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It may be inquired of the repub lican tvho, in a letter today, admits a leaning toward the democratic ticket on the league-of-nations ques tion, what hope there would be of treaty ratification in the election ot Cox. Admit, for the sake of illus trating the point, that this corre spondent is correct in his opinion that pure stobbornness has been exhibited by the leaders of both parties on the league question that a breach of stubbornness is the sole prevention of our acceptance of the covenant what, then, is Mr. Cox doing to close the breach? His method of campaign can result only In widening it. The election of a two-thirds majority of the senate by the democrats is wholly beyond pos sibility. If the treaty is to be ratified with out material reservations the votes of republican senators will be re quired. Yet the Cox attitude toward the republican side of the senate is one of arrogance and defiance. He talks little of the league but much of r "senate oligarchy" and of a slush fund to buy the presidency of the United States. His is the repellant attitude of Wilson that all virtue and all patriotism exist in the approxi mately one-half of the electorate that constitutes the democratic party. A "solemn referendum" on the league has been virtually aban doned for an inflammatory campaign directed at the honesty of repub lican leaders and of the voters them selves. The newly haloed apostle goes out to attain the peace of the world by inspiring hatred and dis trust among his own people. The issue he has attempted to make assumes not only that a con spiracy exists to buy the presidency but that the presidency can be bought; that the only thing that . 1 V. .......... -.nt.A-. nnlU oiouua ucmccu i no ihlliu.i awu yviiv- ical disgrace is the voluptuous im peccability of himself and the demo cratic party. The man of common est understanding knows that the electorate cannot be purchased with J15.000.000 or any other sum; he knows that the expenditure of such a sum In the campaign could and quarters, extravagant advertising and for a. generally spendthrift course, the unseemliness of which would defeat its own aim. Any politician with horse sense Knows also that if the republicans actually intended to spend such an amount, practical politics on the democrats u, f , . uuiu v. l w i ill. ii, vane enough of the rope to hang them selves. There would have been no "exposure" when plans were barely under way, but the time wpuld be awaited when the republicans were actually burning the money where all could see and no one deny. There is no slush fund. Cox knows it, as does everyone else who has a grain of reasoning power. His in sincerity in this particular justifies doubt as to his sincerity as regards the league of nations. If it were deliberately designed to solicit for Cox the votes of all friends of the league, and at the same time make its ratification impossible by perma nently alienating senators whose votes must be ha.d in order to ratify, a better procedure, to attain the lat ter end, could not be devised than that to which Cox is devoting his energies. The Oregonian. as it has hereto fore admitted, is not wholly satisfied with the attitude of Senator Harding on the league issue, but. it can see better prospect of saving the best that is in the league covenant by the election of Harding and a republican senate than it can see in the election of a deliberate instigator of partisan and personal hatred. Senator Hard ing at least is ready to credit demo cratic statesmen with honesty of purpose. He has said that he would seek the advice of the best minds of both parties. He has definitely de clined to enter upon a campaign of vilification, realizing that he would thereby lose the respect and the pos sibility of co-operation of his politi cal opponents. His policy offers the one chance, the one hope, of Amer- J .... .t.. I . : i . . . .. Acu.il iiciyaiiuti in an association of powers to enforce the peace of the world. Itvis not so definite a chance or so positive a hope as one might wish, but Cox offers no hope at all. If Cox carried one doubtful state in the Union it will not be because he gives the league covenant lip service but because the wets have accepted him as their own. ANGELS VERSUS FRIENDS. Quackery in medicine is outlawed. Quackery in metaphysics should also be outlawed. If it be wrong, as It Js, to foster false hope of freedom from physical ills, then it is doubly damnable' to awaken by spurious claims the hope in life everlasting. In the field of psychic research there are true seekers after truth, men and women who with fine eagerness pro less to have witnessed enduring proof of life after death. One may not be convinced with them, perhaps, but at the least he. is persuaded of their sincerity. But there are also certain quacks of the spiritual who batten upon the sentiment of the liv ing and not . all of these tricksters are arrayed in the self-evident claims of mediumship. Many are private investigators, wno allege mat the veil has been withdrawn for their especial edification and who Jot down the narrative of their astral wander ings to be sold to a credulous public at so much profit per volume. Listen to this portrayal of the life after death, and of the resplendent creatures, of transcendentalism that greet the spiritual wanderer- the "experience" being that of a British minister of the gospel: lie the angel was clad in a glittering, silk-like tunic to tha knees, and round his middle wa a blt ot silver. His arms and legs below were bare of covering, and seemed to glow and give forth light of his holiness and purity of heart, and hl face was the brightest of all. He wore a cap of blue upon his hair, which was like sliver Just turning to gold, and in the cap shone the Jewel of his order. It was a brown stone and emitted a brown light, very beautiful and glowing with the life which was all about us. At last he said: "Come over to me," and I was thereupon afraid, but not with any terror, but rather abashed of awe. In that way I feared, not else. And these twain, the mortal and the angel, walk away upon clouds. No one will take exception to the metaphysical cleric's literary style a patter of word tricks and fancy that is reminiscent of sacred writings and of Henry Rider Haggard. It is excellent mysticism, but it is not proof. We are fain to trust aye, in the blindness of humility that when the veil parts for most of us someone we "loved long since and lost awhile" will give us greeting. Say what you will, such meetings only will afford the first joy of life eternal. How ever awe-inspiring these suppositious angels may be, however high and happy the heart at the fruition of life in death, paradise should be the meeting place of love and friendship. Nor is it blasphemy to hold that the sight of one dear face will be far more welcome than the shining pres ence of any angel, however bright may be the unearthly jewels of his particular order. "Revelations" of the sort above quoted do not Induce the thoughtful to view death with equanimity. By all our tests of divinity thej are not divine. The simplicity of Christ is not in them, for he spoke in plain but beautiful "parables, and assured the thief who died by his side of a friendly greeting in paradise. No. they are transcendental to a degree that passes comprehension and that casts doubt either upon their au thor's sanity or sincerity. Lodge and Doyle say that the hereafter is a plane of practical affairs, quite as practical as our own, though re deemed from actual grossness. . We are converts to neither theory but the latter is by far the more at tractive. Unless the spiritual nature changes its semblance utterly in the transition from life to death it would be irksome to tread the luminous clouds of pink and blue described by the British minister and be bombas tically lectured by an attendant angel. We would much rather grasp a friendly hand and smile into a well-remembered face. IN THE. NAME OF FREE SPEECH. He was a poor, hard-working banker, seeking to better his lot and uplift his state by running for office in Washington. On the busy streets of Seattle he began to his fellow freemen an impromptu address con cerning his fitness for the post of lieutenant-governor. A crowd gath ered about him, glad for diversion and; wholly willing to listen. The spectacle was an edifying one to "all true sons of the republic this plain toiler of finance baring his ambitions to the voters. But it obstructed traf fic there can be no doubt of that and the callous, club-bearing police of the Puget sound city smiled cyn ically as they caught up the old pretext. The police broke up that assem blage. They bade the banker-candidate desist from his oratory and told him to move on. They forbade him the constitutional right of free speech, if you choose to put it that way. They said he was obstructing traffic, and they brutally held that the rights of the average run of citi zens were superior to his aspirations to office. Quite probably they told him to go and hire a hall. He did not cavil with the law, but smilingly complied and ceased his oration long before he had attained its climax. All this was several days ago. It entered the news via in obscure paragraph, but it was plainly for all men to read. We waited with con siderable optimism for the customary volley of objection and complaint from the friends of free speech. We recalled the times when city admin istrations were roundly scored for forbidding the explosive eloquence of faonia Sluffsky or Ivan Avadrinko wisky. We felt that Seattle's chief of police and his master, the mayor. were in for a verbal expose with fancy trimmings. Nothing of the sort has occurred. Has the society or tne mends of free speech given up its charter and quit the business? Can it be that this poor, hard-working banker, with his vital message to the proletariat, is to be muzzled by official tyranny? Alas, we fear so All liberty-loving bankers, as a class, should rally to the defense' of their injured fellow. Is not an in jury to one an injury to all? Inas much as the society of the friends of free speech is strangely silent anent this outrage, we suggest that the Washington State Bankers' associa tion emit the customary howl for constitutional liberty. THIRSTY BET REFRESHED. A definite propaganda is under way to discredit national prohibition, and to adduce argument that will sustain an amendment to the Volstead act It is known that the hopes of the wets are focused upon Governor Cox democratic nominee, and the record of the San Francisco convention bears witness that the liquor inter ests were actively concerned in his nomination. As yet he has not ut tered the specific denial' and repudi ation that the situation seems to call for. The propaganda goes on, gath ering its material from the mass of offenses against the prohibitory law ftenses that sudden aridity was certain to engender. To the usual citizen prohibition needs no defense. His good judg ment tells him that moonshining and liquor running are the throes of John Barleycorn in extremis, rather than evidence that the reform is failure and should be abandoned or amended. He perceives that all the law-breaking subsequent to the eighteenth amendment, and born of the liquor traffic, is but of minor moment when contrasted with the wreckage of other days. Neverthe less, when an issue has edged its way into politics it is open for dis cussion and discussion blows away the fog of error. Here are a few attested statements regarding the success of prohibition: During the first quarter-year of national prohibition the number of alcoholic cases at San Francisco' emergency hospital dropped 75 per cent. In the municipal court of Buffalo, N. Y., the average number of of fenders on all counts used to b 2000 each month. Only 2417 offend ers were brought before the court during a three-months period unde prohibition. The city workhouse of Cincinnati has been closed for lack of prisoners. The London Times quotes an American motion picture producer as saying that prohibition has in creased film theater attendance by 50 per cent. For the first four months of 1919 the Massachusetts arrests for drunk enness were 27,188. For the first four months of 1920 they were 7244. Pine Bluff, Ark., is renting its county jail to roomers. ' It is estimated that in the decrease of all manners of crime the eight eenth amendment has saved the country at least $750,000,000 annu ally in court and prison expense. These scattered notes are taken from the report of the board of tem perance, prohibition and public mor als of the Methodist Episcopal church: They are partisan, natu rally, but that does not detract from the valuable information they afford. If they were untrue they would be riddled by comment. LABOR DAT. The designation of an annual holi day in celebration of the achieve ments of the toiler, and known as Labor day, is fundamentally an American recognition of the dignity of labor. Conceived by the Knights of Labor in 1884, at their general assembly in New York, the observ ance of such a holiday won popular recognition at once, and in the suc ceeding years State after state de clared for the innovation. Now it firmly fixed in the calendar of holidays, and even our school term pauses until it has passed. In this general observance of Labor day there is apparent the good-will of the public toward such holiday. Only a fraction of the American people is recruited in the ranks of organized labor, but there is no disposition among the uniniti ate to belittle or slight the signifi cance of the labor movement in our state and national affairs. - All of us know that the crafts of industry are constructive, in an industrial sense, and in the combined energy of their accomplishments we perceive one of the forces that weld a great nation. For that matter the old definition of labor is all but obsolete. Though the rule of organization applies argely to those who toil- with their hands, we perceive that the business man bent above his desk, the indus trial captain who" plans and directs the work at which labor is occupied. the public official-who serves the city, state or nation, are all laborers. Professional learning or important place may lend dignity to the toil by which men win their bread, but when the last chaff has been win nowed the good citizen, whoever he may be, is a laborer in the . service of his country. Incidentally he serves himself and those dependent on him, but the collective value of hi3 effort is toward the progress and stability of America. If Labor day, the first Monday in September, is worthy of more than a passing thought it should signify to all citizens the equality of toil toward a common end. We should fare poorly if there were no ditch- diggers, but our Mot would not be improved if certain other workers. trained to specialize, were not com petent to plan such ditches as the Panama canal, for example. It is time that the old quarrel over place and preference were dissolved to its elements and forever dispersed. We are all builders of a nation, and while we have our own personal rights to maintain quite properly the interpretations of these rights should never violate the principles of free America, which teach that all are equal, and that the posts of authority wait for men whose fitness is proved. The most valuable serv ices that have, been rendered t this country were the gifts of men who qualified themselves to quit the ranks of brawn and enter those of brain. On any Labor day, until that time when human affairs are perfectly co ordinated, it is well to recall that Longfellow once termed envy the vice of republics. We have no fear of tyranny but envy is an active foe of our national institutions. Envy is the inspiration of bolshe vism. It has no place in a true democracy, and should be outlawed. OUTGROWING ITS JLEADING STRINGS. The growth of our neighboring commonwealth of Washington, just credited by the census authorities with a population of 1,356,316, is aH subject of fraternal interest to all Oregonians. The child, statistically speaking, has outgrown the parent, recently declared by the same statis ticians to have 783,285 inhabitants. It is said" that our neighbors are dis appointed by the showing made in the last decade. Evidently they have not wholly overcome the feeling, en gendered by boom-day rivalries, that there is a kind of magic in mere numbers. We, however, are inclined to the belief that there is a good deal of glory in the record as it stands. Washingtonians are entitled to full credit for a noteworthy achievement, by comparison with the main facts of which a few thousands in the population, more or less, are unim portant. Historically, the paths of Wash ington and Oregon run parallel or are merged in the early times. Par ticularly is this true of the character of the pioneers who settled the en tire region known as the "Oregon country." Edmond S. Meany, in his History of the State of Washing ton," reminds us that the separation of Washington from Oregon was traceable to- a spirit of pugnacity easily understood by those who know the kind of people the pioneers were. The whole task of acquiring Oregon for the Union was in the nature of a contest. me nrst American set tlers went north of the Columbia river in spite of the expressed oppo sition of the Hudson's Bay com pany." They shared in the hard ships and trials, the hopes and un certainties, and the aggravations of the protracted fight that culminated in the signing of the treaty of 1846 "When that contest was ended, the feeling of antagonism was trans ferred toward the government of Oregon territory." Undoubtedly, "in the then existing circumstances of travel, the northern section was often inadequately represented at the capital of Oregon. The "legisla tive representation allowed the coun ties of the north was small, and often the few members neglected to attend. A good deal of obstinacy was manifest on both sides. From Professor Meany's history we take this excerpt, which is interesting for the light it casts on the causes lead ing up to the separation: In 1849. Columbia Lancaster moved from Oregon City to his claim north of the Columbia river, at the mouth of Lewis river. He had been appointed supreme Judge of Oregon in 1S47 on the resignation of Judge J. Quinn Thornton. Lancaster later became prominent In Washington history, but in Oregon his political career attained the anti-climax. After serving as supreme Judge he was elected. In lsr.l, to represent the three northern -counties in the upper house, while Daniel F. Brownfield was elected to the lower house of the territorial legislature. They did not approve the territorial legislature's act in removing the capital from Oregon City to Salem, so, with three other members, they went to the old capital and, as a protest, sat In the empty halls for two weeks, when they returned home. Thus, the spirit of contest, inher ent In every pioneer of the Oregon country, developed into the demand for separate organization. When the first United States judge assigned to the northern district called court to meet in the house of a settler in Jackson Prairie, the jurors held an indignation meeting and declined to be "driven" from another site on the Chehalis river fixed by the county commissioners as the county seat. The members of a convention held at Monticello, in Cowlitz county, on October 25, 1852, to demand separa tion, alluded to themselves as "dele gates of the citizens of northern Ore gon," and asked congresss to create the territory of Columbia. It is sig nificant that only a few' days after ward, on November 4, -the Oregon legislature adopted a memorial to congress asking for the division, in spired, no doubt, by realization of the equities of the situation. Dele gate Lane, however, acted on the Monticello resolution before the Oregon resolution reached him. He declared, in reply to a skeptical con gressman, jhat the population of Columbia "will be quite as great as was that of the whole of Oregon at the period of its. organization into a territory." Obstacles to creation of the new territory seem to have been overcome without much difficulty. The name was changed to Washing ton because there already was a Dis trict of Columbia, and because of patriotic desire of members of con gress to see a "sovereign state bear ing the name of the- father of his country." It is error to suppose that clivision was chiefly the product of griev ances of the men of "northern Ore gon." The two sections, previously as in the Snoqualmie uprising which moved Governor Lane to strong measures to protect the settlers of the north and subsequently, when they co-operated in the Indian wars of the fifties, cheerfully enough showed their willingness to work together. Washington, when yet In swaddling clothes, proved itself self assertive, ambitious and self-reliant. Its first legislature demanded the annexation of Hawaii to the United States and expulsion of the "tres passers" front San Juan island. The memorial to congress introduced by "Okanogan" Smith in 1866 praying that fishing privileges be obtained on. the coast of Russian America was the precursor of the movement which resulted in acquisition -jot Alaska by the union, an event des tined to have a far-reaching effect on the commercial and industrial welfare of the state. The population of the territory of Washington as originally constituted was found by the first United States marshal of that district in 1853 to be "3965 souls, of whom but 1682 were voters." Delegate Lane, it ap pears, had guessed too, optimistically in answer to those who had ques tioned him on the floor of the house. Its area was largely increased when Oregon 'became a state, and from 1859 until 1863 included all of the present state of Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyoming. It was re duced to its present boundaries when Idaho was made a territory, but a succession of events have contrib uted to its constant progress.' It was, for example., fortunately situated in the path" of railroad -expansion. It shared with Oregon the early mar kets for lumber and foodstuffs that came into being with the develop ment of mining in California. Quite early in its history it made Impor tant exports of lumber to California, Hawaii, Australia and the orient. Grays. Harbor, discovery of which antedated by-a few days that of the Columbia river, proved a .treasure house of timber and its fisheries gave impetus to those of other sec tions on the coast. Technically, the beginning of agriculture was made on the Washington side of the Co lumbia river, and the pioneers of ir rigation were those of the Yakima, Kittitas and Wenatchee valleys. The combined influences of a fortunate harbor at the sound and the deter mination of railroad builders to reach that haven, which in turn stimulated development of other re sources, and led to settlement of the interior, contributed to the ultimate result. Yet, were we inclined to moralize. we would hazard something, on the guess that a pretty good foundation was laid in those days, within the memory of pioneers still living, when men contended valorously for what they deemed their rights and refused to let their lights be hidden under any bushel. Bancroft in one of his testy moods has said that Columbia Lancaster and his colleagues were "a lot of dunces. Perhaps. Yet .it may also be that their act was a syriibol, rather than an exhibit of obstinacy only. The bulldog spirit has done much In the building, up of the new commonwealths of the west. Stone walls do not a prison make for Jack Johnson. If report is authentic he is merely boarding at puDiic expense, while his freedom is scarcely curtailed. Mr. " Johnson should be reminded that jail is jail. and Dy no means "the fondest thing ne s or," as it. '. Outcault would phrase it. The undertakers of two states are with us his week and it will be well not to be deceived by their funereal ities. They are not so doleful as to hurt. In declining to join the Debs hysteria, "Governor Olcott evidently thinks Debs is where he belongs until his time is up. Lots agree with him. Jawn McGraw and Connie Mack, who used to win pennants on merit, must be grinning over developments of the baseball scandal. Jules Verne never worked off any thing better than the bare recital of the facts of the sinking of the S-5. AH Americans, too. Jack Johnson certainly has reason to think that there is no flag like tiio Stars and Stripes. y New York' is no larger than Pos sum Corners when it comes to a day light holdup. This Is the day when work Is play or the other way a matter of dis position. The frost is not on the pumpkin as yet, but is is feeling for It. I-abor day should be good-night for the straw "Jid." BY-PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES Sentimental Ballad Recovering; Its Popularity, Asserts Song Writer. The sentimental ballad is "coming back," even as the era of jazz is fad ing. There is an open field for the former, so that song writers would do well to find in it their rewards. This- is the assertion of Joseph E. Howard, who has written many bal lads. Mr. Howard has . his finger on the public pulse and he is writing nothing but ballads now. "This era," says Mr. Howard, "comes about once in a generation. That is when the children of a previous ballad eragrow up to be mothers or fathers j of a new era. Their youngsters crave sentimental 1 songs and the parents sing the ones that were new in their younger days. But they soon tire of this and seek new ballads, and that is the reason why they come back again. "It takes about two decades for the babies of today to grow into the lovers o'f tomorrow and each generation of lovers wants its own sentimental songs. "Since I wrote 'I Wonder Who s Kissing Her Now?" and 'Hello. Ma Honey.' I have done operas, musical comedies and revues, thus filling in the intervening years, but I have never ceased composing ballads. Some have been hits, in a way; some, have failed, but I have kept my hand in. Now they are coming back because, you, see, the 20-year period is about here, and , the war has accentuated the sentiment of the world." - A new horror, the product" of effi ciency, speed and perhaps civilisation, is the machine which takes one's pho tograph automatically after a coin is deposited in the proper slot. This in strument of torture for even painless photography becomes torture after the portrait is completed and set forth to view is no simple affair. The voluntary victim sits down be fore the machine and drops his coin In the slot as requested. Immediately follows much business of preparation for the ordeal. A bell rings, then a small card appears urging the sitter to ."Be careful. Turn your head to the right, fix vour eyes on the little cross above the mirror and smile." It may sound easy, but imagine smiling at the behest of a printed placard with out, the aid of the genial photogra pher's little bird! There is another bell and another card which tells one to sit perfectly still. And then, be fore one knows it. the terrible deed is done and a third card startles the be holder with' the words: "Thank you. The-photograph Is taken and you can now leave your seat. In four minutes your portrait will be delivered at the bottom of the apparatus." And ur enough it is, printed on a postcard, ready to send to family or friend. If practice makes perfect, the lucky person with plenty of the proper coins might in time get a satisfactory pic ture of himself. We wonder! St. Jo seph Gazette. General Anthony Wayne was a sol dier of parts; his reputation as a fighter was extremely good. But much less than that is to be said of his' French. It was poor, indeed. Washington used to drink a toast tople.s nomea. He lb at the Multnomah bon repos" as a sort of stirrup cup when his parties broke up. "bon repos" i being the French cant, for "good night." General Wayne tossed off his glass many a time to the toast and never knew the real meaning of it, in fact he somehow got it into his head that "bon repos" was a celebrat ed fighter of the past whom Wash ington venerated. Once having got together quite a numberof bottles of wine, "Mad Anthony Wayne" gave a party to a group of fellow officers. As soon as the dinner was over and the ciqJ:h removed the wine was brought on and the hero of Stony Point .cried out: "Come, my brave comrades, fill up your glasses. Here's to old Bon Repos' forever." The guests were astonished. They drained their glasses, then picked up their hats and prepared to depart. Wayne demanded the reason and then for the first time he discovered the meaning of the French phrase. "Well, a fig for 'bon repos,' then," he exclaimed. "Take your seats again. You shall, not stir until we've started every drop of our drink." Washington Post. m The number seven has always had a peculiar significance. On the sev enth day of the seyenth month a holy observance was ordained to the chil dren of Israel, ' who feasted seven days and remained seven days in tents. The seventh year was supposed to be a Sabbath, or rest for all, and at the end of seven times seven there was to be a Jubilee. Jacob served seven years to win Kachael for his wife. Noah had seven days' warning of the' flood. Nebuchadnezzar lived seven years as a beast. Christ spoke seven times from the crow on which ho hung seven hours. In Scripture there are seven resurrections men tioned. In the Lord's prayer there are seven petitions. There were seven myste ries of the apocalypse revealed to the Beven churches in Asia. In Revela tions there is described seven lambs before the seven spirits of God, seven golden 'candlesticks, a book with seven seals, seven angels with seven trumpets, seven players, seven vials of wrath, seven kings, seven, thun ders and a dragon with seven heads. Boston Globe. Instead of saying, "As light as cork," the phrase will be "As light as bal sa"; for the newly discovered balsa wood is only half the -weight of Cork Cork weighs 13.7 pounds per cubic foot, but balsa tips the scale at 7.3 pounds. The heaviest wood is que bracho, at 91 pounds, or half again as heavy as water, and spruce, an average wood, weighs 27, pounds a cubic foot. Spruce is so strong a wood, with a fair degree of lightness, that it is considered indispensable for air plane construction. Balsa wood has half the strength of spruce; but when It is paneled with fibre board on both sides, it Is fully as strong as spruce. Golden Age. The body of Napoleon III lies in a tomb in the church of St. Michae) at Farnborough. England. This chapel was built by the ex-Empress Eugenie as a memorial to her husband. In the crypt also is placed the tomb of her son, the prince Imperial, who was killed while fighting with the English army in Zululand. The church is a magnificent building' of white stone, and stands on the brow of "a hill. It is surmounted by a tower and pin nacled with dozens of smaller shafts. The empress used to visit the chapel daily. Ten priests were constantly employed by her to say masses for the dead. Those Who Come and Go. "I've lost an elephant up here in my room," W. K. Berryman announced Saturday when he called up the clerk at the Multnomah. The puzzled greet er couldn't remember having roomed the animal, but sent someone to the aid of the traveling man. who finally located his pet in the bed linen. "I'm glad it's found," Berryman 'sighed. "I've only lost two things in my life. One was a bass drum when I was a boy and the other was this elephant."' n-v. .. i i . i . . . . . ' J i-iciii iuukcu st me eiepnant; it was a miniature of Ivory and Berry man has carried it the past ten years as a good luck token. He acquired it when he was in the theatrical busi ness, ferryman is now living in New York, where he deals in twines, cord and ropes. Somewhere way back about 40 years ago P. H. Stevenson said fare well to England and followed Horace- Greeley's advice about going west. He didn't stop until he reached Con don when that place was a mere oasis where trav.elers could stop at the spring for refreshment. He has been there ever since, but once in a while he takes a run into Portland. In fact, he is here now at the Seward. Mr. Stevenson decided hotels were rasc'nating, so he opened one of the I kind where everybody .sits around on the front porch In mid-summer and around the stove in mid-winter dts cussing politics and the price of hay. Now he has disposed of the hotel and has taken to growing wheat. On the upper Crooked river on the road between Prineville and Burns there aren't more than half a dozen towns and then they consist only of a store and postoffice apiece. It hap pens that Post is one of these a lit tle more ambitious than the rest per haps because it has a filling station for automobiles. J. W. Johnson. H. D Dunham and E. B. King, who, are reg istered at the Imperial, all hail from the hills round about Post. They came to Portland with J. It. Breen of Prineville .and W. Clyde Laughlin of Mitchell, bringine in a trainload of stock. World travelers, to whom interest ing spots In every nook and corner of the United States are familitar, are D. R. Beatty and wife of Houston, Tex., who are registered at the Hotel Portland with a party of friends. Mr. Beatty was a lifelong friend of the late Tom Richardson, with whom his acquaintance began when both were young men in the southwest, and ex tended through the period of their residence in Kansas and Texas. After Mr. Richardson came to Portland. Mr. Beatty visited him here. They in cluded Portland in their present itin erary In order to call on Mrs. Rich ardson while touring the Pacific ccast. Securing hotel accommodations during the democratic convention in San Francisco held no joys for Mrs. Paul Ostengaerd of Racine, Wis., who was one of the delegates. Although well along in years. Mrs. rOstengaerd still has an active interest in politics and is keenly interested in seeing the c-untry.- She was at the Seward yes terday and left last night for the east. After the convention she remained in California to go sightseeing. It hasn't taken monkey "glands or any scientific leats to keep H. C Stanton of Roseburg, 91 years young. Mr. Stanton carries a cane for orna ment only and Is more Interested in paying his annual vi&it to rclativea in Portland. Highway movements and lomr-dis tance automobile endurance tours be tween Canada and Oregon interest a party or motorists just arrived at the Multnomah. They are Mr. and Mrs. J. P. D. Malkin and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Grandy of Vancouver, B. C, and are uoirim for Crater lake. The two men are interested in wholesale grocery stores in the larger Canadian cities. Both are eager to boost coastwise highway travel and have come to Oregon for the purpose of securing roaa information Lee Canfield of Salem used to be a barber. .Now he ic a state official, although he still may be seen slinoins down into the underground tonsorial parlor he is lord and ruler of in the capital city. Fact of the matte his shop gets them coming and going, for it is right underneath a railway station. Mr. Canfield. who Is at the Seward with his wile. Is president of the state board of barber examiners. me last worn in shrouds is on display out here in one of the par lors." remarked Clerk J. J. O'Brien at the Portland yesterday. "I've Just been out selecting the color for mine." The exhibit was brought here by B. tt. Maxwell of Los Angeles, who attends all the undertakers' conventions. He has stories of live models introduced to coffins this year at the California displays. Another of Condon's leading lights In town for the double holiday is O. B. Robertson, who, with Mrs. Rob ertson. is at the Imperial. He was formerly a banker, but more recently has been ranching. However, he still maintains an office In town where he can keep business and farming sepa rated. Hood River is out in force at the Seward for the week-end. In one party are Mrs. Nellie Peck, Mrs. W. B. Dlckerson, Jane Dtckerson. Miss Grace A. Peck and P. W. Peck. Mr. Peck Is an orchardist. Another from the same town is P. S. Davidson, president of the Fruitgrowers' association at Hood River. O. A. Hartman and his sister. Miss Gertrude Hartman, are at the Seward with Mrs. H. Hartman. The family are from Salem, where Mr. Hartman Is proprietor of a jewelry establish ment. Incidentally, he used to be president of the State Jewelers' aBso ciation. Mr. and Mrs. Walter' Spauldlng of Salem are at the Imperial. Mr. Spauld lng is one of the people who keep the wheels of Industry turning m Marion county for he is manager of the t'pauldlng Logging company's Salem mill. Driving an automobile In from ea'st ern Oregon isn't a bad scheme ac cording to G. M. B'akeley of Shaniko who is at the Imperial. He brought with him his family and John J. Jlon- ahan of Condon. C. W. McKean of Walla Walla is a the. Oregon. Mr. McKean is a pioneer clothier and has one of the oldest and rnrst complete stores of its kind in that section of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kullanden of In dependence are passing the week-end at the Seward. Mr. Kullanden is pro prietor of a jewelry store. Harry Foley, sawmill man of Sea side, is at the Oregon. Mr. Foley is Just getting ready to take up a con tract to complet'.i heavy logging oper ations on the coast. Mr. and Mrs' C. A. Johnson of The Dalies motored In to the Imperial yesterday. Mr. Johnson is in the automobile business. Van R. Gilbert is a Mcdford mer chant at the Perkins. He is in the gentral merchandise business. ' James O'Brady, wheat rancher from btantield. Is at the Perkins. WHAT CAX LE.Kiti: ADVOCATE DOf j Writer Sees Xo pther Course Than to i Vote For Cox. j HOQUIAM. Wash.. Sept. 4. (To the j Laitor.) I have been a reader or t ne Oregon for the last 15 'years and dur ing that time I have enjoyed your ed itorial page very much. I have al ways thought you were fair and fear- less Jn your expression for public welfare. In an editorial Tuesday, August 31, J headed "Give us Peace," you say re garding the league covenant, that The , Oregonian itself has never been r.larmed dver the purported surrender of our constitutional -rights, but that you were willing to have the alarm of others allayed. Then you call j for a conference of brainy men from both parties so that the painstaking j work of the peace conference would not be rejected because of a half hearted political challenge from the! democratic party. j I would rather think it safe to as sume that the reason the peace treaty was not' ratified was on account of pure stubbornness of the leaders of the two great parties. I sincerely believe that the league of nations is one of the greatest ques tions before the American people to day and I believe that it is a question that should have been settled by our utatesmerf. 1 have spoken to a number of people about the league of nations and I have not found one in 10 who under1 siood anything about it, or had even given it very much study. It is in deed unfortunate that a question of this kind, which should have been settled by the best diplomatists that the country can produce, should be left to a referendum vote for political reasons. But it is un to us and we will do the best we know how. I had the honor of attending a meet ing some, time ago at which one of the greatest diplomatists this country has ever had outlined the working of the league of nations. 1 have refer ence to Honorable William H. Taft, ex-presldent of the United Slates, who made a great plea for the league. Among other things, he said that the treaty as it was brought back by Mr.- Wilson, and the treaty as it was linally amended by the senate, and the treaty with the amendment he himself proposed, were so near alike that if it had not been for the cool ness existing between the senate and the White House that there would absolutely have been no trouble in getting together ,on its ratification. fui witn oir. .Harding s statement that he is going to take half of the league ' covenant and half of the Hague tribunal and put the two to gether to make a new treaty, and with Hiram Johnson going to take the btump for Mr. Harding and saying thar "the league is dead." what is a republican like myself going to do, who believes that the league of na tions is a great step forward in the prevention of war, a great step for ward in the prevention of great sums or money being spent in preparation for war, and a great step forward to ward creifting happiness and content ment among all peoples? ou'cjj Lucre can ue only one way IT you do nq put your party above your country, and that is to cast your vote for Mr. Cox. N. P. NELSON, 411 K. St. The Oregonian's advice to repub lican friends of the league will be found in another column on this page. J BRIDGE SEED COST BUT e0O,OOO Estimate Made on Crouing Similar to Burnside. PORTLAND, Sept. 4. (To the Edi tor.) Recent news- items appearing in The Oregonian and subsequent edi torial comment on the propbsed Iiiirn side bridge have excited the interest of the writer both professionally and from the standpoint cf taxation. It may be that a little professional com ment on the subject will .be in order. The editorial September 3, referring to the proposed structure as a "dream bridge." suggests that it may be at least that. The writer has in times past been officially connected with' the bridge department of the state highway commission and subsequently has had numerous occasions in prac tice to follow the work performed by the different occupants of this Im portant office. It is readily recalled that formerly great energy was nec essary on the part of the engineering department of the highway commis- sion to encourage buudinp: along the lines of standard or permanent engi neering design. Present-day recom mendations ot the highway commis sion seem to go considerably beyond what has been termed "sane" or standard engineering praftice. The writer has, within the last year, had occasion to design and accurately estimate the cost of a bridge, the main crossing of which Is approxi mately the same length as that o the Burnslde-street crossing. The cost yi the case referred to does not ex seed one-tenth- that of the published estimate of the proposd Burnside- street bridge. Such a tremendous variation In the estimated costs of these two bridges leads one to believe that there is merit In the editorial comment referred to above; in fact it leaves one with one of two opinions of the promoter whether it be due to a desire to build a structure as a contribution to his self-emulation, be he engineer or executive, or some thing else. The services of the highway com mission are supposed to be free, but the design and estimate of a bridge, such as the artist's sketch indicates, costs something to prepare and some one has paid for it, and after ob serving such an outlay of effort, one ia compelled to wonder Just how val uably such free services may be. R..R. CLARK. Of Lewis At- Clark, consulting en gineer. Name of Lord-Mayor of Cork. PORTLAND, Sept. 4 (To the Edi tor.) The Oregonian in giving the news about the lord-mayor of Cork gives his name wrong. Why not give his real name? I have never heard that of MacSwIney. His is Mac Sweeney and should be given down as such.. T. FRAI.NEY. There are probably many other names you never heard of. The spell ing "MacSwIney" has been verified by the Associated Press. It is the way the lord-mayor of Cork spells it him self. 2 Coal Mine In Bark Tnrd. Indianapolis News. Mrs. Elizabeth Dingman, 74 years old, of West Scranton. Pa., went into hor back yard to ieea ner ciiicitens. Underneath are the workings of an old coal mine. The ground gave way and she found herself in ahole three feet across the top and 15 feet deep, where she struggled for three hour before she was found by a neighbor and foisted up. ( Kcrrspapera la Sierr Jersey City. YAMHILL, Or.. Sept. 2. (To the Editor.) Kindly let me know the names of the daily newspapers of Elizabeth, N. J. L. C There are two rUtily newspapers In Elizabeth, the Journal and the Times. Mikado Judges Poetry. London Tit-Bits. Japan has an annual poetry contest, and this year i. had the average num ber of contestants 30.000. The sub ject is selected by the mikado. ' More Truth Than Poetry. Br Jimei J. Montague. THIXCS HAVE CHANGED. Ere rioting reds and bombs bursting in air. Gave monarcha such gruelling bother. The heir to a kingdom took care to be there Should anything happen to father. For if papa bumped off with the son out of town. Intent on a pleasant vacation. He'd find, on returning, the sceptcr and crown In the hands of some scheming re lation. To stick by his royal progenitor's bed, A prince made a regular habit. With his eye on the crown on the old fellow's head And his fingers all ready to grab it. He never permitted the chance of a fluke; No subtle intriguers succeeded In passing the word to a plotting grand duke. To collar the crown before he did. But now in the uttermost ends of the earth. Engaged in the chasing of pleasure. These youths who were measured for crowns at their birth Are seeing the sights at their leisure. From Boston to Gotham, from Gotham to Chi, They are journeying hither and yonder. With never a worrythat papa may dlo White -afar from his bedside they, wander. For thrones, that were ones very pleasant to own. According to all the advices That come from the shattered mon archical zone. Are quoted at very low prices; And though a young princo may b dished of his crown. If he's fairly good looking or clever He can, settle him down In some live Yankee town And live calm and happy forever. Merely a Change ot Method. There is nothing startling about a wife offering her husband for sale. They've been trading 'em at Newport and Kcno for yearst - Eloquent Oratory. In politics when money talks it never fails to have an interested ami reSDectful audience. . Destroying; It Altogether. We don't think much of Premier Giolotti's plan tc end secret diploma cy. If It is ceased to be secret It would cease to be diplomacy. (CopyrlBht by the Bell Syndicate. Incl In Other Days. Twenty-five Tein Ago. Prom The Oregonian of September 6. 1S33. A. J. Johnson, agent of tho forestry department. In two months' investiga tions through the northwest, has col lected specimens of 100 different kinds of tree conifers. The Oregon Ice company's stables. corner Tenth and Irinvtr streets. burned down itv less than 20 minutes this morning and patrons w'll get no ice today as the 14 horses of the firm were cremated in their stalls. Paris M. Rothschild's banking- house was the scene of an anarchis tic attempt when a stranger tossed a bomb, which, however, did not ex plode. The upper roadway of the steel bridee Is closed for a few days while repairs are being made. Fifty Vein Ago. From The Oregonian of September 6. 1S70. Paris In a proclamation to the French people, the council of minis ters announces' that "after three days' heroic struggle against 300,0"iJ of the enemy the army at Sedan has been made prisoners." Chicago Fire yesterday destroyed one of the finest blocks of the city, entailing a loss of more than $1,500,000. The necessary instructions for tak ing of the ninth census of Alaska by thc military are going forward to Sitka fromthis city. The work of pile-driving for tho wharf at Clinton's point is under way. MOLTED FEAT HE IIS. Don't strut, don't, pose, for your tent leaks. And you can't dodge the rain in tho crowd: Remember the worm has his hour. And the last thing you'll wear is a shroud. A skeleton Is under your beauty; Your head with its meshes of gold Is a skull men would fear after night fall. And your brain will give place to the mold. Your breast with its longings and passion. Where romance and sentiment move. Slmll be filled in ilie unil with thn grass roots. Which never know impulse of love. Your lips which are curved like a flower. And with kisses ungathered are blown. Shall cease from their singing, and sighing " Shall trail their wild mirth to a moan. Your f.;et which are swift to tho trysting When the moon on the mountain is pale. Shall grow weary, shall falter, and failing Come down to the end of the trail. Don't strut, don't boast, for your tent leaks. And only a fool would be proud; Remember the worm has his hour. And the last thing you'll wear is a shroud. GUY FITCH PHELPS. Relief Well Worth $15,000,000. PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 4. (To the Editor.) According to the campaign thunder of the Honorable Cox, the only crime the republicans are guilty of is attempting to purchase control of the country for the sum of $15,000.. 000. For my part. I should consider It the very best buy the people of the country could possibly make. Taking into account all of the blunders, mis management, extravagance and waste of the democratic management. I would consider it worth 50. 000,000 to be "delivered out of the hands of the Philistines," and I am perfectly will ing to contribute my share of the purchase price, whatever it may be. 4 ROBERT SHAW. 238 Morgan Building. Cnnnlnfc of Veeetikbleti. SHERWOOD. Or., Sept. 4. (To the Editor.) 1 would like to know how to can sweet corn. I have tried the compound and do not like that; have also put corn in jars and boiled it in the boiler for three hours and could not get it to keep always tasted sou when opened. SUBSCRIBER. Write to domestic science depart ment of Oregon Agricultural college. Corvallis, lor bulletin on. vegetable canning. '- . ,