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THE 3IOHNING OREGOXIAN, SATURD4T, JUNE 12, 1920
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TITR KEI'CBUCAX PLATFORM.
Although the plank on the league
of nations comes at the end of the
republican platform, it -will occupy
an advanced place in the public
mind. It accepts the principle of
a leasu o, and it defines the princi
ples on whlcb. such a league should
bo founded principles -which accord
with, republican policy as practiced
by all republican presidents. This
Is no victory for the no-leaguers.
Nor is It a victory for those who
would, try to make the best of the
Wilson league by means of reserva
tions. It is a compromise, prompted
on the one hand by determination
to repudiate the , whole course of
President "Wilson In regard to the
league, on the other hand to pursue
the development of American foreign
policy by making this nation a party
to international co-operation in ju
dicial settlement of disputes and
formulation of a body of interna
tional law, and to frequent confer
ence for prevention of war. The
convention was urged to this com
promise by determination to prevent
a split In the party, which might
have brought defeat In November
with the national disaster of another
democratic administration.
While this decision will disappoint
thoso republicans who hoped for
early ratification of the treaty with
reservations, It is probable that no
ratification of the present league is
possible and that, so far as America
is concerned, the present league is
dead. It had become so involved
with Mr. Wilson's usurpations and
with the unauthorized obligations to
which he had committed the nation
that no course seemed open except
to sweep it aside and to begin anew
the development of our foreign rela
tions from the point where he began
at Paris.
The republican programme is not
one of merely destroying Wilson's
work. It includes a new, alternative
structure, built on the foundations
which were laid by our many arbi
tration and peace treaties and by the
Hag-lie conventions. The Wilson cov
enant 'relegates these instruments to
a secondary position, ignores the
Hague court and in effect scraps it
by setting up a new world court, and
binds this country to a number of
new obligations which, whatever
may be said in their favor, it is not
ready to assume. The republican
plan is to join other nations in build
ing on existing foundations a set of
international institutions such as a
world court, frequent conferences
for mediation of non-justiciable dis
putes which might cause war and
for settlement of questions of com
merce, maritime law. Improvement
of agriculture and labor and numer
ous other affairs requiring common
action among nations. This policy
ia so closely in line with that which
was set forth in Klihu Root's criti
cism of the Wilson covenant that we
can see his hand in the shaping of
the republican party's league plank.
The people will be offered the
choice between the Wilson plan Vnd
the republican plan. The former is
offered by one man who drew it in
collaboration with foreign statesmen
and without prior consultation with
the senate or any other person in
authority, without full public discus- J
sion and therefore withou; a man
date from an informed public opin
ion. The latter Is the product of
more than eighteen months of in
tense controversy and of deliberation
among the elected representatives of
the party, and it will be carried out
by a president who "will certainly
give full recognition to the co-ordinate
power of the senate In making
treaties.
Though the Wilson league is al
ready organized, it is so weak with
out the adhesion of the United States
that overtures for its reorganization
as a condition of this nation's be
coming a member would be wel
comed. Prom a more modest be
ginning it could grow in Influence
and power to the position which its
builders sought to give it from the
first. It could not spring full-grown
from a conference that was pre
occupied witn me problems of a
world war without being an exotic.
It must be the result of gradual
development, and that would' be the
effect of a new beginning on the
lines of the Chicago plank.
The action of the republicans will
probably incline the democrats to
Indorse the Wilson league and to
reject the plan of Mr. Bryan to
approve the Wilson reservations, thus
making the league the main issue
of the campaign. But the - choice
would not be between the Wilson
league and no league, but between
the Wilson league and that which
is proposed by the republicans.
The rest of the platform makes
Mr. Wilson and his dictatorship
stand out more prominently as the
subject on which the people are to
pass Judgment, the league itself be
ing the subject of the principal count
in the indictment against him. It
is a crushing indictment, true in
every line, and constitutes an im
pressive warning of the disastrous
consequences of one-man govern
ment. But the platform is no mere
catalogue of democratic misdeeds.
It reaffirms allegiance, to. the prin
ciples of the constitution which Mr.
Wilson has forgotten or deliberately
violated and it cites many cases in
which a republican congress has
given those principles effect, though
obstructed and frequently thwarted
by Mr. Wilson. It puts forward a
positive programme of progressive
government which should satisfy all
except those who would reduce the
country to as complete a wreck as
Russia now Is before beginning to
build. The plank dealing with in
dustrial relations will be approved
by all fair-minded men on both
sides of the labor question as well
as by the general public, for it is
instinct with justice to all three in
terests, of which the third that of
the public has hitherto received
scant attention from the other two.
It Is a platform on which candi
dates who trnly express republican
opinion can win, but, unlike the frail
structures which were built at Bal
timore and St. Louis by the demo
crats, it is also a platform to stand
on. It is a solemn pledge to the
people of what the republican party
undertakes to do when entrusted
with full control of the government.
nrnorJT A COUNTRY.
The technical demands of justice
wil not be met while Grover C.
Bergdoll, the wealthy young slacker
with a mistaken-minded mother to
condone his iniquity, remains at
large, but there are reasons for
thinking that Bergdoll the fugitive
Is suffering punishment not much
less intense than would have been
his lot if he had remained in prison.
No allusion to the gnawing of con
science is herein intended. Being
the kind of young man he Is, and
having been reared in the atmos
phere that surrounded him, he is no
doubt Impervious to remorse. But it
is going to be highly Inconvenient
for him to live henceforth. Escap
ing from the country, he will find
contentment nowhere. To say noth
ing of the physical inconveniences
of the life of a stranger in most
other lands, he will be cut off wholly
from home surroundings. He will
be forced to make new friends, or go
without any. As the nations resume
normal relations, there will be in
creasing danger of being recognized
and informed on. He will live fur
tively, like a fox in a hole. The
statute of limitations will not run
against his crime, for he has been
tried and convicted. The depart
ments of the government whose dig
nity he has offended will lie in wait
for him. Long arms reach out. He
is doomed to dwell on the shady side
of Uneasy street the rest of his life.
Pat Crowe tried it a few years ago.
The notorious outlaw chose at length
to deliver himself for trial for kid
naping rather than continue in exile.
An occasional American expatriates
himself voluntarily, but none has
ever been known to enjoy compul
sory banishment. If Grover, out of
purely selfish consideration, is look- !
ing for the .shortest way to com
parative contentment, he will sur
render himself, complete his sen
tence and make the sorry best of an
exceedingly bad job.
TirE INEVITABLE.
In its earlier order upon the ap
plication of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company for author
ity to increase the fares to more
than 6 cents, the public service com
mission plainly indicated that one
of two plans was open for adoption.
One was approval by the voters of
certain remedial measures; the other
a material advance in the price
charged for a car ride. Adoption
of one or the other was necessary
to a continuation of service. The ap
plication was continued, pending a
decision by the public.
The public's decision was given at
the time of the primary election.
The complete programme proposed
by the commission was not presented
but certain extraordinary charges
and obligations imposed by franchise
or city charter were offered for con
sideration as regards their elimina
tion or reduction. Approval of these
measures would not have given the
full measure of relief required by
the increased cost of operation, but
it would have transferred to the gen
eral taxpayers what are in effect spe
cial taxes Imposed on car riders,
Probably a readjustment of fares
would still have, been required but
the increase would have been much
less appreciable.
But the remedial measures were
rejected. mat wnicn, as It was
pointed out following the election,
was bound to happen, has now hap
pened. j ares have been increased
The public service commission is
charged by law with the duty of
fixing reasonable rates at which a
utility shall serve the public. Its
function is not alone the reduction
of rates when they are unreasonably
high but the increase of rates, as
well, when they are unreasonably
low. A minute and expert analysis
of the company's operative income
and outgo has disclosed that it can
not continue as a going concern on
the income derived from a 6-cent
fare.
Failure to have granted it relief
would inevitably lead to bankruptcy
with nothing gained by the public,
for under receivership the cost of
operation must as surely be met as
under any other form of manage
ment and the only source of current
income thereunder is the car rider's
fare.
It is wholly useless to strike out
blindly against the unpleasant fact
that an 8-cent fare is burdensome
and wholly undesirable. A car rfde,
It is found by the public body to
which has been "entrusted the duties
of investigation and regulation, can
not De soia ror the price based upon
pre-war purchasing power of the
nickel, and service continue. The
same truth has been learned in every
city in America. Palliatives have
been attempted and municipal own
ership has been tried. Every scheme
has led inevitably to the necessity
on someone's part of paying a deficit.
In Seattle the taxpayers have been
doing it under municipal ownership.
All the remedial measures proposed
here In the recent special city elec
tion and defeated are In effect there.
In addition the municipal system of
Seattle pays no taxes. . It has a mile
age equivalent to that of Portland
but, because of larger population
and city topography, carries more
passengers. Seattle car fares have
now gone to 7 cents. When assump
tion by general property owners In
Seattle of extraordinary charges
and taxation, together with greater
volume of traffic, are consid
ered, a 7-cent . fare in Seattle
is the equivalent of a fare greater
than 8 cents In Portland. It should
be a disquieting circumstance to
advocates of municipal ownership
that, it costs more per passenger per
mile to operate Seattle's publicly
owned system than it does to operate
Portland's privately-owned system.
In San Francisco the streetcar fare
has been kept down, but with the
candid admission that the municipal
system is losing money and that the
taxpayers are footing the bill.
The public service commission of
Oregon has been wise in not offering
a bitter apple In small bites to the
public. It might, possibly, have sug
gested some way of wiggling out of
a crisis for a while, and it might
have prolonged controversy and dis
satisfaction by providing partial and
temporary relief. The new tariff,
one takes it, has been figured but
on a mathematical basis. So far as
cold, comparative figures go, it will
give the company a working income.
There is, however, the possibility
that fewer persons will ride at 8
cents than rode at 6 cents. But that
is wholly speculative. Let us hope
that the advance will be accepted in
the proper spirit, that a service es
sential to the continued growth. and
wellbeing of the community will not
be hampered by unreasoning oppo
sition to the fact that no article or
service can be continually had at less
than cost. . .
A PRACTICAL PARTNERSHIP.
Banker and farmer are pals and
stockholders in a new idea that has
taken root in the states of the middle
west, thence leaping to southern
California, where it holds an outpost
on the Pacific coast. It is the fusion
of interests in agricultural co-operation,
with the banks engaging, as
staff employes, trained Instructors in
the theory and practice of scientific
tillage. There is no fee for the ad
visory service, the bankers express
ing entire contentment with the en
larged deposits of theii clients, the
farmers. "Plant corn in this field,"
says the man of book learning and
actual experience, "and over yonder,
for the soil Is of just the proper
consistency, plant potatoes." From
salsify to Shropshires the conferences
run the gamut of farming lore, and
the gratifying union of theory and
practice breeds bank balances.
Not every man who is born to the
soil can attend agricultural college,
nor are these schools of scientific
farming sought by many whose own
interests should dictate the wisdom
of preparation for a life work. The
reasons for this failure to seize op
portunity are too obvious and numer
ous for enumeration. In employing
specialists to advise when advice is
needed, and to guard and enhance
the natural fertility of their districts,
the bankers of the middle west have
met a need and mastered It. For
many farmers, born on the old home
place, perpetuate, in habit the same
inadequate standards that prevailed
when the colonists left their plows
ior i.exington.
THE ALLIES' TERMS TO TURKEY.
The terms of peace dictated by the
allies to Turkey are so severe and
are couched In such positive lan
guage that one would suppose that
they were in full military occupation
of the whole country. They dealt
with Germany, in the same manner,
but they have not been able to com
pel that country to execute the
treaty. They are in better position
with regard to Turkey, for its Turk-
sh population is small and it cannot
secure arms from abroad.
Tet the fact remains that, as they
have been unable to compel obedi
ence by Germany because they were
not in armed possession of the coun
try, so they cannot carry out their
decisions in Turkey until they oc
cupy the whole of it, for it is in re
volt against them "and against any
terms that the sultan may make with
them. The heart of Turkey is the
interior of Asia Minor, and it is held
by the army of Mustapha Kemal.
which holds them in check on all
sides.
Without that actual military con
trol by which alone the allies can put
tneir decisions in effect,- they have
divided the country in crazy-quilt
fashion. They place navigation and
commerce of the straits and the sea
of Marmora in the hands of an in
ternational commission, whose au
thority is to extend twenty kilo
meters inland, but Constantinople
and an area extending to the Tcha
taldja lines and the Asiatic shores
are to remain under the rule of the
sultan in other respects and Thrace
is to be handed over to Greece. There
will be concurrent jurisdiction, which
will be fruitful of conflict. The sul
tan will not be master in his own
capital, for he is allowed no armed
force except a bodyguard of 700 men,
and the commission will be the ac
tual ruler. He remains in Constan
tinople as a concession to Moslem
pride, but under such circumstances
as to wound that pride by making
him a merely titular ruler under dic
tation of Christian powers.
He is required to hand over
Smyrna and a great adjacent area to
Greece for government for the next
five years, at the end of which period
a plebiscite will decide whethor ii
shall be annexed to Greece or re
turned to Turkey. That Is a plain
invitation to both Greeks and Turks
to colonize the territory, - and to
Greeks to deport or freeze out Turks.
The coast south and southeast of
bmyrna will be under an Italian
mandate. France will have a man
date over Syria, which is in open
rebellion, Britain over Palestine.
where Moslem and Jew have come to
wows, and over Mesopotamia, and
Arabia will be independent. Armenia
will be independent in the northeast
or tne peninsula, ringed in by Turks.
Tartars, Georgians and ..Kurds, all of
wnom consider killing an Armenian
a step toward Paradise. There will
remain of Turkey nothintr hut th
heart of the peninsula with a front -
age on the sea' of Marmora under al-
lied control and on the Black sea, I
but with none on the Aegean sea
and with a reduced outlet to the Le- I
vant. Finances are to be under al-
lied control, and the army is limited I
to 50,000 men, but the country is
held by twice that number in rebel-I
lion against any cessions of territory. I
Military lores alone can execute the, I
treaty, and all except Greece shrink I
from using It. The Turks will be
relegated to their homeland and may I
matte a last stand in Its defense.
Lrreece. gains most by the proposed I
treaty, uut. wm nave to ngni ior it-
With Thrace it wins the whole north
coasx oi me Aegean, witn Ssmyrna it
gains the best part of the east coast, J
ana it gets all the islands except I
Rhodes, also a frontage on the Black I
sea. It will so hem In Constantinople
that rtnt irmnir V. ., I
n.k v. it., t, . . . ,. ,
push the Turk across the straits into
Asia and restore the glory of the old
Greek empire. Britain gains much
territory, but some of its people
question whether Mesopotamia is
worth its cost. I
rr-h t.ii,.m . r . - . .
- iuuuu iiavuiK at last
Kctwea iiseii. me allies now uaiKan-
... . , . ...
ize luritey in Asia by one of those
compromises which settle nothing. I
The "eastern question" is not vet I
answered
THE WEST'S VTEW OF THE OLD I
WORLD. I
A new explanation for American
k.i.v" i ius wuaon league 01
nations is found by Admiral Sirlsion and consideration been given be-
Cvm-ian Bridtre. who r.nrocontoH ,
t ... , . , , , i
, . uuimsibeen avoided. Upon Investigation
tne war, in tne growing lnriuence I we will rind the lands that are m
of the west and in the greater inter- I eluded in the Swan island project
est of this section in affairs across
the Pacific than in those of Europe.
In a letter to the London Times he
describes the western people "some
of the most entertaining and ener-1
getic people in the world" as hav
ing, turrfed their backs on Europe
ana rb ituntin .in .,..
... . I
the Pacific toward "the Immense and
truly mysterious continent of Asia.1
He says
la It any wonder that the inh.hitsnt. I
the western half of the United State I
snouia una themselves intuitively, uncon- I
Asia " ,.?. f ,1,. tit:. LV. .ri-rEf
Asia; south or the line also there are, on
both sides at the Pacific, important and
progressive communities with which great
and profitable commerce can be conducted,
U(ifm tY,. Hawaiian lalanrf, tn- 1'nltari
Statet already have many insular stepping-
stones in the Pacific between the western
coast of the republic and the Philippines.
Intent contemplation of the probabilities
of the future connected with conditions in ,
the Pacific ocean may well so occupy the
minds of the people of the western half of
the great American republic that Indiffer
ence to tne atraira or trurope ie inevitanie.
Growth of trans-Pacific commerce I
has doubtless given the people of the w seem to have been lifted bodily
west a deeper interest in the affairs from sund economical principles
' . T . . . , . along, lines of expenditure and tax-
of Asia than is shown by those of ationT
the east, who face toward Europe. 0n" account of the somewhat lira
Americans are disposed to rely on jted knowledge we all have of what
their own strength and their own shipping actually needs, we should
good intentions rather than on any
league of nations to preserve peace
and develop trade with the orient.
ana tnereiore ao not realize tne neea
of a league to protect their rights
on the Pacific as much as on the I
Atlantic. But Admiral Bridge seems
to have overlooked the fact that the
Panama canal has placed the Pa
cific coast as near by sea to Europe
as It is to Asia, and that steamships
run from Portland as frequently
across the Atlantic as across the
Pacific.
In fact the Pacific states stand
midway in distance between the two
old continents, and their horizon en
compasses the whole of the old world.
They are far from indifferent to the
affairs of either continent, but their
observation of the rivalries and am
bitions of the nations which come
withyi their purview may well have
rendered them cautious about en
couraging their government to be
drawn into the tangle.
It may not be generally known
that Sydney B. "Vincent, publicity I
manager of the Chamber of Com-
merce, has added a knowledge of
the Russian language to bis many
accomplishments, but the truth has
leaked out through his contribution
of an article on Portland to "Siberian
Opportunities," a magazine published
by the Russian consulate at San
Francisco. Owing to our linguistic
shortcomings, we are unable to dis
cuss the merits of his article, but
from its length he Is evidently a
fluent writer in a strange tongue.
Halftones of Portland in pioneer
days and the present time are in
eluded.
An afternoon paper prints the
story of an angler who was bitten
by a rattlesnake,- but didn't know it
until he saw the snake crawl away;
whereupon he applied permanganate
of potash, which he thoughtfully car
ried with him, and then caught 24
trout. We somehow gain the im
pression from this story that he must
have been snakebitten before he
ever left home.
A taxi driver who overcharged
passengers and pocketed the differ
ence has been sentenced to 120 days
In jail. Where the unlucky devil
made his mistake was in not being
incorporated.
A Portland movie magnate has
ordered an airplane. We advise
members of the board of censorshiD
to decline with thanks any Invita -
tion for a flight.
It must be an interesting sight to
psee bolshevikl fleeing with Poles in
pursuit something like the chicken
and the man with a hatcjiet.
Lowden's mother-in-law says "if
the people only knew him like I do.'
ana mat s a wnale of a recom
mendation for any man.
Portland would better at once be-
gin walking on the right-hand side
of the streets, so visitors get
Into
the flow.
Oregonlans sweltering in Chicago
and thinking of our "maximum 60
have much sympathy of folks at
home.
Nothing like forty years ago with
its "when asked what state he halls
from."
A reckless driver was given six
months, but alas, he will appeal!
The thrifty person is known by
the number of ticket books possessed.
But it's better to have the rain
(now than when the Shriners are here.
Old "B. V. D." wasn't in evidence
in sultry Chicago, but he was there.
1 The threat to bolt was only
I promise and a bad one at that.
MR. HOISEH LUiFlMJS position'
Olven "WHy He Cannot Act
ely Support Swan Island Project. ,
PORTLAND, June 11. (To the Ed-
itor.) I read with much Interest The
Oregonian's leading editorial June 5
for the reason that I appreciate con-
structive and well-meant criticism.
Nothing Is more conducive to the ul-
timate solution of our problems than
open minded discussions. I have no
Inatience with the narrow-minded.
sinKle - traeked. egotistical lack-ass.
The Swan island project may be
just what we need but unfortunately
mv nonvietin. will nor co-ordinate
with the plan or idea in the whole.
and I know you will agree with me
that the very magnitude of this un-
certaiting needs wnoie-neartea worn
aim aup-puri, a.1 least, irum nil tiiiir-
man of the commission. Therefore,
to be tactful and consistent, I deem
tt best to stand aside at least from
the duties as a chairman and devote
my time, energy and application
along channels both on and off the
commission, that I feel will bring the
oeaireo results, rat-ner man oe .an
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You brought out a few points in
the editorial that I do not altogether
agree with. First your reference to
Terminal No; 4 being a make-shift.
lit was the general opinion and d
cussion among snipping people at tne
time .that it was almost a tragedy
but be that as it may. It certainly
was economically unsound to be mak-
ln the expenditure of some five to
shift. Surely, had the proper discus
fore the location was decided upon.
me cipenoive insite-fiuiiL l-uuiu nnc
were, for the most part, available at
the time the site for Terminal No. 4
was chosen. Then, having made the
proper start, additions could .have
been made as requirements needed.
The very reason for the make-shift
Terminal No. 4 makes me apprehen
sive as to the necessity of the Swan
island project in its entirety
There are several commendable im-
provements that might be made, even
towards some available industrial
sites and Improvements In the upper
harbor dock facilities, but before rec
ommending to the taxpayers so heavy
an expenditure, it seems necessary
and essential that a close, careful
analysis of the situation should be
.
made to see that the expenditures
were placed where they were most
needed and in keeping with the re-
quirements,
We hear a great deal these days
about the high cost of living. How
can that ever be reduced or even
be maintained at the present - stand
ard with the ever increasing bur
den of taxation? It must come from
somewhere. Through sheer war needs
and necessities the past few years.
he doubly careful that the expend!
tures
are carefully and judicially
spent.
as It is most essential that
our present industries be properly
served by having and maintaining
channel that will accommodate the
present and future shipping needs
and at the same time not overlook
the allurements' which a small public
debt and low taxation has for indus
tries of all kinds.
M. H. HOUSER.
PROGRESS BRINGS ITS MYSTERY
Wonder la That Father and Mothers
of Old Manaeed to Exlat.
PORT BLAKELY, Wash.. June 9.
(To the Editor.) The ancients were
short on wisdom. The penalties and
promises of the good old laws of the
Patriarchs were realised by our fath
ers even down to the last generation.
But' conditions have changed and we
are not so sure those laws apply to us.
How could the Pilgrim fathers en
dure life or be happy -When they had
to dig up stumps with a grubbing
hoe: when it took them ten hours to
go five miles to town and return.
and they had to go to church in a
home-made cart drawn by an ox team;
and the father, in the evening by the
light of a grease lamp, made shoes
for the family and mussed up the
house so? Our strikes, the plenty of
money that the merchants want us to
have when we buy anything; our fly
I ing machines, velvet carpets and
vacuum sweepers; even all these do
not make us happy.
How could men live right when
they had only ten laws and no po
licemen? We have thousands of laws
and a policeman on almost every other
corner, and still men lie and steal.
We wonder how any of the - boys
and girls grew up to be good men and
omen, when there were no parent
teacher associations, or reform
schools, or juvenile courts, or on
ventions to discuss the scientific
training of children, but when the
discipline of the school was of the
birch order, and the very ready slip
per hung in the chimney corner, and
father knew almost as much as his
10-year-old son,
It is strange that the children did
not get sick, or die of snake bites,
when they all had to go bare-footed;
and that the women folks did not all
die of neurasthenia when they had to
weave the cloth with which the family
was clothed, make the boys' hats out
of oat straw, get their lye out of the
old ash-hopper and make their o
soap, and could not live out of the
bakery and the delicatessen shop.
How did out fathers live, anyway?
W. T.
local controversy, says O.ve
ok- County Majority Xot In Favor
1 ' - of Highway Change,
RICKREALL, Or., June 10. (To the
Editor.) Recent dispatches in - The
Oregonian concerning the controversy
of the people of Dallas, residents
along the Salt Creek road and the
highway commission regarding the
location of the west side highway are
misleading inasmuch as the impres
sion is given that it is Pork county
that is trying to muddle this matter.
It Is a fact demonstrated at the last
county election that the majority of
Jha rtArtnla nf Tnllr rnimtv or. in hflr.
mony with the highway commission
in the matter of locating the west side
highway through Polk county
This matter of bucking the commis
sion on every turn was made a po
litical issue and the county, though
largely republican, went democratic
for the one office of county judge for
the single reason that the people of the
county did i.ot approve of such action
It is therefore misleading to refer to
'the people' of Polk county as seek
ing legal recourse against the high
way commission, when in reajity it is
Dallas and the residents along Salt
Creek road seeking- to further their
interests by bending the west side
highway through Salt Creek to Dallas.
Attention is called to this matter
that other people in the state, and
especially adjoining counties, who are
helping to pay for this road through
Polk county, will not gain the im
pression that Polk county as a whole
desires to appropriate the money from
the highway fund which should be
spent for the benefit of the state, to
benefit a certain locality. The ma
jority of the people would like to get
behind the highway commission and
assist in building roads.
R. A. CADLE.
Those Who Come and Go.
"GasolUhe shortage has reduced the
traffic on th Pacific highway, but
we had no trouble with gas," ex
plained W. Harold Oliver, as he reg
istered at the Benson from Oakland.
CaL "We carried a supply, but did
not have to use It, as we managed to
buy a small quantity In each town aa
we came along. The road is good to
Medford, but through Douglas county
the roads are rough and there are
many detours. There is no trouble
going over the highway, but so much
work is in progress that one has an
impression that Oregon is plowed up
from one end to the other." In the
party from Oakland are Mrs. W.
Letts Oliver. Miss Inez Livingston
and Mr. and Mrs. W. Harold Oliver.
Harry B. Cock mm. who is one of
the councilmen of Ontario, Or., is at
the Imperial. Ontario is spending a
lot of money paving its streets and
is anxious to have the state highway
commission pave from the city limits
to the Snake river bridge. The high
way commission advertised for bids
and opened the same this month, but
no action was taken. The work will
be advertised for the July meeting of
the commission. It is a project in
which the government pays a share
of the expense,
M. Vernon Parsons, who was one of
the six men who failed to get the
republican nomination ..for secretary
of state in the recent primaries, reg
istered at the Perkins from Eugene
yesterday. Mr. Parsons intimated
that he now wants to prevent the re
election of Thomas H. Tongue. Jr., as
state chairman of the republican com
mittee, and he isn't pleased with the
fact that John W. Cochran, who has
been secretary of the state commit
tee, has been appointed deputy secre
tary of state by Sam Kozer. the one
lucky man of the seven aspirants.
"There's a pretty good run of
salmon in the channel." says Edison
L Ballagh of St. Helens, "but on the
lower river the fishing is not so good.
When the river rises it spreads ot
and tne salmon scatter, but when the
water goes down the fish head for
the channel and go up stream, and
the fishermen in our section operate
in the channel." . Mr. Ballagh, who
failed of renomination for representa
tive in the legislature by about 30
votes, has no regreta.
For several days a pigeon has been
fed by one of the patrons of the
Hotel Oregon, the feeding taking
place on the window sill of an upper
floor. Thursday the- patron awoke
from a nap and saw the pigeon in
the room, standing on the dresser
and gulping down some pills which
had been spilled from a bottle. Yes
terday the pigeon did not appear and
Manager Myers made an investiga
tion and found the bird dead In Its
nest on a nearby building.
C. S. Marsh, Who is the city re
corder of Metolius, Or., piloted a
party from that town in the deschutes
country to' Portland yesterday. The
tourists are on their way to Seattle
and stopped over at the Multnomah
to break the jump. In the machine
were Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Marsh. Miss
Leisa Marsh, Mrs. Jennings and Miss
Worth ington.
Way off in Paisley, which is tucked
away in a remote section of the state.
Virgil Conn knows every man. woman
and child for miles around. For years
he was postmaster, even though the
office didn t pay very much. Mr.
Conn, who served in the most famous
session of the legislature that Oregon
records, is registered at the Imperial.
Delegates to the Greeters national
convention at Colorado Springs, left
Portland yesterday. The Washington
delegates. Aitkin, Lucas. Hogan, Jen.
sen and Brewer, were joined in Port
land by Clark, Olson, Newman and
Larimore. Charles Schreiber will
take his departure today. The dele
gates were gicen, a dinner on the
highway, 22 Greeters being in the
party.
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Parker put a
crimp in the population of Blachly.
Lane County, Or., when they came to
Portland on business and registered
at . the Hotel Oregon. Blachly Is
about 22 miles west of Junction City
in the mountains, and is located on
Lake Crefek. It is on what eventually
will be the highway to Florence, on
the coast.
Loaded down with luggage, a party
of Pennsylvania people arrived at the
Perkins last evening with tha inten
tion of waiting through the various
conventions now impending The party
consists of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Hart
ranXt, Mr. and Mrs. O. L Hartranft
and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burchfield.
They are from Montgomery, Pa.
Arriving from the orient, F. S. Bur
lingame registered at the Hotel Ore
eon. He is supercargo of the good
ship Coaxet, which arrived in yes
terday morning from the Philippines,
China and Japan, with a cargo of veg
etable oils and copra. The outward
voyage was decidedly stormy, says
Mr. Burlingame, but on the trip to
Portland the weather was splendid
O. C. Uibbs of Lakeview, Or., has
traveled across the desert .to, get to
Portland so that he can take the de
grees whtch'will enable him to qual
ify as a Shriner. The sands he will
traverse Joining the Shrine today will
make the high desert in August feel
like 90 degrees north.
J. B. Morrison, a well-known wheat
rancher of Arlington, Or., is at the
Perkins. Present prospects in his
county Indicate that his bank account
will be substantiolly fattened this
year.
J. R Brighara. for years a contractor
in Portland, returned to this city yes.
terday and registered at the Perkins
He has a habit of spending his win
ters in Southern California.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Eberlein of Klam
ath Falls are at the Multnomah. Be
fore becoming a rancher In Klamath
he w9 for many years In charge of
the Southern Pacific railroad lands.
Percy A. Cupper, who knows about
as much about irrigation in Oregon as
any other man or two men, is at the
Imperial from Salem. On the payroll
Mr. Cupper appears as state engineer
Motoring from San Francisco. Mr.
and "Mrs. A. B. Sherwood arrived at
the Hotel Portland yesterday and
wanted a room with bath as soon as
they could get it.
J. Burpee of Pioneer, Or., who has
been building the south jetty at Ya
quina bay under the name of the
Miami company, is at the Imperial
while in town attending a lawsuit.
Manager Pierce of the Marion hotel
at Salem was iu town fraternizing
with the members of the Hotelmen's
association yesterday.
D. J. Hille, who compounds the pre
scriptions for the residents of Castle
Rock, Wash., is at the Perkins for
a few days.
F. P. McFealey, manager for the
J. C. Penney store at The Dalies, is
at the Multnomah while in Portland
on business.
R. T. Moore of Bandon, Or., accom
panied by John A. Moore and- Claire
Moore of Port Huron, Mich., are regis
tered at the Multnomah.
J. M. Crawford, a lumberman of
j Walla Walla, Wash., id at the Hotel
Portland.
GLILT OF ACCUSED IS DENIED.
Robin la Everybody's Friend and K
Berrjr Thief, Says Writer.
WHITE SALMON. Wash, June 10.
.To the Editor.) If there is a bird
typical of American home life, It
surely is robin red breast with his
cheery caroL Wherever a home is,
there you will find him town or
country. In the deep forest one
rarely hears his call; if so one may
be mighty sure of a clearing, a shack
and children near by. . North, south,
east and west, winter and summer
he is at home with his glad, in
imitable little welcome.
Since our childhood days he has
been one of the family, dependant
ror rood and shelter, for don't you
remember:
The north wind doth blow, and we shall
have snow, and what will poor robin an
then ?
He'll sit !n the barn to keep himself
warm and hide his head under bis wing
poor thing!
Many men with neither love of
nature nor experience with her
children have vivid Imaginations and
allow them full reign. In The Ore
gonian yesterday, is an accusation
against the home bird: That he de
stroys fruit n such a wholesale way
that he should be killed. Truly
things have changed when the bird
who is such a typical American
minding hs own business, strictly
not fighting other feathered friends
and only bringing Joy and cheer to
his own can be arraigned as a com
mon thief.
Allow me to give my testimony.
We have more robins on our ranch
than on any other in this vicinity.
iney simply swarm here. We have
put out 1200 strawberry plants and
mey are loaded with berries. W
have never seen a robin in the Datch
and have not lost a berry. x
ftien ana women of - town and
country, take up arms to defend the
little fellow who has hi3 nest in
your hearts as well as in your
homes robin red breast, the bird who
ia 100 per cent American. COEDULE.
.MUCH CLEAMXG IP TO BE DOE
Suggestion Also Made That Wintera
Wood Ho Tins Be Postponed.
PORTLAND. June'll. (Tn the. Flrt-
itor.) Our city is soon to have the
greatest number of visitors ninc the
Lewis and Clark fair, and I wondir
if we are keenly alive to the s'tuation
ana ready to make our best appear
ance. I fear many Important thine-
are being left dangerously near to
tne last minute. For instance. I live
In one of the oldest and best known
residence sections of the city and have
noticed quite a number of lawns
around vacant houses that are in bad
condition, the grass uncut and the
roses unpruned our famous roses full
of dead wood from last winter'sf reeze.
X notice neglected roses where rjeo
arc living as wen. and manv
lawns couio De put in better cond
tion and snould be attended to at
once.
Would it not be wen to urge that
every one omit the winter's wood oo-
erations during the days our visitors
are here, that our streets may be
free from unsightly wood piles?
wny not make an effort to redeem
r-ortiand s "cow pasture" reputation?
c.very person in our city should be
urged to respond and feel that he is
one or the big committee which is
striving to the utmost to make the
coming convention a success.
JEANETTE MARTIX.
764 Kearney street.
Bolt to Be Followed by Holt.
CORBETT. Or., June 10. (To th
Eaitor.) Reading- between the lines
of the article in The Oregonian of
June 1. headed "McCamant Is a Thorn
in Ssiae of Johnson," it Is plain that
many of the delegates to the Chicago
convention ara planning treason to
the electors of the states who carried
tne primaries of their states for
Johnson.
The writer believes he understands
the psychology of the elements th
support Mr. Johnson well enough to
know that if this trick is carried out
they will trick the traitors at the
polls. Play square and if Mr. Johnson
is defeated all will bo well, but bite
and the biters will be bitten.
If these delegates bolt their rri
maries they cannot compain if the
voters bolt the action of these dele
gates. Tne plea is made that Mr.
Johnson only carried these primaries
Dy a plurality. Since when was a plu
rality election invalid? How many
primaries has Wood or Lowden car
ried by a majority?
Better telegraph these delegates to
play square if they want to elect
their candidate.
SYLVESTER E. EVAN'S.
microbes In Kissrs.
Ladies' Home Journal.
"You claim there are microbes in
kisses?" she asked the young doctor.
There are," he said. "What disease
do they bring?" she asked. "Palpita
tion of the heart."
PORTLAND'S OLD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Those were, indeed, the good old days. When the "fire fiend"
raged, and the "gallant laddies" raced, and the water spurted from .
the nozzles under the impetus of brawny pumpers, and everybody
had a good time, and the damage was no more than now. De Witt
Harry, forever poking about for unusual topics, has compiled for
the Sunday issue and its readers some portion of the chronicles of
the old fire department It was a volunteer organization and its
efficiency belies the modern opinion that certain crafts are alone for
the specialist. Yet these men, for that matter, so sincere was their
enthusiasm, were specialists in the truest sense of the term. Many
senior residents of Portland recall the brave old volunteer fire
department. The pictures and the story, as they appear tomorrow,
will visualize it to all.
Startling Contortions in the "New" Dancing You must be an
acrobat nowadays, if you would be skilled in the dance. That's the
fact. One who' can qualify for a few modern exercises in the ancient
art of terpsichore would have but little or no difficulty in touring the
"big time" as a gymnast. In the Sunday issue, with illustrations,
there is a story that will make this plain to you, though you gasp
as you read. The vogue seems to be a combination of the "treat 'em
tough" school and the classic prancing of old Athens. It may be a
trifle too virile, too energetic for the debutante and the man-about-town,
but for festive pugilists and lady tight-rope walkers it would
seem to be congenial exercise.
How Margaret Deland Writes Not how she writes, exactly, but
where she writes and when and the study settings in which her fancy
toils. Flowers are her keynote for literary labor. They mass about
her desk, they overflow the window nooks, they stand in pots and
vases everywhere in Margaret Deland's home. This feature article
of the Sunday issue is a privileged peep at the home of a true
literary craftsman, and is more than interesting. When you finish
it you will feel that you have talked with the woman whose stories
have charmed with their delicacy and truth..
The Skeleton in the Attic A mystery story that leaves unsolved
the secret that bided its time for 20 years, before it asked, "Who was
she?" For when they laid to rest the body of a young woman,
thinking that they were burying Carrie Selvage, another quiet forri
lay stretched in the hidden recesses of the old hospital attic, to be
found more than a score of years later. The facts in thisxwejrd
narrative are stranger than fiction. Told in the Sunday maga
zine section.
City Children Healthier Than Country Cousins Of course, you'll
quarrel with that, statement. Preconceived and well established
opinionsalways die hard. But Clive Marshall, writing in the Sunday
issue, declares it the truth, and cites his authorities. Not only are
city children healthier, but city air is purer, so he maintains. And
he tells why. An interesting article that will bump your most
rigid opinions.
All the News of All the World "
The Sunday Oregonian.
More Truth Than Poetry.
Br alunea J. Hostagse.
THE PLUMBER AND TUB LITTLE
MAID.
A plumber loved a little maid
A waitress with a pale complexion.
But ducks and drakes she daily played
With his uncouth, but fondj affoo
uon. She loved him not she loved instaad
A young assistant to a grocer.
And when he asked her would she,
wed.
She answered with a giggle. "No,
sir!"
The plumber not a word replied.
But bowed his head in mute sub
mission.
The way she said It hurt his pride, - -
And in his breast there woke amw
bition.
He labored harder at his trade.
He soon began to wear white col
lars. And in a year or two he made
Eleven hundred thousand dollars.
No more he wore blue overalls.
His clothes from England were iro.
ported.
And every week he made six calls
Upon the maid he once had courted.
Again he asked her would she wed.
And when she coyly answered, "Oh,
sir.
Of course I will," he coldly said.
"Not me, you won't you'll take tbt
grocer!"
And so she wed the grocery man
But, oh! that plumber had no pit.
By means of money he began
To hound her husband from the city.
Ambition, born of happy love.
1 he iron hand of fate will soften.
But spite, as we have shown above
Will serve the purpose just as often.
-
lVo Wonder.
Milk Producers to Strike Headline.
We knew those cows wouldn't be pa
tient forever.
e
Page L. Bnrbank.
What the country needs just now
is an agriculturist who can success
fully cross a cotton plant with a
sheep.
Fame Is Fleetlnar.
We are getting dim on some of oar
war heroes, and some of us are even
beginning to wonder who the devil
Nicky Arnstein was.
(Copyright, 1920. by tho Bell Syn
dicate, Inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Teara Afro.
From The Oregonian of June 12. 189K.
A-shland. Tho regular monthly
holdup of the Klamath Falls-Ager
stage occurred last night about a
half mile north of the Topsy grade.
The robber got only a few dollars
from the passengers and but little
from the mail pouches.
Washington. Judson Harmon was
sworn in as attorney-general today
at the state department. The oath
was administered by Justice Harlan
of the United States supreme court.
The twenty-second annual session
of the Oregon State Medical society
convened in the parlors of the Im
perial hotel. Dr. J. A Fulton, presi
dent, presiding.
The Portland military band wTO
tender a serenade to the lady mem
bers of the Multnomah club this eve
ning. LAND IXK.VOWX TO PORTLAND
Snake Kiver Valley Would Welcome
Vlilt From Biuians Men.
Ontario Argus: Ontario and the)
Snake river vallev have been visited
twice in the past five years by dele
gations of Salt Lake business men.
but we have r.ever seen nor heard of
a delegation of Portland business
men coming -his way.
Ontario has not been guilty -of call
ing attention to Portlands short
comings relative to eastern Oregon,
especially toward this portion of the
state for we recognize, down here,
that 'we are a long way from the
state's metropolis: However we are
just as far from Salt Lake.
For their own sake, as well as that
of the development of this section,
the business men of Portl.tnd should
pet better acquainted with south
eastern Oregon. They should know
our possibilities, and realize what it
will mean to tht-m. to have these
potential business fields developed.
Portland should mean more to south
eastern Oregon than thre homo of the
Rose Festival and the livestock show.
If ' Portland's business men will
come over here in the same spirit of
co-operation as thai manifested by
the Salt Lake men. we are sure they
will receive h w'iii welcome and will
enjoy the trip too.
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