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TIIE MOItXING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1920
ESTABLISHED BY HENRY I- FITTOCK.
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the advice and consent of these Alas, poor Blasco Ibanez! 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.
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