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THE 3IORMXG ORJ2GOXIAX, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1920
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DEMOCRACY EVADES AST EXPLAINS.
On only one question of first rank
does the draft platform now before
the democratic convention commit
the party to a clear-cut issue with
the republicans. That is the league
of. nations. Tet by doing so it con
demns almost half of the democratic
senators together with the opposite
party. By indorsing President
Wilson's "firm stand against reser
vations designed to cut to pieces the
vital provisions of the Versailles
treaty," evidently meaning the Lodge
reservations, it censures the demo
cratic senators who voted for those
reservations. "We do not oppose
the acceptance of any reservations
making clearer or more specific the
obligations of the United States."
says the platform and it thus appears
to offer those senators a way, to
reconcile their action with the presi
dent's position, but in fact it aligns
the party with the president's de
mand that any reservations must be
mJrely interpretative.
In its declarations on the league,
as on the conduct of the war, the
rlatform is an indorsement of the
Wilson autocracy, but even on the
league it is evasive, to use an adjec
tive which Homer Cummings hurled
ac the republican platform. On other
issues it is both evasive and explana
tory, unmindful that "he who ex
plains is lost." On those subjects
whereon positive ' declarations in
favor of radical measures were ex
pected, the beaten track Is cautiously
followed. After all the sound and
fury that we have heard about
prohibition, the committee disposes
of the matter by silence the differ
ences of opinion were irreconcilable
and that the majority feared to take
a decision in its favor lest the
minority be driven to schism. Thus
does expediency, to which the
republicans were accused of yielding,
govern the democracy.
The democracy was expected by
Its most sanguine adherents to score
with an unequivocal expression in
favor of Irish Independence, but it
goes no farther than to express
. "sympathy" with "the aspirations of
Ireland for self-government," and it
forbids these words to mean inde
pendence by prefixing the qualifying
phrase: "Within the limits of
international comity and usage." As
comity and usage do not permit
expression of sympathy with a people
whose struggles for independence its
government is striving to suppress
with all its might, the democratic
purty by implication withholds sym
pathy with the dominant party in
Ireland, which spurns Anything short
of independence. Sinn Fein asked
for bread and is given a stone.
Necessity compels the party - to
defend and applaud the course of
the president in war and in efforts
to make peace, if Mr. Wilson's dicta
tion did not. In order to make a
plausible case, the platform-builders
had to close their eyes to essential
facts. The president refused to place
any republican In a position of
executive power during the war, yet
we are told that "in his conduct of
the war there was no semblance of
partisan bias." The first open appeal
to partisanship came from him, not
from the republicans, in October,
lid 8, when he asked for a demo
cratic congress, yet the republicans
are Indicted for "savagely defaming"
him. The mandate to act alone in
making peace was denied him, but
it is pretended that the terms of
peace which he made imposed an
obligation of honor which the repub
lican senators repudiated, nothing
being said of the twenty-one demo
crats who joined them.
To what desperate straits the party
is driven may be seen by the para
graphs in which all the important
legislation of the Wilson administra
tion' is lumped together as demo
cratic achievement, though most of
it was due to republican initiative,
in which the democrats were only
half-workers and marred it by their
work, while much more was the
joint product of both parties. By a
. bald distortion of facts the republl-"
can congress Is scolded for appro
priating less money than the admin
istration asked and at the same time
is abused for appropriating too much
money and for not reducing taxes in
face of the fact that the treasury
still showed a deficit after more
than $2,700,000,000 had been slashed
from the estimates. The democratic
idea of effecting economy is conveyed
b the lamentation over the expen
diture of $2,000,000 "in vain and
extravagant investigations" which
revealed the waste of billions, and
by advocacy of a budget system
which would putthe men who would
stand guard over expenditures in the
absolute power of the spenders.
There is small comfort in the
platform for the labor leaders who
5 rejected the labor planks of the
republican platform with scorn and
who turned with hope to the demo
crnts, taking with them a complete
labor platform. The San Francisco
document goes no farther than that
adopted at Chicago to meet the
demands of Mr. Gompers and is less
emphatic in what it does say. It
gives no encouragement to those
radicals whose hearts are set on
government ownership of railroads
for it expressly approves private
ownership.
The plank dealing with Mexico
displays the same deep solicitude for
the rights of the Mexicans, the same
indifference to the rights of Amerl
people of Mexico," but it has not a
word of Indignation for the murder
of 600 Americans or for the beggary
of many others whose only crime
was that they were "grlngoes." It
asserts the "rights of investors" and
"the right of the United States to
demand full protection for its citi
zens." but such expressions are
meaningless in the light of the
administration's failure to make good
the pledge of 1912 to protect "the
constitutional 1 rights of our citizens
on the border and throughout the
world." Its new promise is less
definite, but however positive its
terms might have been, it would
have been held worthless, in view
of the breach of the former promise.
The democratic party is on the
defensive, and its platform abounds
in evidence that it is painfully con
scious of the fact. Knowing its
defenses to be weak, it makes a
brave show of 'taking the offensive,
but a tyro in politics can see through
the pretense. Having nauseated the
people with its ' pseudo-progressiv-
ism, which has led it to give shelter
to those who have the desire but
not the physical courage for revo
lution, it now adopts an air of
moderation, even conservatism. It
ill becomes it. Not daring to be red,
it is pink a tint as revolting to the
alien revolutionist as to the true
American. Still dominated by Mr.
Wilson and his faithful bodyguard.
it cannot do otherwise than go before
the people ' as the defender of his
autocratic rule and of his sadly
aborted ambition to be president of
the world. It has the inherent
weakness of a party which is the
personal following of a man rather
than a body of believers .in a vital
principle.
A POSTPONED CRUSADE.
Lack of popular interest banished
Hie anti-cigarette measure from the
November ballot, and demonstrated
that the use of tobacco In such form
will prevail in Oregon until a day
more propitious for crusade. It is
undeniable that cigarette smoking,
wholly aside from discussion con
cerning its harmful effect, has a
firmer grip upon the tobacco user
than ever before, and constitutes a
habit that only a sustained and
lengthy campaign of education may
unseat. The direct contributory
cause of. this prevalent popularity
was the war, when the "little cigars"
became celebrated as the solace of
the men in the trenches, "and when
antagonistic organizations, serving
the soldiers, encouraged its distribu
tion and participated therein.
Since the time of Jean Nlcot, that
Frenchman whose name is- embodied
in the noun nicotine, as grateful
acknowledgment of his service in
introducing the weed in France,
tobacco jihads have been waged
almost unremittingly. Yet friend
ship for it has but increased, and its
devotees are constantly growing in
number. This constitutes no argu
ment for the habit, of course, and
any smoker will tell you, for that
matter, that no argument is needed.
Turkish sultans thundered against
its use and devised painful modes of
death for those who transgressed
James I of England exhorted his
subjects to forswear its use, and
likened the fumes of tobacco to the
rank odors of "the pit that is
bottomless." Two popes. Urban VIII
and Innocent XI, issued denounce
ments or ine weed. These are
brought forward but to show that
American adversaries of the cigar
ette, or of all the forms of tobacco,
have illustrious comrades in the past.
It's a remarkably imperfect old
world puff! and its folks are
steeped in folly whiff! and ever
and anon the godless are constrained
to observe--ah! that Utopia is still
beyond the ranges. Will you have
one?
to the plaintiffs happiness. A thou
sand other relatively important and
essentially material facts could be
conjured up as coming under the
rule. The heretofore prevailing no
tion that persons contemplating mar
riage were under actual obligation
to become acquainted with their
prospective partners is completely
overturned by the decision.
If the decision is permitted to pre
vail, the least that can be done will
be to add a new chapter to legisla
tion on this Important subject. There
should be a clear statement of the
requirements of the pre-nuptial con
fessional. A questionnaire should
constitute a part of every application
for a marriage license, and it should
omit nothing on" which the courts
may afterward be called on to pass
opinion. Almost anything is better
than uncertainty. The growing lib
erality with which divorce courts are
wont to construe extreme cruelty
and incompatability of temperament
suggest the protection that is de
served where the more tragic issue
of annulment is involved. .
ENFORCE THE TREATY WITH
GERMANY.
Herbert Hoover's statement of the
actual relations between the terms
of peace with . Germany and the
league covenant points out the
necessity that the former shall be
executed and suggests how this may
be done consistently with the policy
to which the republican party is
pledged.
President Wilson succeeded In his
purpose to weave the two together
so tnat the treaty cannot be executed
unless the league performs certain
functions, but the league can be
modified as provided by the Lodge
reservations and as proposed by. the
republican platform without impair
ment of these functions or relaxing
the severity of the terms imposed on
uermany, nor does the republican
party desire to moderate those terms.
If the next administration should
agree with the senate on ratification
with the Lodge reservations or others
to the same effect, article ten would
not be- eliminated, but the military
and economic power of the United
btates could not be used without
express authority from congress, so
that it would be harmless, the
Monroe doctrine would be secure
together with other American rights,
T . . . .
protest against .Britain s six
votes to one would stand, and no
officials could be sent to the league
without authority of congress. There
would still remain all those parts of
me covenant which correspond to
the principles set forth in the repub
lican platform, ana all the functions
which the league is to perform in
executing the treaty.
Americans have no desire to
moderate the terms to Germany, and
omy part or those terms to
winch republican senators took ex
ception is that relating to Shantung.
The reservation on that subject
simply declares that the United
States is not a party to the transfer
to China and would do as it please
in ine matter hereafter.
FKE-MARITAL CANDOR.
The decision of a New York su
preme court that persons contemplat
ing marriage owe it as a legal duty
to one another to conceal no fact of
personal history that might have a
bearing on the fact of marriage is
disturbing to former conceptions of
the law in such cases, and also preg
nant with possibilities for future an
archy In matrimony. The lovelorn
are no longer put under obligation
by a sense of the gravity of their
contemplated step to look well into
that which they are about to ven
ture. Chance acquaintances. in
greater security than ever before,
may journey in haste to some Gretna
Green, knowing that if they have not
taken time to exchange mutual con
fidence the law will repair their
error and the omission atoned for
by some court.
The suit in which this opinion,
monstrous in its implications, was
rendered was one in which a plain
tiff husband asserted . that his wife
had failed to tell him that she had
for some time been an inmate of
an insane asylum in Canada, from
which, however, she had been dis
charged as cured. He won his action
the important phase of which is con
tained in that part of the court's
opinion which lays down this rule:
Persons who have agreed to marry owe
an affirmative duty to inform each other
of all facts material to their contemplated
marriage, not alone because such facta
may affect the decision of the contracting
parties, but the state and community hive
an interest by reason of the property rights
involved ana tne possioie issue of the
union. And if either party is unfitted by
age, physical condition, mental incapacity
or legal disability from being joined in
lawful wedlock, that party should not re
main silent.
The court found that the defend
ant's sojourn in a hospital for treat
ment of a nervous disorder prior to
her engagement was a "material
fact." So, no doubt, it was, though
it will be admitted that there are
many other "material facts" as to
this and other marriages which the
single decision does not adjudicate.
How wide is the range of these it
will be sufficient perhaps to leave
to the imaginations and the experi
ence of those versed in matrimonial
affairs.
It has been a rather well-settled
principle that the courts will be slow
to disturb a marriage entered into
by the legally competent. Misrep
resentation of one's financial cir
cumstances, for example, has repeat
edly been held to be insufficient as
a cause for divorce. A kind of mod
ern adaptation of the maxim "caveat
emptor" runs through the judicial
fabric. Love may be blind, but love
in law must suffer the penalties of
Its disability. But not if the New
York theory prevails. A more com
plaisant court may hold, for exam
ple, that possession of a fiery tem
per, well known to the defendant
OVER THE MOON AGAIN.
lime- was when the season of
snowers and sun meant lush new
grass in the pastures, dotted with
peaceful productive herds, whose
appetites transmuted this wealth of
natural fodder to an increased supply
ui ncn miiK, golden cream and
butter. With the approach of spring
wie irugai nousewlfe looked forward
to a responsive-decline in the price-
oi aairy products. It was readily
Apparent mat pasturage, a table
spread for the industry, foretold a
aeciaecuy lower cost of production.
it is not so today. The pastures
are green as ever, and the herds are
lujiy as placid and content in their
outdoor realm, but by some elusive
reversal of natural law this condition
aoes not favorably! affect the price
of milk. The producers, with formal
nicety, Have presented Portland cus
tomers with neat cards of announce
ment. On July 1 the price of milk
aavanced another cent. A fine,
uescriptive verb is "advance." There
is a determined final itv nhnul If
pruunany apropos to the instance
ine consumer will pay, perforce, fo
milk is a well-nie-h lnillsnr,Mhi.
food, and babies cry for it. How
familiar has grown that nhrs.se
"Increased ' cost of production and
aistriDution."
Against increases In milk prices
tne i-ortiana public once struggled
wnn special committees of inouirv.
appointed to determine the exact cost
of a quart. It was ordained that the
producers, specialists in their own
vocation, should present arguments
that were unanswerable by crusading
critics. And, doubtless, the increases
were in a large measure Justifiable,
everyone knows that costs of -nro
duction have increased In everything.
everywhere. , x et tnere must be
limit.
The explanation offered by the
iniiK proaucers is wordy and we
written. it presents percentage
tables that are open to analysis, if
some altruistic person will embark
upon the tedious and detailed task
of analyzing them. But it accounts
for the early return to winter prices
oy a ratner striKing process of Ine-iv
Summer prices have advanced, so
tne proaucers say, to recompense
dairymen for their losses during the
winter. When winter ruled the con
sumer was informed that increases
were necessary to cover th nrirti
tional expense of production .undr
seasoname airtlculties. The verRa.tn
theory smacks of double assessment
ath lake bird reservations, and is
bounded by the Warner mountains
on the west, Beatty butte on the east.
Poker Jim ridge on the northwest,
and -on the south by the mountains
of Washoe county, Nevada. It is de
clared to have the largest number of
resident antelope and sage hens of
any similar area of public lands, and
to be almost wholly unfit for agricul
tural or grazing purposes, the report
of the survey being that "the entire
area in the aggregate does not pro
duce economically as much pastur
age for stock as 100 acres of good
farm land, favorably located."
The survey was made in Septem-
re, 1919, by Dr. George W. Field, of
the United States biological survey.
nd Martin S. Garretson, secretary
of the American Bison society. It
represents the explorations of an en-
re week, during which time the
naturalists motored through the lava
nd sagebrush districts on the dwin
dling trail of the prong-horn herds.
The conclusion reached by both in
vestigators was that only the crea-
on of a federal reservation would
guarantee the continuance of the
species, and that, failing in this, the
record of complete extinction would
soon be written.
Dr. Field and Mr. Garretson found
general sentiment among the
widely scattered ranchers for protec
tion, but they discovered, as well, a
callous and prevalent disregard for
the game laws and a wantonly utili
tarian and systematic slaughter of
the herds. At various points in the
dusty desert they came upon the car
casses of doe or buck fawn, killed for
the ignoble service of wolf bait. Near
the mangled remains of the graceful
animals were stationed concealed
wolf traps, and in at least one in
stance they found that a carcass had
been utilized as poisoned bait. Even.
In a district where the elimination of
tne--coyote is an economic necessity,
and where game laws are in force
only by Haphazard Inclination or
complete disregard, the sacrifice of
antelope to the greed of hide and
bounty hunters is well-nigh incomprehensible.
The sage grouse 'and the prong-
horn antelope are the only species
which have the capacity of turning
the worthless sage brush into palat
able meat," says Dr. Field, in his re
port. "No domesticated species can
do this. This remote and desolate
area is practically the last stand of
these species in anywhere near nor.
mal numbers on public land. The
people of Oregon and the settlers
within the region are desirous of
federal support in developing and
maintaining this project."
As a game animal the antelope
needs no layman's recommendation,
He constitutes a distinctive trophy
and any number of appetizing steaks,
Roosevelt numbered the prong-horn
as one of the finest specimens of
natural fauna In America. In .the
plains states old settlers relate stories
of the huge herds of antelope that
once ranged from the lush rainwater
lakes to the sandy buttes. Herds of
several thousand were not infre
quent, particularly in winter when
the animals yarded together for pro
tection against weather and wolves.
In winter migrations to better pas
tures the herds were often attacked
with clubs by the ranchers as the
antelope floundered in the deep
sncw. But it was the rifle, with Its
death at a distance, .which destroyed
tne balance of nature for the
prong-horn clung to his plains, and
diet not, like the shambling and sa
gacious grizzly, retreat to the moun
tains, r
Citizens of Oregon, for the good
name of their state and the good
sense of wild life protection, should
see to it that the Lake county re.
serve becomes a reality, so that na
turalists may never say, pointing to
tne southeastern section of the state
Here perished the last of the ante
lope herds."
BV-PRODICTS OF THE TIMES
New Words Added to English I.an
rsnce From Varied Sources.
New words are derived from all
sorts of sources. To bluff, for exam
ple, which began life as a necessary
technical term in poker, spread into
general use in the United States,
crossed the western ocean and estab
lished itself In Great Britain and has
now crossed the English channel and
forced itself into French and Italian
and German. Perhaps to pass the
buck, having a similar origin, will in
time attain to a similar world-wide
acceptance. To spoof, a Briticism orig
inating in the sporting circles of Lon
don, bids fair to be adopted in New
York, although its attractiveness is
aa slight as its utility. Equally un
necessary is forelady, which is In
tended to be a more elegant appella
tion for a forewoman and which
seems to presage a companion fore-
gentleman or would it be foreagent?
another new word which we owe
also to the busy marts of trade we
can note again the ability of our lan
guage to supply itself easily with a
term needed for immediate use. We
have long been familiar with sales
man and saleswoman even, alas,
with saleslady, and the latest member
of the family to whom we have been
Introduced is salesperson, a name In
tended to apply to an employe of
cither sex
These verbal novelties we have
made out of our stock, so to speak;
and at the same time we have kept on
taking over terms from other tongues.
in accord with our ancient custom, as
& result of which the words of foreign
origin of our every-day speech (so a
historian of our language has assert
ed) "far outnumber those of old Eng
lish origin.' And upon these alien
vocables we have worked our will in
our own fashion. We have taken two
iranK Branch Riley returns to
Portland from the cities of the east.
wnitner be carried the message o
me scenic northwest. Rrlmmin
with the lore and magic of the great
forests, the eternal mountains and
the blue tracery of matchless streams
the forensic art of Riley is quite as
compelling as that of the storied
cobbler, who "could call the birds
from the trees." Literally, and bv
many thousands, this persuasive
Portland orator has called the eastern
tourist to this state and her immerf
late sisterhood. His Is master sales
manship, and if there be necromancy
in it, so Riley sayB, it is but the snell
of the ideal out - of . dnnr th
areamed-of land of the perfect vaca
tion. And no masterful, lmoellin
word portrait of the northwest is
equal to realization as his converts
do assert.
Those Who Come and Go.
DUTY OF EVERY GOOD
CITIZEN
t
Wedderburn is a collection of small
houses and a large "company store"
on the north bank of the Rogue river
near its . mouth. The existence Of
Wedderburn has been in the balance
at almost every session of the legis
lature for nearly a score of years.
Wedderburn was founded by Robert
Hume, cannery man. and Is still main
tained because ot commercial fish
ing. The mouth of the Rogue Is only
a short distance away and on the
other side of the stream, where an
angle is formed by the Rogue and the
Pacific ocean, is Gold Beach, the
county seat of Curry county. Colonel
Lawson, who has been at Wedder
burn for a number of years, was in
Portland yesterday looking as brown
as a berry. The colonel says that
while the fish caught this year have
been of a fine quality, the quantity
has been small. Colonel Lawson at
tributes this to the failure of the
state to propagate salmon for the
Rogue.
"I never realized the resources of
this part of the country; In truth,
all we know about in Australia are
San Francisco and Victoria, B. C.
Portland is unknown, and yet you
have the very things which we need
at home," declares D. H. Dureau, of
Brown & Dureau, who is In the city
on business. Mr. Dureau'a firm has
offices in Melbourne and Sydney,
Australia, in Wellington, New Zea
land, and in Durban, South Africa.
The firm operates in lumber, fruit,
salmon and other commodities. In
the past the firm has been placing
the orders for some of these lines
In New York, but recently discovered
that these articles originate in and
around Portland, of the Pacific coast,
and are then shipped east, so Mr.
Dureau decided to do business at
Portland rather than in New York
for the articles peculiarly belonging
to Oregon.
"They are strong- for moonshine
Latin words, per centum, cut the sec- I or any other substitute for liquor In
ond syllable to get per cent and then Texas." confided a patron of the
melted them together with an Eng- Hotel Portland yesterday. "I was in
Ush termination to give us percent- a hospital in Dallas in April and the
age. We have 'aken risque and made
it risky, and we are in the process of
taking brVisquo and making it brusk;
ar.d this Is as it should be, since a
foreign word -vhich keeps Us foreign
pronunciation or Its foreign spelling
Is always a menace to the purity of
English. The alien words we admit
to citizenship in our language ought
always to renounce their foreign alle
giance. A term from another tongue
Is more easily made to feel itself at
home in our vocabulary when Its
spelling does not call attention to its
original outlanuishness. So it was
that cafeteria and automat, as names
for special kinds of restaurant, slipped
Into general use without exciting
general notice. Brander Matthews in
Harper's Magazine.
physician who attended me for 15
days was treating a party of four
men and a young woman, who had
imbibed hair tonic All were uncon
scious and the girl was unconscious
for six days before the physician
could arouse her. I told the doctor
that if they wanted booze bad enough
to drink shoe polish and hair re
storer and stuff of that sort, he was
wasting his time in trying to save
their lives.
What is said to be the oldest writ
ten code of laws in the world, prob
ably antedating that of Hammurabi
by. at least 1000 years, has been dls- I 3caje
coverea in part among ine nitnerto
untranslated clay tablets from Nippur I To appear as a withess in the sui
at the University of Pennsylvania that some citizens In Dallas are bring
That he is well liked is attested by
the way he is referred to. No one
who knows him thinks of calling him
Mr. Welch, or Mr. Patrick Welch, but
he is known among railroads and
bankers as Pat Welch. Well, he is
registered at the Benson and is here
on business. Mr. Welch is one of
the big railroad contractors making
headquarters in Spokane, but he
hasn't been building railioada in the
United States of late, although he is
said to have some Canadian railroad
construction and, also, he is engaged
in highway construction on a large
Kmowledcre of FitfalU Moat Be Ac
Quired and Made Use Of.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
July l. (To the Editor.) May I not
write to tell you with how great plea
sure 1 read The Oregonlan's editorial
June 30 on "A Question and a Cru
sade." What you say concerning the needs
of the children and the duties of the
parents towards them in keeping them
on a line of conduct useful both to
themselves and to ociety is absolute
ly true. Furthermore, you are right
when you say that the real facts of
life and the factors leading towards
elinquency when uncovered through
social agencies or public-pirited clti-
ens should receive wider publicity
and the real attention which they deserve.
In these days every citizen may be
come aware of the evils which sap
he strength of our state and nation.
For the same reason as you so truly
say "If social service work is to suc
ceed. It should be given unstintedly
or the strength of the state." The
strength of the state does not always
mean special appropriations for paid
workers to uncover these facts of life
which to a large extent are already
known. The far greater strength of
the state Is to be found In the real
interest, the actual help, and the
active co-operation of every citizen
from the youngest to the oldest, from
the richest to the poorest, both male
and female, who. taking to heart some
or tne simple lessons concerning im
morality, crime and failure in life.
will apply them to the conduct of his
daily life. Through wider vision
gained by this active interest and
co-operation in community life the
citizen will possess the real ability to
grasp tne meaning of these common
Place, everyday lapses in morals, slips
in conduct and failures in business
life.
Why do girls go wrong?" is In the
same question-box with "Why do
men steal?' or "Why does some boy
break his mother's heart?" It may
oe caused by the type of stock fro
which he sprang, or by his surround
ings in life, or "by the stings of out
rageous fortune." or by mere chance
it you iiKe. Whatever the causes
may be, there Is one outstanding fact
wnicn applies to every man and
woman of high or low degree who.
claiming American citizenship, thinks
nimseif to he an asset to the nation
It is up to that man or woman as an
individual or as a parent to inform
himself on the subjects which make
for immorality and failure in life. I
is up to that individual to make use
of his intelligence to develop ways
ana means which will lead to hacoi
ness and euccess for himself and for
his children. It Is up to him as an
individual and to no one else. Only
by the co-operation of such, citizens
In their own community life can the
morals, the health and the prosperity
or tne nation as a whole be sustained.
CHESTER L. CARLISLE. M. D
United States public health service
director Oregon state survey o
mental defect, delinquency and de
pendency.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jamea J. Montague
museum. The Hammurabi code was
prepared about 2100 B. C. and was
discovered about 20 years ago on a
large diorite stone by French ex
plorers.
The laws, which have Just been
translated by Abbe Schell of Paris
deal with responsibilities of hired
servants, with trespass on farms and
orchards, harooring of slaves, rentals
rights of sale women who have borne
children to their masters, punishment
for adultery, etc. One interesting
statute provides that rentals must run
for three yeirs In case a man has
taken over a house the owner does not
know how to manage.
In case a slave bore children to her
master she and the offspring were
free and if the master married the
slave the chil.lren became legitimate.
It is thought possible the tablets
were text-books used at the great
University of Nippur. Search will be
made for further tablet3 containing
additional laws.
Miss Isabella Bennett, a nurse at
ing against the highway commission
to shift the highway location already
made in Polk county. R. A. Booth
came to town yesterday. There was
contraversy over the location be
fore Mr. Booth was appointed on tho
commission but it died down. Re
cently when citizens of Riddle sued
the commission to prevent that body
from building the Pacific highway
straight, and won in the lower court,
thi:i tiicouraged the Polk county con
tenders to try their luck in court.
C. T. McGlew of Adelaide, Australia,
is in Portland on his way to open
an office in London, and he will re
main in the British metropolis for
two years before returning to the
land of the kangaroo. The object of
his visit in Portland is to establish
trade connections. In Australia Air.
McGlew is what is known as an
"operator," for much of the business
in that country is done through oper
ators. These latter buy quantities of
goods in foreign places and then dis
tribute the merchandise among a
chain of clients, such as wholesalers
and jobbers. 1
The mayor of Estacada is looking
chesty again. The last time was when
WORTH DOING.
The poets elng of noble toll.
They have a feigned affection
For raking hay or tilling soil.
Or working on the section.
But though I mean to do no wrong
To my poetic brothers,
I notice that they stick to song
And leave the toil to others.
The poets sing of breaking waves
That dash a ship to pieces.
While sailors land in watery graves
Before the tumult ceases.
I would not, as I said before
Be counted with the railers.
But still the poets stay ashore
And leave the wrecks to sailors.
The poets sing the Joye of strife.
or battling every minute
With the distress and care of life.
io win a fortune in it.
And though from any brother barl
1 would not merit curses.
I never saw one striving hard.
Except at writing verses.
And yet were I a poet too.
And not a versifier.
And I could make men strive to do
To yearn and to aspire.
And get well paid for what I wrote.
i scarcely need to mention.
That to such lyrics I'd devote
My time ad my attention!
Playlns Safe.
The Chicago banks refuse to lend
any money to the city but that was
when a national convention was in
session there.
No Wonder.
After a year in Swiss hotels. King
Charles of Austria has asked to go
back home where he won't be con
tinually mistaken for a bell hop.
If It Isn't Too Rough.
It looks as though Carpentier and
Dempsey have qualified for positions
on some college debating team.
THE LAND OF ROMANCE.
been tnrougn a glass, with eyes o
make-believe, ,
The land of romance, is a land.o
faith:
Chill doubt will blur the view with
frosty breath.
And worldly knowledge bring th
germ of death.
To this fair world, that happy fool
conceive.
The children hold the key to wonde
land.
Where Santa Claus In Joyous 6plen
dor reigns,
Until discerning thought the truth
obtains;
And lo. the door Is closed, reality
gains
Her place, lost is the magic wand
The gleam and sparkle of the sun-lit
dew.
The elfin beauty of the butterfly.
The rainbow visions of the years
pone by.
Are like the soap bubbles; if you
try
capture them, their charm will
vanish too.
CHARLES O. OLSEN.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of July 8. 1806.
The Southern Pacific train which
was held up by robbers reached Port-
land last night and the estimate of
loot obtained is placed at 13000 toV
14000. X
Toledo On the Toledo exposition
track yesterday Algie B, In the' 2:13
pace, set a new world's record, going
a mile in 2:10Vi-
It is said that J. M. Lively" options
to purcha-se all the electric lines of
the city expired July 1.
This morning T. Brook White, sec
retary of the Mazamas. and H. L.
Wells left on the steamer Dalles as
the advance guard of the Mazama
party which Is to scale that moun
tain. -
the Newark city hospital, Wednesday I he became the grandfather of twins.
morning, seeing a fox terrier knocked Now his boy has passed the prelimi
down by a motor truck, carried it to naI"y try-outs and is on his way to the
The robber of the one-man cars,
caught, puts up a pretty good plea
of extenuating circumstances that
somehow touch a spot without con
doning the crime.
No doubt the bunch of possibilities
felt sad when they had their pictures
taken for publication. One misses
the optimism in a display' of molars.
Opening a democratic convention
with prayer is exercise of a per
functory function. The show will
not end with a benediction.
The boys will be pleased to learn
that Dr. Morrow has been re-elected
national committeeman that is,
some of them..
THE PERISHING ANTELOPE.
The prong-horn antelope. dstme-
tlvely an American plains species, i
making a last stand in the lava and
sugebrush country of southeastern
Oregon. Still of general distribution
throughout the western states, the
prong-horn herds have been depleted
by ranchers and sportsmen until the
American antelope seems decreed,
unless federal protection is extended,
to follow the dust of the bison. It is
in Lake county, Oregon, and in a
small area of northern Nevada, that
champions of the species assert a
reserve should be created, if the fa
miliar "white flag," or silver flash of
the antelope's tail is to wig-wag a
message of survival down the years
to come. To those who perceive a
duty to the present and to posterity
lu the preservation of wild life, the
plight of the Oregon antelcspe is of
pressing importance. These men see
clearly beyond the immediate re
quirements of slaughter for coyote
Dait. into a vista that is certain to be
mighty lonely and uninspiring if the
toll of senseless killing does not cease.
The suggested reserve for prong
horn antelope, mapped after a care
ful survey of the district, lies be-
beforehand, is a fact very material ! tween Malheur lake and the Klam-
If Fourth of July had no other
mission, the fact that it means a
holiday for the letter carrier is
plenty.
Governor Clement of Vermont
may "fool" the democrats Jockeying
the suffrage amendment.
It's a rabid prohl-democrat who
can resist a moist plank in 'San
Francisco in July.
i
Most of the proposed platform is
mere vote bait. For one thing, "no
Irish need apply."
Many otnerwise adorable young
women are wearing fur neckpieces
this weather.
With almost everything closed
Monday, this must be a big buying
day.
The Tammany tigers ought to
show us a "sacred" parade Sunday.
Going somewhere.
The range is wide.
the Fourth?
. The anti-cigarette measure died
a-bornln.
Olympic games as a discus thrower.
A week ago the young man, who was
on the testing field in California,
threw the discuss 143 feet, and Mayor
Battlett declares his boy has tossed
it further than that.
So pleased with the entertainment
provided in Portland during the
Shrine convention that Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Reinhardt of Minneapolis,
did not have to see outside points of
interest until the fez-wearers de
parted. Since then, they have been
at Government Camp and other scenic
points on the road to Mount Hood.
They are registered at the Nortonia.
W. J. Sovereign of the Aladdin Co.
left last night for his home at Bay
City. Mich. Mr. Sovereign, who is one
of the founders of this concern, came
t PnrManH In rt fi n th. rrAilnil whll.
germicides and new bandages were ,h Portland branch of the comnanv
applied ,wnue tne patient lay on a was beibg built and placed in opera
coat licking the hands of the doctors tion and now he returns to the head
and nurses. They Bay they will" be quarters in Michigan.
--"" " ; -There's no Bnow at Government
up again toaay. mw xor. worm. .,-, announced Mr. Pridemore. who
- - I is at the Hotel Oregon. The snow
The idea of using current trans-1 has disappeared from the camp and
mltted through the eartn a.ar a means I automooneu tan iuc n w.m ease.
of locating metal ores is familiar
the hospital where salve and bandages
were applied to an injured right fore
paw. The pup was then turned loose
and limped away, wigwagging grati
tude with its tall.
Thursday morning Mr. Pup scraped
at the door of the receiving ward and
hobbled in, holding up the wounded
paw, showing that the bandages had
become loose and dirty and the part
inflamed. The doctors and Miss Ben
nett made an X-ray photograph that
revealed two small broken bones.
They were set and splints were ap
plied.
Yesterday morning again "grin
ning," as terriers do, and wagging
his tail, the terrier once more ap-
pered. The hurt was much better, but
the belief being that the greater con
ductivity of these metalliferous re
gions can be clearly indicated and
the area mapped out, says- the Scien
tific American. The location of oil
deposits which, according to the Elec
trical Review is now being investi
gated electrically, presents a con
verse problem. In this case the in
sulating properties of the oil dimin
ish the current, and oil-bearing re
gions are detected accordingly. In
view of the great depth to which it
Is often necessary to bore for oil-
oil that may exist simultaneously
with an almost oil-free area above
the method would seem to have limi
tations, but it has doubtless posl
bilities In dealing with surface oil-
areas.
One prank amused me specially, ib
a pleasant variant of the 'freshman'
toe-pulling that used to prevail at the
lesser colleges. In the warmth of
summer when the tent flaps were
raised for air. Walter and' his com
panions would find a particularly
To
TUB VANQUISHED PROFITEER.
Oh, you who hate with scorn and fear
The savage, greedy profiteer.
List how an humble chanticleer
Fought him, as did the knight of old.
With crest of red and spurs of gold.
For seven long days this chanticleer
Fought till he fell upon his spear.
Sunday (with many a rousing toast)
He did his duty as a roat.
On Monday, with his heart yet bold.
Three plates were carved from him
while cold.
On Tuesday, presto! in a trice.
His gravy garnished plates of rice.
Wednesday he fought like Caesar's
troops
And strove until he made three coups.
Thursday, in spite of blows and
threats.
He served his turn in three cro
quettes. -
Friday, his conflict nearly through.
He won new honors in a stew.
On Saturday this valiant knight
Gave hungry bellboys his laet bite.
Pay not we bow to profiteers
When markets still have chanticleers.
MARY A LETHE A WOODWARD.
1. 1st of Merchant Vraxela.
OAK POINT. Wash.. July 2. (To
the Editor.) -'(1) Where can a private
Individual obtain a complete list of
merchant vessels of American regis
try? (2) Where a list of those of
British registry? SUBSCRIBER.
1. Write to the Superintendent of
Documents, Government Printing Of
fice, Washington. D. C, enclosing
1.25.
2. Apply to Lloyd's Register or
Shipping. Gasoo building. Portland.
MarrlsKe After Dlvorte.
PORTLAND. July 1. (To the Edi
tor.) A man obtains a divorce. How
long must he wait before he can
marry again in the following states:
Oregon, Washington, Illinois?
SUBSCRIBER.
Six months in Oregon or Wash
ington. The Oregonlan cannot ordi
narily undertake to give information
on laws of states other than Oregon
and Washington. However, a man
divorced in Oregon or Washington
cannot legally marry again in any
other state within six months.
However, there is an abundance of
snow within a short distance of the
camp as it is located on the upper
foothills of Mount Hood.
One of the best things C. C. Per
ringer of Pendleton does la to come
to Portland and put money In clrcula
tion. He is a member of a group of
Pendletonians who spend about half
of their time in Pendleton and tne
rest in Portland, with an occasional
side trip to California. Mr. Perringer
Is at the Benson.
A. P. Myers, who registers at the
Perkins from the faBtest-growing
town in Oregon, is an attorney. The
fastest-growing town, if the explana
tion is necessary, is Bend, Deschutes
county.' which has a big payroll from
the sawmills in that vicinity.
Matters political attracted Thomas
H. Tongue, republican state chairman,
from Hillaboro yesterday. Within a
short time he will issue a call for a
meeting of the newly-elected state
central committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Wasson, an
orchardist of Hood River, motored to
the Hotel Portland. He is showing the
country to Mr. and Mrs. James T.
Layman of Indianapolis. Ind., the
tough piece of dried fish and tie it I Lay mans being the parents of Mrs.
firmly to one end of a stout string of I Wasson.
1 1 .. 1.1.4a tViA nthar haln. n
" ' . V" " - , E. K. Stanton, who is the auditor
tacnea to tne Brt w the Crown-Willamette Paper com
Indian. Presently some prowling dog pany, nas arrived from San Francisco
would come along and bolt the piece and is on his way to Oregon City on
of fish. On one occasion, lingering business. Mr. Stanton is registered at
tnn Innir or lauerhing too loudly. Wal- I the Benson.
ter got a sound thrashing from his
exasperated victim." Hudson Stuck
in "A Winter Circuit of Our Arctic
Coast."
Mr. and Mrs. John Horton of Bend
are at the Multnomah. Mr. Horton
is with the United States lorest
service.
Women Watchmen Guard the
Nation's Timber Wealth
Stationed on craggy pinnacles that lift above the ranges and the
broad expanse of forest are women whose duty it is to protect the
timber wealth of the northwest from devastation by flame. They
are the outposts of the forest service, and the faintest curl of smoke,
where some incipient blaze is eating its way into the undergrowth,
is caught by their clear eyes, as keen as the vision of the great
white-headed eagles that make their homes in the same lofty vicinage.
De Witt Harry, in the Sunday issue, tells a vividly interesting story
of these women watchmen. Illustrated.
To Paris; for a Divorce and a New Gown To the feminine fancy
Paris has always been the delectable land, a province of delight,
where the shops show superlative garments, and where the splendor
of the sex reveals itself in attire to shame the bird of paradise. And
Paris is today more than ever the vogue among the fair matrons of
the smart set. It is there that clement French courts make divorce
an easily -obtainable commodity, and it is there that the latest
triumphs in gowns are to be purchased with the fat plunder of ali
mony. Hence, my dears, forward to Paris the gay! Nina Carter
Marbourg, writing in the Sunday issue, declares this condition
to prevail.
John B. Payne, Superintendent of the United States Secretary of
the interior is he, in President Wilson's cabinet, and all the resources
of the country; the vastitude of forest and mineral, are in his keeping.
In the Sunday issue, with photographs, there is an excellent sketch
of Mr. Payne, with an exclusive interview on the policy and under
takings of the department of the interior. It is instructive and
entertaining, and to read it is to possess a clearer comprehension of
the capabilities of the nation. In the Sunday magazine section.
Demoness of the Tennis Courts That is what English tennis
enthusiasts have named Elizabeth Colyer, the 17-year-old girl whose
amazing aptitude at the game has become the talk of European
experts. Tennis is to this lassie as natural an element as air to the
lark and her grace and uncanny precision have bested every
opponent and they were notables who has been matched with her.
Told in the Sunday magazine section.
Salvation Army Bride Where is it that the divorce evil has not
reared its horrid front? In the ranks of the Salvation Army, of
course. Statistics compiled by high officials of the organization
demonstrate that the Salvation Army lassie marries to stay married,
and that "until death do us part" is no idle pledge when she sub
scribes to it. Helen Hoffman writes on this subject in the Sun
day issue.
Little America Close by Jerusalem A singular story is this, of
the colony of American men and women who have for 40 years held
their lonely outpost near the walls of the ancient city. What their
work is, and what they have accomplished through faith and courage,
is told in the Sunday magazine Eection by James Morgan. Illustrated.
All the News of All the World
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
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