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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, UIOXDAT, 31 AT 24, 1920
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MR. JOHNSON
ANT MR.
LAIN.
CHAMBER-
about It. The Oregronian has said
so and -will say so again on ap
propriate occasions. But who else
says it? Not the Chamberlain demo
crats, who will not dare say it. but
say only that Chamberlain roust not
be held responsible for it. Why not?
The immediate point is not as to
whether Wilson Is right or wrong
or Chamberlain is right or wrong,
but as to whether Chamberlain is
with Wilson or against him. The
president raised it. The democrats
of Oregon have, given their answer.
Now it will be used at San Francisco
to show how the president failed to
control his own party in the first and
last real test except in Georgia,
(where he also failed) before the as
sembly of the national democratic
convention.
were approved. While The Orego
nian did not recommend adoption of
the amendment changing the guber
natorial succession, it saw and sees
no harm in it. But that it willim
prove' a cumbersome and unsatisfac
tory arrangement is doubtful. This
was Ukely the view of most of those
who voted against it. Its adoption
is therefore not a matter for' regret
or apprehension by those who did
not favor it.
If other details of the election had
caused as little heartburning and as
much rejoicing as did this record
of the voters wishes it would be an
unusually happy state today. It was
a verdict for strength, safety and
progress.
Mr. Johnson has apparently car
ried the Oregon republican primary
by a very narrow plurality. But it is
a fair question to ask what he is go
ing to do with his victory. It will be
an almost empty, triumph, since the
substantial fruits of it have all Wut
been denied him. He will have
tbe nominal instruction of the re
publican voters of Oregon upon
the delegates at Chicago to vote for
him, and doubtless they will; but
they are not for him- They are op
posed to him, all but one, and were
known to be opposed when they were
elected, and were elected largely for
that reason, and in full knowledge of
the facts.
Here are ample confusion and dis
tinct contradiction, in expression of
the popular will. It professes to want
to have a certain thing done, and it
commits the task to representatives
who by their sentiments, wishes, af
filiations, records, statements have
shown that they want earnestly to
do something else, and will do it
when they can be honorably dis
charged from the pledge required of
them. It Is well enough to say that
fidelity will be demanded of them.
But on their part they are entitled
to examine and weigh the validity of
their obligation.
Mr. Johnson carried Oregon by a
plurality against four candidates
through the union of several ele
ments, some harmonious, otners ais
tinctly inharmonious. He was an
"antl" candidate. The anti-leaguers
were for him because he is against
the league and the radicals and the
upsetters were for him because he is
against pretty much of everything
and for pretty much, of nothing. The
hyphenates, the bi-linguals, the anti
British and the in-and-outers of the
republican party were for him all for
reasons sufficient to them. Most ot
them enlisted under the Johnson no
league flag, and they took with them
some others in the republican party
who are influenced by no consider
ations of alien blood or birth, near
or remote, but who think that the
only duty of America is to mind its
own business an impossible policy
in the large view. Altogether they
make up in numbers a bare plurality
not a majority of the republican
electorate of the state.
Thus it is clear that the strength
of Johnson lay in his radicalism, real
or supposed, and in his no-leagueism
He would have failed except for this
alliance, for while many would have
been for Johnson, league or no
league, others would certainly have
been against him, except for the
league. The league issue was more
distinctly drawn with the candidates
for delegate. Those candidates for
whom an appeal was made on the
ground that they stand for the league
with reservations have been almos
uniformly successful as against can
didates of equal personal worth and
party standing who had taken the
opposite position or no position. It
is a remarkable fact, too, that that
candidate who said that he could
under no circumstances vote for
Johnson at Chicago leads the poll
by several thousand votes, though on
the other hand the Johnson manager,
doubtless through the fact that the
Johnson forces concentrated on him
contrives to get a place among the
four winners at large, though the
lowest place. All this "means plainly
that the state of Oregon desires that
me jnicago convention snail not suu
mit to the dictation of a turbulen
and very noisy faction within th
party that it repudiate its solemn
duty through a covenent with othe
nations to keep the peace and pro
mote the common welfare. As tim
goes on, and the wounds, losses and
sacrifices of the war recede into the
past, there is perhaps a less acute
consciousness of the perils to Amer
ica growing out of the weakened and
demoralized condition of world af
fairs: but they exist, and are a real
menace, and they cannot be met by
simply ignoring them. They will not
be ignored.
If we cannot be uncertain as to th
real verdict of the republican party,
no mistake can be made also as to
the democratic party. There the is
sue was the endorsement or repudia
tion of the president and his admin
istration. . It was plainly put before
the party and the answer is repudi
ation by the nomination of Mr.
Chamberlain for senator. It- is non
sense to pretend, as the excited and
uneasy followers of Mr. Chamberlain
did pretend during the campaign,
that the sole question was the re
nomination of Mr. Chamberlain. Mr.
Wilson distinctly offered the demo
cracy of Oregon the alternative be
tween himself and Mr. Chamberlain
In the Hamaker letter. But if he had
not said what he said to Hamaker
meaning thus to say it to the de
mocracy of Oregon and of the na-'
tion there is the record of the sen
ator. It was enough. Now the most
will be made of the fact that the
Chamberlain view and not the Wil-
son view of the league of nations
and of all other matters of adminis
tration concern prevails In Oregon,
as it surely does. Mr. Chamberlain
has a commission from his own
party to continue to do what he
has been doing follow a policy of
opposition to the president at criti
cal times. ' It is beside the mark
to fcX tiat Ctui.mbei;laia ia right
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.
Somewhere and somehow a rumor
was set afoot that Tom Sweeney
would run independent against "Pat"
McArthur, who had defeated him for
the congressional nomination. But
of course it did not come from Mr.
Sweeney, nor from anybody who
knew him and wished him well. It
took no cognizance either of his
sportsmanship or of his good sense.
He notifies Mr. McArthur that he
will both vote for and support him
at the election.
It is the same with Eugene - E.
Smith. He wires' Mr. McArthur a
message of congratulation on his
clean victory and assures him of his
"honest and earnest support." It
was to be expected of Mr. Smith that
he would agree that a primary de
cision is decisive, for certainly it
should decide. If not, why a pri
mary?
Here is a happy augury of better
days in politics. The primary has lent
tself too much to cutthroatism and
personal revenges. No man should
go into a primary, or be permitted to
go in, unless he will accept its results
in good faith. If -not, it would be
better to abolish the whole business
and let everybody have his own
party, as' he now makes his own
platform, and run as he pleases.
The example of men like Sweeney
and Smith will do much to discour
age other men like the late Laffertys
from ruining where they cannot rule.
RESTORATION
OF CAPITAL
MEJ.T.
PCN1SH-
MOKE POWER TO THE CHAMBER.
Every business man in Portland
should see that his interest lies in
becoming a member of the Chamber
of Commerce if he is not already one,
and in enlisting others as members
f he is one. The chamber is the one
rganization through which citizens
combine their efforts and resources
to promote the city's industry, com
merce and general progress. How
ever energetic they may be, as indi-
iduals they can do little; by com
bining with the chamber's thousands
of members in a common, concerted
effort they can do much.
There is no ground for hesitation
through doubt that the chamber does
what it sets out to do, for it has made
good. Mainly to its efforts are due"!
the establishment of the steamship
lines which have put.this !port on the
map of the world's commerce, and
the location of some of Its most
thriving industries. It has been the
instrument through which the senti
ment' of the community has been
aroused to the point where monev
has been voted for public docks and
harbor improvements, which lave
won the praise of shipping men
making them advertisers of the port
throughout this country and abroad.
That which it has accomplished in
the last year is just cause of pride
to the people, but it is the fruit of
years of persistent striving with no
apparent result until now.
Great as has been the success so
far it is but the beginning of the
achievement that is possible. In
order that Portland may get all that
its position entitles it to as a com
mercial and Industrial center, the ef
rort now made must be sustained
and increased, and must extend to
distant fields of activity. The cham-
Der must enlist the support of all
who are capable of aiding in its
work. It sends out its recruitine-
parties this week to enlarge its mem-
Dership to 4000, or more. It should
Be more, and if all who are able to
help and who derive benefit from its
work should respond to the call
will far exceed that total. The splen
did, solid results which it has shown
are but an earnest of what it can do
with the co-operation of every pub
lie-spirited citizen.
Even as other states, attempting
the sorry experiment of dispensing
with capital punishment, Oregon has
returned to the stern old truism that
expiation by death is exact justice for
and the stronger deterrent of mur
der. In the returns of the recent
election, by a decisive majority, the
voters of the state have turned their
thumbs down for the vicious and
willful criminal who takes human
life without -extenuating circum
stance. ."'
Of the theory of imprisonment
rather than death in penalty for
murder, much may be said that is
creditable to the human heart and
to the divine instinct of forgiveness
and compassion. The desperate
rogue on the gallows, through spe
cious argument, may be pictured as
one entitled to the fullness of his
days, with deity alone his execu
tioner. The regrettable aftermath of
this kindly but mistaken philosophy
is, as Oregon discovered, a series of
ghastly crimes. Perverts killed for
lust, unworthy veneeance found ex.
pression in murder, and bandits
snuffed lives as lightly as thev
whiffed their cigarettes. The error in
the formula was the error in human
souls twisted and malignant egos
tnat would not conform to the doc
trine of gentleness, - and that gazed
pon leniency as the opportune.
The police records of Portland and
the court records of the state pre
sented the evidence which brought
Oregon to a reversal of viewpoint.
nereaiter, wnen one dwells upon
murder, the noose will dangle before
is mental vision. And though many
men may wish to kill a smallor num.
oer will wish to die. cj
PORTLAND'S GROWTH IN POPULATION
The census of Portland's popula
tion shows decided growth as the ne
result of the ups and downs of the
last ten years. An increase of 24.6
per cent exceeds that of many sub
stantial cities, it raises the Oregon
metropolis in rank above several
others in the same class and, if it
isappoints some, that is because
they have set their hopes too high
With a present population of 258,288
the city shows a larger numerical in
rease, though a smaller percentage
increase, than in any decade except
tnat ending in 1910. As public in-
erest In the census was far keener
n that year than it now is, probably to be undertaken.
A HAPPY ENDING.
Approval by the voters Friday of
the several measures on the state
ballot was an expression of the tru
Oregon spirit. There was therein a
test of strong inclinations, one c
which was to conserve taxes alread
Durdensome; the other to promote
nigner and elementary education
tsoin could not be realized. The
electorate decided for education.
An investment in education by the
public is not of the concrete order of
an investment in good roads. One
does not have continually thrust be
fore him within a brief period its
vast value to the community. Its
greatness is made up of a thousan
and one benefits slowly but surely
conferred, and often overlooked be
cause all of the present day have i
their purview no other conditio
with which to contrast them. Th
university, agricultural college and
normal school are within the im
mediate view of but a small per
centage of the people. They learn
of the problems of these schools onl
through being told by those who are
endeavoring to solve them. More re
mote even from general personal
contact are the difficulties of th
rural school, struggling to maintai
a proper length of term and to pay
lis leacner or two a living salary.
But there was an obvious justice
in the two millage tax 'bills for edu
cation. The growth of the state and
the higher cost of everything that in
stitution or individual must buy pre
cluded the thought that the colleges
and schools could continue to per
form their proper function on the
revenue that was sufficient before
the war. Now Oregon has provided
that all of her youth who seek edu
cation shall continue as heretofore
to find it available.
The voters were not remiss in their
duty toward the young men . who
served in the late war. Sufficient
funds were provided to continue the
educational aid heretofore promised.
The general road programme re
ceived another endorsement In adop
tion of an amendment which makes
possible further capitalization of
automobile license revenues into
bond issues for road construction.
Capital punishment has been re
stored and two measures of lesser
i impor.tft.ute to. the seuexal gubUs
the city was credited then with sev
eral thousand people to which Its
claim was at best doubtful. It pays
now for any excess over the number
with which it should have been
credited then.
west as a means to Its own prosper-
ity; tt is needed by the whole nation
as an important factor in solving its i
most pressing problems.
There is hardly a hindrance to the
smooth operation and the continuous
expansion of American industry.
from agriculture to transportation,
whichtwould not be removed or sen
sibly diminished by waterpower con
verted into electricity; hardly an
economic problem the solution of
which would not be made easier by
this means. The supply of fuel oil
is deficient, and exhaustion of our
reserves is within sight of the rising
generation; electricity would replace
a large proportion of It. There is dif
ficulty in keeping many sections of
the country supplied with- coal, and
there is an unlimited foreign market
for that fuel; electricity would
supply the shortage, replace much of
the domestic consumption and there
by release much for export. Rail
roads are congested with traffic and
short of cars; electricity would re
lieve them of much coal traffic and
would release many thousand coal
cars for other traffic. Cost of rail
road transportation is rising to fig
ures which may halt the growth of
foreign commerce and raise the al
ready high cost of living; electric op
eration of railroads is comparatively
so cheap that it would check that
rise. Impending exhaustion of the
Chilean nitrate beds as well as sound
national policy demand that this
country produce its own supply of
nitrates; waterpower takes nitrates
from the air in Germany -and Nor
way, and can do it In America. Farm
production does not grow in due
ratio with urban population, though
great areas of arid land wait to be
made productive; waterpower would
put water on that land and would at
tract settlers. There is a famine of
paper;- the Pacific coast has water
power amid great forests of pulp-
wood. Labor is scarce: substitution
of electric for steampower would re
Iaase an army of men who haul coal
trains, and perhaps some of those
who mine coal.
The three Pacific coast states that
have suffered most by the embargo
on power development will -nrnfit
most by its revival after the new law
is passed and will do most to confer
tne benefits described on the nation
VJI me total maximum nntential
waterpower in the United States 74.3
per cent will come under that law.
In the western states 94 per cent of
ine total will be thus governed. The
n..cc racinc states nave 43.6 per
vvni oi tne total for the countrv.
Washington ranking first, California
second and Oregon third among all
iiie ioriy-eignt states. The great
lieia .wnicn the two north Pacific
states offer is indicated by the fact
mat uregon has developed only 3.6
per cent of its total of 7,100,000
horsepower, Washington only 3.7 per
cent oi its y.bUU.UOO horsepower.
That actual development in these
states will soon begin is predicted by
Hugh L. Cooper, builder of the rrent
Keokuk dam, who is at the head of
several large projects. Even the
great enterprise at The Dalles, on
the Columbia river, where there is a
possible 800,000 horsepower, is soon
"There is an out-
BY-PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES
Saa Fraaetaeo Preseats Willie Sharp,
Meat Ceaststeat Saver Known.
This is the story ef Ir. William F.
Sharp, one of San Francisco's leading
dentists today. Modesty forbade Dr.
Sharp to tell this story himself. It was
told in an advertisement published by
the Sacramento bank. The story re
veals a number of things, including
what makes cabbages and what makes
kings.
The advertisement was entitled
"Who Remembers Willi F. Sharp?"
Then it went on to say:
As a boy he played In the streets
of Sacramento. His father sailed
around the Horn' from England in
1844 and came, ts-Sacramento in 1852,
where he ran a carpet store. Willie
was born In the later sixties and knew
intimately many men prominent In the
history of Sacramento.
When Willie was barely old enough
to write his name he climbed up in a
big chair so he could get his head
above the counter and signed a big
signature book held by Colonel Ham
ilton In the Sacramento bank. His
father, in order to lnsttll the prlnci
pies of thrift, had just made a savings
deposit for him of $100.
'This was in 187B, but Willie still
has his old pass book. There has
never been a single cent withdrawn
since this account was started 44
years. ago. In order to keep the ac
count alive and prevent it from being
advertised, a few dollars have been
added every few years."
Since "Willie" Sharp, now Dr. Wil
liam Fuller Sharp, signed the sig
nature book in the Sacramento bank
as the S17th depositor, the Interest
alone has amounted to more than five
times the original principal. Since
187S the interest rate has varied from
2 to 10 per cent.
Willie" Sharp's pass book repre
Bents the oldest account In the Sacra
mento bank today, all prior accounts
having dropped out or died. It took
from 1867 to 1875 to accumulate 317
depositors. During last September 445
new depositors signed the bank's rolL
After all, the old days were not so
golden."
The bank had trouble in finding out
just who Willie F. Sharp was,
Russell Richardson, assistant to the
president, was looking over the card
index of the live accounts. A Sacra
mento directory was hunted and final
ly Mr. Richardson consulted President
Henderson, who remembered "Willie-
Sharp.
It is en the basis of such truths as
revealed by the bank book of Willie
F. Sharp that the government is con
tinuing the war savings movement.
By the regular purchase of war sav
ings stamps any one can more than
duplicate "Willie" Sharp's experience
and have behind his or her savings
the security of the United States gov
ernment. Certain unusual phases of the recently-revealed
marriage of a well-
known authoress and a pianist of note
suggested the following to a writer in
the New Tork Globe:
"Hello. Is this you. Ethel?"
"Ethel??? . . ."
"Beg pardon ... I mean is this
you, Fannie? I'm so poor remember
Those Who Come and Go.
DEFENSE OF ALBERS SIGNERS
One of Perltloaers Holds Patriot!.
CoaaUleat Witts Plea for ClemeSfT.
TORTLAND. May SI. (To the Ed
itor.) Jt l almost universally be
lieved that every man is entitled to
his honest opinion. But expression
of opinion.' and casting aspersions at
one whose belief is at variance, are
entirely different matters.
The writer must take exception to
James H- Ganoe. writing In The Ore-
gonian, when he attacks the patriot
ism and lovaltv of sicners of the
wife. Cheeee. room 735." Then the Petition recommending e x e e v t I .v e
clerk Instructed- him to gase upon tne L . IT . ., ' "
u i. k... v,.r. h. found: "oe asserts In substance that signer.
S W (-onn.r TUl.mnnk. room 325 " ' pennon PISCO incir u..n.
Tho ..),., atrnk, hi "snlnach 1 01 approval on ma smuiiiK
th.n ahni.tedr -finn-ha! Some ad. that Lusitanla. on Germany and the kaiser.
- I I,. , , . , .v. . .
t TllliimnnV I'll have) to " cuiiimuta mat -"
Nw heard of tho town," re
marked a rural guest who was reg
istering at the Imperial and hap
pened to notice on one line tss follow
ing: Rollie W. Watson and wife. Eat.
room 4." Ho looked again and
o lines below this observed an
other unknown geographical point in
this signature: "John A. Schiene and
tell Maria about that when
home.'
I get
Salt Lake people are putting Port
land on the- route of the summer auto
tours they are mapping out. is the
word brought by W. E. Sutton, who
piloted a machine through Utah to
California and arrived at the Multno
mah yesterday. He is going on to
Canada, following roads that he says
are going to be Immensely popular
with people from his section of the
country this year. In the party are
his wife and son. Miss Allgood and
Mrs. James H. Waters and eon. Mrs.
Waters is wife of the owner of the
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Meatagne.
of the city carry out their duty of
publishing the complete list of sign
ers he will arise as the arch-patriot
to perform , the duty as tribute to
more than 4.000.000 comrads wno
served their time."
The writer signed tho Albers pe
tition. He is happy to say that he
belongs to a family who, in a modest
way, contributed a mite to tne war
the volunteering- of three sons for
active service, all comrades of Mr.
Ganoe and 4.000.000 others who
'served their time."
There are many people, like the
writer, who have thought all the
while and who still believe that
A MODERN PROPOSAL
Darling, won't yon marry ms? Tonr
just the wife I seek.
I sigh for you; I die for you as much
as twice a week.
On Tuesdays and on Saturdays I"n
sick at heart and blue.
And never have a single thought, ex
cept, my love, of you!
I cannot eat my breakfast then. I
push away my chair.
And frown upon my bam and eggs,
because yon ar not there.
Darling, wont yoa marry na! This
life would be sublime.
If you would be my precious wife
two-sevenths of the time.
On Sun, Moil, Wed. and Thn. and
FrfT, I never seem to feel
Tour absence when I sit mi down ts
polish off a meal.
But on the other days. My Own, It's
you I'm thinking: of.
Won't you try to save for me that
fraction of your love?
Newhouse hotel In Salt Lake. "New Henry Albers. while intoxicated, was
work being put In on the roads in
southern Oregon is making a big
showing already with the motorists.
said Mr. Sutton. "By next year you
ought to have as good- highways as
those in California.'
Word of the big north Portland fire
yesterday spoiled a day's outing, 'or
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sovereign, who
had gone out the Columbia highway
for a picnic when news reached them
that the Aladdin cut-up plant was in
the path of the flames. Mr. Sover
eign is president of the ready-built
housa comDanv and had been joined
Saturday night at the Benson by his
wife and Mrs. B. E. Stuart of Bay
City, Mich. The entire party, will
remain over for the Shrine conven
tion. Mr. Sovereign was naturally
much concerned over the safety of
the company's mill, which, however.
was not reached by the fire.
That Senator McNary will bo In
Oregon. Just about a month from to
day to spend a six weeks' vacation
hounded and goaded, by governmental
detectives into uttering statements
that made possible his conviction un
der the espionage act. And tho loy
alty of these same people to God
and country has not been questioned.
Henry Albers was Indiscreet, woe
fully so. That is beyond debate.
When un-sobered by drink, when
subject to jibes of detectives who
plainly desired to "get" him. Al
bers could not stifle the allegiance
that he bore to his birthplace.
True, the courts have adjudged him
guilty and have fixed his sentence.
But courts, like humans, sometimes
make mistakes. Those who know
Albers point to his long years of
service as a citizen of high charac
ter a man who has contributed to
the community in no small measure.
Thev know that fate alone will spare
his life if forced to serve three years
t McNeil's island: they know tne
pangs-of his family and relatives and
feel at heart that he is Innocent.
Mr. Ganoe's voice cries out for
lustire.- If it cannot be meted out
In his home state is the news that his ( "otherwise, let anarchy and treason
brother, John McNary, Salem attorney,
has to impart. The latter spent an
hour or so around the Seward yes
terday waiting for bis train to go out
for the east. Ho is bound for New
Tork city for three dayB' business.
then will go to Washington to watch
Charlie at work. After that a gen-
be rampant and bolshevism reign su
preme, he says. The latter utter
ance tvpifies bouse-top nag wav
ing of " "self-appraised 100 per cent
Americans, who, lest their motives
be misjudged, acclaim themselves in
clarion tones. Perhaps that is the
accurate yardstick by which ridel
Darling, won't you marry me? Don't
say It can't be done:
If haply two days Is too much, we'll
cut it down to one.
Suppose we make it Saturdays, and
you. delightful elf.
Shall have six nice long days a week
to think about yourself.
And if the dew dries on the rose, and
lite grows dull and sere.
We'll curtail the devotion stuff ts
once or twice a year.
So, darling, won't you marry m? m
crazy over you.
And like this little plan of years, al
though it isn't new.
It Isn't new at all, my love, for sines
the cave-man days.
Our ancestors have practiced It ra
many different ways.
Old Solomon and Brigham Young were
very fond of it.
And I may say I think that they Im
proved it quite a bit!
Some Claim to Fame
Anyway, nobody can say that Indi
ana isn't the mother ef vice-presidents.
, Coins About It the Risfct Way
The English merchant who offers
o sell us clothes for 832 a suit will do
ore to cement pleasant relations be-
ween the two countries than all tho
ipiomats.
Unfair
Teachers have all got higher nay.
ut how about the children, who do
least three quarters of th school
work?
f Copyright r gll Syndicate, Ine.)
r.l tim will ho had fcv alL itv to country should be measured
as the nalr are going to Chicago to I Perhaps not. There are many thou-
nttend the Re n ii h II en n convention be-I sands of Americans who are not de-
fore coming west together. I pendent on sucn tneairics ior y-ecos-
I nitlon. such ornamental nraars ana
"I put Los Angeles down for my big I explosions of forensic T. X. T. Their
Ktnn-over on mv vacation this year. I realty to God and country is Dorne
but next season Portland is going
to have me for a whole month and
my wife, too." declared George Wan-
strath of St. Louts, when he checked
out of the Benson. He is a real es
tate man. who is a keen judge of
cities snd waxes enthusiastic over
in their, everyday fair dealings with
fellow men. in the quiet retreats oi
home and academic life and in ac
tions, sans words, in time of emer
gency.
Mr. Ganoe has "gnaaied" tnose wno
ask clemency for Albers he has di-
Portland. nart-icularly its c 1 e a n I rectly attacked their patxiotlsm. Fer
streets. Mrs. Wanstrath accompanied I haps in his riery role or arcn-patrioi
him to this city and went with him I he has been in error. In an exercise
me west are to be realized, and
prospect of rapid industrial and aerl-
cultural growth is onenprl hfni-. th.
Attention is now centered rather people of the Columbia river h.ir. in
on proper distribution of population particular, for most of the power of
iiia.ii u.i its i-onceuirauon in large tnis region is in the Columbia river
jonimuniues. x ne American people and Its tributaries. The period of
realize mat tneir cities have been arrested develoDment is near 4t
growing out of proportion to their and the period of full development
' uiraiuuii, mu liiai. iney pay is loom to open
in tne snape or metier livine- ex
penses. If the rural population
should have grown faster than that
of the cities In the last decade it
let ror all of it," he said, "and with
in a surprising short time."
At last the long deferred hopes of ing names."
Tes, this Is Fannie. Who is talk
ing?
"This is Jacques."
There are just two uses for which
a vacant lot was Intended. One is to
DUlld
don't seem to recall."
"Jacques Danielson. Tou know me
"Jacques Danielson T'
"Tea. I'm your husband. Don't yon
remember me?
"Oh, I beg your pardon, Mr. Daniel
son. How stupid of me! Wo wives
are so preoccupied these days. Well,
it
on a tour of the parks and highway.
Training young men and young wo
men in tne responsibilities oi ine
business world and qualifying them
to fill the iTlaccs in offices and count
ing rooms that are calling for that
sort of help Is the mission that is
being discharged by the high schools
of Oregon. Professor A. 1 Mecauiey,
who is at the head of the commer
cial department of The Dalles schools.
EDcnt the . week-end In Portland at
the Imperial hotel, wnne attending
to soms matters of private business
in connection with the management
of his apple orchard in the Hood
River valley.
of divinity we forgive him. No man
or woman who signed the petition
will mind having Mr. Ganoe act as
nublisher oro tern of their names
Perhaos It is fittinK tnat ne -casi
the first stone" at erring Magdalenes.
JAMES S.VKSFIELD SHELH1,
a hotlKA rn if- in ... t. ; W . I
will be a cause for deeper irratifl- ir i !- , """"" ,'YC"' voice. How are you
,. . ' , "ec ,av.aui. j. no omer is
cation than would have been a to plant a garden. But no vacant
larger urban increase. Portland will lot ought to be permitted to harbor
nuic owiiuij prosperous city I a ruonisn pile
il xn
back country fills up with
people than it could possibly be if it
News dispatches relate that a post-
counted many thousands more with- c,luo a Posl" "Pretty good, thank you. Tou heard
in its own bounds without wooor- n. ..",. 'gnt ears aP by. an hout "y latest story?"
tionate rural increase.
uttumwa, ia.j woman has just
rflflrheH f ho oH4.&cc,aa x . . . i ,
Looking to the future, we have ottumwa. wnmar. J.Z
- ij . UIUU I
w - i' mwie ia-in t nann ir to li h,lckanj : , -
an mo i-iijr uuiiug Lilts tuumig
than during the past decade. During
the last ten years the city has been
effecting a transition to a new sage
of its development. The time of the
smaller vessels which carried fenly
gram, flour ana lumber has passed
and we have been preparing the
channel, harbor and docks for far
larger vessels which will carry gen
eral cargo and run on regular time
The one you were telling me about
at our last breakfast?"
"Goodness, no I've written 32 since
then. That was 11 months ago.'
. "True. I had foraotten when we
The third son of the late Marquis! last, saw each other. Somebody was
Being assistant superintendent of
the O.-W. R. & X. company at The
Dalles doesn't necessarily insure that
Kfrio. n vrmanent seat In a leather-
". i uearu yuur i upholstered swivel chair. A. c Mur
phy, who is spending several days at
the Oregon, didn't have much time
to sit in his during the recent switch
men 8 strike In the town. v nen
freight congestion threatened to hold
it n evervthina on the line ne and sev
eral clerks worked shifts at the yard
switches.
Some day, it is whispered arourM
the Benson. George Zimmerman is
ffOinK to come in from Vancouver,
B. C, on one of his periodical trips
and is not coins back alone. In fact.
he is very likely to Be accompanied
by a very charming young woman
"I've been a bit under the weather."
"Really? I hadn't heard of it."
"Oh. that's all right. . . . Only
been sick a year or so. And how are
you V
of Queensbury has obtained a di-1 telling mo you went to Europe after! who lives In Portland. He is regls-
orce. e must have tried to apply I that breakfast of ours. I had hoped
Marquis of Queensbury rules to mar
ried life.
Nobody should regret the death of
Carranza more than the state de
partment. There's nobody left to
schedule on fixed routes. This work wnm sharp notes may be addressed, make It-
was necessary not only to expansion I ' , I "Shall ws go to Recor's same as
of commerce but to greater expan-I The sun rises about 4:30 now and last time?"
you would be back In time for -luncheon.
However, now that we are In
touch again, how about a little din
ner party tonight?"
"Just a minute while I look over my
appointments. . . . Oh, I guess I can
sion of industry. The port is ready the morning hours are grand for
now and is getting the business. The! garden work and to develop an ap-
work in progress and the great proj-l petite fos "dog" and hot cakes.
ects in immediate prospect will make j
tered again at the hotel, where he ts
known as one of tho really "good fel
lows" up in British Columbia.
The Imperial has 'been a lonely
elace since Saturday, with only
few politicians remaining. a. t.
Jonea is one of the would-be secre
taries of state who returned yester
day to his home in Lincoln county
to recuperate from tne campaign.
Dr. A. E. Wrightman. who aspired
INTERCHl'RCH IDEA DEPRKCATKI)
Writer Says Every Individual Mut
Esperlesee w Birth.
PORTLAND. May 22. (To the Edi
tor.) The action of the Swedish mis
sion recently in this city, taning
around asrainst the interchurch world
nnvernent. will surprise many who
think that this" movement is destined
to do great things for the advance
ment of ths Christian religion. In
these nost-war days, the raising of
huae sums of money has become
fetish, like the charmed snake of the
African bushmen, and whoever op-
Doses it will at least be open to tne
charee of obstructing tho world's
proa-res s.
Manv thouahtful people, however,
will thank the Swedish brethren for
the couraae of their convictions, while
millions will asree with their con
elusions. They are entirely right
when they say: "The movement seek
to unite evangelicals and1 non-evan
srelicals. which is contrary to th
Bible." and also "that the movemen
nlarea undue emphasis on money, in
dtcating that money is the main fac
tor in bringing about world evangel
lzatlon," and "that the movemen
avoids a definite statement eatisfac
tory to evangelical Christians
"seemingly ignores the holy spirit,
the third person in the trinity."
The fact is these brethren are right.
This whole movement is anti-bioncai,
and 'as a religious movement must
come to naught. All people know
that the only way to people the worl
in bv natural birth. No ne to dat
has ever suggested that this could be
Twesiy-tlTe Years Ag.
From. The Oreronlar. of May S4. 15.
Oklahoma City. Sham at noon to
day 15,000 men and women made a
grand rush from all sides of the
Kickapoo reservation for the 450
claims open to white settlement.
Tien-Tsin. An lmperal proclama
tion has been issued announcing ths
ratification of the treaty of peace be-
ween China and Japan.
The Albina Water company Is en
gaged in making improvements to the
water system by which it will be able
to furnish water to Highlands and
vicinity.
The iron for two and one-half miles
more of the Pokcgama Mill com
pany's track has been delivered to
extend the line further into the timber.
"Rector's? Certainly not. That place I to attend a' convention, still has his
it amply ready. The city may be
trusted not to let its facilities fall be
hind the needs created by the
changes which time brings. What
has been done and is now being done
will form the basis for a healthy.
legitimate growth in the next decade
beside which that of the last decade
may seem small indeed.
WATERPOWER; WHAT IT MEANS.
If the man in the weather box is
determined on showers, the hours
between midnight and daylight are
commended to him.
About the biggest man in the
country, by and large and cross-sectioned,
was a visitor la Portland yes-
teraay.
Cottage Grove hens do not lav all
For many years the west has the big eggs in Oregon, but Cottage
waited for congress to pass a law un- Grove knows best how to tell of
der which its waterpower may be de-1 them.
veloped, and American capital and
enterprise nave oeen ready to enter Mmnril dav In a w.v nr
upon that work on any practicable the flrst time , Portland's history
. , . "u"6'" ""bui. ueiiue. tb.a bloom appears inadequate.
ai iaL uuuureba is hooui lo pass sucn
closed 18 months ago.'
(Curtain while they become ac
quainted and argue it out.)
Scene 1 Ward in hospital at Rouen
January 1, 1918.
Quartet "So we're all South Afri
cans.'
'Yes, I was shipman on the Rob
inson
I was an asaayer on the Crown
Mines."
'I was a trainer at Auckland Park;
'And I was reporter In Johannes
burg." r
'But when I go back I'm going in
for orangs growing.
'And I'm taking up tobacco.
name on the register, naving come
I In from Sllverton.
Johnson's success In Oregon cast a
gloom over the Benson, as It is cer
tain that if the Californian is elected
president that hostelry must hunt a
new clerk. It is sad but true that
J. H. Myers, one of the best known
greeters around the establishment, in
sists tha, he refuses to live in tne
country with Johnson as chief execu
tive. It has not yet been learned how
Johnson feels about the possible
forthcoming loss of Mr. Myers.
law will probably pass it before
adjourning for the conventions but
capital and enterprise have so many
other lucrative opportunities that
they can only be attracted to power
development at high rates of Inter
est. But the demand for power is so
great fhat even this obstacle and
the enhanced cost of construction
will not prove deterrents.
Tf 5 a sl,Airn V r tli ronnrt t n n m
mittee of the National Electric Light baby-
association", of which a synopsis was
published in Tho Sunday Oregonian
We' herewith nominate A, Mitchell
Palmer for president of Mexico, and I
declare the nominations closed.
Mr. and Mrs. T. AsabukI of Japan
are srettlng an education first hand
these days. Mr. Asabuki'is showing
his wife the United States while he Is
learning American business metnods.
"Amt I'm negotiating about a stud Miss T. Nakamura Is accompanying
farm." f .ham at thA Multnomah where
'And I see a, fortune in ostriches." I thev arrived yesterday. Mr. Asabuki
f - msnairpr r, f a. a-reat chain of iner
oceno mnpiro uuuuej, ddauuj, chandise stores m japan.
1920.
back
Why talk of using the hides of
sea lions when the country is full of
cow hides?
The robber who holds up a one-
man car would take money from a
that the demand for hydro-electric c nmmnKm-s fvu
power has changed during those
years of waiting from being merely
potential until it has become urgent.
California faces ait actual shortage,
Oregon and Washington face an im
pending shortage. Power companies
no longer need to develop markets
thev are invited to suoolv markets! Hardly warm
which already exist and which areyung TO1"' in furs
steadily growing. It is no longer a
question of providing power to oper
ate new industries or to supplant
more costly sources of power; it is a
quehtion of providing power for the
normal growth of existing industries,
and to replace an actual or impend
ing shortage of other sources of
power. Pevelopment of waterpower
is no longer detUrei chiefly by the
Quartet "So we've all got
safely. I'm reporting now.'
Tes, I'm a shipman on tho Rob
inson.
"I'm on the Crown Mines assayer,
,n ii knAW.1
w "I'm aetting a few screws togethor
at Auckland Park." Johannesburg
(Transvaal) Sunday Times.
m m m
A critic said at the Flayers club:
"All our popular authors managed
to get to Francs on one excuse or an
other during tho war and now they
Some day Mexico will become civ- all interlard their stories with French
i j i...., H MAM I nhmcea-
iiuseu t&iiu iivc a. tciiouo. I ' ,
"Those French pnraseB: mow awrui
Gasoline shortage and cool weather they are! How they make you laugh
r Sunrlav affinities. ' lit ou Know r rencn ii an
"A "woman magazine writer, wno
Hardly warm enough for the gets 3uu apiece tor r nDrl elur.
Now for a long campaign with a
Butte, too, is flirting with" a 10-
cent carfare.
The
I order.
yawp "I told you so" is in
"Polk, as usual, went republican."
Tom Sweeney is not a i.orenea,d,
a me Into a restaurant the other day
and sat down near me. bhe wore
Y' uniform. I know she'd had a week
ne twn abroad.
" 'Got any bon vivant?' she said to
th waiter.
"But. madame. l apn t unoerstana, I cation.
the waiter, a J unainn. Bummercu.
"'Go on! I thought you were
French!' said the woman magazine
writer. 'Bon vivant means good liver.
Brinsr me some with bacon.' " Wash-
ington Star.
E. A Brown of Medford thought he
knew all there was to know about
automobiles, as he has an agency for
them; but not long ago a machine
turned round and taught him a few
more things. Mr. Brown mixed in an
accident and showed up at the Seward
yesterday to spend some time there
while he gets a fractured skull re
paired.
Charles S. Fee, passenger traffic man
ager of tne boumern -acizic rauroaa.
earns through tho city faaturday ana
went on to Seattle. Business isn't
coins: to keep him away from pleas
ure, however, and ho Is to return
Thursday to play golf with Assistant
Manager Schreiter of tho Portland
hotel.
So far as the desk men at the Ore
gon are concerned. Court Hall of Med
ford is a prominent citizen, chiefly
distinguished by the fact that every
time he asks for his key he hands the
clerk or bellhop or anybody else who
is handy an apple or a pear or some
seasonable fruit from Jacjison county
xr. Hi, tl run a iraracre as an occupa
tion and cultivates apples'as an avo-
Illncss is keeping State Treasurer
Hoff confined to his room at the Im
perial, lie has been there three days
with Mrs. Hoff. who reported her hus
band still indisposed yesterday.
,In Other, Days.
Fifty Years -Ago.
From Ths Oregonian ot Mar i4. 1S70.
Omaha. Total land sales of ths
Union Pacific railroad average near
ly 40,000 acres per month. Total
sales to date, about 800.000 acres;
average price, about 84.60 per acre.
Chicago. The noted Sioux chief
'Spotted Tail" arrived here today en
route to Washington to meet the pres
ident, and with "Red Cloud" talk over
the grievances of their respective
bands.
Telegraphic communication with
Walla Walla will be established in a
few days.
Workmen are employed on the fin
ishing of the'' Methodist Episcopal
church on Taylor street. The spires
will be 166 feet in height from ths
base.
PLAIN LANGUAGE IJT
VETO
Imnroved unon or changed in tn
least. The Bible plainly lays dow
this same law in regard to enterin
the real church here in this worl
The interchurch world movement pro
nn tn itrnore this law completei
and by reforming the world, and mak
Ing people clean up their DacK yards.
bv building cnurcnes ano ocnou
houses and agitating the good road
movement all commendable in them
selves that In some way that the
themselves do not explain, whole com
mnniiina will be swept at once into
th church, and that if only enough
money can be collected to iinance tn
eniernrlse. that the Kingdom of Go
will be peopled at once and all world
nrnblems solved.
The sponsors or tnis worm 8 move
mant - hOIlHt No One Will RCC11S
them of the contrary. They really
think that this movement is impor
tant, and that it can be put over ir
the proper response to its plea for
large contributions are heeded.
These promoters or tnis propaganda
are entirely mistaken. If they should
succeed in getting the whole world
into their organization, and tne in
dividual members were there with
out the new birth, the world would
not gain one step in its Christianlza
tlon, but on the contrary would be
farther away and naraer to reacn
with the gospel of Jesus Christ than
if the interchurch movement had had
no existence.
The account as puoiisned runner
savs: The opposition in uregon naa
come principally from those known as
premlllenarians, or tnose wr.o oeueve
the second coming of Ch ist will pre
cede the millenlum."
The above is entirely true. And the
believers in this doctrine, which was
the only doctrine of the church for the
first 200 years ot its existence, ounor
the last century and a half was over
shadowed by German rationalism, are
increasing by millions, and bide fair
to be the dominant teaching of tho
militant church of the near future.
Success to these Swedish brethren to
put themselves on tho sido of the
Bible in tnis matter.
L. N. B. ANDERSON.
A Qsery la Lov.
Baltimore American.
Small Brother "Mr. Jaggs, a
you a baseball player?"
faller "No. Willie."
Small Brother "Then why did Pis
tell Ma you were such a good catch?
Governor Coolidee Vindicates Com
mon Seaae on 2.75 Beer Bill,
The Outlook (New Tork).
Governor Coolidge of Massachu
setts has more than his share of that
uncommon quality which we call
common sense. " Every state paper
which we have seen from his pen has
been marked not only with the hall
mark of this quality but alst with
courage, stark sanity and an incisive
ness of utterance which few can
equal.
The Massachusetts legislature re
cently passed a bill providing for the
legalization of 2.76 beer. Other states
have taken similar steps, but no
where have we seen the absurdity of
such state action so completely pil
loried as in Governor Coolidge's vote
of this piece of legislative superflu
ity. The governor's veto, as reported
in the New York Times, reads:
There Is little satisfaction In attempt
ins to deceive ourselves. Thers ts gravs
danger in attempting- to deceive the peo
ple. If this act were placed on the statuts
books ot this commonwealth today It would
provide no beer for the people. No one
would dars act upon It, or, if anyone did,
he would certainly be charged with crime.
Similar laws In other states are. to date.
Ineffective. I am opposed to the prac
tice of a legislative deception. It Is bet
ter to proceed witn candor. wan until
tho supreme court ot the United States
talks.
We have had too much legislation by
clamor, by tumult, by pressure. Repre
sentative government ceases when outsido
Influence of any kind is substituted for
the Judgment of the representative. This
does not mean that tho opinion of con
stituents is to be ignored. It is to be
weighed most carefully, for the represent
ative must represent: but his oath pro
vides that It must be "faithfully and Im
partially, according to the beet of his abil
ities and understanding, agreeably to the
rules and regulations ot tho constitution -and
laws." ,
The authority or tne law jw quesuoneu
in these days all too mucn. ine ninaing
obligation of obedience against personal
desire Is denied in many quarters. ai.
these doctrines prevail, an organises, gov
ernment, all liberty, an security, are at
an end.
Wo hope that the state of Massa
chusetts will some day (If other hon
ors are not In etors for her governor)
see her way clear to loan him to the
United States senate. Such a loan
would make It even easier than it is
at present for the rest of ths nation
to "have faith in Massachusetts."
Ex-Carate Emits Wisdom.
London Tit-Bits.
A bashful curate found the girls
in the parish too helpful. At last it
became so embarrassing that ho left.
Not long afterwards ho met tho
curate who had succeeded him.
"Well," he asked, "how do you get
on with the girls?"
"Oh. very well, indeed." said tho
other. "There is safety in numbers,
you know."
"Indeed?" said the ex-curate. "I
only found It in Exodus!"-