THE . MORXIXG OREGOXIAN,- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER- 6, 1920
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THE PEACE-LOVING COX.
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
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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-
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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. '- . ,