevada" saya there is a lot of feeling that in grant ing Mary Pickford a divorce "a Jok had been made of the Judiciary." The governor is jumping at conclu sions. The Joke may be on Dougla Fairbanks. tio night. Entrance to the one large room of which the house consists is gained through a long funnel about five feet in height, In which the dogs live. In the rear of the living room Is a raised dlas on which the entire family sleep, and In the .front stands the stove. This stove consists of a hollow, stone filled with seal oil In which burns a rag wlctf. which lights and heats the house and cooks the meals. .. In the summer months, during four months of which the sun never sets, the Eskimos live in tents. These are made, of skins and are shaped like a boat cut In half. In the rear of the tent the bed is spread I Krancisco Johnson appears to have business. This is taken to indicate that people may be holding off buy ing, hoping for prices to come down. Among the travelers in town Is a perfumery salesman, and, notwith standing that the 11. C. of L. has hit the essences, he is having no diffi culty In placing orders for gallons of the scented water. "Hoover clubs are springing up in California and it looks like a battle is in prospect between Hoover and Johnson," declares U. li. Weathcrly. who arrived yesterday at the Beneon from San Francisco. "It is hard to forecast which of the two will carry the state, for each has some strong friends and so bitter enemies. In Los Anceles there is a fight being waged against Johnson and, of course. Hoo ver is urofiting by it. Around ban That axmy sergeant who invented a device for transmitting music by wireless ought to be courtmartialed. The cost of living is high enough already, without having to buy high priced cotton to put in our ears. Klamath barbers may be Justified in charging more for shaves and haircuts, but 10 cents more for a bath Is plain profiteering, with sum mer a few months away and the rivers running bank full. The fruit inspector at Walla Walla and a lot more of his official kin find the outlook gloomy, but hoot! When was the time there was not enough fruit in the Oregon country since Lewelling began? In olden days a man was so pleased at the birth of a son that he hurried out to tell all his friends about it. Now he puts in his time trying to keep the landlord from finding out 'about It. A lot of aviation stuff about a million dollars' worth was de stroyed by fire in, a repair depot In Texas yesterday, and that is gettin? rid' of it easier than by the junking plan. Recall the days of your youth when you thought bread pudding with fat raisins in it was the finest kind of dessert? Getting any now? while In the wide, high open front smudge burns day and night. This smoke fire serves to drive away the mosquitoes which are large and fe rocious. The Los Angeles Times has com piled a list of what It calls vocational hymns, aa follows: Real Estate Man "There Is a land 6( pure delight." Chiropocii8t"How beautiful an the feet." Haberdasher "Blest be the tie that binds." Cornet Player "Blow ye the trumpet, blow." Soda-slinger-"Come, tnou ?.unt of every blessing." Undertaker Hark from the tombs." Thief "I love to steal a while away." Manicurist "Beautiful the little hands." Jeweler "In the silent midnight watches." Confectioner- "One sweetly solemn thought." Stockman "The Lord my pasture shall prepare." Mortgagor ""When. I can read my title clear." Heedman "Sowins; the seed." Aviator "I will arlMe." Milkman "Shall we gather at the river." Credit Man "A charge to keep I have." ng individually, will dec de to do in THE MEN WITH THE EDGE. On hearing that the price of meat Had been revised and thia tune downward- , In hopes to get a steak to eat, . 1 took my hat and hurried iown- ward. And sure enough, the price was cut. My butcher verified the rumor; He got his beef much cheaper but I didn't I was a consumer. When anthracite began to drop. Because they stopped its exporta tion, I hastened to the fuel shop A-throb with eaer agitation. But no education I could get. Or learnt thing about, dod rot it! There was a cut in price, I'll bet. But no one but the dealer got it 'Tis ever thus. vhen prices fall. Do you and I get bigger slices. For fewer dollars? Not at all. We cJlmly pay the -same old prices. hen cuts are made in clothes or shoes. Or on. the things one eats at dinner. Oi anything consumers use. The dealer always is the winner. My Uncle Mike believed in luck A gambler to th very marrow. Who often used to buck The pastime wideiy known as faro When told about our troubles said: "My son. you're talking like a squealer; Get this Idea through your head: Nobody ever beats a dealer!" Maybe ae Forgot It. Emma Goldman cays she is coming back to the United States to start a revolution. Why didn't she start one while she was over here? On the Contrary. Winter resorts are not necessarily watering places. Look at Cuba, for example. Comparative Values. That lady in the classic story wouldn't have told the burglar that her children were her jewels if she had had any liquor down cellar. (Copyright. 1930. by the Bell Syndicat. lno. Somebody here is eating straw berries that cost 40 cents a box, and it is to be hoped he never has to scrape the sugar bin. but he may. These admirals say things about each other that if a plain gob were to utter would get him about two years at hard labor. Charlie Chaplin got knocked out in a fight with his wife's manager. He'd better stick to comedy. Now Bainbridge Colby has lost the Irish vote and hasn't even won that of Ulster. At present prices potatoes should be wrapped like oranges and apples. John C. Pugh, who served as a clerk to the house naval affairs committee while It 'was drafting the naval appro priation 'bill, saved the government 1100,000,000. according to Representa tive Thomas S. Butler of West Ches ter. Mr. Butler is chairman of the committee and introduced a bill In the house to give Mr. Pugh 1000 ex tra for his services. The bill passed the house by a vote of 271 to 24. - When the train stopped at a little station In the south a tourist from the north emerged and gazed curi ously at a lean animal rubbing It self against a scrub oak. "What do you call that?" he asked a native. "Razor-back hawg, suh." "What's he rubbing himself against the tree for?" "He's stroppin' hlsself, suh, jes' etroppln' hisself." Everybody's Mag azine. A salesman was showing an elderly lady the virtues of the car he sella He made many turns and at the prop er times extended his arm as a' turn ing signal. The old lady watched the proceed ing for some time. Then she craned her neck and looked at the sky. "Mister." she said sternly, tapping him on the shoulder, "you Just tend to your driving. It don't look like rain nohow, but if it should I'll let you know." Dayton (Ohio) Journal. the best of it, or at least that was the way the situation looked when 1 left there a couple of days ago. How ever. I'm not in. politics and don't know anything more than what I hear people talking on the subject. All that Clerk Hermann, of the Hotel Portland, brought home with him from his fishing trip were a couple of large blisters which have ruined his feet and makes standing behind the counter anything but an unalloyed pleasure. Mr. Hermann sallied forlh to catch trout near Forest Grove. He waded a stream for five miles, whipping it withou result. The boots he wore were too large, which accounts for the blis ters, otherwise.he would have noth ing to show for his pains. Mr. Her mann insists, however, that the stream is filled with trout, but the water is too muddy. Daniel Webster, who was justice of the peace at Salem longer than any other man who ever held the office there, arrived at the Seward yesterday wearing his(G. A. R. but ton. Mr. Webster, who is quite elder ly, resigned being justice of the peace about a year ago. For years his office was the headquarters for the civil war comrades and all the bat tles from Bull Run to Appotomax were fought in the little room in the Capitol hotel. James R. Linn of Salem, newly ap pointed member of the state fair board, is registered at the Seward with Mrs. Linn. The appointment of Mr. Linn met with the approval of his large circle of acquaintances through out the state, for aside from his po litical affiliations, he is interested In several farms. The appointment has not affected him, as he casually ob serves, "You may still call me Jim." Les' Matlock of Heppner is at the Imperial. As the story goes, the day that a devastating flood came down Willow creek and just about wiped out the town and caused the death of scores of people, Les' Matlock did the Paul Revere act and raced on horseback warning people to get to high groundi C. E. Arney of Spokane, who is at the Hotel Portland on one of his every-once-in-a-while visits, is con nected with the Northern Pacific rail road and his special province is to en courage settlers to settle and culti vate) and thus produce more tonnage for the freight department. When Thomas B. Handley isn't at Salem legislating. S. S. Johnson is in the law business with him in Tilla mook. Mr. Johnson is in Portland on a business trip and l among the ar rivals at the Seward. he matter And yet Mr. Blythe declares that the solution of the economical dif ficulties which he so truly sets forth Is for the people to refuse longer to let the "bosses" hand them the names of the candidates for whom they must vote, admitting, as he does, thar the next president will be nominated either at Chicago or San Francisco. As everybody knows, the great con test now being waged in all the states' to determine what the people will do in this very matter. Mr. Blythe says that business men and the people at large must unite in this movement and refuse to permit the bosses to hand them their can didates. But the trouble here is that while all business men are not prof iteers, all profiteers are business men. The profiteers are the very boys we are all after. It must be admitted, however that "them will be the hap py days" when the business men will array themselves against the prof iteers! It might help some if Attorney-General Palmer could be induced to desist from further "probing" in the matter of the H. C. of L. Since he began probing some four months ago the general average of prices has risen at least 10 per cent. Wonder if Pres ident Wilson could be persuaded to call him off? In the meantime, however, as to the solution being in a decision of the people to select their own candidntes. Mr. Blythe Is at leasfcZO years, behind In his reading. T. T. GEEli. . ROBIN SETS EXAMPLE KOU ALL We, Too. (Hi Arise Wllk Song and Make the Best of Things. PORTLAND, April 8. (To the Edi tor.) We have a beautiful example from our ever present robin. He wakes us very early in the morning with his cheery notes of thanksgiving He Is the very last bird to retire in the evening. Long after the lights are turned on we can hear him chirping or singing as he looks after worms or other food He always appears happy and con tented; even if there Is some frost Id the air It s Just the same. We may well be inspired by out feathered friend's example of making the best of things. We, too, can arise In the morning with a song of praise and thanksgiving In our hearts. As the day passes with its happenings, inharmonies or disappointments they can be cured by forgetting them Solomon wisely said: As a man thinketh so Is he." When the baby gets a bump, if you pity him, he screams all the louder, but if you at tract his attention to anything be sides his temporary troubles he Is soon laughing and happy. Drop the habit of saying anything of anyone you would not say to his face. I heard a woman answer an other who started to tell something about a neighbor. She said to the news vender: "Don't you be the firs person to tell me bad news or gossip.' That works a charm every time. The second attempt will never be made. It takes two to start a quarrel and it taaes more than one to stir up gossip. Love your neighbor, be good to those who would persecute vou." MATTIE BOONE ROSS. In Other Days. Twenty-Five Years Ago. From The Oregonisn of April 9. 1S05. Salem During the closing days of his term. ex-Governor Pennoyer Issued long list of commutations of sen tence, including four to men sen tenced for murder and two for man slaughter. Joseph Panuet, east side contractor and capitalist, was last night elected clerk of school district No. 1. suc ceeding H. S. Allen. . Proposals for the purchase of $200.- 000 of the Portland bridge bonds, issue of 1S-95. were received yesterday and the bid of Blair & Co.. offering a premium of 9.67, was accepted. The Park Place church at Univer sity Park, was dedicated Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large congregation. Fifty Yrars Ago. From The Oregonlan of April 0, l7u. Washington. Memorial services In honor of General Thomas were held yesterday afternoon in the chamber of the' house of representatives. Madrid. Enforcement of the con scription law began yesterday throughout Spam, with disturbances reported from several regions. The Willamette is rising and boats make the trip to Corvallls without uifficulty. One of the dump carts used In the cut of the Oregon & California rail road was thrown from the track yes terday and caused considerable delay to the work. FROM FRIEND OF HIRAM Who supplied the Cason boy with liquor? He Is the one to punish. At their present rate of ascension potatoes will soon be angel food. At a' dinner in an eastern city, ex President Taft related the story of an editor who was offered pay for his appearance at a certain function, says the New York Evening Post. When he ' refused it, although this seems strange for an editor, the person who had made the offer remarked that he would putthe money In "the fund." The editor's1 curiosity was aroused. "What fund?" he asked. "Oh, the fund to get better speakers next year," was the unexpected reply. Edward S. Hough, who designed the Hough type of ship, used by the ship ping board, is once more registered at the Multnomah from San Francisco, where he is connected with a marine company. ' v "Mr. and MrsS W. E. Thompson of Bridal Veil, are at the Multnomah. Mr. Thompson is in the lumber busi ness In the town which ! located between the Columbia highway and the Columbia river. . J. A. Miller, capitalist, stockman and former mayor of Fossil, is at the Multnomah. Husband's Curtesy In Estate. PORTLAND. April 8. (To the Ed itor.) A married woman accumu lates property consisting of a house and three lots. She is divorced and in course of time marries again. She has one daughter by first husband. She pays all taxes and assessments and property is in her name. Does the second husband have a -right In the property in case of her demise, or does it all go to the daughter. there being no will at present? Do Improvements to the property effected by the second husband give him a hold on it? A CONSTANT READER. Upon the- death of the wife a life Interest In the Income from one-half the property would go to the hus band. He cannot be barred from It by will. . With Some Observations on the Keiri From M Irklitsn. PORTLAND. April 6. (To the Edi tor.) How docs The Oregonlan like the news from Michigan? To all right-thinking Americans it is mighty good news, becau.se it is favorable to that staunch American and true pa triot, Hiram Johnson. By the way, anent the so-called league of nations, why does The Ore gonian persist in calling Johnson a radical?- Bear in mind that rock upon which this republic was founded, the constitution, and that our foreign pol icy down through all the years has. been a policy of no-entangling alli ances and non-interference In Euro pean affairs, and that under that con stitution and through our American policies we have come to be the greatest republic ar.d most prosperous people in the world, and that Wilson advocates the nullification of the con stitution and a radical change in our long-establlshsJ foteign policy, while Johnson believes we should maintain our American Ideals, institutions and foreign policies. Who Is the radical. Woodrow Wilson or Hiram Johnson? Does The Oregonlan really believe the American people prefer the so called league of nations to our con stitution? Or is all this nonsensical clamor for the league merely the aftermath of the late distemper Wil sonitis? L. C. MILLER. .-- Savings Consist of One Hat. ONTARIO, Or., April 5. (To the Editor.) Herewith is copy of my resignation as an employe of the postoffice department. By implica tion It accurately and truthfully por trays the splendid opportunity and extraordinary Inducements offered by employment in the civil service, and particularly in the postoffice depart ment, to ambitious and energetic young men. . Chief Clerk Railway Mall Service. Port land. Or. I hereby tender my resignation as railway postal clerk, effective April 6, 1920. And now, with grateful acknowledgment and hesrty good wishes to my friends and former co-workers, and a benediction upon the service, I take my hat which repre sents the savings of 'Jl years in this field of endeavor and retire. W. H. MULLEN. GettinfC Job aa Cartoonist. MAUPIN, 0r., April 6. (To the Ed itor.) Please tell me how one starts cartooning for profit. To whom could one wri or submit samples of work? . M. S. It is a matter of applying In per son or by letter and of submitting samples of sketches to the editors of various publications until one finds : the happy combination of an editor who needs a cartoonist and likes the applicant's work. Not One Word. PORTLAND, April 8. (To the Edi tor.) To settle an argument, please advise 4f there is such a word as "alright" or if the two words, "all right," should be used. B. P. The expression requires two words. Address Is Wanted. WINLOCK. Wash, April 6. (To the Editor.) Please print an inquiry on the editorial page asking for address of Eleanor Hall, whose article ap- I peared March 7 in the Sunday Ore- J I gonlan. ants. A. i. (.Lltns. . OH, I.OOKIT! r.KRAI.DIJiE! AIN'T HE STL'.NNING! Despite the fact that he en couraged ruminative gum chew ing Despite the fact that he de veloped an abortive sense of romance in the American home Despite the fact that profi teering eventually swept the nickel theater Into the catch-all of discarded enjoyments May blessings rest upon the good gray head that first con ceived the motion picture! What would we do without 'em? You can't answer that. Neither can we. The void, the vacuity, the per fect vacuum that would -ensue ia awful to contemplate .with equanimity. If you would be well advised on the latest and most desirable offerings of the silent drama, alias the silver screen, otherwise our old friend "the movies" Read the special section of the Sunday paper. . -