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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1920
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the ground and always was guided of the past and move forward to
by facts in pursuing; an ideal. The increased production,' happiness and
result vas solid achievements for respite from grinding- labor,
peace, but stalwart defense of Amer- To the Travelers' Protective Asso-'
ican rights. He brought about peace ciation of America, in convention
between Russia and Japan, he pre- assembled, .this western city gives
vented the . Moroccan dispute from greeting- not unmindful of the past
ending: in war, he averted German and -the" commercial impetus these
aggression in Venezuela, he warded men imparted, and with a clear per
off foreign intervention in Santo Do- ception of the future and their en
mingo and by sending the -fleet on hanced importance in the projects of
a friendly voyage around the world I progress,
he gave -warning without offense of
what an enemy might expect. What
he would have done if he had been
president during the war is a fertile
field for speculation, x-
HAKDING AND COOI.IDCE.
By nominating benator .Harding
for president the republican national
convention took the wise way of
escape from a deadlock created by
the' inability of either Wood, Lowden
or Johnson to rally a majority to
his suppdVt. Although the direct
primary makes an open campaign
; for the nomination impossible with
out large expenditure of money, the
' revelations of such expenditures by
; Wood and Lowden would have
caused the party to mane a aeiensive
campaign marked by explanations.
with defeat as the possible outcome
of a serious bolt by Johnson and
Borah. If the two senators or either
of them should now bolt, they would
have no great following, for they
have been deprived of even an
excuse.
Senator Harding's record in the
senate shows him to be a good expo
nent of the opinions or tne great
body of republicans. He is safe and
Kane in the sense that he would not
seek to embark the country on a
policy of violent change. He would
lead it onward along the path of
progress that was traveled by his
republican predecessors. He is a
man of dignified character such as
inspires instinctive respect. He is
not so unflinching a partisan that
he does not recognize the good in
.the work of an opponent. He has
not hesitated to express disagree
ment with the leaders of his own
party, thus indicating the degree of
independence which is requisite in
the chief executive, who must set
the national welfare above party
exigency. From the standpoint of
geography he is highly available, for
he comes from a pivotal state which
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" to its pride in its citizens. Above
- all, his election will be welcome as
maladministration. His public ut
terances have been imbued with such
THE BAND-TAILED PIGEON.
Wild pigeons have returned to
flurry county, in vast flocks that re
mind the oldest settlers of days gone
by. Where Dame Niture spread the
BORAH the BOLTER. banquet of last season's acorns, far
The time will doubtless come when I in excess of porcine appetite, the
Senator Borah will bolt the repub-J graceful and mysterious visitors have
lican party. He maintained his alle-I fluttered down to dine. There have
giance in 1912 with labored forti-I always been pigeons in Curry county,
tude; he threatened in the senate to I of course, but residents who recalled
bolt if the republican majority wholly I the flocks of earlier years were in
rejected his opinions on the league I clirted to the belie that the "species
covenant; in the pre-convention cam-I was near extinction mindful of the
paign he threatened to bolt if the I fate that overtook and blotted out
league plank were not to his liking: I the tremendous . passenger pigeon
in the convention he threatened to I flights of the east. Every school
bolt . if Wood or Lowden were nom-lchild knows the tragic narrative of
inated. I the passenger pigeon, victim of
The state of apprehension forced I senseless wholesale commercial mur
upon the party by the wavering Ioy-lder. In the boyhood of the older
alty of the great Idaho statesman I generation, passenger pigeons were
has become distressing. It must belso abundant that a handful of bird
equally distressing to the great Idaho shot, fired iruto the low, roaring, in-
statesman to be affiliated with a I terminable mass of the passing flock.
party which so often comes so mighty I brought down a bird to a pellet. But
near to giving him mortal offense. I the analogy is not applicable to the
Nobody enjoys a continued state! wild pigeon of Oregon one of the
of uneasy apprehension. It frazzles I finest of his feather, known as the
the nerves and reduces the appetite. I band-tail for his attributes include
Anticipation of disaster is more wear-I a wary shyness, a fondness for the
ing often than disaster itself. Prob- I deep timber, thatxwill preserve the
ably all would be happier in the long! species while natural refuges endure.
run if the senator would bolt now. The band-tailed pigeon, bulking as
Besides, who is there who loves mys- I large as a half-grown grouse, favored
tery so little that he has not an the Willamette valley last month
almost uncontrollable desire to seelwith such a visit as that described
where in creation the senator would in Curry county. Within a half
bolt to?
FOB A GRKATKR PORT.
In order that the bill for consoli
dation of the Port of Portland com
mission and the city dock commis
sion and for increase of the bonding
power , of the consolidated commis
sion may be on the ballot for vote
next November, it is necessary that
15.000 signatures be secured within
the next two weeks to petitions sub
mitting it to the initiative. Circula
tion of petitions will begin today.
Adoption of this bill at the elec
tion is essential to secure the exten
sive improvements in the port "which
are included in the Swan island plan.
.Division of authority between two
Commissions is a serious obstacle to
progress of the port. Further bor
rowing power is necessary to enable
the new . commission to dredge the
wide, straight channel, to fill ground
for railroad terminals and industrial
sites and to construct new docks,
which are the main features of that
plan. The shipping business of Port
land grows so rapidly that the capac
hour's trolley ride from the city, in
the Cottonwood coverts along the
Columbia, the birds congregated in
flocks of many thousands silent,
alert and quick to take flight. Against
patches of blue, sky they stood in
the relief of perfect artistry, senti
nels whose easy, noiseless departure
raised great coveys from the verdure
of .the cottonwoods, before the ad
vanco of the invader. In recent
years it has been customary to com
ment enthusiastically upon the ap
pearance of even a small flock.
score or so, of band-tailed pigeons
Now, it would appear, they have
come back in numbers as of old. The
species has not met with evirdays
nor is it apt to. Sometime in vaca
tion, when you are far from towns
and cities, the softly musical, mel
ancholy call of the band-tail will
float out from the surrounding forest
testimony that the hidden nests
are near, and that one of the finest
of all western birds is thriving.
ENTER THE BOOK WAGON.
Service is the shibboleth of
th
lty of existing docks and space for present, the fiat of a new deity of
their extension promises soon to be duty, brooking no departure from its
fully utilized, and it seems probable demands. At the insistence of this
that docks at Swan island will be conception those who cater to the
needed by the time the ground can public go farther toward its fulfill-
be filled and construction begun. ment than even the most exacting
Every citizen of Portland by this critic would require and the general
time realizes that ocean commerce benefits thus derived are so much
will be the basis of the city's growth, laree-heartcd lareess. One of the
He can best promote that growth by most conspicuous local examples, of
signing the petition.
recent occurrence, is the decision of
the Portland Library association to
carry its library service to rural com
munities that are as yet unreached
by the branch system. In most of
these districts the schoolhouse, dur-
STRATEGY OR IGNORANCE?
It is suggested in a neighborly
spirit that the editorial comment on
the republican nlatform nrpsentorl hv
the Portland Journal will be more '"S the term, served as a medium
informative if that newsnanur -will of clearance for the putmc liDrary.
read the document. But" with the advent of vacation the
Our ranid-fire r-rmiomnn-. midflleman functions of the district
regard for the constitution that his tho introductory Darae-ranh nf ih school came to an abrupt pause, with
election will be a pledge of respect foreign relations plank and denounces book distribution suspended until the
for the powers of congress. It will the platform because it finds in the esKs are dusted ior tne tan term
secure the country against such a Pact quoted no specific reference to and the beUs rins again.
... the league of nations or the ar-Hnn The library association, which
oirusme. w.v... I ,v. " " . "7 m,,nn thniiht to tho real a.nrl "- " J"""" 5"
from President Wilson's dictatorial we should join in settling
' Keen a. prolonged ISSUe I r' thew rnnfl fts w srinillrt "mere-e
or aeoate, or any suggestion as to I 111 vatnuuu "j1"
kiqq or covenant. All or wnif-rii"i lllulJl iuuhu ,.i i v,..-.v.i xr
" V. ,j , . " ... ,!f1o A l.ovulinf, I """1" 'iu.5 11 J piicuium.
displayed in mr. naruing o wou.u ue quite true ana worthy or would vote for the reservations, for
the league. He yields to no man in condemnation if the quotation given librarian, dispensing current period!- ratify without
were in fact the -?im nt nntl cais ana docks irom tne weu-stocneu . w , ,j
for that understanding which is the
first essential in undertaking a world
wide covenant which mankind had
never effected before."
The senator deprecated "the ex
cessive proclamation of democracy
and humanity" when we declared
war. "If we went to war in defense
of he world's democracy, we should
have begun to fight when Belgium
was invaded": "if it was our duty
to make war for humanity's sake,
duty called loudly when the Lusi
tania was sunk," he said. He stated
our cause for war by saying: -
Tho everlasting: truth Is that we- were
ashed by German ruthlessness to a de
fense of our national rights, and we did
defend them until Germany's power for
ruthlessness has been destroyed tor gen
erations to come.
We did not ask more than our
rights, "except to help in righteous
restoration" and "it was ours to pass
judgment on the terms of peace and
"speed their conclusion." He "could
find no fault with the president going
to the peace table" and he did not
share the criticism that Mr. .Wilson
invited no senators to act with him.
But he did complain that the presi
dent "consented to counsel and ad
vise with none who have sworn du
ties to perform" and devoted his
talents, "essentially alone," to "the
realization of ambitions and the ful
fillment of dreams" which "never
will be realized until that millennial
day that' marks -the beginning of
heaven on earth." He thu3 charac
terized the president's basic error:
The situation presented Intensely prac
tical problems, and he clung to lofty
theories. ...
Thus he accounted for the presi
dent's ignorance of the secret trea
ties, of which he ought to have
known, and "herein lies the weak
ness of our whole part at the peace
table." Consideration of the spoils
of victory by the allies was inevitable.
and understandings in regard to them
were necessary and natural, but we
should hold .ourselves aloof from
them; "we cannot hinder, but we
need not approve and surely we need
not guarantee." It was not too late
when the president landed in France,
but "distinctly American interests
were ignored . and forgotten in a
new and consuming concern for the
world."
International arbitration, a world
court and "an agency for the revela
tion of the moral judgment of the
world" might well have come, will
yet come, but "it does not require a
super-government to effect them'
and the senator expressed the "de
liberate conviction" thathe covenant
"either creates a super-government
of the nations which enter it or it
will prove the colossal disappoint
ment of the ages." He saw no pros
pect of disarmament through it.
Nations will arbitrate "if both par
ties to the dispute are agreed, and
they can do that without it." He
held that article 10 "either means
what it says and obligates the mem
ber nations to go to war in defense
of a member nation or it means
nothing at. all." If its obligation is
binding, w have surrendered our
freedom of action. The senator's
view of what should have been done
was expressed in this paragraph:
It would have been so easy.' If our com
mission had thought of America first, to
have said to the allied powers: "Look here,
friends and allies yes. and to enemies as
well we came over and helped you to
bring; an outlaw to terms, because he tres
passed our rights beyond endurance. He is-
humbled now. and it is yours to restore
order and make a just and abidinir peace
We want peace, and we want to go to work
and replace tho waste of war. We will
ad-vise. If we can and you wish It. but we
are asking nothing and we will go back
home and see to our own affairs.' We do
not mean to mix in again unless some bully
in making: a row infringes our rights and
murders our ctiizens and destroys our lawt
ful property. In that event we will be
forced to come back, but we will come
more promptly the next time." This
would have left a good Impression, and
we would have been at peace, and so
would Europe, months ago.
He recalled the conflicting appeals
made to the senate foreign relations
committee in behalf of the several
small nations, .and contended that.
if by joining the league without
BY-PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES J
Old Fairy Story of the Orlsria of Gold
cat Hair Retold.
Do you recall the story -of Tsilla,
whoso hair, imoni that of women,
was. tho first gold? asks Eugene Ma
son in the London Today.
Once upon a time, when the sons of
God beheld that the daughters of men
were fair, Tsilla her pitcher upon
her shoulder went to draw water
from' the village well. By chance
Phaelim, the son of God. passed that
way on an errand for his master,
and was amazed at the girl's beauty.
for her eyes were like stars and her
hair darker and heavier than night.
He held out to her the lily he carried
in his hand, and Tsilla flushed at the
gift like any blush rose. 1
Evening after evening the lovers
met by tho well beneath the palm
trees while Phaelim told of his Jour
ney in gs for his master among the
far-off stars. Then Tsilla cried: "Oh,
Phaelim, let me gaze closer on those
stars which you have said so often
are less shining than my eyes." So.
wrapped within her lover's wing, Tsil
la drew near to the wheeling planets,
and heard the music of tho spheres.
Then, growing bolder yet, Tsilla whis
pered, "Oh, Phaelim, grant mo to ap
proach even to the sun." So the angel
pursuer) his course till he came to the
Those Who Come and Go.
that awful cataract of unendurable
light.
It was yet dark when Tsilla re
turned to her home, but as she passed
through the village street it seemed J
to the sleepers like the first glim-!
raering of dawn. For tho source of
light had changed , her dark locks to
Late Friday afternoon, with amend
ments to tho proof of a new freight
tariff urging him on, Edward Brit
ton, chief clerk of the freight de
partment of the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle railroad, hastened to the Kil
ham printing plant. A lone employe
moved languidly about, testing this
door and thtat as a preliminary to
leaving for the day. "It's important
that I see Mr. Rudig,'.' announced Mr.
Britton, referring to tho manager of
the plant. "He's on the fourth floor.
I guess," responded tho belated em
ploye. Mr. Britton bounded to the
fourth floor. Mr. Rudig was not
there. A note would suffice, however.
It was written arid laid upon the man
agerial desk. Thereupon Mr. Britton
sought the first floor again. The lone
employe was no longer in evidence.
But what was more appalling all
doors were locked. The prisoner tried
them, this entrance and that all
fastened with devices that answer
only to the key. Literally and figur
atively he was the captive of trade.
marooned afar from dinner and front
lawn. And it took two hours to gain
freedom through a telephonic "S. O,
S." to the Rudig retreat on the banks
of tho Willamette. Meantime the sad-
eyed railroad man paced the deserted
aisles of the main floor or gazed at
the freedom of the street outside.
With fortitude he stilled the inner
voice that bade him heave a filing
cabinet- through the plate glass bar
riers and proceed upon his way. At
COMPARISON WITH PAST ODIOVS
Woman's Place Not to Be Defined by
tne Decree of Its Improvement.
PORTLAND. June 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Can't all you "ex's" and "has
beens" realize that we women are
not satisfied with what "has been.'
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ac.
Trom Th Oregonlan of Juna 14. 189S.
Tomorrow afternoon at Multnomah'
field, tho first game of baseball for
We are not measuring our privileges amateur championship of tho Pa-
irith th wnn,n tv,. r.Qt with I cific northwest will be clayed be-
theC Drivilea-es of the less fortunate tween the Multnomah and Tacom
women of France. We aro measur
ing, what wo want by tho needs of
tho future. We are not asking
for privilege, we are asking for jus-
ithlctic clubs.
Roseburg. The stage bound for
Coos Bay, George Lalngor driver, was
tlce. Wo want you to recognize that i"e'drf ,up ste!f ay mTnin.bJ a loJ8
woman is equal with man in economic
importance, and a partner with man
in the progress of life. Society is a
firm based on the partnership of man
and woman. If man holds more than
50-per cent of the stock and votes
selfishly, the whole firm will suffer.
This is just exactly what has been
done- for thousands of years and is the
reason why we are no further along
today.
Woman's position anomalous? Tes,
indeed! We have the anomaly of
woman being relieved of all economic
educational, governmental, legisla
tive, etc. responsibility, and yet load
ed with all the moral responsibility of
both sexes. The age-old cry of "Eve
made me" still rings in our ears. If
bandit, who obtained but $30 from tho
two passengers and nothing from the
mails. -
Plans for a mammoth parade and
many other features were outlined
for- the celebration of the Fourth of
July at a big meeting of the general
committee held last night.
A large number of cloneers have
already registered for the 23d annual
reunion they will hold in Portland
today. .
Fifty Tears Aao.
From The Oregonian of Juno 14. 1S70.
Washington. It is said that the
nresideJlt haa Are-anknH and will
we are going to be held responsible promptly inaugurate a commercial
tor our own. let alone for mans mor- i policy which will bring to the United
very sun, and about the lovers poured I length the resctJe was effected and
the bolts turned. "Ha! ha!" laughed
Mr. Britton, in an empty mockery of
mirth. But the boys in the S. P. & S.
offices laughed like this: "Har! bar:
har!
Satisfaction at tho reception ten
dered the G. A. R. by the people of
Astoria during their recent 89th an
nual state encampment in that city
his own color, and first among the I was expressed by J. M. Shelley.,-for-daughters
of Eve went Tsilla, beau- mer commander of the G. A. R. in Ku-
tiful, with hair of streaming gold. gene for several terms and one of tne
At Omaha a man was arrested and I Oregon at the annual encampment of
fined for biting the Adams apple of1". . oay. .V aem"Krrn'"
, , ... ... Atlantic City. "Everyone seemed
his lady partner while they were nl..H uh ih. Mr .Yrr,mn n. a.
dancing the shimmy. But who knows I side, last Friday, which the people of
als, then for heaven's sake let us be
free agents and not slaves of condi
tions man-made, if you please. Our
conventions are certainly not beyond
improving, tor instance, convention-
States tho coast trade of the Spanish
American states now going to Europe.
Early yesterday morning some un
known person opened a window in
any it is decent for a man to w.m the Nortnern Pacific steamship com-
tne street smoKing, out not. lDr - pany's office and fired a pistol
woman. Morally it is decent for worn- through tho headboard and into the
an ii it is ior man, or muretni pillow of tho bed occupied by Dr.
man lr it is lor woman, mere is Towler, one of tho company's secre
justice or decency in two standards or taries.
morality, one for man and quite a . dif
ferent one for woman. There is no
decency without justice, hence present-day
convention is indecent. Sci
entific morality for man and woman
is the only basis for conventional de
cency it can have no other basis.
A great Physician claims that the
injustice and oppression of woman is
based on man's fear of her. and I
think that is true ho is afraid of the
curtailment of his license. Hence his
opposition to woman suffrage. What
willing partner he makes in sin.
Official notice has been given o-f
the municipal election to . bo held
Monday, June 20. when four council-,
men will be chosen.
Water is now standing about 4H'
feet deep on the O. S. N. company's
wharf and is still rising.
whether the judge was right in af-1 Astoria gave us, and later the ban-J and what an unwilling one in virtue.
fixing this punishment? No Marquis quet at beasiae.- he said. Mr. sneuey
of Queensberry has written any rules oesiaes oeing a memoer or ine v. a.
for the shimmy. The clinch is not wl remain in P'ortiand to at
barred and why may there not be tend their convention this week. He
hitting and biting in the clinches? I was first president of the Traveler's
HOW TO'FlT FRIENDS TS CTTT
One Cant Win Neighbors by Waiting
for Them to Do Advancing.
PORTLAND. June 12. (To the EdC
share his iniquity so he can blame her I tor.) Tho letter In The Oregonlan
ror nis moral lapses, uui v.uii. . sie-ned "From Old Now York." as.
ler" he makes when she insists that I . - . ,.t .:..
he be her partner on the plane of .' - -
abstinence. Woman is tired of being
He is more than willing that she
Protective association in the district
of Oregon and Washington, which
during the early days had the same
charter. In '1895 he represented the
district at the convention which was
held in San Antonio. Texas.
If you didn't happen to waar the
official badge of one of the national
organizations meeting here this week
and next in annual convention you
were just about out of luck when you
away with it. and the shimmy is not I attempted to register at one of the
a function for gentlemen, anyhow, local hotels yesterday. Practically all
According to Petroniu. h the rooms have been reserved for the
. . - - . , , i weea 1 1 y aciearait-B lu iiie iittveirra
as an entangle- Frotective Association of America and
ment for jazz babies and as such was Kiwanis club conventions. Entire
void of rule or barrier. The only pages of the hotel registers were giv-
stipulation was that the doll should en over to registering these visitors
wear at least two tie loavos lnl, from Individual cities, and the stand
They allow this in the ring, at Gary;
why not tn the shimmy at Omaha?
The shimmy is an informal affair.
anyhow, and each dancer might as
well be permitted to make his or her
own rules. If the lady needs biting
or looks worth it. why not let the
gent" go to it? It is the unwritten
law that no gentleman will bite
lady, but a plain "gent" might get
the unwilling victim of his selfishness
and his moral irresponsibility. feue
wants economic independence so that
he may curtail the use of her body-
as a pleasure ground ot lust. one
wants to be free to choose between
home and children or a career, and
not be forced into marrying for the
sake of financial expediency. She
wants to be able to say: "I am the
aster of my fate, I am the captain oi
mv aonl." Woman is fighting wltn
tho moral forces on her side, there
fore her'triumph is certain, for noth
ing is ever settled until it is settled
rieht." If you "has beens" insist on
and coming. Los Angeles Times.
I paid 84 cents for 12 doughnuts
Ume day last week in a little Fifteenth
street shop, writes Girard in the Phil.
adelphia Press. They were made by
the shop that sold them.
If the recording angel keeps track
of the profiteers, that doughnut ven-
aer will nave some explaining to do
with his 100 per cent profit.
Wo have a law in Pennsylvania
which makes it a serious offense to
charge more than 6 per cent for
temper
ing room only" sign was hoisted aloft
early in the day. Every hotel looby
was alive with visitors from every
part of the country, and nearly all of
them wore the T. P. A. triangular
button
"There have been times when I've
been accused of not knowing enough
to get in out of the rain, and from
present prospects the indictment
might hold .true today," confessed J.
R. Campbell, a merchant of Fargo,
N. D., who pleaded in vain for a room
at two of the prominent hotels along
Broadway yesterday. "I was unaware
that PorManri waK pntortnininir mn-
living pul mat statute on I ventlon visitors this week, and nr-sr
the books, the commonwealth's con- ( lected to have a room reserved. I've
science was sufficiently salved. I been to every hotel in the city and
Thure in nn chim. t ,. .v- I nave met with the same answer. Al
douc-hnut nrnfltour ...i "i"n u. yicBuu ruin 10 great jor
' " """ clearing up the atmosphere, for
r - .-v viumctr irum i ienow wnose mood runs as warm as
Dorrowmg money at 6 per cent and I mine it s bad business for outdoor
making it ten times that from you in sleeping."
tho form of the commodity each
v. . i
Were a bank president to charge type for the manager of one of th
you more than the legal rate of in-1 important centers of the industry
terest for money he could be se-1 that furnishes electrical power to the
verely punished. But there ar I country -extending from Grants Pass
He is a live wire in his own home
1
earnest effort to realize the desire
for co-operation with other nations
for peace and justice among nations,
but he stands firmly for such lim
itations as would preserve our na
tional independence and freedom of
action
the great majority of republican sen
ators in condemning the course of
plank, which it is not. The real shelves of a light delivery car, car
plank is specific on all these points. I ries to the doorsteps of a rural cir-
but perhaps it is not so much a cuit tne service oi tne central liDrary.
failure to read the nlatform n it The venture is in experimental form.
is political expediency which gives naturally, but none of the directors
this color of unintelligent discussion holds any other belief than that it
He does not go so far as Ti?e league of nations has not clear wlU receive tne indorsement or. popu-
I sailing in the democratic convention I lar patronage. Ana ior tne iuture.
A denunciation bv a democratic I when the worth or tne project is
newsnaner nf -n.-v.ot tk ,v.n I proved, huge trucks will amble forth
Mr. Wilson, for he approves of the platform is not may be Quite the U serve the country clientele, with
president's going to Paris and does thing until one finds out what th. such cargoes as would stock the
not complain that no senators were I democratic platform is. on this par- I ordinary branch library.
among the ncace delegates. But he ticular issue. May we not be in- ln recently repnntea news items
- ,. -.i- i;n formed whether the Journal' sat.,.-- or tuty years ago appeared tne
garding the league to the president's uly ""05 ? was caused by ignor-
puiiucai strategy s vve may
not? Thank you. "
initial error in assuming that we
made war for democracy and hu
inanity rather than in defense of our
own national rights. With Mr. Hard
ing as president, there will be no
danger that we snail De asked tr lor- journey hither
get realities in devotion to ideals, I frolic,
safeguards, he denied that they would
unduly delay, and he justified delay
with "an epoch-making treaty."
In replying to Senator Underwood
on November 19 Senator Harding
said that "there was not a member
of the senate and there was but one
man in the United States who did
not know that this treaty could never
be ratified without reservations." He
had "not liked this treaty"; he" had
thought it, "as originally negotiated,
the colossal blunder of all time," but
he had "wished to make it possible
to accept this covenant." He closed
his speech with these words:
In speakiner my rererenee for tho gov
ernment of the united States I want the
necklaces, summer palaces and lim
ousines for the profiteer who soaks
you 100 per cent for some other com
modity.
"I don't know what the young men
of today are coming to." said Mr.
Smith. "In my young days there
wasn't any need for all this courting.
ine gins then
But he was cut short by the coal
scuttle. which Mrs. Smith accidentally
dropped on his toes
"I was only going to say, my dear,
WELCOMK THE TRAVELING MEN.
pleased announcement that four
books had been added to the library
sneives or mat aay. t-oniana grewi co-ordination or those branches or rov
beyond the most hopeful imagination ?T,ht anTff Therms Si
of the pioneers who rounded it. it line else significant m the action of this
TOaa nnt Yw phania tVtat ita liVivoi-v! clay, you can ten the people- or the united
In her summer rnln a a Vinctocc I . . . . .. I States' and the people of the world that the
Kpnr rar an a. r-1 1 1 1 1 r.i I rrpannn. I . i t.,.v-.. v. ,.
- .oocmnnca, i with the lustv industrial and business! reasserted its authority, ana represent
to deliberate and Lr.lh f tn nitr TCr, hanha,fl tlvl government abides.
Portland curtsies this June vioinl, frtiri th lihrrv rvin. f Those speeches .prove Mr. Harding
when the best service we can render l morning to the traveling men ofUnHav Tt tnnnir not into hoinir aslnof to De such a partisan that he
io the world will be to preserve the America. Many of them she has mirnn,iit3 mihnm nnni.,r could see no good in the acts and
Deen introduced to m days past, vrnirtt hv th shniwr nf tirnBnr. woras oi an opponent. ie ravors
when they came to her doors selling I Tone- siiccps5ion nf fitipn I such a league as would assure our
integrity of American democracy.
i - i - ,j : .. e
vi Ie7rZ Z neeS and thrseshinS machines. subme,gng Teli ' in their vol aid to other nations in adjusting dis-vice-president
is more significant matches and marine ene-inWs Tint , A. 1 nutes. in Dreventinsr war. in reducing
... ... l i zea.1 ior Liie chudb vl L-uiiure buu ' '
than is usually true of the selection these were business meetings, in the
for that office. The governor of conference room of commerce. To-
Massachusetts has won the praise day the city greets them, not as pur-
of the nation by his determined en- chaser and trade client, but as the
-con 1 fr r tha us a af tn r n n H
love of good literature, constructed armament and in defeating an attack
the service and the traditions of
service which are upheld today.
on world freedom. Above all, he
stands for doing these things in ac
cordance with the constitution and
. . . . . . - l OH11I lllf, uiiailCSO Ul J 1 f I CIVIC IHI1 NP 1 Willi 111U1 AO Micaiucui IUCIC WUU1U
lorcemeut gi government in tne lace .. . m . . J iZl I HARDING'S VIEW OF THE LEAfiCE. , - . ..j. .i .
uiuiiiiih iul. in ii. lv uiluier alio, social I I 1 1 VI (1 111 1 1. w lug w c 1 a
of a mutiny of the Boston police and
his signal, suppression of a con
certed efforl to establish the suprem-
converse. No longer is she con-1 J0 oouot exists as to me position i0 the senate by an autocratic fiat.
cerned, for the time being, at least. of Senator Harding on the league
in the wares of their far-flung fac- of nations. He declared himself in as a bit of caution, women with
acy of a class over the republic. By tories. They are collective and indi- a speech to the senate on September children should avoid the intersec
his Instinctive recognition of what vidual guests, honored for their gen- 1J !?19' in favor of the Lodge res- tion of sixth and Aider streets. The
this attack portended and by his ulne servl.ces ln building this city eryations ne spoae again on Jo- best tic officers in the service
, t i mhlB, . ana 8tate' ana "vie wish is that " have charge, but the element of
-.--.....o - - they sense the deep spirit of hos- resolution or ratiricauon, in reply to danger is there.
Mr. Coolidge proved himself true to pitallty beneath the formal welcome Senator Underwood's challenge to an
the principle of ordered liberty fori Theirs is an ancient calling. Mod- appeal to the people,
which New England has ever been I ern commerce did not evolve it. In the former of those two speeches
noted. His presence on tise ticket though the present has been witness ne sala
personifies .the great and growing ' h '!?t1. . "cruiting of " Three nVtour yelVseo. the" DeooTe1
nic oi mis couniry were ireeaiessiy ana over-
Its leading beverage for years,
Hood River annually analyzes its
water and finds it pure.
national respect and love for law and
j trained traded emissaries.
Christian era there were men Who I whelminsrly for a league of nations, or a
"Fair and warmer" must be the
order. vnvaircH anrt tra v.lofl v.., ii . I society of nations, or a world court or I weather slogan. Portland has had
rr-v.- i tv- " "J e"j some international association which should pnmie-h rain for.TnnA.
HIS tuaiftlVCl VUO 'llCll null rnmr Train TO THO rarttlAot irnVn.A I H.vann o frotem IV rtT arl nn arwnntr i. i ,-1 I o
as republican the civilization of that day, dissemi
have been chosen
standard-bearers is
a pledge that, 1 nating the virtues of bronze cutlery.
when, they are elected, there will be
an end of one-man government,, of
congresses submissive to that one
man's will, of wilful obstruction
when an independent congress is
elected, of dallying with sedition, of they were the vanguard of advanc-
socialistlc experiment and of reck
less waste. Hard'ing and Coolidge
will restore government according to
I lized peoples.
He said that many republican lead- Local democrats are laughing like
ers in the senate "were conspicuous I the man who would throw the bulH
in its advocacy" and that he joined I over the fence,
in writing a favorable declaration in
the republican platform of Ohio. The! Idaho will have full representation
people "were thinking of the thing at San Francisco, if they have 'to
desired, and never pondered the I Quarter tnem.
method or the cost of its making.-'
ing civilization. The province of the I He continued: J Great news! The democratic party
it woum have Been well to have coun- in tiermany has Deen stabbed m the
seiea wnn one anotner oeiore me cove
nant was fashioned. The people voted
or thick, silence-furred rugs, of
I Smyrna figs and Grecian pottery.
uouDtiess these long forgotten her
alds of trade were as resourceful, as
voluble, as convincing as are those
of today. And, beyond all question.
commercial traveler is peculiarly
his own, and his indispensability is
proved. In the complex system of I Buch a preference most emphatically last
i.i.thi,fiAn il. i , . . . I November. Most people thought there
distribution the part he plays is in- wouid be counseling, and it ousht to have
timateiy united witn the .lines of I been done.
progress. He is the disciple of the ! ' When, the armistice was signed
new.' the imnroved. the revolutions rvl the rommoh thoueht was of a leaarue
(in trade and by the trained per-I "but the immediate task was the set
Roosevelt was no less an idealist I suasiveness of his logic we are in- tlement of the war, . . . the
back!
the constitution and laws, which are
our best security against autocracy
t, the one and communism at the
other extreme.
Talk of "favorite sons"! Wait for
the school election Saturday.
Poindexter was a favorite son until
hope was blasted.
than Wilson, but he kept his feet on Jduced. to set aside the makeshifts ! pressing call was for peace, peace Ohio men get elected generally.
to Redding and has its power lines
connected with the other big pur
veyors of white coal in the Golden
state. George J. Walton. Klamath
Falls, is the way it is inscribed on th
imperial register, and he is the man
ager of the California-Oregon Power
company, with its generating plants
on Link river at the southern Oregon
box capital, and the immense plant at
iopco, niauen away in the Klamath
river canyon a few miles east
where the Shasta route crosses th
ureyon-canrornia state line. When
away irom his home town he Is tell
a tired heart and l just can t Dear
to think that anyone is unhappy is
this glorious, wonderful country.
A scant year ago we ' came here
from globe trotting and settled, down
not in a beautiful home of our own
as she did; but in a rented house
and not very fine at that. But I
have neighbors, real ones. Ko sis
ter could have been more alert or
sympathetic in helping me to find my
way along, to me, entirely new and
uncharted methods of doing things
than the little neighbor just north ot
ir.e. Almost immediately we connect
ed ourselves with a homey church
must have social home, you know.
blocking the path, blame yourselves church ciUD or sorne organization
lr you get your leein unutheu vui.
Stand aside and let the procession of
progress march by.
As for me working for tne piauaits
of mv kind let me say that "my re
ward Is in the doing" and my point of
vantage is obscurity. I would rather
have the plaudits of woman, however.
than of man. His plaudits are easu
obtained. A pretty woman in anab-
urevmieu u&iiiuis "it -i - -' ' -
cure them. . MRS. M. A.
BlCO SMOTHERED IX STAR-DUST
Oh the puddings and the cake
That my mother used to make!
I could eat until I die,
Of her thick and juicy pie
But when it comes to bacon
Right here my faith is shaken.
For there s nothing like tne bacon
That is cooked beneath the stars.
When vacation days are here
In the blossom of the year.
And the birds and bees are humming
And you feel like going bumming.
And your seared soul wants to waken, I back to that and happiness.
and there we have found lovely ac
quaintances that as the days go by
and opportunities occur will become
as dear as the friends left behind but
unforgotten. I never can forget the
sisterly attitude of the little woman
who sidled up to me beaming a friend
ly welcome, a stranger at a strange
place, when I attended my first reception.
Honestly, now sister, didn t you just
put your beautiful home in order and
sit down and wait for callers? Have
you smiled at every one you saw
over the back fence or at the froit
door? Do just that. No one can
resist a smile that comes bubbling
to the lips from a heart warm with
the red blood of altruism. You re
member the little girl who, when
asked by her somewhat supercilious
mother where she became acquainted
with that child, indicating the illy
dressed playmate, "why. I smiled and
she smiled and we vere 'quainted."
Oh, for the heart of a little childr
guileless, forgiving, loving. Let's get
Get some coffee, flour and bacon.
Leave the city's marts and bars.
And cook your meals beneath the
stars.
Though your appetite's a laggard.
And your face is taut and haggard i
Portlanders are not snobs. We'r
just from everywhere, as you are,
and not a whit different. We all want
friends badly and if we want them
badly enough to go after them we'li
surely get the true and enduring type,
thout which life would indeed d
And though you force yourself rather drab and lmpo-sible, A splcn
ing new acquaintances that it is the
ricnest spot In natural resources an
o leinaraea. wnen ne nad recovered man-made Industries that he know
is composure, "that I wish the vouno-l anything about, with fishinir streams
ienow wno is caning on Christabel I s"" "n lyieiceneo,
- nu aku us kci tne 1 seas da Is In mm,. ti --
ouse snut up. it s past midnight." I waiting for the vacation crowds to
At that moment there entered the I come and exhibit the latest in charm-
small boy of the household. He had 1 tn bathing suits on dress parade,
been, for Nio last hour or so. behind accoraing to t.. r. t.nastaln. who has
the draught scheen in the. 'alten up nia residence In the city by
-- i rnn a Am a matt nr rrt rv. :
ii... - . .1 . . " -i"i
ne nia enjoyed ( claims Astoria as his home for the
himself better than if he had been at I present, where he is about tp become
a runcn and Judy show. I identified with a commercial institu
"It isn't his fault, pa," said the heir tlon but says the town is so prosper
of the Smiths. "H r-an c-- r,-i.lous tnat ne round it necessary to se
tahel . Kittinr on him tiT T3 ; , - ure.a house in Seaside. He came to
1 Portland to mako the innrnpir nv,p
The last 20 minutes had been noth- lbe h0t sands with A1 Kader'" class
ing but a succession "of passes, and
Private Snow had become restive.
Man, he remonstrated to the
bones holder, "'pears like impossible
fo 'a man to do nufflri' but make
nacherals lessen he's crookin'
'Chuff, man," responded the other,
dis boy was done bora wid a pair o'
dice in his han'."
- lean, replied rnvate Snow, "an
it an Doy aon t see a little more
shakin' before de shootin' dat boy is
gwine die de same way.'' American few days that may last long enough
seem.
That you cannot get up steam.
Go into the woodland wild,
VV'tfere the air is undefiled
'Lrfjng the mossy banks agleam.
Of any rushing stream.
Take your fishing rod and "makin"".
Some coffee, flour and bacon.
Fish and hunt until you're tired.
Wade and swim until you're mired;
Then when the sun Is setting
Commence your supper-getting
The aroma of the java
As it gushes up like lava.
Is more fragrant by far
Than perfume in dainty jar;
And the flapjacks and the bacon
They will never he mistaken.
For the fragrance of cigars.
If they're cooked beneath the stars.
M. C. ARMSTRONG.
did motto that my mother has found
satisfaction in for years is: "Do some
thing for somebody quick." It on
only does everything asked of one
and even shades the matter a little
by not even waiting to he asked
one will not only have neighbors is
plenty, but friends in platoons.
A WiSSTJUSi 'tirti IB.
Saturday.
The Continental and Commercial
National bank of Chicago is one of
the strong financial houses of the
country that keeps tn close touch with
developments on the Pacific coast.
Wilbur Hattery, assistant cashier of
this institution, is a Portland visitor
today, en route to Eugene to attend
the meeting of the Oregon Bankers
association tomorrow. He attended
the conference of Washington state
bankers at Seattle last week, and will
return to Portland for a stay of
Chance of Party on Election Day.
TILLAMOOK, Or., June 12. (To the
Editor.) Kindly Inform me whether
a person who has registered as a
democrat can change his political af
filiations on the day of election at the
polling booths, by filling out a new
registration card, and then obtain a
republican ballot and vote the repub
lican ticket? At the primary election
10 persons changed their political af
filiations at Wheeler. Or., all chang
ing from democrats to republicans.
A VOTER.
In a legal opinion given sometime
ago at the request of election judges.
Attorney-General Brown held that a
person qualifted to cast his ballot un
der the Oregon election laws had a
I DEFEXSE OF CITY O.MY OflJECl
Salemite Denies Intent Especially t
Pillory Two Precincts.
SALEM. Or.. June 12. (To the Edfc
tor.) I notice that "Another Saleme
ite" rather objects to calling atten
tion to the vote of Mt. Angel ana
Sublimity on the higher educational
bill, without also mentioning the faca
that there were other precincts ia
the county which cast an unfavorable
vote.
I did not wish to disturb the sens
bilities of my friend. The principal
object of my former communicatioj
was to relieve the erroneous impres.
sion that Salem was opposed to th
higher educational tax and gave fig
ures to substantiate my position. I
stated, in substance, that the heaviest
adverse vote ln this county was re
corded at Mt. Angel and Sublimity
which is an absolute fact. Out of a
total vote of 560 cast in these place!
the affirmative vote was 49 and th
negative 511, or more than ten to oni
against the proposition. If the res
of the precincts had voted in th
same proportion the majority in thi
county against the measure woula
have been over 7j00, which, nappii
was not the fact.
If your correspondent thinks I an
right to change his resignation at
any time before casting his vote, pro- unfair and my statements misleading
virfprl however, that he was acting in he is. of course, welcome to his opin-
Legion Weekly.
Charles J. Wilson of Chicago, In
an ordinary Seven-passenger car.
leaped over a 27-foot yawning gap
where a bridge had 'been washed out
near Elgin, I1L, the car leaping more
than twice the necessary distance, or I Great Falls, Mont., to Eugene. They
exactly 58 feet. Upon investigation I win leave today for Eugene, where
of the car. no harm had been don to Mlsa Bowen will graduate from the
. . ; f ., - . i stale university inis ween.
the engine, which was found to be .
running after the car landed: none! Charles J. Wine, whose name brings
of the tires burst under the terrific I fond memories of Mayor Hardy of
fore, of the imnar-t mm th -ar- T--.t- Astoria ana uovernor IB regis-
to include the convention and Rose
Festival next week.
Miss Marian Bowen, one of the
honor students in department of
architecture at the University of Ore
gon, is in Portland to meet her moth
er, who Is en route from her home at
the ground after its record-breaking
leap. -
An ambition to die poor because
"it is a disgrace for a man to die
rich" was . expressed recently by
Nathan ' Strauss, 72-year-old retired
millionaire philanthropist.
"It is criminal not to share with
those who are poor and suffering."
he added. . "The man whodies with
worldly riches has falied in the great
est thing in life, his duty to the
world."
Declaring that if his hopes are ful
filled, he "shalL be rich in happiness
and in good works," Mr. Strauss con
tinued: "There is no satisfaction in
money alone. Food and home, 'work
and play they are for rich and poor
alike."
good faith. If. however. It could be
proved that the person so changing
his registration did so in order to
vote for some particular candidate
and was not acting in good faith, he
would be subject to prosecution under
the laws defining the crime of per
ion. However, unprejudiced mind-
will have a contrary opinion.
OLD SAL,JHMiTJS.
MV FRIENDS.
These friends of mine are food anl
drink
Thev hold me up when I would sinl
jury. The entire question, sir. crown or fainting fall beside the way.
says, is a question of the voter ana
his conscience.
tered at the Portland from Twin
Falls. But in spite of his name, Mr.
Wine is a strong advocate of prohi
bition and believes Volstead Is right.
"I believe the republicans could not
have chosen a better man than Sen
ator Harding," he said. "Harding is
certain to lead the party to a de
served victory. this fall."
Mrs. Charles Umbach, whose hus
band Is an attorney at Lakeview. is
registered at the Imperial with her
daughter, Verda-
S. T. Smith, well known business
man of Roseburg, is stopping at the
Oregon while here on a brief - busi
ness mission.
Mrs. W. W. Benson, whose husband
is portmaster at Dryad, Wash.i is vis
iting with relatives in Portland, and
will remain over for the Rose Festival
net week, - ,
Band Music Every Dny,
PORTLAND. June 12. (To the Edi
tor.) With the Shriners will come
some eighty odd brass bands. The
people of this city will step a little
faster, throw back their shoulders
and for once show that they have life
and red blood in them. Then the
bands will depart and once again the
These friends of mine are they I ow
My building up to as I go
Along my life each day.
These friends of mine, what wouH
I be
If they had not been given me
To aid me with my load.
Their names I say as rosary
They grant an uplift seemingly
settle back to its normal Though they are far or near to me.
city will
gait.
Why not a little more life all the
year round? Is this briskness some
thing to be worn only-when ."com
pany" Is here? The people of this me
trooolia need to learn to play. In place
of keenness so noticeable in other big
cities they have a certain pokeishness
and lack of determination. And noth
tne- will make people so alert as a
These are my friends, may God sena
you
Just such a friend, e'en one or two.
And make one such of me. to you.
MRS. SOUTHARD.
Marriage In Waahlngton.
REDMOND. Or.. June 12. (To th
Editor.) 1. Must the parties be rest.
band playing up the street Alertness dents of the state of Washington ta
is the keynote of armies an that-is I
why armies have bands, why. not
municipal band to give daily concerts
on the streets the year round?
. : . LIVE WIRE.
o One Donbts Who It Will Be.
Colonel Bryan may find a candidate
of whom he completely approves, but
will take his time about announcing
the fact.
get a marriage license at Vancouver
Wash.?
2. How many witnesses are re
quired? - -,v A. READER.
1. No. "
2. One witness who knows botl
persons who must .take .oath. h
knows that there is no legal impedi
ment to the marriage and not cloaej
relation than second cousins.
t '