G TIIE MOItXING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1920 ESTABLISHED BY HENRY I- FITTOCK. PubliFhed by The Oregronlan Publishing Co., 133 Sixtn ritret. Portland, Oregon. C. A. MOKDEN, B. B. TIPBR. Manager. Editor. The Oregonian Is a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated P"?" exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news diBpatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Bates Invariably in Advance. (By Mall.) Dallr. Sunday Included, one year ?S2 Dally. Sunday Included, six months . . . - Daily, Sunday included, three months. . .-Z Dally, Sunday Included, one month .... Dally, without Sunday, one year J-"" Daily, without Sunday, six months .... s.jis Daily, without Sunday, one month .... .oil Weekly, one year ...........-- r;j 8ujp4 v. on vear -. ........ o-ou (By Carrier.) Dally. 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He came the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts leaders, who were not elected by the a stranger and he left as one, know- and in bringing steel and general people but who rorced themselves to ing neither America nor the ways of commodities west. Some may be con- the head of political organizations American maids. His orbit while In verted into barges to carry lumber within their party, who use their I our midst was restricted to cultural power to acquire public office and centers and the homes of wealth. who maintain it by distribution of I He iearned as little of American territory. A vessel which can be political spoils. . Such advisers are womanhood forgive the clumsy bought and remodeled at a total cost unknown to the constitution, know I parallel as three blind men once no responsibility to the people and learned of the elephant- down the coast and, when Alaska is opened fully, to bring coal from that of $250,000 to carry 1,900,000 feet of lumber should earn good profits act on the motto: "What is the con stitution between friends?" There I Tork, pathos and smiles, tears and Is no prospect of good government, I laughter and heartaches, and a deal reduced .taxes and debts. Wise laws of genuinely inspired - affection of and well administered, in the elec- the sort that holds the world to its pared with the loss on the fleet of tion of a man who is under such course. As an alien the eminent steel vessels. Influences. Far better are the coun- Spaniard could scarcely be expected sels of the leaders among a body of to realize that all about him were men like the senate elected by all I American women whose happiness I gency fleet remains a dead weight the people of their states. I was founded upon sacrifice, who on the market, but a stronger ad- cared not a- whit for material gauds 1 verse influence may be the high WHO KNOWS f ' i ."ix giauueur tin li seiusn coinion so i price oi lumoer, long as one cottage snerterea two, O. Henry found romance In New I at present freights. The World men tions the loss of $250,000,000 which the government will suffer as a large sum, but it may prove a trifle com- Bullding of jnew wood ships is likely to stagnate while the emer The seer who can tell correctly I tr. ji j nt . ty,-t tu' what effect the women's vote will , V1 , have, upon the presidential election Amer,can streets were dreaming ' -i- ! .V . , more of bungalows than of bonds, who will guess Tet it is not diffl- of 1Uac8 than of limouslnes. cult to - ascertain wnat xire women have done with suffrage, and to judge by the record what they may I the prodigal salmon BUN. . do.- I Surely Providence has its omnlp- This brings the cost of wood nearer to equality with that of steel and reduces the econ omy in interest which is to be set against smaller cargo capacity that is due to limit on size. But a large margin in favor of wood may still remain and may cause building to revive. - ', The1 future of wood ships cannot be forecast by men with the Atlantic viewpoint, which considers them as They have made the parties more otent eye on Rogue river, that cur careful as to their nominees; they rent of perennial dispute and delight extinct as' the dodo, nor from expe nse uClca.tCU '"-"J ""- that wends through southern Oregon the sole ground that they did not I p " OLIGARCHY AND AUTOCRACY, By his constant attacks on what he calls the "senatorial oligarchy" Governor Cox has brought to the front the constitutional power of president and senate as . campaign issue. By his speech last Thursday Senator Harding has met him on that issue. As usual, Mr. Cox mis states the question, which is: Shall the president continue to exercise autocratic power, dominating the senate, or shall the senate resume the powers vested in it by that in strument? Mr. Harding plainly stated how he stands by saving: If a republican administration is chosen, you can be certain that the senate will have something to say about foreign re lations, as the constitution contemplates. I would rather have the counsel of the senate than that of all the political bosses. I want to have done with personal gov ernment I want to put an end to au tocracy reared In the name of democracy. That is the fundamental question to be fought out in the election. While the senate had a democratic majority, it became so subservient to the will of President Wilson that it acted on orders from the White House. The president took absolute control of foreign relations and in troduced a degree of secrecy hither to unknown in American history. He and his cabinet officers drew bills, handed them to democratic senate leaders and by constant pressure procured their passage. The senate was in a fair way to lose Its power of joint action with the president in treaty-making and to become a mere registration body. The president in fact became an au tocrat, deciding vital questions with out the advice and consent of the senate, as the constitution requires, therefore taking to himself power which the constitution vests in the senate. When the republicans secured a majority in the senate, Mr. Wilson attempted to continue this practice by his course in making the peace treaty and in demanding that it be ratified without change. The re publican senators were in duty bound to exercise their independent judgment on the treaty, both to guard the nation against any unsafe obligations which it might impose and to restore by exercise the func tions which the constitution imposes on it. Because Mr. Harding joined other republican and many demo cratic senators in adopting reserva tions to the league covenant with the purpose and effect of reviving the senate's function as a co-ordinate branch of the treaty-making power and because his fellow-senators sup ported his nomination, Mr. Cox say's he is dominated by a "senatorial oligarchy." By using this phrase and by at tacking the influence of the senate in government and politics, Mr. Cox appeals to an outdated prejudice against that body, which arose from the conditions under which senators were formerly elected by the legis- latures. Owing to the indirect method of election, they were held not to be truly representative of the people and not amenable to public opinion. With the adoption of the direct election amendment, those conditions have passed away, and with them all cause for the prejudice which grew out of them. Senators are direct representatives of the people of their states as truly as the president directly represents the whole nation. They are entrusted with certain duties by the constitu tion, and they are bound by that oath to which Mr. Harding refers to perform those duties and to defend their authority from encroachment by any other branch of the govern ment, executive -or judicial. Democrats call this reaction. It Is reaction to government under the constitution, which is the embodi ment of democracy and which has outlived many experimental consti tutions in other countries. Wilson autocracy Is also reaction reaction to one-man power, which the Amer ican people destroyed when they tnrew off the yoke of King George. Autocracy is equally hateful by whatever name it is called king. emperor, president or dictator. It destroys liberty, and to guard against it powers of government are divided among president, congress and Ju diciary. It tends to misgovernment. for exercise of all the powers of , government la beyond the capacity of the ablest and best-intentioned men. That which Mr. Cox calls the sen atorial oligarchy is simply the lead ers of the majority party in the sen ate, chosen to lead because of their superior ability, industry and knowl edge of public affairs. According to our form of government, the ma jority party should control and should choose and follow its leaders. To call the leaders an oligarchy is demagogic buncombe, which appeals to the prejudices of the unthinking. .Democrats pick Senator Smoot as particular mark. The choice is un fortunate for them. Mr. Smoot Kas deeply studied the affairs of the government . and has applied his knowledge -to stoppage of waste of public funds. He has exposed many examples of waste or attempt at it. and for this reason democrats love him not. His industry, ability and fidelity have raised him to a lead ing position, because he has proved himself a good American. , We need more like him. The best alternative to the pre tended senatorial oligarchy that Mr. Cox offers Is an oligarchy of leaders of all the Tammanies. If he should be elected, i woud. act by and with. rience which 6uch vessels as the . ,i XT .1 1 g Vil nnin tt V-i n - Vtnilr '"Nff, arft i i lu me ben. jiu w ei&t: are we lu reu- i - u " " -- . actlr- they have riven morals n ncile the statement that the lordly coast shipbuilder would base his acter, iney nave given inoraia mi , . . . I rnnr us ons on Riion fanltv rlesie-ns politics a new and effective mean- P"" run nas a"no! pensneu ing: they have given a great impulse from the roguish Rogue with the . i , , , 1 i 1 ajisftrtinri ' that thft Tirsfnt. run -of to progressive u-uu ; icb"'- I , .T." I -iurlenrl hv tho ronrlitions which will tViv liavA n i o class rlilifirentiv I umouft is one dl me largest uiu i " 'J mey nave as a iiass miigenuj i nreva l wVion tio t stinv tloot Tina conclusions on such faulty designs or on such hasty construction by green workmen. The future must be tion; prevail when the existing fleet has been disposed of and when the reac sought to understand government I ever swam the stream, yea, since the j ui . i i v. davs of old Chief Sam himself? TrXr:Mot So vast is the present influx pf tions of the war have been spent. practical politics: and they have in tisil according to authentic news numerous instances made the Doli- reports, that canneries on lower tlcians step lively and go. or seem to Rogue river have, placed unheard-of go, in the right direction. -But they """ " mauuer ui nsxi ac- a 170 lnnlrori lnrtiffrr,t v fnr the ceiiuwi as iu uuui uuuiuer auu mnst iiart. on nartv ties. It may be that the women will lns to the canneries more prime view with especial gratitude the saimon man couia do taiten care oi. for establishing an adequate east side sub-station of the police bureau action of the democratic party in almost unprecedented run a In a broader sense it is a local ad giving them the thirty-sixth state: modern miraculous draught of mission that Portland has outgrown but we doubt it. It may be that fishes. Laden to the gunwales after the centralized protective system of they will regard themselves as un- brief cruises the fishing skiffs put the past and that the district beyond der particular obligation to'the re- back to shore and this at the very the Willamette has more than kept publican party for furnishing I moment mat oeuuerauve experts in i pace Wltn tnai growtn. xnere la nu twenty-nine out of the thirty-six session at Gold Beach were taking cause for moralistic pondering on states- but we doubt that. too. The testimony relative to vanisnea runs increase or crime, lor it nas not ln- truth. it arDears to us from close I 01 "tner aeasuns. creasea, due ratner an oypui tumty observation of the general attitude vny lne cninooK run Degan me ror satisfaction in lusty . civic ae of women toward rjolitics. is that ascent oi nogue river, in numoers veiopment. triov vmvo VioM hnth th narttes ao-I so tremendous that the hard-worked I The Portland of today Is a civic ountable to them and that they will tare mem, .t i entity createa uy Lxie leueru-uun vi irpleh thpm bv what thev stand f or I a moment so inopportune irom me i the main city on tne west sine wnn n nt Ytr-r matters Mr Cox. for ex- I viewpoint of theory, is something I various communities of the east that Lmnle mav raise his eves to heaven r?r the theorists to explain. We I once were municipal corporations and put his hand on his heart, and leave 11 to them with the best will on their own account. Though the affirm his deep and fervent anxiety 'n the world. It does not constitute bulk of business is concentrated in that women should have the ballot; an argument against protection that the western downtown district, while, but many of them are likely to ask wil1 insure the passage of plentiful thousands of homes press to the him if he is wet or dry. Mr. Cox, runs t0 upper river spawning beds crest of the heights overlooking the they will think, did only his plain DUt 13 none the less a piscatorial main city and river, it is eastward duty, and the democratic party its Poser-for those who. charged that and beyond the river that Portland belated dutv. toward them: now tlie glories of the Rogue were gone, has found most pronounced resi- hat are thev iroinir to do about the ine "ogue, aptiy enougn, will dential growth. When tne census vital problems of the country? The record Is that the republican states have been with almost no ex ception for suffrage and that the EAST AM) WEST IN PORTLAND. Probable return of the annual winter crime wave, comfnnn to all poundage. Fishermen were bring- I cities. Is but the superficial reason TROLLER DENIES . WANTONNESS Flah Held Not on Feeding; Grounds When Taken by .Outside Men. CHINOOK, Wash., Aug. 20. (To the Editor.) In your daily of August 13 appears an interview with Carl S. Shoemaker, entitled "Salmon Industry Declared in Danger." . The following day you carry quite a lengthy editorial entitled "Destruction of the Salmon Industry.'- I only want to attack that part that relates to trollers, as I am not personally ac quainted ' with purse seining. I do not Want to venture an opinion for or against the seiners. It is claimed by Mr. Shoemaker that the trollers operate on the feeding grounds of the salmon and catch the small, immature salmon one ox two years of aare. This statement is abso lutely untrue, and I want to say right here -that the troller does not catch any larger percentage of small fish than do the drag seiners on Sand island. Just inside the bar. The trol ler does not operate on the feeding grounds of the salmon, nor even wlth- n hundreds of miles of them. The feeding grounds are many miles at sea no one knows where. The sal mon are on a Journey from feeding to spawning grounds when taken by the trollers, and those, both large and small, not caught by trollers are taken a few hours later by inside gear. The average troller fishes ' within five miles of the bar and, in support of my contentions, I want to ask Mr. Shoemaker if this is the regular feeding ground of the salmon why do not the trollers catch as many fish in May and June as they do in July and August? There is only one answer to this question, i. e., the fish are not there. They have not yet come from their feeding grounds. Mr. Shoemaker offers a huge insult to the trollers by comparing them to the Japanese fishermen of California. There is no better class of American citizens fishing on the coast than the trollers. The trolling game is not operated y big money interests, but by individual efforts of the poor man The highest duty of any officer is to protect such men as these in their honest effort to make an honest living by their own individual efforts. O. H. BELKNAP. Those Who Come and Go. SOME CHURCH UNITV POSSIBLE have its jest. taker recorded Portland as a city of 258,288 people, he made no dis criminatory comment on. the pro- Conclusive proof that the bulk of population is east of the river. water permits issued for the service of east side residents, as contrasted with 13,440 for the west side. As suredly the concession of a police sub-station in the central east side district was an enforced step on the part of city officials. Cast and: west merged in 1891, as elder residents will recall, when THF VOTE KTTT.T. KTAVTlfl d ,,, - ,-,,, j I portions for either side of the Wil- ' --- I bVL uoai W i- kllC J tt;i 0 J a. A. Ul liaiiU I . . . y. - , . . , . democratic party has furnished to relIef to the street railway lamette. One and inseparably it seven states for it and eight against r-r,mr,nnv tbrnurt th v.mr,Vni r was a matter of no moment to him. it, for Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, bridge tolls, paving charges and free South Carolina. North Carolina. I ,oi ;t .i.. , lual",,m' '"S""" .luuioi.iik definitely announced in the result of " ' . " , , have definitely rejected It. This is the May election, and caused" the al- the we, does -not rely on ocular important only as It indicates that most immediate increase to an eight! consideration of area. Records of the republican party is more likely cent fare. street car ridera were 6de. the municipal water bureau show to consider and consult the women. cirledly expresslve through the ballot tha ther ar5 -0J6 individual auu w ucoi.eo n.uu m- ot their opinion that the company lcibj.1.3, wiiu mc uemutidire v"'); should not be relieved of any bur dui it aoes not mean mat tne women I nnn. in ffftrt thnnch Kur-h wa not will vote tbe republican ticket on the the lntent, they voted the two-cent uasia vl idvurs Sraiiieu. i jnoreaK whm thuv rtonlnrl relief In a recently filed petition, signed forcing favors on THE UNWUXING I by Portland men who declare them- Bv his letter to the Seattle nort selves representatives of the street commission. Chairman Benson of car users the public service commis- Portland East Poftland and' Albina, the shipping board appears to put ' LT? three separate civic corporations, nimsen in tne position or trying to Za vZl voted at the June election to cast force American ships on an unwill- issue in the election, to the end that their lotg toether - Ia Juiy of tnat ing community which relies chiefly a lower tare may result. Those who vear tne decision "became operative on foreien shirjs to carrv its com- comment on this reawakening of an . t n , merce. The board . has been very old controversy should bear in mind other suburban villages were to liberal in allocation of vessels to Se- ttat tte- charges were retained enter the famil as an expandinK attle, and has gone so far in favor- T?eix he, e?re?f ,wish, city reached and passed their bor- intr mat Don as lo trive an oincer i . m.6.hvva -.unb A - - . , , Uul s7a UAiUiatC CO 1,1 UlO-tCS J 4. located there control over vessels wco"I?,M,l; Portland's population at the time of running to the competing port of lightly regard thlaw is h At best ft , u consolidation are of in- Portland. But while willing to use theremoval of the special tax and terest ln the stud f Eubseluent all the ships that the shipping board burdens would be a palliative, not a on. The consolidation gave to proviaes, oeattie aoes not want to ' f 1 the citv a total of 75.636 residents. K loss or any or its rorelgn lines. " Portland contributing 57,182. East mi i 1 j m I Till r 1 1 1 TY1 O V ft a m and rhqr niinlii x 11 ere is a, very simDie way out or I v.a, uu&a i pnT.fi0 r, 11 ic? AiK;n. coot the difficulty. Portland has shown fervice corporations operate at a The east side was in infancy then! iLeii willing to loau an tne aIB----""'r'tbut lack of natural barriers to tnat tne Doara senas, ana tnererore l vC me ma luiuienui to support the policy of carrying system remains, one discovers de American commerce on American I fective service and constant labor ships. It has given full cargoes to trouble. What is needed is the es- oii V c-KiTva Viq Kn i taoiisnment or street rai wav pntpr. v, 1,0 j I nrises on a firm basis of Inirfrimatn I After a lifetime in the service, J. other facilities for their accommoda- return. Restoration of lower fares !?. Stuart, chief postal inspector at tion. The logical thing for the board must wait for corresponding return rr"""6"' " xuiisu,. rur to do is to send the ships to this r ioer living costs and reduced ua ueeu a port, which has shown itself willing, operating expense, rather than to the one which is un willing to receive tnem at tne cost I SOUNDING WOOD SHIP'S DOOM losing some 01 its ioreign snips. In an elaborate article the New -, i.. Pnrtland nas thn rr fa i 1 1 fit, I . . .. 1 .. . ' 1 " " u,S"'-j 1 'T I.orr: worl? 6.ounas t.n aeatn Kneu of "inspector" was thrust on them. ni-7rr an inspiration to the young ' - . i nr inr. as inn irn rnfl r avin? nr I "iuio icuuu 1UI uui 1 nn onomv vhn Y,nA nna kun !, placing Portland under control of I t, j, n. .SJilI'V of the shipping board as white IT XZZ uuo-iu iutu;u 0.1. acuiuo. more trai- i elerJhants which Knmn mn iwriniiqiv 1 ' w fic is carried on shipping board ves- Jt?7r,r,l.li h. mr warm days are coming to add sels at Portland than at Seattle, and , f the ooan anH ,,r,w 1. the' troubles of the poor Iceman. Portland has pinned its fortunes to iw, rnm i, .. The word poor" does not allude to No Insuperable Obstacle Exists, How ever, to Federation. UNIVERSITY PARK, Aug. 20. (To the Editor.) While organic unity of all churches is impossible, arising from tradition, races, temperament association and other difficulties, more than doctrine and policy, yet many of the denominations, sects and fellowships could try an organic blend with a fair degree of expected success. The Unitarians and Universalists could combine organically. The Luth rans are not far away from the Presbyterians in affinity. The Bap tists could we come types of their wn found in the Church of Disciples and other organizations. The Presby terian church is so liberalized that Congregationalists are slipping with ease Into the Presbyterian fold. So many Presbyterians, Congregational ists and even other Christians have found shelter within the Protestant Episcopal church that the mother church is often thought of as yearning for all her children. As most of the Christian Scientists hail from all the churches, they could return with but little friction. That there should be two great Methodisms within the United States is the horror of the cclesiastlcal situation. Evangelical bodies shout in the same camp with Methodists. And there are enough Africans ln our land to make and per petuate a church of their own. As to the Catholics, the changes going on mong them may not be enough to ex pect them to affiliate with other bodies. There are two contributing factors to a closer connection, and even organic union of churches, viz., the Sunday school and young people's so cieties, notably the Christian En deavor, Young Men's and Youne Women's Christian Associations fur nish much cement for combination. But there is nothing in the way of federation of the churches. The con dition of our cities, overchurched rural neighborhoods and a world out or joint demand it, and it must and will come. B. J. HOADLET. growth brought In time acknowl edged residential majority and its own police station. terror to evil doers who interfered with the mails and he- was the man who never slept on the trail. "Jim" Stuart, as they called him when all American vessels, while Seattle has Atlantic coast the whole story of the I staked its fortune on foreign ves- shiDDinir hoarrl'n woori floor hr it sels. Then no good reason exists I Kie-hti certain material -fta t, 1 Lack of lights is alleged to pro wuy me imeresis oi rgruana snouia I rr,m nr fha ehirrir,r Knoo I auce immoral conditions in tne pane be subordinated to those of Seattle, fleet is not that of the wood ship in blocks. Immoral conditions exist There is no cause for delay. Trans- general where they are found, in the light rer or fortiana from the beattle to I a i91rv.r rVoirm,n v I or in the dark, and have done so me oan r raucisco district is as easy board, advocated the wood fleet as a since soon arter time Degan aa was iLa inuiuaion in tne oeattie means to meet an emergency and. aitrii.!- xnen wny await appoint- knowing little of shipbuilding. When "Babe" Ruth made his for mem. ui me new ampping ooara adODted desiarns of steel shin srrhl. tv-third home run a "fan" in the tects for woodcraft which violated grandstand died of heart disease. A THE STFERFICIAI, biasco ibanez. ) the principles on which such vessels thing like that would "kill" a "fan" Blasco' Ibanez. literarv voru of I had been built and successfully I down at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn, the day, is superficial an indict- I operate?, a civu engineer ' con- ment that we advance somewhat I oemnea tne wnoie plan, ana the out- TMvnl rv hntwenn Jernpv and TToi- timorously but with the reinforce- come was the Denman-Goethals row gtein receives fresh impetus with the ment of strong moral conviction. J and a delay of several months when record of an aged Jersey topping the aucn a cnarge aeais not at all with I " '1"tu '"r mps. in world figures for production. the literary achievements of Spain's yvny was carnea out, giv- uiu&l K 1.11111 ii L auuiur Bmca I firvan- " n - - . L i, va, uu I mi x- , . . tes-let the critics attend to hi. o long. hmy buUt. laW U - j i I bv house rariuniitrs on I eiiei is mat tne young automoone .uiuiucs, ioicu uy uur uuauy cm- - ' , . vj.vv, ture clubs but with the haphazard by half -trained crews. As steam conclusions he formed of American ships they are not adapted for long women during his recent triumphal voyages, but they did good war serv tour of our literary centers. For lco ln carrying war supplies from Blasco Ibanez charges the American aistant ports and in cpastwise serv woman with carin considerablv ,ce- But the World condemns them more for material comforts than she as troP transports, for which they does for love. In a Paris interview. w-re not intended. Some of them eiven when he had returned tn E.i. 1 were lost, but no larger proportion Oregon being sure for Hardin. rope from this country, he is quoted I than of steel ships built during the I Mr. Roosevelt naturally considers it as sayingt I war. xueir cost vvas excessive, ootn I a way station lor him American women don't know love, as bv comparison With peace costs and the European does. The fault isn't hers, I with costs of steel vessels. but the American man s. He can t be a I Lack 0f a market for wood shins business power and a lover as well. Th 1 , ., . American woman has trained the American Dullt unuer tnese circumstances 18 Ue flea. man to suit nerseit. if she hasn't trained no guiue to tile tuture lor sucn ves- htra to bo a lover. It shows that she cares sels in peace after normal conditions more for other thing, ia life than love. have been restored. The Bhlpping It would seem that Blasco Ibanez. hnsnvi fiaut mav irraHniiv k , for all his admiration of the free- j off, but each vessel will need exten- sioa aom ana progress or tne American sive alteration, many of them into woman of which he is fulsome in 1 sailing vessels and many more into compliment went DacK to iuaaria barges craft at Portland into sailers to carry lumber Indicates that use will be found for many of them. Ad vance in railroad rates may be ex pected to cause employment of many with an opinion that our women-folk are marble and selfish of heart, clear but crafty of head. His inner ear for romance missed the tinkle of guitars, the snoring duenna, the trystj the escapade, the elopement. bandit" is from Seattle, though he says otherwise. Just by way of something sooth ing for the mind, think of taking home five pounds of sugar for a dollar! Ponzl declares much of his paper was "raised." More big flea and lit- A hop, skip and jump ought to put the Beavers back into first divi Cox is pledging himself to do The conversion of several everything but making the hens lay. Medford pears bring the best pric in the east, and there's a reason. With easoline nlnntv at- last nlun wovia iu uiB muui5i uauu ueiwceii xor a trip tomorrpw California pioneered in the organ ization of its manufacturers to stimu late interest of local residents in the use of products of their own state. When the Associated Industries of Oregon was formed A, G. Clark went down to San Francisco to ascertain the modus operandi of the southern state. Baldwin Vale of San Francisco was then president down there and remained in the office for two full terms. Last year when a new man ager was secured for the active work Mr. Vale sent him to Portland to find out what was being done here. Upon his return he reported that Califor nia hadn't started yet and was chock ull ot ideas as to how results might be obtained by emulating the things he found doing in Portland. Baldwin Vale spent three days in Portland and left yesterday for Seattle. He will come back for a longer stay in about month and admits that his scout made a conservative report- There are many "best little towns ln the world" located at various points in Oregon. Claude Smith, circulation manager of the Bend Bulletin, is pre pared to prove that Bendi is the cream of them all. Business is booming there, he says, in both the lumber and farming industries. Farmers are calling for help to harvest their bumper crops and wages are good, he reports. "Spuds? We've got the best spud land in all the world down in our section," avers Smith. The Japa nese difficulties in the Bend country that recently caused much worry to the local farmers is pretty well smoothed over now, he reports, owing to the fact that a large number of Nipponese were invited to leave that locality at the point of guns in the hands of enterprising citizens. Cobb's Quest for Quiet" will begin ln the near future, under the guidance of A. Whisnant, editor of the Bend Press. Whisnant came to Portland yesterday to acquire a new Stude- baker car, donated by the Studebaker people for the trip through the Cas cades, and is registered at the Impe rial. He will be Irwin Cobb s guardian angel in the trip through the wild and rugged Cascades where mountain lions and moonshine will contribute to the restful quiet of the high hills which the noted humorist craves. Camera men who are' making the trip with Cobb and Whisnane are from the local American Lifeograph company They know the country well and can lead the party to those restful scenes that the noted writer has dreamed about and will tell about in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post. COX DODGES LIQUOR. QUESTION Frlenda Meanwhile Organize Old Whisky Ring- ln Hla Behalf. McMIXNVILLE, Or, Aug. 19. (To the Editor.) Permit a voter to call attention to what Governor Cox said in relation to law enforcement. Many j persons had written him to come out strongly. ln favor of the enforcement of the prohibition amendment to the constitution and the statute that has been enacted by congress for the en forcement of this amendment; but the governor ignores, all of these letters and completely dodges the prohibition question. Referring to law enforce ment, he says: "Official contempt for the law is a harmful exhibition to our people. It is difficult to follow the reasoning of any one who would eek to make an issue cf the ques tion of law-enforcement." How can it be difficult to follow the reasoning of any one who would eeek to make an issue of the question of law-enforcement? He does not in dicate why it is difficult, and. to any one who is willing to be candid, it is not difficult. The "dry" people sought to obtain from him an explicit state ment that, if he should be elected president, he would "take care that the laws" relating to prohibition should be entorced; but he refuses to say explicitly that he will take care that any law shall be enforced. But he adds to what I set out above the following: More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. Besponalbilltr f Automobile Driver. PORTLAND, Auer. SO. (To the Ed itor.)- (1) In case of automobile acci dent, who is the proper person to sue. the owner of machine or the driver. who has no.interest in machine? (2) Can a person under atre of IS operate a machine in the state of Ore gon if accompanied by licensed driver? SUBSCRIBER. 11) sue the driver in any event. Also sue the owner if the driver was a member of his family and the automo bile was dedicated to the use of the family; also if the driver was an em ploye of the owner, using-the automo bile- ln working hours and ostensibly on the employers' business; and also if the driver was an employe engaged in his employer's business at any hour of the day or night. (2) Under the city ordinance ap plicable to the city of Portland, one over 14, but under 17, may drive pro vlded he is - accompanied by his parents. Under the state law, no per son under 18 is permitted to drive an automobile unless accompanied by some other person competent to drive an automobile not necessarily a parent. AUTUMN. Do you remember, sweetheart, how along this woodland path. We walked last June when every- tning was green? The flowers bloomed about us, and our hearts with beauty thrilled, An'd a - glorious summer bounty filled the scene. But here, today, we wander midst a very different world. We cannot recognize our path at all: The autumn leaves, the stalks, the pods, the fruit and berries red. Our very souls with wonder view the fall. And where was all this glory when we walked the path last spring? 'Twas hidden in the grass and in the flower. So 'tis in lives about us, people whom we daily meet. -Their souls arise to greatness for the hour. EMEF.OI STACY. Dr. Max Ghertler of the department of health of New York city is visiting in Portland, en route to the conven tion of health officers at San Fran cisco. He is staying with his cousin Meier I. Barell. 151 Floral avenue This 19 Dr. Ghertier's first visit to the west and he says he is delighted with the scenery here, especially the Co lumbia river highway. Dr. Ghertler has been connected with the health bureau of New York for the past 20 year and expects to retire at the first of the year. George Cecil Cowing, eightr years ago a copy reader on The Oregonian, now a well-known newspaper man of California, is a visitor at the home of his mother, Mrs. W. H. Cowing, 192 Lownsdale street. He is acco panled by Mrs. Cowing, whom he married in Salt Lake, where he was secretary of the chamber of com merce for several years. He 13 now city ed'tor of the Pasadena Star- News. W. A. Cowing, a banker of Havre, Mont., Is also .-visiting his mother here. ' Visiting Elks continue to swarm Into the city and it is necessary for the tourists who stop over en route to order their reservations many days in advance ' to Insure hotel accom modations. Charles Clemens Jr. of Montesano, Wash., arrived in Port land yesterday for the convention and is registered at the Imperial. Clem ens is at the head of a large lumber company at Montesano. George I. Thompson, head clerk at the New Perkins, is still vacationing at Saltair. . Thompson has been at his post at the New Perkins for the past 16 years and Knows an tne traveling men from Key West to Puget sound. Wherever there is anything doing In' the Elks lodge you will find E. P. (Pat) Mahaffey, banker of Bend. Pat arrived in town yesterday . ana l registered at the - Oregon. R. H. La vera u and N. J. Jacobson, also of Bend, are at the Oregon. Dr. W. T. Phy, proprietor of a sana torium at Hot Lake, Or., and owner of some of the finest Holstein cattle in the Grand Ronde valley, la reg istered at the Benson. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Powell of Hos kins. Or..are registered at the Ore gon. A. B. Shepard of McMinnvllle and E. Constable of Cherry ttrov are also at the Oregon. Charles Relmer of Holyoke, Colo Is registered at the Multnomah. Whe It comes to raising potatoes, say Reimer, Holyoke, Colo., is "spu heaven." W. H. Jewett of Gardiner and Mrs. W. F. Jewett and daughter from Eugene are registered at the Port land. Dr. J. H. Rosenberg and R. W. Scher, both of Prinevllle, are regis tered at the Benson. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson of McMinnville are registered at th Multnomah. Butterfly Difficult to Catch. American Forestry Magazine. The high-flying species of Morpho butterfly which inhabit the moun tainous districts of western America are much easier captured than those which frequent the plains, though their capture is often attended with difficulty and danger. A naturalist hunting moths and butterflies ln Bo gota fell over a precipice and suffered a broken arm. Then he found that he had three days' journey to make on horseback before he could meet with a doctor to set it. Another naturalist, who was collecting in Bolivia, found that Morpho gordatii, Guer., a beauti ful species, of a rather light blue, which Was previously almost unknown to entomologists, frequented an inaccessible-ledge in the mountains; he was obliged to have himself SPREADING THE COST. The public will not feel the added freight rites authorised by the interstate commerce commission. A sovernment of ficial. When I found I had to pay another nickel For a very light, etherlal cigar. Which I smoke while writing verses, I expressed in muttered curses The extent that I was shaken by the jar. I appealed to the tobacconist for reasons. And he told me, with a brief con temptuous glance: "That's the cheapest we can sell you; read the papers, they will tell von ' Tfnat we've got to pay a thimping freight advance." When the Missis bought a purple os trich feather That is destined to adorn a winter hat. And they charged her nineteen dollars, though I'm one who seldom hollers, I determined that I shouldn't stand for that. To the milliners I went for informa tion Why these feathers have advanced at such a rate, "No; It Isn't profiteering," she re sponded, slightly sneering, "We were forced to raise the price tdjpay the freight." The executive obligation, both national i rrh.n infant ion wa arvned for and state, on assuming the oath of office. " nen .my- ,nran,1. n Wa ypea or is "to preserve, protect and defend the na'1 a collar constitution of the United States." But he does not state fully the substance of the oath of office that the president is required to take, the form being as fol lows: "I do" solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office ot president or the United states, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, pro tect and defend the constitution of the United states." Although the governor pretended to state the obligation assumed- by a person elected president, when he took the oath of office, yet he omitted the first clause ln which he swears that he will "faithfully execute the office of president," and merely stated what is said about the con stitution. The president has many things to do that do not relate to the constitution. For example, section 3 of article 2 of the constitution, defining the duties of the president, expressly pro vides that "he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." As many persons who are interested in the enforcing of the prohibition amendment and the law enacted re lating thereto had written to Candi date Cox asking him to come out explicitly In favor of enforcing said amendment and the law relating thereto, so that they could support him. It was his duty, if he is not in sympathy with the movement that is on foot to procure the passage by congress of a law permitting the sale of beer and wine, containing enough alcohol to intoxicate, to 'make an explicit statement in his acceptance speech, that he would. If elected, take care that said amendment and the law enacted for its enforcement should be faithfully enforced; but he re fused to do it. What are we to infer in regard to his attitude on this point? It was easy for him to say that he would take care that the laws be faithfully enforced, but he did not say explicitly that he would enforce any law. It is one thing to say what an officer's duty is, but it is quite another thing for a candidate to say explicitly that he will perform any stated duty. The question is not whether Gov ernor Cox Is a prohibitionist, or not. but whether he, if elected, would take care to see that the laws relating to proh'bltion should be faithfully en forced. I care not how he stands as to the rightfulness or wrongfulness of prohibition, provided, If he shall be elected, he will. In good faith, en force the existing laws and not stand for their nullification; but I feel that, if he stood for the enforcement of those laws and not for their nullifica tion, he would have the courage Co say so, when asked to speak out on that question. It seems to me. that there Is noth ing for persons who want the prohi bition laws enforced to do, except to vote against Governor Cox. His friends ln New Tork and some other states are organizing the old whisky ring in his interests, and they are evidently doing this with his knowl edge. The friends of the enforcement of this law must be on the alert, and not be deceived. Governor Cox cannot successfully ride on the beer wagon and on the water wagon at the same time. A DRY DEMOCRAT. For a toy balloon that used to cost a dime. With expressions far from tender I accused the grasping vender Of a very common statutory crime. He refused to give me back the half a dollar. And remarked, as he retained It ln his clutch, "Da balloon me sell da baby not worth a half a dollar, maybe, But da freighta, mister, costa aw ful much." Too Strange to Be Valuable. Truth is stranger than fiction, but there's not nearly such a market for it. Age BrIn- Wisdom. Chauncey Depew accepted the nickel that a child refused from John D. By the time the child is as old as Chauncey he won't be turning down any nickels that come his way. Onr New Idle Rich. The newspapers will eoon be re ferring proudly to the country's prominent boot leggers. (Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndi cate. Incorporated.) In Other Days. Twenty-five Yean Ago. From The Oregonian of August 21, 1S95. North Platte. Bandits captured the Union Pacific flyer and looted the train east of here last night. No par ticulars are yet available. Mrs. Ida L. Fargher has fallen heir to 25.000 by the death of her uncle, J. B. Kellogg, a wealthy liquor dealer of Louisville, Ky. Mayor Frank and Mrs. Frank re turned yesterday from Long Beach. The mayor is much improved in health. Thomas Burns, cashier of the United States sub-treasury at San Francisco, is spending ma vacation in this city. Confusion in Street Numbering. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 20. (To the Editor.) Why . does not Portland adopt a modern system of street num bering, allowing 100 numbers to each block and thus do away with the an noyance and confusion of the present system? Several years ago the Pos tal Telegraph company opened a branch office at 127 Broadway and still retains that number. Some time later the Hazelwood company opened its Broadway branch and also grabbed off 127, so there are two numbers 127 Broadway, with consequent con fusion in the delivery of mail, express packages, etc. If 100 numbers were allowed to each block there would be plenty of num bers to go around, without resorting to the use of half numbers and it would be much easier to find a given, location. F. J. W1LL1AALS. Total Collapse. "She dropped her eyes." "That must have been the time he face fell." Baltimore American. BABYLON. Gone like a shadow from the wall. City of a hundred kings. Gone Thy towers and thy palaces. Empty are thy courts, thy fair guests Minele with thy heaps, thy harps Are hushed, thy singers dumb, they sleeD Beside thy cantalns and thy sages old Thy fountains play no more, thy gardens are Lost in thy wide ruin, thy myrtles droop. Faded is thy vast glory, thy scepter lost. High seats of senates and triumphal walls, - Statues and temples, all are 'of thy doom; Thy courts are choked, and in thy sunless halls Dwells the night singer and the lolling swift. Here burned the hearts of lovers and here lived The lamps of passion, .and here was heard The stirring notes of victory, the blast Of rolling trumpets and the "firm tread Of marshal thousands -now the ranked grass O'er grows thee and thy children, they are less Than the web weavers in thy ruins, for Thou art gone but these remain, alas! Folded like a shepherd's tent forever. GUY FITCH PHELPS. Breaking; It Gently. 'Ton waste too much paper," said the editor. "But how can I economise?" "By writing on both sides." 'But you won't accept stories writ ten on both sides of the sheet. lowered by ropes over the -.precipice I "I know, but you'd save paper Just before he could obtain the futterfly. ' the same." Boston Transcript. Indikns, Bers and Palefaces in Annual Huckleberry Battle Whether it glows from the parent bush, in some cool, depth of forest, or peers from a segment of superior pie, the huckleberry is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Its pursuit is delight and its absorption a gustatory gambol. De Witt Harry, cognizant of the fact that nowhere on the broad footstool grow such huckleberries as those of Oregon, made it the theme of an appreciative discourse in the big Sunday issue where you'll find it tomorrow, bears, squaws, children and all. Such stories as this introduce the stranger to Oregon the bountiful and bring to blase residents the savor of awakened realization. Inspector Faurot's "Unstealable" Car It's a simple little device that the New York finger-print expert has designed and it hasn't anything to do with finger-prints but it makes the car that bears it immune from theft. When covetous crooks think to escape with the car that bears this appliance they are in for a season of dis illusionment. It signals and cries for aid so effectively that the boldest motor thief takes to his heels. Told in the Sunday issue, with illustrations. Being Funny Is Just Like Breathing to Leacock The renowned Canadian humorist seemed destined to the most dusty of professorial careers, for he hitched a formidable array of degrees to his name quite early in life. But the light of Stephen Leacock, who has the rare and fortunate gift of saying thfngs that compel laughter, was not to be hid beneath the bushel, measure of MacGill universty, Montreal. He just couldn't help being funny, so he resigned himself to fate and the tide of destiny carried him along to fame and fortune. Told in the Sunday magazine section. Queen Marie's Fantasie Takes Paris by Storm Marie of Rou mania wrote a fairy story for her own little boy, before death whispered to him and he passed to the infinite playgrounds. How truly she wrote, in her dream of fairies and her understanding of child psychology is attested by the acclaim with which Paris hails the production of the royal fairy story "The Lily of Life." Con stance Drexel writes of it in The Sunday Oregonian. Illustrated. "Sun-stroking" Disease Germs With a Deadly Ray Comfortably ' ensconced in human tissues, lamentably often, there are tiny organ isms that are disease itself and that subject humanity to terrible tortures before death gives freedom from suffering. They have worsted medical science, but the scientists return ever to the attack. Their latest weapon is a chemical ray that withers the malignant germs and brings the boon of health and happiness. Dr. Leonard K. Hirschberg, of Johns Hopkins university, has written a special article on the artificial sunlight cure. Turn to the magazine section of the big Sunday issue. . ' The Healthiest Family Is the Happiest. Miss Annie S. Peck said that. She laid it down with an air of finality. Yes, the same eminent Miss Peck that climbs unclimbable mountain peaks-and writes enter tainingly of the top of the world. In an interview in The Sunday Oregonian, with illustrations, she chats of the Peck family and their general condition of health. Well worth the reading for Miss Peck is by way of being an authority on what constitutes health through happiness. All the News of All the World THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN